However, teasing is teasing, and some credit must be given to Yuan Shen, such as Tian Shuo's matter.
After all, these were brothers, and it was difficult for Li Hao to come forward in this matter. It would be more logical for Tingwei Mansion to clarify the matter.
In addition, based on his trust in Ling Buyi, Li Hao did not think that he would stumble in this matter. He thought that Xiao Yuehou would probably be unlucky after today.
It would be best if Tian Shuo's incident comes out within a day or two, otherwise when Emperor Wen of the People's Republic of China wants to calm down the incident, the effect may not be as good as expected.
And it doesn't matter even if something goes wrong with Ling Buyi. With Emperor Wen's partiality towards him, it won't be a big deal.
Once this happens, it might give Ling Buwei a chance to fight back.
After Li Hao finished teasing, he took Yuan Shen back to the house and explained in detail Tian Shuo's identity and what he had done.
After Yuan Shen heard these words, he was also shocked. He really didn't expect that there would be such a remnant of the ruthless emperor in the capital, and he was still such a high-profile person.
You must know that Tianjia Restaurant is one of the best banquet places in the capital. There are not many people who hang out there, and even he himself occasionally goes there.
So even though he trusted Li Hao very much, he still asked again: "Is there any concrete evidence for what you just said?"
Li Hao replied: "Of course, I want to give you credit, so naturally I have to organize it properly."
After saying that, he asked people to bring in the relevant evidence that had been collected before. Among them were letters recording Tian Shuo's exchanges with Xiao Yuehou, King Yong, Ling Yi, and Zuo Yushi, as well as evidence that he maintained private soldiers in various states. In addition, there is evidence about Shang Shuo's pursuit of Tian Shuo's background, which is used to prove that he was the original chamberlain around Emperor Ru.
After checking these one by one, Yuan Shen couldn't help but feel deeply how powerful Tian Shuo was. He could remain anonymous in the capital for so many years and manage such a big situation.
But from this, he was also surprised by Li Hao's ability, and couldn't help but ask: "The evidence in your hand is so detailed, I'm afraid you have been investigating this guy for a long time. When did you find out that there was something wrong with him."
Regarding Yuan Shen's question, Li Hao had already expected it, so naturally he would not tell Yuan Shen the truth. He just said: "In recent years, the Yuan family's business has spread all over the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and they have done a lot of business. For some guys with great magical powers, it is natural Tian Shuo is one of those who want to investigate.
After all, if he can do such a big business in the capital, I always want to see who is standing behind him, and I got an unexpected reward. "
Yuan Shen was a little skeptical about Li Hao's explanation, but it didn't matter. Anyway, he believed that Li Hao would not cheat him on this kind of thing.
However, he was still hesitant about what to do about this matter, so he continued to ask: "Then why did you think of giving me the evidence today? Why don't you just go directly to the prince to report the arrest?"
Li Hao replied: "There are too many people involved in this matter. How can I come forward to report it? What's more, this matter involves the Marquis of Xiaoyue. How can I let the prince handle it? It will cause gossip."
"Then you think it's something that offends people and it's hard to come forward. You asked me to do it. Why are you suitable for me?" Hearing Li Hao's words, Yuan Shen couldn't help but ask.
Li Hao replied: "You are from the Tingwei Mansion, and you are responsible for the investigation. This is your job, and I didn't tell you to finish the matter.
You are just an introduction, responsible for bringing this matter to light and arresting Tian Shuo. Someone will naturally help you complete the rest.
You deserve such credit, and it won't offend anyone to death. What a good thing. I wouldn't help most people like this. "
After hearing this, Yuan Shen immediately grasped the key point and asked curiously: "You said someone would help me finish this hot potato. Who are you referring to?"
Li Hao said: "You'd better guess for yourself first. If I told you the answer directly, wouldn't it be a lack of fun?
Remember, this matter needs to be dealt with as soon as possible, especially for Tian Shuo. It is best to arrest people quickly within a day or two, and remember to keep it confidential in advance.
This man is as cunning as a fox. Once he notices it,
No, he probably just ran away. I still haven’t found out how many back-ups he has deployed outside the city over the years. If he leaves the capital, it will be much more troublesome to arrest him. "
After saying that, Li Hao stood up and left. As for how Yuan Shen would arrange the arrests later, let him think for himself.
After all, Li Hao still believed in Yuan Shen's ability, so he wouldn't overturn such a favorable situation.
After that, Yuan Shen didn't care about waiting for news in the mansion, and went directly back to Tingwei's mansion, preparing to report Tian Shuo's matter as soon as Ji Zun came out.
As for Tian's restaurant, he had no plans to make arrangements in advance. After all, Tian Shuo had no idea that his identity had been exposed.
In this case, doing nothing is the best choice, because as long as people are deployed to keep an eye on it, there is a possibility of being discovered.
