The emperor said: "It was all searched from your house, and you told me that you didn't know where it came from?" If you hadn't told those ministers what they meant, who would have stuffed these bills in envelopes and sent them to you?! ”

Chang Jue didn't make any noise, nor did he shout that he was wronged, and said reasonably: "Back to my father's words, the prince has always done things, and the ministers will more or less stammer, if it is really said, the Qi Wangfu and the Yu Wangfu are far more in their eyes than the sons, and the benefits they receive will inevitably be more than the sons, but ......"

Before he finished speaking, Wei Changze came in and said, "No one will accept the benefits, but to put it bluntly, it is to order tea money, which is considered a favor, and whoever is like you wants such a huge silver ticket!" Brother Sanhuang, have you only been involved in court politics for a few years? It's too greedy to accumulate such wealth! Have you ever thought about the refugees who were trapped by the snow and couldn't fill their stomachs?! ”

In fact, Chang Jue knows very well in his heart that this amount of money is really not much for many greedy imperial relatives, if it is compared with those huge greed, it is not a drop in the bucket, but the situation is different now, he is not an ordinary minister, but the emperor's son, his good and bad, in a sense, also represent the heavenly family, not to mention that the silver he is greedy for is nothing else, it is detained in the hands of refugees and snatched out of their mouths.

Wei Changze deliberately made things bigger, and it didn't end well, forcing the emperor to make an example of the monkeys.

Yi Bin also added fuel to the fire, "In fact, the benefits of His Royal Highness King Gong must be more than these, but the villain knows, there are only so many for the time being, if the emperor asks people to check, there may be unexpected things." As for the lives of the people, there are a few cases that the villain knows, but those people are far away, and it is impossible for them to enter Beijing to sue the emperor for a while. ”

The emperor frowned and said: "These are all your words, if there are still witnesses, just bring them in." However, these silver bills are enough to illustrate one of the evidence of King Gong's crime. ”

Yi Bin hunched his waist, "The emperor is wise, if the emperor really wants to see the witness, the villain can send someone to pick it up, but it will inevitably take five or six days on the road, and I am afraid that the emperor will have to wait, which is really disrespectful." ”

The emperor waved his hand, "Let's not mention this first, just talking about the bribe that King Gong received is already unforgivable." ”

After saying this, he looked at Chang Jue.

However, Chang Jue lowered his head and said after a while: "Erchen has a question, and begs his father to let Erchen ask the second emperor brother and the fourth emperor brother. ”

Whether it is framed or true, this son has no backbone at all, and he bears whatever others say, which makes the emperor very disappointed, and he has already made up his mind After today, it is absolutely inevitable that Wei Changjue will be imprisoned, and he doesn't even want to say more at this moment, he only bows his head slightly with a calm face, signaling that he can ask.

Chang Jue looked at the brothers who seemed to have won a battle, and asked, "I don't know if the two highnesses plan to suggest to my father how to punish me?" ”

Wei Changyuan felt that this victory came too easily, but he still had some caution, and only said: "You have violated the law of the country, and you have lived up to your father's earnest teachings, Dashun can't tolerate you, as your brother, I can't help you say anything good, and it is certain to raid Prince Gong's mansion, at least you must fill the treasury with greed." From now on, I also hope that you will stop calling yourself a prince, so as not to lose the face of your father. ”

Wei Changze was much more powerful than him, and said bluntly: "You are greedy for life-saving silver, and you should pay for your life with your life!" As for your wife and children, you should share the guilt, even if you are exiled. ”

"On the road to exile, life and death are unpredictable." After hearing this, Chang Jue finally sneered, and said softly: "Second Emperor Brother and Fourth Emperor Brother, this is to kill them all." ”

Wei Changze was confident, "We are speaking up!" ”

Changjue nodded lightly, suddenly lifted his robe, knelt down in front of the emperor, and paused word by word, "Today's matter is that the second emperor brother and the fourth emperor brother have woven a net to frame their sons, and they also ask their father to know the truth." The son will never admit his guilt! ”

Inexplicably, a wave of hope ignited in the emperor's heart, and then he suddenly realized that he didn't know when he started, and his expectations for Dashun's future had been put on this third son.

Of course, this kind of mind will not be revealed, and he only says, "Since you say that they slander, can you prove your innocence?" ”

Chang Jue said loudly: "Erchen can!" But before the sons and daughters proved their innocence, they wanted to ask their father for a golden word. ”

"You've come to this point, and you still dare to negotiate terms with me." The emperor said this with a faint smile, and he couldn't see that he was angry for a long time, "That's it, if you are really innocent, you have been wronged for no reason, and I allow you to be presumptuous." ”

Chang Jue said: "Before the four emperor brothers framed their sons, my father said that if the four emperor brothers wantonly slandered their brothers, the Qi Palace, and Changfu Palace would be implicated, then the sons hoped that the punishments they had just said and for their sons would be fulfilled on their own sons, so that it would be fair." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wei Changyuan and Wei Changze's faces changed greatly, and Wei Changze took the lead in reprimanding: "Brother Sanhuang, what are you talking nonsense!" My second brother and I would never do anything like you. ”

