Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Zhao Gang walked out of Prince Shun's mansion with tears of gratitude, and said to his confidantes: "Prince Shun is really a charitable person, with such a master, who would be willing to be loyal to others?"

The subordinate looked at him worriedly, and asked, "Then, is Vice General Zhao going to abandon the dark and turn to the bright?"

Zhao Gang slapped him and reprimanded him: "Abandoning what is dark? Could it be that the general is dark? Am I such an unfaithful and unrighteous person? I just said that the prince is a good person, but I didn't say that the general is bad!"

"Yes, it's my subordinates who have made up their minds!"

The search for suspicious people in the city came to an end. It is said that more than a dozen unidentified people were found out. Li Xu didn't want to ask how these people were dealt with. Life in Nanyue temporarily returned to calm.

Li Xu still receives a lot of news every day, but the one he wanted never came. If he hadn't had enough confidence in Kou Xiao, he would have suspected that Kou Xiao was intercepted and killed by some force.

In the capital, the evidence brought back by An Qingping was presented to the imperial court. A witness who claimed to be Zhu Yongle's confidant subordinate personally pointed out that Zhu Yongle had secret contacts with King Shun, and said that they had correspondence every year. This is also what King Shun did, and the physical evidence is three letters.

These three letters were all written by King Shun, with an average date of one letter a year. The first letter was longer, and said something about the lack of money, and secretly mentioned Zhu Yongle, saying that he could use his position to get Give him some money, and he will definitely repay it in the future. It looks like King Shun ordered Zhu Yongle to commit corruption and accept bribes.

The second and third letters are very simple, only a few short sentences, the general meaning is to praise Zhu Yongle for doing a good job, he is very satisfied and so on.

If you ignore Li Xu and just judge from the witnesses and evidences, the evidence in this case is complete, but after all, the person involved in the case is King Shun, the former prince, and no one dares to insist that it is him, so there are endless debates in the court every day.

"Your Majesty, since the evidence is convincing, King Shun should be arrested and executed in Beijing as a rule. If such a big case is not dealt with early, Yingchuan will have a hard time explaining it!" An official from the Zhao Department stepped forward and said.

"Is this what Mr. Gao means by conclusive evidence? People can be bribed, letters can be forged, and the case hasn't even been investigated. How can there be a verdict?"

"Master Xu's words are even more ridiculous. Personal evidence and material evidence are not conclusive evidence. What else do you need? You might as well go through the trial yourself and see what evidence you can find?"

That Lord Xu is Taiwei Xue's disciple, so it's self-evident who his heart is towards. In the case of embezzlement of ink's military salary, Taiwei Xue is obviously on the same front as Li Xu, after all, they are both on the defendant's side.

He reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I believe that His Royal Highness should be urgently recruited to Beijing to question the case, and the witnesses and material evidence should also be confronted in court, so no conclusion can be drawn lightly."

The emperor had read those three letters countless times, and also checked the handwriting of King Shun before, and found that it was consistent with the handwriting of King Shun when he was the prince, but it was slightly different from the memorials that King Shun handed over in the past three years.

"What's the matter with this handwriting difference? Can someone figure it out?" The emperor glanced at the expressions of all the officials in the hall, sitting high and looking far away, how could he not know what the people below were thinking, It's just a fight for power.

Mr. Fu, who used to be the prince's tutor, stood up and said: "My Majesty, although I tried my best to imitate the handwriting of this letter, it can be seen that this person's wrist is weak, and the words written are more like those written by teenagers, so they are like It was written by King Shun when he was young, but it is normal for King Shun to change his handwriting when he is over [-] years old."

This sentence clearly means that someone deliberately forged the letter, and the forger was a weak scholar. King Shun was capable of both civil and martial arts back then, and it is normal for his handwriting to change as he grows older.

The senior Gao refused to accept it, and retorted: "But I heard that His Royal Highness King Shun's body is not as good as before because of injuries, and it is normal to have weakness in his wrists. This does not explain anything."

When the emperor heard the word "injured", the scene of Li Xu bravely standing in front of him suddenly flashed before his eyes, and he thought that he was seriously injured and kicked out of the capital by himself. , I feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhao Shu glared at the official surnamed Gao, really blind, this man surnamed Gao is so confused, how could he agree with the emperor about the king's injury?Wouldn't it make the emperor pity him.

Originally, he wanted to mention the third prince in front of the emperor. The third prince worked so hard guarding the mausoleum, but compared to the injury that King Shun suffered at the beginning, it was a bit of a fuss.

"It's time for King Xuanshun to go to Beijing. With just a few mouths of yours, white can be called black. Let King Shun distinguish." The emperor sat for a long time today, and he was a little tired. He propped his head and said: "This case It will be tried by Prime Minister Wei, Jing Zhaoyin, Zheng Can, and Tingwei Kong Jing. All evidence must be reviewed by the three presiding judges in person, and the case file must not be leaked. Shun Wang is far away in South Vietnam, and it is not possible to reach it in a day. During this period, You think of a way to settle the matter of Yingchuan, those rebels, I think they are justifiable and forgive their capital crimes, but the leaders are all resigned, and the rest will return to the army immediately, but those who refuse to obey can be killed first and then acted on."

