Hu Maoshen entered the royal study, glanced at Kuang Zhaoying who was kneeling on the ground, and quickly knelt down to say hello, "Your Majesty, Hu Maoshen, respectfully wishes to greet you!"
"What does it mean that Hu Aiqing came to the palace?"
The emperor asked Hu Mao to investigate the case of mountain bandits last time, but there was no progress. Now the case has surfaced on its own, but we don't know whether it is true or not.
Hu Maoshen knew that the emperor was very critical of him, so he came to the palace in a hurry.
"I have something for the Emperor to see." Hu Maoshen took out Guo Shi's confession from his arms.
The emperor glanced at Hu Maoshen suspiciously, then took the confession and read it himself.
The emperor was shocked when he saw that the signature was Guo Shi's.
"Guo Shi will go to court today, but it turns out he is at your place? Is your confession true or false? Why did Guo Shi overturn his previous confession?"
Kuang Zhaoying, who was kneeling on the ground without daring to raise his head, suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. He felt that Guo Shi's confession must be related to the two cases this time.
Sure enough, Hu Maoshen's subsequent words confirmed his thoughts.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Wan and Mr. Song are really wronged! The fraud case is completely false, and the bandit case is also framed by someone. Mr. Wan and Mr. Song are loyal to you!"
When Kuang Zhaoying heard this, he almost collapsed on the ground. He only felt that his eyes were going dark for a while. If Wan Xuenian was not dead yet, then the matter must have turned around. Who would have thought that Wan Xuenian would learn from it through his death?
Will the emperor settle the scores? Will the Wan family let him go? He can imagine that at tomorrow's court meeting, those censors will definitely impeach him and torture him to extract a confession, forcing Mr. Wan to death.
He had just seen that the emperor was remorseful, and thought he still had some affection for Mr. Wan. Now that he knew that Mr. Wan was wronged, wouldn't he regret it even more?
Kuang Zhaoying was kicked out of the imperial study and forced to kneel outside the imperial study.
"What? Mr. Wan committed suicide?" Hu Maoshen was surprised when he heard the news. He suddenly thought of Gu Chengyu. Could it be that Gu Chengyu thought of a way to make Wan Xuenian commit suicide? But what about Song Shujing? Why didn't she die?
Gu Chengyu told him that the two adults don't have to worry here. He has a way. Is this his way? Hu Maoshen was a little timid and frightened by Gu Chengyu's decisiveness and ruthlessness.
Gu Chengyu didn't know that Hu Maoshen had misunderstood him. There was no news about him in prison, and he didn't know that Wan Xuenian was dead. He had been waiting for half a day, and no official came. He was thinking in his heart, what happened? Will they
They were all left to dry in the cell.
Sun Xian had just come out of He Mansion. Chengyu's senior brother Yin Kun said that he would find a way for Chengyu. He also took care of it at Dali Temple, thinking that he would not suffer too much. Sun Xian did not go to the second senior brother Wu An's place.
Yin Kun said that Wu An went to Gu Chengyu to establish a relationship.
As for He Jisheng, Yin Kun didn't know. He went to He Mansion and was intercepted outside. The concierge told him that He Jisheng was not at the manor and his whereabouts were unknown.
The banknotes in Sun Xian's arms were not given away, although Ming Mo and the others said that they would just wait in the mansion. However, it was definitely not possible for Sun Xian to sit there and wait for death after such a big thing happened. He and Gu
Wan was anxious in her heart.
Then he took the banknote and started running for Gu Chengyu. He didn't know what happened to Ye Zhiqiu. Ye Zhiqiu went to Zhu Pang and Zheng Lun's house. In fact, they also knew that they had no choice. What they wanted to beg was their elders, so Ye Zhiqiu took
Got a lot of silver.
The emperor looked at Hu Maoshen with a pair of eagle eyes. His face darkened and he just looked at Hu Maoshen without saying a word. Hu Maoshen was lying on the ground and did not dare to raise his head. Cold sweat was dripping on his forehead. He could only feel those eyes staring at him, and the cold air invaded his spine.
It made him tremble uncontrollably.
"Are you saying that the eldest prince was responsible for the mountain bandit case and that the eldest prince was responsible for framing the imperial officials?"
The emperor's voice was smooth and steady, but Hu Maoshen felt that this was the prelude to the coming storm.
"Yes! Liu Dong, an assistant leader of the eldest prince's palace, participated in this matter. As the mastermind of the mountain bandit case, he led people to various palaces and cities to commit crimes. He intercepted and killed merchants and caravans, adding up to 16 people.
We returned and intercepted no less than 1.8 million taels of dirty silver."
Hu Maoshen faced the emperor's cold gaze and told the matter in detail.
"During the Fengding Mansion case, a token was left behind."
After Hu Maoshen finished speaking, he took out a bronze medal from his arms. The emperor immediately stepped forward to take it, holding it in his hand and looking at it carefully.
"The style of the token is that of a fourth-grade official, but there is no official name on it, so the token is fake." The emperor snorted coldly and threw the token in front of Hu Maoshen.
Hu Maoshen was shocked. It was impossible. He had always kept the token personally. It also had Liu Dong's name on it. How could it be fake? He quickly took the token to look at it and found that this one was indeed somewhat different from the previous one. There was also something on it.
No official name.
Hu Mao gritted his teeth deeply. He was afraid that he would be tricked by the eldest prince and the others. How could Liu Dong be so careless and bring the token back to him? Liu Dong was highly skilled in martial arts. With this token, no matter where he committed a crime, there would be no one.
Officials dared to encircle and suppress them.
When he finally stopped, he left the token in Yingnan Mansion. He thought that Liu Dong had accidentally missed it. After taking the token away, he kept it personally and kept it in the hands of others. Today, he just left it in the darkroom.
I took it out, but I didn’t expect that the token had already been transferred.
Suddenly, he thought of a possibility. This Liu Dong should really be killed by a thousand cuts. He was played by the eldest prince and the others. He had been following Liu Dong and the others, hoping to find evidence. Liu Dong and the others might have been annoyed by him.
Just wanted to tease him.
He deliberately left the token in Yingnan Mansion, and then took the opportunity to take it back, leaving him to fetch water in a bamboo basket. There must be an insider from the eldest prince and the others in his mansion. After thinking about it, he felt that everyone was suspicious, and he became suspicious.
Arrived in Hoi An.
"Hu Maoshen, do you know what it is to slander the prince?" The emperor's voice suddenly sounded like thunder, frightening Hu Maoshen until he turned pale.
"Your Majesty, everything Wei Chen said is true. This token has been transferred. Even without this token, the other witnesses and confessions are true. Guo Shi and several other witnesses are in Wei Chen's mansion.
Waiting for the emperor’s summons.”
"Why did Guo Shi go to your house? Why did he overturn his previous confession? It's hard to understand that you arrested him and wanted to beat him into submission?" The emperor narrowed his eyes. Arresting people for interrogation is a matter for Dali Temple, but Hu Maoshen dared to
Yue Zu takes his place.
Moreover, Guo Shi had previously sworn that Wan Xuenian and Song Shujing had cheated in the imperial examination, but now he overturned the confession within a day, which is really puzzling.
"Your Majesty, Guo Shi was chased not far from the palace gate yesterday. Fortunately, he was saved by Wei Chen, and this is how he made these confessions."
The emperor sat back on his chair. From the current point of view, Hu Maoshen's evidence is very sufficient. Except for the token, everything else must be verified through verification.