Chapter 35: Confession

There was a smile on the corner of Fang Yan's mouth, and he said:

"Your Highness, you are wrong, we will not kill Liu Xiu."

Liu Rui stared at the dialect for a long time, and suddenly said:

"Alright, stop beating around the bush. What do you have to say to me tonight? ”

Fang Yan stroked his palms and smiled:

"Okay, happy, if His Highness is willing, Prime Minister Ouyang wants to do his best to help His Highness start the government. change, seize power. ”

Liu Rui smiled and said:

"The lantern will be assassinated, and he is also a person sent by the prime minister, but his skills are not perfect, and his achievements fall short, which makes me fall into the quagmire, and now he says that he wants to help me seize power, and your prime minister will boast about Haikou."

After hearing this, the dialect showed neither shame nor a sign of blushing, and replied with a calm face:

"Your Royal Highness, the Lantern Festival assassination has another plan, if it can succeed, it is the best, once it fails, His Highness can also retreat, but this palace change is different from the past, the prime minister will have great actions in order to cooperate with His Highness."

Liu Rui raised his eyebrows and said in surprise:

"What move?"

Fang Yan shook his head and said:

"There are secrets, and the ministers don't know, but the prime minister still has something to say, and it's all here."

After speaking, he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to the prince.

The prince didn't answer, he looked directly at the dialect, and suddenly lowered his voice, and said word by word:

"Prime Minister, what do you mean by that?"

Fang Yan looked squarely into the prince's gaze and replied with a smile:

"The prime minister knows that Your Highness is righteous and filial piety, and I am afraid that you will refuse to mention yì, so I made a villain, and prepared two letters to you at the same time, and the prime minister's plan is in this second letter."

After a pause, he added:

"It's a matter of success or failure, I hope Your Highness will consider it carefully."

After saying that, he stepped back and bowed his head and waited for the news.

The prince glanced at him, his expression moved, and he took the letter for a while, and did not tear it open, and said:

"Any other letters? Give it to me. ”

Fang Yan shook his head and said:

"This is the last letter, and after His Highness looks at it, he will understand."

The prince waved his hand and said:

"You go back, I'll give you a message after I finish reading."

The dialect nodded yes and bowed out.

The prince looked at his back, and the horizontal flesh on his face tightened a little.

He shook his head, tore the letter open, and looked at it.

After a while, I only heard the prince's low voice from inside the house, and slowly came:

"A good Ouyang Yunzhong, really cunning and cunning, thinking about everything, although he takes a little risk, he can get rid of Yaheng, Luo Huo, Liu Xiu and even hehe in one fell swoop"

He sneered, looked out the window at the drizzle, looked in the direction of the distant palace, and fell silent.

It's raining, and it's raining heavily.

It was raining in the middle of the night, there was no one on the road, and the prince's car was in a hurry, less than a stick of incense. Kung Fu, just return to the Prince's Mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, someone came to pass the ceremony, saying that in the study room in the mansion, Li Weicai, who supervised the imperial history, had been waiting for a long time.

Supervising the imperial history Li Weicai, an important figure in the prince's party, is known as a mad dog in the court.

Except for the princelings, all the other courtiers were impeached by him, and even the emperor had a headache when he saw him, but there was nothing he could do about him.

Behind Li Weicai, there is a special "Dongguan" who pickets hundreds of officials, that is, the full-time personnel used by the prince to exclude dissidents, so Li Weicai has no fear, and he has repeatedly told him that although the emperor "never likes his saliva", he has no choice but to use him.

Because of his uprightness and courage to speak out, the people praised him a lot, and even compiled his story into an opera, which was widely circulated, and he was called a rare Qing official in the Han Kingdom.

The affairs of the DPRK and China cannot be said, and this is what it is.

He was ordered to go out to inspect, just returned to Beijing, after hearing the news of the prince's army in Luojing, his heart was anxious, like sitting on pins and needles, he did not return to his mansion at the moment, directly let the car drive in a hurry, turned to the prince's mansion, and wanted to meet the prince.

When the prince arrived at the study, Li Weicai was already standing in the center of the study, serving the maids and pouring tea and water.

He had already drunk three pots of tea, and he didn't sit down, frowning.

