"Old fogey, take my punch first!"
Yuchi Jingde ran fast, but Cheng Yaojin was even faster. With a ferocious expression, he waved his fist and swept past Yuchi Jingde's side, smashing it towards Wei Zheng's face.
"This old man is wronged-"
Before Wei Zheng could finish speaking, a fist the size of a sandbag suddenly came at him.
Bang!
"Ah!"
Wei Zheng screamed in pain. He staggered a few times and fell to the ground. He felt stars and his head was buzzing.
"You dare to hit me?"
Wei Zheng covered his right eye socket that was hit by the fist. He stood up and glared at Cheng Yaojin. He said excitedly,
"Cheng! What right do you have to hit me? Did I offend you?"
"You still refuse to admit it!”
"Look at what this is!"
Cheng Yaojin took out an imperial edict from his bosom and said through gritted teeth,"
"This is the imperial edict of His Majesty's punishment. Other than you, who else in the court dares to offend our Duke?! Moreover, one ginseng and nine ginseng. Who else could it be other than you?”
Fang Xuanling walked out and said bitterly,"
"Do you know what you've done? It's not like you don't know what kind of temper my wife has. This old man has a concubine outside, but isn't it because I'm afraid that if my wife finds out about this, she'll cause a ruckus!”
"Why did you bring such a small matter to His Majesty? How did this old man offend you? Why did you harm this old man like this?!”
"I'm innocent!" Wei Zheng shouted.”
"You still have the face to say that you're innocent?"
Zhangsun Wuji walked out with an ashen face and shouted,"
"Now that the evidence is conclusive, there are witnesses and material evidence. You can't defend yourself! Tell me, are you in human resources? What? Let us nine High Dukes each have a hand filled with the Imperial Edict of His Majesty's reprimand. In the future, these Imperial Edicts will have to be worshipped. If future generations see these, where will our High Dukes put their face?!”
Li Jing grinned and said,"Move aside and let me stab him to death."”
"Wait a moment!"
"Let me finish first!"
Wei Zheng was a little flustered. He watched as Li Jing slowly walked over with a three-foot-long blade in his hand and a murderous aura. He was afraid that Li Jing would really stab him, so he said anxiously,
"I didn't go out today. Where did I step on you? I'm innocent!”
"Duke, please calm down. My master is right. This lowly one can testify for him!”
At this moment, the butler of Wei Zheng's residence also came out. He nodded and bowed with a smile as he hurriedly explained,
"My master really didn't go out today. How could he have gone to visit you?”
"Who else could it be but you?"
Yuchi Jingde glared at him and said angrily,""Don't collude with each other to lie to us. If we don't have evidence, why would we be old?! Do we look so free?!”
Why didn't these people believe him? Wei Zheng was bitter. Suddenly, he had an idea and said loudly,
"It's Du Yan, it's definitely him. This old man really didn't go out. If you insist that someone guessed you, it must be Du Yan!”
"It's definitely not him!" Cheng Yaojin said firmly.”
"Why isn't it him?" Wei Zheng asked angrily. If you suspect this old man, don't you suspect the Imperial Censor?”
Cheng Yaojin sneered and opened the sack. A familiar figure with his head tied up and his mouth and nose stuffed appeared in front of everyone with a swollen face.
"Du Yan?"
Wei Zheng cried out involuntarily.
Cheng Yaojin took out the white cloth from Du Yan's mouth and sneered,""Now do you know why it wasn't him? Because he was the first person I looked for, and he would never admit it!”
Du Yan cried,
"I didn't do it, I really didn't do anything. Doctor Wei, you don't know how badly I was beaten up. State Duke Lu really beat me to death! I don't dare to say anything or ask anything, but I'm sitting upright. If there's nothing, there's nothing. Even if you beat me to death, I won't admit it!”
Wei Zheng's face turned pale.
This was too f * cking tragic!
Moreover, looking at the stance of these nine High Dukes, if they didn't handle it well, Du Yan's fate would be his fate, and his fate might be even worse!
"You talk too much!"
Cheng Yaojin glared at the crying Du Yan and stuffed the white cloth back into his mouth. He looked up at Wei Zheng and sneered,"
"That's why this old man brought him to your mansion to confirm it. Now, this old man is 10,000 percent sure that it's definitely not Du Yan. Wei Zheng, you're the biggest suspect now. If you didn't report to us, then what's with those letters on your table?”
Those envelopes?
Wei Zheng's entire body quivered. He understood. All of this could be explained reasonably.
There must be an imperial censor. He first wrote the evidence of the crimes committed by the state dukes on an envelope and placed it at his door. Then, in the court, he reported the crimes of these nine state dukes to the emperor.
Then, the censor would turn everyone's attention to him, and he would be able to clear his name and let him carry this big black iron pot.
This guy was really ruthless!
Was he still human?
After understanding the cause and effect, although Wei Zheng was angry, he was not as flustered as before. He said with a livid face,
"This old man really came from the sky while sitting in a pot at home. If you insist that this old man was the one who slandered you, this old man won't defend myself now. I'll just go to the palace with you. Let's go meet the emperor. When we get to His Majesty, whether I was the one who slandered you will all be revealed!”
Enter the palace to meet the emperor?
Let His Majesty prove it to you?
Hearing this, the nine dukes were all stunned.
Wei Zheng's words were too lethal.
If it was really Wei Zheng, he would definitely not dare to go to the palace to meet the Emperor and ask the Emperor to testify for him.
Du Ruhui asked suspiciously,"
"It really wasn't you? If it wasn't you, then who was it? Do you know that before we came, we heard that you made a bet with your friend. The bet was to participate in the nine dukes. If you participate in our bet, your friend will give you ten thousand dollars!”
"Ridiculous!"
Wei Zheng said with grief and indignation,
"Am I that kind of insensible person? Moreover, do you think this old master would be interested in that wealth? If this old master really takes a fancy to it, do you think it's not easy to make money as an imperial censor?”
"Taking a step back, as an Imperial Censor, I supervise all officials. If I don't stand upright, how can I win His Majesty's trust? How can you supervise the officials?"
"Besides, you know how many eyes are watching me in Chang 'an. How dare I do such a thing? Once I take the money, who knows how many people will join me!”
"You guys have all been played!"
Wei Zheng's voice became louder and louder as he stomped his feet and pointed at them in grief.
The nine dukes fell silent.
After a long time, everyone looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
Everyone lowered their heads and fell into deep thought.
Was it really not Wei Zheng?
Who could it be?
Suddenly, the oldest and most experienced, square-faced Duke Xiao Yu, who was wearing a purple robe, suddenly said,
"Something's not right!"
"Who told us about Wei Zheng's bet with someone else? Li Zhen? I didn't think much of this name just now, but now, don't you think that this name sounds particularly familiar?”
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