Chapter 703: Kill the master with random punches

Li Bangyan said a few words and had already discarded all the charges of the prefect of Taiyuan, the Grand Governor of Taiyuan, and the Duke of Zheng.

In fact, no matter who it is, we now understand that Chen Ao's murder is secondary. The most important thing is who he killed? If the person under the knife is innocent, Chen Ao will be blamed. A tyrannical person, even the crime of killing a minister, will definitely not be able to escape. At least he must be stripped of his title and get out of where he comes from.

But if the person killed is a thief who harms the country and the people, then it will be forgotten. This is not a crime, but a great contribution.

Among these three people, the most important one was Duke Zheng. Li Bangyan was smart. He knew that if the Duke Zheng was thoroughly investigated, the truth would be revealed. Therefore, he shirked the blame to the bottom. Duke Zheng was only a poor subordinate. As Duke Zheng was a Duke Zheng, he would not be punished to death no matter what.

Li Bangyan pressed step by step, but Chen Ao just smiled and said, "So, Li's subordinates think that these three people are innocent people?"

Li Bangyan said first: "Natural."

Chen Ao smiled again, rose from Jindun, and sneered: "Since you are the order of the disciple, the chief minister of the current dynasty, Your Majesty has entrusted the national weapon, but you have no eyes? You don't even distinguish between loyalty and treacherous, good and bad, and the world is handed over to Li's hands. Wouldn't it be a mistake for the country and the people?"

Li Bangyan also sneered: "His Royal Highness Pingxi, is it that I asked you or did you ask me? Just answer me if I say that. I asked you again, do you know what the charge is to kill the Duke?"

Chen Ao sighed and said, "I don't know."

Li Bangyan sternly said: "Should be killed!"

Zhao Ji in the Golden Palace coughed and said, "What if he kills him by chance?"

A sudden sentence that Zhao Ji made everyone raise their eyes and look at the Golden Palace. The meaning of this sentence is too obvious. Your Majesty wants to be sentenced to accusation of accusation. To put it more simply, it is to reduce the crime. This is Your Majesty’s bottom line. People must not be killed, and everything else is easy to say.

Li Bangyan's aura was completely disrupted by Zhao Ji, and he had to turn his head and salute Zhao Ji, "If it is killed by accident, it is understandable, but it is important. I personally think that if Guo seizes the title, deposed as a commoner, and is entrusted to him for three thousand miles, I will never use it."

Guo seized the title and deposed the commoner to make Chen Ao lose everything. As for his exile for three thousand miles, he was afraid that Chen Ao would have a chance to turn the tables in Bian Jing sooner or later, and never said that he was just adding another insurance to the punishment. Li Bangyan had considered these four sentences for a long time. Chen Ao was also a royal relative and the regent of the Western Xia Dynasty. He could not be killed. The reason why he called for a fight was nothing more than asking for a price.

Zhao Ji was speechless.

Chen Ao sneered, "But is the traitor who wants me to kill?"

Li Bangyan said seriously: "Then Pingxi King is another great achievement, which is gratifying."

At this moment, Zheng Chu stood up with his teeth and shouted, "Who is the traitor? King Pingxi, you are too arrogant. Kill my father and slander him as a thief. I am irreconcilable with you!" After that, he knelt down and cried to Zhao Ji, "Your Majesty, my father is a relative of the royal family, and he is also a Duke granted by Your Majesty. Chen Ao slandered his father as a thief. Where is the place to put him? I beg Your Majesty to punish Chen Ao severely to repay his father's innocence."

By this time, many people had already stood up. These people might have a close relationship with the Zheng family, and some were Li Bangyan's disciples and former officials. There were dozens or hundreds of people who knelt down and said with a bang: "Please punish the King of Pingxi severely to serve as a warning to others."

Someone whispered loudly: "Your Majesty, it is unprecedented to the point of being so arrogant that King Pingxi is so arrogant. If Your Majesty is tolerating me, where is the method of the ancestors of the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Ji, who was sitting in the golden hall, was still hesitating. Not killing Chen Ao was his bottom line, but it was really heavy to be abolished as a commoner and sent to the public for three thousand miles. However, it was not handled and it was difficult to explain. He hesitated and was about to nod.

But at this time, someone in the hall had already started exchanging glances with each other. Chen Ao looked at Zeng Wen, Zeng Wen nodded understandingly, and then sighed loudly, "I have something to report."

Zhao Ji came to his senses, looked at Zeng Wen, put aside the matter of handling the matter for the time being, and said, "Zeng Aiqing, but it's okay."

Zeng Wen took out an old book and said, "I want to impeach Wen Xianzhi for illegal business. In the second year of Xuanhe, Wen Xianzhi was in Taiyuan and was involved in the Zheng family and received bribes from the Zheng family, totaling 170,000 yuan. This amount will be available every year. In addition, officials such as the Taiyuan Prefecture also received gifts from the Zheng family. In the sixth year of Xuanhe, the Zheng family's shops in Taiyuan were annoyed by the people in the city because of inferior products as good things. Hundreds of people congested the Zheng family's shops. Wen Xianzhi used the excuse of troublemakers to suppress the people and killed dozens of people. For this reason, I sent people to visit several injured households who were injured, which can be used as witnesses. In addition, the officials of the Taiyuan Grand Governor's Office also sent people to invite Bianjing to testify. This is the confiscated account book from the Taiyuan Grand Governor's Office, please check it out."

After saying that, Zeng Wen arched his hands high on the account book and knelt on his knees.

Li Bangyan had long expected that the old party would not give up. He thought he would start with the stockpiling of goods by Duke Zheng in Taiyuan, but he never expected that he would start with the relationship between the Zheng family and Wen Xianzhi, and brought all the evidence and evidence. After thinking about it briefly, he gradually calmed down. It seemed that the King of Pingxi was indeed prepared. Not to mention the head of the Wen family who brought back to Bianjing, even this account book was probably copied.

