Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

At this moment, Gu Fei regretted the original, wishing he could bite his tongue and kill himself.

Gu Fei was also very proud at that time, Concubine Shu and her son were more and more loved by His Majesty, and at this smooth time, Gu Pei was actually sued before the emperor.

Gu Fei was very annoyed.The first thing he thought of was to minimize the destructiveness of this matter, and not let this matter cause trouble to Concubine Shu's mother and son.

Although Gu Zhengyuan, an insider, is missing and is likely to be used by others, Gu Fei doesn't care too much. The Gu family handles this kind of thing too much. Generally, if they can be rescued, they will be rescued, and if they can't, they will be silenced.

Gu Fei was afraid that the censor would bite Gu Pei madly like last time, and push the waves during the trial, causing Gu Pei's case to lead to even worse consequences, so he persuaded the censor to give the Gu family a free hand. The processing time, and the promise, will definitely give the fishermen an explanation.

Unexpectedly, the Gu family did not proceed to deal with Gu Pei, but instead sent someone to assassinate the witness Gu Zhengyuan.

Emperor Qianyuan was annoyed by this, so Jia Lian led him by the nose to recall Wu Yu.

Gu Fei knew that at this moment, it was no longer Wu Yu's problem of suing the Gu family, but a matter of Emperor Qianyuan's fear of the Gu family.Thinking of the downfall of the Xu family a while ago, Gu Fei shuddered.

Once Emperor Qianyuan thought that the Gu family threatened the imperial power and intended to eradicate it, one can imagine the fate of the Gu family.

Gu Fei was afraid of what would happen to the Xu family, so he secretly sealed Yu Shi's mouth, which put the Gu family in a more dangerous situation.

Gu Fei knew that both the Gu family and himself were facing a huge crisis right now.He must be cautious, and try his best to make up for one or two on the basis of not making any mistakes, so as to restore the emperor's heart.

Gu Fei carefully considered his recent actions. He never personally came forward for all the matters related to Gu Fei. Even the execution of the silence was done by the butler of the old house of the Gu family who stayed behind in the capital.However, the old mansion was stolen by Gu Pei, the second son, because of Concubine Shu's partiality, but his eldest son, the family stepped forward to buy another mansion for him.

Therefore, Gu Fei thought that he could avoid the assassination this time.

For now, Gu Pei is finished.

Gu Fei knew that the best time for him to kill relatives righteously had already passed.

It's too late to regret now.

However, Gu Fei still didn't want to give up easily.

Now, the best way is to try my best to prove that I don't know anything about Gu Pei's evil deeds. I want to interpret the behavior of buying off the censor as brothers and friends. He is attacking from all directions because he fully believes in his brother's character. Brother Li Zheng's innocence.

Therefore, right now, he must continue to show the appearance of believing that Gu Pei was wronged, trying his best to argue for Gu Pei, and fighting against the wronged brother.

He couldn't lose his character and integrity while losing his brother's life.

Even if the evidence of Gu Pei's crime is convincing in the end, he still has to show shock and pain, and it is difficult to give up but he has to give up.

This way, he might be able to keep his official position.Lest the Gu family follow in the footsteps of the Xu family and suffer a crushing defeat.

Gu Fei thought clearly.

He once again confronted Wu Yu confidently: "Okay, we admit Gu Wei, please list the previous three evidences one by one, if you can tell, I will not only plead guilty in court, but also kowtow to make amends , if you can’t produce any evidence, but this official wants to accuse you of false accusation, would Mr. Wu dare to confront Gu?”

Wu Yu smiled and gave Yufluoren a bow: "I will accompany you!"

Gu Fei bowed to Emperor Qianyuan: "Your Majesty, please make the decision!"

Emperor Qianyuan said: "Wu Aiqing, do you have any evidence for what you just played? If there is, I will play it in the palace. If not, I will punish you for the crime of deceiving the emperor immediately. However, I will give you a chance. I wish you Back in the capital, I don’t know much about the situation in the capital, so if you go back on your word now, there is still time to apologize to Gu Shangshu.”

