Liu Bowen followed Yang Sanqiang to the outside of an ordinary wing in Zhongshu Province.
"Mr. Liu, please come in, the king is waiting for you inside." Yang Sanqiang said with a smile?
Liu Bowen nodded, opened the door and entered the house.
Looking around, I saw that besides Zhang Yangquan, there was a woman in the house.
"Your Majesty, Liu Bowen, pays homage to the King, and pays homage to His Royal Highness the Princess." Liu Bowen bowed and saluted.
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, there is no need to be polite, please sit down."
There was only one table in the room, and there were three chairs beside the table. He and Qin Lingjun each sat on one.
Liu Bowen sat down on the remaining chair. Seeing Qin Lingjun pouring tea for him in person, he quickly stood up and thanked her again.
Zhang Yangquan slowly turned the teacup in his hand.
"Mr. Liu, we have heard about Li Weigong and Liu Yu. We want to hear your personal explanation of what is going on!"
Liu Bowen was slightly startled and said: "My lord, do you believe that I was framed?"
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "Of course, I know your temper best. No matter what others say, I don't believe you would do such a thing!"
Qin Lingjun smiled and said: "I also believe in Mr. Liu's character."
Liu Bowen was very excited, with a bright light in his eyes, and said: "This matter starts with Zhang Miaojing. A few days ago, she came to the Yushitai to report the case, saying that Li Weigong had embezzled Liu Yu's palace style drawings!"
Zhang Yangquan said "hmm" and motioned for him to continue.
Liu Bowen said: "After I inquired, I found out that it was Kuai Liang who told her the matter. Kuai Liang said that Li Weigong asked him to report Liu Yu, thus disqualifying Liu Yu from submitting drawings."
Zhang Yangquan's eyes flashed and he said: "Actually, Li Weigong was behind this matter, just to make you suspect that he misappropriated Liu Yu's drawings!"
Liu Bowen said: "Yes, I have seen Li Weigong's drawings, and Zhang Miaojing has seen Liu Yu's drawings. When we compared them, we found that the two pictures were very similar."
Qin Lingjun suddenly said: "Why can't you tell when Uncle Guo and the others say that Li Weigong's drawings are different from Liu Yu's drawings?"
Liu Bowen took a deep breath and said: "This is what I am most careless about. That day, the six of us looked at the drawings together. After I had just looked at them for a while, someone came over from the Yushitai and said that there was a big case.
, I left in a hurry."
Zhang Yangquan nodded silently, knowing that this must be the arrangement of Lu Liangzuo and Xia Shize.
"When I was leaving, Prime Minister Lu You happened to mention to Mr. He that there were two Taoist temples on the drawing. For this reason, I was particularly impressed by the two Taoist temples on the drawing."
Qin Lingjun clapped her hands and said: "So when you compare the drawings, you will give priority to those two Taoist temples! Wait a minute, didn't Liu Yu say that there are no two Taoist temples in Li Weigong's drawings?"
Zhang Yangquan said: "This is not simple. After Li Weigong and Liu Yu looked at each other's drawings, Li Weigong modified his drawings and added two Taoist temples!"
Qin Lingjun said: "Well, that must be the case."
Liu Bowen then went on to explain that Kuai Liang deliberately lied about not drinking, but he found out, thus luring him to continue the investigation.
Later, Li Weigong deliberately drove Zhang Miaojing away, slandered Liu Bowen's reputation, and pretended to prevent the two from investigating. In fact, he was playing hard to get to lure them into in-depth investigation.
There is actually a flaw in this plan, that is, Liu Yu knows that his level of construction technology is not as good as Li Weigong's.
In order to make Liu Yu more confident, Li Weigong first admitted that he was not as good as Liu Yu, and then asked Kuai Liang to tell Zhang Miaojing that Liu Yu was the most powerful among the three.
In the end, Liu Yu was successfully deceived. He really thought that his level surpassed that of Li Weigong, so the other party framed him and stole his drawings.
When Liu Bowen mentioned the Ministry of Industry, Zhang Yangquan stretched out his hand.
"Needless to say what follows, Li Weigong drew a picture of Liu Yu's style, asked Lu Liangzuo to put it in the library, and then took out his own style picture to frame you."
Liu Bowen nodded and said: "Absolutely."
Zhang Yangquan took a sip of tea, pondered for a moment, and said, "I only have two questions now."
"Excuse me, Your Majesty."
"Why do Lu Liangzuo and Xia Shize go to such trouble to deal with you?"
Liu Bowen was silent for a while and said: "I think it's because of the Songjiang Mansion case!"
Zhang Yangquan's eyes lit up and he said, "Are you investigating them?"
Liu Bowen said: "To be precise, I am investigating Xia Shize. Five years ago, when Xia Shize was doing business in Songjiang Prefecture, he forced a family named Meng to death. Six months ago, the surviving descendants of the Meng family reported the crime at Yushitai.
