Being questioned so directly, Yang Zhen's two sword eyebrows suddenly rose, and they really stabbed out like two unsheathed swords, and attacked Zheng Hyunzeng beside him, making the latter's heart slammed, and he couldn't help but take a step back to the side. Updates are fast and ad-free.

With just one expression, a squire in the imperial court retreated, which shows the strong deterrent power that Yang Zhen has now. With the dual identities of the Governor of Jinyi Wei and the Marquis of Changping, coupled with the powerful murderous aura cultivated under the killing over the years, Yang Zhen is now the first in the dynasty in terms of aura.

Everyone didn't dare to be dissatisfied with his not too deferential behavior, after all, he didn't say anything, even the Son of Heaven didn't say anything? Well, in fact, Wanli hopes that Yang Zhen can suppress these courtiers, and now seeing that Zheng Xun has said this, he naturally hopes that the other party can suffer some hardships, and it is impossible to come forward to stop Yang Zhen.

Just when everyone thought that Yang Zhen would have a seizure and teach Zheng Shilang a lesson, they saw that Yang Zhen's two flying sword eyebrows suddenly fell back, and the expression on his face softened, and the kind of mountain pressure that forced people to be a little breathless gradually dissipated, and even a smile appeared on his face, although this smile was full of ridicule.

With a smile, Yang Zhen glanced at Zheng Hyunzeng, and then said lazily: "It turns out that Zheng Shilang realized that it was wrong for me to keep detaining those officials because of this?" ”

Although he was taken aback by the aura that Yang Zhen exuded just now, Zheng Hyun Zeng was not an ordinary official after all, and he was still very courageous. Moreover, he was also sure that Yang Zhen would not dare to do anything to himself in such a court, so he mustered up his courage and glared back at Yang Zhen: "Is what the lower official said wrong?" Since the culprit has been caught, it proves that the officials detained in the Department of Suppression and Pacification are all innocent, and they should be released. ”

"The culprit is caught, and he should be released. But what if the culprit hasn't been found? Yang Zhen asked rhetorically.

"How is this possible? Just a few days ago, didn't someone go to the Pacification Division to confess their guilt? Zheng Hyun was busy.

Does pleading guilty mean that he must be the culprit? What if he was only at someone's behest? When he said this, Yang Zhen's gaze seemed to sweep around the faces of several cabinet ministers and monks, as if intentionally or unintentionally, so that Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and others, who had ghosts in their hearts, looked tight.

And Zheng Hyun Zeng was also obviously stunned for a moment, and then said disapprehantly: "How is this possible? This is a big crime, and as a result, he is likely to be robbed and killed, who would take such a crime for no reason? ”

"yes, for no reason, who would do that? Unless he is instructed and someone gives him great benefit. Yang Zhen echoed.

Zheng Hyunzeng, who heard the meaning of his words, was even tighter, but his mouth still barely supported: "Yang Dudu, are you taking what you say a little for granted, do you have evidence to prove what you said?" ”

Indeed, the evidence is the most important, otherwise even if Yang Zhen says it out of the sky and says it wildly, it is just his assumptions and speculations. All the officials also expressed similar opinions: "Yes, Yang Dudu, you have to come up with evidence for what you said, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the people of the world." ”

Yang Zhen glanced up at Wanli, and saw that the emperor was also looking at him expectantly, so he glanced over, and then said, "Evidence, I naturally have it." But before I do that, I have to explain why I came to the court today. ”

This is something that everyone really wants to know. Yang Zhen has never come to the early dynasty, and today's sudden appearance is indeed very strange. So when he said this, everyone unconsciously showed curiosity, and everyone closed their mouths and watched what he said.

Yang Zhen said: "The reason for this matter is also very simple, and it has a lot to do with the demon book case. Because I have asked some clues from the mouths of the officials who have been arrested in the Department of Suppression, many of them have admitted that they seem to have heard the content of this article mentioned by a certain important minister of the court. ”

The sentence "Ah......" was like a rock-shattering shock, like a boulder falling into the water, which immediately made everyone in the square scream, and one by one they were full of panic and doubt, and their eyes subconsciously swept towards the bodies of those ministers and pavilion elders.

After a pause, and when everyone came back to their senses, Yang Zhen continued: "This matter was actually asked by me long before the imperial historian named Liao Cheng came to confess, and it was only because the matter was so important that I didn't report it to the Son of Heaven immediately. As he spoke, he bowed his hand to Wanli, as if admitting his mistake.

"There is nothing wrong with Yang Qing's decision, after all, the stakes are very high, and just a few words of evidence can't really take down an important minister of the court because of this." Wanli seemed to be very generous at this time.

