Every word Zhao Jin said fell into Wang Xikang's ears, and it was torture for him.
How much did he really know?
"I don't know what you are talking about." Wang Xikang only repeated this sentence.
Zhao Jin stood up straight and sighed, "Wang Xikang, since I am so sure, I certainly know something."
"The account book has the prince's name on it."
Wang Xikang's originally chaotic mind suddenly calmed down, and the faint look of anxiety on his face disappeared.
"Duke Xuanping, even if you want to take credit, you can't slander the prince at will, right?"
Zhao Jin was not angry about this.
Wang Xikang suddenly calmed down. It seemed that the prince was involved in this matter and few people knew about it. Perhaps only Wang Xikang in Guanlong County knew about it.
"How does Mr. Wang know that I am slandering you?"
Wang Xikang raised his head and looked at Zhao Jin. There was no guilty or unnatural expression on the other person's face.
His mind moved. Could it be that Zhao Jin really had evidence pointing to the prince?
However, he didn't tell anyone else at all. Sun Ruijie didn't know that the prince was behind this, so the prince's name couldn't be on the account books.
"Huh!" Wang Xikang suppressed the complicated thoughts in his heart and said coldly: "The Duke of Xuanping knows it in his heart."
Zhao Jin smiled and asked again: "If you refuse to admit that the prince was involved, then the other person is the seventh prince, right?"
Wang Xikang twitched the corners of his lips, "Let it be whatever Duke Xuanping says, but..."
"Your Majesty is looking at the evidence." Wang Xikang looked at Zhao Jin and smiled maliciously, "Does the Duke have evidence in his hand?"
Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows and asked: "How can Mr. Wang conclude that I have no evidence?"
After saying that, Zhao Jin directly reported a series of numbers.
This is what is recorded in the account books.
Wang Xikang's expression changed in vain!
"Look, you don't believe what I said." Zhao Jin spread his hands helplessly.
"Since you don't want to say anything, then let the people from the Ministry of Punishment interrogate him after he returns to Bianzhou." Zhao Jin raised his chin and said, "Detain him and keep an eye on him."
"If he makes any mistakes, I can't protect you."
"yes!"
Zhao Jin looked at Wang Xikang's back, his eyes darkened.
There is indeed no name of the prince in the account books, only the names of the seventh prince and a Bianzhou family.
But Zhao Jin was sure that the prince had something to do with this matter.
Both the dead man and Wang Xikang's reaction were enough to prove that Zhao Jin's guess was correct.
Unfortunately, these cannot be directly used as evidence.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jin gradually frowned and tapped his fingers on the desk unconsciously. He had to find a way to collect the evidence around him.
Wang Xikang was unwilling to recruit, but there were many officials and wealthy gentry who were willing to recruit.
After all, the evidence in Zhao Jin's hands is abundant. No matter how much they rely on it, the accusation is already confirmed.
After sorting out everyone's confessions, Zhao Jin escorted the people and returned directly to Bianzhou.
When two thousand troops arrived at the gate of Bianzhou City, they escorted a large group of people in a mighty manner, attracting countless attention.
After Zhao Jin and Chen Xiao had Wang Xikang and others taken to the Ministry of Punishment, they went straight to the palace!
Zhao Gan received the note from Zhao Jin in advance and told Shouguan in advance, "If Zhao Jin comes to have an audience, just let him in."
Therefore, when the young eunuch at the door of the royal study saw Zhao Jin, he immediately smiled and said, "Duke Xuanping, Colonel Chen, your majesty is already waiting for you two adults inside."
"Excuse me." Zhao Jin nodded towards the young eunuch.
The smile on the other party's face became more obvious, "Mr. Xuanping is so polite."
Chen Xiao glanced at Zhao Jin in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Jin asked in a low voice.
Chen Xiao shook his head and said nothing more.
He was just a little surprised that Zhao Jin was so talkative to a young eunuch.
Zhao Jin could vaguely guess what Chen Xiao was thinking, so he smiled and said nothing more.
As soon as Zhao Jin entered the imperial study, Zhao Qian's urgent voice came from above.
"Where are the account books?"
Because he was afraid that someone would rob the account books on the way, Zhao Jin did not ask anyone to take the account books with him when he returned to Bianzhou with the folder.
He took out the account book from his arms and presented it.
Zhao Qian took the account book, looked through it with his head down, and immediately started to take action!
"The traitor! The traitor!"
Zhao Qian threw the account book against Long's desk, Long Yan was furious, and the maids and eunuchs in the imperial study were so frightened that they all knelt down.
Only Zhao Jin and Chen Xiao seemed to be unaffected, standing upright.
Zhao Qian threw down the account book and walked back and forth on the imperial steps for several times before finally stopping and asked, "Did Wang Xikang and the others recruit him?"
Hearing this, Zhao Jin took out the confession from his arms and handed it over.
"Some of them have been recruited, but Wang Xikang has not."
Zhao Qian looked at the pile of confessions and sneered.
Even if Wang Xikang did not recruit anyone, no one could testify against the seventh prince, but the name of the seventh prince was clearly on the account book.
This matter is already a certainty.
"Someone is coming!"
Zhao Qian flicked his sleeves and shouted loudly.
A forbidden soldier walked in quickly and knelt down on one knee, "Your Majesty!"
"Send someone immediately to arrest the Nanyang Chen family! Then bring the seventh prince to me!"
The Nanyang Chen family is exactly the family recorded in the account books.
The original headquarter of the Chen family was in Nanyang, but later moved to Bianzhou, so it is generally called the Nanyang Chen family.
The Imperial Guards did not ask any further questions and simply accepted the order.
Ever since they learned that Zhao Jin had returned to Bianzhou and that Wang Xikang and others were all escorted back to Bianzhou, the Seventh Prince became restless.
He was about to go to the East Palace to find the prince. As soon as he got up, the imperial troops broke in outside.
"Bold! What crime should be committed by breaking into the prince's residence without permission?!" Zhao Xingzhen turned coldly and shouted angrily.
The leader of the forbidden army laughed, and the laughter was cold and disdainful, "The seventh prince should think about himself before speaking, and take him away!"
The only thing causing trouble in the city now is the private manufacture of salt, although His Majesty did not explicitly say what the Seventh Prince was guilty of.
But Duke Xuanping had just entered the imperial study, and immediately asked them to bring the seventh prince into the palace. The reason was clear.
He turned his head and glanced at the reluctant Seventh Prince who was still struggling, and said "ha" in his heart. If he got involved in this matter, the Seventh Prince would not think twice about it.
Thinking of this, he lost some patience. Seeing that the seventh prince was still scolding them, he said coldly: "This is your majesty's order. Do you want to disobey the holy order, your highness?"
The seventh prince's movements suddenly stopped.
Father...
He swallowed, feeling anxious in his heart. After struggling for a long time, he reluctantly lowered his body and asked the imperial guards beside him, "Do you know why my father called me to come?"
With that said, the seventh prince took out a piece of gold from his arms.
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