In front of the spacious and bright Qiankun Palace, hundreds of officials knelt there neatly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info And after the hundred officials, there are countless people in the square, all of whom are looking forward to it, waiting for the Tang Emperor's order or the final result.

At this time, the hour has passed, and after the rain has cleared, the first sun is slowly rising from the east, tearing through the dark clouds in the night, and bringing light to the world.

The sky gradually brightened, and the morning light gently sprinkled on the square and on the people. The winter tree spreads in the cold wind on the edge of the square, and a few broken leaves fall silently to the ground, but more often than not, the trunk of the tree stands upright against the wind, and the branches and leaves are luxuriant, and it is towering to the sky.

In the Yushui River, the river flows quietly, no longer forming a thick layer of ice as before. From today, the depths of winter begin to pass, and the weather is slowly getting warmer.

Today is the first day of the new year, the first day of the three hundred and nineteenth year of the Tang calendar, and everything starts again.

In front of the hundred officials, Emperor Tang looked at them with a pale face and was silent.

An old minister said again: "Your Majesty, the Nine Dragons Bell cannot be abolished, I hope Your Majesty will be sympathetic to public opinion and give an answer as soon as possible." ”

Emperor Tang glanced at him in disgust, and thought, "Old immortal, why do you want to come out to make trouble?" ”

Emperor Tang naturally knew this old minister, the former official department Shangshu, and now the Chang'an patrol, although he is also from a product, but he has no power, he has been retired at home and is dead, and he usually does not participate in any political affairs, independent of the court, why did he jump out today!

However, when Emperor Tang saw the dense wrinkles and age spots on the old man's face, he suddenly thought about it. Because they are going to die after all, and after they die, everything will disappear, and no one will remember him anymore, they will only be a little trace in the trend of history. And he himself, not so.

Tang Huang looked bizarrely a teenager on the outside, but in fact, his real age was already middle-aged, but because of his cultivation of Taoism, he knew very well in his heart that his lifespan had just begun.

Thinking of this, Tang Huang's heart suddenly let go, and he once again returned to a high-minded mentality. If it was said that it was the arrogance of kings and ministers before, then now it is the contempt of immortals and mortals, they are just mortals after all.

Emperor Tang chuckled in his heart and said, "Then Aiqing, how do you think I should reply?" ”

Although they were puzzled by the emperor's sudden calm, the ministers didn't have time to think about it, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Your Majesty can accept self-inspection, and you should also reopen the Nine Dragons Bell." ”

Tang Huang bowed slightly: "What about Chen Ce?" ”

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu said solemnly: "Chen Ce was personally examined by His Majesty, and there is no doubt that he will be charged with treason, and he must not be released." If this sinner is released because of the ignorance of the people, in the eyes of others, the ancient Tang Dynasty court and Your Majesty will have no face. At the same time, the people will be pampered and arrogant, thinking that they can decide anything, so where is the royal majesty! This wind must not be opened! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, what Lord Wang said is very reasonable, Chen Ce can't let it go!"

As soon as the words fell, some other ministers also said one after another, and Emperor Tang nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty!" The people who spoke just now were all factions of Chang'an Mansion and the Six Ministries, and in the eyes of others, they betrayed the prime minister, so naturally they were also the ones who were most worried about Chen Ce being released, so they would obstruct it in every possible way.

So now, officials who are still loyal to Chen Ce or friends with Chen Ce naturally have to refute it.

