Han Jian didn't sleep all night, and his spirit was not bad. At this time, it was dawn, the sun was rising, and Han Jian stretched his waist and prepared to enter the palace to meet the empress.

But at this time, Zhang Xing and Yang Xi, who went out to arrest people, came back, and looking at their appearance, this time the harvest was not big.

"Young son, the people involved in the household department are not in the house, and it is said that they went to the palace to face the saint together, and it may be a complaint to your majesty." Zhang Xing brought the latest news from outside.

"Face Saint?" Han Jian frowned slightly, "They are not small, are they upset at this time?" ”

Yang Xi said: "I heard from the people in the palace that my sister didn't sleep all night, and she was waiting for our news in Ye'an Pavilion. Now these people have probably seen their sister, and I don't know what they will say to her. ”

Han Jian secretly thought that these people either went to the empress and bitterly complained about his wrongdoing, saying that he had been beaten to wronged a good person, or they were crying and complaining for the empress's forgiveness. The former is a bit more likely.

But now that Han Jian not only has witnesses in his hands, but also a large amount of physical evidence as the basis, what are he afraid of those people saying? I'm afraid the Empress won't listen to the nonsense of these shameless people. Now all he has to do is to enter the palace immediately to expose the faces of these people.

"Okay, it's time to go into the palace to find His Majesty Xià to present the case, cheer up!"

Han Jian said, entered the palace with Yang Xi, Sima Yi and others, and saw many official sedan chairs outside Yingtianmen. Because there was no early dynasty that day, nine out of ten of these official sedan chairs were the sedan chairs of the officials involved in the case.

"Guard Zhang, you stay, all the ministers who come out of it are related to the case, they will all be taken down on the spot and escorted back to the Tingwei Mansion for trial."

"Yes, young boy." Zhang Xing received the order.

At this time. A minister walked out of Yingtianmen from the palace, and Zhang Xing subconsciously prepared to go up to get someone. Keep your eyes on it but don't move. What came out of the palace was Gu Weipan, the chief minister of the Shangting Office, and Gu Weipan was holding a notebook in his hand at this time. Obviously, he just entered the palace and came out.

"Morning, Chief Gu." Han Jian stepped forward to say hello with a smile, this is the future father-in-law, we must have a good relationship, otherwise the affection and righteousness between him and Gu Xin'er will also be broken up by this old guy.

"What are you?" Gu Weipan looked around, all of them were palace guards, and this posture was not like an ordinary palace saint.

"Chief Gu, we are handling the case, if there is nothing else. I'm going to go to the palace to see the driver and say goodbye. Han Jian said goodbye to Gu Weipan with a smile, and then took Sima Yi and the others into the palace.

Gu Weipan didn't leave in a hurry, and stood at the gate of the palace and watched for a long time, because last night's incident had not yet spread, and he didn't know what was happening in the city. It wasn't until he went to the listening office in the morning that he learned that there had been a sensational case in the city last night.

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Imperial Palace, inside the Ye'an Pavilion.

Han Jian first found someone to pass it through, and then entered Ye'an Pavilion with Yang Xi and the others. At this time, the atmosphere in Ye'an Pavilion was a little depressing. There are more than a dozen ministers in the entire Ye'an Pavilion, in addition to the household officials involved in the case, there is also an old acquaintance, and it is also Ma Jining, the leader of the Treasury Department, who he sent to search for in the city and failed to catch him overnight.

Han Jianxin said. Ma Jining dared to enter the palace to see the empress, and she was fat enough.

"See Your Majesty." Han Jian saluted.

"King Dong, are you here?" The empress was looking at something with her head down, but she raised her head when she heard Han Jian's voice. The tone is lukewarm.

"Your Majesty, after a thorough investigation overnight. The case has been basically ascertained, and this is the case of the case. Please look at it. Han Jian presented the notebook. Gonggong Lu on the side hurriedly took the notebook and handed it to the empress.

The empress looked at the book, and the officials involved in the case next to her didn't dare to breathe, they also gathered together after getting Ma Jining's notice last night, and then they thought about simply entering the palace, and they didn't know much about the progress of the case outside. The main reason is that the news of this era is too late.

The empress looked at the notebook, looked up at Han Jian, and asked, "King Dong, your upper Sima department leader Xiang Xiang Xiang said that you were arrogating your power and arresting the first-class officials of the Treasury Division for no reason, so that the matter of summer grain storage could not be continued. In addition, you ignored the law of the court and the king, abused lynching, and tortured into tricks. Is there such a thing? ”

When the empress said this, the officials next to her also stiffened their waists, and they all looked at Han Jian, as long as Han Jian quibbled, they would come up with a lot of evidence to prove that these things were true.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is indeed something to do." Han Jian admitted bluntly, which surprised the officials next to him a little.

The empress said, "How do you explain it, King Dong?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, the minister is to investigate the case, and he has to do it as a last resort, which is really helpless." Han Jian saluted.

An official on the side snorted coldly: "Then the East King, what you have investigated is not legal, how can these be presented to His Majesty?" ”

"Who is this?" Han Jian looked at the person in front of him, he was in his forties, he looked quite decent, he was dressed very decently in an official uniform, he should be the kind of official who pays attention to his appearance.

"The right waiter of the household department, He Xiaoxian." The man's tone was unkind.

