In the Jinluan Palace, Jin Yantang was dressed in a dragon robe, wearing a white jade crown of beads, and sat firmly on the dragon chair.

His eyes flashed with anger, and he suddenly threw down a fold in the hall, and said coldly: "Lord Gao, there is a plague in Shudi, why don't you hide it!" ”

"Wow!"

As soon as these words came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the court.

There were even more uninformed officials who were surprised:

"What? The drought in Shu even broke out of the plague? ”

"Gao Dagui is the Ministry of Industry, it is impossible not to know!"

"No wonder Your Majesty Long Yan is furious, this matter is really tricky!"

A middle-aged official wearing a scarlet robe and embroidered elephant pattern knelt on the ground, crying out with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, Weichen also just learned about this, and the plague first broke out from Jingzhou, but the Jingzhou prefect concealed it and did not report it...... If Weichen had known about this a long time ago, how could he dare to deceive the saints! Wechen is wronged! ”

Master Gao said, his eyes flashed slightly, and the moment he kowtowed, a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth.

No one saw his expression, and after listening to the prevarication of the Ministry of Works, Jin Yantang's eyes were even more angry.

If he had known that there was a plague in Nashu, he would definitely not let Zuo Xiang go to the common people to complain and provide disaster relief on his behalf!

It's just that before Jin Yantang could get angry, suddenly, outside the main hall, a guard hurriedly helped an old man in cloth and walked in.

Take a closer look, although this old man in cloth is sloppy, but that appearance, isn't it Zuo Xiang Shang Chengyuan?

"Left Phase!"

Suddenly, several unanimous exclamations rang out in the court.

Jin Yantang's pupils shrank sharply, and he took three steps and two steps down from the high platform, came to Zuo Xiang and helped him and said, "Zuo Xiang, you ......"

Shang Chengyuan's face was pale, and his palm weakly grabbed his arm: "Your Majesty, the plague in Shu is menacing, it has caused thousands of people to die, the letter passed by the minister to His Majesty was tampered with by the traitorous minister, and he was assassinated on the road...... But now he is trapped in Shudi, begging Your Majesty to save him! ”

When he said this, Shang Chengyuan was already a little delirious, and his cloudy eyes had long since lost his previous spirit.

As soon as the words fell, before Jin Yantang could speak, Shang Chengyuan fainted and fell to the ground.

Jin Yantang pursed his lips, his eyes were obscure, but he couldn't help but tighten a little when he held Shang Chengyuan's hand.

Damn, when will the court be closed?

"Come on, take Zuo Xiang to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and order the Tai Doctor to take care of him!"

After Jin Yantang gave an order, the young chamberlain beside him immediately stepped forward to help Shang Chengyuan down, and at the same time, Jin Yantang turned around and sat back on the dragon chair, and put away the anger on his face.

I saw him lowering his eyes, looking at the Ministry of Industry Shangshu who was kneeling on the ground with a condensed expression, and said: "Lord Gao's dereliction of duty has caused the disaster to expand, and he has been demoted to a civilian, and he will not be allowed to enter the court again for eternity!" ”

I didn't expect Jin Yantang to be so ruthless as soon as he made a move, and he didn't give people a chance at all.

The sneer on Lord Gao's face froze suddenly, he raised his head, looked at Jin Yantang in disbelief, turned to get up and pointed at him angrily and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is a veteran of the previous dynasty, this loss is not the fault of the minister, why do you only punish the minister?" And the old minister is already trying to make up for it, you are so arbitrary, it is a tyrant's act! ”

A high hat was buttoned down, Jin Yantang suddenly smiled, and said unhurriedly: "Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War colluded to embezzle disaster silver, Jingzhou is an important land in Shu, and your Ministry of Industry is in charge, but you concealed the situation in Jingzhou from me and did not report it, causing me to misjudge the situation, and then spread the disaster, and the people died in vain. ”

Master Gao's face changed, he forcibly suppressed the trembling of his body, and said with a stalk around his neck: "Impossible!" The ministers are honest and honest, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are well known, why did you wronged the old ministers with empty words and white teeth, Your Majesty? ”

Jin Yantang slowly rubbed the letter sealed by fire paint in his hand, looked at him without smiling and said, "Want evidence?" The receipts for the correspondence between you and Wen Quanwu and Chen Shijie are still in my hands, and in addition, even the expenditure of your Ministry of Industry in the past three years is under my control, if you have any quibbles, just say it and listen to it. ”

When the emperor was alive, these traitors kept him in the dark and coaxed him, thinking that Jin Yantang had not made a move on them for three years, and he was just a guy who watched the strong outside, but he didn't expect him to make a sudden move, but it caught people off guard.

It turned out that in the past three years, he had been in Taoguang and kept in obscurity, and now that Wen Quanwu's military power has been taken back by him, a skinny camel has immediately turned into an angry lion!

Chen Shijie, former Hubu Shangshu; Wen Quanwu, former secretary of the military department.

Now that they are folded one by one in the hands of the former emperor, the matter has come to this point, and Lord Gao has nothing to say.

He looked at Jin Yantang's condensed face in disbelief, the light in his eyes dimmed little by little, and in the end, he "pounced" and knelt weakly in the hall.

Jin Yantang glanced at the audience with an expressionless face, and said coldly: "Lord Gao, although I spare your life, but those dead people of Shu will turn into your nightmares and haunt you, you can do it yourself and retreat!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Jin Yantang turned around and walked towards the Heart Cultivation Palace.

At this time, the attendant on the side announced loudly: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

Two guards walked over, one of them was holding a tray in his hand, and the other said to Master Gao with an indifferent expression: "Please take off your court clothes and black veil on your head, and hand over the palace card." ”

The tall man's face was like ashes, and he numbly took off the court clothes on his body.

has been in the officialdom for 30 years, but he has planted a heel in the hands of this new emperor, he is unwilling, but he is helpless!

Three quarters of the hour, the temple of nourishing the heart.

After the palace maid wiped Shang Chengyuan's body, she covered the quilt for him and stepped aside.

Suddenly, the door opened, and Jin Yantang walked in.

The young chamberlain who was waiting on the side hurriedly greeted him: "Your Majesty, the servant has just asked the imperial doctor to diagnose Zuo Xiang." ”

Hearing this, Jin Yantang nodded.

On the bed, Shang Chengyuan had a sick face, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he seemed to be in great pain.

He put his hands behind his back, looked at Shang Chengyuan with deep eyes, and then asked the imperial doctor on the side, "How is Zuo Xiang's health?" Worried about your life? ”

The imperial doctor hesitated and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Zuo Xiang's pulse comes and goes, and his heart is weak, and his body is hot, very much like ......."

Seeing that he was talking intermittently, Jin Yantang stared at him directly: "What is it like?" Say! ”

The imperial doctor was looked at by his eagle-like eyes, and suddenly trembled, knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Please forgive the old minister for being rude, Zuo Xiang's symptoms are very similar to 'Tianxing epidemic'!" ”

The epidemic is the saying of the Tai Hospital, and in layman's terms, it is the plague.

Suddenly, there was silence in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

The palace maid who had just touched Zuo Xiang's face turned pale in an instant, and even the young maid shrank her pupils and her face changed slightly.

It's just that the young waiter's performance is not so obvious.

Hearing this, Jin Yantang subconsciously turned his head to look at Zuo Xiang and was silent for a long time.

Then, he said slowly, "Can it be healed?" ”

The imperial doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly said: "The minister can only stabilize the condition of Lord Zuo Xiang first, and prevent the condition from worsening, the cure is to go back to the Tai Hospital to look through the ancient books and do some experiments, so as to treat Lord Zuo Xiang......"