Wu Yu bowed and replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. Of course, I have evidence to prove that the Gu family, Gu Pei Zongzi, instigated his subordinates to kill and set fire. There is also evidence to prove that Gu Fei and Gu Shangshu hired Jiang Hu to kill the Secretary of General Affairs." The captured witnesses about Gu Fei burning and killing fishermen."

Emperor Qianyuan's face was calm when he heard the words, neither angry nor happy: "Well, you will play in the hall."

Wu Yu said: "The first crime of my minister's participation in Gu's family and Gu Fei's crime is that he raped his son and forced Peng Qiuniang to death. He killed Peng Qiuniang's father. The witnesses are Peng Qiuniang's fiancée and 23 fishermen from Honghu Fishing Village. Your Majesty please allow me." They went up to the temple to testify."

Emperor Qianyuan still had no expression on his face: "Yes! The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment will bring witnesses to the palace."

Huang Shangshu's heart beat wildly, his face twitched: Is this going to close the case at the Golden Palace?

Wouldn't Gu Pei's death be in vain?He pretended to be ill and starved for nothing these few days, so he pretended to be for nothing!

What kind of way is this Jia Lian that made Emperor Qianyuan change his normal behavior and target the Gu family?

Thinking in his heart, Huang Shangshu did not neglect his actions, and quickly walked out of the Qianqing Palace, came to the gate of Qianqing and told the servants: "Quickly send an order to let Wang Lu personally escort the 23 fishermen into the palace, and His Majesty will personally interrogate them." Case closed."

Hearing this, the boy only blinked his eyes: "Do you want to send Gu Pei in too?"

Huang Shangshu stretched out his hand and hit the servant: "Speak too much, do you dare to be the emperor's family?"

The little fellow ran away, and went to Donghua Gate to spread the word. In less than half a moment, 23 fishermen from Honghu Fishing Village were brought into the Qianqing Palace.

When Emperor Qianyuan saw Mi's mother and son, he wondered: "Your case has been closed, why are you here?"

The little leopard was busy kowtowing: "Reporting to Your Majesty, our mother and son are also fishermen in Honghu Fishing Village. Because the son of the Huguang inspector killed the Peng family's father and daughter, in order to cover up his son's crimes, Gu Pei ordered the housekeeper Gu Zhengyuan to burn the village with fire. People's mothers escaped because of long-term illness and insomnia. The poor old and weak women and children in the fishing village died in the sea of ​​fire in their sleep. Your Majesty, the 73 villagers in Honghu Fishing Village died terribly. I beg you to replace those unjust Let the dead folks avenge their grievances."

"The villain kowtows to you!"

All of a sudden, there was a banging sound of kowtows on the Golden Luan Hall, and soon the fisherman's forehead was bruised and purple.

Emperor Qianyuan stretched out his hand and shouted: "Stop, stop, I promise, I will make decisions for you!"

23 people wept with joy when they heard the words: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Qianyuan said: "Your fishing village was burned, and the villagers were buried in the sea of ​​fire. It's pitiful, but I can't just let you talk about it and believe your one-sided words. You say that the Gu family set fire to the fishing village, but there is evidence. ?”

Luo Yi kowtowed and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, when the villain returned to the village, the arsonist hadn't left yet, and they kept driving back the escaped villagers. At that time, the villain fought with them. After seeing each other, the villain recognizes them."

Gu Fei snorted coldly: "Since they masked their faces and set fire to it, how do they know it's the Gu family? Although your home has been destroyed and your relatives have died, people feel sympathetic, but you can't falsely accuse me of the Gu family with empty words!"

Mi said: "The woman has evidence to prove that it was the Gu family who set the fire. The woman remembers that when the woman escaped, she met the dog and came home to rescue us. He once fought against an arsonist. At that time, the woman He also held a stick to help, but he grabbed the stick. At that time, the women could see clearly that the man had six fingers on his right hand."

Gu Fei was shocked when he heard the words, Gu Zhengyuan's baby name was Liuzhi.Because he was born with six fingers, he was not tolerated by the clansmen. Therefore, this person was irritable and aggressive, so he was taken in by his younger brother Gu Pei.

Gu Fei's thoughts changed sharply. Even if the Gu family was afraid of someone assassinating Gu Zhengyuan, he would not betray him so soon because his roots were in the Gu family.

