The words of the criminal department Shangshu were stable and clear, and when he heard it, King Yu's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but call out "Father" again. Emperor Liang snorted coldly, his face was still as stiff as cold iron, but he had already hesitated in his heart.

So far, he has basically determined that Xia Jiang and King Yu are working together to frame King Jing, and he is also very clear that King Yu moved his hands and feet in the tragic private artillery workshop explosion, and Emperor Liang has not thought of forgiving the word forgiveness at all for the part of these two people who deliberately deceived and provoked the emperor's prestige, but now that the situation has been controlled, he is not willing to turn this list to the court for a public trial.

"Cai Qing, I will order the edict to remove Zhu Yue's official edict, and after the dismissal, there will be no need for the three divisions to interrogate, you can handle it with full authority." Emperor Liang calmed his tone and said to Cai Quan, "I think that the trial of the case to Zhu Yue's level is enough to calm the people's hearts, so let's end here, there is no need to interrogate any more masterminds and the like." ”

"Your Majesty......"

"As for the other people to be dealt with, I will deal with them," Emperor Liang cut off the words of the Criminal Department Shangshu with an expressionless face, "Cai Qing just has to close the case, thank you for your hard work." ”

The muscles on Cai Quan's cheeks tensed, and he lowered his head, hiding the forbearance on his face and the deep anger in his eyes. He didn't hear the sound of King Yu kneeling in the hall and kowtowing to thank him, he was trying to control his emotions and force himself not to continue arguing with Emperor Liang, because he knew that arguing was useless.

"Cai Qing, do you understand what I mean?" Emperor Liang waited for a long time, and didn't wait for the word "Lingzhi" to come from below, so he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and aggravate his tone a little.

Cai Quan took a deep breath and paused again, then bowed down and whispered, "The minister's order." ”

"If nothing else, you can step back first."

"Yes." Cai Quan's lips tightened into a straight line, and he finished the salute rigorously and withdrew from the warm pavilion. As soon as he walked out of the hall gate, the cold wind with snow under the corridor blew over, and the chill was bone-chilling, but the young criminal department Shangshu felt that his heart was hot and burning uncomfortably. The eunuch who was waiting in the outer hall brought over the cloak he had taken off before entering the court, but he did not put it on, but only grabbed it in his hand, and strode out.

Outside the palace gate, the sedan chair of Cai's mansion was still parked in the same place, and the servants rushed up to meet him as soon as they saw him. But Cai Quan didn't get on the sedan chair, pulled a horse from his entourage, turned over, and ran towards the city alone, completely ignoring the panic behind him. I don't know how long I ran forward like this, but I gradually heard someone shouting from behind: "Brother Cai! Brother Cai! ”

Cai Quan grabbed the reins of the horse, stopped, and the round face of Shen Chai, the secretary of the ministry, appeared in front of him, looking at the panting appearance, he probably chased for a while.

"What's wrong? Look at your face......" Shen Chai stretched out his hand to grab Cai Quan's horse head and asked with concern.

Cai Quan raised his head, looked at the gloomy sky, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "Brother Shen, accompany me to the restaurant for a drink?" ”

Shen Chai was stunned, then smiled, and said gently: "You are still wearing court clothes." Let's go, the corner is my house, I have a jar of champion red that has been cellared for 60 years, no matter if you drink enough. ”

Cai Quan did not refuse, and the two of them entered the Shen Mansion together. Shen Chai let the guests sit in the small flower hall in the front yard and ordered the banquet, but as soon as the wine and food were arranged, Cai Quan drank three glasses in a row.

"Okay, you can't drink like this," Shen Chai pressed the mouth of his cup and asked, "What's wrong?" Are you dressed like this to enter the palace? ”

"Yes...... Cai Quan sighed, "for the case of the private artillery workshop...... ...... I mentioned to you"

"The important person's certificate has already been examined?"

"Yes......" Cai Quan rubbed his forehead vigorously, his voice was full of exhaustion, "I have been interrogating for a few nights, and I have finally made a clear review, and I will report to Your Majesty today." But...... His Majesty asked me to close the case, saying that I could stop it when I got to Zhu Yue, and I was not allowed to continue...... Don't dig up the roots......"

