Chapter 128: Retraction of Confession
It didn't take long for Luo Xiang, who was panicked, to trot and then run and shout: "Liu Gong, something is wrong!"
Liu Jin shouted lightly: "Presumptuous, the Holy Driver, how can you exclaim at will!"
This sound was Liu Jin's concentrated sound into a line, and he used superior internal strength to drink it directly in Luo Xiang's ears. Although Luo Xiang also learned a little martial arts, where can he compare to Liu Jin's martial arts, he was directly shocked by such a drink, and he instantly sobered up. With a face of shame, he walked quickly to Liu Jin's side and said respectfully: "...... Gong Liu"
"What the hell is going on?" Zhengde asked curiously, seeing him like this.
"Uh!" Luo Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and immediately bowed to Zhengde, who was playing with rare playthings, and said, "The old slave has collided with Your Majesty, and I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness!"
Zhengde had left the matter to Liu Jin to see if his uncle Wang had rebellious intentions, pretending not to hear Luo Xiang's words, and just left Luo Xiang there. After Luo Xiang finished confessing his crimes, he did not get Zhengde's forgiveness, and froze there for a while.
It was Liu Jin who broke the siege, only to hear him say: "Luo Xiang, what happened?
"Liu Gong forgives the sin!" Luo Xiang immediately said to Liu Jin, "I just went to the Inner Factory to retrieve the First Emperor's Mobao on the order of Liu Gong, but I found that this Mobao was gone!"
"Gone?" Zhengde suddenly became interested at this time, looked at Luo Xiang, and said, "Luo Bandang, what do you mean?
"Yes, not only is the first emperor Mobao gone, but the more than 100 people in the insider factory have also disappeared, but now the insider factory is empty, and there is nothing!" Luo Xiang glanced at Liu Jin, and then said slowly.
Seeing that Liu Jin heard Luo Xiang's words, his face was also full of suspicion, and he asked: "What do you mean? Although I took most of the elite of the insider factory to the south, I left Fei Lao, Liu Ju and so many other people, how could they all be gone?"
"Hehe, has there been a big change in the palace?" Zhengde was not only not anxious when he heard this, but looked curious, took Luo Xiang's hand, and asked, "Did you find any clues in the inner factory?"
"Back to Your Majesty's words, no!" Luo Xiang saw that Liu Jin's face was getting more and more gloomy, but His Majesty the Emperor was more and more happy, so he had to answer the emperor's question with a wry smile. Now that the ministers and nobles are here, it is Liu Jin, and he doesn't dare to be rude to the emperor, not to mention that he is auspicious.
"This is really interesting!" Emperor Zhengde thought that he had encountered a trick of changing people, and said in high spirits, "The people in the expert factory, have they all been changed by a master's trick?"
"Your Majesty!" Liu Jin heard Zhengde say more and more ridiculously, and immediately interrupted and said, "Now we are discussing the guilt of King An, not asking where the people in the insider factory are!
"Oh!" Zhengde heard Liu Jin's words, and then looked at Liu Jin's somewhat bad look on his face, and couldn't help but shrink his neck, and said, "What Liu Gong said is very true! It's just that now that the first emperor Mobao you said is suddenly gone, I don't know how to continue to talk to Uncle An?"
"Although the physical evidence has disappeared inexplicably, there are still human witnesses!" Liu Jin originally wanted to have both human and physical evidence, and then point to King An, so that King An could not deny it. But now that the insider factory is inexplicably empty, and the physical evidence is missing, then you can only rely on human evidence.
Although it is not easy to overthrow King An based on the testimony of a businessman, it is not impossible to forcibly push it with Liu Jin's might!
When Zhengde heard that there were still witnesses, he immediately nodded noncommittally and said, "Then I don't know where the witnesses are? Who are them? Why can you testify against Uncle Wang?"
"This witness is the steward of the Imperial Village, the royal merchant of the royal family. He once managed 3,000 hectares of imperial villages in western Beijing for the former emperor, and he was the internal wealth of the former emperor, but he added a lot of color! This person's surname is Ma Mingdegui, and he is also a well-known good man in Beijing, and he was received by the former emperor, and he himself admires the former emperor very much!" Liu Jin slowly introduced Ma Degui, and while speaking, he observed King An's movements without a trace, and found that King An was not shocked at all when Liu Jin said Ma Degui, and still stood there, motionless, as if these things had nothing to do with him.
"Ma Degui, he even got received by his father?" Zhengde was also slightly surprised, you must know that although Emperor Hongzhi is open-minded, he is also kind. But this meeting with a businessman is really a rare move, not to mention that this businessman is also a royal businessman, the steward of the imperial village.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Jin said respectfully.
"Then send him to see me!" Ma Degui's resume also aroused Zhengde's curiosity about this person, and immediately ordered.
Liu Jin nodded when he heard this, and shouted: "Your Majesty has an order, pass on Ma Degui to meet you!"
This sound came out of the platform, and the Jinyi guards waiting below heard it, and immediately separated a group of people and horses and went out of the palace to pick up Ma Degui. At this time, many ministers were also quietly discussing the strange thing that Luo Xiang said just now, the disappearance of the people in the factory. You must know that the insider factory is not only powerful, but also has a lot of masters, and it is deeper into the palace, how can these more than 100 people disappear out of thin air!