Gu San is said to be dying, even if he can go to the palace to testify, as the son of the Gu family, his testimony will not be accepted, otherwise, once he opens his mouth, any slave who hates the master in the future can falsely accuse the master?

Therefore, Huang Shangshu's guess was very accurate. Gu Fei was not afraid of Gu San, but he was very afraid of Gu Zhengyuan's betrayal.He prayed in his heart that Gu Zhengyuan had better not be subdued and betray the Gu family.

However, Gu Shangshu soon realized that since Gu Zhengyuan was found to have six fingers after going to the palace, it seemed that he no longer needed to speak.Although he never opened his mouth, when Emperor Qianyuan asked if he was the one who set fire to the village that day, he did not refute, but kept his head down and did not speak, like a deaf man who is deaf.

In this way, it can only be proved that Gu Zhengyuan set the fire, but it cannot be concluded that Gu Pei ordered it.

If the case is judged in this way, the 23 people will probably go crazy with anger.

Feng Ziying seemed to have seen the result at the moment, and was instantly furious, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Although Gu Zhengyuan didn't open his mouth, the six fingers on Tian's right hand poked people's eyes swayingly!

Gu Zhengyuan has no grievances against the fishermen, but his son Gu Pei has a grudge against the fishermen for killing his son.

Regardless of whether Gu Zhengyuan spoke up or not, Gu Pei's charges would never be feared.Not to mention the methods of the Secretary of General Administration are well known, it is only a matter of time before Gu Zhengyuan speaks.

The whole palace of civil and military officials looked at Gu Fei again, it was as if they were looking at a dead person.Although it wasn't Gu Fei who killed people, but Gu Pei killed 73 people, does Gu Fei still have the face to be an official?

Where is the heaven?

Although Gu Fei was very angry at this moment, he was actually struck by lightning amidst the cries of the fishermen.

Looking at Gu Zhengyuan's silence, his whole body was cold and stiff.He knew that what these fishermen said was true, Gu Pei was really cruel, and in order to avenge his son, he burned 73 people in the fishing village to death.

He knew that no matter how eloquent he was now, there was nothing he could redeem.

All my calculations are useless.

His career has come to an end.

He didn't know how he got to this point in a daze.

Perhaps, when he learned of Gu Pei's crimes, he resolutely handed over Gu Pei and killed his relatives, wouldn't it be better?

At this moment, Gu Fei only hoped that Gu Pei would have a conscience, commit suicide, take a breath of the emperor's mercy, and leave a glimmer of hope for the Gu family.

He remembered the words of the second uncle of the Imperial Hospital: A strong man cuts off his wrist.

Looking back, he said that there were 23 fishermen in Honghu Fishing Village. When Gu Zhengyuan went to the hall, the 23 fishermen suddenly stared at the demon who set fire. They rushed forward together and punched and kicked Gu Zhengyuan.

The little leopard grabbed Gu Zhengyuan's hair and knocked him to the ground: "You mad dog devil, how dare you pretend to be dead and not plead guilty? If you don't plead guilty, I want you to kowtow to apologize. You butcher, executioner, you will die badly. You will have no children or grandchildren."

Mi Shi stared at Gu Zhengyuan with a pair of eyes that had experienced vicissitudes of life, "Gu Zhengyuan, you still pretend to be deaf and dumb until now, aren't you afraid that the underworld will repay your children?"

But even though the little leopard beat him until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, Gu Zhengyuan was still unmoved and remained silent like a log.

The little leopard was so angry that he could only go crazy, and he and Luo Yi almost beat Gu Zhengyuan to death.

Although Emperor Qianyuan sympathized with the fishermen, he couldn't let people beat people to death in the Jinluan Hall.Seeing the whole hall of civil and military people watching the play, neither persuading nor pulling, he was immediately annoyed: "You guys watched it very happily? Is this a vegetable market? Why do you think that you are not the first and second ranks of the dynasty, but are you?" A rascal in the vegetable market?"

As soon as these words came out, it was incredible.

Those officials who looked at Gu's family's jokes no longer dared to stand by. For a while, they persuaded, dragged, scolded, and quickly controlled the scene.

Here Jia Lian is waiting for the news of the interrogation at the gate of the palace. Although he has no hope at all, now not only there are no witnesses, but even the defendant has not appeared in court. Can there be a pregnancy but no result?

