"Ruined the knife?" King Qi's eyes rolled, and he immediately understood what Lang meant, and asked softly, "You mean abolishing Qiu Junxi?" ”

"Exactly." Lang Wuxuan nodded and said: "Qiu Junhui is the first cool official of Daqin, brutal and unkind, this person kills people like hemp, the souls under his hands, there are not a thousand, there are also eight hundred, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and he hates this person to the core, and now he has become the prince's knife, and he is even more crazy to bite us indiscriminately, this person is not removed, and the future is endless." ”

Several officials immediately approached, and there was already a humane: "Yes, since the prince used this knife, let's destroy this knife, as long as the criminal department is not under the control of the prince, the crisis we are facing can be solved." ”

"Oh?" King Qi was thoughtful.

Lang Wuxuan said solemnly: "As long as Qiu Junhui is overthrown, even if the prince is in prison, he has no right to appoint or dismiss the six Shangshu, and if the position of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is vacant, it must be appointed by the Holy Lord." At that time, as long as we don't let the princelings sit in the position of the secretary of the criminal department, the criminal department will not be able to bite us. ”

King Qi nodded slightly and asked, "Is there a way to bring down Qiu Junxi?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and an official said: "You can go and thoroughly investigate his family wealth, this person has been an official in the Criminal Department for many years, and the back ......of his butt must be unclean!" ”

Lang Wuxuan shook his head and said: "We have no evidence, and there is no holy will, we can't make a thorough investigation of Qiu Junhui on the surface, and although Qiu Junhui is brutal, he is also careful as an official, and it is not easy to catch him for corruption, but I am afraid that we have not found evidence yet, but we will be caught off guard by him." ”

"How's that good?" Some officials suddenly became anxious again.

Now the situation, they can't help but be anxious, their biggest backer, only King Qi, but without the support of the emperor, King Qi, can not exert any strength at all, now almost every day there are officials of the King of Qi Party for various crimes arrested, according to this, it will not be long before the officials present will be pulled to the prison of the Criminal Department by Qiu Junhui to sit down.

Qiu Junxi's prison in the Criminal Department, that is a change in people's color.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Lang Wuxu's mouth, and said: "It's not difficult to find trouble with him, he has been in the Criminal Department for more than ten years, and there are so many cases in his hands, you say, how many unjust, false and wrongful cases are there?" ”

"Oh?" King Qi seemed to understand something, and asked, "You mean to start from here?" ”

Lang Wuxuan arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, there are many unjust cases under Qiu Junhui, and it is easy for the lower officials to find out his many unjust cases, although the Holy Lord has decreed that the prince will supervise the country, but he has also decreed that His Royal Highness will assist the prince in supervising the country, if Qiu Junhui's judgment of the unjust case is big, His Royal Highness, as an auxiliary country, can of course intervene in it, as long as the evidence in our hands is conclusive, Qiu Junhui will not be able to run away no matter what, even if it is the prince, he will not dare to maintain it." ”

"Brilliant idea." The official next to him smiled: "Lord Lang is worthy of being a wise man, as long as Qiu Junxi is knocked down, the knife in the prince's hand will be gone, and when the time comes, we will try our best to fight for the position of the secretary of the criminal department...... After all, there is still Xu Congyang and Xu scholars in Zhongshu Province there, as long as Xu scholars and His Royal Highness jointly recommend to the saints, we will follow behind and face the saints, and the position of the secretary of the criminal department will inevitably not fall into the hands of the princelings. ”

"Not bad." Another official seemed to be relieved, "If there is a chance to put our people in charge of the Criminal Department, let's go back and rectify the princelings, and we can turn defeat into victory." ”

King Qi was thoughtful, and after a moment, he asked, "Lord Lang, can you find physical evidence and human evidence?" ”

Lang Wuxuan nodded and chuckled: "My lord, Qiu Junhui has been in the Criminal Department for many years, and the people who hate him are not only the other divisions and yamen, but also his enemies in the Criminal Department." ”

King Qi understood, and said softly: "You must be cautious and careful in this matter, and they must not know about the movement." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, this matter will be handled by the lower officials in person." Lang Wuxuan knows very well that in the eyes of the princelings, he is the backbone of the Qi Wang Party, as soon as the Qi Wang Party collapses, he will not be able to run away from the first, and now is the time for you to live and die, and he can't allow himself to retreat, when he betrayed An Guogong Huang Ju and turned his head to King Qi, there is no other way to retreat, "When the case is big and there is conclusive evidence, His Royal Highness can take action and pull Qiu Junxi's cool official off the horse." ”

Lang Wuxuan said this, and everyone suddenly felt that there was a glimmer of light in the gloomy future.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although the prince seems to have not asked about the affairs of the court for many years, but this time everyone has seen it clearly, although our Royal Highness the prince does not leave the house, his strength should not be underestimated." A low voice suddenly came from the side, and everyone looked over, but saw a scribe in a gray robe sitting on a chair with a very serious expression, these people often come to the Qi Wangfu these days, and naturally they all know each other, this person is Shi Lu Haosheng, the head of the Qi Wangfu.

From beginning to end, Lu Haosheng just sat on the side and didn't speak, but when he suddenly spoke, everyone's eyes looked at him.

