Li Han said coldly: "The emperor has long been dissatisfied with Zhou Yafu's arrogance, but his son's private purchase of a shield is not enough to put him to death.

Now you can use Zhou Yang to commit suicide in fear of sin, Zhou Yafu can't think about it when he sees his son dead and commits suicide to report, so that no one up and down has nothing to say, but he has eliminated a big trouble for the emperor, what trouble can there be! ”

Zhang Ou said again and again with admiration on his face: "Yes, yes, what you said is reasonable, so how to arrange it next?" ”

"Hurry up and let him come in for an autopsy, issue an autopsy report on the suicide of Zhou Yafu's father and son, and I will enter the palace tomorrow and hand it over to the emperor."

Zhang Ou has long been sharpened into a slippery oil-soaked loach in the officialdom, Zhou Yafu and his son are happiest when they die, but he is not willing to take any risks, so he wants to fully mobilize Li Han's young man's impulse to rejoice in his achievements, so that this stunned young man can take the responsibility the best, and deliberately nodded and said: "Okay, okay, do it immediately." It's just this corpse ......"

Sure enough, Li Han said directly: "Well, after you leave, hurry up and load the corpse into the carriage, and wait for me to take it away and send it to the chemical field outside the city to be burned overnight, so as not to trouble the imperial history to send someone to conduct an autopsy tomorrow." ”

Zhang Ou was secretly ecstatic, and agreed with a stack, and hurriedly went out to call for a servant, and after checking, Zhou Yafu's father and son had indeed died of poison.

Subsequently, Li Han took the carriage containing the two corpses out of the city in the starry night and went to "destroy the corpses and destroy the traces......

The next day, an earth-shattering news shocked the Han government and the opposition - Prime Minister Zhou Yafu was accused of rebellion, and after learning that his son committed suicide in fear of crime, he also committed suicide in anger.

A generation of heroes, the marquis of the Han Dynasty, the general, and the prime minister have drawn a tragic exclamation mark on their lives!

There was an uproar in the court, although it was not the day of the big court meeting, the hundred officials who had something to do would enter the palace to report alone, and whoever had nothing to do could do their own work, but the court was full of black and oppressive crowds. It can be said that the crowd is excited, and the voices of indignation are endless.

Liu Qi was still sitting in his place, his face was as usual, but the heavy worry in his eyes could not be hidden, and he quietly listened to the chaotic discussions of the ministers, without stopping or participating.

As an imperial historian, Liu She's main responsibility is to supervise the behavior of hundreds of officials, which is not the same as the pure official function of the imperial history of the Ming Dynasty. The authority is a lot, and the responsibilities are a bit like the secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in later generations, he stopped everyone's discussion with a frightened face, and everyone understood the beginning of the show, so they all quieted down and waited for him to release the first shot.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhou Yafu's father and son both committed suicide in the prison of the Tingwei Mansion last night, but I don't know how the presiding judge Zhang Ou and the Shaofu Cheng Li Han convicted them?

If it is determined that Zhou Yafu is rebelling simply by buying 500 sets of armor shields, it seems a little rash. If the crime is not verified, it is a very serious mistake to force the perpetrator to die, and the minister implores His Majesty to summon two people to the palace to explain the matter. ”

Dou Ying also "recovered from his illness" and came to the court today, but he felt that this was not the best time for him to express his opinion. He sat there silently.

Cheng Buzhi had tears in his eyes, choked up and said: "Yes, Zhou Xiang has been loyal all his life, how can he rebel?" What's more, it's a joke that five hundred armor shields want to rebel. The minister had already asked Qin You, the supervisor of the Gongguan Shang Fang, and found out that the matter was a funeral item purchased by Zhou Xiang's son Zhou Yang for his father, although this move was prohibited. But he didn't sin to death, he never expected that such a trivial matter would even affect Zhou Xiang's life, it's really ...... Saddened......"

Someone finished at the beginning, and suddenly the ministers all made a fuss, one by one, either heartbroken or angry, accusing Li Han of not being careless about human life.

Now, no one cares about Zhou Yafu's arrogance, death is great, everyone thinks of Zhou Xiangguo's benefits of doing his best for the imperial court to fight in the south and the north, compared with Li Han, who forced the prime minister to death, became a traitorous villain.

shouted to the end, and finally someone shouted out everyone's heart: "Your Majesty, the minister implores the emperor to thoroughly investigate the case of Zhou Xiang's unjust death, and arrest Li Han, the young man who forced the prime minister to death, and ask for the crime!" ”

As soon as these words came out, there were many people who catered to them, and Liu Qi still looked like water and didn't say a word.

Zhang Fangda also came, he didn't believe that it was Li Han who forced Zhou Yafu's father and son to death anyway, but the facts were there, so he couldn't defend Li Han, he just stretched his neck and kept staring at the palace gate, hoping that Li Han would show up and explain clearly.

Tian Wei hates Zhou Yafu the most, Li Han killed the stinky stone in this pit He is the happiest, seeing that everyone is complaining for Zhou Yafu, although he is unwilling to sing against everyone, but he feels that the emperor does not say a word, which is enough to show that he wants to protect Li Han, if none of the ministers speak for Li Han, that is, no one will give the emperor this step, he coughed after thinking clearly.

