Guo Da, who had just stepped in, suddenly had a hole in his chest, and he was bleeding.

The ministers stared at the wound on Guo Da's chest, and then turned their heads to look at the thing called a pistol in Meng Qi's hand, their expressions uncertain.

After the gunshot, the scene fell into a deathly silence, and the people around them felt inexplicably depressed, and they didn't even dare to breathe violently, they seemed to know what was happening, but they didn't dare to be sure, let alone say anything.

Guo Da stopped, lowered his head, and stared at the clothes he had just changed this morning being soaked in blood little by little, and then, a sharp pain came to his mind.

'The Emperor wants to kill me?' Guo Da raised his head and looked at the young emperor on the high platform.

Meng Qi suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, and the next moment he returned to a panicked look, although it was only a short moment, he was still captured by Guo Da.

Guo Da was a little puzzled, a little unwilling, his body was gradually enveloped by a sense of powerlessness, and finally, Guo Da couldn't support his body and fell to the ground.

Meng Qi hurriedly shouted, "Call the imperial doctor!" ”

'This mad dog emperor. Guo Da's last thought flashed through his mind, and he was unconscious.

Several imperial doctors ran up with boxes, they probed for a while, looked at Meng Qi and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Guo is still saved." ”

Meng Qi said: "If there is salvation, then save it quickly, come on, carry Master Guo to the Royal Hospital, and protect it closely." ”

"Yes." A few people came up and carried Master Guo out.

"Slow down, slow down." The Imperial Doctor next to him.

When they left the hall, Meng Qi smiled awkwardly and said, "Let everyone laugh, I won't show this unlucky weapon, let's get down to business." ”

All the ministers had strange faces, and they hadn't reacted yet.

At the beginning, the emperor said that he would find out a traitor in front of everyone, and later said that he needed Guo Da as a witness, and then demonstrated a powerful weapon while waiting for the witness, and in the end, this powerful weapon killed the witness.

What's going on here?

The corners of Xiangguo Liu Neng's mouth twitched, he wanted to speak and stopped, as the person who knew the most among the ministers, he still couldn't understand what Meng Qi was doing.

At this time, someone finally stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, the subordinates don't understand why you want to make a move on Lord Guo." The person who spoke was Qin Zhi, neither humble nor arrogant, with no joy or sorrow on his face.

Meng Qi spread his hands helplessly and said, "I didn't mean to. ”

"I don't think any of the ministers here will believe what Your Majesty said about your unintentional actions, and please give us an explanation." Qin Zhi said calmly.

Xiang Guo knew Qin Zhi's true identity, and when he listened to Qin Zhi's words at this time, he couldn't help frowning, stood up and said coldly: "What does Your Majesty want to do, and I still need to explain to you?" Are you holding it up? ”

The rest of the ministers were sincerely frightened: "The ministers don't dare." ”

Qin Zhi did not flinch, and said solemnly: "Lord Guo is a second-class member of the dynasty, and if he encounters an accident today, if Lord Guo does not come over and dies, then His Majesty should give an explanation, at least, to the Guo family." ”

Meng Qi looked at Qin Zhi indifferently, he knew Qin Zhi's intentions, this Qin Zhi openly competed with him, half because of his friendship with Lord Guo, and the other half because of Meng Qi's words, until now, Qin Zhi still didn't know how much Meng Qi knew about their traitorous group.

Meng Qi suddenly took out her pistol again, everyone was shocked, Qin Zhi was even more frightened and took a step back, her face was pale, she thought that Meng Qi was going to attack her.

However, Meng Qi put the muzzle of the gun to his head.

"Aiqing, you want me to give you an explanation, right, that's good, one life is worth one life, I'll shoot myself in the head now, are you satisfied?" Meng Qi stared at Qin Zhi's eyes and said expressionlessly.

"Your Majesty, no!" Xiangguo Liu Neng knelt directly on the ground and shouted hoarsely.

"Your Majesty, no!" The rest of the ministers also hurriedly knelt down and echoed.

Meng Qi ignored everyone and resolutely fired.

'Click'

Everyone's hearts trembled.

However, the next moment, they found Meng Qi sitting there intact with no signs of injury.

'Click' Meng Qi pressed it randomly, but he was not injured, and everyone's faces became strange.

