Luoyang, Nangong Suzaku Gate.

A hundred meters in front of the city gate, there are two sons of the family standing at this moment.

The older one is about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a face like a crown of jade, starry eyes and sword eyebrows, and a dress of Shu brocade.

The younger one seemed to be thirteen or fourteen years old, and he was also dressed in Shu brocade, with white skin and a round face.

"Brother, are you really going to do this?" The young boy looked worried.

"If this person is not eliminated for a day, the people will not be able to live for a day, and the great husband must act immediately." The older boy shook his head, his gaze determined.

"Then brother be careful." Seeing this, the young man stopped persuading, turned around and walked away quickly.

Looking at his younger brother's back, Yang Ming smiled.

After a short stay, there was a sound of horses' hooves in my ears.

He turned, put away his smile, and grimaced.

There are three lanes on the inner city road of Luoyang, the left and right roads and the central avenue, and there are four-foot-high earthen walls on both sides.

According to the law, civilians enter and exit on the left, and the central avenue is used by the princess and the emperor, but at this time, there are horses on the central avenue, and no one dares to stop them.

Yang Ming stretched out his hand and stopped the man.

A head poked out first, and after a while, another person opened the curtain of the car, it was Wang Fu, the eunuch who returned from the inspection of Chang'an, the son of heaven.

"Yang family boy, get out of the way quickly." Wang Fu scolded.

Yang Ming did not give in, but took out the bamboo slips that had been prepared long ago from his sleeve, and said lightly: "Wang Qiao Chang'an Gu Yu ......"

Wang Fu's face changed greatly when he heard this.

"Chang Shi, take a step to speak?" Yang Ming continued.

Wang Fu's face was cloudy, but he still motioned for Yang Ming to come up.

At this time, in addition to Wang Fu, there was also a small yellow door for high hope.

After Gao Wang got out of the car, Wang Fu took the initiative to speak: "Where did you ...... this thing?"

Yang Ming interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Do you know that there is a big drought this year, and the people are already difficult to live?" ”

Wang Fu frowned and said impatiently: "What does it have to do with me? I'm asking you ...... bamboo slips."

However, before he could finish speaking, Yang Ming suddenly took out a short knife from his arms and raised his hand to slash.

Wang Fu's face was shocked, he couldn't imagine that in front of the palace gate, someone would dare to attack him, and the other party was still the son of a big family!

Within a stone's throw of distance, although he dodged sideways, the bridge of his nose was directly cut off.

The blood was pouring down, and he screamed.

"Bang!"

was kicked over by Yang Ming.

Gao Wang, who heard the movement outside the car, opened the door curtain, and did not get into the car after seeing the scene, but turned around and shouted at the Suzaku Gate guard.

The guards came galloping in.

"Yang Ming! You are crazy! Wang Fu covered his face and shouted.

Yang Ming didn't answer, stepped on his stomach with a foot in front of him, held a knife in both hands, and stabbed him in the chest.

Wang Fu stretched out his hand to block, and the knife passed directly through his hand and inserted it into his heart.

He tried to speak again, blood gushing from his mouth.

Yang Ming stepped on the back of the knife, and with more force, the short knife directly pierced through the body!

After a while, Wang Fu stopped moving.

Seeing this, Yang Ming pulled out a short knife, cut off Wang Fu's head, and then lifted the curtain and walked out.

At this time, the outside of the crane was already full of onlookers, and the guards were about to arrive.

He held the knife in his right hand and held Wang Fu's head high in his left hand: "Today, I will punish this thief for the people of the world!" ”

The sound was like a bell, and the guards hurriedly stopped when they saw this, and Gao Wang fell in fright, and his crotch was already wet.

Soon, the people recovered from their horror, and then erupted in overwhelming cheers!

Who is Wang Fu?

He is a regular attendant in the palace, and he is second only to the eunuch of the Great Autumn Cao Festival.

Naturally, he is also a great eunuch who manipulates national power, turbidizes the sea, loots and extorts, and indulges in arrogance and greed!

