Carved beams and painted columns, in the splendid Xuanwu Palace, next to the Nanmu beams and pillars, Mu Zhiqing, who was dressed in a red three-grade official uniform, had a calm face and was calm. Faced with the evidence against him, he folded his arms and listened attentively.

After listening to the ministers' tearful and bloody appeals, he knelt directly on the ground, he smiled indifferently, raised his eyes to look at the ministers of the palace, his eyes were unruly and disdainful, but the words in his mouth were yielding, "His Royal Highness King Ning, General Mu, I don't deny this, please Your Highness and General Mu to punish the crime!" ”

The angry almanac flicked his sleeve shirt, and the geese embroidered in the four-rank military attache uniform came to life, he came out of the ministers, and pulled Mu Zhiqing in the past, but Mu Zhiqing pushed him away.

Almanac became even more irritable, "General Qing, what's wrong with you?" Are you sick? I don't admit it, it's all a slander against the Eagle Division, I don't admit it! ”

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Zhang Zhichu, who was sitting high, looked at Mu Zhefeng, and saw that he didn't react, the expression on his face was as calm as water, he couldn't see through it, and turned to look at his uncle Yan Buyan, and when he saw Yan Buyan, he nodded at him, so he spoke boldly:

"Mu Zhefeng reckoned with your acquaintance, the evidence of the crime is like a mountain, and I can't allow you to quibble, Mu Zhefeng, he is your younger brother, if you don't say a word, you shouldn't want to favor him, right?"

Everyone looked at Mu Zhefeng, they were not brothers, but they were better than brothers, the brotherhood between these two was once a heroic story inside and outside the capital.

Facing everyone's eyes, Mu Zhefeng was not in a hurry, he looked at Zhang Zhichu who was the head of the head, "Since the evidence of the crime is here, His Royal Highness King Ning will be held accountable according to the law." ”

The ministers of the full palace breathed a sigh of relief, and thought that Mu Zhefeng would have a conflict with King Ning, so they were too worried, but next, they were still disappointed.

Mu Zhefeng no longer looked at Zhang Zhichu, nor at Mu Zhiqing on the ground, and did not salute Zhang Zhichu, leaving behind the ministers in the hall and leaving alone.

It seems that General Mu still cares, after all, he is his brother!

Zhang Zhichu was not lightly angered by Mu Zhefeng, in the past, Mu Zhefeng disrespected him again, and on the surface, he would maintain the basic etiquette of monarchs and ministers, this time he didn't even pretend to be on the table, and directly threw everyone off and left the hall, he shouted at Mu Zhefeng's red back, "Have you taken me in your eyes!" ”

Mu Zhefeng didn't care at all, and his figure disappeared at the door of the Xuanwu Palace, disappearing into the red wall and tiles outside the hall.

Zhang Zhichu can not be angry, it has always been Mu Zhefeng who holds the power, he is nothing as a legitimate prince, and he is more and more dissatisfied with the emperor's father in an instant, and the power is not handed over to his own son, but to Mu Zhefeng as a righteous son, just because he misses the deceased Zhenli King? Just because Mu Zhefeng is the son of King Zhenli?

Injustice, injustice!

Helpless, he didn't have the ability to deal with the court, and he could only say two words quickly, he said to the ministers in the audience, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you say to do?" Marquis Ming, you have just exterminated the White Lotus Sect from Jiangxi, and you are also a hero of the imperial court, besides, your father has always trusted you, this king is young, and you still need to ask the marquis more about the affairs of the imperial court! ”

Nanxiong Marquis Ming Yikun, Ming Dailing and Ming Huaibing's father, the general court calls him two ways, such as the emperor's uncle and prince or something, the dignity is above him, he will call him a Ming Marquis, and most of the court ministers call him Nanxiong Marquis!

It is said that Yikun himself loved this domineering marquis name very much, and called him the Marquis of Nanxiong, all of whom were under him or who had the heart to conspire with him.

Ming Yikun was a little surprised, he was the latest of the courtiers to return to Beijing, why did Zhang Zhichu suddenly call his name in front of the court, he came out and said respectfully, "His Royal Highness King Ning forgives his sins, Weichen has just returned to the capital, and he is not very clear about many things, I am afraid it is not good to speculate without permission." ”

"Master Hou doesn't have to be like this, no matter what else happens, just talk about the crimes of Mu Zheqing and Jianying Division at the moment, six out of ten ministers have collectively testified against Mu Zheqing, who should be sent to check these physical witnesses? Who will handle the Eagle Division? Who would dare to move the Eagle Division? Originally, this king thought that Mu Zhefeng's loyalty would definitely enforce the law impartially, even if Mu Zheqing was his own brother, he would not be extrajudicial to show mercy, my lords, look at his attitude just now, he is this threatening text, if anyone dares to check his brother, is it impossible to get along with him Mu Zhefeng? As soon as Zhang Zhichu mentioned Mu Zhefeng, who was out of shape in front of the Fang Cai Palace, his tone was sharp and dissatisfied.

