Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 46 Confrontation in Court
"Boom."

Maozheng, the rising sun, and the sound of the morning drum in Chang'an, Ji Wen stood up and followed the female envoy to the lobby.

There was grief on his face, and his eyes were red, because it was only two quarters of an hour ago that he learned that his filial and intelligent eldest son had died.

Before getting the news, he had no worries at all.

Although there was chaos in Chang'an at night, he just investigated the wrong person when handling the case. This was not the first time. He had already handled hundreds of unjust, false and wrong cases.

As for Yang Shenjin, who was wronged this time, the official residence of Yushi Zhongcheng, so what?
When Wei Jian was investigated and dealt with by him, he was also the censor Zhongcheng, and also served as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Water Transport Envoy, etc., and he was only one step away from worshiping the prime minister.

Although Ji Wen is a small official in green robes, all the senior officials of Fei Zi are his prisoners. The reason is that he knows the mind of Prime Minister Right, and Prime Minister Right hates Yang Shenjin more and more recently.

Only the news of his son's death made Ji Wen suddenly realize that something was wrong.

There is a conspiracy!
Years of experience in prisons made him smell a terrible and dangerous atmosphere, and a chill ran down his spine. He forcibly stabilized his mind from the grief of losing his son, and had a premonition that there would be a bite next.

he has to win...

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The sage is no longer in court, and the state affairs are all entrusted to Li Linfu, so every morning and evening, officials will come to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to meet him, just like a small court meeting.

Today in the lobby is just a meeting of the confidantes of the Right Prime Minister to discuss.

When Ji Wen entered the hall, Li Linfu hadn't arrived yet, and there were already several people in the hall.

"Ji Facao is here, my condolences."

Everyone was relieved, Ji Wen responded to these hypocrisy, glanced at the lobby, and saw Luo Xixi, the master of Yushitai standing there, and leaned over to talk in a low voice.

Luo Xishi was wearing a light green official robe. Although he was only about [-] years old, he already had a majestic and stern aura.

He is as famous as Ji Wen, and the two are called "Luo Tong Ji Wang". Luo Tong is the censor and is in charge of impeachment and prosecution;The two cooperate with each other and have a perfect understanding.

"Someone wants to kill me." Ji Wen said in a low voice: "The four attacks were all aimed at me. It must not be a coincidence."

Luo Xixi quickly glanced behind the screen, and replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, no one will harm us in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."

Ji Wen didn't expect to be so warmly comforted by a cruel official in times of difficulty, and he couldn't help but be very moved.

Then, someone entered the hall, and Ji Wen looked over, seeing that it was Xue Bai, a trace of coldness appeared in his eyes.

"There's this kid everywhere all night long. Do you need to say something?"

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Xue Bai stood in the corner, not looking at Ji Wen, but observing other officials.

Now he has learned to judge ranks by the color of official robes, and knows that light green is the seventh rank, so he recognized Luo Xixi who was standing side by side with Ji Wen, and looked at him without avoiding the fierce eyes .

A few more people arrived after that.

Xue Bai met Yang Shenjin in Dali Temple. This censor Zhongcheng was wearing a crimson official robe, with three strands of long beard fluttering. He was a middle-aged handsome man. Sit on the Hu stool in the front row.

After Yang Zhao arrived, he casually comforted Ji Wen, and immediately went to say hello to Yang Shenjin.

"Yang Zhongcheng Ankang, I had the honor to meet your beautiful concubine pearl last night, and I yearn for it endlessly. I wonder if you can pass it on to me?"

Xue Bai looked at Yang Shenjin's face, and saw that the anger on Yang Shenjin's face was getting stronger, and he thought that this senior red-robed official was about to lose his temper.

Yang Shenjin just raised his hand and waved it, and replied calmly: "Yang Canjun forgive me, it's inconvenient to send it off."

Yang Zhao was taken aback.

