MoreChapter 48 is bold

Deng Lei was stunned, and a chill hit his hair on end! He kowtowed one after another like garlic, his face was like ashes, "Your Majesty, the ministers are guilty, let the ministers be punished with them!" ”

"What are you guilty of?" Liu Zhao seemed to be smiling, but his voice was like a ghost possessed, cold and terrifying. "I have never lost your high-ranking officials, have your hearts grown into the belly of a dog? I haven't really ruled the world yet, so I'm planning to kill me! You are your uncle's man, and you say, "What about you and the general?" What about your hearts? What about your liver and gall bladder? Fortunately, I have the blessing of the heavens and am safe and sound, otherwise you traitors, how can you be embarrassed! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged!" Deng Lei made a heart at this time, knocked his head one after another, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the ministers and generals are loyal to Your Majesty, and there is no slightest arrogance, and it will not harm the emperor's intentions, and the ministers are wronged!" ”

"That's what you say? Did I wronged you? Then you say, who is going to harm me? A spark flashed in Liu Zhao's eyes, and his handsome face was flushed.

"The ministers really don't know, Your Majesty went to Xiyuan to hunt, everyone in the court knows, and it can't be said that he only took us and others with him, so he suspected that the ministers did it. Those important ministers in the court cannot be said to be unrelated. Although the minister and the general are closer, the general has always been loyal to His Majesty, and has never intended to harm His Majesty. Deng Lei knew that among the few people who followed, Cao Bao was the person the emperor relied on, and Li Xiu was Yuan An's younger brother, all of whom were loyal to the royal family, but he was the only one who was Dou Xian's party, so the spearhead was naturally pointed at himself. But he didn't receive Dou Xian's order to plot to kill the emperor, so although he was afraid, he didn't panic, he just recognized a little bit and refused to admit it.

Liu Zhao saw that he had turned his target to the important ministers in the court, and knew that he meant something, so he didn't pay attention to it, and only said: "I know that you are loyal, so you are here to watch the two of them being punished, and I will not punish you, so you just stand and think, think about it, and then pay attention to it." After that, he glanced at Zhou Rong, and then took Liu Qing to the back of the hall. Hula and the attendants followed a large group, and in the huge palace hall, only Deng Lei was left kneeling without embarrassment.

Zhou Rong walked over and helped him up, "Lord Deng, Your Majesty still takes good care of your lords, and the two important ministers of the court have knelt under the sun, only your lords can still take on the responsibility of supervision safe and sound, it can be seen that Your Majesty still has affection for the general." ”

Deng Lei smiled bitterly, he was only one overseer, but it was much more uncomfortable than being punished under the sun, where is this more Buddha, this is intentionally difficult for himself. He stood at the door of the hall, and saw that although the outside of the hall was full of green trees, it was still far from the palace gate, Li Xiu and Cao Bao were kneeling upright, and the sun shone on their faces, which had already flashed a layer of oil, but the two of them were motionless, their expressions were solemn, and their sorrow was difficult to express.

Deng Lei coughed lightly, didn't leave the hall, stood straight at the door of the hall, looking at the dazzling sun, and he was like a man on his back, which was extremely uncomfortable. He saw a squire in the distance flashing by, he felt a little familiar, and he couldn't remember it for a while, but when he was thinking about it, he saw Zhou Rong shouting loudly: "What person, Your Majesty's palace, are you waiting to walk around casually?" Come, take that man down! ”

"Whoa!" With a shout, several of the guards and attendants knocked the man down and came to the temple gate with his arms pressed down.

Zhou Rong looked this person up and down, and saw that he was wearing the costume of a guard, his face was slightly dark, and his eyes were shining with a thief's light, flickering.

"It's you!" Deng Lei's face changed, and he immediately recognized the person who came, this person was called Shen Cheng, and he was his elder brother's long-term follower in Deng Die's mansion. He felt a pang in his heart, secretly felt that things were not good, and his heart was shocked. But after many years in the court, he also learned some ways to protect himself, and his body trembled and calmed down. There were two slaps on the top and scolded: "It turned out to be you a minion, what is there in my Deng family that can't stand you, but you came to assassinate Your Majesty, isn't this pouring and urine on your master's head?" You can't be tolerated by the sky, not allowed by the earth, pigs and dogs are not as good as things, I will kill you! ”

After speaking, he kicked again, and grabbed Zhou Rong's sword again. Zhou Rong knew that the matter was not trivial, where was he willing to let him grab the sword, let people stop him, and walked towards the apse with Shen Cheng himself.

Liu Zhao heard the commotion in the front hall, but he sat firmly in a hurry, fiddling with arrows in his hand, seeing that Zhou Rong had brought someone to see him, he knew that it was time for the matter to come to light, so he nodded at Liu Qing and asked him to be on guard. then instructed Cai Lun: "Go and lock up Deng Lei, wait for the fate, and let Li Xiu and Cao Bao come to see me." ”

Then he set his eyes on the person kneeling on the ground, sneered slightly, and said, "Say, I'll wait to listen!" ”

"Emperor, Emperor!" Shen Cheng was already trembling with fright, and he kowtowed like a chicken pecking rice: "The villain is a capital crime, this is all done by waiting for Deng Die's villain, the villain's words are true, and there is no lie." ”

Deng Die? Liu Zhao glanced at Liu Qing, both of them were secretly frightened, could it be that the high-ranking members of Dou Xian's party were already studying how to deal with him, the emperor? "Okay, you go on, why did Deng Di let you come to murder me?"

