Zhu Qizhen was interrupted by Xiong Zongli, and the depression in his heart dissipated a lot, and the cough was gone, but the cause was still there, and he still felt a little chest tightness.

"The emperor spares his life! Haha, Your Majesty, the minister is wrong, please spare me. Xiong Zongli, who usually shows people with a cold face, also had a rare laugh at this time, lying on the ground and being scratched by Fan Zhong from the neck to the soles of his feet, and he no longer cares about the image of a superior.

Zhu Qizhen was happy to see it, and suddenly realized that there was something wrong with his own approach? caused the courtiers to joke at will, completely lost the majesty of the emperor, and accompanied the king like a tiger, if they all knew that tigers don't eat people, would they still be afraid?

For a while, he only felt bored, no longer paying attention to Fan Zhong and the others who were rolling on the ground, and sat at the table by himself, Jin Qi was competent, and when he saw Zhu Qizhen coming out, he hurriedly served the fragrant tea that had been prepared for a long time.

Zhu Qizhen moistened his throat, and then said, "Okay, don't make trouble, get up quickly." ”

Fan Zhong's ears were sharp, and his mind was also lively, and when he heard that Zhu Qizhen was not interested, he probably guessed that Zhu Qizhen was afraid that he would dislike the two of them making trouble, so he hurriedly stood aside and stood by quietly.

After Xiong Zong stood up, he still couldn't suppress his natural reaction, he still couldn't stop laughing, and when he saw Zhu Qizhen sitting there as usual, he just hugged his fists and saluted: "Does the emperor feel more comfortable?" ”

"Shu Chang is just Shu Chang, but the crime of bullying the king of you is really not easy to deal with, if it is really done according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that there will be fewer courtiers in the court, one less internal official in the palace, and one less famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty."

The three of them glanced at each other, and a bad feeling came to their minds.

Oops! After a long time, he subconsciously ignored the identity of Emperor Zhu Qizhen, and forgot that there was a great tomorrow in front of him who was angry and ambushed with millions of corpses.

Kneeling on the ground silently, he didn't dare to take a breath, waiting for Zhu Qizhen to fall, and slapped himself a few times in his heart.

Zhu Qizhen secretly glanced at the three of them, and half of his heart was angry, although he would not really kill them, but if he didn't take the emperor seriously, he would have to beat and beat.

"Haha! Okay, get up, I'm just joking like you, why are I still serious? Zhu Qizhen suddenly laughed, tears were squeezed out by himself.

The three of them looked at each other, and they didn't know if the emperor was really angry, so they didn't dare to act rashly for a while.

"Jin Qi, go and pass the meal, let the back kitchen cook a few dishes with a heavier taste, I almost forgot what Jingshi's food tastes like. Oh yes, do a little more! I would like to invite the locals to dine with me at noon today. Zhu Qizhen saw that the three of them did not move, so he began to assign errands.

"Yes, slave and maid obey." Jin Qi was ordered to leave.

"Fan Zhong, you go and invite the local officials above the fourth grade to come over." Zhu Qizhen commanded again.

"Yes, the minister obeys." Fan Zhong also lost his big grinning appearance, respectfully led the order to go out, only dared to pull out half of his long legs, and went out in a hurry.

After the two left, Zhu Qizhen waved his hand at Xiong Zongli.

"Xiong Zongli, come here, I have something to ask."

Xiong Zongli moved to the edge of Zhu Qi Town as he said

, quietly waiting for the emperor's instructions.

Zhu Qizhen pointed to the stool next to him and said, "Come and sit down." ”

"The ministers don't dare, the monarchs and ministers are different, how can the ministers be on an equal footing with the emperor?" Xiong Zongli replied with a glance.

"If I let you sit down, you can sit down, why is there so much nonsense? Hurry up! If you don't sit again, you will be disobeyed. ”

Xiong Zongli sat down with half of his buttocks tied, Zhu Qizhen leaned his head over, Xiong Zongli straightened his waist, and he could see that he was a little nervous, as if he was being watched by a tiger.

"Imperial Doctor Xiong, you said, my body is okay, right?" Zhu Qizhen said in Xiong Zongli's tense ear, the scene was a little ambiguous and embarrassing.

Xiong Zongli nodded, and said in a very affirmative tone: "The emperor can rest assured, the holy body is fine, the minister just made a special plan, but you will have a banquet for the hundred officials later, and you still have to pay attention not to be angry again." ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded approvingly and said: "You're right, Zongli, I believe in the doctor's words the most, I was scared a lot just now, and I thought that time was running out." ”

"The minister is guilty, please punish the emperor." Xiong Zongli suddenly knelt on the ground, and there was some rare panic in his expression.

"Look at you, why did you kneel down again, I said, I have always believed in the doctor's words, especially in terms of illness. Although your prescription is scary, it is indeed effective, and the medicine is very admirable. ”

Then Zhu Qizhen changed his words and asked: "I left early today, how are the injuries of the people, but what is the situation?" ”

"Your Majesty, there are many people who disarm, most of them are fine, only a few recalcitrant ones are seriously injured, but they are all external injuries, the minister has already prescribed medicine, I think there will be no more casualties, please rest assured." Xiong Zongli replied.