Chang Jue said lightly: "People who want to put people to death will be attacked sooner or later, I believe that God will open his eyes, and I also believe that my father is wise and martial, and will see the truth clearly, Fourth Emperor Brother, if you really think that the crimes on my body are true, why should you be afraid?" ”

One sentence blocked Wei Changze and couldn't say anything else, and finally the emperor opened his mouth, "Okay, very good, I answered you, after all, I don't allow fratricide, if you are really framed by Changyuan Changze, I don't want these two sons." After a pause, his voice was deep, "But you must make things clear, if you just come to entertain me, from now on, the third prince Changjue, I will be dead." ”

Chang Jue is like a bright tomorrow, "My son, thank you for your father's grace." In this case, Erchen will have to overturn the case for himself. ”

He stood up, the body just now was defeated, as if he had been thrown away, Wei Changyuan squinted, and took two steps back vigilantly, as if he could see more clearly if he was far away.

I saw Chang Jue casually take an envelope, and the silver ticket in the envelope, and said: "Yi Bin, this person, villain, unreliable, when he suddenly went to Prince Gong's mansion, discussed major affairs in the court with his sons, and was busy for those officials, and frequently went in and out of the sons' study, it was easy to make people wonder, because he used to like to linger in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, and he had always been close to the four emperors, and suddenly turned to the sons and daughters, it was really incomprehensible, and they all said that there must be demons when things went wrong, and the sons had a mind at the time, and they didn't dare to believe it completely. ”

The emperor nodded slightly, and Chang Jue continued.

"But Erchen's wife and sister have always been friendly with Prince Gong's Mansion, and Erchen can't completely reject Yi Gongzi, so he can only be cautious and check every letter he brings to Erchen. Gradually, Erchen discovered that there were problems not only in the envelopes he had brought, but also in several letters sent from the north. ”

He took a few steps closer and held the envelope up to the light: "Father, you see, although you can't see what is in it, but where the silver ticket is, the light transmission is worse than that next to it, and if you look closely, you can still see the difference." ”

The emperor looked at his hand and said, "Sure enough." ”

Chang Jue continued: "The silver ticket in the envelope was obviously deliberately put in by someone, if Erchen didn't find out, it would lead to today's situation, and I can't argue." Taking a step back, Erchen found out and accepted it silently, which is also evidence that they slandered Erchen for accepting bribes, after all, Prince Gong's Mansion is notoriously poor among the princes' mansions. And for them, the worst situation is that the sons have returned all of this. Then they have to think of other tricks, but fortunately, Yi Gongzi will stay with Erchen and can continue to create evidence that can slander Erchen. ”

These analyses have probably been pressed in his heart for a long time, so he blurted out at this moment, he spoke fluently and thoroughly, and Changyuan Changze next to him seemed to have knocked over the ink plate on his face, which was so dark.

Chang Jue looked at Yi Bin coldly, "Because of your premeditation, I have already discovered it, so I chose to leave all these letters for the time being, otherwise I will return it, and you will think of other ways in the dark." ”

Yi Bin was very flustered, but he still had to argue, "But this is just His Highness's words, you can't come up with evidence!" ”

Chang Jue bent the corners of his mouth, "What are you anxious about, I haven't finished talking yet." This envelope was very well wrapped, and I didn't like to open it for everyone, so I only took three or four of them, and these three or four were without exception, and they all said Yusheng Qianzhuang. So I went to check this money bank, it turned out to be opened by a businessman named Wu Youli, and then checked, this Wu Youli was actually the mother of the concubine Niangniang, a distant relative of the Ruan family. ”

Speaking of which, it was Wei Changze's turn to be anxious, such a large sum of money, he just let people take it out just to please a prince who didn't look favored, and no one could be willing to be this wronged leader, so he could only raise it himself, anyway, when the time came, the world would be the second brother or his own, and the money would still come back.

Unexpectedly, because of the account of Yusheng Qianzhuang, Changjue found out the clue.

What does this mean? Even if Yusheng Qianzhuang has some relationship with the Ruan family, it has nothing to do with me and the second emperor brother! He couldn't help but say nothing.

Chang Jue said: "It doesn't matter, but since this Wu Youli has taken the account of 350,000 taels of silver, I think he knows the inside story, and he only needs to bring him to ask, and he will understand who ordered him to open the silver ticket, I think, those ministers who really want to bribe me may not make a special trip to Yusheng Qianzhuang, and then go home to write a good letter and send it, right?" ”

Yusheng Qianzhuang is considered to be the private property of this Wu Youli, not everywhere in Dashun, especially in the more northerly places, because there are few merchants, and there are not too many, but those ministers all use the silver tickets of Yusheng Qianzhuang without exception, which is completely suspicious.