The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 244 The crime of deceiving the king
"You talk nonsense!"

Feng Yuzhang, who was impeached, was furious and jumped out immediately, "My daughter is dignified and virtuous, how could she do such a thing! Speak with evidence!"

Previously, he personally came to Lu Ji's door to test whether he wanted to get married, but he was rejected. Since then, he has been displeased with Lu Ji.

Lu Ji was still kneeling at the moment, Feng Yuzhang looked down at him, full of momentum.

But Lu Ji was neither humble nor overbearing, he just looked up at Ning Yuezhao, "I have evidence!"

"You get up first." Last night, the imperial guard sent people back to the palace, and Jiang Nian told her what Lu Ji had found in Zangshu Pavilion.

Ning Yuezhao gave Feng Yuzhang a slightly warning look, Feng Yuzhang's heart froze, and his expression hesitated.

"It all started when Lord Qing was injured in the Library Pavilion of the Hanlin Academy a few days ago."

Feng Yuzhang sneered, "Master Lu, why didn't he start with Pangu."

Lu Ji glanced at him, ignored his sarcasm, and just continued: "Master Qing took a ladder to fetch books that day, and Wei Chen checked the ladder she fell down, and the steps on the top were coated with a layer of wax. .”

"It's ridiculous, then why didn't you say it!" Feng Yuzhang pressed on every step of the way.

Lu Ji looked at him from the side, his eyes seemed to see through everything, "The officials informed the Hanlin scholars about this at that time, and sealed the library to prevent anyone from destroying the evidence."

Zhou Cheng, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, responded, "Master Lu's words are true. People in the Imperial Academy can freely enter and leave the Library Pavilion. I don't know how many people use wooden ladders every day. I choose not to make this matter public for the time being. The only thing to do is to wait for the murderer to show his feet again."

Ning Yuezhao chuckled: "You chose this time to make the matter public, but the murderer already has clues?"

Facing Lu Ji's gaze, Feng Yuzhang suddenly felt a little uneasy. He forced himself to be calm and said: "Whoever climbed the ladder has never fallen, why does she become conspiratorial about everything? Yesterday Yan Qingchi was drunk with Lu Ji and drinking now. , if she is really hurt so badly, how can she drink alcohol, who knows if she is really hurt or fake!"

"Qingchi's injury was personally sent by the imperial doctor. Is Feng Qing questioning the imperial doctor of the Imperial Hospital, or me?"

Ning Yuezhao spoke in a cold voice, her voice full of coercion.

Feng Yuzhang couldn't help breaking out in a thin layer of sweat, "My minister made a slip of the tongue."

Ever since Xiao Jingtian's military power was cut in half by the empress, the power of the military department in the court has been greatly reduced. He was so excited that he forgot his appearance.

Lu Ji said lightly: "Last night, I was drinking and chatting with Master Qing, and I forgot the time on a whim. As the Governor of Shuntian, I couldn't take the lead in committing the night, so I hurriedly drove Master Qing back to the mansion. Unexpectedly, the carriage was passing by the bank. When I was in Pingxiang, the wheel of the cart broke, and then I was attacked by three rascals."

Feng Yuzhang was refuted by the Empress just now, so he dare not interrupt Lu Ji now.The censor who participated in the performance of Lu Ji just now is notoriously tough, he said: "Lord Lu is so skilled, he can fight three with one!"

It is well known that Lu Jiansheng, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, doted on his son and did not want him to practice martial arts in case the only seedling of the three generations would have a mistake in the battlefield in the future.

Lu Ji didn't say anything, just touched the corner of his mouth lightly.

At this time, everyone noticed the wound on Lu Ji's face, which was supposed to be from the fight last night.

"I have learned some martial arts in the past six months, and I can still deal with two or three hooligans. The three scoundrels saw that they were no match for me, so they wanted to escape. Later, the guards of the imperial army took action and captured those scoundrels. Tianfu."

Zuo Ming, the commander of the imperial army, also came out and said: "Last night, some brothers of the imperial army passed by Yinping Lane, and happened to see three thieves trying to escape, so they captured a few of them."

The censor hurriedly changed the subject, "Master Lu won't say that those three scoundrels are the ones who murdered Lord Qing, will he? Then why did they come after you?"

Lu Ji looked at him, and said: "Those people just think that I am a weak scholar, and they will deal with me first, so that they can take revenge on Master Qing."

Indeed, a grown man usually stands in front of a woman, and it is normal for the murderer to deal with him first.

