Chapter 47: Evidence of Guilt
Seeing officers and soldiers coming, these onlookers dispersed faster than anything else, and disappeared in the bustling crowd of people in Shangjing in the blink of an eye.
Behind the officers and soldiers, Du Zhongyang walked over majestically. While he was on his rounds, he heard a crowd fighting and immediately rushed over. As soon as the result appeared, the brawlers and onlookers scattered far away, only Hua Shenguang and the prince stood in front of the drunken flower building, wanting to go inside.
Du Zhongyang saw that it was Hua Shenguang, and frowned, this little master, every time he appears, it will be accompanied by a storm, presumably what happened just now was provoked by him.
Hua Shenguang smiled: "I've seen Master Du!"
"Well, there was a fight here just now, wasn't it?" Du Zhongyang asked directly.
"Hehe, my lord thinks about it a lot, it's not a fight, it's a competition! I was having dinner with this prince in the Zuihualou, and when Yang Yun came up, he pointed at me and pointed at me to fight alone, wanting to bully me with the double cultivation of the flesh. I thought I couldn't weaken my grandfather's name, so I took on the challenge. Who knew that Yang Yun was fat and stupid, and he was beaten down by me, alas!"
"What, you knocked Yang Yun down?" Du Zhongyang said in disbelief.
"Of course, so many people watched, and they didn't dare to deceive adults. My lord, we're just a competition, a friendly competition, not a fight, let's patrol the streets, hehe!" Hua Shenguang smiled, and wanted to leave the scene and go to the drunken flower building, and those people were still waiting for him to settle the bill.
"This son is so familiar, I don't know what happened just now, is this the case?" Du Zhongyang asked the prince.
"Indeed!" replied the prince
"Okay, since it's a competition, the two sons, please, let's go!" Du Zhongyang looked at the prince, his eyes flashed, as if he had guessed something, and led a cadre of officers and soldiers to turn around and leave.
Suddenly, a little girl ran up with a book and asked Du Zhongyang, "Uncle, are you Lord Du?"
"Yes, little girl, is there anything wrong with you?" Seeing the child, Du Zhongyang was very gentle, like a kind father.
"An uncle told me to give this to you!" said the little girl, handing him the book.
Du Zhongyang took it suspiciously, turned a page, his expression changed greatly, he immediately closed it, and asked solemnly: "Little girl, do you know that uncle?
"I don't know, that uncle gave me a piece of silver to buy candy, as long as I give this to you. The little girl said in a childish voice, and took out the silver ingot from her bag.
"You have this in mind, but you can't take it out easily, where is your home, I'll ask Brother Bing to send you home. Du Zhongyang stuffed the silver back into her small bag, a child, with a silver ingot, it is easy to have an accident.
"Over there, my mom sells stuff over there. The little girl pointed to the other side of the street.
"You two, escort this child back!" Du Zhongyang immediately sent two people to protect the child from leaving. Then carefully put the book away.
Just as the little girl came, the prince gave a look to one of the guards, and the seven-fold master guard quietly walked to the other side of the street. Go after the man who gave the book to the child.
Ordinary people can't find out, but these two guards have to listen to all directions at any time, see all directions, and have a great responsibility to protect the prince, and they must grasp any abnormal movements around the prince, or possible abnormal movements. So even though they were far away, they found the man.
"You all go on patrol, I'll catch up with Master Hua!" Du Zhongyang branched out the rest of the officers and soldiers.
After the officers and soldiers left, Du Zhongyang immediately looked respectful, and hurriedly saluted: "Minister Du Zhongyang, meet His Royal Highness the Prince!"
"Master Du, do you recognize me?" the prince said in surprise as he looked at his clothes.
"Your Highness's words just now have made the minister confirm your identity!" Du Zhongyang said.
"Master Du is really as wise as a torch! You can recognize me when I look like this!" the prince complimented.
Du Zhongyang looked at Hua Shenguang and then at the prince, a little puzzled, how did the two walk together, and they looked very familiar, and asked, "Prince, who are you?"
"Lord Du, my father sent me to investigate this rumor, and I have to incarnate the people to investigate clearly!"
Du Zhongyang suddenly realized that the prince had a private visit here. But how could he have a private visit with Hua Shenguang? Looking at this Young Master Hua meaningfully, Du Zhongyang said: "Your Highness, it is not appropriate to talk here, please come with me!"
Hua Shenguang first settled the account for the first cadre on the second floor, and then followed Du Zhongyang to his home. At this time, Du Zhongyang said with a solemn expression: "Your Highness, I am afraid that the rumor of being clever and corrupt and perverting the law is true, you see!" Du Zhongyang took out the book he had just obtained from his arms and handed it to the prince.
The prince looked at it, and there were many clever and corrupt things listed above, but many of them were just a general idea, and there was no specific evidence. The more the prince looked at it, the more frightened he became, from the county order of the seventh grade, to the provincial officials of the third grade, and some transactions with wealthy merchants from all over the country, etc., all of which were listed on it, as many as 100.
And on the last page of the book, there are still a few big words: "The brother gang has been disbanded, and all the gang members are good, and now they are collecting the evil things of the officials and the order, and dedicate them to the adults, hoping that the adults will uphold justice, and don't let the evildoers go unpunished!"
Obviously, these deeds were collected by the Brothers. When Hua Shenguang saw the last words, he almost laughed in his heart. I didn't expect the Brothers Gang to have such a hand, for Gao Ming, this is simply a book of life and death for the sentence of death!
After reading this, the crown prince was deeply shocked! The officials ordered the transfer of officials in charge of the whole country, and with a little brain, they could get tremendous benefits. And what is written in this book, although there is no real evidence, but if you check these one by one, you will definitely find out a lot of things.
"It is said that Gao Ming sent people to kill the people of the Brothers Gang, and now it seems that there is indeed a matter, otherwise the Brothers Gang would not have broken the kettle and collected these clues, and the Brothers Gang wrote on it that it was disbanded, for fear that it would avoid being held responsible, no matter what the purpose was, it showed that they knew that they couldn't fight Gao Ming, and they sank from the table!" Du Zhongyang saw it and was also shocked. "As soon as the minister saw this book, he knew that the stakes were very high, so he saw through His Highness's outfit and asked His Highness to decide!"
The crown prince took a deep breath and said, "I won't be busy making a noise beforehand, Lord Du, are you willing to help me find out about this matter?"
"The minister should do his best, and then die!" Du Zhongyang immediately knelt down to show his loyalty.
"Okay, Lord Du, if this is done, you will remove a big hidden danger for my Daping Kingdom, and you will be the hero of my Daping Kingdom! However, before we have tangible evidence, we must not startle the snake. My father has ordered me to investigate this matter, and my every move must attract attention, and I will attract their attention, and you will secretly investigate from behind, which is exactly what works wonders!"