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As soon as these words came out, Jiang She felt that even the sound of the music seemed to stagnate.She raised her head and glanced at Emperor Zhaoning, but saw that his expression was flat, and she couldn't tell what was going on in his mind, and it seemed that he hadn't reacted for a while.

Empress Dowager Du was also obviously stunned, and after a while she came back to her senses, and while asking someone to help him up, she glanced at Du Guozhang, and said with a smile: "It's strange that the imperial examination is tiring, and it confuses the children. What can be wronged? If you have any grievances, Ah Feng, tell the Ai family, and the Ai family will decide with you."

Du Guozhang glared at Du Feng, then apologized to Empress Dowager Du with a smile: "The Empress Dowager listened to his nonsense..."

"You are not allowed to talk." Empress Dowager Du gave him a sharp look, and then looked at Du Feng kindly, "Ah Feng, get up and talk, what's wrong with you, just say it, the Ai family decides for you, today even the emperor, You have to listen to what the Ai family says."

Emperor Zhaoning smiled, and called out to Qu half-truthfully, "Look at what the empress mother said, when will my minister not take the empress' teachings as the standard?"

The Empress Dowager also snorted half-truthfully, and glanced at Emperor Zhaoning with a smile, "Look, before I asked him to do anything, he just complained, just like what the Ai family usually said It's like more."

Naturally, she was not complaining in such a tone, everyone in the hall understood what she meant, and joked with her one after another. The laughter continued for a while, and the tense atmosphere began to ease.

Jiang She only looked at Du Feng, knowing that his appearance was definitely not why he was wronged, but since Empress Dowager Du was willing to give such a step, it was fine for him to come down.What is really going to happen at this birthday banquet? After all, the royal face will be lost. Although the so-called face... I don't know how much of it is left.

Unexpectedly, he still didn't get up, his clean face was still as rigid as a stone, his voice was calm, but he seemed to suppress his anger in the dark, "I thank you for your kindness, but I really don't have any grievances. The only thing in my heart is because of this stone." He pointed at the rockery, and his voice suddenly rose a little, "Your Majesty, do you know how many lives were lost because of this Taihu rock?"

The laughter in the hall suddenly stagnated again, Mrs. Du froze at the back, as if she didn't know how to make things right for a while, Du Guozhang turned pale with anger, as if he had forgotten where he was, and just pointed at Du Feng and cursed : "Du Sizhi will score occasions if he wants to mess around. Now that he is an official in the court, he should act like an official. You must know that this is not a place for you to talk nonsense."

Du Feng didn't shy away, looked at him coldly and said, "Master Shaobao, isn't he guilty?"

Du Guozhang was like a cat whose tail was trampled on, and his voice raised unconsciously: "My mouth is full of nonsense, why should I feel guilty?"

Du Feng just sneered, ignored him, and looked up at Emperor Zhaoning, "Your Majesty, I know that I deserve death for disturbing the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, but I feel so depressed in my chest...but I want your majesty to listen to me. With one word, I will die with no regrets." He didn't care whether Emperor Zhaoning agreed or not, and Du Guozhang told him to shut up, and just continued, "This Taihu Lake stone is not a newly salvaged stone, but an original stone from Jiangyin. Treasures that have been hidden in the family's family for generations. Master Shaobao was searching for treasures for the Empress Dowager's birthday. There was a local wealthy merchant in Jiangyin who was his disciple. So he plundered by force, and went to the door at night to rob, so frail and sick Mrs. Yuan was frightened and died. Yuan's family sued the county government, but the county magistrate and the wealthy businessman party, but asked him an unwarranted charge and detained him in prison When I first learned about this incident, it was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, but I felt terrified and couldn't believe it. How can such a thing happen in the world, how can there be such an official in the court? How can you really be human if you point out a deer as a horse and threaten to frame you?"

When he spoke up to this point, he seemed to be so heartbroken that he couldn't continue for a while.Emperor Zhaoning had already ordered the music to be stopped, but at this moment he stopped suddenly, the hall was completely silent, and a needle could be heard falling.

