In September, the sweltering heat of the capital gradually cooled down, and after a few rains in a row, the temperature dropped a lot.

At this time, it is the most suitable season for travel, and the annual autumn festival of Dawei is scheduled during this period. At the end of August, the list of drivers for the autumn festival was announced. In the harem, the concubine accompanying Qiu Qiu this time is the most favored Xiao Guifei; In addition to the officials above the fourth rank in previous years, today due to the lack of Kong Lianxi's heirs, and the addition of Mu Zhizhao, a new courtier, is also the same as in previous years. After the list was announced, everyone had no objections, just waiting for the third day of the ninth month, and all the courtiers in the list would follow Emperor Wu to Anshan for a ten-day autumn festival.

On the last day of August, three days before the autumn festival, the nobles in the capital were quiet and waited for the annual grand event.

On this day, a storm broke out in the imperial capital without warning.

Here's how the storm started.

Yu Minzhong, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, has a concubine at home, and she is very favored by Yu Minzhong. But one day, Yu Min went down to the court, and accidentally broke this little concubine's affair with the nursing home. Yu Minzhong was furious, and immediately ordered the nursing home to be killed and the concubine locked up in the firewood room.

At night, the concubine escaped from the firewood room by some means. In order to avenge the nursing home, the concubine went directly to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion to beat the drum and voice her grievances, and sued Yu Minzhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, in court.

Tian Zhongshu was very annoyed, just left a Kong Lianxi, how could he get involved with another Yu Minzhong?

He didn't even want to look at the paper, so he sent his master to tell the concubine that the nursing home was a house slave, and the head of the family had the right to dispose of it, so let her go back quickly. As a result, the master turned around and told him: "My lord, the stakes are very high, you should take a look!" ”

Tian Zhongshu took the pleadings and saw that the pleadings were accusing Yu Minzhong of killing people, but the piles and piles were neatly counted from the top ten crimes of Minzhong, and those who annexed the people's land did not cause any deaths, but he couldn't help but pay attention to one of them. Tian Zhongshu was immediately frightened into a cold sweat, and had to enter the palace overnight with trepidation and go to ask Emperor Wu for his life.

When Emperor Wu saw the paper, he was immediately furious, not only ordered him to investigate the case with full authority, but also issued a clear decree that all officials must cooperate.

Tian Zhongshu came out of the palace with his back soaked and pale, and the master helped him at the gate of the palace, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "It's a big deal if I'm tired, go and settle that little concubine for me." This incident is really remarkable, it involved more than 500 lives, and more than 30 of them were court officials! ”

The two hurriedly returned to the mansion, and in order to prevent things from changing, they interrogated the concubine overnight and interrogated a witness.

On the first day of the ninth month, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had not yet known, and everyone went to the court as usual, not expecting that what was waiting for them would be the emperor's attack. On the Jinluan Treasure Palace, Emperor Wu named Jing Zhaoyin on the spot and ordered him to read out the results of the investigation in public.

Seven years ago, Yu Minzhong was still a waiter in the Ministry of Works, and Shangshu was Xu Honghuai. Xu Honghuai is an upright person, and he has quite a political disagreement with the sleek Yu Minzhong, especially after Yu Minzhong wanted to marry the Xu family's concubine Jingwen for his son, he held a grudge and waited for an opportunity to take revenge.

Emperor Wu was foster when he was young, and after he ascended the throne, he was very filial to his adoptive mother, and required the people of the world to avoid the adoptive mother's name in books and newspapers. One day, Yu Minzhong went to Xu Honghuai's house as a guest, and took advantage of Xu Honghuai's unpreparedness to hide a collection of poems in Xu Honghuai's study. In this collection of poems, one of them not only embeds the name of the emperor's mother, but also insinuates that the emperor has ill intentions towards his mother. After a few days, Yu Minzhong instructed a very skilled servant to go to Xu's house to steal, and then bumped into the hands of the government himself. After the government got the thief, he found some treasures and property from the thief, and when he returned it to the Xu family, the girl he arranged pretended to burn the book under everyone's noses, and snatched it to see that it was the book of poems of the great rebellion!

Emperor Wu was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, and in the end, dozens of men of the Xu family were beheaded, and the female dependents were confiscated into official slaves. Many of Xu Honghuai's protégés were officials in the imperial court, distributed all over the country, and they were also questioned one by one, implicating dozens of officials, large and small, a total of more than 500 people.

This is the first literary prison of the opening of this dynasty, and now it has been brought up again, and no one thought that there was a great grievance hidden in it.

Every time Tian Zhongshu read a word, Yu Minzhong, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, turned white in his face, and before he finished reading, his legs were weak and he couldn't resist it, and he fell to his knees. He was originally King Li's person, but this time Jing Zhaoyin's secrecy work was very good, and his actions were fast, Wei Quan was too slow to get the news, and he was grabbed by someone before he had time to react. The evidence is ironclad, the witnesses and evidence are complete, Yu Minzhong has no denial, and the emperor does not dare to make any more mistakes, so he can only look at Zhao Yilong for help.

Zhao Yilong is an old fox for decades, his face is as calm as a mountain, and he gestures to Yu Minzhong with his eyes to be steady, and then he stands up and kneels and says: "Your Majesty, this is an old case from many years ago, and now it has been brought up again, and the witness is a concubine who has a grudge against Lord Yu, so it is inevitable that there will be some distortion......"

