Hearing this, Pei Xuanling raised his feet and walked towards Fan Songkang.

I saw a pillow-sized stone in front of Fan Songkang, which was mostly stained with yellow mud.

Even if the original appearance is covered by sludge, it is still difficult to hide the warm light of jade.

Seeing this, he ordered a few buckets of water to be brought over and the stones were washed.

When rinsed off, the beige rough is revealed.

The rough stone is delicate and pure, glowing with a soft aura in the sun, warm and transparent.

By looking with their eyes, touching with their hands, and looking at it with light, everyone finally determined that this was a piece of Hetian jade.

Not only that, Fan Songkang also said: "Your Highness, Lord Shangshu, and all the colleagues in the Ministry of Rites, this piece of Hetian jade, as well as that piece of Bahrain stone, both in color and size, are consistent with the two pieces of jade lost in the treasury. ”

"It's good to find it......" Song Fu sneered slightly, "Now that the jade has been found, as for why these two pieces of jade are here, have you seen any suspicious people in the past few days?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to speak.

Pei Xuanling tried to analyze, "Since the jade was found in the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, it must have been done by someone in the Ministry of Rites, and besides, this person has great rights and may be in charge of the errand of collecting tributes." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Liang Chunrong, "As far as I know, Lord Liang just meets these two conditions, no wonder when Lone asks people to find stones next to the rockery, your reaction is the most intense!" ”

At this moment, Liang Chunrong had beads of sweat on his forehead and cheeks.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's words are wrong, according to what you say, doesn't Lord Fan also meet these two conditions?"

He first refuted the prince's words, and then knelt down to Song Fu, "Lord Song, your subordinates have been wronged, you know me, even if His Royal Highness the prince enters the Ministry of Rites, I am still only loyal to you." ”

"Because of this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looks at me everywhere, he wants to exclude dissidents, you have to make decisions for me!"

Zhu Ji also helped Liang Chunrong speak: "Lord Song, Lord Liang has always been decent, I think there must be some misunderstanding in this." ”

Liang Chunrong is his right-hand man, and he can still be guaranteed.

Pei Xuanling didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, he just said to the people present: "As long as you provide real clues, you will be rewarded, but if anyone knows about it and doesn't report it, once they are found out by lonely, they will be removed from their posts at least and punished at worst!" ”

As soon as the voice fell, an official of the Ministry of Rites said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I remember, a few nights ago, I had something left at the Ministry of Rites, and I returned to the Ministry of Rites late at night to get something, but I saw Lord Liang moving stones next to the rockery. ”

"I didn't think much about it at the time, I took my things and went home, and now it seems that Lord Liang must have moved these two pieces of jade at that time."

Then, another guard guarding the treasury also said: "I also remember, on the eve of the loss of jade, Lord Liang suddenly sympathized with us, saying that he wanted to invite us to eat roast duck, so as to break us apart, and then the next day, it was reported that the treasury had lost two pieces of tribute jade......"

Next, more and more people came forward and spoke out what they felt suspicious.

All kinds of indications show that this matter was done by Liang Chunrong!

Fan Songkang: "Liang Chunrong, you also said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to exclude dissidents, obviously it was you who saw His Highness appreciating me, and you felt the crisis, I think it is you who want to exclude dissidents!" ”

"You're all!" Liang Chunrong hugged Song Fu's thigh, dying and quibbling, "Lord Song, the lower official was wronged, and the lower official was wronged......"

Before the prince entered the Ministry of Rites, he was appreciated by both Zhu Ji and Song Fu.

As for Fan Songkang, he is a nerd that no one looks down on!

But since the prince entered the Ministry of Rites, Fan Songkang has been appreciated by the prince, and his status in the Ministry of Rites has been gradually improved.

He was afraid that Fan Songkang would one day surpass him and replace him!

Therefore, he deliberately hid the tribute, wanting to use this matter to get rid of Fan Songkang.

He also deliberately chose something that was not too valuable, so that not only would Fan Songkang bear the charge of poor care, but the matter would not be too big.

I never thought that things would still get bigger.

He literally lifted a stone and hit himself in the foot!

