Chapter 237: Caught
Hearing the words of Shen Yue, the eldest brother of the Shen family, Admiral Dong above the high hall couldn't help frowning.
Admiral Dong, whose eyes were dyed with an impenetrable look, kept wandering over the three of them.
Even if he has the heart to help Zhuang Mingyue do this, he can't always make a direct judgment without knowing the truth of right and wrong, you must know that this place is different from other yamen, this is in the capital, and the place where he is located is at the foot of the Son of Heaven.
If it was the yamen in Jiangnan or the southwest region, he could give this Shen Yue'e some punishment in Zhuang Mingyue's face, at least he could give Zhuang Mingyue an explanation.
However, now at the foot of this day, how could he, a small Yamen admiral, have such courage?
Thinking of this, Admiral Dong's gaze at the three of them suddenly became more hesitant.
"Ahem......"
The eldest brother of the Shen family, who saw all this in his eyes, coughed lightly with his seemingly uncomfortable eyes.
Several members of the Shen family who immediately came with him stepped forward in a few steps and knelt down one after another, "Lord Qiqi, the little people can all testify about this." ”
In the entire yamen, the eldest brother of the Shen family led a group of Shen family members and Shen Yue'e to kneel on the side and beg Admiral Dong to investigate, and Zhuang Mingyue, who was alone here, seemed extremely weak in this situation.
If you don't know what is going on, if you see this, most of them will believe them.
Zhuang Mingyue, who was watching this scene, was really angry and laughed by this group of people, "Hahahaha, uncle and mother, and my relatives and friends, what are you doing?" ”
As soon as Zhuang Mingyue's words fell, he saw the eldest brother of the Shen family who was drooping his eyes suddenly raised his head and stared at Zhuang Mingyue viciously, "You white-eyed wolf, don't call me uncle!" Shen will never have a black-hearted niece like you! ”
The more she listened to the eldest brother of the Shen family say this, the more Zhuang Mingyue felt ridiculous, "Okay, since no one in the Shen family doesn't recognize me as a relative, then why should I continue to be polite to you!" ”
After saying this, Zhuang Mingyue bowed her hand to Admiral Dong above the high hall, "Lord Dong, I don't want to say much this time, today I sued Shen Yue'e of the Shen family, imprisoned the little girl privately, and wanted to buy/official promotion, and even disrespected the officials of the imperial court!" ”
"You talk nonsense! When will I be disrespectful to the officials of the imperial court! When will I buy / official again! "So if it is said that the detention of Zhuang Mingyue can be fooled, Zhuang Mingyue has never had much evidence, but whether it is insulting the imperial court officials or buying/official, even if she has not done it, she will definitely be punished, not to mention that she has indeed done it, although she has never succeeded.
Zhuang Mingyue saw Shen Yue's panicked appearance, and the corner of her mouth provoked a smile that others had never noticed, "Oh? Mrs. Shen probably forgot that you insulted the officials of the current dynasty at the beginning, and even spent a lot of money to buy / officials, if not...... Do you really think that no one knows what you have done and can't find out? ”
Shen Yue'e herself was flustered, standing and looking at Shen Yue's confident appearance, she felt that she had grabbed her pigtails, and her eyes were moving in a panic.
"My lord, my lord, the women of the people were indeed ...... I really thought about it, but I really never bought an official! ”
"That insult to the third-grade officials of the dynasty, is it possible that you have never done it before?"
"You talk nonsense! Zhuang Mingyue, isn't the Sanpin official you are talking about! I
What about being your mother and scolding you twice! ”
"Mother? Just now, mother, you said it personally, I have nothing to do with the Shen family, so how can I have a mother-daughter relationship with you? Moreover, I was wearing a court uniform to inspect that day, and you insulted the court clothes of the Sanpin officials in public, so you were not simply scolding your daughter! ”
Zhuang Mingyue's irrefutable and determined eyes frightened Shen Yue'e back back, and her legs trembled a little.
Even if it is the daughter of the family, entering the palace for the sake of the little Zhaoyi, the parents of the mother's family who are not of sufficient grade must also salute this Zhaoyi, not to mention that they are now the third-grade officials who are enshrined by the saint!
When this matter is seriously investigated, it is much more serious than the first two crimes.
"You! You white-eyed wolf, you're just a rebuke......"
"Enough!" The eldest brother of the Shen family, who realized that something was wrong, immediately grabbed Shen Yue'e's shoulder and scolded in a low voice, "Lord Qiqi, this matter is not as Zhuang Mingyue said, just because it was ...... that day"
But Zhuang Mingyue, who didn't want to continue to entangle with them at this moment, directly interrupted sharply, "That's not the case? Okay, so that's okay for now. If I'm not mistaken, then the Shen family is probably involved in the purchase/official matter. ”
The son of the Shen family, who was kneeling behind the eldest brother of the Shen family, heard this, and his body suddenly stiffened with disbelief, "You are talking nonsense!" When did I buy/official! ”
also didn't expect Zhuang Mingyue to push all the spearheads to the eldest brother of the Shen family, and stood up suddenly, "Zhuang Mingyue! You don't want to spew blood! My Shen family has always done things above board, when did I do this kind of thing! ”
Zhuang Mingyue, who was reprimanded, was not annoyed, but raised her eyebrows, revealing a look of sudden realization, "Oh, it seems that I remembered it wrong?" Then I'll have to take a good look at the person who wrote the letter, and who the person mentioned is. ”
As she spoke, Zhuang Mingyue took out an obviously opened letter from her sleeve, only to see her eyes staring at the Shen family's son, and slowly pulled out the letter paper under his gaze.
