The beautiful and powerful minister hooked up with the crazy emperor and couldn't escape

"That silver mine was dug by Lu Youzhong, it has nothing to do with me!"

Mo Ling raised his eyes and glanced at Wang Jing, which inexplicably made Wang Jing feel a chill in his heart.

"Did I tell you it's a silver mine? My patience is limited, so you'd better tell me clearly as soon as possible. If it's too late, I don't want to listen."

Wang Jing suddenly felt powerless. Bai Yunjin was deliberately setting a trap for him. He had been smart all his life, but he didn't expect to end up falling for a man in his twenties who hadn't even grown all his hair yet.

But he could not admit that privately mining silver was a capital crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan.

"After Lu Youzhong dug up the silver, he gave some of it to me, and I gave it to Duke Anguo. But I have nothing to do with private silver mining!"

Mo Ling picked up another white piece and held it in his hand, not in a hurry to put it down.

"Granted Lingchi."

Wang Jing's eyes almost popped out. What did he just hear? Lingchi? Was Bai Yunjin crazy? He actually dared to privately torture and kill an official appointed by the imperial court. Wasn't he afraid of losing his position?

When the sharp blade cut his skin, Wang Jing finally came to his senses and shouted, "I am an official appointed by the court! You can't kill me like this!"

Mo Ling glanced at the chess piece in his hand: "Why not? Didn't you do the same to Li Ergou's family? Li Dagou's tongue, Li Ergou's confession, and Li Nier's life."

"How can they compare with me! A bunch of low-class people! I am an official appointed by the imperial court!" Wang Jing's eyes were red. How could he be the same as those low-class people! His grandfather was a third-rank official, but his father was a useless person. When he was ten years old, his grandfather died and the family fell into decline.

Having witnessed the prosperity of the noble family, he watched the mansion become deserted and the guests going from queuing up in long lines to being ignored, so he vowed to restore the mansion to the way it was when his grandfather was alive.

However, he failed in the examinations many times, and only passed the imperial examination at the age of forty, at the last place. He always felt that he was the descendant of a high-ranking official and was born superior to others.

Mo Ling stroked the chess piece in his hand and said calmly, "In my eyes, you are no different."

Wang Jing hated Mo Ling's nonchalant look: "How good are you? If you were not born in a marquis's mansion, you would be worse than me! Hahaha! What's the difference between you now and me back then! You were tortured and forced to confess. You look down on me like this, but you are still walking the same path as me, hahaha!"

The moment Mo Ling dropped the white piece, the white piece that was originally at the end of the road was resurrected.

"All your masters and detectives have confessed their crimes. They have exposed all your evil deeds. You are different from Li Ergou. He is innocent, but you are guilty."

Wang Jing snorted, "A bunch of rubbish! Do they think they can get away with it just by telling me out? Privately mining silver is a crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan! All nine generations of their clan must pay the price for their confession!"

Mo Ling picked up another black piece and said, "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place. But they have made a meritorious report, so they can be exempted from the execution of the entire clan, except for themselves. The sentence of exile can be commuted to exile. If you are willing to explain who you actually gave the silver to, you can also save the entire clan."

"This kind of case must at least be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice. It is not up to you, a minister, to decide. Even if you promised them, it was just empty talk! You deceived them and harmed their entire clan. Bai Yunjin, admit it, there is no difference between you and me!" Wang Jing said with a resentful smile while taking a breath.

Mo Ling placed his move without being affected.

"Ding Mao, tell him who you are."

"Yes!" Ding Mao bowed to Mo Ling and said, "I am the commander of the Hidden Dragon Guards, directly under the emperor."

Wang Jing's eyes widened and he shook his head repeatedly: "Impossible, the Hidden Dragon Guards can only be mobilized by Your Majesty, how could they be here! You must be lying to me! You must be lying to me!"

Ding Mao opened the book in his hand and said, "What do you have that is worth me deceiving you?"

Wang Jing smiled bitterly, with resentment in his eyes that could not be dispelled.

"Bai Yunjin, you are awesome. You even begged the Qianlong Guards to come. I admit defeat. I didn't lose to you, but to your noble status as a son of a marquisate! But who can be noble forever? Bai Yunjin, I am waiting for the day when you fall to the dust."

Mo Ling didn't say anything. He put down the chess piece in his hand before asking, "Who did you secretly give the silver to? And why did he kidnap my cousin?"

Wang Jing lowered his head, his frustration and resentment reaching its peak at this moment: "You are a gay, right, Bai Yunjin? You and your cousin are having an affair. Does your father know about it? If he knew, would he break your legs?"

After he finished speaking, Wang Jing felt that the resentment in his heart had dissipated a little. Why couldn't he display his talent, while Bai Yunjin was obviously not as good as him, but was rising rapidly?

Ding Mao raised his head from the book and looked at Wang Jing with no sadness or joy.

"You are jealous of Bai Yunjin, jealous of his family background, jealous that he has a higher official position than you. But you may not know that Bai Yunjin has long fallen out with the Marquis' Mansion. Not only did the Marquis' Mansion not help him, but they also suppressed him everywhere. His current official position was earned step by step with his talent and life."

"Have you heard about the great epidemic in Fuzhou? Only one in ten people in the city survived. He stayed in the worst-hit area in Fuzhou and almost died there."

"He didn't take part in the palace examination, but you should have heard of the essay he wrote, Ode to the Common People, which made almost all the civil and military officials in the morning court burst into tears after reading it."

"You have already surpassed many people, but your greed has led to your current fate. There are thousands of paths to choose from in life. Your background is not the only thing that matters. What is more important is your own choices and efforts."

"You are not from a poor family. Your father was granted a title by your grandfather, and he was at least a ninth-rank county magistrate. The Right Prime Minister's family was originally tenant farmers. They didn't even have their own land and could only make a living by farming for the landlords and gentry. In years of disaster and famine, they had to pay rent even if they had no harvest. The whole family could only afford two sets of clothes, one for working in the fields and one for the whole family to wear."

"But he is now the right prime minister, the head of all officials. People like him are indeed gifted and special. But why can you only see others and not yourself?"

“Everyone is unique. Instead of comparing yourself with others and falling into endless resentment, why not spend this time on yourself and improve yourself? No matter how dazzling others are, it has nothing to do with you.”

"Instead of changing others, it is better to change yourself. As the saying goes, there are 360 ​​professions and every profession has its own top talent. It is far more important to find a path that suits you than to bear grudges against others. They are just passers-by, and you are the protagonist in your life. On the journey of life, you are the most dazzling one."

"All your efforts will be rewarded. Your father was only a ninth-rank official his entire life, and you are already a fifth-rank official, the governor of a state. You are also the envy of many people. Wang Jing, if you don't take the wrong path, you may continue to be promoted."