Seeing that all the ministers and officials were silent, many people had shame on their faces, and many people had cold sweat on their faces and turned pale, Jiang Chuan snorted coldly, reached out and took a scroll from Bai Mu behind him, glanced around and said coldly:

"This king knows that there are not a few people in the court who conspire with Liu Lin, and the list of these traitors is now in this king's book. This king is now giving you one last chance. Those who come forward to confess their sins can forgive your families. If after a stick of incense, no one is willing to take the initiative to confess, then don't blame this king for killing people. ”

As soon as Jiang Chuan finished speaking, one of the guards put an incense burner and lit a incense stick and inserted it in it.

Looking at the red and faint fire, everyone's eyes looked at each other, and some people thought that they had no shame in their hearts, so they looked at other people's faces to see if the other party had a ghost in their hearts.

The person who had a ghost in his heart looked left and right, standing restlessly, and the cold sweat was even worse.

The incense was half burned, but no one came forward to confess.

Jiang Chuan didn't say a word, watching the pillar of incense burning down little by little, about to burn out, sighed, and was about to give an order, but suddenly there was a pop, and a person jumped out of the crowd, knelt on the ground, and howled loudly: "Your Highness spares your life, Your Highness spares your life, the minister is guilty, the minister was instigated by that Liu Lin, and the minister doesn't want it......"

Everyone took a closer look, and the person who was howling was Zheng Guogong Li Chengan.

Before Jiang Chuan could speak, the pillar of incense had burned to the last bit, and the incense had been turned into ashes and fell into the incense burner.

When everyone saw that the incense burned out, they couldn't help but hold their breath and looked at Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan sighed and said as if talking to himself: "I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin, and the ancients don't deceive me." Zheng Guogong Li Chengan, you are the only lucky one. This king is a man of his word, and your family is saved. ”

Zheng Guogong Li Chengan heard that there were joys and sorrows, happy that his family had been saved, and sad that he was going to die, and suddenly fell to the ground and cried.

Jiang Chuan waved his hand, and a personal guard had already stepped forward to take Li Cheng'an out.

Jiang Chuan's gaze scanned the crowd, and his pity and lamentation gradually turned cold.

He unfolded the scroll in his hand and slowly read out the first name: "Zhang Guangyu, Marquis of Ningnan".

Hearing the name, everyone turned their attention to a man of medium stature in the front of the line on the right, wearing a scarlet court robe.

The man's face instantly turned pale, and he threw himself out of the ranks, shouting: "Your Highness, the minister is wronged, wronged, wronged......"

Jiang Chuan ignored it, and the two guards came up and directly blocked it, but the man still shouted that he was wronged, and was slapped by a guard on the back of the neck, fainted directly, and then was dragged down like a dead dog.

Jiang Chuan continued to pronounce out the second name: "Dali Temple Qing Weitong".

From the queue of civil officials on the left, one person suddenly went limped to the ground, as if his backbone had been broken in an instant, and then he was dragged out by two personal guards.

"Integrity Bo Liu Kongzhao"

"The Dragon of Xincheng Bo Zhao"

"Sima Yue, the Right Governor of the Nine Cities Soldiers and Horses"

……

Every time a name was read, a person was dragged out, among which Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong was even so frightened that he was incontinent on the spot, and the stench instantly spread, and many people covered their mouths and noses in disgust.

The more everyone listened, the more frightened they became, and there were more than a dozen names in a row, which actually involved civil officials like the Six Shangshu, and military generals who were responsible for the security and defense of the capital like the Right Governor of the Nine Cities Soldiers and Horses, most of whom were Xungui groups.

Looking at those who were dragged down, the rest of the people were all in danger and trembling, and many even guessed that it was King Qin who took the opportunity to expand the scope of Zhulian and clear the obstacles to his regency.

Today, the least people who can be qualified to see the imperial banquet are officials above the fifth rank, the nobles are all earls and above, and there are some clans, and the total number of people is actually not too much.

After a dozen people were dragged away at once, many seats became vacant.

Seeing the last name, Jiang Chuan stopped, did not pronounce it immediately, but turned around and walked to the emperor not far away to look at the emperor.

The emperor has been scared enough today, he was forced into the palace by Jiang Chuan during the day, and at night he saw Jiang Chuan angrily reprimanding the ministers and arresting a large group of people, and he was already shocked and scared in his heart.

Seeing Jiang Chuan looking at him at this moment, he was even more frightened and instinctively shrank back, and said in a trembling voice: "What are you going to do?" Do I have to be arrested? ”

Jiang Chuan frowned, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has misunderstood, how dare the minister." The minister just wanted His Majesty to see this last name. ”

As he spoke, he walked up to the emperor and handed the scroll in his hand to the emperor.

The emperor took it tremblingly, glanced at Jiang Chuan in fear, and then looked at the last line of the scroll.

When he saw the name, he was suddenly startled, looked at Jiang Chuan in disbelief, and said in a lost voice: "This is impossible!" No way! It's absolutely impossible for my uncle to collude with the rogue! ”

Only then did the hundred officials know that the last name turned out to be the uncle of the dynasty, the emperor's uncle, and the empress dowager's brother, Hancheng Marquis Sun Bonian.

The crowd was in an uproar, and many people showed expressions of disbelief.

Because although this Hancheng Hou Sun Bonian doesn't do things very well on weekdays, he doesn't seem to have the courage to do this kind of thing.

Put it away, the concubines selected by the Ming royal family are all selected from civilian families, and it is also to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics. The current Empress Dowager Sun is from a commoner background.

Her father was originally just a Jiangnan squire who was born in a show.

After Sun became the empress dowager, the emperor named his grandfather the Marquis of Hancheng. It's a pity that this person's blessings are not enough, and he got sick and hung up within a few days, so the title was attacked by his son.

This uncle was originally living a nourishing life in Jiangnan, but later the Dashun army came and swept Jiangnan, so he had to run to the capital.

The emperor gave his uncle a big mansion, which was very favorable. The Queen Mother is very close to his elder brother, and often comes into the palace to speak.

Although this uncle is a relative of the emperor, he is not very careful, and he has made a lot of jokes in the capital, which has attracted a lot of criticism.

It's just that because of his identity, he hasn't dared to say anything about him. Even if an official wrote to impeach him, the emperor would not send it, so over time, everyone turned a blind eye.

But I didn't expect the last person to be him, which surprised many people.

Because if this Marquis of Hancheng is all in the same party, people have to wonder if the Queen Mother is also involved.

If the queen mother is also involved, then the emperor ......

Thinking of this, many people dare not think about it anymore. If that is the case, then all that King Qin has done today can be explained.

Although the emperor's ability is mediocre, he is not stupid. What the courtier can think of, he can naturally think of. That's why it's a momentary gaffe.

If King Qin believes that the Empress Dowager is also involved, according to King Qin's style of acting today, the royal family is very likely to be wiped out!