Seeing that Xu Jingshan seemed to be thinking about something, everyone didn't speak.

After a while, Wan Lin asked tentatively, "Brother Xu, did you remember something?" ”

Xu Jingshan recalled: "I remember that when I was drinking, someone accidentally touched my table, and I didn't pay attention to the table when he apologized to me, presumably someone took the opportunity to put drugs in my wine and food at that time." ”

Wan Lin said: "It should be like this. I'm guessing it wasn't long after you went that someone recognized you and drugged your food. But in any case, the tavern has nothing to do with it. The people of the Thunder King are already dealing with this matter, and I believe that the matter will be investigated soon. ”

Feng Zhongjun clenched his fists and said, "With the participation of the prince this time, I think Cheng Qizhi's bastard is even more dead!" ”

When Xu Jingshan heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Feng, do you also know about Cheng Qizhi?" ”

Feng Zhongjun said with some reproach: "You all hide it from me, I don't know until now." If I had known about it, you probably wouldn't have been plotted. ”

Xu Jingshan smiled indifferently, and Wan Lin blamed himself and said, "I still blame me for this matter......

Xu Jingshan waved his hand, "Hey-how can I blame you for this?" Do you want to blame or do you have to blame Cheng Qizhi, the culprit? Now that I'm safe, we should work together to bring that bastard to justice before he harms more people!" ”

Wan Lin said with a fighting spirit: "If he doesn't attack you, it's okay, he dares to plot against you, this time he has made a big fuss, in my opinion, I will be able to go to His Majesty with King Zhenting tomorrow to expose all his crimes!" ”

Xu Jingshan said arrogantly: "If I can make his crimes public as soon as possible and let him be severely punished, even if I am stunned by drugs again, I am willing!" ”

Fu Xiaojiu joked: "If you are stunned again, be careful to wake up and become stupid, Yuanshuang will not want you." ”

At the mention of Mu Yuanshuang, Xu Jingshan's eyes showed a little tenderness, and he smiled embarrassedly.

King Zhenting ordered the whole city to find Xu Jingshan, and the emperor heard about it before going to bed, and immediately sent someone to inquire in detail.

Knowing that Xu Jingshan had been kidnapped, the emperor was also shocked and angry, and hurriedly sent additional people to King Zhenting to help him find Xu Jingshan.

Fortunately, Xu Jingshan was found quickly, and the emperor summoned King Zhenting into the palace to ask the reason for the matter.

Before King Zhenting entered the palace, Feng Zhongjun had already gone to inform him about Cheng Qizhi.

King Zhenting also knew from the mouths of the tavern shopkeeper and the guy that the person who instructed them was Cheng Qizhi, so when he saw the emperor, he directly told Cheng Qizhi's crime.

When the emperor heard this, he was first shocked, and then he was silent for a while.

When the emperor was silent, he was thinking that King Zhenting had never had any contact with Cheng Qizhi, and the two of them couldn't talk about any grievances, so King Zhenting came forward to accuse Cheng Qizhi of his crimes, and he could still be objective.

But thinking of Cheng Qizhi's diligence and ability over the years, he has made many political achievements, as well as his great loyalty to himself, it is still difficult for the emperor to imagine that he can commit many crimes.

King Zhenting guessed that it would be difficult for the emperor to accept the inconsistency between the courtiers he had always trusted, and King Zhenting did not speak, and stood quietly on the side waiting for the emperor to speak.

"Wan Lin has finished his crimes?"

The emperor finally spoke.

King Zhen replied affirmatively: "Wan Lin has always been cautious, and he will not say anything that he is not sure of. He originally thought that it would take another three or two days to verify Cheng Qizhi's crime, but tonight the minister interrogated the people who kidnapped Xu Jingshan, and they all recruited people because Cheng Qizhi asked them to do it. In this way, there is no need for Wan Lin to verify anything, Cheng Qizhi's crime is already obvious. ”

The emperor nodded slowly with a calm face, "Yes, you have all found out the truth, what are I still suspecting?" I'm just doubting my own vision, the trust I've placed in him all these years. ”

Speaking of this, the emperor sighed heavily, "Alas, Aobang, how can you say that people's hearts are so complicated? How humble and loyal he is in front of me, and I also see his political achievements, he is such a person that I trust immensely, and he dares to do these shady things behind my back...... I'm so disappointed! ”

King Zhenting also sighed: "Some people are good at disguise, good at deceiving superiors and subordinates, and there are actually not a few such people. ”

The emperor pressed his temples and said with tired eyes: "Okay, I know." Tomorrow, Wan Lin will expose Cheng Qizhi's crimes, right? I waited for him. ”

King Zhenting could see from the emperor's attitude that he was still reluctant to believe in Cheng Qizhi's affairs, and he needed time to accept this fact, so he said with interest: "Please rest Your Majesty early, the minister has retired." ”

The matter of looking for Xu Jingshan in the city was so big, Cheng Qizhi naturally knew about it.

When he heard that the Zhenting King was involved in this matter, he regretted what he had done to Xu Jingshan.

He thought that he could get rid of Xu Jingshan quietly, and then get rid of Wan Lin.

But he didn't expect his subordinates to do things unfavorably, so people could find Xu Jingshan so easily.

After this time, Cheng Qizhi knew that the crimes he had committed were about to be exposed.