"The villain doesn't know, yesterday General Dou's son-in-law shot the captain Guo Ju, came to see my master, the two talked in the room for a long time, and then after Guo Ju left, he ordered the villain to pretend to be a waiter, mixed into the guards, and took the opportunity to kill the emperor. The minister was really instructed by the waiter, and the master's order, the villain didn't dare to disobey it! He kowtowed again and couldn't help crying.

"If you want to fulfill a word of loyalty, the master's order cannot be violated, but you confess all the master's affairs, it is for disloyalty, and you have received an order, and you dare to kill the king, without any shame and shame, it is unjust. You, a villain who has no righteousness and no private feelings for masters and servants, are still talking about what you can't help but say here, you are really not as good as the beasts in this garden. Come, send a message, let him draw an offering of what he has offered, for future needs! As for this person, lock him up first, and then execute him later! ”

At this time, Cao Bao and Li Xiu walked in, the two of them were a little dizzy, they were supported by two eunuchs, and they walked to Liu Zhao and knelt down, Liu Zhao didn't speak with a gloomy face, and said after a while: "Although the two of them are not suspected of murder, they have dereliction of duty, and I will not pursue it, but there are people who murdered me in the Han Dynasty, and I have to investigate, do you want to make meritorious contributions?" ”

Cao Bao and Li Xiu didn't know what he was thinking, so they had to stare dryly, not knowing how to speak. Liu Qing yelled: "Are you two confused? Your Majesty is asking you, do you want to help Your Majesty get rid of traitors and clean up the court! ”

The two of them suddenly came to their senses, suddenly sobered up, and hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, we had this intention, the traitors in the court and the middle of the country are rampant, pressing the king and the ministers down, we dare to be angry and dare not speak, and now Your Majesty has such a determination, which is in line with our wishes, please rest assured." ”

When Liu Zhao heard this, he smiled and helped the two of them up, "There is really no one around me who can be trusted, thank you two Qing family, from now on, you and I will work together, and everything can be done." That's it, after such a toss, I also feel tired, so I will stay in the palace today. I have been diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor for the two Aiqing, so you can go down and rest! ”

Everyone went out, only Liu Zhao and Liu Qing's brothers were left, Liu Zhao's spirit gradually relaxed, his eyes looked forward, as if they were about to penetrate the heavy wall, and his tearful eyes were shining, looking tired and sad. After a long time, Fang sighed, and his voice became unusually soft:

"Brother, our opportunity has finally arrived, I think, in the near future, I will be able to dominate the Han world and become the real heaven."

Liu Qing smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, do you really think so?" ”

"How?" Liu Zhao was taken aback in his heart, and faintly felt that Liu Qing seemed to be referring to something.

"What Mr. said, does the emperor remember? He kept asking us to wait, and it wasn't the best time! Liu Qing said quietly, his voice dry.

"But we can arrest Deng Die, and when the time comes, we can sue Dou Xian for the crime of killing the king."

"Your Majesty, you think simply!" A clear but firm voice suddenly sounded in the empty hall, like rolling thunder, ethereal, but it shook people's souls.

Zheng Zhong appeared in the hall like a rust, which made Liu Zhao's eyes shine.

"Hook Shield Order!"

"The minister Zheng Zhong saw Your Majesty, it was Cai Lun who brought the minister into the palace, Your Majesty rest assured, he is guarding the door, and no one can enter." Zheng Zhong's calm and calm tone calmed Liu Zhao down.

"Zheng Zhong, what did you mean by what you just said?" Liu Zhao asked.

Zheng Zhong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you can't move Deng Die now, after all, he is a small fish and a small shrimp, and the big fish behind him is our ultimate goal." If something goes wrong with the small shrimp, the big fish will panic and do something wrong, so Your Majesty must not act without military power. It's just that what the minister is thinking about now is whether Deng Di informed Dou Xian of what they wanted to murder His Majesty, and what Dou Xian thought, these are all keys. ”

"Deng Di is Dou Xian's person, how could he not tell Dou Xian about this kind of big thing?" Liu Zhao gritted his teeth, and his heart was full of indignation.

"Your Majesty, the minister has these conjectures, I don't think Dou Xian has any intention of killing Your Majesty, this matter is purely the private behavior of Deng Di and Guo Ju. First, there is no need for Dou Xian to do this, he has already leaned towards the government and the opposition, and there is no need to kill the monarch to maintain his power. Second, he is the emperor's uncle, after all, there is a queen behind, he always has to give an explanation to his sister, have an explanation, and will not act rashly. Moreover, His Majesty has always been cautious and has not shown the slightest intention of wanting to kill him, how can he have the idea of killing the king? Isn't that looking for something to do? Taking a step back, even if he knew that His Majesty was dissatisfied with him and wanted to kill him, he would not take His Majesty to heart. ”

Liu Zhao was stunned, listening to Zheng Zhong's analysis reasonably, he didn't know how to answer, he just paced back and forth, thinking fiercely in his head.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that Deng Die's killing of His Majesty is not Dou Xian's intention, and there is an important reason. Your Majesty, do you think, Dou Xian is a general who holds military power, if he wants to take the opportunity of His Majesty's hunting to kill His Majesty, how can he only send a little slave who is in a hurry to escape as soon as he is targeted, he will ambush the soldiers and horses and succeed in one fell swoop. So Your Majesty, it's still too early for you to think about getting rid of General Dou! ”