Chen Lin carried Zhao Zhen back to the palace, Liu Heng and Xue Tian went out of the palace to do their own things, and Kou Ji was left alone in the vertical arch hall.

The palace ladies and eunuchs who were in charge of serving in the vertical arch hall, after seeing that Zhao Zhen was not in the hall, did not come in, and returned to their own bedrooms.

Kou Ji waited for a long time in the vertical arch hall, but he didn't wait for Kou Zhun, but waited for a heavy rain.

The heavy rain is very unreasonable.

There is no sign before the majesty.

Raindrops the size of beans sprouted out of thin air and fell rapidly.

It smashed on the ground, and there was a crackling sound.

Hitting plantains with rain is no longer enough to describe.

It was as if someone had dropped something from the air, and it crackled on the ground.

A scene of torrential rain fell.

The rain flooded the city inside and outside Bianjing.

It seems that he wants to use the power of heaven and earth to wash away all the evils that exist in Bianjing City.

The torrential rain was followed by a strong wind.

Under the command of thunder, the wind raged madly inside and outside Bianjing City.

The torrential rain of the second Mu fell with a strong wind.

A team of eunuchs, against the wind and rain, carried a tightly wrapped sedan chair, and struggled to move forward in the palace.

The sedan chair arrived at the entrance of the vertical arch hall.

The eunuchs were already exhausted.

The clothes on his body have been soaked by the rain, dripping from the corners of his clothes.

But the eunuchs did not dare to rest.

Carefully lifted the leather tent wrapped in the sedan chair, lifted the sedan curtain, and revealed Kou Zhun's old face.

Kou Zhun shook the clothes on his body and looked at the eunuchs who were secretly wiping the rain from their foreheads with pity.

"Go down and rest ......"

When the eunuchs heard this, they confessed their sins and left the Hanging Arch Hall.

After Kou Ji saw Kou Zhun's sedan chair arrive, he hurriedly stepped forward.

Kou Zhun entered the Vertical Arch Hall with Kou Ji's support, and frowned when he saw that the Vertical Arch Hall was empty.

"What about the officials?"

Kou Ji helped Kou Zhun to sit down on a chair in a corner of the vertical arch hall, and asked suspiciously, "Didn't Governor Xue tell you what happened in the palace?" ”

Kou Zhun said unhappily: "Xue Tian's house, rushed to the old man's bedroom in the middle of the night, woke up the old man violently, and only left a sentence 'An earth-shattering event happened in the palace', and disappeared. ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned and laughed dryly.

He probably guessed the reason why Xue Tian was in a hurry to leave.

It must be to deal with the matter of Jiaozipu.

In Xue Tian's eyes, the affairs of Jiaozipu are far more important than the affairs in the palace.

It's not that Xue Tian doesn't know what is important, but he has always pursued the official concept of 'not in his position, not in his government'.

Kou Ji sat beside Kou Zhun and whispered what happened in the palace tonight, telling Kou Zhun exactly what happened.

After Kou Zhun listened, he sighed faintly, "After many years, the King of Chu is still so strong, he shouldn't have been born in the emperor......'s family."

"Liu E's death is a harm to the official family, but it is a good thing for my Great Song Dynasty......"

"Wang Qinruo, damn the person, the official family split him, which is a bit out of line with the law of the country. But, how can an official be temperless. You still have to have a little temper to be able to calm the ministers and be able to hold back a small night. ”

“……”

Kou Zhun sighed and finished evaluating Zhao Zhen and the others.

"The official family asked the old man to manage the government for him?"

Kou Zhun looked at Kou Ji and asked.

Koji nodded.

Kou Zhun nodded thoughtfully, and muttered, "I don't know how the dragon body of the official family is?" ”

Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, "I'll go to the official's bedroom quietly." ”

Kou Zhun was just about to nod in agreement, when he saw Chen Lin trotting from the apse into the vertical arch hall.

"Slaves and maids, see Taishi...... The official family has not slept for many days, and the dragon's body is not safe, so after the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, he has taken the medicine and has fallen asleep. ”

Chen Lin bowed down and stood in front of Kou Zhun and whispered.

Kou Zhun frowned and said, "Just tired?" ”

Chen Lin nodded and said seriously: "I'm just tired." ”

Kou Zhun frowned, "That's good......"

After confirming that Zhao Zhen was fine, Kou Zhun straightened his face and ordered: "Transfer some eunuchs to the vertical arch hall to listen to them." ”

Chen Lin bowed and said, "It should be so." ”

Chen Lin withdrew from the Vertical Arch Hall.

Later, a group of eunuchs who were stronger than ordinary eunuchs entered the vertical arch hall, and they were all dressed in robes and carrying leather lanterns, presumably knowing what Kou Zhun was going to do.

Brigadier Kou moved the seat to the hall, where the big horse golden knife sits, quite powerful.

He commanded in a slightly solemn voice: "Go to one person, summon the Zhongshu people to enter the palace, and go to one person to invite the Qintian Prison to enter the palace......"

Kou Zhun commanded in an orderly manner.

Every time he said a word, a eunuch carried a lantern and ran into the rain.

