When Liu Haojia heard this, she cursed in her heart. She was still "Liu Aiqing" just now, but now it's Liu Qing's family who can't stand it anymore! However, he still said loudly: "I should have known this! These two people were little thieves. They pretended to be dead and sneaked into the minister's house yesterday, but they were found by the family and wanted to capture them! But what I didn't expect was that they Not only refused to surrender, but instead pulled out a short sword and resisted, so the servant struck harder and beat the two to death! For such small burglars, according to the "Da Ming Law", it is not guilty for the servant to beat them to death! That's why he directly beat them to death. They were thrown into mass graves, we can't let me mourn them anymore!"
Peng Jianbin raised his eyebrows in anger and said loudly: "You lie! What little thief would wear the clothes of a scholar to steal things? What's more, the jade pendant, belt buckle and other items around the waist of the deceased are even more valuable. People with these money How can you be a thief!"
After saying that, he turned to Emperor Wanli and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to take down Wu Ninghou immediately, and then send Jin Yiwei into the Hou's Mansion to rescue the tortured scholars! If we delay any longer, I'm afraid that the scholars in the Hou's Mansion will still be here. There will be casualties, and it will be too late to regret it by then!”
Liu Haojia said loudly: "I did not imprison and beat the scholars, let alone cause any casualties to the scholars. You are making false accusations!"
Peng Jianbin said proudly: "Marquis Wu Ning, you said you didn't do it, now show me the evidence!"
Liu Haojia sneered and said very calmly: "Your Majesty, the scholars that Master Peng mentioned did spend the night in my residence, and I entertained them with delicious food and drinks! And Master Wei from Shuntian Mansion can vouch for this!"
As soon as Liu Haojia said these words, the originally noisy hall fell silent in the blink of an eye, and everyone's eyes widened in disbelief! Because everyone knows one thing, Liu Haojia will never lie in this situation! He said that if Magistrate Wei can testify, then he can definitely testify! ap.
It's just that they didn't believe that Liu Haojia didn't imprison and beat the scholars, but believed that County Magistrate Wei was bribed by Liu Haojia! And the one who reacted one step faster than others was Zhang Siwei! Of course he knew that County Magistrate Wei was Zhang Juzheng's man! Sitting in this position, he has brought a lot of benefits to the Zhang family!
So his first thought was that Zhang Juzheng was going to deal with him! But then he couldn't help but reflect, could it be that he hadn't been forbearing enough and that his plan to covet the position of chief assistant was discovered by him? Or have I made too much noise recently and made him jealous?
Thinking of this, Zhang Siwei, who kept his head down and said nothing, could not help but raise his eyes and look at Zhang Juzheng as if he was not alone! Coincidentally, Zhang Juzheng also looked up at him in surprise! This was the first time the two bosses raised their heads and opened their eyes after entering the palace. As a result, they looked at each other!
At this moment, the two people completed the exchange of information in their eyes! Zhang Siwei was instantly sure that Zhang Juzheng was not responsible for this, so he smiled in a friendly manner! And Zhang Juzheng also nodded slightly.
At this time, some officials had come to their senses, especially Peng Jianbin, who shouted loudly: "This is impossible, Marquis Wu Ning, you must have bribed him! No, I always knew that Magistrate Wei was an upright man. How could I be complicit with you! How did you coerce him?"
Liu Haojia chuckled and said: "I have discovered it. Mr. Peng, you have only learned one thing in all these years of being an official, which is to falsely accuse others wantonly! I have only met with County Magistrate Wei once since he took office. How about me?" Bribe him, coerce him?"
Peng Jianbin flicked his sleeves and said righteously: "You are a little guy with horns on your head. You can't do anything evil! He must have been coerced in your house last night! For you hawks, you can give and take bribes. , isn’t it common to take advantage of others?”
At this time, other officials also realized that Liu Haojia must not be allowed to make a comeback at this time, so they immediately accused Liu Haojia and the factory guards of being the same person. Doing all kinds of evil all day long will only frame up good people!
Liu Haojia just stood in the middle of the hall with his hands behind his back, listening to their noisy accusations, remembering everyone who spoke!
After they finally finished speaking, Liu Haojia raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I still have evidence to prove my innocence regarding the matter they falsely accused me of!"
Emperor Wanli was about to make up his mind to give up Liu Haojia, but when he heard this, he was shocked and immediately said loudly: "Oh,
If you have any other evidence, please submit it immediately! "
Liu Haojia said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I can't present this evidence, because my evidence is those fifty-two scholars! They are all at my home at the moment. Why don't you call them to the main hall to find out what happened last night? Your Majesty will know after just asking!"
Liu Haojia's words instantly caused the officials in the hall to start whispering! Everyone knows that Liu Haojia has shown his real trump card now! And they can be sure that Liu Haojia never lied, nor did he coerce the scholars!
Because it is almost impossible for these fifty or so people to collude in confessing! That means it was wrong for them to impeach Liu Haojia! But at this time, they were already riding a tiger and it was difficult to get off. I can only watch things develop step by step!
But Emperor Wanli was different. When he heard what Liu Haojia said, his original worries disappeared instantly! He laughed and said, "Really? If this is the case for me, I will send someone to bring them to the temple. Everything will be known once you ask them!"
After speaking, he said loudly: "Liu Shouyou, send someone to the Marquis Mansion to bring those scholars! Be careful not to disturb them."
Liu Shouyou agreed and was about to turn around and go out, when he heard Liu Haojia say loudly: "Your Majesty, please wait! I have something to say!"
Emperor Wanli was stunned when he heard what he said, and said in surprise: "Does Liu Aiqing have anything else to say?"
Liu Haojia said without looking at Liu Shouyou who was standing next to him: "Your Majesty, the testimonies of these scholars are related to my wealth and life, so they are very important to me! And some people will do anything to frame me. Maybe someone will coerce and bribe these scholars on the road! Therefore, I will leave the matter of escorting these scholars to my servants!"
Liu Shouyou was already preparing to leave the hall when Liu Haojia spoke, but he stopped when he heard Liu Haojia speak. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or other reasons, but he happened to be standing next to Liu Haojia when Liu Haojia shouted to stop!
He originally thought Liu Haojia would have other requests, but he heard Liu Haojia's words! So he said angrily: "Wu Ninghou, what do you mean by this? Don't you still trust me?"
