Chapter 119: Punishment
"You say that when a person dies, he takes nothing away and leaves nothing, and he leaves a little miss for people." Su Cimo suddenly turned his head to look at Song Bibai.
It was the first time Song Bibai looked at her like this, and he didn't know how uncomfortable he felt when her father died.
Song Bibai didn't know how to comfort her now, so she could only accompany her silently beside her.
After Su Cimo erected the tombstone carved by himself, he left directly.
After leaving, she went straight to the inn and everyone began to put the finishing touches on it.
After those corrupt officials are eliminated, some of the money they left behind must be used for those victims.
The rest was taken back to Kyoto and put into the treasury at the equinox, just in case something unexpected happened.
Su Cimo quickly gathered all the victims outside the city, and then temporarily set up temporary shelters for them.
Some of them brought in a lot of food from other places and started to solve their current food problems.
After those victims were appeased by Su Cimo, the resentment in their hearts was much less.
Later, they learned that the emperor had asked the treasury to wholesale a lot of money before, but it was not used on them, but was corrupted by those corrupt officials.
That's why their lives are getting more and more miserable, and the victims have always thought that the emperor is unwilling to take care of them.
In their hearts, they even thought that the emperor was a faint king, and their own villagers had become like this, and he hadn't even taken any measures, only to find out that they were wrong.
And Tuoba Huan's way back to the capital was not so smooth, because they had just walked out of Jiangnan, and they were directly assassinated.
They have encountered several waves of killers along the way, even iron men are tired, and Tuoba Huan was injured because of carelessness.
"What? You said that the third prince was assassinated on the way back? The emperor looked at the secret guard below with a calm face.
"Yes, and the third prince is injured!" The Dark Guard knelt respectfully.
The emperor's face darkened, he didn't expect these people to be so blatant, they had just left Jiangnan, and they would start so quickly.
After he finds out everything, he must find out who is behind it, and he wants to see who is covering the sky with his hand, not only letting those officials take bribes, but also trying to assassinate the prince.
"Immediately let people rush to support, and when they come back, they will directly ask the third prince to rush over to see me, and if anyone dares to stop them, they will be killed."
With a wave of the emperor's hand, the secret guard immediately retreated and began to gather people.
The people sent by the emperor quickly rushed over, and just after they arrived, another group of killers arrived.
"These are some outlaws, you don't have to leave them alive, you have to kill them all."
Tuoba Huan goblins didn't open their eyes, and commanded the people next to them, just because they were all outlaws on the rivers and lakes.
So it's impossible to find out who sent them out, so there's no need for them to stay.
Along the way, because there were people sent by the emperor, they rushed directly to the capital without danger.
Tuoba Huan did not stop after arriving in the capital, but came directly to the palace to see the emperor.
So when he rushed over, he was still a little embarrassed, his clothes were stained with some blood from the fight, and his hair was a little messy.
The emperor patted him on the shoulder: "Emperor, you have worked hard, and you have suffered a lot along the way." ”
Tuoba Huan nodded, and directly took out the evidence he was carrying.
"Father, this is all the evidence collected about the crimes of Jiangnan officials since the beginning of this period."
Tuoba Huan presented all the evidence, and after the emperor saw the evidence, his hands trembled.
"Okay, I didn't expect them to embezzle so much money, it's really bold!" The emperor hammered the board twice.
Tuoba Huan didn't speak, now all the evidence is here, and he only needs an order from the emperor to deal with those corrupt officials.
After the emperor calmed down, he looked straight at Tuoba Huan: "Emperor, this matter is entrusted to you, what do you think should be done next?" ”
"Erchen thinks that the reason why they are so bold may be supported by someone behind them."
Tuoba Huan was still a little suspicious of the emperor until now, so he didn't directly say who that person was.
If you look carefully at the evidence, you can see that the person behind them is the crown prince.
It's just that the emperor is busy getting angry, and he will look through the evidence carefully.
"Oh? In your opinion, who do you think is the person behind them? "The emperor has some interest in the people behind them.
Tuoba Huan hesitated: "In the entire court, except for your father, there is only the right of the crown prince and me, but this is only a one-sided statement of the sons." ”
"No opinion, since you think the matter is related to him, you naturally found relevant evidence,"
The emperor only felt that his son was so unassertive when he spoke, since he had already suspected the crown prince, it was naturally because he had found evidence.