Shen Chai shook his head gloomily and said, "You should have been a little prepared for this result. ”

"I prepared it, really," Cai Quan snatched the wine glass with red eyes and took another big sip, "Brother Shen, you don't know how disappointed and uncomfortable I am...... His Majesty read the confession, and he was indeed angry, he kept scolding King Yu, scolding him for playing tricks, scolding him for deceiving the king, and King Yu has also been apologizing, saying that he was just forced to be helpless, and never dared to despise the emperor's prestige...... But what's the point? The point is not here! Sixty-nine lives, sixty-nine lives! For the emperor, this is not worth scolding, and for King Yu, is this not worth regretting? No one mentioned it, no one took it seriously, what did they mind, what did they care about, what did they care about? What is it?! ”

Shen Chai was stunned for a long time, suddenly grabbed the wine glass, and dried up his head.

"For the sake of personal gain, it is outrageous to disregard human life in this way, but what makes me feel even more chilled is ...... The monarch didn't care about this......" Cai Quan's hand on the table was clenched into a fist, and his eyes looked straight ahead, "The so-called human life is a matter of heaven, that is the bottom line." If it continues to be consumed like this, what gas does the girder still have, and what way do the people have to live? Is this the one who does not care about the people's livelihood the Lord we are going to serve? ”

"Who said that?" Shen Chai suddenly slapped the table, "I have never said this before, but I can tell you now, don't be discouraged first, and His Royal Highness King Jing." ”

Cai Quan's eyebrows jumped, and he slowly turned his gaze and looked directly at Shen Chai, "Since you said it, I won't hide it from you, and my expectations for His Royal Highness King Jing are the same as yours." It's just that...... King Yu's methods are really ruthless, if His Royal Highness King Jing does not have someone around him to block the dark arrow, he may not be able to go to the last step...... We can't help with that. ”

Hearing him say this, Shen Chai's face also darkened, and he shook his head and sighed: "What you said is that His Royal Highness King Jing is still imprisoned in the mansion for reflection...... I don't tell you what's going on, and I can't ask for ......."

"You don't have to worry about this," Cai Quan just vented, feeling a little more comfortable, "Although I didn't understand it very clearly in the palace today, I can tell that this seems to be the handiwork of King Yu again, and it has been seen through by the emperor, I think His Royal Highness King Jing should be fine soon." ”

Shen Chai was overjoyed, and said with a long sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good, the emperor is finally not confused to the end." ”

"And the Hanging Mirror Division seems to have been involved, and His Majesty was also scolding Xia Jiang when he scolded the king, which has never happened before."

"Hanging Mirror?" Shen Chai said suddenly, "No wonder...... I was outside today, and I saw the forbidden army going to seal the Hanging Mirror Division...... It seems that this storm is indeed not small, and it is indeed a blessing that His Royal Highness King Jing can avoid it. ”

Cai Quan closed his tired eyes and said in a low voice: "But the situation is like this, and it is really frustrating......"

"You're wrong," Shen Chai looked at him deeply, "the more the situation is like this, the less we can afford to be disheartened." Although you and I can't do anything about some things, it is better to have this mind for the country and the people than to eat a vegetarian meal. ”

Cai Quan stared in contemplation, as if he was in a trance, and only sighed for a while before he lifted the wine jug again. Although Shen Chai was persuading him, he was actually depressed and angry in his heart, but he did not stop him at this time, but accompanied him, you and I drank one by one.

When the two Liubu Shangshu borrowed wine to drown their sorrows in the Shen Mansion, Meng Zhi also completed his mission and simply seized the Hanging Mirror Division. Xia Jiang was originally not a person who could be caught with his hands tied, but a holy decree was pressed down on the head, and there was a great commander of Meng sitting on the scene, obviously soft and hard could not please him, so he did not resist at all, but repeatedly asked to face the saint, Meng Zhi listened coldly, neither agreed nor refused, first stared at the person to give him a good fine iron shackles, and then went straight to the small cell behind and released Mei Changsu.

To tell the truth, the Hanging Mirror Division didn't toss Mei Changsu much, and Xia Jiang continued to detain him, but he didn't want to leave too much time for this powerful Jiang Zuo League sect master to study detoxification, and wanted to lock him up for a few more days. But going to prison is going to prison after all, the medicine for recuperation is broken, and the diet is extremely poor, so in the past few days, Mei Changsu has become more and more skinny and pitiful, and Meng Zhi can't help but feel a sore heart when he takes a closer look up and down.

