Chapter 195: Desperate Life (3)
Not to mention asking someone to ask...... Wei Changze immediately denied it, "It's not suitable, Wu Youli is a businessman, what can he know." ”
Chang Jue looked at him and smiled kindly, "Since the Fourth Emperor Brother is reluctant to mention people, I think it's okay not to mention it for the time being, but it is not the Fourth Emperor Brother who has the final say here, it should be decided by the Father." ”
The emperor glanced at Wei Changze, "Just now you said that you want to let Yi Bin enter the palace, and I agreed, then this Wu Youli is also a witness, why can't you come?" He directly instructed Gonggong Liu, "You directly take someone to find him, find him, ask him first, if he can explain clearly, you can directly ask him to sign and draw a confession back." ”
Wei Changze still wanted to make a sound, but was pulled by Wei Changyuan.
Wu Youli was found out, which basically shows that the brothers' plan failed, and now they are talking too much and making mistakes.
But Changjue's analysis was not over yet, he looked at the emperor, "Father, do you feel anything wrong when you look at this envelope?" ”
The emperor also took one from the side, naturally it had been torn apart, he looked at it repeatedly, and he didn't understand, "I look at it as an ordinary envelope." ”
Chang Jue said: "What my father said is that this hemp paper itself can be used to make envelopes after cutting, but this kind of extra layer must be made by someone else, and it can't be too exaggerated, so as not to see the flaws at a glance." Further north of the capital, there are not many large towns, and bookstores are far less prosperous than those in Beijing, and if I let those courtiers do their own thing, maybe there will be strange envelopes in my hands. ”
The Emperor had already understood, "You mean ......"
Chang Jue nodded, "So the best way is to find someone from Beijing to make a batch, and when the letter from the north arrives, change the envelope, so that you can check it again, so as not to make mistakes." Thinking of this, Erchen asked people to take the envelope and compare it with many shops selling pen, ink, paper and inkstone in Beijing, and found that the paper was very similar to one of them. ”
The emperor glanced at him, "Then don't you say the name of the shop?" ”
Chang Jue bowed his head respectfully, "Back to my father's words, it's Yunlin Bookstore." ”
The emperor immediately called someone to investigate, and saw that it was getting late like this. The corruption case" actually made a real fuss all afternoon.
People from all directions were staring at this imperial city, trying in vain to see the final result from it, and Concubine Ying stood in the courtyard of Changfu Palace, biting her lip lightly, and after listening to Qinghe's narration, the whole person seemed to be about to collapse.
"Wu Youli has been found, and Yunlin Bookstore has also been found, we have been put on a show by his Wei Changjue!"
Qinghe was so anxious, "What about the two highnesses?" You can't just let King Gong really turn this matter over. ”
"What can I do?" Concubine Ying glanced at her, her eyes were full of hatred and ruthlessness, "At this time, can there be any other way than to do nothing?" I never thought that my two children together were not as good as him as Wei Changjue! ”
Qinghe muttered: "Don't do it twice? Are you going to get started? ”
Ying Guifei's nails were almost sunk in the palm of her hand, she looked at the clouds at dusk on the horizon, and whispered, "Sky, it's going to be dark." ”
Gonggong Liu is quite neat, the news of Yunlin Bookstore and Wu Youli soon came back, they didn't say it at first, but Gonggong Liu directly referred people to the Shen Criminal Division, these people who have never even entered the palace, when they saw these torture instruments, they were so frightened that they couldn't shed much blood, so they confided the truth.
The silver tickets issued by the money bank under Wu Youli's name were naturally instructed by Wei Changze, and as for Yunlin Bookstore, it also received Yi Bin's money to make such an envelope, and there is even a little leftover at this time, which can be found by searching carefully in the shop.
After listening to these statements, and listening to Gonggong Liu read the confession, Changjue turned around, looked at Wei Changze quietly, and asked, "What else do the fourth emperor brothers want to say?" ”
He was wearing a court dress, no different from those groveling ministers, but he could see his upright posture, a beam of oblique sunset sunlight came in from the door, shining directly at his feet, it looked golden, and the momentum of that body, as if at this moment, even the emperor could not compare.
