After nearly a year of separation, Heshen finally returned to the capital again. However, when he came back, he was no longer as powerful as he left, and was pulled back in a carriage. Although he was beaten seriously injured, after all, he naturally could not go home when he was involved in the case of Tom's escape. He was sent to the place where the court officials were detained by beekeepers. He found a single courtyard, and there were people to take care of food, clothing and expenses. He also sent a truck of spring water from Yuquan Mountain every day, which was considered to be under house arrest.

The prisoners here are all high-ranking officials who have committed crimes. They may be able to go out one day and become a new leader. Therefore, the guards are not the yamen runners of Shuntian Prefecture, but the soldiers of the infantry commander of the yamen. Ming Rui resigned as the governor of the Nine Gate and was the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and his original position was succeeded by Fu Longan. Fu Longan was the half-brother of Fu Kang'an, and he was even a family. Therefore, the guardians of Heshen were not strict. Tang'er Wu Mi Feng Wenwen and others could come to visit him. Except that Heshen was not allowed to leave, it was no different from staying at home.

Shi Magistrate Shi and Pang Debiao bit Heshen to death and interfered with official affairs and let the foreigners go, and then arrested him. Because he did not confess his identity, the subsequent incident was caused, and all the blame was put on Heshen. Heshen naturally seized the beating and made a big fuss about being beaten. In addition to Dong Ehu and Soren, he also brought Wang Liang from Cuihualou and Captain Liu from Shijiazhuang to testify, proving that Heshen surrendered himself. Wang Liang told the whole story of what happened in prison, and there were many prisoners to testify. Pang Debiao said that the foreigner stealing military secrets was a serious offender, and Heshen blocked them, but actually condoned him. Heshen told the account book in the hands of the foreigners, and stated that except for Pang Debiao's words, the account book that he had never seen was the fundamental reason for his success...

Both sides had their own opinions and the case was in a deadlock. It was not that the case was so complicated. Anyone could see that this was a war between Concubine Ling and Fu Cha, and it was obvious that Fu Cha's family suffered a loss and was wronged, but he could not find the foreigner. Qianlong did not express his attitude, which made the case continue to be delayed.

The principal trial of the case was Liu Tongxun, Hongzhou and Yu Minzhong's deputy trial.

Time passed quickly, and more than half a month passed in a blink of an eye. Even Chengde returned to the capital to explain the situation, but the foreigner seemed to have evaporated from the world. The Five City Military and Horses Office, the Infantry Commander's Office, Shuntian Mansion, Zhili Governor's Office, Baihualou, and Lingfei's team, together with tens of thousands of people, turned the capital and Zhili to the sky. Not to mention people, even a single silver hair was found.

At the beginning, Concubine Ling and his team were still anxious to find Tom. After all, Tom had evidence of Chengde's smuggling. He finally had such an important military figure to support him. It was hard to get it. Concubine Ling was really unwilling to watch Chengde's bad things. Later, Concubine Ling was not anxious. Not only was she not anxious, but she was very grateful to the foreigner. By chance, Heshen suffered a lot - it would be better if he couldn't find it. Heshen could not be found for a day, and Heshen could not get rid of suspicion for a day. Even if he was released by Qianlong, he would not be able to turn over in a short period of time.

The kang table in the East Warm Pavilion of Yangxin Hall was filled with memorials. When Liu Tongxun came in, he could not see Qianlong.

Qianlong wrote quickly and said, "Yanqing, sit for a while, I'm still a few words away... Gao Wuyong, don't you still have lotus seed soup, give Yanqing a bowl!"

Liu Tongxun thanked him for his gratitude and waited quietly. After a while, Qianlong raised his head behind Chengshan's memorials, "Is it for Heshen's case? Is there a lot of memorials recently? At least half of the ones on this table are... It's almost three years since he was a worker? Is it a big cabinet to remember his memorials, and it's a miracle that he can live to this day!"

Liu Tongxun could not see whether Qianlong was praising or sarcastic, and replied carefully: "The master is all magnanimous, but Shanbao is really talented. Not to mention the distance, just a telegram. How much force did the battle in Yunnan and Guizhou do this time? And the hot air balloon... Sometimes, when Wei Chen dreamed at midnight, he would also think about how Shanbao's brain grew, and why did he have so many wonderful ideas?"

"There are not many people who can make Yan Qing praise this," Qianlong smiled, got up and got out of the kang, stretched his muscles and bones, made a slight slap, and sat on the edge of the kang. "Shanbao is talented, I have to admit that he has been a little smoother in recent years, and this has developed his current arrogant and impulsive temper and acted boldly. If he had not loved his talents, I would have cut him down with ten heads. How could I love and hate him?

Qianlong sighed, and Liu Tongxun said, "I shouldn't say anything. The master is too lenient to Shanbao. Being arrogant is not a good thing for young people. It is better to beat more..."

"I mean that," Qianlong nodded, glanced at the eunuch Sula came in with lotus seed soup, and said with a smile: "It's cold, drink it and get rid of the fire... Heshen said that the reason why he stopped Cheng De's subordinates was because the foreigner mentioned the word "account book" in his words. Cheng De was... What kind of thing I know is very good. Even if he knew that Heshen was wronged in prison, he could only watch it. After all, the court has laws, and even if I can forgive him, it will be difficult to convince him... Is it enough? If it's not enough, I'll give him another bowl, and... I'll just treat it as a lesson. If I can't find that foreigner, then close the case. It's not good to drag it!"

