Outside the Chengtian Gate, a team of guards guarding the palace is on duty against the summer heat, the hot and stuffy day, the dryness is uncomfortable, if it is not for the errand in the body, I really want to find a pool now and plunge into it. The leader of the general raised his eyes and looked into the forbidden city from afar. Perhaps it was because of the low gray clouds that the whole palace felt strangely heavy.

Recently, the authorities have strictly ordered to strengthen the vigilance of the four gates of the imperial city, and the slightest negligence is the sin of cutting off the head.

"Overseer Song, what do you say has happened in the past two days to make us so vigilant?"

His expression was cold: "To do a good job in the errands within the division is to do so much, why do you want to do so much?" ”

As he was talking, he suddenly saw another group of people walking towards the place, the leader of whom was wearing a red-tasseled helmet with a low brim, revealing only half of his face.

He immediately stepped forward vigilantly and asked the other party about his intentions, and the man's voice was very young and slightly cold: "The defense here will be taken over by Luan Yiwei immediately." ”

When he heard this, he was suspicious: "Luan Yi guards guard the noon gate, and the four gates of the imperial city are on duty by the guards and pro-soldiers. With a cold light in his eyes, his hand pressed tightly on the saber at his waist, "Your Excellency's request is a serious overreach, unless, Your Excellency has the Holy Lord's edict and the order of the military department. ”

The man smiled wickedly from under the brim of his hat: "The Holy Lord's Decree, the Order of the Military Department......" His head was raised, revealing a dark-skinned young man's face, "Your grandfather doesn't have any." ”

King Chengwu was locked up in a room in the Yuxi Palace, separated by only one wall from the Xihua Gate. He sat at the table with his eyes closed, secretly counting the hours in his heart, his ear power was amazing since he was a child, and he could hear the footsteps coming and going outside through a wall. After about three moments, the footsteps in the ears were chaotic for a while, and in less than four minutes, order was restored again, as if nothing had happened.

At this time, in Donghua Gate and Xuanwu Gate, this unusual handover was also quietly carried out, and within a quarter of an hour, all the troops in front of the four gates of the imperial city had been replaced by Luan Yiwei.

On the Jinluan Palace, Zhou Guangtong, who was making an impassioned speech, was unaware of this, and he counted the crimes committed by Shen Hanxi since he took over as the Imperial Health Division, and the hearts of the hundreds of military officials in the palace trembled when he heard it.

“…… Shen Hanxi served as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Health Department for twelve years, leaning towards the government and the opposition, acting for the tiger, the mansion of a second-class official, comparable to a prince, where did these silver come from? I heard that last year, Lord Shen celebrated his birthday, and the birthday gift given by a certain adult was a gold silk tent, which was worth 10,000 taels of silver! “

Zhou Guangtong said that he did not name him, but immediately a person in the main hall quietly lowered his head.

Isn't that golden wire tent a gift from him?

Zhou Guangtong then mentioned several things related to bribery, and above the main hall, there were people who kept their heads bowed weakly.

"Where do these priceless treasures come from? He was scavenged from the people to please him! is the so-called upward and downward effect, so like this, why worry that the treasury is not empty? ”

Shen Hanxi straightened his sleeves: "This official has done a lot of evil, and these small cases of corruption, the teacher is embarrassed to mention them in public." ”

Hearing what he said, Zhou Guangtong was so angry that his beard trembled, and he raised his finger and pointed at him for a long time: "You, you, you, ......"

Tianzi, who had been listening to all this calmly, had a cold look in his eyes.

"I have experienced storms and waves in my life, and I have been impeached countless times, and there is no need to take small cases of corruption and bribery to heart." Shen Hanxi said slowly, and even reminded him, "Lord Zhou wants to mention the case of Xu Lian who was destroyed by this official five years ago. Back then, because he went up to the comb to participate in the official, the official persecuted him to death, and beat his two sons to death, this case has aroused the public indignation of the whole world's scholars, if the teacher turns this matter out, saying that I framed Zhongliang, it is much more convincing than saying that I am corrupt and bribery. ”

Zhou Guangtong continued to shake his beard: "What is Lord Shen anxious about, the old man hasn't said it yet!" ”

"Don't bother the teacher to count down one by one, and if there is anything else, the student will explain it together." As he spoke, he walked up to an official and stopped, "Lord Meng, when your brother-in-law committed a crime, I thought of a way to settle it for you, and I collected 10,000 taels of filial piety from you every year, isn't it?" ”

The man's legs were weakened in an instant, and he sent him to his knees.

Shen Hanxi bypassed him and stopped in front of another official: "Lord Li, you have served as the chief examiner of Qiufu for eight years of life, and you have sold your official title by taking advantage of your position, I have turned a blind eye and has not blocked your financial path, and you will share half of the benefits you will get, but you are all voluntary." ”

The heart of this official surnamed Li is stronger than that of Master Meng, and he tries his best to maintain his composure: "What Lord Shen is talking about, this official doesn't know anything. ”

Shen Hanxi smiled contemptuously, continued to walk forward, and stopped in front of another person, whose legs had already begun to tremble, and his eyes darkened before he could finish listening to his words, and he didn't know anything.

"Lord Qian, nine years of life extension, the Holy Lord ordered you to supervise the repair of Chonghua Palace, how much silver you are greedy for, don't need to say it from the official."