After half a stick of incense.

In the vertical arch hall, there are only two people left, Kou Zhun and Kou Ji's ancestors.

Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji, "You haven't slept all night, go to the side hall to rest for a while." Tomorrow, you will have to help the old man and deal with a lot of things. ”

Kou Ji agreed, found a eunuch in charge, arranged a side hall closest to the vertical arch hall for himself, and after entering, he found a bed.

Fall asleep.

Following.

After Kou Ji got up, he washed up briefly, and when he left the side hall, he saw a number of civil and military ministers, frequently entering and leaving the vertical arch hall.

After Kou Ji walked to the door of the Vertical Arch Palace, he had already inquired about how much Kou Zhun had done overnight.

Kou Zhun first summoned the Zhongshu Sheren and drafted a batch of edicts.

implemented the words that Zhao Zhen said last night.

deprived Zhao Yuanzuo of the throne, demoted the Chu palace to the common people, and distributed all of them.

The money and property of the Chu Wangfu were confiscated and confiscated into the treasury.

Wang Qinruo was named 'human traitor', and he was known all over the world.

The people who instructed Qin Tianjian gave a verdict and pushed the matter of the fire in the palace to several eunuchs who had been hacked to death by Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, in order to cover up the royal scandal.

Furthermore.

Some of the government affairs that Brigadier General Kou was going to leave to Li Di, Lu Yijian and others to deal with were also handled.

Di Qing, Zhu Neng, Liu Heng and other people who had made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion were respectively given officials and knights, and were rewarded with gold and silver.

Although Di Qing has been added to the rank and entered the knighthood, he is still the commander of the Tiger Army, and his position has not changed much.

It's just that the Tiger Army can't return to Baozhou for the time being.

Instead, he had to assist the two guards of the dragon god and guard the imperial city.

Zhu Neng's responsibilities have not changed, but he has an additional position as the deputy commander of the palace.

Quite a lot of power.

Liu Heng's position in the Imperial City Division has been raised by one level, infinitely approaching his father Liu Mei's status in the Imperial City Division.

Liu E is dead.

Liu Mei will inevitably be marginalized in the future under the attack of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.

Kou Zhun also saw that Kou Ji and Liu Heng were on good terms, and helped the Liu family before Liu Mei was targeted.

As long as Liu Heng can gain Zhao Zhen's enough trust.

He will replace his father after his father Liu Mei was moved down by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and become the controller of the Imperial City Division.

After Kou Zhun dealt with it again, he sent people to quickly whip up the horses and send orders to Li Di, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian and other important ministers who were sent out, so that they could quickly deal with the beginning and end of the rebellion in various places after it was put down, and return to Beijing as soon as possible.

Koji stepped into the Vertical Arch Hall.

Kou Zhun, who had been busy all night, threw two documents to Kou Ji and didn't say much.

Kou Ji took the paperwork and looked at it.

One is the instrument of execution.

Kou Ji supervised the execution of those officials who participated in the rebellion of the Eight Kings Zhao Yuanyan, as well as the family members of Zhulian.

One is a document dealing with the aftermath of the Jiaozipu handed over by Xue Tian.

Kou Zhun gave a red drape on it.

The execution document stated that everything was at the discretion of Koji.

On the post-mortem handling document of the Jiaozi shop secretly opened by the eighth king, Zhao Yuanyan, there is a long series of comments.

Regarding Kou Ji's proposal to use the confiscated prisoners' family wealth to make up for the shortfall of the Jiaozi shop secretly opened by the eighth king Zhao Yuanyan, Kou Zhun agreed.

However, this matter is not allowed to be done openly, let alone announced to the public, so as to avoid people following suit.

Therefore, the suggestion given by Kou Zhun is to come forward by the word Jiaozi shop and acquire the Jiaozi shop secretly opened by the eighth king Zhao Yuanyan. On the grounds that the rebellion was quelled in various places and the money and grain needed to be quickly sent to the army in various places, the imperial court would deposit money and property into the Jiaozipu to solve the troubles of the Jiaozipu secretly opened by the Eighth King Zhao Yuanyan.

poured his hand once in the middle, which couldn't hide the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but it was enough to hide it from the people.

As for how to prevent the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces from picking up the wool of the imperial court, Kou Zhun also thought of a way.

In the comments on the document handed to Kou Ji, Kou Zhun clearly pointed out that he hoped that Kou Ji could cooperate with the imperial court and formulate some laws for Jiaozipu to bind them.

After Kou Ji got the two documents, he bowed his hand to Kou Zhun who was busy and withdrew from the Vertical Arch Palace.

Returning to the Kou Mansion Courtyard outside Bianjing City, Kou Ji had a good wash before going to the Criminal Department.

The convicts who were confiscated, as well as the families of the convicts, were held in the prison of the Criminal Department.

After Kou Ji arrived at the Criminal Department, the person in charge of receiving him was the person who had followed Cao Tong.

Now although Cao Tong has retired, his people are still in the Criminal Department.

And it looks far better than when Cao Tong was there.

They were also very cordial when they met Kou Ji.

