Chapter 68: The number one troll in Qing country—Lai Mingcheng!

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qing curled his lips and said, "I see. You are the organizer after all."

"How miserable is life?"

"If the people of Northern Qi knew about this, they would think that I withheld your salary!"

"You have at least taken a lot of money from Zhuge. Take some out and improve your life."

Su Wenyi couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he heard this.

Sure enough, you, Old Six, have never let me go, and you are still keeping an eye on me for the things I have done to cheat others.

I'm afraid there are nails around me, but it doesn't matter, I won't pull out this nail.

I'll check it out carefully later, and when I figure it out, I'll keep it for you to dig your own hole.

Su Wenyi bowed to Emperor Qing and said, "It can't be considered as cheating him out of his money. After all, I gave him the choice."

"We are not children anymore. We have to carry out the choices we have made even if we have to kneel down."

"Now he has been thrown into the dungeon by His Majesty, and the evidence has been delivered to His Majesty."

"I don't know. How is Your Majesty going to deal with this?"

When Emperor Qing saw Su Wenyi bringing up serious matters, he suddenly became serious.

Emperor Qing reached out and touched Abao's head and said, "It's a good thing you're here. Let's deal with this matter today."

"The matter between Li Yunrui and Zhu Ge should not be made public for the time being."

"Today, we will only investigate corruption!"

"The corruption issues of the First Division, Zhuge, and all civil and military officials must be thoroughly investigated today!"

Just as the two were chatting, the figure of Eunuch Hou appeared again outside the imperial study.

Eunuch Hou shouted to Emperor Qing: "Your Majesty! It's time to go to court!"

Emperor Qing waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, just let them all come over."

"Today, let's have a good chat in this imperial study."

After Emperor Qing finished speaking, he turned around and sat down on a small stool nearby.

After Emperor Qing sat in his seat, he pointed at Su Wenyi and said, "Just sit here, closer to me."

Seeing Emperor Qing say this, Su Wenyi couldn't refuse, so he could only go with the flow and sit not far from Emperor Qing.

A moment later, civil and military officials began to pour into the imperial study.

The small imperial study was suddenly filled with people.

During this period, Su Wenyi saw many familiar faces.

The Crown Prince Li Chengqian, the Second Prince Li Chengze, the Prime Minister Lin Ruofu, the Chief Envoy of the Privy Council Qin Ye, and the one whom Su Wenyi admires the most - Lai Mingcheng, the number one troll in Qing Kingdom!
These few were the first to come in, but this was the imperial study after all, so Li Chengze did not dare to have much communication with Su Wenyi after he came in.

After all, the prince cannot have any connection with the people in the Inspection Institute. This is an iron rule of the law.

However, when Su Wenyi saw Li Chengqian appear, he was still shocked.

Wasn't he under house arrest? His appearance here today was probably intentional by Emperor Qing.

It seems that Emperor Qing just wants everyone to know that he is on Li Chengze's side.

With someone like me from the Inspection Institute helping Li Chengze, Li Chengze will be able to get much more help.

In addition to the previous house arrest of Li Yunrui and Li Chengqian, there was also this incident.

If I reveal the collusion between Zhu Ge and Li Yunrui today, I will definitely be impeached.

But if I don't say it this time, then Emperor Qing will have the opportunity to impeach me at any time in the future using the matter between me and Li Chengze.

He could even use the matter between himself and Li Chengze to reduce the punishment on Li Yunrui.

Kill three birds with one stone! Use the opponent's force to defeat him!

Really smart!

Just when Su Wenyi was sighing, Emperor Qing spoke.

Emperor Qing saw that all the civil and military officials had arrived, so he cleared his throat and said, "There is an important matter at the court today!"

"The person next to me is Su Wenyi, the former director of the Seventh Division of the Inspection Institute. He has now become the director of the First Division."

"After multiple investigations, the original organizer has confirmed several charges!"

"Master Su, tell me, what did Zhuge do wrong?"

Su Wenyi took a deep breath, stood up, and walked to the open space in the middle of the imperial study.

Standing in this position, Su Wenyi could not only see everyone around him, but also was within the sight of all civil and military officials.

Su Wenyi bowed to Emperor Qing with a smile on his face and said, "Your Majesty, Zhuge and the staff of the first department, from top to bottom, are all exempted!"

"Every month, I receive so-called filial piety from all the civil and military officials. All six ministries are involved!"

"Not only that, I have obtained solid evidence from the other party, as well as a detailed account book."

"The account book clearly records all the money that officials from various departments sent to one place."

"Not only that, even in the palace, someone gave money to one place!"

Emperor Qing had known about this matter for a long time, but now in the court, Emperor Qing still had to pretend that he had just found out about it.

Emperor Qing pretended to ask, "Oh? Someone in the palace actually gave money to the people in the First Division?"

"Is there any evidence?"

Su Wenyi did not hesitate at all and took out a memorial from his pocket.

