The emperor ascended the throne as a young man and experienced many ups and downs, but he never had such a time when he was upset. Although he has a reputation for benevolence, in the eyes of every emperor, all the power in the world can only belong to himself......

"What I give you is yours, and if I don't give it, you can never covet it." The emperor silently said another sentence in his heart. This is the bottom line for the monarch, but the performance of the Jing family these days makes the emperor can't help but think of the Xie family sixteen years ago.

Thinking of the ink corruption case that he secretly ordered Xi Yan to investigate a few days ago, the emperor still announced him.

When Xi Yan was introduced into the Chengming Hall by the eunuch, he saw the glorious and mighty armor in the hall at a glance, and also saw the emperor's gloomy face.

After simply finishing the salute, Xi Yan knelt in the middle of the Chengming Palace.

Although Xi Yan was serving a secret order at that time, Xu Bin, the wolf ambition of the Jing family, was already aware of it, so the emperor did not abandon Xu Bin, but still allowed him to stay in the palace.

"You said that the case I ordered you to handle has been discovered, and you want to ask for a decree? I have given you a secret edict, what more do you want? ”

"Back to Your Majesty," Xi Yan's expression was serious, but his voice was still clear, "The minister was called to investigate the case of embezzlement of ink a few days ago, and after extracting Yu's confession, he sent someone to Shuishui to verify the authenticity, and it was found that among the 500,000 taels of silver that Jing Yuan extorted from Chen Yueze, only 200,000 taels were actually sent to Chongdu City, and another 300,000 taels, Jing Yuan ordered Chen Yueze to send them to Jinping Town in the southeast. ”

"Southeast?" The emperor frowned, thought for a while, and said, "The southeast is the homeland of the Jing clan...... But the Jing family doesn't seem to have any clansmen in the southeast over the years, so why send them back? ”

"The minister also thought it was strange, so he investigated the dart bureau responsible for escorting the silver two," Xi Yan took out a document from his sleeve and handed it to the eunuch to submit to the imperial case, while explaining, "Judging from the records of the Changsheng dart game, the employer of the two darts and silver is a person named Yu Ping, and later according to the minister's investigation, this person is Chen Yueze's nephew. But after the water incident, Yu Ping has been extinguished. ”

"Hmmm......"

"According to the clues provided by the dart bureau, the minister has sent people to the southeast to track down the 300,000 taels of silver, and I think there will be results in a few days. But according to the records of the dart bureau, the other 200,000 taels were indeed sent to a separate garden in the outer city of Chongdu, and after investigation, it was found that the other garden was owned by Jing Yuan. Since Jing Yuan is the owner of the other garden, and his official position is above the minister, the minister cannot trespass into the other garden to search without authorization, so he specially came to ask His Majesty for instructions. ”

Hearing this, the emperor's face was a little gloomy than before, Xu Binben listened quietly, but when Xi Yan said "Jinping Town in the Southeast", he couldn't help but interject, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks Xi ...... Well, there may be an inside story about what Xi Gongzi played...... "Xu Bin didn't know how to call Xi Yan at this time, he was no longer from the Criminal Department, but he was under a secret edict to investigate the case, and after a moment of choking, he still called Xi Yan Gongzi.

"What the inside story?" The emperor's face at this time was as cold as white frost, and his tone was also cold, "You are the secretary of the criminal department, you will not easily open your mouth if you are not involved in a major case, what did you find?" ”

Xu Bin's face straightened up, and he said very seriously: "Your Majesty, you know that the reason why the Shiguxiang case will involve rebellion is because in the secret room, letters and letters from the folk apostate Taiping Society were found. Although the Taiping Society has not been so arrogant in recent years, it is still secretly active in the southeast. Jinping Town just mentioned...... It was the place where the Taiping Society was very rampant back then, and these criminal departments had records. ”

Hearing Xu Bin say this, Xi Yan naturally looked confused, "This ...... Why is it involved in the apostate peace church again? He glanced at the emperor for some reason, but the emperor did not comment on Xu Bin's words, but looked at Xi Yan and ordered: "If you go on, what did you find out later?" ”

