Lu Zhen immediately took two steps forward and bowed and replied, "Your Majesty is wise, this suspicious point has been seen after thinking about it. What Li Tong did is indeed unreasonable, especially in the matter of children, who are extremely irresponsible.

"Since he was the leader of the Luotian Sect, Li Ling and others should have lived a good life as their children, but as a result, the news I heard in Jiangcheng County, Hengzhou, Huaibei recently was that the Li family had been living in extremely difficult financial situations for several years. Even because Li Tong owed a lot of money outside, Li Ling and his brother and sister were almost forced to be sold by local wealthy families.

"If Li Ling hadn't been smart enough to rely on writing books to sell money to pay off his debts, and then embarked on the right path of imperial examinations, I'm afraid that Li Tong's children would have become slaves in the family now, and they would be in great pain."

As soon as he said this, the British Kings nodded deeply in agreement. Even the officials who had refused to let Li Ling go before could not find any mistakes, because this suspicious point was indeed difficult to explain.

"So a few days ago, I took Li Tong to the Imperial City Secretariat and interrogated it carefully, but I got a surprising but reasonable answer - it turned out that Li Tong's children were not from his biological children, but were brought from elsewhere to cover up their goals.

"Because of this, he actually has few relatives with his children. When he was about to leave Jiangcheng, he would have no worries and left them all at home. In order to make his sudden disappearance seem more reasonable, he deliberately borrowed money from the local bully that could not be repaid, and completely ignored the lives and deaths of these children. Lord Li, what I said is the truth, right?"

Li Ling nodded blankly: "That's true, but you said that my father is not the biological father of the three of us, how can we start?"

At the same time, others also came back and shouted: "Lu Zhen, don't talk nonsense to protect him! How can you deny the friendship between a father and a son at will?"

"That's it! I think this is clearly because your Imperial City Department has a deep friendship with Li Ling, so he deliberately arranged it to protect him?"

"That's right! These statements are sensational, but they are just one-sided words of yours. Can there be any evidence?"

Faced with the doubts of these people, Lu Zhen was not at all panic. He immediately bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, when I got this statement from Li Tong, I was actually quite surprised and dared not believe it easily. That is why I sent the subordinates of Deli, the Imperial City Office, to Jiangcheng County, Hengzhou Prefecture, to find further clues.

"As Li Tong himself said, these children were brought from other places, among which Li Ling was brought home from a local place called Tian Baotang, who specializes in adopting orphans. That day, Baotang was a well-known place of kindness in Jiangcheng. The people's children who either passed away or were abandoned by their parents, as long as they were found and sent over, they could take good care of them and raise them.

"Because of this, Tianbaotang is still famous in the yamen. Sometimes the local county government will allocate some silver to help, which can be said to be very famous in the local area."

At this time, Wei Liang took another step forward and said, "Your Majesty, this matter can be proved. Ten years ago, I was the magistrate of Jiangcheng County and also allocated some money to Tianbaotang. And the woman named Chen Shuzhen, who had always guarded Tianbaotang and cared for those orphans, had also met and spoke to her.

, That is a good person who is truly dedicated to goodness and only to save orphans."

"Oh? Is there such a good person in the world who does not seek fame and fortune and is dedicated to goodness? I want to see her. If she is really as selfless as you said, I will reward her..."

As soon as the emperor said this with great interest, Lu Zhen said again: "Your Majesty forgive me. Chen Shuzhen is afraid that she can't stand the reward from His Majesty, because she died of illness more than two years ago. However, Baotang did not end that day because of her death. Some children who were taken care of by her have now taken on this burden and still continue to adopt some orphans in Jiangcheng County and nearby..."

As soon as he said this, Lu Zhen was moved by it and sighed repeatedly: "If you have good deeds, you will get good results. This woman named Chen Shuzhen is indeed amazing."

The emperor nodded gently: "Even so, whether it is Chen Shuzhen or Tianbaotang, the court should commend it well. The Ministry of Rites, I will leave this matter to you."

"I received the order." The Minister of Rites quickly agreed, feeling a little strange. It was obvious that what he called the ministers to talk about Li Ling's case today, why did he go to Tianbaotang in a small county town?

At that moment, he took the opportunity to say: "Lu Zhen, you said so much. Do you want to prove that Li Ling is an abandoned baby in Tianbaotang, and was adopted by Li Tong and recognized as his son? So in fact, he is not only impossible for him to be Li Tong's accomplice, or a victim?"

"That's true. These are the truths that my subordinates of the Imperial City Department have found after many efforts to investigate."

