The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 268

"My minister, Wang Yun, sees the emperor, and may my emperor live forever!" Wang Yun, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, bowed slightly and shouted, and the people who followed him on the left and right also echoed in unison.

Zhao Ji nodded slightly, and glanced at the man beside Wang Yun. He saw that his face was unkempt, and his black and white Taoist robe was also dirty. There was nothing clean about him. He frowned; , I was startled, and stood aside in horror.

"Wang Shangshu, who is beside you?"

Wang Yun bowed and replied: "Long live, the man next to me is a wandering Taoist priest, who was also the one who wrote a poem a few days ago; I captured him and came here to escort him to the court to face the king. Let's see what this guy says, so as not to frame the king!"

Zhao Ji turned his head to look at the man, and said lightly: "It turns out that you are the one who started the figurine, so tell me quickly to avoid the pain of flesh and blood. If there are any hidden words, don't blame me for pushing you out and beheading you; if it is true Tell me, I will spare your life for now!"

The man quickly replied: "Reporting to the emperor, Zhang Sheng, a grassroots man from Bianjing, both of his parents died when he was young, and he was accepted as a disciple by a wandering Taoist priest. He has been practicing in the mountains until his master passed away. Wander around."

"At the beginning of the month, the grassroots returned to Bianjing. They had no money, so they used alms to satisfy their hunger. On that day, when they came to Wang Xiangye's mansion, they saw that the mansion was very large, and thought that they could get some money here. Who knew that knocking on the door was met by a slave in the mansion. When they were expelled, it happened that when Wang Xiangye returned to the mansion, he left the grassroots, and even reprimanded the servant."

"Since Caomin entered the Xiangye's mansion, the three meals a day are very rich. Chicken, duck, fish, delicacies, etc. are all things that Caomin have never eaten or seen. Xiangye left Caomin as a guest in the mansion for half a month. One day, Xiangye came back. If you are troubled, drink with the grassroots and talk about the troubles in your heart."

Zhang Sheng was terrified to see Wang Fu's ashen face, and he was shocked, but seeing the emperor's cold face, he was even more frightened, and he didn't care about it, and said truthfully: "The Prime Minister said that there is an official in the court. It was against him, and he wanted to treat him properly, saying that he was asking the grass-roots people to help; the grass-folks agreed to come down because they thought that the prime minister had been entertaining him with good wine and food for many days."

At this time, Zhao Gou interrupted his words, looked at Wang Fu with a sneer, and asked, "Master Wang, are you still saying that Mr. Zhao framed His Excellency?"

Zhao Yougong sarcastically said: "It turns out that the thief shouted to catch the thief, as expected of the Prime Minister, it really is amazing!"

Wang Fu dared not speak out, so he gave Zhang Sheng a hard look, and argued, "Zhang Sheng, have you really seen the truth? Did someone force you to say something, or were you coerced to frame the truth?" Xiang; the truth is that I have never seen you face to face, how to say it is my idea!"

Wang Fu's sophistry was particularly deafening in the silent hall, and everyone was secretly startled.Originally thought that Wang Fu would be captured without any sophistry, but he didn't want to make another move.Everyone knew in their hearts that Zhang Sheng had never seen the world at all, so how could he tell lies, and he had to confide the truth under the majesty of the emperor, it must be true, even if Wang Fu defended himself loudly, it would be difficult to get rid of the crime.

Everyone shook their heads and sighed, if a wise person would take advantage of Wang Fu's words, they would pass all the crimes on Zhao Gou or Wang Yun, saying that they were the ones who forced them to tell lies and cleared themselves of their crimes.Even though it was Zhang Sheng himself who was unlucky in the end, Zhang Sheng couldn't understand Wang Fu's words, so he hurriedly defended himself, convinced that he knew Wang Fu, and everything was instigated by him.

When Zhang Sheng heard that Wang Fu denied acquaintance with him, he didn't know much about the world, but the situation in front of him can be sure that if the emperor believed what Wang Fu said, then it would be his own fault. Without even thinking about it, he shouted loudly: "Master Wang, you can't say that; the grass people have stayed in the mansion, so how can you say that you don't know the grass people. Besides, the poem was written by you personally, Lord Xiang. It was handed over to the grassroots.”

"Caomin followed his master to practice in the mountains since he was a child. How could he know a few words? Even his own name is scribbled, and he can't write such delicate handwriting. If the emperor doesn't believe it, Caomin has enough evidence to prove everything. true!"

Zhao Ji quickly asked: "What evidence do you have, present it!"

Zhang Sheng took out ten taels of gold ingots from his bosom, and a piece of paper, handed them tremblingly to the eunuch, and forwarded them to Zhao Ji, tremblingly said: "These ten taels of gold ingots are handed over to the grass people by you, Xiangye." To buy a child, it was originally 20 taels, and this is what is left over; the other piece of paper is a poem that you personally wrote for the grassroots to recite, I wonder if Xiangye remembers it?"

Wang Fu glanced at it calmly, and said with a sneer, "What does this mean?"

After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that these two things really meant nothing.Although Wang Fu didn't say what he said, everyone knew it well; the twelve taels of gold ingots could be said to be rewarded to other people, or they were picked up by Zhang Sheng when they fell off the road; The Minister of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China has more or less written a copy, so these two pieces of evidence are not convincing at all.

Zhang Sheng was at a loss, he really couldn't think of anything else to prove himself besides these things for a while, but the faces and contemptuous eyes of everyone made his heart sink.Although Zhang Sheng didn't understand some things, he could still understand them by observing the words and expressions, especially when the emperor saw these two pieces of evidence and knew that things had changed without any reaction, he felt even more anxious.

Wang Fu was a little proud of himself, and his frightened expression instantly became majestic. He walked up to Zhang Sheng with his head held high, and glared at him menacingly.At this time, Wang Fu wanted to kill him. He did it like this, but he didn't know how to let Zhang Sheng escape, and almost dragged himself into the water.

He didn't understand how Zhang Sheng escaped from his own people's pursuit, and he was still very surprised, and he was a little surprised to confront him face to face in the court.Originally, everything was planned, and as soon as the poem spread, he would be killed to prevent future troubles.

Wang Fu looked at Zhang Sheng with a more ruthless look in his eyes, and shouted aggressively: "You man, I don't know you at all, but you speak ill at each other and slander me in full view, do you know how to frame the court?" What should the ordering officer do?"

"The truth is that I want to see who has such a great ability and dares to let you frame the truth. If you tell the truth, the truth can ask the emperor to spare you; if you dare to lie again, you will be decapitated. Hurry up and recruit it as it is!"

At this time, everyone remained silent, and no one spoke. They could see that if this momentum continued.Not only was Wang Fu able to turn against the enemy, but he was also able to use Zhang Sheng to fight back. This was beyond everyone's expectations. They all praised Wang Fu's method of turning around the disadvantage, and even Zhao Gou and others had to admire it.

(End of this chapter)