Chapter 374: Cutting and Sorting Out the Mess (4)

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Pei Hongxu's words are really not trivial - as a deputy judge, it is okay to say that he can suspect something, and it is another thing to insist that there is evidence, if it is really like Pei Hongxu said, then not only Liu Cheng's father and son, but also the household and the two departments will be inseparable, and the number of officials involved, I am afraid that it will be a huge case since Zhenguan, and moreover, as soon as this statement comes out, Pei Hongxu is equivalent to blocking all his back roads, once he can't come up with the so-called evidence, or if the evidence is not true, A crime of backsitting is enough to make him unable to eat and walk around, this kind of self-cutting back way is really not something that ordinary courtiers dare to do, and it is inevitable that everyone will be shocked.

Although Xiao Yu was a little straighter, his reaction was the most astute, and when he saw Pei Hongxu's astonishing words, his heart sank suddenly, and he was the first to speak: "Pei Shaoqing, this is a court, please be careful!" ”

Xiao Yu's words are well-intentioned, nothing more than the fear that Pei Hongxu will fire the cannon indiscriminately, so that the prince Li Zhi behind him is involved, without him, although the old Comrade Xiao does not look down on Li Zhi's cowardly and incompetent little appearance, but as the prince Taibao, it is his duty to protect the prince, so he kindly made a point, and his intention is to leave a way out for Pei Hongxu, if Pei Hongxu consciously loses his words, he can go downhill and make a gaffe, even if he gently exposes the matter, then Pei Hongxu is prepared this time, As soon as Xiao Yu's words fell, Pei Hongxu said in a loud voice: "Xiao Zhongshu Mingjian, the lower officials do have evidence in hand, which can prove that Liu Cheng's promotion from the Guozijian to the household department is caused by fraud, and his actions are not only low, but his crimes are even more unforgivable!" ”

As soon as Pei Hongxu's words came out, there was no room for turning around, Xiao Yu's scalp was numb for a while, and he forgot to ask for a while, but he didn't ask, but Wang Zhenglin jumped out, glared at Pei Hongxu angrily and said: "Pei Shaoqing, this is a public court, a place where Feier can talk arbitrarily, what evidence does you have, and the Tao will come out!" ”

"Hehe, Wang Yu Shi is in a hurry, since this official dares to say it, he has evidence in hand." Pei Hongxu smiled, glanced at Wang Zhenglin with disdain, and replied slowly, and the smug look immediately made Wang Zhenglin's eyebrows and mustache tremble, and he almost jumped up.

"Ahem, ahem." Seeing that things had come to such a point, Xiao Yu cleared his throat, interrupted the confrontation between Pei and Wang, and said calmly: "Pei Shaoqing has evidence, so let's show it." ”

Although Pei Hongxu was proud, he didn't dare to get carried away in front of Xiao Yu, as soon as he heard Xiao Yu's words, he hurriedly restrained the smug look on his face, turned around, bowed to Xiao Yu, and said very respectfully: "Back to Lord Xiao's words, Xia Guan has transferred Liu Cheng's official contempt from the Ministry of Officials yesterday, from which it can be seen that the reason why he can be promoted by skipping the level is because of the sponsorship of Lin Zhengcheng, a doctor of Guozi Eunuch, and he was promoted on the basis of the first-class evaluation. Dr. Lin is an upright person, although the lower official has no deep friendship, but he is convinced that he is a human being, originally did not doubt it, but for the sake of safety, he personally went to verify it, but the news he learned made the lower official creepy, the so-called letter of guarantee turned out to be a forgery, Dr. Lin categorically denied it, if the adult does not believe it, the lower official has Dr. Lin's testimony and the letter of guarantee notes identified as evidence, please see Lord Xiao! As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Hongxu immediately took out a rolled fold from his wide sleeves, held it in both hands, and handed it to Xiao Yu.

Dead silence, dead silence, as soon as Pei Hongxu's words came out, the hall was full of dead silence, that is, even Xiao Yu was so stunned that he forgot to take the fold in Pei Hongxu's hand, a pair of old eyes were as round as grapes, and he couldn't believe what he heard such an unbelievable thing, but in the midst of such a dead silence, Liu Cheng, who was originally trembling, suddenly broke out with all his might: "Lord Xiao, the lower officials are wronged, wronged......"

