There has been a lot of noise in the courtroom today.

Luo Jinhe ordered people to move the court of the Ministry of Punishment to the main hall to openly hear the corruption case of the governor of Minzhou, and let all the officials stand aside and listen.

The presiding officer first interrogated the two county magistrates brought back from Minzhou by Xi Duchawei. The two insisted that they did not see a penny for embankment repairs, and the money never appeared in the county government's account books.

Then the presiding officer invited the head of the Water Department of the Ministry of Industry, who issued the documents for last year's accounting of the funds and the approval of the appropriation application, and the Ministry of Households also produced a certificate of money out of the treasury.

In this way, the problem can only lie with Liu Chengye, the governor of Minzhou.

Liu Chengye stayed in the prison for nine days, his hair and beard were as messy as weeds. As soon as he was brought up, he knelt down and cried out how wronged he was.

"You were greedy for ink and money to repair embankments, to the extent that you caused the Cang River in Minzhou to burst its embankment, drowning more than a thousand people, and then you were afraid of punishment and did not report, which led to riots among the victims. Are these facts?" the presiding judge asked solemnly.

"I really deserve death." Liu Chengye kowtowed to the ground, with tears and snot running down his face, and wailed, "But all of this was ordered by Grand Master Chen! It was he who asked me to do this! All the money for building dams is given to him as a filial piety." No, I didn't get a penny!"

The officials observing Liu Chengye's complaint were all stunned, and many people showed panic expressions.

During this period of time, the emperor has successively dismissed many mediocre people who came to the court by spending money to buy officials, and today he brought Liu Chengye to the court for interrogation. Could it be that he is finally going to attack Grand Master Chen?

Many of them gained their current power by bribing the Chen family. If Grand Master Chen's backer falls, everyone will suffer accordingly!

Chen Taishi had already obtained information from the Queen Mother, and knew the emperor's attitude towards this matter.He had a good idea in his heart, and when he heard Liu Chengye's words, he didn't panic, just let out a cold "hum", and showed a disdainful demeanor, as if Liu Chengye's accusation was just a joke.

The presiding judge saw that Grand Master Chen had no intention of speaking, so he asked Liu Chengye, "You accuse Grand Master Chen of instructing you to embezzle the money for building the embankment, do you have evidence?"

"Yes, yes!" Liu Chengye said repeatedly, "I have an account book, which records the tributes I have given to Grand Master Chen since I became an official. There are a total of more than ten years, besides silver coins, there are also countless rare silks and silks.

Chen Taishi asks for bribes from officials from all over the country every year. If he is satisfied with more, he will have the opportunity to be transferred to good places such as Suzhou and Yinzhou.If you don't give filial piety when you go to these places, he will make up some reasons for people to report impeachment. In order to keep your official position, the minister has no choice but to make such a bad move! "

"Is this the account book you are talking about?" The presiding judge asked Liu Chengye to submit the account book for identification, and Liu Chengye nodded in agreement.

"How can a mere account book be used as evidence?" Chen Taishi said calmly, "Don't you write this kind of thing as you want?"

"Not only the account books, I also know what the former governor of Minzhou bribed you. In order to transfer back to the capital, the former governor of Minzhou, Wang Shichang, searched for property in Mindi during his tenure, and bribed you with a total of more than [-] taels of silver. Two golden Kuijiao cups, a half-person-high coral tree, more than a dozen pieces of black jade vessels, and several boxes of jewelry and antiques."

After Liu Chengye finished speaking, he kept kowtowing to Luo Jinhe: "Min is already poor, and if he plundered it like this, the people's resentment will be even deeper. Since I took over as the governor of Minzhou, I have been sitting on a fire pit every day. This time, the victims of the disaster caused chaos. It's not just about the flood, it's a long-standing evil, please be aware of it, Your Majesty!"

