The officials of all sizes in the territory of Chang'an City don't know how much, but the only ones who can participate in the court meeting are those old faces, and every time a new face appears, it is either because of promotion or because of mistakes.

Today, there are two more people who should not have appeared at the court meeting.

He Taiping and Huang Ming.

For what reason, these well-informed officials who participated in the court meeting also knew it for a long time.

There was smallpox in the city, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Chang'an Mansion Office co-organized it to control the epidemic. This is not wrong, these five cities of the Terracotta Division and the officials of the Chang'an Mansion have also been fulfilling their duties, sprinkling lime near the third street and nine lanes, catching patients suspected of having smallpox.

It's just that everything is too much, I heard that yesterday these officials arrested people and disturbed Pei Xiangye and Ran Shangshu, who were eating in Baisheng Building, and the two popular ones wrote an excerpt and handed it to these two people as soon as they went back that day.

Of course, Pei Xiangye and Ran Shangshu would not hand over the folds indiscriminately because they were caught and disturbed to eat. It's really that the trouble on Huang Tiandao yesterday was too much.

Suddenly took so many people to the Yellow Heavenly Road, fortunately, it was noon to die, but this group of "smart" officials knew how to put people's heads on but didn't know how to block people's mouths, this is good. I heard that the cries of those people on the Yellow Heavenly Road yesterday were as terrible as the prison of the Criminal Department.

Those who don't know think they're being tortured on the street!

After such a fuss, the people who had been arresting people to prevent smallpox were completely panicked.

How did the good guys pull out so many people? Did all these sacks have smallpox? So many people in Chang'an City got smallpox? Why is this smallpox so bad?

Under the panic of the people, many people went out of the city overnight yesterday to take refuge, and this morning, the queue waiting to leave the city is almost at the gate of the city to the gate of the imperial city.

I think He Taiping and Huang Ming are not young, and they are not new officials, what is going on?

How could smallpox make such a big fuss?

The ministers were full of doubts in their hearts, and the empress at the head had already smashed the fold on He Taiping and Huang Ming, who were standing in the palace.

"I'd like to see what fool did it! The Imperial Doctor has found out that the people are doing well, and there is no sign of smallpox, who told you to arrest people indiscriminately? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's him!"

"Your Majesty, it's him!"

The two voices rang out in unison.

The hall immediately resounded with the sound of gasps.

He Taiping and Huang Ming both pointed at each other.

Yo, this is a bite on each other!

Many adults who have nothing to do with themselves watch it with relish, passing the buck to each other, denying each other's guilt, and accusing each other, but they didn't expect to see this in the court.

Zhen Shiyuan, who was standing at the back of the team, turned his head to look at He Taiping and Huang Ming, who were pointing at each other, and immediately lowered his head, but his slightly trembling figure still revealed that he was snickering at this time.

He's not the only one who laughs, and there are many people who love to watch other people's jokes.

Seeing that the other party was pointing at him, both of them looked shocked, and then angrily opened their mouths and scolded angrily.

"Okay, you He Taiping, it's clear that you gave the order!"

"Huang Ming, don't spew blood, when did I give such an order?"

"My subordinate officials said that it was clearly the people from your government who came forward first to provoke the matter and let them arrest it!"

"The people from my government also said that it was your Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who made the first move!"

Get! It is not clear who gave the order, and who made the first move, and it is even more unclear who came to a farce that led people to parade through the streets.

The two local officials of Chang'an immediately quarreled in the court.

In short, they are all picking themselves up and making it clear that this matter has nothing to do with them, and it is the order given by the other party.

"Enough!" The empress scolded, causing the two people with blushing faces and thick necks to stop.

The empress slowly spoke: "This is the court hall, not the vegetable market, when are you two going to quarrel?" ”

As soon as these words came out, He Taiping and Huang Ming's faces immediately turned white, and then they knelt down and said in unison: "The minister is guilty!" ”

Quarreling together, confessing together, this situation is funny.

Zhen Shiyuan glanced at it and withdrew his gaze.

The empress snorted coldly, and without even looking at the two people who were kneeling, she turned to look at Pei Xingting, the left prime minister who came out of the ranks.

"Pei Xingting, you come."