But what Wei Changze hated most was his calmness, gritted his teeth, and said, "I did it, okay!" But are you really completely clean, how much money you have ever received from your hands every year, and how much ink you have greedy, you know in your heart! ”
Chang Jue's eyebrows were gentle, and he shook his head with pity, "From the moment I came into the world, everyone has blood stains on their bodies, and after washing, they will also be contaminated with dust, and no one is completely clean, which is true, but no matter what, I will not fabricate empty words and put my hands and feet to death." Fourth Emperor Brother, you really have nothing to say, so are you still slandering me for being greedy? ”
He didn't look at Wei Changze anymore, turned around, and bowed to the emperor, "The truth is revealed at this moment, please make a decision." ”
The emperor sat there and thought quietly, he couldn't see the benefits of Wei Changjue before, but now he felt that the prince who came out was different from others after all.
He was a little sad, but also a little relieved, and suddenly remembered Empress Cikang, who had such a backbone, and raised a good son who could carry everything.
After thinking for a long time, the emperor finally opened his mouth, "I promised Changjue before, what you said will be reflected on me, I am the emperor, and I will not regret it......"
"Father!" Chang Yuan finally couldn't help it and took a step forward, "The Fourth Emperor Brother was instigated by a traitor to be like this, this Yi Bin, as well as the Seventh Emperor Brother, often provokes the Fourth Emperor Brother for being disrespectful to the Third Emperor Brother, and as time goes by, he can't help but feel angry, please ask the emperor to punish the Yi family and the Seventh Emperor Brother heavily, but for the sake of the purity of the Fourth Emperor Brother's mind, spare him this time!" ”
Yi Bin said angrily: "The villain has not instigated His Royal Highness King Yu, the villain is just helping him do things!" ”
"To help him do things, but not to persuade him, to let him go down the road of fratricide, is to instigate!" Wei Changyuan reprimanded.
Yi Bin was angry, and asked Wei Changze again, "Could it be that His Royal Highness King Yu also sees it this way?" ”
Wei Changze knew that his brother was fishing for himself, how could he put himself in it for the sake of a nobody, although he couldn't bear it, he still said with a cold face: "I knew you on the Fengyue field, you said that you could help me, I believed it, but I never expected that you would help me like this." ”
Yi Bin was so angry that his eyes turned black, and he actually stepped forward directly, pointing at him and drinking: "I am a bastard for you, I have lost the love of my life, I have lost my relatives and children, and at this juncture, you have directly pushed me out to take the blame!" I'm blind to follow you! Wei Changze, I just want to ask, are you human?! ”
Wei Changyuan shouted: "What kind of vulgar words in the market are also brought to the emperor?!" Father, Yi Bin lost his honor in front of the emperor, how he complained on weekdays, it can be seen, please surrender immediately! ”
Before the emperor could speak, Yi Bin punched Wei Changze, and the bridge of Wei Changze's nose was in the middle, and blood immediately flowed out, Liu Gonggong was shocked, and hurriedly took the little inner supervisor next to him to hold down Yi Bin, and reprimanded: "This is crazy?!" In front of the emperor and His Royal Highness, you dare to commit murder?! ”
Yi Bin was held down by Tuan Tuan, but he became more and more open-minded, and said nonchalantly: "Shouldn't he Wei Changze fight?" If you don't respect your father, you will frame your siblings, and it will be light to beat him. If the emperor wants to punish him, punish it! Anyway, since Wanyin's death, I have already been aggrieved to death, if it weren't for his Wei Changze saying that he was planning to live for the common people of Li Min, and said that I was a minister of humerus, I wouldn't be so obsessed! I'm now sorry for not being able to do it at the beginning. Wei Changze, you return my Wanyin, return my Wanyin! ”
"Crazy, you're crazy." Wei Changze didn't know how to deal with it at all, so he could only say these words repeatedly.
I don't know if it was the red eyes when he mentioned Wan Yin, or the manhood that opened up everything, which touched the emperor a little. He thought about it for a while, but didn't really condemn the crime, but said: "Take him down and lock him up in prison first, he hurt the prince in the end, and then he will deal with it." ”
Yi Bin was tied up and taken away, this side of the Qianming Palace finally quieted down, Wei Changyuan calmed down, and only stubbornly continued to follow the words just now: "The fourth emperor brother is also crooked for a while, and the father should be punished, but Erchen begs you to forgive him this time when he is still young and has not caused a big disaster." ”
The emperor asked, "Didn't it cause a catastrophe?" ”
Wei Changyuan gritted his teeth, "Erchen is wrong, it has caused a big disaster, and the third emperor brother has also been wronged, and Erchen is willing to bear it, only begging his father not to exile the fourth emperor brother, and not to raid Yuwang's mansion." ”
At this time, it looks like a deep brotherhood, but the emperor simply said a single sentence, blocking Wei Changyuan with nothing to say, "Of course you have to bear it with all your might, do you dare to say that you don't know anything about today's events?" Changyuan, do you know what you call it? It's called 'aiding and abetting.'" ”
Last night in Changfu Palace, I don't know what's going on, it may be that Chang Jue's attitude angered him, or it may be that Chang Ze said that "brothers work together to break gold" was too tempting, which led him to finally get on this thief ship, he didn't make much of a move, but every word he said was directed at Chang Jue, which invisibly made the emperor's heart biased towards the two brothers.
