The entire hall was extremely quiet, and everyone had different faces when they heard the words of Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Raising an outer room is actually not a big deal, this kind of thing is not no one else in the palace of the eunuch and magnates, Meng Dehui was found to make jokes, at most it is a loss of personal morality, and the official position may not be lost, at most it is a few words of ridicule.

It is nothing for the Chengguo Mansion to send a woman to Meng Dehui to win him over, but if this woman is related to household corruption, or even launders money for Meng Dehui as Shaoqing of Dali Temple said, and even smuggles, then the matter will be a big deal.

The third prince's face turned pale.

Cheng Guogong couldn't hold back his breath and became short.

At this moment, Zhan Changdong, who had been standing quietly in the crowd, suddenly spoke:

"Your Majesty, when the minister was in Jiangnan, he did hear that there was a wave of extremely mysterious people in Beijing, who bought cotton brocade silk in various parts of Jiangnan at a price three or four percent higher than the market every few months, and then a large number of silk fabrics would be sold at a price of two or three percent lower than the market price every other month."

"It's been about three or four years since this happened, and there are several wealthy families in Chengzhou who have made a fortune because of it."

"At that time, the minister thought it was strange and checked it, I don't know who was so generous and allowed others to earn the difference, and gave away the silver money to others, but now I think about it and Lu Shaoqing's words."

Everyone in the hall gasped.

Even people who are not proficient in business calculations know how beneficial Zhan Changdong is in this thing.

Buying raw materials three or four percent higher than the market, and then selling finished products at a lower price, this comes and goes and loses at least half of the benefits, not counting labor, escort and intermediate losses.

If it weren't for the laundering of the embezzled silver, who would be so sick and take their own money to buy high and sell it low to benefit others?

Xiao Chi glanced at the young secretary thoughtfully and said, "Speaking of which, when the minister was in Yanling for disaster relief, he also heard the people from the Yanling Mansion talk about the robbery of the official warehouse. ”

"I heard that the people who robbed the official warehouse that day came and went like the wind, not like ordinary people and mountain bandits, but like well-trained people, and the grain that was robbed in the official warehouse afterwards was also missing, and within a few days, someone in the city sold grain at more than ten times the price."

"The people of the Yanling Mansion want to investigate thoroughly, but those people are powerful, and they seem to be very familiar with the process of going to the disaster relief in the court, just stuck in the minister and Lord Zhang disappeared two days before they arrived in Yanling, and the minister was still a little puzzled at the time, how could these people be so keen, and even knew the news of the court so clearly."

Zhang Jun, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, remembered the tragic situation he had seen during the disaster relief in Yanling, and said directly with a sneer: "Of course ordinary people don't know, but what if someone from the court and the middle of the court reports the news for them!" ”

One after another, the giant hammer smashed Meng Dehui didn't even have the strength to turn over.

Although Xiao Chi and Zhan Changdong did not explicitly say that Meng Dehui did those things, where are there so many coincidences in this world?

The Lu Shaoqing of Dali Temple originally made up a lie, just to find a reason to present the things in the hands of the four princes to the Holy Front, but he didn't expect these two upstarts in the court to speak, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, when the minister heard about Meng Dehui last night, he noticed that something was wrong, and today he specially brought all the things that the minister investigated, including what the Cheng family did." ”

"Cheng's cloth village bought high and sold low, and he could make a profit of nearly 100,000 taels in a few months, in addition to buying calligraphy and painting treasures everywhere, scattering countless silver."

Cheng Guogong's beaten colorful face was raised violently, and the faces of the three princes in the crowd became a little paler.

Meng Dehui's reputation is ruined, and the corruption will not be counted without evidence.

But with this thing taken out, Meng Dehui will not say anything, and the Chengguo Mansion will be implicated.

They didn't expect that it was just that the matter of the outer room would be involved in the affairs of the household department, and it was too late to open their mouths to argue, and if they opened their mouths at this time, it would be tantamount to tying themselves to Meng Dehui without confessing themselves.

Seeing that the chamberlain stepped forward to take the things presented by Shaoqing of Dali Temple and handed them to Emperor Tianqing, Cheng Guogong's heart turned sharply, even if he was so panicked that cold sweat broke out on his back, he didn't dare to show anything on his face.

The third prince was also thinking about countermeasures in his mind, and the first thing he thought about was how Meng Dehui was finished, how should they shut him up.

Emperor Tianqing took the things presented by Lu Shaoqing, and he could remain calm at first, but when he turned to the back, his face was already gloomy, and even his breathing gradually increased.

After a while, only a "bang" was heard, and Emperor Tianqing was furious.

"He's so bold!!"

Everyone in the hall knelt down: "Your Majesty is angry." ”

Emperor Tianqing's voice was angry: "Someone came, put Meng Dehui and Cheng in prison, and Jin Linwei raided the Meng family." ”

"Send an edict to Feng Yuan, let him go to me to check, I want to see how big his belly is and how much silver he has swallowed my great cause!"

When everyone heard Jin Linwei, they knew that Meng Dehui was finished.

That is Jin Linwei, who is known as the emperor's owl dog, acting ruthlessly and unscrupulously, only obeying the emperor's orders, not to mention that there is a Feng Yuan who is deeply trusted by His Majesty, and the affairs of the court should have been handed over to the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department to investigate, but now that the people in the palace are directly used, it is obvious that His Majesty is really angry.

The Duke of Cheng Guo and the three princes were also in the dark.

Finished!

Bumped into Emperor Tianqing's gaze, how could the Duke of Cheng Guo still care about tearing up with the Marquis of Yongshun before, he quickly knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the old minister really doesn't know about the matter of the Cheng family, and the old minister definitely doesn't dare to do such a disobedient thing. ”

"You say no, no? Lu Shaoqing said that some people have seen with their own eyes that the Cheng family used to follow your second son, and she was in your Zheng family before she followed Meng Dehui. Yongshun Hou was the first to disbelieve.

The third prince didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly stepped forward and spoke: "Father, how can you believe the words of one person, maybe someone wants to frame the Chengguo Mansion......"

Lu Shaoqing said on the side: "The third prince said carefully, this matter was said by Zhou Qi himself, and Weichen only told His Majesty the truth. ”

Cheng Guogong was sweating on his back, but he knew that he couldn't be in a hurry at this time, and the more anxious he was, the more weak his heart became.

The people of the Chai family have long been dead, and it is impossible for Chai Chunhua to leave evidence.

Although Zhou Qi didn't know where he found it, there must be no empirical evidence, or there was nothing that could put the Chengguo Mansion to death, otherwise the thing that Lu Shaoqing sent just now would not only be Meng Dehui's, but also him and the third prince......

Cheng Guo said publicly: "Your Majesty, the old minister has never done this, and before today, I didn't know who the Cheng family was, and I hadn't seen Chai Chunhua in Lu Shaoqing's mouth." ”

"Although I don't know why Zhou Qi slandered the Chengguo Mansion, the old minister and Lord Na Meng are just general friends, how can they do such a thing as giving away women."

"The old minister is not afraid of the shadow, and he can't tolerate someone who is so wronged, and I ask Your Majesty to order a search of the Guogong Mansion and return the old minister to a clean house!!"