A few days later, Emperor Xuanwu pressed his temples, covered his sleeves and yawned, he and Concubine Li had a quarrel too late last night, and today he was almost late for the court. This will make the son listen to the ministers below play some extremely boring things, and he feels even more bored.

Fan Zheng, the imperial historian, has been silent since the beginning of this morning, and at this time he raised his eyes and looked at the emperor's bored appearance, groaned slightly, and suddenly walked to the hall when the hall was quiet, "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do." ”

Emperor Xuanwu turned sideways, with a little impatience, and said, "What is the matter with Fan Aiqing?" ”

"Wechen wants to impeach a person today, this person is in a high position and power, he is a relative of the emperor, and he should be grateful to Junze, but he ignores the law of the country and does something that is a traitor, which is a disgrace to the emperor." Fan Zhengmu did not squint, and said righteously.

Emperor Xuanwu frowned, his face was gloomy, and he said loudly: "Who? ”

"This person is the right minister Zhang Zhaochi." Fan Zheng's eyes were like torches, and he glanced at Zhang Zhaochi.

"Tell the truth! You are so bold and reckless, you dare to slander even your true appearance! Zhang Zhaochi's face darkened when he landed, glared at him fiercely, and shouted loudly.

Fan Zheng was not stunned at all, looked at it calmly, snorted coldly, and arched his hand to Emperor Xuanwu: "The right minister used his identity as the chief examiner of the autumn season to privately disclose the exam questions to the candidates, and seek his own interests. Not only can you collect money, but you can also take the opportunity to collect protégés, which is the real audacity! ”

Zhang Zhaochi's heart was shocked, pointed at him, and shouted: "What nonsense! This prime minister supervised the autumn festival at the behest of the emperor, and has always enforced the law in public service, without any overstepping his authority. Besides, Benxiang has been an official for many years, who doesn't know that Benxiang has always been clean-shaven, so how can he buy and sell test questions to make a profit? It's ridiculous! Instead, he walked to the center of the hall and knelt down, and said: "Wechen has always been loyal to the emperor, has been an official for decades, and has never been greedy for a piece of silver. ”

"Haven't you been greedy for a tael of silver? Lord Zhang, your culpability is not just about buying and selling exam questions! Fan Zheng, as the minister of imperial history, has always been upright, and he hated this kind of corruption and bribery people the most, he turned to Emperor Xuanwu and said: "After Weichen investigation, Lord Zhang made false reports in the battle of Dajing, and withheld grain and grass, which caused King Rong's brave army to have a shortage of grain and grass, and his clothes were not warm, and he almost lost the military situation. If it weren't for King Rong's final efforts to turn the tide and lead a team of soldiers to fight out of the encirclement and rob the enemy's military rations, it might be my Daqin who lost the battle now! ”

"Framed! You're framing your true nature!" Zhang Zhaochi was shocked and frightened, the matter of buying and selling exam questions can be covered up, but if it is found that he has deducted military salary, he will lose his head!

"Fan Aiqing, what evidence do you have?" Emperor Xuanwu's face was solemn, and his cold eyes turned around Zhang Zhaochi and King Huai. Zhang Zhaochi's temperament, he also knows a thing or two, knowing that although he is greedy for power, he is not a greedy person for money, let alone a person with a clear mind. If it really happened, it was largely a conspiracy between their sons-in-law. His own son he saw clearly, Jing Qian was ruthless, unscrupulous in order to achieve the end, if it was to clear the obstacles to the seizure of the throne, he did this.

Fan Zheng was not in a hurry, took out a fold from his sleeve, and took a few steps forward to hand it to Xu Shou beside Emperor Xuanwu, "This is the evidence collected by Weichen and others, the household department and the right minister are in collusion, and the account records that the military expenditure is about two million taels of silver, but in fact, the household department has privately made another account, this account to King Rong, the cost of the previous and backward appropriations is only half of the report, and the one million taels that have not been allocated have gone into the pockets of the household department and the right minister!" Moreover, the delivery of grain and grass was delayed several times, and when our army was besieged in Xingyang City, it was delayed for half a month, causing the soldiers to starve and fight. If it weren't for King Rong to make another living, Xingyang City wouldn't know what it would be like now! ”

Hearing his impeachment with such reason, Zhang Zhaochi's face turned pale in an instant, but he had been an official for many years, and he had never seen any strong winds and waves, so he quickly calmed down, as if he had been wronged. He looked at Fan Zheng and sneered, and Lang Lang said, "Evidence? I guess you faked it! Since the time when the emperor was here, you were jealous of your own appearance, and now you dare to frame such a major event as military salary on your own head! Besides, the military salary was withheld, and the grain and grass were delayed, how do you know that it is not the people below who are corrupt and pervert the law, or other high-ranking and powerful people who are greedy in private, why do they only say that they are the true appearance! ”

"What the hell is going on, you will find out at a glance!"