A minister in a crimson official robe said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the king said is completely biased, and we can't subjectively think that the people will be pampered and proud because of a few small people. If this is the case, the ancestor Tang Huang will not set this Nine Dragons Bell. The ancestor Tang Huang said that the people are kind, amiable, understandable, and trustworthy, since the people think that Chen Ce is wronged, then it shows that there is absolutely a hidden secret, we should follow the public opinion to investigate, instead of disobeying the public opinion and forcibly beheading! Do you say, Lord Wang? ”

Lord Shangshu Wang of the Ministry of Industry was directly named, and he was angry in his heart: "Lord Xu, what you said is not right, although the ancestor Tang Huang said this, but the current people are deceived by traitors, and their words naturally cannot be counted, and those traitors cannot be allowed to influence power by holding public opinion hostage." As for Chen Ce, for his crimes, it is clear and clear, there are all human and material evidence, I don't think there is any need to investigate again. ”

Lord Xu smiled lightly and asked, "Then may I ask, Lord Wang, where is the evidence?" ”

Lord Wang glanced at Emperor Tang: "The evidence is naturally in the hands of Your Majesty. ”

Emperor Tang nodded again, seemingly agreeing with Lord Wang's words.

Lord Xu didn't care, smiled and took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Emperor Tang, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, after several careful investigations and verifications by the Supervision Yuan, it was found that there were great problems with the confessions of several Lord Shangshu and Lord Fu Yin. ”

"Huh?" Tang Huang was stunned for a moment, his face was also solemn, he opened the booklet and looked at it: "You say!" ”

Lord Xu glanced at the ministers who had screamed the most fiercely just now, and said in a deep voice: "Chang'an Mansion Yin, reported Chen Ce's embezzlement of disaster relief food, which led to heavy losses in various places below, and dozens of people near Chang'an froze to death. ”

However, after investigation by the Supervision Yuan, it was found that all the disaster relief food funds at that time had been distributed, and there was a lot of money. In several towns near Chang'an, they also received food payments, and the people were safe and sound. In the city where dozens of people died, the Supervision Yuan found that the county government there had committed very serious unclean behavior, and eight or nine out of ten of the food money went into his pocket. The reason why people freeze to death in the city is that the county government should bear the main responsibility. As for Chen Xiang, at most, he is not a lady, and it is by no means like what Lord Yin reported. ”

Tang Huang's face was very bad, he looked at Li Taizhong, who was already trembling, and said, "You continue!" ”

"Yes!" Lord Xu glanced at the official department Shangshu again, and said: "As for the official department Shangshu, he reported the prime minister Chen Ce, taking bribes from others, selling official positions, cronyism, and arranging idle people in important positions, resulting in the failure of government decrees and the heinous crime. However, after investigation, the minister found that Lord Chen Ce was not clear about how to be a minister, but some of Lord Shangshu's behaviors were very suspicious, such as why did your nephew become a five-rank state capital in the Crimson Realm for no reason, and why did your cousin easily become the deputy Dao Master of Kanshan Dao? And your daughter-in-law's maiden family, everyone is an official! By the way, Lord Shangshu, you have a mansion in the Seventh Dao that is quite good, very expensive! ”

"And the Lord of the Ministry of Rites...... Tobe Shoshu-sama...... Oh, and Lord Wang, you ......."

Lord Xu wore a crimson official robe, and said loudly in front of the Qiankun Palace, his expression was indifferent, and he had an indescribable demeanor. And Emperor Tang's face is getting worse and worse, and the officials of the six ministries are all in a cold sweat, as if they are really right.

Seeing that this Lord Xu was talking more and more, Lord Shangshu Wang of the Ministry of Industry finally couldn't help it, and said loudly: "It's useless to say so much, Chen Ce is guilty of rebellion, do you know that he intends to rebel, and he should be punished for the nine clans!" ”

Lord Xu snorted coldly: "Rebellion, just rely on those weapons and equipment dragon robes?" Believe it or not, now go to your mansion to search, there are also these things, and all the lords of Shangshu, there will also be them in your mansion, isn't it that all the adults want to rebel together? ”

"You ......" Lord Wang's face changed drastically.

"Enough!" Emperor Tang's face turned pale, and he spoke.

"Not enough! Your Majesty, the minister also discovered a question about the survival of the empire during the investigation, and now the evidence is sufficient, and the minister wants to tell the world! ”

The consistent tough style of the Supervision Yuan will never give face to anyone when it comes to getting down to business.

