After Lu Jing and Zhou Kun came to Xinuan Pavilion, they waited for about a quarter of an hour before being received by Emperor Yuanyong.

After listening to the statements of several people, Emperor Yuanyong's face was clouded, and he said angrily: "I handed over this matter to a few of you, you have made such a big mistake, what should you be guilty of?" ”

Zhou Kun and Lu Jing hurriedly said in unison: "The emperor is angry, the ministers are guilty, please punish the emperor." ”

"Let me punish you, hehe!" Emperor Yuanyong sneered, "If I really punish you for this matter, wouldn't you want to cry out in your hearts." ”

"Don't dare!" Lu Jing and several people were busy saying in unison.

Zhou Kun said quietly: "The thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen, and the ministers dare not have the slightest complaint!" ”

Emperor Yuanyong said angrily: "You are all carefully selected talents by me, and it took so long to find out about this, how did you do things, do you have to wait for the flood of fake national debts to find out, what do I want you to do." ”

When Lu Jing and the others heard the emperor's angry reprimand, they were all a little apprehensive in their hearts, thinking that the emperor would be angry, but they didn't expect the emperor to react so violently and spread his anger on them.

Zhou Kun hurriedly said: "Not everything is the sin of the ministers, please let the emperor take a break from the wrath of the thunder, don't hurt the dragon body!" ”

Emperor Yuanyong's expression improved slightly when he heard this, and after severely criticizing a few people, Fang asked coldly, "Can you find out the evidence?" ”

Zhou Kun hurriedly replied: "This matter involves King Beijing, Zhenguo Gong and others, without the emperor's will, the ministers and others dare not take action, and they have not been able to get the exact evidence." ”

Emperor Yuanyong was furious when he heard this, and reprimanded: "Since it has been investigated, why don't you do it, no matter who is involved in this matter, I will investigate it to the end, and if you dare to destroy the national policy, I will not tolerate it." ”

Yan Bi looked at a few people: "This matter will be handled by you, if you find evidence and catch them, then you can do it, otherwise this matter will be borne by a few of you." ”

When Lu Jing and the others heard this, they were all cold in their hearts, and the emperor was so ruthless that he wanted to investigate to the end, but he only let a few of them do it.

Although they were puzzled in their hearts, Zhou Kun and Lu Jing all said: "The ministers obey the order, and they will definitely find out the lawbreakers who undermine the national policy!" ”

Emperor Yuanyong looked at Zhou Kun again and said: "You are the chief official of the Zhaoxin Bureau, and the people of the Zhaoxin Bureau are all selected by you, now that something like this has happened, you can't escape the blame, I will punish you for a year's salary, if it is not solved well, you will sue and return to your hometown!" ”

Then he said to Lu Jing and a few people: "A few of you too, now I will remember it first, and I will punish it afterwards!" ”

"Thank you for your kindness!" Lu Jing and the others thanked him.

Hearing that he had returned to his hometown, Zhou Kun was completely flustered in his heart, unable to accept that he would say goodbye to officialdom at this age, since there was no way out behind him, he simply let go, and begged: "The emperor, the ministers are weak, I'm afraid they are not their opponents, please be gracious and send some people to help!" ”

Emperor Yuanyong thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "You don't have to worry about this matter, if you need to, I will let King Zhongshun come forward to help you!" ”

"Thank you for the emperor's kindness, the ministers will definitely live up to the emperor's kindness!" Zhou Kun hurriedly thanked.

Emperor Yuanyong nodded and continued to ask, "If the matter of fake national bonds is exposed, how do you plan to deal with it?" ”

Zhou Kun hurriedly said the countermeasures discussed by several people, and the imperial court took over the matter, and made up for the deficit with the family property of the people involved.

Emperor Yuanyong thought for a while and said: "Let's discuss this matter again, you will arrest the criminals first!" ”

When Lu Jing and the others heard this, they all had a bad heart, although the emperor did not say it explicitly, but basically vetoed their proposal.

Emperor Yuan Yong continued: "I will give you three days to completely resolve this matter, I want everyone to get all the stolen goods, the evidence is conclusive, and the matter of the national debt must be foolproof, if there is another mistake, you will take the initiative to resign!" After saying that, he waved his hand to let a few people retreat.

After hearing this, Lu Jing and the others looked even worse, this was to force themselves and the few people to confront Xungui head-on.

Soon after Lu Jing, Zhou Kun and the other four entered the palace to face the saint, the matter reached the ears of King Beijing.

Although he didn't know the content of the performances of several people, King Beijing had an intuition that this matter was unusual, and the matter of Gong Qu and several people did not seem to be worth coming forward at the same time, for the sake of caution, he would immediately recruit Niu Yuan, Han Qi, Yang Hong and others.

After the people arrived, King Beijing asked, "How much of the treasury bonds we printed were sold?" ”

Yang Hong hurriedly replied: "A total of more than one million taels were sold." ”

King Beijing smiled when he heard this: "Hehe, it's a good job, this king thought that he could only make a small fortune, but he didn't expect to be able to sell so much, you have worked hard for the past few days, and after this matter, this king has his own reward." ”

Yang Hong hurriedly complimented: "It is the honor of the villain to be able to do things for the prince, and it should not be hard, and this matter depends on the prince's efforts, the villain is just running errands!" ”

Niu Yuan and Han Qi were also busy speaking, all of them were wise and wise, and they didn't dare to take credit.

