The Xunguo Mansion is gloomy, and the mansion that was originally full of doors is now a door.

The head of the family was imprisoned, and the whole house was besieged by the forbidden army, and he was not allowed to enter or leave. Many people were so frightened that they couldn't sleep, they couldn't eat, and the plaque in front of the house, even if it was still hanging there, everyone felt crumbling.

Duchess Xunguo was born in the Zhu family of Chu Guogong, and she just received a reply from her brother Chu Guogong, saying that the evidence and witnesses have been controlled, and there will be no major incident. She knelt in the small Buddha hall and kept chanting, wishing her master no worries about his life.

No matter how frightened Qin Du's own family was, Emperor Xining hurriedly announced that the important ministers of the court entered the palace to meet him, and there were many words and swords in the temple.

Regarding how to deal with the Duke of Xunguo, there are different opinions, and there is no consensus.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that after all, there are many factors for the loss of the Mobei Campaign, and it may be inappropriate to blame all of them on Xunguo Gong alone." The one who spoke out was Yang You, the right minister, the wife and brother of the Duke of Chu.

"yes, yes." Ministers of the noble line have begun to echo it.

"The right minister is not right." Imperial Doctor Jiang Yu jumped out and retorted, "As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first, and the Duke of Xun Guo is outside, and before the battle is fought, the grain and grass are folded first, so that the 100,000 army almost runs out of food!" ”

"That's one of them." Jiang Yu raised a finger and stopped Yang You's words that he wanted to refute, "Second, Deputy Marshal Mobeiwei has repeatedly suggested that you pay attention to enemy attacks when changing defenses, but Xun Guogong did not listen to the advice, and as a result, Chahabu really took advantage of the change of defense to sneak attack, so that countless soldiers died in vain. ”

"Right Minister, maybe you want to say that the burning of grain and grass was an accident, and the attack on the change of defense was an accident, but this third article is not an accident after all, right?" Jiang Yu sharply accused.

"What third?" Yang You was puzzled, and the ministers all looked at Jiang Yu with wide eyes. Even Emperor Xining, who had closed his eyes for a long time, opened his eyes.

Jiang Yu knelt down and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, last night Yushitai received a report that the Duke of Xunguo Qin Du collaborated with the enemy and committed treason!" ”

"Where's the evidence?" Emperor Xining's voice was lukewarm, coming from behind the gauze curtain, which blocked most of everyone's sight, and it was impossible to detect Emperor Xining's current thoughts by observing words and colors.

Jiang Yu looked regretful, "The person who came provided the correspondence between Qin Du and the Great Khan of Chahabu. But last night, the man was killed, and the letter was missing. ”

Chu Guogong Zhu Chongguang snorted coldly at this time, "Lord Jiang, you are responsible for your words." Do you know what is the crime of framing a courtier? ”

Jiang Yu kowtowed heavily on the floor tiles, making a "bang-bang" sound, "Weichen is dead!" Weichen saw the letter with his own eyes, it was indeed that Qin Du Xiao'er collaborated with the enemy and treason, deliberately revealed the location of the grain depot, and it was also he who informed the Chaha Khan of the time of the change of guard of our army, how innocent are the soldiers? ! How innocent are the people in the border areas?! ”

"If you say it right, it is in vain to have no evidence." Yang You looks like an old god is there, and the Duke of Xun Guo also has a recommendation from him, if Qin Du's collaborator is confirmed, it will not be a good thing for him.

Everyone looked at each other, Jiang Yu was upright, and he didn't participate in the party struggle, he was dead, and what he didn't have had three or four shadows, but he couldn't get any evidence...... The hardcore royalists headed by Huo Gang did not say a word. The Wall-Riders began to hesitate.

"Prince, what do you think?" Emperor Xining's voice was faint, and his Dao robe became more and more hazy behind the curtain.

Everyone was shocked that Ji Yuan hadn't said a word from the beginning to now.

Ji Yuan saw Jiang Yu who was still kowtowing, and said loudly, "Master Jiang, don't kowtow." ”

As soon as he said this, Jiang Yu, who was kowtowing, stopped, looked back at him, and began to make calculations in his heart, could it be that the prince was going to stand up for honor this time?

"Your Majesty, the minister also pointed out that the Duke of Xunguo Qin Du collaborated with the enemy and treason." Ji Yuan also knelt with Jiang Yu.

Emperor Xining's eyes bloomed with a different kind of brilliance, but it was only for a moment, "Get up, you are the crown prince, you must have evidence when you speak." You have to serve the people. "The word "serve the public", he bites it very hard, which people are served, it is nothing more than a person who does not want to be severely punished.

Ji Yuan understood, and the man's words were like thunder on the ground, "The minister received a letter of blood from the people of Kulun, and there are representatives of the people of Kulun waiting outside. ”

Emperor Xining motioned to the eunuch next to him to present it to him, he looked through it, it was all the people's blood and tears of accusations, each letter was signed and detained, the local residents of Kulun were harassed by the Chaha cavalry all the year round, Qin Du not only did not send troops to repel it, but did not fight a battle, and maliciously retreated, so that the people suffered from captivity and slavery, he closed his eyes and reprimanded angrily, "Cowards mislead the country!" ”

"Does Your Majesty want to call the Witnesses?" Ji Yuan asked.

Emperor Xining waved his hand, "The meaning of the people, the book of the people is enough to see, I want to know whether it is true, and I will send someone to verify it." Do you still have a play? ”

Ji Yuan nodded and said, "The minister still has a play." If it is just a book of the people, it can only be said that the lord of the country slacked off the war and failed the emperor's grace. At this point, he stopped, and was silent for a few seconds before he said in a sonorous voice, "Minister, I have intercepted the letter sent by the Lord of the Lords to Chahabu. ”

The ministers were silent, and even Emperor Xining didn't say a word.