Emperor Zhaoning frowned, glanced at Du Guozhang, and said slowly: "Is there such a thing?"

Du Guozhang knelt down on the ground and shook his head vigorously: "My sage, there is absolutely nothing like this! Du Sizhi spitting blood, I don't know what his intentions are?"

Du Feng seemed to have finally calmed down, and said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, what I said is true. There is a blood letter from the original wife and a testimony. I have sent someone to Jiangyin to collect the files. Waiting for the minister to take office." After that, the case will be reopened."

Du Guozhang saw that Emperor Zhaoning's expression was slightly terrified, and he couldn't help changing his face, "Your Majesty has learned from you, the old minister really doesn't know about this, and there must be some misunderstanding in it!"

Du Feng said coldly: "Your Excellency doesn't know a word, but you can push it cleanly."

Du Guozhang seemed to have lost his mind, he just looked at Emperor Zhaoning and kept repeating, "The old minister really doesn't know about this..."

Emperor Zhaoning didn't speak, just looked at Du Guozhang, and suddenly sighed.

All the relatives and dignitaries in the hall looked at each other, and no one dared to speak; Empress Dowager Du held her heart and was helped to sit aside by the maid in charge; Mrs. Jiang Du lowered her head and focused her eyes, just like in the past. With an uplifted expression, he stared at Du Feng and Du Guozhang seriously.

Jiang She withdrew his gaze and was shocked in his heart. Du Feng even said the file, so there must be evidence in his hand, but for a moment he didn't know whether he should respect him for killing his relatives righteously and act impartially. Chilling.

King Jing coughed lightly, and suddenly said, "According to my humble opinion, it must be that the county magistrate is deceiving his superiors and his inferiors, and what he did has nothing to do with Shaobao."

Du Guozhang seemed to be holding on to a life-saving straw, his eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted: "Yes, it must be that the county magistrate committed mischief, the old minister asked for an order to thoroughly investigate this matter, if it is true, he must be severely punished, and the original family will be compensated. "

"It's a good pension..." Du Feng suddenly smiled coldly, "My lord said it very lightly, but I don't know who should ask for the thirteen lives of the original family?"

Du Guozhang took a breath, and immediately stammered, "What... what thirteen lives?"

"Your Excellency still doesn't know?" Du Feng's words were as sharp as a knife, "Yuanjia Dalang was imprisoned, Yuanjia Erlang reported to the upper house, but the magistrate didn't pay any attention to it, and just sent him back to the original place for interrogation. Jia Erlang had nowhere to complain, so he had to agree to donate the Taihu Stone in order to save his brother's life, but Yuan Jia Dalang had been tortured to death in prison. Mrs. Yuan had a strong temper, wrote a blood book, and stabbed her head to death in the mourning hall. Yuan Jia Erlang brought two nephews to Beijing to sue the imperial court, who knew that he met a bandit, and none of them survived. The county magistrate still refused to give up, charged him with unfounded charges, and sent someone to ransack Yuan's house. Unbearable to be humiliated, the two ladies of the Yuan family committed suicide, and the loyal servants of the Yuan family also died protecting the Lord. So far, the Yuan family is full of families, except for one infant child. I dare to ask my lord, how should I take care of him?"

The room was full of silence, and everyone seemed to be intimidated by him, like thick clouds falling down, severe frost falling suddenly, suffocating and suffocating, and chillingly cold.

Du Guozhang suddenly fell to the ground. Although he still refuted, he obviously lost his confidence, and his voice was like a mosquito: "You, you are talking nonsense... How, how can there be such things... Your Majesty, old minister, old minister really don't know ..."

He is also irrefutable.The county magistrate first forcibly plundered, even if he had no intention of harming people's lives, but officials and businessmen colluded to detain the victim, which is already a crime that cannot be punished, but he didn't think about it, and even deliberately set up traps to drive them all to death. How is this behavior different from beasts?

Empress Dowager Du clasped her hands together, looked away, refused to look at the stone again, and murmured in a low voice: "Amitabha...thirteen lives..."

