In the court hall, you can hear a needle drop.
Wu Yong knelt on the ground, facing the emperor, and his back was covered with cold sweat.
This time he really shot himself in the foot.
In fact, the fact that the accounts were burned could be mentioned in the court or not, because the emperor asked Prince You's Mansion and Jingzhao's Mansion to check the taxes, but he did not bring it to the court to report. It was Han You who made the whole world shout about it and everyone knew about it.
The supervisory envoy who mentioned this matter when he left work just now also received Wu Yong's instructions before going to court. The purpose was to show that Wu Yong would support him no matter what the court did. Fierce or something like that.
And according to his thinking, he is quite popular on weekdays, so many officials must be on duty to "support" him.
In fact, according to the script, this should be the case.
Unfortunately, Zhou Zhenghuai jumped out.
Zhou Zhenghuai was a minister, a veteran of two dynasties. No matter how the Ministry of Works hired him, he was still a minister. No one expected that this old minister would actually think that Wu Yong was the man behind the scenes.
If anyone jumped out at this time, it would be equivalent to being at odds with Zhou Zhenghuai, which was unnecessary.
If that's all, that's all. What's even more terrible is that Huang Youwei also came out.
Zhou Zhenghuai just suspected that Huang Youwei had directly given Wu Yong's way and left him with no way out.
The biggest suspect in this matter is Wu Yong, but the most puzzling thing about this suspicion is that if Wu Yong really did it, he would be too stupid to find someone else. Isn't this deliberately making everyone doubt him.
Then, Huang Youwei answered everyone’s questions.
Because he is the young minister of Honglu Temple, because he has good relations with Fan people, because he knows that ordinary investigation methods cannot be used on Fan people, because he knows that it will become an unsolved case in the end, because he knows that Fan people listen to him, Whether you participate in the investigation or not, you can let the people use legitimate methods to "perfunctory" the government office investigating the case. I just did it with a certain point, but you can't find the evidence, and you are so angry.
Sure enough, after Huang Youwei's "answering questions and solving doubts", many courtiers looked at Wu Yong with different eyes. This young minister of Honglu Temple was so scheming!
Even the emperor on the dragon throne frowned fiercely. After Huang Youwei's "explanation", only Wupu could defeat him.
Originally, the emperor really didn't want to touch Wu Yong. After all, this guy served Fan Ren very comfortably, and Fan Ren only recognized him. But now that he thought that this guy might have burned the accounts, Boss Zhou couldn't hold back his anger. .
"Wu Yong."
The emperor finally spoke, but he asked about another thing: "Tell me, do you really have a gap with Jingzhao Mansion? If so, why."
Or say that he is the emperor, which seems to be an irrelevant question, but in fact it is a fatal blow to Ji Dian.
He didn't ask about the tax inspection, but only asked if he and Han Bairen had any quarrel. If so, then there would be a "motive" for setting fire to the accounts.
"It's just...it's just...Your Majesty clearly understands that it was just a few quarrels over official business."
"Really, just an argument?"
"Replying to Your Majesty, my words are a little fierce, but they are not as popular as people say."
The emperor said nothing, seeming to be thinking about something.
At this moment, there was a familiar voice and a familiar figure, and Huang Youwei came out: "Your Majesty, I think that Wu Shaoqing will not fight to the death with Master Han as Master Zhou said."
Wu Yong was a little dumbfounded again. He didn't know for a moment whether Huang Youwei was really helping him or really cheating him.
The emperor asked: "Oh, why?"
"Wu Shaoqing is in charge of the affairs of the Honglu Temple, and Mr. Han is in charge of all matters in the capital. If the two offices do not interfere with each other, how can they continue to quarrel over official matters."
After finishing speaking, Huang Youwei turned to look at Wu Yong: "Wu Shaoqing, why don't you explain to your majesty quickly? It's not a big deal, but why did you go to Jingzhao Mansion? There are also rumors that you are causing trouble in court."
Wu Yong looked at Huang Youwei and was sure that this guy was trying to trick him. To this, he only had one sentence, Huang Youwei, I will be your ancestor!
The emperor was indeed "aroused" with a strong interest, and asked: "It's true, why did you, the young minister of Honglu Temple, go to Jingzhao Mansion?"