Not long after Yuan Shen returned to Tingwei's Mansion, the case of killing a good man and taking advantage of others' merits that affected many people in the capital was finally concluded.
As expected, Ling Buyi was cleared of all charges, but none of the accusers came out of Tingwei Mansion.
However, after Ling Buyi left the Tingwei Mansion, he was directly summoned into the palace by Emperor Wen. Also summoned into the palace was Xiao Yuehou.
Speaking of which, Zhang Yao was really unlucky this time. He came forward to sue Ling Buyi this time because he was dissatisfied with his own situation.
He thought that his talents were not appreciated, and he became the deputy general of Yulin only now in his thirties. However, Ling Buyi had gained the utmost favor from Emperor Wen when he was just twenty-one years old, and he was ranked as the leader of two thousand stones. Naturally, his heart was unbalanced.
So when he heard about this so-called killing of good people and taking advantage of merit, he didn't have time to investigate carefully, so he saw the hunting spirit and shouted everywhere, thinking that he could use this to bring Ling Buyi down.
Just at this time, Xiao Yuehou also had an idea to deal with Ling Buyi, so he found Zhang Yao to add fuel to the flames, and gave Zhang Yao confidence.
However, one could imagine that this crime itself was a group of bandits who were shouting to catch thieves. It turned out that the group of people who were killed were the bandits themselves who saw an opportunity and came out anonymously.
Originally, it wouldn't matter if they were focused on peace. After all, with the power of the government in the local area, it would be difficult to pursue past events.
But the problem is that they are persistent in their evil intentions. Even after receiving the "Farming Order" and wasteland, they still plow the land on weekdays and pretend to be friendly with the surrounding villages.
But as soon as he found an opportunity, he rushed to the nearby mountain roads and intercepted wealthy passers-by and motorcades.
Then Ling Buyi's soldiers found out about this, so they naturally wanted to encircle and suppress them. However, most of them were new soldiers at the time, so many thieves escaped.
Although there was no time to report the situation later because he had to go to the battlefield immediately, the leading general at the time still left evidence.
That is to bury the gold, silver and silk collected from the bandits in the deepest part, and then put a layer of soil in the middle, and then put the body of the bandit.
In this way, even if the thieves come to check the situation later, they will only stop after digging up the corpses, without thinking that there will be evidence of their crimes below.
And the stolen goods are of various types, including golden camel ingots from Youzhou, strings of sea beads from Jiaozhou, snowflake silver from Jingchu, and hibiscus jade from Longxi. They can be said to be from all over the world, and it is obviously impossible for a group of ordinary people to possess them.
At this point, the situation has been completely turned over. Originally, even if this were the case, Zhang Yao would be accused of being biased and misinformed.
But who told Ling Buwei to use the topic to his advantage? He forced Zhang to turn Xiao Yuehou out on the spot, and then Han Wu made his debut.
It was also Ling Buyi's clever method that he had hid it from everyone early and directly placed the person in the prison of Tingwei Mansion. Who could have imagined this.
In front of Ji Zun, Ling Buyi directly pointed out Xiao Yuehou's delay in rescuing Gucheng. Emperor Wen was naturally angry about this.
After all, he had very deep feelings for his elder brother Huo Chong, but due to Xiao Yuehou's identity, Emperor Wen could not handle it easily, let alone bring the matter to Tingwei's mansion.
Therefore, Dang even prevented the situation from continuing to develop, but asked Ling Buyi to take Han Wu and the witnesses back to the palace to hear the matter in person.
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Yu Jizun was naturally reasonable and did not pursue this matter. However, as a comrade of Xiao Yuehou, Zhang Yao was obviously offended by Emperor Wen.
After all, Emperor Wen had to find someone to release his anger, so Zhang Yao was out of luck. Emperor Wen asked Ji Zun to investigate the past strictly. If there were any illegal acts in the past, he would definitely be severely punished.
But looking at his unfair attitude, he doesn't look like a fair gentleman. I think he is definitely going to be unlucky. It just depends on how far it will go.
Leaving aside the situation in the palace, Ji Zun was caught by Yuan Shen who had been waiting there for a long time after he returned to the houya, and then he was dragged to the yard where he worked.
Seeing Yuan Shen's mysterious look, Ji Zun asked curiously: "What is Shanjian doing? I still have a lot of official business to deal with?"
Yuan Shen replied: "Sir, I have an extremely important matter to report to you alone. I also ask you to come with me. I will be there soon."
Seeing Yuan Shen's behavior, Ji Zun didn't seem to be letting him go for nothing, so he followed him out of curiosity.
When he arrived at the place, Yuan Shen waved back the guards stationed in the yard, telling them to stay away and not let anyone get close to them, and then took Ji Zun into the house.