"After I sent Master Qing back to the mansion, I went to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion to interrogate the three culprits. They confessed that they were ordered by others to attack this official in order to insult Lord Qing's innocence!"

When Lu Ji said this, there was a hint of anger in his voice.

Because of the previous cases, Lu Ji's current name is well known in the government and the public, so most people do not doubt what he said.

Yan Zhenglang didn't know what happened last night, he thought it was just an ordinary attack, but now he heard Lu Ji's story, he realized how much danger his daughter encountered last night.

He lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt down and said solemnly: "I implore Your Majesty to punish the envoy severely, and give the little girl justice!"

Ning Yuezhao raised her hand to support her, "Teacher, get up first, since Lu Qing dared to say this in Chongtian Palace today, he must have already explained it."

Yan Zhenglang stood up with a tense expression, and he only relaxed a little when Lu Ji's eyes moved to him.

Lu Ji looked at Ning Yuezhao, and said in a loud voice: "The three criminals confessed that they were instructed by the middleman to ambush the minister in Yinping Lane. Afterwards, the guards of Shuntian Mansion caught the middleman in Mao'er Alley. Rat, who has been wandering between wealthy officials and thieves for a long time to build bridges. He said that the person who asked him to find someone to insult Qingchi was Feng Shiyang, daughter of Feng Yuzhang, a doctor in the Ministry of War!"

"Ridiculous!" Feng Yuzhang retorted loudly as soon as Lu Ji finished speaking, "The official's daughter is a concubine of the Imperial Academy, how could she associate with such a lowly person!"

At this time, someone questioned: "Master Qing was injured in the Imperial Academy, and Lord Feng's daughter is also from the Imperial Academy. Could it be that there is something wrong between these two?"

"Heh, who doesn't know that Miss Feng loves Lord Lu, but Lord Lu only loves Lord Qing..."

Some people hesitate to speak, but the unfinished meaning is already very obvious.

Lu Ji continued: "Last night, Weichen ordered people to check the guests who came in and out of Zuijinchao that night. Feng Shiyang and Xu Cifu's daughter Xu Bianxiu were drinking in the private room opposite Weichen. After arriving at Zuijinchao, The carriage was handed over to Xiao Er and parked in the backyard. According to Xiao Er's recollection, Feng Shiyang's carriage was parked next to Wei Chen's carriage. Feng Shiyang was the first minister to leave in one step. Xiao Er remembered that he went to Helping another guest hitch a carriage, the coachman of Feng's residence came out from the back of Wei Chen's carriage, and when he saw Xiao Er approaching, the coachman immediately drove the carriage away in a panic."

Feng Yuzhang was trembling with anger, he turned to Ning Yuezhao, "Your Majesty, this is slander, the minister's daughter has never done these things! The minister's daughter is a person with fame and reputation, and she usually runs between her home and the Imperial Academy. How could the rascals have seen her, she was clearly framed!"

Ning Yuezhao saw what he said, so she looked at Lu Ji, "What did Qing Lu say?"

Lu Ji said calmly: "It's very simple. Pass that rat and Miss Feng to the palace and ask him to identify them. If they can't recognize them, it's a slander. If they recognize them, it means that she is the one who bought the murderer."

Ning Yuezhao glanced at Feng Yuzhang, "Does Feng Qing have any opinions on this law?"

Feng Yuzhang's face turned ashen, "I have objections! How do you know that it wasn't Mr. Lu who showed the portrait of the little girl to that rat beforehand in order to frame the little girl!"

Yan Zhenglang retorted him: "Didn't Master Feng say that Ling Qianjin only travels between Feng's residence and the Imperial Academy, and few people have seen her? Since the Lu family was rehabilitated, Master Lu has not stayed in the Imperial Academy for a few days. Usually, the study place of Shu Jishi is not in the same place as the place where other Imperial officials work, and Master Lu has not seen your daughter a few times, so there is no portrait of her."

At this time, I don't know who interrupted, "Even if you want to draw Miss Feng's face, it will be difficult to remember!"

This joking remark quickly caused a burst of low laughter.

Feng Yuzhang was so angry that his face became even more estrous. Seeing this, Ning Yuezhao recruited the palace servants in the palace, "Go and find nine court ladies who are similar in stature and age to Feng Shiyang."

Then, she looked at Feng Yuzhang, "Isn't it fair to let Miss Feng mix among these court ladies, and let that rat distinguish?"