Because there were accompanying soldiers, Mei Changsu didn't want to comfort him much, so he could only smile and say: "The commander came to rescue him in person, Su Mouming felt heartfelt." It's just that it's a mess here, and it's inconvenient to say thank you, so I'll definitely come to the door another day to pay my respects, and I ask the commander to see you when he arrives. ”

Meng Zhi stabilized his mind, reluctantly smiled and said a few polite words, turned around and assigned two henchmen, and ordered them to take someone to escort Mei Changsu back to his home. After everything was arranged here, he personally escorted Xia Jiang to the heavenly prison and imprisoned him in the most strict Tianzi room, and then redressed and entered the palace to reply to Emperor Liang.

"Did Xia Jiang say anything?" Emperor Liang had just reprimanded King Yu at this time and told him to go back to his house to wait for disposal, so he was still in a bad mood, and his face was so gloomy that he seemed to be about to hit a thunderbolt at any time.

"He refused to confess his sins, and kept asking for a holy face." Meng Zhi said truthfully.

"Of course he refuses to admit it," Emperor Liang sneered, "Xia Jiang is someone who will not give up at the last moment, if he confesses his guilt quickly, I will feel strange." ”

"But Your Majesty ......" Meng Zhi took a step forward and said with a puzzled look on her face, "When the minister sent Xia Dong to the prison, she insisted on defending Xia Jiang and said...... The robbery of Wei Zheng was all done by her to avenge her husband, and she had nothing to do with her master...... Do you think that's really the case? ”

Emperor Liang couldn't help but glance at Meng Zhi, "You, martial arts, are too simple." What Xia Dong said, only you can believe it. If she only wants to avenge her husband and kill her in prison, what will she do if she pretends to rob her? Didn't King Ji still see them giving Wei Zheng relief? obviously didn't want him to die. If this matter was done by Xia Dong alone, Wei Zheng would have died a long time ago. I think Xia Jiang probably wants to continue to do something with Wei Zheng, such as secretly putting it somewhere under the jurisdiction of King Jing, and then sending someone to find it out, which will naturally become evidence of Jing Yan's crime......"

"Huh?" Meng Zhi's expression was shocked and horrified, "This ...... This is too poisonous...... These joints can only be understood by His Majesty, and the minister is stupid...... I've never thought of it that way......"

"Xia Jiang's methods, I know," Emperor Liang squinted his eyes and looked fierce, "I always felt that he would never deceive me, so I didn't think much about it, but now that I think about it, it's really terrifying......"

"That summer and winter ......"

"What Xia Dong said is just exonerating her master, just listen to it, can you believe it?"

"So it's possible that Wei Zheng is still alive......"

"It should still be in Xia Jiang's hands. It's just that he will never hand over Wei Zheng. ”

"Why is that?"

Emperor Liang glanced at Meng Zhi again, "If you say you're too simple, you really don't use your brains?" Xia Jiang clearly proved that King Jing sent someone to rob the rebel, if in the end he handed over Wei Zheng himself, wouldn't that be tantamount to admitting guilt? I said that Xia Jiang would not confess his guilt so easily. ”

Meng Zhi actually wanted to laugh very much now, but the second master of Langya would not even have this bit of self-control, so his expression was still very serious, and he nodded solemnly and said: "Framing the prince is really a crime that cannot be atoned, if Xia Jiang has a trace of greed for life, he will definitely refuse to hand over Wei Zheng." ”

"You've finally got the hang of it." Emperor Liang let out a long breath, leaned back weakly, and said, "You go and tell Xia Jiang that I don't want to listen to him cry out now, tell him to think about it himself, think clearly, give him paper and pencils, and ask him to write an excerpt." ”

"Yes."

"Stand down." Emperor Liang waved his hand, only to feel tired, and unconsciously closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. Gao Zhan stepped forward lightly and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, are you here today?" ”

Emperor Liang ignored him for a long time and seemed to be asleep, but after about half an hour, he opened his eyes slightly and ordered, "Set up the Zhiluo Palace." ”

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