Emperor Xuanwu looked at the song with a calm face, his brows became tighter and tighter wherever his eyes went, and after he read it, he pondered for a moment and said, "You are all my important ministers, and I usually trust you. Right Minister, you get up first, I naturally have to investigate this matter thoroughly, and I won't wronged anyone at will. After a pause, he continued: "The matter is serious, this matter will be handed over to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department for trial, and Yushitai cannot participate in this matter in order to avoid suspicion." His eyes roamed around several princes twice, "Last time, King Chen's errand was done well, and he had a tacit understanding with Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, so he was in charge of the jury." In addition, King Ning, I ordered you to go to Jiangnan to find out about Qiuqiu. ”

In Emperor Xuanwu's view, Dali Siqing and Shangshu of the Criminal Department have always been people he trusts, and he will naturally hand over such a case to Chu Zhizhong and Gu Mingxu to be responsible. The left and right ministers of the court are divided into two factions, so Mu Zhaolin and King Rui can't touch this matter, lest they fall into the ground, so it is also a good choice for King Chen to assist. And King Ning has always been loyal and gentle, and he has no ambition, and if he goes to investigate the case, he will definitely get a fair result.

"Yes, the sons obey the orders, and the ministers obey the orders."

In the following days, Mu Xuefu was much more idle, and Jingrong was very busy with military salaries, and she had no time to come to her. But she was not idle, and added fire to this matter at the right time.

"Master, King Ning was assassinated and has been sent back to King Ning's mansion, and at this time, the imperial doctors in the palace have all gathered there, I am afraid that he is seriously injured." Zi Yao ran back from outside the house, drank a large glass of water when he entered the house, and then wiped his mouth with his sleeve regardless of the image.

At this time, Mu Xuefu was painting, because she suddenly broke in to speak, her hand moved, and she accidentally slipped the ink pen, and the original elaborate work was ruined due to flaws, she couldn't help but be a little annoyed, squinted at her, and said: "Every time you are so frizzy, and then you are so anxious and panicked, go back to Lingshan to cultivate your mind." ”

Zi Yao stuck out her tongue, looked at her cautiously, and begged: "Zi Yao knows that she is wrong, she will never dare to do it again, and the master will not drive me back to Lingshan." ”

Bai Yi glanced at her, pursed his lips, thought for a moment, looked at the painting and said, "Although the master's place is a little bad because of Ziyao, but I look at this place is wonderful." ”

Mu Xuefu raised her eyebrows with interest and said, "Oh? What's the wonder? ”

"Sideways are more realistic. Although the master's previous painting was good, he paid too much attention to the beauty of the rules, and the beauty was beautiful, but there was no soul. But with this slanted stroke, the object in the painting instantly jumps onto the paper and comes to life. Bai Yi smiled lightly and pointed to the sliding stroke, "The master doesn't believe that he can go outside and take a look, is there also a bare plum blossom branch?" You can't have plum blossoms blooming on every trunk. ”

Mu Xuefu glanced out the window, chuckled, and said, "I ignored it." Lifting the pen to extend the flaw, when the painting is finished, he raised his eyes to look at Zi Yao, and said, "You have your own benefits, but you need to be more stable." If the prince is here today, will you also say such things with a big grin? ”

Zi Yao's heart fell to the ground, and he became that impatient again. She took a few steps to Mu Xuefu's side and said, "I asked Qing Zhuo before I entered the door, so I dared to say that." It's just that I don't want to disturb the master's painting, it's really time to fight. As he spoke, he gently slapped his face twice, looked at Mu Xuefu's expressionless face, and said, "It's just, will the killers sent by our Stygian Pavilion be too heavy?" Looking at that posture, I can't wait for the entire imperial palace to crowd into King Ning's mansion. ”

Mu Xuefu glanced at it and said, "The person sent by Senior Brother will be measured, even if he is seriously injured on the surface, he will not be killed. After the last stroke was completed, Mu Xuefu hooked the side of her mouth with satisfaction, put down the pen, took the basin handed by Bai Yi and washed her hands.

"Why didn't the master directly let people kill him, so that Zhang Zhaochi's guilt would be even greater." Zi Yao quickly took a brocade handkerchief and wiped her hands, groaned, and asked her doubts.

"Do you think the guilt is small now? At least being alive is still a personal witness, and if you are dead, this evidence is incomplete. Besides, keep him, I'm still useful! "You can make others think you're a reckless person, but you can't be a reckless person." ”

"Yes, my subordinates have written it down." Zi Yao nodded seriously and hugged Mu Xuefu, "It's just that what do you want us to do here?" ”

Mu Xuefu glanced at the red plum picture on the table where the ink had not dried, evoked a sneer, and said, "You don't have to do anything, naturally someone will add fuel to the fire, we just need to watch the fire from the other side." ”

After some treatment by the imperial doctor, King Ning's life was safe, but he injured his muscles and bones, and he needed to recuperate for a while, but the marriage that was supposed to marry Miss Shangshu of the Military Department before the year was also changed to be stranded until the end of the year due to injury.

Why was King Ning assassinated, and everyone contacted Zhang Zhaochi about it. King Ning has always been loyal, but he is silent, and he has never had a disagreement with anyone, how could anyone want to assassinate him. And coincidentally, it was King Ning who was assassinated when he was ordered by the emperor to thoroughly investigate the matter of Qiuyi, and as soon as the cause and effect were contacted, who else could there be! And the most important thing is that after King Jing Ning woke up, he described that the killer had said before that it was because he took over something that he shouldn't have done, which led to the disaster of killing.

Hearing this, Emperor Xuanwu probably came to a conclusion. It's just that the killer was not caught, and there was no evidence that the matter was related to Zhang Zhaochi for a while, but he was more and more sure of Fan Zheng's impeachment. In order to search for evidence, on the second day after King Ning returned, Emperor Xuanwu sent the privy envoy Guan Wenyan and the punishment envoy Wei Qi to Jiangnan to investigate the matter thoroughly, and even arranged a group of elite soldiers to protect the left and right.