Cao Lan became angry when she heard this, and pulled Qing Wenxuan and said, "What the courtiers said is not false at all, the emperor can send people to Jiangzhou at will to ask the people and the prefect's servants if there is such a thing." ”

"Since there is a thief, the prefect can send someone to recover it, which cannot be an excuse for him to be greedy for ink and silver." Qing Wenxuan flicked his sleeves, took a step to the left, and distanced himself from Cao Lan, his originally fat face became more and more hideous.

Cao Lan didn't follow, just snorted coldly, and continued to report to the emperor, "That day, in the pull with the robbers, one of the robbers was intercepted and killed, and the thief had a trident tattoo on his left shoulder. ”

The Jade King, who was sitting on the side, instantly sank his face, but immediately returned to normal, as if he had been prepared for all this and everything was expected, so he calmly sat aside and watched the play.

Cao Lan continued, "On the second day, my father ran around, but he didn't get the grain back, and the salt lord was even more angry, so he hoarded the looted grain and sold it at a high price, causing Jiangzhou grain to be more expensive than salt, and the people couldn't afford to eat the grain at all, so they had to sell all the valuable things in the family.

The originally poor family didn't even have anything to take as collateral, so they had to starve, and Jiangzhou, which was originally rich and prosperous, was strewn with corpses, and the flood did not drown people, but was starved to death.

Later, my father really had no choice, so he sold all the valuable things in the family and distributed the family's rations to the people.

Chen Nu dared to ask the ministers, would the person who could distribute the only ration of his family to the people be greedy for the silver taels that saved his life? My father was never a money-grubber. ”

Lin Er said with a little anger, "The silver taels and grain for disaster relief have arrived, and it shouldn't be so serious that the famine in Jiangzhou is so serious, what happened?" ”

Cao Lan swallowed her saliva, pointed to Qing Wenxuan on the side, and continued, "It was this senior official who transported the silver taels and grain for disaster relief to Jiangzhou, thinking that the disaster situation could be alleviated and someone could make decisions for the people of Jiangzhou."

Unexpectedly, this dog official turned a blind eye to the salt lord who ransacked the grain depot, and blamed my father for his incompetence, saying that my father had an affair with the salt lord and the prison guard had stolen the grain depot.

Someone arrested my father, and without even giving him a chance to defend himself, he was directly imprisoned, and even charged him with embezzlement of ink and silver after his father was imprisoned.

Dog officer, let me ask you, my father has been locked up by you, how can you be greedy for the disaster silver, and why did you hand over the disaster silver to my father? ”

Hearing this, Qing Wenxuan slapped Cao Lan's face hard, and his already pale face instantly turned red, in stark contrast to the bloodless skin around him.

"Nonsense, the evidence of your father's greed for ink and silver is conclusive, and the daughter of your criminal minister is going to reverse right and wrong in front of the emperor and pour dirty water on the official."

As soon as Qing Wenxuan's words fell, the wine glass in the emperor's hand fell on his head.

Qing Wenxuan covered the blood flowing from his head and quickly knelt down, "The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry, the minister has never wronged Cao Zhifu in the slightest, this woman must want to reverse right and wrong, so as to save her thief father from prison, her words must not be trusted." ”

The emperor got up and pointed at Qing Wenxuan, and scolded sharply, "I will check her words, and I will investigate your affairs clearly." ”

Cao Lan knelt and climbed a few steps forward, "The emperor is clear, what the courtiers say, if there is any falsehood, I am willing to be thundered by the sky." After the dog official put my father in prison, he colluded with the local salt lords to get money, and did not care about the life or death of the people, making the people miserable, and wrote a letter to the courtiers, hoping that the courtiers could present it to His Majesty on their behalf. ”

Cao Lan said and tore open a piece of cedar, with a layer of white cloth tightly on her body, only to see her get up and pick up the dagger on Lin Er's table and carefully cut the white cloth tightly wrapped around her waist, and a thick stack of paper fell down.

The guards picked up the blank paper and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor opened the white paper and looked at it a few times, then smashed it on Qing Wenxuan's body, "Open your dog eyes and take a good look, this is all a good thing you did, this is how you went to me for disaster relief, and you were a parent official for the people like this!" ”

Qing Wenxuan knelt on the ground, his hands trembling and picked up the Book of the People, on which were crooked and signed the names of various people, as well as a lot of blood marks, the beginning of which was his crime of colluding with the salt lord to loot the people's fat and ointment.

The originally fat face froze, and he hurriedly kowtowed to admit his mistake, "The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry, all this is because the salt lord took his family to coerce Weichen, and Weichen gave in, please atone for your sins." ”

Xu Yingcai got up and handed the fold that had been prepared for a long time in his hand to the emperor, "Emperor Qi, the minister has a book, which is about Lord Qing in recent years to use disaster relief to search for people's fat and ointment, and ask the emperor to take a look." ”

Shangguan Yu, the minister of Zhongshu, stood up, "Your Majesty, when the minister of the court is corrupt and perverts the law. When the crime is committed, he should be removed from his official position and sent to prison, and Weichen is willing to share his worries for the emperor and investigate the case. ”

As we all know, Qing Wenxuan is Shangguan Yu's disciple, and Shangguan Yu's move is obviously to survive with a broken tail.

A group of officials from Shangguan Yu's faction also stood up and asked to investigate the case and punish Qing Wenxuan according to the law, so as to set an example and return justice to the people.

Although Qing Wenxuan was unfair, he didn't dare to refute it, after all, now that the evidence is conclusive, he can't escape, if Shangguan Yu takes over the case, the family can still have room to turn around, at least not to implicate his wife and children. He had no choice but to bow down and confess his sins.

The emperor was sitting behind the table, holding Xu Yingcai's fold with both hands, his sword eyebrows twisted together, and the angry expression on his face made people shudder.

Lin Yi also took the book and walked out, "Emperor Qi, there is also a book here, which is about a robber organization in the people. This organization is called the Salt Barons, and at first it was mainly engaged in smuggling sea salt, but in recent years, it has lived inland, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil. ”

The guards also presented the fold in Lin Er's hand.

The emperor put Xu Yingcai's fold aside, opened Lin Er's fold and looked at it, and just looked at it for a while, he immediately burst into a rage, "How can this be true, now that the robbers have bullied the people, what are you parents and officials doing, why is no one reporting it?" Why no one cares, but allows the robbers to grow, oppress the people, and do many evils? ”

The ministers lowered their heads one after another, not daring to squeak.

Lin Yi stood up straight, and Shi Li replied, "According to the minister's investigation, this salt lord also has a behind-the-scenes leader, and most of the looted money has gone into the leader's pocket. They killed, injured and looted everywhere, and it is said that this leader is also working with Zhou Xuan of various official governments, so although they have caused trouble to the people over the years, no one has reported it and no one has sent troops to suppress it. ”

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