"Master wise!" Liu Tongxun handed the bowl in his hand to Eunuch Sula and said, "But how to judge this case, I ask my master to show you. The Wei-Minist means that each side will beat fifty steps. After all, Shanbao is wronged, so he still needs to take care of his emotions, otherwise it will be unfavorable to the court."

The punishment for those who made meritorious service and those who beat people were fine, which was really heartbreaking. Liu Tongxun didn't say it thoroughly, but Qianlong also understood what he meant. He thought about it and said, "Heshen had made mistakes first. The first-class marquis was demoted to third-class ranks, and his salary was fined for three years. As for those who beat people, the beating of court officials, the crime was unforgivable, and he was beheaded immediately! The magistrate of Shijiazhuang was not strict and had a dereliction of duty. He took off his top clothes and never used it... Yanqing, do you think this would be possible?"

"Master, Yu Minzhong is waiting outside the hall to see you, are you calling in?" Liu Tongxun didn't have time to answer. A little eunuch hurried into Gao Wuyong and whispered something in his ear. Gao Wuyong stepped forward and said.

"What are he doing?" Qianlong was stunned, cross-legged onto the kang, nodded and said, "Call in!"

After a while, Yu Minzhong quickly walked into the hall, walked a few steps, shook his horse's hooves and fell to the ground, "Slave Yu Minzhong, please pay me a blessing to Master Long Live!"

"Forget it, get up and sit next to Yan Qing!"

Yu Minzhong did not get up, but looked at Liu Tongxun and said in a deep voice: "I have a secret to my knees. I hope Lord Yanqing will avoid it and hope that the master will succeed!"

"Oh?" Qianlong showed a strange look on his face, frowned, and waved his hand at Liu Tongxun. Liu Tongxun quickly stood up and took his leave. When he left the hall, all the eunuchs Sula who were serving Gao Wuyong left. Qianlong said, "Now, we are the king and the ministers in this hall. What's the point? Tell me!"

Yu Minzhong swallowed and spitted, and said with a stern heart: "Heshen is rampant and unlawful, and he is unjust. In time, he will become a big trouble. The slave risked his life to submit a memorial and was willing to ask for the Lord to kill him!"

"What?" Qianlong was sitting upright, but now he stood up suddenly, his eyes were burning, staring at Yu Minzhong firmly, gritting his teeth, and jumping out one by one: "Do you say he has a disobedient heart, but is there any evidence?"

Qianlong's eyes were filled with iron gray light. Yu Minzhong knew that he was extremely angry, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He whispered for a moment, lowered his head uneasy, clasped the cracks in the bricks, and was silent for a moment before saying, "Master, calm down, I have evidence..." After saying that, he slowly stood up, gradually calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "I won't talk about the private release of the pirate Song San, there are many people, including Fukang'an. The master will know just by asking. He only said that Fukang's security right now deals with Siam affairs, but he just put the Pha Mansion in a difficult situation.

He handed over two women, and the two women were female slaves raised by Elder Fang, and they were inseparable from Heshen. Fu Kang'an's relationship with Heshen is obvious to all. If Heshen had no instruction, how could he hand over such two important positions to two women? This is one. Secondly, there is evidence that Heshen plundered a lot of more than 13 million taels of silver when he was in Siam. Except for three million taels and some treasures handed over to the treasury, the rest were all used by him to buy reward troops and bribe the hearts of the local people. Let me ask, what is his heart?"

Qianlong said nothing, his face turned pale. Yu Minzhong couldn't see what he was thinking, so he simply took it aside and said, "There is also the matter of selling immortal ointment privately. Many people in the court have benefited from it. Even the palace... spared no effort to win people's hearts. What exactly does Heshen want to do in his heart?"

It was like a thunder thunder on a sunny day, and Qianlong trembled all over in shock!

Qianlong knew all the things Yu Minzhong said, and he had never thought about these issues carefully. Now when Yu Minzhong asked this, he was shocked and couldn't help but ask inwardly: "Heshen, Heshen, what do you want to do? Could it be that he really wants to rebel?"

Thinking of this, Qianlong said, "You are all guesses out of thin air. Besides, Heshen has never hidden these things from me. Even the two women have reported that I have known about it. What do the soldiers who are still fighting bloody in front of me think? Are you not afraid of the coldness of their hearts?"

Yu Minzhong knew that Qianlong's suspicion about Heshen was even stronger, and he couldn't help but be satisfied with the idea he came up with temporarily. He raised his head and faced Qianlong's gaze and said sincerely: "I know that Long Live the Emperor will not believe Heshen's rebellion, and I don't want to believe it. However, the master, I think about it. He even dared to interfere in the military affairs of the general of Hangzhou, and what else can I dare not do? Where is Song San? I'm afraid only he knows it? There are two women in Siam who hold great power, and Zheng Xin, who he fully supports. With these people, he is so confident, right?"

This is Yu Minzhong's ultimate goal. He wants to nail Heshen to the case of letting Tom go. Even if he can't kill him, he will still be skinned!
Chapter completed!