However, he was killed in front of the palace gate, killed in public, and his body was in a different place!

"Isn't that Yang Shaojun of the Hongnong Yang clan?" After a long time, someone on the side of the road spoke.

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North Palace Jade Hall.

Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, was furious.

When Gao Wang told him about Wang Fu's killing with a handful of snot and tears, he slapped the table directly while he was eating.

Wang Fu was his confidant, when the party was in turmoil, the palace was in chaos, and he was able to collect the imperial power from his relatives and scholars, relying on Cao Jie and Wang Fu.

And in the past ten years, the two have been with him every day and are like relatives.

How can he not be angry when his relatives are killed?

However, when Gao Wang said that the person who killed Wang Fu was Yang Ming, he sat down again.

Hongnong Yang, the third Taiwei, is known for his loyalty and straightforwardness.

Now Yang Ci, the head of the Yang family, is even more ranked as the third duke, as the court's Situ, and his teacher.

In addition to Yang Ci, there are also Yang Ci's son Yang Biao, and Yang Ming's father Yang Qi, all of whom are in the court.

But the son of Yang Ming's family, who had no enmity with Wang Fu in the past, and no grudge in the near future, how could he kill the killer or kill him on the street?

"Your Majesty, this is Yang Ming holding a bamboo slip, and when the minister arrested him, he said that he was punished for this...... Kill the king and serve often. "Tingwei's hand is a bloody bamboo slip.

Liu Hong signaled, and a tall yellow door beside him immediately went over and took the bamboo slips and put them in front of Liu Hong's table.

Liu Hong opened it, and then saw the record in it, and remembered it clearly, from horses to salt and iron, Wang Qiao took the name of Wang Fu to Chang'an and Chang'an cities.

And at the end of the bamboo slip, the name is also very conspicuous.

Chang'an Order, Yuan Legacy.

Runan Yuan.

The Yuan family has always been ambiguous with the eunuchs, but they are also involved?

"Go and get Yuan Kui." Liu Hong suppressed his anger and spoke.

The little yellow door has not yet left the palace.

"And Liu Kuan." He added.

With that, he got up and left, leaving everyone in the hall to look at each other.

Not long after, in the Xuande Palace, Liu Hong summoned Yuan Kui alone.

The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family in Runan, Yuan Kui was the head of the Yuan family.

"Wang Fu ordered Wang Qiao Chang'an to pay 70 million yuan, can you know?" Liu Hong asked straight to the point.

When Yuan Kui came, he knew that Wang Fu had been punished, and replied: "A few days ago, my nephew did tell the minister about it, but the minister was busy with government affairs and had no time to confirm it. ”

Liu Hong frowned, he didn't care about Yuan Huai's excuse, what he cared about was that Yuan Huai really knew about it!

When Yuan Huai went out, he summoned Liu Kuan into the hall again.

Seeing Liu Kuan coming in, Liu Hong got up to greet him.

Liu Kuan was also his teacher, the imperial lieutenant, the head of the three dukes, and a member of the royal family.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty." However, what he didn't expect was that as soon as Liu Kuanfu came in, he knelt down with a wat board in his hand and confessed.

Liu Hong wanted to help him, but Liu Kuan has always been known for not liking to wash and bathe, and his dark skin is a little difficult to handle, so he can only drag it lightly in the air: "Master Liu, why is this?" ”

"Yesterday, Yang Ming came to the Taiwei Mansion with a bamboo slip and asked the minister to arrest Wang Fu, but because Wang Fu was touring the disaster area for His Majesty, the minister asked him to go home first, and the minister did not make this matter clear to His Majesty yesterday, and the minister was guilty!" Liu Kuan fell to the ground.

Liu Hong was speechless for a while.

Someone in Sili committed a crime, and he should look for Captain Sili, but at this time, Captain Sili is Wang Meng, the adopted son of the palace, and Yang Ming naturally can't find it.

It is also reasonable to retreat and go to the imperial lieutenant.

