Kowloon wins

Chapter 160 Killing a Chicken First ([-])

"Grassman Deng Ziyue kowtows to the little prince!"

Just when all the officials were talking in a daze, they saw a middle-aged man in the middle of several palace guards behind Li Minxing, who was also dressed in the costume of the palace guards. On the ground, he kowtowed again and again to report his family name.

It doesn't matter if Deng Ziyue appeared like this, the officials who were discussing privately were dumbfounded, and they stared at the scene in front of them dumbfounded, wondering how this guy escaped. Well, to put it bluntly, it's not surprising that this is not entirely due to Hong Qing alone, but the result of the joint efforts of several parties - Hong Qing is of course the Henan sub-rudder and the "Kirin Firm" sub-colon who ordered the "sharp knife" a long time ago. To collect Chen Minxin's criminal evidence, but unfortunately the time is limited and the effect is not great. Hongqing herself didn't have much hope, so she just tried it for the time being. , has long regarded Chen Minxin as a natural scapegoat, and just as soon as the Yellow River collapsed, Rong Zhu had already made a move secretly, collecting a lot of Chen Minxin's criminal evidence in private, waiting for Ying Jinger to use it Well, as soon as the third master arrived in Luoyang City, Rong Zhu sent Chen Minxin up as a big gift without saying a word. By coincidence, the guards sent by Hongqing to supervise the collection of criminal evidence also arrived in Luoyang City. The third master and Li Minquan All in all, Deng Ziyue was sent to Hongqing in a hurry, and he met the officials from the Ministry of Industry and Household Affairs who came to Jining City on the way, so no one could notice that such a key person as Deng Ziyue had quietly disappeared. It fell into Hong Qing's hands.

"Head up!"

Hong Qing ignored the suspicion and surprise of the officials below, coldly glanced at Deng Ziyue who kept kowtowing, and gave a solemn expression.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

Deng Ziyue is also considered to be a long-sleeved and good dancer in Luoyang City. Thanks to his rich family wealth, he did not seldom spend time in the officialdom. , but it was the first time we met, even though he was quite courageous and had Hong Qing's promise in advance, but when he got to the lobby, his face turned pale from fright, and his body trembled violently when Hong Qing shouted at him like this. Like sifting chaff, he responded indiscriminately in his mouth, and his body straightened up crookedly.

"Deng Ziyue, let's see clearly, which one in the hall is Chen Minxin, tell me!"

Hong Qing grabbed the gavel, slapped it heavily, and let out a stern voice.

"it's him!"

Trembling, Deng Ziyue turned his head to look around, and soon his eyes fell on Chen Minxin who was kneeling not far away from him. He stretched out his hand, pointed at Chen Minxin and howled.

"Very good, tell me, how did you and Chen Minxin meet, and how did you get along with each other, huh?"

Hong Qing seemed very satisfied with Deng Ziyue's performance, her awe-inspiring expression immediately eased a little, and she asked a question in a slightly calmer tone.

"Returning to the little prince, the small business is specialized in the business of bricks, tiles, stones, and timber. It has always been closely connected with the river, and the business is not small every year. It has been doing it in a regular manner for more than ten years, but I never thought that since Mr. Chen came last year, everything has changed. No matter what grade of materials the little one sent, they would all be beaten back when they arrived at Mr. Chen. The little one had no choice but to find someone to clear it up. After pointing out, I was able to meet Mr. Chen. Just for the first meeting ceremony, the small one gave a thousand taels of silver, and then gave it several times, all of which were no less than a thousand taels. That's it, the small one's business It went smoothly, and I thought that this hurdle was almost over, but I never thought that on the seventh day of September last year, Mr. Chen sent someone to call the little one to the "Chunjiang Tower", saying that there was something important to discuss. The younger one didn't think too much, so he just went, but he didn't expect to find out that Mr. Chen actually suggested that the younger one send some defective stones to the river construction site..."

Deng Ziyue had been tamed long ago when he was caught. For the sake of his own life, he didn't dare to do anything wrong. He answered Hong Qing's questions honestly, but this guy was talking nonsense. , There was no end to talking, and it was hard to get to the point. As he was talking, Chen Minxin, who was kneeling next to him, suddenly straightened up, and Deng Ziyue was shocked by the sudden movement, saying It stopped halfway through.

"Bloody spitting, this is a false accusation, my lord, I don't agree with this official, I have never seen this fellow before, I really don't know where it comes from, although my official position is humble, but I am also an official of the court, how can I tolerate such an inferior The younger generation is framed in court, and the heart of the lower official's fist can show the sun and the moon, and I ask the little prince to make the decision for the lower official!"

When a person is in a desperate situation, he often either collapses or explodes. Obviously, Chen Minxin is the latter. He knelt up suddenly, and spewed out passionate and impassioned words out of his mouth, filled with righteous indignation. It looks like he has been greatly wronged.

"Shut up, Ben Beizi didn't ask you anything!"

Although Chen Minxin's performance was excellent in singing and writing, He Hongqing was not interested at all. He squinted and scolded him unceremoniously. Then, regardless of Chen Minxin's expression, he turned his head and looked Turning to Deng Ziyue, who was somewhat terrified, he said in a warm tone: "Shopkeeper Deng, go ahead and say, don't be afraid, I have my own boss to make decisions for you."

