"Come here, take him down!"
When Qin Chuan raised his eyes, he saw that it was the imperial commander who led the team directly here.
Before he could ask more questions, Qin Chuan's hands were held up.
"Commander Zhou, what do you mean?!"
Qin Chuan was confused by this sudden change, thinking that Qin Ji had reported the matter to the emperor. He quickly said, "I've already told Lord Bai that Sanhe Garment Shop has nothing to do with our Qin Mansion. If there are any misunderstandings, you can ask my son Qin Ji when he comes back!"
The commander in front of the emperor didn't care about Qin Ji's affairs at all. He said in a cold voice: "Someone has reported that Lord Qin has been corrupt and accepted bribes. He has done all kinds of evil things. The report has been reported to His Majesty. If you have anything to say, you'd better save it for the emperor!"
After saying that, he didn't give Qin Chuan any chance and waved his hand, "Take him away!"
Seeing Qin Chuan being taken away, the servants in the Qin Mansion panicked instantly.
With the head of the family not around, who would dare to take the lead in confronting the officers and soldiers?
Bai Zhou waved his hand, and the people behind him immediately dispersed to the backyard of the Qin Mansion.
"Sir, Master Qin is not found!"
"Sir, I haven't found anything here either!"
“…”
After a few incense sticks, the backyard of the Qin Mansion was searched thoroughly, but no one found Qin Ji.
Until finally, two guards came with a tied-up woman, "Sir, we found a woman tied up in the woodshed!"
Remembering what Princess Jingling had told him, Bai Zhou stepped forward and asked softly, "You... are Jiang Shengsheng?"
Jiang Shengsheng had never seen the daylight before, so she nodded slowly and looked at the other person warily.
"take away!"
There were many people from the Qin Mansion gathered around the yard, and Bai Zhou didn't want to talk much with them, so he just ordered them to be taken away.
Qin Ji did not come out of the secret room until the backyard of the Qin Mansion was completely quiet.
"Grandfather, I..."
Before Qin Ji could finish his words, Old Master Qin smashed the tea bowl in his hand hard on Qin Ji's shoulder.
“You!”
"If you had listened to me and married Jiang Li earlier, there would be nothing wrong with our Qin Mansion!"
Old Master Qin still remembers the advice a monk gave him before he left when he met him asking for water that year.
It’s a pity that one wrong step leads to all wrong steps.
"grandfather!"
Qin Ji was puzzled. It was already this time, why was his grandfather still talking about that time? He was really getting old and confused.
After that, he didn't plan to say anything more. He just lifted his robe, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed several times: "Grandfather, your grandson will leave the house first to seek refuge. I will return after this matter is over. Take care of yourself, Grandfather."
After saying that, he stood up and went back to his room, put the banknotes on his body, and then slipped out through the side door without anyone noticing.
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The imperial palace.
"Your Majesty, I am wronged!"
As soon as he arrived at the imperial study, Qin Chuan knelt down and cried.
However, after crying for a long time, there was no sound.
Until he looked up at the emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne, looking at him coldly, his eyes seemed to be frozen.
Qin Chuan fell silent instantly.
"Unjust?"
The emperor finally sneered, "Qin Chuan, oh Qin Chuan, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have known that my left prime minister was so capable."
Gently turning over the letter on the ground, the emperor had already gone from being furious at the beginning to feeling chilled to the bone.
"Forming cliques for personal gain, embezzlement and bribery, collusion between officials and businessmen, oppression of the people..."
"Every one of these things, which one of them is not a matter of losing your head? Qin Chuan, tell me, is there anything you dare not do?"
Every time the emperor uttered a few words, Qin Chuan's heart trembled.
In the officialdom, as long as one does bad things, there will always be a day when he will be exposed. Therefore, Qin Chuan made all kinds of preparations from the beginning. He thought he had wiped his ass clean and there was no evidence to prove that he had done those things.
When Qin Chuan was summoned to the imperial study by the emperor today, he just thought he was being set up.
As long as he holds on tight, nothing will happen.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent!" Qin Chuan cried bitterly. "Since entering the court, I have always been loyal to Your Majesty and the imperial court. I would never dare to do anything illegal! I don't know who I have offended, but I have been accused of such a crime that carries a penalty of death. I beg Your Majesty to investigate!"
“Snap—”
The emperor didn't even want to say another word to him and directly threw the letter in front of Qin Chuan.
"See for yourself."
Qin Chuan glanced at the papers scattered in front of him and felt an inexplicable palpitation in his heart.
I reached out with trembling hands, picked it up and took a look. The more I looked at it, the more familiar it became.
Until the end, he knelt on the ground and couldn't utter a word.
These... these he left behind to hold those people responsible, how... how could they be here...
"The seals on these letters are all your personal seals. You should recognize them, right?"
"Qin Chuan, you are really an amazing official!"
After saying this, the emperor closed his eyes lightly and raised his hand slightly. The imperial commander who was waiting on the side stepped forward and held the man down.
"Take him to the prison."
"Your Majesty! I…"
Qin Chuan yelled, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say.
"Bang!"
The prison door closed, and Qin Chuan grabbed the iron bolt of the cage and said, "Master Zhou, please help me pass this message for me. I will definitely repay you!"
The Imperial Commander sneered upon hearing this and looked at Qin Chuan and said, "Sir Qin, do you know why I personally sent you to this prison today?"
He grabbed the letter in Qin Chuan's hand, which he had just picked up from the ground.
"A year ago, a serial murder case occurred in Heze County. The imperial court ordered a quick investigation into the truth. To expedite the task, the Heze County Magistrate tortured the suspects into confessing and sentenced them to death."
"I just didn't expect that the old mother of the condemned man, unable to bear her son's unjust death, rushed all the way to the capital, just to file a complaint with the emperor and seek justice for her son. When the Heze County Magistrate learned about it, he sent you a letter that night. You accepted the money from the Heze County Magistrate and sent people to stop the old woman, tricking her into returning because you were speaking up for her."
"Not long after the old man returned to Heze, he was silenced by the Heze County Magistrate, who even arranged for him to die by accident."
Qin Chuan stared at the imperial commander, not knowing what he was talking about.
After all, he has done so many things like this that he would not remember such a trivial matter.
The Imperial Commander glanced at Qin Chuan's expression and knew that he had forgotten the incident. He sneered, "Sir Qin, now that things have come to this, I will not hide it from you. The person who was tortured into confessing was my brother."
"That old woman you mistakenly thought was here to file a complaint is my mother. She originally came with great hope to find me, her eldest son who couldn't be filial to her. She didn't seek revenge, she just wanted to clear her youngest son's name!"
Qin Chuan panicked, "Master Zhou, I... I don't know. If I knew that it was..."
The Imperial Commander shook his head, his face obscure. "You wouldn't know! Because back home, my mother never told anyone what I did for a living! She was afraid my brother would take advantage of my status to do something bad. Until his death, my brother only thought I was a servant in the capital!"
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