In the morning of spring in Kyoto, the flowers in each prefecture are in full bloom.

The air began to fill the air with a surging fragrance, which is the smell of spring flowers, the streets of Kyoto after a few spring rains seem a little wet, but the weather after the rain is extremely pleasant, and the return of the south and north means that it is a new year coming.

However, many people have a vague feeling that this new year in Kyoto may not be so peaceful.

The sensational Chunyu fraud, as the Supervision Yuan captured the last few relevant people from Jiangnan, it was considered to be a temporary end, and Emperor Qing quickly gave advice on how to deal with it, and the court except for Guo You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the remaining seventeen officials involved in eucalyptus were sentenced to beheading.

His Majesty the Emperor would like to use this incident to give people a warning.

Let each other have a count in their hearts.

Emperor Qing could accept that the court officials would use the Chunfu quota for profit.

But he will never allow these people under his nose to completely divide the cake of the imperial court.

The scholars below must have a channel to be able to come up, even if this channel seems to be very narrow, but it must not be completely blocked, it turns out that Emperor Qing still thinks that these people in the court should have a ruler in their hearts, but he still underestimated the greed in people's hearts.

Every share in Kyoto is precious, even for many wealthy families.

So while eating, there are naturally not many left.

Emperor Qing was actually very helpless.

Because of the fact that Chunqiu cannot be deeply explored at all.

That's why he used a blatant way to warn the people below.

Spring rain after rain.

On March 17, there were several thunderous thunders in the sky of Kyoto, and the originally bright daylight was soon shrouded in dark clouds.

It wasn't long before a light rain fell from the sky, and the smell of rain mixed with earth spread.

In the afternoon of this day, the mouth of the salt market, which is made of bluestone slabs, was surrounded by many people who ate melons, and although God on the top of his head peed wantonly, he still did not extinguish the people who came to watch the beheading, because Kyoto has not had such a large-scale beheading for many years.

Many people went to see the excitement of the lawsuit between the Fan family and the Guo family in Jingzhao Mansion last time.

It's just that I didn't expect that the Master Shangshu of the Guo family would be planted so quickly, and it was a pity for the people who ate melons that among the seventeen people waiting to be asked and beheaded, there was no Lord Guo.

It is said that Guo Youzhi Guo was the only one of the officials involved in the eucalyptus who was sentenced to exile.

It stands to reason that killing this Shangshu master can really have the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, but I don't know what happened in it, and in the end, His Majesty ordered Guo Youzhi to be exiled for 3,000 miles.

In the Pengtai erected at the mouth of the Yanshi City, the people of the Third Division and the Supervision Yuan were ordered to supervise and behead.

Lu Ze sat in the center of the position, expressionlessly watching the seventeen people in white prisoner uniforms being pressed up, their clothes were stained with blood, and it looked like they should have suffered a lot in prison.

The people in the audience finally began to get excited, and the noisy shouts were accompanied by the heavy rain and thunder.

The prince of the East Palace personally supervised the beheading!

This shows Emperor Qing's attitude towards this Spring Festival fraud.

Lu Ze's expression was calm.

And the faces of those people in the three divisions around him didn't look so good.

Many of these people on the wooden platform not far away are still their old acquaintances, and they may still eat wine and play mahjong together during the New Year's Festival, and listen to music on the boat shop of the Liujing River, but the kung fu will be separated by yin and yang in the blink of an eye, and the mood is naturally not much better.

"Your Highness."

"The hour has come."

Someone next to him whispered a reminder.

Lu Ze raised his head and looked at the gray sky, a rainy day without the sun naturally can't see the sundial, at this time you need to use an object called the water clock, this time there are people from Si Tianjian who came to the prison.

Lu Ze bowed slightly.

Soon someone went out to read the will, and the voice in the heavy rain sounded a little unclear, but when people saw Lu Ze on the main seat throw the arrow in his hand on the ground, everyone unanimously heard the last word clearly: "Chop!"

Soon, the stage was covered with blood, and the bright red blood flowed to the ground with the rain.

Watching the lively people, seeing the physical reaction between the heads and the bright machete, they all have no mood to start the excitement, and the people eating melons in the front row have even retched, and it is estimated that it is the first time to see this kind of scene.

