Ximen Liu raised his head and replied loudly: "That person is Ming Zhu Gong of Ming Zhu Firm!" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a boo in the hall. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After hearing this, the emperor was stunned for a long time, glared at Ximen Liu and said, "So, you want to denounce your master?" Do you know that if you slander your lord with a slave, you will be guilty of two crimes? ”

Ximen Liu suddenly became angry and a little panicked, he peeked at Fei Chong, and saw Fei Chong nodding slightly to him, so he settled down, kowtowed a few heads upward, and said with a cry: "These truths are known to the grass people!" But the grass people are the emperor's people, and it is their duty to defend the country. How can we watch someone secretly fund the enemy country, so that the great rivers and mountains of the country will be invaded and overwhelmed by the enemy country, and nothing can be done? Ximen Liu raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor above, and saw that he stroked his beard with his hands, bowed his head and groaned, so he said in one breath: "That Ling Helai is not only the right-hand man of Ming Zhugong, but also an old friend of Jin Zhenglei. They are secretly colluding through Ling He. In the past two years, the Ming Zhu firm name Chen Guozi has provided Jin Zhenglei with mountains of grain and grass and inexhaustible money. Kim Jong-lei's 200,000-strong army drove straight into our country within dozens of days and arrived in Xuanwu County! Is it possible without the strong funding of Ming Zhu Firm? ”

As the emperor listened, he stared at Ximen Liu with his eyes, his face turned gloomy and dark, his fists were bent and clenched, and his finger joints rattled. All the ministers looked at each other.

Emperor Wei Ming was silent for a long time, and Fang said with anger on his face: "Ximen Liu, what you said is the truth? ”

"Your Majesty, it's true!" Ximen Liu saw that he had angered the emperor, and he was overjoyed, but his face still had a look of sincere fear, "If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can spread the word that Duke Zhu will confront the palace!" This person is now in Dogan! ”

Fei Chong reminded him appropriately beside him: "Your Majesty, that Ming Zhu Gong has always stayed in Dream Island and lived in a simple place, why did he appear in Duo'an Mansion at this moment?" At the juncture of Kim Jong-lei's large-scale invasion of our country? This matter is also quite strange! ”

At this time, a eunuch slowly entered the hall and reported in a long voice: "Your Majesty, Duke Ming Zhu is outside the palace to ask for Jin to see!" ”

"Pass him in!" At this time, Emperor Wei Ming's one-sided words to Ximen Liu, although he did not believe it all, but he also believed it in seven points, plus Fei Chong's oil and vinegar, and added two points, and he was angry with Ming Zhugong, so he didn't ask for a word.

The eunuch didn't believe his ears, thinking that he had heard it wrong, so he stood at the door of the main hall, hesitated for a long time, and when he saw the anger on the emperor's face, he didn't dare to stay, so he had to go outside to spread the word that Zhu Gong had entered the palace.

Ming Zhugong did not pay attention to the change in the tone of the eunuch before and after, and followed the eunuch all the way into the main hall.

"Your Majesty, it's been a long time! Is this always good? Ming Zhu Gong slowly walked to the bottom of the jade steps of the main hall, and bowed to the emperor as usual.

Emperor Wei Ming's eyebrows were tightly wrinkled, his face was like frost, he didn't sit as usual, he just greeted casually, and his tone was extremely cold: "Ming Zhugong, I haven't seen you for a long time, what are you busy with this time?" ”

Ming Zhu Gong replied with a smile in front of the jade steps: "Your Majesty, I have been busy with business trivialities, so I haven't come to visit the emperor for some time, please forgive the emperor!" ”

A cold light shot out of Emperor Wei Ming's eyes, staring at Ming Zhu Gong deadly, and said with a sneer: "Business? Is business so busy? I'm afraid it's a state affair, right? ”

Ming Zhugong couldn't help but be stunned and said: 'Your Majesty, how can you say this? ‘

'You've been friends with me for more than 20 years, right?' I have always treated you with great respect and opened the door for you to do business in our country. But in the end, what did you get in return? The emperor glared at Ming Zhugong and said angrily.