Ji Yuan was a general in the Southern Barbarians, and basically penetrated Lingnan when he quelled the rebellion, where it was like his second fiefdom, the generals were all cronies, and now his hand has reached Mobei, and he can intercept the letters of the previous commander, who can say that he has not monitored Qin Du? Does the prince want to support Mobei into a second Lingnan?

Chu Guogong and the others were afraid and angry, his own sister Zhu Guifei also raised the seventeenth prince under her knees, the prince was young, and there was no way to participate in the court politics, the idea of the nobles was to deal with Ji Yuan first, drag down Ji Yuan's growth rate, and wait until the seventeenth prince entered the court, and then let go with Ji Yuan.

But the other party showed his sword first, and he had to put Qin Du to death, which showed that Ji Yuan never thought of fighting for Xungui's power, and even wanted to ...... The crown prince has been in charge of the country for a long time, and if he expands his power in the army again, then even if the seventeenth prince enters the court and fights with Ji Yuan, the final result may not be too good.

Marquis of Weiyuan stood up and broke the silence, "Prince, I don't know how you intercepted this letter?" Why do you want to spy on the letters of the generals in front of you? How can it be proved that Qin Du collaborated with the enemy? ”

Wang Jin's question was really heart-wrenching, basically framing Ji Yuan in the connotation, intending to seize the military power of Mobei.

Who knew that Ji Yuan actually smiled, "Wei Yuanhou asked well. Of course, Lone will not have nothing to do to monitor what letters Xun Guogong writes and meets every day. ”

"Where did the prince's information come from?" Hearing that Wang Jin continued to make trouble, Zhu Chongguang, the Duke of Chu, frowned, he had a bad premonition, even if Ji Yuan admitted that this was his secret agent, it would not hurt, who in this court did not have a few eyeliners, the problem was that if Ji Yuan hammered the evidence of Qin Du's crime, then Qin Du would really die.

Ji Yuan turned around and arched his hand to Wang Jin, "Marquis Weiyuan doesn't know, Xun Guogong forcibly married an aunt on the front line, this aunt is a local of Kulun, she was very angry when she saw Qin Du's inaction, she inadvertently found evidence of Qin Du's collaboration with the enemy, and her heart was tormented, and she traveled thousands of miles to Kyoto, not only with the Book of the People, but also with the evidence of Qin Du's bullying of the king. ”

"The witness you just mentioned?" Emperor Xining asked.

"Exactly." Ji Yuan bowed and replied, "The minister has never had the heart to spy on your colleagues, but it is the lord of the kingdom Qin Du who has done a lot of injustice, done a lot of evil, and bullied the king. ”

Emperor Xining nodded, "You are conscientious and sincere, I know it." He turned around and whispered to the chamberlain, "Send someone to send the evidence presented by the prince to check whether it is Qin Du's handwriting." "Killing people must be clear and clear, and Emperor Xining has always believed in this.

"Bring the woman up."

The person who came was a beautiful young woman with plump breasts and fat buttocks, and it was difficult to hide the romance, and all the ministers were silently slandered in their hearts, but they didn't expect Xun Guogong to enjoy it so much, and he didn't forget to enjoy the blessings of fighting on the front line.

"The people's woman Luo's lady knocks to see my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Roche, you accused the Lord of the Honour of collaborating with the enemy and treason, but is it true?" Emperor Xining stroked the dust.

Luo leaned over, and every word of the woman echoed in this hall, "It's all true." If there is any wrong, the women will ask for a thousand cuts. Please also ask Your Majesty to be aware of everything, punish the traitors, and restore stability to the people of Mobei. ”

It's too ruthless, this is the voice of most of the ministers present, the most poisonous is not a woman's heart, it's a one-day husband and wife, how can this Xunguo Gong Qin Du be so unlucky, the backyard caught fire, and he was caught by the prince.

The chamberlain also came back at this time, "Your Majesty. He wanted to whisper to Emperor Xining, but Emperor Xining waved his hand, meaning that he would read the results to everyone.

"The handwriting of the letter submitted by the prince is consistent with that of Qin Du."

This is basically a foregone conclusion, Ji Yuan and Jiang Yu did not wronged Qin Du, he did collaborate with the enemy. Qin Du could not escape death.

"I treat Qin Du well." The six words seem to fall on everyone's heart. "His father fought bravely to kill the enemy and protect the peace of the Great Xia border, I still remember that he gave birth to such a son."

After that, Emperor Xining seemed to be extremely tired, and waved his hand, "That's it for now, Jiang Yushi is alive and well, don't go back and hang yourself." ”

Jiang Yu knelt down and said, "Minister, thank you." ”

Emperor Xining didn't say what kind of punishment he would give Qin Du, and was helped away by the inner servants.

The Xungui faction all beat the drum in their hearts, if Qin Du is an outcast, he must help another person to take Qin Du's position, and Ji Yuan must not be allowed to pick up the cheap again. The wall-riding faction was thinking about the side line down this round, and the royalists were busy speculating on the holy will, and it was only the princelings who easily left the palace gate.

No matter what happens to Qin Du, Xungui's power will inevitably be weakened, and this is enough.

When Ji Yuan stepped out of the palace gate, Zhu Chongguang, the Duke of Chu, caught up with him, and said without smiling, "Your Highness is a young talent." ”

Ji Yuan nodded when he heard this, and got into the carriage, leaving Zhu Chongguang alone in place.