Chapter 947 Disaster (Part 1)
At this moment, the needles fell from the court and everyone seemed to have stopped breathing. Everyone's faces looked extremely strange, and they didn't even know how to react.
The outflow of border military supplies is naturally a major case, and it is a major matter that needs to be investigated to the end. The large number of weapons seized is really shocking, which is enough to make people worry about the real chaos. But no matter how surprised these two points are, they are not as terrifying as Wen Ming said quietly - this number of weapons that are large enough to be considered to be rebellious was actually seized in Meizhuang, Lin'an!
Meizhuang, that place is...
"Sir Wen, which Meizhuang you are talking about in Lin'an Meizhuang?" After a long silence, Sun Daming finally asked this question. His voice was trembling at this moment. Even though he already knew the answer, he still held the last trace of luck.
"There is only a Meizhuang in Lin'an City." Wen Ming answered calmly, as if he was talking about a simple fact, "Linqing Bomei Zihua's manor. By the way, he has been taken down and will be sent to the capital soon."
Okay, now there is nothing to say now. Even the owner's name was said, which made everyone present, especially Jian Chong, Sun Daming and others, even shocked her face and her hands began to tremble. Someone even said in a low voice: "How is this possible..."
This fact is too terrifying and difficult to accept.
It’s not because Mei Zihua has such lethality because she has an earl. The key is that Mei Zihua has another daughter named Mei Xiangjun, and then she married the current crown prince Sun Cong ten years ago. In other words, Mei Zihua is the prince’s father-in-law, and Meizhuang and the prince are one.
Now, these northern border armies were actually found from Meizhuang. What does this mean? What kind of storm will happen to the lieutenant generals in the court will not dare to think about it anymore. Even no one dares to question it anymore, nor do he dare to say that he is trying to excuse Li Ling.
Because Li Ling can only be considered involved in the case at most, there is so-called evidence that he is related to the loss of border troops, but the Meizhuang side was stolen and captured, which is iron proof that it cannot be more iron.
Perhaps some people would say that this was Wen Ming's frame-up to save Li Ling. But obviously, as long as he is a smart person, he would not believe such a real frame-up. Moreover, the officials in Jiangnan were crazy, so they would help him fake it? Not to mention that he was just the former governor of Jiangnan, even now he is the governor of Jiangnan, he would not be able to cover up the sky with one move.
So even the prince's side, no one raised any objection at this time, and they were only panic. Once this matter was confirmed, it would inevitably involve the prince. Then wouldn't they be implicated? Maybe even the position of prince could not be preserved. After all, privately hiding weapons and armor is an intention to rebel, and the prince has not had a good life recently, so it seems reasonable to have such an idea.
At this moment, everyone was in danger and had no intention of continuing to trial the case. So they immediately ended the trial. Then they sorted out the relevant records and sent them to the palace tremblingly, and handed them over to the emperor for a visit.
As for Li Ling, he was also taken back to the Heavenly Prison. Although judging from the current situation, he must have been wronged and might be able to clear his innocence soon and send him away, he was still a suspect before the court finally made a judgment and still had to live in the prison cell with grievance.
But at this time he could no longer care about these things, and he was also shocked by this sudden reversal and could not come back to his senses for a long time.
On the car that day, Sun Bi told him that there was indeed such a way to break the deadlock, but he only had a good eye for a while and could restore his innocence as long as he found the hiding place of the military. But after all, he didn't mention the Meizhuang incident.
Could it be that Sun Bi hid himself in order to defeat the prince?
No! Li Ling shook his head decisively again. It was obvious that even Sun Bi didn't know that there was such a result at that time. This was the news that came in a few days.
But even so, this incident still had a great impact on Li Ling. First of all, he had to consider how much impact this matter would have on the prince. As long as the matter was true, the prince would definitely not be able to escape. After all, that was his father-in-law, and as long as he followed the clues, he could find out that the prince had a close connection with the matter.
Originally, Li Ling guessed that this game was specially designed by the prince for him. Perhaps at the beginning, a few greedy people in the border army had really sold military rations and sold military rations, and then they were discovered by the prince's men. Later, under Mo Li's planning, there was such a vicious plan specifically for him.