'Your Majesty... Ming Zhu Gong was at a loss.

Emperor Wei Ming was furious, raised his hand and pointed at Ming Zhugong's face, and shouted: "I can't imagine that you have bad intentions!" He secretly supported Kim Jong-lei, a thief, to attack our country! ‘

'Your Majesty, there is no such thing! Hearing this, Ming Zhugong was extremely shocked, so he argued in a deep voice.

I don't know where Ximen Liu hid just now, but at this time, he suddenly appeared behind Ming Zhugong, and said with a wicked smile: "Master, you can recruit it, I have already recruited all your affairs with the emperor!" ‘

Ming Zhugong turned around and saw that it was Ximen Liu, he understood everything, it turned out that Ximen Liu had already taken the lead in others, and the wicked person sued first, and framed him for collaborating with the enemy, no wonder the emperor was yin and yang, without any politeness of the day, and completely unsympathetic.

Ming Zhu was extremely angry, coupled with the fatigue of running around in recent days, and because of Ximen Liu's betrayal, he was mentally exhausted and haggard, and he couldn't get up in one breath at this time and fainted to the ground.

When the emperor saw Ming Zhu fainting to the ground, he thought that he was afraid of the crime and fell to him, so he ordered in a deep voice: "Come on, drag Ming Zhu, the dead old man, out of me and put him on death row!" ”

Immediately, two imperial guards came up, ready to drag Ming Zhugong out.

"Slow!" Suddenly, a person slowly came out of the ranks of military generals, and Eguan Bo took it, and stopped it in a loud voice.

The emperor fixed his eyes and saw that it was the general Quan Dou, so he said unhappily: "Quan Aiqing, what do you have to say?" ”

Quan Dou bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, Ming Zhu Gong has not defended, the truth is not clear, how can you put people on death row because of Ximen Liu's words?" ”

Fei Chong pointed to Ming Zhugong, who was unconscious on the ground, and said, "Don't you understand this?" Ming Zhu Gong fainted in fear! ”

"Joke!" Quan Dou sneered and said, "What criminal would faint in fear of sin?" ”

"Quan Aiqing, what should you do?" The emperor pulled the beard under his chin and said.

Quan Doujin said: "Your Majesty, the trial should be held by Dali Temple, and a fair and honest minister should be appointed to supervise the trial. ”

The emperor pondered for a long time, nodded slightly, and then issued an order: "Ming Zhu Gong is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and Ming Zhu Gong will be imprisoned." The trial was conducted by Dali Temple. Zang Long, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Guan Kui, the secretary of the Criminal Department, are the ministers of supervision and trial! ”

Dali Temple Zhengqing You'an, the military department Shangshu Zang Long, and the criminal department Shangshu Guan Kui are all out of the class to lead the order of thanks.

Fei Chong listened to this decree and had no objection, because Dali Temple Zhengqing You'an and the criminal department Shangshu Guan Kui were his sworn friends. Fei Chong glanced at Ximen Liu, and Ximen Liu immediately understood, and said to the emperor: "The emperor is wise!" ”

Quan Dou was helpless, so he had to silently return to his position. . .

The interrogation led by Dali Temple was carried out three times, and although You An and Guan Kui were both Fei Chong's private parties, they could not convict Ming and Zhu Gong because there was no corroboration. Fei Chong hinted several times that the two would be executed, but because Zang Long, the secretary of the military department, was not part of their group, he resolutely did not agree to the punishment, so it was not easy for the two of them to be lynched.

Seeing that the trial could not be decided, Ximen Liu was a little panicked, and he spent a lot of money to bribe the cell head and jailer, so that they tried their best to torture Ming Zhugong, he meant that it was best to let Ming Zhugong die in prison.

Xu Zhen also gave a lot of money to the cell head jailers and entrusted them to take care of Ming Zhugong. The cell head jailer collected money on both sides, so he tortured Ming Zhu Gong for a while and took care of him for a while. The beating was also beaten according to Simon Liu's request, but it was not beaten to death; The care was also taken care of according to Xu Zhen's requirements, but it was not taken care of very thoroughly.