Chapter 42: The Moths in the Middle Kingdom

In the royal capital, after Xiao He received Qin Tian's order, he sat at his desk, looked at a letter in his hand, smiled bitterly, and muttered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have given me a problem! This letter was sent to him by Qin Tian's Tingtian Guard, and it only said one sentence: The traitor must die, don't let me do it! What will make Your Majesty embarrassed? That must be the matter of killing the old minister!

Although Qin Tian was the emperor, Liu Ming and Liu Wei were the elders of the two dynasties. In the kingdom, he is highly respected and respected, and if he kills Liu Ming and Liu Wei, who have worked hard and made great achievements, then Qin Tian will bear the infamy of killing the old ministers! His Majesty said not to embarrass him, in other words, he wants to solve this trouble himself.

The easiest way is to kill Liu Ming and the others directly! If he kills these two people, he will be angrily scolded by the literati for a long time in the future, so Xiao He is embarrassed! And now, Qin Tian's order is also very clear, he wants to use this incident to make all those who have two hearts in the kingdom jump out, and then completely wipe out the moths in the court!

Just as Xiao He was about to give the order to kill Liu Ming and the others, the voice of the housekeeper of the Xiao Mansion came from outside the room. Prime Minister, Liu Yi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Jin Duyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, asked to see me! What are they coming to me for? Xiao He frowned slightly, and then suddenly said: It seems that it is for the matter of Liu Ming and the others, but he is calm, and he came to me after a few days!

Xiao He said: Let them come in! After a while, Liu Yi and Jin Duyi walked in, looked at Xiao He, and said angrily: Xiao He, even if you are the right prime minister, you can't mobilize troops to surround a Ministry of Officials Shangshu Mansion and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion for a few days, what do you want to do?

Xiao He looked at Liu Yi and Jin Duyi, and said with a smile: "Two adults, did Liu Ming and the two Shangshu ask you to come to me, and didn't tell you the reason why I sent troops to surround their mansions?" Liu Yi and Jin Duyi frowned slightly, and said, "What do you mean?"

Two adults, you can understand by looking at this! Xiao He handed the letter he had stolen from the Seven Star Sect to Liu Yi and Jin Duyi. When Liu Yi and the others read the letter, they immediately said angrily: Liu Ming and the others are confused! How can they do such a thing as important ministers of the court? Where does this place His Majesty? Where does the kingdom go? Xiao He looked at the two of them and said, "Two adults, now you know why I sent troops to surround their mansion!"

Liu Yi and Jin Duyi glanced at each other, smiled bitterly, bowed to Xiao He and said: Prime Minister, the two of us didn't know anything before, and I hope that the Prime Minister will be considerate! Now these two people have a preliminary recognition of Xiao He's ability, and at the same time, they also admire Qin Tian, His Majesty the Emperor, even more, they can find such a talent!

Seeing this, Xiao He hurriedly helped the two of them up and said, "Two adults, you are both elders of the two dynasties, what do you think should be done about this matter?" Lord Liu, you are the secretary of the Criminal Department, you can say it! Jin Duyi sighed lightly, he knew what kind of result Liu Ming and the two would end up with. Liu Yi smiled bitterly and said: According to the law of Yanlong, you should be sentenced to treason and punish the nine clans! Jin Duyi smiled bitterly when he heard this.

His Majesty led the soldiers of the kingdom to defend the kingdom desperately and guard Qiushui City, and Liu Ming and the others went to mobilize the army of materials for their own selfish interests, but fortunately, the materials were found in the end, otherwise, Qiushui City was lost, Xieyang County fell, and the entire kingdom would also fall into the abyss, and there would be no recovery!

Alas, Liu Ming and the others are confused! Such a thing, even if Jin Duyi and Liu Yi and Liu Ming are excellent friends, they will not intercede at this time, because in their eyes, the love of friends is far less important than that of Your Majesty, and the kingdom is important!

Xiao He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was really worried that these two people would oppose it. Although even if they objected, he would find a way to get rid of Liu Ming and the others for the sake of Qin Tian's plan, but with the support of these two people, killing Liu Ming and the others, in the kingdom, he and His Majesty would bear much less infamy.