Before Ming Yikun could speak, the old Dugu Song stood up, still on crutches, squinting a pair of eyes that were basically invisible, "Your Highness, the old minister will say something fair, regardless of whether Mu Zheqing was wronged or not, just talking about the courtiers of the palace, more than a dozen people stood up to testify, pile by pile, not to mention that Mu Zheqing has already confessed, is it now, just because the kneeling sinner is the commander of the Jianying Division, just because his eldest brother is Mu Zhefeng, no one dares to take over this case?" If there is really no one, the old man is incompetent, and the old man is willing to serve! If his crime is true, it is really mad and outrageous. ”

"Lord Dugu deserves to be Lord Dugu! Well, well said! Zhang Zhichu was very happy, after all, there was finally an old minister who dared to come out and support him, the eldest son of the emperor.

He looked back at the ministers of the palace, only to see that they all had unnatural expressions, Zhang Zhichu was very puzzled, could it be that he said something again? But what he just said is not a big problem.

Ming Huaibing basically stood at the very end, but he could see it clearly, he saw the two rows of courtiers with cold and strange faces, and they did not applaud King Ning's words at all, but instead had a hint of mockery and sympathy.

Zhang Zhichu's words won the support of Dugu Song, Dugu Song is indeed a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and his students are all over the world, but he forgot that most of the people under Dugu Song are Hanlin Academy, and those weak scholars who only have pens and no real power.

Even if Dugu Song is highly regarded in the court, the ministers of the palace do know one thing very well, as long as the Marquis of Nanxiong and the Marquis of Xiang do not open their mouths to take a stand, then the trend of the court is not clear, they dare not offend any party, nor dare to take this matter as a bet, so they can only silently not speak, and look sympathetically at His Royal Highness King Ning, who is proud and thinks he has succeeded.

Zhang Zhichu also saw the strange demeanor of the courtier, and asked tentatively, "Why, if you say something about Lord Lonely, you don't agree with other high opinions?" ”

No one answered.

Sometimes Ming Huaibing feels that being this His Royal Highness King Ning is a chore.

Yan Buyan stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness King Ning, none of the courtiers in the palace are willing to answer?" It seems that His Royal Highness King Ning's prestige is not enough to convince your lords. ”

A few neutral adults knelt on the ground, "His Royal Highness King Ning is right. ”

Xianghou Ye Zhuang Changkong, is Ming Yikun's old opponent for more than ten years, from the minister's impeachment appeal, to Mu Zheqing's confession, Mu Zhefeng left the hall, he has not spoken, at this moment, he squinted a pair of eyes, looked at Ming Yikun who was standing side by side with him, as if he wanted to ask something.

Ming Huaibing's heart trembled, and as soon as Zhuang Changkong spoke, it meant that this battle had just begun.

Zhuang Changkong opened his mouth and said, "Marquis Ming, Mu Zheqing is General Mu's brother after all, he lost control of his emotions, and he left the scene angrily It is also understandable, General Qing has just exterminated the forces of high thieves, and he has worked hard, no matter how he should not ask General Qing at this time, not to mention that the Jianying Division has always been under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and no yamen has the right to interfere, the emperor is not in the capital, it is not appropriate at this time, and we do not have such power to shake the emperor's Jianying Division, and to doubt the Jianying Division is to suspect the emperor!" ”

Yan Buyan maintained his usual demeanor and refuted Zhuang Changkong's words, "What the Marquis of Xiang said is that the Hou Ye can know that the minister who has just pointed out that Mu Zheqing's minister is not a personal grudge, Mu Zheqing's Eagle Division, when the term expires, humiliates the people, burns and loots, and does all kinds of evil, if this kind of yamen is not thoroughly investigated, does it want the people of the world to continue to suffer from these sufferings?" The plague in Shaanxi has not yet been decided, I don't know when the emperor will return to Beijing, is it that if the emperor does not return to Beijing one day, he will let this shameless person continue to plague the people, let the Jianying Division continue to be arrogant, and there will only be more innocent and tragic deaths! ”

Obedient to the strict words, Zhuang Changkong no longer answered, but turned his head to look at Ming Yikun seriously.

So the ministers followed Zhuang Changkong's gaze and looked at Ming Yikun together.

Ming Huaibing, who couldn't get in the back row and couldn't speak at all, was even more anxious, and leaned sideways slightly, hoping that he could see the situation in front clearly.

