A vigorous investigation of the case was carried out to the end, and it was finally about to come to light, but the offender was sheltered by the queen mother, and even the emperor had nothing to do, and it seemed that it was going to end in a tiger's end.

But since many things have become noisy, the development of events may not follow the original intention. Especially when he saw that the emperor was about to submit to the empress dowager, some Jinyang nobles who were originally warned by Duan Shao and did not dare to act secretly also began to move, using this incident as an excuse to expand the arrest of Li Boshan's relatives and friends, hoping to use this to severely damage the Kwantung clan in the current situation.

For a time, not only many people from the Li clan in Longxi were arrested, but other Cui Lu families were also gradually affected, such as this Li Boshan's uncle, Fan Yang, Lu Shuhu and others.

Seeing that the culprits are at large, many people who have nothing to do with the world at all will suffer unjustified disasters, and those who have been affected and will be affected are naturally unwilling to wait for death, so they have to find ways to save themselves.

Jinyang Jiafang is a place to make armor and ordnance, and in addition to many craftsmen and soldiers, there are also some criminals. Here they endured hard labor day and night to atone for their sins.

Today, a middle-aged man dressed in a fancy costume marched into the Jiafang surrounded by the servants in front and behind, and an official of the Jiafang accompanied by him shouted to the laborers: "There are slaves and ancestors here, and those who are filial piety are out of the queue quickly!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a man with tattered clothes and a gray face walked out, and the man raised his head and saw the middle-aged man surrounded by the crowd and immediately said in surprise: "It turned out to be Yang Sanqi!" Filial piety is in this state, so that the scattered riders can laugh. Scattered horses and Gong Chenju, even into this meeting, is it the grace of God to forgive me? ”

The middle-aged man is a freelancer who often serves Yang Xiuzhi, and this criminal who is serving in Jiafang is named Zu Ting and Zi Xiaozheng.

The smell of Jiafang was filthy, and Zu Ting was full of embarrassment, Yang Xiuzhi did not answer his question directly, but instructed the officials of Jiafang to lead him to bathe and change clothes before entering the room to meet him.

When he returned from changing clothes, Zu Ting's appearance had changed greatly compared to before, although the neglected beard and hair were still messy, but the embarrassed state had been much more restrained, and after entering the room to see Yang Xiu, he was ashamed and thanked him again and again.

"I saw you in the workshop today, and I didn't hold His Majesty's edict, but I just wanted to ask Zu Lang for advice on a private matter."

After Zu Ting sat down, Yang Xiuzhi spoke.

After hearing this, Zu Ting was naturally disappointed, but he still nodded patiently and said, "Yang Sanqi has something to say." ”

"Does Zu Lang know about Li Boshan, the general of the Western Dynasty? Recently, the situation in the country has made waves again......"

Yang Xiuzhi told a series of things caused by Li Boshan, and Zu Ting couldn't help but sigh after listening: "Fang is away from the world for a short time, and I don't want to miss so many rights and wrongs." Yang Sanqi sued with this, presumably because there was no shortage of relatives and friends involved, and he wanted to ask if there was a solution? ”

Yang Xiuzhi nodded after hearing this, and did not hide his intentions: "There is more than one person who is deeply troubled by this matter, not only Li Ancheng and other relatives of his clan have been deeply affected, but Fan Yang Lu Shuhu is also inevitable because of his uncle's family. If Zu Lang can explain this matter, all the families in the country will also be deeply grateful, and this prison is just around the corner. ”

After hearing this, Zu Ting pondered, and after a while, he raised his eyes to look at Yang Xiuzhi and said with a smile: "Longxi Li Boshan is gradually famous, and its Xitou affairs are gradually becoming known. Lu Shuhu is not only his uncle, but also an old official of Heba, so it is natural that he is implicated in this. Yang San rode the old and went together, it must be quite uneasy, right? ”

Yang Xiuzhi was a little unnatural after hearing this, and said: "This situation has also been vain to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty has not been responsible. But now this group of disciples are competing to frame, and they have lost their holy will, if Zu Lang can resolve it, he can not only share his worries for the top, but also negotiate with the masses. ”

Zu Ting was clever and intelligent, and whenever he had a plan, he was deeply valued by Shenwu in his early years. It's just that he lacks his own personal morality, and a few days ago, because the criminal was stealing from the company, the emperor was angry and threw it into the armor as a slave.

After listening to Yang Xiuzhi's narration, Zu Ting gradually sorted out the matter, and soon clarified the essence: "The situation has evolved so far, and it is no longer a question of collaborating with the enemy or not, but ...... Hey, anyway, this one thing is very difficult to solve! Don't you hear the anger of the Son of Heaven and bleed and drift away? Your Majesty is new to the world, if this matter is quietly resolved, where is the monarch's authority? ”

Yang Xiuzhi couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Even Zu Lang can't resolve this crisis?" Is it really necessary to implicate the heads of those involved in the case before they can stop? ”

"Yang Sanqi is a little restless, and if the monarch wants to show his authority, he must shed blood. But in addition to the blood of the masses at the moment, the blood of others can also be! ”

Zu Ting is also worthy of being the king of ideas, and he thinks things thoroughly in a very short time.

At this point, it is no longer a question of right and wrong, but a question of authority. Lou Rui and others, as the original criminals, have been shielded by the Empress Dowager, and the emperor has already made concessions to the Empress Dowager.

