On the imperial steps, Li Er hesitated for a while, and finally stood up, ready to order Li Wangyou to be taken from the prison first, so that Wei Zheng, Li Daozong and Fang Xuanling could try the case together.

Li Wangyou hurriedly bowed to Li Er: "Your Majesty, I must judge myself."

"Come on!"

"Your Majesty, this so-called secret letter was not written by the minister, but someone forged it. Of course, the person who forged the letter is very clever. Even the minister himself cannot distinguish the authenticity of the handwriting. But..."

Li Wangyou paused for a moment, then looked up at Li Er: "But if I want to write a secret letter, why would I use such a childish and ridiculous method? Could it be that my mind is flooded, and I will write a secret letter so blatantly?" Letter, undisguised and handed over to a Hu businessman?"

He looked around the group of officials in the hall again, glanced at Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou and others, and then continued: "Your Majesty, you are welcome to say that if I have the intention to write some secret letter, even if the letter is placed in the public It is impossible for you gentlemen to know what I am writing in front of your eyes."

Li Wangyou's words naturally caused the officials in the hall to start talking in low voices, but Li Er couldn't help frowning, thinking about Li Wangyou's words.

If you want to talk about the talent and learning of your nephew, it is naturally unparalleled in the world.

But this secret letter is a secret letter. He said that the secret letter written by Li Wangyou was placed in front of everyone, and everyone couldn't recognize what was written, but Li Er didn't believe it.

Zheng Yuanshou and Wang Renyou, the two elders of the family, looked at each other, and couldn't help but sneered: "Uncle Hu, are you an old man and others who are all white men? Just ask the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty, who dares to believe what you say?"

Li Wangyou also came up with a countermeasure at this time, shrugged his shoulders, and said with a relaxed tone: "If your majesty and the princes don't believe it, then it's better to do an experiment in this hall..."

665 A servant is not a meticulous worker

Li Wangyou's words made Li Er hesitate for a while, but he still nodded in agreement.In any case, Li Er was still skeptical about the secret letter that Wang Xizhong, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, suddenly threw out.

Since Li Wangyou said that if he wrote a secret letter, the public would not see through it, so why not give it a try?

Li Er stood up, stared at Li Wangyou and said, "Li Wangyou, how are you going to prove this to me and the gentlemen?"

"Your Majesty, it's very simple. There are two side halls on the left and right of the Tai Chi Hall. I can enter one side to write a secret letter, and submit it to His Majesty and all the princes for inspection, and then send the secret letter to the other side, and His Majesty will designate someone to receive the secret letter." Letter. If the minister can hide the information from His Majesty and the princes, and send the message to the person in the side hall on the other side, His Majesty will naturally know whether the minister is lying or not."

Li Er nodded: "Yes, Mi Tuo, go to the side hall on the other side and prepare to receive the secret letter from Li Wangyou."

Li Er absolutely trusted the Minister of Internal Affairs and Governor beside him.After all, Mi Tuo is not only responsible for Baiqisi's internal and external communication and news delivery, but also the closest person to Li Er.

"Your Majesty, I need to explain to the Provincial Superintendent how to receive the secret letter first. Is it possible?" Li Wangyou bowed again.

"Yes." Li Er nodded again, motioning Mi Tuo to listen to what Li Wangyou had to say.

Mi Tuo walked quickly to Li Wangyou's side, and under the watchful eyes of Li Er and the officials, the two whispered a few words.Mi Tuo, however, became more and more suspicious the more he listened, with an expression of surprise on his face, and finally nodded his head seriously, expressing that he had figured it out.

In the main hall, all the officials were also whispering to each other, discussing in low voices.

However, Wang Renyou suddenly stepped out, cupped his hands to Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, if Huxian County Bo and Mi Provincial Superintendent are in collusion with each other, wouldn't it be meaningless to have already agreed on what to write at this time?"

When the ministers heard the words, they also nodded one after another.

That's right, if Li Wangyou told Mi Tuo at this moment what I was going to write to you later, and Li Wangyou wrote something randomly on the letter paper, but Mi Tuo knew about it, then it wouldn't prove anything at all.

Li Wangyou smiled when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, this matter is very simple. After I and the Provincial Superintendent of Mi enter the left and right side halls, please write the content to be conveyed by Your Majesty to the minister. Then the minister will write it into a secret letter and pass it on." To the Governor of Mi in the side hall on the other side. If the minister can pass the information to the Governor of Mi without hiding the truth from His Majesty and the princes, it will be enough to prove the truth of what the minister said just now."

Li Er thought about it, but this is the truth.

