Does Xiao Chen really want to dig him out?
Of course not, he's not that tigerish!
He just wants to do it openly.
A friend asked if this would work?
Of course it will work. As long as the methods are used correctly, nothing is impossible. But if it doesn't work now, we have to wait...
"This matter can't wait any longer." In the Xuanping Prince's Mansion, Li Qiu summoned Xiao Chen, Gong Shouli, Zhao Yu and Yuan Ren to come, and it was surprising when he opened his mouth.
Of course he was not talking about the treasure, but about the imperial examination fraud case.
"What the prince means..." Xiao Chen actually roughly knew what Li Qiu meant, but he still asked.
"What I mean is to stop it here, close the case as soon as possible and save worry." Li Qiu said.
"But we haven't found out who is behind it yet. Stopping now would be like giving up halfway." Zhao Yu said, "If the emperor asks, how should we respond?"
"I will go and explain to the Emperor," Li Qiu said, "You just need to prepare all the case files."
"Well, it's okay not to investigate." Gong Shouli said, "If we continue to investigate, I'm afraid..."
I'm afraid it will be found on one of the two princes.
In fact, judging from the current situation, Li Feng is definitely the mastermind behind this, but there is no definite evidence yet.
But as the investigation of the case deepens, sooner or later he will be found.
Xiao Chen, Zhao Yu, and Gong Shouli work together to get to the bottom of any case, no matter how secretive it is.
Now Li Qiu suddenly stopped at the critical moment. If it wasn't a hint from the emperor, it was because Li Qiu wanted to be merciful.
Maybe he didn't want to get things done as soon as he arrived.
After all, the inscription "Brothers working together can break gold" is hanging in front of the hall.
"I'm afraid that too many people are involved, which is detrimental to the stability of the court." Zhao Yu was afraid that Gong Shouli was talking nonsense, so he quickly took over the conversation, "But there must be fraud in Qiuwei of Zhili. If this is not exposed, It’s also unfair to other candidates.”
"Fairness? How can there be absolute fairness in the world?" Li Qiu said, "When I went to investigate the disaster this time, I met many scholars from poor families. It's not that they have no knowledge or that they don't want to learn, but they can't even pay for travel. Qi...hehe, it's all nonsense to say that a noble son comes from a poor family!"
Everyone knows what Li Qiu means. No matter what should be investigated or should not be investigated, everything will not be investigated. In other words, as long as a few scapegoats are found and dealt with, the case can be closed directly and this shocking case can be covered up in a light-weight way.
As for the so-called fairness, what Li Qiu said makes sense. There is no real fairness in this world, there can be no such thing, and there never will be.
Sure enough, after Li Qiu reported the case to Li Wanjiang, Li Wanjiang immediately agreed to close the case and arrested all the bosses and men of Qingyun Pavilion, as well as the few eunuchs in the imperial study who were suspected of passing on the news.
The man behind the scenes revealed by the fat boss of Qingyun Pavilion was Cheng Qi, the housekeeper of Cheng Youwen's house, and the case was not a matter of scientific examination fraud, but a daring but clumsy scam.
Although Cheng Youwen was not involved in this case, Cheng Qi confessed many things about accepting huge bribes. Li Wanjiang ordered an investigation and sent him directly to prison.
The wall fell and everyone pushed against him, and various reports of impeachment against him came like snow flakes. In panic and fear, Cheng Youwen hanged himself with a belt in prison, which was regarded as suicide in fear of crime.
As for whether he really committed suicide out of fear of crime, no one cared at all. Anyway, once he died, there was no need to continue investigating many things, and many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief...
As expected by Xiao Chen, the emperor gave Gong Shouli the lucrative job of confiscating the houses. Together with Jin Yiwei and a group of people from Fengyang Mansion, they ransacked the homes of Cheng Youwen and the fat boss of Qingyun Pavilion.
Gong Shouli is not good at handling cases, but he is really good at confiscating homes. Under his personal leadership, he has opened up three feet of Cheng Youwen's family's land...
A fat chap must be a fat chap, and he, Gong Shouli, must have fished in troubled waters and made off with a lot of treasures, but he didn't go too far.
Because before he went to ransack their home, Xiao Chen half-jokingly said something that benefited him a lot... 'Don't be too proud, old Gong. Today you are going to ransack their home, but the day after tomorrow I don't know who is going to ransack your home! '
The money he advanced in this case was all returned to him after Xiao Chen and Zhao Yu reported to the emperor, a lot of one tael, but he changed hands and donated all of it, leaving none.
Xiao Chen was greatly impressed by his actions. Did Lao Gong really change his gender? Not only has the gender changed, but the personality has also changed?
Are you willing to give up so much money?
Gong Shouli said that of course I couldn't bear it, but money can be earned again, and if the home is gone, it can't be built again.
The emperor used his words to praise me so much. If I didn't know how to be grateful, then I would really be a stupid pig!
The case was settled, and the emperor was very happy. He issued an order to praise Xiao Chen, Zhao Yu, Gong Shouli, Yuan Ren and others. Other meritorious officials were also rewarded.
As for his son Li Qiu, who was in charge of the case, he did not hesitate to praise him. He praised Li Qiu very much in front of the ministers at the court meeting, but the reward was gone because you are my son, no matter what you give me, No matter what you do, you should put in as much effort as you should.
Lin Qi's contribution in this case was not small, but he was willing not to receive any reward. He only asked the emperor to use his small contribution to offset the possibility of his father's serious crime.
Li Wanjiang was very impressed when he learned about it, and issued a decree to make him an exception and admit him as a Jiangdong candidate, so that he would be eligible to participate in next year's examination.
Although there was no mention of extenuating Lin Dongyang's crime, since Lin Qi was promoted exceptionally, Lin Dongyang would probably not be killed.
At this point, Lin Dongyang's fate was completely saved.
Because of the guarantees of Fengyang King Li Feng and Yandang King Li Yan, Li Wanjiang did not kill Wang Ruhai. Like Lin Dongyang, he was also scheduled to be executed in prison, so he probably would not kill him.
At this point, the turmoil between the two kings fighting for the heir has come to an end for the time being, and the court has returned to its previous calm. However, the undercurrent is raging, but one does not know which day it will suddenly break out again!
After Liu Qiheng was dismissed, he repeatedly petitioned the emperor to let him go home for retirement, which was the so-called resigning to his hometown. However, the emperor always ignored him, which made him very depressed and panicked.
I wonder what the emperor means? Since you have dismissed me from my post, you should let me go. You have been refusing to let me go. Do you still want to punish me?
After thinking about it, he didn't seem to have committed any major crimes. They were all trivial things that he himself felt were not worth mentioning.
But if the emperor loves you, you will be fine even if you commit a heinous crime, just like Xiao Chen, just like Li Feng...
But if the emperor hates you, even if you commit a trivial crime, you will still be sentenced to death, just like Lin Dongyang, Wang Ruhai...
It's all a matter of the emperor's words.
