For a moment, the entire lobby fell silent.
No one spoke anymore. Everyone knew the situation had gotten out of hand.
Feng Sanyuan’s accusation is too serious!
Once this major case of forming a clique for personal gain is exposed, the number of people implicated will be countless, and even many people present will not be able to escape.
Many people looked at Wei Zhongxian, especially those from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice.
This matter has nothing to do with them, they are just watching the show. Now that something like this has happened, they don't know what to do for a while.
Wei Zhongxian glanced at Zou Yuanbiao and Yang Lian, and he knew he couldn't ask any further.
Feng Sanyuan’s confession is too powerful.
This was a serious case of forming a clique for personal gain. Wei Zhongxian knew he needed to report to the emperor instead of continuing the interrogation on his own.
Because he was only responsible for interrogating the case of false accusation against Xiong Tingbi, and now a new situation has arisen, he cannot act on his own and naturally has to report to His Majesty.
But before that, there is one thing that needs to be clarified, and that is the cause of Zhang Laosan's death.
"Everyone," Wei Zhongxian said slowly, his eyes sweeping across everyone's faces. "I think this case should be suspended. After I present my case to His Majesty, we can resume the trial."
After hearing this, everyone nodded quickly. This was the best choice.
Zou Yuanbiao and Yang Lian looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, they were really afraid that Wei Zhongxian would continue the trial regardless of the consequences and directly nail this case as a major case of forming a clique for personal gain. If that was the case, then things would be troublesome.
However, they also felt that Wei Zhongxian would not dare to do so, because if Wei Zhongxian did so, it would force His Majesty to choose between two options.
Either believe Wei Zhongxian and directly charge him with forming a clique for personal gain;
Either you don't believe Wei Zhongxian, in which case Wei Zhongxian will be useless.
There is no other choice, no room for maneuver for Your Majesty.
Wei Zhongxian was naturally not so stupid. Although he wanted to kill Yang Lian, Zou Yuanbiao and others, it would not be appropriate to sacrifice himself as a price.
Wei Zhongxian didn't want to perish with them. Now that he had the upper hand, why would he bother playing the game of mutual destruction?
Anyway, Yang Lian couldn't explain Zhang Laosan's death clearly. Feng Sanyuan's accusation alone was enough to make them suffer.
"Since everyone has no objection, let's adjourn the court for now." After saying this, Wei Zhongxian ignored everyone's reactions, stood up, and walked straight out. He was going to the palace to report to the emperor.
Not long after walking out, Wei Zhongxian saw Sun Yunhe standing not far away, so he stopped and waited for Sun Yunhe to come over.
Seeing Wei Zhongxian waiting for him, Sun Yunhe did not dare to neglect him. He quickly ran to Wei Zhongxian and said respectfully, "Superintendent, our people have examined the body. Zhang Laosan has no external injuries, and his face shows no signs of poisoning. There is only a single upward strangulation mark on his neck. Judging from the shape, he was not strangled to death."
"Our people can also determine that the strangulation marks on Zhang Laosan's neck were actually injuries sustained during his lifetime, not after his death."
After hearing Sun Yunhe's words, Wei Zhongxian asked impatiently, "So this Zhang Laosan hanged himself, and was not strangled or poisoned?"
Sun Yunhe suddenly felt a little embarrassed and said quickly: "Based on the current situation, this is the only conclusion we can draw."
Wei Zhongxian nodded. "I'm going to the palace to report to His Majesty. I'll leave the affairs here to you. Keep an eye on the survivors, and have your men search Zhang Laosan's house to see if there's anything they can find. During my absence, absolutely nothing can happen. If anything goes wrong, Sun Yunhe, you'll lose your head!"
"Don't worry, Governor. I understand and I will definitely not let you down." Sun Yunhe said seriously.
Wei Zhongxian left the Dali Temple.
Zou Yuanbiao and Yang Lian did not stay any longer, they needed to go back and find a solution.
Now that something like this has happened, their previous plan is probably no longer feasible. Originally, they had hoped to bring down Wei Zhongxian through the retracted confessions and accusations of Feng Sanyuan and others. But now it seems that everyone has been fooled by Wei Zhongxian.
As they walked out, Zou Yuanbiao whispered to Yang Lian, "Wen Ru, let me ask you, were you the one who ordered Zhang Laosan's actions? In this situation, there's no need for you to hide it from me. If it was you, we're in this together. If it wasn't you, we have to find another way. Wei Zhongxian is now in the palace, and he certainly won't say anything good about us in front of His Majesty."
After hearing Zou Yuanbiao's question, Yang Lian frowned and said, "How could I do such a thing? How unwise is this?"
Zou Yuanbiao sighed softly, not knowing whether to believe Yang Lian.
If you don't believe it, then sell Yang Lian out;
If you believe...
Zou Yuanbiao was not confident at all, after all, he had trusted Feng Sanyuan and others before. But Feng Sanyuan directly accused him of forming a clique for personal gain.
It turns out that betrayers are the most ruthless.
Wei Zhongxian had previously wanted to implicate them through Xiong Tingbi's case. But now it was different, Feng Sanyuan directly created a clique for personal gain.
The big basket of forming cliques for personal gain can contain them all.
Forbidden City, Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhu Youxiao leaned against the couch, eating the candied fruits in front of him with an expressionless face. These snacks seemed to be even better than those sold in some famous shops in later generations.
Glancing at Chen Hong, who was standing diagonally below him, Zhu Youxiao asked, "Is everything done?"
"Your Majesty, it's been done." Chen Hong didn't dare to neglect it and quickly said, "Zhang San is dead. My servants saw him hang himself with their own eyes. I have sent this man away, and he will never come back in this lifetime."
Zhu Youxiao glanced at Chen Hong and said with a smile: "You don't need to tell me about these things. Just do your best."
Of course Zhu Youxiao would not ask about such things. If he knew the truth in his heart, it would be inconvenient to deal with Chen Hong later.
Furthermore, if the truth were to be revealed, there would be no need to kill Chen Hong. He could just send him to Nanjing to serve as a guard.
Zhu Youxiao believed that Chen Hong would be satisfied with this outcome.
As for Zhang Laosan, he is actually Chen Hong's man.
Zhu Youxiao also knew how Chen Hong's men infiltrated.
At this time, collusion between court ministers and eunuchs is no longer a new thing.
Whether it was the Donglin Party, the Qi, Zhejiang, and Chu Party, or other military generals and nobles, they often colluded with eunuchs to gather information.
Wei Zhongxian has people outside, Wang An has people outside, and Chen Hong naturally has people outside as well.
During this period, Wei Zhongxian was favored and his status rose rapidly. But the same was true for Chen Hong. Although he did not supervise the East Factory, he became the eunuch in charge of the Silijian.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Chen Hong had been serving Emperor Tianqi all these days.
What does this mean?
This shows that the emperor is cultivating Chen Hong.
Maybe after Wang An left, Chen Hong would become the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department.
The eunuch who held the seal was higher in status than the eunuch who held the pen in the Imperial Household Department and Wei Zhongxian, the commander of the Eastern Factory.
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