Seeing that Yang Shenjin didn't dare to stand out last night, he obviously wanted to swallow his anger, the concubine's pearl would not be kept anyway, so it's better to be a favor, so he said a few words for Yang Shenjin.

Unexpectedly, Yang Shenjin couldn't let go of her airs today, so she didn't want to give it away.

Yang Zhao snorted coldly, glanced left and right, and stood by Ji Wen's side.

Xue Bai was curious about whom Yang Shenjin wanted to attack with his angry face?It can't be aimed at Li Linfu.

After a while, all the confidantes of the right minister arrived.

Xue Bai finally identified who Wang Chi was among the crowd, which was somewhat unexpected.

The Wang Chi who made everyone jealous looked very modest. After seeing Yang Shenjin, he bowed his back slightly, called "Cousin" in his mouth, and stood respectfully behind Yang Shenjin.

If it hadn't been for the arrogant and arrogant No. [-] evil young king in the capital calling him "Grandpa", and he was the only one in the hall wearing a light red official robe, Xue Bai would have thought he was a petty official.

If you don't understand the official system of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Hao really seems to be just a doctor from the household department, just from the fifth rank.

The official system of the Tang Dynasty has ranks, titles, honors, ranks, and dispatches. Wang Yu entered the officialdom with short qualifications and no honors to inherit, so the ranks are indeed not high.

But in fact, it depends on the power of an official, not on the rank, but on the dispatch.

For example, Du Youlin's Shanzan, who is also a fifth-rank official, is just a loose official with no real power.

However, Wang Chi was highly relied on by the sage. The sage thought he was a capable minister and felt that it would be safest to leave things to him, so he gave him a goldfish belt and a goldfish talisman. Important position, poor job.

Taxes, harmony purchases, public security, water transportation, palace construction, impeachment of officials, etc., half of the court's affairs can be intervened by the king.

Such a powerful figure is feared by everyone in the government and the opposition.

But what shocked Xue Bai was Yang Shenjin's performance.

Yang Shenjin didn't get angry at Ji Wen and Yang Zhao who copied his other house just now, instead he dared to be very rude to Wang Ji, calling him by his first name with a haughty tone.

"Wang Chi! You heard about what happened last night, this is the friend you made?!"

"Cousin calm down, it's my nephew's fault."

Wang Hao actually admitted his mistake, as if he handled the case last night.

Xue Bai noticed that as soon as Wang Ji spoke, the officials in the hall fell silent and waited with bated breath.Wang Ji bowed to admit his mistake, and all the officials in the hall bowed their heads, as if they were the ones who did the wrong thing.

Only Yang Shenjin turned a blind eye to this situation, or he was deliberately using his relationship with Wang Chi to show off to everyone.

Maybe they got along like this in the past 30 or [-] years, and maybe Wang Hao received countless favors from him, which made him dare to teach his nephew like an uncle in the dignified right minister's mansion, even if this nephew got a saint and right minister rely heavily on.

Ji Wen watched this scene with cold eyes.

Although he had just experienced the pain of bereavement, he still couldn't help but sneer slightly.

He was even more sure that he would not lose because he had picked a good opponent from the start.

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The positions of the people in the hall are somewhat subtle.

On the right side, Yang Shenjin sat on top, Wang Ji, Wang Jian, and Wang Zhun stood behind him, and Xue Bai, Guo Qianli, and several generals of the Jinwu Guard stood below.

On the left, there are many people standing.

But it's hard to say who is really on the same side as Wang Ji.

~~
There was finally movement behind the screen, and Li Linfu had arrived.

Immediately afterwards, a general of Qianniuwei hurried over and reported a sentence outside the door.

"Report to the right minister, the murderer has been found."

Xue Bai was startled, but there was some joy on his face, and he smiled with the corners of his mouth raised.

Yang Zhao reacted faster, clapping his hands and shouting "OK!"

The Qianniuwei general waited for a while, and then said: "This man was injured in the northeast corner of Daozheng Square, he refused to be captured when he was being hunted down, and died."

"Keep hunting."

"Here."

