Rebirth of the Demon Queen

Chapter 169

Tantaisong trembled and almost fell to the ground.He waited for Cao Lang to look at it for a long time, then he stood up tremblingly, pointed at Cao Lang and said, "You...you...spout blood!"

The corners of Cao Lang's mouth curled up, and he said: "Our family will never wrong a good person without evidence. The things in Prince Wei's mansion are now in our hands. Lord Tantai, do you want our family to look for it? Is there anything of yours in it?"

Tantaisong's eyes flickered, he was a little guilty after all, and said: "What Wei Wang's mansion, I have no contact with Wei Wang's mansion, I don't know what you are talking about!"

"When we are in this prison, our family is not afraid of your denial. Do you know that Prince Wei's son has also entered the prison, and he is in the cell not far away. The screams you heard just now came from him. It came, why, do you want to meet him and let him help you reminisce?"

Cao Lang's brows and eyes are full of smiles,
In Tantaisong's view, Cao Lang was staring at him like a poisonous snake.

Over the years, King Wei's mansion has been threatening him with his bad character, and at the same time giving him full support, and even placed him in the position of minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Because King Wei is the vassal king, according to the law, Tantai Song cannot have any contact with the vassal king.But what he did was extremely secretive, and he didn't have much contact with King Wei at the beginning.

After experiencing the fear of the past few years, Tan Taisong gradually felt relieved.

After Xie Yan became an adult, taboos became much less. Tantaisong often took the initiative to provide clues to Prince Wei's residence, and Xie Yan would convey any requests of King Wei on his behalf. Naturally, Tantaisong's benefits were indispensable.

Although Tantai's family is a well-known family in the capital and has never been short of money, Tantaisong would not refuse the benefits of being delivered to his door, and over time, he took all of these for granted.

King Wei of the Left and Right has a high status, no matter what happens, King Wei will stand in the way, so nothing will go wrong.

Being imprisoned in the Imperial Prison these days, Tantaisong not only has no worries about food and clothing, Dongchang has not touched him at all, and has tried his best to meet his demands.

Tantaisong always thought that it was King Wei who was secretly protecting him.

Hearing that Xie Yan was also imprisoned, Tantaisong panicked, took a few steps back, sat down on the straw behind him, and asked in a trembling voice: "What do you want to do? What exactly do you want!"

Cao Lang glanced at Xie Xi, and said to Tan Taisong: "I looked through the files of the Ministry of Officials. Since the fifth year of Zhengxing, you have served as the right servant in the Ministry of Punishment. Tell us about the boxes in the Prince Wei's mansion. Where did it come from?"

Tan Taisong knew that he had fallen into Dongchang's hands, and naturally these things could not be concealed, so he gritted his teeth and talked about the cause and effect.

"After I was promoted to the Minister of Criminal Affairs, His Royal Highness King Wei came to me. At the beginning, he just said that the Jingzhao Mansion Yin offended him and asked me to find clues for him. He wanted to vent his anger."

"The Jingzhao mansion was not clean in the first place, and I found a lot of criminal evidence without too much effort. At that time, I thought that King Wei was a noble person, and I would do no good by handling this case. It would only offend people for nothing. Hand over the evidence of the crime to His Royal Highness King Wei."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple?"

A teasing smile flickered on the corner of Cao Lang's mouth, and he said, "I heard that you took 2000 taels of silver from Prince Wei's Mansion for this matter."

Tantaisong's face was a little uneasy, and he said in a low voice: "I have spent a lot of time inquiring about this matter, so naturally I can't let me lose money for nothing, and the money is just some compensation."

"In short, you are right, so go on."

"Later, King Wei came to me again, saying that it was from Dali Temple Minister, and wanted me to help find the loopholes of Dali Temple Minister."

"I was dumbfounded at the time. The minister of Dali Temple is so high, how can I, a servant, investigate? Besides, I didn't want to cause any trouble, so I rejected King Wei's request."

Speaking of this, Tan Taisong's face flashed a trace of shame, and said: "I thought this matter was over, but a few days later, King Wei took out a few pieces of paper and said that he had my... He has found all the evidence and witnesses, and he can ruin my reputation at any time."

Xie Xi laughed out loud when he heard this, and said, "Tantaisong, it's really strange that you have a witness for having an affair with your daughter-in-law!"

Cao Lang was very dissatisfied with him interrupting Tantaisong's speech, and gave him a cold sideways glance.

Xie Xi suppressed a smile, and said, "Master Tantai, you don't have to pay attention to me, just go on."

Tantaisong's face turned green and white, and after a long while, he continued: "Your official... criminals can't do anything about it, His Royal Highness King Wei holds the criminal's handle, and criminals have no choice but to do something."

Cao Lang raised his eyebrows and said: "The conviction does not belong to our family, so you can explain to our family what you have done these years."

A look of embarrassment flashed across Tantaisong's face, Cao Lang said "Yes", and asked again: "Don't you want to? That's right, there is Xie Yan over there, let's just ask him."

"The criminal only asks for one thing, please Your Highness and Eunuch Cao, as long as you can agree to the criminal's request, the criminal is willing to explain everything."

Old Tantai Song blushed, and said coyly: "The things about the criminals, please keep them secret."

Cao Lang immediately complied, and with Tantaisong's cooperation, the questioning became much easier.

Cao Lang called a book office to come in to record, and within half an hour, Tantaisong explained everything he had done with Prince Wei's residence in these years, and he also explained a lot of gossip along the way.

After signing the signature, Tantaisong saw that Cao Lang's face looked good, and said tentatively: "The criminals have all been accounted for, and Eunuch Cao held his hands high."

Cao Lang said with a smile: "Lord Tantai, don't worry, it's rare for you to cooperate so much, it saves our family a lot of trouble, and our family will naturally take care of what should be taken care of."

Xie Xi accompanied Cao Lang out of the imperial prison, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

Although it is only separated by a door, the sunshine outside the door is just right, and several hibiscus plants are planted in Zhenfusi's courtyard, and a few small pink flowers are blooming, which is really different from the dark and bloody place just now.

Just now in the Imperial Prison, I heard that Xie Yan did not go to propose marriage to Lin Zisu, the hostility in Xie Xi's heart was much less, and he said to Xie Xi with a smile: "Eunuch Cao, I have gained a lot of knowledge today, this trip is really worthwhile .Your prison is not bad, we will come and go frequently in the future, and I will be your regular visitor here."

Cao Lang smiled and said: "Your Highness is Gao Juexian, if you like it, you can live here all the time, and your servants have no objection."

Xie Xi couldn't help but roll his eyes at Cao Lang when he heard Cao Lang's eccentricity.

Xie Xi still wanted to play a few more words, Cao Lang called a stern-faced Qianhu over, and casually ordered: "Go to Tantai's mansion and bring evidence of Tantaisong's affair with his daughter-in-law. "

At the end, Cao Lang emphasized again: "When you arrive, call all the people from Tantai's family, and you must hand it over to Mrs. Tantai."

(End of this chapter)