Liu Cheng's sudden roar suddenly woke Xiao Yu up from shock, but he didn't stretch out his hand to pick up the fold in Pei Hongxu's hand, but first picked up the shocking wood, slapped it suddenly, and said: "Come on, put the criminal Liu Cheng in prison, and try it again at another date!" As soon as the words fell, the officials of Dali Temple rushed to the order, hugged up, and dragged Liu Cheng, who was covered in blood, to the hall, leaving only Liu Cheng's earth-shattering cry of grievances in the lobby.

The matter has come to such a field, Xiao Yu, who is the chief judge, suddenly felt that it was tricky, and secretly regretted Meng Lang who took over the case in the first place, but since this matter has happened, it is no longer possible to stay out of the matter, and besides, he also wants to establish his prestige in the court by solving such big cases, so after Liu Cheng was escorted down, Xiao Yu groaned, or reached out to take the fold in Pei Hongxu's hand, frowned, unfolded it, his face immediately gloomy, and stroked the long beard on his chest, He sighed and said: "This matter is very important, and it is not for us to arbitrarily judge, so we should ask His Royal Highness the Prince, and then we will come with the old man to see him." ”

Since Xiao Yu spoke, even if the three deputy judges had different opinions, they couldn't shirk it, so they bowed down and agreed, each got out of the hall, and took a carriage all the way to the East Palace, but before Xiao Yu and his party arrived at the East Palace, the news of today's trial spread as quickly as if they had grown wings, and the people with intentions from all parties had been approved, and the changes in the response of all parties were quietly unfolded in secret......

Excited, unusually excited, since getting up early in the morning, Li Zhi was so excited that he didn't even have the heart to use breakfast, and after freshening up, he went to the front hall of the wide Xiande Hall and walked around restlessly, his pale face was rippling with a layer of redness, and his breath was panting heavily, and he walked back and forth in the hall for nearly an hour and a half, and he didn't see him sit down and take a breath, and his mouth kept muttering, and the appearance of madness made people feel extremely cold, and everyone in the East Palace knew that this master had behaved abnormally recently, No one dared to go up to persuade one or two, so they let Li Zhi toss around by himself there.

"Why haven't you come yet, damn it, it's long overdue, whatever!" Li Zhi gasped, muttered non-stop, and was distraught, eager to run to the lobby of Dali Temple to stir up a handful, but he still didn't dare to be too presumptuous, but the chaotic state of mind made him unable to stop no matter what-Li Zhi, the prince, was extremely aggrieved, and in the past, there was an old man pressing, and he didn't get a chance to perform. But in the end, there is still no authority at all, which makes Li Zhi extremely angry, if there is no chance, it will be just, this Xiangzhou military food case is a great opportunity to pull out the radish ** mud, Li Zhi is unwilling to let go, this is the general who intends to uproot the Wei Wang line, who is the biggest threat to himself, if he can really succeed, this "prince of the prison country" will be able to deserve his name, but if not, then the fun is only afraid that it will not be small, this bet is really bigger, so big that some of them are beyond Li Zhi's ability to bear, I can't complain that Li Zhi is choking enough in his heart at this time.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, Xiao Zhongshu, Liao Shilang, Pei Shaoqing, and Wang Yushi are waiting outside the palace." Just when Li Zhi was in a hurry, the head of the East Palace, Tai Da Song, tiptoed in, and whispered a whisper, the voice actually had a trace of fearful trill, without him, the old eunuch's injuries that were collected by Li Zhi yesterday were still hanging on his face, and he was really afraid that Li Zhi would go berserk again.

"Ah, here? Good, good, good, please, hurry, please! As soon as Li Zhi heard that Xiao Yu and others were coming, the flush on his face suddenly deepened a little, and he said the word "please" one after another, and the crazy energy was so crazy that the old eunuch hurriedly responded yes, and rushed out of the palace gate at a trot, and hurriedly announced the summons, Li Zhi didn't look at the gaffe of the old eunuch, reached out and wiped his face, rubbed his hands, took a deep breath, walked to the big seat on the front pier and sat down, taking advantage of the ministers' not yet arrived, he took a few breaths, which was barely able to stabilize the agitated mood a little.

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Xiao Yu had a dark face, and led the three deputies into the main hall quickly, and when he saw Li Zhi sitting upright, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Excuse me, are you Aiqing here for the Xiangzhou military food case, and how is the case progressing?" Li Zhi raised his hand with a smile, motioned to the ministers to calm down, and asked with a look of concern on his face.