Li Linfu said: "What do you think of everything that happened last night?"

"Report to the right minister." Ji Wen had been prepared for a long time, and stood in the hall like running away, and said: "The dead man in the East Palace was originally hidden in Yang Zhongcheng's other house..."

"Fart." Guo Qianli didn't notice his indecent words, and interrupted loudly: "You are talking nonsense with your eyes open. Many of my brothers have searched all night to find out if there are any dead men in the Eastern Palace. How dare you... Who is the fool?"

Yang Zhao smiled, he didn't find any weapons anyway, and the result has already been reported to the Right Prime Minister.That's why I wanted to sell Yang Shenjin a favor today, but I didn't expect to be rejected.

But even though Yang Shenjin wanted to die, Ji Wen was indeed talking nonsense with his eyes open, and he still dared to fool the right minister even now.

"Please listen to my explanation." Ji Wen hurriedly said: "The dead men in the Eastern Palace were originally in the Yang family's other house. It was because someone leaked the news that they escaped early."

"Who?"

"It must be Xue Bai!" Ji Wen raised his hand and pointed.

He had already finished the draft, and immediately talked about it with eloquence.

"Xue Bai colluded with the East Palace, and the person who helped him communicate with the East Palace was Prince Liangdi Du. I found out about this, so I temporarily detained Xue Bai in Jingzhao Mansion and sent someone to detain Du. However, Han Chaozong helped Xue Bai left Jingzhao Mansion, so he led people into my other house in Xuanyangfang, took away Mrs. Du, and informed the East Palace dead soldiers to evacuate."

Ji Wen just got a report from a servant girl that someone died in the other house. It was a young man and woman who came in with two guards and robbed a beautiful woman.

Who is that beautiful woman, the servant has no idea at all, at first he thought it was a civilian girl snatched by his son, and he only heard that it was Du Youlin's daughter in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

Immediately, with the intuition of a veteran prisoner, he decided that this was an opportunity to kill Xue Bai and Du Zhai.

Nothing else matters, what is the prime minister most afraid of?
—Collude with the East Palace.

If you think about it this way, you can understand everything, and everything that happened later can be explained clearly.

"Xin Twelve must have been killed by the dead men in the East Palace in order to prevent this. Afterwards, Xue Bai must have secretly guided the dead men in the East Palace to feel like they had entered a land of no one, so that more than [-] people died overnight. !Even my son... my son..."

At this point, Ji Wen choked up for a while, and said in a sobbing voice: "I implore the right minister, allow me to torture Yang Shenjin and Xue Bai for interrogation!"

Luo Xishi raised his head, his eyes brightened, and he agreed: "Your Honor, what Ji Facao said is reasonable, and the truth is revealed!"

Yang Shenjin and Xue Bai were very calm, silently waiting for Li Linfu to ask questions.

"Shenjin, what do you have to say?"

"I've done a search, Xiangruo You thinks I've set up another house to hide the dead from the East Palace, so I have nothing to say."

Yang Shenjin did not wink, but there are iron-like facts.

Li Linfu deliberately let out a long sigh, and said, "You are such a waste."

He really doesn't like Yang Shenjin recently, but he is his own after all, so it doesn't mean he will get rid of him immediately.

This time, after listening to Ji Wen's report, he really thought that he had found the dead man in the East Palace.As a result, I searched and searched, and I can only say that I am too disappointed with Ji Wen!
What time is it?The saint is over sixty years old.And in order to be in power, he flattered Concubine Wu Hui and wholeheartedly helped Shouwang become the crown prince. He once designed the former prince and personally brewed the big case of the three concubines, causing the saint to kill three sons in one day.

If one day Li Heng is allowed to ascend the throne, he will be executed all over the house just around the corner!

Worried, worried.

What is Kejiwen doing?Handling Wei Jian's case, Donggong was unscathed.Ji Wen has been making money for a whole year, isn't that enough?In the midst of the big event last night, how dare he coax him into a fool!

