"Do you mean that the reason why Shan Xingyuan presented these two congratulatory gifts at the scene of His Majesty's birthday was completely at your behest?"

In addition to being shocked, Wen Qingyuan also realized from the things Chu Mo said.

No wonder when he learned about what happened twenty years ago, as the only survivor of the Beiliang Palace, Chu Mo would be so calm, it turned out that he already knew these things in his heart.

It's just that Wen Qingyuan doesn't understand that since Chu Mo has already investigated Zhou Wenbing's relationship with the incident twenty years ago, why didn't he tell His Majesty himself and let His Majesty make the decision for him?

It's just that Wen Qingyuan could have thought that the people involved in this matter are not only Zhou Wenbing, the secretary of the military department, but even Cai Jing and Li Deyi himself are also implicated.

Even, even Wen Haoxuan is no exception!

The previous Chu Mo did not plan to let Shan Xingyuan hand over the two letters to Li Deyi in the form of congratulatory gifts on such an occasion.

But Chu Mo himself also knew that the collapse of the Beiliang Mansion was completely Li Deyi's handiwork.

If Chu Mo kept this evidence in his hands and investigated it himself, he would definitely suffer so much, and if Li Deyi learned about it, he was afraid that it would lead to death.

Simply, Chu Mo suddenly had a whim, it was better to take advantage of Li Deyi's birthday, and it happened that the envoy of Nanqi who came to congratulate him on his birthday this time was Shan Xingyuan, so he might as well let Shan Xingyuan tell this matter in front of the civil and military officials of the Dawu Dynasty, so that in order to appease Chu Mo, Li Deyi would definitely guarantee in front of the civil and military officials that he would investigate the matter and give Chu Mo, the only descendant of the Beiliang Palace, a handover.

After Wen Qingyuan got the answer he wanted, he returned to the room alone, thinking that Chu Mo had endured so much for the affairs of the Beiliang Palace, Wen Qingyuan couldn't help but ask himself in his heart, as Chu Mo's wife, he should share some of it for his husband.

Thinking of this, Wen Qingyuan didn't even care about the sky that was about to get dark, he didn't even say hello to Chu Mo, and left the Shizi Mansion alone and went to the Taishi Mansion.

At the same time, the prison of the criminal department.

The military department Shangshu, who used to hold a heavy fist, was reduced to a prisoner just because of a letterhead.

In the cell, Zhou Wenbing sat on the ground with a dead face, and Ma Wenjin outside the cell looked at his former colleagues, and his face was also full of helplessness.

"Lord Zhou, are you still unwilling to tell the truth?"

After all, Ma Wenjin has been in officialdom for decades, and he will not believe that Zhou Wenbing will be bold enough to betray the Beiliang Palace. Maybe the letterhead was written by Zhou Wenbing, but Ma Wenjin thought that there must be something hidden in it.

Zhou Wenbing sat on the post of secretary of the military department only fifteen years ago, when the Northern Yan and Southern Qi invaded Beiliang, Zhou Wenbing was just a squire, how could he have so much courage to do such a thing.

"Master Ma, you don't need to ask anything else, now, if I say it, it's death, and if I don't say it, it's death, but if I say it, my family, my entire Zhou family will be finished."

Zhou Wenbing said with a wry smile.

Hearing this, Ma Wenjin suddenly realized.

Really!

It's not that simple! Zhou Wenbing was afraid, afraid that if he told what happened back then, it would affect his family.

"Lord Zhou, haven't you thought about it? If you take this matter on your shoulders, this is a great sin to destroy the Nine Clans! I'm afraid that Your Majesty will not let go of your Zhou family at that time. ”

"If you can tell the truth of the matter, although this official cannot influence His Majesty's decision, the lower official can at least protect the rest of your Zhou family from being implicated in this matter in front of Your Majesty."

Marven said bitterly.

Listening to Ma Wenjin's words, Zhou Wenbing's expression gradually began to become entangled.

After a while, Zhou Wenbing seemed to have made a decision in his heart, and slowly raised his head to look at Ma Wenjin.

"Master Ma, for the sake of everyone's colleagues, I would like to ask Master Ma to do me a favor."

Zhou Wenbing said earnestly.

"Lord Zhou, but it doesn't matter, as long as I, Ma Wenjin, can do it, I will not refuse!" Marven said.

"Please also ask Lord Ma to inform Your Majesty, just say that the criminal minister has something to do and wants to meet Your Majesty in person!"

Hearing Zhou Wenbing's words, Ma Wenjin suddenly sank, and his face couldn't help but show embarrassment.

Now Zhou Wenbing has been imprisoned, and it is difficult for him to meet the saint as a criminal minister.

"Lord Zhou, you ...... It's really a bit embarrassing for the official. ”

Ma Wenjin said helplessly.

Hearing this, Zhou Wenbing's face couldn't help but change.

"Hurry up! Come here, I don't care who you are. ”

At this moment, a burst of shouting and scolding suddenly came from a distance, and Zhou Wenbing, who was in prison, couldn't help but look into the distance, and in the next second, Zhou Wenbing's face changed in vain.

I saw that not far away, my wife and son, and even my parents, who were over seventy years old, were in the prison under the push of several jailers at this moment.

Ma Wenjin's words came true, even if Zhou Wenbing kept his mouth shut and took all the charges on himself, it was impossible for his family to stay out of it.

"Master Ma ......"

Seeing his family being pushed all the way by the jailers, Zhou Wenbing's eyes were full of pleading when he looked at Ma Wenjin.

Seeing this, Ma Wenjin sighed slightly, then turned around and said lightly: "What are you doing here?" Do you treat prisoners like this on a daily basis? ”

Ma Wenjin's voice reached the ears of several jailers, and several jailers were suddenly startled. As the jailers of the prison of the Criminal Department, these people rely on their identities to show off their power in this prison on weekdays, and they don't take anyone in their eyes at all, but they didn't expect that this time they hit the muzzle of the gun.

"Your Excellency forgives your sins, your lords forgive your sins!"

Several jailers hurriedly begged for mercy.

Ma Wenjin didn't say much, and waved his hand to signal a few people to take the Zhou family into prison.

At this moment, Zhou Wenbing's last glimmer of hope has been shattered. Now he is no longer praying for His Majesty's grace to spare his family.

Now he can only pray in his heart that what he has done will not affect them and lose their lives with him.

Looking at Zhou Wenbing's expression, Ma Wenjin knew that the current Zhou Wenbing's psychological defense line was on the verge of collapse, but he did not continue to ask questions at this time, but said to Zhou Wenbing after pondering for a while: "Lord Zhou, I will give you a night to think about it, if you think it clearly, let the jailer of the prison inform me." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Zhou Wenbing to respond, Ma Wenjin turned around and left the prison.

Before leaving, Ma Wenjin deliberately locked up the people of the Zhou family with Zhou Wenbing, which was also the last thing Marven did for Zhou Wenbing.

Because Ma Wenjin knows that after tonight, no matter whether Zhou Wenbing says it or not, he will not be able to escape a dead word in the end......