The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2201 Perjury
About an hour later, Di Renjie returned from the palace to the Dali Temple. Today, in the court hall, Lai Junchen pointed the finger at Qi Guogong again, and there are fewer and fewer people standing up to speak for Qi Guogong in the court hall. There used to be Duke Lu, but ever since Lai Junchen impeached Duke Qi, Duke Lu has been saying in the mansion that he is sick, and has not entered the palace for more than a month.

Without Lu Guogong taking the lead in speaking in the court hall, the number of people who spoke for Qi Guogong was naturally less and less, and the voices became smaller and smaller. At first, there were quite a few people who spoke for Qi Guogong, but after such a long time, His Majesty also If you don't express your opinion, it will inevitably make people feel a little bit drummed.

It stands to reason that His Majesty trusts Qi Guogong's family the most. Last year, even such a big matter as the bank was handed over to Qi Guogong with confidence. In order to keep Qi Guogong, he even sacrificed a leader of the Baiqi Division. Uncharacteristically, His Majesty did not speak for the Duke of Qi, nor did he favor the Duke of Qi. This matter has been left hanging like this, and Lai Junchen is left to participate in the performance and investigate.

Everyone couldn't guess what His Majesty was thinking or what His Majesty wanted to do, so their voices naturally became smaller and smaller, and they were also afraid that if they were careless, they would get involved again.

"grown ups."

When Di Renjie walked into the front hall, Xu Zhengqing was still waiting in the front hall.

"How's it going? Did you gain anything?" Di Renjie asked.

"I found out some things, but they need to be verified." Xu Zhengqing said: "However, the lower official feels that what he said may be true in all likelihood."

"Let's listen." Di Renjie found a place to sit down, picked up the tea on the table, and took a few sips.

"The man's name is Zhao Zheng, and he is not a distant relative of Dang Renhong. His identity is false, but he revealed another identity." Xu Zhengqing said: "He said he was the former Luoyang county magistrate. Nephew, because Qi Guogong went to Luoyang to investigate the bank case last year and killed his uncle, the former Luoyang county magistrate. He had a grudge and came to Chang'an for revenge, so he pretended to be Dang Renhong's distant nephew and used a fake letter to frame Qi Guogong. "

"Zhao Zheng? The nephew of the former Luoyang county magistrate?" Di Renjie asked suspiciously: "No, how could he know about Dang Renhong's corruption more than ten years ago? Those things in his heart can't be found out casually." .”

"So, the lower official felt that there must be someone instigated behind Zhao Zheng. Zhao Zheng wanted revenge, and that person wanted Duke Laqi to get off his horse, so the two hit it off." Xu Zhengqing said, "But the lower official didn't ask. Zhao Zheng refused to say who the person was, but the lower official said, give him an hour to think about it in the cell, so the lower official will still go to the cell for a while."

"Well, I will change my clothes later and go with you." Di Renjie said.

What Xu Zhengqing was suspicious of was also what Di Renjie suspected. Zhao Zheng's actions must not be something he could do alone. Not to mention anything else, how could he be so clear about Dang Renhong's handwriting? Finding someone to imitate Dang Renhong's handwriting almost deceived His Majesty.

"My lord, in fact, I suspect that Lai Junchen may be behind Zhao Zheng." Xu Zhengqing said.

"Zhengqing, there is no evidence for this, so don't talk nonsense." Di Renjie said.

"Doesn't your lord think that this matter is too much of a coincidence?" Xu Zhengqing said: "Under all kinds of coincidences, it cannot but be suspected."

Di Renjie frowned. Before there were any clues or evidence, Di Renjie would not arbitrarily choose someone to suspect, because it would affect his judgment on a matter, but when Xu Zhengqing said this, he remembered What Li Chengqian said to him when he was in Xuanzheng Palace.

Forget it, let's check it out, if this matter is really related to Lai Junchen, then Lai Junchen will not be able to escape no matter what.

Skynet is not leaky, as long as things are done by him, there will be loopholes.

Di Renjie changed his clothes and went to the cell with Xu Zhengqing.

Zhao Zheng was locked in the cell, sitting on the hay on the ground, not knowing what he was thinking, even Di Renjie and Xu Zhengqing were standing outside the cell door.

"Zhao Zheng, have you thought about it?" Xu Zhengqing asked first.

Hearing Xu Zhengqing's voice, Zhao Zheng turned around and looked at the two people at the door of the cell.

"I didn't expect Mr. Di to come to the cell in person." Zhao Zheng ignored Xu Zhengqing's question, but instead focused on Di Renjie: "It seems that Mr. Di is working very hard every day. Before going to court, you must I'm busy arresting people, I'm going back to Dali Temple, and I have to come to interrogate people non-stop."

"This is my duty." Di Renjie said.

Zhao Zheng chuckled.

Zhao Zheng didn't have a good impression of Di Renjie, because Di Renjie was related to Qi Guogong Xuan Shijing. No one knew that Di Renjie was Qi Guogong's favorite student. It was because of Qi Guogong that Di Renjie entered the court as an official.

In Zhao Zheng's eyes, Di Renjie is the "Dang Peng" of Qi Guogong Xuan Shijing.He has a grudge against Xuan Shijing, so naturally he won't have any good looks towards the "Dang Peng" beside Xuan Shijing.

"Have you thought about it? To protect the person behind you?" Di Renjie asked.

"How can your lord be so confident that someone ordered me behind my back? I did all these things myself." Zhao Zheng said.

"Impossible." Di Renjie said.

"Does your lord have evidence?" Zhao Zhengfan asked.

"You don't know Dang Renhong so well. You know that even his handwriting can be imitated. Dang Renhong made his fortune by fighting in the army. The handwriting will not be leaked out, even if it is your uncle, it is impossible to know Dang Renhong's handwriting, so you did not find someone to forge that letter, but there are officials from the DPRK and China behind your back to help you." Di Renjie said: "It is still an official who has access to Dang Renhong's file, or someone who has a relationship with such an official, can forge such a similar letter."

Zhao Zhengwen said, and smiled.

"Master Di really deserves his reputation." Zhao Zheng said.

"It's just speculation based on the facts." Di Renjie said: "So I advise you, don't continue to hide it, maybe the people behind you have already abandoned you, and you were caught in this cell by Dali Temple , he is probably already thinking about how to keep himself, and killed you to silence him."

(End of this chapter)