After Ma Shizhang finished reading the bullet seal, the court was quiet, and the ministers did not dare to look up at the emperor's face, let alone make any moves, for fear that they would be picketed by Kedao immediately if they moved.

Emperor Yongming's face was dark, and he spoke for a long time before he said, "Take it." ”

Hearing this, the celebrant Bingbi walked up to Ma Shizhang to receive his badge, returned to Emperor Yongming, and handed it to him.

Emperor Yongming opened this chapter and read it carefully from beginning to end, especially the three major crimes listed, each of which was carefully read several times.

"Xu Shangshu, do you have anything to say?" The Emperor suddenly spoke, breaking the dead silence.

In fact, in this short period of time, everyone seems to be suffering, although the emperor is asking Xu Xiangxue, but it is like asking everyone himself, who doesn't have a large piece of land? Who doesn't have a waiver? Who doesn't have someone to vote for?

Xu Xiangxue heard His Majesty's question, and hurriedly stood up from the prelude, and replied after saluting to the north: "Your Majesty, the minister, there is nothing to say, the minister believes in the court, and believes that His Majesty will give the minister a fair and just result, so the minister chooses not to justify." ”

Ma Shizhang sneered in his heart when he heard this, what does it mean to believe that the imperial court can give you a fair and just? It's like who's struggling with you!

"Xu Shangshu, what this official said is true, is it possible that you think that you don't have any of the three major crimes?"

"Hehe......" Xu Xiangxue smiled, groaned for a while, and said: "In a certain opinion, Master Ma is like the reincarnation of Hai Ruihai Qingtian, who does not seek personal gain, does not flatter the powerful, dares to speak up, and the meteorological rock is unique. It's just that although the surname is Xu, it is not Xu Wenzhen, even if my Xu family is accused of buying land, and the paper is piled up, I will not use 30,000 taels of gold to bribe others. ”

Laugh at! Ma Shizhang disdains it in his heart, you look like you are not ashamed of your words now, so you are not worried about being slapped in the face when the time comes?

Xu Xiangxue's non-defense is a wise choice, just like Hu Yingjia of the Longqing Dynasty impeaching Gao Gong, it was originally two trivial things, and Gao Gong defended himself back at that time, this is his character, and he can't stand the slightest grievance. It's just that although he successfully counterattacked Hu Yingjia, from the perspective of the imperial history and the people, he lost the 'minister's body'.

Emperor Jiajing was terminally ill at that time and had no intention of bothering with him, and Emperor Longqing had never bothered with him, if he could endure a breath at that time and accept the investigation of the imperial court, there must not have been a later holy decree to drive him, the head of the cabinet who was on top of the pillar country, the young master and the crown prince, and the chief assistant of the cabinet of the scholars in charge of the affairs of the Zhongji Palace, out of the Forbidden City.

Xu Xiangxue was so forbearing, as if he had been greatly wronged, Ma Shizhang hated him in his heart, but he couldn't do anything to him for a while. Evidence, he needs more evidence so that he can add another handful of firewood and burn the fire more vigorously.

Emperor Yongming said at this time: "Since Xu Shangshu does not defend and believes that the imperial court can give you a fair answer, then I also promise you that I will let Jinyiwei and the Taoist officials investigate this matter together, and I will definitely be able to give you a fair answer." ”

Xu Xiangxue knelt on the ground after hearing this, looking grateful to Dade, and thanked Lord Longen in his mouth, but he didn't know that the clothes on his back were already soaked at this time. He was also panicked in his heart, he knew that once the emperor let Jin Yiwei intervene in the investigation, there would be no good results.

It is one thing to buy land at a reduced price, and there are also people in the family who accept the invitation by virtue of his preferential rights, I am afraid that they will not be able to hide it.

After the early dynasty, Xu Xiangxue returned to the Criminal Department in a dazed manner, and the Criminal Department was in Fucaifang, in the same place as Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He returned to the room that belonged to the hall official, and then sat down on the official's hat chair and never wanted to move again.

Ah Fu is Xu Xiangxue's long-term follower, he will follow wherever the master goes, in his impression, he has never seen the master have such a depressed time now, what is it for? Even in his simple mind, he could figure it out for what was published in the newspaper yesterday.

He thought maliciously, it must be the famous hall made by that newspaper, since they dare to expose the affairs of the master's family, then don't blame someone for doing it. His mind was full of sinister thoughts at the moment, and in a few breaths, he had already thought of several evil ideas.

"Master," he looked at Xu Xiangxue cautiously: "The little one has an idea, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

Xu Xiangxue turned his head, looked at him with those godless eyes, and said, "What do you want to say?" Say it......"

"From a small point of view, this is all the work of that newspaper, or ......" He lowered his voice and whispered a few words in Xu Xiangxue's ear.

