The favorite wife of the black-bellied prime minister

Chapter 375: Planting and Wronging (2)
On the eve of Mo Wen's burial, Mo Yu committed suicide in prison in fear of crime. The Ministry of Punishment reported the matter to Emperor Jing Yuan, but Emperor Jing Yuan failed to check it.It was because the Jinyang Palace ordered someone to send an assassin, saying that it was this person who killed the son-in-law in the paddock that day, with an arrow in his chest, hurting Han Ye's life. He is related.

Han Ye was not fully recovered from his injury and could not be present. It was Han Cheng, the chief guard of Jinyang Palace, who came to report the matter.

How could Emperor Jing Yuan listen to the one-sided words of Jinyang Palace?
"Oh? This person is so powerful, where does he come from?" Emperor Jing Yuan asked.

Han Chengdao: "This person has a pattern of deer and mulberry flowers tattooed on his body. He is from the Bai family in Xingyang, Western Qin Dynasty."

"People from the Bai family of West Qin?" Emperor Jing Yuan's eyes were sharp. "You mean, the nobles of West Qin dare to act wildly in the capital of Daxing? Not only stabbing the son of Jinyang Prince, but also daring to attack the envoy of West Qin? What is their intention?" ah?"

Han Cheng frowned: "I don't know, I just told His Majesty the truth. I think that if it is really related to the Bai family of West Qin, why doesn't Your Majesty call the envoys of West Qin to ask the truth..."

Several ministers looked at each other and discussed in low voices, but it was Uncle Li Guo who spoke first and said, "Your Majesty, I'd rather believe it or not! Those envoys from the Western Qin Dynasty are very suspicious. Maybe it's Xiqin's trick of grabbing people's attention and trying to plot something wrong!"

Emperor Jingyuan remembered that Nie Ziling, the envoy of the Western Qin Dynasty, said yesterday that the assassins had not been found out, so they were inconvenient to leave Daxing, and they had to see the burial of Jing's son-in-law with their own eyes before they could explain to the emperor... If you look into it carefully, the words are indeed quite suspicious.

Not long after, Nie Ziling was invited to the Daxing Palace, where Emperor Jing Yuan personally inquired about the matter.Seeing the man in black who was tied up and thrown aside, Nie Ziling was startled for a moment, thinking that something had happened, and the Bai family was a little too bold, and dared to send someone to Shengjing to assassinate His Majesty!

However, after these few days, he has been trained by his master to be much calmer. Even if he is really a puppet, he can still walk two steps by himself, not to mention that his master has already taught him how to deal with the assassin.

Therefore, when Emperor Jing Yuan asked him if he knew Bai Zhan who was tied up, Nie Ziling raised his eyebrows in surprise: "I have never seen this person before, so how can I know him? What does your majesty mean by this? If you have something to say, you can just say it." .”

Although Nie Ziling's words were not very respectful, it was understandable because of the dignity of the wronged Xiqin.No matter whether the assassin is from the Bai family or not, Xiqin cannot provoke him.

Emperor Jing Yuan naturally knew the pros and cons of it, so he ordered people to tear off the clothes on Bai Zhan's body. There was a deer and mulberry flower tattooed on his back. Sang Hua, I would like to ask Lord Nie to identify it."

Nie Ziling is the most unpromising child of the Nie family, and rarely interferes with political affairs. However, the various clans in the Western Qin Dynasty regard their respective reputations as the most important. .

Of course Nie Ziling had met Bai Zhan before, but he had never dealt with him. Now that the grandson of the Bai family was arrested in Dongxing, he was interrogated by the emperor of another country on the charge of assassination. If it was reported to West Qin...

The consequences can be imagined.

Nie Ziling couldn't help but feel chills in his heart, but his face became calmer, and he sneered, "Your Majesty Dongxing means that this person is a child of the Daqin Bai family? He came to Dongxing on purpose to do something wrong? He even fell into the hands of the Jinyang Prince's Mansion." What happened? It’s too much of a coincidence. Don’t His Majesty think that someone deliberately provoked the relationship between Dongxing and Daqin? Your Majesty is so famous, you can conclude that he is from the Bai family just by a tattoo?”

Seeing that the officials were silent, Nie Ziling squeezed his hands full of sweat, and continued: "I was born in the Nie family in Hanoi, and is also a famous family in Daqin. I don't know how much the interests of Dongxing's family are worth to the children. It is more important than life and death! If someone shames the family, he should kill himself to apologize! His Majesty must know the status of the Bai family in Daqin, and I, the Empress Dowager of Daqin Dynasty, and the queens of all generations are all from the Bai family..."

He said, bowing his hands to the west to show respect: "Even the emperor himself has to be courteous to the Bai family. How can the children of the dignified Bai family come to Dongxing Shengjing to stir up trouble? It is clear that someone deliberately framed and wronged him!"

There were different opinions and each had their own reasons. The Daxing courtiers discussed it, but they did not dare to severely reprimand Nie Ziling. Firstly, they had no evidence, and secondly, because of the strength of the Western Qin State.

At the end of the discussion, except for Li Guojiu and others who insisted on their own views and advocated strict investigation of the envoys of the Western Qin Dynasty, the rest of the courtiers strongly advocated that the assassin be taken into custody, and a conclusion should be made after careful investigation.

Bai Zhan was poisoned, Han Ye deliberately thought about the properties of the medicine, and did not kill him immediately, but sealed his meridians, making him speechless.His consciousness was still awake, and after hearing what Nie Ziling said, he suddenly felt relieved.

Because, what Nie Ziling said must represent the meaning of that person, and the sentence "If someone brings shame to the family, he should kill himself and apologize" was clearly meant for him.Nie Ziling did not testify that he was a member of the Bai family in the Western Qin Dynasty, but said that the emperor knew about it but did not pursue it. As long as he died, the Bai family would not be implicated——

Yes, family interests are paramount.The emperor was reminding him, telling him to give up the identity of the Bai family and preserve the reputation of the Bai family.And even if Bai Zhan could return to Chang'an alive, he would not escape death, and the Bai family would be held in check... On balance, the Emperor knew he would not resist.

After Bai Zhan figured it out, he resigned to his fate. As a child of the Bai family, he was unable to return to his homeland after death and was buried in the ancestral hall, all because of Han Ye!Han Ye thought that he would obediently obey his mercy and bring Xiqin into a place of injustice?
"The assassin...he..."

Someone discovered something and cried out in surprise. When everyone looked over, they found that the assassin with his hands bound had written a word on the ground with his bloody fingers: "Han..."

The courtiers were in an uproar, and they all looked at the people in the Jinyang Palace, but Han Cheng, the chief guard of the Jinyang Palace, did not panic at all, and knelt down on one knee and said: "My son confessed to the servant, and the assassin might bite back in anger. If your majesty doubts the loyalty of the Jinyang Palace, , even if the son is dying, he will go to His Majesty to plead guilty!"

Emperor Jing Yuan was surrounded by noise, and there was no trace of cleanliness. He had long felt irritated, so he waved his hand and said, "Take the assassin down! I have never doubted the loyalty of Jinyang Palace, nor the sincerity of Xiqin and Daxing's friendship." I empathize with you, and I will not let any treacherous villain make trouble! Han Cheng, pass on my word of mouth, order Jinyang Wang Shizi to rest and recuperate, and Jinyang Wang will return to Beijing in a few days. It will be a pleasure for father and son to meet each other. You should be happy!"

Then he said to Nie Ziling: "The envoy from the Western Qin Dynasty might as well stay in Daxing for a few more days, I will definitely find out the identity of the assassin and give the envoy an explanation."

(End of this chapter)