"Nonsense!"

The first to reprimand angrily was of course the King of Linzi, he strode forward, knelt down with a "bang", and shouted: "Your Majesty, Gu Jicang is Zhao Lanting's father-in-law, and Zhao Lanting is a close minister of the prince, this is clearly the prince, Zhao Lanting, and Gu Jicang colluded to frame his sons, and hope that the emperor will be clear." ”

Cheng Guogong also came back to his senses at this time, and knelt on his knees: "Your Majesty, Huang Quanying is indeed a micro-minister bureaucrat, but a bureaucrat, who knows if he is used by others to frame the county king and micro-ministers with false confessions, please let the emperor know." ”

Lan Ting turned around and faced the cabinet ministers: "Princes, the manor on the shore of Hongluo Lake where the father-in-law is imprisoned is a merchant surnamed Wang Mingxu, but after further investigation, Wang Xu's name is forged. ”

"Zhao Lanting, none of those people are my personal guards, as well as Ding Nu of the Chengguo Mansion, what is the use of witnesses and confessions?" King Linzi shouted.

"How does the King of Linzi know that those guards have nothing to do with the Chengguo Mansion?" Lan Ting asked rhetorically.

"Of course I believe in the ...... of Chengguo"

"Then why did His Royal Highness the King of the County explain that Sun Chongbao was able to 'predict' that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be ambushed in Gushui?"

"Sun Chongbao must be your person too!"

"Therefore, the king of Linzi thinks that the ministers and the sons of the ministers have known that the father-in-law of the family has not suffered from the rebellion, and it is expected that the father-in-law of the family will return to China not long ago, so they arranged in advance to frame the king of Linzi? Or did the king of Linzi believe that his ministers had already laid out such a conspiracy many years ago? ”

No matter how cheeky the King of Linzi is, he can't go along with it.

When Zhao Lanting didn't know Gu Chungui at all in the sixth year of Hongfu, how could he lay out early in the morning?

Or Bao Wenhan is really an "old ginger", and he reacts very quickly: "Zhao Duyu can also be the commander of the in-law to return to China to meet, and then deploy the conspiracy." ”

"Listening to Bao Duyu's words before and after, the first time was still on the matter, but the latter time seemed to think that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Zhao Mou, who had defiled the king of Linzi County." Lan Ting will not let go of any opportunity to target Bao Wenhan.

At this time, Tao Xiao went deep into the inner court, and reported that there was a wingman in the Shenshi Mansion who intended to escape from the capital, and was arrested by the Jinyi Guard, Tao Xiaoshen tortured him, and the wingman confessed, Tao Xiaoshen was just about to submit a confession, and Emperor Hongfu categorically ordered that person to confess on the spot in the Qianqing Palace.

Lan Ting didn't think that this sudden situation was worth making a fuss about, because in his opinion, Zheng Xiu would definitely not be restrained.

The witness was escorted into the main hall tremblingly, and collapsed to the ground with his knees limped.

He is Shen Shi's wingman, and he is also Shen Shi's protégé, a middle-aged man who is about to be confused, skinny, and I don't know if he was frightened by this occasion and his face was blue and purple, or if his complexion was originally so unbearable.

"No, you're here to interrogate this person." Emperor Hongfu immediately ordered.

Lan Ting responded, his eyes seemed to sweep over Zheng Xiu unintentionally, but he met a pair of his eyes, and the smile seemed to overflow the corners of his cunning eyes.

Lan Ting raised his eyes again to look at Shen Shi, who was staring at the "human witness" in a daze: "Shen Shangshu, this person is a wingman in your mansion?" ”

Shen Shi seemed to have just come back to his senses, and he held the wat board in his hand tightly: "Yes, it is the one whose surname is Xue Minghua in my mansion." ”

Shen Shi is not the king of Linzi and the prince of Chengguo, and the purpose of raising guests does not require them to give advice, but it is nothing more than to follow the pomp and circumstance needs of the current officials and scholars

demeanor, so it is impossible for Shen Shi to tell these family secrets that he actually can't see at all, he was really surprised and suspicious at this time, he didn't understand why Xue Hua chose to say goodbye today, but it still fell into the hands of Jinyiwei, what did Xue Hua confess? What can you explain?

