Chapter 2: Confession
When the imperial court learned of the floods in Guannai a few years ago, more than 100,000 people suffered, and immediately allocated disaster relief silver, only two months later, it was learned that less than 40% of the disaster relief silver had reached Guannai, and tens of thousands of people died.
After the emperor learned about this, Long Yan was furious, and immediately assigned the Criminal Department to investigate the case thoroughly, but nearly two months have passed, but no news has come out at all, causing many people to forget about this matter.
At present, he was suddenly mentioned by Feng Huayu, and his words pointed directly to Fang Hetong.
But Fang Youtong was frightened.
"Your Majesty, Fenghuayu is full of nonsense, the Liu family is just a woman, how can it be related to disaster silver?"
"Please also ask Your Majesty to immediately behead Feng Huayu for his crimes!"
Feng Huayu said: "Lord Fang, you can't say that, although the Liu family has nothing to do with the disaster silver, but Lord Fang, you are different." ”
"The prefect of Qingchuan Prefecture who was affected by the disaster in Guannai this time happens to be Liu You, the younger brother of the Liu family, that is, your brother-in-law."
"You are a household servant, and the joint prefect wants to get rid of the disaster silver, what do you say?"
Fang Youtong's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly knelt down to face the emperor: "Your Majesty, Fenghuayu is talking nonsense, please also ask Your Majesty to be clear!" ”
"Feng Huayu, you slander the old man so much, is there any evidence? If not, you stain the old man's innocence, and the old man will definitely fight with you! ”
Feng Huayu was a little surprised, there were really people rushing to find death?
He sighed, and then pulled two books out of his bosom.
"Your Majesty, this is the account book that the Liu family called out last night, and Weichen has already calculated the amount, and it is exactly the same as the lack of disaster silver."
"The other book is all the people involved in this disaster silver case, how the disaster silver was embezzled, how it was changed hands, and how it was laundered, are all on it, and I ask Your Majesty to take a look."
The little eunuch who was waiting beside the emperor hurriedly came down to take it, and then handed it to the emperor.
The emperor looked at it, and his already ugly face instantly became extremely gloomy.
"Fang Youtong, what else do you have to say?"
Fang Youtong is now bloodless, how is this possible!
That matter, they obviously did it extremely secretly, and the Liu family knew only a small part of it, even if the Liu family told everything she knew, it would not be enough to convict her.
But looking at the emperor's expression now, it is clear that the evidence is conclusive!
Fang Youtong gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, Feng Huayu didn't have the documents to arrest people, but he took the cheap ones away for no reason, and then it will inevitably be a severe torture test, and it is absolutely not a fact!" ”
In fact, he didn't know when the Liu family was arrested, and the Liu family said half a month ago that he would go back to his brother-in-law to worship his ancestors, and he was no longer in the capital for a long time.
And Fenghuayu has no documents to catch people, and there is a precedent ahead, so Fang is gambling with the same!
He bet on Feng Huayu, these so-called evidences were not found by him, but by him fake!
The emperor's face remained unchanged and looked at Feng Huayu: "Feng Huayu, do you have something to say?" ”
Feng Huayu raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen does not have the documents to arrest people. ”
Hearing this, Fang He Tongxin breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he had made the right bet!
Immediately, his heart was greatly emboldened, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty! According to the law of the Great Song, if you arrest without documents, it is a crime of abuse of power, and if you are a relative of an official of the court, the crime will be increased by one degree! ”
"Please also ask Your Majesty to issue an order to arrest Fenghuayu and behead him!"
Feng Huayu smiled and said, "Lord Fang, don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet." ”
"The minister went to Qingchuan Mansion to investigate the disaster silver case, and he had already obtained the evidence when he was in Qingchuan Mansion, but when he came back, his brother-in-law Liu You noticed that he wanted me to leave Qingchuan Mansion."
"If it weren't for Weichen's strong martial arts, maybe he would have really died there, and your brother-in-law and wife happened to be caught red-handed by me."
"At that time, your brother-in-law mobilized the defenders of Qingchuan Mansion, and there were many people who could testify for me."
"As for the torture you mentioned, it's even more nonsense, I, Feng Huayu, will never torture a woman."
After saying that, Feng Huayu turned to the emperor and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Fang is outside the palace, and I ask Your Majesty to summon me, whether it is torture or not, you can know at a glance." ”
The emperor's face was gloomy at the moment, and he nodded slowly.
"Xuan, the household servant Lang Fang and Mrs. Tong, Liu's audience!"
The eunuch shouted, and then Liu was carried in.
Liu is now dressed in prison clothes, with a disheveled hair, so she is not miserable, but she has no wounds on her body.
Just by looking at it, it was clear that she had not been tortured.
As soon as Liu came in, he didn't even salute the emperor, but just staggered to Fang Hetong, shouting: "Master, it's over, it's all over." ”
"Let Lin'er live, master, confess your guilt, Lin'er can still live!"
Fang Youtong was suddenly hit hard, his eyes were dark, he shook a few times, and almost fell directly.
He looked at Zhao Wuyun, the left minister in front of him, resentfully and fearfully, and then turned to look at the emperor, and finally kowtowed to the ground.
"The ministers and the same confess their guilt, and they owe it to Your Majesty's people, please condemn Your Majesty!"
"I only hope that Your Majesty will see that Weichen has been conscientious in the past and let go of Fang Lin, the youngest daughter of the guilty minister."
The emperor's face finally changed, and he stood up, grieving.
"Fang and Tong, Fang and Tong, when the emperor saw that you were full of style, he was relieved to hand over this position to you, but I didn't expect you to do such an angry thing!"
"Hundreds of thousands of victims in Qingchuan Mansion, do you know how many people can't get disaster relief money and starve to death outside the city!"
"You...... Someone came, and the criminal minister Fang and the fellow prisoner Liu were taken down and punished according to the law. ”
"I also hope that all Aiqing will take this as a warning, don't let me down and live up to the expectations of the people!"
"Retreat!"
The emperor was in a bad mood and left with a wave of his sleeves.
After the next dynasty, the hundred officials naturally left one after another, and everyone's eyes looked at Fang Hetong who was taken away, some were shocked and surprised, and some were puzzled.
However, there are also many people who glared at Feng Huayu angrily, this time so many ministers stood up and jointly asked the emperor to condemn him, but the result was still like this.
But at this time, Zhao Wuyin, who had never spoken, walked towards Fenghuayu.
"When did Lord Feng go to Qingchuan Mansion, but I haven't heard of it?" Zhao Wuyin asked, his tone was very familiar, as if the two had been friends for many years.
"Lord Zhao, I'm just a nobody, when I leave the capital, naturally it's not enough to attract the attention of adults, right?"
Zhao Wuyin stared at him for a few seconds, and finally laughed, didn't say anything, and left on his own.
Fenghuayu looked at his back for a long time.
Not long after, a eunuch came over and said in a low voice: "Lord Feng, Your Majesty has summoned you, please move to the imperial study." ”