Shengshichun

Chapter 313: Father is fatuous! (Ask for monthly ticket)
As soon as the four words "Baiyu Hutong" came out, they exploded above Zhang Shicheng's head like thunder!

Sure enough, he guessed right, it was really for this case!
What the hell kind of person did Yang Zhan kill? Why did it attract the emperor's personal attention?

Zhang Shicheng's internal organs began to collide violently, and suddenly there was a sweet taste in his throat. He jumped suddenly, and then stared at the top with wide eyes: "I, your Majesty, the time, it has been too long, I can't remember it anymore. !…”

Prince Rong and his son were dead, which was all over, but Zhang Shicheng was still alive. Didn't he become the only target?
It is clear that Prince Rong and his son are the main culprits, but now that they are dead, the emperor wants to hold him accountable, so why not come towards their family?

Unexpectedly, Prince Rong’s Mansion turned out to be a big pit!
"How come you can't remember clearly?" Pei Zhan said, "That's not what you said when you were chased by the 'ghost' on the mountain last time in Baihe Temple.

"You said that Rong Prince Yang Zhan killed someone in Baiyu Hutong, and asked you to clean up the aftermath overnight. So you obediently cleaned up the scene of the murder for him, and secretly led people to search for the murder weapon around the alley for him. .

"You remember all these details clearly!
"How long has it been? You don't remember? Do you not remember, or are you deliberately trying to fool the emperor?"

When Zhang Shicheng heard this, his whole face was distorted. He raised his head and looked at Pei Zhan, and said in a hoarse voice: "How do you know this?... How do you know?!"

"Bold!" Pei Zhan yelled, "Still talking about him and not replying to the emperor's words?!"

Zhang Shicheng was trembling with fear, and turned to look at the emperor whose face was as sinking as water. He swallowed hard and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, spare my life! Although I helped to deal with the aftermath, I don't know anything! What did Prince Rong ask me to do?" Just do it, the murderer was not involved at all! Your Majesty, spare your life!"

Zhang Huan, who was behind him, also kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The Emperor Mingjian, the Empress Mingjian! This bastard did what he did at the behest of King Rong!

"I didn't discipline him well. I will definitely break his legs when he returns! Teach him not to dare to do anything wrong again in the future!"

Of course Zhang Huan knew what Zhang Shicheng was doing. How could he, as a father, not know whether his son had a good mind? Not long after the incident happened, he discovered the clues, but in his opinion, this incident was not a life-threatening matter. It was just killing two people, let alone Prince Rong's Mansion. Even if the person was killed by Zhang Shicheng himself, the Zhang family would not be able to kill them. Can hold it.

So he didn't take it to heart for so many years.

And he was content to enjoy the various favors given to the Zhang family by Prince Rong's Mansion.

Who would have thought that after a few years, he would suddenly be questioned by the emperor again?

Knowing clearly that Prince Rong and his son committed a murder, Zhang Shicheng still helped clean up the aftermath and covered up the incident. According to the royal law, he would be punished.

But those two people were not sued by their victims for many years after their deaths. They must not be important people, right?

The emperor wants to interrogate Prince Rong and his son for this matter. Is he just seizing this opportunity to weaken the power of the palace?
The Zhang family's power is not that great, so there is no reason to lose their heads over this!

"You still want to take people back?!"

When Zhang Huancai said this plea, the emperor slapped the table! The cup still filled with half a bowl of tea clattered and the tea spilled on half of the kang table.

"Prince Rong killed the eldest son of the emperor, but your Zhang family didn't report it and even conspired to conceal it. How do you still expect to take him back?
"Come here! Drag Zhang Huan and his son out first and punish them with twenty sticks!"

As soon as the emperor said these words, everyone in the palace except Pei Zhan was shaken!

Not only because of the emperor's anger, but also because of the words "the emperor's eldest son" in his words!
Xu Yin quickly looked at the prince, then held his breath and concentrated.

The people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple suddenly became frightened like kites!

"The eldest son of the emperor?!"

There were countless voices in the hall at the same time, and Zhang Shicheng tore his throat directly!

"Your Majesty, you said that Prince Rong and his son killed the eldest son of the emperor? Isn't the eldest son of the emperor...he is no longer here?!"

Zhang Huan, as a close minister who could talk and laugh in front of the emperor, could no longer speak a complete sentence at this time!
This is a bolt from the blue!

Zhang Huan knew only too well how important the eldest son of the emperor was to the empress!

He saw with his own eyes how favored the eldest son was when he was by the emperor's side!

