"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Not long after the empress's words fell, Gu Simiao stood up and agreed.

After she, the general, made a statement, some military attachés also stood up and shouted His Majesty's Shengming.

What is surprising is that even Wang Gan, who was reprimanded by Lu Chen in the court before, lost face, but also expressed his position, not only did not fall into the ground, but agreed with the empress's decision with a complicated face.

On the side of the civil official system, as always, only the three top bosses Fang Ping, Liu Dongyang, and Xiao Yun, as well as five or six of the six departments, echoed Lu Chen's heartfelt admiration, but the others were silent.

After a while, Lu Chen slowly stepped out of the ranks and arched his hand towards the empress.

Then he slowly told the story of Fu Huan's tribulation.

After listening, Liu Dongyang and Fang Ping suddenly showed a look of understanding.

Xiao Yun also stood up at the right time to corroborate.

As the governor of the two states after Lu Chen, it is naturally impossible for her to be ignorant of Fu Huan's tragedy, but after all, she is not a witness, and it is impossible for Fu Huan to tell her and Pan, especially Chai Hongyu's help to them, it is impossible to say it.

After all, Chai Hongyu is a thief, and it is not a good thing to have a relationship with her, although they are not afraid of Xuanjiwei, but Lu Chen is an important minister of the auxiliary state appointed by the empress, so it is best not to get a trace of stain.

Therefore, Xiao Yun only knew that Lu Chen launched the forbidden technique in the Sword of the Extreme Dao at the cost of his life, and almost died in front of Fu Huan, and Fu Huan also lost his mind because of this, and directly turned into a killing god and killed all the way from the place of robbery to Yuzhou City, and directly killed the thieves who were making trouble in Yuzhou City at that time, and the corpses were all over the field.

If Lu Chen hadn't talked about it, she really didn't know that there was such a change that night.

Although she didn't know why Chai Hongyu, an anti-thief general, would take someone to save Lu Chen, she believed that Lu Chen would never betray the imperial court.

However, even if Lu Chen said what happened that night, Chen Cang still disdained it.

"Lu Chen, don't say whether what you said is true or false, whether there is evidence to prove it, even if what you say is true, the official is not interested, the official only asks you."

"Then why did Chai Hongyu, the Burning Sky Holy Maiden, sacrifice her life to save you?"

Speaking of this, he suddenly sneered.

"Don't say anything chivalrous, no one in this world will fight for a person who has nothing to do with him, not to mention that woman is still a ruthless thief, there are not a hundred but eighty court officials who died in her hands, you are also a court official, and you are the governor of the two states, and you are the mortal enemy of the thief! Why can you Lu Chen become that special case, just because you are handsome? ”

As soon as the words fell, I don't know if it was an illusion, Lu Chen almost instantly felt that the gaze from several directions swept over, but when he subconsciously looked over with the corner of his eye, he didn't find anything abnormal.

Delusion?

Shaking his head, Lu Chen shook off the distracting thoughts in his heart, and then said lightly:

"Regarding Chai Hongyu, before the night she was attacked by thieves, Zai did have some intersection with her, but whether you believe it or not, Zai Xia and her did meet Pingshui."

After a pause, without waiting for Chen Cang to refute, he continued: "At the beginning, in order to vent his anger, King Yu actually sent people to attack and kill the villagers of Gou'er Village and Qu'er Village without any humanity, and slaughtered hundreds of people in Qu'er Village, and when Yu Wangwei continued to attack and kill the villagers of Gou'er Village, Chai Hongyu happened to pass by and stopped Yu Wangwei's killing, and killed them all. ”

"After the matter of King Yu was over, I met her by chance in Gouer Village, chatted a little bit, and barely knew each other."

As he spoke, he suddenly turned his head and stared at Chen Cang with burning eyes.

"I don't know what the Holy Maiden of Burning the Sky is, I only know that Chai Hongyu Chai Girl is a righteous man who acts bravely, punishes rape and eliminates evil, and, in the eyes of Xia, King Yu, who is supported by the court and the people, and the Yuzhou officials who should be the parents of the people are wantonly abusing the people, and Chai Hongyu, who has no support and money, is preventing the powerful from committing violence, and I want to ask, as one of the officials in charge of the hundreds of imperial histories of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, when the people of Yuzhou are in dire straits, why didn't you speak for them?"

"Hugh has to talk about him left and right!"

Chen Cang scolded angrily and raised his voice:

"Now it's the official who is asking you, you either confess your guilt, or prove that you have nothing to do with that Chai Hongyu, don't be confused with the official about those irrelevant things!"

"Why did Chai Hongyu want to save him?"

Facing Chen Cang's questioning, Lu Chen smiled awkwardly.