"Xue Hua, why don't you resign to Shen Shangshu and leave the capital in a hurry?" Lan Ting asked the wingman again.

"It's not that the villain didn't quit Shen Shangshu, the villain is...... Because Shen Gong sent the family of Shangshu Mansion today to warn the villain, let the villain leave the capital quickly, and also gave the villain a total of 100 taels of silver tickets, and there is a road guide, and the silver ticket and the road guide villain have been handed over to Lord Tao. ”

Tao Xiaoshen immediately handed over the road to Lan Ting.

"According to Du Yong, the family of Shangshu Shenfu in Xing'anfang, Beijing, there are seven ...... Chinese New Year's Eve" Lan Ting recited a few lines to the road guide, and raised his eyebrows: "This road guide is a hypocrisy?" ”

"Yes, according to what the family told Shen Gong, it was to let the villain assume the name of Du Yong, another family member of Shangshu Mansion, and not allow the villain to return to his hometown first, and go to Changsha Mansion to hide for a while, and wait for Shen Gong's will to plan for the future."

As soon as Xue Hua's words fell, Shen Shi angrily reprimanded: "You are talking nonsense, this road guide was originally issued by me to Du Yong, a subordinate in my house a few days ago!" ”

Shen Shi was completely confused.

That day, he was shocked and angry when he heard that Gu Jicang was still alive, so he sent Du Yong, a slave from his family, to see his son Shen Hong, who was being released as an official outside Changsha Mansion, and reprimanded him for why he had to be soft-hearted back then, how did this guide fall into the hands of Xue Hua? Where is Du Yong now? But Lu Yin did ask his grandson Shen Wenxiu to go to the yamen to issue it, and now he really can't explain it.

"Xue Hua, then do you know why Shen Shangshu is in a hurry to send you away from Beijing with this false road?" Lan Ting asked again.

"Because the villain was once instructed by Shen Gong...... He went to Fujian to urge the iron ore smuggled by the miners from all over the country to secretly sell it to the Japanese people at a high price, and then brought the money back to the capital to hand over to Shen Gong, who said that most of the money and silver had to be handed over to Chengguo Gong for the king of Linzi...... All kinds of expenses, the villain is not only a bureaucrat in Shen Gong's mansion, but also a protégé of Shen Gong, so Shen Gong's treatment of villains has always been different from ordinary guests, and the villain knows too much of Fuzhou Shen's secrets! Shen Gong learned from the King of Linzi that Gu Juren did not die in the Japanese rebellion many years ago, and even survived from Dongying, thanks to being caught in time by Jiang Kuan, the commander of the Fujian Metropolitan Division, and escorted to Beijing to be handed over to the King of Linzi for disposal. ”

Hearing this, Lan Ting probably understood Zheng Xiu's plan, which was to let Jiang Kuan take the blame for Wen Xiao.

Jiang Kuan is Jianning Sang's in-law, that is, the uncle of Princess Linzi, although he is Wen Xiao's subordinate, but because of the power of Linzi Wangfu and Jianning Sang, of course, he also has a status that cannot be underestimated in Fuzhou, at least he has the ability and motivation to assist the surnames Shen, Xu, and Sang in smuggling iron ore for violence without Wen Xiao.

But Lan Ting pretended not to notice that there was a falsehood in this, and continued to ask: "How much else do you know about the secrets of Fuzhou Shenmen?" ”

The villain listened to Shen Gong say a lot of inside stories at that time, and he was really shocked in his heart, and expressed his opinion that Fuzhou Shenmen has become a noble, why do you need to do this risky and unpredictable, in case it is exposed, it will be full of disasters! Shen Gong sighed, only said that although the scenery of Fuzhou Shenmen is still the same, in fact, there have been no people who have entered the cabinet for three generations, and if there is no more power and high status in the officialdom, it is inevitable that it will gradually decline. Shen Gong is the head of the family, with heavy responsibilities on his shoulders, and he really can't see the family business losing in the hands of himself and his descendants, so he can only fight hard.

And Zhangzhou Xu took the initiative to show goodwill, so that Shen Gong saw the turning point of revitalizing the family business, Shen Gong also comforted the villain, saying that although Jinghai Hou did not know the inside story, because Shen, Xu, Sang, and Chen Simen helped each other, Jinghai Hou was able to win many battles with the Japanese invaders.

