Chapter 186 (1/2)



186 The snitch’s move (1)

Wei Yuan calmly picked up the memorial and opened it to read. His pupils suddenly shrank.

Without another word, he knelt down and shouted, ” I deserve to die. I have betrayed His Majesty’s trust. I only ask for death.

Wei Yuan’s attitude made the officials who were prepared to stand out and ask Emperor yuanjing to kill him not know what to say.

you’re honest, ” Emperor Yuan jing sneered. Wei Yuan, if you try to quibble, I’ll throw you into the heavenly prison.

Wei Yuan lowered his head and didn’t speak.

“The one who reported you was Jin Luo and Zhu Yang from the Yamen,” Emperor Yuan jing snorted coldly.

Wei Yuan remained silent.

In the memorial, it wrote some evidence of the watchman’s corruption and bending of the law in recent years. Some of it was conclusive evidence, while some was pure slander.

Of course, this also included a newly employed copper Gong. His crime was not small. In just a month, he had used his position to amass thousands of taels of silver. Every day, he had been in the teaching workshop and slept with a courtesan.

At this moment, someone from the Ministry of Justice stepped forward and said, ” Your Majesty, the night watchman is abusing his power for personal gain and knowingly breaking the law. I suggest that we kill Wei Yuan to intimidate the night watchman and rid him of this evil.

Immediately, a few ministers agreed.

Emperor yuanjing looked at Wei Yuan, who had admitted to his crimes, and said in a deep voice, “”This case will be jointly handled by the Ministry of Justice’s Supreme Court and the government. I want an outcome within three days.”

The meeting ended.

Nangong qianrou followed behind Wei Yuan with a dark expression. After a few steps, she heard someone shouting, “”Duke of Wei, please wait.”

The father and son stopped and turned around. The person who caught up was the official of the Supreme Court. He was wearing a red robe embroidered with clouds and geese and was a rank four official.

The chief of the Supreme Court was the same as the capital Governor. They were not very high in position, but they held great power and were very important.

In the capital, an official’s status and right to speak was never determined by their rank, but by how much power they had.

The noble was even above rank, but they were also squeezed to the edge of the stage of power.

The white-haired old man with a thin face chuckled and cupped his hands. “I would like to know the details of the wanted criminals on the list.”

“I’ll get someone to send you a serving of the court of judicial review later,” Wei Yuan nodded emotionlessly.

The official nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, “”One more thing, this official sees Zhu Jinluo as a talent, upright and outspoken, so I want to transfer him to the court of judicial review. I’ll report to His Majesty later, so I’ll first greet Duke Wei.”

Seeing that Wei Yuan was still calm, the Chief Justice took a few steps forward and said, “”Duke Wei knows what I want.”

Wei Yuan laughed. well exchanged.

The official of the Supreme Court looked at Wei Yuan’s back with a dark expression.

Returning to the carriage, Nangong qianrou drove the carriage in the direction of the Yamen. In the carriage, Wei Yuan rubbed his brows and sighed, ”

“I’ve been blinded, I’ve been blinded …”

Nangong qianrou sneered, ” foster father, you clearly know that he might have disloyal thoughts. Yet, you still want to remember our old relationship. This is great, you won’t just suffer heavy losses.”

In the Yamen, other than stubborn people like Li Yuchun, there was also a rigid martial arts fanatic like Yang Yan who was not interested in beauty and money.

Then there was the paranoid Nangong qianrou who liked to spend all her time in the dungeon tormenting the criminals who were sentenced to death. She did not like money, and women … Is she as pretty as me?

“Do you want to kill him?” Nangong qianrou said with hatred.

“We’ll have to wait until after autumn to settle the accounts,” Wei Yuan replied calmly.

Nangong qianrou’s carriage passed through the market and entered a quiet street. “Although this matter wasn’t because of that brat, he was just a catalyst. Foster father, you could have avoided it. Is that kid worthy of foster father’s attention?”

there are many golden gongs, but only one interesting person. I look forward to his growth. Wei Yuan chuckled and changed the topic, ”

“Our Emperor won’t be at ease to Watch Me Grow.”

At this point, Wei Yuan’s expression finally turned gloomy.

“The chief of the Supreme Court wanted to use that list to exchange for the secret letter in foster father’s hands. Why did foster father refuse?” Nangong qianrou asked.

He knew that his foster father’s last sentence of “a good exchange” wasn’t to agree to the Supreme Court’s exchange, but to bear the pain and replace the gongs, so that both sides would suffer.

The answer he got was silence.

This year was truly an eventful year. No, every time the capital Police came, there would be a great turmoil. The team that foster father had painstakingly cultivated would definitely suffer a great loss this time … Nangong qianrou sighed.

There would always be a Victor in the capital investigation, and the Royal faction had risen in the last capital investigation. However, there was one thing that was inevitable. Once the capital investigation ended, all the parties would suffer heavy losses. The winner also won miserably.

when you return to the Yamen, go and find Xu Qi ‘an. Let him hide for a few days. I will find a way to get him out.

“Yes.” Nangong qianrou nodded her head sourly.

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