allendalepharm Chapter 644 Jiang Youzhen is so terrifying
Chapter 644 Jiang Youzhen is so terrifying
Tong Huaian, who was standing aside, saw that Jiang Youzhen had already taken control of the situation, so he was naturally not in a hurry anymore. It seemed that Jiang Youzhen had a plan today.
The guards sent to the Hanlin Academy arrived quickly. They brought a stack of files, all of which were taken from Huang Mintao's bookcase. Even the desk was searched clean.
Huang Mintao's heart was pounding. He felt that Jiang Youzhen must have a backup plan, so he looked over at the pile of files nervously.
After he looked around and felt that there should be no problem, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The other officials had already started looking for him spontaneously, but after a while, they found that he was not there. They all looked at Jiang Youzhen with different expressions.
The emperor also frowned. Jiang Youzhen had made such a big fuss, but could it be that all his efforts were in vain in the end?
"Jiang Xiuzhuan, what's your explanation?" Sui Yuanchao snorted coldly.
Jiang Youzhen was stunned at first, then his eyes fell on the small stack of files that Huang Mintao brought in just now.
Huang Mintao followed her gaze and his eyes widened when he saw the familiar corner of brocade.
Just as he was panicking, Jiang Youzhen had already stepped forward and picked out the brocade-wrapped file from a pile of books.
She looked at the cover first, then nodded.
"Your Majesty, Huang Mintao is extremely cunning. He actually brought this file with him openly. He must have thought that we would not expect him to carry it with him."
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" Huang Mintao said as he was about to step forward to snatch the file, but he was immediately pinned to the ground by the guards beside him.
How could he have this file with him? It was ridiculous.
"Jiang Youzhen! Stop slandering me. You are making false accusations." Huang Mintao struggled, but was immediately kicked by the guard. His face wrinkled in pain, but he didn't dare to make a sound.
"Present it to me!" The emperor's face was as gloomy as water.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent! This is definitely not my handwriting. I have never written it." Huang Mintao explained with pain. The files were clearly burned by him, so it was absolutely impossible that he had written this letter.
A glimmer of hope ignited in his heart. If Jiang Youzhen wanted to use this to convict him, it was impossible!
Unexpectedly, after the emperor saw it, he became furious.
"How dare you! The evidence is irrefutable, and you still dare to quibble?"
"Your Majesty, I am innocent! You can check the handwriting. This is definitely not written by me. Jiang Youzhen must have had someone imitate my handwriting in order to frame me. This is absolutely true."
As Huang Mintao spoke, he looked at Jiang Youzhen with a look of deep sorrow.
"Jiang Youzhen, I have always welcomed you with a smile since you entered the Imperial Academy. Others isolated you, but I was the only one who comforted you. I didn't expect you to repay my kindness with hatred."
"Your Majesty, why don't you compare it with other handwritings here?" Jiang Youzhen pointed to the pile of papers beside him, which were all written by Huang Mintao.
Zhou Zhong immediately picked up two more files from the pile and presented them to the emperor. After comparing them, the emperor immediately threw all the files in front of Huang Mintao.
"Humph! Look at it yourself. The handwriting on this file is exactly the same as your other files. Even if someone else imitated it, it is impossible to imitate so many files at once and make them exactly the same. Do you still dare to quibble?"
As soon as Huang Mintao was released by the guards, he immediately rushed forward to check.
When he got the file in his hand and took a look at it, he was shocked.
This? This is my handwriting, and it is the letter I prepared before, which was specially prepared to frame Jiang Youzhen. But how is this possible?
He was puzzled and read it again and again in shock. What about the one he burned? What was it? He had clearly read it at the time, and it was also in his own handwriting.
Suddenly, he turned to the first page and discovered something strange.
He suddenly realized that Jiang Youzhen had carefully cut out the two pieces of paper in front of him and pasted them on another file.
When Jiang Youzhen returned the file to him, he gave him the one that had been tampered with, but he was in a hurry and only read the front to confirm that it was his handwriting. The brocade on the cover of the file was the same, so he was confused by Jiang Youzhen.
He suddenly felt a chill in his heart, Jiang Youzhen was so calculating.
What he burned was just a fake file with two pages pasted on the front.
With trembling hands, he turned to the side where "Deputy Secretary of the Chancellery" was written. It was indeed his own handwriting, and there was also a record of Jiang Youzhen's revisions on it, which was exactly the same as Jiang Youzhen said.
He has no way to defend himself now!
At this time Zhou Zhong reported that the clerk in charge of the warehouse in the Hanlin Academy had arrived, and the emperor immediately summoned him in.
The clerk didn't know why he was called there and was shaking with fear.
"I would like to ask you, has Mr. Huang been to your warehouse recently?" Tong Huaian immediately stepped forward and asked.
Everyone couldn't help but look at him. Was it his turn to ask questions here? However, seeing that the emperor didn't say anything, they just turned a blind eye.
The clerk looked at Huang Mintao. How could he dare to follow Huang Mintao's instructions? He was told not to tell others about this matter, but what was going on now? He could see that something was wrong, so he told the truth.
"Yes! Just five days ago when I was dismissed, Master Huang said that the key to Master Jiang's bookcase had fallen off, so he came to look for a spare key for Master Jiang. I gave him the remaining key."
Tong Huaian shouted: "The keys to the bookcases in the Hanlin Academy need to be strictly guarded. Why did you give them away so casually?"
The clerk was so scared that he trembled. "This humble official deserves death. At that time, Master Huang gave me some benefits, and I did something stupid. That's why I gave it to him."
Huang Mintao suddenly thought of something. Just now on his way to Lord Qian's study, he suddenly had a stomachache and went to the toilet. He ran into Jiang Youzhen being bumped by a scholar.
The files were scattered all over the floor at that time, and it was then that Jiang Youzhen stuffed that file into his pile.
But he didn't think much about it at the time, he just picked her up and left.
He really regretted his decision. Going to the toilet was just an excuse for him, actually he was just delaying the time for Jiang Youzhen to meet Qian Songyun.
At that time, Huang Mintao had already received news that the court session ended early today and the emperor had already arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion.
As long as Jiang Youzhen arrives after Qian Songyun goes to Wenyuan Pavilion, Qian Songyun will not have time to help Jiang Youzhen review, and Jiang Youzhen's mistakes will be directly presented to the emperor.
However, Jiang Youzhen actually took advantage of the situation.
Because Jiang Youzhen didn't have the key to his bookcase, he couldn't put the file into his bookcase, so he found an opportunity to stuff it into his own pile.
At that time, he used the excuse of going to the toilet, but in fact he was observing Jiang Youzhen's every move in secret.
In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Jiang Youzhen took advantage of the moment when the bookman bumped into her to sneak the file in.
After thinking it through, Huang Mintao couldn't help but feel his back soaked. Everything went according to his plan.
But his plan was only known to himself and the cloaked man. The cloaked man could not have told Jiang Youzhen, so Jiang Youzhen must have deduced it on his own.
There was fear in his eyes when he looked at Jiang Youzhen. Jiang Youzhen was so terrifying!