If Li Wangyou is really meticulous, then he would naturally choose the most covert way to transmit the news.If he could really pass the news to Mi Tuo without hiding it from himself and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, then this so-called "secret letter" would be very questionable.

Seeing that Li Wangyou was so determined, Wang Renyou and Zheng Yuanshou looked at each other calmly, and they all saw a hint of worry in each other's eyes.

But the matter has come to this point, it is meaningless for them to say more, they can only wait and see what happens.

What's more, Wang Renyou, Zheng Yuanshou and others didn't believe what Li Wangyou said at all.To be able to pass on the news in front of the officials, without telling everyone, this is too mythical no matter how you hear it.

Li Wangyou and Mi Tuo finished their explanations, and asked the servants in the main hall to prepare some things for the two of them and put them in the side hall, so it was considered ready.

"Your Majesty, the minister and the Governor of Mi are ready to start." Li Wangyou said.

Li Er nodded: "Okay, then Li Wangyou, you can go to the side hall on the left side, and Mi Tuo, you can go to the right side."

Li Wangyou and Mi Tuo immediately nodded and accepted the order, and entered the left and right side halls respectively.After the two of them entered, the doors of the two side halls were all closed tightly.At the same time, in front of the gate of the palace, there were palace guards arranged by Li Er to prevent anyone from secretly delivering news to them.

After everything was ready, Li Er picked up the pen and paper, thought about it for a while, and wrote a paragraph.After folding the paper, I signaled the servant to send it to Li Wangyou in the hall on the left.

After a short wait, the door of the side hall on the left was opened, and the servant sent out a letter, which was handed over to Li Er.

Li Er curiously opened the letter paper, but couldn't help being taken aback.

What he held in his hand was a blank piece of paper with no writing on it.

"Did you take the wrong letter? Why is it a blank sheet of paper?" Li Er glared at the eunuch who was in charge of delivering the letter.In Li Er's view, it must be that these servants made a mistake and accidentally sent a blank sheet of paper.

The servant hurriedly knelt down: "Going back to everyone, the maidservant is definitely not mistaken, but this letter was handed over to the maidservant by Hu County Uncle himself, to be forwarded to the Governor of Mi."

Hearing this, Li Er became more and more curious. He read the letter paper in his hand several times, and examined it carefully against the light. In the end, he could only confirm that it was an ordinary piece of white paper.

Seeing that he couldn't see any problems, he could only signal the servant to take this "secret letter" to the officials in the hall for inspection.

Wang Renyou and Zheng Yuanshou took the secret letter without hesitation, and checked it several times, but they didn't see any problems.

A blank piece of paper without any handwriting was passed around repeatedly in the hands of everyone, but no one saw the clue.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is a blank sheet of paper, isn't it? The so-called secret letter of the county uncle Hu is simply playing tricks on the ground." Zheng Yuanshou sneered.

Wang Renyou also smiled and said: "I guess Huxian Bo and Mi Provincial Supervisor didn't pass the news through this white paper? Your Majesty, please search the servant just now. I think the real secret letter should be hidden in the It's on him. This blank sheet of paper is nothing more than a blindfold."

Li Er felt that what Wang Renyou said was also reasonable, and immediately waved to the imperial guards in the palace, motioning them to check the servant in charge of delivering the news.

The servant didn't dare to argue, and with a mournful face, he was inspected by the palace guards all over his body, even his hair was not spared.

However, apparently nothing entrained was detected.

Zheng Yuanshou was still worried, and said to Li Er: "Your Majesty, why don't you hand over this paper to the minister, and I will send it to the Governor of Mi personally?"

"Yes." Li Er naturally nodded in agreement.

Under the watchful eyes of Li Er and the officials, Zheng Yuanshou took the blank paper, walked to the right side hall, knocked on the closed door, and handed the blank paper to Mi Tuo.

The door of the hall was closed, and soon opened again. Mi Tuo came out from it, walked to the imperial steps with a mournful face, and knelt down to Li Er: "Everyone, slaves, slaves are not meticulous!"

Hearing this, Li Er jumped up from the throne: "Mi Tuo, what did you say? What was the content of my handwriting before? Could it be that Li Wangyou really wrote a secret letter to you?"

Mi Tuo nodded: "The secret letter written by Hu County Boss to the servant is, 'there is a spy in the palace, and it has been found out that it is Mi Tuo.', everyone, servant... the servant is not a spy."

Hearing this, Li Er felt like he was in Sparta.

What Mi Tuo said was exactly what he just wrote on the paper at will and sent it to the left side hall.But how did these words reach Mi Tuo?

666 Don't Announce to the Public

This result was not only unexpected by Li Er, but also the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty above the main hall.

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