"He's, this king asks you, the Zhao family's account has always been kept by you, can others withdraw it from the account without your consent? And it's such a large amount. ”

With the confirmation of the He family, the authenticity of the Zhao family's account book is beyond doubt, which means that Zhao De did withdraw five hundred taels of gold from the Zhao family's account, Li Yuntian picked up the account book under the gaze of everyone and looked at the He family expressionlessly and asked.

"Lord Wang, Zhao De is our master's brother, and the master trusts him very much, otherwise he would not have been made a housekeeper. Over the years, he has worked hard for the affairs of our house, and has taken care of the affairs in his hands in an orderly manner, so he has the right to take charge of the affairs of the house when the dragons in the house are leaderless. ”

Hearing this, the He family bowed slightly to Li Yuntian, and explained in a loud voice the relationship between Zhao De and the Zhao Mansion, in fact, since the death of Zhao Commander Tongzhi, the entire Zhao Mansion has been supported by Zhao De, otherwise how can the He family solve the food and clothing of a large family, so they have great trust in it, and after falling into the lawsuit of the murder case, it is Zhao De who is in charge of the affairs of the Zhao family, and he has worked hard.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone must know that this withdrawal voucher is from the Jingshi Qian Zhuang of the Lecture Martial Hall, and many people can testify that Zhao De did withdraw such a large sum of money."

Li Yuntian then put down the account book in his hand, looked at the officials in the hall and said, "You all know that the five hundred taels of gold that Zhao De used to bribe was not found in Xue Shaoqing's home, so the whereabouts of this batch of gold are very important. ”

The reason why Li Yuntian didn't investigate the authenticity of the withdrawal slip with great fanfare was because the people who interrogated Jin Yiwei in the previous two court had previously confirmed that Zhao De had indeed withdrawn the money from the money bank, so there was no need for him to bother further.

Listening to Li Yuntian's words, Hu Ying and the others nodded one after another, Li Yuntian was right, the five hundred taels of gold would not fly away for no reason, as long as the whereabouts of the money could be found, then the case would be clear.

"Come on, pass on the old servant of the Xue family." Subsequently, Li Yuntian loudly ordered the officers in front of the hall to prepare for the interrogation of another key figure in Xue Xuan's bribery case: Xue Laohan.

Xue Laohan, who was already waiting in the next room, bowed down and entered the lobby, glanced at Xue Xuan with a look of shame, and then knelt on the ground and saluted Li Yuntian, Hu Ying and the others.

"Old man Xue, if this king is not mistaken, you have been in the Xue family for more than forty years, right?" Li Yuntian glanced at the anxious Xue Laohan and asked quietly.

"Back to the prince, the villain has indeed been in the Xue family for more than forty years." Xue Laohan nodded again and again when he heard this.

"How does Xue Shaoqing's father and son treat you?" Seeing this, Li Yuntian asked quietly.

"Grace is like a mountain!" Xue Laohan did not hesitate at all, and blurted out.

"Can you tell this king if you have received money from Zhao De?" Li Yuntian then pointed to Zhao De, who was kneeling beside him, and asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the prince, the villain took five hundred taels of gold from him." Xue Laohan hesitated for a moment and answered Li Yuntian's question.

"Where is that gold now?" Li Yuntian stared at Xue Laohan and asked word by word.

"Lord Wang, the gold was collected by the villain for my master, so it was naturally handed over to my master." Xue Laohan lowered his head and said there, where did he have the face to see Xue Xuan at this time.

Xue Xuan's eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of anger when he heard this, and he was about to scold Xue Laohan, but when he saw the scars on Xue Laohan's face, he sighed helplessly, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, he knew that Xue Laohan had suffered a confession from Yanxin, otherwise he would never have framed him.

"Xue Shaoqing, is what Xue Laohan said true?" Li Yuntian's gaze fell on Xue Xuan, and quietly asked him for confirmation.

"Lord Wang, Xia Guan has never let the people in his family receive benefits from others, so he has never seen any gold." Xue Xuan shook his head and replied with a serious expression.

"As far as this king knows, the government did not find that gold from the Xue family, how do you explain it?" Hearing this, Li Yuntian looked at Xue Laohan and asked expressionlessly.

"The prince doesn't know anything, my lord acted cautiously and hid the money he received in a hidden place on the ground, and no one except him knew where it was." Xue Laohan stretched out his hand and wiped the cold sweat oozing from his forehead, gritted his teeth and said.

"A hidden place?" Li Yuntian's brows suddenly furrowed, and he asked, "Do you know where it is?" ”

"Back to the prince, only my master knows where that hidden place is, and the rest of the people don't know." Xue Laohan hurriedly shook his head, this is a fictitious place, he will definitely not be able to say why.

"Xue Shaoqing, is there such a place?" Li Yuntian frowned and asked Xue Xuan for verification.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials sit upright, and they have never accepted bribes, let alone bought private property outside." Xue Xuan denied it with a cold expression, he believed that Li Yuntian would give him justice.