"Xue Bai, tell me."

Xue Bai was filled with righteous indignation, and said: "Ji Wen has been in charge of the prison for many years, and his ability to fabricate charges is too great. I accept my fate and wish to die."

He seemed conscious that he couldn't speak for Ji Wen, so he simply broke the can and broke the attitude.

But this attitude is different from Yang Shenjin's. Yang Shenjin was showing face to Li Linfu, while Xue Bai was just a teenager at heart, and was pissed off by Ji Wen.

"Let you tell the truth."

"Yes, Ji Wen wants to detain the crown prince Liangdi Du, but why not Du Erniang, but Aunt Du? When I came out of Jingzhao Mansion, the Yang family's villa was surrounded. How to notify the deceased to transfer? "

The more he talked, the angrier he got, Xue Bai finally refused to explain, and turned to attack Ji Wen.

"Also, Ji Wen said, 'The dead in the East Palace are like entering a land of no one'. When I walked to Dongshi, I saw with my own eyes that he had just met a few dead people in the East Palace, and he fled with more than twenty people on flying horses. If you take the thief like this, you will never get it in your life!"

The last remark made Guo Qianli couldn't bear it any longer, and he jumped up and shouted, "Your Prime Minister! Ji Wen is a waste, a waste! He will be mad at the end! There are dozens of people in the Jinwu Guard who can bear witness to this matter." !"

Ji Wen argued: "I only have a team of right guards to escort, and your Jin Wu guards followed to escape..."

"Everyone saw you run away! The general doesn't understand, what's the point of such an obvious thing? Search for it, and finally find it, and you can't hold it off for even a moment. With a waste like you How can we bring down the East Palace?! All of us have offended the prince of a country just to let you put treasures in sacks? When that day comes, sooner or later my whole family will be killed by you trash, huh!"

"Guo Qianli!" Ji Wen was furious, pointing at Guo Qianli and screaming, "I think you are colluding with Donggong too!"

"Why do you say that I colluded with Donggong?!"

"You Longyou soldier... I have long suspected that you are from the Eastern Palace!"

What Ji Wen said was actually referring to Guo Qianli's character, character, experience, etc., and he really didn't look like a right-hand man.

"You just said, 'Wait until that day', what day did you say it was?! Under the gate of the East Palace."

"Fuck your mother!" Guo Qianli was furious.

"you……"

"Fuck your mother's big fart! You open your mouth and you blow your fart!"

"Right Prime Minister! Look at him..."

"Chicken tongue plague, don't talk nonsense, let's fight! I'll chop you up!"

Guo Qianli just cursed a few words, and the guards of Xiangfu stepped forward and dragged him out.

"Your Prime Minister!" Guo Qianli cried out sadly: "Why do you delay the last general?! The last general speaks the truth, and the last general is loyal to the right minister!"

"Right Prime Minister! There is no lie in the end!"

"..."

The sound became farther and farther away, and it was unknown where he was being dragged.

But being able to be dragged out shows that he has reported everything that should be reported, and Li Linfu also believes that what he said is the truth, there is no need to keep him cursing in class.

The same is true for Jiao Nu, although she is not in the hall, in fact, she must have relayed what she saw and heard to Li Linfu.

It is precisely because what Guo Qianli and Jiao Nu said is the truth, otherwise Ji Wen's analysis just now would have killed Xue Bai.

The confrontation must continue.

When Xue Bai saw Guo Qianli being dragged away, he immediately became excited.

"Ji Wen! You said that I colluded with the East Palace, and you found out the dead soldiers of the East Palace? You are a waste of things that are messed up and stay in Jingzhao Mansion all day long. Can you find me and East Palace colluded?! I can go to you..."

"Presumptuous! Xue Bai, you are too presumptuous!"

When Li Linfu opened his mouth to drink, Xue Bai immediately silenced his voice, lowered his head, and muttered, "Your Excellency, I have nothing to say, just let Ji Wen bury me alive."

(End of this chapter)