The court officials trembled in their hearts after hearing the emperor's question, and everyone thought that the four princes would kneel down and admit their mistakes and beg the emperor for mercy, but they didn't expect that the four princes not only begged for mercy but said complacently: "Father Liao praised, the son is just doing the right thing for heaven, how can he talk about majesty?"

"Bastard! you killed the magistrate of Fengjin County first, do you know what a crime it is to kill an official of the imperial court without permission!"

Seeing this, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, and no one dared to speak again. Wang Chuan glanced at Ye Jingyi proudly, took a diagonal step and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the sage said that the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people! Since the Fourth Highness has confessed to this matter, it should be carried out in accordance with the laws of the Tongtian Empire! Moreover, this matter is not the crime of the Four Highnesses, the companions of the Four Highnesses, the Child's Calendar Talent and Li Yichou know the law and break the law, and when the Four Highnesses wielded the sword, they did not stop the Four Highnesses, and they also blinded the minds of the Four Highnesses with rhetoric on the side, and their hearts can be punished! The old minister implored His Majesty to behead these two people to show the public, in order to show the royal majesty!"

After hearing the words of the scholar Wang, Ye Jingyi's heart instantly rose to his throat, he didn't expect Wang Chuan to disregard the identity of the scholar and the demeanor of the elder, and make a move in public against such a junior as the fourth prince! If it were someone else, Ye Jingyi might just slander Wang Chuan's behavior in his heart, and he would not help, after all, the way to be an official is not to make enemies everywhere! But the person Wang Chuan sued was his grandson-in-law, not only that, but it could even be said that he would decide the future of the Ye family! How could Ye Jingyi stand idly by?

Ye Jingyi also took a step sideways, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Scholar Wang's words are wrong! How could the Fourth Highness ever admit that he had slashed the three chiefs of Fengjin County with a sword? Everything is just the words of Scholar Wang and His Highness, why is Scholar Wang in such a hurry to convict His Royal Highness regardless of his identity? Isn't there a ghost in his heart?"

"Mrs. Ye is a bit biased when he says this, right?" Among the civil officials, the eldest prince said in a strange manner: "Who in this court doesn't know that the fourth brother is your grandson-in-law, aren't you afraid of making the world laugh at you so protective?"

Just when Ye Jingyi was about to refute the eldest prince, on the dragon chair, he suddenly shouted: "Enough! This court is not a bazaar, and you are not scoundrels in the market, don't lose your grace!" After hearing this, several people didn't dare to continue arguing, and returned to their respective positions with their heads down.

Ye Jingyi's move seemed to be arguing with Wang Chuan, but in fact he was reminding the four princes, how could he not know that the third chief of Fengjin County was killed by the four princes? But this matter must not be said, he wants to let the four princes die and not admit it, muddy the water, although this matter cannot be hidden, but it can also get some buffer space!

"Jing Hong, let me ask you, is it true that your imperial brother told me that you killed his father-in-law, Jia Xingde, and killed him along with the county governor and county supervisor of Fengjin County?" the emperor asked in a cold voice.

"Back to my father's words, this matter is true. The fourth prince said lightly.

Ye Jingyi's heart was cold, he was shocked and angry, he didn't know if the four princes didn't understand the meaning of his words or said it on purpose, at this moment Ye Jingyi couldn't wait to knock a few times on the heads of the four princes and beat it through!

"Since it's true, there's nothing to say, I'm not a faint king, since my son has broken the law, he will be punished! Come on, drag the four princes down and put them in prison!" the emperor said angrily.

As soon as the emperor's order was issued, two large internal guards walked into the court and wanted to pull the four princes down.

"Father, wait a minute, the son has something to say!" the fourth prince said hurriedly.

The emperor frowned and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, so as not to have a chance to say it in the future." ”

"Father, my son wants to ask, in the laws of the Tongtian Empire, what is the crime of embezzling silver by officials?"

The emperor did not speak, but looked at the criminal department Shangshu who was standing below. The person who can climb to the position of Shangshu is certainly not an ordinary person, and he is still proficient in the ability to observe words and colors. The Shangshu of the Criminal Department bowed down and said: "Your Royal Highness, according to the law, if I corrupt officials and accept bribes, I will be convicted according to the amount of silver they embezzled! If it is less than 100 taels, it will be fined for one year; if it is less than 500 taels, it will be fined three years, and the official will be demoted by three levels; if it is more than 1,000 taels, it will be distributed to the army; and if it is more than 10,000 taels, it will be beheaded and shown to the public!"

