Chapter 290: Retraction of confession

.. , the peasant family's way to make a fortune and get rich

Hu Maoshen entered the imperial study, glanced at Kuang Zhaoying who was kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly knelt down to greet him, "Minister Hu Maoshen respectfully invites the emperor to be proud!" ”

"What is the so-called matter of Hu Aiqing entering the palace?"

The last time the emperor asked Hu Mao to investigate the case of the bandits, there has been no progress. Now the case has surfaced on its own, but I don't know whether it's true or not.

Hu Maoshen knew that the emperor had a lot of complaints about him, so he came to the palace in a hurry.

"Weichen has something to ask the emperor to see." Hu Maoshen took out Guo Shi's confession from his arms.

The emperor glanced at Hu Maoshen suspiciously, and personally took the confession and read it.

When he saw that it was Guo Shi who signed the drawing, the emperor was shocked.

"Guo Shi is going to the dynasty today, it turned out to be you? Is your confession true or false? Why did Guo Shi retract his previous confession? ”

Kuang Zhaoying, who knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, he felt that Guo Shi's confession must be related to the two cases this time.

Sure enough, Hu Maoshen's words confirmed his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wan and Lord Song have really been wronged! The fraud case is completely false, and the thief case is also someone who is framing Lord Wan, Lord Wan and Lord Song are loyal to you! ”

When Kuang Zhaoying heard this, he almost collapsed on the ground. He only felt that there was a burst of blackness in front of him, if Wan Xuenian was not dead, then there must be a turning point in this matter, who would have thought that Wan Xuenian would actually learn from death?

Will the emperor settle accounts after the autumn? Will the Wan clan let him go? He can imagine that at tomorrow's court meeting, those imperial historians will definitely impeach him again and torture him to extract confessions, forcing Wan Daren to death.

He saw that the emperor had remorse just now, and he thought that he still had some affection for Lord Wan. Now that I know that Wan Daren was wronged, wouldn't it be even more regretful?

Kuang Zhaoying was kicked out of the imperial study and punished for kneeling outside the imperial study.

"What? Wan Daren committed suicide? Hu Maoshen was really surprised to hear the news, and he suddenly thought of Gu Chengyu. Could it be that Gu Chengyu thought of a way to let Wan Xuenian commit suicide? But what about Song Shujing? Why didn't you die?

Gu Chengyu told him, don't worry about the two adults here, he has a way, is this his way? Hu Maoshen was a little frightened, and he was shocked by Gu Chengyu's decisiveness and ruthlessness.

Gu Chengyu didn't know that Hu Maoshen had misunderstood him, he had no news in prison, and he didn't know that Wan Xuenian was dead. He had been waiting for a long time, and not a single official had come, and he was wondering in his heart, what had happened? They were all hung out in their cells.

Sun Xian just came out of He Mansion, and Chengyu's senior brother Yin Kun said that he would find a way for Chengyu, and he also took care of Dali Temple, thinking that he would not suffer too much. Second Senior Brother Wu An's son Sun Xian didn't go, Yin Kun said that Wu An went for Gu Chengyu's relationship.

As for He Jisheng, Yin Kun didn't know. He went to He's mansion and was intercepted, and the porter told him that He Jisheng was not in the mansion and didn't know where to go.

The silver ticket in Sun Xian's arms was not given out, although Mingmo said that they just had to wait in the mansion. However, Sun Xian thought that something so big had happened, and he was still sitting in the mansion waiting to die, it would definitely not work, and he and Gu Wan were anxious in their hearts.

Only then did he take the silver ticket and start running around for Gu Chengyu, and he didn't know what happened to Ye Zhiqiu. Ye Zhiqiu went to Zhu Pang and Zheng Lun's mansion, in fact, they also knew that the two of them had no choice, what they wanted was their elders, so Ye Zhiqiu brought a lot of silver taels.

The emperor looked at Hu Maoshen with a pair of eagle eyes, his face sank, and he only looked at Hu Maoshen without speaking. Hu Mao was prostrate on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, cold sweat was dripping on his forehead, and he only felt that those eyes were staring at him, and the cold air invaded his spine, making him shiver uncontrollably.

"Are you saying that the thief case was committed by the eldest prince, and the framing of the court officials was also done by the eldest prince?"

The emperor's voice was steady and undulating, but Hu Maoshen felt that this was the prelude to the coming of the mountain rain.

"Yes! Liu Dong, a leader of the Great Prince's Mansion, participated in this matter, and as the mastermind of the bandit case, he led people to various prefectures and cities to commit crimes. The interception and killing of merchants and caravans totaled 16 times, and no less than 1.8 million taels of dirty silver were intercepted. ”

Hu Maoshen withstood the emperor's cold gaze and said the matter in detail.

"In the Fengding Mansion case, there was also a token left."

After Hu Maoshen finished speaking, he took out a bronze medal from his arms, and the emperor immediately stepped forward to take it, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

"The style of the token is a four-grade official position, but there is no official name on it, this token is fake." The emperor snorted coldly and threw the token in front of Hu Maoshen.

Hu Maoshen was taken aback, impossible, the token has always been kept by him personally, and there is Liu Dong's name on it, how can it be fake? He hurriedly took the token and looked at it, and found that this one was indeed a little different from the previous one, and there was no official name on it.

Hu Maoshen gritted his teeth, he was afraid that he would be tricked by the eldest prince. How could Liu Dong be so careless and bring him the token back? Liu Dong is strong in martial arts, and with this token, no official dares to encircle and suppress them no matter where he commits a crime.

When he finally stopped, he left the token in Yingnan Mansion, and he thought that Liu Dong had accidentally omitted it. After taking the token, he kept it himself, without pretending to be someone else's hand. I just took it out of the dark room today, but I didn't expect that the token had already been transferred.

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility. This Liu Dong should really be cut with a thousand knives, he was tricked by the eldest prince. He has been following Liu Dong and them, hoping to find evidence. Liu Dong and the others may have been annoyed by him, so they wanted to tease him.

deliberately left the token in Yingnanfu, and found an opportunity to get it back, so that his bamboo basket was empty. There must be the eldest prince in his house, he thought about it, felt that everyone was suspicious, and he was suspicious of Hoi An.

"Hu Maoshen, do you know what the crime of slandering the prince is?" The emperor's voice suddenly exploded like thunder, and Hu Maoshen turned pale with fright.

"Your Majesty, what Wei Chen said is true, this token has been transferred. Even if there is no token, the other witnesses and confessions are true, Guo Shi and several other witnesses are in the Weichen Mansion, waiting for the emperor to summon them. ”

"Why did Guo Shi go to your house? Why did he retract his previous confession? It's hard to understand that you caught him and wanted to bend him into a trick? The emperor squinted his eyes, arresting and interrogating people was originally a matter of Dali Temple, and Hu Maoshen dared to overstep his bounds.

And Guo Shi swore that Wan Xuenian and Song Shujing had cheated in the imperial examination, and now he has overturned his confession in less than a day, which is really incomprehensible.

"Your Majesty, Guo Shi was chased and killed not far from the palace gate yesterday. Fortunately, Wei Chen rescued him, and this is why he has these confessions. ”

The emperor sat back in his chair, and from the current point of view, Hu Maoshen's evidence was very sufficient, except for the token. Others can only be verified through verification.

"Kuang Zhaoying!"

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