"A pack of nonsense!" The Wang Shichang that Liu Chengye was talking about was also at the scene. Hearing that his old affairs had been exposed, he angrily scolded Liu Chengye and said, "You embezzled the appropriation from the imperial court yourself, and you still slander me and the grand master. I can be promoted only by myself." Great political achievements! I have been in Minzhou for three years, and there has never been any major disturbance in Minzhou.

"That's your luck!" Liu Chengye was annoyed at this matter from the bottom of his heart. His term in Minzhou was about to expire, and he was waiting to be transferred after autumn. will not be exposed.

The two were arguing, and the chief interrogator picked up the gavel and slapped the desk: "Silence!"

The hall fell silent, and the presiding officer turned to Luo Jinhe and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you think should be the decision now?"

Luo Jinhe leaned on the dragon chair and rubbed the center of his brows, the fatigue on his face was very obvious: "The question now is where did the money go? Since Governor Liu said that he bribed the Grand Master with many things, then he will be punished." According to this account book, go to the grand master's mansion to search it, would the grand master be willing?"

Grand Master Chen bowed slightly, and said frankly: "Since Your Majesty has issued an order, the veteran should cooperate."

Luo Jinhe nodded slightly, waved to Luo Fengxin who was standing by His Highness, then stopped suddenly, and called Qu Hao who was standing next to Luo Fengxin.

"General Qu, it's up to you to take someone to the Grand Master's Mansion to have a look, including all the other farms under the name of the Grand Master. Be sure to search carefully."

Qu Hao took the order and left.Everyone looked at Luo Jinhe again, only to see that Luo Jinhe was propping his head up with half-closed eyes, neither opening his mouth to discuss matters nor asking to retreat. Seeing that this meant that he was waiting for news from Qu Hao, and had to wait for a result today Come.

At noon, all the officials had lunch in the porch, and in the afternoon they waited in the hall again, until the sun set to the west before Qu Hao came back with his people.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have searched the Grand Master's Mansion and other properties and residences, but I did not find anything recorded in the book, nor did I find the large sum of money, Kuijiao cup, coral tree and other treasures mentioned by Governor Liu."

"Impossible!" Liu Chengye panicked and shouted loudly: "He must have known about the accident in Minzhou and disposed of these things. I didn't lie, I didn't lie!"

Luo Jinhe raised his eyelids and looked at Qu Hao, and Qu Hao said again: "I have also checked all the gold shops, pawnshops, and money houses in the capital, and there are no such things, and there has not been a large amount of unusual money inflow recently. "

As soon as Qu Hao finished speaking, Grand Master Chen retorted Liu Chengye and said, "Is this enough to prove my innocence? You said you have given me gifts for more than ten years. Is it possible that I knew about today more than ten years ago? Do you know that you have such an account book?"

He said it calmly, but actually he still had lingering fears in his heart.

He has accepted a lot of bribes over the years, and it will take some time to deal with them without anyone noticing.Although Liu Chengye's account book is not convincing evidence, if the emperor immediately searched his mansion in this name after getting the account book that day, there would always be something else involved.

"I didn't lie, I didn't lie! Those who stand in this temple, you, you, and you! You know what you have done! Are you willing to fawn on him for the rest of your life?!"

Liu Chengye saw that the account book was no longer useful, so he hoped to bring more people to testify for him.But the officials he named all had dark faces, and no one said anything. Looking at the one sitting on the dragon chair, his brows were furrowed, and he seemed very displeased with the result.

No, it can't be like this, Grand Master Chen can't be defeated today, the emperor can wait for the next opportunity, but he will definitely be executed...

"Speak up! Talk up!" Liu Chengye thought of his imminent death and regretted it, but he was very unwilling. Although what he said was not entirely true, it was close to the point.All the people present knew this well, but none of them were willing to testify.

He dragged the clanging chains and wanted to arrest a few people for questioning, but was stopped by the guards, and after several rounds of back and forth, he became mad.

