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"Erchen has calculated. None of the money transactions recorded in this account book are written in the Tai'an Palace. Zhu Xinzhi's voice was faint, as if he was saying something that was not shocking, but what he said made Emperor Xuanqing's face change instantly: "But Ran Chenglin once secretly told that the Tai'an Palace accepted a bribe of 50,000 taels of silver through his hands. ”

"What do you mean?" Emperor Xuanqing frowned.

Zhu Xinzhi: "Since it was the lord of Tai'an who accepted bribes, and this silver money was passed through Ran Chenglin's accounts, then there should be something recorded in the account book; Father, please see, Ran Chenglin is meticulous and thoughtful, as small as a hundred taels of silver, there is no reason why the fifty thousand taels of silver does not do pen and ink. This is the biggest doubt. Erchen thought that there were only two possibilities at this time: first, there was a second account book in Ran Chenglin's Taishou Mansion, but I don't know why, this account book was not found; Second...... "He paused, "Ran Chenglin's secret accusation of corruption against Pei Xie Tang was actually framed. ”

"Framed? Without evidence, how did Ran Chenglin bite Pei Xie Tang? Emperor Xuanqing didn't believe it.

Zhu Xinzhi was silent for a moment: "Erchen doesn't know, I heard that Ran Chenglin is Pei Xietang's uncle, and Erchen really can't think of what reason he has to bite his niece." ”

"That's all for that." Emperor Xuanqing pressed his hand on the account book with a serious expression: "Tell the world and announce Ran Chenglin's crime!" ”

"But ......" Zhu Xinzhi raised his eyes in shock.

If there is any suspicion and no investigation, how can you give an explanation to the people?

Emperor Xuanqing had a cold face: "Believe it, if this matter continues to be investigated, I'm afraid it won't be a matter of 50,000 taels of silver." ”

"But if Pei Xie Tang was really wronged, he should also give her a clean slate. Her crimes are full of seven major crimes and five minor crimes, and her sons think that corruption and bribery are only one of them, and even if she pays back her innocence, she can't change anything. Zhu Xin took a step forward, and his expression was very insistent: "Father, you teach your sons, and you always say that you must be fair, is it ......?"

"Enough!" Emperor Xuanqing's eyes seemed to be condensed with light: "Don't keep saying that she is wronged, she is in vain Gu Zhen's trust, she really deserves death!" Besides, this case was really investigated to the end, and it didn't necessarily mean that she was wronged! ”

"Yes." Zhu Xinzhi saw that he was angry, and he didn't dare to say any more, so he had to lower his head.

Emperor Xuanqing softened his voice: "Believe it, you are very capable, but you are soft-hearted, and you will learn more from the prince in the future." You're tired too, go down. ”

"The retainers retired." Zhu Xinzhi's sullen response.

Emperor Xuanqing had no intention of keeping him, and Zhu Xinzhi had to turn around and leave the Zhengda Guangming Palace. Jinghe's father-in-law stood at the door, glanced at him, sighed lowly, and went into the hall to serve. Zhu Xinzhi stood alone for a while, seeing the sunlight falling from the eaves, it was bright outside, and the place where he was was dark and cool, and his heart was very uncomfortable. Glancing back at the hall behind him, Emperor Xuanqing was frowning and constantly looking through the account books he had submitted, his face was solemn that he had never seen before, his heart jumped suddenly, and he couldn't help but turn his head away.

Quickly left the Zhengda Guangming Palace, and when he arrived at the gate of the palace, the lonely bird had been waiting for a long time: "Lord, shall we go back to the house?" ”

"No, go to the Punishment Department." Zhu Xinzhi thought about it and said firmly.

Emperor Xuanqing said not to check it anymore, didn't he check it?

He reached into his arms, a thin account book still had body temperature in his arms, and he couldn't help but wonder—if it was this account book that had been presented to his father, would everything be different?

"Lord Wang, why is this account book still here?" When the lonely bird saw what he was holding, he was immediately taken aback.

"Luo Xia brought back two account books from the Taishou Mansion, one on the bright side and the other on the dark side. On the bright side, I present it to Your Majesty; This book is too shocking in the dark, involving more people and bigger officials, and it is difficult to prove anyone based on this thing alone. I'm looking for other evidence. Zhu Xinzhi closed his eyes and felt a little tired: "Lonely, I think I did something wrong." ”

"What's the matter?" Lonely was stunned.

Zhu Xinzhi opened his eyes: "In this matter, I wronged Pei Xie Tang. ”

"She's dead." Lonely Crane sighed: "Lord Wang, don't think about her anymore." The subordinates knew that Pei Xie Tang was very good to the prince when he was alive, but she violated the law of the country after all, and the prince did nothing wrong if he didn't save her. ”

"No," Zhu Xinzhi shook his head: "I killed her, it was a holy decree, I never denied this, and I didn't feel that I had done anything wrong." But I thought that if I had been a little more patient with her and had been able to seriously investigate the matter, perhaps she would have been less guilty. At the end of the day, I had selfish motives in the process of her questioning. ”

"Even if the charges are a little less, she is still a capital offense." Lonely Crane Road.

Zhu Xinzhi nodded and stopped talking.

The rutted forward, and after a short time, it stopped at the gate of the criminal department. Because Shen Yong committed homicide, after Yu Shitai made a secret report, he was transferred to the Criminal Department for questioning, so he is now imprisoned in the Criminal Department.

Zhu Xinzhi was the chief judge of this case, and he wanted to interrogate the prisoner, and the criminal department had the unshirkable responsibility to bring him out.

