Chapter 357 When the conspiracy is exposed in the sun

"Hint? Tell me, can hint be used as evidence?" Han Zhang said immediately.

At this time, Shangshu Wang could not care about much else and angrily told them a series of plans:

"Also, you sent someone to find Duke Qi, hoping to use his influence in the Censorate to make him the first to get out of trouble!"

"Not only that, you also sent people to contact Prince Pu Zhao Zongquan, but they ignored your proposal. You can ask Duke Qi and Prince Pu to testify on this matter!"

At this time, Lin Hao looked at the Duke of Qi. The Duke of Qi, who was so arrogant and wanted to deal with Lin Hao yesterday, was like a frightened quail.

Facing Lin Hao's intimidating gaze, Duke Qi gritted his teeth and stood up, then said:

"Before, Han Zhang did invite me, but I didn't attend the banquet yesterday, so I don't know what they were going to talk about."

The Duke of Qi found that he could not afford to offend either side, so he could only choose to know nothing and use this method of not helping either side to fool both sides.

Although it is possible to offend both sides, at least I can get through it smoothly this time!
At this time, facing Lin Hao's death gaze, Pu Wang Zhao Zongquan also followed the Duke of Qi's approach of not helping either side and echoed:

"I was entertaining guests at home yesterday, and I didn't go to the Lin residence to keep the appointment!"

There was no other way. He had no military power and his words were inferior to Lin Hao's. If any of the Palace Guards could obey his orders, they wouldn't be so servile!

At this time, Minister Wang of the Ministry of Rites was desperate because he had no evidence to prove himself, so he quickly knelt in front of Lin Hao and begged for mercy with tears and snot:

"Your Highness, Prince of Yan, I have never lied. It was really Han Zhang and the others who hinted at me. Your Highness, Prince of Yan and I have no grudges in the past or present, so why would you want to frame you?"

At this moment, Shangshu Wang could not care about anything else in order to survive, so he continued:
"Besides, a higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. If I don't do this, they will definitely not let me go. Please, Your Highness, Prince Yan, spare my life!"

Lin Hao's mouth curled up slightly at this time, and then he helped Shangshu Wang up with one hand, patted his shoulder and said:

"I understand that a higher-ranking official can crush a person. It seems that I have misunderstood you. However, in my opinion, it is not important whether you are being instructed by someone!"

Then Lin Hao pointed at Han Zhang and Fu Bi's group and said disdainfully:

"Today, I want you to see the ugly true face of this group of people. Go back and reflect on it carefully!"

Minister Wang was stunned when he heard this. He really saved his life. Then he thought of Lin Hao’s last words and fell into deep thought~!

Lin Hao ignored the dumbfounded Wang Shangshu and turned to the crowd and said:

"As you can see, all the so-called charges against me are fabricated. Not a single one of them is true."

"These are all fabricated charges to frame me. Don't you have anything to say?"

As he spoke, Lin Hao walked up to the Minister of Personnel and continued:
"What do you say?"

At this time, the Minister of Personnel looked at the red and white on the ground, and then heard Lin Hao's cold voice, and trembled suddenly, then said anxiously:

"It is indeed as Minister Wang said. Yesterday we gathered at Han Zhang's house with the purpose of discussing a way to capture His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan!"

"In fact, not only that, yesterday afternoon, Han Zhang also went to the Queen Mother's palace in person. As for what he went there for, I don't know!"

Lin Hao patted the Minister of Personnel on the shoulder and said:
"Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for proving my innocence!"

Then Lin Hao glanced at the ministers in the hall with a "peaceful" look, but these ministers did not dare to look directly at Lin Hao and lowered their noble heads one by one.

There is no other way. If I don’t lower my noble head, I will be ignored by the golden melon hammer and my watermelon will be smashed to pieces!

At this moment, the Minister of Justice who was standing by felt his heart tighten. Seeing such a bloody scene, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and his legs were trembling.

Seeing that Prince Yan seemed to want to question all the ministers who had visited Han Zhang's mansion yesterday, it meant that he would definitely be the next one to be asked.

No, I can't just sit there and wait for death. I must find a way to survive.

He glanced at Han Zhang and Fu Bi, who looked ashen, then at the golden melon warriors behind Prince Yan and the exploded watermelon on the ground.

Then the Minister of Justice gritted his teeth and took the initiative to say to Lin Hao:

"Your Highness Prince Yan, I know why Han Zhang went to the Queen Mother's bedroom!"

Lin Hao looked at the Minister of Justice who took the initiative to stand up, and finally smiled, then said lightly:
"Say!"

At this time, no one noticed that the Minister of Justice said "minister" instead of "I", and what does this represent? It can represent taking sides, but it can also represent submission!
At this time, the Minister of Justice immediately said:
"Han Zhang's purpose in visiting the Queen Mother yesterday was to help them take away your power after the censor impeached the King of Yan today. Therefore, they promised the Queen Mother that they would hand over the command of the 100,000 troops in your hands~!"

