Emperor Hongjia looked at the familiar faces below, his gaze swept over one by one, and finally fell on Lu Ronghuai's face.

Watch out...... was replaced. Fairy Gu's words lingered in her ears again.

Emperor Hongjia squinted, the coldness in his eyes was clear, he stared at Lu Ronghuai for a long time, and then he realized that Lu Ronghuai was not a wood.

Not the third.

Who would that be?

Of the five elements of wood in the temple, only ......

"It's just an anonymous letter, not evidence." Emperor Hongjia said coldly.

The officer's face froze.

Liu Guogong glanced back.

"Your Majesty, King Li, he ...... It did embezzle the cost of preparing for the construction of the Taoist temple. Chen Youwei said suddenly.

The crowd looked at him.

Chen Youwei's face was ashamed, "The minister thought that King Li had just embezzled a little bit, but he didn't think about it...... The minister did not intend to cover up, and the whole ministry did not dare to disobey King Li, and the minister was helpless. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is responsible for buying wood, and the best wood is bought, and the warehouse where the wood is stacked, only King Li has the key, if King Li secretly changes wood, the minister ......"

"You wait a minute," Lu Ronghuai interrupted him, he looked over with a smile, "The warehouse is next to the Taoist temple, and there are many people coming and going during the day, when can this king replace the wood?" ”

"Naturally, I secretly changed it at night!"

Lu Ronghuai smiled.

Emperor Hongjia frowned, "Third child, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Erchen never goes out at night."

"Why?"

"Because Erchen's princess is afraid of the dark, she must hold him at night to coax him to sleep, where did Erchen come from to let his delicate and beautiful wife not hug, and ran to the black-lit warehouse to hug the wood."

"Poof."

The crowd turned back.

Su Ruhe stood in the back, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he waved his hand expressionlessly, "It's not me, I didn't laugh." ”

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Chapter 106

"Master Su, you also participated in the construction of the Taoist temple, come out and say a few words." Someone shouted.

Emperor Hongjia: "Su Shilang, I heard the third child say before, the account book is in your hands, right?" ”

Su Ruhe walked out and arched his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, the account book is indeed here with the minister." ”

"Did King Li really embezzle silver taels?" Xu Mengshan, the head of the household, hurriedly asked.

Su Ruhe lowered his eyebrows and said honestly: "I don't know." ”

"You...... The ledger is in your hand, and the money and expenditure must be informed to you, how can you not know? Or are you shielding King Lai? ”

Su Ruhe: "Your Majesty, the minister is not familiar with the prince, and at first he went to the palace to find the prince several times in order to reconcile the accounts, but the prince was obsessed with the princess's beauty and ignored the minister, and the minister did not go later." ”

Everyone: "? ”

At first glance, it sounds outrageous, but under the closer inspection, it feels even more outrageous.

Lu Ronghuai showed a satisfied smile, he raised his head, "Look, Master Su knows that this king is so beautiful, as for corruption, what bit of silver does this king lack?" ”

Emperor Hongjia: "......"

Emperor Hongjia straightened his face, "You are so, you still have the face to say?" ”

Lu Ronghuai waved his sleeves, "Erchen has to be beautiful alone, isn't it worth saying that he is so single-minded?" Unlike them, Goolan Courtyard can be diligent. ”

Manchu Dynasty Civil and Military: "......"

"Lord Su's account book can be on you?" Emperor Hongjia opened his eyes with a headache and looked at Su Ruhe, who was quiet and silent.

Su Ruhe took out the account book from his sleeve and presented it to the emperor.

Emperor Hongjia flipped it over and nodded with satisfaction, "Master Su's account remembers well, it is clearly organized, and it is clear at a glance, you can also take a look, every account on it is clear, including the purchase of wood, using the best golden silk nanmu." ”

"That is, when the king asked Su Shilang to keep the accounts, he just saw his reliability, and the ministers had a good eye." Lu Ronghuai asked Emperor Hongjia.

Emperor Hongjia: "Shut up. ”

They were all impeached, and they are still skinless and faceless here.

Xu Mengshan: "If you really use golden silk nanmu, how can it collapse before it is built?" ”

"There must be someone who fills his own pockets and is shoddy."

Lu Ronghuai applauded, "That's right, this king thinks so too." ”

Xu Mengshan turned his head angrily.

While everyone was arguing, someone soon came from outside the hall, it was the chief guard of the Golden Scale Guard, who was ordered by the emperor to go to the Taoist Temple to investigate the situation.

"What the hell is going on?" Emperor Hongjia hurriedly asked.

Chief of the guard: "Back to Your Majesty, the Taoist Temple has indeed collapsed, crushing more than 100 people." ”

The ministers immediately exploded.

"More than 100 people, this is a terrible thing."