Lu Ze didn't react, and he was ready to leave after completing the task.

He thought silently, at this time, Guo Youzhi should have been pressed out of the city from the south gate, and after losing Guo Youzhi, the pillar of the Guo family, was removed from the name in Kyoto, but in the end, the person survived, compared to the head of Yanshikou, Guo Shangshu's treatment is undoubtedly much better.

Many people in the court felt that this was the result of the Fan family.

Although Guo Youzhi barely saved his life, the loss on the prince's side was still very huge to the naked eye.

It's just that what is even more unexpected is that the prince's side soon suffered a more severe blow, which was a thousand times more serious than the loss of a Ministry of Rites.

.......

The Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate collectively wrote a book, impeaching Prime Minister Lin Ruofu for being greedy, addicted, betraying the country, and seeking people's lives.

People immediately suspected that someone was deliberately messing with Lin Xiangye.

Because it has been five or six months since the assassination of Niulan Street, the final result given by the Supervision Yuan is that the Northern Qi side deliberately wanted to provoke the assassination arranged by Qingguo, and some people in the court speculated that there were internal ghosts in Qingguo, but it would definitely not be Lin Xiangye.

Joke.

If Lin Xiangye is a female cadre installed by Northern Qi, then this is undoubtedly the coldest cold joke in the world.

But at this time, a conclusive witness suddenly appeared, it was said that he went out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and this witness was assassinated on the way to the Supervision Yuan to confess, and he was rescued by the masters of the Supervision Yuan.

For a while, the wind direction in Beijing gradually became a little wrong.

At the beginning, the people in the court still preferred to stand on Lin Xiang's side, not how good Lin Ruofu was, who had been the prime minister for 30 years, but the existing court finally maintained a relatively balanced situation.

Enough had happened in Kyoto last year, and last month, 17 court officials were beheaded at the mouth of Shioshi.

There really can't be too much chaos in Kyoto right now.

Why are the people of Beijing so angry about Fan Xian's small note?

Because this newborn calf came up with a random punch to kill the master, breaking the established rules.

Everyone in the court pays attention to a harmonious atmosphere and makes money.

There may be a small number of people who hope that the situation is chaotic and can fish in troubled waters, but most of the people in the court still prefer to earn money in peace, even if they earn less, at least it is safe, it is better than losing the black gauze hat or even losing the head.

"You two think... How should this be handled?"

In the imperial study, Emperor Qing asked Lu Ze and the second prince with a calm expression.

Lu Ze replied directly: "The relationship between Erchen and Lin Xiang is complicated, and it is inconvenient to say much about this matter."

Li Chengze on the other side did not speak at this time, and also maintained a silent attitude, this matter has exceeded the level of party contention, even Li Chengze, the second prince, did not think of overthrowing Lin Ruofu, the prime minister who has stood in the court for many years.

Emperor Qing didn't say anything more.

He had been staying in the imperial study that night, reading the chapters accumulated over the years alone, looking at the countless political achievements made by Lin Ruofu, the prime minister, Emperor Qing was silent, and finally turned into a long sigh.

In the East Palace Mansion, Lin Wan'er looked extremely anxious.

If careful

Watching, you can find that Wan'er's belly has been slightly bulging, at the beginning of the month, Wan'er was diagnosed with a happy pulse, this matter is only a few people in the capital know, just when Wan'er is reassuring and fantasizing about a better life in the future, the Lin family spread all over Kyoto.

Lu Ze originally wanted to hide it, but after thinking about it, he couldn't hide it at all.

"Why?"

"I don't believe my father would do something like that, let alone assassinate him in the street."

Lu Ze sighed slightly, and Wan'er beside her frowned tightly.

I heard her continue, "Someone is trying to frame my father."

The smart hostess of the East Palace quickly saw clearly the many flaws in this matter, and Lin Ruofu, whose political wisdom had developed to a terrifying point, could not leave so many flaws in doing things.

Lu Ze gently grabbed Wan'er's shoulders and said softly, "Don't think about it."

"Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that it's not true."

It's just that the sorrow on Wan'er's brows is even more revealed, and she holds Lu Ze's hand tightly: "But there has been no news from the emperor's uncle for a long time, no, I have to enter the palace to ask the queen mother."

