Chapter 486: Investigation
After Li Changfeng started, he didn't dare to delay, and immediately went to check.
With the emperor's list, it is much more convenient to check, and he still knows some about some officials in the court, among these officials, the higher the rank, the more he knows.
He didn't bother to ask one by one, and directly found someone with the highest rank.
Doesn't he plan to find out those officials one by one first, and then directly find evidence to catch the mastermind behind the scenes, and let him confess everything himself, isn't it everything?
Thinking about it, Li Changfeng directly led a team of Praetorian Guards to arrest the official.
That official is a third-grade official, and Li Changfeng has a little impression of him, because this person can be regarded as a right-hand man by Li Zhishen's side, and he has not spent much effort on impeaching himself before.
"Nine Princes, what does this mean? The old minister didn't remember what he had done that violated the laws of the imperial court. After all, that person was a third-grade official, and after being arrested, he still had some confidence in his heart, and asked with a frown.
"Why did this king arrest you? Shouldn't you know it best in your own heart? Li Changfeng glanced at him with a slight hook of his lips, and then said: "Your Excellency has been busy trying to win over the officials of the DPRK and China recently, so you must be quite tired, right?" ”
"Wang, what the prince said, the minister doesn't understand." The official's face turned a little pale, but after all, he had been an official in the court for many years, so he would not be so timid.
"Do you really not understand, or are you pretending to be confused?" Li Changfeng glanced at him with a smile, and didn't bother to look at the other party's pretense here, and said: "You colluded with other officials, but even my father knew about it, and he asked me to investigate this time, do you really think that everything you do is seamless?" ”
"This ......," the official pale.
He was still able to pretend to be calm at the beginning, because he felt that even if Li Changfeng knew something, as long as there was no evidence, the other party would not be able to do anything to him.
But if it is discovered by the emperor, it will be different, if the emperor wants to execute him, he does not need evidence at all! That's just a matter of words.
"My lord, I don't want you to go around the bend, I have done such a heinous thing, it is naturally impossible to exonerate the crime, but if you confess the person behind you......" Li Changfeng squinted his eyes slightly, turned his head to look at him as he spoke, and then continued:
"Then maybe my father can still treat you lightly, and you don't have to connect the nine clans."
The official didn't speak, but the cold sweat that flowed out soaked half of his clothes, and his face was pale, as if he had seen something terrible.
"You don't believe what this king says is true, do you?" Li Changfeng looked at him like this, and he could guess something in his heart, raised his eyebrows, and directly threw the song that the emperor gave him not long ago to the official in front of him, and said: "You have been an official in the court for so many years, and you can still recognize the words of your father, right?" ”
And so it was, and the official picked up the fold with a trembling hand, and opened it with the last glimmer of hope.
The names of the officials recorded in the fold are all from his contacts during this time, and they are indeed in collusion with him, and the handwriting is ......
It is indeed the emperor's good.
"The prince spares his life!" The official also knew in his heart how rebellious the things he was planning now were, and now that he had been discovered, he couldn't care about anything else, so he immediately knelt down, trembling and begging for mercy,
"Old, the old minister is only confused for a while, and he will listen to the slander of others...... "Love the book house."
"Confused?" Li Changfeng only felt that what he said was ridiculous, and he debunked it without hesitation: "This is a matter of rebellion against the emperor's throne, and you can also be said to be confused for a while, it seems that this adult's mind is indeed a little unsound." ”
The official's face turned a little paler than before, and he wanted to say something.
But Li Changfeng didn't mean to continue listening at all, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't say these words in front of this king, it's useless." ”
"If you still want to ask for a lenient sentence, confess the person behind you, so that most of the guilt will be borne by him, and maybe you can still leave a small life."
Li Changfeng seems to be saying the same thing, now that his neck has been put on the knife edge, where does he dare to disobey?
The official trembled for a long time, and finally confessed to a person: "Yes, it is His Royal Highness King Shen!" These things are all things he asked the minister to do. ”
After finishing speaking, he was still afraid that Li Changfeng would not believe it, and added: "If the prince doesn't believe it, there is evidence in the study of the old minister's mansion to prove that what the old minister said is true." ”
"Those evidences are all letters exchanged between the old minister and King Shen, and the old minister hid him in the secret compartment of the study before he could destroy it."
Now that their secret collusion has been discovered by the emperor, there is no need for him to hide anything anymore, it is better to confess Li Zhishen as soon as possible.
Li Changfeng is right, after letting the other party replace most of the charges, maybe the emperor can also treat him lightly?
"Go, do what he says, take out all this evidence, enter the palace and hand it over to my father." Li Changfeng nodded when he heard this, thinking that it was at this juncture, and the old thief in front of him didn't dare to lie to himself, so he turned his head and gave an order to the commander of the Praetorian Guard beside him.
After finishing speaking, he found two more guards to come out and escorted the officials in front of him to the prison to listen to them and deal with them.
"The rest of the people, follow the king to catch the thief." Li Changfeng tugged at the corners of his lips and said as he stood up.
What Li Zhishen did to him and Mu Yunqian before, he still had a note in his heart, and he was worried that he would not have a chance to retaliate back.
Now that the other party wants to die, it's no wonder that he is!
Li Changfeng walked out with a large group of Praetorian Guards, but he went in the direction of the city gate.
The Praetorian Guards who followed behind were a little puzzled, wondering if Li Changfeng had made a mistake, and couldn't help but speak with courage to remind, "Lord Wang, it's the direction of King Shen's Mansion, not this side." ”
"This king knows," Li Changfeng knew what he meant, nodded, and said, "Do you really think that this king has caught that old thief for so long, and the three king brothers will not be aware of it?" I'm afraid that I got the news from the spy a long time ago, and I was about to run away at that time. ”
"Shouldn't the four gates be sealed? Why do we only go to the West Gate? The Praetorian Guard nodded, but then a new question arose.
"If you send people with such fanfare now, I'm afraid that after the city gate is blocked, the people will already run away."
After all, Li Changfeng and Li Zhishen have been fighting for so many years, and they still know each other's thoughts very well.