Speaking of being buried alive, Li Linfu raised his hand slightly and motioned for the maid to ask questions on his behalf, giving Xue Bai a chance to explain.
"Xue Bai, why did Han Chaozong let you out of Jingzhao Mansion?"
"He hates Ji Wen."
"What?"
The maid was looking at the doubtful points drawn with a red pen on the file and asking questions according to the script. She was surprised for a moment and subconsciously asked one more question without permission.
"Han Chaozong said, 'Chicken tongue plague is extremely disgusting. If I want to do it, how can I allow him to have people block the door?'" Xue Bai said: "I am not the only one who heard this."
"Absurd!" Ji Wen interrupted: "Right Prime Minister, this guy is talking nonsense! What a bunch of nonsense!"
Yang Shenjin said loudly: "Right Prime Minister, Han Chaozong's style is indeed like this."
Xue Bai felt that it would be better for Yang Shenjin not to ask for help.
Li Linfu really didn't like hearing what Yang Shenjin said, so he shouted: "Shut up, everyone."
"Here."
The maid continued to ask: "The concierge said that Xin Twelve is chasing you out, can you see him?"
"I noticed him as soon as he went out. I was afraid that he would stop me, so I put out the lantern and went around to Pingkangfang, which is the east gate of the square. Marquis Wu of Fanglou can testify."
"You met the Ji family servants in Daozhengfang? Why did you let them go to Ji Dalang?"
Xue Bai said: "Yes, I became suspicious of Ji Wen and checked his son."
What he said to Jiaonu was that Jiwen was shielding Wang Zhi, and the sons of the two families happened to be gambling together, which was very suspicious. Jiaonu must have told Li Linfu this, and there was no need to say it in the hall at this time.
"Since the servants of the Ji family have gone, why do you go too?"
"I became suspicious of Ji Wen. I suspected that he sent people to walk at night because he wanted to communicate with the East Palace..."
"You are the one who is suspicious!" Ji Wen was furious and interrupted again: "Every time the dead men of the East Palace kill people, you are there!"
"Yes, I am too eager to commit crimes. I will pursue the investigation as soon as I find clues."
That’s it.”
Ji Wen said: "Xiu just pretending here, you are colluding with the East Palace..."
"That's enough!" Li Linfu angrily shouted: "What's Donggong's crime? That you dare to use the word 'collusion'?!"
——Find out the evidence of Dong Gong’s crime first, trash!
Ji Wen finally realized that he had done things too badly and made his right minister angry. Since Xue Bai was born, his right minister's requirements for doing things have become stricter.
Cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead.
The idea just now is wrong. How can we argue with people like Yang Shenjin, Xue Bai, and Guo Qianli who can really do things on business matters?
This is to use one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points.
Just change your strategy.
~~
Ji Wen rolled his eyes, bearing Li Linfu's anger, and spoke generously: "Right Prime Minister! Even if the dead men of the East Palace are not hiding in the Yang family's house, Xue Bai must have colluded with the East Palace. He killed my slave.
Ironclad proof!"
He had given up dealing with Yang Shenjin and only attacked Xue Bai.
Xue Bai was not in a hurry, and waited for a while before retorting: "I can admit that I killed your slaves, but why did I kill them?"
"You saved Du Shi!"
"Then why did you detain Du Shi?"
"She colluded with the East Palace!"
"What's the crime in the East Palace? You might as well go to the Ten Prince's House and take away all the princes and grandsons."
Ji Wen was furious and saluted towards the screen and said: "Right Prime Minister, what kind of sophistry does this Zhuzi say?"
Li Xiu finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Ji Wen, you were the one who sent people to detain Du family first. Just tell me what evidence you have and stop messing around."
Ji Wen was stunned and secretly thought, how could Li Julang speak for outsiders?
He had no idea why Mrs. Du was in his villa.
So he threw out his only evidence.
"This matter is simple. All I need to do is let my slave confront the two right Xiao guards around Xue Bai and the Du sisters. Whoever killed the person will be known immediately!"
"So Jifa Cao asked his slaves to testify when handling the case?"
Even Luo Xishi frowned, secretly thinking that this kind of matter could only be handled by lackeys like him. How could Ji Wen dare to ask the right minister in person?
But Li Linfu still ordered to go ahead and invite someone to confront him.
Xue Bai then said: "Right Prime Minister, I would like to interrogate Wu Kangcheng. Where is the evidence that Ji Wen has against Yang Zhongcheng? If there is no evidence, why would Ji Wen dare to ask Right Prime Minister to mobilize troops?"
"bring."
"Here."
