The Peerless Demon of Martial Arts

Chapter 710
Li Tianxing had been listening to the eunuchs talking about Feng Yueqing in the palace. When he was in the hall of the Ministry of Punishment, he also confessed his guilt very simply, with the intention of dying. This was not Feng Yueqing's usual style.

So, one night a few days later, Li Tianxing went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to have a heart-to-heart talk with Feng Yueqing. He aroused some doubts about what Feng Yueqing said about Du Liang in the upper study.

Originally, he didn't believe in corrupt officials, but because of Feng Yueqing's attitude of wanting to die, Li Tianxing began to feel that he was more trustworthy than Tian Haofeng.

"Feng Yueqing? Feng Yueqing! The emperor is here, but he's not here yet!" the cell boss shouted angrily.

Feng Yueqing had lost his court clothes, and kowtowed to Li Tianxing like a beggar: "The sinful minister Feng Yueqing, kowtow to the emperor."

Not flustered at all, but a little calm.

Li Tianxing walked into the cell door and let the cell leader go out without allowing anyone to come over. He helped Feng Yueqing: "Old Feng, I invited you here from Taiyuan. I have fought against you and know your ability. Once you decide It is impossible for anyone to stop it, why did you ask for death, and what happened to the 50 taels of silver?"

"emperor……"

"Don't worry, as long as you tell the truth, I won't blame you."

Feng Yueqing wanted to cry: "Du Liang is a good friend of the minister. He will never be greedy for no reason. He doesn't have the guts. The minister asked for an order to investigate him, hoping that he could rein in the precipice, but he committed suicide by taking poison. Before dying , he told Chen that if he told the truth, his family members would die too. The 50 taels was paid by Chen to take care of his family, which was regarded as compensation. The last request of Chen was that the emperor would not pursue the 50 taels. Ten thousand taels of silver is not in vain to fill the treasury for the emperor."

"Then why are you willing to say it now?"

Feng Yueqing replied: "Because I'm sure that the emperor will find out sooner or later. And the emperor can come to see the minister, because he must have some answers in his heart, just want to get confirmation."

"What do you think of Tian Haofeng?"

Feng Yueqing said: "Master Tian is selfless in his heart, for the country and the people, he is better than his ministers."

"But he hasn't come to see you off yet." Li Tianxing took a deep breath: "If you die, then I will only have him as the only person I can trust, and the position of Minister of the Household Department can only be him. I am It took me a long time to figure this out, as a friend, he didn't try to dissuade you face to face, but instead came to me directly, just because of this, I've already started to doubt him."

"..." Feng Yueqing's eyes flickered, "Your Majesty..."

Li Tianxing sighed to himself: "Maybe, when a person changes positions, he starts to be greedy for profit. I can understand this, but what I don't understand is that the appointment of officials in the official department can make people earn a lot of money. I never asked about this, just because I didn’t want to see that he didn’t have enough food and clothing. But why did he still think about the affairs of the household department, and did it so desperately, so anxiously, thinking that I couldn’t see it. It seems that he shouldn’t treat people around him too much. Trusted."

Feng Yueqing said: "Your Majesty, do you think Tian Haofeng is unfaithful?"

Yes, this infidelity is getting to the point. If it was just greed, Li Tianxing would not be so confused.After thinking about it for a long time, he had an idea in his mind. To pardon Feng Yueqing's crimes depends on what Tian Haofeng plans to do next.If there is really a plan for the next step, it proves that this person is not really working for the court.

"Feng Yueqing, you are not guilty. Do you still remember what happened when I was in command of the guards? At that time, I was ordered by the Emperor Daxing to escort tens of thousands of taels of silver out, and the silver disappeared halfway. If you say you are guilty , my crime is no less serious than yours, so will you kill me too?"

"I...don't dare to lie."

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Early in the morning, in the main hall, Feng Yueqing was wearing the court uniform of a first-rank official, standing here in full view, causing everyone to be puzzled.Tian Haofeng arrived later, how could he believe that a person who committed a capital crime could still stand in this place.

The eunuch shouted: "The emperor is here!"

Li Tianxing stepped into the main hall, dressed in a golden dragon robe, showing his domineering aura.After sitting down, all the officials worshiped and shouted long live.

Before and after, several people had notes, talking about trivial matters.But behind Tian Haofeng, an official from the official department stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Feng Yueqing embezzled 50 taels of treasury silver. The evidence is convincing. He has already been sentenced to death by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Why are you standing here again?"

"Are you talking to me?"

"I want justice."

Li Tianxing smiled slightly: "Okay, then I will give you justice. You said that Feng Yueqing embezzled Kuyin, did you see this incident with your own eyes? Or did you seize 50 taels of silver from his home? Or, did you listen Someone else said it, so come join in the fun."

The man replied: "Your Majesty, you have always regarded honesty and integrity as the foundation of officials, and you have investigated many major corruption cases before. Why did you open the net to Feng Yueqing, and he went to thoroughly investigate the case of Du Liang, governor of Shaanxi, and the government and the public know it. Originally, 250 million taels of silver should have been recovered, but now there are only 200 million taels. This is a huge corruption. Please put the court situation as the most important thing, and the people of the world as the most important thing."

Great, Tian Haofeng didn't show up by himself, he found a younger brother to block in front, and became his dog.

Li Tianxing touched his chin: "There is so much money? Even I don't know, how do you know so clearly. It seems... I sent Feng Yueqing to investigate the Shaanxi matter, but I didn't inform you. Where did you know about it?" of?"

"The Ministry of Punishment." This guy said righteous words.

However, Feng Yueqing's case is still confidential, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot tell anyone in private.Asking this idiot to put himself in the clear, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice replied: "I don't know."

The third-rank servant of the official department was stunned: "Master Huo, how come you don't know about this?"

Lord Huo of course would rather offend the minister than the emperor: "Lord Zhou, you speak very strangely. The affairs of my criminal department have never been leaked. If I say I don't know, then I don't know, but Lord Zhou Where did you hear the news from?"

"I--"

There's nothing to say about this stuff.

Tian Haofeng stood up: "I know about this matter. It was Feng Yueqing who told me personally, and the day before yesterday, I had already reported this matter to the emperor."

Let's not go on, the problem is left to Li Tianxing.

Li Tianxing hummed: "That's right, I thought about it and remembered it. There is indeed such a thing."

The one surnamed Zhou had no choice but to ask the emperor to enact punishments and set an example for us officials."

"I pardoned him again." Li Tianxing went on to say: "Master Zhou, do you think I have the right?"

For the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, Li Tianxing once voted and heard Li Tianxing claiming to be "zhen". This word made all the people present speechless.

Zhou Shilang looked at Tian Haofeng's eyes and said: "The emperor has no taboos, of course he can. But Chao Gang can't be broken."

The ministers began to boil, one by one more intense:
"Your Majesty! Lord Zhou's words are true. Since he is a corrupt official, he must be investigated!"

"Feng Yueqing is highly valued by the emperor, but he doesn't think about the king's kindness, can't change his bad habits, and wants to fill his own pockets. It's really abominable."

(End of this chapter)