Xu Rong has been missing for a few days, and suddenly appears here, which inevitably makes people think that the Royal Forest Army helped Xu Han find his son.

This statement is difficult to establish, if it is really the Imperial Forest Army that found Xu Rong, why was he escorted forward and was set as a "criminal" by the emperor?

The unreadable proclamation in Xu Han's hand inexplicably turned into "Stone's incriminating evidence", which also puzzled everyone present. Talk less and don't do it, it's good. This is the way of being an official, and it is also the motto of today's ministers to take a break from things and settle down.

The old emperor pointed to Qian Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Qian Hui stepped forward to take the "Sacrifice to Heaven Proclamation" in the hand of Xu Han, who was kneeling on the ground, and read it out in public. This reading made the civil and military officials below break out in a cold sweat when they heard it, no wonder Xu Han couldn't read it, the bright and sparkling text was all a detailed plan to discuss with the Turks how to frame Li Zhongchun and his party with a conspiracy, thinking of the tragic end of Li Zhongchun's party a few years ago, it was exactly the same as the details of what was said in public, and even Li Zhongchun's "suicide in fear of crime" sounded as if someone had killed someone and killed him without proof.

Everyone can't help but wonder if Li Zhongchun's party ended up tragically, does that mean that someone will end miserably today?

After Qian Hui read it out in public, the audience was silent. The emperor didn't say anything, and Xu Han was still kneeling on the ground. At this time, an old man with a scumbag face suddenly came out of the crowd, and said generously: "There is such a wolf-hearted person in the world, who framed the loyal ministers and righteous men of my Dashun Dynasty, and made the loyal ministers unjust, and the country was disgraced. The old minister asked His Majesty to take down this person who colluded with the ambitions of foreign wolves immediately, and cut it with a thousand knives to comfort the spirit of the loyal minister in the sky. ”

The impassioned words sound a bit contrived, but this is also a way to show the heart of "loyalty and patriotism", Liu Yu has always disliked these stereotypical ministers who do façade work, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed after listening to it. Xu Xuanzhu, who was beside him, introduced to Liu Yu in a low voice: "Ruan Wanqi, the secretary of the ministry." Liu Yu thought to himself, the Ministry of Officials is responsible for the promotion, appointment and dismissal of local officials, and the performance assessment is carried out, and there are a lot of things that sell official beards and ask for them on weekdays. No matter how big it is, it is also a scene, and at the same time, it is also clarifying that the position has nothing to do with this case. If you say it's irrelevant, it's irrelevant?

The old emperor smiled with a relieved face: "Ruan Shangshu is really a sincere heart. As soon as he raised his hand, "Give me a seat!" ”

Everyone present was stunned, give a seat?

At the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, even the emperor is still standing there, and the courtiers have a reason to sit?

I saw a young official holding a futon and stepped forward, "Bang! He threw the futon in front of Ruan Wanqi and said, "Ruan Shangshu, please take a seat!" The smiling look on his face was annoying, but some people recognized that it was the young Yin Sui of the Beijing Mansion who had been making a lot of trouble in Chang'an City recently.

Ruan Wanqi was disdainful of this fledgling fly-headed official, raised his arrogant head and said, "If the emperor doesn't sit, neither can the courtiers." You don't even understand this rule? ”

"Ruan Qingjia, this is my idea, why bother with a future life." The old emperor sighed, "Well, since all the secretaries are still standing, then I will make an exception today, please sit down!" ”

Now everyone is in trouble, Ruan Wanqi has a futon over there, but now the emperor lets him sit, look at the ground, it's just a brick and stone floor, there are no stones on all sides but there is mud and sand all over the ground, and a bright court dress sits on the ground and doesn't sit on a butt of dust? Seeing that the emperor was already sitting on the futon sent by the inner attendant, the ministers had to obey the order, and they sat on the ground for a while, not to mention that it was a lot easier to sit on the ground.

The emperor whispered two words in the ear of the inner servant Ling Gonggong, who pinched the orchid finger and stepped forward, shouting at the throat of the male duck: "Give a feast!" ”

If it weren't for the time and place, the ministers really thought it was the imperial banquet of the palace, and saw the waiters in the inner court holding a wooden tray in their hands, and the wooden tray was full of wine jugs and wine glasses, one person got a pot of wine and a cup, and another guard brought a bowl of chicken, duck and fish, and one person got a bowl. One person, one pot of wine, one wine glass, one bowl of meat, except for the guards standing around and Su Bi tied to the pillar, even those new Jinshi and Xu Han and Xu Rong who were kneeling on the ground were not in vain.

The emperor personally poured himself a glass of wine, held it in front of him, and said in a gentle voice: "I have been a country for twenty years, and now I am about to go to the ground, and I don't know if there will be a chance to talk about the friendship between the monarchs and ministers with the secretaries in the future. ”

The princes of the feudal kingdoms and the ministers of civil and military affairs, Xinke Jinshi, raised their wine glasses and drank a glass with the old emperor. The wine glass was put down, and the emperor turned to look at Xu Han and said: "Xu Xiang, you have been in the court for some years, you have more ability to govern the world than me, and you have done a good job of dispatching money and food to control your subordinates during the disaster...... Someone is framing my loyal minister and righteous man behind his back, Xu Xiang, do you know who wrote this secret letter in collusion with foreign countries? ”

Xu Han trembled and said, "I don't know. ”

"Oh." The old emperor didn't seem surprised by Xu Han's refusal, and continued, "But some people say that the tone revealed in this secret letter is only you, Xu Xiang, in the world, I don't know what you have in the world, Xu Xiang?" ”

Xu Han kowtowed and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it was a traitorous villain who framed his subordinates, and the subordinates never had the heart of being a stone foreign country to frame the loyal and good and the rebellious!" Ask for your majesty! ”