I began to investigate the matter secretly."
"That's it."
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said with a smile: "Second question, do you plan to clear yourself of your grievances yourself, or do you want me and my husband to do it for you?"
Liu Bowen smiled happily and said: "I have thought of a way to escape the crime, but I still need a little help from the King and the Princess!"
"What are you busy with?"
Liu Bowen said: "Besides Xia Shize and Lu Liangzuo, there are two other people who know about this conspiracy. One is Kuai Liang and the other is Li Weigong. I want to start with these two people."
"That's easy to handle."
Zhang Yangquan clapped his hands and with a creak, Yang Sanqiang pushed the door open and came in.
"Are Kuai Liang and Li Weigong under control?" he asked.
Yang Sanqiang cupped his hands and said: "We've got everything under control. When we took Kuai Liang away, we also met people from the Xia family."
"It seems that they are starting to panic." Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, what else do we need to do next?"
When Liu Bowen saw that Zhang Yangquan had arrested Kuai Liang in advance, he was secretly grateful and said, "I want to start with Kuai Liang first!"
"Oh, how to get started?"
"I have investigated Kuai Liang. Although he and Li Weigong are about the same age, they respect Li Weigong as if they were elders. As long as this respect is broken, he can make him confess!"
Qin Lingjun rolled her eyes and said, "Just destroy Li Weigong's image in his heart!"
Liu Bowen said: "Yes."
Qin Lingjun raised her eyebrows and said, "That's not easy, I'll handle it!"
The three of them discussed the details again.
Zhang Yangquan called Yang Sanqiang in and asked him to convey his decree to the council hall and let the prime ministers go about their own affairs. Liu Bowen's affairs were handled by him personally.
After Lu Liangzuo received the decree, he felt uneasy and sad. He felt that the king was too partial to Liu Bowen.
After leaving the political hall, he wanted to send someone to find Li Weigong, but Yang Sanqiang chased him from behind.
"Prime Minister Lu, the king has summoned you, please come with me to the palace." Yang Sanqiang said with a half-smile.
Lu Liangzuo said in a deep voice: "Will your Majesty just summon the real person?"
Yang Sanqiang said with a smile: "Master Lu, why bother to ask more questions? You will know when you get there?"
Lu Liangzuo said no more and left Zhongshu Province with Yang Sanqiang and came to the palace.
Li Weigong also came to the palace, but he arrived before Lu Liangzuo. He was introduced to the back house and went all the way to a small school grounds.
The maid who led the way smiled and said, "Just wait here." After saying that, she left.
Li Weigong stood next to the school field. He looked up and saw a woman practicing archery in the middle of the school field, and a woman next to her was supervising.
Li Weigong saw the portrait of the princess and recognized that the person was the princess Qin Lingjun.
However, Qin Lingjun didn't even look at him, and Li Weigong didn't dare to go over and salute, so he had to stand there and wait silently.
After observing for a moment, he found that the woman's archery skills were very poor, and none of her arrows could hit the target.
Li Weigong saw clearly that the moment the woman shot the arrow, her wrist would shake. How could she shoot accurately?
When the woman's tenth arrow also missed the target, Qin Lingjun hit her on the head.
"Come here!" Qin Lingjun suddenly said.
Li Weigong was stunned for a moment, then realized that the princess was calling him, and hurriedly walked over.
"Xiao Ke Li Weigong, pay homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
In a stone pavilion to the west of the school grounds, Kuai Liang walked along another path to the stone pavilion. After seeing a young man in yellow robe sitting on the stone pavilion, he hurried forward to greet him.
"Kuai Liang, a common man, pays homage to the king!"
Zhang Yangquan held a cherry radish in his hand and while eating it, he casually asked: "Kuai Liang, why did you frame Liu Pingzhang?"
Kuai Liang was horrified and knelt down on the ground, saying: "Your Majesty, the common people have been wronged!"
Zhang Yangquan glanced at him and said: "So, you are unwilling to admit it?"
Kuai Liang gritted his teeth and said: "How dare common people frame Mr. Liu? Please enlighten me!"
Zhang Yangquan sighed and said: "I am not good at interrogating others. In comparison, my wife is better at this. Look over there!"
Stretch out your finger.
Kuai Liang looked in the direction and immediately saw a small school ground. He saw Li Weigong standing on the school ground, seemingly listening to a woman's lecture.
Zhang Yangquan said: "My wife is interrogating Li Weigong. Anyway, it is enough for one of you to confess. After he confesses, it will be too late for you to confess. Don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Kuai Liang gritted his teeth and said secretly: "Brother Wei Gong will never speak." He said loudly: "The common people are still saying the same thing. The common people are unjust. Please tell me clearly!"
Zhang Yangquan said calmly: "Since you won't cry until you see the coffin, let's just wait." He whispered a few instructions to a personal guard.