The Rebirth of Space: the Lucky Girl From a Farm Family

Chapter 340: Recruited

Someone from Hua Yanran delivered the letter, and Dali Temple quickly identified Lu Zixun as the person who was causing trouble behind the scenes and framed and discredited the King of Qin.

On the second day of the Xianwang’s wedding, Lu Zixun was gambling vigorously in the gambling house and was taken away by people from Dali Temple.

It is related to the reputation of King Qin, and this matter also involves the British Duke's Palace, and behind the British Duke's Palace are the Concubine De and the Prince Xian's Palace in the palace.

After receiving the report, Kong Baizhao turned around and went to Yushitai to look for Yang Songhua.

Yang Songhua was the second son of Bachelor Yang. He was the same year as Kong Baozhao. At the same time, Kong Baozhao was also a student of Bachelor Yang. The two had been close friends since they were children.

Dali Temple and Yushitai are not far apart. When they have free time, they often get together to drink tea and chat.

Yang Songhua heard that Kong Baizhao had come through the government office, so he went out personally to welcome him. "Brother Bai Zhao is here, I'm about to go to your place."

Kong Bazhao turned around and walked back, "I'm here to find you. Come to my place. If you have something to discuss, let's talk while walking."

Yang Songhua nodded, "Okay, what's the matter? Let's talk while walking."

 After speaking, Yang Songhua turned to his entourage and ordered: "Go and put away the documents on my desk and close the door."

 The entourage bowed down and turned to leave.

 “Brother Bai Zhao, please.” Yang Songhua politely let Kong Baozhao go forward, and he was half a step behind him. "Brother Bai Zhao, come here. Is there any progress in the case?"

Kong Bozhao nodded as he walked: "Yes!"

 “I don’t know which case it is?”

The emperor ordered them to investigate four cases at once, and he had to ask one more question.

Kong Baozhao said: "It is related to the case of King Qin's murder of Mrs. Yang.

Dali Temple has received many anonymous reports in the past two days, and a dozen people have been arrested for spreading rumors.

These people all said they were ordered by the second master of the British government. I have already asked Lu Er to be arrested. "

Yang Songhua stopped, nodded in realization and said: "So that's it. I said, Qingyan...Qin Wang's temperament will not do such cruel things."

Kong Baizhao nodded, "It is said that you look at your elders when you are young, and you look at your old age when you are three years old. King Qin has followed Ye Shangshu since he was a child and often goes to your house.

 Speaking of which, we have all grown up watching King Qin. You and I both know what King Qin’s character is like. How could King Qin do such a thing? "

Yang Songhua sighed, "The same goes for Lu Er. After all, he and the King of Qin have been brothers for many years, so how could he do such a despicable thing as making a false accusation? The Lu family is the family of generals. This is too bad. It’s upright.”

Kong Baizhao sighed and said worriedly: "That's why I'm worried about the secrets coming from the house after the trial. There is a queen and a prince behind the British palace.

 So, I didn’t dare to hand over this matter. I came here to seek advice from you. I'm afraid we have to examine this matter in person and report it to the emperor later. "

 Both of them have been in the officialdom for many years. They know how to handle matters related to the royal family's reputation.

Yang Songhua nodded and said: "Brother Bai Zhao is thoughtful. When it comes to royal matters, we need to be more cautious."

The two walked while talking, and soon arrived at Dali Temple.

Hong Bazhao let Yang Songhua into the house, and after some arrangements, he asked someone to bring Lu Zixun into the house.

Lu Zixun was brought into the house. When he looked up and saw Kong Bazhao, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Yang Songhua, the imperial censor, sitting in the court in person, he was immediately frightened to death.

Lu Zixun is a typical bastard. At home or in front of familiar people, he will fly up, but when he comes to an unfamiliar environment, he will immediately give up.

Kong Baizhao saw that the audience was shaking with nervousness and Lu Zixun quickly exchanged glances with Yang Songhua.

Turning his head to look at Lu Zixun, he asked in a deep voice: "Lu Zixun, do you know why I brought you here? Do you know that you are wrong? If you don't want to suffer, hurry up and bring it in."

When Lu Zixun was caught, he was anxious and thinking about how to win back the lost money.

You must know that the silver he lost today was the last silver Taipusi used to buy horses and chariots. He originally wanted to use the silver to get back the money he lost before.

Lu Zixun blurted out: "Sir, I was obsessed with it, so I embezzled public funds...I promise, I will find a way to make up for the fifty thousand taels of silver."

After hearing this, Kong Baizhao and Yang Songhua felt their hearts pounding, and they looked at each other again.

They never expected that the case of falsely accusing the King of Qin would also be found to be corrupt.

Yang Songhua asked in a deep voice: "Did you misappropriate fifty thousand taels of silver?"

After listening to Yang Songhua's question, Lu Zixun realized that he had made a mistake. Why didn't he just admit it?

Lu Zixun wished he could give himself two slaps.

The words have been spoken, it’s too late to regret!

