The girl is not good in this life

Chapter 66
The room was silent.

Gao and Xu stood in the hall, and stood so close that they could even hear each other's breathing clearly.

After a while, Zhao Xing glanced at Gao Youmin with a smile that was not a smile: "Does Gao Shangshu still feel that Liu Guogong's mansion may have nothing to do with this case?"

The sentence that I couldn't finish just now, I can't say it now no matter what.

Xu Zhaoen at the side was taken aback: "Duke Liu's Mansion?"

Gao Youmin's complexion was gloomy, and after a hum, he probably explained the matter of the silver number to him.

Xu Zhao'en never expected such a development.

After all, Duke Liu's family is noble and noble...

He secretly exchanged glances with Gao Youmin, and the two gave each other a little confidence. He cupped his hands and persuaded Zhao Xing: "In this way, Mr. Liu's actions are indeed suspicious, but this matter involves the Duke's Mansion, the Second Highness, right? You want to go to the palace to face the saint, report this matter to the officials, and then make a decision?"

Zhao Xing was not angry with the two of them either.

Having been an official for many years, those unwritten rules in the officialdom are the so-called relationship and doorway.

Although he is not in the court, he has experienced a lot with his elder brother in the past two years.

The reaction of Gao Xu and Xu at this moment is that any courtier would have.

Zhao Xing tapped the armrest: "The emperor entrusted me with full power to deal with this case. Since I have issued a military order, do I have to report to the emperor first to know Liu Ziran for questioning?"

He knows it himself.

The royal father gave him the details, and he was also telling him that no matter who was involved in the case, he had full power to deal with it, but what he handed over to the royal father could only be the truth.

"But Your Highness..."

"okay."

Zhao Xing got up slowly, straightened the wrinkled brocade robe, picked up the black embroidered crane cloak that he had just taken off and put it on his arms, and walked out, telling Gao Youmin: "Gao Shangshu will take someone there personally. If others go, I'm afraid Liu Guogong will not easily ask someone to bring his son to the Ministry of Punishment for questioning."

This is determined.

Gao and Xu knew that it would be useless to talk too much, and seeing how determined his back was, he had already left the door and headed for the main hall, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

Xu Zhao'en even slapped Gao Youmin on the shoulder heavily, speechless for a while, and quickly followed Zhao Xing without mentioning it.

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Gao Youmin personally took people to the Duke's mansion to summon Liu Ziran to the church. No matter how Duke Liu wanted to obstruct him, he would not insist.

What's more, the case was full of uproar, and it took a while before Yuqian. He could only watch Liu Ziran being taken away by the people of the Ministry of Punishment, and then hurried to Liu Minghua's courtyard with a cold face.

Over there, Gao Youmin brought people back to the Ministry of Punishment, and it was inevitable that the common people would see them, but the soldiers and horses of the five cities had arrested many people in the city before, and now people are panicking, and they dare not talk nonsense until the matter is finalized Gossip, for fear of catching them on their own heads.

But he couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he went to the official office of the Ministry of Punishment in groups of three or four.

The government office is on the edge of the palace city, how can the common people watch it?

With a dark face, Gao Youmin ordered people to disperse the onlookers, and deliberately confessed not to hurt others. After leading the people into the government office, he ordered the left and right to close the door tightly.

Liu Ziran still had a peaceful face until he stood in the hall.

He has regular facial features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was originally born with a lovable face that the elders will look at lovingly, the peers will look at him gentle, and the juniors will stick to him when they see him.

He didn't kneel in the hall, he calmed down for a while before he smiled and bowed his eyebrows to greet Zhao Xing: "Second Highness."