Not long after, the Ji family's slaves and the Tian family brothers all arrived.
"Right Prime Minister, these seven slaves are in the Prime Minister's Mansion asking questions, while the Tian brothers are waiting for Xue Bai in the front yard at dawn."
"Okay!" Ji Wen was overjoyed, "Let them confront each other first!"
~~
Tian Shenyu's armor was taken off, and the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion came forward to search his body.
This made him very worried. He knew that his secret would be exposed as soon as he was asked, so he couldn't help but call out, wanting to hear Tian Shengong's voice.
"Brother."
"What's your name? What's wrong with touching you?" Tian Shengong said impatiently. He raised his hands and apologized to the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion and said with a smile: "I'm dirty, brothers, please forgive me."
"You guys are pretty clean."
"Really?" Tian Shengong responded: "I've been coming to Youxiang Mansion a lot lately, so be careful."
"Put it on."
The two guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion looked cold and threw away their thick coats.
They took the Tian brothers to the lobby, walked towards the steward Cang Bi, and reported a few words in a low voice.
"Boss, I searched and found no hidden weapons."
"Um."
"Also, he doesn't smell of blood at all, and there's no blood between his fingernails."
Cang Bi nodded and turned to the screen cautiously.
…
In the hall, someone started crying loudly. It was a slave from the Ji family. She pointed at Xue Bai and the Tian brothers and said, "It's them...it's them who killed many people..."
Yang Zhao immediately stepped out and asked, "What do you say?"
"The villain did not kill anyone." Tian Shengong said: "The villain followed Xue Bai to investigate the case on the order of the Right Prime Minister. Xue Bai said that Ji Wen had snatched important witnesses in order to gain credit, so he asked the villain to snatch it back, but he did not dare to go to the official residence.
He kills people, and he doesn’t know why he kills people.”
Yang Zhao took two steps.
Tian Shenyu knelt behind Tian Shengong. When she saw him coming, she couldn't help but said: "It's over. Yang Canjun knows that I'm simple-minded, so he's trying to trick me. What can I say? In the worst case, I'll recruit him and send him to the border army."
It's a pity that Yang Zhao never cared about which of their brothers was careful and which was rough.
He didn't care whether Xue Bai or Ji Wen died, but he didn't allow anyone to pour dirty water on You Xiaowei's head.
Taking two steps towards Ji Wen's slave, Yang Zhao said, "He said he didn't kill her."
Ji Wen quickly winked, indicating to Yang Zhao that he would be offering great benefits, and urged other slaves to identify him.
"Say it quickly."
"It's them, the servant saw it in secret..."
"Right Prime Minister." Xue Bai said: "Ji Wen is the master of these slaves. He is constantly persecuting them. This is forcing them to give false testimony. I request that these slaves be taken down, questioned individually, and anonymously given evidence."
"Absurd! You are making trouble unreasonably."
"I think you are trying to cover up your secret and make others frame me." Xue Bai said: "Otherwise, why can the East Palace, which regards human life as an ant, still stand? Is it true that Li Heng has no flaws, or is there someone behind the scenes?
, the rod killed thousands of people in one year, but it couldn't even move a hair on his head?!"
"Xue Bai! You are so slanderous!"
"I just let the witnesses give evidence anonymously, who did I criticize?"
Ji Wen only felt that this matter was a big deal in the world. If he was to be interrogated, he would be interrogated. Why would he need anonymous evidence?
Li Linfu didn't care whether it was funny or not, he just knew that if someone colluded with the prince, it would be easier to find out by anonymous evidence.
A female servant turned out of the screen and took the slaves down.
Ji Wen also calmed down, thinking that in the face of the facts, no matter how he presented evidence, it would not make any difference.
It's strange to say that as the legal director of Jingzhao Prefecture, the word "fact" jumped into his mind and felt a little strange.
~~
A carriage stopped in front of the gate of Youxiang Mansion.
Du Mei and Du Jin held hands with each other and got off the carriage, walked into the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and waited in the veranda in the front yard.
They were temporarily summoned by people from the Prime Minister's Mansion, apparently for the purpose of the Xuanyangfang Villa.
Feeling the solemn atmosphere here, Du Wei's eyes became more worried.
"Second mother."
"It doesn't matter." Du Jin patted her hand and whispered, "We can just answer whatever the right minister asks."
The strange thing is that after they waited for a long time, no one came from the Youxiang Mansion to call them for questioning.
Just wait.
Du Wei couldn't help but wonder, and recalled that when she left the house last night, Xue Bai hadn't left yet, and was standing there thinking.
I don’t know what he did later in the Ji family’s house.