Although Yang Songhua is a scholar, he looks anything but polite. He has a pair of sword-shaped eyebrows on his face, which gives him a naturally majestic look. When he lowers his face to ask questions in a deep voice, it makes people even more frightened.

Lu Zixun raised his head and met Yang Songhua's gaze, and quickly avoided it with a guilty conscience.

Kong Bizhao saw Lu Zixun's eyes dodge, he slapped the gavel and scolded: "If you don't recruit him honestly, then you will be punished. Come and flog him, first give him twenty big boards."

 Two government officials came up with long boards.

 Where has Lu Zixun seen such a formation? When he saw the board that was taller than a person, he was so frightened that he begged for mercy: "Two adults, please don't go to jail. I will attack you. I will attack you all."

Kong Baizhao looked at the bookkeeper beside him and ordered: "Record the good students."

 The master bowed and responded: "Yes, sir!"

Yang Songhua looked at Lu Zixun and asked: "To be honest, how many times have you embezzled money from Mo Mo in total? Please report the time and amount one by one. Where did the money from Mo Mo be used?

Yang Songhua and Kong Bozhao used coercion and inducement, and Lu Zixun not only explained all the corruption over the years, "Two adults, I did misappropriate public funds before, but I tried to make up for it afterwards.

 A few days ago, my boss asked me to be responsible for purchasing war horses and chariots, and put the money for the purchased materials with me..."

Yang Songhua asked: "So, you took this money and gambled it?"

Lu Zixun bowed his head and said: "The master said that I have been in good luck recently and have good fortune, so I gave it a try."

Kong Bizhao asked: "How much silver is the total payment for this batch of supplies?"

Lu Zixun replied guiltily: "One hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver!"

Yang Songhua and Kong Bozhao couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

Kong Baizhao said: "As for the money for official business, Taipu Temple will check it personally.

In addition to being greedy and misappropriating public funds, you have fabricated facts and framed the King of Qin out of thin air. Please tell me carefully.

 The King of Qin is the prince and the eldest son of the emperor.

 You have to know that in this dynasty, it is a serious crime to frame a prince. "

 Lu Zixun looked at Kong Baozhao in fear, "A serious crime?"

Facing Lu Zixun’s blank face, Kong Bazhao was extremely speechless. After a moment, he asked: “Don’t you know that framing the prince is a serious crime?”

Lu Zixun shook his head and nodded honestly, "I don't know! It's just a few words, King Qin won't be short of meat!"

Kong Bazhao was shocked by Lu Zixun's words. After a while, he said: "In this dynasty, if you falsely accuse others, you will be punished by the crime of rebellion. Do you know what the crime of rebellion is?"

Lu Zixun shook his head.

Kong Bizhao patiently explained: “For example, if you falsely accuse someone of murder, according to the law, the murderer should be beheaded.

 But it turns out that you falsely accused others, then you are the false accuser and you will be questioned and executed. This is still the crime of false accusation against ordinary people.

The person you are falsely accusing is the prince, which is disrespectful and contemptuous of the imperial power. You will be punished to death. "

When Lu Zixun heard that he was going to be questioned and beheaded, he was already in a mess. He immediately argued: "I didn't come up with this idea to frame the King of Qin. It came from my grandfather, the prince... the wise king, it came from them.

 I am just running errands for my grandfather and the prince. "

Kong Bazhao reminded: "You have to think clearly. If you talk nonsense, you will be punished with an additional penalty."

Lu Zixun was afraid of being questioned, so he repeatedly promised: "Everything I said is true, I was really just running errands."

Kong Bizhao looked at Lu Zixun who was slumped on the ground and ordered his subordinates: "Take him down and take good care of him."

 The subordinates took Lu Zixun under custody.

Kong Bizhao took the record of Lu Zixun's paintings from the master's hand and said to Yang Songhua: "Let's go into the palace to meet the saint."

 The two of them went to the palace and handed over the certificate. Soon, they received a message from the chamberlain.

 The Xian King and the Xian Princess went to the palace early in the morning to meet their elders, greeted the empresses of each palace, and returned to Qianqing Palace to bid farewell to the emperor.

The emperor was talking to King Xian and Princess Xian when the chamberlain handed in the invitation from Kong Baozhao and Yang Songhua.

Seeing that the emperor was busy with something, King Xian got up and left with Princess Xian.

Kong Baizhao and Yang Songhua followed the chamberlain to the Imperial Study Room, and met the Xian King and Xian Princess in court uniforms on the corridor at the entrance of Qianqing Palace.

　　Kong Baizhao and Yang Songhua stopped to pay homage to King Xian and Princess Xian.

The Xian Dynasty and the two of them nodded slightly, and led the Xian Princess past them to the palace entrance.

After getting on the carriage of Prince Xian’s Palace, Prince Xian Chengyun ordered: “Let someone go and find out why Kong Baozhao and Yang Songhua came to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit.”

Just as Cheng Yun sent people to leave, Yang Jining, who was beside Hua Ruijun, came over and reported: "Your Majesty, Second Master Lu was taken away by people from Dali Temple in the gambling house."