Although it felt that this was the two monarchs and ministers singing a double reed, the ministers could only praise one sentence: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

At this time, Yang Zhen continued to speak: "But the matter is serious, and my Jinyiwei naturally can't take people because of the words of these officials and then release other officials, so I order my subordinates to investigate secretly." And at this time, this Liao Yushi came to the door to confess. I dare to ask you, if you were in such a situation, what would be your reaction? ”

"This ......" Everyone was stunned for a while, and many officials with experience in criminal prisons naturally knew what to do, but it was difficult to say.

Yang Zhen didn't wait for them to express their opinions, and continued: "Since I have asked some clues, and now that such a diametrically opposite culprit has emerged, I naturally want to investigate. And after some temptation, this person really has a big problem. ”

"But what's the problem?" This time, it was Wanli who asked the question, which made it difficult for others to ask anything more.

Yang Zhen also immediately replied: "At that time, the minister asked Liao Cheng how he spread the demon book. He said that he was an idle man in the capital who paid for it. In this regard, the minister was already deeply suspicious, how important was this matter, he dared to hand over things to those idlers who didn't even know the details to spread it? Isn't he afraid that these people will send it into the hands of the government? ”

Hearing him tell him about the flaws, Wang Xijue's heart suddenly sank, knowing that he still underestimated this Jinyi Wei Governor. In fact, he originally thought that as long as he came up with a culprit, he would be able to make Yang Zhen stop, but he didn't expect that the other party actually had a deeper purpose, so it was naturally incomplete in many details.

What's even more worrying is that Yang Zhen's words continued: "And as far as he said, all this is still contacted by the servants in his family." Such a terrible thing, but it is still in the hands of a dummy, it is really inevitable that people will have doubts. However, it is not the most problematic place, what is even more suspicious is that when the minister asked him how much it cost to hire those idlers, he actually said that he only spent fifteen taels of silver to hire more than 20 people to take the risk of spreading demon books at night!

Then, under the minister's doubts, he changed his words, claiming that he had spent fifty taels of silver. So, the numbers are right. But...... But the minister heard another more serious problem. ”

Yang Zhen is really a master who is good at mobilizing other people's emotions, and after just saying a few words, he has already let the ministers all lead him by the nose and leave. This made Wanli very satisfied, and at this time, he naturally had to help cooperate: "Say, what are the more serious problems?" ”

"This Liao Yushi is only a seven-grade official, and his annual income is less than fifty taels, where did he get such a large sum of money to buy idlers in Beijing?" Yang Zhen pointed out the crux of the problem.

After hearing this, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue both chuckled in their hearts, and then they glanced at each other, and they both found that each other's expressions were full of nervousness.

If this were another Beijing official, it wouldn't be too much of a problem. Although the income of Ming officials has always been very low, they have other ways to get money. But the imperial history is different, they have no real power, they just pick the wrong people, and there are almost no other ways to make money. Liao Cheng only accepted bribes of one or twenty taels before, and this was also found out.

It was indeed strange that he had taken out so much silver at once. Even if you know it's right, you can't do it.

After a pause, Yang Zhen said: "In order to confirm this suspicion, the minister also specially sent someone to check the situation in Liao Cheng's family, and found that he was born poor, and his family couldn't come up with such a large sum of silver. In this way, only one last explanation is left - he is lying, things are not what he said they are at all, he is not the spreader of the demon book, and he cannot be the author of the demon book! ”

This analysis was carried out layer by layer, which was reasonable, so that these officials could not say anything if they wanted to refute it, and they could only be stunned on the spot one by one. Especially Zheng Hyunzeng, he didn't know what to say, so he could only stand there a little embarrassed, in a dilemma.

But obviously, Yang Zhen's words were not finished, and he continued: "Then, the minister thought of a little more, so why did Liao Cheng do this? As you have just said, this sin is not small, so why did he confess it? The only explanation is that he made this choice by order of others, and the one who can make such a sacrifice for him, a court official, must be a high-ranking official in the court. This point is obviously in line with the results found out by the minister before. ”

In the suspicious eyes of everyone, Yang Zhen glanced at those big names and continued: "The stakes are very high, and the minister naturally didn't dare to slack off, so he checked carefully. And just last night, the minister finally made a new discovery, so he will participate in the court meeting today, in order to reveal the true face of this person in public! ”

As soon as these words came out, the square fell silent again, and the sound of falling needles could be heard. It was Wanli, who was also quite excited when he looked at it, and his eyes kept sweeping around the body of the ministers, judging who this guy who dared to embarrass himself was.

As for those high-ranking officials, they were even more chilled, especially the two pavilion elders who were swept by Yang Zhen a few times, and they even became short of breath......