An Qingping stood aside with his head bowed, his mind was dark, he didn't expect that the final thing would be like this, he thought that the Ning family would be implicated, but from this point of view, nothing will happen to the Ning family.

He raised his head and glanced at Zhao Shu. By this time, he had already understood that he had been deceived at all. The Ning family and the Xue family were all fake. Zhao Shu's ultimate goal was King Shun. King Shun who competes with the third prince!

An Qingping and King Shun had no enmity. Although the two families were a little discouraged by not being able to get married, they also contributed to the resignation of the marriage. They were blind and took a fancy to Ning Erlang, so they deserved to be cheated.

And the Ning family and King Shun are the real enemies. It is conceivable that the Ning family must have contributed a lot in this matter. Heh, the Zhao family really has both sides!

After retreating, An Qingping walked out of the hall expressionlessly, Zhao Shu caught up with him and stopped him, "Master An, let's have a cup of tea together?"

An Qingping raised his eyebrows and glanced at him with a calm expression, "Master Zhao, I don't like tea."

"Master An is angry, right? Some things are not what you think, why don't we have a good chat."

An Qingping would be fooled if he believed his nonsense again, so he flung his sleeves and left, leaving behind a sentence: "We have nothing to talk about."

Ning Junzhi walked over slowly, stared at An Qingping's back for a long time, stood beside Zhao Shu and said, "Master Zhao wants to recruit him? Your calculation is really good, but it's too unreasonable to put our two families in the same place." It's in my eyes."

Zhao Shu was not as polite to him as he was to An Qingping, snorted coldly, and said, "Our goals are the same, Mr. Ning, I am not bullying you, you don't have to be so weird."

"That's right..." Ning Junzhi said with a half-smile, "But I don't want to be in the same camp as Mr. An, you should be very clear about it."

Zhao Shu glanced at him sideways, "Master Ning, don't be too greedy. You want to avenge your son and want to do whatever you want. How could such a good thing happen? Besides, the enmity between the Ning family and the An family was created by you alone. Who is to blame? ?”

Ning Junzhi also flung his sleeves and left. When he returned home, he saw a room full of shards of glass, and then looked at the empty windows. His face was as black as the bottom of a pot, "Is she making trouble again?"

Madam Ning looked haggard, her hair was disheveled, and her face was ugly. She said through gritted teeth, "What a shrew! But I want to see how long she can last!"

Ning Junzhi rubbed his brows wearily. No one would like to see a mess at home, but as Zhao Shu said, this enemy was brought in by themselves. There's no need to be nice to her."

Mrs. Ning frowned, "You think I don't want to? It's just that there are several guards with strong martial arts around the woman, and no one can get in. She buys food and clothing herself, so she has no chance to do anything."

"Then find a way to get out!"

Mrs. Ning didn't want to drive her out. This is her daughter-in-law, and she will be buried with her son when she dies. For this, they offended An's family. How could they let her out?

Ms. An also had the same thought at this time, "I won't leave! As long as the Ning family is alive, I will not leave! They killed me for the rest of my life, and I will let the Ning family be buried with them!"

The personal servant girl has persuaded her countless times, but Miss An is obsessed with hatred, no matter who persuades her, it is useless, the Ning family must have a hard time.

It is true that Ms. An hated the Ning family, but she also regretted it very much. At first, she was obsessed with not wanting to marry Nanyue, so she was moved by Madam Ning's words, but she lost her wife and lost the army. I can't imagine what people outside said about her, they must have laughed at her to death.

The more this was the case, the more she didn't want to leave. If she left, wouldn't the Ning family be better off?She won't make it easy for them!

"Let's go, call a few more people to make trouble in that old woman's house, that old man is so old, he won't be able to hold it if he keeps fighting a few more times!"

"Miss……"

"Go!"

"……Yes."

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Lei Luo was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, circling around Ye Changqing, "Master Ye, the current situation is very unfavorable to the prince. The prince is in court and there is no one else, why don't you just let the group of people surnamed Zhao talk nonsense!"

Ye Changqing was dizzy from being turned by him, reached out to hold his head, lifted him and said: "Don't make noise, it's not as serious as you said, isn't the emperor still biased towards the prince today?"

"But everyone knows that it was a moment of soft-heartedness. There are all the witnesses and material evidence. If the prince can't refute it, the case will not be overturned, right?"

"Then let's wait until the prince enters the capital. What's the use of you and me being in a hurry?" Ye Changqing knew Li Xu better than anyone else. Since Li Xu was still in the mood to get married in South Vietnam, it meant that the situation was not out of his control. And to convict a vassal king is not something that can be settled with just a few pieces of paper and a few mouths, you have to listen to what the parties say, right?