If this matter ends in such a mess, then the majesty of the emperor will be shattered. And the nobles of Zhu Jinyang also grasped the psychology of the emperor, so they vigorously expanded the scope of arrest. In short, the more people who were arrested and questioned, the more the majesty of the emperor could be revealed, and these people also used the emperor as a sword to achieve the goal of weakening the Kwantung clan.

Therefore, the idea given by Zu Ting is that since these people cannot be sacrificed, they must be replaced by someone with weight. With such a basic idea, it is much easier to solve the problem next.

On this day, Emperor Gao Yang was sitting at his desk in Jinyang Palace to deal with official business, and suddenly raised his head and said angrily: "Bingzhou is the capital of my country, and it should be politically clear, why are there so many dim things!" ”

The ministers in the palace were all shocked when they heard this, and then the emperor pointed to the various things on the desk, and many of the grievances were mishandled by the state government, and they had to be handed over to the south mansion to be transferred to the Jinyang Palace to deal with the aftermath, and they understood where the emperor said.

After listening to the emperor's complaints, he said: "Bingzhou is where the family is located, and the officials and the people have been in favor for a long time. ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Although the emperor was upset that there were many mistakes in the affairs of the state, what really gave him a headache recently was the defection of the family of the enemy general Li Boshan.

Now that Yuan Evil has been shielded by the Empress Dowager, although the nobles of Jinyang have captured many relatives and friends of the Li family, the emperor understands that they are just trying to hold themselves hostage and kill people with knives. If he did what he wanted, he might be able to deter the rest of the crowd, but it would undoubtedly make the nobles even more arrogant, so the matter was left unresolved.

Now Yang Xiuzhi's casual words pointed out another way of thinking to him, then Li Boshan's family defected and disappeared in Bingzhou, in addition to Lou Rui and other culprits, should Bingzhou Assassin Mansion be responsible for this?

This thought only flashed in Gao Yang's mind, and he turned his head into dealing with official business.

After some volumes were processed, a volume of music suddenly came into view, and Gao Yang frowned when he saw the inscription: "Hasn't the ancestor thief been sentenced to Jiafang?" How can you still play in writing? ”

When an official heard this, he hurriedly avoided the table and bowed: "Your Majesty, the matter mentioned in the chapter is very important, and the minister does not dare to slack off, so he will listen to it." ”

"What's the point of a thief? Which golden hook is it going to steal? ”

Gao Yang sneered and teased in his mouth, but when he unfolded this piece and browsed it slightly, his face suddenly changed, he looked at it several times, and then hurriedly ordered Zu Ting to summon Jinyang Palace to meet him, and at the same time, he held the book and read it many times, his eyes flashed with a cold light, and he muttered in his mouth: "Heavenly King Chen stayed in the state, and Heavenly King Chen stayed in ......."

Time soon entered the month of Layue, and Hu Lujin, the king of Xianyang, who was sitting in the north and served as the assassin of Xianzhou, returned to Jinyang and went to Jinyang Palace to worship the emperor.

Emperor Gao Yang also gave a warm reception to Hu Lujin's return, after some rewards and rewards, the emperor's face turned serious, and the staff forwarded the previous Zu Ting's recital to Hu Lujin, and said: "Wang Cai Gao Zhishen, after reading this book, may judge who in the country should say this proverb?" ”

Hu Lujin took the recital and browsed it slightly, his face became heavy, and he hurriedly returned the recital with both hands, and said in his mouth: "Although the minister is old and old, and has a lot of history, he has always lacked understanding of the secret words of prophecy, and I am afraid it will be difficult for His Majesty to solve his doubts. ”

Gao Yang didn't feel annoyed when he heard this, but said again: "Chen Liuwang's appointment and annexation of the state have many derelictions of duty, and even the enemy general Li Boshan's pro-party defection from Jinyang is also difficult to escape the blame. Because of the old ministers of the tyranny, if the punishment is added to the old people, the old people of the king and the country, according to the king's view, should I preach the national law and the canonical punishment? ”

Hu Lujin couldn't refute this, so he avoided the table and bowed: "The national law and punishment order, the treasure of the society, although Your Majesty sympathizes with the old feelings, but it should also judge right and wrong for the world, and it is not appropriate to tolerate the criminals!" ”

Finally hearing his satisfactory answer, Gao Yang ordered the soldiers of the forbidden army to escort Hu Lujin back to the residence, and he soon issued an edict: Taiwei, Chen Liuwang Peng Le's predecessor and the state assassination history did many illegal acts, and fornicated with foreign enemies and indulged traitors, and immediately arrested and paid to Yousi for trial!

After this order was issued, the people of the entire Jinyang City were in an uproar. Peng Le is one of the seven kings of the Yuan, who has worked hard and has a high position, but he didn't want to be involved in a felony of conspiracy, and he was directly taken down by the emperor with a decree.

For a while, there was no more noise in Jinyang City, the crowd was silent, and the nobles of Jinyang who were still jumping up and down also fell silent. They are not without self-knowledge, at least they feel that their powerful feats are not better than Peng Le's.

At the same time, He Balen, the king of stability, who had been prevaricating, also hurriedly went to Jinyang Palace to meet him, and accepted the military order to go south to reinforce Heyang and recover Heluo.