"This is strange, can five hundred taels of gold fly?" Hearing this, Li Yuntian looked at Xue Xuan and Xue Laohan coldly, "If you say so, then there is only one possibility, one of the two of you lied!" ”

"Lying?" Hearing this, Hu Ying and the others couldn't help but show a look of surprise on their faces, they were all experienced people who naturally understood what Li Yuntian meant, Li Yuntian not only suspected Xue Xuan, but also suspected Xue Laohan.

The reason is very simple, now it can be confirmed that Zhao De took out five hundred taels of gold from the Zhao family's account, and Xue Laohan also admitted that he got the money, but there was a mistake on whether to hand it over to Xue Xuan.

In the past, the outside world focused on whether Xue Xuan solicited and accepted bribes, and then ignored the role of another important person in this case, that is, Xue Laohan.

Obviously, judging from the current facts of the case, the five hundred taels of gold are no longer in Xue Xuan's hands with Xue Xuan, and there is no other choice.

"No, he won't take ill-gotten gains." Xue Xuan was stunned for a moment, he finally understood Li Yuntian's intention to go to the edict prison that night to see him and apologize to him, it turned out that he wanted to use Xue Laohan to atone for his crimes, and then said to Li Yuntian in a loud voice that he didn't want to see Xue Laohan lose his life for him.

Although Xue Xuan is relatively upright in character, this does not mean that there is a problem with his IQ, on the contrary, his IQ is very high, otherwise he would not have been admitted to the Jinshi in the fierce competition, and he would have been able to clean up the mines in Huguang in an orderly manner, so how could he not know Li Yuntian's plans, and also knew that it was not easy to end his case this time, and there was a chance that a few heads would fall.

"Xue Shaoqing, now that the case has not yet been concluded, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to say this." Li Yuntian knew that Xue Xuan was not the kind of person who sat back and watched others sacrifice for him, so he said to Xue Xuan with a cold expression, "How can people be allowed to make noise in the lobby, and if you say more, this king will punish you for the crime of roaring in the court." ”

Xue Xuan was speechless when he heard this, after all, Li Yuntian had not yet announced the outcome of the case, so his reaction at this time was a little excessive.

Seeing Xue Xuan defending him like this, Xue Laohan's eyes couldn't help but show a look of gratitude, and at the same time, he felt extremely guilty in his heart for framing Xue Xuan.

"In order to find the five hundred taels of gold, this king not only asked people to search Xue's mansion again, but also searched Xue Laohan's son's house, but unfortunately there is still no whereabouts of those bribes."

Seeing that Xue Xuan was silent, Li Yuntian continued in an orderly manner, "This king doesn't believe that the five hundred taels of gold flew away for no reason, so this king secretly investigated the interpersonal relationship between Xue Shaoqing and Xue Laohan in the capital. ”

"As a result, this king discovered an interesting thing, Xue Laohan had a close relationship with the owner of a tavern in the town outside the city, and after listening to it, he learned that Xue Laohan told Xue Shaoqing about the unjust case of the tavern owner during the Xuande period, and Xue Shaoqing helped him rehabilitate the murder case."

Saying that, Li Yuntian looked at Xue Xuan, "Xue Shaoqing, do you remember the case of rehabilitating the tavern owner in the town outside the city for murder, and finally caught the real murderer, so that the tavern owner survived." ”

"It seems like that." Xue Xuan suddenly fell into contemplation when he heard this, and bowed slightly to Li Yuntian for a long time, "Lord Wang, if Xia Guan is not mistaken, the owner of the tavern was falsely raped and killed a nocturnal woman, and later Xia Guan found out that something was wrong, so he intervened in the case, and finally assisted the Criminal Department to find the truth and return this person's innocence."

"Xue Shaoqing, do you know that Xue Laohan's youngest son has secretly made a marriage contract with the other party's daughter?" Seeing Xue Xuan's surprised look on his face, Li Yuntian couldn't help but ask.

"Is that really the case?" Xue Xuan felt that Li Yuntian didn't feel like he was lying, so he looked at Xue Laohan with a surprised face, he was busy with official business and didn't know about it at all.

"The family affairs were decided a year ago, and the master is busy with official business, so let's talk about it." Old Man Xue's face was full of shock, and he nodded affirmatively to Xue Xuan after squeezing out a hint of a smile.

Li Yuntian was right, Xue Laohan and the rescued tavern owner became good friends, and then the two discussed the matter of getting married, and decided on the family affairs of the two families, preparing to hold a happy event in the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, but it has not yet been announced.

"Old man Xue, do you think this king should send someone to search your future in-laws' house to see what kind of harvest can be obtained from his family." Li Yuntian glanced at Xue Laohan, who looked flustered, and said quietly.

"Wang ...... Lord Wang, little ...... The villain ......" Xue Laohan's face suddenly changed, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he didn't dare to get up when he fell to the ground, trembling with fright.

Seeing this situation, Hu Ying and the others in the lobby couldn't help but glance at each other secretly, and vaguely understood the meaning of the scene in front of them, could it be that the five hundred taels of gold were given by Xue Laohan?

Xue Xuan also looked at Xue Laohan in surprise, and then looked at Li Yuntian, who seemed a little difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake for a while.