Chapter 414: There is no official who cannot be investigated and no one who cannot be killed
Several people had different thoughts and looked at Li Chengzhi intently.
Yuan Ke was already suspicious, but after this sudden change, everyone looked like the mastermind of the assassin. Only Li Chengzhi, who sacrificed his life to save him, could make him relax a little bit.
Just like this: the rebellion in the Imperial Temple is not a trivial matter, but the emperor is still led by Li Chengzhi to investigate thoroughly, and even the three princes can only serve as assistants, which shows Yuan Ke's trust in Li Chengzhi.
On the other hand, even though Yuan Sengbao has become a monk, he is still connected by blood with Yuan Jia and Yuan Yuan. Not to mention the clear evidence of his rebellion, as long as Yuan Sengbao does not get rid of the suspicion of participating in the rebellion, the emperor will regard him as
Yuan Jia, who has military power, is a thorn in Yuan Yuan's side, a thorn in his flesh, and has trouble sleeping and eating.
It is not necessary to be implicated, but as long as the father and son have some self-awareness, they should report to the emperor that they should resign from office and be imprisoned at home until the truth comes out...
But now that Li Chengzhi said frankly that "Yuan Sengbao was just deceived by thieves and should have nothing to do with the rebellion," the emperor would most likely not question it. Even if Li Chengzhi was ordered to conduct a thorough investigation, he would only use this as the basis. p>
Like Yuan Jia, Yuan Yuan escaped easily?
Perhaps Li Chengzhi was impartial and did not want to implicate innocent people, nor did he want to cause the emperor to lose two useful confidants for no reason in such troubled times. However, Yuan Yi and others could not help but compare this matter with Gao Wenjun, who had changed his surname to "Yuan"
Connected.
Yuan Yong felt regretful in his gut: If he had known this, he would have been completely shameless and gave Li Chengzhi a princess. Even if he wanted to take a concubine, he would admit it...
Yuan Yi was quite impressed by Xinwei, and felt that although Li Chengzhi was sometimes cunning, ruthless, and ruthless, such as when he treated Yuan Yi, Yuan Ji, and Yuan Shiwei brothers, he was decisive and decisive. However, he was not just trying to please the emperor like Gao Zhao.
, without any limits, persecuting the clan...
With this thought in his mind, Yuan Yi couldn't help but take a look at Gao Zhao's face. Although his face was watery and solemn, it could be seen from his dark eyes that Gao Zhao was unwilling...
So what if you are unwilling?
The son-in-law who was about to get it was thrown away by the emperor. Gao Zhao only hated Yuan Ke...
He took a long breath and asked in a deep voice: "Your Majesty ordered us to help, so you are the main one. So you can make it clear how to investigate and deal with it..."
"Zukong and Zujue are already dead, and their comrades also openly rebelled and slandered His Majesty. They all died after slandering His Majesty. This must have only caused trouble to the east. At the beginning of the incident, Zukong had already dispatched all the remaining party members in the temple..."<
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Li Chengzhi pondered, "But the passing geese leave their voices, and the passing people leave their traces. Zu Kong and Zujue have been hiding in Baode Temple for more than ten years. It is impossible not to leave any traces. As long as you inquire carefully, you can always find them."
some clues.
Therefore, the lower official wanted to seal the temple on the spot, and then invited the court officials, Duguan Sicao (in charge of prison affairs), Youshi Shangshu (in charge of judicial administration) and other ministries to dispatch officials as soon as possible to interrogate on the spot..."
Li Chengzhi paused for a moment, then clasped his fists, "Today's change may seem earth-shattering, but in fact it is just a bluff. Nine out of ten thieves are trying to cover up the truth, trying to hide the truth and let us falsely accuse Zhongliang. Therefore, I think it is not appropriate to implicate him.
It is not suitable to build large prisons and implicate innocent people..."
"Are you a Bodhisattva?"
Gao Zhao snorted coldly, then looked at Yuan Yi and Yuan Yong, "What do you two think?"
After all, they are from the same clan, and they are very close to each other on weekdays. How can these two not speak to Yuan Jia and Yuan Yuan?
Yuan Yong and Yuan Yi nodded in unison: "There is no reason to be led by the thieves, that's how it should be!"
"Then seal the temple and interrogate on the spot!"