Sitting in the hall, Zhao Xingduan, with a magnificent plaque hanging high above his head, squinted his eyes at Liu Ziran for a long time, and asked straight to the point: "Last night, you asked someone to withdraw 1000 taels of silver and 20 taels of gold from Mingfeng Bank, for what purpose? "

Liu Ziran didn't change his face, he was still smiling: "Mingfeng Bank has been saved by my family for my sister over the years. She told me yesterday that she wanted to buy some properties in Jiangnan. After my mother recovered from her illness this time, , I want to accompany my aunt to Jiangnan to live for a while, so as to improve my health."

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhao Xing: "I have always loved this younger sister, just like the Second Highness loves Miss Jiang. Since she said this, she insisted on using her own money to buy property. Don't you allow her? Naturally, people went to the bank to get the money overnight, and then hurried to Jiangnan."

Gao and Xu looked at each other again in the hall, obviously Liu Ziran came prepared.

They have been criminals for half their lives, and they simply don't believe that there will be such a coincidence in the world.

What's more, 1000 taels of silver is enough to buy property. Even if those properties belong to Liu Minghua, she is far away in Shengjing, and she will not live in Jiangnan for a long time. To buy some land, three or five shops, why need an extra 20 taels of gold? ?
But it's just an excuse.

Zhao Xing said oh, but he was very calm: "Since you have given so much money to take the journey to Jiangnan, I think it is because you trust the people who rely on you very much. I don't know who you sent for this errand? When did you take the money? When did you leave the city, and which official road did you take?"

After he finished asking a series of questions, before Liu Ziran could answer, he said again: "Since I left the city last night, even if I go fast, I should send someone to chase him along the way, and I should be able to catch up with him."

Liu Ziran's expression collapsed and changed in an instant: "I don't understand, the Second Highness sent me to the Ministry of Punishment just to take some money from my sister for me? Did my family violate any national law when I went to the south of the Yangtze River to buy property? If so Mobilize the teachers and mobilize the crowd, questioning me like a crime?"

Gao Youmin clicked his tongue secretly.

Seeing that this young man behaves well on weekdays, he really can't see that he is also a rascal. It turns out that he can only see his true nature when things are critical.

He had met all kinds of people in the hall to ask questions, and he used to evade and deny him in class, and his usual method was to gossip about him.

If he had no ghosts in his heart, it would not be difficult to answer His Highness Second Highness's question just now.

Zhao Xing even laughed out loud: "You spend your own family's money to buy property for your sister, of course you don't break the law of the country, but if the money is used where it shouldn't be, it's bad."

Liu Ziran lowered his eyes: "What is the place that the Second Highness said should not be used?"

After a while, he raised his eyes to look: "There are some words that have no basis or basis, if they are just for revenge, I would like to advise the Second Highness to be cautious.

Last night at about three o'clock in the morning, my chief attendant left the city from Guangde Gate to go to the official road with money, and rushed to Jiangnan to do errands. I told him that this matter is not urgent, so there is no need to travel day and night. If the Second Highness does not believe it, send someone now If you go out of the city to chase, you can indeed catch up. "

In his smile, there was more composure and complacency: "Did the Second Highness suspect that I had something to do with the rumors of evil spirits in Beijing, so he took me to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation?"

"Before the truth comes out, you are indeed suspected." Zhao Xing's eyes darkened slightly, "I'm afraid I will wrong you and wait in the Ministry of Punishment. You can't go back to the Duke's Mansion for the time being."

But Liu Ziran was confident, if he dared to speak, he must have sent someone out of the city to the south of the Yangtze River. If he followed up on what he said, he would definitely be able to bring him back, which would prove his innocence.

But more than 1000 taels of silver and 20 taels of gold, if the entire Duke's mansion gave Liu Minghua the money, it's not impossible to get the money out.

Zhao Xing gritted his teeth: "However, regarding the money deposited in Mingfeng Bank, is it your family who specially deposited it to your sister, or the previous rumors in Shengjing are true? After this case is over, the imperial court will also send people to investigate."

Liu Ziran's complexion changed again, his smile was completely suppressed, and he took a deep look at Zhao Xing.

(End of this chapter)