The emperor was so annoyed to show everyone's face today, and the courtiers naturally knew what the reason was.

Now, it is finally the turn of Qiu Changhe of Shuntian Mansion to come forward to explain this matter and bear the emperor's anger, right?

While everyone took a long breath, they were also secretly looking at the emperor's expression to see if there was any change.

Qiu Changhe's recital was decent, as is the case under normal circumstances, as long as the incident was briefly explained, and then the emperor asked questions according to his concerns, and the minister made a detailed statement.

Otherwise, if the early dynasty is up, every official is in front of the emperor, and he will explain things clearly from beginning to end, I am afraid that the early dynasty will not have to do anything, just listen to everyone's stories.

However, normal conditions do not apply today.

Listening to Qiu Changhe's report that he had taken down all the thieves, the emperor's face did not improve at all, and he asked gloomily: "In this way, Qiu Aiqing has effective jurisdiction over the capital, so that the plan of the villains was stillborn?" Qiu Aiqing has meritorious service to the country! ”

Qiu Changhe's cold sweat immediately came down: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare to take credit, this matter is the first news to be obtained by the Soldiers and Horses, and the thieves are also won by the Soldiers and Horses." There is such a big omission under the rule of Wei Chen, please Your Majesty to condemn the crime. ”

While explaining, he mourned in his heart for Lan Yu, the commander of the Terracotta Division.

Qiu Changhe took over the case yesterday, and he knew that most of the robbers were taken by the Shao family's guards, and Lan Yu's credit was average.

He believed that the emperor also knew about it.

But the dead friends don't die the poor way, who made Shao Yi and Xia Zitang the people of the Terracotta Division? In this way, the credit is given to the Terracotta Division, and let the emperor trouble Lan Yu.

Sure enough, the emperor immediately turned to Lan Yu: "It turns out that Lan Aiqing is so attentive to official business, and can detect the enemy's traces as soon as possible, lay a net of heaven and earth, and take down the thieves in one fell swoop." ”

Lan Yu scolded Qiu Changhe in his heart, but he didn't dare to slack off at all, and replied in fear: "Your Majesty Mingjian, this matter is due to Captain Xia Zitang and Deputy Lieutenant Shao Yi of the Soldiers and Horses Division, and the two met when they took their families to incense in Ganye Temple, and found traces of thieves. The two carefully laid out the thieves before they were caught. This is caused by His Majesty's deterrence, and Weichen does not dare to take this credit. ”

The emperor's gaze was on the two of them, turned back and forth several times, and asked with a calm face: "In this way, the two Aiqing are corpse vegetarian meals, and they took the imperial court's money for nothing?" ”

"Your Majesty forgives you." The two didn't need to agree, they knelt down together and kowtowed again and again.

Princes, look me in the eye. This, the emperor is unreasonable and finding fault, right? Is it good for the two of them to report according to the truth? If the two of them robbed others of their credit, they were afraid that the emperor would put other hats on them, right?

Looking at the two people kowtowing like pounding garlic, everyone is not calm.

Now get down on your knees and find a plausible mistake to plead guilty to? Or do you want to see how the situation goes, and then make a plan?

The attitude of Qiu Changhe and the others met the emperor's expectations, but looking at the other people in the court with different expressions, the emperor's eyes narrowed.

He was in a bad mood, he had been saving up all night, and he had to share it with more people.

Look at the ministers scattered on both sides below, each weighing up. Some were obviously gloating, some were hesitant with trepidation, and many more were with their heads down, unable to see their faces clearly.

The emperor stretched out his hand and motioned for Sun to fetch the folds handed over by Yin of Shuntianfu from the mountain, and turned it over slowly.

A few glances swept over, snapped and closed hard, and slammed on the ground with a muffled sound.

The sound was not loud, but it was clearly heard in the quiet hall.

The ministers peeked at the folds on the ground, and knelt down again at this time...... It seems that it is difficult to find a reason, so I can only wait for the emperor to make trouble next.

The Emperor spoke, "There are also two bandits who committed suicide," the Emperor paused, and continued, "What kind of bandits will automatically beg for death?" You dare to write it, are there such bandits? These are two dead men, right? ”

The courtiers suddenly felt that the emperor's slow tone was not quite right.

Especially the treacherous and cunning auxiliary ministers like He Shouli and Zhan Kangwen, they began to beat the drum in their hearts.

I don't know what big move the emperor has chosen, and which direction will he send it from?

After a while, the emperor's tone changed, and his sharp gaze swept to the courtiers: "I don't know these two dead soldiers...... Which Aiqing raised it? ”

The slow speed of speech, the light tone, but before the words were settled, there was a big wave of panic in the hall.

All the ministers rushed to come out, regardless of the dignity, you pushed me, grabbed the place and knelt down, and the court was full of words such as "don't dare", "wronged", "Your Majesty Mingjian" and so on.

So the killer move is here? Then you must first kneel down and beg for mercy and defense.

In case it is a step late, His Majesty will not like it, so he will point to it: Just who, maybe it is his family's dead soldier, check it......

Chrysostom said, that's why you can't die.

The emperor never opened his mouth to stop it, and let the ministers below shout back and forth to complain and cry out for wrong.

It wasn't until these voices became lower and less that the emperor snorted heavily and said, "It seems that the emperor's benevolence is not all good, but gives all kinds of Xiaoxiao the opportunity to have delusions. ”

The courtiers were prostrate on the ground, not daring to raise their heads at all.

The emperor is probably in the legendary stage of rampage now, and if one is not careful, the emperor will be charged with raising a dead soldier, it will be miserable.

When the time comes, who will dare to refute the emperor's golden words?

Even if the emperor's conscience finds out and lets you go, can you still spit out the prison food for several days? I ate it for nothing.

Seeing that everyone was sincerely afraid, the emperor felt very relieved. That's right, he can't cause trouble, but he is the only one who makes trouble.

"This case is handed over to the Criminal Department for trial, and it is necessary to find out the details of this gang of bandits and the origin of the two dead soldiers." The emperor glanced around majestically again and said, "Also, after investigation, Huang Zheng, the head of the household department, took advantage of his position to accept money and sell the official position of the imperial court as an item to others. The Criminal Department was ordered to immediately detain Huang Zheng and detain all those involved in the case before the end of the year. ”

"What?"

"Really? How could such a thing happen? ”

"Sure enough, there are bold people, this kind of headless thing, someone dares to do it!"

“……”

The emperor's words shocked the courtiers, who temporarily forgot the emperor's coercion on them, and the silence in the hall was broken by surprise and whispering.

None of the ministers who could appear in the early dynasty were given for nothing, and everyone immediately noticed that the emperor mentioned two words in his words: "After investigation".

That is to say, the emperor has known about this matter for a long time, and has probably verified it.

Zhan Kangwen and He Shouli glanced at each other, these were the two dead soldiers who appeared in yesterday's incident, which made the emperor angry. Therefore, I no longer think about the approaching New Year, and plan to throw Huang Zheng's case out now and make trouble in advance.

Selling official positions is not something that one person can do, nor is it a crime that one person dares to bear. If this is investigated, how many people will be implicated in the New Year.