King Beijing smiled when he heard this: "Your merits are all in the king's heart, and you have the day when you will be rewarded for your merits, hehe, this time the emperor has worked hard to do so many actions, but he made a wedding dress for this king." ”

Han Qi hurriedly smiled and said, "The prince is resourceful, I'm afraid the emperor wouldn't have thought that we would do this." ”

King Beijing smiled after hearing this, and asked, "What can the Zhaoxin Bureau find in the past few days?" ”

Yang Hong thought for a while and shook his head and said, "Jiang An and the others have been acting cautiously and have not aroused the suspicion of the Zhaoxin Bureau. ”

"What's unusual about you?" King Beijing frowned and continued to ask.

Yang Hong, Han Qi and others all said that everything was normal, and no suspicious persons were found.

After pondering for a moment, King Beijing said with a solemn expression: "I don't know why, this king is a little uneasy in his heart, today Zhou Kun and a few people went to see the emperor, and this king always feels that things are not so simple. ”

"Could it be because of those merchants?" Yang Hong thought for a while and said, in order to cover up the affairs of the imperial merchants, they deliberately left many flaws, which involved the energy of Zhou Kun and the others.

Niu Yuan muttered: "Let's take a cover, they shouldn't have noticed it so quickly!" ”

After thinking for a moment, Han Qi said cautiously: "Maybe they noticed this matter and reported it to the emperor!" ”

After hearing this, King Beijing said in a deep voice: "Be careful, it's a surprise to be able to make some money this time, you will deal with all the people and things that should be dealt with, and poke this matter out tomorrow." ”

Han Qi hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, your subordinates will take care of this matter." ”

King Beijing nodded, the cold glint in his eyes flashed, and he sneered: "I want to see how the emperor will deal with it!" ”

After agreeing on tomorrow's plan, Niu Yuan, Han Qi, Yang Hong and others were ordered to go, preparing to implement the next plan.

After Lu Jing and the four of them came out of the palace, they all looked solemn and returned to the Zhaoxin Bureau again to discuss countermeasures.

Lu Jing pondered all the way, faintly sensing that something was wrong, the emperor's reaction was too abnormal, once this matter was exposed, it would not only affect the issuance of national bonds, but also trap the court in injustice, but the emperor didn't seem to care about it in his words, but forced a few of his own people to deal with these nobles.

Thinking that Huang Yongzhong was secretive about the results of the investigation, Lu Jing suddenly had a bold guess in his heart, could it be that the emperor had known about this matter for a long time, and he had not caused it, and even let it go, just to let Xungui offend those eunuchs who had purchased fake treasury bonds, and then he would come forward to harvest people's hearts.

Thinking of this, Lu Jing felt a little chill in his heart, if this is the case, Emperor Yuanyong's scheming is too deep, and if he uses this matter to make Xungui lose people's hearts, he can control the situation, once things reach the point of being out of control, he will treat several of them as outcasts.

Zhou Kun's expression was the heaviest, the emperor's words kept ringing in his mind, his face changed several times, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "This official has no way to retreat, now we can only fight!" ”

Huang Yongzhong also said with a solemn expression: "What Lord Zhou said is very true, now we are grasshoppers on a rope, if this matter is not handled well, everyone will lose their official positions and resign, and they can only fight!" ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing immediately expressed his support for the decision of the two, but the speculation just now has been lingering in his mind and lingering.

Huang Yongzhong pointed out: "We should act as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night!" ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing agreed: "The lower officials also mean this, I am afraid that we will not be able to hide from them about our entry into the palace today, and now we must use the thunder operation to get conclusive evidence." ”

Zhou Kun said coldly: "Yes, it's just that this matter involves nobles, we must get all the stolen goods, if we move rashly, we will only startle the snake, we can only catch some small characters, and we can't explain to the emperor!" ”

Huang Yongzhong pondered: "In this case, let's wait patiently, once Niu Yuan and Han Qi appear in the Yang Mansion again, let's do it immediately." ”

Lu Jing thought of something and immediately said: "There are also Jiang An and Liu Zhi, before they catch Han Qi and a few others, they must also be protected so as not to be killed." ”

When Chen Ke heard this, he took the initiative to take over the matter: "The safety of several of them will be handed over to the lower officials!" ”

Zhou Kun glanced at Chen Ke with a little meaning, nodded and said, "Since Lord Chen took the initiative to ask Ying, this matter will be handled by you!" ”

After speaking, he looked at Huang Yongzhong and said: "That house must be heavily guarded, and the officials of the household department alone are probably not their opponents, and I hope that Lord Huang can support some people." ”

Huang Yongzhong said without hesitation: "Lord Zhou, don't worry, this official will go to report to the prince later, and transfer the people of the Armed Forces Academy." ”

Everyone discussed some details and acted separately, and Zhou Kun took the initiative to take over the matter of monitoring Han Qi and others.