Early morning.

Above the horizon in the east, a round of red sun is rising, the light of the morning sun shines on the city of Luoyang, the snow that fell two days ago has been completely melted by this light, and the mild sunlight makes people have a warm feeling.

In the eastern city of Luoyang, a fire has just been extinguished.

This fire originated from the mansion where Jingping Commercial Bank was located, but it involved almost 17 surrounding houses, involving more than 1,000 people, which can be regarded as the largest fire in Luoyang City in recent years.

"How did my house burn!"

", who set the fire!"

"Dad, wake up!"

"Master Guan, you have to be the master for us!"

“……”

Many of the people who were rescued were merchants, wailing, weeping, watching their houses fall into ruins.

"How so?"

Luo Yang ordered Sima Fang to come over with the county soldiers, looking at the rows of burned houses, muttering to himself.

It turned out like this, and he was caught off guard.

"Sima Jiangong, how did it become like this, don't you know in your heart?"

He is over fifty years old this year, his hair is gray, and his expression is relatively old, but as an old minister who once held the position of Situ, there is a strong force in his momentum: "You are so ruthless, in order to kill one person, nearly a thousand innocent people in Luoyang are implicated, even if you sue the emperor today, the old man will not spare you!" ”

He is a member of the Yuan clan of Chenjun, and he is also a scholar.

But he is not in the stream with the family gate, but he has the same political views as Lu Zhi Wang Yun and them, but above the court, he is a clear stream, once an official to Situ, and he was exiled for thousands of miles, and now he is still standing in the court, which shows his ability.

He knew who lived in this house.

The court dispute, he also remembered it vividly, but he never thought that someone would be so mad, under his nose, to make such a thing, and to investigate it, he is the ruling Jinwu to blame.

"Gong Yuan, please calm your anger, this matter has nothing to do with me!" Sima Fang hurriedly said.

"Hey, hey!"

Yuan Peng sneered: "Sima Jiangong, you are blind as an old man, it was you who prevented me from riding into the East City last night was your soldier from Ruoyang County, and it is really up to you to have the final say at the feet of this son of heaven!" ”

"Yuan Gong, please listen to my analysis!" Sima Fang was in a hurry.

"You go to the Imperial Front to analyze!"

Yuan Peng brushed his sleeves and left.

"Damn it!" Sima Fang's face was gloomy.

"Father!" At this time, Sima Lang walked up and whispered to his father: "Just counted, more than 500 people were burned, and in this mansion, there are more than 100 corpses brought out, and the corpses have been scorched, I'm afraid they can't be identified!" ”

"The Yuan family misunderstood me!"

Sima Fang sighed, Mu Jing couldn't kill him, but he was asked to take on this responsibility, and he probably couldn't push it off no matter how he pushed it.

……

Luoyang North Palace.

Ling Kunwan.

This Wan Garden was built by the order of Emperor Ling himself a few years ago, just north of the North Palace, close to Shanglin Wan, and there is a Hongchi next to it, which is a beautiful scenery and a good place to recuperate.

When the Son of Heaven is in a good mood, he always likes to come here to cultivate his body, but at this moment, the Son of Heaven is furious in this place.

He summoned Cai Yong into the palace last night, sighed, was in a good mood, drank several times more, and pampered a few new concubines who had just entered the palace, and only now did he wake up, but as soon as he woke up, he received news from Zhang Rang.

The Son of Heaven never expected that under his nose, these people would dare to be so presumptuous, which simply made him angry: "What do they want to do, Mu Jing is not what they want, they will kill Mu Jing, for Mu Jing, they will not hesitate to burn my Luoyang, if I don't go their way, will they also kill me, burn my palace, and rebel, right?" ”

There was a thick killing intent in his voice, and an unknown panic.

The events of last night made him feel dangerous.

Some rules have begun to fail, and in this Luoyang City, the scourge of swords and soldiers has also begun to hide, so can he, the emperor, still be obedient?

"Your Majesty is angry!"

Zhang asked Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs to bow their heads and hurriedly appeased.