So the ins and outs of this matter seem to be clear, when Yuan Yi first presented the evidence of the crime to Yuan Kui, but Yuan Kui did not act because of the relationship with the eunuchs, then Yuan Yi went to find Yang Ming, Yang Ming was young and vigorous, found Liu Kuan, never wanted to die without a problem, and chose to commit murder in anger.

"Punish this thief for the people of the world", the words are still in my ears.

"Master Liu is not guilty." Liu Hong said as he grabbed Liu Kuan's sleeve and pulled him up, stared at him and said, "I still have a question, have you checked the content of the bamboo slips, is it true or not?" ”

Liu Kuan looked at Liu Hong and nodded: "It's true." ”

Liu Hong's face was gloomy when he heard this.

When Liu Kuan left, he held a bamboo slip, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

"Bold Wangfu!"

He yelled.

At this time, Cao Jie, Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and others in the hall were all there, and they all fell to their knees.

"My money! Wang Fu gave me 7 million, but he himself took 70 million! What else do you say about loyalty, is it such a loyal monarch?! Liu Hong was so angry that he directly dropped the bamboo slip, and the bamboo pieces scattered in all directions.

Gu Yu's matter, he knew about it, and he also arranged for Wang Fu to collect money for him during this Chang'an inspection.

Now that the treasury of the Han Dynasty is empty and there are no taxes to collect, he can only do this.

But he never expected that Wang Fu would dare to be greedy so much behind his back, it was all his money!

He was so angry that he almost fainted, but the tall little yellow door was quick and quickly stepped forward to support him.

It took him a long time to come to his senses.

"Your Majesty, Wang Fu deserves to die, but he shouldn't die like this." At this moment, Cao Jie, who had been silent, spoke.

Liu Hong looked at Cao Jie coldly.

"According to the law of the Han Dynasty, the crimes of internal officials should be tried by the Yellow Gate Order, and the decision of His Majesty should be made, even if Wang Fu deserves death, he should not be killed in front of the palace." Cao Jie was calm.

"Your Majesty, Wang Fu patrols on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and Yang Ming deserves to die for such a crime of ignoring Tianwei in such a killing act on the street." As soon as Cao Jie's words fell, Zhao Zhong also immediately spoke.

Cao Jie Zhao Zhong began, and other eunuchs also echoed one after another.

It didn't take long for them to succeed in shifting the focus of the matter from "Wang Fu should die" to "Yang Ming should die".

Wang Fu is dead, and it is hopeless to deceive Liu Hong, and for the eunuchs, the key at this time is that Yang Ming must be killed, and it is best to get rid of the Yang family together.

Not long ago, they tried to kill Cao Cao with a stick, and today's Wang Fu was punished, if they don't respond, the scholars will feel that their eunuchs are not powerful, and they will shout to cut them off.

"Your Majesty, Situ Yang Ci and Yang Biao in the service ask to see you."

At this moment, a small yellow door came in to report.

"Let them wait in the Yuntai Palace." Liu Hong frowned and spoke.

Yuntai Hall is the main hall of Nangong, and it is also where the introspection is located.

He chose to summon this place for an attitude, and he didn't intend to let Yang Ming go.

As Cao Jie and others said, even if Wang Fu deserves to die, as a regular servant of 2,000 stones, it is not the turn of Yang Ming, a white-bodied person, to be killed on the street.

"Your Majesty, please sin!" As soon as Yang Ci entered the hall, he fell directly to the ground, and his voice was clearly audible.

Liu Hong couldn't help but tremble.

"Why is Master Yang here?" When he saw the blood stains on Yang Ci's forehead when he raised his head, he couldn't bear it.

The teacher has a high status in the Han Dynasty, second only to his parents, and Yang Ci is sixty years old this year, and respecting the elderly is also a Confucian tradition.

"Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, and he has to rely on a grandchild to eliminate traitors for His Majesty, if there is no matter today, then Wang Fu is surviving, and I don't know how many more 70 million, I don't know how many people will suffer from it, my Han Dynasty has been building for hundreds of years, and it will be eaten away by such traitorous ministers day by day!" Yang Ci was born majestic, with a loud voice and a compelling momentum.