Shen Yong had only been imprisoned for a few days, and he had already been tortured to the point that he was inhuman, and he knelt on the ground in a languid state and listened to the questioning. Zhu Xinzhi glanced at him a few times, but he never dared to raise his head, like a frightened bird: "The prince spares his life, the villain knows everything he knows, please let the prince fall lightly!" The villain did something wrong on impulse, and now he will atone for his guilt and beg the prince to spare his life. The villain still has a wife and a young family, and his parents are also elderly......"

"You said that you once saw 50,000 taels of silver given to the lord of Tai'an in the Taishou Mansion, can you tell me more about the scene at that time?" Zhu Xinzhi interrupted him.

Shen Yong was stunned, and trembled for some reason: "Villain, villain can't remember clearly." ”

"You were in the Imperial Observatory and remember it clearly, why can't you remember it now?" Gu Yu kicked him coldly: "If you dare to hide something from the prince again, don't you want to live?" ”

"The prince spares his life!" Shen Yong kowtowed again and again: "The villain remembered everything, really!" ”

"Fifty thousand taels of silver, the amount is not small, it takes at least a few carriages to pile it up, how did Ran Chenglin show you such a huge object?" Zhu Xinzhi asked.

Shen Yong said: "It was really an accident at that time. Ran Chenglin didn't want to show me, but I accidentally bumped into it. Indeed, as the prince said, the amount of 50,000 taels of silver was huge, and there were two carriages loaded at that time, probably more than 10,000 silver, and the rest were silver tickets. Because one of the mahogany boxes containing silver was brought to Taishou Mansion by the villain as a gift, Ran Chenglin said that he wanted the rich merchant to raise silver to bribe the lord of Tai'an, which was something that the villain helped to lighten, and of course the villain recognized it at a glance. ”

"Then when you found out, how could he give up?" Zhu Xinzhi was puzzled.

Shen Yong said: "At that time, the villain bumped into him, and he didn't dare to ask, for fear that his head would not be protected." Ran Chenglin didn't explain too much, but just told me that this was a souvenir that his wife had just bought, and he wanted to send it to the capital. ”

"Sent to the capital?" Zhu Xinzhi looked up.

Shen Yong nodded: "Yes, he said that there are a few friends in Beijing, especially like these local products in Mingcheng, which he gives away every year." ”

"He really sends it every year." Zhu Xinzhi smiled, remembering that in the account books presented to Emperor Xuanqing, there were indeed several officials in Beijing.

Shen Yong looked at him carefully: "Lord Wang, that's what the villain knows." ”

"You have been in and out of the Taishou Mansion all the year round, do you know who is in charge of the account books in the Taishou Mansion?" Zhu Xinzhi paused and slowly raised his eyes.

Shen Yong didn't expect him to ask this: "What kind of account book is the prince asking about?" As far as the villain knows, Ran Chenglin is very cautious, and there are a total of four account books in his house, one is the expenses in the house, which is managed by his wife Ma; There is also a money account book for him to collect, and a gift for him, both of which are in the management of Ran He, the housekeeper in the house; There is another one, I saw him write it, but I don't know what it is, he is in charge of it. ”

"I see. Don't talk about it to anyone again. Zhu Xinzhi stood up: "You just killed someone by mistake, and the crime is not to death, and you have told this major incident secretly, and the sentence will not be too heavy." As long as you stop talking about the books, you can live. ”

Shen Yong's face turned white in an instant, and after a while, he slowly knelt on the ground: "The villain thanks the prince for saving his life!" ”

Zhu Xinzhi nodded and left the criminal department quickly.

"Lord Wang, didn't Your Majesty not allow you to continue the investigation?" The lonely bird is very incomprehensible.

Zhu Xinzhi's thin lips pursed: "If you have any doubts, this is not my temperament, even if it will make my father unhappy, I must investigate it to the end." ”

"But......" Gu Yu glanced at him very carefully: "In this way, the old stubborn people in the court will inevitably criticize the prince again, saying that the prince is ......."

"Say I'm Pei Dang?" Zhu Xinzhi pulled the corners of his mouth and sneered.

Gu Yu whispered: "Since the prince took over this case, some people have attacked the prince, saying that the prince is for the lord of Tai'an, if the prince insists on pursuing it, it is difficult to guarantee that these people will not nail the prince to the pillar of the Pei party." ”

"If this is the case, it can only show that the atmosphere in the DPRK and China is gradually deteriorating, and even telling the truth is guilty." Zhu Xinzhi flicked his sleeves and got into the carriage.

It seems that he will not listen to anyone's persuasion if he swears to die!

The lonely crane sighed helplessly.

"Lord Wang, are you going to see the third lady today?" Lonely Bird silently felt that at this moment, only the third lady could solve the loneliness and thoughts of the prince, and subconsciously asked.

Zhu Xinzhi nodded: "Go to Xie's house." ”

Only then did the lonely crane laugh.

Fortunately, the prince didn't indulge in the case, and he still remembered that he was in love with the third lady, and finally lived up to his hard work. He turned around and turned around and ran to Xie's house.

As soon as he stepped into Manjiang Ting, a figure immediately threw himself into his arms: "Fengqiu, I was thinking about you just now, you really came, the two of us are really husband and wife, this is called a little understanding!" ”

"No wonder I sneezed a few times in quick succession while walking on the road, it turned out that you were cursing me." The haze was swept away, and Zhu Xinzhi couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.