He saw Zhuang Changkong and a group of ministers looking at Ming Yikun with a smile but not a smile, in fact, everyone knew that just now Zhuang Changkong refused to deal with Mu Zhiqing on the surface, but in fact, today's collective impeachment was planned by Yan Buyan and Zhuang Changkong.

And Yan Buyan and Zhuang Changkong are in-laws, they are both assisting Ning Wang's party, which is clearly Yan Buyan and Zhuang Changkong singing a double reed, waiting for the other faction's most vocal Ming Yikun's set.

Ming Huaibing continued to think about it, how should his father respond now, if he said that when the emperor came back to deal with the Eagle Division, then he would not care about the lives of the people in the capital? If he replied that he hoped that His Royal Highness King Ning would strictly investigate the cattiness of the Jianying Division and return the capital to a peaceful place, would he suspect that the emperor's Jianying Division was suspicious of the emperor?

No matter how you answer, you don't take advantage of it, you will be manipulated, this Xianghou is really a good means, at this time, Ming Huaibing hated to step forward to help his father, but his mind was spinning quickly, but he didn't think of any good words.

Seeing that Ming Yikun had not spoken, Zhuang Changkong forced forward again, "Lord Ming, General Mu is the younger brother of General Qing, I am afraid it is inconvenient for him to meddle in this matter, His Royal Highness King Ning is inexperienced after all, you and I are both auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, shouldn't we take a stand?" ”

Zhuang Changkong and Ming Yiquan are both cabinet ministers, Zhuang Changkong has already pretended to express his opinion, it is not appropriate to move the Jianying Division, the opinion was strictly refuted, everyone's eyes were focused on Ming Yikun, and the decision of the whole matter was naturally handed over to the Marquis of Nanxiong, who was the minister of the humerus.

Ming Yikun smiled, and there were a few wrinkles engraved on his prominent forehead, such a thing with traces of time would only make Da Jin's ministers more convinced and admired him.

The former Da Zhenwen was the Duke of Zhongguo, and Wu was the king of Zhenli, but it had been a long time, and in the past ten years, it was Ming Yikun and Zhuang Changkong who had stood tall.

With the confidence and pride of the minister, he asked Mu Zhiqing, who was kneeling on the ground, "General Qing, I did just come back, and many things are not clear, what is going on?" ”

Mu Zhiqing knelt on the ground and replied indifferently, "Marquis Ming, I said that I confessed, so you don't have to worry about anything else, just come to check, as for the emperor's side, I committed it alone, naturally I am responsible for it alone, I expect to hide it from the monarch, and I have betrayed the emperor's trust, I am a damned person." ”

Ming Huaibing breathed a sigh of relief, his father deserved to be his father, and Nanxiong Hou deserved to be Nanxiong Hou, of course he could deal with this kind of small scene, he did not answer this tricky question, but threw the question to Mu Zhiqing, a good means.

Ming Yikun asked, "If it is really as they said, the Qing General's Jianying Division already has the ability to reach the sky, and besides, the general has just returned from the Shaanxi squad and is a triumphant general, if he wants to continue to conceal it, it is not difficult for the Qing general to come, why is he admitting it now?" ”

Mu Zhiqing raised his head, his smile was weird, and he was a little frightened when he saw Ming Yikun, so he said, "That's right, with my Mu Zhiqing's ability, just you people, I will give you another ten years, what can you do with me, Shaanxi fought a war, witnessed the death of a thief who did many evils, and felt a lot of emotion, and couldn't help but sigh that the wicked will eventually be punished, so I simply admit it, I admit all the charges." ”

"This matter is indeed weird, since there is a lot of evidence against the crime, and Mu Zhiqing has repeatedly admitted it, Weichen suggests that the Eagle Division should be thoroughly investigated." Ming Yikun officially stated that he would thoroughly investigate the Eagle Division.

This is after the conversation with Mu Zhiqing, and it is natural to come to this conclusion, no matter who wants to find faults.

Zhang Zhichu saw that Ming Yikun had agreed to investigate Mu Zhiqing, and he was about to open his mouth happily, but he was blocked by Yan Buyan, he took the lead in asking, "Marquis Nanxiong, please make a decision, how to report these things to the emperor, who will investigate the Eagle Division, please show the Hou Ye." ”

Zhang Zhichu understood, and should be strict and strict, "That's it, Mu Zhefeng is gone, I really don't understand the personnel of the ministry, I still have to ask for advice from the Marquis of Ming." ”

This time he threw the question to Ming Yikun, Ming Huaibing frowned, he miscalculated again today, the first miscalculation was that Mu Zhefeng left the hall on the spot, the second was that Zhuang Changkong indirectly attacked his father at this time, and the third was that Mu Zhiqing would take the initiative to admit his guilt.

Mu Zheqing took the initiative to admit his guilt, and the almanac still pleaded not guilty, what kind of trick did the master and servant sing?