Xu Xiangxue listened to it for a long time before his eyes regained a trace of clarity, looking at him, his mind finally opened up: "At this time, if something happens to the newspaper, I'm afraid that others will immediately think of this official, your idea is not right." ”

As soon as Ah Fu heard it, he immediately understood what the old man meant, he smiled, looked confident and evil, and said: "Find someone to do it, Wang Shaohu, who knows the outer city as a child, and a gang of gangsters under him often scatter and rob people and property in groups of two or three." Just make it look like someone has been robbed, and let the people who report the newspaper suffer some injuries and break some money. ”

Xu Xiangxue thought for a long time, and smiled faintly: "It's okay to teach some lessons, otherwise you will forget the 'rules', but you have to take care of this degree, don't take people's lives." ”

Seeing the master's acquiescence, Ah Fu was inexplicably excited in his heart, and said, "Of course! If you don't know the rules, is it okay? If you don't understand, teach until you understand. He knew that if this ticket was made, he would be able to make a lot of benefits, thinking that the newspaper would be making money every day, and he didn't know how many people were targeting.

"This Wang Shaohu has some impressions, last year, the Metropolitan Procuratorate reviewed the file, and there was a robbery case with this Wang Saohu, who should have been sentenced to be confiscated into the army, but he was sentenced to another person to be confiscated into the army, and he was let go."

"This Wang Shaohu was originally a soldier of Longhuwei, and his nature was cunning, he could almost escape punishment every time he committed a crime, and he didn't know what method he used. People say that the cunning rabbit still has three holes, and since he is a fox, he is naturally more powerful than a rabbit. ”

Xu Xiangxue smiled slightly, noncommittal, and had already made up his mind in his heart: This time, whether he is a fox or a cunning rabbit, when he finishes this matter, he will just win it for the people and eliminate harm, which is also considered a merit, which will not only give a lesson but also brush up some goodwill for himself in front of His Majesty.

It's just that Jinyiwei investigated the matter of buying land, and it is estimated that he can't hide the things that the clan does in private for a long time, and he can't deny it all, and those have nothing to do with him...... It seems that a better reason is needed.

Xu Xiangxue looked at Ah Fu with a thoughtful expression, Ah Fu naturally didn't know the calculation in the master's heart, he just thought that he was still worried, and he was dreaming of making a fortune in his head.

After he finished serving the master, he asked for leave and came out, and went straight to the south of the city......

Jinyiwei's investigation takes time, and during this period, of course, the Daoist Officer can't be idle, just so he can brush the file and review the cases handled by the Criminal Department before.

Xu Xiangxue still has a chance to breathe, but God seems to want to get along with him, or someone wants to get by.

The next day, the newspaper published another piece of news, which was not actually a single one, but a full page.

Originally, the newspaper had a section dedicated to publishing social and people's livelihood information, including civil litigation news. In this section of the newspaper this day, almost all of the official notices about the Wuxi land sale lawsuits were published, and I knew with my feet that these lawsuits were all related to the Xu family in Wuxi, without exception.

After Wu Yan knew that the Xu family had spent a 'huge amount of money' to buy a thousand hectares of land, she also paid attention to the news reports, and she had people bring back the daily newspaper very early. So she probably knows everything in detail, and the Xu family's lawsuit is no exception. Not only that, but she also found out that it was her cousin's team of litigators who wrote pleadings and provided maintenance services for the seller.

She knew that there was no shortage of miraculous talents in her cousin's team of lawyers, and it could be seen from the case of her apprentice Xiao Dong last year that although they could not get ahead blatantly, they could look at their wonderful writings, although they were like swords, they were enough to influence their affairs and kill them. Since you are not talented, how can you overcome this?

Now Wu Yan can gradually understand what Li Daoru said in his article, the gentry all use their privileges to grab wealth, and then use the wealth to buy land, rather than directly occupying people's land. As for buying land at a reduced price, in fact, she doesn't fully understand, first, the gentry can use their privileges to get land at a low cost, and second, buying and selling are free, just don't sell at a low price, no one can force you to sell.

As for why the Xu family can suffer a lawsuit? Land is a scarce resource, and the competition is always fierce, especially between officials. I think that some people can get it at such a low price for a thousand acres, and there are always people who are unbalanced in their hearts, and for the purpose of revenge.

The lawsuit against the Xu family in Wuxi, just like Cao Shuyu said, the political risk is greater than the others, so the focus is not on the lawsuit itself, but on the attitude of the Xu family and the response to the case in the imperial court.

Mr. Ke has been in high spirits these days, newspaper sales have been rising, and he has received several big advertisements. It's just that as the saying goes, happiness is easy to be sad, and there are a lot of gangsters in the alley where the newspaper is located these days.

This street is already lively, and it is known for its thriving business, not only with many shops, but also with many guild halls. Fortunately, across the street is the station of the Nancheng Terracotta Division, and the newspaper has a good relationship with them on weekdays, and there is often filial piety, so if they want to come and go to say hello, let them strengthen the patrol of this street, it should not be a big problem.

Mr. Ke made up his mind, so he immediately got up and walked out of the newspaper office, went west through Zhangjia Hutong in Baotou, and prepared to go south to Yama Temple Street, where the Nancheng Terracotta Division was on the west side of Yama Temple Street.

Walking to the fork in the alley, but was blocked by a group of people, Mr. Ke thought about it, did not surround it, but only looked at the situation on the side. After watching it for a long time, I realized that it was a family in this alley, the man was a gambler, and he owed a lot of money to sell his wife, and sold a boy to a small singing house in the curtain alley.

The woman was holding the boy and crying at the door of her house, crying and crying, which was unbearable to witness.