Inside the Shengjing Garden.

Zhao Hong stood with his hands in his hands, and a little mottled darkness fell on his dark green official robe, just like his cold expression.

On the steps, a guard knelt on one knee. He was the same age as Zhao Mengde, with a thin body, a pale face lined with a dark robe, like a silent shadow.

"What's going on with the news from Jing Zhao Yin Mansion?" Zhao Hong asked.

"Lord Hui, the three-foot blood book of Li's book in Lixian County is complaining to Jingzhao Yin Feng Lichuan." The guard said.

"Let's hear it."

"Back to my lord, my subordinates don't dare to say it." The guard said. Having said that, there was no trace of fear on his face, and there was indifference on his pale face.

This so-called dare is obviously just a compliment.

Zhao Hong obviously saw through this, and he seemed to smile and said, "Chu Li, you have countless lives on your hands, and you are also afraid?" ”

When Chu Li heard this, his face still did not have a trace of waves, and he only said indifferently: "Obey the orders of the adults." In the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, the Li family sued you for three crimes. ”

"Three sins?"

"First, you coveted Wang Qingyan's position, so you killed him with poison." Chu Lidao.

Zhao Hong's face did not change, he held a teacup and took a sip of tea, which was within his expectations.

"Second, you raped the daughter of the Wang family, Wang Langhuan."

Zhao Mengde, who was standing on the side, heard this, but he raised his head suddenly, only to see that his slightly raised Danfeng eyes were already frightened at the moment. His father was not able to do so. After all, seven years ago, it was himself -

He said in a trembling voice: "Father, this Li family wants-"

This Li clan of Li County actually wants to frame Zhao Hong!

Zhao Hong waved his hand, signaling that Zhao Mengde didn't need to say more. He clenched the jade teacup in his hand, and was silent for a moment before he said, "Chu Li, you go on." ”

"Third, the rebellion of the bandits was done by you, and you took advantage of the rebellion of the bandits to destroy Wang Qingyan."

When Zhao Hong heard this, his face turned ugly after all, and his pupils reflected the dark green official robe, as if condensed into a cold blade. He slowly placed the cup of tea on the sandalwood table.

The people behind this curtain just want his head? It was clearly to punish his nine clans under the pretext of the criminal law.

The crime of usurping power and murder, the crime of adultery and blasphemy, and the crime of colluding with bandits. The addition of these three crimes is not just that he will be sentenced to death. The person behind it clearly wanted him to die without a place to be buried. It is the first two crimes that can ruin him and even the entire Zhao family. And the third crime, the crime of colluding with bandits, undoubtedly touches the scale of today's rebellion.

He Zhao Hong became famous for his extermination of bandits, and he was deeply appreciated by the saints, and even gave him the Nanyue jade hook. But if the bandit rebellion was done by him, he colluded with the bandits and sought power. In small terms, it can still be regarded as an official. If it is bigger, it will not involve rebellion and deception.

Yesterday you can collude with bandits to plot officials, but today you can not conspire with the rebels to deceive the king and rebel.

Bullying the king and rebelling is a great sin for the nine clans.

His collusion with the bandits is a great taboo for His Majesty today.

Zhao Hong pondered for a long time, he forcibly suppressed the churning thoughts in his heart, and said: "Mengde, you don't have to say much about this matter, then the Li family has not involved you, you are an outsider." ”

"But father, the sin of adultery is clearly the work of the son." Zhao Mengde looked at Zhao Hong with a pale face, but his feminine face was a little frightened. "Then why didn't the Li family sue me?"

Zhao Hong sneered: "As long as you bring me down, what's the difficulty in getting rid of you?" Your sins have been inflicted on me only to bring me down sooner. ”

If you want to add sin, there is no excuse.

Of these three sins, one and three are true, and the other is false.

- But the most difficult lies to distinguish are also seven points true and three points false.

And at this moment, I heard a dense knock on the door like raindrops outside the house.

"Master, master, someone from Jingzhao Yin Mansion is here!" I could only hear a little guy in cloth exclaiming.

Jing Zhao Yin Mansion sent someone here, which means that there is evidence involving him.