"As the saying goes, those who have attained the Tao have more help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help, during his tenure as the governor of the two states, he has been committed to eliminating violence and peace, relieving the people, eradicating the king of Yu and a group of corrupt officials who oppressed the people, so that the people in Yuzhou can live and work in peace and contentment, Chai Hongyu witnessed all this in Yuzhou at that time."

"Hahaha"

Without waiting for Lu Chen to finish speaking, Chen Cang burst out laughing, and a trace of ridicule flashed in the eyes of Qian Yiqian and the others.

After Chen Cang finished laughing, he asked very disdainfully:

"Lu Chen, do you mean that when the thief saw that you were kind to the people, he revered you and thanked you for your kindness, not only did he not harm you, but sacrificed his life to save you when you were in danger?"

Lu Chen nodded as a matter of course.

"Exactly."

It's, but that's what it is.

After all, that's what she said when she was backstabbed by Chai Hongyu.

He's not lying.

"What a joke!"

Chen Cang looked at Lu Chen with disdain.

"What is Chai Hongyu's identity? It's a thief! Will the thieves want to see the Great Xia Kingdom and the people safe? And for the anti-thief, who is the biggest enemy? It is a famous and virtuous minister who is loyal to the imperial court! If it is really as you said, you are in Yuzhou to eliminate violence and peace, so that the people's hearts are to the court, Yuzhou Dading, then Chai Hongyu will definitely regard you as a mortal enemy, and if you don't want to try to get rid of you, this henchman will forget it, and sacrifice herself to save you? ! ”

"Don't you take the civil and military capital of the Manchu Dynasty as a fool!"

After Chen Cang finished speaking, many courtiers below laughed.

At this time, Yan Song also opened his mouth slightly, and for the first time in the court, he made his voice on Lu Chen's question.

"Lu Shilang, Chen Du Yushi is right, your reason is too far-fetched."

Lu Chen glanced at him indifferently, and said calmly: "Perhaps, Chai Hongyu is not a pure thief, but he was too disappointed in the imperial court before, so he embarked on the wrong path, and after seeing hope in the lower body, he decisively chose to change his evil and return to the right." ”

"Impossible, Lu Shilang, you are too naïve."

Yan Song shook his head and said slowly:

"The human heart is like fire, once it touches something combustible, it will spread to the end with all its might, and it will never stop until it is burned out, and the anti-thief, especially the anti-thief leader, will never turn back after tasting the sweetness of the right to life and death obtained by the rebellion."

"Maybe the truth is indeed as Yan Ge Lao said."

Lu Chen's face still did not waver.

"However, I still want to believe that Chai Hongyu, who saved hundreds of villagers in Gou'er Village regardless of gains and losses, is not bad-hearted, and is not the heinous and unpunishable thief in your mouth."

"That's just wishful thinking."

Chen Cang said coldly: "A thief will always be a thief, from the moment she rebelled against the imperial court, killed the imperial court officials, and slaughtered the clan, her fate was already doomed!" Even if she takes a trillion steps back, even if she still has a trace of kindness in her heart as you said, and her hands are stained with the blood of the court officials, she will definitely not escape death, which she must know better than anyone else, so it is impossible for her to have the slightest possibility of turning back. ”

"Anti-thief, after all, there is no way back!"

Hearing this, Lu Chen not only did not flinch from what he said, but calmed down a little.

"Perhaps."

He shook his head lightly and said softly:

"Believe it or not, that's what it is."

As he spoke, he slowly turned around and arched his hand to the empress on the jade steps.

"Your Majesty, that's all Wei Chen has to say, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you will be willing to accept the guilt and take the national law."

Seeing that Lu Chen no longer argued, Chen Cang suddenly raised his head with a heavy face and looked at the empress.

He knew that the most critical time had come.

"Your Majesty, no matter where this retrospective image comes from, what the purpose is, and whether there is another hidden story in it, it is an indisputable fact that he Lu Chen has a great relationship with the anti-thief general Chai Hongyu, otherwise Chai Hongyu will never give his life to save him, according to the law, all the subjects of Daxia, but those who collude with the anti-thieves, will be punished according to the same crime, and they will not be spared!"

With that, he slammed his head on the ground again.

"If such people who are ambiguous with the anti-thieves are allowed to go unpunished, where will the law of the country be placed for the sake of the trouble? How will people of insight in the world view our dynasty? Even the sin of rebellion can be indulged, how can there be anything that cannot be done in this world? If this wind rises, there will be endless troubles, and even the country will not be a country, please think twice! ”

As soon as the words fell, Qian Yiqian and Zheng Zheng on the side glanced at each other vaguely, and then stood up at the same time.