Shen Hanxi finished his words one by one, looked back at the civil and military officials who were pregnant with ghosts, and there was still a light smile in his voice: "Today's full of civil and military officials, how many people are clean?" The country of Dajing is not guaranteed, and you have a share of the credit. ”

Someone finally came back to his senses and shouted to the Son of Heaven: "Holy Lord, Shen Hanxi is framing!" ”

"Yes, it's framed, surnamed Shen, have you framed Zhongliang over the years, and have you created fewer unjust prisons?!"

Someone said righteously: "Holy Lord, Lord Zhou's proposal for suitable talents, the minister seconded it!" ”

The others seemed to have come back to their senses, and they all said, "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

"The minister also seconded it!"

"Please obey the will of the people and punish the traitors!"

All of a sudden, the solemn Jinluan Hall was overwhelmed by the echoes of secondment. The man in the center of the whirlpool just stood there with cold eyes, his chin gently raised, as if he was watching a farce.

The Son of Heaven looked at this powerful minister who had turned over the clouds and rain, but now the wall was down and everyone pushed him, and finally spoke: "Shen Aiqing, I will give you one last chance to tell me." His eyes had already formed ice, "Those words of Shicai are just your momentary jokes." ”

Shen Hanxi looked back and looked at the young man on the dragon chair, he was dressed in a dragon robe, his bearing was noble, his warm eyebrows were faintly fierce, and his face was staring at him gloomily.

"In front of the saint, the minister's words are naturally heartfelt. The minister has been an official for many years, and he has a lot of debts, and if he really wants to find out, he is afraid that he will find out the year of the monkey and the month of the horse, and the saint does not need to spend that effort. Listen, the family wealth accumulated by the minister over the years has 30,000 taels of gold, 2 million taels of silver, millions of acres of land, more than 6,000 houses, and as for precious antiques, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, there are countless of them. The ministers not only embezzled and accepted bribes, but also created unjust prisons, and deceived the king, and they absolutely deserved to die. ”

Before he could finish speaking, something fell from above, and the teacup that fell to his feet was enough to represent the wrath of the Son of Heaven.

"Someone!"

These two words were wrapped in thunder, and when they heard this, the forbidden army in front of the apse immediately raised their eyebrows and surrounded them from both sides.

The Son of Heaven suppressed the trembling all over his body and said, "Take Shen Hanxi down to me!" ”

The officials who stood closer to Shen Hanxi couldn't help but retreat a few steps to the side, for fear that they would harm themselves, although Shen Hanxi was born in Wenchen, but if he really wanted to use force, he was afraid that even those generals in the tiger camp would be difficult to get benefits.

But he still stood there, his expression was very light, and instead of running away, he calmly straightened the official hat on his head.

The leader of the guards pulled out the knife in his hand, and the other guards also drew their knives, and for a while, the atmosphere above the main hall was solemn to the extreme.

At this moment, everyone was holding their breaths, waiting for this extremely human man to be captured, who knows, the next moment, the situation took a turn for the worse.

Those guards actually surrounded the civil and military officials!

Then, the light on the hall dimmed, and there was a loud noise behind him, and a guard actually closed the door of the temple. A minister who was standing close to the palace gate saw that the situation was not right, and wanted to slip away, but when he turned around, he hit a bright blade, so he had to obediently return to his original position and stand up, with a drop of cold sweat on his forehead.

Shen Hanxi's laughter sounded, and he stopped for a while, and said: "I have to thank the teacher today, I have dragged on for the students for a long time, otherwise I wouldn't be able to catch up with the four gates of the imperial city before retreating from the dynasty. In Zhou Guangtong's pale face, he continued, "When Xie He leads the forbidden army to break through the noon gate, it will take at least an hour, and within this hour, you adults should think about who should be recognized as the master." ”

The voice of the Son of Heaven was squeezed out from between his teeth: "Shen Hanxi, you want to rebel?!" ”

"Rebellion?" The smile on his face was slightly restricted, and there was indifference in his slender eyes, "Weichen is in line with public opinion, Qing, Jun, and Side." ”

Jiaoyang Palace.

Song Ran was trying on the auspicious clothes of the temple ceremony three days later with the help of the palace maid. The temple is a big thing, any negligence must be avoided, the Shangyi Bureau is afraid that there is a problem with the dress, so two days in advance to try on, find that the discomfort is good to have time to change. Because the first emperor died not long ago, the observance system was not allowed to use crimson, so it was replaced by cyan.

The little palace maid lightly changed her clothes, and when she looked away, she couldn't help but hold her breath. The silk sleeved robe was worn on her, and her eyes and teeth were more dignified and upright, but it was a pity that there was less joy on her face, otherwise it would be really beautiful.

stepped forward to straighten the plain silver belt around her waist, and said respectfully: "The phoenix crown is still being made, and it should be able to be brought over in a while." Girl, wait. ”

Song Ran responded softly, and suddenly a little eunuch broke into the inner hall, and Zhao Gonggong, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but straighten his face: "This damn slave, the master is still in the inner hall, and he broke in recklessly, is there less board on weekdays?" ”

The little eunuch's face turned pale and stammered, "No, it's not good! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several men dressed as Praetorian Guards broke into the inner hall, and the screams of the little palace maid were immediately connected, and the entire palace room was quickly controlled by the other party, and the person at the head came to Song Ran, his eyes were condensed, and he ordered: "Take Miss Mo away." ”