Chapter 277 General Tang has evidence!
A single stone caused a thousand ripples, and everyone in the court stared with wide eyes.
It's not because General Tang's words are so earth-shattering. After all, this matter has been going on for so long, and the reason why Marquis Yong'an has not been charged with any crime is because Yun Ji has been holding on to it. Moreover, everyone has their own speculations about whether it is true or not, and they also expected that one day it would be exposed.
But no one expected that it would be General Tang who stood up and killed his own relatives for the sake of justice.
The two were brothers, and General Tang was raised by Prince Long. It was too cruel for him to sue Prince Long.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Prince Long.
Prince Long was so angry that his eyes widened and he waved his sleeves and shouted: "What nonsense! Do you have any evidence? You falsely accuse the prince and deserve twenty lashes of the cane."
Judging from Prince Long's reaction, he was obviously very angry with his younger brother.
Many people knew that a few days ago, the guards of Prince Long's Mansion and General Tang's men fought all the way out of Prince Long's Mansion. They were all bloodthirsty and determined to kill each other. Now looking at the two of them confronting each other, it can be seen that the brothers have really broken up.
However, General Tang acted as if he didn't hear Prince Long's roar at all. He continued to play slowly, "Prince Long colluded with other countries, pretending to be defeated, killing soldiers and civilians at the border, then easily attacked to recover lost territory, gaining military merit and power, and framing loyal officials. To consolidate his power, he colluded with the Rongdi Dongyue to lure Prince Yong and 30,000 Yanzhou troops into the siege of Weicheng, cutting off their food supply and communications, intending to besiege them to death and then hand over Changdu Pass and three cities to the Dongyue Kingdom as benefits."
With such detailed information, many people began to doubt it.
Although the incident lasted for so long, rumors were flying everywhere, and there were many people who suspected Prince Long, but in the court, not only those who had already stood on the side of the Lin family, but also some who had not yet taken sides did not believe that Prince Long was a traitor.
Even though Prince Long has been arrogant in recent years, he was the one who protected the border of Da Zhao and had a mortal feud with Dong Yue. He would never collude with Dong Yue.
Even though there are doubts now, people still wait and see and no one speaks up.
"You can make up all this nonsense as you please." Prince Long snorted coldly, glanced at Yun Ji who was standing in the first place, and said with a sneer: "General Tang has found a wise leader and is eager to surrender, but he shouldn't be so disloyal and slanderous."
"How dare I speak nonsense in front of the emperor?" General Tang said as he bowed with both hands towards the dragon throne. Those who were wondering where the emperor was just now finally reacted.
The emperor had not attended court for a long time, and everyone had long forgotten about it. Even though the emperor was not there, the dragon throne was still there. Although the emperor's majesty had been gone for a long time, everyone still felt a chill down their spines when they thought of it.
Even though the emperor is still ill, he is not deaf or blind.
"Since I dare to ask His Majesty to hear my petition, I have evidence to prove it."
General Tang has evidence!
The officials' eyes lit up. Could it be that Prince Long was really a traitor? Or was it Lin...
Some of the braver ones secretly looked at the second prince.
The second prince seemed to have nothing to do with it. Instead, he was watching the excitement with more curiosity than them. He was almost holding a handful of melon seeds in his hand. He was not worried at all that one of his left and right arms would be cut off.
Of course, most people's attention was still focused on General Tang.
Watching him take out several opened envelopes from his pocket.
When Prince Long saw a corner of the envelope, his expression changed. His eyes turned from shock to anger and then he instinctively wanted to rush forward to snatch it. Yun Ji asked calmly, "Prince Long wants to snatch it?"
After pointing out Prince Long's mistake, facing the gazes coming from him, Prince Long said stubbornly, "I just want to see clearly what this so-called evidence is. Prince Yong, your reaction is too big."
Yun Ji didn't answer, but just looked at him indifferently.
It seems obvious at a glance who has a bigger reaction.
When Prince Long was choking, General Tang had already taken out the letter from the envelope and unfolded it in front of everyone.
This is a matter of treason. Even though Prince Long is now a close confidant of the Second Prince's faction, there are still several loyal old ministers in the court, and they all came to court today.
They are old, so they need to get closer to see.
As they carefully scanned the words on the letter, their expressions gradually changed. One of the hot-tempered old tutors raised his hand and threw the walnuts he was holding at Prince Long, cursing, "You traitorous bastard! How do you explain this letter?"
Hearing the old tutor scolding, it was obvious that the letter was really true, and many ministers immediately gathered around to read it.
There is no specific event, but it can show that the person who wrote the letter had exchanges with Rongdi and Dongyue, and the relationship between them was very close.
"What's there to explain? This handwriting isn't mine, and you're trying to pin the accusation of treason on me. Prince Yong, this is the imperial court, not a place for three-year-olds to play house."
They had served in the same court for many years. Even though Prince Long had been stationed in the border areas for most of the year, memorials would be sent back to Shengjing. People at the Secretariat had all seen Prince Long's handwriting, and it was indeed not at all similar to the handwriting on this letter.
"It is not difficult for those who are good at calligraphy to disguise their handwriting." Yun Ji said.
Prince Long laughed, a chuckle as if he'd just heard a ridiculous joke. "Prince Yong also said that calligraphy experts can disguise their handwriting. I'm a military commander, not only am I not proficient in calligraphy, but how can you claim I wrote this letter?"
"When did I say that this letter was written by Prince Long?" Yun Ji looked puzzled.
Yes, neither Yun Ji nor General Tang said that the letter was written by Prince Long. It was just that the old tutor was furious after reading the letter.
"You are deliberately misleading!" Prince Long pointed at Yun Ji with a red face, secretly cursing the fake monk for being so cunning that he was fooled by him with just a few words.
Yun Ji didn't answer, but just watched indifferently.
General Tang handed the letter to the old tutor for careful analysis. He then looked at Prince Long and said, "This letter certainly cannot prove that you, Prince Long, wrote it, but I hope you can explain the rest."
The rest?
Is there any letter?
Just as everyone was curious about where the letter was, a eunuch came in from outside with a child.
Everyone's attention was on Prince Xin Helong and General Tang. No one noticed the child coming in until the child came right in front of them. Many people felt that the child looked familiar.
"Why are you here?" Prince Long asked angrily.
Everyone then remembered that this was the illegitimate child born to Chen Youming and Zhou Yao, and later raised by Changning.
The wolf cub did not answer Prince Long. Instead, he bowed deeply to the throne before standing up and saying, "I have come here to seek justice for the people of the border areas and the soldiers who died tragically in Yanzhou."
Realizing something, Prince Long reached out to catch the wolf cub, but was stopped on the spot by General Tang.
The wolf cub nimbly retreated to the side of several old ministers and took out more than ten letters from his sleeve pocket, some of which were opened and some were not. However, judging from the degree of fading of the envelopes, they were older than the letters that General Tang had taken before.
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