Hou Ye's palm heart is a black lotus

Chapter 398: The Handwriting of the Letter (Update )
As soon as the words fell, the whole hall fell into deathly silence.

When everyone came to their senses and realized what he was talking about, they all gasped.

——Xu Fengchi actually impeached Xu Jie! And on such a charge!

Xu Jie was kneeling on the ground and had not yet had time to stand up. When he heard these words, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

He turned around suddenly and said sternly, "Master Xu! There is no hatred between you and me, why are you accusing me like this!?"

However, Xu Fengchi didn't even look at him. His back was straight, like a sword drawn from its sheath, and there was an oppressive chill all over his body!
Xiao Chengxuan was also startled, and his eyes quickly wandered between the two of them.

In just this short breath, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Is Xu Fengchi crazy?
As an official of the Censorate, he had the power to impeach, but who would have thought that it would fall on Xu Jie! ?
What’s more important is that this also involves Huo Yucheng!
Recently, the emperor has been investigating Huo Yucheng's case. If this were to happen -

Sure enough, when Emperor Mu Wu heard this, his expression suddenly turned cold.

His eyes were heavy: "You said you want to impeach Xu Jie, do you have any evidence?"

Xu Fengchi knelt on his knees and presented the memorial in his hand.

"Without evidence, I would not dare to speak rashly! I have already verified that General Huo received a letter the night before he arrived at Tongtian Pass. It was that letter that made him resolutely choose to go to Tongtian Pass immediately, but in the end he was defeated and buried in the wilderness with all his soldiers!"

Emperor Muwu's face was tense.

Eunuch Li immediately went down, took the memorial presented by Xu Fengchi, turned around and hurriedly handed it to Emperor Mu Wu.

Emperor Mu Wu opened the memorial and read it carefully line by line.

Xu Jie was stunned.

He was really caught off guard.

After the accident at the Suinan granary, he rushed to the capital without stopping. He did not dare to have a good rest all night. He knelt on the official road from midnight to morning, and then knelt in this hall.

He thought the matter had been properly resolved and he could still return to Suinan to be his frontier governor, but who knew that Xu Fengchi would suddenly report him!
The more Emperor Mu Wu read it, the uglier his expression became. In the end, he became furious and threw the memorial directly in Xu Jie's face!

"Be bold!"

Xu Jie didn't dare to dodge and was hit hard, feeling a sharp pain on his forehead.

But he couldn't care about that now.

"I am innocent!" Xu Jie kowtowed in fear. "I have never heard of the letter you just mentioned. I beg Your Majesty to look into it!"

His heart was beating fast, his face flushed, and he suddenly turned around and pointed at Xu Fengchi angrily:
"Xu Fengchi! What on earth are you thinking?"

Xu Fengchi glared at him coldly, his eyes mocking: "It seems that Master Xu is unwilling to admit it?"

"I didn't do it, why should I admit it!?" Xu Jie's eyes were red with anger, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Jiang Zhaoyuan suddenly said, "This is a matter involving important officials of the imperial court, so we should investigate it first. Otherwise, if there is a misunderstanding, it cannot be solved with just an apology."

Xu Fengchi sneered in his heart.

Since he chose today, he must have solid evidence.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is right. In fact, I have also been suspicious for a long time and have never believed it. After all, Lord Xu Jie and General Huo Yucheng are from the same hometown, and General Huo generously helped him when he was young. With such a deep kindness, who could betray him?"

Xu Fengchi narrowed his eyes and his voice turned cold.

"So I didn't dare to make it public. I repeatedly checked and verified it. When I found out that the evidence was irrefutable, I was extremely heartbroken and shocked!"

As he spoke, he took out two envelopes from his sleeve, one thick and one thin.

He opened the first envelope, and a thin yellowed paper fell silently, revealing itself to everyone. "Your Majesty, the envelope above contains the secret letter that General Huo Yucheng received that year. There is only a few words on it, and no signature. It only advises him to recapture Tongtian Pass as soon as possible, and that food and grass reinforcements will arrive soon, so he can rest assured."

Everyone's eyes were focused.

Huo Yucheng's rash advance at that time was indeed beyond the expectations of all of them.

He was leading an army on an expedition, and food and supplies were the most important. How could he go straight into a war without being fully prepared?
It turns out... it was because of this thin letter?
The moment Xu Jie saw the letter, he shuddered unconsciously.

But the next moment, he retorted: "It's just a letter, who can't write it? How can Lord Xu be sure that this is my handwriting?!"

Xiao Chengxuan was close by and took a look at the letter. He hesitated and said, "This seems...definitely not Master Xu's handwriting."

Several officials nearby also looked over and looked at each other in bewilderment.

"I don't think so..."

"Yes, Master Xu Jie has a good hand in regular script, but the handwriting of this letter is wild and sloppy, and it really doesn't look like it was written by him."

"This must be a mistake, right?"

Everyone was talking about it, but Xu Fengchi remained unmoved.

He opened the second letter, which contained several folded sheets of gold-powdered paper. As he moved, tiny, sparkling powders fell silently. If he smelled it carefully, he could even smell a faint, sweet fragrance.

Xu Jie's face turned pale.

Xu Fengchi unfolded it and held it in his other hand.

"The envelope below contains a love poem written by Lord Xu Jie to the prostitute he was in love with. The words are heartfelt and quite interesting."

The last eight words were like a slap in Xu Jie's face.

It is the nature of scholars to be romantic, and it is common for them to seek pleasure from women. However, it is undoubtedly a huge humiliation to have those provocative poems published in public like this.

Especially since Xu Jie has a noble status, it is even more embarrassing!
He might not even have the courage to face his colleagues in the future!
Everyone was obviously stunned by Xu Fengchi's actions.

They thought about maybe checking the handwriting, or maybe other methods, but they never imagined that Xu Fengchi could even get such private things!

Xu Fengchi held the letter in each hand.

"I believe you have all seen with your own eyes whether the handwriting of these two letters was written by the same person. Even if there is a good imitator, I am afraid that he cannot imitate it like this, right?"

Everyone was silent, their hearts were shaken.

That’s right, the handwriting on these two letters is indeed from the same person!
Xu Fengchi stared at Xu Jie closely. "Lord Xu Jie has always been good friends with General Huo Yucheng. This letter has no signature, but General Huo believed it. This shows that the writer has a close relationship with him! Lord Xu Jie, you and General Huo have exchanged a lot of letters in the past few years, right?"

Xu Jie's blood seemed to freeze and his brain seemed to be about to explode.

An unprecedented fear surged up and surrounded him.

"no no……"

He clenched his teeth.
"Who knows where you got these fake items from? Do you think you can punish me with just a few letters without even a signature?!"

Xu Fengchi suddenly smiled.

Somehow, this smile made Xu Jie's heart sink.

Xu Fengchi said slowly:

"Who said that's all?"