"Obey." Pei Xingting said and slowly walked out of the ranks, his eyes swept over He Taiping and Huang Ming who were kneeling on the ground, and then said in a deep voice, "The minister has found out that the reason why the neighbors in these Datong alleys were arrested was because two people in Datong Alley had smallpox. ”

The empress couldn't help but sneer when she heard this: "Who has smallpox, and even the neighbors have to be arrested?" ”

Pei Xingting said in a deep voice: "The minister has found out that the first to be arrested was Zhang Duo, a scribe of Dali Temple, and his younger brother Zhang Wen. ”

Finally mentioned Dali Temple, Zhen Shiyuan hurriedly straightened his clothes, and when Pei Xingting finished speaking, he hurriedly stood up and said indignantly: "Your Majesty, this Zhang Duo went to my Dali Temple on duty on the day he was arrested. In this case, Zhang Duo and Zhang Wen have smallpox, those neighbors want to be arrested, and the officials of my Dali Temple should also be arrested together. ”

When Zhen Shiyuan's voice fell, Huang Ming and He Taiping changed their faces: Your uncle's Zhen Shiyuan! If you don't jump out and fall into the well, it's uncomfortable to mock people, right?

With him jumping like this, the empress immediately grabbed the fold at hand and smashed it into Huang Ming and He Taiping.

At the court meeting, His Majesty can only smash people with those presented.

However, he was so angry that he smashed people, which shows the anger of the empress.

smashed someone, and the empress, who had lost some of her anger, spoke: "Someone! Bring me the duo and Zhang Wen. ”

but they were going to send people to the court.

"Your Majesty, no!" Huang Ming of the Five Cities Terracotta Division immediately stood up and exclaimed, "Your Majesty's body is here, how can this Zhang family brother be brought into the main hall if he is suffering from smallpox?" ”

After finishing speaking, what was waiting for him was not the response of the hundred officials, but a silence.

Huang Ming didn't feel that something was wrong until this time, looking at the ministers who were a little commotion away from him, he was stunned for a moment, and his heart was even more panicked, he didn't know what he said wrong, so he hurriedly looked at He Taiping: "Lord He, Your Majesty is here, do you also think that this Zhang family brother should be brought into the hall at this time?" ”

He Taiping looked at him and squinted slightly: "I don't know what you Huang Ming thinks, but since none of the neighbors in Datong Alley have been found to have smallpox and have been arrested, how can you be sure that the two of them have smallpox?" Moreover, with the people of Dali Temple as evidence, Zhang Duo was fine on the day he was arrested, without any symptoms of smallpox, how could he get smallpox inexplicably as soon as he left Dali Temple? I suspect that the Zhang brothers were framed, so naturally they may not really have smallpox, so why not take them to the palace to take a look? How can you, Huang Ming, be sure that these two people really have smallpox? ”

Well, don't you just jump out by yourself?

Zhen Shiyuan breathed a sigh of relief: That's right, He Taiping's reaction is reasonable, and Huang Ming's reaction is wrong.

Of course, there are not many stupid people in this court, even including His Majesty at the top, isn't this step by step just to force out who is the one who really ordered the arrest of the Zhang family brothers?

The answer is clear.

When Huang Ming heard this, his face changed suddenly, he looked at the important ministers in the palace, and hurriedly shouted and knelt on the ground, saying: "Your Majesty is clear, the ministers are just worried about Your Majesty's safety, He Taiping slandered the ministers, and the ministers are not convinced!" ”

The reaction of reasoning can only be used as judgment, not as evidence, so Huang Ming can still quibble at this time. Zhen Shiyuan snorted lightly, His Majesty's expression was hidden in the curtain, but he could see the look on Pei Xiangye's face at the front of the queue clearly.

The old god Pei Xiangye stood there, looking at Huang Ming with a smile, without the slightest hint of panic.

It seems that there is evidence or something, and it is not without it!

Zhen Shiyuan's hand shrunk in the sleeve robe subconsciously rubbed, a little excited. After finding out Huang Ming, he pointed out that smallpox was man-made, but Huang Ming had no reason to stir up Chang'an's chicken and dogs, and people were panicked, so it can be seen that there is a black hand behind it.

This matter will be completely pushed to the surface, no matter whether the original family can be cured in the end or not, doubts are always inevitable.

When he first arrived, he didn't expect to move someone down in one step, but as a Dali Siqing, if he didn't make any moves, I am afraid that this Chang'an City is about to forget the number one person in Dali Siqing.