  “该死！”贤王恼火得想揍人，随手将手里的茶杯重重搁到桌几上，“咔嚓”一声，贤王松手时，杯子裂开，散架般的散在桌几上。

Wang Peiyun saw that the wise king's face was covered with frost, and he was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.

 After a moment, the wise king calmed down his emotions and raised his voice and ordered: "Go back to the house."

 While the carriage was moving forward, a series of instructions were transferred from the carriage.

 “Send someone to invite the Duke of the country to come to the palace.”

 “Send someone to invite Chen’s staff to the palace.”

 “Send someone to invite Mr. Qin to the palace.”

"Send someone to ask for Fang Shangshu. Forget it, don't go to Fang Shangshu for now."

The wise king returned to the palace and said to Wang Peiyun: "The princess will go back to the backyard first. The king has something to deal with and has no time to go back to the backyard during the day. Please take good care of the princess."

Without waiting for Wang Peiyun to reply, the wise king walked towards the study in the outer courtyard.

Hua Ruijun saw the wise king coming and hurriedly greeted him.

The wise king didn’t wait for him to bow down and asked, “Didn’t I tell you not to let Zixun go to the gambling house again?”

Hua Ruijun leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to me. Over at the gambling house, I did tell you that Mr. Lu is not allowed to enter the gambling house again.

The last thing Mr. Lu recently entered was not my gambling house, but the Fude Gambling House.

Second Master was also taken away by people from Dali Temple at Fude Gambling House today. "

The wise king asked: "Who owns Fude Gambling House?"

Hua Ruijun replied: "Fude Gambling House is an industry under Ye Gu's name."

“The property under Ye Gu’s name? That Ye Gu who comes and goes without a trace in the world?” the wise king asked with a frown.

Hua Ruijun nodded and said: "Exactly!"

The wise king asked: "Have you seen Ye Gu himself?"

Hua Ruijun shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have never seen Ye Gu before. I have only seen the big boss of Fude Gambling House with an open face."

When King Qin returned to the palace, Ru Jin came over and reported: "Your Majesty, people from Dali Temple arrested Lu Zixun at Fude Gambling House. I went to Fude Gambling House to meet Zhang Da. Zhang Da told me that within five days, Lu Zixun lost a total of 150,000 taels of silver."

King Qin's face darkened slightly and he said, "He is so courageous. He dared to gamble with all the 150,000 taels of silver!"

 I understand, go and see if there is any news from Ru'an? "

As soon as King Qin finished speaking, Laishun came in and said, "Your Majesty, please see me."

 “Please come in!” King Qin said immediately.

 Come and retreat smoothly, just like An opened the curtain and came in.

King Qin asked: "Who is in charge of the trial over at Dali Temple? What is the result?"

Ru'an bowed to the King of Qin and reported: "Your Majesty, after Mr. Lu was brought to Dali Temple, Mr. Kong and Mr. Yang jointly tried the case. Now Mr. Lu is being detained in Dali Temple.

Master Kong and Master Yang went to the palace to meet the saint.

Mr. Lu confessed on the spot that he had been involved in gambling since the year before last. He had embezzled public funds more than once. He had managed to make up for the money he had embezzled before. Only the 150,000 taels of silver he had misappropriated recently had not yet been made up.

Furthermore, regarding the matter of framing the prince, Mr. Lu insisted that he was instructed by the wise king and the Duke of the country. That guy was really useless. Mr. Kong and Mr. Yang said a few harsh words with a straight face, and then they were so frightened that they could do anything. "

Ru Jin sneered with disgust on his face: "How can that guy be able to resist trouble? His cruelty is only for the weak and helpless people. People like Mr. Lu, who were born in the general family, have humiliated the ranks of the British government. Ancestors."

King Qin sneered and said, "Don't ask too much of him. He didn't wet his pants on the spot, so he's already worthy of everyone."

 When it came to Lu Zixun peed his pants, Ru'an and Rumin smiled knowingly.

Years ago, Lu Zixun used himself to compare with Lu Ziqin and often bullied Lu Ziqin.

Lu Ziqin had Lu Zixun kidnapped, blindfolded him, took him to an empty courtyard in the south of the city, and then had him tied to a tree in the yard.

They clearly remembered that the two burly men did not say a word from the beginning to the end, only using their shining daggers to play the trick of piercing paper figures in front of Lu Zixun. Lu Zixun was so frightened that he wet his pants.

 Ru'an said with a smile: "Yes, if the second master peed his pants in Dali Temple, everyone present would be embarrassed!"

 Ru Yan took over the words, "If you really peed, it would be so embarrassing!"

King Qin looked up at Ru'an and said, "Let's wait and see how the Xian Prince's Palace and the British Duke's Palace respond. In addition, go and deliver a letter to Fourth Master Jiang and ask him to go down to Chang'an Restaurant for a gathering."

 Ru'an bowed and responded, "Yes, I understand, little one."

 (End of this chapter)