Zhao Hongjie's movements were very secretive, and even Shen Yichen felt that there was an extra thing in his hand, and then he knew that the other party handed over an envelope.

Similarly, Shen Yichen did not make a sound, and hid the envelope under the wide sleeves of the bullfighting suit as usual, as if nothing had happened between the two of them.

"Chen Datong commanded Zhu Ji, meet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The Zhengdan Dynasty will be the grand ceremony of the country, and Zhu Ji will perform five bows and three bows in accordance with the rules of etiquette, but in the self-title, he did not use the title of "criminal minister", obviously telling the emperor and hundreds of officials that he has not yet confessed.

"Zhu Ji, Datong General Guo Deng reported you for collaborating with the enemy and treason, are you guilty?"

Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu asked with a frosty face, Zhu Ji, a high-level general who became the internal response of the Mongols, the harm brought was unimaginable, and it was difficult to give him a good face.

"The minister is not guilty, how can he be convicted!"

What everyone present did not expect was that Zhu Ji did not beg for mercy, and he did not admit his mistakes, but instead expressed his innocence with a calm demeanor.

"Not guilty? Does that mean Guo Deng wronged you? ”

Zhu Qiyu asked with a sneer, it has become an established fact that the Tartars should be co-offenders inside and outside, but Zhu Ji still refuses to admit guilt. If Guo Deng hadn't discovered something strange at a critical time and sent heavy troops to take over the Acropolis of Yizhou, maybe the Tartars would have entered the pass by now!

"The minister doesn't dare to say that Guo Zongbing is wronged, but the minister can't be wronged in vain, and he asks His Majesty to uphold justice!"

After that, Zhu Ji bowed down to Zhu Qiyu again, as if he had really been wronged.

"Since you feel that you have been wronged, why did the Tartars follow the information received by General Guo from the Acropolis of Yizhou? In addition, among the incriminating evidence and confessions searched by Wu Yun, the commander of the Yizhou Wei had received your order to recall the secret sentry and not accept it at night, and the evidence is conclusive, how can it be denied! ”

The time, person, and place are all correct in the recital of Guo Deng, the general soldier of Datong, except that there is no direct physical evidence of Zhu Ji's connection with the Tartars, it can basically be confirmed that the incident of collaborating with the enemy did occur.

In ancient times, unlike in modern times, there are all kinds of videos and voices as evidence, and for the imperial court, if you can get a rough idea, you can convict Zhu Ji of collaborating with the enemy and treason!

"Cheng Guogong I has a great name, but he was tarnished by you, a traitor, and he should apologize with death!"

With the conviction of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, Liu Pu, Marquis of Anyuan, immediately stood up and angrily denounced, he once fought with Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and the two had a sense of life and death on the battlefield.

The battle of Harrier Ridge damaged the reputation of Chengguo Gongying, and he was finally asked for the crime of winning the title, but the discerning people knew that the crime of non-war was more to help Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong.

But Zhu Ji sat on the enemy and committed treason, which would have an unimaginable impact on the prestige of the Duke of Chengguo, and even there was no hope of recovering in this life. Even if the eldest son Zhu Yi wants to get the court's forgiveness in the future, it will become difficult!

There is no possibility of restoring the title of duke of Chengguo, which is a fatal blow to the family, and it is almost hopeless for children and grandchildren to recover again.

"You are deeply favored by the court, but you betray the lord and betray the country, you are a disloyal, unfilial and unrighteous villain, and you should be punished for your crimes!"

Guo Xuan, the third grandson of the Marquis of Wuding, who was knighted during the Taizu period, also stood up angrily and reprimanded Zhu Ji.

With Marquis An Yuan and Marquis Wuding taking the lead, there is a lot of scolding inside and outside the Fengtian Palace, regardless of whether it is a relative or an official, after experiencing the battle of the Jingshi guard, almost everyone hates this kind of traitor.

If it weren't for the face of Chengguo Gong, it is estimated that even the words of the three clans and the nine clans would have come out.

Listening to everyone's disdainful words, the corners of Zhu Ji's mouth, who was prostrate on the ground, rose slightly, revealing a hideous smile.

But soon this smile faded, and then changed to a grief-stricken look, and cried to Zhu Qiyu: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, the thief who collaborates with the enemy and treason, in fact, there are other people!" ”

What?

As soon as Zhu Ji's words came out, everyone present was instantly surprised, imagining that he would make all kinds of quibbles and pleads, but they never thought that he would say that there was someone else.

Could it be that there is more than one high-level ghost who can control the level of the Acropolis Border Fort?

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to tell who is the traitor!"

"Your Majesty, the traitor is the commander of Datong Capital, Li Rang, and the minister has received his edict to recall the secret post and not collect it at night, and give up exploring the movement of the Tartar army!"

Datong commanded Li Rang to commit treason?

Zhu Ji's words undoubtedly threw a bombshell, if you don't consider the identity of the son of success, Zhu Ji's official title is the commander of the three products.

