Chapter 196: Accountability

The dragon chair above, the emperor wears the imperial crown, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and rubs the dragon head on the armrest with his right hand looking up to the sky and spitting pearls, and the twelve roots shake slightly, covering his face not very clearly, without saying a word, the momentum is integrated, Tianwei is spontaneous, and he doesn't even dare to look up and take a look, for fear of blaspheming the royal majesty.

The emperor's fingertips kept twisting, his face was cold, his eyes were cold and sharp, and he was suppressed with heavy anger, and when he didn't speak, he was already panicking, and his breathing was sluggish, and he couldn't get through.

Zheng Zhi didn't hear the emperor's words for a long time, he lowered his head and looked at the ground, his mighty body didn't move for half a minute, but a layer of fine and dense cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he had a bad premonition.

The matter at the gate of the city should not have been transmitted to the palace so quickly, and looking at the reactions of the three princes and ministers next to him, it was obvious that the emperor was in a state of anger, something should have happened again, but he broke in at this moment......

The corners of Zheng Zhi's mouth flashed with a wry smile, it seems that he chose a not so suitable moment, and he deserves to be unlucky now, but Zheng Zhi also knows that he can't hide for a while, and it is also a knife to stretch out his head and shrink his head, whoever puts the garrison in his charge can't escape this crime.

"The minister pleaded guilty, someone attacked the south city gate yesterday night, and hung a white banner on it, writing a thousand-word unjust case, now the city gate is closed, and the relevant garrisons have been detained in the prison, please show your majesty."

Zheng Zhi's words were like a bomb thrown into the water, and the originally condensed atmosphere shattered instantly, and all the ministers present gasped and glanced at the emperor on the nine steps with trepidation.

'Bang! The emperor stretched out his hand and shook it hard, and a booklet smashed right at Zheng Zhi's feet.

"Show?" The emperor sneered, "You tell me now that the 30,000 garrisons in the capital are helpless even a few thieves, and they also attack the southern city gate at night, Zheng Zhi, you really have the face to say!" ”

Zheng Zhi's face was embarrassed, he didn't dare and couldn't argue, although he respected the emperor's will and strengthened the patrol in the past few days, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart, you must know that the capital is heavily guarded, and there are registrations in and out...... This time it was really a slap in the face!

"I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it!"

"The minister is careless, please ask the emperor to punish the crime."

The emperor shook his dragon robe and snorted coldly: "Careless? I see that you are dizzy, and you, a group of you, can speak well in the court all day long, why don't you keep silent now? Yes? Who can stand up and tell me how the cloth banner was hung on the city wall, and how this booklet appeared in the Fushou Palace?! ”

"Your Majesty is angry." The ministers knelt down and shouted in unison.

The emperor's dragon face was furious, and his eyes with fine light penetrated out from the twelve branches hanging from the emperor's crown, like an invisible sharp weapon, which fell on anyone, it was enough to make the courtier tremble, for fear that the son of heaven who would accidentally provoke him would be angry and suddenly fall into anger.

"Father's anger, this matter still needs to be verified, it is better to find out the matter clearly, and it is not too late to hold him accountable." The prince's words made many people secretly breathe a sigh of relief, at this time, whoever spoke first was afraid of being treated as a head bird to vent the emperor's anger, and the shrewd and sleek ministers of course adhered to the best strategy of following the crowd.

The emperor was silent, a different color flashed in King Duan's eyes, Mu Beichen still didn't have any superfluous expression on his face, and the prince turned to Zheng Zhi, "Commander Zheng, what happened at the South City Gate, tell me in detail, so that my father and the ministers can understand what happened." ”

Zheng Zhi's formulaic tone said that there was no wave, but it also made the listener breathe in directly, and cautiously glanced at the emperor, the crown was like a streamer and shadow, but he couldn't see the emperor's face clearly, and from the corners of his tightly pursed mouth, it could also be seen that the emperor's mood was not very happy.

"Commander Zheng, you know that someone is using this matter to incite the people and confuse the people, how can you not control the situation, and now the city is full of storms, and the rumors are endless, the Ye family was slaughtered back then, where did the descendants come from, there are people with intentions to deceive, and the plan is not small."

A certain minister who has always been at odds with Zheng Zhi stood up and bowed to the emperor, "The minister thinks that the city gate is the gateway to the Son of Heaven, a solemn place, and the last barrier to defend the capital. ”

Officials have always been good at seeing the seams, and when the opponent is unlucky, he falls into the ground, especially Zheng Zhi's position has been remembered by the people in the court for a long time, but the emperor has always trusted Zheng Zhi, this time it was not easy to catch Zheng Zhi's handle, how could those people let it go easily.

"Xu Zhiyao, who are you going to recommend?" The emperor pressed his throat and asked lightly.

Xu Zhihua, the left attendant of the military department, was overjoyed, his face was silent, he saluted respectfully, and said to Ling Ran: "Your Majesty is a clear guide, and you don't avoid relatives, and the minister thinks that Wu Shihao, the leader of the cavalry, has good kung fu, and has made great achievements in the army in the past two years, so he should be worthy of this position." ”

Sun Gan, who was standing in front of the oblique front, glanced back at Xu Zhihua, and a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Wu Shihao is the brother-in-law of the left squire of the military department, who has just arrived and stood up, has average kung fu, is sleek and scheming, and is considered a person who is left and right, and now the position of the leader of the cavalry is not bad, and there will be room for growth in a few years, Xu Zhihua plans well for his family, but now he seems to be a fool, and he dares to open his mouth to seek a future for his brother-in-law without looking at what the occasion is.