After Kou Ji handed over the paperwork, they didn't need Kou Ji's instructions, they went to the prison of the Criminal Department and helped Kou Ji verify the identities of the prisoners and their families.

After confirming that no one had escaped and verifying his identity, he returned to the detention room and reported to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji didn't look into it either.

Almost all of the officials arrested this time were officials related to the rebellion, and all of them were Qin criminals.

The prison guards, who were accustomed to doing things to the inmates for their own benefit, did not dare to interfere.

Once discovered, it is a felony that kills the whole family.

The jailers were greedy, but no one was willing to risk their entire family's lives.

After verifying his identity and confirming the date of beheading, Kou Ji instructed the officials of the Criminal Department to take care of the prisoner and then left the prison of the Criminal Department.

As soon as I got out of the prison gate of the Criminal Department, I saw an unexpected person.

"Liu Heng?"

Liu Heng led two strangely dressed people and rode horses to the gate of the prison of the Criminal Department.

Kou Ji took a closer look and found that the two people Liu Heng was carrying were from Qingtang.

Koji shouted.

Liu Heng also noticed Kou Ji, and immediately jumped off the horse and walked quickly to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji asked, "What are you doing in the Criminal Department?" Could it be that there are missed felons who have not been caught, or there are people who have been wronged, and you need to come and clarify them in person. ”

Liu Heng smiled bitterly, "This matter has nothing to do with the political affairs of the imperial court, it was several of my old departments in Qingtang, when escorting my wife and children back to Bianjing, they ran into the forbidden army patrolling outside the city, and there were some quarrels, and they were escorted to the Criminal Department." ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned, and said unexpectedly: "When did the forbidden army take people, when did you behave so well." ”

Liu Heng sighed: "They are holding the letter flag of my Liu Mansion, and the forbidden army also knows that it is my Liu Mansion's people, so they are not too embarrassed." ”

Kou Ji groaned: "The forbidden army saw that the Liu Mansion had no backer, so it didn't give you Liu Mansion face, and the forbidden army didn't dare to embarrass your Liu Mansion people before." ”

People go to tea and cool, but it's not just a casual talk.

Liu Mei's official position has not changed, and Liu Heng's official position has been greatly promoted.

looked at Liu Fu and went further.

But in the eyes of the powerful people in Bianjing City, the Liu Mansion has no Liu E as a backer, and no matter how high the official positions of the Liu family and his son are, it is also a broken settlement.

Otherwise.

How could those soldiers of the forbidden army start to embarrass the carriages and horses of the Liu Mansion as soon as the news of Liu E's death spread.

When Liu E was alive, those powerful people were higher and more powerful than Liu Mei, and they also had to respect Liu Mei.

Those gentlemen in the powerful families rarely offend the people of the Liu Mansion.

As soon as Liu E died, the position of the people of the Liu Mansion in the court was very embarrassing.

The foundation of the Liu Mansion is shallow, and those who have suffered losses in the hands of Liu E will naturally take revenge on the Liu Mansion.

Liu Heng said frankly: "Sooner or later, you have to go through this experience, and it is better to experience it early than later." ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "When I go back, I will send a message to Uncle Zhu and ask him to help you get justice, since you are my brother, no one can easily provoke you." ”

Liu's mansion has no Liu E as a backer.

But Liu Heng, the son of Liu Mansion, still has the brother Kou Ji.

Liu Heng smiled brightly.

Kou Ji continued to ask, "How's the spirit of the uncle?" ”

When Liu Heng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "My father just drank a pot of wine and helped him set up a tablet in the house, but he didn't feel much sad. Just reminded me that there is also my brother, don't make trouble when you go out in the future, because my Liu family's backer is gone, and I will have to clamp my tail and be a man in the future.

But it was the disappearance of my eldest brother that made him a little sad. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "Your eldest brother? Liu Congmei, missing? ”

Liu Heng nodded.

"Since the rebellion of the Eight Kings, there has been no trace of him, and my father sent people to investigate in many ways, but no one was found."

Kou Ji muttered: "In the matter of the Eight Kings Rebellion, there is no shadow of your eldest brother, and he cannot be implicated, why did he disappear." ”

Liu Heng shook his head and said: "My father has already sent someone to investigate this matter, I believe that in the near future, there will be a result, and the fourth brother does not have to worry about it." ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "I'll accompany you to the Criminal Department." If the Criminal Department embarrasses you, then our brothers will inevitably make trouble in the Criminal Department. ”

Liu Heng did not refuse, and entered the criminal department with Kou Ji.

With Kou Ji coming forward, the people in the Criminal Department naturally did not dare to embarrass Liu Heng.

Immediately.

The Qingtang warriors who escorted Liu Heng's wife and children back to Bianjing were immediately released by the Criminal Department.

Liu Heng asked the Qingtang people who came with him to take those Qingtang warriors back first.

He accompanied Kou Ji on a stroll through the streets in front of the yamen of the Criminal Department.

Kou Ji said with a puzzled expression: "I know about you treating An Ziluo's sister as a wife, but when did you have a son?" Also, why would An Ziluo allow the child to come to Bianjing City to find you at such a young age? ”