Chapter 118: Confrontation in the court
"Uncle, don't be afraid, we are not bad people, we just want to take a ride, this is the money for your car." Heng Xinyuan smiled, stuffed another piece of silver to him, and pulled Wan Bingyu towards the Weihou Mansion.
The uncle said strangely behind him, "It's really strange, why do people always stuff me with silver today......"
In the Hou Mansion, Zhao Fangyu was sitting in the lobby, and the matter of coming to the court for several days had already made him a little exhausted, and the whereabouts of Zhao Yanyi and Wan Bingyu were unknown, so he was even more worried about his unsafe sleep.
Suddenly, the housekeeper came to report, "Master Hou! Master Hou! Outside...... ...... outside"
"What's going on out there? What's wrong? He quickly stood up and asked.
"Master Heng is back!" The housekeeper was ecstatic, "Just outside the door, there is also the Ice Jade Girl!" ”
Zhao Fangyu hurriedly shouted, "Quick, let them in!" ”
After a while, the housekeeper led the two of them to appear in front of Zhao Fangyu, and before he could say a word, Heng Xinyuan had already knelt in front of him, with tears in his eyes, "Uncle Zhao, Xinyuan is back, Xinyuan has worried you." ”
"Hurry up, get up, it's okay, it's okay!" Zhao Fangyu was also in tears, and looked the two of them up and down carefully, "You are not injured, are you?" It seems that they have lost weight. What about Yi'er...... Why didn't Yi'er come back......"
Wan Bingyu hurriedly said, "Uncle Zhao, don't worry, Yan Yi is still outside the city gate, and the two of us secretly escaped in." ”
"That's right, now the city gate is full of people from the four princes...... Zhao Fangyu hurriedly ordered someone to find them two neat clothes, and prepared a table of food and tea, looking at their thin appearance, they also know how much hardship they have endured along the way.
"Uncle Zhao, what is the situation between the DPRK and China now? Where is Jin Lin now? ”
"Hey, originally the Seventh Prince took Jin Lin to the court to sue the Four Princes and Chen Ninghai, but who knew that the Four Princes quibbled as a mob to launch a rebellion, and Yan Yi disappeared mysteriously from prison, the Four Princes said that it was Bing Yu's witchcraft, His Majesty was furious, put Jin Lin in prison, and ordered Yan Yi and Bing Yu to be wanted......"
Wan Bingyu was furious after hearing this, and slapped the table and shouted, "What a faint king!" If I were a witch, I would ...... first."
"Ice Jade! Take it easy! We're not that safe yet. Heng Xinyuan hurriedly grabbed her, "Don't worry, let's think about it in the long run, and we will definitely discuss countermeasures." ”
"Yes, yes, now that you two have come back safely, I will take you into the court in a few days!" Zhao Fangyu was full of confidence in his heart, raised his wine glass, and drank it all, "However, tomorrow will definitely be in great danger when you enter the court, I don't know how Your Majesty will deal with it, you ......"
"Uncle Zhao, don't worry, Xinyuan and I won't be afraid."
In fact, Wan Bingyu is now eager to enter the palace as soon as possible, so as to avenge her husband!
Zhao Fangyu cleaned up a side room for them, and finally let them sleep peacefully.
It was early in the morning, above the court.
The fourth prince stepped forward and said, "Father, this mob Jin Lin has been in prison for several days, and the retainer thinks that he must be executed as soon as possible to give everyone a warning!" ”
"Never!" Li Wenyao said coldly, "Now that the truth of the matter has not been found out, you must not kill innocents indiscriminately!" ”
"What does it mean that the truth has not been found out! Does the seventh brother think that he is really the one who complains? Last time he confronted his father in the court, all he said was rebellious words, and you didn't hear it! ”
Li Wenyao ignored him and continued, "Father, if we execute him rashly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to calm the world's mouth. ”
"Seventh brother, unless you can come up with evidence to prove that what this person said is true, otherwise, it will be in vain, that Heng Xinyuan is dead now, can you let him come out of the ground to confess!"
Li Chengqian relied on Heng Xinyuan to be dead, and no one could have evidence to refute him, and his words were sharper than the other.
At this moment, outside the main hall, a deep and calm voice floated faintly, "Who said, there is no evidence!" ”
Everyone followed the prestige, and it turned out to be Zhao Fangyu with Heng Xinyuan and Wan Bingyu who appeared on the top of the main hall!
Their steps were sonorous, their expressions were condensed, their eyes were firm, they came to the center of the hall, and saluted together, "Your Majesty, Heng Xinyuan, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, has returned, and I hereby ask Your Majesty for sin!" ”
Li Chengqian never dreamed that Heng Xinyuan would come back alive, his heart couldn't help trembling, and he hurriedly shouted to the guards in the palace, "Someone! Arrest the prisoners and the witches! ”
Hearing this, the two rows of guards stepped forward, pulled out their cold swords, and surrounded them, Heng Xinyuan just smiled faintly and looked at him, "Fourth prince, is it possible that you still want to kill people for the second time today?" ”
"What do you say! What kind of murder and extermination, you colluded with this demon girl, acted as a traitor, accepted bribes, and the crime should be punished! At this time, Li Chengqian was already a little panicked and began to speak incoherently.
"His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince said that I accepted bribes, could it be that this silver ticket was mentioned?" Heng Xinyuan unhurriedly took out the 500,000 taels of silver ticket that Chen Ninghai gave him at that time, "This was specially given to me by Lord Chen Ninghai in order to seal my mouth, how did it become that I accepted bribes?" ”
The emperor sitting on the dragon chair was only now reacted by this good show one after another, pointed at Heng Xinyuan and asked, "You, you, you...... You're not dead? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen was surrounded by killers that day, and in desperation, he had to jump off the cliff, fortunately he was rescued by a family, and now he has returned to the dynasty and has come to present the truth to His Majesty!"
"What truth?"
"The four princes and Yin Chen Ninghai, the governor of Junnan Prefecture, the two of them were embarrassed, privately swallowed the grain of the imperial court for disaster relief, and colluded with a local landlord Zhao Youlong to sell the grain to the people at a high price, which made a large number of refugees starve to death, and the Junnan Mansion has become a hell on earth, and the people have long been miserable! The four princes were afraid that the news would reach Kyoto, so they sent their officers and soldiers to guard the city gate and not allow anyone to go out......"
Before he finished speaking, Li Chengqian was already in a cold sweat, and he roared tremblingly, "You fart!" Heng Xinyuan, you have already committed a capital crime, and you still want to splash dirty water on me! Do you have any evidence for this! ”
"Proof, of course!" Heng Xinyuan stood up and pointed outside the door, "The evidence is outside the door, I don't know if Your Highness dares to see it?" ”
Li Chengqian looked out of the door in horror, "What evidence ......?"
The emperor couldn't hold back either, and said again and again, "Bring it up, bring it up, I also want to know the truth!" ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw a large number of ragged and mud-covered villagers rushing in, almost smashing the door of the main hall!
The refugees fell to their knees, kowtowing and shouting, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, save us!" We're all starving! ”
"This, this, this...... This is? The emperor was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he shook his body and stood up, "Heng Xinyuan, what kind of person is this!" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, these are the victims I brought back from Junnan Mansion, and they are more convincing than me." As he spoke, he asked everyone to stop crying and said to Ah Zhen, who was in the lead, "Ah Zhen, you come and tell Your Majesty about the matter." ”