Wang Shichang went out and said: "Inspector Liu is corrupt and perverts the law, deceives the king and neglects his superiors. The victims of disasters in the area under his jurisdiction did not want to put down the chaos after that, but abandoned the city and fled. Now he is roaring at the court and slandering his colleagues. Please convict your majesty!"

Luo Jinhe sat up straighter, looked at Liu Chengye and said, "Liu Chengye, you kept saying that the grand master asked you for bribes. Since you were wronged, why didn't you tell the late emperor about it? If I remember correctly, Yuanfeng Three years ago, when you were the county magistrate of Pingshui, the late emperor visited there, since you were forced to pay bribes more than ten years ago, why didn't you tell the late emperor about it?"

"This... minister, minister..." Liu Chengye couldn't argue.

"It's a fact that you embezzled the embankment fee. You deceived the superior and the inferior, and abandoned the city to escape. These alone are enough to kill you." Luo Jinhe said and called the guards: "Come on, take him down and put him in the dungeon. Execution later!"

After Liu Chengye was taken away, Luo Jinhe leaned back on the dragon chair and said to the chief interrogator of the criminal department in charge of the case: "Now it seems that the embankment repair fee really has nothing to do with Grand Master Chen. But such a large sum of money should be spent even if it is spent." There is a title, how much was spent, where did it go, and how much is left, you can't ignore it, you have to find out for me."

The official said "yes" when ordered to do so.

Luo Jinhe seemed very uncomfortable. After saying this, he changed his sitting position and rubbed his temples: "In addition, the new governor of Minzhou needs to be finalized as soon as possible. If you have any good candidates to recommend, we can discuss it first and discuss it tomorrow morning. Let's retreat."

……

In the evening, when Luo Fengxin returned to the mansion, he heard that Qiao Wan was in the study, so he went to look for her in the study.After coming here, I saw that the door of the room was closed, and Taozi and Nanzhu were sitting on the steps outside.

"Your Highness." Seeing Luo Fengxin approaching, the two stood up and saluted one after another.

Luo Fengxin nodded slightly, she knew that Qiao Wan didn't like someone standing in the room all the time serving her.She asked them a little about what Qiao Wan was doing at the mansion today, and then opened the door and went in.

In the room, Qiao Wan was sleeping soundly lying on the table, not even noticing that someone came in.

Luo Fengxin walked over quietly, and saw a stack of papers piled up beside Qiao Wan's arm, the top one drew two small figures, which was a painting method she had never seen before, with round faces and half of the body on the head so big.

She thought it was a bit weird at first, but after a few more glances, she found it cute.The two small figures in the painting are both women, one with round eyes, slightly tilted head, with a confused expression; the other eye has only a little curvature in the upper half, and the lower half is round, stretching out her hand expressionlessly. Go and touch the leaves on the bun of the woman with round eyes.

Although the characters looked a bit distorted, Luo Fengxin could still tell at a glance that the paintings were her and Qiao Wan.

I don't know if it's because of the painting method, although the little person representing her looks cold, but it still feels very cute, as if she is deliberately putting on a small face.

And the little person representing Qiao Wan was indeed the same as when Qiao Wan was in a daze, with wide eyes and slightly parted lips, just like the way Qiao Wan looked at her after the hijab was lifted on the wedding day.

The two little people with different expressions formed a sharp contrast, but there was also a strange sense of harmony.

Here Luo Fengxin was looking at Qiao Wan's paintings with novelty, while Qiao Wan was still dreaming on the other side.

She dreamed of Luo Fengxin again, but this time it was not in Yaoquan Palace, but in a completely strange place. Luo Fengxin somehow became the lady of a rich family, and she was beside the lady. maid.

Miss Luo's parents made an appointment for her. Miss Luo didn't want to marry, and cried like hell, so she, a maid, ran away with her own lady, and suddenly a sedan chair appeared in front of her while running.

Miss Luo stuffed her into the bridal sedan chair and told her that if the two of them got married and the raw rice was cooked, their parents would no longer force her to marry.

