Neighboring school old enemy bows to me

What Huo Yao said made these people speechless.

Huo Yao continued to speak confidently: "At that time we all saw Li Xiao come out, and we also saw them whispering with our own eyes, Huo Shangshu, can't this matter be used as evidence?"

The emperor looked at Huo Yao with interest for a while, then tilted his head and shook his head at Shangshu and said with a smile: "What they said is also reasonable, you should continue to ask questions."

Huo Shangshu had no choice but to look at Li Xiao: "Master Li, did you meet this person that day?"

Li Xiao categorically denied it, only insisting that He Zhiyang and the others had colluded to target him.

Huo Shangshu looked at Wu De again, and said sharply: "Your exam questions were known on the day of the exam? Is that so?"

With all the witnesses and material evidence, Wu De could only stammer: "...Yes."

As Qiao Yue said, if you know the topic in advance, you will naturally prepare the answer adequately. This person's impression is that he rushed to it, and he can only explain it if he writes on the same day.

Qiao Yue knew the exam questions a long time ago, so why wait until the day of the exam. Looking at this matter, the staff on the day of the exam were playing tricks.

Huo Shangshu immediately reprimanded in a cold voice: "Since it was the exam question that I learned that day, why did you frame Qiao Qianhu? Then what happened to the gold, you recruited it truthfully, and there will be a big punishment for concealing it!"

Wu De got Qiao Yue's instructions, and it was only at this moment that he kowtowed in panic and cried, "My lord, it's not a villain who doesn't tell the truth, it's really coerced!"

Li Xiao looked at him suddenly, his eyes revealing disbelief.

What's the matter with this person, if he is fooled a few words, he will tell the whole story?

"It's a joke." The emperor said displeased: "With me here, who dares to coerce you, just tell the truth clearly."

The emperor had already guessed that this matter was probably related to Li Xiao, and he wanted to take advantage of troubled waters to expose it, but with Huo Yao's clear words before, and Wu Dewei's reassurance afterward, it was obvious that he had been threatened by others, and he immediately felt displeased .

No matter who the person behind the scenes is, daring to play tricks on the imperial examination, and even threatening to frame others, has touched his inverse scales.

Wu De seemed to muster up his courage, and said: "The test questions were indeed given to the villain by Li Xiao from the test room that day..."

As soon as the words fell, everyone gasped, and then whispered.

Li Xiao froze in place as if struck by lightning, and did not speak for a long while.

Wu De thought about it and said: "Before the imperial examination, the villain lived in the guild hall in the capital. He originally wanted to study hard to get a ranking in the exam, but Li Zongqi came to me and said that as long as I entered the exam room with the exam questions, he would identify me afterwards. Qiao Yue was entrusted by the prince to let me enter the examination room, so he could give me a hundred taels of gold..."

Li Xiao was bleeding back all over his body, and the more he heard it, the more he felt that it was outrageous, and he said angrily: "Why did I ask you to identify Qiao Yue as entrusted by the prince after the fact? You still want to bite others when you are about to die!"

He did ask Wu De to talk about Qiao Yue, but he never mentioned his grievances with the prince. This Wu De looked silly, but now he directly involved the prince in the case, how would he end up?

Wu De hurriedly kowtowed and kowtowed: "The villain did something foolish that day, and he is too late to regret it. How could he deceive the adults? Master Li did instruct him to do so, and the pleading paper was also written under his coercion. Your Majesty, please learn from me!"

What he said was all taught by Qiao Yue that day, and now he said it without hesitation, and occasionally peeked at Qiao Yue.

But Qiao Yue stood beside him, looking forward with firm eyes, not even looking at him from the corner of his eyes.

Huo Shangshu originally wanted to destroy Qiao's family in one fell swoop, but instead of catching the handle, another Jinyi guard Li Xiao popped up. He fell into deep thought for a moment, as if he was thinking about how to handle the case next.

As time passed by, Qiao Yue saw that the heat had come, and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I also have something to report."

The emperor looked at him: "Oh?"

"I apologize to Your Majesty. In fact, I knew that this imperial examination would not be peaceful, and I also knew that something would happen to Wu De." Qiao Yue said calmly: "It's just that I can't guess how they will behave, so I can only wait and see. There is something to hide , I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

The emperor raised his eyebrows in surprise and said, "You already knew?"

"Yes, before the imperial examination, someone reported to the minister that Li Xiao had been hanging out in the guild hall and talking to the candidates who came to Beijing in the past few days. If there is no topic, even if you think about it, you can’t make waves.”

After finishing speaking, he immediately submitted the location that Jin Yiwei followed: "Later, Li Xiao chose Wu De, and this was the place where the two of them met. In the early days of their acquaintance, Li Xiao bought Wu De for him in order to gain Wu De's trust. Three or four trips to the lake with flower boats, most of the people in charge of these places also recognize them."

Huo Shangshu glanced at it and immediately handed it over to the emperor.

The emperor frowned, and connected back and forth, this person came from Li Xiao's hands, which can be said to be conclusive evidence.

If it was just the rivalry between the Qiaoli family, he wouldn't really mind it.

However, Li Xiao took advantage of the most important imperial examination to seek personal gain, and was even bold enough to frame the prince.