"Ah, yes, the little one obeyed. When the little one heard that Mr. Chen wanted the little one to be inferior, he didn't dare to obey his orders. He explained in every possible way, but Mr. Chen just didn't listen, insisted on going his own way, and even threatened the little one, saying that if he wanted to do it, he would give it to him. If you don't obey orders, you won't be able to do business in the future. The small ones will rely on the river to make a living. If the business is cut off, the small ones will have no way out. From two days to February this year, the younger one sent a total of 8000 trips of stones to the river construction site, all of which were defective goods, totaling 23 two hundred and twenty-three taels of silver, and Mr. Chen took 4 taels After deducting the cost, the small one only got a profit of 3000 taels, the small one dare not lie to the young prince, everything he said is true, there is absolutely no falsehood, the small one can swear to God!"

Deng Ziyue had already made up her mind to cheat Chen Minxin hard. Now that Hong Qing was concerned, how serious should I say it? A series of confessions were made so vividly. Regardless of whether it was true or not, this piece of shit was already gone. It was put on Chen Minxin's head abruptly.

"Snapped!"

As soon as Deng Ziyue finished speaking, Hong Qing grabbed the gavel and slapped it hard. He glared at Chen Minxin coldly and angrily. He was full of energy and shouted: "Bold Chen Minxin, don't dare to shove a shoddy as a good one. If you build a river embankment and cause it to collapse, causing harm to all people, you will be convicted!"

"The lower official refuses to accept, the lower official is not guilty, the lower official is framed by this person, the words of the rioters cannot be trusted, the lower official refuses to accept, refuses to accept!"

The accusation given by Hongqing is really too big, and it is easy to copy and destroy the nine clans, and Chen Minxin refuses to admit it to death.

"Framed? Mr. Chen said earlier that he doesn't recognize shopkeeper Deng, right?"

Chen Minxin yelled very loudly, but unfortunately Hong Qing was not moved at all, she just smiled sinisterly and asked slowly.

"That's right, I really don't know who this lowly man is, and I don't know why he is biting me like a mad dog. There must be something wrong with it. Please, my little prince, look into it and make me innocent!"

Hearing Hong Qing's questioning, Chen Minxin understood that his previous answer was wrong, but in the current situation, he can't change his words, so he can only stick to his previous theory and deny it all the time. What is the relationship with Deng Ziyue? Not only that, but also insinuatingly asked Hong Qing.

"Hey, is it nice to say it? Okay, come and bring Chen Minxin's entourage to Ben Beizi!"

What Hong Qing is not afraid of most is playing tricks, nothing else, Hong Qing will be even more rude when others are bullied, and she doesn't talk to Chen Minxin anymore. She slapped the gavel again and said loudly.

"twitter!"

With Hong Qing's order, Li Minxing and the others who were waiting by the side did not dare to neglect, they agreed in unison, and rushed down the hall, soon there will be Nan Hedao's entourage gathered outside the yamen All were arrested in the lobby.

"Who is kneeling in the hall, report the name!"

Nan Hedao's entourage is not small, there are more than a dozen escorts including the master, kneeling in front of the hall, it filled the entire center of the hall, it was unbearably crowded, but Hong Qing But he didn't care, he looked around at all kinds of people who didn't understand why, and asked in a cold voice.

"My next official, Governor of Nanhe Road, Lu Shun!"

"Little Zhou Qiming, I'm the master."

"The leaders of the small Nanhe Road team are all ready."

……

All the entourages of Nanhe Road are not qualified to enter the yamen, they can only stay outside where the entourage gathers, they don't know what happened in the yamen at all. Everyone was terrified, facing Hong Qing's shouting and questioning, they didn't dare to neglect, and reported their families one by one according to their ranks.

"Very good, wait for someone who knows him, tell me!"

After everyone finished reporting their names, Hong Qing didn't talk nonsense, stretched out her hand, pointed at Deng Ziyue, and asked in a deep voice.

"It's Shopkeeper Deng!"

"Why is Shopkeeper Deng here?"

"Isn't this the Treasurer Deng of the 'Deng Ji Company'?"

……

All the attendants followed Hong Qing's fingers and looked over, and saw Deng Ziyue dressed as a palace guard at the side, they were a little dazed, and asked random questions, only Master Zhou Qiming However, his complexion turned pale in an instant, he clenched his teeth tightly, and remained silent.

"Master Zhou, why don't you speak, huh?"

Hong Qing's eyes were very good, and she could see Zhou Qiming's strangeness at a glance, and she refused to let him hide away, so she directly called him by name.

"Returning to the little prince, the little one is not familiar with this person, but he didn't recognize him for a while."

Seeing that Hong Qing was staring at him, Zhou Qiming panicked immediately, but after all, he is a person who has been in court for a long time, and there is not much opening in answering Hong Qing's questioning.

"Unfamiliar? That's because I've had contact with him before. Ben Beizi didn't mean to be wrong, huh?"

Although Zhou Qiming's prevarication words were smooth, but He Hongqing was not so easy to deceive, and pointed out the loopholes in his words without politeness.

"Ah, this, this..."

Zhou Qiming obviously guessed what the problem was. Hearing Hong Qing's strange question, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley, he stuttered and didn't know how to deal with him.

(End of this chapter)