~~
A female maid walked into the lobby and walked around the screen.
"Alang, my slaves have asked, and all six slaves are sure that it was Xue Bai and the Tian brothers who committed the murder. But one of them said it was not them."
Li Linfu was not surprised and just asked: "Who is it?"
"The slave didn't see it clearly. She only said that it was not long after Xue Bai robbed the person that someone came to the other house to kill people. When she heard the screams, she hid in the flower garden and didn't dare to look. She didn't know anything else."
"It's normal to kill people at night without seeing them clearly." Li Linfu asked: "Is there anything else?"
"She said that she is a lowly slave and will be hanged to death if she dares to file a complaint against her master. Please don't tell me that she told the truth."
Li Linfu, the dignified prime minister, rarely asked about these details in person. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Let Luo Qiang check."
"Here."
After all, they are just specious things.
Li Linfu was getting older and hadn't slept all night. He couldn't bear it anymore. He closed his eyes and thought that he might as well take all the suspicious ones to trial.
It's just that although there are many people under his command, not many dare to risk their lives to deal with the East Palace.
It is not appropriate for Wang Xie to investigate, Ji Wen and Xue Bai are biting each other... After much calculation, there is only Luo Xishi.
Presumably with this order, Ji Wen will give some benefits, and Luo Xishi will definitely find out that Xue Bai colluded with Dong Palace, a group of losers.
Just as he was thinking about this, Cang Bi rushed over.
"Alang, we just found important physical evidence."
It was a piece of paper that had not been burned cleanly. The four words "See the word and obey the order" could be recognized on it. The calligraphy was excellent, and a corner of the seal could also be seen.
Li Linfu narrowed his eyes slightly and recognized the seal.
The official seal of the East Palace.
This piece of paper is indeed an order for the subordinates of the East Palace to communicate with each other.
"Where did you find it?"
"There are traces of paper dust stuck to the bottom of Jixiang's boots. Jixiang must have been present when the letter was burned and accidentally stepped on it."
Li Linfu turned his head suddenly, murderous intent evident in his eyes.
Cang Bi was startled and said quickly: "No wonder Huangfu Weiming's case was unable to touch the East Palace. Is it possible that the dogs we have raised for two or three years are not yet mature?"
He is a confidant of the Prime Minister's Mansion. He really does not lack Ji Wen's filial piety. He is afraid that Li Heng will ascend the throne. He also personally went outside the city to check whether it was true that Xue Bai was buried alive in the East Palace.
Isn't a wolfdog who "repays favors and repays debts" more useful than a stupid dog who picks up shit and eats it everywhere?
~~
In the hall, everyone was tired after experiencing too long a silence.
Finally, a junior official from Jingzhao Mansion reported: "Right Prime Minister, Wu Kangcheng has arrived."
When Ji Wen heard this, he suddenly understood a lot of things. He trembled and shouted, "I understand! It was Xue Bai who harmed me intentionally. Right Prime Minister, Ji Wen admitted that he was eager for success and misunderstood Yang Zhongcheng..."
"Misunderstand?!"
Yang Shenjin's anger finally broke out. He stood up suddenly, pointed at Ji Wen and cursed: "You said it was a misunderstanding now?! How dare you let me raid your home?!"
Ji Wen was so anxious that he didn't even bother to pay attention to Yang Shenjin, and just explained to Li Linfu.
"Young Minister Mingjing, the reason why I misunderstood Yang Zhongcheng is because Xue Bai and Wu Kangcheng colluded. They took advantage of my desire to win credit and deliberately defrauded me. Right Minister, Wu Kangcheng is not allowed to question, but can only be tortured to extract a confession!"
"
"There is no need for a trial." Li Linfu said calmly.
"Here."
Wu Kangcheng, who had just been brought here, was actually taken away again like this.
Ji Wen was overjoyed, knowing that he had found the key.
He struck while the iron was hot and cried loudly: "Right Prime Minister, it turns out that Xue Bai framed Ji Wen in all this. Please make the decision for Ji Wen... My son, he died so miserably!"
Xue Bai became calmer and calmer.
What slaves and sons, more than thirty people died, does Li Linfu really care about these?
There was a lot of arguing tonight, but no one was arguing about a key issue - where the dead men in the East Palace were hidden.
Li Linfu already knew the answer to this question, because Xue Bai said yesterday afternoon that he was at Wang Weang's villa, and Guo Qianli found out after the fire at Wang's villa in Daozhengfang.
No one in the hall mentioned it, it was just that they didn't dare to mention it.
Li Linfu dared to mention it and asked: "Wang Fei, what do you think?"