Although the rank and rank are not low, there are many military generals and high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty, and the children of the honorable relatives will basically be suspended in the commander's envoy, and the eldest son of the lord is even more hung in the governor's mansion of the five armies.

And Li Rang's commander is the second rank, and he is the highest commander of the military town in the Ming Dynasty, as well as the direct commander of the war.

The bad consequences of his collaboration with the enemy and treason are no less than Zhu Ji!

"What else do you know, hurry up and recruit it truthfully!"

Realizing that the situation was urgent, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu hurriedly asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Datong commanded Li Rang to collude with the Taishi of the Tile Spur Department for many years, and the young daughter was secretly married to his first brother Saikan Wang as his wife. And as early as in the battle of Tumubao, he also made a promise to the Mongolian prefect (privy envoy), plus rewarded good horses and female dependents, and obtained the names of the commanders of each city of the Xuanda defense line and the deployment of troops. ”

"The minister was aware of Li Rang's rebellion, secretly investigated and collected evidence, and pretended to follow his instructions to dedicate the city, but by mistake encountered General Wu to seize power, causing an unspeakable misunderstanding."

After that, Zhu Ji suddenly raised his voice and cried: "Your Majesty only needs to send someone to check Li Rang's wife and daughter, as well as the extra money and horses in the family, to prove that the minister's words are true, and I hope to return his innocence!" ”

Zhu Ji's words were clear-sighted, not at all like a lie made up in order to get rid of the crime, and the instantaneous reversal of suspicion made Zhu Qiyu unable to distinguish the truth from the false for a while, so he could only look at Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

"Yu Qingjia, as the chief secretary of the Criminal Department, what do you think of this matter?"

"Back to Your Majesty, whether it is Zhu Ji or Li Rang, it is a matter of honor, and the minister suggests that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Three Law Divisions jointly investigate and return the truth to the matter."

Originally, the recital of Guo Deng, the chief soldier of Datong, was enough to put Zhu Ji in prison for conviction first, and then he was sentenced by the Three Law Divisions. As a result, now that Li Rang is involved, coupled with the reputation of the Chengguo Mansion, it is impossible to make a conclusion at will.

And the stakes are so great that the three legal divisions alone are not easy to investigate, so they must bring in the Metropolitan Procuratorate together.

"Wang Qingjia, what do you think?"

Zhu Qiyu turned to the left capital envoy Wang Wen and asked.

"The minister thinks that the great priest is reasonable."

"Okay, let's take Zhu Ji down first, and do what Yu Qing said."

Although Zhu Qiyu really wanted to take advantage of this matter to once again suppress the Chengguo Gong lineage and disintegrate the old forces in the court. But it is true that Zhu Ji said clearly, and forcibly convicting may cause dissatisfaction among the lords and relatives, so that he will be more biased towards the camp of the emperor's brother Zhu Qizhen.

So Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to give up and temporarily let the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Three Law Divisions investigate first.

But just when everyone thought that the dust had settled, a loud voice suddenly sounded in the Fengtian Temple: "The minister has this music!" ”

It was none other than Shen Yichen!

"Shen Qing, what are you doing?"

Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised, why did Shen Yichen choose to play at this point in time, but since he was already listed, he naturally had to listen to what he had to say.

"The minister impeached Datong and commanded Zhu Ji, who was in contact with foreign enemies and betrayed the lord and treason!"

When Shen Yichen said this, there was an uproar among the civil and military officials.

"What's the situation, Shen Yichen impeached Zhu Ji, aren't they blood brothers?"

"Shen Yichen shouldn't be determined to take revenge on ruining the reputation of Cheng Guogong because he didn't enter the genealogy?"

"Cannibalism and fighting, Shen Yichen is really amazing!"

"There are national thieves outside, family thieves inside, and he has become a prince of the country, and he really raised two good sons."

Surprised, puzzled, sarcastic, gloating, and so on resounded among the courtiers, even the superintendent of the imperial history in charge of the etiquette in front of the palace could not suppress the clamor of the hundred officials at this moment.

After all, everyone knows that family ugliness cannot be publicized, not to mention that Zhu Ji has not yet been confirmed to be treasonous, even if it is irrefutable, it is not your turn to impeach Shen Yichen, so how should Chengguo deal with himself?

"Shen Zhongtang, I know that you have always been worried about your biological mother, but how can you do it by a husband who spews blood without distinguishing between public and private?"

Zhu Ji's reaction was not unpleasant, and he immediately led Shen Yichen's impeachment to personal hatred and family hatred, thereby reducing the credibility of the impeachment.

But in the face of this kind of trick, how could Shen Yichen be fooled, he didn't pay attention to Zhu Ji who was kneeling on the ground at all, but took out the envelope hidden in his sleeve and said.

"Your Majesty, inside this envelope, there is a handwritten letter from Zhu Ji and the Tile Spur Department, informing them of the deployment of the guards and troops of each gate in the battle of the Beijing Division. In addition, Jin Yiwei commanded Zhao Hongjie to secretly arrest the tile spies hiding in Beijing, including the Mongols who contacted Zhu Ji. ”

"There are all human and material evidence, and Zhu Ji is not allowed to quibble!"