Feng Yuzhang clenched his hands tightly, and said stiffly: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Not long after, nine court ladies in simple dresses appeared in the Chongtian Palace, and Feng Shiyang was also recruited into the palace.

She seemed to have stayed up all night, the bruises under her eyes were very obvious, and her face was a little haggard, which made her unremarkable appearance even more mediocre.She bowed tremblingly, "Students see Your Majesty!"

Shu Jishi has no rank and no qualifications to go to court. This was the first time Feng Shiyang had an audience with the emperor that day when Qingchi's injured empress came outside the Imperial Academy in person.

"Pingshen, on the way you came just now, the servant must have told you, go and stand over there." Ning Yuezhao's voice was without any emotion, but Feng Shiyang showed a trace of hesitation.

"Go, what are you doing stupidly!" Seeing her like this, Feng Yuzhang couldn't help urging her in a low voice.

Being urged by him like this, Feng Shiyang's face became even uglier.

"Father..." She tugged on Feng Yuzhang's sleeve, and tears filled her small eyes with single eyelids.

"You..." Feng Yuzhang was shocked and looked at his daughter in disbelief.

Yan Zhenglang said coldly: "Miss Feng looks like this, but is she guilty?"

Feng Shiyang glanced at the nine maids who were similar in stature and appearance to her, suddenly raised her head, walked to the last seat, and then lowered her head slightly after standing up, focusing on her shoes tip.

Lu Ji looked around at several people, and ordered them to bring the rat up with a blank expression.

Not long after, the guards of the forbidden army escorted a middle-aged man up.Everyone thought they would see a man with the head of a rat, but the man nicknamed Rat had a fairly clear face, his hair was a little messy, but his clothes were in good condition, and he didn't look like he had been tortured.

"The grassroots see the emperor!"

Rat has also seen many high-ranking and dignified people. When he saw Ning Yuezhao sitting upright, his face was quite calm, but the thin sweat on his forehead betrayed him.

Ning Yuezhao waved her hand, but didn't ask to get up.Lu Ji took a step forward, "Rat, look at these ten women, which one approached you last night?"

Rat tilted his head and looked over, his eyes sized up these young women.

The maids in the palace are all well-trained, even under the gaze of this strange man, they can still maintain a little calmness.But Feng Shiyang was different, she hardly dared to raise her head, she lowered her head and tensed her toes, as if she felt that someone was watching her, and her feet moved back almost undetectably.

Rat's eyes happened to be fixed on her, "Miss Feng, what are you hiding?"

Hearing the rat's sound, Feng Shiyang's legs went limp, and he knelt down on the ground, trembling uncontrollably.

"I didn't hide...I..."

She anxiously wanted to explain, and the cold sweat dripped down her forehead.

Lu Ji took a step forward and stood in front of her condescendingly, with a cold voice, "What are you? Are you still trying to argue? Seriously, His Majesty may give you a lighter sentence."

Hearing the low and pleasant male voice, Feng Shiyang couldn't help but look up, and what she saw between the delicate eyebrows was indifference.Her chest seemed to be clogged with something, she pressed her heart, and said in a trembling voice: "I didn't do all this for you..."

Her voice stopped abruptly when she saw the face of the man kneeling behind Lu Ji, and Feng Shiyang turned her head to look at that face carefully, her expression became even uglier.

"For me?" There was a sneer on Lu Ji's face, and then he said sarcastically, "Sorry, I can't stand your vicious thoughts!"

Seeing Lu Ji's reaction like this, Feng Shiyang immediately fell into the ice cellar. He knew what she was thinking, but he dismissed it!
An official suddenly said: "Master Feng once proposed marriage to Mr. Lu. Presumably, Ms. Feng has already secretly agreed to Mr. Lu. But Mr. Lu and Mr. Qing are close, and Mr. Qing is better than Ms. Feng regardless of official position or family background. Did Miss Feng do such a thing out of jealousy?"

Lu Ji had no interest in Feng Shiyang in the first place, he only thought about one person, and no one else could get into his eyes.Who knew that his love would actually harm Qingchi.

Seeing Lu Ji's indifferent face, Feng Yuzhang was also very angry. At first he thought he had some kind of friendship with Lu Jiansheng, and it would be a matter of course for Lu Ji to be his son-in-law. Who knew that he would be rejected mercilessly.The official who spoke just now also has some friendship with him, so it's fine if he doesn't help him now, and he will make trouble!
Feng Shiyang suddenly said: "Lu Ji, you tricked me because of that woman surnamed Yan, this person is not a rat at all!"