"Your Royal Highness, the Xiangzhou military ration case has been preliminarily examined, and it is all caused by the dereliction of duty of Liu Cheng, a member of the Household Department, but it is just ......" Xiao Yu stopped when he said this, and then continued after a little hesitation: "It's just that there has been a turning point in the case, and it is now found that Liu Cheng's transfer from Guozijian to the Household Department is strange. ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Please also ask Xiao Zhongshu to explain in detail. Although Li Zhi had already known this, he still pretended to be inexplicably surprised and asked in shock.

Xiao Yu took out the evidence presented by Pei Hongxu from his sleeve, held it with both hands, and said loudly: "The testimony of Lin Zhengcheng, a doctor of Guozijian Taixue, and the relevant notes of Dali Temple are here, which can prove that Liu Cheng's transfer from Guozijian to the household department is not from Lin Zhengcheng's letter of guarantee, and it is strange to be investigated. ”

"Hand it over!" Li Zhi's face changed, and he snorted, and a little eunuch who was accompanying him ran down, took the fold in Xiao Yu's hand, and passed it on to Li Zhi's hands.

Although Li Zhi had already read the evidence, he still pretended to take a closer look, and finally slapped the copy, and became angry, and said with a righteous face: "It's extremely hateful! Under the bright future, someone dares to do such a big thing, check! Get to the bottom of it! ”

As soon as he heard Li Zhi's order to be strictly investigated, Wang Zhenglin's face changed - many officials in the household department and the official department are people from the Wei Wang's family, and if this thorough investigation continues, God knows who will be implicated, and Wang Zhenglin is not sure in other aspects, but the Wei Wang's family will definitely suffer a big loss, if the ship of the Wei King sinks, where can he, Wang Zhenglin, a passenger, escape? I had the heart to come forward to persuade him, but I didn't know how to explain it, I was so anxious that I was sweating wildly for a while, which showed that the situation was in crisis, and I didn't come out of it, Wang Zhenglin's eyes rolled, and he came up with an idea, so he stepped forward from behind, and said loudly: "Your Highness is wise, this matter should indeed be investigated in detail, but now Your Majesty is on an expedition, if the household and the officials are missing, I am afraid that the military plane will be delayed. ”

"Wang Yushi's words are very wrong, you must know that this case is related to the national system, how can you tolerate indulgence, if you don't investigate it early, if someone destroys the evidence, can you afford it?" As soon as Wang Zhenglin's words fell, Pei Hongxu immediately stood up and retorted loudly with disdain on his face.

"Ridiculous, there are priorities, how can this matter affect the major affairs of His Majesty's Eastern Crusade, if there is no holy will, how can you act rashly, please forgive me for not agreeing!" Wang Zhengrin was robbed by Pei Hongxu, how could he bear it, and immediately sneered.

Pei Hongxu was in high spirits at this time, how could he allow Wang Zhenglin to refute, and immediately sneered: "You insist on not investigating, could it be that you have something to do with this case?" ”

"You dare to spew blood, this official will definitely impeach you!" Wang Zhengrin's face turned blue with anger at Pei Hongxu's words, and he had a seizure when he pointed at Pei Hongxu.

"That's enough, do you still have this palace in your eyes?" Li Zhi saw that the two ministers quarreled in front of each other, and his heart was on fire, and he slammed the table and roared angrily.

"The ministers are rude, please punish them with your Highness." Pei and Wang, who were making a fuss, saw that Li Zhi was angry, so they hurriedly stopped, and each bowed down to confess.

"Hmph, this case must be investigated to the end, my dynasty has always been clean and peaceful, how can I allow the villain to be like this, if I don't investigate it thoroughly, how can this palace explain to my father. You are the building materials of the country, you must help the palace to find out the truth, and return my court, how can you attack each other and lose the hope of the palace! Li Zhi made a sad look, talked freely, and was kind and seductive, which was really a bit of a prince of the prison country.

