As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the hall was shocked. The servants sitting around the hall were stunned, and there was silence all around.
Xia Houlin trembled in his heart and clenched his fists.
Situ Jin noticed his strangeness and whispered, "What's wrong?"
Xia Houlin shook his head and stared at Xu Ruoyu in the hall.
Xu Ruoyu's forehead was covered in sweat, his temples were sticking to his cheeks, and his face was as pale as the flesh of a dead man. After all, he lost his legs, and after only three days of recuperation, his body was very weak. The two imperial physicians were waiting outside with a medical box to prevent him from passing out suddenly.
The Minister of Punishment reluctantly calmed down his surprised expression, and said to Xu Ruoyu: "Do you know what a crime it is to commit rebellion? Shen Changchen is clearly a hero who rescued the emperor, why did he become a murderer of the late emperor? Bring what you know quickly and truthfully!"
Xu Ruoyu glanced at the queen mother behind the barrier, took a deep breath, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, please explain the position of Rong Bei in detail. The previous emperor knew that Wei De colluded with His Royal Highness King Fu to force the palace to rebel, and Zeng Mi entrusted the edict and the tiger talisman to him. Shen Jue. However, Shen Jue did not recite the trust of the former emperor, and retaliates for his revenge. He delusionally wanted to use a tiger talisman to deceive King Fu into the capital, and then put Fu Wang on the charge of entering the capital without a warrant. Who knew that King Fu encountered a flood on the way and died in the middle of the road. It happened that Shen Jue found it. Nameless Ghosts, unknown ghosts are proficient in strange and obscene skills, especially good at disguising their faces. Shen Jue ordered the nameless ghosts to disguise the humble post, let the humble post pretend to be the King of Fortune and enter the capital, follow Wei De to force the palace, and then make the humble post a suspended animation when the palace changes. In the name of Ni, he killed Weide. But Shen Jue was not satisfied. In order to support the emperor to ascend to the throne, he became mad and forced the late emperor to death, only saying that the late emperor was mad at Wei De and King Fu, and even claimed to be a hero! If there is a false statement in the humble office, I would rather be struck by thunder!”
After Xu Ruoyu finished speaking, everyone in the hall took a deep breath. Who would have known that Shen Jue was so bold that an eunuch could actually kill the emperor! The three old men in the seat were all shocked and looked at Shen Jue, but Shen Jue was expressionless and didn't react.
The minister of punishment was drenched in cold sweat, he took out a handkerchief from his waist and wiped his face, and said in a trembling voice, "What you said is nothing but a one-sided statement, killing the Xianfu King and forcing the Xiandi to death is a serious crime! Not to mention the crime of dismembering the body by five horses, the execution of Ling Chi will not be the same. Excessive. Do you have evidence!?"
"Naturally! Xia Houlin, a child of Dongchangchen character who is kneeling down, is the nameless ghost of Jialan. As we all know, the unknown ghost uses the silk doll to kill people. Yesterday, Jinyiwei seized the doll Zhaoye from his house. Just look at it."
After he finished speaking, the two Jin Yiwei carried Zhao Ye into the hall. The delicate puppet stood indifferently under the skylight, the white porcelain mask reflected a cold luster, one of the knife arms had been damaged, and only the left arm was left.
The ministers in the seat were all staring at Zhao Ye, and even Jin Yiwei's eyes showed curiosity. The puppet Zhaoye has a long-standing reputation, except for those unlucky ghosts who died under the Zhaoye knife, few people really face Zhaoye directly. When they saw it, they were all amazed.
The minister of punishment glanced at Xia Houlin, "Xiahoulin, can you plead guilty?"
Xia Houlin stepped forward and said: "I don't recognize my humble position. Your lord has a clear view. The governor has chased and killed the Garan rebellion for many years, and has checked countless Garan dark nests, including the private nests of the unknown ghosts, which Zhao Ye obtained from them. Knowing a little bit of forging, the overseer just brought Zhao Ye to the humble post to see, Zhao Ye is not owned by the humble post!"
Situ Jin added later: "If you don't believe me, you can check the Dongchang case and documents. Every time you check and seize, there are records."
The Minister of Punishment pondered for a moment, then said, "I heard that there is a portrait of an unknown ghost in the East Factory, so you might as well borrow it for a look."