Emperor Zhaoning stared at the Taihu Stone with a gloomy expression, and Deng Gun stood quietly behind him, but he still smiled slightly, as if everything had nothing to do with him.Jiang She caught a glimpse of it unintentionally, and felt that the blood in her chest was churning, and she knew why Du Feng was so angry.

No matter how desperately you fight on the battlefield, no matter how ruthless you are, you are willing to gamble and admit defeat is inevitable, but in broad daylight, innocent people are slaughtered for no reason, and there is no way to redress their grievances. ?However, those who are in the upper position, since they have benefited from it, will stand on the sidelines and cover their ears and steal the bell. It turns out that under the prosperity, evil carbuncles arise early.Strangely, the national treasury is empty, so greedy, how can it not be empty?

But... but since Emperor Zhaoning knew the truth today, why didn't he make a statement?Was it shock and aphasia, or... She almost couldn't bear to leave the table to speak, but suddenly heard someone calling for the imperial doctor, it turned out that the husband of the country couldn't support it, and passed out.

Emperor Zhaoning glanced over there, and ordered to call the imperial physician quickly, but Du Feng didn't seem to see him, and continued to say: "Even if the adults really don't know about it, they can't escape the crime of connivance. Even a three-year-old child in Daxing knows about the country. The husband is so greedy that he spends more on food and clothing than the royal family. If it is not for the greediness of the adults, how can there be subordinates who are so greedy to please, and even neglect human lives? This incident happened to be encountered by a minister, but there are thousands of other incidents , and who knows? Every time I think about this, I suddenly feel that my liver and gallbladder are torn apart, and my five internal organs are burned.

"However, it is easy to punish the villains, and it is not difficult to rehabilitate the original family. However, if the sores do not go away, and the beetles remain, such tragic things will not be stopped after all. To govern the world, my ministers please start with Du Shaobao."

He really killed his relatives righteously, without any favoritism.Jiang She unconsciously glanced at the place where Guo Husband was sitting just now, and secretly sighed deeply.

Du Guozhang raised his hand and pointed at him tremblingly, but couldn't say a complete sentence, "You...you..."

Du Feng didn't even look at him, he just stared straight at Emperor Zhaoning, his words were like weeping blood, "Since I left Beijing, I have also traveled around the world. The purpose is to open a warehouse for relief, but [-]% of the white rice and silver are in the pockets of the officials who dealt with them, and the rest is just a drop in the bucket... The rich wine and meat stink, and the road is frozen to death." He smiled angrily, and his eyes were full Self-deprecating, "When I read this poem when I was young, I only thought it was a poet who was sentimental and exaggerated. I didn't want to hear and see it one day. I realized that the pen and ink were pale, and it was hard to describe what happened."

"Okay." Emperor Zhao Ning suddenly gave a short laugh, "It's strange that Da Cang and Xiao Cang are all dissatisfied, so it turns out that they have raised such a group of silverfish that suck people's bones and blood!"

He raised his hand and threw the wine bottle viciously. After the wine bottle fell to the ground, it rolled a few times, but it rolled to the side of a prince's case.The prince didn't dare to move, he just bowed his head and remained silent.

Du Guozhang fell on the ground, trembling all over his body, "Your Majesty has learned from you, the old minister has been wronged, how dare the old minister be greedy for this life-saving money..."

"Of course my lord dare not, and I can justify that I don't know that it's life-saving money. However, those high-ranking and small officials whose annual salary is less than a piece of money spend a lot of money, don't you really know nothing about it?" Du Feng said coldly. "I don't know if my lord still remembers what the little official said in the past? The Du family has been a butcher for three generations. They also suffered from corrupt officials and cruel officials back then. How can they turn it around and make it worse now?" He stared at Du Guozhang, saying every word. Cold and hard, "However, my lord still doesn't know how to restrain himself. Even if a small official is going to be imprisoned for three years today, he still has to get rid of a moth for the people of the world and the Daxing community."

Du Guozhang murmured: "No, no...you...you..."