However, Jia Lian decided not to give up.

At this moment, Jia Lian suddenly heard the sound of galloping horseshoes, but it was the kite-like light body of the little kite that rushed in front of Jia Lian: "Xinxinxin, second master, the carrier pigeon of Uncle Jiangnan Liu is back."

Jia Lian was overjoyed when she heard the words, and hurriedly unfolded them, but there were three handprints, big and small. When she saw them clearly, Jia Lian smiled immediately, and there was an extra finger on one of the small hands.

Jia Lian quickly held up the badge of his first-class bodyguard, walked into the Qianqing Palace smoothly, and then asked Qin Quan's little father-in-law to take advantage of the anger and gesticulation in the palace to pass the letter to Feng Ziying, who was already furious. .

Feng Ziying looked at the six-fingered little hand, and immediately understood, he came out of the row holding Yufluoren high and said: "Your Majesty, I want to say a few words to this witness, Gu Zhengyuan, and I will ask your Majesty for permission."

Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand: "Yes!"

Feng Ziying walked into Gu Zhengyuan, imitating Little Leopard, raised Gu Zhengyuan with both hands, pulled his hair to make him look at her, and cursed: "I heard that you have sons and daughters, and you don't want to save money for them before you die." Do you have a little sinister virtue? If those 73 ghosts are immortal and haunt them every day, can they grow up?"

Feng Ziying cursed, reached out and patted Gu Zhengyuan's eyes and face, but Gu Zhengyuan didn't know the pain, instead he was very excited, he saw his son's small handprint.Then, he saw two crooked characters: Well!

Gu Zhengyuan was finally pushed to the ground by Feng Ziying: "Think about it carefully, do you want to leave a glimmer of life for your descendants!"

When Gu Zhengyuan got up again, he suddenly kowtowed to 23 fishermen, kowtowed 23 times, and then turned around and pleaded guilty: "Reporting to His Majesty, the villain Gu Zhengyuan pleaded guilty. People were ordered to set fire to the village, and the 73 lives were set on fire by the villain himself."

Emperor Qianyuan said: "Order? Tell me clearly, whose order is it?"

Gu Zhengyuan said: "The second young master of the Gu family, Mr. Gu Peigu, Huguang's inspector."

Huang Shangshu was acting as a clerk to make records, and his eyes suddenly brightened: "When and where, how did he order you, and when, where, and who did you do? Tell me one by one!"

Up to this point, Gu Zhengyuan did not hide anything, and gave a detailed account of his whereabouts that day.

How the young master of the Gu family robbed people, how Yu Niang wanted to die, the fisherman came to judge and beat the young master, but was beaten half to death by the servants of the inspector's yamen under the command of the young master and thrown out of the mansion.How fishermen seek revenge, how they shoot arrows and wound people in chaos, resulting in countless deaths and injuries of fishermen.

Later, in order to cover up his son's crimes, Gu Pei ordered him to set fire to the village.Unexpectedly, the young and middle-aged fishermen in the fishing village did not return to the village, so they slipped through the net. How did the fishermen retaliate later by burning Gu Pei's son to death?

Gu Zhengyuan's explanation is roughly the same as the fishermen's narration, and is more detailed than what the fishermen know.

Gu Zhengyuan explained that a total of 26 people were involved in the fire prevention that night, in order to deal with the young and middle-aged people in the fishing village. Except for his surname Gu, they were all yamen servants of the inspector's yamen.

Huang Shangshu recorded it clearly and asked Gu Zhengyuan to sign it.Then, Huang Shangshu reported it to Emperor Qianyuan with both hands.

Emperor Qianyuan was already furious without looking at the confession, but when he saw Huang Shangshu accepting the dossier, he was immediately outraged, and when he finished the dossier, he smashed it to the ground.

"The imperial court raises soldiers to guard the place and protect the lives and property of the people. Look at what they did? Drinking people's fat and people's ointment, they turned around and killed good people and set fire to the village. Are these bandits or officers and soldiers?"

"It's such a waste of life, who gave you the courage to use the state's public tools as the lackeys and puppets of private murder and arson? What about Gu Pei, pull him up! I want to ask myself, who gave him the courage, and whose power he relied on? Who will support you!"