After that, Shen Yichen handed over the evidence of the letter to Jin An, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, and he handed it over to the emperor.

In fact, Zhu Ji's previous defense was not a lie made up in order to get rid of the crime, Datong commanded Li Rang, and he was indeed a spy of the tile thorn!

But the problem is that Li Rang is a spy, which does not mean that Zhu Ji is not. On the contrary, he planned to use this operation of abandoning the pawn to protect the commander to divert the attention of the court and put all the charges on one person.

It's a pity that Zhu Ji didn't know that as early as the Battle of Tumubao, Shen Yichen had already set his sights on him, and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy Lu Zhong, the commander of Jinyiwei, so that Zhao Hongjie could smoothly take power, and he could better use the power of the secret service agency to track down.

Seeing the envelope in Shen Yichen's hand, Zhu Ji could be said to be heartbroken, and his confident expression was instantly distorted. He had obviously explained to the person who answered the tile thorn that any exchange letter would be burned as soon as he read it, why did it still appear in Shen Yichen's hands?

Looking at Jin Ying taking the letter, turning around and preparing to walk towards the royal platform, Zhu Ji, who realized that he would inevitably die if he was exposed, couldn't care so much at the moment, and jumped up from the ground to pounce on Jin Ying.

Before everyone could react, he tore up the letter in his hand and stuffed it into his mouth, letting out a smile like a madman.

"Shen Yichen, you are fighting for the title of Duke of Chengguo for the identity of your son-in-law, and you are trying to forge a letter to frame the official, I will not let you succeed, hahahaha!"

Zhu Ji's words and actions made everyone in the Fengtian Palace, from the emperor to the hundred officials, stunned for a few seconds. No one expected that he would be so bold as to directly shred the evidence of collaborating with the enemy.

I didn't expect that it would also involve the dispute between the concubines of the Chengguo Mansion.

But soon Jin Yiwei and Jin Wuwei who were present pressed Zhu Ji to the ground, so that he could no longer move.

At the same time, the celebrant Yin Jinying was in charge, and asked Zhu Qiyu for his guilt with a panicked face: "The slave deserves death, and the evidence submitted by Shen Zhongtang has been damaged, and His Majesty is also asked to punish him!" ”

It happened too suddenly, as the new monarch, Zhu Qiyu had never experienced such a scene, and he didn't know how to punish him for a while.

What's more, the key evidence is gone, and Zhu Ji's current actions are at most one imperial dereliction. According to the past practice, as long as it is not in the great ceremony of the country such as the sacrifice, it is difficult to punish the death penalty by the most disgraceful officials in front of the emperor.

Just when Zhu Qiyu didn't know how to answer, Zhu Yi suddenly scolded Zhu Ji angrily: "It's nonsense, Shen Zhongtang has never had the intention of fighting for the title, but you disobey your father everywhere and murder your brother, and the crime cannot be punished!" ”

Zhu Yi's sudden words made Zhu Ji look at him with incredible eyes. Over the years, he has been thinking about how to take revenge on Cheng Guogong and Zhu Yi, the eldest brother, but in addition to collaborating with the enemy and borrowing external forces, he has never been disobedient and murdered in private, why do you say this?

But in an instant, Zhu Ji figured out that Zhu Yi abandoned himself in order to protect the reputation of Shen Yichen and the Chengguo Mansion.

"Hahahaha!"

Zhu Ji suddenly laughed out loud, he really deserves to be his good big brother, and he is the eldest son of the lord who was carefully cultivated by his father.

But Zhu Ji suffered more than that, I saw Shen Yichen slowly come to his side and kneel down with an incomparably meaningful expression.

"Your Majesty, the minister did not get the handwritten letter from Zhu Ji and the tile spur department, and what he said just now was just a temptation."

"However, Zhu Ji is a thief, and his actions are enough to prove that he colluded with the tile thorn, and I hope that His Majesty will strictly investigate and convict him, and comfort the heroic spirit of the Ming soldiers!"

After saying that, Shen Yichen fell to the ground and made a big gift to Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu to exert pressure.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to find out the thieves and comfort the souls of the Ming soldiers in the sky!"

Soon Yang Hong, the Marquis of Changping, knelt down together, he was currently the highest-ranking general who had experienced the first battle of Tumubao, and the heart disease brought by this battle had never been put down.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to find out the thieves and comfort the souls of the Ming soldiers in the sky!"

Not only Yang Hong, but also the civil and military officials in the Fengtian Hall fell to their knees, even if they had experienced the battle of Tumubao, they had also experienced the battle of the Jingshi Guard, and the degree of tragedy is still vivid in retrospect.

Shen Yichen, who was prostrate on the ground, listened to the pleas of the ministers next to him, but he quietly turned his head and looked at Zhu Ji who was pressed to the ground beside him.

"Remember when I said that you were always a harlequin in my eyes?"

"It still is today."

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