"Yes, it's good to kill so many people, how can you explain it now."

Emperor Hongjia was in a terrible mood, he clenched his handle tightly and kept a calm face, "Can you find the reason for the collapse of the Taoist Temple?" ”

"The temple was badly damaged, and the lowly officials found broken beams and columns inside, these beams and trees were normal on the outside, but all rotten on the inside."

"The wood has really been replaced, and it is really mad to build a house out of this rotten wood." Xu Mengshan said in a loud voice.

Quite a few people nodded.

Emperor Hongjia scolded Lu Ronghuai, "Third child, what's going on?" ”

"Erchen just returned to Beijing last month, and at that time, there were many affairs in the house, and the purchase and transportation of timber were handed over to Lord Chen."

Chen Youwei immediately said: "The ministers all acted according to the orders of the prince, and the golden silk nanmu was indeed transported to the warehouse, and there were many craftsmen present at that time, they could testify for the ministers, and the ministers had no lies." ”

"Lord Su can testify for the minister, and the money for the purchase of wood is also paid by Lord Su to the minister." Chen Youwei said quickly.

Su Ruhe: "Yes, it's the money given by the minister." ”

Lu Ronghuai walked up to Chen Youwei, "Lord Chen, this king has a problem. ”

"Lord Wang, please speak."

"Although the warehouse is not far from the Taoist temple, the craftsmen should have been busy at that time, what are they all going to do in the warehouse?"

After hearing this, Chen Youwei immediately replied: "The wood is heavy, and the minister called them over to help." ”

"The transportation of timber is not something that can be completed in a short time and a half, so isn't there no one to guard and work in the Taoist temple?" Lu Ronghuai looked dissatisfied, obviously unhappy with Chen Youwei's move.

Someone stood up for Chen Youwei and said: "The prince is the shopkeeper by himself, Lord Chen is too busy, and it is understandable to call people over to help." ”

Chen Youwei sighed, "Lord Wang, the minister has long seen that the Taoist temple is not manpowered, and later recruited a group of people to come in, otherwise, I am afraid that I will not be able to make the difference within the specified date." ”

"You didn't tell this king."

"All the things in the Taoist temple, you haven't asked about it, Lord Wang." Chen Youwei's face was full of innocence.

"That's right, this king didn't care about it at all, so now that the wood has been stolen, why do you think it's this king's doing?" Lu Ronghuai straightened his cuffs and asked calmly.

"This king doesn't have three heads and six arms, and the military power has long been handed over to his father, and there are only two or three guards left in the palace around him, and Lord Chen needs a large number of craftsmen to move the wood, and this king can secretly exchange it with only two or three people?"

"Ladies and gentlemen...... Could it be that they are all pig brains? ”

Everyone: "......"

"And Lord Chen, you previously accused this king of misappropriating silver taels, and there is no evidence, where do you start?"

Chen Youwei looked at King Li's deep eyes, and he said calmly: "The staff of the prince's mansion, the minister saw him holding a bill stamped with the prince's private seal, and went to Lord Su to receive a large amount of money. ”

Lu Ronghuai opened his lips slowly, "Lord Chen, you have to talk about evidence when you speak." ”

Chen Youwei turned his head to look at Emperor Hongjia, his eyes were sincere, "Your Majesty, the minister asked Your Majesty to summon that staff member to the palace, His Royal Highness King Li trusted this staff member very much, during the construction of the Taoist temple, this person came to inspect and help on behalf of the prince many times. ”

"Biography." Emperor Hongjia said coldly.

At this time, Mrs. Xu, who had never spoken, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the more than 100 people who died need to be dealt with in time." ”

Emperor Hongjia saw that the chief of the guard was still kneeling on the ground, he understood what Taifu Xu meant, and said to the chief of the guard: "This matter is entrusted to you to be responsible, and to appease their relatives, everyone...... Subsidize ten taels of silver. ”

After hearing this, the chief of the guard did not immediately receive the order, but stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" Emperor Hongjia saw that his expression was wrong, so he asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, those who were crushed to death were not the craftsmen who built the Taoist temple."

"What?" Chen Youwei was the first to exclaim.

The chief of the guard obeyed the emperor's orders and ignored Chen Youwei, and he didn't explain until Emperor Hongjia opened his mouth to ask.

"When the humble officials rushed over, the corpses had been dug up, and after everyone's identification, except for a few seriously broken corpses, the others could be seen clearly, and some of them were ...... It is the guard of the East Palace. ”

"There are also some of them from Master Chen's family, and the others are hooligans and ruffians who often harm the people on weekdays, so everyone knows them."

After the chief of the guard finished speaking, the Manchu officials all seemed to be blocked in their throats, and their expressions were wonderful.