Tang Huang stared at him coldly, as if he was sure how serious what he was about to say, and finally nodded.

Lord Xu said: "What the minister wants to say is that the Yugu Mountain Range, the Daijiang River, the Qiu family of the Academy, the whole army has been wiped out!" ”

"What!"

As soon as these words came out, the hall was shocked!

Although there has been a lot of uproar in recent days because of Chen Ce's rebellion and rebellion case, the entire Chang'an will not forget the news half a month ago, and now, the Supervision Yuan has brought it up again, did it find anything?

Lord Xu said: "Not long ago, when the minister was looking through the file of Lord Wang of the Ministry of Works, he found something. A year ago, Mr. Wang personally went to the college to pave the way for a student and entered the Tianzi Camp. I don't know Lord Wang, am I right? ”

Lord Wang was stunned, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, I still have this face!" ”

Master Xu laughed and said, "Naturally, I didn't take it seriously at first, just a student, but when I opened the incident, I found a name." Lord Wang, do you know who that is, or, Lord Wang, do you dare to name that student? ”

Lord Wang's face finally changed, and he was silent in the face of Lord Xu's aggressiveness.

Tang Huang looked at him, and also found that something was wrong, and said angrily: "Say! ”

Lord Wang was agitated and knelt directly on the ground: "Your Majesty, minister, minister......"

Lord Xu said: "Your Majesty, let's talk about it, that person, or rather, the name of that student, is Xu Zhengguo." ”

"What?"

"Xu Zhengguo?!"

"That's not ...... The missing student? ”

Without waiting for everyone to think about it carefully, Master Xu continued: "After discovering this name, I found out that it was wrong, and continued to check, and sure enough, I found this student named Xu Zhengguo, all his origin information is disguised, and the person who assisted in the disguise is the Ministry of Works, Wang Che!" Lord Wang, could you please tell me about the origin of this student, what is his identity, and he can't even find out the means of the Supervision Yuan? ”

Lord Wang finally couldn't bear it anymore, and the cold sweat wet the crimson official robe all of a sudden, and he kept knocking on the ground: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the old minister......"

Emperor Tang didn't even look at him: "Go on!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! Lord Xu said: "Actually, here, all adults should understand that our Ministry of Works, Lord Wang Chewang, has already become a spy of the Tang Dynasty, and that Xu Zhengguo is the person who overthrew the Tang Dynasty." The annihilation of the army on the front line this time is absolutely inseparable from these two people, or rather, it is because of the two of them that it has caused the shame and tragedy of my ancient Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years! ”

Baiguan was shocked, he really didn't expect that such a terrible situation would occur, maybe what he said just now was right, this is indeed a matter of the survival of the empire!

Tang Huang's face was angry and shocked, he closed his eyes and sighed deeply: "Someone! Take the king's chariot down to me, and detain him first, I will interrogate and ask me well! ”

"No, no, Your Majesty, Your Majesty spares your life......" The king's carriage was gradually dragged away.

The ministers looked at Emperor Tang nervously, because they knew very well that although Emperor Tang's voice was very flat, the anger in his heart could definitely incinerate the entire empire.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Tang finally looked behind Baiguan, where Chen Ce was lying with wounds, while Chen Guyu was silently taking care of him.

Tang Huang walked up to Chen Ce and said condescendingly: "Chen Ce, do you have something to say?" ”

Chen Ce opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it, but coughed frantically. Chen Guyu hurriedly patted him lightly on the back, and said at the same time: "Your Majesty, my father is too seriously injured, I'm afraid he won't be able to open his mouth." ”

Tang Huang frowned, and finally had a trace of care in his words: "Huh? What's the matter, I didn't say anything about torture, Chen Ce should at least be safe in prison. ”

"It's someone who declares a personal vendetta." Chen Guyu said lightly.

