Chapter 304: Eternal gratitude for the holy virtue!

The night after the beginning of autumn begins to get colder.

Qin Wenyuan returned home quietly without causing a ripple.

The old butler had already transferred the guard at the back door, and he guarded it personally and led the master into the mansion.

He took off his black cloak stained with night dew and walked straight into the study without stopping.

The sandalwood scent was faint. He stood solemnly in front of his beloved wife's tablet and lit three incense sticks.

Amidst the curling green smoke, he picked up a piece of plain white silk and slowly stroked the incisions on the tablet with his fingertips.

Over and over again...

The dim candlelight reflected his quiet silhouette, the incense ash fell inch by inch, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

After a long time, he turned around and sat down in front of the desk.

The ink stick was ground silently in the inkstone, and the ink was as thick as night.

He picked up the brush and dipped it in ink, and wrote with great force, each word penetrating through the paper.

The ideas in my mind have already been fully formed, and now I just need to pour them out on paper.

The last stroke was made, and the ink was dripping.

Qin Wenyuan put down his pen and stared quietly at the unfolded memorial.

Once the ink is completely dry, press it down with a heavy paperweight.

He slowly stood up, straightened his slightly wrinkled robe, and faced the direction of the imperial city.

With a solemn expression, he lifted his robe, bent his knees, bowed his head, and meticulously performed the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows.

The movements were solemn and heavy, with a kind of desperate determination.

After the ceremony, Qin Wenyuan stood up, took a last look at the memorial under the paperweight, and blew out the lonely lamp on the desk.

The study was instantly swallowed by thick darkness. He turned and left, his figure disappearing into the deeper night.

Everything was silent except for the gentle breeze outside the window, which had quietly sneaked in at some point and brushed silently across the desk.

At some point, the memorial disappeared out of thin air.

In the imperial study, Pan Yue, a captain of the Xuanji Guard, asked to see him.

He is best at defense and is usually responsible for guarding the palace. He is not specialized in spying.

But Lingduo had an important task at the time, so he temporarily gave him the task of following Qin Wenyuan.

"Your Majesty, Qin Wenyuan bribed the head of the Criminal Department and secretly met with Jiang Jinxiao, the former Junior Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs..."

All of Qin Wenyuan's actions that night were seen by Pan Yue, and there was no secret at all.

He quickly recounted the entire process and then presented the memorial.

Qin Minghuang opened it and read quickly.

"Your Highness, Qin Wenyuan, the Minister of the Imperial Household, respectfully reports:

He confessed his crime with all his heart and soul, begging for mercy and a remaining life to protect his evil son.

Your humble servant Qin Wenyuan is deeply terrified and kowtows a hundred times, risking his life to report this to you with tears in his eyes.

I, your humble servant, am honored to be granted the position of Minister of the Imperial Household, responsible for the management of precious tributes, ritual vessels, and the imperial treasury.

I tremble day and night, fearing that I would die.

However, I am stupid and incompetent. I was framed by treacherous and flattering people in the past, and was threatened by vicious and stubborn people in the future.

The heinous crimes committed are truly unforgivable even by death.

Now I know that I have committed serious sins and dare not ask for forgiveness. I will speak my mind with all my heart and soul and tell you the whole story, and humbly beg Your Majesty to have mercy on me.

With my humble contribution, I have bought my son Huai Zhang a chance of survival.

Although my body turns to dust, I will still be grateful for Your Majesty's grace in the netherworld!

First, the injustice of the old case in Linhai Prefecture in the sixth year of Taiwei:

In the sixth year of Taiwei, a dragon turned upside down in Linhai Prefecture, and countless lives were lost. Your Majesty was benevolent and issued an edict to provide relief, and his grace was immense.

The Cui family has evil ambitions. They use the name of disaster relief to commit corruption and even set up a vicious trap to frame loyal and good people!

My only son, Qin Huaizhang, was then serving as a military officer in the warehouse department of Linhai Prefecture.

At that time, he was young and upright, and did not know the dangers of the world. He was framed by the treacherous people of the Cui family for the crimes of falsifying accounts and embezzling grain from the warehouse.

At that time, I was also deceived by his deceptive appearance and failed to see through his treachery in time.

This is Cui's vicious method of using disaster to weave wings!

