As soon as Zhang Feng confessed, Yun Ruoyue and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Qing was finally rescued and his grievances were finally washed away.
"You are finally willing to plead guilty. Then why did you frame Mr. Zhang before? Was there someone instigating you behind the scenes?"
Chu Xuanchen said sharply.
When Zhang Feng thought of those cold and biting eyes, he quickly shook his head, "No, no one instigated me, I did all this on my own.
I was afraid of being beheaded, so I put the blame on my uncle, trying to make him take the blame for me."
When Zhang Qing heard this, he glared at Zhang Feng sternly, "Zhang Feng, I'm in vain for my kindness to you. I didn't expect that you would slander me in order to protect yourself! Are you worthy of me?"
Zhang Feng immediately cried: "I'm sorry, uncle, my nephew realizes his mistake. My nephew shouldn't treat you like this.
It's because my nephew is afraid of death that he falsely accuses you."
"You must have had sex after drinking, and you had evil intentions towards Yu'er. You wanted to bully Yu'er, but Yu'er didn't obey, so you killed her.
As a result, you were afraid of death, so you beat him up and falsely accused me.
Fortunately, His Highness Prince Li was wise and found witnesses for me.
Otherwise, I will really be unable to defend myself!"
Zhang Qing said angrily.
After hearing Zhang Qing's words, Zhang Feng even thought that Yu'er was killed by him, and he had no confidence to make excuses.
Chu Xuanchen said: "Wise King, Eunuch Xu, now the real murderer has been recruited.
Can it be proven that Mr. Zhang is innocent and can he be released immediately?"
Eunuch Xu's originally very proud face turned ashen. He said sharply: "Although Zhang Qing is innocent, we have to wait until our family returns to the palace to report to the emperor before releasing him."
The wise king said: "Eunuch Xu, now the case has come to light and the real culprit has been identified.
According to the rules, Master Zhang was unjustly accused, and I should let him go immediately.
Please also ask your father-in-law to return to the palace first. I will go into the palace and report everything that happened in the hall today to the emperor."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Mr. Xu is fair.
At this time, Chu Xuanchen walked towards Zhang Qing and personally helped him up. His expression was solemn and his eyes were gentle, "Master Zhang, you have been wronged!"
"As long as the prince cares about me, I will not feel wronged when I am a low-ranking official."
Zhang Qing said movedly.
He did not expect that Chu Xuanchen would run for him from all sides and work hard to save him.
He also didn't expect that he could save his own life by giving the beggar a meal.
At this time, King Xian said, "Come here, take off the shackles on Master Zhang, and let Master Zhang resume his duties."
Immediately, a yamen officer came forward and was about to take away the shackles from Zhang Qing. At this moment, the voice of the yamen master Zhang Xi suddenly sounded outside, "Wait a minute, Your Majesty, we can't release him yet!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a man dressed like a master walked in.
The wise king immediately looked at Zhang Xi, "Master, the real murderer has confessed his crime, and I have found out that Mr. Zhang was unjustly accused, why can't he be released?"
The master was holding an account book in his hand, with a solemn look on his face, "Your Majesty, there was a mysterious person outside just now. He handed me this account book and ran away.
This account book contains records of Liu Yong, a wealthy businessman from Qingzhou, bribing various officials in the capital.
Among them, there is a record of Liu Yong bribing Master Zhang with a silver note of 50,000 taels!"
"What?"
When Zhang Qing heard this, he looked angry and said, "You are talking nonsense, this must be a fake account book.
The wealthy businessman named Liu Yong did want to bribe me before, but he was sternly rejected by me.
I did not accept his bribe at all, this is simply slander!"
As the slanders came one after another, Chu Xuanchen knew that it was the man behind the scenes who refused to let Zhang Qing go and wanted to kill his arm!