There is no way, you can't stop it! Two adults, Liu Ming deserves to die, but they are the elders of the two dynasties, and I don't want to really sentence them in public, so I hope that the two adults will give advice and let them judge themselves! Don't embarrass Your Majesty, now in Your Majesty's heart, you just want to make the Yanlong Kingdom more powerful! Xiao He looked at Liu Yi and Jin Duyi and said.

The two thought for a while, nodded and said: Okay, let's go After Liu Yi and Jin Duyi left, Xiao He said with a smile on his face: It seems that this time the infamy, whether it is Your Majesty or me, does not have to be burdened.

Liu Yi and Jin Duyi arrived in front of the mansion of the official Shangshu who was surrounded by the Praetorian Guards, where the Praetorian Guards had already received orders to let the two in. Soon, the two saw Liu Ming. Liu Ming walked over and asked angrily: Lord Liu, Lord Jin, why did Xiao He Xiao'er imprison us?

Liu Yi and Jin Duyi looked at Liu Ming, groaned slightly, sighed, and said, "Brother Liu, why did you want to sell the material route of the army to the Seven Star Sect? Don't you know that this will make Your Majesty fall into passivity, and it may even make Your Majesty lose the big battle, resulting in the loss of Qiushui City, the fall of the entire territory of Xieyang County, and even our king is in danger!"

Liu Ming's face changed slightly, how did they know, shouldn't the letters exchanged should have been destroyed a long time ago? Could it be that it fell into Xiao He's hands? With this thought, he instantly understood why the well-behaved Xiao He would suddenly send troops to surround his and Liu Wei's mansion!

But soon, he retorted: What are these words? I, Liu Ming, have been frank and honest all my life, and I have never betrayed His Majesty or betrayed the kingdom! Then Xiao He Xiao'er is obviously slandering us, is it possible that you can't even see this? If there is no letter, Liu Yi and Jin Duyi naturally believe Liu Ming and Liu Wei, not Xiao He, but there is a letter, no matter how much Liu Ming refutes, it seems so powerless!

The two shook their heads and said, "Brother Liu, you have changed, do you really think that if you die a high-ranking man, one of the two of you can become the next powerful minister? Wake up! Your Majesty is now wise and powerful, and you are the wisest Your Majesty since the founding of the Yanlong Kingdom.

Enough! Liu Ming waved his hand and said, "I don't know what you're talking about!" Someone is coming, sending off a guest! Liu Yi and the others looked at it, and also understood that they couldn't persuade Liu Ming and the others, so he said: Liu Ming, if you really think about the kingdom, just cut yourself! We will let Xiao He remove the Praetorian Guards and save you face!"

After Liu Yi and the others finished speaking, they sighed and left here. After the two left, Liu Ming groaned slightly, and said in a low voice: Did I lose? Could it be that I lost to Gao Yu before, and now I have to lose to Xiao He, a hairy boy? I will never allow it! Someone will come, send the hidden military deployment map of the Yanlong Kingdom to Zhuo Yifan, the younger brother of Zhuo Yihang, the deputy general of Hanyu Pass! Let him hand it over to the Xingyu Dynasty and cooperate with the Xingyu Dynasty's army to conquer Hanyu Pass!

Alas, Prime Minister Xiao Cheng, Liu Ming and they are bent on being powerful ministers, and there is no way for the two of us to wait! Leaving Liu Ming's mansion, Liu Yi and Jin Duyi soon arrived at Xiao's mansion. Xiao He sighed lightly and said: I originally wanted to give them a chance so that they could leave with a good reputation, but now it seems that they still have to order the forbidden army to do it, alas! Since they don't know what to do, then I will also order them to be killed in secret

Report, Prime Minister, Tingtianwei intercepted a map of the kingdom's military defense and a letter from Liu Ming's mansion, which was addressed to his close confidant and protégé Zhuo Yifan, deputy general of Yuguan! At this moment, Murong Chongwei, the deputy commander of Tingtianwei, walked in and said in a deep voice. Xiao He's face changed slightly, did he know Zhuo Yifan's identity, the younger brother of Zhuo Yihang, the lord of Hanyu who guarded the city with more than a dozen troops, what did Liu Ming want to do?

