Seven days later.

The Three Law Divisions are also investigating the burning of the former military governor's mansion.

Even Xu He was called to the Three Law Divisions several times.

The Three Law Divisions are the collective names of the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple.

The yamen of the Criminal Department is different from the yamen of the other five departments, it is not near Qipan Street, but in the middle of the casserole Liu Hutong and Baihat Hutong in the west of the city.

Further west is the charcoal burning plant, which is full of charcoal slag at the entrance all day long, making the neighborhood dirty and messy.

The imperial court called the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple, which have always been collectively called the Three Law Divisions, and the interesting thing is that these three Law Divisions are all working in one place.

Today, Xu He was invited for questioning as usual.

said that it was a question, Xu He didn't even need to go to the hall at all, one was that his identity was here, and no one dared to easily invite him to the hall to confront him, and the other was that his uncle Xie Daozhi took care of him, and after he came, he was directly invited into the second hall of Dali Temple, and several other people from the yamen wanted to come to Dali Temple for questioning.

Xu He didn't want to be privileged, but he had a clear conscience, so he naturally didn't want to bother with a group of criminal masters.

After today's questioning, the officials sent by the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all went back, but Xie Daozhi called Xu He into his public office.

"Uncle!"

"Done?" Xie Daoyi smiled as he looked at the paperwork.

Xu He helped him refill the tea and said with a smile: "After all, it's just a waste of time every day, and none of the things asked are on the point." ”

Xie Daozhi nodded and said, "I specially called you over today to tell you that there has been a decision on this matter!" ”

"Decided?" Xu He was stunned.

"Hmm!" Xie Daozhi put down the brush and said: "All the officials involved in this case above the fifth grade of the former military governor's mansion will be released for the time being!" ”

"The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War will not check for the time being!"

"Why?" Xu He was surprised.

Xie Daozhi smiled and shook his head: "During this period of time, the Japanese chaos has risen again, and the military department has been very busy, the Huguang Metropolitan Division, the Fujian Imperial Division, and the Fujian Xingdu Division are all under the jurisdiction of the former Military Governor's Office, and this place is all a place of preparation, and no one dares to investigate the case at this time!" ”

Xu He frowned and said, "What about the officials?" ”

"Lord Shoufu said that the Jingcha plan is about to begin, and at this time, the officials are very busy, and it is not suitable to make a big move!"

"Ridiculous!" Xu He was speechless, "Your Majesty agreed?" ”

Xie Daozhi said with a smile: "I agreed, but don't worry, sooner or later you have to give an explanation for this matter, Your Majesty is just an expedient measure, after all, there are more important things not!" ”

The implication of Xie Daozhi's words Xu He understands that our majesty, it is a notoriously cautious eye, don't look at it or check it, after this period of time, he will definitely take some people to open the knife.

It's just that if you don't use Huguang's bad debt as an excuse, then it's two words.

Xu He can understand that politics is compromise, but there are some things that cannot be compromised.

If you don't need to ring the alarm bell from the matter of the former military governor's mansion, then the world's guards will continue to rot, and in the end, what will the Great Wei Dynasty do to defend against thieves?

However, this is not him, nor is it something that Xie Daozhi can control.

No matter how frustrated they were, it wouldn't help.

At this moment, a person suddenly broke in outside the door, and after seeing Xu He, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly reported to Xie Daozhi: "Lord Xie, someone is coming to the palace, and I am anxious to recruit you and Xu Yuma!" ”

Xu He and Xie Daozhi looked at each other, what happened?

Although he thanked Daozhi for being one of the Great Nine Qings, he didn't see the emperor as many times as Xu He, the emperor's son-in-law.

At this time, he was hurriedly summoned, could it be because of the matter of the former military governor's mansion?

No, this case is over for the time being, it is the will of His Majesty himself to the cabinet just in the morning, it is impossible to change so quickly.