"Zhao Qing, what do you mean......" Emperor Wu frowned and looked at Zhao Yilong puzzled.

Zhao Yilong's face was worried: "Your Majesty, the stakes are very high, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public with the investigation of Jingzhao Yin Mansion alone, it is better to let the Criminal Department retry it, and the case will be clearer." ”

Before Emperor Wu could speak, Wei Wuzhen, the King of Jin, who had been standing aside, snorted coldly: "Listening to Lord Zhao's tone, do you believe the investigation of Jingzhao Yin Mansion?" But I heard that Tian Zhongshu acted with the permission of his father, and there was nothing unruly in his words and deeds. The adult is so eager to exonerate Yu Minzhong, is it because he is also involved? ”

These words reminded Emperor Wu, his face was cold, and he looked at Zhao Yilong with some suspicion.

Zhao Yilong shook his head and said solemnly: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has no evidence, how can he bite at will?" If it really has something to do with me, I should try my best to get rid of the relationship for self-preservation, why bother wading into this muddy water? ”

Today, Wei Shi was rarely in the court, although he stood behind the King of Jin and yawned, but when he heard this, he still shook his head, and he looked quite disapproving.

"Okay, stop arguing." Emperor Wu has always favored Wei, and he naturally cares about this when he sees this, but he also knows that his son has never been concerned about the government, and this move must have an opinion, and when he was about to turn his head to Wei, he asked: "King Yu, why are you shaking your head, do you have anything to say?" ”

Wei Shi took a step forward, pushed the wat board in his hand forward, and replied: "Father, the son doesn't know anything about court politics, but he just thinks that Lord Zhao's words are not unreasonable. Since this is the case, let Tian Zhongshu transfer the case to the Criminal Department, what is the benefit of everyone fighting here. Of course, Brother Jin's worries are also reasonable, so it's better to let Brother Jin take charge of this case, so that everyone can rest assured? ”

Zhao Yilong was immediately anxious when he heard this, if he really let Wei Wu Allah judge, he was afraid that it would be a matter of time before he bit Min Zhong to death. opened his mouth to refute, but he felt that it was very inappropriate, which was an indirect admission that he was really involved......

Wei Quan was also helpless, so he had to glare at Wei Shi angrily, disgusted that he didn't understand the government and was still causing chaos here.

Wei Shi blinked innocently: "Why is Brother Li Wang glaring at me, if I say something wrong, you can just say it." ”

"How can I have ......" King Li didn't expect him to be so bold, and he refused to eat at all in front of Emperor Wu, he was afraid that his father would misunderstand something, so he hurriedly explained.

Emperor Wu was very upset when he saw the chaos in the court, and he was very upset, so he approved Wei Shi's report on the spot: "Okay, as King Yu said, this case will be transferred to the Criminal Department, and King Jin will preside over the trial." ”

After hearing this, Wei Shi returned to his place contentedly, yawned, and began to nap again.

King Jin presided over the trial of this case, which was equivalent to getting the opportunity to bring down King Li's arm, how could he easily let it go. After the next dynasty, he immediately took over, and did not allow Li Wang and others to have the slightest respite, interrogated witnesses, extracted evidence, and went through the case with lightning speed. However, what he can find is naturally what Jingzhao Yin's Mansion can find, and King Jin also understands in his heart that with this evidence, he is afraid that he will be found by Zhao Yilong in the court, and then it will be in vain, and the gains outweigh the losses.

On the second day of the ninth month, just when the King of Jin was in a stalemate, a woman who claimed to be a descendant of Xu Honghuai knelt in front of the gate of the Criminal Department to ask for a meeting, holding Xu Honghuai's handwritten letter and shouting out injustice.

King Jin was overjoyed and hurriedly welcomed Xu Jingwen in.

The handwritten letter attached by Xu Jingwen is a bloody letter written by Xu Honghuai in prison after being arrested, and the words clarify his grievances. Later, Xu Jingwen escaped, and this handwritten letter has been properly kept as a relic of his father, and it can only be seen again today.

When Xu Honghuai was taken into custody, Yu Minzhong got carried away, and confided the truth in front of the Xu family in prison.

The king of Jin got such a strong evidence, and entered the palace with the blood book in his hand, and presented it to Emperor Wu with a dry testimony.

Zhao Yilong didn't expect that the daughter of the Xu family was still alive, and now that the evidence is ironclad, he can't interfere, so he had to watch Yu Minzhong be imprisoned for framing officials and playing with the Sacred Heart, waiting for the autumn queen to be beheaded.

King Li broke his two arms at once, and he was hit hard, and his whole person was wilted by three points. Fortunately, the queen is still there, Zhao Yilong is still there, he is still stable, in order to ensure that Emperor Wu does not see the mystery, he has to cheer up and prepare for tomorrow's trip.

The wind and waves rose and fell in two days, Mu Yunge only waited quietly in her Ning Bi Pavilion, and when the dust settled, she only smiled faintly.

When the bright moon outside the window shone on her face, no one knew what role this quiet and beautiful woman, with her slender and delicate hands, played in this storm in the capital, and what kind of tricks and tricks she played.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, when the rooster was singing, all the people accompanying them were ready to go, gathered outside the noon gate, and knelt down to greet Emperor Wu's car. After a simple ritual of worshipping the heavens, a long procession headed for Anshan......