"Your Majesty, someone has accused Chen Shilang of accepting bribes privately.

The man complained that he was originally the creditor of the Chen family, because the Chen family had paid a lot of credit in his shop a few years ago, and he knew that Chen Shilang's official position was not high, and he owed so much silver and was afraid that he would repay the debt, so he recently went to the Chen family to ask for debts.

I didn't think that the Chen family gave money very happily, where did a little waiter get so much money, and not only paid off the previous debts, but also bought a lot of wine and meat from him.

The boss was not at ease, so he carefully checked the silver money sent by the Chen family, and found that it was all official silver from various places!

He didn't dare to hide the official money privately, so he handed it over to the county government, and he was dissatisfied with the loss of money and property, so he simply sued Chen Shilang for accepting bribes.

The stolen money is here, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look. ”

Dali Temple Cheng said and handed over a tray of gold ingots and a complaint to the emperor for inspection.

The emperor picked up a piece and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, he saw the official silver and the name of the place printed in the inconspicuous place.

This kind of official silver is used to hand over to the imperial court for storage, and then the imperial court is unified and recast, and it is absolutely impossible to circulate directly in the market.

Of course, if this kind of money appears in anyone's hands, it is either deducted from the official money when it is handed over, or the local officials bribe it with official money, and the bribe-taking party has not come to remember to dispose of it, so it is spent without paying attention.

Chen Shilang's official position is not in contact with the matter of handing over official money, so the only possibility is to accept bribes.

The emperor is not a wise monarch who can't tolerate sand in his eyes, courtiers have accepted bribes in all dynasties, as long as it is not too much, he is too lazy to care.

But Chen Shilang stepped on the safety line of "too much".

A few days ago, the high-profile big white water banquet was found to be corrupt and bribery not long after.

You say that corruption is corruption, and you are so blatantly spending the stolen money, you don't take the emperor in your eyes at all.

"What a guts! Give me an investigation, if you find out that there is such a thing, you will be severely punished! ”

The emperor slapped the table and said.

Dali Temple's head should be down, as soon as he left the palace, he sent someone to search Chen Shilang's house, just in time for Chen Jinyu to be at home today, and saw the officers and soldiers breaking in, he immediately walked to the door and asked his colleagues:

"What's the matter, how can you search the Shilang Mansion in a good manner?"

Dali Siqing's attitude towards him was not bad, and when he saw Chen Shilang, who looked like a headless fly spinning around in the yard, he explained:

"Someone accused Chen Shilang of accepting bribes, and His Majesty ordered the official to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Although there is no evidence to suggest whether this is a false accusation or not, it is ······ Chen Shilang should always go to Dali Temple to explain where the money spent a few days ago came from. ”

This was said euphemistically to give Chen Jinyu enough face, but the meaning is obvious, that is, you are a squire, where did you get so much money to squander?

If it were in normal times, it would be fine, but now that His Majesty is worried about the military resources in the northwest, Chen Shilang is not doing this with a long eye, wouldn't it be an eye medicine for the emperor!

The green tendons on Chen Jinyu's forehead jumped, and she wanted to refute a few words but found that she couldn't say anything.

He wasn't at home some time ago, and he really didn't know where the family's money came from, how big the pomp and circumstance of the flowing water banquet a few days ago was, and how much money was spent.

Hearing this, Chen Shilang in the courtyard hurriedly strode over and explained to Dali Siqing:

"All this money is my second daughter-in-law's filial piety to me, you know that the Jiang family is rich and rivals the country, even if the silver money she brought from the Jiang family is not in the right way, it is also Jiang Guangyao's greedy silver money, and it has nothing to do with me!

I just spent the money of my own juniors' filial piety, which national law did I violate? ”

Dali Siqing didn't say anything when he heard this.

If things are really as he said, then the Chen family is indeed innocent.

"Okay, in that case, you go to Ergongzi Chen to find the second lady, and you will confront him face to face.

As long as it can be proved that the money was taken from the Jiang family, then Lord Chen will naturally be innocent. ”

When Chen Shilang heard it, he seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and hurriedly asked someone to call Jiang Fu.

Just when the small servant went to call people, the officers and soldiers who went in to search also gained something, and they found a lot of other gold and silver with official seals from the mahogany box in Chen Shilang's room, as well as a few pieces of imperial things that Ouchi still kept on file.

Even Dali Sicheng gasped when he saw these things.

Not to mention the money, just these things in Ouchi, whether it is Chen Shilang or Jiang Guangyao, as long as the crime is confirmed, they will be punished with capital punishment.

Jiang Fu quickly rushed over in a carriage, and Dali Temple simply asked people to seal the gate of the Chen family, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and it was tried on the spot.

"Second Mrs. Chen, your father-in-law said that these things were brought out from the Jiang family to honor him at the moment, you came forward to distinguish them, yes or no?"

Jiang Fu raised her eyebrows when she heard this, glanced at Chen Shilang, and saw that he was looking at him with expectant eyes, she sneered in her heart and stepped forward.

There were a few big red boxes in front of her, which were the ones sent by someone before.