Gao Zhao waved his sleeves and said, "Since you are the leader, we naturally won't comment too much. From now on, the three of us will only be in charge of the temple. If it is not something important or unresolved, you can handle it yourself...
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Yuan Yi and Yuan Yong also nodded repeatedly. Li Chengzhi knew at a glance that these three people should have been instructed by the emperor before leaving the palace.
At this point, even if he wanted to reject the emperor, he would not agree. Li Chengzhi sighed secretly, said a few reluctantly polite words, and invited everyone to enter the temple.
As soon as they entered the temple gate, several people were immediately stunned.
What two huge bone mountains?
Seven or eight passers-by were placing the corpses on the ground, and the bodies of more than ten babies and seven or eight adults were already placed. And at a rough estimate, it seems that they are not even one-tenth of the Bone Mountain? p>
Yuan Yong, Yuan Yi, and Gao Zhao all had dark expressions on their faces, and they were even more cursed in their hearts.
When they heard Li Chengzhi explain Zongde's crimes to Yuanjia before, they only thought that there were only a few bodies, or maybe a dozen. No one dared to imagine that the bones of women and babies in Baode Temple could be piled up into a mountain?
No wonder Li Chengzhi broke off both of Yuan Sengbao’s legs before even going to trial?
Three years ago, the sister-in-law of King Yuancheng of Rencheng and the concubine of Yuan Song, the governor of Yangzhou, committed adultery with a monk from Jingle Temple and secretly had a pregnancy. The emperor ordered the Third Division to investigate thoroughly. Afterwards, what happened in Jingle Temple was like this.
Such a scene.
At that time, only a dozen women's corpses were excavated, and only thirty infants' remains were discovered. This made the emperor furious. All the monks involved were executed by Lingchi. From the head of the throne, there were three hundred people who were tortured.
Yu.
But there are more than a hundred objects in front of us, and it is also at this time when the wind is raging and the trees and grass are all at war?
It turns out that what Li Chengzhi said in front of the temple "it is not appropriate to involve too many people, let alone to build large prisons" was not just to excuse Yuan Jia and Yuan Yuan. It was also an expectation that the emperor would be furious and would most likely kill him with bloodshed.
Chenghe?
I beg the emperor to only punish the monks of Baode Temple, and not to implicate Luoyang Ling, Henan Yin, Sizhou Mu and other government officials. They and Li Chengzhi must use all their strength to mediate before the emperor... p>
Yuan Yihe's voice trembled: "How could a Buddhist believer in the pure land of Buddhism do such an unconscionable and inhumane act?"
Li Chengzhi looked on coldly and sneered secretly: Did you only know today?
Among the princes, Yuanyi worshiped Buddhism the most.
The emperor gave him two mansions in the inner city, both of which were dedicated by Yuan Yi to Jingle Temple and Baode Temple. They were worth more than a million gold?
As for donating copper and gold to cast a bronze Buddha, and giving the Buddha a golden body, etc., it is commonplace for Yuan Yi, as long as he has...
While he was cursing, Yuan Yong exclaimed again: "Jin...Jinshan?"
Only then did he know that on one side of Bone Mountain, there were about two hundred tigers in a circle with three floors and three floors outside, and what was surrounding them.
It’s really a mountain of gold: boxes of copper collars piled up layer by layer are seven or eight feet high, nearly ten feet in diameter, and definitely weigh more than tens of millions of kilograms.
What surprised Yuan Yong the most was the pile of real gold: there were more than 20 boxes of various sizes, maybe there were 50,000 to 60,000 gold?
Yuan Yong can be said to be extremely wealthy, but only in terms of the manors, salt ponds, mines, houses, etc. in his name. Everyone knows that the cellar in his home is full of rare treasures, including real gold and copper collars. But compared with what is in front of him, I am afraid that he is not.
Less than eleven...
"Your Highness, now you know why the imperial court is so short of copper? It's right here, and this is just a Baode Temple... And what you see in front of you is just what is left after Baode Temple's extravagant extravagance and squandering, which is not enough to plunder.
One tenth..."