Wang Fei remained silent for a long time, as if he was asleep. At this time, he quickly made a cross-hand salute and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, can you please allow me, my stupid brother, and my incompetent son to express my gratitude to you in private?"
Report?"
He described Wang Welding as "stupid".
Because Wang Wen does seem a bit stupid, it doesn't affect his career as an official, but he is clearly not smart.
"allow."
"Thank you, Prime Minister!"
~~
The king wanted to report secretly to the Prime Minister, so everyone in the hall had no choice but to go out and wait in the corridor.
Ji Wen looked around and asked Yang Zhao, "What do you think of Yang Canjun?"
Yang Zhao said nonchalantly: "You are all too serious. Didn't you just mess up your errand? Next time we find the hiding place of the dead men in the East Palace and raid it, that's it."
"I really doubt Xue Bai, my son..."
Yang Zhao didn't care about Ji Xiang's death and interrupted: "Then you will find the hiding place of the dead men in the East Palace and steal it. When this is done, the right minister will not keep Xue Bai."
Ji Wen was stunned for a moment, but he knew that it was Yang Zhao who saw clearly, and asked: "Am I okay this time?"
"As I said, didn't you just mess up the errand? It's not like you ransacked Wang Langzhong's house."
"That's good if you see it this way..."
Ji Wen calmed down and remembered his original thoughts.
He knew that Wang Fei had long resented Yang Shen Jin deeply, and this was the biggest reason for him to dare to search Yang Shen Jin's house.
This move can win Wang Fei's favor.
In fact, Wang Fei can decide today's matter with just one sentence.
And people like Xue Bai and Guo Qianli dared to suspect that Wang Fei's brother was harboring the dead men of the East Palace, and they didn't even know how they died.
~~
After waiting for a while, Li Linfu did not call everyone back to the hall.
The three members of the Wang family came out of the lobby. Wang Xian called Luo Xishi and whispered a few words. After that, he said loudly: "The right minister is exhausted, so let's all disperse. Let's get this matter done as soon as possible."
Ji Wen was greatly surprised. He didn't expect that the dispute would only end lightly after such a long dispute.
"But, Xue Bai colluded with the East Palace..."
He was still shouting, and Luo Xishi patted him on the shoulder.
Ji Wen turned around and asked, "What did Wang Langzhong say to you?"
Luo Xishi did not answer immediately. He waited for a moment before asking.
"What promise did Dong Palace make to you?"
"What?"
Ji Wen was shocked, and when he realized what he was doing, he was completely stunned.
"I……"
The next moment, two guards held him down roughly.
"What?! It's not me! It's not me..."
Ji Wen really couldn't believe it.
Everything that happened at night was so obvious. It was clearly Xue Bai who colluded with the East Palace to frame him. Why would the Right Prime Minister doubt him?
Ji Wen struggled hard, turned around, and looked at Xue Bai with wide eyes.
——You framed me! How could you frame me? How did you frame the charges?!
~~
Xue Bai turned around calmly and ignored Ji Wen.
There is never a perfect crime, and it is impossible to cover up all the traces.
He just has more facts than Ji Wen.
In fact, as long as Ji Wen was willing to think about the business a little carefully, he would know that it was an ironclad fact that Wang Wen's house was harboring dead soldiers, and Wang Wen had no choice but to admit it to Li Linfu.
It's a pity that he is so good at making up accusations that he has never thought about taking matters seriously.
And everyone knows that Ji Wen is good at weaving crimes, so as long as it is confirmed that Ji Wen is colluding with the East Palace, no matter how many unexplained doubts there are about Xue Bai, they will all be framed by Ji Wen.
More importantly, what do Li Linfu and Wang Fei think?
What happened last night made them angry on the surface, but actually they were ecstatic in their hearts!
The East Palace kept a mass of dead men and killed thirty-eight people in one night, so that even the sixteen guards of Nanya could not find them.
Li Heng is so capable.
Just imagine, if there were two to three hundred such terrible dead soldiers, it would be possible for the prince to succeed to the throne when something unexpected happened.
Once the evidence is found and presented to the saint, Li Heng will follow in the footsteps of his former prince Li Ying.
Li Linfu and Wang Zhi actually already knew that the dead soldiers were hiding in Wang Wen's villa.
But Wang Wen was a fool and obviously didn't know anything about it. The old manager of Wang Wen's house died tonight. He must have been bribed and was silenced.
Now we are only one step away from deposing the prince, but how will he be convicted by then?
When reporting to the saints, did they say that Wang Wen was harboring dead soldiers?
Li Linfu will give Wang Fei some face.