Yang Jian had already walked down from the Golden Palace and collected Zeng Wen's account book. Before returning to the imperial case, Zhao Ji turned a few pages casually and said to Yang Jian beside him: "Please keep it well." After that, he said to Zheng Chu: "Do you know about this?"

Zheng Chu stopped crying, and didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he had to say, "I don't know."

Zhao Ji said lightly: "Is it not or I don't know?"

There were all the evidence and physical evidence, and it was impossible to deny it. Zheng Chu said helplessly: "I don't know."

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "That's it. The Zheng family is a royal relative, so it's new to send bribes to a governor."

Zheng Chu begs for mercy and said, "Your Majesty forgives the crime, it's really... it's really..."

Zhao Ji interrupted him and said, "You don't have to argue, since you don't know."

In fact, a bribe is not a serious crime, but this bribe just proves the connection between the Zheng family and Wen Xianzhi. If you want to turn the tables, this account book is naturally far from enough, but it is an excellent entry point, and the real good show is still to come.

At this time, more than a dozen censors stood up and said in unison: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ji suddenly felt that things might change, so he said patiently: "Speak one by one."

Without exception, more than a dozen censors impeached Wen Xianzhi and Zheng Ke, such as indulging their family members to commit illegal acts, such as spending money like soil, and even some moral issues.

These crimes are not painful. It is okay to say that they are not moral, but they are still a little worse when they are guilty. However, when Zhao Ji heard this, he couldn't help frowning and seemed very unhappy.

The empress dowager behind the pearl curtain turned dark at this time and said to Jingde beside her: "This Wen Xianzhi is so not a thing. At such an old age, she still robs the marriage. Does he think Taiyuan belong to his family?"

Jingde smiled softly and said, "The Grand Governor of Taiyuan is not allowed to compare with other herds guards. He will take up the horse and control the army or dismount the horse. What does he want to do in Taiyuan? Who dares to say what?"

The queen mother stopped talking, pursed her lips, picked up the teacup and went to drink.

But at this time, Li Bangyan was a little confused. He thought that the next storm would be a storm. It turned out that these people were talking about things that were not painful. With this, they could turn the world upside down?

However, things quickly got out of control because Zhao Ji had a gloomy face and said nothing. Then someone said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

This time, it was Tong Guan who stood up. Tong Guan stood out with great enthusiasm and said, "The Zheng family is on the three sides, and is notorious. Relying on the signs of royal relatives, there are many evil actions. This time, I came to Beijing, and brought together a joint memorial from the generals of the three sides. Please let Your Majesty observe clearly."

Zhao Ji said: "Where is the memorial?"

After a while, a memorial was actually coming. More than a dozen eunuchs were holding it, and there were hundreds of them piled up on the imperial table, just like a hill.

Zhao Ji took out a memorial, which said that the servants of the Zheng family had a conflict with the border troops in the camp. As a result, the Zheng family actually beat people and left. This is not a big deal, but in the border town, it can be seen that the Zheng family's arrogance is extraordinary. He picked up another memorial, and the content was similar, saying that the Zheng family had committed crimes in Xihe and the border troops went to arrest him, but was stopped by the Zheng family's shopkeeper, and was not allowed to search, and even made wild words.

Zhao Ji read several copies and wrote about Chen Zhimao, which was really not worth mentioning. However, after reading these memorials, Zhao Ji was angry. The border army has always been arrogant and was bullied by the slaves of the Zheng family. Isn’t this Zheng person more arrogant than the border army? The border army can be regarded as an ignorant martial artist, but is the Zheng family also ignorant? It’s just because of the royal relatives and relatives in the palace, and the Duke of Zheng is the backstage, and he is just not in the king’s way.

Zhao Ji threw the memorial on the imperial desk, but the pile of memorials, like a hill, was thrown by external force and immediately rolled down in a sensation, scattered everywhere.

A fierce light flashed in Zhao Ji's eyes, and he glanced at Zheng Chu, saying, "I don't know yet, it turns out that the Zheng family is so glorious."

Zheng Chu didn't know what happened, nor did he know what was written in the memorial. He was also very anxious. This was completely different from the response plan he had agreed to by Li Bangyan. Originally, they racked their brains and thought about Taiyuan. Unexpectedly, the King of Pingxi's repeated counterattacks were all three-sided and some small matters. Now Zheng Chu was panicked and had to kowtow and said, "I'm dead!"

Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes and said in a bad tone: "Tell me, why are you dead?"

Zheng Chu didn't know what bad things he said. He was sweating profusely on his forehead, but he couldn't answer, so he had to continue saying that he had to die.

Zhao Ji snorted coldly and said, "Do you know what the Zheng family does in the border town?"

Zheng Chu hurriedly said, "I don't know."

Zhao Ji said: "Is it not or I don't know."

Zheng Chu didn't even know anything, and how could he know if it wasn't or not. However, at this time, Zhao Ji's tone was not good and aggressive, so he had to say, "I don't know."

Zhao Ji said angrily: "You have done a good thing!"

Zheng Chu was even more panicked and looked at Li Bangyan. Li Bangyan was also stunned by this trick. Logically, he had imagined many ways to fight back against the King of Xi before, but he didn't expect Chen Ao to play this. He happened to have a memorial scattered down the palace. After reading a few words, he finally knew what was impeached inside, so he calmed down, coughed and said, "Your Majesty, as the father-in-law of Zheng, it is understandable that the Duke of Zheng is a bit arrogant. Besides, the Zheng family has great business, and it is common for the people below to pretend to be powerful."

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Chapter completed!