Lu Ze hurriedly grabbed her.

Slowly squatting in front of his wife, Lu Ze gently stroked her belly, and there was indescribable tenderness in his tone.

"Trust me."

"I'll take care of this."

Wan'er sighed slightly: "You and I have such a relationship, you must not be suitable to talk about matters involving your father, this matter depends on Your Majesty's intentions in the final analysis."

........

"The eucalyptus of Bullpen Street... This matter was actually stabbed out by the people in our house themselves." Lin Ruofu's face looked a little pale, and his eyes were on his best friend Yuan Hongdao in front of him: "Don't you want to say something?"

Yuan Hongdao frowned slightly: "It's my problem, I didn't expect there to be spies in the mansion, but I didn't expect to really have the courage to tear up the skin with the prime minister's mansion, but I don't know who is behind it."

Lin Ruofu's face did not change: "It's Xinyang's one."

"Most of the forces she stayed in Beijing were in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take revenge on me."

"Revenge on Wan'er, revenge on what I have done with her over the years, and..."

Yuan Hongdao nodded, hesitated for a moment and then spoke: "Actually... This matter still depends on His Majesty's intentions, if His Majesty's side doesn't believe it, even if the Imperial Procuratorate makes a lot of trouble, Xiangye's position will still be extremely stable."

Lin Ruofu sighed: "The means to deal with me are very low-level, the question is whether Your Majesty is willing to believe it or not."

"Some time ago, so many people died in Chunqiu, all of them were civil officials, and I, the prime minister at the head of civil officials, should have been responsible." He paused and continued, "But the most important thing is that His Majesty doesn't want me to be the prime minister."

Lin Ruofu had many hints from Lu Ze some time ago in his mind.

At that time, Lin Ruofu actually thought that there would be such a day in the future, but he didn't expect that this day would come so quickly, originally Lin Ruofu thought that at least the prince's side would start to take over the inner library, and his position would be moved.

Unexpectedly, someone in the dark couldn't wait.

"Your Majesty needs me to make way for the Crown Prince, or the future Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty will not allow the prince of the East Palace to take over the inner library, and there will be the prime minister of the dynasty as a help in the court, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, I am the wave on the front bank, and when it is time to push out of the stage of history, make room for future generations."

"It's just that I didn't expect... You'll be the one who stabbed me in the back."

Lin Ruofu looked at the best friend who had been with him for many years, with a trace of pain on his face, people will only be betrayed by their friends, and the enemy will never have a chance to betray: "Gong'er listened to Li Yunrui's words and did something to Fan Xian that time, but in fact, you were the one who planned the assassination."

Yuan Hongdao was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Yes, it's me."

"Even many things in the Prime Minister's Mansion this time were arranged by me."

Lin Ruofu's tone was full of doubt: "Why is it you?"

"I'm sorry, old friend." A hint of apology flashed in Yuan Hongdao's eyes, "I hid in the study just for such a day, I am not a traitor seeking glory, but I lurked beside you for a purpose, Your Majesty and the eldest princess need you to go home to retire."

Lin Ruofu's figure is more slender.

"Tomorrow I will enter the palace to ask Your Majesty to resign."

"Dabao and Gong'er will be entrusted to the East Palace."

.......

Early in the morning.

Yuan Hongdao, a double agent who had just taken over with the Supervision Yuan, thought about his trip to Xinyang in the near future, so many years of spy life did not end with this move, he would have a new identity to go to Li Yunrui's side, and with the trust brought by this operation, he waited for time to stretch out a knife in the back to the eldest princess.

- Poof!

The knife in the dark night was very abrupt, Yuan Hongdao only felt a cold neck, he subconsciously reached out to cover his neck, but he only felt the uncontrollable blood gurgling out, and he raised his head with difficulty to look at the familiar face in front of him, and the man's expression was stunned.

"Two... Second son?"

Lin Gong's expression was cold.

"All betrayers must die."

In this way, a double agent who had been hidden for many years died in the streets and alleys.

Lin Gong, who had collected the knife, disappeared into the vast night.

Lu Ze on the other side yawned, and was ready to hurry home to accompany his wife, and the time for sneaking out should not be too long.

"Ugh."

"Mess up!"