"Under my nose, they dare to be so presumptuous, do they still have me in their eyes?" The anger in the heart of the Son of Heaven could no longer be suppressed, and the flames in his pupils were about to burst out: "It seems that I have indulged them too much, and now they don't even pay attention to my holy decree, in this case, I don't need to keep them, I want to kill, I want to see if my sword is sharp!" ”

"Your Majesty, please stop your anger!"

Zhang Rang hurriedly stepped forward, knelt at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and pleaded: "Your Majesty, they hold the power of the army, at this time, they must not disturb the court, if they are forced to rush and hurt Your Majesty's dragon body, it will be bad!" ”

"Your Majesty, we will come to the next day, and the slaves and maids will definitely get rid of these ministers who disobey the holy will for Your Majesty!" Zhao Zhong also hurriedly said.

"Woohoo !!!"

The Son of Heaven became more and more angry, gasping for breath, unable to breathe, and suddenly fainted directly.

"Imperial Doctor!"

"Quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor!"

When Zhang Rang saw it, he immediately panicked, and they hurriedly shouted outside.

The Imperial Physician soon came, and after the diagnosis, an old Imperial Physician acupuncture and moxibustion allowed the Son of Heaven to wake up from the gloom.

"What's wrong with me?"

The Son of Heaven took a breath, and his face was much better.

The imperial doctor said: "Your Majesty, you are so angry that you are in a hurry, and your heart is not going to continue, so you can hurt the dragon body, and you hope to keep your mood, and you must not hurt the dragon body again!" ”

"Let's go down!"

The Son of Heaven had calmed down, waved his hand, and said.

"No!"

Several imperial physicians packed up their suitcases and left the palace.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Rang knelt down and walked up: "It's the slave's fault, the slave is incompetent, which makes Your Majesty angry!" ”

"None of your business!"

The Son of Heaven stood up, and his breath was much smoother: "I know that they just want to trap me in this palace city, they think that by drawing money from the bottom of the kettle, they can break my calculations, and they underestimate me too much!" ”

He struggled to his feet and asked, "How is Mujing Xiao'er now?" ”

"He was not lightly injured, and the guards around him were killed and injured countless times, but he can be regarded as picking up a life, and now he has been protected by the barracks!"

Zhao Zhong replied.

After Mu Jing got out of trouble, he went to Zhao Zhong's mansion for the first time, he knew that in the entire Luoyang City, I am afraid that only eunuchs can save his life, so he didn't even care about his reputation, and asked Zhao Zhong for help openly.

Zhao Zhong was also unambiguous, and directly dispatched the head of the eight battalions in the West Garden, the most powerful upper military camp to protect Mujing.

"Those who go to Runan to preach the message can set out!"

"I set off overnight last night!"

"Who?"

"It's Gao Wang who went to deliver the decree in person!"

Gao Wang is also one of the ten permanent servants, and the person whom the Son of Heaven trusts more.

"I remember that Gao Companion is doing a good job, so I sent someone to supervise him, so that he could rush to Runan as soon as possible to implement the surrender of Mushan!" The Son of Heaven calmed down, and his thoughts became clear: "If some people don't give up, they will inevitably do something in Runan, Mushan must not be opposed, he must be used by me!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Rang nodded and said, "The slave will send someone to send a message to Gao Wang!" ”

"Message!"

The Son of Heaven said in a deep voice.

"In!"

Zhang Rang personally spread out a gold silk and wrote in ink.

"Nian Mujing is young, meritorious in his performance, pardon Mujing's sinful body, give Mujing as the companion of the prince's association, and seal it as the Hongdumen school sacrificial wine, at the same time, I personally recruited Mujing as the governor of the seal supervisor, with a rank of 600 stones, and ordered Dahonglu and the general to be a master craftsman, within ten days, to build the Xi'e Township Marquis Mansion!"

The Son of Heaven had summoned Cai Yong last night, and he knew very well how terrible the things Mu Jing used to impress Cai Yong were, and this one craft would subvert the entire Shilin, which was also one of the reasons why he was so angry after hearing that Mu Jing was stabbed last night and almost died.

If he cared more about the military power in Mushan's hands before.

Then now I also care about Mujing's talent.

If both can be used by him, they will definitely be able to change the pattern of the current court for him.