At this time, Yuan Shen informed Ji Zun of Tian Shuo's identity and showed Ji Zun the evidence brought from Li Hao.
After hearing this, Ji Zun was as shocked as Yuan Shen was when he first heard it, and he immediately started looking through the evidence.
After seeing the evidence of collusion between Xiao Yuehou and Tian Shuo, Ji Zun couldn't help being shocked and whispered: "I didn't expect it to be like this. Is he really colluding with Emperor Ru?"
The voice was so soft that Yuan Shen, who was standing next to him, didn't hear it clearly, so he couldn't help but ask: "Did your Excellency think of something?"
Hearing Yuan Shen's words, Ji Zun immediately replied: "No, I just thought of something else."
Yuan Shen didn't take it seriously, and just asked: "Sir, what should we do next? I suggest arresting Tian Shuo first. As long as he is controlled, the rest of the matter can be easily investigated. Already."
Ji Zun replied: "Okay, you immediately take people to arrest Tian Shuo and bring him back to prison, but this matter is of great importance. Once he is captured, he will be immediately taken to the imperial prison and under your personal supervision."
However, the interrogation will not be carried out for the time being. I will go to the palace now to ask your Majesty to send someone to interrogate. "
Yuan Shen was really surprised when he suddenly heard Ji Zun say this. After all, Ji Zun had a very upright temper in the past, so why did he seem to be shrinking this time?
And when he thought about what Li Hao had said before, he felt more and more that this matter seemed a little fishy.
Of course, he had no intention of questioning Ji Zun. Anyway, he already had the credit, and it would be good if he could get rid of the trouble at the rear, so he agreed.
Then he went out to summon the people from Tingwei Mansion, and also asked someone to go to Tianjia Restaurant to see if Tian Shuo was there.
However, it was not good for this person to be from the Tingwei Mansion. In order not to arouse Tian Shuo's alert, he instead asked a servant of the Yuan Mansion to go there in the name of booking a banquet.
After confirming that Tian Shuo was in the restaurant, Yuan Shen led the people from Tingwei's Mansion and rushed over, catching Tian Shuo red-handed.
After being caught, Tian Shuo didn't think that his identity was exposed. He only thought that he had been found out for helping Xiao Yuehou spread the news.
After all, as soon as the matter in Tingwei Mansion was over, Xiao Yuehou was suddenly summoned into the palace. It was obvious that the outcome of the incident was not good for Xiao Yuehou.
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Therefore, Tian Shuo was still confident that he could escape safely. After all, the connections he had made in the capital over the years were not false.
So even when he arrived at the imperial prison, when faced with Yuan Shen's personal custody, he just said lightly: "Master Yuan, it's really hard. I just offended Ling Buyi. Why should I let you watch here in person?" I."
But the speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. After Yuan Shen heard this, he suddenly thought of what Li Hao said.
Why did Li Hao get the evidence a long time ago and only handed it over to him at this time?
, and said someone would help.
Thinking of Ji Zun's unusual reaction just now, Yuan Shen immediately knew that the crux of the matter should be Ling Buyi and Xiao Yuehou.
Xiao Yuehou was the person involved and could not investigate himself, so the person Li Hao said would help should be Ling Buyi.
However, because he did not know that Xiao Yuehou was related to the destruction of the isolated city, Yuan Shen was not able to connect everything smoothly for the time being. He could only wait until he returned later to find Li Hao for verification.
In the palace, Emperor Wen was already questioning Xiao Yuehou. With the evidence of the military doctor back then, he confirmed that the scouts who entered the miasma were not poisoned to death, and their horses were still safe and sound.
Obviously, if Xiao Yuehou's miasma is poisonous, it will lose credibility. After all, there is no miasma that only targets people but does no harm to horses.
But Xiao Yuehou still stiffened his neck at this time and refused to plead guilty. He only said that the military doctor was bribed to frame him.
As for the so-called war horse issue, he also put it on the record officer's head. Anyway, it has been more than ten years since the incident, and the horses from back then have long been gone. What can be proved by just this record.
Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can naturally see that Xiao Yuehou is messing around, and Emperor Wen must also understand.
It's just that at this time, he didn't think about how to deal with Xiao Yuehou, although he resented Xiao Yuehou's deliberate delay, which led to the destruction of the isolated city.
But he also had to consider the feelings of Concubine Yue. After all, it was Bai Yueguang in his heart, and it was also something he felt owed.
That is to say, when Emperor Wen was in a dilemma, the news that Ji Zun came to the palace to ask for an audience also reached Emperor Wen.
Although Emperor Wen didn't understand why he came suddenly, he heard that he had urgent matters, so he let him in to answer.
What Ji Zun said next made Emperor Wen's expression suddenly change, and Xiao Yuehou almost collapsed to the ground.