So the emperor hasn't given up looking for him after all these years?

No, what's terrible is that the eldest son of the emperor, who the emperor has been looking for for many years, died at the hands of Yang Zhan, and it was Zhang Shicheng who helped hide it!
Cold sweat broke out from Zhang Huan's back! He sat down on the ground, and the hand holding the floor was so stiff that he couldn't curl it up!

"Drag them out!"

The eunuch ordered the guards, and the Zhang family and his son were quickly dragged out.

The Minister of Dali Temple couldn't help but took a step forward: "Please tell me clearly, what is the reason for the murder of the emperor's eldest son?"

The emperor took the dagger from the hand of the eunuch behind him and slapped it on the table: "On August 12, the 16th year of Shengyuan, Yang Zhan, the crown prince of Prince Rong, used this knife to plot to kill a young couple in Baiyu Hutong. The father and son, that father and son, are the eldest son of the emperor who I separated from the queen twenty-four years ago, and the eldest grandson of the emperor who I have not met yet!"

The minister of Dali Temple and the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were stunned. They looked at each other and asked quickly: "May I ask, Your Majesty, do you know the motive behind the murder of Prince Rong and his son?"

As the king of a country, the emperor will never act without aim. He has already created such a big battle. Prince Rong and his son did not even dare to enter the palace to meet the saint. They committed suicide out of fear of sin. This matter must not be false!

Murdering the emperor's eldest son and grandson is a serious crime!

But as the emperor's cousin, Prince Rong should have no interest entanglement between him and the emperor's eldest son. Why would they secretly do such a thing to exterminate the clan?
In other words, the eldest son of the emperor has nothing to do with them, and they have no reason to do so!

"That's a good question!"

The emperor took out a piece of letter paper from the tray held by the eunuch and said, "You are the ones who are deciding the case. Let's take a look at this piece of paper first. Have you seen the handwriting on it? Can you identify it?"

Because the eunuch stood on the inside, separated by the emperor and the queen, and the prince and Xu Yin stood on the other side, they did not see what was in the tray.

When the Zhang family's father and son were interrogated just now, the prince looked at his nose and heart, and made up his mind to sit on the sidelines first. When Du Yushi asked this question, he even started to sneer in his heart. He only gave Yang Zhan secret instructions at the beginning, and no one else knew that he had given that instruction.

Once Prince Rong and his son died, no one knew that they killed Yang Yi because of someone's instigation, and no one could answer the question of Du Shi!
What else does he have to fear?
But what does the letter that the emperor suddenly took out mean?
If what he took out was a dagger or a fan, that would be fine, but why would it be a piece of writing paper?
What kind of letter is this?

Who wrote it?

There seemed to be a hole in his heart, and he felt uneasy.

He looked at Xu Yin, and there was a hint of solemnity on Xu Yin's face. It was obvious that he didn't know either!

"Why hasn't the prince said anything?"

At this time, the queen suddenly spoke, and she looked at the prince with red bloodshot eyes, "We have been talking for so long just now, and we were all talking about your brother. Why have you always been indifferent?

"Don't you always say that brothers and sisters should respect each other? Every New Year's Eve, don't you always sigh that your eldest brother is not around?
"Why is it that now that there are clues about him, you are as cold and quiet as a stranger?"

"Mother!"

The prince raised his hands and said, "This news is really unexpected. I was stunned when I heard it just now and haven't come back to my senses yet!
"Brother, did you come to Beijing six years ago?
"But I didn't know anything about it, and let him die silently at the hands of Prince Rong and his son. I deserve to die, and I didn't protect my brother!"

The prince said, lifting his robe and kneeling down.

The queen walked up to him, clenched her teeth, and her body was trembling: "You also know that you deserve to die?"

"Please forgive me, Queen Mother! I will rush to Prince Rong's Mansion in person right now, and I will make Prince Rong and his son go underground to make amends to my brother, life or death!"

"You're still pretending!"

The queen roared angrily, and he threw the piece of letter paper from the hand of the imperial censor in front of him: "Open your dog eyes and look carefully! This is your own handwriting. I have taught you how to write your handwriting since you were a child." of!

"I know every stroke of your painting!
"Your father also recognizes it!
"You beast!"

That piece of letter paper fell in front of the prince. Six years is not a long time. The black and white words on the paper are still very clear. The short and clear sentences on it are even more indistinguishable!

The hole in the prince's heart suddenly expanded, so big that it seemed to swallow him whole!