Zhao Hong closed his eyes, calmed down for a long time, and finally said in a deep voice: "Chu Li, what evidence did the Li family come up with in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion?" ”

"Lord Hui, it's Nanyue Jade Hook." Chu Lidao. He stood quietly under the eaves, his thin figure like a lonely branch.

The jade hook of Nanyue, a gift from the emperor, is also a proof of Zhao Hong's identity.

The Nanyue jade hook that can be taken out in Jing Zhaoyin's Mansion is definitely not a fake.

And there is only one person who can easily get the Nanyue Jade Hook from Zhao Hong's hands, and he is not aware of it. Zhao Hong turned sideways and looked at Zhao Mengde.

"Father, that Nanyue jade hook," Zhao Mengde said in panic, he tightened his sleeve with his left hand, and trembled involuntarily, "Yes, it was my son who accidentally lost it when he went out to play." ”

"Out playing? I'm afraid I'm going to the land of fireworks. Zhao Hong sneered, "Hello woman aside, for the time being, you are being calculated without knowing it, but you are really my good son." ”

Zhao Mengde hung his head and shrank aside.

Although Zhao Hong's face was cold, he sighed in his heart. He Zhao Hong abused his power and always used the weakness of others to seek it. But his weakness is not safe from being sought by others.

- In any case, Zhao Mengde is his only son, and the incense of the Zhao family must be protected.

"Nanyue Jade Hook." Zhao Hong's eyes were cold, and he said: "This person who plotted can be said to have taken great pains. ”

Using the imperial gift as a bargaining chip, even out of reverence for the imperial power, few people will be like this, not to mention, if they are a little careless, it is a great disrespect to the crime of the Nine Clans. But at this time, when it comes to the Nanyue Jade Hook, it is just the name of the imperial gift, and he has to go.

This is a coercion by the power of imperial power. The fox fake tiger might, this might, borrowed can be described as extremely arrogant and ingenious.

"Since the Li family uses the Nanyue Jade Hook as physical evidence, then I will definitely go to this Jingzhao Yin Mansion." Zhao Hong said in a low voice.

"Father, the son knows that he is wrong-" Zhao Mengde said in a trembling voice.

"That's enough." Zhao Hong pushed open the door of the house and said coldly: "Chu Li, you have imprisoned Mengde, don't let him take a step out of the mansion." ”

"Yes, my subordinates are commanded."

After Zhao Hong left,

I saw some dead branches falling on the steps outside the house.

An embroidered shoe carved with a fine-grained begonia gently stepped on a dead branch.

The owner of the embroidered shoes was also dressed in splendid clothes. Between the wide hems, the light yarn floats, and the clusters of begonia flowers bloom with Yingying's steps, as if the cold winter has passed, and the begonia flowers bloom.

"Mengde, did the master just leave?" The woman stroked her lips and smiled. On closer inspection, her black hair reaches her waist, like a waterfall pouring down, but she is only in her teens.

Zhao Mengde looked at the visitor in a daze.

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At the corridor, Zhao Hong stopped. He stood still for a moment, as if waiting for something.

Immediately afterwards, a shadow gradually emerged from the shadows, and the person hiding in the shadows asked, "Zhao Hong, what's the matter with you?" ”

"Please send this letter to His Highness in the palace." Zhao Hong said respectfully.

The shadow took the letter, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

Li Muzhen held the broken Nanyue jade hook tightly in her hand.

"This grievance will inevitably be heard in the ears of Your Majesty, Lord Liu and Zhao Hong are people from the same town, and in this matter, Lord Liu has rested." Feng Lichuan said in a low voice.

Gong Cao joined the army, Liu Qingsheng's face was pale, "Then it's a lot of hard work." ”

Gong Yu stood quietly, as if an outsider.

But Liu Qingsheng lowered his voice and said to Gong Yu: "Do you think that Zhao Hong can be convicted with this Nanyue jade hook alone?" ”

Gong Yu didn't answer, her eyes were still silent without a trace of waves.

"Without a witness, everything is in vain." Liu Qingsheng laughed.

"This jade hook is just to let Zhao Hong personally go to Jingzhaoyin Mansion." Gong Yu said softly. She was still smiling slightly, but that sentence was chilling. "After all, this fish is slaughtered on the chopping board after all."