evidence? Does Cui Hao really have evidence in his hand? How can this be? More than ten years have passed since the incident. It’s good to be able to find Zhou Shisan’s personal witness. How come there is still evidence? Li Shizhi was full of suspicion, and a large cloud of doubts and panic intertwined in his heart and appeared on his face. Li Shizhi felt that he had handled this matter flawlessly twelve years ago. Of course, except for the fact that his subordinates could commit fraud, after all, he was kept in the dark and they did not know who they were going to kill. Who is the person.
In the Xuanzheng Hall, silence fell again. The ministers who had always been serious and like to put on airs seemed like they were in a vegetable market. Other officials far away from Cui Hao stood on tiptoes and watched, wanting to see what Cui Hao would do. What evidence is there?
At this time, Cui Hao calmly took out an object wrapped in a green silk handkerchief from his arms. Everyone stared at him as he slowly opened the silk handkerchief, which seemed to contain a rusty iron plate. Cui Hao presented it with both hands, and the eunuch Zhang Cen quickly stepped forward to take it, and then presented it to the Han Emperor.
Emperor Han stared at the iron plate in Zhang Cen's hand with his eyes slightly open. The iron plate was full of dirt and rust. Emperor Han felt a little disgusted, but he still stretched out his right hand to take the iron plate with the silk handkerchief, and followed it up and down. Carefully examine the iron plate in your hand. Although the brand is mottled with rust, you can still see a few large characters printed on it. The Emperor of the Han Dynasty raised his eyebrows and looked at it while saying: "Dali Temple." The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was horrified, and looked back again, "The Master Wan Ziyu!"
After looking at it, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty shouted and asked: "Where is Wan Ziyu?"
Quan Shidao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, bowed timidly and replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, Wan Ziyu was indeed the chief secretary of Dali Temple, but..." Quan Shidao hesitated for a moment and glanced sideways at the embarrassed man. Li Shi then continued to answer, "However, he was accused of embezzling relatives' property nine years ago and was dismissed from his post. Now he is missing."
Emperor Han already had the answer in his mind at this time, but he still looked at Li Shizhi unequivocally and asked: "You also accepted this case, right?"
Li Shizhi was already kneeling on the ground, with tears streaming down his face. He kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty! I made such a big mistake because of my ignorance. I hope Your Majesty will be merciful, merciful..."
Li Shizhi's kneeling caused an uproar among the public. It seems that the matter has been settled. What will be the fate waiting for Li Shizhi?
Emperor Han frowned, his facial features distorted with anger, and he shook his head with a flushed face, "Li Shizhi, Li Shizhi, this is not a mistake, but a serious crime! I really never thought that you would bend the law for personal gain." Then he scolded angrily. He said, "Tell me...where did Wu Qingfeng's wife and his two sons go?"
"I..." Li Shizhi's face turned red with fright, his trembling hands were shrunk into his wide sleeves, and his trembling lips were unable to speak even half a sentence, "I don't... don't... know!"
"Say..." Emperor Han almost roared.
Upon seeing this, all the ministers collapsed and knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
Seeing that the situation was over, Li Shizhi was afraid that if he didn't say something valuable, he would be dragged out and executed by now. Moreover, if he told the truth, he might be able to live for a few more days. At that time, his sister would still have time to start a plan for him. Work around and leave a way to survive. After Li Shizhi thought for a moment, he hurriedly replied: "I only know that the mother and son fled to the west, and then they disappeared!"
Emperor Han suppressed his anger. After hesitating for a moment, his face changed and he looked as calm as water. He said coldly: "Here comes someone! Take Li Shizhi to death row and wait for his death. No one is allowed to visit without my order." .”
At this time, there was silence in the hall, and no one dared to come forward to say a word for Li Shizhi. The neat footsteps of several dragon and tiger guards echoed in the hall, making the officials tremble in fear.
The Xuanzheng Hall once again fell into dead silence. Everyone was waiting for the emperor's meaning, but no one could figure out what his next step would be!
"Liu Yan..."
The Han Emperor suddenly called his grandson's name with some mental and physical exhaustion. The ministers nervously turned their attention to Liu Yan. It seemed that the emperor was going to settle the account with the prince.
Liu Yan bowed deeply and tremblingly, "My grandson... is here..."
The Han Emperor was silent for a long time again, and then he said sadly: "On the Lantern Festival... did you have a banquet for your Uncle Ning?"
"Exactly...yes!" Although Liu Yan had prepared a response, he was still overwhelmed by Grandpa Huang's momentum.
Emperor Han's face suddenly darkened, "Your uncle Wang was poisoned after the banquet, did you know?"
"This..." Liu Yan hurriedly knelt down to defend, "Grandpa Huang, your grandson is unaware of this! There must be some misunderstanding. The emperor must have been poisoned somewhere. This has nothing to do with his grandson. Grandpa Huang!"
Emperor Han snorted, "Did I say that this matter has something to do with you?"
Liu Yan was startled and speechless for a moment. Seeing that today's momentum was not right, others did not dare to help.
"In the past few days, many ministers have told me that the prince listens to one side and acts wantonly, regardless of suppressing his colleagues and excluding dissidents. Is this possible?"
Liu Yan was startled again and even more speechless.
"Your Majesty." Xun Mou quickly answered, "These words are just slanderous words made by someone who is dissatisfied with the prince. The prince has made some achievements in taking office these days..."
"Really?" Gao Yun heard that Xun Mou wanted to excuse the prince again, so he teased, "How could the minister's brother die in vain? And he also beheaded the dead man in public without being convicted. Who did this come from? What about his achievements? Who innocently exiled Master Yang? Who sent people to assassinate Master Lu late at night? All of these are..." After Gao Jun finished speaking, he pointed at Liu Yan and said angrily: "Is this what the crown prince of the country should do? ?”
As soon as Gao Yun said this, everyone was stunned. Gao Yun was clearly trying to break up with the prince because of his brother Gao Han! Xun Mou did not expect that Gao Yun would come to the rescue. It seems that today either the prince will die and be demoted, or Gao Yun will be killed!
Emperor Han stood up and turned his back to the ministers, as if he was deliberately trying to hide his emotions. At this moment, no one knew what Emperor Han's expression was, and no one dared to speak out.
Although Lu Zuo was troubled by Li Shizhi's incident for a moment, when he saw that Gao Yun was preparing to die with the prince, he immediately woke up and knew that now was the best time to overthrow the prince. The reason why the emperor turned his back was, Just as he was making final thoughts, as long as anyone came forward to intercede for the prince, the emperor would definitely let the prince go, but if anyone added fuel to the fire, the Emperor of Han would definitely make up his mind to depose the prince. Lu Zuo didn't wait for anyone else to speak, and immediately answered: "Your Majesty, there was indeed an assassin who wanted to assassinate me yesterday. Fortunately, my servants protected me to the death, otherwise I may never have the opportunity to serve your Majesty. Fortunately, no one was injured or killed, but... ..." After Lu Zuo finished speaking, he immediately knelt down, "But please, Your Majesty, please punish me for killing the minister without permission!"
