Chapter 781: Calm Things Down

As the origin of the thirty-five tax seals brought by Dong Youcai was exposed by Li Yuntian, the scene was chaotic, not to mention that the people outside the hall and even the officers on duty in the hall were talking to each other, as lively as a vegetable market, after all, the incident that happened in today's court trial was too unbelievable.

"Liu Zhang's and Dong Youcai, are you two guilty?"

Seeing this, Zhao Muyu frowned slightly, patted the shocked wood hard, and shouted at Liu Zhang and Dong Youcai, although he knew that Liu Ren's case was now beyond the jurisdiction of Shuntian Mansion, but as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, he would definitely give Li Yuntian justice, so he naturally had to ask Liu Zhang and Dong Youcai about their false accusations.

Hearing this, Liu Zhang, who was highly nervous, finally couldn't hold on any longer, and his body was weak and collapsed on the ground, never expecting that he would be so defeated.

"Zhen Guogong, look at ......" After glancing at Liu Zhang and Dong Youcai who had collapsed on the ground, Zhao Muyu looked at Li Yuntian with some embarrassment, wanting to see what instructions Li Yuntian had.

Zhao Muyu has been up and down for decades, how could he not know that Liu Ren's case is a serious matter, it is obvious that if he wants to take out those tax seals from the household department and stamp the tax seal of Qinghua Mansion without realizing it, it is definitely not something that ordinary people can do, so he doesn't want to get involved in such trouble, God knows who wants to frame Li Yuntian.

"Grandpa Guo, the lower officials really don't know how those seals were lost, please check the Zhenguo Princess." As soon as Zhao Muyu's words fell, the official with a national character face knelt down in fear, he was responsible for keeping the blank tax seals of Jiaozhi, and now those seals were not only lost but also used to frame Li Yuntian, if the court pursued it, he would bear the brunt of it, and it would be difficult to escape the blame.

"Grandpa Guo, the lower official doesn't know what's going on, the lower official has never touched the tax seal of Qinghua Mansion before, please check it out." The bearded official immediately knelt down, and said with a pale face, he knew that he had made a big mistake this time, and if he was convicted as an accomplice to Liu Zhang's and others, he would wait to be beheaded by the raider.

"Get up, the other party is coming for my father, and even my father has been calculated by them, let alone you, but you can't escape the crime of dereliction of duty."

Li Yuntian waved his hand at the two, he knew that the tax seal letter involved in Liu Ren's case had nothing to do with the official with the national character face and the bearded official, and from the first time he saw the two, he was secretly observing the words and deeds of the two, and it was certain that the two did not know about the tax seal.

The officials with the national character face and the bearded officials are just ordinary officials in the household department, how dare they provoke important ministers like Li Yuntian? Besides, the main messenger behind Liu Ren's case will definitely not let too many people know about it, and he will definitely not win over these two pawns.

In other words, the rank of the internal official in the household department must be higher than that of the official with the national character face and the beard, as far as Li Yuntian knows, there will not be only one key to the treasury of the major yamen, and the other keys are usually in the hands of higher-level officials, and the person who holds the other keys is the biggest suspect in Neiying.

"Grandpa Xie Guo, Grandpa Xie Guo!" The national-faced official and the bearded official immediately breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and hurriedly thanked Li Yuntian, with Li Yuntian's words, the two of them could be regarded as withdrawing from this whirlpool, and according to Li Yuntian's word-and-say character, they would definitely not trouble them in this matter again.

At the same time, the two of them also hated the person who secretly took the tax seal and stamped the tax seal privately, which caused the two to suffer an unjustified disaster, and they did not know how the court would punish them for this dereliction of duty.

"Lord Zhao, my father suspects that they are spies sent by the Northern Yuan, and wants to frame this prince to avenge the defeat last time." After solving the matter of the national-faced officials and bearded officials, Li Yuntian glanced at Liu Zhang's and Dong Youcai, who were paralyzed on the ground, frowned slightly, and then said to Zhao Muyu in a deep voice.

