After rebirth, my wife just wants to be a widow

It was the first morning of the new year. The ministers had not yet recovered from the laziness of the New Year, and there was nothing important to report.

The emperor, who was sitting at the head of the table, also noticed everyone's laziness. He said a few words of hope for good weather in the new year and peace for the country and the people, and then planned to announce his resignation.

At this moment, the Tutor turned his head to the side without leaving any trace, and winked at Mr. Zhou who was standing behind him.

Mr. Zhou gritted his teeth, took a step sideways, and said loudly in front of all the civil and military officials of the court: "Your Majesty, I have this report."

Mr. Zhou's straight figure and loud voice immediately drove away everyone's laziness, and everyone's attention was focused on him.

Just listen to Mr. Zhou say word by word: "Shen Shangshu is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but he bends the law for personal gain and accepts bribes from merchants privately. His moral character is not worthy of his place. I would like to ask Your Majesty to order a thorough investigation."

These words were like thunder on the ground.

The originally lazy and sleepy atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became solemn.

All the ministers lowered their heads, thinking all over the place.

Mr. Shen was imprisoned last year because of the Yizhou disaster relief fund incident. He was finally cleared of his charges. How come someone is involved with him again?

As the saying goes, flies don't bite perfect eggs. If Mr. Shen really has never done anything wrong, why do he encounter such things one after another?

Is it possible that Mr. Shen's usual serious and honest image is just a superficial show-off?

Will he be imprisoned again this time?

The hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

Whether they were on good terms with Lord Shen or on the opposite side, they all pricked up their ears, waiting for the next development.

Hearing that Lord Shen was bending the law for personal gain, the emperor did not have much emotion. He asked Lord Shen: "Ai Qing, what do you say?"

Mr. Shen stood up with his head held high, saluted the emperor, and responded calmly: "I am wronged. I dare to swear to God that I have never done anything that violates my conscience. I sincerely ask the emperor for his enlightenment."

The emperor turned to Master Zhou again and asked: "Zhou Aiqing, since you said that Master Shen was corrupt and perverted the law, what evidence is there?"

"A few days ago, I accidentally discovered that Mr. Shen secretly accepted three farms in the suburbs of Beijing, a businessman named Gu, and promised to use his authority to benefit him." Mr. Zhou said clearly and decisively, "I dare to ask Mr. Shen, is this considered a violation of conscience? thing?"

Faced with the accusation, Mr. Shen did not flinch and said straightly: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou said that he accepted bribes privately. I dare to use my own head as a guarantee that I have never done this.

Since I became an official in the dynasty, I have always remembered to be diligent and respectful, work hard every day, be honest and honest, and always think about how to benefit Daning. I have never forgotten the foundation of being an official. How can I do this? Such a violation of Daning's laws? "

The explanation, the sincere words, and Mr. Shen's usually upright and serious demeanor made these words even more convincing.

"Master Shen knows that this is against Daning's laws, so of course he will not admit it." Since he dared to attack him face to face, Master Zhou had already made complete preparations and asked relentlessly, "I have already sent that businessman Submit it to Dali Temple, Master Shen, do you dare to confront him face to face?"

Master Shen's expression remained normal. He didn't even look at the provocative Master Zhou. He only said to the emperor, "I never know any businessman named Gu."

"Even now, Mr. Shen still refuses to admit it." Mr. Zhou said in a strange tone from the side, "Does it mean that the land deeds of the three Zhuangzi properties must be found from your home before you will admit your guilt?"

These remarks immediately caused those who originally believed that Mr. Shen was innocent to begin to waver in their hearts.

You must know that the Minister of Household Affairs is also an important minister of the imperial court. This Lord Zhou is a fifth-rank official. He dares to say such stupid things in public as sending people to search Lord Shen’s home. I think he has absolute evidence in his hand. , otherwise I would never dare to do such a sinful thing.

Could it be that Mr. Shen really took advantage of others?

Just when everyone was confused, Master Shen said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I am willing to ask for a search of my house to prove my innocence."

At this time, there was an uproar in the court.

Several veterans who had been immersed in officialdom for a long time raised their eyebrows and looked at the two figures standing one behind the other.

If something is really found in Mr. Shen’s house, Mr. Shen will naturally have nothing to gain. But if nothing is found, Mr. Zhou’s frame-up of the imperial official will be confirmed.

No matter what, this matter has become a big deal.

Mr. Zhou was also a little strange. He originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to get the emperor to order a search of his home, but he didn't expect to achieve his goal so easily. He couldn't help but secretly glanced at the Taifu, and said maliciously. He smiled at Lord Shen.

On this day, the boy guarding the door of Shangshu Mansion did not wait for Lord Shen to come to the court, but instead waited for a group of fully armed soldiers.

The group of people came with great force and rushed in regardless of the boy's obstruction.

Just as he was about to continue walking in, Shen Ruochuan led a group of guards to block the group of soldiers and shouted angrily: "Bold! This is the Shangshu Mansion, what are you doing?"

"This is your Shangshu Mansion." The leader lazily raised his hand towards Shen Ruochuan and raised the search warrant in his hand, "I have been ordered to conduct a search. Mr. Shen, please stay out of the way. If I accidentally bump into you, Yes, it’s a sin if you’re young.”

Although he said he was very humble, his attitude was extremely arrogant.

Shen Ruochuan frowned, took the order and looked at it carefully, and found that it was really a serious imperial order, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

"Okay, you can search if you want." With the emperor's order in front, Shen Ruochuan had to make concessions, "But there are many precious items in the house. I'll send a few people to look at them. You shouldn't have any objections, right?"

Of course Shen Ruochuan knew that his father had never done anything improper. The reason why he proposed to send people to keep an eye on him was to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to stuff something into their Shen residence and claiming that it was found from their residence. A blatant frame-up.

The person in the lead was eager to go in and conduct a search. He didn't want to spend more time arguing with Shen Ruochuan and agreed immediately.

Shen Ruochuan reluctantly stepped aside and warned: "Be gentle with your hands and feet, don't break anything."

After this group of people swarmed into the Shen Mansion, they seemed to have already known where to search. They rushed directly to Mr. Shen's study with a very clear goal, rummaged through it in disguise, and pulled out a book from the bookshelf. , turned over with a clatter, and several pieces of tissue paper fell to the ground.

The leader's eyes lit up, he walked up in a few steps, grabbed three pieces of paper on the ground, and was about to shout: "I found it!"

Suddenly, something was wrong.