"Your Majesty," Du Feng kowtowed heavily, "I know that I have little talent and learning, so I dare not enter the court to be an official. However, seeing the blood and tears of orphans and widows, I really can't turn a blind eye to it. But if I want to hear from heaven, I must seek justice for the people. There is no regret." After saying that, he kowtowed again, and there was a loud voice, "I will invite you to the temple prison today, and I only ask your majesty to issue an order to thoroughly investigate Shaobao. All properties of unknown origin should be confiscated. The party should be severely punished."

Emperor Zhaoning showed some hesitation on his face, and sighed softly, "Du Qing, get up now, I will send someone to investigate the matter of the original family and the relief money, and then..."

"Your Majesty!" Du Feng raised his head, interrupted him directly, and took out a memorial from his bosom, "This time I returned to Beijing, I have already realized it, and I have written the impeachment memorial. Your Majesty, but since it has been broken up today, I ask Your Majesty to take a look at it and issue an order to temporarily arrest Du Shaobao in the palace to avoid the risk of collusion with his party."

Du Guozhang held him with trembling fingers, and suddenly yelled, "Nizi! Nizi!"

Du Feng didn't respond, but seeing that the left and right palace people didn't move, he stood up and wanted to submit it himself.

The Queen Mother seemed to have finally regained her senses, grabbed him and said, "Ah Feng, he is your father! If you are angry with him again, you can't be like this... Frame him like this, you are hurting yourself! Sorrow Everyone knows Du Shaobao's character. Of course, he is also at fault, but the fault is only in the ineffective supervision. The most severe punishment should be those evil officials who pretend to be powerful and bully others. Those who are greedy for disaster relief funds should be punished even more, but the determination has nothing to do with Shao Bao. Nothing to do with it. As for the other gadgets, they are all gifts from everyone. Let alone the insurance, the emperor often accepts it, and the Ai family often takes it. Is this also accepting bribes and corrupting the law? In the whole world, could it be the land of the king, everything in this world belongs to the royal family in the first place."

Jiang She snorted secretly without realizing it, and sparks flashed in Du Feng's eyes, but he couldn't push her hand away, and before he could speak, a crisp child's voice suddenly sounded during the banquet.

"Hao'er thinks that what the emperor's grandmother said is wrong." The little prince who looked like Yuxue said seriously, "A king should put the country as the most important thing, be diligent and thrifty for the people, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and not blindly seek comfort and pleasure..."

He spoke suddenly, Empress Du couldn't react for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, she immediately ran over to cover his mouth.The Empress Dowager's face was already full of shock, she only looked at him for a moment, her mouth was tongue-tied and she was speechless.

However, Du Feng's eyes lit up, and his voice was a little excited, "What His Royal Highness said is very true, I ask His Majesty to thoroughly investigate this case."

Emperor Zhaoning sighed, "Don't worry, Du Qing, corrupt officials, I will never condone indulgence, but whether Du Shaobao is involved in it, and how much it is involved, is just your one-sided opinion, and you should deal with it according to the law. legality."

Du Feng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of Shaobao's high position and authority that he should be more self-denial and devoted to public service. If Shaobao is found to be innocent and the minister is willing to commit the crime of framing him, if he is really guilty, he should be punished severely and serve as an example to others." .”

King Yong suddenly got up, went to the hall and knelt down, "My brother thinks what Du Sizhi said is very true, and those who are clear will be cleared by themselves. A thorough investigation of this matter is also to save one more innocent."

The Empress Dowager was so upset that she cried out: "What trouble are you making again..." Before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly closed her eyes and fell backwards, so panicked that several female officials rushed forward to help her.

Emperor Zhaoning got up abruptly, announcing the imperial doctor urgently, and hurriedly walked to have a look. King Yong even pushed the female officer away, and hurriedly helped Empress Dowager Du aside to sit down. Most of the people in the hall suddenly stood up When people came, two or three rushed forward, Yu Zhong didn't care what was in his heart, his face was full of anxiety, there would inevitably be bumps and noises between walking and walking, you pushed and shoved, and turned this magnificent hall into a busy city generally.