I haven't done a few things, and my heart is already higher than the sky!

The emperor's eyes on Li Xiao changed a few times, and a bit of disgust flashed in his heart.

"At that time, I didn't know what countermeasures they would discuss, so from the beginning of the imperial examination, I deliberately guarded against the Li family, and kept tight-lipped about the exam questions." Qiao Yue said: "I collected evidence secretly, and I was afraid of scaring the snake. Later, I really saw Wu Delai's imperial examination. He came forward to stop it, but Li Xiao insisted on letting Wu De enter. Later, when the Dongchuang incident happened, they wanted to use this incident to disrupt the examination room and suspend the imperial examination, so the minister issued a strict order to stabilize them."

These words are very candid.

As the emperor listened, he couldn't help but change his mind about the Qiaoli family.

In the past, he always felt that the Qiao family was ambitious, while the Li family was single-handedly promoted, obeyed the rules, and knew how to advance and retreat.

But looking at it now, it is clear that Qiao Yue has always wanted to control the situation, and he is very stable.

From the door search to catching cheaters, if it weren't for Qiao Yue, Li Xiao wouldn't have made a mess of the exam room.

Just because he didn't let Li Xiao be the invigilator, he was going to ruin the exam...

The emperor frowned, and shifted his thoughts of suppressing Qiao Yue to Li Xiao, with a gloomy expression that made people dare not express his anger: "Li Xiao! As a Jinyi guard, you actually disregarded the imperial examination, and framed your colleagues wantonly for personal gain! From today onwards, you don't have to go to Jinyiwei to run errands anymore! Stay at home with your father and think about it! Without my order, you are not allowed to step out of the house!"

The reason why the emperor was afraid of the Qiao family was because he was afraid that they would act arrogantly with power in their hands, and thus cover up the sky with one hand.

But right now, Qiao Yue followed the rules, but Li Xiao was careless.

Before taking power, he has already stretched out his hand to the imperial examination, and has no awe of the court ceremony. If he is really promoted and reused, what sensational things will happen?

The emperor frowned, although on the surface he was only relieved of his errand, but in his heart he did not intend to trust and rely on this person any more.

Removal and thinking about mistakes has always been a harbinger of falling out of favor.

Li Xiao knelt on the ground, his lips trembled and his face was pale, but he couldn't say a single word.

The evidence back and forth is conclusive, and Wu De temporarily retracted his confession, so where is there room for him to speak?

He wanted to get rid of Qiao's family in one fell swoop, but he thought about being dismissed. Li Xiao knelt on the ground like frost beating an eggplant.

Huo Shangshu coughed and said: "At this point, the matter could not be more clear. Li Xiao first gained Wu De's trust, then gave him gold, and gave him any arrangements to frame Qiao Yue. Give it to Wu De, Wu De will be caught in the examination room on purpose, so that the invigilator will be held accountable!"

This matter is too bizarre, if you think about it carefully, it is enough to see the lawlessness of the Li family.

But the emperor had already said the punishment, Huo Shangshu couldn't pay any attention to it, he just slapped the gavel and said: "Wu De, you are so bold and reckless, you cheated in the examination room, framed the prince and officials, the national law does not allow it! According to the law, you should be punished with the punishment of car splitting !"

Wu De immediately turned pale, and looked at Qiao Yue as if asking for help.

Qiao Yue said: "Your Majesty, I want to ask Wu De for a favor. If it is said that he cheated in the examination, he actually only got a piece of paper. If he said that he framed the Crown Prince, he did not mention His Highness the Crown Prince in the pleadings. There is a reason for this, I think. Can I get a lighter sentence?"

The emperor looked at Qiao Yue kindly.

Comparing Qiao Yue and Li Xiao side by side, the superior and inferior judged.

Over the past month, Qiao Yue has worked hard to preside over the affairs of the examination room, uncovered Li Xiao's conspiracy early on, and kept it secret, allowing the imperial examination to proceed smoothly.

It is obviously the humerus of the country, but it is tried and explained here.

The emperor inevitably felt somewhat guilty towards him: "Oh? In your opinion?"

Qiao Yue clasped his hands and said, "Why don't you relegate to Lingnan at eighty sticks according to the crime of framing by the people."

The emperor nodded: "As you say."

Wu De's lips trembled. At that time, he agreed to Li Xiao's deal, just thinking that the pie would fall from the sky, which would allow him to have a hundred taels of gold and be named on the gold list at the same time.

I was confused for a moment, and responded in a cloud of fog.

Who knew it would end like this.

But he also knew that if he hadn't turned against Qiao Yue in the end, his fate would definitely be lost.

Thinking of Qiao Yue's promise that he would at least let him go back alive, Wu De felt a little more at ease.

When the case was settled, the emperor looked at Qiao Yue again, and said kindly, "I misunderstood you this time, are you feeling well?"

Qiao Yue shook his head and said sincerely: "I don't dare. It's a trivial matter for me to suffer a little grievance. Fortunately, the facts of the case have come to light. I didn't delay the review. I have no regrets in my heart."

The emperor looked at Qiao Yue approvingly. He was young, but he always put the overall situation first, and he was thoughtful and thoughtful. He was really a rare talent.