"This is impossible!" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ling, who was standing beside him, suddenly screamed with an unacceptable excitement, "How come I am not my father's son? There must be some misunderstandings in this..." This performance was really like the face of the seven emotions, and it was acting very much like that.

However, the people on the prince's side obviously would not believe his reaction, and immediately sneered: "Li Ling, I think you don't pretend anymore! Even if there is such a Tianbaotang in the local area, it cannot mean that you came out of there. Li Tong is really the adopted you, not your biological child! Unless Chen Shuzhen and other things are still there, and this person's certificate can make people believe it."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the most critical witness now is dead. These statements are just one-sided words from the Imperial City Department, which is really not worthy of trust!"

"Also, even if there are any records left in Tianbao Hall and you brought them, we may not dare to believe them. After all, when it comes to fraud, it is too simple for your Imperial City Department. And you have a close relationship with Li Ling, so it is very likely that this is all for excuses."

OK, these people, just say a word, directly invalidated all the evidence that the Imperial City Department had worked hard to get. But even so, Lu Zhen was not angry at all. He saluted the emperor again and said, "Your Majesty, my Imperial City Department was established to supervise all officials for Your Majesty, and to deal with some difficult things that cannot be solved by the various government offices of the court. If we have any tendencies, then there is only one thing, that is, we tend to be inclined to Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will understand it!"

The emperor smiled: "Although what they said was a bit biased, it was still reasonable. After all, Li Ling was still on duty in the Imperial City Division. Naturally, people are suspicious. Let alone them, even me, if you only use this evidence to quit, I can't believe it and let Li Ling go."

"Your Majesty, how dare I deceive anything in this matter? No matter how close I have to do with Li Ling, I will never deceive the king for his criminals." Lu Zhen immediately knelt down and said, "But if there is further evidence, there is really."

"Oh, but what?"

Some court officials below muttered: "People have been dead for several years. Can they still dig out the corpse and let the ghost of Chen Shuzhen testify?"

Then he saw Lu Zhen take out a book from his sleeve and hold it high above his head: "Your Majesty, this is the unmistakable physical evidence. Please check it out."

"Didn't you say that Tian Baotang's records cannot be accurately made. Who knows if they were added after being modified and added privately?" Someone questioned again.

However, Wei Tang still walked down and took the book from Lu Zhen. Then he heard him say, "Your Majesty, this is not a relevant record that is not very credible in Tianbao Hall, but a relevant record that has been stored in the county yamen cabinet warehouse for thirty years. Not only does it contain seals of local households, but also the handwritten signature of Yan Sixu, the county magistrate at that time, which is absolutely impossible to make a mistake."

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned on the spot. No one expected that the evidence Lu Zhen brought out was actually a document retained in the yamen, or something from thirty years ago. However, when you look at the book carefully, it was indeed a few years old. The curly curls were yellow and a little broken. Fortunately, they were still well maintained overall.

The emperor also took the book in surprise and quickly turned to where the mark was marked by Lu Zhen. His eyes swept and fell on one of them. The top was clearly written. The year, month and day, Li Tong, a man from this county, went to Tianbaotang to adopt a baby boy, and the guarantor Chen Shuzhen, was handed over to the county government as evidence...

Lu Zhen also explained at this time: "Your Majesty doesn't know that because Tian Baotang often uses adopted boys and girls to support and adopt them, in order to ensure that there is no mistake, it often leaves relevant documents and handed them to the county government as a certificate. Not only is the county government household registration record, but the county magistrate sometimes pays attention and signs to be fair.

"And this certificate of Li Tong's adoption - a baby boy happened to have the seals from these two governments, which is enough to prove that it would never be faked. If Your Majesty still has doubts, you can send someone to Jiangcheng County Government to inquire. This certificate was found by my subordinates of the Imperial City Department carefully searched the cabinet warehouse of the county government for many days. At that time, there were people from the county government officials and others present..."

At this moment, even if you want to make a mistake, the prince-sen and others cannot come up with a stronger reason for questioning. People, physical evidence, time... everything is matched. If you question it again, it is intentional targeting, and that is framed.

Li Ling was stunned at this time. He really didn't know about this. There was such a document in the county yamen that was related to his life experience?

And I had been a clerk in Jiangcheng County for a while, and I had been to Jiageku for a long time, but I didn't even find it.

No, earlier... Li Ling suddenly remembered the starting point of everything. At that time, he found out that the dealer colluded with some people to greed for property in Mo County. At that time, someone from the dealer wanted to set fire to the trench store, and then he blocked it...

If I hadn't taken action at the beginning and let them burn the Pavilion Library, I'm afraid there would be no evidence today!
Chapter completed!