Lu Ji calmly said: "How do you know he is not!"

Feng Shiyang said angrily: "Of course I know, I saw it last night when I was drunk..."

She was halfway through speaking, and when she saw Lu Ji's half-smile expression, she suddenly realized something and covered her mouth in panic.

"Who did you meet when you were drunk last night?"

Lu Ji's voice was still low and sweet, but his words were like a blade, cutting straight to the point.

Feng Shiyang covered his mouth and didn't speak. Feng Yuzhang's eyes darkened when he saw this, and he almost couldn't stand still. Fortunately, a colleague helped him!
Lu Ji continued: "You saw the rat last night, so you know this person is not him."

Feng Shiyang stared at Lu Ji with both shame and anger on his face.

Ning Yuezhao raised her eyes to look at Feng Shiyang, "It's not true!"

Feng Yuzhang also turned his head and glared at his daughter, "You rebellious girl, what the hell have you done?"

He knew that at this point in the matter, his daughter would not be able to escape the crime of buying a murderer and hurting others. If she insisted on speaking up again, it might drag down the entire Feng family, so he was very timely and asked her to confess as soon as possible.

Feng Shiyang glanced at his father aggrievedly, and couldn't believe that his father who always loved him would be so cruel to him.

Lu Ji chuckled: "Since Miss Feng doesn't want to say it, then I will make it for you."

"Yesterday, I was drunk and drinking with Mr. Qing. For some reason, I was seen by you. You were dissatisfied with Mr. Qing because of my previous refusal to marry. It was not enough to dislocate her wrist in the Library Pavilion. Buying off the local ruffian and wanting to have her killed in front of me, am I wrong?"

If this was said by others, it would be considered thick-skinned and shameless, but Lu Ji is now well-known in the imperial capital, coupled with his frank expression, it does not make people feel disobedient at all.

Feng Shiyang bit her lips and remained silent, but the resentment in her eyes was even worse.She had a small gathering with Xu Miaoyun yesterday, but she didn't want to but saw Lu Ji and Qingchi drinking together in the opposite private room, flirting with each other, and indescribably intimate, she was very angry and wanted to leave.Xu Miaoyun had been persuading her all the time, but she was so angry that she couldn't listen to anything.

When she was going downstairs, she suddenly felt a stomachache and wanted to clean the room.A restaurant like Zui Jinzhao that mainly entertains dignitaries has specially prepared a special clean room for distinguished guests, which is located in a secluded place in the backyard.

When she was sitting on the bucket of reincarnation of grains, she heard a middle-aged woman laughing loudly from outside the clean room, "No wonder if there is any trouble that can't be solved, I can find you, rat. How can she seduce my master now that she is a broken flower and a lost willow!"

The woman's voice sounded happy, as if she was relieved.

The man called Rat laughed and said, "It's just a matter of duty to use people's money to eliminate disasters."

The woman said: "If there is anything else in the future, how can I find you?"

The rat said: "It's not difficult, I will show up at Zui Jinzhao every month, just look for me at the seat in the northeast corner of the lobby."

After speaking, there was the sound of footsteps leaving in a hurry.Feng Shiyang didn't know who left, but a younger female voice asked: "Ma'am, is this person reliable? If the master knows you..."

"Nothing in case!" The woman interrupted rudely, "He never asked me about my identity, and we never revealed anything. I don't know how many people go in and out of this drunken court every day. As long as you, a bitch, don't Asking questions, how could others think of us!"

"Yes, the servant knows it's wrong!"

Then there was no movement outside, but Feng Shiyang in the clean room had some thoughts, and it wasn't until the servant girl called her outside that she realized that it was time to get up.

When she came out, it was already getting dark outside.She always remembered the seat in the northeast corner that the rat said, and when she passed the lobby, she saw a man sitting in that inconspicuous corner, looking a bit uninhibited.

Feng Shiyang was hesitating, when the man called Rat happened to look up at her with a secretive smile on his face.

Suddenly, Feng Shiyang walked over and sat down opposite the man.

"I have a deal, are you willing to do it?"

The rat glanced at her, "Say."

"A couple of men and women will come out of the Tianzihao private room upstairs in a while, I want you to teach that woman a lesson!" At the moment, her mind is full of the intimacy between Lu Ji and Qingchi, and she can't wait to peel Qingchi to pieces and eat it raw Into the belly.

"You like that man!" Rat looked at Feng Shiyang, and smiled lewdly, "Did you see those three men over there?"

