Seeing that one of the first two serious crimes could not be fulfilled now, if Zhang Mu came alone today, things would be much easier.

But the little princess is sitting here now, so he cannot forcibly punish Zhang Mu, so he can only arrest Zhang Mu one by one.

Immediately, the Marquis of Ji'an said coldly: "Zhang Mu, I asked you, have you ever received bribes from the gentry in Hangzhou?"

Zhang Mu shook his head and said, "No."

"Haha, I know you won't admit it. Come on, bring me a witness!" Marquis Ji'an leaned on the back of the chair and sneered.

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed in a squire came in from outside the lobby. He looked like he was in his fifties, wearing a silk straight mat, an old man's scarf, a green silk ribbon tied around his waist, and satin cloth shoes on his feet.

At first glance, he looked like his family was well-off. Zhang Mu had seen this person, named Wang Guiyun, a gentry in Hangzhou, and was known as Wang Yuanwai.

In order to raise 40,000 guan of silver to go out to sea, Zhang Mu bought and sold the students and charged each of these gentry three thousand to five thousand guan.

They paid for their children to give birth, and I would rather it, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Xuezheng knew about this.

Zhang Mu was naturally confident and fearless.

Wang Yuanwai entered the lobby and hurriedly knelt down to salute.

Wang Ming coughed and asked coldly: "Who is in the hall?"

"The Caomin Wang Guiyun."

"Okay, Wang Guiyun, I ask you, has this young man ever accepted your bribe?" Wang Ming asked.

"Go to all the great masters, it's him, and Caomin recognizes him. Two months ago, someone told me that I could pay to donate students to my descendants. After many inquiries, Caomin finally got to know them and gave them five thousand guan of treasure money. For this reason, this emperor also personally invited us." Wang Guiyun said hurriedly.

"Dangerous and unruly people, do you know what the crime is for selling official positions and titles?" At this moment, Marquis Ji'an shouted angrily.

Wang Guiyun had seen such a scene? He was so scared that his face was ashes. He knelt on the ground and kept begging for mercy, saying, "Caomin should die. Please forgive me."

"I'll talk about your affairs later. Zhang Mu, what else do you have to argue about now?" Wang Ming asked coldly.

Zhang Mu looked up at Wang Ming and smiled, "I have nothing to argue. What this Wang Junwai said is true. I have indeed received their money, totaling 40,000 guan."

"Since that's the case, what are you waiting for? Take down this corrupt beast!" Marquis Ji'an finally couldn't help but shout angrily.

"Let's wait!" Zhang Mu shouted immediately.

Then he took out another bamboo tube from his arms, raised his hands above his head and said, "I raised 40,000 yuan of silver coins just to buy seafood and investigate the reality of the pirates. This matter was approved by Your Majesty. There were 20 student quotas, one more, one less, and one less. Besides, the scholar-official master had known this matter for a long time. How could there be a saying of corruption and abuse of power?"

When Marquis Ji'an saw this, he couldn't bear it anymore.

Immediately stood up and said, "I want to see if you are falsely circulating the imperial edict and submit it to me."

Wang Ming on one side quickly coughed and said, "Mr. Marquis, calm down."

Marquis Ji'an was already angry at this moment. He just interrogated Zhang Mu, and Zhang Mu took out the so-called imperial decree to deceive him. He secretly regretted that he did not open it.

At this moment, Zhang Mu actually did the same thing. He didn't believe that Zhu Yuanzhang would indulge him like this.

Zhang Mu had already dug a hole and was waiting for Ji'an Hou to jump into it.

Now that I saw that the Marquis of Ji'an was about to read the imperial edict, Zhang Mu said quietly: "Mr. Ji'an, I want to say the ugly words ahead. If I did not falsely pass the imperial edict, then I would sue you for a crime of slander. The Marquis must think about it."

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and he hates evil like a grudge. The one you hate most in this life is corrupt officials. You have repeatedly forged edicts and cannot forgive the crime. When this marquis tells the truth of the imperial edict, you can't escape. Present it to this marquis." Marquis Ji'an said angrily.

When the yamen saw that there was still no negligence there? He hurriedly put the bamboo tube on the hall table.

Everyone in the lobby held their breath, and now they were drawn without turning back. Once the imperial edict was removed, there was no room for maneuver.

Marquis Ji'an hesitated for a moment. As long as the imperial edict was not opened, for Zhang Mu, even if the yellow mud was thrown into his crotch, it would be either shit or shit.

However, once it is opened, if it is true, it will be troublesome.

However, Mr. Ji'an was betting that Zhang Mu's imperial edict was fake.

If you deceive the emperor and implicate the nine tribes, you will be too lazy to judge other crimes.

At that moment, Ji'an Hou unscrewed the bamboo tube and poured out a pair of yellow cloud-patterned silk from the inside. After slowly unfolding, there were four big words written on it: "Not as an example!"

In addition, there was Zhu Yuanzhang's group of Zhu Pians. Marquis of Ji'an followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight south and north for many years. Naturally, he recognized this handwriting and was speechless.

If this imperial edict is false, he would not have the courage.

At this moment, the Marquis of Ji'an hurriedly put the imperial edict into a bamboo tube with trembling trembling, and then coughed, "The imperial edict is true. The bold and unruly people dare to falsely accuse the officials of the people. If you come, drag it out and beat a hundred sticks first."

Wang Yuanwai was stunned. He didn't want to come forward to testify, but Wang Ming repeatedly put pressure on him.

The people do not fight with officials. Wang Yuanwai understands this principle. Seeing Zhang Mu fall, he still feels sorry for his five thousand guan treasures, so he comes forward to testify.

Who would have thought that this was a mess and was so scared that he was speechless, and he hurriedly said, "Sir, please spare me, the people are wronged."

Marquis Ji'an was sitting on his own, and he never dreamed that Zhu Yuanzhang would indulge Zhang Mu so much. He suffered a great loss now and quickly coughed and said, "Zhang Mu, it was a misunderstanding just now. Since this matter was approved by His Majesty, then the charge of corruption and abuse of power, I see that it was a false accusation by the unruly people."

Zhang Mu smiled slowly and said, "It's good to figure it out. Everyone is the officials in the same court, and they share the worries of Your Majesty. I don't know what crimes I have? If not, then I will have to take my subordinates away."

Wang Ming and Ji'an Hou couldn't help but look at each other. They all knew in their hearts that Zhang Mu was just a tiger. Once released, there would be a terrible earthquake in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang officialdom.

However, among the four charges currently being woven for Zhang Mu, the three most critical ones have been invalidated, leaving only one that is domineering and domineering, causing trouble to the side.

This crime was just to make up the numbers. I originally wanted to fabricate the ten major crimes of Zhang Mu, but because time was tight and there was no evidence, I temporarily fabricated four of them.

They never dreamed that Zhang Mu would come back alive, and this was a mess of all their plans.

After taking a deep breath, Wang Ming said: "Zhang Mu, although the first three points have been explained clearly, there is another one. I ask you, are you from Yongkang County?"

Zhang Mu smiled and said, "Yes, Xiaguan is indeed from Yongkang County."
Chapter completed!