"Your Highness, you must save me!"
"What's the matter?"
"I was foolish and careless. I didn't expect that the mistake I made in my early years would be retribution." Xue He looked at the man sitting in front of him with a pleading gaze and said, "Six years ago, I did this because I was muddle-headed."
"…" Xue He knelt on the ground. "At that time, Du Mubai and I were both disciples of Marquis Pingyang, and in a moment of jealousy … I bribed his three roommates and made them accuse Du Mubai of stealing the poem. I was really muddle-headed to do that! Your Highness, now that Bing Zheng has written a confession, he even took out the banknotes that I gave him that year, and even … a private letter from me secretly asking him to meet. These things have been sent to the Ministry of Justice. Now the people from the Ministry of Justice are going to my house to arrest me. I don't know what to do, so I can only ask Your Highness for help on account of the fact that I am your disciple.
For my sake, you must save me! "
After saying that, he kowtowed loudly.
His forehead almost bled from the kowtowing.
Hearing this, Na Yan's face turned green.
He picked up the teacup and threw it at Xue He.
The cup hit Xue He, and the tea inside spilled out and fell to the ground.
"Bang!"
The broken pieces fell to the ground.
Xue He knelt on the ground with his head lowered.
He didn't move at all!
Na Yan's face turned red, and his veins bulged. "Humph! I thought I was smart, but I fell into your trap! You are now a disciple of my Second Wangs Residence. Do you know that if you are punished, my Second Wangs Residence will also suffer? How can I still have a foothold in the imperial court? "
"Your Highness …"
Before he finished, Na Yan lifted his foot and kicked him hard on the shoulder.
Then he took a sword from the sword rack on the left side of the hall.
He aimed it at Xue He.
Xue He was kicked to the ground, not daring to resist.
Because he knew very well that the only person who could save him now was Na Yan.
He had to hold on to this life-saving straw.
He said bitterly, "Your Highness, I know I hurt you. Even if you kill me, I have nothing to say. But if I die, I will still implicate Your Highness! If that's the case, why don't you help me? "
"Help? It's more likely that I'll kill you. "After saying that, he ruthlessly stabbed Xue He's arm.
His clothes were torn apart, and fresh blood flowed out!
Xue He squeaked in pain.
He clutched his bloody arm and sat on the ground, gnashing his teeth.
He did not dare to resist.
Yan could have killed him with one strike, but Xue He was right. Even if he really killed him, he would still implicate himself.
So —
Right now, there was only one way out!
He sheathed his sword and looked outside with a sharp gaze. He shouted, "Men!"
The guards of the residence came in.
"Take Xue He and bandage him up. We'll go to the Ministry of Justice immediately."
"Yes."
Xue He was dragged up from the ground.
He endured the pain and his face was filled with panic as he begged, "Your highness, please don't send me to the Ministry of Justice. If I go, I will definitely die! Your Highness, I beg you, please save me. "
"Shut up!" Na Yan berated him and walked in front of him. He frowned and said, "You must go to the Ministry of Justice. Only by going there will you have a chance to live."
"…"
A moment later.
Na Yan brought Xue He, who had been bandaged and changed into a clean set of clothes, to the Ministry of Justice.
Liu He did not expect that the Second Prince would also come.
He hurried to greet him, "Greetings, Second Prince."
"At ease."
Liu He looked at the injured Xue He behind him, "This is?"
"Didn't Lord Liu send someone to catch Xue He? I'll bring him here personally. "
"So Your Highness also knows about this."
"Of course I know. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come." Na Yan said and walked to the main hall of the Ministry of Justice.
The officials of the Ministry of Justice immediately prepared a chair and a cup of tea for him.
"No tea. I'm just here to see what evidence the Ministry of Justice has. Can it prove that Xue He bribed Du Mubai's roommates to wrongly accuse him? "
Xue He gathered his courage and walked in front of Na Yan. He said in a very firm tone, "Your Highness, I was wrongly accused. What bribe? What wrongly accused? I don't know anything. "
It was obvious that the two of them had planned this on the way here! Liu He stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, today I received a confession written by Fang Tong, a few banknotes, and even a private letter written by Xue He himself. It proves that he indeed bribed Fang Tong, Jiang Wenhe, and Bingzheng to wrongly accuse Du Mubai. That's why I ordered the arrest."
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Just based on these? " "The evidence is conclusive!
Bingzheng's confession is written clearly. " Bingzheng's confession is very clear. "
"Yes, Your Highness!" Liu He took out the three things.
"Yes!" Liu He took out the three things.
They were given to Na Yan!
Na Yan looked through them.
Xue He, who was standing at the side, was nervous.
He saw every word written in Bingzheng's confession. It was well-organized and well-founded.
Those banknotes were indeed given to Bingzheng by him.
But he didn't expect that guy to not use them.
And that private letter was indeed written by him.
The handwriting was exactly the same.
These three things were enough to convict him.
Thinking of this, although he looked calm on the surface, he was panicking inside. His palms were sweating more and more.
His legs were trembling.
He swallowed his saliva and tried to calm himself down so that Liu He wouldn't notice anything amiss.
After all, Liu He was not an ordinary person!
At this moment, Na Yan smiled while holding the three things in his hand.
He said, "Lord Liu, if I remember correctly, you used to work in the Ministry of Personnel, right?"
"Yes! Because Lord Huang and the other officials were dismissed, I am temporarily in charge of the Ministry of Justice's affairs. "
"No wonder you're so hasty in judging the case."
"Uh …"
Na Yan first held the confession and said, "This confession was written by Bingzheng, so it might not be wrong. But how can you be sure that what's written here is correct? You can't convict Xue He just because of his one-sided statement, right? "
"There are banknotes and …" Before he could finish.
"Speaking of banknotes, it's even more ridiculous." Na Yan held the banknote and smirked. "Is Xue He's name written on it or something? How can you prove that he gave it to Bingzheng? Don't tell me … all the banknotes in the world belong to him? "
"…" "And this private letter is even more ridiculous. Xue He is this prince's disciple, of course this prince can recognize his handwriting. This private letter looks like it was indeed written by him, but it's also extremely ridiculous! Didn't Lord Liu suspect that someone might have purposely imitated his handwriting?
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