"He Shilang? Why are you here? Your house has been raided, do you know? Han Jian said with a smile.

"What did you say?" He Xiaoxian was slightly startled, and sneered, "King Dong, not only did you encroach on people, but also raided the mansion of the imperial court officials without the permission of His Majesty, and the official body is not afraid of shadows, what can you find in the official mansion?" Your Majesty, please also make the decision for the old minister, and you can't let the East King be so presumptuous again. ”

Han Jian said with a smile: "It is true that no evidence of guilt has been found in He Shilang's mansion, but in the pawnshop cellar west of He Shilang's city, 600,000 taels of silver have been seized, as for where else He Shilang hid something valuable, this ...... I can only check it slowly. ”

The empress still looked at He Xiaoxian indifferently and asked, "He Shilang, what is your explanation for this?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, as a court official, keep in mind the rules of being a minister, how can you open a pawnshop against the law of the country? This...... It was all framed by the king of the east. ”

Han Jian said with a smile: "Don't be in such a hurry to make a conclusion first, 600,000 taels of silver, you may be able to take it out if you want to plant it in the future, but if it is 13 million taels of silver...... Forgive me for being quick, there are so many preliminary ascertains now, and the specific amount must be carefully calculated. I don't know how many years you can save this 13 million taels of silver in your lifetime with your seniority and the accumulated business of your ancestors? ”

When Han Jian said that the mansion was raided before, there were already officials who looked unnatural, because not all officials put the silver outside like He Xiaoxian. In these years, there were no banks, and the money bank was not stable for private management, and the safest way to keep a large amount of money was to hide it at home. Now that the mansion has been raided, it is tantamount to the incriminating evidence completely falling into the hands of the case handlers. When the evidence of the crime is held, they have no confidence to argue further.

Hearing Han Jian's figures, not only those officials panicked, but even the empress couldn't help frowning when she heard it.

At present, the Wei Dynasty's annual treasury revenue is only a few million taels, and with some miscellaneous income, it has just reached 10 million taels, and now the preliminary investigation has revealed that the embezzled and short-lost silver money has reached 13 million taels, which is more than the Wei Dynasty's financial revenue in a year. If all these silver coins fall into the hands of the Northern King, as Han Jian said before, how can the imperial court last in this battle?

At this point, even He Xiaoxian, who was arrogant just now, was speechless. Since Han Jian had confiscated more than 10 million taels of silver, it was only a preliminary figure, which made it impossible for him to continue to argue.

Han Jian said: "Since He Shilang said that he was wronged, the minister asked His Majesty to hand over all the people involved in the case to the minister for thorough investigation. If they are indeed wronged, the minister will also give them justice. ”

"陛xià......"

He Xiaoxian wanted to say something, but was stopped by the empress raising her hand. The empress said: "In this case, I am allowed to play by the king of the east, and you retreat." ”

Those officials withdrew one after another with black faces, and as soon as they arrived at the door, they had already been taken down by the palace guards, and they didn't need to go to the palace gate.

Everyone retreated, and only Han Jian and the empress sister and brother were left in the entire Ye'an Pavilion.

The Empress looked at Han Jian with a pleasant face, and said with a slight smile: "Dongwang, you have done a good job, and you have not vainly trusted you." Little brother, you have also done a good job, and I am glad that the facts of the case have been found out so quickly this time. ”

Yang Xi was praised by her sister, with a smile on her face, but she refused to be greedy, and said with a smile: "It's all Brother Han who has the ability." ”

Han Jian was not as "presumptuous" as Yang Xi, and he always practiced etiquette: "It is a blessing for the ministers to share worries for His Majesty." ”

"Don't be modest, don't be modest, I will continue to hand over the case to you for investigation, but the three divisions ......"

Listening to the empress say "three divisions", Han Jian knew that the empress was going to take judicial measures, which was the empress's habit, that is, to make big things small. Once on the road of triage with the three divisions, the case will basically be suppressed by impeachment, because there are many members of the Northern King Party in the three divisions, and they will try their best to rescue their accomplices.

"陛xià." Han Jian interrupted the empress's words and said, "The minister asks Your Majesty to give the minister another day to find out the people involved." The minister promised not to expand the situation, but some of the people involved in the case, the minister hoped that they would not go unpunished, even if he had retired from his official position, or if he was ...... Die in one's bed. ”

When Han Jian said this, the empress was slightly stunned, and the empress was thinking about the meaning of Han Jian's words.

The empress thought about it again and understood, what she said about "stepping down from her official position" and "dying right" was actually talking about the violent death of Levi. Han Jian actually wanted to say that he would involve Li Wei in the case, then Li Wei would be a rebel, and the impact of his death would not be so great, so that Huang Lie's affairs would be easy for the empress to explain to the world.

The Empress smiled, and there was a bit of relief in this smile, although she also thought of these things, but she would not use such an unexpected method.

"Then I will allow you to investigate thoroughly for another day, and tomorrow, I will take over the case with the third division. You are the king of the east, the minister of the foreign domain, and it would be more appropriate to leave some things to the three divisions to deal with. The Empress finally said.

Han Jian saluted again and said, "Your Majesty Xie Xià trusts, the minister will do his best to find out the facts of the case as much as possible in this day." (To be continued......)