In the darkness, the candlelight was faint, and Li Weicai's face was cloudy.

The prince felt in a trance that the person in front of him was a little strange, as if he hadn't really seen him clearly.

Was he really that faithful?

The prince shook his head, pushed open the door, stepped forward quickly, looked terrified, and said:

"I went out temporarily, I never thought that Lord Li would come, I was unwelcome, and I hope that Lord Li will forgive me."

Li Weicai heard the sound of footsteps, and as soon as he turned around, he heard the prince's apology, although he was annoyed in his heart, it was not easy to attack, so he had to say in a deep voice:

"His Royal Highness holds great power and specializes in chasing the murderer and taking heavy responsibility, but he doesn't take this opportunity to take those high-ranking officials and ministers, and only harm his junior colleagues, and the lower officials don't understand, what kind of calculation is His Highness playing?"

The prince shook his head and smiled:

"Lord Li, how can those powerful people move without permission, three days is too short, they can only move their wings, knock on them, let them be honest, don't take me too seriously, and the lantern will stab me, I have my own suspicions, I can't get out of it, if I mess with the minister, my father will be angry, I can't explain."

Li Weicai looked worried as if he hadn't heard it, and said hurriedly:

"Your Highness, do you know that the DPRK and China are in chaos now! Now the prince's army is known to everyone for the trouble of Luojing, slaughtering people, looting money, and people and gods are angry! And it's been two days since this incident, the news is flying all over the sky, rumors are everywhere, and the world is waiting for you to give an explanation, but you are still sitting behind the scenes, not saying a word, even our people can't sit still! I have received definite news, saying that the emperor will be in the early court in the near future, and those ministers, even the book of impeachment of you is ready, just wait for the court to sue you for the imperial court! ”

The prince frowned and asked:

"Father's emperor is going to be early in the near future? Is this true? ”

Li Weicai said:

"Seriously!"

The prince stood up with a teacup, paced a few steps around the room, and said:

"Who is going to impeach me?"

Li Weicai shook his head and said:

"There are too many to impeach His Highness, and there are endless investigations, but there is one person, His Highness should be cautious."

The prince was puzzled:

"Oh?"

Li Weicai shook his head and sighed:

"It's the prime minister of the dynasty, Yaheng."

The prince turned his head suddenly, his eyes flashed, and he stared at Li Weicai and said:

"The prime minister wants to impeach me?"

Li Weicai was startled, and after a while, he said slowly:

"Yes, Your Highness, you also know that although Yaheng has always claimed that he is far away from the battle for the throne, but in fact he is very close to the King of England, this time His Highness saw that the prince's army provoked the ministers in the name of arresting the assassins, and caused a storm in the city, he has long secretly entangled the courtiers, and is ready to join you fiercely on the occasion of the early pilgrimage of the saint."

The prince frowned, his eyes flashed, he sneered, and said:

"Hmph, Yaheng, this hypocrite! He has long looked at me unpleasantly, and this time he seized the opportunity, he must be thinking of harming me, hateful! ”

After scolding, he turned his head, looked at Li Weicai, and said:

"I don't know what Master Li thinks about it, can you help me get out?"

Li Weicai pondered for a moment and replied:

"This time Luojing trouble, His Royal Highness must have an explanation, the top priority, is to first confess to the Holy Lord, and then kill a few substitute ghosts to thank the world, if His Highness is willing, you can also find a few dead soldiers, in order to harbor the crime of the assassin, get rid of Yaheng, so that he can't sue the royal court, and then bring the so-called 'assassin' to justice, which can not only make a difference, but also get rid of this stumbling block, this plan to kill two birds with one stone, I don't know what His Highness wants?"

When the prince heard this, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he stood up with joy on his face, and praised:

"Okay, only talent, this is a big second, I will arrange it, while my father has not yet gone to the court, I will do it as soon as possible, after getting rid of Yaheng, I will look at the court, who else dares to go against me!"

After speaking, he called, and the attendant outside the door came in, and the prince summoned casually, and the attendant leaned over, and the prince whispered in his ear, and after the latter listened, nodded and pushed the door away.