This memorial contained evidence related to the original Vegetarian Procuratorate. There were three main purposes for targeting the Vegetarian Procuratorate.

The first purpose was to pull the people in the palace into the water.

The second purpose was to implicate Li Chengze and at the same time create the illusion that there was a discord between himself and Li Chengze.

The third purpose is to vent Old Jintou’s anger!
During this period, Old Jintou has been having a headache because of the matter of the Vegetable Inspection Company.

Most of the money he earned was swallowed up by the vegetable inspection company.

If I don't beat him up severely, I will be sorry for the old man who delivers food to me every day!
Su Wenyi took out the memorial and said, "Your Majesty, please read it. It clearly records how the Vegetarian Procuratorate sent the bribes to the First Division of the Inspection Office."

"Unlike other departments that offer bribes, the Procuratorate of Vegetables offers bribes through Yunmeng Fish."

"I won't go into detail about the details."

"But this matter involves so many people, please judge for me, Your Majesty!"

At a glance from Emperor Qing, Eunuch Hou at the side immediately took action, took the memorial from Su Wenyi and handed it to Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing looked at the memorial in his hand, which clearly recorded how the Vegetable Inspection Bureau had bribed people.

Just as Emperor Qing was flipping through the memorials in his hand, the civil and military officials sitting below were already beginning to get restless.

This time, Su Wenyi really hit their soft spot.
Almost all the officials in Kyoto have given gifts to the Inspection Institute.

After all, the duty of the First Division is to inspect all officials. Who can guarantee that their own bottom is clean these days?
Therefore, this gift must be given, and there is no way not to give it!
In the other corner, Li Chengqian and Li Chengze sat together.

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Chengze beside him and whispered, "Second brother, isn't that the Vegetarian Inspection Division your subordinate?"

"This Su Wenyi is using you as a target for his second brother!"

Li Chengze smiled and said, "If that person is really corrupt, then he deserves to die!"

"Also, Your Highness, this world belongs to our father."

"The young prince is just an idle prince, where did his subordinates come from?"

After Li Chengze finished speaking, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

My dear brother, you may not know that your cards have already been revealed by our good father.

Not only that, I also know what you did.

You would never imagine that I had already confessed to my father a long time ago.

Now I am madly clipping my wings.

This is the only way to protect yourself from being implicated temporarily.

After all, rebellion is a serious matter. If you want to stay alive, you can only try to reduce your guilt as much as possible.

Let’s not talk about the fight for the crown prince for now. The first thing to do is to save my own life.

If some things are not resolved in advance, I am afraid that once this cold-blooded and ruthless emperor remembers them in the future, he may directly take action against me!

It is actually a good thing for him that Su Wenyi is taking action against his former disciple at this time!

It would be best if we could kill more!
When Li Chengqian heard what his second brother said, he immediately frowned.

What happened to my second brother? Why did he suddenly become so kind?

He even ignores his own disciples!
Just when Li Chengqian was curious, Emperor Qing was furious and said, "Why would a small vegetable inspection department bribe the Inspection Office?!"

"A small vegetable inspection department dares to exploit the common people and even deducts the hard-earned money of the vegetable farmers."

When Emperor Qing opened his mouth, Su Wenyi quickly made the final move.

"Your Majesty, this eunuch Dai from the Vegetable Inspection Department not only withholds money and vegetables from the vegetable farmers."

"He does whatever he wants with his superiors. As for the nobles in the palace, whoever he wants to eat fresh vegetables and fruits can eat them."

“Whoever you want to prevent from having food, won’t have food.”

"According to my spy in the Vegetarian Inspection Department, that Eunuch Dai once made some outrageous remarks."

"In this palace, even Your Majesty cannot eat the freshest and best fruits and vegetables."

"If you eat too well, it will be difficult for them to serve you."

"Why don't you just have a worse meal? Then if he's in a good mood, he'll give you a good meal."

"If you are in a bad mood, Your Majesty, you can only eat rotten vegetable leaves."

As soon as Su Wenyi finished speaking, the imperial study fell silent.

Even Emperor Qing's expression turned gloomy.

Even His Majesty can't eat the freshest and best fruits and vegetables? How dare you say such a thing?
If you are in a good mood, let Your Majesty have a good meal, and if you are in a bad mood, let Your Majesty eat rotten vegetable leaves?

This person really deserves to die!
For a moment, the air pressure in the imperial study became low.

Just at this moment, a little old man walked out from the side.

Seeing this little old man, Su Wenyi smiled secretly in his heart.

Very good, big troll, you finally came out.

With you here to help me share the firepower, my own pressure can be reduced a little.

Although for me, pressure is not important.

Maybe less is better, of course.

Lai Mingcheng walked up to Su Wenyi and saluted Emperor Qing, saying, "Your Majesty! Such traitors must be severely punished!"

"Without severe punishment, it will not be enough to appease the people's anger!"

(End of this chapter)