"Xiao Liang, you are... What a disappointment for this official! Song Fu pushed Liang Chunrong away, "Everything you do, this official will truthfully report to the emperor!" ”

Zhu Ji saw that the situation was not right, and also said: "Xiao Liang, this official is also very disappointed in you. ”

By this time, the truth had been revealed.

The people in the Ministry of Rites sorted out the human and material evidence, blocked Liang Chunrong's mouth with a strip of cloth, and escorted Liang Chunrong to Emperor Jianyuan's bedroom.

When they got there, several ministers of the Ministry of Rites reported the incident to the emperor.

After Emperor Jianyuan heard this, he said on the spot: "Liang Chunrong, the host and guest of the Ministry of Rites, framed his colleagues for his own selfish desires, disrupted the discipline of the Ministry of Rites, and is now dismissed from his position, demoted to a commoner, and exiled to the northwest border pass three thousand miles away......"

Hearing this, Liang Chunrong, who was kneeling at the bottom, shook his head desperately, and made a "woo" sound from his mouth.

However, he stuffed strips of cloth in his mouth, and he couldn't say more.

Every year, about seventy percent of the sinners who go to the border pass for exile die on the road.

In the end, only 30% of those who survived to the border passed.

Whether the remaining 30% will survive is still a question.

"Your Majesty, Liang Chunrong is a subordinate who is more trusted by the ministers." Song Fu looked ashamed, "It's okay for the ministers to discipline them, the ministers are sorry for the emperor, sorry for the colleagues in the Ministry of Rites, and ask the emperor to punish the ministers!" ”

Emperor Jianyuan didn't show his attitude, he just looked at the prince, and deliberately tentatively said: "Prince, Lord Song is an official under you, and you were the most affected when the tribute was lost, and now, Lord Song will be handed over to you to dispose of." ”

"......" Song Fu heard that the emperor handed him over to the crown prince to dispose of, and his heart was raised.

Pei Xuanling talked about the matter, "Erchen thinks... No matter how strict the law is, it can't bind everyone, and no matter how self-denying and dedicating oneself to the top, it can't discipline all subordinates. ”

"The loss of the tribute this time is mainly Liang Chunrong's problem, Lord Song only trusts Liang Chunrong more at most, once the truth is revealed, what he did is relatively fair, so it is not recommended to punish Lord Song."

Song Fu is not convinced by him, but one yard is one yard, and it is not a gentleman's style to fall into the well.

Moreover, this time, he really didn't think Song Fu was much guilty.

In addition, the father did not look like he was going to punish Song Fu.

So, why didn't he sell Song Fu a favor?

Hearing this, Song Fu was slightly startled.

He has always been dissatisfied with the prince, and he has joined the Ministry of Rites from the prince, and he has not cooperated well with the prince's office.

Especially with the loss of tribute this time, he and Zhu Ji once questioned the prince's ability to use people.

Later, the prince asked people to look for jade in the rockery, but he also strongly opposed it.

I thought that the prince would take this opportunity to suppress him or target him.

I never thought that the prince didn't fall into the well.

Don't... The crown prince is trying to win him over?

Well, definitely because of this.

At the top, Emperor Jianyuan spoke, "Since the crown prince does not recommend punishing Song Aiqing, then Song Aiqing will be exempted from punishment." ”

Song Fu: "Thank the emperor for his grace of not punishing." ”

Fan Songkang: "......" Lord Song only thanked the emperor, but not the prince, and he still didn't serve the prince very much.

The matter was almost handled, and Emperor Jianyuan waved his hand and said: "Tomorrow, the King of Chu and the King of Shu will enter Beijing to pay tribute. ”

Everyone: "Yes, the ministers are leaving!" ”

Returning to the Ministry of Rites, Pei Xuanling convened the Minister of Rites to discuss the reception of the two vassal kings.

After the loss of tribute, some ministers who were not very obedient to the crown prince gradually began to become submissive.

Only a few old stubborn, or sour Confucians, still do not obey the prince, but they have to make an obedient appearance on their faces.

After discussion, Pei Xuanling dismissed everyone and went to the study to review the official documents.

Until the afternoon, Huang Dechang came in with a red lacquer gold box in one hand and a dust whisk in the other.

"Your Highness, there is news at the bottom, and the matter of your multiple assassinations has finally been found."

Pei Xuanling's writing hand paused slightly, "Say." ”