Wang Fei must also find someone to take responsibility for this serious crime, and it is best to find the person who colluded with the East Palace, bribed the old steward, and hid the dead soldiers in his Wang family.
Regarding this issue, when Xue Bai rushed to the dark gambling house, he said something to Wang Zhun——
"The dead men of the East Palace are hiding in the Wang family's villa, but I don't doubt the Wang family. I only doubt Ji Wen. He is too suspicious tonight."
This is Xue Bai's show of goodwill to the Wang family.
Someone died in Jiwen's Xuanyangfang residence that night, and they must have harbored the dead men of the East Palace.
Therefore, as soon as the others withdrew, Wang Zhi immediately knelt down to Li Linfu and said, "Your right minister clearly knows that my brother is stupid and was taken advantage of by Ji Wen!"
~~
Li Linfu sincerely doubted Ji Wen.
There must be someone in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion who tipped off the news to help the dead men in the East Palace escape. This person knew about the arrest plan, and both Ji Wen and Xue Bai were very suspicious.
But from the beginning, he knew the answer.
Xue Bai had no motive at all. A fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old boy who had been buried alive by the East Palace took the wolves, tigers and leopards raised by the East Palace and ran around killing thirty-eight people all night. For what? To help the East Palace?
After asking a few questions and finding key evidence, it was indeed confirmed.
Of course, there are still many doubts that cannot be explained for the time being. For example, why did Dong Gong kill Ji Xiang? Did he silence him or did Ji Xiang stumble into the secret between Ji Wen and Dong Gong? For example, why Ji Wen could believe Dong Gong's promise and how did they communicate with each other?
The dignified right-hand minister does not have to do it himself, he only needs to ensure that the confidants who remain behind are loyal.
The people who use him are loyal and pose no threat to him, which is the most important thing.
As for the remaining things, arrange for people to check them out, and there will always be time to check them out.
~~
Ji Wen was dragged across the corridor.
He was still thinking why the right minister didn't believe him?
Although he handled this matter very badly, he was loyal.
After the shackles were added to his body, he realized that Xue Bai had no reason to help Dong Gong kill people in the first place. A child with no official position and no identity, why would he...
Wait, identity?
"I see!"
An idea flashed in his mind, and Ji Wen turned around and shouted excitedly.
"Xue Bai, it is indeed you! I know why you killed my son, because you found out that I sent people...because you are Xue Xiu's son! I sent people to investigate, but you killed and silenced me, and you have no conscience!"
He finally figured out why the right minister made the wrong judgment, because Xue Bai's motive had nothing to do with the whole matter! Xue Bai's motive was a coincidence. How could the right minister, who was bent on bringing down the prince, guess?
"Right Minister! Did you hear that? He is Xue Xiu's son! You sent people to kill Xue Xiu in Lantianyi!"
It's too late.
If Ji Wen had thrown out Xue Bai's life experience at the beginning and suggested that Xue Bai killed people to silence him, no matter how bizarre, exaggerated and shocking the matter was, Li Linfu might have guessed the truth or falsehood.
But in just one hour, Ji Wen changed his story three times. After he was convicted, he suddenly put forward this reason, and no one believed it.
Xue Bai turned around, looked at Ji Wen, smiled, and asked calmly: "Who is Xue Xiu?"
"You are the son of a traitor! The son of a traitor!"
"oh?"
"Xi Shi, listen to me. I sent Xin Twelve to check on Xue Bai, so Xin Twelve died..."
Xue Bai had already prepared a draft and was about to respond.
"Woo!"
Luo Xishi suddenly reached out and pinched Ji Wen's cheek, making him speechless.
His fingers are extremely strong, like iron pliers.
"Ignore it." Luo Xishi looked at Xue Bai, nodded, and said: "How can I understand chicken tongue plague? Once I say the word 'check', it must be false. If I hold you back before I die, I will see too much
Already."
"Thank you, Censor Luo, for the tip."
"It's okay, let's take care of each other in the future."
Luo Xishi smiled gently.
But when he turned his head, the smile on his face had dissipated. He glanced at Ji Wen coldly and said, "Don't disturb the peace of the Prime Minister's Mansion. It's not too late to confess properly when you get to Jingzhao Mansion Prison."
"Woo!"
Ji Wen was furious at first, and in anger Luo Xishi turned his face and refused to recognize him.
Luo Cong Ji's network, Luo Cong Ji's network!
Afterwards, when they looked into each other's eyes, he was inexplicably frightened.
In the past, they only felt that they had a close friendship with each other, but at this time, Ji Wang felt the horror of Luo Qiang for the first time in his life...