Xu Ruoyu wanted to speak, but pain hit his knees, and his face paled a bit. The Minister of Punishment beckoned, and Jin Yiwei brought a low stool and let Xu Ruoyu sit. Xu Ruoyu took a breath and said, "Your Excellency doesn't know anything, this nameless ghost has no idea what method he has used, and he has already changed his face, not his original appearance. However, he was once instigated by Shen Jue to disguise his humble position and make him pretend to be a humble man. King Fu, who had long since drowned in the flood, went to Beijing to force the palace, and the man's skin mask is still in his humble position, please take a look at it."
Xu Ruoyu took out the mask of King Fu from his arms and presented it to Jin Yiwei, who presented it to the three adults in the seat. The three gathered together and watched carefully. The mask was as soft as human skin, and it really looked like the King of Fortune. The three looked at each other and passed the mask on.
The minister of punishment said solemnly, "Xiahou Rin, how do you explain this?"
"I have never seen this human-skin mask before." Xia Houlin said.
Someone said: "Perhaps Xu Ruoyu asked a Jianghu warlock to make a human skin mask, and it is unknown if he casually climbed up the factory officials."
Xu Ruoyu gritted his teeth and said, "Then ask your lord to tie up all the sons of the Chen character and run thousands of miles to look for the King of Fortune that day. All the brothers are present. There is also the chief Situ Jin, the head of the Dongchang factory, who are all accomplices! Please, your lord, you will be punished, don't be afraid. They don't tell the truth!"
All the ministers nodded, to listen to the truth, or to be punished.
The Minister of Punishment was about to put Jin Yiwei on the torture tool, when Shen Jue took a few steps towards the center and said, "It is supposed that our family is the party involved, but you are holding on to Xiahou, but you don't ask our family a single word, what's the reason? "
The Minister of Punishment smiled awkwardly and said, "What the factory minister said is that if the factory minister is wronged, he can justify it."
Shen Jue glanced at Xu Ruoyu, Xu Ruoyu hurriedly lowered his head, it was clearly a fluttering glance, but it was as cold as winter ice and snow, Xu Ruoyu felt cold all over. Shen Jue retracted his gaze, pulled out a sneer, and said, "Our family has always been strange, our family clearly treats you well, back then you were living in the rivers and lakes and owed a lot of debt, and your 60-year-old mother was blocked at home by debt collectors and couldn't get out. It's our family that paid off the debt for you and promoted you to the East Factory, so that you can live your life as a person. I used to talk about how to repay our family, but now I forgot all about it when I turned around and turned into a mad dog. Climbing and biting randomly."
Xu Ruoyu's hands trembled, and he slowly kowtowed to Shen Jue, saying, "The great kindness of the governor, the humble position is unforgettable. But now, the governor has made such a big mistake, and the humble office cannot help Zhou to abuse! Report!"
"Our family can't afford the kindness you reported." Shen Jue laughed and continued, "Afterwards, our family sent someone to check on your house, and sure enough, I understood everything."
Xu Ruoyu was startled.
Shen Jue slapped his palm twice and said loudly, "Bring the Xu Gao Clan up!"
An eunuch walked in from the crowd with an old woman, the old woman grabbed the handkerchief, saw Xu Ruoyu on the ground, jumped up, and cried, "Son! Son, how did you become like this? !"
"Mother!" Xu Ruoyu's eyes were red when he saw the old woman.
After the step barrier, the queen mother clenched her fist, and Dan Kou stabbed into the palm.
The censor of Zuodu said suspiciously: "This..."
"Old Madam, what have you encountered in the past few days, tell the adults one by one!" Shen Jue said slowly with his hands behind his back.
The old woman wiped away her tears, choked and said, "I was planting flowers at home that day, but someone suddenly covered my mouth and nose and took me to an unknown place. It looked like, like, a farm. They didn't allow me to do whatever I want. Walking around, I can only stay in the house all day long, ask them who they are, why they arrest me, and don’t say anything, just let me stay in peace, and don’t run around. I’m anxious, but I’m an old man and it’s hard to walk. Son, there is absolutely no way. Fortunately, the day before yesterday, the factory sent someone to rescue me, and I was able to come out. "
"So, someone kidnapped you!" The Minister of Punishment was surprised.
"It's a pity that those people are desperadoes. They were caught by our family, and they all committed suicide by biting their tongues." Shen Jue looked at Xu Ruoyu and smiled coldly, "So, who are these people, I can only ask You are here, Xu Ruoyu."