"Yes," Xi Yan's tone was almost unfluctuating, and then he recounted, "Later, the minister sent someone to the southeast to investigate according to the address provided by the dart bureau, but there has been no response yet. But what the minister felt unbelievable was that the place that Jing Yuan asked for delivery was actually in a dilapidated courtyard in the middle of nowhere. The dart master also recalled that there was no one on the other side at the time of the handover, and they left after throwing down the dart silver as requested by their employer. ”

After thinking about it after connecting the evidence brought by Xu Bin with the things played by Xi Yan, the emperor almost already understood everything, and he only needed to bring a pair of square seals on the waist of the head of the Jing family to confirm everything.

It was just a moment, and the eunuch brought the Fang seal back as promised, "Your Majesty, bring the Jing's jade seal." ”

"Put it on!"

The eunuch cautiously attached the jade pendant to the belt of the armor, and the emperor's eyes were fixed on the movements of the eunuch's hand from beginning to end.

When the palm-sized jade pendant was tightly embedded in the carving on the belt, the emperor could no longer hold back and flipped everything on the imperial case to the ground.

"Okay, good Jing clan," the emperor gritted his teeth fiercely, "The palace avant-garde!" ”

The front guard of the palace, Jin Wu Huo Xuan, was guarding outside the palace, and when he heard the emperor shouting in the hall, he hurriedly ran in and bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty summons the ministers, what do you command?" ”

The emperor's heart was surging with anger, and his hand trembled and pointed at Huo Miao, "You immediately lead people to raid the Jing family's mansion and take Jing Yuheng and his brothers ...... And that Jing Yuan, put me in prison! Jing's women and children are all confined in the house! Wait for me to fall! ”

Zhijin Wu Huo Miao did not hesitate to turn around and carry it out, for him, obeying the emperor's orders is the highest loyalty...... As for the consequences of what was done, he didn't really care.

"Your Majesty, this ......" When the Jing's square seal was tightly embedded in the belt, Xi Yan's heart also fell back like this square seal, but as a person who shouldn't know the inside story of the matter, Xi Yan naturally had to make a blank look.

The emperor snorted coldly, he really didn't want to mention this thing that touched his bottom line, Xi Yan was also very knowledgeable, if the emperor didn't say it, he wouldn't mention it anymore.

"You just said that you were going to ask for a request to search Jingyuan's annex, and now you don't need to ask for a request...... Go ahead and find out what...... Remember to report it to the Criminal Department, the case of greedy ink is still handled by you...... If any evidence of conspiracy is revealed, it will be handed over to the Criminal Department. ”

"Obey the order," Xi Yan bowed and left, and the emperor's slightly lowered eyes were already dyed with fatigue. The moment he stepped out of the Chengming Palace, he seemed to have seen the sky above Chongdu City filled with red blood.

Although Xi Yan had escaped from the Chengming Palace, Xu Bin was still standing aside...... It's not that he doesn't want to go, no matter who faces the emperor's anger alone, his heart must be terrified. What's more, the incident was triggered by Xu Bin's evidence, even if it wasn't himself who suffered...... Xu Bin still felt extremely depressed.

"Your Majesty," after hesitating, Xu Bin still opened his mouth, "As soon as this case comes out, it will definitely shock the government and the opposition, and the ministers must not be cautious." If this case is only tried by the Criminal Department, will it be a little slow ......? ”

The emperor took a deep breath, and he couldn't imagine that the big family he had raised with his own hands would have a heart of disobedience in such a short period of time, and he hated again, "I have been tolerant of the Jing clan again and again, and I don't want to be appeased and nurtured!" The evidence in this case is conclusive, so the Criminal Department will handle it! ”

"Obey."

"Go down, Jing Yuheng's father and son still know their temperament...... You're going to have to work hard to get a confession out of them. ”

The Emperor waved his hand seemingly weakly, and in his eyes...... A crisis of rebellion has been resolved, but in Xu Bin's eyes...... The real bloody scene has just begun.