In order not to leave any clues, he deliberately did not send anyone to convey the message orally, nor did he sign on the paper, nor did he use the paper commonly used in his palace.

According to common sense, Yang Zhan would not be stupid enough to leave such a flaw, but they just left it!
Their father and son exceeded his expectations!
Prince Rong was so thoughtful that he retained such important evidence. The flaw at the moment was not the fan, nor Zhang Shicheng, nor Prince Rong and his son themselves, but his handwriting!

Xu Yin next to him was still guessing about the origin of the letter. Now after hearing the queen's accusation, the blood in his limbs suddenly stopped!
Only now did he know that it was not only the fan that Prince Rong had hidden in the ancestral hall of the palace, but also the even more deadly letter!

"That's your biological brother, you even killed your brothers and sisters!" After the queen calmed down for a while, she gritted her teeth and reprimanded again: "Your father and I have never seen him again since we were separated. , you are enjoying great glory in the palace, while he has suffered so many years outside, and finally he came to the capital, and you actually ordered Yang Zhan to kill him!
"You don't deserve to be human!"

The queen raised her arms and slapped him in the face!

The prince's face was hit to the side, and he subconsciously covered his face with his right hand.

After a pause, he turned back and said, "On the basis of such a piece of paper, the queen mother identified her son's guilt?
"Just because your handwriting is similar to mine, I am considered the murderer of my brother?
"What does the handwriting count? The articles I have written and the books I have copied since I was a child are hundreds and thousands?
"If outsiders want to imitate my son's handwriting, it is not impossible! How can the mother not even believe her own son, but believe the frame-up of a minister?!"

"Framing? The evidence is already here, and you still say it's framed? If I wanted to frame you, shouldn't I have stood up and framed you six years ago? Why did it take six years for it to be exposed?!"

The queen gritted her teeth and tried her best to hold back, but her eyes were still moist. At this moment, she was not a majestic queen in the world, she was just a mother who had lost her beloved son!

Nothing can hurt a mother's heart more than fratricide. The key is that they have been looking forward to it for more than 20 years, but finally they got such a result!
"Come here, help me sit down!"

The emperor clenched his hands so hard that his joints turned white. He glared angrily at the prince underground, and when he was about to speak, air surged into his throat. The shortcoming caused a series of violent coughs!

"Your Majesty, take care!"

Pei Zhan quickly leaned over. Then he faced the door and said, "Go and send the imperial doctor over!"

"No need!"

The emperor waved his hand, stopped breathing, and then looked at the prince: "It is reported that Huang Menglang came in and drafted a decree to depose the prince Yang Hong and immediately imprison him in Jingren Palace!

"Everyone in the East Palace must move to Jingren Palace!"

After saying that, he pointed at the Dali Temple Minister and the Censor of the City: "Six years ago, there was a case in Baiyu Hut. Now we have filed a case. After a thorough investigation, we will issue an edict to the world! All those involved in the case will be taken to the sky prison, and they will be handed over to the imperial court for judgment after everything comes to light!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

The two men immediately stepped forward to take orders.

Xu Yin stared at everything in front of him.
The guards came forward to drag the prince. The prince put down his hands covering his face, but shook them off and stood up on his own!

"It is unfair for my father to issue an order to depose me in such a hurry. The three courts must also pay attention to the completeness of witnesses and material evidence. Even if there is evidence, there is a lack of witnesses. Is it merciful and wise for my father to take me down like this?" What is the approach?
"If this spreads to the world, won't the people of the world think that my father is fatuous?"

"Presumptuous!" the emperor said angrily, "You behaved shamelessly in front of me. What crime should you be guilty of? Is it the people in the world who are scolding me, or are you scolding me?!"

"My son, I am just stating the facts. My eldest brother is dead, and my father is only left with Erchen and the third emperor's brother. The third emperor's brother has always been suffering from stubborn diseases, and he is embarrassed in his great responsibility!
"Only sons and ministers can securely take over the kingdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty! If my father abolishes his sons and ministers, who will take over the world that my father has conquered and conquered?
"Are we going to hand it over to these veteran heroes in the court? Please think twice, father, and don't let the treacherous officials try to instigate the relationship between father and son!"

Not only did the prince not restrain himself, but his voice became louder and louder. At the end of his words, he glared at Pei Zhan fiercely, "The Pei family has many merits and deeds, but now they dare to trap me with these few things. You are so ambitious." It’s evident!
"Father, don't you think about it, are they really satisfied with the title of a general? Isn't this all just to covet the power of our Yang family?!"