"Nonsense~, you are talking nonsense~!" Queen Mother Cao roared in horror.

However, Lin Hao turned his head at this time and looked at Queen Dowager Cao coldly, but Queen Dowager Cao shut up unwillingly!

Empress Dowager Cao had just recovered from the shock of the golden melon warrior exploding the watermelon when she heard the Minister of Justice reveal yesterday's transaction with Han Zhang. Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Cao looked at Lin Hao in fear.

After seeing Empress Dowager Cao shut up, Lin Hao said to the Minister of Justice:
"continue!"

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Justice immediately said:

"In addition to the power to command troops, your position as the Third Commander was also given by Han Zhang to Fu Bi's men!"

"Is there anything else?" Lin Hao asked again.

"Yes!" Then the Minister of Justice continued:
"And Fu Bi, he also went to the harem to find Concubine Yi yesterday, and offered the position of the front office of Prince Pu's palace in exchange for the Concubine's consent to the accusation against you today!"

"I have also promised the Concubine Dowager that the power to command the 100,000 troops in your hands will be handed over to Uncle Chen!"

Zhao Zongquan, who looked as if it had nothing to do with him at this moment, suddenly narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, but still lowered his head silently to prevent others from seeing his ugly expression.

"Hahaha, hahahahaha!" Lin Hao laughed unscrupulously in the hall, and then said disdainfully:

"What a thing! Kill two birds with one stone, one woman married three times!"

At this time, Empress Dowager Cao and Concubine Dowager Yi looked at each other, their faces were extremely ugly, and Zhao Zongquan also had a gloomy face. Because they all saw that the civil servant group headed by Han Zhang and Fu Bi, by generously offering others money and promising benefits to jointly deal with Lin Hao, was also creating conflicts among the three of them.

No, if Lin Hao was included, conflicts would be created among the four people, and then they could act as the sixth in command behind the scenes!
Lin Hao promised the military power to Empress Dowager Cao and Concubine Dowager Yi, but Lin Hao knew that Han Zhang also promised the military power to Zhao Zongquan!

And they knew that Concubine Yi was extremely afraid of Zhao Zongquan, so Han Zhang promised Zhao Zongquan's position as the Palace Guard to the Concubine Yi's eldest brother, Chen Guojiu!
At this time, Lin Hao exposed the conspiracy and tricks of Han Zhang and others under the sun, revealing everyone's ugly faces to the public.

At this time, Concubine Yi hurriedly said:

"Please don't misunderstand me, Prince Yan. I didn't promise Fu Bi yesterday. I don't understand these things about government affairs, so I didn't promise them anything!"

"Oh, really?" Lin Hao asked knowingly.

Seeing that Lin Hao didn't believe her, Concubine Yi said with great emotion:
"Have you forgotten that I spoke for you just now when they were about to punish you?"

Seeing Lin Hao nod, Concubine Yi said with tears in her eyes:

"I, I just want to raise the late emperor's child safely. I don't have any other extravagant hopes. I hope King Yan will understand!"

At this moment, Concubine Yi looked so weak and peaceful that people in the hall couldn't help but sympathize with her!

Seeing Concubine Yi looking at him pitifully, Lin Hao nodded slightly to her, then came to Han Zhang and said:

"Everyone, look at this man's face. He is the prime minister of our Song Dynasty. He actually used such a despicable conspiracy to frame the pillars of the court. This person is absolutely shameless!"

"You, you, you!" Han Zhang pointed at Lin Hao with trembling hands, and was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

Without waiting for Han Zhang to say anything, Lin Hao continued to scold:
"What do you mean by 'you'? How did a despicable, shameless, sinister, and dirty person like you get to sit on the throne of the Song Dynasty? Ah~!"

Then Lin Hao said to the Queen Mother and the Concubine Dowager:
"Please ask the Queen Mother, the Concubine Dowager, and Your Majesty to eradicate the treacherous officials, dismiss Han Zhang, Fu Bi and others from their posts, expel them from Bianjing and never employ them again, in order to rectify the government!"

At this time, Queen Mother Cao was also overwhelmed by Lin Hao's momentum. In addition, she was in the wrong first and was afraid that Prince Yan would do something out of line, so she immediately said:
"Okay, okay, I agree!"

Empress Dowager Cao had lived a life of luxury in the palace for many years and had never seen such a bloody scene. Seeing that Prince Yan did not seem to have any intention of making things difficult for her, she immediately agreed!
If she wasn't in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, she would still want to maintain the dignity of the empress dowager.

The Concubine Yi, who was holding the emperor, immediately expressed her opinion:
"King Yan is right. Although I don't understand government affairs, I know that such conspiracy is wrong!"

Seeing that he was about to be driven out of Bianjing, Han Zhang took the risk and said immediately:
"I am the minister appointed by the late emperor. You have no right to deprive me of my position!"