Meng Qi spread his hands and said helplessly: "Oh yes, this thing can't kill the true son of heaven." ”

The voice fell, and the scene was silent for a moment, followed by thunderous applause, which lasted for a long time.

The minister forced a smile on his face, but in his heart: 'Our emperor is not only black-hearted, but also thick-skinned. ’

Qin Zhi's face darkened, and she wanted to say something, but Meng Qi interrupted arrogantly: "Don't say it again, if Guo Da is really dead, I will give you another explanation." ”

Qin Zhi was helpless, and she couldn't say anything more.

Xiangguo Liu Neng stared at Meng Qi, he really couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Meng Qi was selling in his gourd.

"Your Majesty, just now you said that you wanted to find out a traitor in front of all of us, I don't know who the traitor is?" An official stood up and asked.

"Yes, please make it clear to Your Majesty." Many officials have come forward to echo this.

Meng Qi smiled strangely: "The witnesses have all been sent to the hospital, how can you find a traitor?" ”

"Your Majesty, you might as well say it bluntly, even if there are no witnesses present, we all believe you." The official who spoke earlier said with a straight face.

"Yes, we all believe in you." The rest of the officials chimed in.

Meng Qi said helplessly: "No, I can't find out the traitor without witnesses, and I can't smear people's innocence out of thin air." ”

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, each of them unconsciously has vigilance and suspicion in their eyes, and some Qingliu even keeps a distance from the people around them in order to express their position.

Qin Zhi kept looking down at the front and bottom, her face expressionless, making people not know what she was thinking.

Xiangguo Liu Neng looked at Meng Qi's smile, as if he understood or not, and muttered in his heart: "Is Your Majesty knocking on the mountain or deliberately dividing the relationship between ministers to prevent the formation of party members among ministers." ”

Meng Qi didn't explain, he diverted the topic and said: "Let's get down to business, recently, I plan to vigorously open up the northeast region, and the development of that place has always been difficult, so I sent the two armies of Longxing and Qinghe to go." ”

"The country cannot be without a king, the army cannot be without a general, these two teams are very strong in combat, but they still need a leader to lead them to complete the task, there are three tasks, one is to suppress the local bandits, the second is to force the local tyrants to release the slaves in the clan and hand over the land ownership to the central government, and the third is to lead the army and farmers to reclaim wasteland."

As soon as the words fell, an official stood up and recommended himself: "I am willing to take this task, and my hometown is in Lu'an, on the northeast border, and I have an understanding of the terrain and local forces in that place." ”

Meng Qi nodded.

At this time, another official stood up and said, "Lord Jia, as far as I know, you have a private friendship with the local Zhu family, if the Zhu family does not agree to release the slaves, can you tear your face with them?" ”

Master Jia, who spoke before, frowned, and then said, "Lord Zhu, what do you mean by this?" Do you think I'm going to favor the Zhu family? ”

Lord Zhu, who objected, said with a smile: "I'm just a little worried that Lord Jia will entangle his position and affect the execution of the task at that time." I feel that this task is more appropriate to be entrusted to me, and I have never been accustomed to the behavior of local tyrants occupying farmland and occupying people's power, and I have always wanted to liberate farmland and labor force from them, and this time I just borrowed His Majesty's two armies to fulfill my long-cherished wish for many years. ”

Lord Jia immediately spoke: "I heard that the most fierce Black Wind Force Master in the Northeast is your old department. ”

Master Zhu hurriedly explained: "That was all many years ago, and I and that guy have long been cut off, and we are strangers. ”

"It's hard to keep the lotus root connected."

"You!"

Meng Qi interrupted: "Okay, okay, don't quarrel, I have my own decision." ”

The two hurriedly retreated, bowed, and said, "Listen to Your Majesty's decision." ”

Meng Qi touched his stubble-free chin, and after some deep thought, he said: "You two are good candidates, Lord Jia knows more about the situation in that place, and Lord Zhu, as far as I know, is a military general, so he should be able to better lead the army against the enemy." ”

All the ministers nodded and agreed with Meng Qi's words, this was indeed a difficult decision to make.

"Okay, let's send Qin Zhi." Meng Qi finally made a decision and ordered.