The iron fist of Zhao Chengqing, the Marquis of Jingyuan, was like a cannonball out of the chamber, with the sound of breaking the wind, and smashed into Liu Ji's face door.

Only a muffled sound was heard, and Liu Ji's screams echoed in front of the Fengtian Gate. As if his body had been hit by a giant hammer, he staggered back several steps, and finally fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity.

Blood spurted from his mouth and nose, staining his official uniform red. His two old teeth flew out with blood, and because the force of Jing Yuanhou's punch was too heavy, he flew into the crowd of officials behind.

When they saw the two old teeth flying, the officials immediately had a conditioned reflex, or they didn't want to get into Liu Ji's bad luck, so they avoided it one after another.

Two old teeth hit the ground almost at the same time, one with a large cavity and the other with blood.

The officials present first glanced at the old tooth who was knocked to the ground, then looked at Liu Ji who fell to the ground, and then looked at the perpetrator Jing Yuanhou with admiration.

At this moment, there was a dead silence all around.

Many officials in the back were stunned at the moment, they couldn't believe what they saw, Zhao Chengqing, the Marquis of Jingyuan, openly beat Liu Ji, the first assistant of the dynasty, and knocked out his front teeth.

Just thinking of Liu Ji's remarks, and Liu Ji's obvious betrayal of the emperor, seeing the tragic situation of him being beaten to the point of flying old teeth, I was very relieved.

There was Wang Wen in the past, and Liu Ji is now, and everyone can be punished for this kind of adultery.

"Marquis Jingyuan, you dare to beat Benfu, you ...... Do you still have the royal law in your eyes? Liu Ji lay on the ground and covered his painful mouth in pain, and said in a leaky voice.

"Marquis Jingyuan, you are guilty of the following! Come on, take down this evil marquis! Wang Jiyi, the left attendant of the military department, quickly grasped this handle and ordered loudly.

Pingliaobo Tiexiangshan strode forward, grabbed Wang Ji's collar and scolded angrily: "You dog leg is not a good thing!" ”

The arrival was like a hurricane, and before Wang Ji, a tall old man, could come to his senses, a fist the size of a sandbag shot out like a heavy cannon.

Wang Ji's round face was like an egg, and after a muffled sound, Wang Ji's face was already covered with blood, and two old teeth spit out from the corners of his mouth and fell when his fist left.

In terms of the great principles of governing the country and the eloquence of debate, these generals and martial artists naturally can't catch up. It's just that "empty talk misleads the country, but hard work prospers the country", they undoubtedly have more practical spirit and stronger hands-on ability.

Liu Ji and these people Fu Zhengxing Wang obviously wanted to subvert the regime, as the emperor's most loyal courtiers, how could they still stand by and watch these traitors.

As for whether the emperor will blame, in their opinion, they should be blamed and held accountable only if they do not do it at this time.

In the middle of the military department, Lan Qi and Liu Ji, the general political envoy, didn't have time to stand up for Liu Ji, but they suddenly felt a chill spread from their toes all over their bodies.

"Beat them to death!" The newly appointed Ministry of Works, Liu Jiyu, and other officials have already surrounded the officials who had just supported Xingwang Jianguo, and shouted viciously.

If there is no experience of Jingtai back then, it is not inappropriate for the prince to be imprisoned by the emperor's uncle because he is young, but the subsequent development has proved that this road is to lead the wolf into the house.

Regardless of whether Emperor Jingtai was good or bad during his reign, but in the inheritance of the throne, Emperor Jingtai did indeed seize the throne of Taizong, and he almost didn't come back.

Liu Ji and others now want to let King Xing supervise the country, which is equivalent to rebellion, this is to help King Xing seize the throne from Taizong's lineage, how can they, as loyal ministers, stand by and watch.

For a time, the square in front of Fengtianmen was in chaos.

The shouts and angry scolding of civil and military officials came and went, some officials punched and kicked, and some officials threw the wat board in their hands or the folds in their sleeves as weapons.

Liu Ji's face was full of horror, and he wanted to do his best to wave the wat board in his hand to resist the increasingly dense attacks, but this kind of battle scum quickly fell to pieces.

Lan Qi's hair was scattered, his black gauze hat was missing, and he struggled to wave his arms to try to resist attacks from all directions, but he was kicked from behind and fell to.

Xingwang Zhu Youqi was also not spared, and a sturdy thing smashed over, and immediately smashed King Xing's head to blood. What is loyalty, it is natural to cripple King Xing.

As for the dozen or so teachers, students or fellow party members who were close to Liu Ji, they were also beaten by the officials next to them to vent the resentment in their hearts.

Traitors, all of them deserve to die!

