"It's not that hard to say." Li Jinzhong replied quite confidently, "After the old minister learned the news of the murder of Prince Bin, he ordered all the officials of the 'Jinggong Errand Room' to go on a business trip, and firmly stared at the key points in the Daming Palace. In view of this, the old minister implored the emperor to immediately issue an order to allow the minister to immediately implement the law of five or five consecutive sits in the palace to investigate the murderer. ”

"Your Majesty," Xie Liangchen, who was kneeling in the hall, suddenly shouted loudly, "Daming Palace is a forbidden garden of the imperial court, and the law of five or five consecutive sittings that the Duke of Jin wants to practice is too strict, once it is implemented in the palace, it will definitely involve many innocents and affect the entire palace city. ”

He has always been cautious, and he never dared to speak loudly in front of the emperor, but at this moment, because of anxiety in his heart, he shouted hoarsely.

"Xie Liangchen!" Li Jinzhong turned around abruptly and shouted directly at Xie Liangchen, "If it weren't for your repeated prevarication and delay by relying on the convenience of knowing the internal service and saving trouble, so that the law of five or five consecutive sittings would never be implemented, there would never be a tragic death of Prince Bin in the harem tonight." At this moment, you still don't think about repentance, and you want to pretend to bewitch the emperor and indulge the villains, what are your intentions! ”

Li and Xie have been very close to each other for many years, and have always gotten along harmoniously and closely, and they are both important ministers who were specially canonized by the emperor before his death. Even Jing Xuan and Wanrong, who were sitting next to the emperor, were very surprised and felt inexplicable.

"It is not surprising that the practice of sitting together has existed since ancient times. What is special about these five-five consecutive sittings, and what practical effect can they have on the remnants of the Zhang family in the palace? Jin Guogong might as well talk about it first, and then talk about whether it should be done. The emperor waved his hand to stop the quarrel between the two and asked Li Jinzhong first.

"As early as the assassination of Xia Zhaoyi. After the old minister was appointed to preside over the affairs of the Jing Palace, he consulted with Liu Yi, Xie Liangchen, Lu Guangting and others, and wanted to implement the method of five or five consecutive sits in the Daming Palace to investigate the remnants of the Zhang family. In detail, it means that all the palace members, eunuchs, and miscellaneous servants must have five guarantors come forward to prove where the assassin was and what he was doing when he entered the palace to carry out the assassination. If you can't find five guarantors to prove your whereabouts, you will be considered a serious suspect. He was immediately escorted to the 'Jinggong Errand Room' to be tortured and forced to confess to his accomplices. And if it is found that one of the guarantors of a certain person has committed perjury, the five guarantors and the insured person will be handed over to the 'Jinggong Chafang' for strict punishment. This is the method of sitting in a row of five or five. The five palace people in the Shangyi Bureau were terrified when they heard the news that they were going to sit in a five-five row, and they acted in advance, secretly trying to find someone to protect each other, and they were discovered and captured by the 'Jinggong Poor Room'.

However, according to Lu Guangting, he returned to the old minister. Xie Liangchen has been in disobedience for many days, and every time when the old minister convenes a meeting. He did not explicitly express his opposition, but after the meeting, he secretly ordered the people of the Inner Chamberlain Province to obstruct it, so that this law has been delayed until now, and has not really been implemented in the palace. ”

Li Jinzhong entered Yuxiu Palace, and he had never had the idea of pulling Xie Liangchen to back his back, but he shouted at the emperor. Seduced Li Jinzhong to take advantage of the situation to move the mind of Bao Lu Guangting and Xie Liangchen.

The emperor listened to Li Jinzhong's explanation, and was still hesitant, but Jing Xuan opened his mouth and asked Xie Liangchen: "This palace has not heard it very clearly, I don't know why Lord Xie wants to prevent the implementation of this law in the palace?" ”

Xie Liangchen straightened his waist and replied in a trembling voice: "Back to Niangniang's words." Imagine that thousands of servants in Daming Palace are scattered among hundreds of palaces and pavilions. On the night of Xia Zhaoyi's assassination, it was the first time that the emperor summoned the newly elected palace concubines, although everyone gathered in Yaohua Palace, but there may not be many people in other places in the palace. The duty of the minister is to consider the normal operation of the Daming Palace and the safety of everyone in the palace. Moreover, when the Jin State Gong summoned us to the meeting, he only said that he would first choose one or two key points to try this law, and did not say that everyone in the palace must accept the screening of the five-five consecutive sitting method, so the minister took the initiative and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to suspend the implementation of this law in the 'Jinggong Errand Room'. ”

Jing Xuan listened to Xie Liangchen's explanation, lowered his head slightly, and said as if talking to himself: "Five people protect one person, and one person's fraud will also affect five people, so it is really unheard of." ”

"What Niangniang said is that extraordinary times must be done in extraordinary times." Li Jinzhong arched his hand towards Jing Xuan, raised his voice and said, "Although the five-five consecutive sittings are very related, it will inevitably cause people to be wronged, but the old minister thinks that it is the most effective way to investigate the rebels under the current situation. Compared with the civil strife in the Ningxi Palace, even if a hundred and ten palace people were unjustly killed, the old minister thought it was worth it. ”

"Your Majesty, although the remnants of the Zhang family are rampant, after all, there are only dozens of people, and the vast majority of palace people and eunuchs in the Inner Servant Province are diligent and conscientious people. The ministers were provincial eunuchs, and they could not bear to see them unjustly killed, so if they wanted to implement the method of sitting in the palace for five or five consecutive years, they asked the emperor's ministers to resign from their official positions as provincial eunuchs. Xie Liangchen has only obeyed Li Jinzhong's orders for many years, but now he is competing with Li Jinzhong on the issue of whether it is appropriate to sit in a row on May 5.

"Xie Liangchen, I came to ask you: the prince was killed in the concubine's bedroom, and you, as the provincial eunuch of the inner chamber and the general of the left prison gate, have you ever thought of how to arrest the murderer?" The emperor's gaze kept wandering over Li and Xie, and finally fixed on Xie Liangchen.

After Li Jinzhong received the order of the Zhongshu, although Xie Liangchen took over the post of general of the Left Prison Gate, because Li Jinzhong was ordered to preside over the affairs of the Jing Palace, the actual military power of the Left Prison Gate Forbidden Army was still in the hands of Li Jinzhong. Seeing that the emperor asked him about the investigation of the case and the pursuit of the murderer, Xie Liangchen didn't have time to think about it, and immediately replied: "After Xia Zhaoyi was assassinated, the Duke of Jin was ordered to preside over the affairs of the Jing Palace, and set up the 'Jing Palace Errand Room' in the right Yintai Gate, which was specially responsible for the investigation of the remnants of the Zhang family. The palace guards and the palace gate guards are responsible for their own Yulin, Jinwu, and prison gates. The only people who care about the ministers all day long are the general affairs of the six palaces, and they dare not speak falsely about the inspection, so please forgive the emperor. (To be continued.) )