All the civil and military officials in the palace did not dare to show their teeth. Can it be said that the emperor gave him the courage, and did the emperor's concubine support him?

Don't kill that!

Huang Shangshu shrank his head and didn't dare to say anything. He has been blamed too much these days.

In order to coax his concubine, he stomped on the minister's shoulders, but pulled up his brother-in-law one by one, and now he pretended to be confused, and asked who was in power with a shy face?It's so funny.Anyway, it doesn't depend on anyone's power, nor does it depend on one's own power.

Huang Shangshu hugged Yufluorene's silent dark joy.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Qianyuan saw him, and seeing his old god was very comfortable, he was immediately displeased: "Ministry of Punishment? I told you to bring Gu Pei up, are you deaf or disabled, why are you lying still? "

Huang Shangshu heard the words and arched Yuluan: "Reporting to the emperor, today is the great court, and the courtiers discuss political affairs and ask questions. Didn't the minister receive the imperial edict of the three divisions' joint trial?"

Emperor Qianyuan was speechless when he heard the words, and hated the Dragon Beating case: "I am now announcing that Luo Yi will be heard by the third division to sue Gu Pei for arson by knocking on the drum, and the Ministry of Punishment will immediately escort the human trafficker Gu Pei to Jindian for trial!"

The Dali Temple of the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ministry of Punishment bowed and sang at the same time: "My ministers and others will obey the holy order."

Emperor Qianyuan didn't ask to retreat from the court, and all civil and military officials were happy to be jurors to watch the fun.One by one was very excited.Not for anything else, because once the Gu family brothers fell, many positions would be vacated.This is everyone's opportunity.

Whether it is the inspector or the six ministers, they are all high-ranking and fat!

This opportunity is so rare!

In less than half a moment, Gu Pei was escorted to the hall.

When everyone saw it, Qi Qi laughed in their hearts, not for anything else. Although Gu Pei has been in prison for more than half a month, he is white and ruddy. His face is clean-shaven and his hair is meticulously combed. , the end is the posture is handsome and the face is like jade.

If he was not wearing a prison uniform, no one would know that he was four prisoners.

Everyone nodded in unison in their hearts, but looking at this appearance, one could imagine the charming appearance of Concubine Shu, who was so fascinated by Emperor Qianyuan that he couldn't leave him.Since the Seventh Prince was born, in the interim ten years, no other son was born in the harem, but Concubine Shu gave birth to the Eighth Prince who was only five years old after giving birth to two princesses in succession.

Concubine Shu entered the palace at the age of 14, and now she is 16 years old. In [-] years, she gave birth to two sons and two daughters in one go in the first ten years, which can be said to be a constant honor and favor.On the other hand, other concubines, except for a few Baolins who were pregnant in the last two or three years, all the empresses who gave birth to princes in the other palaces were all single-threaded and independent.

Thinking of this, everyone is not so presumptuous when they look at Gu Fei again. Who knows if Emperor Qianyuan will fall in love with the flower of Gu's family alone.

Everyone put away their contempt.

There is Daji in ancient times, so be careful!

Emperor Qianyuan was really stunned when he saw Gu Pei. This brother-in-law's male and female appearance really resembled his little wife.Otherwise, he would not have spoiled this brother-in-law with his little wife and sent him to Huguang to manage a provincial criminal name.

Gu Pei stood upright, his eyes slid from the seventh prince's face to his elder brother Gu Fei's face, and then fixedly looked at Emperor Qianyuan.His eyes are far away, as if he is looking at people, but he seems to be looking at the past through his eyes.

There was an awkward silence in the hall.

In the end, the little leopard couldn't see how Gu Pei was like a dog, so he jumped up and kicked Gu Pei's knee, kicking Gu Pei staggeringly. .

The emperor said that the three divisions will be interrogated.

Seeing him kneeling down, Huang Shangshu slapped the gavel: "Who is kneeling under the hall?"

Gu Pei laughed and said, "Gu Pei is the inspector of Huguang."

Gu Pei's voice was crisp and clear, how could it be damaged in the slightest?Pity myself for being scolded bloody by Emperor Qianyuan!