Li Chengzhi laughed and pointed to a mountain of meat piled forward that was four or five times larger than Tongshan, "Xiaguan is well-informed, but this is the first time I have seen so many delicacies in Beijing. These were all brought out from the kitchens dedicated to the food of the eminent monks and various halls in the temple. The pickled deer, ape and other meats weighed up to a thousand kilograms, and bear paws, tiger bones, and leopard fetuses were not uncommon... I dare to ask two questions.
Do your Royal Highnesses and Sikong have so many good things in their residences, or even in the palace?"
Got a fart?
Although it is available in the West Market, the price is higher than real gold. Even the prince, Grandpa, is willing to enjoy it only a handful of times a year. However, it is as huge as a thousand catties in Baode Temple?
This Zongde really deserves to be killed...
Cursing secretly in his heart, Yuan Yong looked at Li Chengzhi strangely.
How could Li Chengzhi regard such huge wealth as if it were nothing and pile it on the open space in the temple?
He is so calm, obviously he has never thought about getting involved...Does he really regard money as dirt?
Li Chengzhi just didn't see him, and raised his hand to Yuan Yi: "Situ happens to be here, but we can send someone to seize Sinong or the inner treasury later..."
As if his faith had suddenly collapsed, Yuan Yi nodded mechanically like a puppet.
Li Chengzhi sneered and continued to lead them forward, preparing to let these three people see how luxurious the underground palace under the Elephant Pond guaranteed by Yuan Monk was.
Not surprisingly, the four walls and floor of the palace are all made of gold and copper. Compared with the two mountains of gold and copper that we just saw, they are probably only a lot more.
When he walked to the back garden, he saw several Ting Weiping and painters comparing pictures of corpses, and Li Chengzhi stopped again.
"This is Zukong, Zujue and his accomplices in the uprising. They are all dead. When the portrait is finished, the officials will post it in all the squares in the capital for the officials and the people to identify..."
After replying, Li Chengzhi pointed to the side again, "These three women are the secret rooms that Zongde hid in the underground palace. They gave birth to a son and a daughter..."
In order to record their appearance and characteristics in detail, monks, women and children were all stripped of their clothes, leaving no trace of clothing on their bodies.
It has become a corpse, so there is nothing to be afraid of. The timid ones, such as Yuan Yi, just glanced at it and turned away. Gao Zhao had no intention of taking a closer look, but Yuan Yong was lustful and stared at the corpse.
The naked woman looked twice.
"It's a pity that she is so beautiful... Even her skin can be said to be like gelatin, which can be broken by a blow. Moreover, she has given birth to a son and a daughter, but there is not even a trace on her belly? It can be seen that Zukong,
Zujue put a lot of thought into flattering Zongde..."
You have given birth, but there is no trace on your abdomen?
Li Chengzhi took a closer look and found that it was exactly what Yuan Yong said. He couldn't help but move in his heart: Wasn't the female Taoist priest who stabbed him with a tube and almost killed him like this: even though she had given birth, her whole body was as white as jade, and she had no skin.
Traces?
Just as he was about to ask for advice, he stopped talking once the words reached his lips.
I have never eaten pork, but I have always seen pigs running around. Why do I need to ask Yuan Yong for advice?
You may not be able to find even one woman out of a hundred who won’t have stretch marks after giving birth.
Of course, it might be a coincidence, but what if?
Beating a child on a rainy day is just idle time...
After pondering for a moment, Li Chengzhi shouted: "Yuan Jian!"
"My subordinates are here!"
"Go to the governor and ask him to check whether Zongde's still alive concubine is also as white as jade and has no trace of her body even though she has given birth.
If it is true, let the governor ask her about her origins and ask her to identify the portrait of the female assassin in the palace to see if the two know each other..."
As they were waiting, a burst of "get out of the way" came from outside the hospital. It sounded like it was Yang Jun.
As soon as Li Chengzhi turned around, he saw Yang Jun rushing into the back garden with a solemn face.
As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone was shocked and frowned: "Zongde's secret room is the singer in Prince Jingzhao's palace?"
King Jingzhao, Yuan Yu?
Last autumn, Yuan Yu rebelled, but was defeated and captured. Yuan Ke showed mercy and spared him the death penalty. But on the way to the capital, he was given a glass of poisonous wine by Gao Zhao...
But the rebellion is a fact, and the servants in the government must be the exiled army, the official spouse, and the official spouse who was sold to the official office (similar to the teaching office).
