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Chapter 1042: Uncle Ding Makes His Move
Chapter 1042: Uncle Ding Makes His Move
Chapter 1042: Uncle Ding Makes His Move
He Wenxuan was the one who felt the most emotional. When Zhang Ronghua was still in the Hall of Scholars, he had dared to fight with him and even Grand Secretary Cui. Now that he had climbed to his current position, he was even more daring. He had openly attacked Grand Secretary Wei in the court. However, he didn’t understand. From the current situation, the hatred between them seemed to be deadly. There had been no news about it before. Could it be because of Chu Xuping’s participation in Xu Xing’s affairs?
He couldn’t figure it out, so he waited and see.
Ignoring the strange looks around him, Grand Secretary Wei’s face was tense and his heart was cold. He thought to himself, Does he know that I’ve made a deal with someone else? It was impossible to know such a secret.
He deduced that it should be because of what happened last time. He laughed sarcastically. What a good dog. He didn’t suffer any losses.
He walked out of the formation and bowed. His old eyes were as cold as knives.” Magistrate Zhang, you have read my book. Do you have any evidence?”
“Yes!” Zhang Ronghua replied.
He patted the Five Dragons Spirit Taming Belt and took out Zhu Yanyan’s confession, as well as the information that Mo Qi ‘an had investigated. It recorded the ownership of Chunhua Brothel. In name, the boss was Young Master Chu, Chu Rui. In fact, 50% of Chunhua Brothel’s income fell into Wei Zhijie’s hands. The records were very detailed.
Wei Shang came down from the imperial platform and took the documents. He returned and placed them in front of the Emperor.
The Xia Emperor stretched out his hand and began to examine it.
After reading it, he waved his hand and Wei Shang took the item and handed it to Grand Secretary Wei.
He observed his expression.
Judging from the Emperor’s attitude, the things recorded on it were fatal. He took it and read it seriously. The more he read, the angrier he became. That disappointing son. Why didn’t I take care of my belt back then and let this guy out?
He handed the item over and took the initiative to admit his mistake.” I didn’t teach my son properly, causing my son to be led astray by a traitor. I beg Your Majesty to punish him severely!”
Zhang Ronghua said,” Censor Chu just said that the son of an official colluded with the devil and killed the entire family of officials in the court. His father was stripped of his official position and handed over to the Supreme Court for interrogation. I suggest that the three departments conduct a joint trial to give justice to Pang Qingyun. If we don’t punish him severely, once this is exposed, more officials will die.”
“I agree!” Ding Yi, Jin Yaoguang, Han Zhenggang, Chen Youcai, and the others immediately stepped forward.
Pei Caihua and his men also stood up.
The big shot who had his eyes on the position of the pavilion elder followed suit, wanting to take him down.
For a time, the situation in the court was very unfavorable for Grand Secretary Wei.
When Chu Xuping saw this, he wished he could slap himself hard. What did this stupid mouth do?
Grand Secretary Wei said calmly,” My son did not participate in Pang Qingyun’s case, nor did he manage Chunhua Brothel. He has never been there either. The owner of Chunhua Brothel is called Chu Rui, and the actual manager is Zhu Yanyan. We can only say that Chu Rui doesn’t know people well and let evil people sneak in. This has nothing to do with my son. According to the laws of Great Xia, he doesn’t have an official position when he accepts money from others. He’s just a normal friend.”
“Your Majesty, please issue an order. I will capture them now and interrogate them severely,” suggested Zhang Ronghua.
Grand Secretary Wei’s eyelids twitched. If his son fell into his hands, with Zhang Ronghua’s ruthless methods, even if he was not guilty, he would still be able to settle this matter. In addition, all the bad things he had done over the years would be dug out one by one. At that time, even he would not be able to save him. He would feel aggrieved. He would definitely suffer in silence. This time, he would have to pay a huge price to calm this matter down.
“Your Majesty, please make the decision and give me justice!”
Everyone present was smart. From this sentence, they knew that Grand Secretary Wei had compromised and made a great sacrifice in other ways in exchange for the Emperor’s mercy.
Emperor Xia said,” Wei Zhijie was careless in making friends and was almost used by the thief. He will be punished with twenty strokes of the rod and grounded for seven days. He will be supervised by the Human Emperor Guards and executed immediately! The case of Chu Rui and Pang Qingyun will be handed over to the Fentian Palace for investigation. No matter who is involved, arrest them all!”
Everyone returned to their formation.
Zhang Ronghua didn’t want to take Grand Secretary Wei down. As he said, Wei Zhijie didn’t have an official position. Although it was a little too much to take money from others, it could still be considered a normal relationship between friends. The reason why he brought it up was just to hurt Grand Secretary Wei’s prestige. Don’t underestimate this point. In the long run, who would dare to work for him?
There was one more thing.
He had just sent Luo Yuan to the Fentian Palace and Emperor Xia already knew about it. It was clear how powerful the Grand Beginning Demonic God was.
Other than these.
He suspected the mastermind behind the scenes and used Pang Qingyun to stir up a fight between him and Grand Secretary Wei. Compared to the former, these people hiding in the dark were the most hateful.
” Your Majesty,” Pei Caihua stepped forward again and said in a deep voice,” I received a document from the Shang Dynasty yesterday afternoon. If we agree, Minister of Rites Zuo Xianliang will lead a group of envoys to pay a visit.”
The officials were all smart people and guessed their intentions.
The Shang Dynasty still hadn’t announced Shang Qingxuan’s death, and now they had sent out an envoy. Their goal was obvious. They had to pay a price in exchange. If Grand Xia didn’t agree to it, or if they didn’t reach an agreement, then they would announce her death!
Pei Caicai replied,” The Shang Dynasty wouldn’t go to such great lengths to deal with ordinary princes and princesses. From the looks of it, Shang Qingxuan’s value is extremely high, which is why she sent an envoy to negotiate. This subject suggests that we reject!”
“I agree with Minister Pei! What the Shang Dynasty has, our Grand Xia has as well. Since they sent an envoy, Shang Qingxuan should be very important. If she wasn’t, this wouldn’t have happened.”