Tie Xiangshan was not interested in Wang Ji, who was lying on the ground and dying, and walked towards Liu Ji: "Liu Pifu, dare to say such a rebellious word, it is really the first traitor of the Ming Dynasty!" His Majesty is still in the world, and the eldest son of the emperor is in the court, who dares to speak out about the country, Ben Bo will be the first to kill him! ”

Saying that, it was a posture of wanting to kill.

"Uncle Pingliao, please calm your anger, don't do it!" He Cong, the head of the household, stepped forward to stop him, and seemed to persuade bitterly.

Tie Xiangshan's brows frowned slightly, but he said vigilantly: "He Shangshu, are you interceding for this traitor?" ”

"Definitely! You are from the army, and you don't care about the severity of your shots, so it's not easy to explain to Your Majesty if you kill him! He Cong shook his head again and again, and immediately stated his position.

"A few marquis and uncles, please don't break the rules in this matter, after all, he is the first assistant of the dynasty, and the matter will be solved by our civil officials!" It was at this moment that a rather majestic voice sounded from behind.

Hey?

When everyone heard the voice, they all turned their heads to look over, and some officials also stopped kicking Lan Qi and others, and found that the people who came turned out to be Li Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Although the two of them are Shangshu, their prestige in the court is extremely high.

In particular, since Li Yu was protected by Emperor Hongye, he has been like the emperor's confidant, helping the emperor deal with all personnel issues and becoming one of the emperor's most trusted courtiers.

Li Yu and Liu Xuan naturally understood the rules, and saluted respectfully: "The ministers knock to see the queen's mother, meet the emperor's eldest son, please forgive the ministers for being late!" ”

At this moment, the red-eyed civil and military officials seemed to realize the existence of the queen and the eldest son of the emperor, and they also restrained their arrogance.

Chang Yourong had not experienced the early dynasty before, but he didn't expect the early dynasty to be so bloody.

It's just that when I thought that these officials who made a move were to maintain the Taizong lineage after all, not only would I not be afraid of this, but I also had a faint sense of relief.

Chang Yourong saw that his son began to make trouble, so he said lightly: "It's okay!" Since Your Majesty has made arrangements, you will deal with it here, and the palace will take the eldest son of the emperor back to the harem! ”

Your Majesty arranged?

When they heard this, many officials immediately looked at each other, and suddenly realized that today's court situation had been controlled by that eloquent emperor.

"Congratulations to the queen mother and the eldest son of the emperor back to the palace!" Li Yu did not pay attention to the surprised gazes of the other officials, but led the civil and military officials to salute in an orderly manner.

The officials present knew that the overall situation had been decided, and they also sent off the queen one after another, as well as the future prince of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the officials present are all smart people, Li Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, are not a little surprised at the eldest son of the emperor, and the family of daring lovers already knows everything.

When Liu Ji saw Li Yu and Liu Xuan appear together, a flash of shock flashed in his eyes.

Xingwang Zhu Youqi is still a young man after all, so naturally he doesn't have too deep a city, so he blurted out in surprise: "Are you two okay?" ”

In their original plan, these two important ministers who were the most important and loyal to Zhu Youji not only could not appear in the court, but were even already preparing for the future.

"King Xing, why is there something wrong with the two of us?" Liu Xuan, the secretary of the military department, looked thoughtfully at Wang Ji, the left attendant of the military department, who was beaten with blood on his face, and then looked at Zhu Youqi with a smile.

Li Yu didn't pay attention to Xingwang Zhu Youqi, but turned his head to look at Liu Ji, who was lying on the ground in embarrassment: "Elder Liu Ge, do you really think that we are not the slightest bit guarded?" ”

"The two adults have come just in time! The eldest son of the present grandson is young, and His Majesty falls into the water and does not know life and death, so Benfu proposes that King Xing supervise the country. You know the righteousness and should be able to understand the old man's painstaking efforts! Liu Ji got up from the ground and insisted on his position as if he was righteous.

This......

The hundred officials present couldn't help but look at each other, this Shoufu's face was really comparable to the city wall.

"Elder Liu Ge, your fox tail is finally exposed!" Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, saw that Liu Ji still wanted to struggle, and shook his head lightly and sighed.

Liu Ji's brows furrowed, and he immediately straightened his face: "Li Yu, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Liu Ji, you don't really think that you don't show any traces, do you?" Li Yu looked at the once respected Shousuke, but asked seriously.

Although he didn't expect that the person who betrayed the emperor turned out to be this first assistant, but how could they really not find any clues about the strange things that had happened in the capital over the years?

Liu Ji thought that all the plans were very thorough, and said quietly: "Li Shangshu, what do you mean by this?" What traces did the old man show? ”

"Zhu Ji was able to know the news in advance and escaped, this matter is actually something you reported to the news, right?" Li Yu saw that he didn't shed tears when he didn't see the coffin, so he said lightly.