Cao Jie and the others present did not dare to look directly at him.

"Your Majesty, this year's drought, Chang'an because of Wang Fu's sorrow, the price of rice has risen to 5,000 yuan a stone, and the displaced people have risen everywhere, and they have reached the territory of Luoyang, if you don't control it, I am afraid that there will be chaos." Yang Biao continued.

Liu Hong pressed his hand on his temporal chin and had a headache for a while.

Originally, Cao Jie and others successfully changed the topic, but what Yang Ci's father and son said reminded him again: Yang Ming killed Wang Fu for the people of the world!

If he kills Yang Ming at this time, it will be killing the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, and he will be scolded by the people of the world.

And judging from the bleeding appearance of Yang Ci when he came up, the Yang family must protect Yang Ming to death.

But it was Wang Fu, although at this time he already felt that Wang Fu was innocent of death, but after all, he was the eunuch's second-in-command.

It's a real dilemma for him.

"I have an unbearable headache, so I'll do this today." Liu Hong can only sacrifice the procrastination trick first.

After leaving the Yuntai Palace, he did not go back to the Yutang Hall to rest, but went out of the Ximing Gate and entered the Dragon Garden.

The Dragon Garden is the largest royal garden in Luoyang, built by Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, with lush forests and rare beasts.

Liu Hong stopped in front of a waterfall, and after getting out of the car, he looked at the prospect and fell into deep thought.

Although the garden was large, the layout was not to his liking, and he wanted to create a royal garden designed by himself.

That would require a lot of money, which was exactly the purpose of him asking Wang Fu to collect money on his behalf.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and glanced at Cao Jie and the others beside him.

If Wang Fu dares to be greedy for his money, will others not dare?

He has given enough power to these eunuchs around him, including the corruption of their children, he turned a blind eye, but they are still not satisfied!

At this thought, his trust in the eunuchs fell to a freezing point.

"You all stand down first, and Jian Shuo stays." Liu Hong said.

Although Cao Jie and the others were puzzled, they only bowed down and retreated into the distance, leaving behind the tall little yellow gate from before.

Among the eunuchs, in terms of power, Cao Jie is the highest as Da Changqiu, followed by Wang Fu, and then Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and others, Jian Shuo is just a small yellow door.

However, he is quite trusted by Liu Hong, just because he is extraordinarily special.

The eunuchs are mostly feminine and thin, but they are handsome and strong.

And Jian Shuo did not follow Cao Jie and others, nor did he take the initiative to participate in the dispute between the eunuchs.

"You said this Yang Ming, should you be killed, or shouldn't you be killed?" Liu Hong looked at the waterfall and asked.

The waterfall rumbled, and no one could hear them from a little farther away.

"Your Majesty, the slave doesn't dare to talk about it." Jian Shuo bowed his head.

"I asked you, and you answered." Liu Hong turned his head and frowned.

Jian Shuo raised his head and could only reply: "The slave thinks that the law of the country is here, and he killed two thousand stone officials in the street, and the death penalty is inevitable." ”

Liu Hong nodded, the law of the country is indeed the foundation of the country.

But if you really kill Yang Ming, how can you explain it to the people of the world? And what should be done with Young?

"But Your Majesty." Jian Shuo arched his hand again and said, "The slave maid listened to the government treasury order before, saying that the silk is quite insufficient. ”

Silk silk, generally known as silk book, also known as silk book, plain book, is a thin and thin silk fabric, its soft and lightweight, used for letters, paintings, maps, etc., the value is expensive, at this time it is similar to gold, silver hard currency.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were often edicts to pay silk to atone for sins, as an act of enriching the national treasury.

Liu Hong was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Jian Shuo.

Jian Shuo lowered his head, afraid that something would be detected.

After a long time, Liu Hong showed a smile on his face, stretched out his hand and patted Jian Shuo's shoulder: "Good." ”

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