You are not a white lotus at all [Quick Transmigration]

Because of that analysis, when Chang Yuan saw Li Chengming's bright eyes, he always felt that he was planning something bad. He didn't know whether it was because of his self-suggestion after listening to the words, or Li Chengming's closer to the goal and the less concealed it was.But all in all, when the three of Ye Simian were summoned after waiting for a long time, Chang Yuan looked at Li Chengming's smiling expression with a little anxiety.

——Li Chengming's smile was not so wide, just a subtle look of pursing his lips, but because of the smile in his eyes, that reserved look became cheerful, and it was very similar to when he was interrogated in prison before happy.

When Chang Yuan saw his smile at that time, he felt that it was the green vines climbing up the rock in the abyss, which was indomitable and very sunny, but now looking at it under the blue sky and daylight, I don’t know whether it was because of his mentality or Li Chengming’s change. I feel a bit like the backlight of something, I can't see the sun, but I can only see the shadow opposite to myself.

It feels bad.

And as if to confirm this anxiety, when the emperor asked about Li Chengming after Ji Wenyu's statement and Qiu Zhifu's plea, Li Chengming knelt down and worshiped: "My lord, I am guilty!"

Just after listening to Ji Wenyu's detailed description, I was still thinking about the prefect Qiu's affairs in my mind, and my ears were also ready to listen to Li Chengming's initial self-certification and then the emperor's remonstrance: "Oh?"

Ji Wenyu explained the reasons for everything in detail. Qiu Zhifu confessed to what he did years ago and begged for a lighter sentence. According to the procedure, Li Zhixian should prove his innocence and carry out further reforms on the existing system. Admonishment, tell me where the emperor is too lazy and what can be improved, so that the civil servants can be promoted step by step?

Why, come up with an unexpected beginning and ask for attention?

The emperor raised his head after Li Chengming opened his mouth to confess his guilt, and moved his eyes from the memorial Ji Wenyu handed over to Li Chengming: "What crime?"

Li Chengming kowtowed three times: "For one crime, Xu Li merchants did not do any research, and exchanged their personal achievements with the name given by the court, so that the unvirtuous people can enjoy the name of virtue and goodness-making the name given by the court become untrue. The recognition of the plaque of Jishan House has decreased, which has damaged the prestige of the imperial court."

The emperor nodded, and silently turned his eyes back to the memorial: the old routine, blaming himself in the beginning, is actually talking about what he has done in the past and his efforts need to be seen by everyone. Get rewards and even rise through the ranks.

Li Chengming: "The second crime is taking bribes without repentance, using money as a reward, and writing down the names of the merchants who offered the bribes and passing them on, so that they can be assigned official positions with virtue—and the way to verify virtue is to look at them. Is there enough money to spend?"

The emperor raised his head again: Is this a true confession?

"Continue." Waving Li Chengming to continue, the emperor saw that the meaning of Li Chengming's words was not to get rid of crimes or to seek rewards, but to explain the "truth" under the pressure of something he hated, and suddenly wanted to see if he could count it out for himself. Several crimes, and where he is rumored to be admonishing, is he admonishing to exonerate himself.

"The three crimes are framing superiors to achieve their goals. After the crime was discovered, although the guilty minister wanted to turn back because of Qiu Zhifu's hatred, but considering that the criminal minister was light-hearted and the people behind the scenes were powerful, so the criminal minister wanted to avoid it. Seeing the Holy Majesty disturbed others, and planned the affairs of the Prefect Qiu, allowing himself to enter the palace with an innocent appearance of being framed, and framed the Prefect Qiu for the purpose of framing his colleagues. The money, and the facts are indeed as Boss Cai believes. Qiu Zhifu did not frame others, and what happened on this trip is purely a disaster." Kowtow again, Li Chengming prostrated his forehead after bleeding from the forehead. Qiu Zhifu said, "Because of Chengming's unscrupulous methods, you have suffered. I am really sorry."

After hearing the words, Prefect Qiu carefully returned the salute, panting again, he was relieved that the culprit had been picked.

"Is there any more?" The emperor asked calmly after this.

Li Chengming continued to worship: "Reckless promises that damage the majesty of the court, taking bribes with the intention of disrupting the conferment of official positions, and framing superiors to achieve personal goals, these three crimes are already enough to make the guilty officials die without atonement!"

Raising his hand, he threw the memorial on Li Chengming, and the emperor said, "Then follow what you said, drag it out and behead it!"

As soon as Chang Yuan saw this, he suddenly realized that Li Chengming's "conspiracy" was this and he was relieved. He was surprised by the emperor's sudden smashing and anger, and immediately ran to see Li Chengming: after being smashed, he bowed deeper.