Therefore, the Marquis of Jinghai and the four clans of Fujian are already inseparable, even if the actions of the commander of Jiang are exposed, the three gates of Shen, Xu, and Sang can also use this handle to coerce the Marquis of Jinghai to compromise, and the imperial court relies on the Marquis of Jinghai to guard Fujian.

Shen Gong is to envelop the villain without fear, and serve Fuzhou Shen with peace of mind, because the villain is grateful to Shen Gong, so he has no idea of betrayal, how to think of it...... The disaster is coming, Shen Gong actually reached the point of ordering the villain to leave Beijing immediately, which shows that the danger is imminent, if the villain can escape from the capital smoothly, it will be just, but he was arrested by Jinyiwei, as soon as the villain entered the edict, he was immediately frightened and scattered, in order to avoid suffering from life, he could only confess truthfully, the villain knew that the crime was the same as treason, and did not dare to ask the emperor for forgiveness, only begged for ...... Instant death. ”

After speaking, he grabbed the ground with his head, as if he was really afraid of detaining him in the edict prison and torture him, and would rather knock himself to death on the gold brick ground of the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, the minister has nothing to say to ask anyone to commit Xue Hua." Lan Ting said busily.

"Escort him down." Emperor Hongfu immediately waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, the criminal Xue Hua is completely bloody, and the ministers will never dare to commit this great crime of secretly communicating with foreign countries!" Shen Shi didn't wait for Xue Hua to be taken out of the main hall, so he was busy shouting injustice.

"Shen Shangshu, your father-in-law was in your Fuzhou Shenmen when he encountered a rebellion, and it was also your second son Shen Hong who went to Fenyang to report the funeral, but the father-in-law of the family did not die at all, you kept shouting injustice, dare to ask you how to explain Shen Hong's behavior back then?" Lan Ting continued to question the case.

"It's because the dog had a misunderstanding back then, I don't know that Gu Xian's nephew didn't die, only based on the jade that Gu Xian's nephew admired, I thought that Gu Xian's nephew had died in the burning ......."

"Shen Shangshu called his father-in-law, a good nephew, so he must believe that his father-in-law's confession is not fake? The father-in-law's earlier account, but accused Shen Hong of personally asking the Hojo forces to take the father-in-law to Dongying, and it was also Shen Hong who personally took off the jade pendant on the father-in-law's body, and I don't know which indefinable bones were used, Kuang deceived the mother-in-law and the inner son to believe that the father-in-law had unfortunately died. Lan Ting's eyes were like cold electricity.

Shen Shi immediately changed his words: "Because back then, the old man was really optimistic about Gu Jicang, so at this time, he was still commensurate with a virtuous nephew. ”

"The father-in-law and your Shen family have no grudges and no grudges, what motive is there to frame your Shen family?"

"Although Gu Jicang has no grudge or enmity with my Shen family, but the prince and Zhao Ji don't want you, but they want to use my Shen family to frame the king of Linzi County, Gu Jicang must have listened to the instigation of the prince and you to make up this lie!"

"Back then, I didn't even know my son-in-law, let alone my father-in-law, could it be that I could not predict the prophet, so I laid out from the beginning, deliberately sent my father-in-law to Dongyingyi Island, and waited a few years later to take my father-in-law back to frame King Linzi and Shen Shangshu? Isn't it even more ridiculous and funny for Shen Shangshu to argue like this? ”

"It was true that Gu Jicang was taken captive back then, but it was only after Gu Jicang returned to China that you had a whim and used this incident to make a big fuss!"

"The Japanese robbed the coast, in addition to robbing money, there are indeed often evil acts of kidnapping, but most of them are abducting young women and strong men, often literati, because they can't be used as laborers and soldiers, they will be killed in the war, and the father-in-law is obviously just a scribe, how can he be spared?"

"It must have been Gu Jicang who stole his life and claimed that he could be used by the widows, so he was spared."

"Then why did the father-in-law go so far as to leave the jade pendant in the body of the victim, and mislead the mother-in-law and the inner son into thinking that he had unfortunately died?"

This question was correct, and Emperor Hongfu and the ministers saw clearly who was making a strong argument.