Li Chengzhi asked suspiciously: "Could it be a coincidence?"
"I thought so before... But when I asked her again: whether the woman who was killed by Zukong and hidden in the secret room with her by Zongde was also an actress in the palace of Prince Jingzhao, she called that woman
She claimed to be the wife of a prison official who was implicated by King Yuanxi of Xianyang. Like her, she was bought from the official house by Zukong after being a prison official...
Until this moment, I thought it was a coincidence: most of the officials were women and daughters of convicted officials. How many officials were implicated by King Xianyang and King Jingzhao?
But the woman also said that a few days ago, she accidentally met the uncle of King Jingzhao and the younger brother of his beloved concubine Yang Wancheng in Baode Temple, and she was shocked. So with the mentality of giving it a try, let
She confessed..."
Yang Jun reached into his arms and took out the book: "This is the monk!"
Couldn't this be the assassin who was stabbed into the neck by Li Chengzhi, who was actually Yuan Yu's brother-in-law?
Yang Wancheng was sold into the officialdom because his father and ancestors were implicated in the rebellion of Xianyang King Yuanxi.
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A few years later, Yuan Yu met Yang Wanqian by chance, was fascinated by her, and wanted to take her as his concubine... Because she was a concubine, the emperor did not allow it, so Yuan Yu started to think wrongly:
He gave heavy gifts to Li Xianxian, who was born in the Li family of Zhao County and served as the Youzhong Lang General at that time, and asked Li Xianxian to accept Yang as his adopted daughter and change her surname to Li. Then he quietly adopted her as his concubine. When the Yang family was married, he
After she became pregnant, Yuan Yu wrote a memorial to the emperor in a polite way.
Since then, a rift has developed between the two brothers, which has laid the foundation for Yuan Yu's rebellion and disaster...
The three Yuan and Yong people murmured in their hearts: It was Yuan Yu, King of Jingzhao, and Yuan Xi, King of Xianyang... And Yuan Yu's uncle became one of the assassins who assassinated the emperor... No one would believe it if there was no connection between them...
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"What's more..."
Yang Jun breathed in the cold air and turned over a few pages of the book: "The woman actually recognized this girl and said that she came from the official residence with her, but she was bought by someone four or five years earlier. I heard that
I became a concubine in the palace of a certain prince and gave birth to a son for him... But for some reason, it seems that two years ago, I was adopted as a female crown by the King of Ruyang..."
Li Chengzhi's eyes nearly popped out: Couldn't this be the female Taoist priest who had an affair with him?
He asked urgently: "Have you ever asked, before being adopted as a female crown by King Ruyang, to whom did this female assassin marry and who gave birth to children?"
Yang Jun shook his head, "The woman called her about half a month ago. I heard Zu Jue mention this woman and remembered a few words. I don't know the details..."
I heard Zujue mention it, and it was half a month ago?
Hahaha... It seems that we are inseparable.
Otherwise, why would this bald thief bother to go to great lengths to spread suspicion?
It seems that he is not just trying to frame Yuan Jia...
"As long as you find King Ruyang, you will know just by asking!"
Li Chengzhi took a deep breath and said, "It's almost Xu time now, the sun is setting to the west, the city gate is about to close, and Ruyang is most likely back to the palace. I'd like to trouble the governor to make another trip, and I will borrow the emperor's banner.
Even if I want to capture you, I will capture King Ruyang here..."
Without waiting for Yang Jun to agree, Gao Zhao sternly rebuked: "Confused: How can the emperor's festival be granted lightly? Furthermore, do you think His Majesty sent us here to watch a show?"
After saying that, he waved his sleeves and walked towards the car, "I'll go there myself!"
In addition to his position as Sikong, Gao Zhao is also the consort, and Yuanyue's uncle is easily captured.
Only then did Li Chengzhi remember the oral instruction that the emperor asked Yuan Jia to repeat: There are no officials who cannot be investigated, and there are no people who cannot be killed...
It turns out that Yuan Ke sent Yuan Jia and others to do this?
I don’t know who the “prince” the woman is talking about is?
Unfortunately, Yuan Jia and Yuan Yuan were implicated by Yuan Sengbao, so they had no choice but to avoid suspicion first. As a result, they lost two big helpers in vain...