Hide And Cultivate In The East Palace, Only To Find The Prince Is A Girl

Chapter 1041: Zhang Ronghua Digging a Pit

“Yes.” Ding Yi nodded heavily.

When they arrived at the Vermillion Bird Gate’s city gate, the carriage stopped. Tie Changlin’s carriage stopped a thousand feet away. They entered the palace gate and walked towards the Purple Extreme Hall.

The officials passing by saw that their gazes were not right. They must have known about what happened last night.

He entered the Purple Extreme Hall.

Zhang Ronghua stopped in his tracks. He was now a prefect and the commander of the hussars, both of whom were of the third rank. It would not be good for him to stand in the ranks of the Shangjing government or the military.

Otherwise, the other party would think that they had something against them.

He made a hand gesture without batting an eyelid, allowing Ding Yi and the others to go over first. He looked around and walked towards the formation of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets. The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets controlled all officials, so the formation of Shangjing Prefecture and the military could not go. Standing here, all problems could be solved, and no one could find fault with it.

He stopped at the front of the line and looked down, ignoring the strange gazes of others.

Some people wanted to see him make a fool of himself, but when they saw him easily solve this problem, they sighed and dodged it again! Thinking of what happened last night, he glanced at Grand Secretary Wei. Pang Qingyun’s entire family had been exterminated. They were already at odds with each other, and there was such a huge grudge between them. The scene would definitely be interesting.

Time passed. When all the officials had arrived, the palace doors closed.

The Xia Emperor came out from the back hall and sat on the dragon throne. Wei Shang said in a deep voice,” If there’s anything, report. If there’s nothing else, withdraw!”

Chu Xuping could not wait to jump out and bow.” I impeach Zhang Ronghua and Ding Yi. Last night, Northern City’s County Magistrate Pang Qingyun was killed. No one in his family survived. His death was very tragic and his head was beheaded. He was incompetent and unable to take up the position, which led to such a tragedy. I suggest that they be removed from their official positions and demoted to civilians!”

How ruthless, he even wanted to remove his position as the general of the hussars.

Although he had just taken office, he had roped in a few people with his status as the Right Deputy Censor. These people immediately jumped out to wave the flag and shout. Grand Secretary Wei’s people also stood out to make things difficult for him and agreed.

Zhang Ronghua looked on patiently and mocked him in his heart. Mo Qi ‘an had already brought Luo Yuan to the Fentian Palace during the court session. Even if the Fentian Palace wanted to be friendly with Grand Secretary Wei, it would be too late now.

When he saw that no one else stood up, he stepped out of the line and walked to the front. He bowed respectfully and his gaze fell on Chu Xuping. He had a mocking expression on his face.” How do you know that I haven’t solved this case?”

“So you’ve solved the case and caught the murderer?”

Zhang Ronghua said,” Although I’ve just taken office, I dare not slack off for a moment. I put 120% of my energy into my official duties. Pang Qingyun was my subordinate, but he was killed last night. I was heartbroken. I immediately mobilized the soldiers and bailiffs to lock down the vicinity with Pang Manor as the center and began a thorough search. My hard work paid off. I finally found some clues.”

He deliberately paused and followed the plan, digging a bigger hole.

“May I ask, Censor Chu, what crime is it for the children of officials to collude with evil and kill the entire family of a high official of the imperial court?”

Chu Xuping’s thoughts spun very quickly. For some reason, he had a bad feeling, as if something bad was about to happen. For a moment, he did not know if he should answer.

“As the Right Deputy Censor of the Imperial Censorate, have you forgotten this?” Zhang Ronghua pressed on once more. Or did he not put the laws of Great Xia in his eyes and only wanted to play with power and curry favor with the powerful? “If so, I’ll have to take a look at you today.’Virtue is not worthy of your position,”malfeasance,’ and ‘corpse eating a vegetarian position.’ These three crimes will be punished together and demoted to a commoner. Then, you’ll be handed over to the Supreme Court for interrogation to see if you’ve caused any major injustice or brought huge losses to Great Xia over the years!”

He had read so many books, including the laws of Great Xia.

To put it bluntly, in the entire Great Xia, no one knew the law better than Zhang Ronghua. Whether it was punishment or conviction, he could recite it all backwards.

Chu Xuping felt aggrieved. He really wanted to punch Zhang Ronghua and let him see how powerful this old fellow was. He suppressed his anger. No matter what kind of trap he was forced to, if he dared not say anything, he could guess with his feet. The people who were following him were like hungry wolves that had smelled blood. They jumped out like a swarm of bees, including Pei Caicai and the others.” Magistrate Zhang is really eloquent. All kinds of laws are out of your mouth. Today, I’ve broadened my horizons.”

He cupped his hands towards the Xia Emperor and spoke righteously.

“If the children of officials collude with evil, not to mention exterminating all the officials of the imperial court, even killing one person is a serious crime! Strip his father of his official position and hand him over to the Supreme Court for interrogation. Once the evidence is conclusive, kill the three clans as a warning to others!”

Zhang Ronghua was waiting for this sentence. He turned around, his eyes sharp and powerful.” I would like to refer to Grand Secretary Wei’s book on how he failed to educate his son and allowed his son to commit crimes. Wei Zhijie colluded with the evil cult and exterminated Pang Qingyun’s entire family. According to what Censor Chu said just now, remove him from his official position and hand him over to the Supreme Court for interrogation. Considering that his status is quite high, it is inevitable that the Supreme Court will have his disciples. Then, we will select candidates from the Imperial Censorate and the Ministry of Justice to form a three-department joint trial. We will arrest everyone in the Wei family and interrogate them severely to prevent his three clans from escaping after receiving the news. Send people to control them. It is best if we interrogate them together. If there’s anyone among them who colludes with evil, we can eliminate them all!”

Boom!

Chu Xuping was dumbfounded! The officials were dumbfounded!

He looked at Zhang Ronghua in disbelief. No wonder he wanted to force Zhang Ronghua to speak. So he was waiting here. At the same time, he was shocked. Why did he even dare to challenge Grand Secretary Wei?

It was not that there were no such examples, but they were very few.

Even after flipping through the history books of the Grand Xia Dynasty, there were not even ten of them.

Could it be that Zhang Ronghua had conclusive evidence in his hands? Thinking of his ability to do things, no matter what, he had never failed.

Those who felt that they were qualified to enter the pavilion were like cats smelling fish, their hearts burning.

If Grand Secretary Wei was taken down, the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets would have an empty position, and he would be able to take another step forward. As long as Zhang Ronghua showed enough evidence, he would roll up his sleeves and kill Grand Secretary Wei!