The three of them walked over quickly, Xiao He took the letter over, and when he saw the content on it, he was immediately furious, and said: Looking for the damn Liu Ming, it should really be cut with a thousand knives! Liu Yi and Jin Duyi heard it, and hurriedly asked: Prime Minister, what happened?

Liu Ming secretly ordered his protégé Zhuo Yifan to seize Zhuo Yihang's military power and lead the army of the Xingyue Dynasty south to attack the Yanlong Kingdom. What? Liu Yi's faces changed drastically, and he exclaimed: Where did he Liu Ming get the guts?"

I don't know where Liu Ming got the guts, but now I'm going to tell Your Majesty, are the two adults together? Where is Your Majesty now? Liu Yi and the others asked. Twenty miles away from the royal capital! Then let's go to find out this matter to Your Majesty! Xiao He nodded, looked at Murong Chong, and said: "Pass my order to let all the Praetorian Guards withdraw, but Tingtianwei must secretly monitor Liu Ming's mansion, and once any letter comes out, it must be intercepted!"

Yes! Two adults, let's go quickly! Xiao He took Liu Yi and the others, rode fast horses, and it didn't take long to arrive at the place where Qin Tian's army was stationed. Chen Xiao He, Liu Yi, and Jin Duyi greeted Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!

Xiao He and the three of them knelt on the ground and said loudly. Qin Tiandao: No need to be polite, let's get even! Your Majesty Xie! The three of them stood up respectfully. Xiao He, why did you leave the royal capital and come to me in such a hurry with Lord Liu and Lord Jin?Qin Tian asked.

Your Majesty, take a look at this letter! Xiao He handed the letter he had robbed earlier to Qin Tian. Qin Tian opened it and looked at it, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he sneered: "It seems that the two ministers of my Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites are really my ministers of the humerus!

After Qin Tian finished speaking, he looked at Xiao He and asked, "Who else knows about this letter?" Only me, the two Lord Shangshu, and Murong Chong, the deputy commander of Tingtianwei, but Murong Chong didn't read the content of the letter! Xiao He replied.

Qin Tian nodded and asked again: Xiao He, tell me what you think! Xiao He pondered for a while, and said: Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, I still send this letter to Zhuo Yifan and inform Zhuo Yihang. In this way, you can also try to test whether Zhuo Yihang is really loyal to His Majesty!

If he is loyal to His Majesty, he will kill his relatives in righteousness, and if he follows his younger brother to join the same stream, then we can also let General Han and them make a decision and kill the two Zhuo Yifan brothers! Qin Tiandao: Xiao He, let people handle the letter and send it to Zhuo Yifan as it is, and inform Zhuo Yihang to send another secret message to Han Xin, so that he can adapt to the situation!

Qin Tian turned his head and continued to ask: Xiao He, have the moths in the royal capital jumped out? Xiao He nodded and said, "Your Majesty, now that we have received definite news, there are more than 20 ministers of the DPRK and the central government who secretly have a large number of private soldiers, and their evil intentions have been clearly exposed.

Is there any definite evidence?" Qin Tian asked. Having mastered it, Xiao He replied! Okay, find a suitable time, kill them all, and tell the world the evidence, Qin Tian commanded! Yes! Xiao He answered and returned to the royal capital!

Liu Yi next to him looked at Qin Tian and asked: Your Majesty, what do you plan to do with Liu Ming's two important ministers? Do you want us to assassinate us secretly, or do you want us to pronounce a felony and execute them in public? When Qin Tian heard this, he asked Liu Yi: "Lord Liu, you are the secretary of the Criminal Department, what do you say should be done?" Liu Yi replied: Your Majesty, the minister suggested that the three halls be tried, and according to the exact evidence, according to the law, and the nine clans should be punished, and the nine clans should be punished! The minister seconded the proposal! Jin Duyi also said.

When Qin Tian heard Liu Yi's words, he said lightly: "This matter will be handed over to you, Lord Liu, don't let me down! Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will not let Your Majesty down!" Liu Yi hurriedly said!