These seemingly concerned and joking words were spoken, and the faces of all the courtiers in the palace changed, especially the civil official family headed by Huang Lan.

After a moment of silence, a civil official walked out, looked at Xiao Che with his hand, and admonished: "Your Majesty, although Lord Cao is at fault, he is the chief of the Ministry of Officials and the pillar of the country, and he has a great stake in him! The Ministry of Officials is inseparable from Lord Cao, and the Ministry of Officials cannot do without Lord Cao!"

"I hope Your Majesty thinks twice!"

All the civil officials behind him spoke in unison: "I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

Cen Shen snorted coldly, raised his head and smiled: "Hahaha...... It's really a big joke! The head of the six dignified departments can't turn around without one person, so dare to ask, what use does Your Majesty want your group of people?"

"Cen Shen, don't be too presumptuous!" the leader said indignantly, "How can Lord Cao's role in the Ministry of Officials be understood by you, an outsider? Not to mention Lord Cao's ability, just because Lord Cao has been loyal to His Majesty for many years and has worked hard, it is not something you can accuse and slander at will." ”

Xiao Che looked down and found that it was the "Hou Xuan" of the Ministry of Officials, a third-grade official, and a subordinate of Cao Jingcheng. So he asked with a smile: "Hou Qing's family, well, what you said also has some truth! Since the Qing family can't do without Lord Cao, then with Lord Cao, don't do it yet." Wait for Cen Aiqing to find out the results, and then go back to the ministry to play a role, so as not to be innocently implicated. ”

“？”

Hou Xuan was stunned, "Your Majesty, ...... minister"

"Okay," Xiao Che interrupted him with a smile and said, "The Qing family has worked hard, and I already know it." This is indeed my fault, and the burden on your officials is too heavy. The two secretaries will take this opportunity to rest and rest, and the officials will hand it over to the right minister and Cen Aiqing. ”

"This ......"

Hou Xuan was about to refute, but saw Cao Jingcheng giving him a vague look, so he had to swallow the words on his lips and said sullenly: "No!"

Seeing that this group of people was so knowledgeable, Xiao Che also stopped thinking about continuing to suppress.

If you want to be a good emperor, you can't do things too desperately, even if you want to suppress a certain faction, you should take it step by step, if you are too anxious, it will trigger a strong backlash, and the gains outweigh the losses. Xiao Che knows this better than anyone else.

Just as he was thinking about it, a small yellow door outside the hall walked into the small yellow door and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, Captain Huang Tao has been brought here, and now he is waiting outside the hall." ”

"Let him in. ”

"No!"

After the report, I saw a middle-aged man hurriedly walking into the hall, and after three bows and nine knocks, he raised his head, it was Huang Tao, the son of Huang Lan.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Xiao Che glanced at him and said, "Flat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

Looking at the tears in the corners of his eyes that had not yet been wiped dry, Xiao Che asked out loud: "Captain Huang, I heard that your father hanged himself in the mansion last night, is this true?"

Huang Tao bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, after an inspection, it is shown that my father did die last night, but the cause of death is unknown." It is not yet certain whether there are traces of man-made traces of his father's death, but the possibility of his killing cannot be ruled out. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Che saw a strange color in his eyes, and said, "Then do you think it is suicide or homicide?"

Seeing Cao Jingcheng frantically glaring at him on the side, gesticulating, and signaling him not to talk nonsense, Huang Tao still turned a deaf ear, and said in a calm tone: "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that he killed him! Someone sneaked into the Huang Mansion last night, and after killing his father, he deliberately disguised the scene as a trace of suicide to cover up the crime!"

Seeing that Xiao Che's face slowly turned cold, Cao Jingcheng had no choice but to speak even if he was unwilling: "Captain Huang, you keep saying that Zuo Xiang was killed and killed, what is the evidence?"

"In front of Your Majesty, you'd better not talk nonsense!"

Hearing the strong threat in his words, Huang Tao was not to be outdone, and said with a stiff neck: "The evidence will naturally be there!"

He turned his head to look at Xiao Che and took out a jade slip from his arms: "Your Majesty, please see, this is the autopsy form presented by the Dongcheng Governor's Mansion." ”

"My father's expression before he died was not peaceful, and his pupils dilated several times, which obviously saw something that made him extremely frightened. A normal person who hangs himself will not look like this before he dies. This point is mentioned in the post-mortem form, please look at it. ”

"The minister suspects that this is an 'unknown' act. But this is my Great Martial Imperial Capital, heavily defended, and no 'ominous' with unrelated interests would be willing to take a huge risk to enter the imperial city to assassinate his father, so there must be someone behind this. ”

The black-clothed old eunuch took the jade slip from Huang Tao's hand, and the cloudy old man's eyes quietly showed a trace of pity, and then handed the jade slip to Xiao Che on the golden throne.

Xiao Che took it, and after a few glances, he was furious, and directly threw Yu Jian to the ground, and said with a blue face: "Okay, what a good method! ”

"It's crazy!" Xiao Che turned his head to look at Cen Shen and roared angrily: "Cen Shen, check! Go and check it out!"

"Just start from the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, and don't let go of any clues! I will send two spirit officers to assist you. If you can't find out, you don't have to come back to see me. ”

Cen Shen's face was solemn, and he replied loudly: "The minister's order!"

"Go now!"

"No!"

Seeing Cen Shen turn around and leave, Cao Jingcheng's face gradually became ugly, he turned his head and glared at Huang Tao fiercely, and closed his mouth and said no more.

......

"Lord Cen, hasn't Your Majesty always protected those ministers, why is it ...... today?"

Inside the carriage, Cen Shen stroked his beard with a smile and said in a low voice: "I'm very smart today." The protection of Wenchen is for the balance of the situation, and the power of those two people today is naturally also for balance. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, have there been few things that have happened to those civil servants who have been hugging together and filling their pockets behind their backs?"

"It's just that everyone hasn't done it on the surface, and Your Majesty doesn't bother to make a big deal about this little thing. But now it's different, this group of civil servants has been bold enough to dare to obstruct the holy will, if Your Majesty doesn't suppress it again, then it's okay?"

The young military general who asked the question nodded as if he didn't understand, and said, "How should we investigate the death of Zuo Xiang?" Didn't Huang Jiazi say it, it was 'unknown' who did it, and if the 'unknown' doesn't show up for a day, should we keep chasing after it?"

Cen Shen rolled his eyes, lowered his voice and reprimanded: "Your Majesty has said that it was 'self-hanging', what else are you checking? Can't you understand people's words? What we want to check is evidence of the formation of parties and private interests between the civilian and official departments, especially the parties headed by the Zuo Prime Minister, understand?"

The young military general nodded thoughtfully and said, "Understood." ”

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