After King Rui finished speaking, Chu Xuanchen, who was standing next to him, sneered disdainfully, "Second brother, Zhang Yuanshan is yours, how dare you say that you don't know anything about it?"
The Xian Wang also said coldly: "With Zhang Yuanshan being a small chief clerk, how could he have the courage to do such a thing? If there is no support behind him, where will he get the funds to open Jinfeng Tower, and how can he bribe thugs to abduct girls?
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"The questions you two have are also my king's questions." Prince Rui said, sweeping his cold eyes towards Zhang Yuanshan, and shouted with a livid face: "Master Zhang, I treat you well, why are you doing this?"
What kind of thing? Tell me, where did you get the funds to open Jinfeng Tower? And who ordered you to abduct girls and force them into prostitution? "
After Zhang Yuanshan heard this, he panicked and said: "My lord, please calm down. I'm sorry." When I was the chief clerk of Prince Rui's Mansion, I took advantage of my position to deduct and embezzle a lot of money. I then used this money to cooperate with Ru Xiang to open the Golden Phoenix.
Building. The villain just wants to make some extra money, but who knew that Ruxiang is so cruel that she actually bribes thugs to abduct the girl. My lord, the villain admits that the Jinfeng Building is run by the villain, but these harmful things, villain
They didn't know anything about it. After the villain opened Jinfeng Tower, he handed over all affairs to Ru Xiang to take care of it. It was Ru Xiang who was greedy and robbed civilian girls in order to make profits. All this was her fault.
It has nothing to do with, and it has nothing to do with Prince Rui’s Mansion!”
Hearing this, Chu Xuanchen's lips curled up into a sneer, and he looked deeply at Prince Rui.
Prince Rui straightened his back and looked like a gentleman.
When Ru Xiang heard this, she had a look of panic on her face. She stared at Zhang Yuanshan in disbelief. She didn't expect that Zhang Yuanshan would put all the blame on her, a woman.
Driven by her instinctive desire to survive, she glared at Zhang Yuanshan and accused: "Zhang Yuanshan, you are talking nonsense. You clearly ordered me to abduct girls. You said that those high-ranking officials like untouched girls. As long as I can find more
If you come, you can make more money. You also asked me to make money by trafficking women and children, saying that this is an excellent way to make money. What I do is based on your instructions, and you can’t put all the blame on me!"
Zhang Yuanshan hurriedly said: "Ruxiang, you said that I ordered you, do you have evidence? Without evidence, you are slandering. You clearly abducted these girls behind my back, what do they have to do with me?"
"Silence!" The Xian King suddenly patted the gavel in the hall and said coldly, "Zhang Yuanshan, Ru Xiang, there is no use for you two to shirk your responsibilities. The Jinfeng Tower belongs to you, and you two must bear full responsibility.
With your two abilities, I'm afraid you won't be able to do such a big thing. If you can reveal the mastermind behind it, I can give you a lighter punishment!"
King Xian said as he glanced at King Rui with a cold gaze.
Prince Rui quickly swept towards Zhang Yuanshan and said angrily: "The wise king is right. Zhang Yuanshan, Ru Xiang, who are you two under the command of? You didn't recruit them from the truth!"
Zhang Yuanshan glanced at Prince Rui, suddenly with a look of regret on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, the villain is here to do this, and the villain is telling the truth. These things were indeed done by the villain instructing Ru Xiang, and he is the mastermind behind the abduction of the girl.
But all this is done by villains without any instructions."
The wise king said coldly, "You finally did it, why didn't you do it just now?"
Zhang Yuanshan said fearfully: "Back to your lord, I was afraid of death just now, so I wanted Ru Xiang to take the blame. But now I suddenly realized that what I did was simply worse than a pig or a dog. I already knew that I was wrong, and I plead guilty. My family
The prince treats me well. This matter really has nothing to do with him. I am willing to die to prove the prince's innocence!"
Zhang Yuanshan said, biting his tongue suddenly!
"No, he is going to commit suicide, stop him quickly!" Yun Ruoyue saw this and said anxiously.
Immediately, a yamen officer came forward to pry Zhang Yuanshan's mouth open. Unfortunately, when the yamen officer pried Zhang Yuanshan's mouth open, Zhang Yuanshan's mouth was already bleeding profusely, and most of his tongue fell to the ground.
Yun Ruoyue was horrified by this scene. She did not expect that Zhang Yuanshan was not afraid of death in order to protect Prince Rui.
Chu Xuanchen is used to this kind of scapegoating. If Zhang Yuanshan is willing to die, Prince Rui must have made arrangements for his family!
At this time, Zhang Yuanshan whimpered, then his body went limp and fell to the ground.
The officer stepped forward to check his breathing and said in panic: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yuanshan is dead!"
King Xian glanced at King Rui coldly and said: "The prisoner has committed suicide out of fear of crime. Brother Second Emperor, do you dare to say that you really have nothing to do with this matter?"
Prince Rui glanced at Zhang Yuanshan's body sadly and said sadly: "Zhang Yuanshan is my retainer. If he does such a thing, you will definitely doubt me. But he has just made it clear that this matter was between him and Ru Xiang.
Because, it has nothing to do with Prince Rui's Mansion. Let me ask you, if this matter has anything to do with this king, how can I take him to court and kill his relatives out of justice? He did such a thing, which made people and gods angry, and heaven and earth are angry. He committed suicide without fear of crime, and I will kill him.
Kill him with your own hands! Fortunately, he still has some conscience and has not slandered me, so he can clear my name. Third brother, don’t you even believe me?"
King Xian sighed helplessly. Now that Zhang Yuanshan was guilty and dead without proof, there was nothing he could do against King Rui.
With Prince Rui's shrewdness, he must have left no evidence for verification.
This time, only King Rui can escape.
Thinking of this, the wise king said in a deep voice: "Second Emperor Brother, although Zhang Yuanshan committed suicide, he is your retainer. He killed innocent people indiscriminately and abducted young girls. You also have an unshirkable responsibility! There are some things that cannot be shied away from others unless you do nothing about them.
.Don’t worry, I won’t just let this matter go, I will continue to investigate thoroughly!”
Prince Rui said: "Third brother, don't worry. After I return to the palace, I will strictly control my servants and will not let this happen again!"
Chu Xuanchen stood up and said calmly: "Second brother, not only will the wise king investigate this matter, but I will also investigate it thoroughly."
Prince Rui sneered and said: "Brother, don't worry. I, Chu Ruochen, am upright and aboveboard. I can withstand investigation. You can investigate. I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you for now. As for these people in Jinfeng Tower, I will let you do whatever you want."
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Prince Rui said, and walked out of the courtroom with a cold face.
As soon as he walked out of the courtroom, he clenched his fists bitterly, with a sinister look on his face.
Chu Xuanchen and Chu Liuyun actually dared to ruin his good deeds and made him suffer today. He wouldn't just let it go!
After King Rui left, King Xian continued to examine the case.
Now that the evidence is conclusive and there are so many witnesses, Ruxiang and the thugs have no choice but to plead guilty under the ironclad evidence.
After they confessed their guilt, the wise king began to judge the case. The thugs gave the lightest sentence of exile, and the serious one, like Ruxiang, was death.
After the case was judged, he handed it over to the Ministry of Punishment for review. Once the Ministry of Punishment completed the review, the case was closed.