Fish swimming around the world

Among these three major crimes, the first crime of dereliction of duty is clearly there and cannot be defended. The other two items, if taken seriously, are even more deadly than the first item. Strictly speaking, any one of them, such as guarding oneself, stealing or committing transgression, is a capital crime punishable by the Nine Clan. How can we prove that there is no such thing as theft? You've committed theft yourself, and no one will believe you when you give evidence. In particular, the Jiang family is indeed guarding and stealing, and because of excessive expansion and the belief that it is secretive, it has no intention of arranging a back-up plan, and now it is too late to rush to the scene.

King Xia's palms were full of sweat. For a long time, due to the dependence of the royal family and their own strength, the Jiang family had the ultimate illusion. This illusion, which had been ingrained in the entire Jiang family for too long, made him and others forget a basic fact. In fact, the Jiang family is a minister!

This can't be entirely blamed on them. In fact, except for Jiang Fan, I'm afraid no one would think about this, let alone point it out openly. Even if you understand the imperial court, you can't offend him. But this inertia and bias in thinking was defeated in the imperial court today.

And Jiang Fan's clarification created an unprecedented problem, because no one could turn a blind eye, otherwise where would the majesty of the imperial court be, otherwise where would the law exist? And to deal with it will put the Jiang family into a sudden and extreme dilemma. Although the Jiang family is powerful, they are participating in politics as ministers after all. If they openly resist the imperial power, they will be completely separated from the royal family, which is unacceptable. And if they comply, they will be taken down and questioned, which is even more unacceptable.

There is almost no solution.

Almost at the same time, everyone felt that if there was anyone in the world who could kill someone with just one mouth, it would be Jiang Xiaoyao.

Jiang Fan, who is the king of freedom, is clearly an unparalleled monster, extremely vicious!

Finally, with Jiang Fan's slow but firm words: Patriarch Jiang, please go and take the blame yourself! The court fell into absolute silence, and all the officials, both civil and military, stopped breathing.

King Xia couldn't hold himself steady anymore, and finally coughed and spoke: "The Jiang family has defended the country for more than nine hundred and eighty years for the Zhou Dynasty. If they say that they are disobedient, if they say that they are guarding and stealing, I am afraid that no one in the world will believe it."

Jiang Fan chuckled softly: "Since ancient times, traitors and sycophants have been called loyal and good, but their words are unfounded in the face of a heinous crime. Where is the evidence?"

King Xia said solemnly: "My clan is doing its best to investigate, and I believe we will definitely give an explanation to the imperial court."

Jiang Fan sneered: "Self-examination? I've never heard of self-examination for those who steal and steal. Hasn't the majestic King Xia read the law?"

King Xia said slowly: "Then, what should I do with the views of King Zhenxi?"

"It's very simple!" Jiang Fan said decisively: "Jiang Zhan will be imprisoned first to investigate his negligence. At the same time, he will send someone to imprison the Dragon Guard Army for full investigation."

King Xia's eyes were gloomy: "King Zhenxi, this is in the heart of Han's loyal minister and good general."

Jiang Fan smiled faintly: "Whether he is a loyalist or a traitor will become clear after the investigation. If the Dragon Protector has a clear conscience, he should disarm himself and come to the imperial court to cooperate. This is what Zhongliang did. When it is found out, he will still protect the dragon. Wouldn't it be better for the Dragon Army to be innocent than to have the whole court and the whole world doubt it? Why don't the Dragon Guards dare?"

King Xia said: "The Dragon Guards are loyal, and they are not afraid of their shadows being distorted. But what about the prince? The prince has not cleared himself of the suspicion. Should he withdraw from the fight and be imprisoned for review?"

Jiang Fan said: "As a king, King Xia should not be so confused. It is obvious that Jiang Zhan is guilty, but I am just someone who is suspicious. In theory, the doubters must provide evidence, otherwise, I will still have to Charge him with false accusation and slander."

He said, with the corners of his mouth raised: "How about it, King Xia, are you there?"

King Xia frowned slightly, of course he couldn't answer.

But Jiang Fan smiled: "You don't have it, but I do."

King Xia's expression tightened: "My lord, you should know that this is a serious matter and not everyone can easily testify."

Jiang Fan smiled slightly: "I don't know... is King Wei enough?"

King Xia was stunned for a moment, and the next moment he suddenly realized that King Wei's plan to obtain the dragon vein had been noticed by Jiang Fan. In order to protect himself, King Wei would definitely agree with this guy.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Jiang Fan smiled and said: "It seems that one King of Wei is not enough, what about adding King Jin?"

King Xia's expression became even more gloomy. The relationship between Jin and Qin is almost clear, especially at this juncture, words of help are bound to be offered.

Jiang Fan continued: "Not enough? What about King Chu?"

At this point, King Xia was even more certain that he had already known about his instigation of Wei and Chu to conspire to seize the dragon vein, and his face was completely sinking.

Jiang Fan looked at him: "King Xia is really strong, he didn't even say anything, then..."

He looked at Wei Li: "Plus the secret court against the emperor is enough."

King Xia knew that it was over. Jiang Fan obviously knew everything. Although he would not say anything, there was no doubt that he had already contacted these people and would definitely provide testimony.

Jiang Fan saw that King Xia, who was always known to be as stable as an old woman, lost his calmness for the first time, and finally smiled: "It seems that it is enough. The three princes and kings, plus the secret emperor, this witness is probably the best thing in the world. I can't find it either. They can all prove that I, Jiang Fan, took action to retrieve the artifact, and all four parties sent strong men to help, right?"

Sima Ru, Bai Shigong, Yu Qingcheng and Wei Li had already been secretly smiling bitterly due to his actions, but now that the matter had come to this point, they had no choice but to nod in agreement.

At this point, Jiang Fan was cleared of suspicion, but then, the Jiang family felt really uncomfortable.

Fortunately, at this time, the prince finally spoke.

"The Jiang family has made great contributions to the country and should not be judged easily. Today is just to test the Dazai's inheritance. For other things, the lonely king knows it well and will worry about it later."

Although King Xia was depressed and unwilling, the prince's words were like a life-saving straw at this moment, so he could only offer his thanks in a hurry.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for trusting me, the Jiang clan. After today, the Jiang clan will definitely report to the imperial court to conduct a thorough investigation of the Dragon Guard Army."

Jiang Fan exhaled in his heart, and he understood that it was time to stop here. After all, the imperial court could not break with the Jiang family now, and his actions were just to prevent the Jiang family from blocking the prince's edict, and he also successfully gave Jiang a Shi poured a tank of excrement and gave his father a big deal, which will make them suffer in the future.

Sure enough, neither King Xia nor Jiang Zhan could stop him, even though the former was gloomy and the latter was furious.

The prince also faced Jiang Fan and said: "Jiang Qing's family, you and Chief Jiang are both important ministers of our Great Zhou Dynasty. There is no need to argue endlessly. If you are alone, you will have a department to investigate strictly. Today, we should regard the inheritance of Dazai as the most important."

Jiang Fan had no choice but to pretend to be dissatisfied but had to bear it, and bowed to the prince and said, "I, you must obey your Majesty's orders."

All the officials secretly cried out in vain. If it were placed in the normal period of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Zhan would definitely be to blame. But at the moment, the imperial court can only choose to be a peacemaker. Everyone understands that this is just delaying the past, and Qiu Hou can only I'm afraid I can't really settle the accounts.