"I..." Xu Ruoyu looked at Shen Jue, sweat dripping from his back.
Situ Jin whispered from the back: "Xu Ruoyu, do you think you and your mother will have a way to survive after you slander the governor for her? Why don't you ask your mother, how are you doing these days?"
The old woman cried and shook her head, "Don't have enough to eat, and don't let me say it, just let me starve." She burst into tears, seeing Xu Ruoyu's knees, and crying even more fiercely, "Son, sin! We are What a sin!"
After the step barrier, the queen mother suddenly sternly said: "Xu Ruoyu, you can talk back after you think about it!"
Xu Ruoyu was silent for a long time, his face was ashen, after a while, he suddenly broke away from the old woman's embrace, climbed to Shen Jue's feet, and said with tears: "As several adults saw, the humble mother was kidnapped, and she was forced to be unable to hold her position. Don't falsely accuse the supervisor. What I said just now is all false, it's all the person who instigated me! That person is the Empress Dowager!"
The Minister of Punishment was shocked, "The Empress Dowager!"
Xu Ruoyu turned around again and kowtowed to Shen Jue, "Master, I know that I have betrayed you, and I have betrayed the queen mother, there is no way to live! I ask the master to live and die in the past, and there is no credit, but also hard work. For my sake, protect the humble mother! The humble... I am willing to die!" After saying that, Xu Ruoyu was shocked and fell down. The old woman screamed, fell on Xu Ruoyu and turned him over, only to see blood from the corner of his mouth, and he had committed suicide by biting his tongue.
The whole room was shocked, the three princes in the seat could not bear to look at it, and Xiahou Lin also deeply frowned. Immediately, Jin Yiwei came up and took the corpse and the old woman away. The queen mother trembled with anger, took the hot tea that Zhu Xia handed her with trembling hands, took a few sips, finally regained her composure, changed her calm voice, and said, "Several adults, this is Xu Ruoyu, At one time, he said that the factory ministers were conspiring against them, and at the same time, he said that I planned to frame the factory officials. However, the time spent in a few words changed several times in a row. The merits of the minister's rescue are well known in the whole dynasty, and everyone sees it in helping the young master. I am the emperor's mother, how can I frame the factory minister for no reason?" She turned her head and looked at Shen through the barrier. Jue, smiled slightly, "Chen Chen, don't you think so?"
Shen Jue turned the ring on her thumb and smiled without warmth. This woman's mind was not slow, she missed the opportunity if she missed a hit, and immediately changed her face to beg him for peace. But how could he, Shen Jue, be a good person? Shen Jue said slowly: "Niangniang, don't worry, the case is not over yet. The case of our family's bombardment of Guangling Temple a few days ago has not been tried yet, lords, why don't you try it together!"
The empress dowager hurriedly said: "I don't think it is necessary! The factory ministers will not bombard the imperial temple for no reason. There must be a reason! Why don't the factory ministers report to me and the emperor alone after the trial. Why bother all the ministers here?"
All the ministers shook their heads, and the Zuodu censor bowed to the empress dowager and said, "Your mother's words are wrong. The Guangling Temple enshrines the emperor's longevity tablet, which is related to the well-being of Daqi, so it's better to examine it together here."
The queen mother put down her hand in a daze, her face turning gray. Shen Jue took the initiative to ask for a trial, and she must have been prepared long ago. Her chess game has already been lost.
Shen Jue clapped his hands again, and a few Dongchang Fanzi supported a bloody man and threw him to the ground. The man was unkempt, covered in blood, and he could no longer see his appearance. A fan squatted down, lifted his hair, revealed his face, and brought it up for everyone to see, it was actually the commander of the forbidden army, Wan Bohai.
"Master Wan!" All the ministers stood up, their eyes showing surprise.
"Forgive me... spare me..." Wan Bohai crawled towards Shen Jue, reached out to reach Shen Jue's hem, Shen Jue frowned imperceptibly, and took a half step back.
Wan Bohai murmured: "Chang Gong spared me... It's me, it's all me, I had an affair with the Empress Dowager, she asked me to surround Guangling Temple and sent the Imperial Army to kill you, it's all me... Please spare me A life…”
His voice was not loud, but everyone present heard it, especially the word "fornication", which pierced everyone's ears like a needle. There was a crackling sound like ice cracking behind the barrier, and the tea cup was shattered all over the ground.
"To be tortured into prison, to be beaten into a trick!" The Queen Mother gritted her teeth, "I can't believe what he said!"