On the side, Ye Simian and Ji Wenyu both lowered their eyes and looked at their noses, not knowing what they were thinking, and they didn't mean to persuade the emperor, but the prefect Qiu who was next to him looked impatient and hesitant.

In this stalemate, Li Chengming was under pressure: "But thinking that the person behind the criminal minister has not been noticed by the Holy One, and once the criminal minister dies, he will retreat behind the scenes and use power to benefit the public. Tell me everything, so that the Holy One won’t be deceived by villains again! That’s why the guilty minister will take the initiative to plead guilty when he can live innocently, just to make everything clear: the criminal minister’s life is worthless, for the sake of the world, throw it away. If you lose it, you will lose it!"

The emperor looked around at Ye Simian and Ji Wenyu next to him, and saw that the magistrate Qiu was ashamed after Li Chengming spoke, so he asked the eunuch next to him to pass tea and asked Li Chengming, "Who is the person behind you that you said?"

After going around for a long time, there must be a goal: is it the quarreling left and right, or the recently powerful uncle Cao's family, or which state prince is not willing to be left behind?If you go further down, you must at least be a Beijing official. After all, magistrates are useless, but if you can wave your hand and make an imperial official corrupt and pervert the law, you should be at the feet of the emperor?

—— Only when you are close can you know when to advance and when to retreat.

After laughing at himself, the emperor saw that Li Chengming was still silent, so he asked again: "Who the hell?"

Li Chengming: "General Guide, Ji Wenyu."

After finishing speaking, the emperor was taken aback for a moment, and Li Chengming stood up and pointed at Ji Wenyu, word by word: "The current third-rank official, General Guide, Ji Wenyu."

Ji Wenyu was pointed at, and knelt silently, waiting for Li Chengming to finish what he wanted to say.Ye Simian looked up, then lowered his head, next to him, Qiu Zhifu was already surprised, and Chang Yuan was dumbfounded after Li Chengming's confession:

What is this operation?Aren't they looking for Ji Wenyu to seek grievances? Why did it suddenly... turn into wanting to expose Ji Wenyu's hypocrite skin, otherwise he would die without peace of mind? ?

Li Chengming knelt straight: "The third Jinshi in the past, once served as the magistrate of Jiangzhou, now a third-rank official, General Guide, Ji Wenyu."

"boom"

The emperor put down the teacup and raised his hand to signal: "Say it—speak carefully, slowly, and explain what is going on here—if you say something wrong, use your head to atone for it!"

Goodbye, Li Chengming said with mixed feelings in the room: "This matter starts when the sinner took office in Xiao County. At that time, the sinner took office for the first time. He lacked knowledge and experience, so he often made mistakes, so he could only turn to the people around him. Ask for help. For this reason, the prefect Qiu has visited Xiao County many times, and the guilty officials have also been taught by him, determined to do something for the people of Xiao County.

When the sinner received the same year letter one day, the sinner thought that we had met to fight for the sake of the common people before the palace examination results came out, and also thought that when I was clearly showing my ambition, I often let an old man worry about it. No, I changed the previous act of seeking help from the prefect of Qiu to discuss it with the same year, and on the contrary, this same year also needs the help of the criminals..."

Chang Yuan thought about the past recalled before, and instantly equated the "same year" in Li Chengming's words to Ye Simian, and felt that nothing good would happen next: Although he didn't know what Li Chengming was going to do, he knew it just by looking at Ji Wenyu on the ground , he seems to be dragging people to die together...

Li Chengming stretched out his finger to Ye Simian: "The 'same year' mentioned by the criminal minister is Ye Simian, the magistrate of Cangxi County. The place where I helped him was to send money over according to the instructions, and the place where he helped me was in Xiao Before the accident in the county, it was suggested that the guilty officials should exchange their names for goods, and use the title of a 'good man' in exchange for supplies."

Ye Simian stepped forward.

"However, as the sinner said before, the sinner paid the court plaque, which not only reduced the credibility of the words 'family of accumulating goodness', but also made possible a power-for-money transaction. At that time, the sinner What I said about exchanging virtue with money and matching official positions with virtue is what Yezhi County said this time in exchange for things." Li Chengming bowed again, "At that time, the guilty minister felt that this move was very good, but he didn't think about the essence of this move. In fact, it was bribery, and took the initiative to send money from Cai Mansion to Cangxi County as a matchmaker, so that the money would be passed through the hands of Yezhi County, who was able to talk to General Guide, and finally completed the entire transaction.

