Chapter 272: Zheng Cheng is exposed
With the relationship between Zheng Cheng and Li Wensong, all the officials in the DPRK and China can see it, and Su Jingye has always been not on good terms with Li Wensong, and as soon as he came up today, he threatened Zheng Chengguan to be demoted by three levels, and anyone would think that Su Jingye wanted to announce his personal vendetta and take the opportunity to suppress Li Wensong's forces.
Then suddenly the topic changed to forcing Zheng Cheng to tell the evidence, and Zheng Cheng actually agreed, which is what really makes Zhao Ming feel powerful. The-for-tat between the words, in fact, all the situations are under control.
When he went upstairs, Zhao Ming kept glancing at Su Jingye's back with his eyes, and his eyes were full of admiration. Such a prickly gaze provoked Su Jingye to get goosebumps all over his body even if he couldn't see it.
Finally, when he couldn't help it, he walked around the corner, Su Jingye let Zheng Cheng take the lead, and walked to his side with the last step, asking in a deep voice.
"Lord Zhao, do you have anything you want to ask or say, why do you keep looking at this king like this?"
"Xia Guan just admired and thanked the prince for the big profit first and then the small profit." Zhao Ming smiled, stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of please, and walked one step behind him very respectfully.
"The prince has not gotten along well with Lord Zheng and Lord Li, but now he is willing to put aside his personal grievances for the sake of this case of the lower official, and the lower official is very convinced."
"Where do you start?" Su Jingye raised his eyebrows, fortunately, Zhao Ming knew the proportions of his speech, and he didn't speak too bluntly, so Su Jingye had this patience and accompanied him to continue asking.
"Didn't the prince force Lord Zheng to tell the truth in exchange for his punishment of being demoted to the third level? Although there is a suspicion of black-box operation, the prince is bothered by the case, and the lower officials will definitely not dismantle the prince's platform. Which is more important between the two, the lower officials are still clearly distinguished. ”
"I don't think you understand." Su Jingye chuckled helplessly in his heart, just looking at Zhao Ming's bright smile, he could also judge from his words what he was thinking in his heart.
At this time, ruthlessly debunking Zhao Ming's inner fantasy can be regarded as a bad taste for Su Jingye.
Zheng Cheng was familiar with the road in front of him, and Su Jingye deliberately slowed down his pace, and he was far away from him, so he and Zhao Ming bit their ears in the back.
"It's really a disappointment for Lord Zhao, this is a demotion punishment, but Your Majesty's regulations This king has no right to interfere. As for the evidence, there is indeed such a clause, Zheng Cheng, as a witness, can naturally have special permission, which is also his own choice."
However, this king inevitably feels a little pity, after all, this is the best opportunity to suppress them. But it's not bad to be able to solve the mystery of this case, and it can also unload a big burden in the capital, so why not? ”
"Then the prince said so, in this matter, the prince does not contain any selfishness?" Zhao Ming somehow? There was even a little disappointment.
"What Lord Zhao thinks, think about it." Su Jingye nodded slightly, put his two hands behind his back and walked up quickly.
It stands to reason that the relationship between Su Jingye and Zhao Ming is not so deep, so why bother with so much effort and effort for him.
Besides, Su Jingye's personality is not the kind of treacherous villain, he will take risks for the sake of small profits, he is the most fair and upright, and Zhao Ming should have known it a long time ago.
After making it clear, Zheng Cheng had already walked to the corridor on the third floor, and all the rooms in this row were closed and locked except for the dead man's room, which had the door wide open.
Zheng Cheng didn't seem to have any impression of this room, until he walked to the door, and found that it was a mess inside, and there were faint two or three drops of blood on the ground, that he suddenly reacted, dodged and hid behind the door and didn't dare to go in.
"I don't know where the prince wants to take me to talk?" Zheng Cheng's face was not very good, and when he looked at Zhao Ming and the others walking up, he reluctantly raised a smile.
And Su Jingye has always known that he is timid, and now his pale face may be largely due to the fact that someone has died in the room.
"Don't worry, Lord Zheng, you must choose a clean place." Su Jingye smiled at him and took Zheng Cheng to the room next door where he and Zhao Ming had been sitting.
Zheng Cheng's face didn't work for a moment when he heard Su Jingye's words, and after he sat down in this room, he returned to the gray and white color of Fang Cai.
Zhao Ming walked a little lonely at the end, and was about to follow their footsteps to go in, but found that Wu Sanniang suddenly appeared behind him.
Wu Sanniang was light and didn't make a sound when she walked, and Zhao Ming was worried about other things in his heart, and he didn't pay attention to it, until a figure suddenly broke into his sight and startled him.
"Didn't you go down from the other direction first, and somehow ran behind the official out of nowhere."
