Suddenly.
The ministers were shocked!
Xia Tian's expression remains unchanged!
On the dragon chariot, Emperor Xia frowned: "Li Shentong, are you sure you are Prime Minister Zuo, Sima Jian?"
"yes!"
"Prime Minister Zuo, what is going on?"
Sima Jian's expression remained unchanged: "Your Majesty, I don't know either!"
"Then ask him... prove your innocence!"
"According to the order!"
Sima Jian walked up to Li Shentong calmly: "Get up and answer!"
"yes!"
Li Shentong stood up, covered in cold sweat, his steps were weak, as if he would fall down at any time!
"Have you seen the true face?"
"No!"
"Did I tell you this personally?"
"no!"
"Hehehe..."
Sima Jianjian smiled meaningfully: "Since you have never seen the truth, and have never heard the truth with your own ears saying that this matter was done by the right prime minister... why do you say it was the truth?"
"What evidence do you have?"
Cold sweat flowed into Li Shentong's eyes, which were burning. He couldn't help but wipe them away, and said with a pale face: "Last night, a man wearing the uniform of the Prime Minister's Mansion came to my house and handed the Prime Minister Zuo's hand. The sign on the mansion says it’s Sima Zhao, the third manager of Zuo Xiang’s mansion, and he says he has something secret to discuss!”
"That brand is real."
"So, the common people invited him into the secret room of the mansion to talk... He said that it was the right prime minister who formulated the plan to force us to donate. This forced donation must not start. Now the world is in short supply of food, and the number of refugees in the imperial capital continues to increase. , if this forced donation happens the first time, there will be the second time... and there will be countless times!"
"He said that the left prime minister's family was also forced to donate a lot this time and suffered a huge loss!"
"So, let's unite!"
"He said that Prime Minister Zuo has a destiny. Let us come together in front of the palace today to petition and cry out for injustice. Let His Majesty make the decision for us. Let the King of Huangzhou... no, let Prime Minister You not continue to implement this plan and protect ourselves. family property!"
Suddenly.
The whole place was in an uproar!
"It turns out that it was really Zuo Cheng who was involved!"
"You really know people, faces but not hearts!"
"How insidious!"
"Villain!"
The people of the imperial capital opened their mouths, and the scene was chaotic.
"quiet!"
Eunuch Wei said sharply: "Imperial City Division, let's go take a look. If anyone makes noise and disturbs the Holy Master again, he will be taken directly to the Imperial City Division's prison!"
"yes!"
The minions of the Imperial City Division rushed onto the street, one by one with their hands on the hilts of their knives, ready to arrest people at any time!
Suddenly, the scene fell silent!
Sima Jian then continued to ask: "What is the name of the third manager of Sima Mansion?"
"Sima Zhao!"
"Are you sure your name is Sima Zhao?"
"yes!"
"The name Sima Zhao is indeed the name of the third manager of Zuoxiang Mansion!"
Sima Jian frowned: "It just so happens that the person who went to court with me today is him. I will ask him to come here now... Can you see if it is him?"
"good!"
"Sima Zhao, come here!"
"yes!"
Among the relatives of Zuo Xiangfu, a tall man ran out: "Prime Minister, I have never been to his house!"
At this time.
Li Shentong's expression changed drastically: "It's not him!"
The faces of all the family heads also changed drastically!
The third manager of Zuoxiang's Mansion they met was not this burly man!
Were they deceived?
A huge shadow enveloped all the family heads, and also enveloped Li Shentong's heart!
He gritted his teeth and took out a token from his waist: "Look, Prime Minister Zuo, although that Sima Zhao is not the same person as this Sima Zhao, the common people have the token of Zuo Xiang Mansion left by him as proof!"
Sima Jian looked at the token, narrowed his eyes, took it and looked at it carefully!
at this time.
All eyes were focused on that token!
The left prime minister looks so solemn!
Is that brand real?
"Sima Zhao, take out the Prime Minister's Token from your body!"
"yes!"
Sima Zhao also looked solemn as he took a token from his waist and handed it to Sima Jian respectfully!
Sima Jian put his hands together and put the two tokens together... exactly the same!
I saw two white jade plaques with a plum blossom carved on them and three words - Zuo Xiang Ling!
If you look closely, the jade plaques are made of the same material!
The jade surface is polished, like a mirror, and can reflect people's shadows!
The carved graphics and textures are also exactly the same, and it looks like they were made by the same person!
There are six jade tablets in total, and they were made after Sima Mei was born!
One piece is in his study!
One piece was given to Sima Mei!
One piece was given to Sima Lan!
The remaining three pieces were given to the three chief managers of the Sima Mansion, all of whom were core members of the Sima family!
Sima Jian frowned: "Are your eldest and second son's tokens here?"
Sima Zhao shook his head: "I don't know!"
When Li Shentong saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Master Zuo Xiang, the common people really didn't lie!"
Dragon chases up.
Emperor Xia said: "Prime Minister Zuo, how do you explain this?"
Sima Jian raised his eyelids and glanced at the faces of all the family heads with blazing eyes: "Is there also a general manager who claims to be the Prime Minister's Mansion in your house?"
"yes!"
All the family heads looked constipated and took out a white jade token from their arms. The texture was the same as Tong Ren's token, and the words and carvings on it were also exactly the same!
Emperor Xia took a deep look at Xia Tian: "Take them all over and show them to Prime Minister Zuo to tell the truth from the lies!"
"According to the order!"
The Imperial Guards took action immediately, collected the tokens as quickly as possible, and piled them at Sima Jian's feet!
Sima Zhao squatted down and began to inspect each piece!
Then, his face became darker and darker!
Immediately afterwards, his face turned from black to pale, and cold sweat broke out from the pores of his body, as if he had been greatly frightened, soaking his whole body!
"impossible!"
Tong Ren looked at the token and his face became more and more ferocious: "This is absolutely impossible!"
"The Zuo Xiang Ling is made of precious ancient white jade. It is extremely precious and rare...it is impossible to have so many of them!"
"Besides, the carver who made the jade plaque has been dead for many years!"
"...Could it be that he has returned to his soul?"
Sima Jian bent down, picked up a jade plaque, and took a deep look at Xia Tian.
Did this kid do it?
The people who were working together in various prefectures yesterday...are they from this guy?
Was today's chaotic court meeting and petition by the family head planned by this boy?
It’s interesting!
Sima Jian thought for a moment: "Your Majesty, after Mei'er was born, I ordered a craftsman to carve this token. There were only six finished pieces in total. Except for the one I kept, the other five pieces were given to my two daughters and three children. Manager!"
"Now, there are a bunch of identical ones... It seems that someone not only wants to use this matter to frame the right prime minister, but also wants to frame the minister. Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
Emperor Xia was noncommittal: "Right Prime Minister, what do you think?"
Xia Xia solemnly said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the people who went to various governments yesterday...are the people of Prime Minister Zuo!"
Sima Jian smiled firmly, the emperor would not believe it: "Right Prime Minister, do you have any evidence?"
Xia Tian smiled!
His smile is a bit magical, a bit oozing!
"Kudeng..."
Sima Jian suddenly felt chilly... This guy couldn't really produce any evidence, could he?