"Your Majesty, the Holy Decree is ready!"

Zhang let the ink on it dry.

"Pass it on now!"

The Son of Heaven stamped it, and then commanded.

"No!"

Zhang Rang nodded.

"Your Majesty, the ruling Jinwu Yuan Pang, the Luoyang Commander Sima Fang, the city defense general Wu Kuang, ask to see you outside the palace!" A palace guard walked in from the outside and gave his hand to report.

"Nope!"

The Son of Heaven said coldly.

"Your Majesty?"

"I can't see what I said!"

"No!"

The people did not dare to disobey the king's voice any more.

"Continue to preach my will!" The Son of Heaven said gloomily.

"Yes!"

"The dereliction of duty of the ruling Jinwu Yuan Peng caused the fire in Luoyang, and the people were killed and injured countless times, so he went to work and stood by!"

"No!"

"Luoyang ordered Sima to prevent dereliction of duty, causing the fire in Luoyang, killing and injuring countless people, and returning to his hometown!"

"No!"

"Wu Kuang, the general of the city defense, is ineffective in guarding Luoyang, and he is dismissed and exiled!"

"No!"

The three holy decrees shook at once, the government and the opposition shook, the sky was mighty, the sticks were powerful, and there was a sudden silence in Luoyang City, and all the ministers were a little dumbfounded at this time.

……

The General's Mansion.

"General, help!" Wu Kuang was about thirty years old, kneeling on the ground, crying with a handful of tears and snot.

He was a pure and unjustified disaster.

No matter how you count it, it can't be counted on his head.

But he was the most miserable one to be punished, and he was exiled to the border, which ruined his future.

"Wu Kuang, the holy decree has been issued, and this general can't change it, you can go to Liangzhou for the time being, there is Dong Zhuo, a close confidant of this general in Liangzhou, he will take care of you, and this general will return you to Luoyang as soon as possible!" He Jin pinched the bridge of his tired nose and said in a deep voice.

"No!"

Wu Kuang was helpless, as General He Jin's confidant and favorite general, guarding the defense of the capital, and now he was used by His Majesty to open the knife, and he had nothing to say, fortunately he was exiled to Liangzhou, if it was elsewhere, I am afraid that he would not even have a chance to turn over.

After Wu Kuang left, He Jin's face became gloomy: "Zhang Jin, what's the matter, I let you kill people, not let you set fires!" ”

"Report to the general, that fire was set by Mu Longtu himself!"

Zhang Jin arched his hand and said.

"What?"

"If it weren't for that fire, we would have killed them all, but the fire was together, the whole scene was chaotic, last night it was the night wind howling, the fire spread quickly, and there were many people fighting the fire outside, so we had no choice but to retreat!"

"It's so ruthless!"

He Jin became more and more jealous of this young man who had a relationship with him in the hall: "Isn't he afraid that he will be burned to death?" ”

"General, this is a place of death and then life!"

Chen Lin, the chief bookkeeper, said in a deep voice: "This young man has great courage, and he can't stay!" ”

"But now Your Majesty is angry, he clearly knows that Wu Kuang is brother is a loving general, but he is directly exiled, and clearly tells his brother, if we make another move, I'm afraid Your Majesty will not be able to tolerate us, even if my sister is in the palace, she will be left out in the cold, at that time, how should I deal with myself!" He Miao said.

"It's a long time coming!"

He Jin gritted his teeth, this time it was a mistake to steal chickens and rice, he couldn't kill Mu Jing, and he also lost a member of his love and lost the position of the city defense general, he said in a deep voice: "The most important thing for us now is to fill the vacancy of the position of the city defense general, and we can't let people take advantage of the loopholes!" ”

……

Sikong Province.

"Your Majesty, this is a thunderous fury, this board is heavy enough!" Sikong Yuan Feng knelt in front of the hall and said gloomily.

"Brother, after this incident, I'm afraid that the Sima family will be separated from us because of this!"

Yuan Kui said.

"As long as the Guanzhong family still trusts us!" Yuan Feng didn't care much about the Sima family, and the influence of the Sima family was not as good as that of the Hongnong Yang family: "But the Yang Order still has to be fought for!" ”