In late November, Uncle Feng, the Marquis of Yuanling, sued King Su Zhao Run. This incident caused an uproar in Daliang City and became a hot topic among the people of Daliang.
Under this situation, the Ministry of Punishment, Daliang Mansion, the Internal Affairs Supervisor, and the Green Crows all mobilized one after another, hoping to curb the public opinion that was unfavorable to King Su Zhao Hongrun. However, because this incident spread throughout the country in just one or two days,
City, so much so that these four forces split up and failed to suppress this public opinion.
In view of this result, the imperial court finally couldn't hold it any longer, and finally on November 25th, His Majesty Chui Gong issued a notice, "Daliang Mansion President Chu Shu Li", the new "Xingbu Shangshu Tang Zheng", "Dali Temple Qingzheng"
Xu Rong and the three of them worked together to thoroughly investigate the case.
After receiving the order from Chui Gong Palace, the Prime Minister of Daliang Mansion, Chu Shuli, was at a loss. The reason was very simple, because the defendant in the case was Su Wang Zhao Run. If anything went wrong in this case, then he, the Prime Minister of Daliang Mansion, would probably be the one to take the responsibility.
It's over.
After thinking about it, Chu Shuli first sent someone to invite Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, and Xurong, the minister of Dali Temple. The three chief investigators of the case met first in Daliang Mansion.
It has to be said that not only Chu Shuli was at a loss about this, but Tang Zheng and Xu Rong also secretly complained.
During this period, Xu Rong smiled bitterly and said: "This case should be decided by the Zongfu."
This is true. In the Wei State, any case involving the royal family will basically be adjudicated by the Zongfu. However, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun is a direct member of the Ji Zhao royal family. Cases involving him actually caused the Daliang Mansion to be judged.
, the Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple made the decision, which made Chu Shuli, Tang Zheng, and Xu Rong smile bitterly beyond their surprise.
Of course, the three of them actually knew the reason - to avoid suspicion.
After all, it is known to everyone in the court that the person currently in charge of the power in the Zongfu is not Zhao Yuanyan, who serves as Zongzheng, but Zhao Yuanli, the King of Yi, who serves as Zongling.
It is no exaggeration to say that the position of "Zong Ling" seems to be the assistant officer of "Zong Zheng", but in fact, it has emptied the latter's authority.
And this King Yi Zhao Yuanli, who is currently in charge of the power in the clan, is precisely the Sixth Uncle who loved King Su Zhao Hongrun the most since he was a child.
When King Su Zhao Hongrun was not valued by Emperor Wei, the relationship between uncle and nephew Zhao Yuanli and Zhao Hongrun was better than that of father and son.
Because of this incident, there was even a rumor spread in Daliang, saying that King Yi Zhao Yuanli loved Su King Zhao Hongrun very much. Because he did not have a son or a half daughter, he begged Emperor Wei to adopt the latter to him, but unfortunately he was rejected by Emperor Wei.
Rejected.
Therefore, since the defendant this time is none other than King Su Zhao Hongrun, Zong Ling Zhao Yuanli should not come forward in order to avoid suspicion. Otherwise, even if the case is finally verified by the Zongfu and has nothing to do with King Su Zhao Hongrun, it will be difficult to gain the trust of the public.
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"What do you two adults think of this?" Chu Shuli asked Tang Zheng and Xu Rongdao.
Hearing this, Xu Rong stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Let's listen to Tang Shangshu's advice first. Tang Shangshu was Zhou Shangshu's right-hand man." The Zhou Shangshu in his mouth refers to Zhou Yan, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice who was killed.
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Because Xu Rong was the oldest among the three and Tang Zheng was the youngest. Therefore, seeing that Xu Rong had reached this point, Tang Zheng could not refuse. He frowned and said, "Tang thought that this matter would not happen."
It was King Su who did it... I believe the two elders know something about King Su's temper and character. Is he someone who would condone his subordinates to avenge themselves?"
"Master Tang, what you mean is that Marquis Yuanling and others framed Prince Su?" Chu Shuli, the chief minister of Daliang Mansion, frowned and said, "But frame-up is a serious crime, not to mention that the frame-up is a prince..."
