Hidden in the court

Chapter 172 Giving someone a handle

Zheng Jiao turned pale and was speechless. He had never expected that Wang Xie would use all his money to smooth relations. It's fine if you say he spent money, but why is my name on the account book found in Wang Xie's house? It's fine if he smoothed relations, it's fine if he accepted bribes, but you are sick when you write the cost of the account!

You specialize in doing things like this that give others an advantage, right?

But at this moment, the things have been found out, and there is no way to refute it.

Hu Die continued, "Zheng Jiao, after my investigation, I found that all these properties were obtained by you during your tenure by abusing your power and accepting bribes. Do you have anything else to say?"

Zheng Jiao knew he could not deny it, so he had to admit his guilt. Hu Die immediately pronounced the verdict: "Zheng Jiao, as an official appointed by the court, should have been honest and upright, but he took bribes and corrupted the court. Based on this, the court's verdict is as follows: deprive him of all official positions, confiscate all illegal gains, confiscate his property, and dismiss all his family members. I will be escorted to Beijing today and punished as a warning to others."

Zheng Jiao was pulled away, and Ji Mingshang quietly came out from behind and glanced at Su Mengyang who was taking notes.

"Wang Xie, during your tenure, you deceived your superiors and subordinates, accepted bribes, and implicated dozens of officials. The impact was huge, and your crimes were extremely serious. Do you plead guilty?"

Wang Xie knew the outcome, but he laughed out loud.

"Didn't I admit it just now? I just can't believe that the Censor, the descendant of a general, the Marquis of Jiangning, and the Prince of Jin would do such sneaky things just to get evidence."

When Ji Mingshang heard this, he immediately retorted: "We didn't steal it. The guy next to me stole it. He is a commoner."

Ji Mingshang was of course referring to Zhao Yao who was standing next to him. However, when Hu Die glared at him, he shut up.

Wang Xie seemed to be very excited and spoke again: "It's all your fault. You are the reason why I am in this situation today..."

"You took bribes first, but you say it's someone else's fault?"

In fact, there was no need to talk to this person at this time. Wang Xie looked a little crazy. He was caught red-handed and the evidence was sufficient. It was right to detain him.

But the person sitting at the table to judge the case was Hu Die, and she couldn't stand hearing such nonsense.

"It's your fault in the first place. If it weren't for you guys, why would I bother to make arrangements? Do you think I'm willing to give money to those people? To tell you the truth, my ancestors are from the Wang family of Taiyuan. Decades ago, when your grandfather followed the Immortal Emperor to fight, didn't he rely on the support of my Wang family of Taiyuan? After the war, they just abandoned my family and wiped out all my people. If my Wang family of Taiyuan was still there, why would I have to make arrangements and look at people's faces, and why would I only be able to be a governor of a state! Your Hu family has made so many military achievements, but you are the only girl left. Do you think the emperor will trust you? I advise you to think more about how your family died, right? Haha..."

It was obvious that something was wrong with Hu Die. What Wang Xie said made no sense and was purely a personal attack.

Hu Die might hesitate and be confused, but Ji Mingshang won't.

"Snapped--"

He took two steps forward and gave him a big shove, "What are you yelling about! You think you are justified in taking bribes? Your Taiyuan Wang family is gone, and you can still be a governor. If the Taiyuan Wang family is still there, how can you be? Which ancestor of your Taiyuan Wang family had his tomb blown up to reveal a piece of shit like you? Don't use bringing honor to your family as an excuse to do bad things, okay? I wish your mother a long life, can your mother become the Horse Keeper?"

"Snapped--"

Another slap in the face stunned Wang Xie.

At this time, Su Mengyang spoke up: "The origin of the Taiyuan Wang family can be traced back to the crown prince Ji Jin of King Ling of Zhou. He is the ancestor of the Wang family and is honored as the "Taiyuan Ancestor". The Taiyuan Wang family is divided into two branches, one is the Qi County Wang family of Taiyuan County, and the other is the Jinyang County Wang family of Taiyuan County. Early historical books did not record that the Qi County Wang family and the Jinyang Wang family were related by blood, but the Qi County Wang family can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty Prime Minister Wang Yun, while the Jinyang Wang family can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty brothers Wang Rou and Wang Ze.

As for you, Wang Xie, according to the principle that officials should not take office in their own place, you are not from Qingzhou or Bingzhou. We have checked you long ago. You were born in Fuzhou. Three generations before you were all from Fuzhou. By the fourth generation, you were poor farmers. Even if you really have a connection with the Wang family, it is the Fuzhou Kaimin Wang family, or the Yinghe Wang family, not the Taiyuan Wang family as you said. If you don't believe it, Qingzhou is not far from Bingzhou. We can go to Bingzhou to find the descendants of the Wang family to verify it..."

"Did you hear that? Knowledge is power. Be more careful in your next life and stop flattering yourself. It's a waste of time."

Hu Die was a little embarrassed for her daze just now. Thinking about it carefully, Ji Mingshang was right. In this world, even the noble families in the north were all wiped out. If the noble families were still there, there would be more people like Wang Xie who used the name of the noble families to climb up or do evil.

"Well, you little brats, you're doing a great job. I'm going to retire in a couple of days, so remember to come and have a drink with me!"

Huo Gang's hearty laughter rang out.

Just when everyone thought that the matter was over and the people were dispersing, Hu Die spoke again in a serious tone: "Mr. Huo, Wangchun Tower is your property, right?"

Huo Gang raised his foot, paused for a moment, and finally stepped forward. He turned around and quietly looked at the younger generations present.

"Officials cannot have private property. I plead guilty." Huo Gang said calmly.

Hu Die exhaled heavily:

"Mr. Huo, you were originally on Wang Xie's bribery list. I only told you about the drug dealer in the Censorate in front of the provincial government!

If I'm not mistaken, you were the one who created the poisonous incense in the first place, and you were also the one who killed the drug dealer in the Imperial Censorate. Why?"

Huo Gang also sighed, "It's me. I don't want to lie to you. It was indeed me who came up with that thing in the first place. I designed it and revealed it to those two idiots. Seeing that the situation was almost right, I opened Wangchunlou. Most of the money went into those people's pockets. I just made a little more money. It's only been two years. You want to ask me why? In fact, it's similar to Wang Xie. I'm just like your grandfather. I followed the late emperor to fight on the battlefield for more than ten years.

Ten years ago, I was demoted to Qingzhou as a military officer because of a small matter. I was demoted for ten years without any transfer. Even your grandfather might have forgotten me. I was unwilling to accept this. Later, I figured it out. I could make some money from this and spend my retirement in peace. I quit.

It was you who had to investigate this matter. If it weren't for that drug dealer, I'm afraid I would still be indifferent to this matter.

Now that all my money has been transferred, I won't play with you anymore. I'm alone. Your Majesty won't mind knowing. I'm retired. You can do whatever you want."

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly he noticed something moving behind him.

"I advise you not to do it. Although I am old, I am still more than capable of dealing with you two little kids. I don't want to hurt you either..."

"Boom-"

"thump……"

Before he could finish his words, Zhao Yao hit him on the head with a stick, causing him to faint and lie on the ground.

Ji Mingshang just laughed, "What a joke. Greed is greed, and murder is murder. It's as if you're going to let us off the hook."