Qian Yiqian arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Lord Chen is reasonable, and no matter how this thing came from, since Lu Chen had an affair with the anti-thief, then the loyalty and integrity he showed before must be just a disguise for some purpose, his words and deeds are never credible, and the purpose of a treacherous person who has such a close relationship with the anti-thief is simply self-evident." ”

Zheng Zhong continued: "Although Great Xia is big, there is no place for thieves to stand with their fellow parties, and above the temple, there is no room for such a scourge in the court, and please ask Your Majesty to take the country's society as the priority, immediately kill the great harm of such a country, and purge the court to calm the world!" ”

A bigwig expressed his position, and many courtiers from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple immediately followed suit.

After all, what Chen Cang and Qian Yiqian said was indeed right, no matter what, no matter what happened at that time, the close relationship between Lu Chen and Na Chai Hongyu, the friends of life and death, was an ironclad fact, and it was impossible to refute it at all.

And since there is such ironclad evidence that Lu Chen has an affair with the thief, the law of Great Xia cannot tolerate him.

Why not follow the game of winning steadily?

Seeing so many courtiers praising Lu Chen at the same time, a cold color suddenly flashed in the empress's eyes.

Without the slightest hesitation, she spoke directly and expressed her attitude-

"Until the matter is thoroughly clarified, I will never make judgments, and I will never give anyone the opportunity to wrongfully frame the ministers of the DPRK and China."

Her attitude was as resolute as ever, and she did not waver in the slightest.

"Moreover, what Lu Qing said just now is very clear, the reason why Chai Hongyu sacrificed her life to save Lu Qing is because she admires Lu Qing's character, Lu Qing has always been upright, and he is a true gentleman with unparalleled benevolence and righteousness, even if he is a thief, he may not be impressed by a great husband like Lu Qing who serves the country and the people."

"No matter what, I believe Lu Qing."

The last four words, she said almost word by word, and the power contained in these simple words made the courtiers feel numb for a while.

Fang Ping and Liu Dongyang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, while Lu Chen sighed slightly in his heart.

"And."

Just when Chen Cang and the others did not give up and were about to continue to speak, the empress's voice without a trace of emotion sounded again.

"Before there is full evidence, don't say anything like Lu Qing having an affair with that Chai Hongyu, Lu Qing has always been clean and self-conscious, dedicated to the public, never messing with flowers and grass, never even going to the land of fireworks, and anyone is innocent, if you dare to ruin his innocence at will, don't blame me for being welcome!"

When the words fell, she stood up suddenly, and then waved her sleeves, very crisply.

"Retreat!"

After speaking, she took steps directly and left the Taiji Hall under the service of a group of palace people, leaving behind a group of civil and military officials who looked at each other.

Lu Chen colluded with Chai Hongyu, suspected of being a thief and a fellow party, and was temporarily suppressed by the powerful empress.

However, now that things have happened, they will not end easily.

Especially Lu Chen, who has never had any flaws, was seized by someone who had such a big opportunity, how could the people behind him let it go easily?

After the next court, a group of courtiers left the Taiji Hall one after another and returned to their public offices to work.

And at this time, inside the Donghua Pavilion.

Yan Song, Chen Cang, Qian Yiqian, Zheng Zhong and others gathered together on the pretext of negotiating official business.

As the head of the court, Yan Song is naturally qualified to call on courtiers.

"Elder Yan Ge."

Chen Cang saluted Yan Song, and then said with a heavy face:

"Your Majesty pampered Lu Chen so much, for him to even suppress such a serious crime, what should I do?"

Zheng Zhong on the side took over the conversation and said: "Yes, Elder Ge, even such ironclad evidence can't defeat Lu Chen, can we really help him?" ”

has been frustrated several times in a row, whether it is Qian Yiqian or Zheng Zhong, or Zhao Bingliang of Dali Temple, they all have a deep sense of powerlessness for Lu Chen at this time.

The main reason is that Lu Chen's guy is too evil.

Why is it that every time something that seems to be a bad thing comes to him, it inexplicably becomes a good thing?

And the empress still favors him so much, even if it is this kind of capital crime involving rebellion, the empress has to protect Lu Chen

This guy is simply impeccable,

"Don't be in a hurry."

Yan Song sat on the Taishi chair, leaned his entire upper body on the backrest very relaxedly, and while habitually tapping the armrest with the five fingers of his right hand, he said slowly in the crisp sound of "da-da-da":

"Although Your Majesty's insistence on going her own way is unexpected, it is also reasonable, after all, Lu Chen's performance in the chaos of the Demon Queen and the return of the Holy King to the dynasty was really excellent, Your Majesty is only twenty-eight years old, and no one taught her the art of the emperor, she was felt by Lu Chen's loyalty, and the young man was a little more assertive, it was really normal."

(End of chapter)