After he left, the prince turned to Li Weicai and said:

"I'll make the arrangement you said, you go back and have a good rest first, and I'll be on call for the next few days, waiting for my news!"

When Li Weicai heard this, he quickly got up and said:

"Farewell to the official!"

Looking at Li Weicai's back, the killing intent flashed in the prince's eyes.

Next.

The sky was clear and cloudless, with only one round of tomorrow hanging high in the clear blue sky.

A rare good weather.

Luojing Liu Mansion murder and slaughter mastermind Sun Badao and others were on errands, and when they were chatting, the official of the Criminal Department suddenly broke into the door, as well as the prince of the prince's mansion.

Before Sun Badao could react, he didn't even say hello, he was taken away directly by the comers, put in prison, and tortured.

Soon, Sun Badao confessed completely, committed the crime of questioning and beheading, and was immediately executed, and his family was exiled to the army.

The prince acted vigorously and resolutely, eliminating harm in the name, and was very happy for a while.

Although this move was unruly, it temporarily calmed the anger of the ministers.

The people also got what they wanted, thinking that the prince had really been ruined by these traitors, and Luo Jing would never have the danger of breaking down his family at every turn in the future.

However, they didn't have long to be happy, and they heard a shocking news that the mastermind of the assassination of the emperor turned out to be Prime Minister Yaheng, and now he has been imprisoned by the Criminal Department.

Although I don't know what the prince's idea is, everyone understands that it is mostly because the prime minister and the king are too close, and the prince is taking the opportunity to get rid of the stumbling block!

The rabbit died and the fox was sad, and the ministers were so frightened!

Yaheng was arrested, and the officials were terrified, for fear that they would be implicated, and they felt that the old prime minister had been guilty of rebellion for the country all his life, and he was sad and indignant.

In both public and private, the prime minister must be rescued, and the prince cannot be allowed to do anything wrong.

That night, hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China acted one after another, secretly colluding and colluding, exchanging news, and even preparing to meet the emperor in person to give the prime minister a clean slate.

The next day, all the ministers wanted to meet the saint one after another, but when everyone was still far away from the palace gate, they suddenly received news:

"Prime Minister Yaheng has pleaded guilty!"

He not only wrote a confession in his own handwriting, but also reported a fellow party - King Liu Xiu!

And there is also a shocking news involving the tranquility of Han and Shu, which has not been revealed.

After hearing this, the officials were only stunned!

However, in half a day, the whole Luojing was once again covered with dark clouds, and some timid officials directly said that they were sick and went home.

Although this matter is full of strangeness, the prince even took out Yaheng's handwritten confession. The text was instructed, and all the officials were familiar with his handwriting, so after the prince sent someone to each house with a confession, everyone was speechless when they saw it.

Although they knew about torture to extract confessions, they didn't know how powerful this kind of torture was, and secondly, it involved the imperial prince, the British king Liu Xiu, and the imperial prime minister, the three powerful figures of the empire, and even the Shu Kingdom.

Therefore, although the hundred officials were suspicious, they did not dare to deny the prince's conclusion, and they had no evidence to refute it, and it could even be said that the lantern would be assassinated, and everyone in the empire was suspicious, not to mention the powerful prime minister and the British king, they had every reason to do such a thing.

So originally they planned to rescue the prime minister, but now Yaheng himself has confessed his guilt, and he can't be saved, so everyone has to give up in a hurry, choose not to care about themselves, protect their lives, ask for help from the prime minister's heirs, and close the door.

In the palace, which was surrounded by the prince's army, the emperor had already claimed that he was ill, and no news came.

In fact, for the crown prince, he wanted to force Yaheng to bite Luo Huo off, but although Yaheng couldn't stand the inhuman pain, admitted the crime against his will, and even dragged the British king into the incident, he knew that Liu Xiu had the ability to get out, and Luo Huo would only die when he came in!

Without him, there will be people on top, but if there is no Rojo, the army may be chaotic, and the countries around the empire will be eyeing each other, and if you are not careful, the society will be overturned!

Because he was unwilling and did not dare to put Luo Hola into the water, he couldn't stand the pain, so he had to "confess" the British King Liu Xiu.

But these were unexpected surprises for the crown prince.