"Since this is the case, the official will ask the emperor to come and let the emperor decide." Zhao Muyu's eyes couldn't help but flash a look of surprise when he heard this, and then replied quietly.

In Zhao Muyu's view, Liu Ren's case is far from being as simple as Li Yuntian said, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty have been driven to Mobei by the Ming Dynasty, and now I am afraid that I am too busy to take care of myself in order to compete for territory, where can I still take care of Li Yuntian?

Zhao Muyu believed that Li Yuntian must have known this, but Li Yuntian pointed the finger at Beiyuan, which surprised him very much, which meant that Li Yuntian, who had been calculated, planned to settle the matter and was not ready to make a big deal about it, otherwise once it was investigated, someone in the court might be implicated.

Obviously, if you want to deal with Li Yuntian and have this ability, you must also be an important minister of the imperial court like Li Yuntian, and if you want to get rid of Li Yuntian in order to obtain some kind of benefit, the silent theft of those blank tax seals in the household department is the best proof.

In addition, Li Yuntian was suddenly impeached by Wu Xin, the superintendent of Zhejiang Province, in the Taihe Palace, and all the qiē did not happen by chance, but were the result of being carefully designed.

In other words, Zhao Muyu suspected that Li Yuntian was framed this time by a certain force in the imperial court, and usually in this case, the injured party would make a sharp counterattack, but Li Yuntian gave up doing so, which really surprised him.

Li Yuntian noticed the surprise that flashed in Zhao Muyu's eyes, and sighed helplessly in his heart, it was not that he didn't want to find out the main messenger behind the scenes, but now that Emperor Xuande was seriously ill in bed, he really didn't want Emperor Xuande to worry about this matter, so he could only suppress this matter.

Due to the conclusive evidence of the crime, Liu Zhang and Dong Youcai were quickly taken to the prison by the servants of the Shuntian Mansion, and the two enjoyed the treatment of a single cell and were strictly guarded by the jailers.

"Zhenguo Gong, Zhenguo Gong, Zhenguo Gong......"

When Li Yuntian was surrounded by Zhao Muyu and other officials and left the hall to return to the lecture hall, he didn't know who took the lead, and the people in the courtyard raised their right fists and shouted in unison, their eyes were hot, and their faces were full of excitement.

In the past, the people in the capital had only heard that Li Yuntian's case was very powerful, but now these people in the Shuntian Mansion witnessed Li Yuntian's miraculous scene of turning things around, and they were all infected by the warm atmosphere at the scene, and their psychology was also invisibly violently impacted, so their admiration for Li Yuntian was overflowing.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian bowed slightly to everyone, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, there is no doubt that his popularity has risen to a new height after experiencing this incident, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy.

The crowd gathered outside the gate of the Shuntian Mansion did not know the result of the court trial, and suddenly heard the cries in the courtyard shaking the sky, so they all looked curiously at the closed gate of the Shuntian Mansion, and guessed what was going on.

Soon, the two heavy gates of Shuntian Mansion slowly opened, and Li Yuntian was sent by Zhao Muyu and other officials to the four-wheeled carriage parked in front of the door, and left quickly surrounded by guards, after all, there were too many people at the scene, and dragons and snakes were mixed, so it was better to leave as soon as possible, so as not to have any accidents.

"This official has already tried this case, Liu Ren's death is really to frame Zhen Guogong, Zhen Guogong has worked hard for Jiaozhi, and he is really a model for my Ming officials!"

Waiting for Li Yuntian's four-wheeled carriage to disappear into the street, Zhao Muyu glanced around at the dark crowd around him, and after muttering for a while, he was ready to give an explanation to the people who had been waiting here, so he stood on the steps in front of the Shuntian Mansion and pressed down with his hands to signal the people at the scene to be quiet, and then announced loudly.

With a bang, the people at the scene immediately boiled, and they gathered together to discuss, all of them were surprised by this result, and at the same time there was an inexplicable excitement, and they were relieved that Li Yuntian was a good official.

Bistro.