But now, all the favors and favorites have been lost by himself.
The emperor finally decided that the three princes could go back to their homes separately first, and naturally the Qi Palaces and the Yu Palaces would be taken care of, and from this moment on, they would not be able to go out, and tomorrow there would naturally be a will to punish the two people.
Wei Changyuan and Wei Changze left in frustration, and they couldn't even say a word to each other, only Changjue, who was just about to retire, but was left behind by the emperor.
"Don't worry, I still have a few words to talk to you alone."
At this time, it was already dark, and Liu Gonggong lit candles with a fire fold alone, and did not allow other irrelevant people to come in, Changjue still stood there leisurely, and said "yes" softly, and his body seemed to be stained with no trace of fireworks.
Looking at the shadow stretched by the candlelight on the ground, the emperor said, "Everything that happened today is under your control?" ”
Chang Jue was very honest, "Back to my father's words, the sons did expect something, so they made preparations in advance. ”
The Emperor smiled, "You look a little like me. In the past, I thought that the most similar to me was Chang Ze, because of the temperament of me and Concubine Ying, in fact, they were more like-minded, even Chang Yuan seemed to be a little more like me than you. ”
Chang Jue thought for a while and said, "The queen mother knows who you like, and the sons also know, so the sons have never thought about crossing the second or fourth emperor brothers." ”
The emperor said: "You are right, they are all self-inflicted, you are just pushing the boat along the river, even if they treated you like that just now, you did not say anything disrespectful." ”
After a pause, the emperor spoke again, "But Changjue, there are too many smart people in the world, no matter what time you are, don't feel that you have a chance to win, you must remember the word 'prudent', and no matter what decisions you make in the future, don't forget it." ”
Chang Jue's heart moved, and he raised his eyes and said softly: "Father, ......"
"I'm old, I won't really live to live long live, you're like me, so I can make some decisions." The emperor looked at him with a smile, not at all showing the slightest old age.
Chang Jue didn't panic, but he really didn't know what to do at this time, he knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "Father, Erchen doesn't want to hide it from you, Erchen really thought about the position of the East Palace, but Erchen doesn't want to hear you say such things, in Erchen's heart, you won't be old." ”
The emperor can really see it, and he can speak openly, "But birth, old age, sickness and death are common things in the world, and I mention this now because I am not worried that after you know this news, your ambition will swell, and you will be disrespectful to me, this world, in the end, is still mine." So you don't have to be so afraid, I am talking about this because I want to discuss something with you. ”
Chang Jue buried his head lower, "Father and Emperor torture his sons, please ask Father to order his sons directly!" ”
The emperor shook his head, "I can't tell you about this matter, because I can't control you at that time, so I can only ask you for a willing promise while I still have a breath now." ”
When Changjue came out of the Qianming Palace, the night was already like a piece of charred carbon, thrown into the hearts of different people, and it was so anxious that it was uncomfortable. The moon on the sixteenth is indeed very round, but the moonlight is no better than the daylight after all, pouring gently, covering the long palace road, but people do not feel the brightness and temperature.
Chang Jue walked quickly outside the palace, he knew that Lan Yi was already waiting in a hurry.
But he didn't know, and many people didn't know, that Prince Gong's mansion was about to suffer a catastrophe.
At this moment, Lan Yi just asked someone to bring the moon cakes, and said with a smile: "Although His Royal Highness is not here, and I don't know when I will be able to come back, but we have a chance to get together, and we have to spend this August 16 well." The moon is full, and you can't live up to it, especially Miss Yun, who is reunited with us today, and you have to eat more mooncakes to give face to Prince Gong's Mansion. ”
Yun Guiwu picked up a piece in front of him, which was printed with the words "Flower and full moon", and said: "The mold of Prince Gong's Mansion is good, and the words on this moon cake have a good meaning." ”
Lan Yi hurriedly invited her, "Taste it, see if it fits the taste, Concubine Shu likes to eat sweet, and there are more than a dozen of them in the kitchen and more honey, if you can eat it, it will be good luck." ”