Dou Ying raised his head sharply and stared at Tian Wei with sharp eyes, in Dou Ying's opinion, Tian Wei has always treated him as a nephew in front of him, and his hints should be obeyed immediately.

It's a pity that Dou Ying forgot this moment and that time, the reason why Tian Wei scolded him at the beginning was because Wang Wan had not yet become the queen, and now Liu Che is the prince, and her sister is the queen, Tian Wei is already a marquis, and Feihuang Tengda is just around the corner, and he Dou Ying has become a chess piece destined to be abandoned after the death of the abolished prince Liu Rong, if it weren't for his aunt Empress Dowager Dou there, there would have been no place for him in this court.

Tian Wei pretended not to see Dou Ying's eyes, and said to himself: "Your Majesty, although Li Han is young, judging from his actions, he is not an impulsive and reckless person, maybe there is another mystery in the death of Zhou Xiang, or wait for Zhang Ou to explain to Li Han in person before making a decision, if you arrest and interrogate people in a hurry, wouldn't it seem that the court is too hasty?" ”

Liu Qi finally sighed and said: "Zhou Xiang lost his life, I am also deeply saddened, whether he disobeyed the court or not, after all, he is the pillar of the country, and now he has committed suicide, it is a pity!"

As for whether Li Han and Zhang Ou coerced Zhou Xiang during the trial, I don't think there is any doubt about this.

Zhou Xiang had a strong temperament, and after being accused, he refused the request sent by me to inquire about the situation, and he was about to commit suicide at the gate of the mansion at that time, if it wasn't for Mrs. Hou to stop him, he would have killed himself with a knife before he entered the Tingwei Mansion. ”

Dou Ying couldn't help it, although he played a rather disgraceful role in this matter in order to seize Zhou Yafu's phase, but his original intention was just to use this incident to make Zhou Yafu completely disheartened by the court, and let go home to rest, but he never expected to force Zhou Yafu to death.

Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying are colleagues who depend on each other, the two have the same political views, but the friendship is not deep, even so, Dou Ying also had a cold feeling about Zhou Yafu's death, and had a strong anger and resentment towards Li Han.

Liu Qi looked at his cousin, his mood was very complicated, because of Liu Rong's matter, Dou Ying has been pretending to be sick at home, which is also in line with Liu Qi's intentions, but today Zhou Yafu had an accident, this person jumped out, he must have put pressure on him to punish Li Han severely, he couldn't help frowning.

Sure enough, Dou Ying didn't open his mouth and cried first, choked up and said: "Your Majesty, the death of Zhou Xiang is a strange injustice through the ages, if a generation of ministers is forced to die but ends silently, the minister does not know what law the court will use to restrain the courtiers in the future, if anyone who is the chief judge can force the wronged criminal to death at will, one day, there will be no minister who serves the country!" ”

The weight of these words is heavy, first of all, it is concluded that Zhou Yafu died unjustly, and secondly, the fact that Li Han and Zhang Ou forced Zhou Yafu to death, and finally, if this matter is not handled properly, maybe the ministers will resign with a cold heart, which can really be said to be the fault of Liu Qi's partiality.

Liu Qi's chest was full of anger, he was not blindly biased towards Li Han, but he felt that this matter was not so simple, especially early this morning, the imperial doctor ordered Wei Jin to come in a hurry, and secretly met the emperor on the grounds of cutting the queen's pulse, and said a word, which made him feel that this matter was not simple.

After the courtiers went to court, the emperor sent several groups of people to summon Li Han, but Li Han has avoided it until now, and the Li family said that he didn't go home last night, and no one knows why he went.

Zhang Ou even had a medical officer from the Tai Hospital testify that he was recuperating at home after a sudden emergency, it seems that Li Han, the stinky boy, deliberately threw a mess to him, the emperor, to deal with it, and went to do something big by himself, is it really as Wei Jin said, is there still a thief involved in this matter?

Other courtiers complained about Zhou Yafu one after another, and the emperor could still pretend to be deaf and dumb perfunctory, but Dou Ying's words were so sharp and so aggressive, I am afraid it will not work to continue to pretend to be confused.

With annoyance, Liu Qi said coldly: "Zhou Yafu committed suicide, even if it was unjustly killed, it was his own responsibility, how can you say that he was forced to die?" Can't you witness the death of the prime minister? ”

Dou Ying had no fear, sat up straight and said loudly: "Although Zhou Xiang has a strong temper, if there is no tragic death of his beloved son, how can he commit suicide in anger?" Someone forced Zhou Xiang's son to death, but he figured out Zhou Xiang's temper and deliberately used a poisonous trick!

As for how Zhou Yang died, I think everyone here knows that Zhou Yang has been fine under the treatment of Wei Gong in Tai Hospital, but after visiting Shaofu Cheng Li Han with wine and food, he died of poison and violently.

According to the servants of the Tai Hospital, when Shaofu Cheng visited, he led several fierce guards to drive them out, and soon after Shaofu Cheng left, he heard Wei Gong shouting that Zhou Yang had committed suicide, and the mystery of this was known to a clear-eyed person.

Since Zhou Yang has died, Congtai Hospital directly asked him to test the cause of death, why did Shaofu Cheng order someone to send the body back to the Tingwei Mansion prison, deliberately letting Zhou Xiang witness the tragic death of his son? So, can it still be said that Zhou Xiang's death has nothing to do with Shaofu Cheng? (To be continued......)