Tang Huang was stunned, and then said angrily: "Come on, go and investigate clearly, what the hell is going on!" ”

"Yes!"

Ouchi's guards took the order and left.

Tang Huang continued: "Lord Xu's words, you should have heard it too, can you tell me about the situation at that time?" ”

Only then did everyone wake up to the fact that it was not only Xu Zhengguo who disappeared at that time, but also Chen Guyu. It's just that because of Chen Ce's affairs, they all selectively forgot Chen Guyu's other identity.

Chen Guyu said solemnly: "It was indeed Xu Zhengguo's report that caused the army to be ambushed......

"What about you?"

"I wasn't there because I was on a mission."

An officer suddenly jumped out and asked, "On a mission?" Why would Qiu Shuai let you go on a mission as a recruit? ”

Chen Guyu glanced at him coldly, but he didn't answer.

Obviously, some people don't want to let Chen Ce go and let them go, and they still want to get the whole thing out.

Tang Huang coughed hurriedly, finally knew how to stop it, and said with a smile: "In this case, the matter of Wang Che, I will investigate it clearly, and the hero will never be buried." A month later, I personally marched to revenge this hatred from Fu Tang. In this way, now, you can send Chen Aiqing back to recuperate first! ”

Although Emperor Tang looked very gentle, Chen Guyu did not have the slightest emotion in his heart, he was cold and cold. He knew that this was because with the help of the Lord of the Supervision Yuan, the situation had shifted to his father's favor, otherwise, just like when he first arrived at the Qiankun Palace, Emperor Tang didn't care why Chen Ce was injured?

So Chen Guyu was silent, he didn't want to say anything, the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the death of Wu Zixiao and others, he buried it in his heart, as for what the result of the so-called pro-campaign would be in the end, he didn't care at all, at that time, he was no longer here.

Emperor Tang returned to the Qiankun Palace, looked at the expectant eyes of the hundred officials and ministers, laughed disdainfully in his heart, and said: "Then I declare that I accept the opinions of the people. Pardon Chen Ce's innocence, reinstate the official, and reward 1,000 taels of gold and 10,000 taels of silver. Chen Ce was named the candidate of all the people, and his son was named a first-class loyal and brave baron. This matter is my negligence, and it has made Chen Qing suffer. As for the Nine Dragons Bell, I have decided that every year at the time of the spring and autumn equinoxes will be open for two days, and the people can ring the Nine Dragons Bell to give me advice, and I will accept it carefully, change it if there is one, and encourage it if there is none! ”

As soon as the words fell, the old man who was the secretary of the former ministry was about to speak again: "Your Majesty, this ......"

Emperor Tang glared at him fiercely, and the old man had to shut up, he also knew that this should be the limit of His Majesty's compromise, and the Nine Dragons Bell was opened twice a year. As for Chen Ce, this old man didn't care, no matter what, it wouldn't involve his interests.

Seeing that no one objected anymore, Tang Huang nodded with a smile, and then signaled to Liu Xi.

Liu Xi comprehended, and walked to the square with the holy decree that had just been written. After a while, the square resounded with the cheers of the people.

Emperor Tang smiled and said: "Everyone, Aiqing, everyone go back, I am also tired, the details of some things, as well as the interrogation of the royal car, will be left until tomorrow." ”

"Yes, the ministers are leaving!"

The hundred officials gradually retreated, and Chen Guyu helped Chen Ce and stood up.

Tang Huang squinted slightly, looking at this young man, he knew that this was Chen Guyu, Chen Ce's...... Yizi, the remnant of the four dynasties, the person who is valued by the elders of the Stopping Meditation Concept, now it seems that this is the case.

Suddenly, a reflection flashed, Tang Huang closed his eyes suddenly, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that it was the light reflected from a ring on Chen Guyu's hand.

It's just that this ring is so familiar, a full moon.

Full moon......

A monstrous flame suddenly erupted in Emperor Tang's heart, and he said angrily: "Stop!" ”