The fourth prince smiled slightly, and said, "Dare to ask my father, what is the crime of embezzling 1.8 million taels of silver?"

"What?!"

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were dumbfounded, and they could not believe that there was anyone in this temple who dared to embezzle such a huge amount of money! In an instant, all the officials exchanged heads and discussed one after another.

"What a bunch of nonsense! The Fourth Highness should not spray people with blood! My Tongtian Empire has abundant financial resources, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the soldiers are loyal and righteous, in such a peaceful and prosperous world, how can there be officials doing such inhuman things! I also ask the four princes to respect themselves, and not to do things that lose their identity!" Wang Chuan said coldly.

Li Tian, who was kneeling beside the four princes, suddenly said faintly: "Scholar Wang's words are wrong, what about the peaceful and prosperous times? What about the loyalty and righteousness of the soldiers? Should you be greedy or be greedy, does this mean that in today's temples, whether it is in various state cities or Tianluo City, no one is a corrupt official?"

"Li Tian! This is above the court, what qualifications do you have to speak as a mere nine-grade companion reading boy, you must not know the rules too much!" Wang Chuan shouted angrily.

The emperor didn't care, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you can continue to talk about it." ”

Li Tiantian smiled and pouted at Wang Chuan, which made Wang Daxue's morale tremble under his chin and beard. Li Tiantian didn't care what Wang Chuan thought in his heart, and after respectfully bowing to the emperor, he continued: "If there is no evidence, Weichen will definitely not dare to say these words that damage the majesty of the imperial court! Such a big rebellion, Your Majesty blames it, Weichen has narrow shoulders and weak strength, and he can't afford this kind of crime! Now that Weichen dares to say this, there must be conclusive evidence! The Fourth Highness of Fengjin County did kill the third chief of Fengjin County, and Li Yichou and I have indeed been watching coldly as Old Master Wang said, and have not dissuaded the four princes. To put it bluntly, if Weichen is given another chance, Weichen will still do it, and Weichen believes that the four princes will also kill the three of them again without mercy!"

"You mean, because you found out that the three chiefs of Fengjin County had embezzled 1.8 million taels of silver, so Jing Hong beheaded the three of them in a fit of rage?" the emperor asked in an indifferent tone.

The Fourth Highness is not a murderer, the Fourth Highness has been familiar with the Confucian classics since childhood, not to mention the rich and five cars, he can be called full of poetry and books! Confucianism is benevolent, how could the Fourth Highness do such a blood-stained thing for no reason? Wei Chen and the Fourth Highness found evidence that Jia Xingde and the three of them embezzled a huge amount of silver, and even found dirty silver! However, these three people have deep-rooted power in Fengjin County and have many connections, and in addition to the Black Armor Army who escorted disaster relief food, only Wei Chen, Li Yichou, the Four Highnesses, and Guan Liren went to Fengjin County this time! Even this Guan senior, Master Taifu, was afraid that something would happen to the Fourth Highness, so he was sent to the side of the Fourth Highness to protect the Fourth Highness!

"What nonsense!!!, how could you find Jia Xingde's dirty silver?!" The eldest prince immediately retorted after listening to Li's words.

The corners of Li Tiantian's mouth raised slightly, and he smiled lightly: "The meaning of His Highness's words is to affirm that we can't find Jia Xingde's dirty silver, not to deny that Jia Xingde has never embezzled silver?"

The eldest prince was shocked in his heart, and looked at Li Tiantian with murderous intent in his eyes, he didn't expect Li Tiantian to seize the loophole in his words and take him against him! The eldest prince felt the faint oppression coming from the dragon chair, and hurriedly changed his words: "You don't want to talk nonsense, I mean Jia Xingde, as my father-in-law, pays attention to words and deeds on weekdays, and is strict with himself, how can he be corrupt and accept bribes! Li Tiantian, I know that you can be eloquent and eloquent, but you don't forget where this is!" I am clear in public and private will not let you deceive everyone here, don't think that everything will be fine if you put all the blame on a dead man! In the eyes of heaven, there is no room for sand!"

Above the court, there was a discussion again, these old oilmen who have been in the officialdom for many years are like mirrors, they know that it is their turn to stand in line again.