Just when Xie Daozhi was confused, suddenly, Xu He was shocked and said, "Not good! Something must have happened to Huguang! ”

Xie Daozhi was surprised when he heard this, but he didn't have time to ask more at this time, he hurriedly put on his gauze hat and took Xu He out.

When he first walked to the gate of the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions, he happened to encounter Yanzhou Bo Yuji and other officials who were released.

Yu Ji saw Xu He following behind Xie Daozhi with all his beards and tails, and then looked at his embarrassed appearance in Jinyi Guard's edict prison for a while, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

When passing by Xu He, Yu Ji flicked his sleeves and walked out of the gate with a cold snort.

It's a pity that when he came to the street, Yu Ji, who was climbing the carriage, didn't pay attention, stepped on the cinder with one foot and fell, and his teeth were broken by the wheel, and his mouth was full of blood in an instant.

Looking at the noisy Yanzhou family at the door, Xie Daozhi said to Xu He: "Let's go!" ”

Xu He nodded.

When the two of them arrived in the Wanshou Palace, they found that the side hall of the Wanshou Palace was already full of people at this moment.

The cabinet, the six ministries and nine secretaries, all the ones that are really lacking have arrived.

And there are a lot of people in the Xun Qi who came.

For example, when the British Duke Lu Heng saw Xu He, he waved warmly and motioned for Xu He to stand in the row of Xun Qi.

Xu He thought about it, his status as a civil official didn't seem to be qualified to enter this small court, but it was more reasonable to stand on Xunqi's side, so he whispered to Xie Daozhi and walked to Xunqi.

Seeing that the emperor did not come, Lu Heng beckoned to Xu He.

When Xu He arrived, Lu Heng looked left and right and whispered, "What's the situation?" Did You Know? ”

Xu He looked at the lineup, and was even more sure that something must have happened to Huguang.

Among the relatives who came, except for Lu Heng, the prince of the country, they were all other officials who were above the same level in the Kyoto Governor's Office.

What is the Governor's Palace?

Although it has been reduced to an ornament, it is still necessary to bring it out for consultation when encountering major events.

"Silence!"

Suddenly, Wang Ji's voice came from the apse.

Xu He hurriedly went to the last position of Xun Qi's gang and stood up.

After a while, Emperor Zhizheng walked out.

As soon as he entered the side hall, he looked at everyone coldly, stood still in front of the imperial case, and after everyone bowed, he looked up and found that Emperor Zhizheng was still standing on the steps and looking at everyone coldly.

"Qin Yan!"

The emperor called Shoufu by his first name.

Qin Yan bowed down after leaving class.

"Tell me why I called you here today."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Qin Yan turned his head to face the crowd: "Seven days ago, Xiangyang and Junzhou were taken advantage of by the enemy......"

Before he could finish his words, Emperor Zhizheng roared angrily: "Don't modify the words! ”

Qin Yan's body shook when he heard this, and he continued: "Xiangyang and Junzhou fell, and after the thieves entered Xiangyang, Che Chun, the governor of Huguang, killed himself. ”

Hearing that Che Chun was dead, Xu He looked up at his uncle in surprise......

"For another two days, the anti-thief Lianke Zaoyang, De'an, and Xiaogan!"

"The day before yesterday, I went down to Huang'an and Macheng, and at this moment I should have crossed the river, and the soldiers came to Wuchang City to ......"

As soon as these words came out, the four seats were in an uproar.

No one expected that one of the three most important places in Huguang Province, the front line of Xiangyang and Wuchang, would all fall in just a few days.

This is Huguang, the most important tax place of the imperial court, the granary of the world.

The fall of Wuchang and Xiangyang was, in a sense, 100,000 times more serious than the fall of Hefei.

"Who's going to tell me why?"

The roar of Emperor Zhizheng echoed in the main hall, and none of the ministers dared to speak, all of them lowered their heads.

"Say ~~~~~" is coming with a harsher urging!