"When the imperial decree arrives in South Vietnam and the prince enters the capital again, they can do more tricks, right? What if they forge any evidence? When the prince arrives in the capital for the first time, how can he come here on guard?"

Ye Changqing rolled his eyes at him, pointed at him, and pointed at himself, "Then you and I are just living for nothing? They can forge evidence, but we can't?"

"Yes!" Lei Luo clapped his hands, "Then what are we going to do?"

"Wait first."

"Still waiting?" Lei Luo turned his mind a few times, but he still couldn't come up with an idea. He has a good way of doing business, and his relationship with people is not bad, but this kind of battle involves court struggles, and it's a struggle between top wealthy families. It's a little powerless.

Ye Changqing was actually not sure, their power in the capital was still too weak, after all they had only been operating in the capital for more than a year, so it was impossible to get involved in all aspects.

"Didn't you write a letter to ask Guanshi Jin to come to the capital? After all, the day is coming soon, so let's wait for two more days." The three cobblers praised Zhuge Liang.

"That's the only way to go." Lei Luo knew that it was useless to be anxious. His job was to manage the stores in the capital and strive to make more money. Since he couldn't help him for the time being, Lei Luo thought he should go to the store. up.

Just as he was about to go out, Lei Luo saw a familiar man walking in with the butler, thought for a moment, and asked in surprise, "It turned out to be Manager Zhang!"

Zhang Shuo was wearing a hat and mason's clothes, looking like a poor man, if Lei Luo hadn't seen him a few times, he really wouldn't have recognized him.

"You... why did you come to the capital too? No, you brought the engineering team here?" Lei Luo knew before that there was an engineering team coming from Nanyue, but Li Xu told him not to pay too much attention to these people, so he agreed. As if I didn't know each other, I haven't been in touch.

Later, I heard that this engineering team repaired the garden for the largest plum garden in the capital. Then one day, the owner of the plum garden opened the door for a banquet, and all the visiting guests were stunned by the newly renovated garden. The capital's reputation has risen, and it is said that if you want to find them to repair at your door, you have to make an appointment in advance.

Zhang Shuo took off his hat, revealing a young and honest face. He nodded towards Lei Luo, "It's been a long time since I've seen you, the little Lei Luo seems to have lost a lot of weight. The capital is in charge, and things are too busy, so until Just arrived today."

Lei Luo enthusiastically welcomed him in. Zhang Shuo was one of his own, and he was also a person whom Li Xu relied heavily on. His status was higher than that of Lei Luo. He didn't expect that the engineering team would be led by Zhang Shuo himself.

Ye Changqing knew about it a long time ago, and he was not surprised to see him, so he asked directly, "But there is news?"

"There is some news, but I don't know if it will be useful to you." Zhang Shuo has been leading people to work in the houses of high-ranking officials. Know if these messages are valuable.

Needless to say about the affairs of the Ning family, Lei Luo could hear everything from the Ning family's eyes and ears, so Zhang Shuo told the news about the other families.

Lei Luo rubbed his growling stomach, "Let's go, let's go drink and eat meat together. Recently, my mouth has been bubbling in a hurry, and I haven't eaten for a long time."

Ye Changqing seldom goes out, and even when he goes out, he always wears a disguise, afraid of being recognized by others, "Let's eat at the mansion, and let the restaurant send you a table."

Zhang Shuo shook his head and put on his hat again, "I won't stay anymore, I have to go back to catch up with work, the next order is for Prime Minister Wei's son-in-law's house, we have to find out the tone of this prime minister, in case he Also stand on the opposite side of the prince, it is too bad for the prince."

Ye Changqing sighed, and mentioned the conflict with the descendants of the Wei family when they went south, "It was not a big deal at the beginning, maybe the prince would not be affected, but who knows, if the prince returns to Beijing, he will definitely touch a lot of people. For people's interests, the Wei family did not stand on the prince's side in the past, but now it is really hard to say."

"That being the case..." The corner of Zhang Shuo's mouth twitched slightly, "Then I know what to do." They went around repairing houses for others, and their purpose was not just to collect news.

Ye Changqing gave a "tsk" sound, and didn't know how to put it. When he first met Zhang Shuo, he was an honest man, skilled in craftsmanship, but with a clear mind. Now he looks like a black-hearted businessman. I don't know what tampering was done in those people's houses.

"Then you have to take care, don't be caught straight, it will not save you." Ye Changqing reminded.

"Don't worry, we're all from our own family and know how to measure." Zhang Shuo took away two jars of wine from the other courtyard. This kind of wine was shipped from South Vietnam, and it was not sold on the market. It is said that the prince sent it for them to drink. , It's like drinking the prince's wedding wine.

Before Zhang Shuo left, he murmured to the two of them: "I don't know who the new princess is, how does she look like and what is her temperament?"

Ye Changqing, as the person who knew the truth the most among the three, his face twitched and his expression was brilliant. He faltered and said, "This... you will know in the future." It will not be what they think.