Everyone's eyes turned to His Majesty the Emperor. The emperor was silent for a moment, and then he raised his head and responded: "Guo, Ye Erqing, why are you anxious? I have given Ye Bingbu full authority to review the case. Since there is something suspicious, why can't you ask? Who is my official? , you must interrogate carefully and come up with the truth!"
After hearing this, Ye Yongjia kowtowed quickly and said 'yes' to everyone. Then he stood up and continued to face Cun Zhao: "The emperor has spoken, should you answer me?"
"I only want to tell you one thing: I have never seen Lan Shidu!" Cun Zhao said categorically with a serious look on his face.
"You are the only one here talking boastfully, how can it be regarded as trustworthy?" Minghui saw that Ye Yongjia seemed to be deep in thought and said nothing, so he retorted on his behalf, "Lan Shidu is from the East Palace, he doesn't He will be walking around without incident. I should ask His Highness the Crown Prince about this matter and see if it is consistent with your confession!"
The prince was very indifferent. He looked at the bright light in front of him calmly and said with a smile: "It is true that Lan Shidu went to Dali Temple. I asked him to discuss official matters with the Lord. I didn't expect him to do it either." You will meet the prisoners privately, what is the point of doing this?"
Ming Huiguang insisted: "Your Highness, I don't mean to doubt Mr. Lan, but everything must be nipped in the bud. When I call Lan Shidu to come to answer, I only need to listen to a few words from him to save the public's loyalty and the case. Whether it is true or not can be understood without arguing."
"Why, you don't doubt Lan Yuan, but you doubt me, right?" Guoxiang snorted contemptuously, "If you say so, Lan Yuan and I are also accomplices. Do you need to send me to prison first? ?”
"There is a saying that says, if you are upright, you will not be afraid of slanting shadows." Ming Huiguang stabbed him secretly.
"This is even more unclear," Guoxiangren continued, "In this case, I see that all the ministers in the court have interacted with these two prisoners, wouldn't it mean that the ministers should be interrogated one by one? Liu Dang didn't either This is the style.”
Ming Huiguang gradually felt that he was alone. He was surprised why Ye Yongjia still didn't speak and didn't dare to look back at him.
"Don't be too naive to participate in politics," Ye Yongjia suddenly spoke again, but his attitude was completely different, "This proposal is too ridiculous, and don't blame the temple officials for making bad remarks. If you want to mention someone, you need evidence, and more What’s more, he’s the reading officer of the East Palace?”
'It's just as I expected...' Guo Xiangren smiled proudly and his anger calmed down.
Ye Yongjia then reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, now that the prince and the minister of the temple have testified, I have no grudge in my heart. But I believe that this case is a serious case that shocked the world. The full picture of the matter and how many people are involved are yet to be determined. I know that if the case is concluded hastily, it will be difficult to calm the floating hearts and minds inside and outside the capital. Please allow your Majesty to postpone it for a few more days."
After hearing this, the prince also stepped forward and held up his hands to advise: "The old thief Taisu should be punished, no one doubts it; but Cun Sijun is almost innocent, should he continue to be taken back to the imperial prison and tortured because of the delay of these days? ? That’s probably the same as being sentenced. I hope my father will show you Long’s grace and order him to take charge of the Imperial Guards as a punishment for crime.”
"You have to ask Mr. Ye about this," the emperor said.
Without thinking, Ye Yongjia bowed deeply and said, "I have no objections. Everything is in accordance with what His Highness the Crown Prince said."
The people in Guoxiang were overjoyed to see that Ye Yongjia had finally surrendered. They immediately asked the emperor to issue an imperial edict, temporarily exempting Cun Zhao from the death penalty, and only punished Tai Su for the crime of deceiving the emperor, and executed him in Ling Chi. After asking the eunuch to read it out, Cun Zhao was overjoyed and shed tears of gratitude; while Tai Su had a pale face, his whole body was stiff, his feet were as heavy as lead, and he couldn't walk, so he had to be dragged out by a few forbidden soldiers.
At dawn the next day, Taisu was carried to the street, bound and executed, and an old man over sixty years old was chopped alive. Cun Zhao looked around in the ban, and finally heard this letter. He was very happy, and his anxious thoughts were finally settled. He just sighed once and had no other emotions, but many soldiers in the camp shed tears because of this and talked to each other:
"Uncle Liu, who has been fighting with us for so many years, treats us like nephews. Who knew this would be the result!"
"Yes, we have always been grateful to him. Honestly speaking, although he has a serious crime, if those changes had not happened, he really would not have ended up like Ling Chi!"
Cunzhao heard the word "accident" from their conversation and couldn't help but blushed with shame. Then he turned angry from shame and shouted to the soldiers: "You should be loyal to the country, but you speak for that old thief. It's really shameful! I saw that guy's disloyalty back then and treated him I hate it so much that it’s just that due to timing, I couldn’t get rid of this serious problem. To this day, you are still kept in the dark!”
"But when I defeated Liu..."
Cun Zhao waved his hand and said: "I made all the plans back then, what does it have to do with him? I just borrowed some of his soldiers, which made him look more powerful!" After hearing this, all the soldiers disagreed and felt that Cun Zhao Si Jin's temperament changed and he was filled with resentment.
"I didn't dare to ask you yesterday why you didn't take advantage of the victory and pursue it..."
Ming Huiguang followed Ye Yongjia almost all the way, and kept talking tirelessly, but the latter ignored him. Instead, he strode into the Yamen of the Ministry of War, raised his head and shouted: "Master Wan, it's okay, you can go and invite King Yi." Got it!"
Wan Yuzhi put aside the official duties at hand, answered anxiously by the window, and ran into the back room to get his luggage.
"Master Ye, what's going on..."
Before Ming Huiguang finished asking, Ye Yongjia went to the study and called out to Cai Xianqing: "Mr. Cai, where is Dong Sheng? Tell him to come here and sit down. I am planning a new deal!"
Minghui was really startled when he heard him blurting out the word 'New Deal'. His eyes widened and he looked at him in disbelief, and his mouth stopped moving.
"Servant Ming, didn't you have something to ask just now?" Ye Yongjia lifted a chair and motioned for Ming Huiguang to sit down, "Ask me."
"This, this..." Minghui lowered his head and thought for a while, not knowing what to ask, "Oh, my mind is completely messed up now."
Cai Xianqing clapped her knees and laughed: "You want to ask about yesterday, right?"
"Yes, yes!" Minghui's eyes lit up, "Thank you for reminding me!"
Ye Yongjia said: "The reason why I did not refute the Hunan people yesterday and insisted on summoning Lan Yuan was to make the prince relax his guard. If I insist on interrogating Lan Yuan, the prince will doubt that I have found Lan Yuan when he sees how confident I am. If we pay more attention to Master Wan's whereabouts, our plan will be leaked in advance. But now, without knowing it, King Yi will enter the capital, and he will be caught off guard!"
"To be honest, we have been suppressed for so long. It's time to feel proud and implement the New Deal!"