"Besides, even if the charges that the censor impeached you were false, what does it matter? Is it a big deal if you killed the censor in front of all the civil and military officials in the court?"

"If I should be dismissed from my post, then what crime should you, the King of Yan, be punished for?"

Seeing that Lin Hao wanted to get him fired, Fu Bi, who was standing next to him, shouted angrily:
"Yes, and you went to the Sheng family yesterday to propose marriage, and you mobilized 1000 Dragon Guards without permission. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, anyone who mobilizes soldiers without permission shall be hanged!"

"Haha! Three thousand soldiers!" However, contrary to Han Zhang and Fu Bi's expectations, Lin Hao sneered and said:

"Who told you that I mobilized three thousand dragon guards?"

Fu Bi looked at Lin Hao mockingly, as if to say, "You're taking us for fools."
"Everyone in the entire Bianjing city saw it yesterday. Do you think we are blind?"

"Haha!" Lin Hao said loudly, "You said I mobilized the army privately. Did the soldiers who carried the betrothal gifts for me yesterday wear armor or carry weapons? Did they do anything illegal?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Mobilizing a large number of troops is a capital crime. Stop making trouble here!" Fu Bi said angrily.

Lin Hao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and then waved to the outside of the hall.

Only a captain of the Dragon Guard came in with the Shao Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture in Bianjing City and two Dragon Guards. All the civil and military officials in the court did not understand Lin Hao's purpose at all!
At this time, Lin Hao asked the Shao Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture:

"Come on, Chen Shaoyin, tell the whole court who the people who came out of the Dragon Guards' camp yesterday to help me carry the betrothal gifts were, and what their identities were!"

"Your Majesty, I am the Junior Magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, Chen Zhizhou!" After that, Junior Magistrate Chen bowed to the Queen Mother and the Concubine Dowager, and then said:

"A few days ago, the barracks of the Dragon Guards collapsed, so I asked you to arrange 3,000 laborers to go to the Dragon Guards to repair the barracks."

"Of course, it's not just the barracks, places like the training grounds were also repaired!"

At this time, Fu Bi frowned and said:
"Speak to the point, don't talk nonsense with us here!"

"Here comes the point, right here!" Chen Shaoyin was not annoyed by being interrupted, but continued:

"After His Royal Highness Prince Yan knew about this, he told me that after the barracks were repaired, I would ask them to bring the betrothal gifts to His Royal Highness Prince Yan and to help boost his reputation."

At this time, two Dragon Guards stood up, and one of them said:

"The clothes I'm wearing were given to us by His Royal Highness Prince Yan. They look very much like the clothes of a Dragon Guard soldier, but it's just an appearance. The one next to me is a real Dragon Guard soldier!"

When the civil and military officials took a closer look, they found that it was just a resemblance. Comparing the two, the difference was indeed quite large. It turned out that the Prince of Yan was a fake Li Kui!
At this time, Fu Bi looked at Lin Hao in disbelief, then stepped forward to take a look at the situation of the two. Sure enough, there was a huge difference, and one could find it as long as one was careful!
Then Lin Hao took a booklet from the captain and said, "This is the registration book for laborers. If you don't believe it, you can check it yourself. If you still don't believe it, you can ask the laborers!"

Fu Bi took the registration booklet and looked at it carefully. Then his face turned pale. He knew that they were doomed this time and there was absolutely no chance of recovery!

At this time, all the civil and military officials also understood that Lin Hao had gone to great lengths to pull off this act. It seemed that he had prepared for it long ago. His purpose this time was probably to lure the snake out of its hole!

However, Han Zhang, who was still unwilling to give up, shouted angrily in his dying struggle:
"Prince Yan, today you killed the imperial censor in front of all the civil and military officials. Do you still have any excuses?"

Lin Hao smiled and shook his head, saluted the Queen Mother and Concubine Dowager who were ruling behind the scenes, and then said:
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Concubine Dowager, I have found that these two imperial censors are the remnants of Prince Yong. I have just ordered them to be executed on the spot!"

Lin Hao took out two files and said:

"These two have been promoting the Prince of Yong. Here is a letter as proof. You can take a look!"

No one in the hall was a fool at this time, and the evidence that King Yan later produced was obviously not prepared in a day or two.

But the Prince of Yan chose to produce the evidence today, after he had beaten and killed the two censors. Since he could easily produce the evidence from the letters of the two censors, does it mean that he can also produce "evidence" of collusion between other people and the two princes!
In fact, they all knew that the "evidence" itself was not important. What was important was that Lin Hao controlled their life and death.

Therefore, whatever the King of Yan says is what it is!

At this time, all the civil and military officials in the court felt that the charges Han Zhang and Fu Bi had framed Lin Hao with were completely meaningless. As long as Prince Yan held the military power in his hands, no one could shake his authority and status!
(End of this chapter)