The Prime Minister ran very fast, almost as if he was running for his life.
However, no matter how fast he ran, it was too late.
When he arrived, he looked at the open gate of the rockery and suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell down.
It's too late...
In front of the open gate of the rockery, the emperor stood there in a dragon robe with a gloomy face.
Seeing him coming, those deep black eyes looked over, and the coldness in them made Zhang Wenfeng feel even colder.
Xiao Zhaolin did not expect that the emperor would find out about this. He originally just wanted to confront the prime minister, but the scene before him was beyond his expectations.
He glanced at the emperor and then at Zhang Wenfeng, and couldn't help but take a few steps back.
"Prime Minister, do you know what I discovered here?" Xiao Shengxing's voice was flat.
However, this voice made Zhang Wenfeng's heart tremble. He said in a tense voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I…"
"Not only is the scenery in your mansion beautiful, but there's also a hidden world behind this rockery. It's truly a wonderful place."
The emperor's voice grew colder and colder, so much so that Zhang Wenfeng could hardly open his mouth.
"Behind a rockery, you actually hold half of our national treasury. Prime Minister, it's probably true that you're as wealthy as a nation, right?"
"Your Majesty, I don't have it. It's not mine..."
"Oh, these gold and silver treasures are not yours?"
Xiao Shengxing laughed: "Could it be that the gold, silver and treasures in your house belong to me?"
As he spoke, he clapped his head and said, "That's right, this is indeed mine. This was all embezzled from my treasury and my people!"
The last sound scared Zhang Wenfeng so much that he fell to his knees.
The might of heaven descended upon him, and even he could hardly resist, his body beginning to tremble slightly.
Guards gradually moved out the gold, silver and treasures. All the gold, silver and treasures were exposed on the open ground, forming a real hill.
Finally, Su Lijin and a few others moved the boxes of disaster relief silver out into the sun.
When Zhang Wenfeng saw the seal on the disaster silver, his heart suddenly turned cold.
"Your Majesty, that disaster relief money does not belong to me!"
"oh?"
Xiao Shengxing narrowed his eyes. "What the Prime Minister is saying is that the disaster relief money isn't yours, but everything else is yours?"
"No, no, none of that belongs to me, not even the disaster relief money, none of that..."
Zhang Wenfeng was a little incoherent: "There must be a spy in the mansion. Someone must be trying to harm me. I have been honest all my life and have never taken any of this money..."
At this time, he had no choice but to insist that he was framed, otherwise these gold, silver, treasures and disaster relief money would be enough to kill him several times.
Su Lijin watched from the side and naturally understood that Zhang Wenfeng was trying his best to survive.
She snorted in her heart, wondering what outrageous words the Prime Minister could come up with.
"Prime Minister, who framed you and was willing to use half the national treasury's gold and silver treasures to frame you?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Shengxing sneered repeatedly: "Could it be that you are saying that I moved the national treasury to frame you?"
"I dare not, Your Majesty. I absolutely do not mean that."
Zhang Wenfeng was so frightened by these words that he kept kowtowing: "Your Majesty, this matter needs to be investigated further. Someone must have framed me. Besides, wasn't the calamity silver stolen by bandits? Someone must have disguised themselves as a robber to steal the silver and frame me."
After hearing this, Su Lijin was a little impressed by Zhang Wenfeng's judgment on the disaster silver at this time. His last sentence was true.
It was indeed she who disguised herself as a robber and took the stolen silver.
Of course, everything was approved by the emperor before she offered this strategy.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to bring down this corrupt prime minister.
Although half of the national treasury's wealth was enough to crush Zhang Wenfeng, the charge of stealing disaster relief funds made it impossible for Zhang Wenfeng to turn the situation around.
To take him down, we must leave him no chance of turning around!
"You're talking nonsense!" the emperor was furious.
"The Prime Minister, as the head of all officials, did not set an example himself, but instead engaged in corruption and looting of disaster relief funds. He is truly a parasite of the country. Now that the evidence is conclusive, he will be immediately imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison and executed today!"
Zhang Wenfeng felt as if a thunderbolt had struck his head. His whole body was shaking and he kowtowed until his head was bleeding. "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I don't know. I really don't know..."
The guards came to drag him away, and he struggled and cried, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong..."
However, the emperor did not even look at him. His eyes were fixed on those who had embezzled wealth, and his expression was cold.
The prime minister was sentenced to death and all the silver was moved away from his residence.
The scene was so grand that it attracted a lot of onlookers.
Everyone was so shocked when they saw dozens of carriages loaded with silver that they couldn't close their mouths for a long time.
Everyone was shocked. This turned out to be the biggest corrupt official in Daliang.
The prime minister was taken into custody and immediately despised by the people.
"What a corrupt official! Damn it!"
"God has eyes, the emperor is wise, the corrupt official has finally been arrested!"
"Kill the Prime Minister, kill the Prime Minister!"
Many people threw vegetable leaves at the prime minister's face, and for a while, the people were furious.
In the Taiji Hall, all officials were present.
Xiao Shengxing looked at the people below coldly and took out an account book.
This was the account book of the corruption case that Su Lijin had given him earlier.
He read out the names of the officials who were seriously corrupt one by one, and every time he read out a name, one person knelt down.
Those people were kneeling, their bodies shaking.
The prime minister had been captured, and they had almost guessed their fate.
"You corrupt officials, I have always trusted you and entrusted the people to you. This is how you treat my trust and the people. You truly deserve to die!"
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