He counted the family's property with Aunt Bai overnight, and asked Aunt Bai to find Cheng Fangxin overnight, so that their mother and daughter could escape with everything they could take away.

In order to protect herself, Aunt Bai listened to Cheng Qizhi's words, and fled in the carriage with all the gold, silver, soft and silver tickets that were convenient to carry.

After Aunt Bai left, Cheng Qizhi sat quietly in the study alone all night.

Wan Lin almost didn't close his eyes that night, because he wanted to sort out all the evidence of Cheng Qizhi's crimes, and then tell his crimes in public in the early dynasty.

The atmosphere of the morning dynasty today is more depressing than every day, the emperor's face is gloomy, and the ministers all heard about the king of Zhenting looking for people all over the city last night, but there are not many who know the real insider.

They only saw that the emperor's expression was wrong, and they were all guessing who had offended the emperor.

The emperor first patiently listened to the urgent book played by several ministers, and Wan Lin stepped forward and said what the emperor had been waiting for.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to expose the crimes of Cheng Qizhi, the servant of the ministry, who oppressed the people, abused his power, and disregarded people's lives!"

Wan Lin's tone was sonorous and powerful, and as soon as he said these words, all the courtiers were shocked and sent chills down their spines.

Although Cheng Qizhi's official rank is not high now, everyone knows that he is deeply trusted by the emperor and is the emperor's confidant.

And Wan Lin is the emperor's trusted courtier, Wan Lin is now coming to accuse Cheng Qizhi, some people wonder if Wan Lin has ulterior motives to suppress Cheng Qizhi?

But the cold sweat on Gui Sinian's forehead couldn't help but burst out, if Cheng Qizhi's crime was confirmed, would he also be involved?

In fact, not only him, but also some ministers who had close ties with Cheng Qizhi in private and had interests were even more secretly trembling.

The emperor looked at Wan Lin with gloomy eyes and said, "You said that Cheng Qizhi has committed so many crimes, then you can play the crimes committed by Cheng Qizhi in detail!" ”

Wan Lin replied calmly: "Yes, the minister will make it clear to His Majesty one by one." ”

When Wan Lin opened his mouth to accuse Cheng Qizhi of the crime, although Cheng Qizhi's face did not change significantly, his legs trembled uncontrollably.

The more the emperor and everyone listened to what Wan Lin said about Cheng Qizhi's crimes, the more ugly their faces became.

Cheng Qizhi also began to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.

"The above are all Cheng Qizhi's crimes, I hope Your Majesty will see it!"

Wan Lin finally finished accusing Cheng Qizhi of all his crimes, and as soon as he finished speaking, the emperor set his eyes on Cheng Qizhi.

"Cheng Qizhi, do you have anything to defend yourself?"

Everyone's eyes also fell on him, Cheng Qizhi wiped the cold sweat on his head, and slowly walked to Wan Lin's side.

"All the charges of the minister that Wan Lin said, please forgive the minister for not agreeing, this is all slander against the minister!"

Cheng Qizhi's tone was unexpectedly calm and calm, and he was like the person who was busy wiping the cold sweat from his head just now.

While Wan Lin was shocked by his shamelessness, he couldn't help but admire his strong heart.

Everyone else was also shocked by Cheng Qizhi's reaction, but they didn't expect him to dare to refuse to admit all his crimes in front of the emperor.

Wan Lin was not disturbed by his reaction, looked at him calmly and said: "Master Cheng, the evidence about your crime in Wan's hands is conclusive, and the human and material evidence is complete, and it is useless for you to refute it." It's better to admit your guilt as soon as possible, and maybe you can be lightly punished by His Majesty's grace. ”

Cheng Qizhi sneered, glanced at Wan Lin, and said, "You said that your evidence is conclusive, and there are also human and material evidence, won't all your evidence be perjury?" ”

The King of Zhenting couldn't listen anymore, so he stepped forward and scolded him: "Last night, you sent someone to kidnap this king's subordinates, and this king has already captured your people, and they all admit that you instigated it. With such evidence, you still want to deny it? ”

After Cheng Qizhi listened to King Zhenting's words, he also sneered at him disdainfully, "Heh, what's the trouble of wanting to add to the crime?" If you want to frame me, of course you can charge me with whatever crime you want! ”

The King of Zhenting said sharply: "We have no grievances with you, why should we frame you?" It is useless not to admit what you have done, because all your quibbles in the face of criminal evidence will not only not exonerate you, but will be even more despicable! ”

The emperor thought that Cheng Qizhi would directly admit his guilt, but he didn't expect Cheng Qizhi to be able to say such a thing shamelessly.

But the emperor didn't get angry immediately, but looked at Cheng Qizhi very calmly and asked, "You said they all slandered you?" Do you have any evidence of their slander against you? ”

The emperor's rhetorical question made Cheng Qizhi stunned, and his face, which was still straightforward just now, instantly collapsed.

"Minister...... ......Cheng Qizhi held back for a long time, but he didn't say anything.

The emperor's anger finally broke out, pointing at him and shouting: "Bold Cheng Qizhi! Do you dare to be so brazen in front of me and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty? I really misjudged you! Someone came, escorted him down and sent him to Dali Temple for trial! ”

"Your Majesty, wait!"

Someone suddenly shouted.