Chapter 144 Evidence, From Hell to Heaven
Although Cheng Huang was tortured, it was not too serious. He raised his eyes and looked at Feng Wuyou and Murong Yi above, but he remembered Xiao Jinglan's words.
That day, he was woken up by someone in the middle of the night, but he saw Xiao Jinglan. He thought he was sleeping in a mess. Wasn't Xiao Jinglan in the capital? Why did he run to Tanzhou? Moreover, he stood with his supposedly disabled legs.
But, until a bucket of water poured him completely awake, he had to admit that all he saw was true.
Xiao Jinglan arrived in Tanzhou, and his legs were cured!
Xiao Jinglan flipped through a large stack of letters and documents found from his study, and discussed with him as if chatting: "General Cheng, you should choose one of these two charges. If you frame the Xiao family army, you may still have a glimmer of life, but if I tell the emperor about the fact that you kept the private army for the prince, what would you think there would be the consequences?"
Cheng Huang shivered and said, Xiao Jinglan was really cruel. He knew that he didn't want Murong Yi, who was more capable, to become the emperor, but he used this matter to threaten himself.
Since ancient times, the most taboo thing the emperor has foreseen is that someone covets his position. If he knows that the prince is raising a private army, then the queen, the Cheng family... will all be finished!
Thinking of this, Cheng Huang said in a hoarse voice: "The criminal minister Cheng Huang... confessed his guilt!"
Xiao Jinglan said that as long as he admitted the charge and helped the Xiao family army clear his reputation, he would never mention any matters about the private army to the emperor. He also asked Xiao Jinglan to assure him, but Xiao Jinglan just looked at him with a smile, as if asking him: Does he have the capital to negotiate conditions?
At this point, he had no other way except to believe Xiao Jinglan. There must be people from the Qin Palace in this lobby. As long as what he said was a little wrong, the 20,000 private troops would immediately appear on the emperor's desk.
If he recognizes the matter of the Xiao family army, he will certainly be imprisoned, but whether it is the queen or the Cheng family, he will save him. But if Xiao Jinglan is asked to reveal the matter of the prince's private army, it will not only be him, but the queen and the entire Cheng family will be finished. He naturally can figure out which choice is less harmful.
"General Cheng!" Li Demin shouted.
Is Cheng Huang confused? He actually admitted such a serious crime.
"Does Lord Li think the evidence is not sufficient? Come and bring Zhang Tianshi!"
Feng Wuyou knocked out the leader of the bandit in Baji Village, and then handed it over to the village chief Lu of Baji Village, and asked him to take people to watch. This time, when he came back, he passed by the village where they settled, he brought people together to Yiyang.
"Zhang Tianshi, this princess asked you, who instructed you to pretend to be the Xiao family army? Who provided your military uniform and military flag?"
"It's him... it's this Lord Cheng!" Zhang Tianshi immediately pointed at Cheng Huang. He had already been scared by Feng Wuyou and others, and he should be as happy as possible to identify it.
"Come here, bring witness Grandma Sun!" The old lady who had deliberately bumped into Feng Wuyou in the restaurant was taken to the hall. She had not seen Zhang Tianshi yet. The little grandson beside her rushed out in one step and punched and kicked Zhang Tianshi: "Bad man! Bad man! It was you who killed my father and my mother, and I will beat you to death!"
No matter what testimony is, there is no child, Grandma Sun knelt down and cried loudly, "Princess, please make the decision of the old woman, kill this beast that has been killed, and avenge my son, daughter-in-law, and the villagers in the village!"
At this time, more people recognized Zhang Tianshi. For a moment, the crowd was in anger, and some even wanted to rush in and beat him up on the spot. Although they were stopped by the yamen runners, countless rotten vegetables, leaves and rotten eggs flew in.
Some of them even hit Li Demin.
"Silent!" It was Nie Zheng's cold shout that controlled the scene.
"Mr. Li, do you still have any questions?" Feng Wuyou played with his fingers and looked at Li Demin with a smile.
Li Demin's face turned pale. He lost too badly in this game. He thought it was perfect, but he was judged by Feng Wuyou and leaked everything.
"The officials were not careful for a moment and wrongly accused General Wei. Let Prince Yi and Princess Qin decide on this matter!"
At this point, we can only push the matter to Feng Wuyou and Murong Yi.
Until this time, he still picked himself clean and was willing to admit that he was "invisible."
Feng Wuyou didn't delve into it, and just smiled and said, "Mr. Li is indeed a habitual misconduct. If he could not be so contempt, the young master would not get into bad habits and die miserable!"
"You..." Li Xiangrong's death was a heart-wrenching problem in Li Demin. Suddenly, when Feng Wuyou mentioned it, he still used such a vicious word, and he suddenly gulped blood to his throat.
But Feng Wuyou ignored him at all and shouted directly: "Come here!"
She ordered people to come up and detain everyone in the hall. Cheng Huang was even more careful in custody, waiting to be escorted to Beijing.
"Sir... Help..."