"this…"
Wu Yong's back began to sweat again: "Weichen...Weichen was just wandering around the capital and accidentally arrived at Jingzhao Mansion."
"Yes."
Huang Youwei said with a smile: "That's what I say. Jingzhao Mansion has been judging cases all day long, and many people gathered outside the government office. Mr. Wu must have seen the people watching, so he took a few glances. Yes Bar."
"Yes, yes, yes, yes."
Wu Yong's brain was a little confused, and he nodded subconsciously.
"That's it." Huang Youwei turned around and said to the emperor: "On that day, the ministers also passed by Jingzhao Mansion. They heard that the case judged by Mr. Han was that the son of Liu Wenguan, the former head of the Ministry of Industry, injured the people by riding a horse. Many people gathered around , Mr. Han dealt with it impartially, but unexpectedly many people came to plead for mercy to save the Liu family murderer, and I heard that there were also housekeepers of the court officials' homes. It is precisely because of this that more and more people gathered together."
After finishing speaking, Huang Youwei turned back and nodded at Wu Yong: "Since Mr. Wu went to watch, I wonder if he has heard about this, and whether he knows which official's housekeeper broke into the court and threatened Han. grown ups."
Wu Yong's face was expressionless. He suddenly felt that he was not surprised at all. Huang Youwei, I am your grandma!
The emperor's face was full of a half-smile expression: "Wu Shaoqing, why don't you talk to me?"
"Wei Chen..."
Just as Wu Yong was about to quibble, he suddenly realized something. Not only had he fallen into a trap, he had also been led astray, by Huang Youwei.
"That day", he didn't go to Jingzhao Mansion at all!
He had been to Jingzhao Mansion, but not on the day Han Bairen interrogated Liu Shilang.
Huang Youwei suddenly mentioned it just now, and the emperor asked again. In his state of confusion, he subconsciously "overlapping" the two days' situations into one day, and then talked about the matter in terms of "one day".
The most terrible thing is that everyone also thinks that "on that day", Han Bairen interrogated Liu Silang, and Wu Yong also went to Jingzhao Mansion.
Huang Youwei withdrew from the class again.
His goal has been achieved. Wu Yong thought that his goal was to make him say that he had indeed threatened Han Bairen, but in fact it was not the case.
The purpose of Big Boss Huang is to make Wu Yong "make mistakes" and make "mistakes" in front of the emperor. Once he makes a mistake, it is called sophistry at a small level, or deceiving the emperor at a big scale!
For Da Lao Huang, whether there is a motive or not, a threat or not, to punish you, regardless of the past, the time is now. You can explain what happened in the past, but what happens now depends on how you explain it.
"minister!"
Wu Yong gritted his teeth and put on that extremely aggrieved look: "I'm wronged, I'm extremely wronged. I went to the Jingzhao Mansion Court, but it wasn't that day. I just asked about the prince's teacher."
Huang Youwei in the class laughed. Everything was as he expected. This guy avoided the important and took the easy. But the more he did this, the tighter the noose around his neck became.
On the contrary, Da Lao Huang was not in a hurry to leave work. The more he talked, the more mistakes he made.
The emperor on the dragon throne was still looking at Wu Yong when he suddenly noticed a sneaky figure outside the hall.
After all, he was a sharpshooter in the army with amazing eyesight. Boss Zhou originally thought it was some young eunuch who wanted to report something, but when he took a closer look, it turned out to be Han You with half of his head exposed.
"What is this boy doing here?"
The emperor murmured something in a low voice, and the old eunuch also saw it, and retracted his head when he saw the sneaky half-drawn head.
Boss Zhou didn't know what he was thinking of, but he showed a smile and whispered: "Bring that idiot in, I just want to ask about the burning of the accounts."
"Old slave, go right away."
Outside the palace, Lu Baichuan almost fought with Han You.
"Are you crazy? You couldn't see it at a glance and you ran outside the palace to look around."
Han You laughed and said, "Look what you are afraid of. We are all good brothers. Why are you so anxious? When will we leave for work? Let's go drinking together someday."
"What are you drinking? You don't want to get into trouble and implicate me. Who is your good brother?" Lu Baichuan said angrily: "You will have a rest in three days. Flower boat, you will be the host."