After hearing this, Tang Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "This is exactly the reason why Tang couldn't figure it out... For example, Yuan Linghou and others should be framed for the crime of framing the prince. The lightest one can be reduced, or the most serious one can be exiled from the army. I really don't think so.
I don’t know what reason and confidence he has to do this.”
"Master Tang, what you mean is..." Dali Temple Qingzheng Xu Rong's expression changed slightly.
Seeing this, Tang Zheng quickly waved his hand and explained: "No, no, no, Master Xu, please don't misunderstand. Tang did not doubt King Su. Tang just felt that only under one possibility would Yuan Linghou and others dare...
...No, that's why I would do this." As he spoke, he glanced at Chu Shuli and Xu Rong, and lowered his voice and said: "For example, when he was forced to have no choice but to take dangerous measures... I believe that King Su's actions in the past few days have been very different.
The adults also saw it. King Su wooed Chengling King Zhao Shen and others, but pushed Yuanling Marquis Feng Shu and others to the opposite side. This shows that King Su had the intention of eradicating the nobility in the country. Maybe Yuanling Hou Feng Shu and others also saw clearly.
Because of the situation, he believed that disaster was just around the corner, so it made sense to strike preemptively, ruin King Su's reputation, and unite the nobles in the country to resist King Su's suppression."
"It makes sense."
Chu Shuli, the chief minister of Daliang Mansion, and Xu Rong, the minister of Dali Temple, nodded in agreement.
And while these three adults were gathering in Daliang Mansion to discuss, Zhao Hongrun was also talking about this matter with the clan guards in the study of Prince Su's Mansion with a sneer on his face.
As the person involved, Zhao Hongrun naturally knows best whether he has sent anyone to do this.
The answer is of course no - he would only give such an order unless his head was squeezed by the door panel.
But the key point is that at the banquet at Prince Qing’s Mansion that day, he, Zhao Hongrun, did say in front of everyone that he was going to ask the Yanling Army to disturb the shop under the name of Marquis Yuanling. Unexpectedly, half a month later, Yuanling
The shops in the city under the name of Marquis Yuanling were actually attacked by unknown persons.
"Quite smart, this Marquis Yuanling..."
Sitting behind the desk in the study, Zhao Hongrun rubbed his chin and said with great interest: "In order to frame this king, he would not hesitate to secretly ask people to attack the shop under his name. It is quite ruthless, but it is a pity... hum!"
Speaking of this, there was a hint of disdain in his eyes.
The reason is very simple, because in the past half month, he has secretly ordered the Qingya people in Shangshui to send people to investigate the various crimes of Yuanlinghou Fengshu's family, corruption and perversion of the law. As expected, it was found that Yuanlinghou's family was guilty of illegal acts.
annexing land through channels, secretly manipulating rice prices and many other crimes.
Of course, this is not surprising. As long as the domestic nobles are extremely wealthy, there are not many clean ones. As long as you are willing to investigate, you can always find clues.
In view of this incident, Zhao Hongrun suspected that Uncle Feng, the Marquis of Yuanling, noticed that he, Zhao Hongrun, had sent the Green Crows to track down the evidence of his family's crimes. Therefore, he jumped over the wall and robbed and destroyed the shop under his name. This was used to frame him, Zhao Hongrun, and beat him up.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun didn't care, because in his opinion, the truth could not be contained. As long as the Daliang Mansion, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple sent people to investigate the case, the truth would come to light sooner or later.
In the evening, Zongwei Mu Qing told Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, Daliang Mansion has sent someone to summon you to go to Daliang Mansion to confront the Marquis of Yuanling at six o'clock tomorrow."
Zhao Hongrun nodded: "You go and reply, I will go there on time."
"Yes." Mu Qing clasped his fists and left.
The next day, Zhao Hongrun got up early, rebelled in the mansion, and then took a carriage to Daliang Mansion under the protection of the clan guards.
When Zhao Hongrun arrived in front of the Daliang Mansion Office, many carriages were already parked outside the doorstep.
In front of the official office door, Chengling King Zhao Shen and Anping Hou Zhao Tan were standing there whispering something, and when they saw the carriage of Prince Su's Mansion parked leisurely in front of the official office door, Chengling King Zhao Shen and Anping Hou Zhao Tan came over and talked with them.