Second, Chen Chen was imprisoned in the Nine Gates Jinliu Hall and was coerced:

The Cui family framed my son first, and their minions, the thugs from the "Jiumen Jinliutang", threatened me later.

They used Huai Zhang's crimes as hostages to force me to commit illegal acts while on duty at the Ministry of the Imperial Household.

Secretly intercept the royal camphor and trade with him!

Camphor is a sacred object used in offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, as well as in clan ceremonies. I am fully aware that this is a heinous crime of blasphemy and deceiving the emperor!

However, in order to protect my evil son, I was foolish for a moment and actually did this rebellious act!

Whenever a grand ceremony was being prepared, I would secretly tamper with the incense boxes when packaging the camphor.

The upper half is genuine borneol for inspection; the lower half is filled with a counterfeit that I imitated using a secret method and has a similar smell and appearance.

At the time of delivery, the upper half of the genuine article was used for the grand ceremony to conceal the truth;

The lower half of the fake, along with part of the genuine product, was secretly intercepted by me and handed over to the Jinliutang thugs.

This act of deceiving the emperor by changing the facts is a serious crime that I cannot redeem even by death!

Every time I did this, I felt like I was walking on thin ice, and my heavy clothes were soaked with sweat. However, thinking of my family, I had to grit my teeth and carry on, trying to survive.

Third, Chen's minor contributions to atone for his sins:

Although I am stuck in a quagmire and suffer day and night, I dare not forget your kindness.

In order to atone for my sins and also to find an opportunity to save my son, I was in despair and racked my brains for a way to escape and fight back.

God have mercy on me. I have learned from the Junior Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs the secret contact method of the important person in charge of the Cui family in Fengjing!

The method is as follows: on the fifth day of every month; in the Lanyue Pavilion in the west of the city, in the Shuixuan on the west wing facing the water; at midnight.

You need to bring a white jade hairpin in the shape of "Moon Reflected in a Cold Pond" as a token of trust, and the contact person's name is "Mr. Bamboo".

This clue may provide Your Majesty with an opportunity to gain insight into Cui's hidden forces and follow the clues to uncover the truth.

I would like to use this as an excuse to atone for even a fraction of my sins.

I plead with tears and blood:

Your Majesty! I know that my sins are as great as a mountain. I have withheld the imperial incense and deceived the king. Any one of these is enough to punish me with death!

However, my son Huai Zhang was actually a victim of Cui's frame-up, and his injustice has not been redressed.

I love my child so deeply, and the pain in my heart is beyond words.

I hope Your Majesty will take into consideration my humble efforts over the years, and will also consider that the clues provided by this "Mr. Zhu" may be helpful to the government. May Your Majesty show your grace beyond the law!

I implore Your Majesty to show some mercy and spare Huai Zhang's life.

Even if I die on the steps, I will smile in the afterlife and be forever grateful for your kindness!

"I, Qin Wenyuan, know that my crime is unavoidable. I bow before the palace and await execution. I kowtow with blood and cry out in silence, awaiting your orders!"

"Heh..." Qin Minghuang sneered.

No wonder he was able to shock the royal family for many years. Qin Wenyuan's ability is evident.

The memorial was written with earnest words, but think about it, what did he pay for it?

With empty promises and a packet of Vanilla Powder, he got the contact information of Cui's agent from Jiang Jinxiao, and then went back home to write a memorial.

He didn't know if he had been targeted, but he had been in power since the beginning of Taiwei and knew his own methods, so he took a gamble.

According to him, the camphor that was "forced" to be withheld was secretly traded to the Nine Gates, and he did not mention what happened to it afterwards.

Since he has made up his mind to go all out and simply plead guilty, there should be no deception on this point.

This shows that Qin Wenyuan is no longer valuable in investigating the iron ore.

Qin Minghuang pondered for a moment and handed the memorial back.

“Put it back the same way you got it.

Go to Chengyuan and ask where the camphor is, and kill it."

"yes!"

In the official residence of Jingzhao Prefecture, Qin Zhaoyue stood up and stretched his waist.

I felt uncomfortable sitting on the armchair for a long time, so I curled up and slept, and my body was hurt all over.

"Master Yinzhe, I can't stay here all day long without the enemy showing up. What kind of situation is that?"