Several boxes were wide open, she stepped forward to take a look, and then walked to Dali Temple in the expectant gaze of Chen Shilang, shook her head and said:

"The concubine did send some things before, but they were far less rare than these, just some ordinary antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

My lord knows, the concubine's father and husband have gone to the battlefield, and they took a lot of silver from their homes when they left, and we have just separated from the family, where is there so much gold, silver and jewelry to honor our father-in-law? ”

Jiang Fu said sincerely, and the lady on the side handed over a gift catalog in a timely manner, which was the one that Jiang Fu sent to the Chen family before, which recorded the things she sent, which were indeed just some antiques, calligraphy and paintings and ordinary gadgets, which were not worth much.

"You talk nonsense!"

Chen Shilang immediately exploded when he heard this, stepped forward and grabbed the catalog, took a cursory look at it and threw it on the ground.

"These are obviously sent by you, and when I sent them, I counted them in the warehouse according to the instructions you sent, this is the real record, please take a look."

Chen Shilang said, taking another catalog from the butler's hand.

Dali Sicheng took the catalogue and glanced at it, and saw that there were a variety of things on it, and the names could match those in front of him, so he asked Jiang Fu again:

"There are two pamphlets, which one do you want to believe?"

Jiang Fu glanced at the names on the booklet, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"My father-in-law laughed, the first one on this booklet is the 'Hibiscus Stone Hollow Python Pattern Pot', this system and fine workmanship are used by the queen at a glance, how can the daughter-in-law send someone to send someone to her father to send the stolen goods from Ouchi?

If that were the case, my father should have recognized it when it was first delivered. ”

This is indeed reasonable, not to mention that this jade pot is a few other royal things, it is not ordinary at first glance, if it was really sent to him by Jiang Fu, why didn't he say anything when he received it?

Thinking of this, Dali Temple's eyes changed when he looked at Chen Shilang, in order to clean himself up, he involved his daughter-in-law, and wanted to use his daughter-in-law's family background to convict himself, which was really shameless.

Chen Shilang looked at the eyes of the people around him looking at him, and he couldn't argue.

He really didn't have much knowledge, not to mention that he didn't find the official seals on the gold and silver, even the royal things couldn't be distinguished.

The palace rituals are used in special utensils, which are very different from the regulations of the royal use, and he is not loved by the emperor so that he can frequently enter and leave the palace, so naturally he rarely has the opportunity to see the royal things.

Jiang Fu also took it for sure that he didn't know this, so he dared to design him so blatantly.

The mahogany chests were full of things that he had carefully selected, and each of them was similar to his dowry but not visible.

When he got married, the family was still in charge of Chen Shilang, so he naturally looked at his dowry, and if he took some side ones, he was afraid that he would not be able to scare him.

"Those····· Those things I had seen in her dowry before, how could they be royal things! Even if it was, it must have been brought by her from the Jiang family.

Yes, that's right! She deliberately sent these things to me and framed them! ”

Chen Shilang slowly thought about it, pointed at Jiang Fu and scolded angrily:

"It's you, it's you who don't have a good heart! Okay, you Jiang family girl, your father gave you the stolen goods of corruption and bribery as a dowry, and you sent them to me, what kind of heart do you have? ”

Jiang Fu didn't seem to expect him to say this, his face was obviously stunned, and then his aggrieved eyes were splashed, and he looked at Dali Temple Cheng aggrievedly and explained:

Although I don't know why my father-in-law said this, the concubine dares to ensure that her dowry is clean, if the adult doesn't believe it, the concubine will order the maid to get the dowry list.

Adults can also move to the courtyard of the concubine's house to see for themselves, and the dowry is all the same and a lot in their own treasury. ”

After speaking, she said with serious grievances and scruples:

"Besides, even if the concubine wants to honor her father-in-law, or if her father-in-law says that she wants to frame him, how can she give her dowry to him?

Is there a guild that will take the daughter-in-law's dowry in the whole next summer? Isn't it a joke to spread it, but it is really deliberately designed, and my father-in-law also knows what I brought in the dowry, so how can I accept it? ”

This sentence of holding a gun and a stick directly made Chen Shilang's face flush, and he was speechless for a long time.

Although Jiang Fu did not explicitly say that her father-in-law embezzled her dowry, Chen Shilang knew that it was written as something from his daughter-in-law's dowry, so he still accepted it, and took it out and spent a lot, which shows that he did it deliberately.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes looked at Chen Shilang with disdain.

According to the laws of Ming Xia, the dowry of the daughter-in-law is not considered the property of the husband's family, let alone the father-in-law, even the father-in-law has no right to interfere.

Even if the daughter-in-law dies, the dowry must be taken back to the mother's family, and if anyone's family spends the daughter-in-law's dowry, it will be poked in the backbone, is it still a man?

Chen Shilang naturally knew this, he could pretend to be crazy and stupid in front of Jiang Fu before, but now in front of so many people, he didn't have the face to admit that he coveted his daughter-in-law's dowry.

Dali Temple Qing looked at him thoughtfully, and couldn't say anything to defend him for a long time, so he glanced at Chen Jinyu apologetically, and waved his hand to let Chen Shilang be escorted to Dali Temple.