Now that the incident of Meizhuang is concerned, there is even more conclusive evidence for this speculation. Only this can show how much the prince hated him and even used such a risky means to kill himself. But he did not expect that the matter would be exposed in the end and instead took himself into it.
Li Ling smiled bitterly, saying that stealing chickens would lose rice, and shooting himself in the foot, but this time the prince's situation was much worse than these two. He lost all his wealth by stealing chickens and smashed himself to death by lifting stones.
After laughing, he thought of Sun Bi again, what situation would Sun Bi face in this matter?
Will the prince fall? After all, it is so big that even if he is in a state of rebellion, it seems reasonable that the emperor will depose the prince in anger. In this way, as the only competitor to the position of prince, King Ying, Sun Bi, naturally became the biggest beneficiary. Once the prince is deposed, he naturally became a substitute and became the new prince.
But, is this really a good thing?
If it is another king, the answer is obvious, but for this person now... it is hard to say.
The current emperor Sun Yong attaches great importance to his own power, so he does not hesitate to let the court stand up for many parties, watching the struggles of all the sons. Even after King Yong fell, in order to curb the prince's power, he helped King Ying Sun Bi up, so there was no father-son relationship at all.
Now that the prince is in trouble and deposed, he can rest assured that he thinks that the successor King of England will not pose a threat to him? This is obviously impossible. Even after seeing the prince's ending, he will be more afraid of King of England. By then, King of England will bear the current situation of the prince, even more so. This is really not a good position.
But the problem is that there is no turning back when he draws the bow. Apart from taking this opportunity to bring down the prince, Sun Bi now has no other choice. He has to replace the prince and face the difficulties again to see if time can help him.
After thinking through all this, Li Ling's joy turned into a few worries. I wonder if Wen Ming and his teacher could think of these, and whether they could name the pros and cons to the King of England to make him make the most suitable choice.
Until late at night, Li Ling's heart was messy, but he was mixed.
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This time the matter was serious, but no one dared to report the letter to the prince first. However, at noon, the emperor knew about the matters related to the court today, and then decisively summoned several presiding officials, Wen Ming, who was witnesses, and everyone who listened to the palace.
The last few of the judges felt regretful. If I had known this was the case, I would have to do anything I said today in the yamen. What should I do if I wade into this muddy water?
But now it's too late to say anything, so I can only kneel in the hall with trepidation, not even dare to speak out.
Everyone was like this, and the emperor was speechless for a long time. This made the hall so quiet that it made people panic. Many people sweated on their backs, but none of them dared to look up at the emperor and see how he reacted.
It felt like a century later, the emperor's faint voice rang from above: "Wen Ming, what you said in the court is true?"
"This matter is very important, so how dare I talk nonsense? Everything is a fact, and soon, the relevant people will be escorted to Beijing, and the weapons and armor that were found will be sent together." Wen Ming was the calmest among the people, and his reply was timely and well-organized.
"Do you think his words are credible?" The emperor did not ask him again, but threw the question to everyone else.
This question is difficult to answer, and it makes them feel very meaningful to express their position, especially for those who are in the same party of the prince, they are even hesitant and difficult to express.
"I think there is no possibility of fraud that Master Wen has made." The first answer was Meng Zhongqiu. With him on the way, some other people who had no worries followed up and expressed that they believed what Wen Ming said. In the end, five people were hesitant and speechless.
The emperor did not continue to make things difficult for them, and smiled and said, "Yes, this matter is very important. Such an incident happened in the border army. But I, the king of a country, was hidden to the end. Good, it's so good!"
Feeling his anger, several ministers were even more panicked, especially Sun Daming, who couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty calmed down. I think this matter needs to be investigated in detail, at least I think that the prince must be innocent."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and his smile suddenly subsided: "How can I see it? You, raise your head and talk back and forth!"
Sun Daming hesitated for a moment, and still took the courage to look up and face the emperor. Then he endured the panic in his heart and replied, "Because the crown prince is the crown prince and the son of His Majesty, there is no need for him to do such a rebellious act... I want to say that this is clearly someone framed him, so please make a clear decision!" After saying that, he bowed heavily.
The other princes reacted one after another and echoed: "Your Majesty, Lord Sun is very saying, and we also think the prince must be innocent!"
Chapter completed!