"That's good, this will take advantage of the fact that Fan Zhong has not come back yet, I want to ask you to find Li Xian and them to come over." Zhu Qizhen nodded and said.

"Obey." Xiong Zongli withdrew from the emperor's palace.

Zhu Qizhen stared at Xiong Zongli's back for a long time, and finally sighed softly, just alone.

Li Xian and Shang Lu were the first to come, and the two were originally helping to register the people, but when they saw Xiong Zongli coming to find them, they immediately put down their work and rushed to face the saint.

"Minister Li Xian and Shang Chen see the emperor, and respectfully ask the emperor to be in good faith."

"Sit down." Zhu Qizhen ordered.

The two glanced at each other, with some inexplicable trepidation in their hearts, and always felt that today's Zhu Qizhen was different from usual, sitting in the same posture as Xiong Zongli, with his buttocks on the side of a stool, waiting for Zhu Qizhen's lecture.

Zhu Qizhen brought Li Xian and the others in advance, just to nail down the human and physical evidence before Wang Ji arrived, and he wanted to show a posture of playing in the mountains and rivers, eliminate the defense of local officials, and the matter of collecting criminal evidence could only be handed over to them and Jinyiwei.

"That's the task of the two of you in the next few days, understand?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

"The ministers understand that they must go all out to wipe out these moths for the emperor." The two said in unison.

"Go, take advantage of the noon meeting, all the yamen are here, you take advantage of this opportunity to check my name."

"Yes!" The two of them were ordered to retire.

After Li Xian and the others left, the time was almost up. Fan Zhong took the officials of the Guangdong yamen headed by Xiang Wenyao and Li Mao into the door to pay respects.

In the Ming Dynasty, a province that could reach the official position of the fourth rank or above, among the civil officials, there were only the left and right political envoys, the left and right political envoys, and the envoys according to the inspection, and the military attachés were all commanders, all commanded Tongzhi, and all commanded the affairs, with a total of 12 people.

At this time in Guangdong, there were only eight officials above the fourth rank in the DPRK, and there happened to be four civil and military officials. In addition, Lin Fu, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Meng Jian, the household servant of the supervising army, a total of ten people are qualified to have a meal with Zhu Qizhen, or the emperor's reward, and he doesn't even dare to stretch his chopsticks if he doesn't speak.

Among the people brought by Zhu Qizhen, only Fan Zhong and Guo Mao are enough to reach this level, and in addition, they are Qin Cha Geng Jiuchou and Wang Hong, a total of fourteen.

Zhu Qizhen thought that the space in the house was too small, just in good weather, so he arranged the dining table in the courtyard, the fragrance of flowers was pleasant, and there were chirping birds in his ears from time to time.

According to Zhu Qizhen's meaning, everyone sat at the same table, ate the same meal, in the face of such a reward, Xiang Wenyao seemed to have entered the second spring of his life, and there was no longer the panic of the day of the dragon boat accident, so he agreed to come down, and he was about to sit down, but fortunately, Li Mao was not stunned by the sugar-coated cannonball, and secretly kicked him behind him, which woke up the carried away Xiang Wenyao.

"Panic!" As soon as Xiang Wenyao's legs were weak, he was afraid that Zhu Qizhen would notice that he was getting carried away.

Zhu Qizhen saw it clearly, smiled and helped Xiang Wenyao, and said: "There is no official position today, sitting here is just my family banquet, all the ministers don't have to be formal, just sit down." ”

"Emperor Xie!" All the ministers thanked him in unison.

Taking advantage of the serving, Zhu Qizhen pulled Xiang Wenyao to speak, Xiang Wenyao looked like he was low-eyebrowed, nodding like a dog, nodding his head from time to time, and saying yes with a smile.

Seeing that the dish was almost over, Zhu Qizhen picked up the wine glass, and the ministers hurriedly followed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have been living in Beijing for 14 years, and the only pity is that I am in Beijing and have no chance to eat authentic food in Guangdong.

But this taste is hard to change, and I can't help but feel too light when I eat too much these days. Today, to exterminate the traitors, I would like to invite the rank to eat a meal of Jingshi's taste, and I should comfort the ministers for their hard work. ”

"The emperor is serious! It is the duty of a courtier to do his best for the court and the emperor, and my courtiers are really ashamed of what the monarch said. It is all the ministers who are not strict under the rule that there are thieves and thieves who make trouble, and the ministers have the trust of the monarch and father. Xiang Wenyao, as a local spokesperson, said humbly.

"I see all your achievements, don't be too humble, today the monarchs and ministers drink together, don't talk about state affairs, eat quickly." Zhu Qizhen said happily.

Immediately, the music and dancing around him gradually started, and after a night of fighting, Zhu Qizhen specially arranged for everyone to enjoy themselves, so as not to have this opportunity after a while.