The forces of the imperial court were roughly divided into the emperor's party: Mu Zhefeng, Mu Zheqing, and Zhang Qingpo were the leaders; The second is the party of His Royal Highness King Ning, behind King Ning is Zhuang Changkong and Yan Buyan, and then there is the Nanxiong Marquis Mingyikun of the Four Princes' Party, although Huo Qindi's position has always been neutral, but he is friendly with the Nanxiong Marquis, and he is Ming Huaibing's master, generally speaking, he is counted in the Four Princes' party.

Now that the fourth prince is dead, and the forces of the Ning Wang faction are complacent, the two parties should have torn even harder, but the strange thing is that Yan Buyan's target is on Mu Zhiqing, and Zhuang Changkong's focus is still on his sworn enemy Ming Yikun.

Now that the Emperor is investigating the Eagle Division, who is the most suitable to send? In terms of power and position, in fact, Mu Zhefeng and the prince are the most suitable, the other princes are mediocre, Mu Zhefeng and Mu Zheqing are brothers, and they should avoid danger, there is really no suitable person now, if there is one person who is the most suitable, that is Zhang Zhichu, and the case is given to Zhang Zhichu, that is, to Yan Buyan and Xianghou Ye.

Giving them means that it is up to them to decide how to do the article.

Ming Yikun lost the nephew of the fourth prince, and without the prince by his side, what should he do to fight with the Marquis of Xiang, or does he have other ghost ideas?

This question is not clear to Baiguan, and Ming Huaibing is not clear, and his biological father has not revealed half a word until now, but he knows that even if his father does not want to do anything about the case of Jianying Division, he does not want to give them such a great opportunity in vain.

But who else is suitable but them? This Zhuang Changkong is determined, he just wants to see with his own eyes how the always proud Marquis of Nanxiong is helpless, even if he is unwilling to do anything, he still wants to hand over this case to them.

As far as the moment is concerned, his father really didn't pay good attention, he thought about it, it was better for him to stand up and say this for his father. He was just about to come out of the ranks, but he didn't expect King Ning to come out of Gao Yang head-on.

Behind the bead curtain, Gao Yang, who was dressed in red, walked out with a ruby fan, walked to Zhang Zhichu's side and said: "Marquis Nanxiong, there is a small request in this palace, Mu Zheqing's Jianying Division has always been under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, he once said that if the Jianying Division is not there, only the royal family will intervene, it is better to hand over this case to His Royal Highness King Ning and the palace, what does the Hou Ye think?" ”

Ming Huaibing was stunned by Gao Yang's appearance, it turned out to be Gao Yang? Gao Yang wanted to intervene in this matter, but she never discussed it with him.

Mingyi Kunming Ming and Gao Yang had a face-to-face conversation for the first time, but they had an inexplicable sense of tacit understanding, he immediately understood what Gao Yang meant, and he respectfully bowed to Gao Yang, "Weichen meets the princess of Zhenguo." ”

Seeing Ming Yikun taking the lead in worshipping, the ministers of the full hall knelt down to worship together, including Dugu Song, who didn't like Gao Yang.

The momentum of the worship is even more imposing than the visit to King Ning.

Looking at the hall kneeling on the ground, this is the first time that he has won the title of princess and has been officially recognized by the courtiers, Gao Yang shook his fan, ignoring Zhang Zhichu, who was not sitting next to him, and responded to the minister, "Don't be surprised, my lords, I am a woman who should not be involved in political affairs, I just boiled soup for the imperial brother for him, waited in his inner hall for a while, and saw that he had not come back for a long time, and wanted to come over to see what was going on, and I just heard your testimony that one of Mu Zheqing's crimes involved a high thief."

Gao Zhanxun is my biological father, he is extremely evil, and he is innocent of death, but I still don't want the charges that do not belong to him to fall on his head, this palace begs the hundred officials to give this palace a chance, I want to participate in this thorough investigation of the Eagle Division! ”

Lonely Song was the most excited to object, "Even if the princess is the princess of Zhenguo, she can't participate in political affairs." ”

"Lord Dugu, the princess of Zhenguo killed her relatives in righteousness, she and Mu Zheqing were great heroes in the first war of Shaanxi, since the emperor named this princess of Zhenguo, it is a reward for the princess's ability, this matter involves the princess's father, the case of the high thief has been very widespread, for more than ten years, it is time to make a decision, otherwise the thief is only afraid of involving more people, if you really want to share the worries of the emperor, let Gao Zhanxun's case be understood as soon as possible, and let the princess and His Royal Highness King Ning check together, how can the princess also be a royal family?" Mingyi Kun is sonorous and powerful at Dugu Song, even if he is facing Dugu Song's old man who is about to turn into an immortal at any time, he is not soft.