Later, the criminal minister was discovered by Qiu Zhifu, and the criminal minister realized that he had done something wrong and should be punished.However, before the guilty minister received due punishment, the guilty minister believed that the people behind the scenes should be put under the sun, so the guilty minister boldly asked Yezhi County for help as an accomplice, hoping that he could persuade General Guide Save me as a pawn, and quickly cleanse myself after they come, use General Guide's mentality to smooth this matter out, fabricate a 'fact', plant everything on the innocent prefect Qiu, and then through a powerful The excuse of the admonishment came to face the Holy Spirit, hoping to tell the truth to the Holy Spirit in person...until now. "

After Li Chengming finished speaking, he said, "The guilty minister should be punished for doing wrong things, but I hope that the Holy One will learn from you, and when punishing the criminal minister, don't miss the people behind the criminal minister!"

The emperor waited for a while after Li Chengming finished speaking, then sat down slowly, took tea from the eunuch again, and rested for a while before saying: "You are the one who said the truth, and you are the one who said the irony. Tell me now, should I believe you, a person whose words change rapidly?"

Li Chengming was silent for a while, and spoke earnestly: "The guilty minister knows that his words are not credible, so the guilty minister just wants to tell this matter. After speaking, how the Holy Majesty should make a verdict is a matter of God's power." The guilty minister dare not speak in vain. The guilty minister only hopes that the holy majesty can find physical evidence beyond the criminal minister's testimony, and not let the real 'big fish' escape, but only catch the criminal minister, the 'little shrimp'."

The emperor smiled after hearing this, and pointed at Ji Wenyu: "General Guide, what do you say?" Then he pointed at Ye Simian, "Ye Zhixian, what do you say?" Before the two of them spoke, the emperor smiled again and said, "You really Will find something for me."

After this, Ye Simian finally spoke: "I did ask Li Zhixian for help, and I did propose to exchange names for things, but I don't know anything about the exchange of money and power that Li Zhixian said, or the combination of virtue. Li Zhixian said that the money he sent was a part of bribery, but according to Wei Chen's recollection, every amount of money Wei Chen collected was aided, and he also wrote the account book:

Every time Weichen received aid from Lizhi County, he would record the source and whereabouts in detail. Now the notepad used for recording is in the hands of Mr. Zhou in Cangxi County. The information on the notepad can also be compared one by one. It was verified by looking at the things in Cangxi County, so as to prove that what the minister said was true. "

The emperor nodded, supported his forehead, and looked at Ji Wenyu who was silent: "You?"

Ji Wenyu was silent for a moment: "I have just returned from going out, and now I am not sure what is going on in the mansion. There is no evidence to prove that I have not received bribes, and I am not sure that there is no 'stolen money' in my mansion. Therefore, I can only say now, I haven't done it, but I can't come up with evidence to prove my innocence. I hope the Holy One can make a clear judgment and help me get rid of my grievances."

The emperor responded with a smile: "Okay."

Chang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief after holding his breath and concentrating on it, feeling that the matter was settled: the emperor stood up to Ji Wenyu at first glance, and the two have been in love for many years, so they are stable.

However, the emperor turned to say: "Since no one has any evidence now, and everyone can only make excuses here, then I will send people to search for physical evidence first, and you...you can tell me what you have to say." Finished speaking, finished speaking, until the next time the physical evidence is received, we will all be wronged and stay in prison for a few days to isolate the outside news."

Chang Yuan was dumbfounded, but the emperor smiled again, and before the visitor took the four of them away, he nodded to the prefect Qiu: "Prefect Qiu is not needed—he has other reasons—let me think about this special matter first. Special, now... just continue to live in Ji Aiqing's mansion and be guarded by special personnel. Ji Aiqing, can you lend the mansion?"

Ji Wenyu was called out suddenly, and when he agreed, the emperor smiled again, frowned, and ordered the four officials present to be taken away.

It's okay to search the Ji's mansion while guarding the prefect Qiu's mansion.

After the reflection, the emperor closed his eyes after no one was there, and was handed a pile of memorials.

When Chang Yuan came back, he saw the emperor approving the memorial with a sad face, and then went back to tell the scene, Ye Simian nodded again.

After Chang Yuan finished speaking, he looked around and sighed, realizing that there were so many changes in one day.

Ye Simian was quite calm in comparison: "Although I was wronged, I am not the only one who has been wronged throughout the ages. I don't need to care too much about it, and I don't need to be too anxious. At most, I will become one of the thousands of unjustly dead souls, and witness the whole life together with the predecessors." .”

Ji Wenyu and Li Chengming were kept far apart, probably to prevent one of them from colluding with the other, and Bihua, who had been watching Ji Wenyu and Ye Simian by the way, paused after this sentence, and then Copying the original words, sighing, the immature face is full of vicissitudes: it can be regarded as seeing a lot of people.

Chang Yuan responded: "...that's true. Anyway, death is not the end of this life. There are still a lot of things waiting for it."

This life was originally just to experience calamities, but after too long, I naturally took this life as everything.

——Although Chang Yuan has no idea what the calamity of this world is, why it exists, and how they need to deal with it.