Pei Hongxu didn't care, Wang Zhenglin scolded Li Zhi for hypocrisy in his heart, but he could only bow his head and promise, seeing that the situation had gradually fallen into Li Zhi's control, but seeing that Liao Chengye, who had never expressed his opinion after entering the East Palace, suddenly stood up, bowed and said: "Your Royal Highness, now that the matter has happened, it is inevitable to investigate it, but according to the system of our dynasty, if you want to check the household and the second department, you must have an edict from Your Majesty, and Weichen implores Your Highness to send a letter to Your Majesty urgently, and it is appropriate to conduct a thorough investigation after Your Majesty has made a decision." ”

Liao Chengye is different from Wang Zhenglin, in addition to the fact that he himself is a dignified servant of the Criminal Department, the most important thing is that he is standing behind the Yue Wangfu, since he has expressed his position like this, Li Zhizong can not attack no matter how dissatisfied he is, his face immediately drooped, he didn't reply for a long time, and secretly figured out the meaning behind Liao Chengye's statement, but after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't get the point, so he had to look at Xiao Yu next to him with a calm face, and asked in a deep voice: "Xiao Zhongshu, according to your old opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”

As soon as he saw Li Zhi kicking the ball at his feet, Xiao Yu was a big head - according to Xiao Yu's heart, he wanted to investigate thoroughly to the end, but in case there was really a big mess, he, the chief judge, was inseparable, Comrade Xiao was upright, but not a fool, he knew that if it really reached the point where the rear was in chaos and affected the front-line war, he was afraid that he should sit at the end of the Zhongshu Order, and besides, Liao Chengye was who Xiao Yu also knew in his heart, and now Wei Wangfu and Yue Wangfu didn't want to check it immediately, Just with the power of the East Palace, you can find out the ghosts. After muttering for a while, Xiao Yu didn't dare to insist on the original opinion, frowned and said: "What Liao Shilang said is very true, this matter is still appropriate to be presented to the saint first, but the relevant files of the household and the officials can be temporarily stored in Dali Temple for embarrassment, so as not to have villains take the opportunity to make trouble." ”

Although Li Zhi wanted to make an order to investigate the case immediately, but seeing that even Comrade Lao Xiao was such a "bold and bold" retreated, he didn't dare to use force, and then thought about it, if he sent 800 miles to Liaodong urgently, it would take less than half a month to go back and forth, and he could first hold all kinds of evidence in his hands, and he was not afraid that King Wei and his party would be able to turn the sky upside down, not to mention that now Liu Xun has been suspended, and it has become a foregone conclusion that he will be implicated by his son. nodded and said: "Okay, then it's okay to make it like this, this palace will be on the Ming father, and the four Aiqing will also attach a book, so can it be done?" ”

Yes? Why can't it be done, now that Li Zhi and Xiao Yu have spoken, compromise is a natural thing, this matter can only be done first, in this East Palace, Li Zhi wrote down the chapter that had been carefully considered for a long time on the spot, and the four chief judges followed behind to sign it, stamped the seal of the East Palace, and hurriedly sent it to the Liaodong camp, which was regarded as a temporary matter, but it was a matter on the surface, but the dark tide began to surge violently, God knows if this wave will go down, Who will sink to the bottom of the sea......

In the study room in the Yue Wang's Mansion, Na Long, who was dressed in a single coat, was sweating like rain in the official document, suddenly felt that the light in front of him was dim, and he hurriedly raised his head, and immediately saw a serious Yan Da did not know when he had appeared in the study, so he put the brush in his hand on the inkstone, frowned slightly, and said lightly: "How?" ”

"Sir, the East Palace has issued an urgent order, and things have started according to the predetermined plan." Although Yanda's voice was calm, there was a sense of excitement that could not be concealed inside.

"Hmm, that's good, is the tail of the hand cleaned?" Na Long had expected this result a long time ago, but he didn't seem surprised, just nodded and asked calmly.

"It's all packed." Yan Da did not hesitate at all, and immediately answered, his words were full of confidence - this Xiangzhou military food case is undoubtedly from the handwriting of "Rising Sun", from the beginning of Liu Cheng's household department, the most important thing is to drop the account book in Liu Cheng's hand, the effort spent inside is really extraordinarily comparable, now that things have unfolded as planned, those relevant evidence Yan Dazi will not stay after receiving the news from the other side of the East Palace, Yan Dabian has personally supervised his subordinates to destroy all the relevant physical evidence, and as for several key witnesses, there is no living eye, even if some people are suspicious, it is impossible to trace it down to the head of the Yue Wangfu.

"Hmm." Na Long didn't ask for specific details, he responded, got up, and after pacing back and forth in the study for a few steps, he paused abruptly and said calmly: "Send a letter to Your Highness immediately!" ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey." Yan Da didn't dare to slack off, hugged his fists and bowed in response, strode out of the study, and went to prepare the carrier pigeon without mentioning it, Na Long stood silently in the study for a long time, then shook his head, walked back to the desk, and then buried his head in the official documents......

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