For a moment, he felt in his heart that he was a little muddy and couldn't support the wall, but when he saw the blood he shed because of suicide along the way, he sighed.
"Forget it, I can arrange this matter freely, you can go down and rest first."
Tuoba Huan left after retiring, and when he left, Tuoba Huan's eyes darkened.
The emperor sat in his position for a long time after seeing him leave, even if he knew that this matter had something to do with the crown prince, he couldn't directly deal with the crown prince like this.
In any case, he is his own son, and this time he will be given a chance temporarily, if he does anything out of the ordinary again, then the emperor does not plan to protect him anymore.
"Come on, pass on my imperial decree, the main culprit in the Jiangnan corruption case, the governor and the governor's family, beheaded, and the rest of the officials involved in the case are exiled."
"Huh!" The old eunuch immediately passed on this will.
Tuoba Huan heard the news as soon as he went back, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, this matter has been related to the crown prince, and his father is obviously not ready to deal with him.
He can ignore the previous incident, but this time the matter involves the entire Jiangnan, and those refugees have been hurt so much because of the corruption of those officials.
The emperor was not prepared to deal with the culprit, and the cup in Tuoba Huan's hand shattered.
In fact, what he didn't know was that the emperor issued this edict, and he didn't want to move the prince at all.
And for the sake of the prince's face, he directly did not puncture this matter in Jiangnan.
"Go and fetch me the prince." The emperor sat on the dragon chair with a black face.
The crown prince thought that the emperor came to him because of the affairs in Jiangnan, so he trembled a little along the way.
But the father who dealt with those officials some time ago didn't mention him, and the prince thought that this matter was over.
"Father-in-law, do you know what my father came to me for?" The prince swallowed his saliva and looked at the old eunuch in front of him.
The old eunuch shook his head: "The old slave doesn't know, but His Majesty's face is not very good-looking." ”
When the old eunuch said this, he also knew that his heart was trembling a little again, if it was really for Jiangnan's affairs, then he would be miserable this time.
When he came to the imperial study, the prince knelt down directly with a puff: "Father, just spare me, the ministers will never dare to do this again." ”
"Yes, what do you want to say about your subordinates causing trouble everywhere in the capital? Not only that, but also in the name of the royal family, it seems that your prince's name is very good! Well? ”
The emperor smashed the teacup in his hand on the prince's head, and the prince's head was immediately left with blood, but he did not dare to make any move.
But more importantly, some didn't react, wasn't it because of the Jiangnan incident, why did he suddenly get involved with him?
Could it be because he doesn't know that Jiangnan's affairs have something to do with him? The prince was overjoyed at the thought of this.
"Father, I don't know about this matter, but don't worry, when the sons go back, they will definitely clean them up, if they dare to do these things in the future, the sons will definitely not let them go."
The crown prince was very glad that the emperor did not call him because of this incident in Jiangnan, but the fact that he was powerful outside in the name of the royal family was enough to make him punished.
"I'll give you another chance to take care of your subordinates, and if I hear one more thing, don't ask for your position as the prince, get out!"
"Yes, father, don't be angry, the son will get out of your sight immediately."
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the prince immediately left the imperial study as if he had fled.
After leaving the imperial study, the prince immediately had a feeling of being born of a catastrophe, but he didn't expect it to be because of this reason.
After returning to the Prince's Mansion, Ma Fei immediately greeted him: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, are you okay, I heard that His Majesty called you to the imperial study, and immediately ran over." ”
The prince pushed him away: "Go and call them all to me, I have something to say." ”
After Ma Fei stood firm, he immediately called the others to the prince's study.
They had barely reached the study when the prince swept the things on the table to the floor.
"You'd better keep to yourself for a while now, if you dare to make something in my name, don't ask for your head."
The prince looked at the group of people under this piece with some anger, especially Ma Fei among them.
Ma Fei lowered his head a little frightened: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't worry, no matter what, the little one will not do anything that damages your reputation." ”
The others also bowed their heads respectfully, looking very obedient, and seeing their new side of the prince like this, it was much more comfortable.