The whole hall is silent.
"... We were very scared and very angry, but there was nothing we could do. He had tens of thousands of private troops, and he said the same thing in Yizhou, Suizhou, and even the entire Jiannan Road. We don't even complain about it. Don't dare to show it."
Xiang Chao said: "The people who were killed pushed into the river and were washed away with the flood. No one knew where they rushed to. Tens of thousands of people died when the Qianwei weir broke the embankment. Later, they starved to death because of lack of food. , Thousands of people died of illness, and there have been incidents of changing sons and eating, who would care about a Zhuangzi changing masters out of thin air?"
"After the flood, countless fertile fields became wasteland. Before the refugees had time to go home, their houses were occupied, and the fields were redistributed to owners. When they came back, they found that they had nothing, so they could only continue to wander," Xiang Chao said: "And the king of Yizhou sits on it, and the parents and officials from all over the place are powerless, whether they are intentional or unintentional. My cousin said that it is impossible to rely on the court for revenge."
His eyes were red, he looked at the King of Yizhou full of hatred, and moved towards him, his bloodthirsty hatred almost gushed out, "So we started to recruit some victims, just so that one day we can kill the King of Yizhou, Unfortunately, we failed in the two assassinations, and my cousin was arrested."
Xiang Chao suddenly turned his head to look at the emperor, and said excitedly, "Your Majesty, what I said is true. If you don't believe me, go and look for the palace of King Yizhou in Beijing. My cousin must still be imprisoned in the dungeon."
A flash of lightning flashed through Wei Zhi's mind, and he understood it instantly. He immediately stepped out and knelt down, "Your Majesty, I am willing to take this trip."
The emperor who was hesitating paused, glanced at Wei Zhi and said: "Then Wei Qing will go this way."
King Yizhou's brows trembled, he lowered his head and knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged, all these are their malicious speculations, and there is no real evidence. Are you going to convict my younger brother based on the confessions of three people?"
He raised his head and said: "I have indeed been assassinated before, once at the Dragon Boat Festival last year, and once when I entered Beijing this year. I only escaped by narrow escapes. My younger brother is also puzzled, where did I catch someone's eye, and I want to punish my younger brother?" Then fast."
The emperor hesitated.
Wei Zhi knew that the emperor cared about saving face, so he was afraid that he would regret it, so he immediately said, "Since your lord has a clear conscience, why should you be afraid of such a person being suppressed in the dungeon? When the court finds out the truth, you will be cleared. If you can't cover up like this, It seems like a guilty conscience."
The King of Yizhou tilted his head slightly and snorted coldly, "Innocent? I'm afraid I will not be innocent anymore after this investigation."
The emperor's face sank like water, and he asked, "Why, is Fifth Brother trying to shoot at me?"
The king of Yizhou replied coldly: "I dare not, but your majesty, today is the birthday of the queen mother, is there anything that cannot be discussed after today?"
He looked up at the emperor, with tears in his eyes, and said, "How many years have passed, and it's rare for the empress to celebrate her birthday happily."
The emperor fell silent.
Wei Zhi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, state affairs are the most important thing!"
Lord Tang also came out and knelt down, "Your Majesty, if the king of Yizhou really has tens of thousands of private troops in Suizhou, once they rebel, then Suizhou, Yizhou, Zizhou, Mianzhou, and Longzhou will all be in Suizhou." It fell at the first time, and Jiannan Road was relieved because of the flood, and the people couldn't stand another turmoil."
The prince, who had been silent all this time, also got up and went out, knelt beside the king of Yizhou and said: "My sons and ministers seconded the proposal. If the father is worried about the emperor's grandmother, it is better to let the sons handle it. The father will go and comfort the emperor's grandmother."
All the ministers thought to themselves: The prince's words are really nice. I am afraid that the queen mother will only be annoyed when the emperor is gone? But it is indeed a good way to divert anger.
The emperor glanced at him, did not agree to his proposal, but waved to Wei Zhi, and sighed: "Wei Qing, go, take the imperial army with you."
Wei Zhi heaved a sigh of relief, got up and retreated after saying yes.
Such a major event as a search cannot happen in a short time. Of course, it is impossible for so many people in the palace to wait forever, so the emperor sighed again and ordered the king of Yizhou to be taken down and temporarily detained in the palace.
As for Bai Shan and the others, they will temporarily live in the sky prison, and they will be released naturally when it is confirmed that it is not a false accusation.
Bai Shan looked up at the emperor, got up on the ground, stretched out his hand to support Man Bao who was still staggering a little.
The two of them looked at each other, feeling like they were alive after a catastrophe.
But whether you can really survive the catastrophe or not, you have to wait until you get out of the prison to know.
The Heavenly Prison is the Heavenly Prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and Feng Shangshu personally took them there.
Looking at the pair of teenagers and girls, and then at the dying young man lying on the wooden board, Feng Shangshu sighed faintly. At the beginning, he felt that it was strange that Zhou Man became famous in the capital overnight, but he couldn't find out who it was. dry.
But now it seems that they are organized. However, Feng Shangshu frowned and asked Zhou Man, "Since you can infiltrate the capital quietly, why didn't you go to Beijing to file a complaint earlier? Give Bai Shanye another It’s enough to build a reputation as a genius, isn’t it safer? It’s better than going through Zhou Man’s hands and entering the palace to sue, right? And I chose such a bad time.”
Bai Shan and Zhou Man looked up at him together, and hummed silently in their hearts, what kind of infiltration, it's their first time in the capital, okay? Grandma Liu has been running the business for many years, and she only has a house and a shop in the capital.
Such things as being famous in the capital are obviously done by your majesty the emperor.
However, Feng Shangshu obviously has not realized this at this time, and is still thinking about how many helpers Bai Shan and Zhou Man have in the capital.
At this time, the emperor was also thinking about this question, of course he was not alone, he also took Mr. Tang with him, he put the two pieces of evidence presented by Gu Zhong on the case table, flipped through them and asked: "Say, they How many chips are still in hand?"
Old Master Tang bent down and said, "I don't know."
The emperor snorted and said, "You don't know, doesn't Zhihe know?"
Old Master Tang bowed deeply and did not speak.
"Dongxi Village..." The emperor shook his head and said, "I thought only a few of us knew about this place, but I didn't expect them not only to know, but also to find its old owner. If there is no one to help connect, how did the two sides get in touch? "
Old Master Tang remained silent.
"People are right under their noses, and they are busy every day. Those who see a doctor, those who read books, seem to be very busy, but do they do so many things in private?" The emperor raised his eyelids and looked at Old Master Tang. "On the one hand is Mrs. Liu, who has been dormant for twelve years and is cautious, and on the other is Desperate Tianya, who is full of vigilance to her family. How could they form an alliance so quickly if there is no trustworthy person? When something happened in the palace, they immediately knocked Dengwen drum."
What can Old Master Tang do? Of course he can only kneel down and continue: "I don't know."
He really doesn't know!
The emperor snorted coldly, waved his hands and said, "Okay, I don't want to blame you, now it depends on where Yin Li is."
Old Master Tang let out a breath slowly, and scolded the little bastard in his heart.