Although the officials present had already concluded that Liu Ji was a traitor, they naturally did not know some of the inside information, and now when they heard that Liu Ji was related to Zhu Ji, they also turned their heads to look at Liu Ji.

Liu Ji held his own dignity and wiped the blood on the bridge of his nose: "If you want to add sin, why bother?" ”

"The death of Concubine Shu was actually planned by you behind the scenes, right?" Li Yu had already seen Liu Ji in front of him clearly, and threw out another accusation.

Hey?

Liu Jiyu, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and other officials immediately thought of the earlier heavenly machine "The emperor's heir is robbed, after every second day, Zhang is like Qin, and he is often renewed", if that heavenly machine is true, then they get rid of the concubine Zhang Yujiao, then the throne belongs to Zhu Youqi, the king of Xing.

But no one thought that such a rebellious thing would come from the hands of Liu Ji, the first assistant of the dynasty, who really knows people and faces, but doesn't know their hearts!

Liu Ji didn't expect that the other party had dug so deeply, but he thought that he had done it seamlessly: "Li Shangshu, you don't want to spew blood!" If there is no evidence, you are slandering Bensuke, but do you know what you should be guilty of? ”

"Don't worry, this time you will die clearly, and all your crimes will be made public!" Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, saw that Liu Ji was still so rampant, and he also clapped his palms.

At this time, Wang Xiang walked over from the noon gate with a few brocade guards.

When he came closer, the middle-aged man with his cloak immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the civil and military officials present immediately became in a commotion.

"Huh? Is this Zhu Ji? ”

"Zhu Ji has finally been arrested!"

"Wanted for so long, where is this person hiding?"

……

The officials present saw that the middle-aged man who was escorted over turned out to be Zhu Ji, and looked at this familiar and unfamiliar face, and couldn't help but talk a lot.

Zhu Ji lowered his head at the moment, and now he was escorted to the square in front of Fengtianmen and became the focus of civil and military officials, and his heart seemed very complicated.

He used to be the commander of the high-ranking Jinyi Guard, but he was too close to Liu Ji, and Wang Yue was scolded and beaten by everyone, so he secretly helped Liu Ji get rid of Wang Yue.

It was not difficult to disguise a fraud case with the powerful energy of Jinyiwei, but things still went wrong, and the emperor finally found out.

Although Ma Shu and Yang Han were in the way, the court still found his own body. In order to ensure his life, and in order to keep his secret, Liu Ji finally accepted Liu Ji's arrangement to hide in Liu Ji's residence.

Taking advantage of Zhu Youji's southern tour this year, he also chose to change his name and surname to go to Jiangnan to participate in the assassination plan, but he didn't want to be bumped into by a city guard.

Zhu Ji reappeared here after many years, but he knew that this would be the last time, and the next thing was to accept his real trial, and even to connect the nine clans.

No......

When Liu Ji saw Zhu Ji appear, his face was pale, and his eyes were full of fear and anger.

Li Yu saw that Zhu Ji was escorted here, and he also looked at Liu Ji coldly: "You hid Zhu Ji and Sun Jiao's two sons in your residence, which we can't imagine!" It's just that Skynet has been restored, they have all been captured, and everything has already come to light! ”

Zhu Ji's face was obviously much thinner, and he was also looking at Liu Ji quite complicated at this moment.

"I am the first assistant of the dynasty, who dares to touch the old man!" Liu Ji knew that Zhu Ji had confessed, so he showed his identity.

Li Yu was not surprised by this move, but looked at Wei Wei, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor Palm Seal, who had been standing on it.

Wei Wei had already prepared, so he took out a bright yellow holy decree from his sleeve: "Elder Liu Ge, take the order!" ”

Liu Ji saw the holy decree that Wei Xuan revealed, and finally knew that it was not him who was showing his feet here, and the Emperor of Dare had already suspected him, and even knew that he was the mastermind behind the scenes.

As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, which was not satisfied with just killing him, but wanted to punish his entire clan and his comrades.

After Liu Ji was dismissed from his official position, he was also escorted back to the prison of the Criminal Department by Liu Zhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

A few days later, news came back from Jiangnan.

After Emperor Hongzhi returned to Yangzhou, he chose to rest in Yangzhou, planning to spend the Spring Festival in Yangzhou before returning to the capital. The reason why the contact was suddenly cut off was actually deliberate by Zhu Youji, in order to clean the last traitor in the capital.

The winter of the fifth year of Hongzhi is still very cold, but with the continuous promotion and popularization of a honeycomb coal, more and more people can have more firewood left over to heat themselves.

In fact, 80 million people don't want much, as long as they can be fed and clothed. (End of chapter)

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