"This is how smart Master Wei is." Zhang Changshen smiled bitterly, "I was also deceived at that time. If this matter hadn't been revealed during the interrogation of Wei Liniang's servants, no one would have thought that Master Wei was actually allowed to marry into the Suiping Marquis Mansion.

My daughter took action."

He only checked Wei Qiu and the Wei family. How could he find Wei Qiu's daughter who had been married for more than ten years?

Xiao Ge was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

If it was just Wei Qiu's daughter who changed heirs, it would be extremely taboo and would not be tolerated by the royal family and nobles. However, because Wei was a married woman, Wei Qiu's responsibility would not be great. At most, he would be reprimanded, fined, and demoted.

But if Wei Qiu killed the family members of his colleagues because of the struggle for superiority, this would be a serious crime. Wei Qiu and the Wei family would have no choice but to be beheaded, confiscated, and exiled.

He opened the file and read the confession above.

When his eyes left the file and he picked it up, Master Cen knelt down and said, "I hope the emperor will give Liu Chengde justice."

Liu Chengde was one of his students, and it was he who recommended him to the emperor when he wanted to promote candidates to the Ministry of Civil Service.

Wu Shangshu also knelt down: "I hope the emperor will give Liu Chengde justice." He is the current Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and this matter is somewhat related to him.

Xiao Ge sighed, raised his hand and motioned to Zhang Changshen: "All the servants of the Wei family mentioned in the file should be arrested and tried."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Changshen saluted quickly.

"Ask the imperial guards to keep Wei Qiu under guard." Xiao Ge then ordered the guards standing in the room.

The guard bowed and went out to deliver the message.

The emperor's order was "guarding", not imprisoning. After all, Wei Qiu had not yet been convicted at this time. It was necessary to interrogate Wei Kang and other subordinates, and then the emperor and the Minister of Punishment decided that he was guilty, and then took action to arrest him.

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Therefore, the Royal Forest Army just secretly paid attention to Wei Qiu's movements to prevent him from doing anything crazy when he got the news.

Zhang Changshen knew very well that once this thing started, they could only succeed and not fail, otherwise they would be counterattacked by Wei Qiu. Moreover, they had to move quickly and must not be noticed by Wei Qiu, otherwise the fourth prince he was attached to would take action.

If you protect each other, he may only receive a light punishment.

After all, the person who killed Liu Chengde's grandson was a servant of the Wei family. At most, Wei Qiu was lax in running the family, so he could be demoted to two levels and be done with it.

If you kill a snake, you will be harmed by it. We are all old foxes for thousands of years, and everyone knows this truth.

Zhang Changshen had ordered people to check Wei Kang's whereabouts before he came to the palace. When he came, he brought a group of people to wait nearby.

At this time, he came out of the palace and gave the order, and his men quickly took action.

Zhang Changshen has been handling cases for decades. The minister of Dali Temple has raised a group of people, and he can also have countless people under his command. He asked a person who played well with Wei Kang in the market to make an appointment with Wei Kang, and it was less than half a month before he left the palace.

An hour later, Wei Kang had been sent to Dali Temple.

Once you enter Dali Temple, no matter how strong-willed you are, your mouth can be pried open, let alone ordinary people like Wei Kang.

Before dinner time, the confessions of Wei Kang and others appeared on Xiao Ge's desk.

As an emperor, he plays a balancing act. Although Xiao Ge established the crown prince, in order to tighten the strings for the crown prince, he allowed several other princes to cultivate some fans in the court. He himself sometimes relied on

Promote some officials based on personal preference.

But in order to maintain the great unity of the court, there is a principle that Xiao Ge will not violate. That is, no one should commit crimes.

In order to be promoted, Wei Qiu killed the families of his colleagues. If he was not severely punished, the court would be in chaos, and there would be endless killings of each other.

He summoned several ministers and officials from the Ministry of Punishment and handed the file to the Minister of Punishment: "Punish according to law."

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Wei Qiu, who knew nothing about this, went down to the Yamen and came home from the Yamen. He asked his wife, "Where is Liniang? Tell her to come out."

"She went out after dinner in the morning and never came back. I've sent someone to find her," Wei's mother said.

She was also dissatisfied with this daughter who loved to get into trouble. But she only gave birth to three children, and Wei Liniang was the only daughter. The others were all concubines. No matter how troublesome she was, they were her biological children. If she didn't protect them, who would?

As soon as he heard that Mrs. Wei ran out again, Wei Qiu's face turned dark: "How did you become a mother? And let her run around? Didn't you see what people outside said about her? Even I was detained in the Yamen.

People exchanged a few words."

He shouted solemnly: "Let her pack her things and go to Zhuangzi to stay for a while."

"Why do you want to live in Zhuangzi? Who's in the eyes of her at home?" Wei's mother was a child-protector. She stopped when she heard this and said to her son, "Did your wife say something?

Do you want you to kick my sister out?"

"Mom, where are we?" All the sons of the Wei family cried out.

Naturally, their daughters-in-law complained. After all, the reputation of the Wei family was very bad, which seriously affected the reputation of the women of the Wei family. If Wei Qiu had not been a third-rank official, those who were engaged would have had their engagements cancelled. Those who had not yet been engaged would have had their engagements cancelled.

Negotiating marriage is also more difficult.

But Wei Liniang was pampered by her parents and had a strong personality. If she was offended, she would definitely not hesitate to cause trouble in the Wei family. They would not dare to treat her badly openly.

Wei's mother said to Wei Qiu: "Okay, I'll just tell her not to go out. She should stay at home during this period. Don't go to Zhuangzi. Forget it if others make a fool of our daughter, let's drive her to Zhuangzi."

What's going on? There are only a few people in Zhuangzi and it's chaotic, so I don't even know that something happened to her there."

Wei Liniang inherited her mother's character. Wei's mother was an extremely powerful person. If she was offended, she would really go to the emperor to complain, which would make Wei Qiu even have to do anything. Therefore, Wei Qiu generally did not dare to offend her.

When he heard his wife say this, he had no choice but to say: "Okay, okay. Just do as you say."

Just as he was about to call for dinner, the servant sent by Mother Wei to search for the Wei family came back and said, "Madam, I have searched the city all over, but I can't find my aunt."

Wei's mother glanced at her husband and ordered: "Let's have dinner first. Liniang must have gone to the Hou Mansion. Before she went out, she said she wanted to talk to Brother An about something. She will be back soon."

Wei Qiu frowned again and asked his wife: "Have you ever visited Mrs. Suipinghou?"

Wei's mother pinched her neck and said, "Why should I visit her? As an in-law, if your child makes a mistake, you just have to teach her well. She's better, she publicized it so much that everyone in the capital knew about it, and she even caused you and me to be reprimanded by the emperor and the queen mother.

She has done such a great job, why should I go visit her? She thinks the best."

Wei Qiu said solemnly: "Tomorrow you take Liniang there. Liniang did something wrong in this matter. We must bow our heads first, at least to show it to the emperor and the queen mother."

"Yes." Mother Wei said reluctantly.

"As for other matters, I will take care of them myself." Wei Qiu softened his tone again.

Only then did Wei's mother become happy.

After being married for decades, she understands her husband best. On the surface, he seems to be generous, but in fact, he is a vindictive man.
Chapter completed!