Half of the ugly hour had passed, and it was already the middle of the night, and finally someone's body was found, which attracted the attention of the patrol guards of the imperial capital, and the patrol battalion immediately reported the matter after discovering that the officials of the DPRK and China had been killed.

The prefect of the imperial capital, the patrol battalion, and the criminal department immediately took action, and then more corpses were found, and gradually the imperial capital, which should have been quiet in the dead of night, seemed to be boiling.

The streets were full of people from the patrol battalion, the prefect, and the imperial court.

In the basement hall of the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce, Li Tianxing was listening to the report of his subordinates.

"Lord, the six hundred and fifty-eight main target figures in charge of the Ghost Guard have all been cleared, and the Ghost Guard has seriously injured seven people and slightly injured twenty people, and has not exposed any information. This is thanks to the fact that the people of the princes have captured the eyes and minions of most countries. Li Fuan said.

Li Tianxing nodded expressionlessly and asked, "Yes, the Ghost Guard really didn't disappoint me, okay, I'll leave the rest to you, now I think this matter has alarmed the big people in the imperial city." ”

There are three secret passages in the Imperial Capital Star and Moon Chamber of Commerce, one leads directly to the outside of the city, one leads to a mansion near the big business school, and the last leads to a house in the outer city.

Generally, the two secret passages behind are used, and the secret passage leading to the outside of the city is generally not used to seal the door.

It took a total of five years to dig these three secret passages to be successfully dug through, mainly for fear of being discovered, and digging secret passages in the imperial capital is a capital offense.

Li Tianxing returned home from the secret passage and found that his grandfather, Li Ding, was sitting on the Taishi chair in the hall.

"Grandpa, why haven't you slept so late?" Li Tianxing said with a bow.

"The noisy outside didn't know what was going on, and woke up the old man. Li Ding sat on the chair and said casually.

"I just heard from the soldiers outside that it seems that the patriarch of a middle family has been assassinated, and the people of the patrol battalion are chasing the murderer. Li Tianxing said with a tired face.

"Grandpa, I'm a little tired, I'll go down and rest first. ”

Li Ding nodded and said, "Go down and sleep." ”

After saluting and retiring, he returned to his room and rested after eating a few pills and refining them.

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Ling, the commander of the patrol battalion in the splendid court, and Shangguan Yuan, the prefect of the imperial capital, knelt on the ground, their foreheads blurred with flesh and blood.

"Qin Ling, Shangguan Yuan, can you two be convicted?" a majestic voice came from the supreme position.

The two spoke in unison: "Weichen is guilty!"

"More than 300 officials and thousands of people were killed at the feet of the Son of Heaven overnight, and you were unaware in the process, and you couldn't even catch a murderer, what use do I want you two to do?"

Although there was no trace of anger in his tone, it had already made Qin Ling and the others feel panicked, and the two seemed to have seen the scene of their beheading.

"Minister, I know that my sin deserves death, and I implore the Holy Lord to give Weichen a chance to make meritorious contributions. The two of them kowtowed heavily and pleaded.

"Hmph, you still have the face to let your father give you a chance, who can give a chance to the people and officials who died last night in my imperial capital?" a young voice came from outside the gate of the court hall.

At the entrance of the main hall, a young man about twenty-four years old walked in, only to see the young man's sword eyebrows and starry eyes, the bridge of the nose is straight, just looking at his appearance will make people feel that this young man is powerful, not to mention that he is wearing a four-clawed python robe, and his body exudes an aura like a human emperor, and he can compete with the one on the supreme position.

The civil and military officials in the court were attracted by this young man, and the hundred officials felt the momentum of the young man, and their hearts were shocked.

"Father and Emperor, the sons and daughters thought that Qin Ling and Shangguan Yuan were responsible for the security of the imperial capital, but they let more than 300 officials and thousands of people die tragically in the imperial capital, and they didn't even see the shadow of the murderer, which proves that there are very big loopholes in their defense deployment, and the military department is also responsible for this matter. The youth continued.

This young man is the third child of the saint today, the third prince Qin Zhenqian, whose name is Yue.

"His Royal Highness the King of the Town is right, the old minister is also responsible for this matter, and the old minister is willing to be punished. Zhao Chengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, knelt down and kowtowed.

"Lao Shangshu has made contributions to Dashang all his life, and the town cadres sincerely admire it, Lao Shangshu is old, and he should return to his hometown to enjoy his old age. Qin Zhenqian bowed to Zhao Chengyi and said.

The ministers trembled in their hearts, this usually silent and seemingly ordinary third prince would suddenly attack Lao Shangshu.

No one noticed that Zhao Chengyi, the secretary of the military department, who was kneeling down and kowtowing, had a smile full of satisfaction on his face.

Many civil and military officials came out one after another and knelt down to plead and said: "Holy Lord, Lao Shangshu has made such a huge contribution to Dashang, but you can't let Lao Shangshu return to his hometown because of this incident!"

The one on the supreme position spoke: "Yes, Zhao Aiqing will hand over the things in your hands and go home to enjoy your life." As for Qinling's dismissal and investigation, if there are really major loopholes in the defense deployment of the imperial capital, these two people will be decided, and this case will be handed over to Qian'er and Zheng'er to handle. ”

Qin Ling and the others, when they heard this result, even the secretary of the military department was going to return to their hometowns, and their faces turned pale in an instant, feeling that their hearts were completely cold, and they felt that they could not escape the death penalty this time.

The hearts of the hundreds of officials above the court were shocked, and the military department Shangshu, one of the six Shangshu, had collapsed like this? This is not an ordinary official, this is the official and first-class military Shangshu!

"I have decided to canonize the third prince Qin Zhenqian as the crown prince of the East Palace, and the eldest prince Qin Zheng as the king of Ding, do you have any opinions?"

After hearing this, the prime minister immediately walked out and said, "Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty for having a successor." ”

The rest of the ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.

An imperial historian walked to the middle with an angry face, knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, think twice! ”

Qin Zhenqian stared at this imperial history and said lightly: "Zhou Yushi wants to say that I am not qualified to be the prince?"

"Yes, the minister thinks that the achievements of His Royal Highness the Third Prince are not as good as the Great Prince, and if the Third Prince becomes the crown prince, it is not enough to convince the ministers. This Zhou Yushi responded to Qin Zhenqian's gaze without fear.

Qin Zhen snorted coldly and said, "Even my father thinks that I can be the crown prince, is your gaze even more powerful than that of my father?

"Your Royal Highness doesn't have to be reasonable, my eyes are naturally not as good as the saint, but the canonization of the crown prince determines the rise and fall of the Great Shang, this matter must not be sloppy, the minister believes that the saint should discuss this matter with the lords again and then decide. Zhou Yushi was not afraid of Qin Zhenqian's threat at all, and said calmly.

"This matter, I have made up my mind, Zhou Qing's family doesn't need to say much, if there is nothing to do, let's retreat. The one on the Supreme Throne spoke again.

The sound of "bang bang bang" suddenly sounded.

I saw Zhou Yushi kneeling on the ground and kowtowing vigorously, his face covered with blood, and he shouted excitedly: "Please think twice about the saint! The matter of canonizing the crown prince, the saint must discuss it with the ministers! If the saint refuses to withdraw his order, the minister is willing to die to make his will!"