"Wan Bohai, the queen mother said you slandered her. Slandering the queen mother is a capital offense." Shen Jue looked down at Wan Bohai and smiled indifferently. There were dark shadows in his eyes, as if thousands of demons were hidden.
Wan Bohai was chilled by those eyes, and said loudly: "I didn't lie! I didn't! The Queen Mother... The Queen Mother has a peach-shaped birthmark on her buttocks, you can look for Mammy to see it! On the left hip! On the left hip! "
"Let's ask you again, who did the Yao case?" Shen Jue asked slowly.
"It's the queen mother... They're all queen mothers! The queen mother wants to kill the factory ministers, it's the queen mother!"
Everyone was silent. Wan Bohai was able to tell such a secret birthmark. Regardless of whether the Yao case was blamed by the queen mother, the fornication must be almost the same. This is a royal scandal, and it should not be publicized here. Everyone kept silent and dared not say a word. The three adults at the top were also embarrassed. You looked at me and I looked at you, staring at each other like chickens.
In the end, Shen Jue said, "That's what happened. The Empress Dowager first blamed me for the murder of Yao's mother and son, and ordered Wan Bohai to surround us at Guangling Temple when we were entering the incense. , I had to send someone to the Shenji Camp for help. What's more, committing the killing precepts in the Buddhist holy places is disrespectful to the Buddha! What the Queen Mother did is really intolerable."
In fact, he bombed Guangling Temple, which is even more unbearable, but everyone dared not speak. Now the situation is very clear, the empress dowager has been defeated completely, and Shen Juezhi is complacent, whoever dares to touch Shen Jue's bad head will find his own way of death.
The Minister of Punishment wiped the sweat again and again, and the towel was half wet. He considered his words for a while, and said, "The matter of the queen mother must be handed over to the ancestral mansion for disposal, and I also ask the factory owner to pay more attention, so I won't interfere."
Shen Jue nodded. The matter in the palace is indeed to be handed over to him.
The steps were separated, and the queen mother came out from behind. Her face was almost transparent in the sunlight, as if it could evaporate at any time. She walked down step by step, passed Shen Jue's side, Shen Jue cupped her hands to her, and gave way.
"Shen Changchen really sees the sky with his hands and eyes, and he has no plans."
"Niangniang praised me wrongly," Shen Jue said, "but it's just a bit of luck."
"I thought I could beat you."
Shen Jue chuckled, "Niangniang, you forgot, this minister taught you, don't make a move if you are not sure," his eyes became dark, "But once you make a move, you have to cut the grass and root out, so as not to leave future troubles."
The queen mother shook, Zhu Xia supported her with tears in her eyes, she closed her eyes, took a deep breath and said, "Very good, then I will congratulate the factory ministers, benevolence and benevolence, and your wish will be granted!"
The eunuch of the Zongren Mansion took the queen mother away. Seeing that the matter was over, Xiahou Lin breathed a sigh of relief and raised his eyes to look at Shen Jue, who happened to be looking over too. The two looked at each other, and for no apparent reason, Xia Houlin felt that his ears were a little hot. Xia Houlin pretended to cough and pointed to the outside, meaning to wait for him outside. Shen Jue nodded, indicating that he understood.
Everyone was about to leave when Dali Siqing, who had not spoken for a while, suddenly spoke.
"Wait a minute, everyone, although Shen Jue never murdered the late emperor, it is understandable to bombard Guangling Temple, but in the past, he teamed up with Weide, reversed the government, lost power, and now he has formed a party and become a traitor. To make His Majesty indulge in fun, do not think about progress, be pro-disorder thieves, and be loyal and righteous, shouldn't it be a trial!"
Xiahou Lin was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to see Shen Jue and the Dali Si Qing who were seated looking at each other from a distance, and there seemed to be a beacon of fire where their eyes met.
Shen Jue spoke unhurriedly, "Your Majesty ordered the three lords to have a joint trial, and the trial is about our family's treason case. If your lord wants to impeach our family, you will be the one in front of the imperial court."
Dali Siqing smiled coldly.
When Zhezi went to the imperial front, wasn't he Shen Jue the one who criticized him? Your Majesty is a ten-year-old child who is too tired to hold a pen. How can he care
"You are chaotic and chaotic, and today's Daqi, you only know Shen Jue and don't know your Majesty, you are conspiring against you, and you can still be judged!"