Zhao Hongrun said hello as he got into the carriage.
"Are you two coming to the show too?"
Zhao Hongrun greeted Chengling King Zhao Shen and Anping Hou Zhao Tan at a discount - after the collapse of the noble camp, Chengling King Zhao Shen and Anping Hou Zhao Tan both chose to go to his side, so Zhao Hongrun was quite polite when greeting them.
However, the faces of Chengling King Zhao Shen and Anping Hou Zhao Tan were filled with solemnity.
"His Royal Highness King Su."
Chengling King Zhao Shen looked around and lowered his voice and said: "Yuanling Hou Feng Shu and others are already in the official office... Your Highness, I feel that something is not right about this matter."
"What do you mean?" Zhao Hongrun looked at Chengling King Zhao Shen in confusion.
Seeing this, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan frowned and said, "Just now, when we saw Marquis Yuanling, our faces were full of anger. It didn't look like he was being fake..."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun said with some displeasure: "Is Marquis Anping doubting me?"
"This is absolutely not the intention." Anping Hou Zhao Tan shook his head, and then lowered his voice and said: "Anyone can hear what His Highness said that day, just to scare Yuanling Hou into submission, but..."
As soon as he said this, he saw a greeting coming from the door: "His Royal Highness King Su."
The Marquis of Anping Zhao Tan then stopped talking and turned around with Zhao Hongrun and Chengling King Zhao Shen. They happened to see Chu Shuli, the Prime Minister of Daliang Mansion, Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, and Xu Rong, the Minister of Dali Temple, coming out of the mansion to greet them.
After a few words of greetings, Zhao Hongrun, led by Chu Shuli, Tang Zheng, and Xu Rong, went to the main hall of Daliang Mansion. In the hall, he saw Sun Mou, the Marquis of Huyao, Uncle Feng, the Marquis of Yuanling, Zhao Jian, the Marquis of Wanlong, Jiang Dan, the Marquis of Gaoyang, and Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng.
, Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, Ji Yan, Marquis of Kuangcheng and other local princes were already waiting in the hall.
When he saw Zhao Hongrun, Uncle Feng, the Marquis of Yuanling, had his eyes wide open and spit fire. He looked fierce as if he wanted to eat Zhao Hongrun alive. Zhao Hongrun was slightly stunned when he looked at him - this guy who was clearly framed by him, why did he look like this?
appearance?
Because the case was an internal trial of the Daliang Mansion and was not open to the public, therefore, seeing that the two parties had arrived, the Daliang Mansion Chief Chu Shuli began the trial.
Seeing this, Uncle Feng, the Marquis of Yuanling, couldn't wait to speak first and sputtered a lot of accusations against Zhao Hongrun.
"...That day at the banquet at Prince Qing's Mansion, Prince Su threatened me with words in full view of everyone. I thought it was just a joke, but I didn't expect that Prince Su went so far as to bully me and actually sent someone to attack me.
family property."
As the presiding judge, the Daliang Mansion glanced at Zhao Hongrun and saw the latter looking at Yuanlinghou Feng Shu with some confusion, although he asked the latter: "Yuanlinghou, how are you sure it was King Su's subordinates who did it?
Is there any misunderstanding in this?"
"Misunderstanding?" Uncle Feng, the Marquis of Yuanling, sneered, pointed at Zhao Hongrun and said in a deep voice: "Reporting to your lord, Xiaohou has already sent someone to confirm that when the family property of my Feng family was attacked, there happened to be an army under King Su.
The branch road passes through Yuanling County... Is this a misunderstanding?!"
"..." Chu Shuli frowned when he heard this, turned to look at Zhao Hongrun, and asked: "Your Highness, Prince Su, what do you want to say about this?"
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was staring at Uncle Feng, Marquis of Yuanling.
Just as Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, said, Uncle Feng, the Marquis of Yuanling, looked like he was going to attack the enemy to investigate, and there was no sign of any guilty conscience at all.
If this is an act, Zhao Hongrun must admit that Yuanling Hou Feng Shu is pretending to be very similar, which can be said to be fake.