Lord Shoufu, your wife has escaped!

There was a chatter in the imperial study room, even Li Hongyuan was stunned.

Before the interrogation had officially begun, the witness died, which is simply ridiculous.

Yu Taiqing went out in a hurry, then came back with a livid face, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, they are indeed dead."

Li Hongyuan said coldly: "How do you take care of the prisoners?"

"Returning to the emperor, the old minister just asked. It seems that someone threw a ball of paper. The two of them were terrified after reading it, and they committed suicide in fear of sin." After Yu Taiqing finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Li.

Xiao Yu was the first to speak out: "Master Yu, what is the meaning of this, you are incompetent to take care of yourself, and you want to drag others into the water?"

"Lord Xiao, when did I ever say that I was going to drag anyone into the water?" Yu Taiqing said word by word, "It should be what it is, and it is what it should be. No one should try to make false accusations, and no one should get away with it!"

Xiao Yu sneered: "Okay, then Master Yu, now you can present the evidence and sentence the ministers of the court, what crimes are they?"

At this point, Yu Taiqing was still quite calm, and asked someone to take out several copies of the materials, first give one copy to the emperor, and then pass it on to everyone.

"My lords, please take a look at the financial situation of Xianzhou 15 years ago and three years ago. You can see that there are more than [-] inconsistencies. What does this mean? Xianzhou officials back then concealed False reports, falsified accounts, and someone in the capital helped cover them up for them!"

Yu Taiqing's eyes froze, and he looked at Zhang Li: "15 years ago, Zhang Shoufu was the magistrate of Xianzhou. At that time, the Minister of the Household Department was your uncle, and three years ago, the person who participated in the construction of the embankment was Yang Meng. Your relatives!"

There was an uproar.

If it's just once or twice, it may be a coincidence, but every time is so coincidental, is it possible?

Xiao Yu didn't expect him to find out to this extent.

You must know that there are so many trivial matters in the imperial court. The files from 15 years ago and the files from three years ago have to be found. not easy.

This person is not easy to deal with...

Just thinking about it, Zhang Li on the side laughed softly.

"Master Yu, what you said is unreasonable. It was my negligence that I didn't notice when I was in office, but I dare to ask every adult here, including Mr. Yu Ge—"

Zhang Li prolonged the ending, and said coldly: "Dare you all say that I have never made a single mistake?"

Yu Taiqing frowned: "Don't go around in circles..."

"Since Mr. Yu is talking about coincidences and periods, let me ask you," Zhang Li interrupted him, "Who was the person in charge of the household department three years ago? Is it you, Yu Taiqing? According to this logic, Yu Taiqing Your lord turns out to be my accomplice too?"

His accusation was so sharp that Yu Taiqing choked immediately.

The subordinate whispered something into Yu Taiqing's ear again. Seeing the change in his face, Zhang Li knew that most of the evidence had been destroyed, and he relaxed a lot.

He wants to see how Yu Taiqing can make things difficult for him without evidence!

In the imperial study room, the officials of the household department fell into an embarrassing silence. Everyone looked at each other, and they all saw the anxiety in their eyes.

Zhang Li pressed down his complacency, glanced at the crowd, and raised his voice to ask: "Everyone have anything to criticize this old man, let's bring it out together today, so as not to entangle you in the future, as if chasing and beating the criminals of the ages!"

Yu Taiqing opened his mouth in embarrassment, but didn't say a word.

He could understand Zhang Li's meaning, he was forcing him to solve the case now, if he couldn't solve it, it would be very difficult to bring up the old matter again in the future.

However, there are no witnesses and no evidence, so it is really difficult to convict.

Yu Taiqing knew that Zhang Li covered the sky with his hands, but he never expected that he would be able to destroy most of the evidence prepared by them silently. Only the documents were carried by the people in the household department, so that they could avoid the difficulty.

So far, what should we do?

Glancing at the crowd with a victorious attitude, Zhang Li cupped his hands and looked at Li Hongyuan: "Your Majesty, is it still necessary to continue the trial?"

Li Hongyuan remained expressionless, and slowly closed his eyes.

He opened his mouth almost helplessly: "Since Mr. Yu is not ready, let's postpone the trial of this case."

"Is it just adjourning the trial?" Zhang Li's voice was not loud, but full of threats.

Li Hongyuan's face tensed up.

Zhang Li raised his voice: "Yu Taiqing was impeached, but in order to avoid guilt, he falsely accused important officials of the court. The emperor takes care of everything, and every adult present here is responsible for the survival of the country, but he wants to accompany Yu Taiqing in this performance. A boring clown show?"

"The veteran believes that Yu Taiqing's actions are a crime that harms the country and the people, and endangers the country. It must be severely punished to serve as an example!"

Several people in the imperial study room were short of breath, and countless pairs of eyes stared at Yu Taiqing in panic, as if expecting him to say a few words of rebuttal.

However, under Yu Taiqing's long silence, the hope in those eyes dimmed.

Forced by Zhang Li, Li Hongyuan had to make a decision today, so he gritted his teeth.

Just as he was about to speak, a clear voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "See the emperor, my lords, Gu Mingzhou from the Ministry of Households is asking to see you."

In the tense atmosphere, Gu Mingzhou's voice was calm and calm, like a clear spring, which was refreshing, and he couldn't help turning his head and looking outside the door.

Li Hongyuan hurriedly said: "Come in!"

Gu Mingzhou crossed the threshold, saluted everyone with a smile on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yuge told me to do a good job of mental work as a witness. My minister is stupid and has only been tried until now. Please come here immediately." Let the adults judge together."

Zhang Li and the others were in a state of confusion, the prefects and counties were all dead, where did he get the witness?

Even Yu Taiqing was full of doubts, and looked at Gu Mingzhou calmly.

However, Li Hongyuan was overjoyed: "What kind of witness, why don't you hurry up and pass it in?"

"Yes," Gu Mingzhou said to the eunuch behind him, "Go and tell Yang Yixiu to come in."

Yang Yixiu? !

Everyone was stunned at the same time, almost wondering if they heard it wrong.

Who is Yang Yixiu?That person is related to Zhang Li by marriage, and he was in collusion with Zhang Li a few years ago, and he is undoubtedly the first and auxiliary party.

Although Yang Yixiu was also an important figure in the Xianzhou flood case, everyone subconsciously skipped over him, never thinking that he would have a day of betrayal.

I know that Gu Mingzhou does not take an unusual path, but this is beyond imagination!

Yang Yixiu walked in with a heavy iron chain on his hands, hunchbacked and stooped. Only a few months later, he seemed to be more than ten years older, thinner, and haggard.

"Your Majesty, my lords, the criminals know that they deserve death, but everything they did was ordered by Zhang Li. I hope the emperor will find out!"