"Lu Changshi is right." Lang Wu hurriedly said: "What is Lu Changshi's opinion? ”

"Takami didn't have it." Lu Haosheng thought thoughtfully, "Lord Lang started with Qiu Junxi, in the current opinion, it is a good way, but when you bring down Qiu Junxi, you should also think about the next thing." Qiu Junhui is only the prince's first move, it is certain that the prince will never have only this hole card in his hand, even if Qiu Junhui is defeated, what means will the prince use next, have you ever thought about it? ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Lu Haosheng said slowly: "There is one thing, you still have to remember that Your Highness is our foundation, and all actions must safeguard the interests of Your Highness, there are some things that Your Highness can do, but there are some things that Your Highness can know but can't do." He glanced at everyone and continued, "So there are some things that you can do, but Your Highness can not know. ”

Lang Wuxu cautiously asked, "What does Lu Changshi mean?" ”

"If you are not completely sure, you should not let His Highness take action easily." Lu Haosheng said lightly: "You can fall, but Your Highness can't fall...... What I mean, you should know. ”

At this moment, I heard the sound of footsteps, and a servant of the royal palace was already outside the door and said: "Report to the prince, a group of people from the criminal department have come, claiming to arrest the criminal, and the commander of the horse has ordered the small one to report to the prince." Whether to let them enter the palace or not! ”

The expressions of everyone in the hall changed greatly, and King Huo Ran of Qi got up and said angrily: "People from the Criminal Department? They arrested someone and caught me in the Qi Palace? Who are they going to arrest? ”

"They didn't say it, they only said that they wanted to commit it in the palace, and begged the prince to hand it over to the yamen of the criminal department!"

"What is there to do in this palace?" King Qi clenched his fists, "What a bold man, this king is going to meet this group of mad dogs ......!" ”

"Your Highness, slow down!" Lu Haosheng stood up, "It's just a person from the Criminal Department, the matter is not named, Your Highness doesn't have to act rashly, let's go and see what is going on first?" ”

"Your Highness, Qiu Junhui is really bold, and he has arrested everyone in the palace." Lang Wuxuan also said angrily: "What kind of place do they think this is? ”

Other officials were also indignant.

Lu Haosheng arched his hand to the King of Qi, did not say much, went out and followed the servant to the gate of the palace, before he arrived at the gate, he heard a noise there, the night was dark, Lu Haosheng stood behind a big tree in the courtyard, and did not go up immediately, just looked, only to see that there was a group of people in front of the door, and Ma Zhongheng, the commander of the guards, led dozens of palace guards to guard in front of the gate, like an iron wall, the people of the Yamen of the Criminal Department naturally did not dare to break in, but someone said over there: "We are ordered to do things and arrest key criminals." , the stakes are very high, His Royal Highness King Qi is well aware of the matter, and naturally he will not cover up the important offenders. ”

Ma Zhongheng said lightly: "It is the business of your criminal department to arrest the important criminals, and it is the duty of the general to guard the palace, and no one can step into the palace without the orders of the prince." ”

The two sides are at a stalemate, and if they can't catch the key criminals they say, they won't leave.

Lu Haosheng walked over slowly, Ma Zhongheng saw Lu Haosheng coming, arched his hand, Lu Haosheng saw that there were more than 20 people from the Criminal Department, all with swords, frowned, and asked: "In the middle of the night, shouting in front of the palace, what kind of system is this?" ”

A person from the crowd of the Criminal Department stepped forward and said with a smile: "Zhang Yuanda, the servant of the Criminal Department, came to arrest the key criminals on the orders of the Lord of the Ministry, and asked His Royal Highness the King of Qi to hand over the key criminals. ”

"Bold." Lu Haosheng said in a deep voice: "This is the Qi Palace, how can you come here to commit any crimes?" ”

Zhang Yuanda said: "Wu Tangchun, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, is naturally in the palace, and the key criminal we want to arrest is Wu Tangchun." ”

"Wu Tangchun?" Lu Haosheng frowned, "What crime did he commit?" ”

"Wu Tangchun dominated the industry in Jinling's hometown, failed to lure people, coerced and intimidated, and beat people to serious injuries, and later died." Zhang Yuanda raised his head and held his chest high, "Now that the family of the deceased has filed a complaint in the capital, the ministry ordered us to invite Wu Shaoqing to go to the yamen of the criminal department. ”

"Wu Shaoqing has been in the capital and has not returned to his hometown, when did he kill someone?"

"That was a year ago." Zhang Yuanda said, "That time Wu Shaoqing went home, his younger brother took a fancy to a manor, colluded with the local government, and forced the deceased to hand over the title deed, the deceased did not comply, and the servants of the Wu family hurt people, Wu Tangchun knew about this in advance, and the local government also had Wu Tangchun's instructions to send people. ”

"Is there any evidence?"

"Naturally." Zhang Yuanda said: "The human and material evidence has been in the yamen of the criminal department, there were many people who witnessed this incident at that time, more than ten witnesses have come from Jinling, and the prefect of Jinling who participated in this matter has also been detained in Beijing, and he has already testified that everything is instigated by Wu Tangchun behind his back, and the family of the deceased has reported to the capital, and now they are also in the yamen of the criminal department...... Lu Changshi, Wu Tangchun's crime is extremely evil, you Qi Wangfu, you still have to shield such a traitorous and evil person, right? ”

Lu Haosheng frowned and said: "If you want to arrest people, even if you go to Wu Shaoqing's mansion to arrest people, why do you want to come to the palace?" In the middle of the night, the palace is noisy at night, and the prince's temperament is not ......! ”

Zhang Yuanda said sternly: "Official business, and as a criminal officer, we are just loyal to our duties, we are just arresting key criminals, and we are by no means deliberately offending His Royal Highness the King of Qi, if the prince really feels that the inferior rank is offended, as long as the prince speaks, we are willing to die!" ”