Feng Shiyang was very uncomfortable being scrutinized by his eyes, but she still looked in the direction he pointed, and saw three people sitting at a table in the middle of the lobby with stern faces, fierce eyes, and A man who looks like a rogue.Seeing their vulgar behavior, Feng Shiyang looked away in disgust.

The rat said: "No man can bear his own woman to have sex with others. I just used this method to deal with a woman. Do you want that woman to experience this kind of feeling?"

Feng Shiyang nodded without hesitation.

The rat laughed and said, "1000 taels!"

"Pay half first, and then pay the other half at this time tomorrow!"

This was not a small amount of money for Feng Shiyang, but she was dazzled by anger and agreed without thinking too much.Then, she hurriedly sent one servant girl to go home to get the silver, while the other servant girl stared at Lu Ji and Qingchi at the door of the private room.

Because she hated Qingchi for more than a day or two, she investigated all kinds of situations in Qingchi.She knew that Lu Ji, as the Governor of Shuntian, would definitely not commit night crimes, but Yan Qingchi was drinking so much now that he would definitely not be able to leave for a while.Lu Ji should send her back to the mansion before the curfew. The fastest way to get to Yan's mansion here is to take the alley. Yinping Lane is the place they must pass. At that time, the street is sparsely populated, even if they want to shout People, for a while, they couldn't call rescuers.

Feng Shiyang didn't want to reveal her identity, and she didn't tell Rat the identities of Qingchi and Lu Ji, lest he think about it, she just told him to let someone ambush him in Yinping Lane.

The rat seemed to know her concerns, so he didn't ask anything, and happily returned the 200 taels of silver as a reward.

Seeing that Rat had arranged everything, Feng Shiyang went home full of expectations and waited for the good news.

Because she was worried, she specially sent someone to go to Yinping Lane to check the news. When she heard the servants report that nothing happened in Yinping Lane, she knew that something had changed.Because she was anxious to go to the rat to ask about the situation the next day, she almost stayed up all night, fidgeting, and finally stayed up until dawn, when the forbidden army came to her door again.

On the way to the palace, she asked the imperial guard about the situation, and the young general of the imperial guard told her to go to the Chongtian Temple to be identified by rats, and she was frightened.

The young general of the Forbidden Army also kindly comforted her, "Don't be nervous, you are just a street rogue, I have never seen you, such a delicate young lady, and I will definitely not recognize you."

Feng Shiyang was so nervous that she didn't even dare to lift her head after entering the Chongtian Palace. After the "rat" brought by Lu Ji spoke, she was too nervous to hear something wrong.

"I don't know how you contacted that rat, and asked him to help you find those rogues to ambush in Yinping Lane. Everyone knows what happened afterwards, so I won't go into details."

"If you haven't seen a rat, how do you know that this rat is fake? Your guilty conscience has betrayed you!"

When Lu Ji said this, his words were full of momentum, his words were like gold and jade, and his words struck the ground with a loud voice. In addition, he stood still with his hands behind his back, which made all the courtiers look sideways.

A rising star, a formidable young man!

Yan Zhenglang cupped his hands towards Ning Yuezhao, "Your Majesty, now that the truth of the matter has come to light, I implore Your Majesty to deprive Feng Shiyang of his fame and hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment!"

Who doesn't know that Yan Zhenglang is the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, if Feng Shiyang comes to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, there will be no good fruit to eat, not to mention that she still deserves what she deserves.

Seeing that the general situation was over, Feng Shiyang knelt down under the jade steps and looked up at the person on the throne, "Your Majesty, the student was confused for a while, please see that Master Qing has not suffered any real harm, and go around the student!"

Feng Yuzhang also knelt down, "Your Majesty, the little girl is infatuated, and that's why she hates her because of love. She is too young to do things so carelessly. Your Majesty, please take it lightly!"

Ning Yuezhao looked at the father and daughter coldly, "Qingchi was not harmed because it happened that Lu Ji knew some martial arts. This is the luck of her doing good deeds and accumulating virtue. What face do you have to ask me to forgive Feng Shi?" Yang? Feng Shiyang did such vicious things out of jealousy, and I still need to be considerate of her? What a joke!"

Hearing what the empress said, Feng Yuzhang, father and daughter sat slumped in the hall, their faces ashen.

Just when Ning Yuezhao was about to punish the father and daughter, the censor who impeached Lu Ji suddenly said, "Your Majesty, before you punish Feng's father and daughter, should you punish Lord Lu for the crime of bullying the king?" ?”

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