The old emperor smiled and said: "The knife, if it doesn't cut the skin, I don't know its pain." I thought how sad I was to learn that Li Zhongchun had an affair with a foreigner, and I never thought that he would commit suicide in fear of crime after the incident, and I was so sad that I couldn't sleep at night, so I abolished the dynasty for a few days. Now that the pain has just subsided, I know that Li Zhongchun has been framed, and my heart is very painful. One palace is a minister, and the same is conspired by the Dashun Dynasty, why should you go to a situation where you can't coexist in life and death? ”

Xu Han said pretendedly: "Please take care of the dragon's body." ”

The old emperor coughed twice and said with a smile: "Some people, if they make a mistake and don't grab his tail, he won't admit it, just like you, Xu Xiang, if it's just a transcription of a secret letter, even if the tone is similar to yours, I will definitely not suspect Yu Zhi's minister, however...... Look at this, what do you still call me to say? ”

Saying that, the old emperor threw out the cloth that was seized from Feng Chengxian's belly pocket yesterday, Xu Han knelt and climbed forward two steps away, picked up the cloth on the ground, and was shocked, this cloth had been sent to the Turks a few years ago, and the handwriting on it was indeed written by him himself.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is a well-intentioned person framing his subordinates...... I want the minister to be the second Li Zhongchun......" Xu Han said, and stuffed the cloth into his mouth, wanting to destroy the evidence, but was hit to the ground by Li Mi, who was fierce and bloodstained with blood behind him, and the cloth was also taken back and handed back to the old emperor.

Now look at the lively civil and military ministers are finally clear, it turns out that it was the right minister Xu Han who framed the left minister Li Zhongchun back then, but he didn't expect that the incident had been settled for several years, but the emperor grabbed the incriminating evidence and the evidence was ironclad. Some people also think that it is no wonder that several parties to Li Zhongchun's case have been unresolved, it turns out that the emperor has long been suspicious, and he can't help but deepen his awe for the emperor in his heart.

The old emperor sighed with emotion: "From last night to now, I first learned that my loyal ministers were framed, and this unscrupulous son committed a rebellion, my heart is very painful, my heart is very painful!" The old emperor suddenly pointed to the minister of civil and military affairs, "Can you tell me, what crime should be committed by framing the pillars of the imperial court and committing rebellion?" ”

The old emperor's question silenced the ministers of civil and military affairs who were full of them. One is the right minister of a supreme minister, and the other is Su Bi, the third prince of the emperor's son who will be crowned king, how can this crime be so easy to decide? A careless sentence may lead to death.

The old emperor suddenly pointed to the lord of Minjun, who was sitting in the middle of the vassal king, and said: "Min'er, you are my imperial niece, your father is my brother, this time your father is seriously ill, you enter the court for your father, you get up and say, your uncompetitive imperial brother, and Xu Xiang, who framed the pillars of the court, what crime should be punished?" ”

Lord Min got up, dressed in a thick court dress quite feminine, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he bowed and said: "Back to the emperor, the princess thinks that the three emperor brothers and Xu thieves should be beheaded according to the law!" ”

Just a few words, quite sonorous, and the tone does not allow others to doubt.

The old emperor was noncommittal, waved his hand, Lord Min sat back in the distance, and the old emperor shouted: "Yang Yanqian, the capital of the Imperial Inspectorate, is here?" ”

"Minister...... The minister was ......" Yang Yanqian looked depressed, walked forward in a few steps, and knelt on the ground.

"As the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you are responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, can you tell me, what crime should these two people be guilty of?"

Yang Yanqian kowtowed to Emei and saw blood, and said, "Minister...... Conviction of sin. ”

Old Emperor "Cut!" He said, "I'm asking you what they should be guilty of, and what kind of crime do you know?" ”

Yang Yanqian wept bitterly and said: "The minister was instigated by the Xu thief back then to frame the court Zhongliang, and the minister ...... Willing to testify to Xu Thief's disobedience, willing to make up for his mistakes......"

The ministers of civil and military affairs said in their hearts that there are really honest people in this world, this Yang Yanqian is a single person on weekdays, and he is not close to women, he is really an old monster in the court, and he didn't expect his temper to be so weird, and the emperor didn't ask about the guilt, but he confessed clearly.

When the old emperor saw Yang Yanqian crying and dying, he said angrily: "Don't cry, cry, crying, I'm upset!" One sentence made Yang Yanqian suppress his voice, and he didn't dare to breathe, and the emperor said, "Where is Wang Jian, the secretary of the Criminal Department?" ”

Wang Jianxin said that we can't fight with Xu Han and the three princes, and it doesn't matter to us that my waist is tough, Wang Jian stepped forward in high spirits, knelt on the ground and saluted: "The minister Wang Jian pays a visit to the emperor." ”

The old emperor glanced at Wang Jian, and asked indifferently: "Wang Qingjia, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, you are in charge of the punishment and prison of a country, you say, I am not a good son, and Xu Xiang, what should I be guilty of?" ”

Wang Jian cleared his throat and said righteously: "Back to the emperor, the ministers think that according to the laws of the Dashun Dynasty, they think ...... These two should not only be beheaded for public display, but also should be copied from the family to destroy the men of the three tribes, and the maid should be copied into the official workshop to correct the law and discipline. ”

After Wang Jian finished speaking, he felt as if he had made a meritorious contribution, but he didn't expect the emperor to say angrily: "Bastard, you want to destroy the three clans of this unscrupulous son, do you want to destroy me together, and confiscate my concubines into the official workshop?" ”

Wang Jian was shocked, he didn't expect that he would accidentally cause trouble with a word, so he hurriedly kowtowed and apologized, and even said, "The sinner lost his word!" "I didn't even dare to raise my head.