"Presumptuous!" The emperor shouted angrily, "Now I am still in the mood to build a bridge and pave the way for my brother-in-law, good, good, really my good courtier." ”

Xu Zhihua's brain buzzed, his intuition was wrong, and he knelt down on the marble floor in the hall in fear, "The emperor forgives the sin, and the minister is not ......."

"Xu Zhihua, since you like to do promotion and dispatch so much, don't do the position of Zuo Shilang in the military department......"

Xu Zhihua chuckled, his eyes widened, and before he could open his mouth to beg for mercy, the emperor's cold golden words had already been issued.

"From today onwards, you will serve as a member of the Ministry of Officials, and the appointment and dismissal, examination, promotion, decoration, and transfer of officials in various ministries should be in charge."

Xu Zhihua was paralyzed on the ground, I don't know how things developed to this point, from the left attendant of the military department of the third grade to the outer lang of the military department of the fifth grade, this is not just a matter of falling to the fourth rank of the official, but completely from a military power to a dispensable idle official position.

It is good that the officials can be promoted to officials, but there are two servants on the left and right, and he is a small clerk or something, but it is just a pen in the hands of others to help do some things to record and register.

When other people saw Xu Zhihua's fate, there were those who ridiculed and ridiculed, those who were concerned, those who were indifferent, and those who were eyeing the position of Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of War.

"Father, the sons and daughters think that how to deal with Commander Zheng must be done now, and the top priority is to find out who is behind it and what he is trying to do."

The prince spoke out to break the trick in the hearts of the ministers, and the steady and generous voice brought out the ability to calm people down in the Zhaode Palace, his eyebrows were peaceful, his face was heroic, and there was no lack of majesty of the prince, Lu Congwen couldn't help nodding in his heart when he saw it, and the prince was more calm than before.

"This ...... Didn't Commander Zheng say it, the descendants of the Ye family ......" Sun Qian said hesitantly, but his eyes were fixed on the booklet beside Zheng Zhi.

Up to now, everyone including Sun Qian doesn't know what exactly is in the booklet, and it is worth the emperor to be furious at a glance. But if you think about it carefully, when the booklet suddenly appeared on the table of the Buddha Hall where the Queen Mother prayed for blessings, it was enough to make people frightened.

The backyard of the palace is not more convenient than the city gate, if a fly in the palace can not fly in, it is an exaggeration, but the palace gate is heavy, divided into two places in the front and backyard, there are forbidden troops guarding in turn, and there are large internal guards in each palace gate to protect themselves, even though the queen mother is not in the palace now, but there are indeed a lot of internal guards and forbidden troops in the Fushou Palace, and there are also palace maids and eunuchs who are sprinkled and swept, inside and outside add up to not three or four hundred, but also one or two hundred.

In such a situation, someone can sneak in and then drop things and sneak away, without attracting anyone's attention at all, it should be shocking, and it is impossible for the emperor not to be angry.

"According to Erchen, it is difficult to hang a cloth banner at the gate of the city, but it is not difficult to stun the garrison in advance, but there are people in the palace who come and go, and the forbidden army has not found out any clues until now, it is a real dereliction of duty, I will put a small book in Fushou Palace today, and if I break into the Zhaode Hall tomorrow...... "King Duan looked at Mu Beichen opposite with bad intentions, "Father, Erchen thinks that there is no shortage of martial arts masters in the world, but there are a few people who can really pass without a trace, I'm afraid that the problem is not with others, but internally! ”

Zheng Zhi, who had been keeping his head down, was stunned, he didn't know that there was such a big thing in the palace, and now he didn't know whether to be happy or afraid, he was the commander of the forbidden army, and he had been responsible for the security inside and outside the palace, and later the emperor handed over the right to take charge of the forbidden army to Mu Beichen, and he was transferred to the garrison of the forbidden army as the commander, although he also worked part-time on matters inside and outside the palace, but everyone knew that the forbidden army was directly under King Jing, and it had little to do with him.

"The minister thinks that what Duan Wang Ye said is reasonable, people come and go in Fushou Palace, even if a butterfly flies in, it is impossible not to attract attention, let alone a living person, unless ......" Duan Wang immediately stood up.

"Third brother, it's not that the royal brother can't get along with you, the Fushou Palace is the queen mother's bedroom, the queen mother is now praying for the people of the world outside, doing her good karma, but now she has asked people to break into the Fushou Palace, and the loss of royal face is a small matter, if the queen mother did not go out, unfortunately it happened to be in the Fushou Palace, disturbing the purity of her old man's house, this matter will not be easy to deal with."

"So, what does the imperial brother think?" Mu Beichen's cold eyes looked at the king at the top, and his tone was light.

"Now it is the third brother who is in charge of the forbidden army, and the imperial brother is just making some suggestions, and how to deal with it naturally depends on what the third brother does."

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