All the arrested people were Li Demin's confidants. If they were not the case, they would not have come out to make false evidence. Seeing that they were about to be questioned, they all came to Li Demin for help, but Li Demin was in a state of mind at this time, but his face turned pale and stared at Feng Wuyou.
After all these people were arrested, Li Demin finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Prince Yi, Princess Qin, the lower officials have other official duties to deal with. If the two have nothing else, the lower officials will retire first."
After saying that, he even responded without waiting, and left with great strides.
"Wuyou, you..." Murong Yi frowned. It would be fine for Feng Wuyou to clear the case, why bother to stimulate Li Demin.
Feng Wuyou smiled and said, "I'll go and see General Wei first."
Wei Yongming was trying to get up by himself at this time, but the water and fire stick was hitting his waist just now, and the strength was not light, so he had a very difficult time crawling.
At this moment, a hand reached in front of him, and he looked up and saw a smiling face.
"General Wei, you have suffered."
Wei Yongming stared at Feng Wuyou, and his eyes suddenly felt sore.
A dignified eight-foot-foot man actually had the urge to cry.
He thought Feng Wuyou was timid and cowardly, and would only compromise with Li Demin. He thought that the Xiao family army was completely helpless today, but he did not expect that the woman he despised and despised was step by step, linked together, and turned the situation around. Not only did he slap Li Demin in the face, but he almost wiped out all his forces in one go.
How many people can do this reversal from hell to heaven, this tenacity that brings vitality to life from desperate situations?
Is this the Qin Princess?
Is this the woman the prince married?
This woman deserves the word "The Princess of Qin"!
Wei Yongming, halfway through his body, suddenly knelt down on one knee and said respectfully: "Last general Wei Yongming, see the Princess Qin!"
...
"hateful!"
Li's Mansion, Li Demin smashed the table hard.
"Brother Li, what should we do now?" Chen Chengda went to the prison but did not see Wei Yongming. He knew that something was wrong at that time and wanted to report to Li Demin, but he was one step too late. Seeing that the situation was wrong, he simply did not enter the government office.
Anyway, he is the general who leads troops, and even if Feng Wuyou and the others don’t go, they can’t say anything.
Li Demin's eyes were red, and the officialdom was like a battlefield, and victory and defeat were common. Although Feng Wuyou slapped him in the face in public, he also took himself out. It was no big deal. However, Feng Wuyou's last words really stimulated him.
His son died tragically, and Feng Wuyou even mocked him, saying that he had failed to monitor.
"Brother Chen, do you dare to be a big vote?" Li Demin asked Chen Chengda with red eyes.
Although Chen Chengda was a rough man, he was not stupid. He said in surprise: "You want to do something here? Isn't it too risky?"
"Brother Chen, you and I ordered people to attack them in Tanzhou. They have already formed a knot. If we don't kill them, they will come to kill us one day! Now Yiyang is our territory. If we are afraid of it here, how can we still have a chance in the future? And Brother Chen, are you really going to watch them overturn the case for Wei Yongming? Brother Chen, don't forget that you are in charge of Yiyang's troops and have the right to control Cheng Huang. Now that Cheng Huang is exposed, can Brother Chen stay out of the matter?"
Chen Chengda's expression calmed down when he heard the last sentence. Li Minde was right. If they were letting them go back safely this time, those who were waiting for them would not have a good end. Even if they could save their lives, they would lose their posts.
He worked hard for a lifetime to sit at this position and wanted to leave it for his descendants, how could he lose it just like that?
He thought with a calm face for a moment, then smashed his hand on the table: "Listen to you! My son's grudge can't just let it go!"
The two of them had a long conspiracy. When the plan was decided, someone rushed out of the mansion and passed the message everywhere.
Even though the trial in the afternoon slap Li Demin in the face, in the evening, Li Demin prepared a banquet to welcome Feng Wuyou and Murong Yi.
This is true in the officialdom. No matter what the reality is, all things on the face must be done.
Feng Wuyou and Murong Yi didn't eat much. It was not because they were too cautious, but because they were in their current situation, which made them more careful.
He only used some dishes from the food plate brought by Nie Zheng and a few others, and put his stomach slightly over. Feng Wuyou said, "Mr. Governor, when this princess and Prince Yi went to Beiliang to investigate, he left all his entourage in Anhua. I wonder if Mr. Governor has seen it?"
When Feng Wuyou left, Ji Qing and others asked him to find a way to delay the Anhua magistrate for two days, and then they would find a way to disperse themselves and inquire about their news secretly.
But now they have made such a big noise in Yiyang, but no one has been called. Feng Wuyou and Murong Yi discussed it for a while and decided to ask Li Demin directly.
Li Demin said in surprise: "There is still such a thing? That's a pity. The officials have never seen it."
What he said was very perfunctory, and even a little provocative.
Feng Wuyou's face fell down, but she also knew that if Li Demin didn't want to say it, she couldn't even ask anything.
Fortunately, she didn't have the hope of asking. This question was just a warning to Li Demin. She was very concerned about her people, and Li Demin would better not act rashly.
Chapter completed!