Zhuang Mingyue then shook off, threw off the folded letter paper, and read in a low tone: "Today ......"
However, before Zhuang Mingyue could read out the handwriting on the letterhead, he saw the eldest brother of the Shen family rush over and snatch the letterhead in Zhuang Mingyue's hand.
"You're slandering!" Speaking of the eldest brother of the Shen family, he stretched out his hand to destroy the letter paper.
Admiral Dong, who realized this, frowned and shouted, "Someone! Stop him for the officer! ”
As soon as the words fell, the officials on both sides rushed over directly, and grabbed the eldest brother of the Shen family who was about to make a move, "Be honest with me!" ”
The master walked down from the master's stage, took out the torn corner of the letter paper in his hand, and respectfully presented it to Admiral Dong's table.
The matter of buying/official has always been strictly forbidden and guilty, and the admiral, who has a calm face in himself, looked at what was said on the letterhead, and his face suddenly changed.
I saw him slam the table, "Shen! You are really so bold that you dare to bribe officials to buy / officials privately! ”
The eldest brother of the Shen family, who didn't know why the letter was given to Zhuang Mingyue, was struggling under the hands of the servants, and shouted loudly: "My lord! My lord! This matter should be
It really has nothing to do with me! ”
I only heard Admiral Dong smile coldly, then stood up and looked down at the eldest brother of the Shen family condescendingly, "Hmph, naturally it has nothing to do with you, and your name is not on this letter at all." ”
The eldest brother of the Shen family, who heard this, breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, but before he could completely put his heart down, he suddenly remembered something.
But what he was thinking, Admiral Dong had already said it first, "Shen family! You are guilty! ”
The Shen family, who was already extremely scared, heard Admiral Dong's scolding again, and suddenly his legs weakened with fright, and he collapsed directly on the ground trembling, not daring to speak at all.
The eldest brother of the Shen family, who was very anxious, hurriedly begged for mercy again: "My lord, this matter is really ......."
"Shut up to this official! Now that there are human and material evidence, is it possible that you still want to quibble and deceive the official? ! ”
The eldest brother of the Shen family, who was blocked from his defense, didn't know what to do for a while, just because the moment Zhuang Mingyue pulled out the letter, he recognized it, and the handwriting on the letterhead was his handwriting!
If he continued to defend himself, when the time came, he would find out that this letter was written by him, and it would be even more guilty, but now, he didn't know how this letter fell into Zhuang Mingyue's hands.
Shen Yue, who was kneeling on the side, didn't dare to say a word at the moment.
Because of this matter of spending money to seek officials, she took the initiative to mention it, and she also asked Zhuang Ming to write a letter.
Now all the spearheads are pointed at the Shen family's son, and Zhuang Mingshu has never been involved, even if she is facing the Shen family again, she will never push Zhuang Mingshu, which she values the most, into the fire pit.
And Zhuang Mingyue also grasped this point, so he deliberately led this matter out by contradicting the court officials.
Although she hates the Shen family, and hates this nominal cheap mother even more, everything that happened to Zhuang Mingshu has nothing to do with him, and Zhuang Mingshu is also good to her on weekdays, she doesn't want to really put this big brother in a cage.
Thinking of Zhuang Mingyue here, she didn't plan to continue to give them a chance to turn over, "My lord, everything that the people said today is true, and please enlighten your lordship." ”
Admiral Dong glanced at the complaint on the table, and his expression was momentarily embarrassed, "Miss Zhuang has filed a complaint for three things, but the evidence presented now is only this letter, so these other two things are probably ......."
Zhuang Mingyue didn't intend to really convict all three things, because she also knew that there was no way to solve the other two things without any convictions.
It's just that today's events are enough to surprise her, and she herself plans to use the crime of contradicting the court officials to make Shen Yue'e guilty.
But now he is directly imprisoned in the cage of the eldest son of the eldest brother of the Shen family, the only seedling of the Shen family, who is given a crime, which is better than just arresting Shen Yue.
Especially when she saw that Shen Yue'e didn't want to be involved in it, as well as the trembling of the Shen family's son and the kneeling begging for mercy of the eldest brother of the Shen family, she only felt that there was a lot of joy in her heart.
"The folk girl understands that this matter is also because the folk girl hates it in her heart, so she is not prepared, and I hope the adults will forgive me."