Chapter 104 Some things do not require evidence
Chapter 104 Some things do not require evidence
"Why are you yelling? Can't you see I'm choosing a gift for my dear grandson?" The emperor put down his brush and looked at him unhappily.
"Father, you've been choosing for so long, and you still haven't picked anything out?" Hui Chengyuan looked at the booklet he had written, and after a quick glance, there were only about ten items.
"Father, there's nothing in the private storehouse. Go out and buy some. You won't be able to find any better ones."
"You little rascal, I picked this for my dear grandson, it's none of your business. Go away." The emperor said as he covered the booklet.
"Besides, it's for my good grandson, so of course I have to strive for perfection. How can I be careless?"
Hui Chengyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "My mother has packed out ten boxes, do you have two boxes?"
The emperor grumbled, "Your mother's gifts were all taken from me. Otherwise, how could I not even have enough to give my grandson a gift?"
Hui Chengyuan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll have someone send some to you later. I've collected a lot of toys that children like these days."
“So, let’s take a look at the survey results first.”
The emperor immediately put away the account book and picked up his memorial to read it.
As he watched, his smiling face faded, and he looked at Hui Chengyuan and asked, "Is it all true?"
Hui Chengyuan knew why he asked this question, "It's true."
The emperor closed his eyes for a long time before he sneered, "Oh, you haven't even taken the throne yet, and you've already crowned someone king."
"The most surprising thing is that he hid it so well."
Hui Chengyuan nodded, "I once doubted Uncle Rong, but I never doubted him."
"The Crown Prince's Consort Luo is from the mother's family of the Dongzhou Jiedushi, and the Princess is the daughter of Lou, so the net is cast very wide."
"If Lin Xiang hadn't gotten some information, I wouldn't have investigated this aspect. Otherwise, I wouldn't have noticed this aspect."
The emperor sighed slightly and said, "When he asked me to grant him a marriage, I thought that although the Lou family was a big family in Xizhou, they had no power in Kyoto, so I didn't think much about it. Who would have thought that he had this plan."
The former Concubine Shu had always had a good relationship with the Empress Dowager, and Prince Gong had always been a member of his faction, so although he demoted his title, he did not reduce the regulations.
The emperor thought of this, his eyes darkened, "Is there any evidence in Dongzhou?"
Hui Chengyuan lowered his eyes and said, "Some things don't require evidence. If they do it, they will have to pay the price."
The emperor shook his head and said, "Ning Feng has 300,000 military tokens in his hands. We can't touch him without evidence."
"Don't worry, father. I will handle it." Hui Chengyuan had already figured out how to deal with it on the way to Taiji Palace.
"However, what does Father intend to do with Uncle Gong?"
"Deprive him of his title, sentence his entire family to death, and his wife and family members to the same punishment." The emperor said cruelly.
“All evidence will be handed over to the Jufa Division, and the Jufa Division will execute the case.”
"Yes, Father." Hui Chengyuan bowed and responded, then said, "Father, I need to go to Dongzhou in person."
The emperor looked at him, "Why?"
Hui Chengyuan looked at him directly and said, "Only if I personally go and capture Ning Feng, the 300,000 troops will not move."
Finally, the emperor was persuaded by him and allowed him to take the other half of the military token and set off for Dongzhou.
Yuan Man traveled for two days to reach Heyuan City and rested for one night in the city.
Yuan Man had just finished washing up and was about to have dinner when Yuan Yi knocked on the door, "Master, the prince has sent a message and is on his way to Dongzhou."
Did he come to Dongzhou to deal with Ning Feng’s affairs?
Yuan Man put down his chopsticks and said, "Tell him that we are waiting for him in Heyuan City."
It was just the right time to give him the evidence I had collected.
Zishu also confirmed one thing, that there were indeed people training private soldiers in Xiongshan, and the number was quite large, nearly 20,000.
But considering the amount of money and grain that the Chang family had to pay every year, it was definitely more than that, so Zi Shu arranged for people to go to the mountains on the other side of Lincheng.
Yuanman waited for two days.
That day, she had just bought two very distinctive kites on the street when Hui Chengyuan appeared in front of her.
Looking at the dusty and exhausted person in front of him, Yuanman gave up the idea of continuing shopping.
He asked the shopkeeper to open a room upstairs and led the person in.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
Hui Chengyuan looked at her and said, "When I received the message, I was not far from here, so I hurried off."
Yuan Man pulled him to sit down and said, "Wash yourself up and take a rest. We'll talk about other things after you've rested."
"I'll ask the waiter to prepare water and food." She wanted to go out after saying that, but Hui Chengyuan held her hand.
Yuan Man looked at him.
Hui Chengyuan looked up at her and said, "Just let the others go. You stay with me for a while."
Yuan Man saw that his eyes were filled with his own shadow and nodded in agreement.
As for the other people, Yuan Yi resigned himself to giving orders to the waiter.
The next day, after breakfast, Yuan Man asked Yuan Yi to send the Chang father and son to Hui Chengyuan.
Hui Chengyuan frowned as he looked at the Chang family father and son, "So, Ning Feng managed to marry Princess Rong to Prince Rong?"
Chang Zeyuan shook his head. "Originally they said she would be sent to the palace, but for some reason she became the Princess of Rong. Ning Feng didn't give any explanation."
"For the Chang family at that time, being able to become the Princess of Rong was considered marrying up, so my father didn't pay much attention to this matter."
"It was also from that time that the Chang family began to pay him tribute silver."
After Hui Chengyuan interrogated the Chang father and son, he went to the backyard of the inn and found Yuan Man.
"Ali."
Yuan Man put down what he was holding and looked at him, "I'm done asking questions."
"Yeah." Hui Chengyuan sat down in front of her, looked at the things on the table and asked, "What is this?"
Yuan Man glanced at it and said, "Oh, this is something strange that I saw on the street yesterday, so I brought it here to have a look."
"How about it, with them here, can we take down Ning Feng?"
Hui Chengyuan smiled and said, "I can take down Ning Feng even without them, but it will be much easier with them."
"What if there is other evidence against Ning Feng?" Yuan Man looked at him with a smile.
Seeing that her teacup was empty, Hui Chengyuan picked up the teapot and poured her a cup of tea, "Oh, Ah Li still has evidence?"
Yuanman returned to the room and placed all the evidence in front of Hui Chengyuan.
“See what works for you.”
Hui Chengyuan didn't expect that she had found so much information these days, some of which he had found, but there were also many that he didn't know.
He had thought about the matter of raising troops, but it had yet to be confirmed. Now his A'li had helped him find out everything.
"Thank you, Ari. They are all very useful."
Hui Chengyuan did not hide anything and told Yuanman what he had investigated.
After hearing this, Yuan Man suddenly felt that Prince Gong was really calculating. He had been plotting for more than ten years, but he did not expect that he would be defeated by purple quartz in the end.
He started to confer titles of kingship before he even ascended the throne as emperor. How confident he was.
Ning Feng must have lost his mind. He just ate the cake drawn by Prince Gong without any fear of choking to death.
Yuan Man collected her thoughts and asked, "What about the Lou family in Xizhou?" Her next check-in point was Xizhou.
Hui Chengyuan said: "The Lou family in Xizhou has been deeply rooted for many years, and it is almost impossible to commit a crime together."
"But I have collected all the evidence that the Lou family members bribed the officials of the Ministry of Personnel. In addition to the matter of Prince Gong, even if someone pleads for mercy, the death penalty can be avoided but the punishment of life cannot be escaped. The lightest punishment is exile."
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