Ying Zheng looked at the evidence.
Every time he gave a message to the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, the name he used was the Prince of Qin.
Rather than Young Master Xiu.
Therefore, it is still not certain that the royal traitor is Qin Xiu. Everything is still based on inference.
But these inferences are too strong. After all, all the evidence points to Qin Xiu.
The situation is very unfavorable to Qin Xiu.
In other words, if Ying Zheng was a talented man and had a rough strategy, if he had been replaced by another arbitrary and foolish king, with these evidences in his hands, Qin Xiu would have been dragged out and executed long ago, or at least put under house arrest.
Li Si said respectfully:
"Your Majesty, the existing evidence cannot prove that the Ninth Young Master is an imperial spy,"
"However, I have checked the relevant lists and found that only the Ninth Young Master has been in and out of the treasure house recently. Only he has the opportunity to access the core secrets and leak them. Apart from this, there are no other suspects."
"Okay, I know."
Ying Zheng looked troubled and his brows were serious.
Now all the evidence shows that there is a Da Qin prince who leaked the imperial secrets in the treasure house to the rebels and helped them harm the Da Qin Empire.
And the most coincidental thing is.
In the past few months, Qin Xiu is the only person who has entered the empire's treasure house.
Things have come to this.
All the princes and princesses looked at where Qin Xiu was.
Because Qin Xiu had been away from home for many years, they felt strange to Qin Xiu. Now, Li Si had produced a mountain of ironclad evidence proving that Qin Xiu had leaked secrets and collaborated with the enemy to treason, so they all shared the same hatred and looked at each other angrily.
After all, Qin Xiu was away for five years.
Who knows who he befriended? What have you done? If they couldn't protect everything, they colluded to rebel and did things that harmed the empire.
Just then.
A humble gentleman walked out of the crowd.
He was not tall in stature and had a rather delicate face. He knelt on the ground and said:
"Father, I am willing to guarantee with my life and property that my ninth brother has been wronged. He will never betray the empire, let alone my father!"
The person who spoke was none other than the eldest prince Fusu.
"Brother."
Qin Xiu stared at Fusu, his eyes flickering.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
When everyone suspected Qin Xiu of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and when everyone avoided him,
Only Fusu,
Not afraid of being implicated, he stood up to speak for Qin Xiu and used his wealth and life as a guarantee.
Zhao Gao also stood up and said:
"Your Majesty, the Za family has been in charge of the net for many years and has eyes all over the world. However, we have never heard of the Ninth Young Master engaging in any wrongdoing. We have even heard of his collusion and rebellion."
"Teacher? What are you doing?"
Hu Hai was slightly startled when he saw this.
However, he soon realized that the reason why the teacher said this was to help Crazy Nine, but in fact, he was trying to push him into the abyss.
"Zhao Gao?"
Qin Xiu frowned.
When did Zhao Gao become so kind? Will he actually intercede for himself? I'm afraid it's a weasel giving New Year's greetings to a rooster, and it's not a good idea.
Ying Zheng nodded and said:
"Fusu, Zhao Gao, you all believe in Xiu'er's character and think that he has not colluded with the rebels. But the evidence is in front of you. Even the few people believe in Xiu'er, but the laws of the Qin Dynasty are ruthless. Unless you have some way to prove his innocence ”
Anyone with a brain can hear it.
Ying Zheng was hinting to them that they should find ways to help Qin Xiu clear his grievances. After all, it was useless to complain all the time. They had to provide strong evidence.
"this……"
Fusu suddenly fell into trouble.
It is easy to prove a person's guilt, just bring out personal and material evidence, but it is quite difficult to prove a person's innocence.
When he heard Ying Zheng's words, Zhao Gao's eyes flashed with a hint of evil, and he thought that the opportunity had finally come.
Zhao Gao suggested logically:
"Your Majesty, the old slave has been in charge of the trap for many years and has killed and arrested countless rebels. Anyone who colludes with the rebels must have letters at home."
"So I boldly suggest that we go to the Ninth Young Master's residence and conduct a careful search. If the Ninth Young Master has not colluded and rebelled, there will naturally be no correspondence. By then, the rumors will be self-exposed and the Ninth Young Master's innocence will naturally be restored."
Hu Haixin said that the teacher is still smart.
Later, at Crazy Nine's mansion, they searched the correspondence and discovered that even if his father wanted to protect him, he would not be able to protect him. He would be dead.
"Xiu'er, what do you think?"
Ying Zheng turned to Qin Xiu and asked.
Qin Xiu had no expression on his face and said calmly:
"Father, it's not impossible for Mr. Zhao to search my ministers, but I am not the only prince here. If you want to search them all, you have to search them all to convince your ministers."
The evidence brought by Li Si showed that
The one who collaborated with the enemy and treason was the Prince of Qin, which means that all the princes here are suspected.
But of course.
Because Qin Xiu had gone to the treasure house to get materials, he was the most suspicious.
If you want to search, you must first search Qin Xiu.
The other princes are just foils, just going through the motions.
"Your Majesty, I think what His Highness Ninth Prince said is very reasonable. For the sake of fairness, we can completely adopt it."
Li Si said seriously.
There may not be only one prince who collaborates with the enemy. If the residences of all princes can be searched, it will be beneficial to the stability of the Qin Empire and the stability of the East Palace.
"Accurate!"
Ying Zheng clapped his hands.
After Zu Long's imperial edict was issued, Zhang Han immediately took the Shadow Secret Guards to detain all the princes in place to prevent them from returning home to destroy the evidence.
Finish these.
Under Ying Zheng's instruction, Zhang Han led the Shadow Guards, and Li Si led the Royal Forest Army.
Running forward,
Go to Qiankun Palace to search first.
As soon as the two teams arrived at Qiankun Palace, they launched a carpet-like search and exploration.
Brick by brick,
Every plant and every tree,
Check one by one,
Never let go of any blind spot, and dig deep into the ground.
And Zhao Gao is also among the team.
Seeing the soldiers searching carefully, Zhao Gao sneered in his heart:
"Young Master Xiu, Young Master Xiu, don't blame the Za family for being ruthless. If you want to blame it, blame you for running into Hu Hai's scandal. The Za family can only act first to gain advantage."
"From now on, every year during the Double Ninth Festival and Qingming Festival, the Zajia family will ask people to burn more paper money for you, hahaha."
He had already ordered Yan Lingji to bury the letters of collaboration with the enemy in Qin Xiu's garden in advance. Now he was just waiting for the final answer to be revealed. As long as Zhang Han dug up the letters of collaboration with the enemy, Qin Xiu would be dead.
However.
Something strange happened.
Zhang Han led his men to turn over the garden, but found nothing, so he picked up the shovel and ordered the Shadow Secret Guard:
"This place has been searched and there is no evidence. You go over there to investigate."
"As you command!"
The secret guards entered the house to search.
"No? How is that possible?"
Zhao Gao was also stunned when he saw this.
He told Yan Lingji clearly that he buried the stolen goods in the garden, how could Zhang Han not dig it out? It shouldn’t be! Could it be that we didn't dig deep enough?
That stupid girl Yan Lingji, why is she buried so deep?
"General Zhang, this case is not trivial. It involves a current prince, and His Majesty attaches great importance to it. I think this garden is highly suspicious. To be sure, I would trouble you to have someone dig it again, and dig deeper."
Zhao Gao suggested with a smile.
He is the leader of the eunuchs in the palace, and he is controlled by Luo Wang. His position is very special, and what he says carries a lot of weight. Zhang Han wants to give him face.
