Chapter 134: You Are Not In Exile, You Are Clearly Traveling! (Patreon)

 Chapter 134: Debate in the Court

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"Your Majesty!"

General Pingwei stood up. "The disappearance of wealth from the Chen Mansion, I believe, is just a case of 'the thief crying thief'."

With that, Xie Yunshang looked towards the Minister. "Leading the team to search the mansion was none other than the Minister's nephew, Guo Qiang. If they wanted to move the Chen family's wealth while appearing innocent, it would be effortless for them."

"Moreover, after the Chen family's mansion was searched, they were exiled the next day, leaving no opportunity to transfer their wealth!"

"What evidence does General Pingwei have?" The Grand Secretary's face soured unexpectedly when Xie Yunshang interjected.

"What evidence does the Grand Secretary have?"

"You..."

"Furthermore..." Xie Yunshang turned to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, regarding the attack on the exiled convoy by bandits, I have already investigated it. As I mentioned before, there were people behind the scenes instigating the bandits."

"Who?"

Finally, the Emperor reacted. After all, although the exiled convoy consisted of criminals, if even they couldn't be protected by the court and were easily killed by bandits, it would be a disgrace.

Therefore, knowing that someone was behind it, the Emperor was very angry.

"Guo Qiang!"

"The Grand Secretary's nephew!"

The Grand Secretary's face changed, cursing Guo Qiang inwardly, but maintaining a calm facade outwardly. "General Pingwei, what evidence do you have?"

"If it is indeed him, there's no need for the court to order it. I will immediately go back and have Guo Qiang executed as a deterrent." General Pingwei took out a document from his sleeve. "Your Majesty, this contains the testimony of the bandits..."

As soon as he said this, the Grand Secretary visibly relaxed, smiling. "How can we believe the words of bandits? Furthermore, this matter has already been concluded. The bandits have all been beheaded for days."

Ignoring him, General Pingwei continued, "I have also found evidence that Guo Qiang sent people to search for evidence of the bandit attack on the convoy."

"Some people witnessed Guo Qiang's subordinates searching for the bandit attack team, and there are letters exchanged between them, all of which are in this document."

The Emperor glanced at the eunuch beside him, who promptly stepped forward and took the document from General Pingwei's hand, then presented it to the Emperor.

Opening it, the Emperor indeed found several letters inside.

The eunuch opened the letters and read them aloud, while the Emperor took the opportunity to examine the contents of General Pingwei's document.

It was written clearly and in detail.

When Guo Qiang's subordinates were sent to search for the bandits, several of them refused, so they were replaced by others. One of them, upon finding the bandits, wrote a letter to Guo Qiang asking him what to do next. In fact, that person already knew what to do, but he deliberately wrote to Guo Qiang to leave evidence, thus specifically asking for his instructions.

This letter was hidden by that person and disclosed to Zhao Guang, who then changed his stance and informed Chen Yuan, who in turn told Xie Yunshang.

"In addition, I have also discovered that the corruption case involving disaster relief grain is also related to Guo Qiang. When someone saw the granary being stolen, a carriage was seen leaving at night, and the gatekeeper even saw the appearance of the coachman."

"That coachman was one of Guo Qiang's subordinates!"

"Impossible!" The Grand Secretary hastily interjected. "The case of corruption in disaster relief grain has already been investigated by Your Majesty. The main culprit was the Chen family, and everyone else involved has been caught. How could there be any omissions?"

Then, he suddenly questioned, "General Pingwei, are you questioning His Majesty?"

It was known that the case of corruption in disaster relief grain had been closed at the Emperor's request. There was no need for further investigation. Now General Pingwei claimed there were still omissions.

Wasn't that questioning the Emperor's judgment?

How could the Emperor be wrong!

"My father is inviting you because he respects you. Regardless of the size of the Shangshu Mansion, how can it compare to the Marquis Mansion!"

At this moment, Xie Yunshang suddenly revealed his playboy nature, helping the Grand Secretary resolve the crisis.