usatvline Chapter 609 Accusations
Chapter 609 Accusations
Three days later, morning.
Xie Jingchi impeached Song Tingshan, the current Deputy Director of the Left Secretariat and the eldest son of Duke Cheng, in front of everyone.
"Your Majesty, a month ago, Huang Ying's parents hanged themselves outside Xihua Gate, accusing Song Tingshan, the Left Secretary, of hypocrisy and murdering their daughter. After investigation, I found that the case is true and the evidence is conclusive. Now that we have both the witnesses and the evidence, please make your decision!"
As soon as he entered the court, Xie Jingchi dropped a shocking piece of news.
For a time, everyone had different thoughts.
Xiao Tingshan looked normal, but he actually felt suffocated. In the past few days, he had been on guard against Xie Jingchi impeaching him in public, and he was worried every day.
However, Xie Jingchi seemed to have forgotten about this and had no intention of reporting this to His Majesty.
Now that time has passed, many court officials have forgotten about this matter, and even Your Majesty may not remember it.
It's really hateful that he brings up the past again at this moment!
Emperor Qianwu looked normal, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry: "Tell me about it."
Xie Jingchi said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, after investigation, I found that Lord Song has a chronic disease and is weak. After seeking medical treatment from many places, he was diagnosed with a death sentence before he would live past 30, so he tried every possible way to prolong his life."
"This is human nature and understandable. However, Lord Song asked the ghost doctor Mr. Liancheng for help several times and was rejected repeatedly. In addition, Mr. Liancheng was separated from his daughter when he was a child, so he came up with the idea of sending someone to pretend to be Mr. Liancheng's daughter."
"It just so happens that Huang Ying, the daughter of Huang Dayuan from Bianhe Village, is about the same age as Lian Qiao and has a lotus-shaped birthmark on her face..."
Xie Jingchi told the whole story in detail, including how Xiao Tingshan later destroyed Huang Ying's birthmark and killed her so that she could not provide any evidence in order to prevent Liancheng from finding out.
Emperor Qianwu frowned, and many court officials frowned even more.
It is indeed human nature to want to live, but such a plan is enough to show that this person is meticulous but has sinister intentions, and is even more vicious and cruel to take human lives.
The more Xiao Tingshan listened, the gloomier his heart became.
Xie Jingchi is worthy of being the youngest number one scholar of the time, no wonder he is highly regarded by Emperor Qianwu.
Although he had clearly erased all the evidence, he had investigated the matter thoroughly, without missing a single detail. If he had not been certain that he knew nothing about it, he would have almost doubted whether Xie Jingchi had seen it with his own eyes.
Emperor Qianwu looked at Xiao Tingshan and slowly said, "Song Tingshan, what do you want to say?"
Xiao Tingshan stepped forward and said respectfully, "Your Majesty is very insightful! Although I hope Mr. Liancheng can help me, I also know that what is fake cannot be real. When I arrived at Bianhe Village, I really thought that Huang Ying was Mr. Liancheng's daughter."
"Huang Dayuan and his wife were living in poverty and were seriously ill. So when they saw me sending people to inquire about Huang Ying's whereabouts, they immediately changed their words and said that they had picked her up, and asked me for the money they had spent on raising Huang Ying over the years..."
Emperor Qianwu looked at Xie Jingchi and said, "Xie Jingchi, you said that Song Tingshan deliberately deceived and used Huang Ying and her parents. Do you have any evidence?"
"Yes, this is the joint handprint of the villagers of Bianhe Village. The villagers can all prove that Huang Dayuan and his wife are honest and kind people. Although the conditions are difficult, they have helped fellow villagers many times. They are not the kind of people who are greedy for money and sell their daughters for fame."
"Twelve years ago, there was a severe drought in the Bianhe Village area. Some people wanted to buy Huang Ying by offering grain, but Huang Dayuan and his wife sternly refused. In the end, a few people survived by eating rice paste and tree roots."
"Six years ago, Bianhe Village was hit by a flood and the harvest was completely lost. Huang Dayuan and his wife dragged their sick bodies into the water to catch fish and shrimp, and firmly rejected the proposal of their fellow villagers to take Huang Ying as a child bride."
"All these things prove that Huang Dayuan and his wife are not people who are greedy for money."
Wang Xi presented the joint letter of the villagers in Xie Jingchi's hand to Emperor Qianwu. Emperor Qianwu took a glance at it and found that most of the villagers were illiterate, but only about half of them could write their own names.
The others were mostly written by others, who then put fingerprints on them.
Xiao Tingshan immediately began to argue: "Master Xie, these cannot prove that Huang Dayuan and his wife did not deceive me. After all, human nature should not be judged lightly. If they sell Huang Ying, at most they can only get a few taels of silver, but if they deceive me, they can get thousands of taels of silver. How do you know that they will not be tempted, Master Xie?"
Xie Jingchi's eyes were sharp. "The Huang family was nearly wiped out twice before. Even when they were so poor, these two people were still unmoved. How come after a few years, when life got better, they would sell their daughter for a few thousand taels of silver?"
Xiao Tingshan wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Xie Jingchi again.
"Could it be that, as long as the price is high enough, the Song prince would also collaborate with the enemy, betray his country, and sell out his master for fame?"
When Xiao Tingshan met Xie Jingchi's sharp and sinister eyes, his heart sank.
Good job Xie Jingchi!
He has no grudge against him, why is he targeting him like this?
"Lord Xie's talk is a fallacy. This is totally untrue. Your Majesty, I think Lord Xie's evidence cannot be used as evidence." Xiao Tingshan simply stopped explaining and spoke respectfully to Emperor Qianwu.
"Xie Jingchi, do you have any other evidence?" asked Emperor Qianwu.
"I have a witness. When Lord Song's men went to Bianhe Village that day, they attracted attention because of their gorgeous carriages and expensive clothes. So after they left Huang Dayuan's house, many villagers asked Huang Dayuan about their purpose of coming."
"pass."
At that moment, two villagers from Bianhe Village were called into the main hall trembling. They immediately knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
"Get up and talk."
"Thank... Thank you, Your Majesty..."
"That day, I was curious, so I went up to Huang Dayuan and asked him about it. Although Dayuan didn't tell me everything, he said that Huang Ying looked very much like a lost child of a nobleman..."
"When the common people behind him asked again, he didn't say anything more. Since then, Huang Dayuan has been worried while working and often sits there and sighs."
Another person also spoke up, "I can testify that Huang Ying was indeed picked up by Huang Dayuan and his wife, but her age does not match what the visitor said."
Xie Jingchi said: "In addition, I also found the assassin sent by Lord Song. This person, together with the maid sent by Lord Song to Huang Ying, faked an assassination and worked together to destroy the birthmark on Huang Ying's face."
After that, a man was brought up.
"Your Majesty... I was instructed by the Crown Prince's trusted aides to destroy the birthmark on Huang Ying's face... I know nothing else!"
Seeing the person coming, Xiao Tingshan's heart sank even more.
When the incident happened that day, he immediately sent people to deal with the old woman who was taking care of Huang Ying at that time. Most of the assassins he arranged were his own men. In addition, they did not know the full situation and he was short of manpower, so he did not kill them all.
I didn't expect that Xie Jingchi could actually bring someone to the main hall! How abominable!
Emperor Qianwu said in a cold voice: "Song Tingshan, what else do you have to say!"
Xiao Tingshan knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I know my crime! At first I really didn't know that Huang Ying was not Mr. Liancheng's daughter, but I found out later. However, I had already promised Mr. Liancheng at that time, and I was weak, so I was confused for a moment!"