Liu Jin also pulled Luo Xiang after passing the order, gathered beside Zhengde, and inquired carefully about Luo Xiang's insider factory. But I only heard it from Luo Xiang's mouth, the door of the insider factory was hidden, and after entering, there was no fan. No matter how much they shouted, there was no response. When I arrived at the study, most of the things in it were also there, except for some precious calligraphy and paintings, and some antiques had disappeared.
Of course, in front of Zhengde, Luo Xiang definitely didn't say so clearly, but vaguely told Liu Jin some information. The more Liu Jin listened, the more angry he became, and at the end, he happened to catch a glimpse of King An, who was there with the old god Wuzi, and his heart moved: "Isn't it King An's hands and feet? This old guy has a few reliable people in his hands, but how did he send people to sneak into the palace, how did he send people to make so many pieces disappear, and how did he leave the palace with treasures?"
Just as a few people were thinking, Qiu Ju whispered: "Gong Liu, in fact, I have also discovered some strange things!"
"Oh?" Liu Jin was also a little wary of this villain who had contradicted him before, but now he was loyal to him, but now was the time to employ people, and if he wanted to hold power, he couldn't do without the support of the Eight Tigers. So although this kind of villain is hateful, he has to keep it and show it to several other people.
Qiu Ju saw that Liu Jin and the others looked puzzled, and immediately said: "Yesterday, Wugang Gong sent someone to the leopard room, saying that His Majesty was not satisfied with the arrangement of the leopard room between me and Luo Xiang, and asked the two of us to improve it!"
"Huh?" Liu Jin was slightly stunned when he heard this, and glanced at Zhengde.
Zhengde's face was also full of surprise when he heard this, and he said: "I, why am I not satisfied with your arrangement of the leopard room? You are full of rare birds and beasts, but you are very pleasing to me, what is Gao Feng talking about?"
Liu Jin's heart moved, and he faintly grasped something. At that moment, when he was about to continue to ask, a brocade guard shouted loudly in the audience: "Your Majesty, Ma Degui brings!"
"It's good to come!" Liu Jin smiled when he heard this, just because Liu Jin arranged for his subordinates to call Ma Degui into the palace on the way back, so as to point to King An in time, at this moment Liu Jin glanced at King An suspiciously, and then did not wait for Zhengde to speak, and said directly, "Your Majesty has a decree, announce that Ma Degui will meet you!"
Zhengde didn't mind Liu Jin at all, just sat on the dragon chair and looked at the platform. Liu Jin, Luo Xiang and others also got up and stood up, lined up on the left and right of Zhengde.
After a while, Ma Degui was dressed in cloth, walked up, and after coming to the stage, he lay directly on the ground and said: "Sinner Ma Degui, knock on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"
"Huh, sinners?" Zhengde was stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "What are you guilty of?"
"The sinners privately asked for King An's first emperor Mobao, which is really a sin that deserves death! Today, His Majesty called the sinners to come, and the sinners will know!" Ma Degui did not raise his head, prostrate on the ground, and said.
"Oh, tell me clearly!" asked Zhengde.
"When I learned about the disaster in Yanchi in Ningxia a month ago, I thought that I was a native of Ningxia and wanted to donate some money to help the people in my hometown, but the money I donated was far from enough! Because I had been friends with the head of Anwangfu Sun for many years, he persuaded me to lend 20,000 taels of silver to Anwangfu to help with disaster relief.
Soon, Mr. Sun replied to me that there was only one Emperor Mobao in King An's Mansion that was worth it, and I was also a ghost at that time, because I admired the Emperor, so I asked Mr. Sun to use this Emperor Mobao as a mortgage, and wanted to use it to pay homage to one or two!
King An was forced to be helpless, and his heart was for the people, so he agreed to the conditions of the sinners!
King An sent someone to send the emperor's ink treasure to Jingshi and handed it over to me. I have Mobao in hand, I have just read it privately for a few days, I don't want Your Majesty to send Jinyi Wei to come today, ask me to enter the palace, I thought that the East Window incident happened, the matter is known to Your Majesty, and I have come to ask for sin! The first emperor Mobao is here, and I also ask Your Majesty to visit and forgive the sinners!"
Ma Degui directly poured beans into a bamboo tube and said everything, of course, it was not all the truth, and he also hid the treasure robbery, and even, he took more responsibility on his shoulder, and finally took out the first emperor Mobao, and raised his hands respectfully above his head.
Liu Jin originally arranged for Ma Degui to falsely accuse King An of selling the first emperor's ink treasure privately, saving silver taels, and plotting against him. Then let the eunuchs in Ningxia also play the impeachment of King An's misdeeds, so a two-pronged approach, plus the first emperor Mobao, I am afraid that King An will be banned from Fengyang City for life, which is a certainty.
But the former emperor Mobao inexplicably came to Ma Degui's hands, and Ma Degui also directly retracted his confession, saying that everything was that King An was for the people's disaster relief, and Ma Degui himself was to worship the emperor. This kind of thing, although to be serious, is also a disrespectful crime, but King An is the vassal king, and Ma Degui has also been praised by the royal family, and even received by the emperor. How can Liu Jin's goal of overthrowing King An and deterring the ministers and nobles can be achieved?
Thinking that the ink treasure that was originally in his hand suddenly appeared in Ma Degui's hand, Liu Jin's eyes kept scanning the relationship between King An and Ma Degui, and he knew in his heart that now he was afraid that these two people had already come into contact without knowing it, so they colluded together!