"Say it again!" Fang Liang stood up from his seat and looked at his subordinates who came to report with a look of disbelief on his face.

"My lord, I received the news that the Zhenguo Gong debunked the lies of Liu Zhang and Dong Youcai in court, and found out the origin of those tax seals, Liu Zhang and Dong Youcai have now been put in the prison of Shuntian Mansion." The subordinate bowed to the one and told the story as it had happened.

"How...... How so? Fang Liang was stunned at first after hearing this, and then looked at Ah Qiu who was frowning on the opposite side with a blank expression, he was waiting for Li Yuntian to fall into the quagmire of Liu Ren's case and couldn't extricate himself, but unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed, and Li Yuntian, who was originally at a disadvantage, actually fought a beautiful turnaround, reversed the decline in one fell swoop, and won a big victory.

"If Li Yuntian can't even cope with this little thing, then he is not worthy of becoming the Zhenguo Duke of the Ming Dynasty!" Ah Qiu groaned for a while, and said with a gloomy face, the plan that originally seemed foolproof to him turned out to be easily found by Li Yuntian, which made him feel quite lost in his heart.

"Damn, Zhen Guogong actually did so many strange things in Jiaozhi!" Fang Liang slammed his fist on the table, his face was unwilling, he never expected that Li Yuntian would actually carry out a series of strange changes in Jiaozhi, which would make him and Ah Qiu behave at a loss, giving Li Yuntian an opportunity.

"Even if Li Yuntian is the reincarnation of Feng Xiao and has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, the emperor is not Liu Bei after all, and he will not watch the prince become the queen of Shu!" Hearing this, Ah Qiu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said with a sneer.

In the final analysis, what Li Yuntian has to face now is not Ah Qiu and Fang Liang, but Emperor Xuande, the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Xuande was successfully separated by the two, and he already had murderous intent towards Li Yuntian in his heart, so Li Yuntian could not escape this catastrophe, but as a result, things would be full of turmoil, making Emperor Xuande leave a notoriety for slaughtering in the history books.

And this is exactly what Emperor Xuande didn't want to see, so Fang Liang came up with the idea of using Liu Ren's case to ruin Li Yuntian's reputation, and then kill Li Yuntian logically, and then people will see Li Yuntian as a rebel like Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu.

Fang Liang felt helpless for a while when he heard this, shook his head and sat back in his seat, his face looked quite lost, he knew that Li Yuntian could not escape the palm of Emperor Xuande, but in this way, he would lose the opportunity and honor to defeat Li Yuntian.

"Strange thing, why did Zhen Guogong say that Liu Ren and the others were sent by your Northern Yuan?" Then, Fang Liang suddenly remembered something, and asked Ah Qiu suspiciously, he thought that Li Yuntian was not such an arbitrary person.

"The emperor is already seriously ill, and if there is infighting in the court at this time, it will undoubtedly aggravate the emperor's condition." Ah Qiu sneered when he heard this, and replied expressionlessly.

"It's ridiculous that the Duke of Zhenguo is still in the dark, and he doesn't know that it is the emperor who wants to kill him who is dedicated to his defense." Fang Liang understood now, it turned out that Li Yuntian's move was for the health of Emperor Xuande, and then the corners of his mouth showed a mocking look.

"No, Li Yuntian may have guessed that this matter has something to do with the emperor." Ah Qiu frowned when he heard this, and the expression on his face became solemn.

"Then why did he do that?" Fang Liang couldn't help but be surprised, he looked at Ah Qiu suspiciously, if he was replaced, he would definitely not give up, and he would definitely take the opportunity to make a big deal to protect himself.

Ah Qiu did not answer Fang Liang, but picked up the wine glass in front of him expressionlessly and drank it all, although he didn't want to admit it, but Li Yuntian has always been affectionate and righteous and has a relationship with Emperor Xuande for ten years, at this time, he will definitely not fall into the well for the seriously ill Emperor Xuande in order to protect himself, and then stir up the court full of wind and rain to make Emperor Xuande sad, this mind and courage make him ashamed.