Qiao Wan in the dream didn't feel anything wrong at all, so she married Miss Luo in a daze, found a country house to live in, raised chickens and ducks every day, and planted crops.

Then she got pregnant!Lao Gao's stomach is sticking out!

When Ms. Luo came home from the outside, she saw her stomach, threw the table over in anger, and asked her who the child belonged to.

She hugged her chubby belly and said, "Of course it's yours!"

Miss Luo became even angrier when she heard this, she glared at her and said angrily: "Nonsense! Neither of us has ever done it, so how could the child be mine?!"

Qiao Wan was stunned, that's right, neither of them had any intimate affairs, how could she have a child?

Fuck!Whose child is that? !

Qiao Wan felt a great shock, and then woke up, and when she woke up, she saw the "child's mother" standing next to her in her dream! ! !

After being frightened for a while, Qiao Wan almost fell off the chair, but luckily Luo Fengxin grabbed her just in time.

"What's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare?" Luo Fengxin asked strangely.

Qiao Wan couldn't answer this question.Generally speaking, nightmares are related to ghosts, dead people, etc., or dreams of endless homework, sudden exams, and maybe some childhood shadows, but dreaming that I am pregnant The subject's child can't be called a nightmare, can it?

What would she say then?I just dreamed that I thought I was pregnant with your child, but you said that the two of us never had sex, so the child is not yours?

This sentence seems to be full of slots no matter which paragraph is singled out.

Qiao Wan stroked her heart and calmed down for a while.After living with Luo Fengxin, this is not good, and he has to quibble every now and then.She quickly thought about how to get Luo Fengxin to stop asking this question, but before she could say anything, she saw what Luo Fengxin was holding in her hand.

"Hey! My painting!" Qiao Wan jumped up to grab it, but Luo Feng was afraid that it would be torn, so he let go of it and let Qiao Wan take it away.

Qiao Wan snatched back her painting, folded the paper repeatedly and put it away, as if this could hide her mood when drawing the painting.

She saw that Luo Fengxin hadn't come back just now, so she was bored of waiting and drew it casually.When thinking of Luo Fengxin at that time, yesterday's scene naturally appeared in her mind. When she was painting, she didn't deliberately draw Luo Fengxin so cute, but the way she drew was a little arrogant and cute.

It's a little bit miraculous, but Luo Fengxin is always stern, but she is taking care of her secretly, helping her remove the leaves on her head, and changing her familiar aromatherapy, without telling her, this is not Tsundere, what is it? ?

Of course, it is also possible that she thought too much and just took off the leaves. It may be because of obsessive-compulsive disorder that she couldn’t bear to see an extra leaf on her head. Maybe it’s just because Luo Fengxin just likes the smell. After all, it’s Luo Fengxin. It turns out that she used it before, which means she liked it before.

So did Luo Fengxin do it on purpose? !

Qiao Wan suspected that Luo Fengxin was flirting with her, but she was also afraid that she was being affectionate.

Maybe Luo Fengxin didn't think about anything?Even if Luo Fengxin has a crush on her, it doesn't mean that he will definitely do a lot of things for her...

Qiao Wan fell asleep with this worry, and then dreamed that she was pregnant with someone else's child, and dreamed that the two actually quarreled over who the child was.

Forget about these, the key is that she didn't feel anything when she thought she was pregnant with Luo Fengxin's child, and then panicked when she heard that it wasn't Luo Fengxin's child!

This development is wrong! ! !

The author has something to say: Qiao Wan: Say it!Do you like me on purpose!

Princess: ⊙_⊙ If I confess my love to you again, will you reject me?

Qiao Wan: Yes!

Princess: Then I won’t say anything~

The princess's chasing wife strategy book has been updated again: the second step of the strategy is not to think blindly about the lady who will die - to arouse her curiosity, so that she can't figure it out, and then she will always think about me~(≧ ?≦)~

Thanks to the little angel who cast [Landmine]: There are vines in the wild, and 1 crossing;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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