It is said that people are scary and scared to death, and this daytime startling looks a little bluffing at first glance. Zhao Ming patted his chest and gasped, glanced at her again, and then eased up and walked into the room. And Wu Sanniang followed closely behind, standing at the door and bowing down.
"Don't blame the adults, these are the interesting things in the drunken building of the slave family, the stairs that can lead to various places, this time it frightened the adults, it is indeed the slave family, and the slave family hereby solemnly apologizes to the adults."
After Wu Sanniang apologized seriously, she stood up by herself, except for Zhao Ming, who was really a little angry, everyone else in the room had an indifferent attitude, so they didn't care about her demeanor.
Wu Sanniang said and took two more steps inside, and suddenly clapped her hands, and the two twins Zuisheng and Mengsheng who followed her each brought a plate of refreshments and a pot of tea.
"At that time, when I was below, looking at the appearance of a few adults, I must have to stay here for a while, the tea in this room had been cold earlier, and the slave family specially arranged for a few people to prepare a new one, as for these dishes are the special snacks in the small shop, please also ask the prince and adults to use slowly."
Zheng Cheng and Su Jingye in front of the table sat opposite each other, as if they had formed two opposing camps. Wu Sanniang smiled dryly and inserted it from the gap between them, helping to put the things that Drunken Mengsheng had brought on the table.
"It's just a little embarrassing, the slave family's drunken building is not specialized in making dim sum, this osmanthus cake was originally going to be sprinkled with a layer of frosting, but the master who made dim sum didn't come today, and the frosting couldn't be made, so I had to ask a few people to take it for the time being."
"It doesn't matter, is there any honey in the building, and it's the same if you pour a little bit of it." Zheng Cheng likes to eat these sweet and greasy things the most, and when he heard that there was no icing on the pastry, he reflexively asked out loud, but it attracted Su Jingye's attention.
"I never thought that Lord Zheng shouldn't be here for the first time, otherwise how could I know so much about the snacks in the building?"
Hearing this, Zhao Ming chuckled and shook his head, twisted a piece of osmanthus cake and tasted it. Zheng Cheng's hand was suddenly moved, and then he reflexively looked at Wu Sanniang.
Wu Sanniang immediately stood up and turned her face away, but she didn't see it. Zheng Cheng asked her if she couldn't, so she had to find an excuse to prevaricate in the past.
"Xia Guan likes sweets, and he also has some research on these dim sum, so it's just a casual mention, and the prince doesn't have to care."
"I see." Su Jingye nodded, and then the whole room fell into silence.
Wu Sanniang realized that it was not appropriate for her to stay here, so she took Zuisheng and Mengsheng out and closed the door.
"Lord Zheng said below, you have testimony or clues about this case, so how can you prove yourself and make this king believe your words?"
When there were no more idlers waiting in the room, Su Jingye spoke leisurely. This sudden sentence scared Zheng Cheng's hand back when he wanted to get the snacks on the table.
"How?" Zheng Cheng stupidly withdrew his hand, put it on his chin, and kept rubbing a pair of eyes, Sui straightened his posture and replied seriously.
"That night, in the next room," Zheng Cheng glanced at the wall on the right, "The person who died early in it was Lang Zhong and Yang Zhongping of the Ministry of Water of the Ministry of Industry." Master Zhao thinks what I said is right? ”
Su Jingye turned his head and asked with his eyes, and Zhao Ming hurriedly nodded solemnly.
"That's it. There is Lord Lao Zheng, who will tell us what happened that night as it was. ”
Zheng Cheng pondered for a while, thinking that this matter had nothing to do with himself and Li Wensong, so he agreed.
It turned out that Zheng Cheng was instructed by Li Wensong that day, asking him to learn to deal well with the people under the Ministry of Industry, so that he could ask for something later. It's just that Zheng Cheng and Gu Ting are by Li Wensong's side, and their private relationship is not very good, so Zheng Cheng is not pleasing to the eye with all the people in the Ministry of Industry.
But Li Wensong asked for it in the third, Zheng Cheng was embarrassed, and he didn't have the courage to refuse, so he picked Yang Zhongping, who seemed to be the best to speak.
Yangzhong Plain is a native of Yancheng, and later after going through the imperial examination, Jia Baoju was able to enter the Ministry of Industry and obtain a position from the Liupin Water Department.
Because of his mediocre appearance and cautious speech, when he was studying in the capital, many people took a fancy to his future. Until now, he has been an official in the capital for nearly ten years, and he has never changed his original intention.
Zheng Cheng inquired a little in the court, and everyone praised this Yang Zhongping for being able to talk and deal with things, and he was a little relieved, but the only thing he was worried about was not knowing how to envelop him.
Later, when he heard that there was only one good wife in his family, and there was no connecting room, Zheng Cheng thought that he had found a breakthrough and moved his mind.