Self-provement of Innocence

Chengyang Palace—

Jun Tingsheng took Wen Jing to court to face the saints and told the whole story one by one. Wen Jing also truthfully explained the reason why Sun Qiang broke his leg, just because he violated discipline first and then bullied the people, and finally punished according to military rules and laws.

"Master, this is just a one-sided statement from Wen Jing. I have seen Sun Qiang. Not only is he too seriously injured, but he also has an old mother in his family..."

Leng Yuanyou was still reluctant to give in, but as soon as he finished speaking, ministers around him spoke.

"Chief Leng's words are wrong. Since he violated the discipline first and ignored the law and bullied the people, he should naturally be punished. How can he use his old mother to say something?"

"What Lord Zhao said is reasonable. Our dynasty's laws are strict. As a general in the court, he knows that the law is violated, so he should be punished even more severely."

"It seems that Deputy General Wen is also acting in accordance with military rules and there is nothing wrong with that."

The current situation has turned against Jun Tingsheng. The minister who spoke at this time saw this and helped him speak. It is always good to make the Chengyang Palace owe a favor.

However, Leng Yuanyou refused to miss this opportunity easily and stepped forward and questioned Wen Jing: "I heard that there were a few people in the army who were missing, so what would you explain this?"

Wen Jing did not answer him when he heard this, but leaned over and kowtowed to Jun Yelan: "Report to the emperor, the people Leng said were not missing, but were sent by his subordinates to Jinguo as a detailed work, so that they could inquire about it secretly.

The country's border resells women and children."

At this time, Song Baichuan walked out with a scroll and said, "Report to the emperor, this is a file of the missing population case, and there is evidence related to the case."

When the eunuch presented the book to Jun Yelan, Song Baichuan continued to say: "I had been secretly investigating this matter earlier. By the way, the Regent also knew about it."

Jun Tianlin did not expect to mention him, and immediately explained: "Sir, I did hear Master Song mention it before, but the case file said that the border terrain was steep. I mistakenly thought that those people had an accident.

I never thought that Lord Song was still investigating.”

Upon hearing this, Song Baichuan snorted softly, "The prince is thinking very openly. So many women and children are missing, even if they are powerless, it is impossible for them to be accidents."

"I think the prince has been in the capital and has never experienced the sufferings of the people, or the prince is too busy on weekdays and does not take the lives of the common people to heart."

As soon as these words came out, the air around seemed to freeze instantly. Jun Tianlin's eyes looked at Song Baichuan coldly, and sparks suddenly flew everywhere.

"The two beloved ministers don't have to argue anymore. This matter is complicated by the two countries. I think there are any misunderstandings in it, and I can't explain it clearly for a while."

Jun Yelan immediately stepped forward to smooth things over and changed the topic: "Leng Yuanyu, I ordered you to thoroughly investigate the abuse of lynching in the army, but you were so careless that you almost lost a brave deputy general!"

"After deducting your half-year salary, all compensation will be given to Deputy General Wen. Do you have something to say about this?"

Leng Yuanyou lowered his head and gritted his teeth secretly, clasped his fists and knelt on one knee: "I have nothing to say, let the emperor deal with it."

Jun Yelan snorted unhappy, then turned to look at Wen Jing: "This matter has caused you aggrieved. Apart from the half-year salary of Censor Leng, I will reward 500 taels of silver alone. Are you satisfied?"

"Xie Shengzhang, it was just that his subordinates were not doing their best to do their jobs, which caused the misunderstanding today. I really didn't dare to ask for rewards."

"I know the reason, why are you wrong? Since the truth of this matter has been revealed, you will be rewarded without saying much."

"Yes, my subordinate Xie Shenggong rewarded him."

At this point, the abuse of lynching finally ended, but Jun Tianlin and Song Baichuan also deepened their hatred.

After retreating from court, Jun Tingsheng was walking on the way to the palace and accidentally heard the palace people discussing. When he learned that Song Baoling was embarrassed by the concubines, he immediately changed his path and went to the harem.

"Ling'er."

Song Baoling was sitting by the flowers in a daze. Suddenly, he heard someone calling him. When he turned around and saw the person coming, he was so excited that he immediately stood up.

"Why are you here? Have you had a morning court?"

Seeing that her whole body was intact, Jun Tingsheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "I just came to the court and heard from the palace servants that you were taken to Jingren Palace for questions. They didn't make things difficult for you, right?"

"It's okay, I'm fine."

As he said that, Song Baoling also walked around in front of him and said that he was indeed safe and sound.

"By the way, what happened to Vice General Wen?"

"It's all solved, but he has injuries on his body, so he has to rest for at least a while."

While the two were talking, Mu Zhong suddenly appeared in front of him. After seeing Jun Tingsheng a few times, he suddenly chuckled: "It turns out that the prince also likes to walk in the palace in black."

Jun Tingsheng's face suddenly changed. Before he could refute, he heard Song Baoling say, "Mr., we have agreed that we will pretend that nothing happened this morning."

Mu Zhong raised his eyebrows and looked at the two of them with a smile, "The county lord misunderstood. What I said will never change my mind."

After saying that, he looked at Jun Tingsheng again: "I know everything about Chengyang Palace just now, but I'm quite curious about one thing."

"Why did the prince wear black clothes to send the county lord back to the palace?"

Jun Tingsheng looked at him for a moment and answered truthfully: "Ling'er helped find Wen Jing's family so that he would no longer be threatened, so he told the truth in front of the saint."

"I sent Ling'er back to the palace because I didn't want to alarm the snake. I hope Commander Mu will keep this matter secret so as not to get rid of Ling'er."

Mu Zhong never expected that it would be the reason and said disbelief: "Is the prince joking with me? The county magistrate helped find someone, which sounds...unreliable."

Seeing this, Song Baoling approached him with a mysterious look on his face, "Because I can predict, and I just predicted that I would be injured when Commander Mu went out."

As she said that, she took out a bottle of ointment and handed it over, "This ointment is given to you, and you will definitely be able to use it at that time."

Mu Zhong looked at the ointment in his hand and found it a little ridiculous, but he still put it in his arms, "Then I thank the county lord."

"You don't have to be polite." Song Baoling waved his hand and said, "By the way, I want to thank you for lying for me, otherwise, you and I might be charged with the crime of 'ambiguity'."

When talking about this, Mu Zhong looked lingering in fear, "I heard that after you were taken to Jingren Palace, I guessed something was going to happen when I thought of the letter you sent to me before leaving."

"But to be on the safe side, I opened your letter, don't you mind?"

Song Baoling smiled and shook his head repeatedly: "I don't mind, but I'm lucky that Commander Mu is smart, otherwise I wouldn't be standing here."

After the two explained the letter clearly, Mu Zhong said to Jun Tingsheng: "You can rest assured that the prince and the county lord have reached an agreement long ago and will not expose the incident of her sneak out of the palace last night."

Jun Tingsheng's face calmed down when he heard this, "Since that's the case, I'll thank Commander Mu."
Chapter completed!