Zhao Jun's house is located on Chongwenmenli Street, next to the Paozi River.

As the son of Dongchang, Zhao Jun has always lived in a simple house, and the neighbors are afraid of the messenger of the inner palace of Dongchang, and they rarely have friendship on weekdays, which can be regarded as a deserted court.

But today is really different, a large number of neighbors gathered at the gate of Zhao's house early in the morning, and there are a few servants of Shuntianfu at the scene to maintain order.

"I heard that Zhao Jun, who had just been promoted to Jinyi Wei Qianhu, died violently last night"

"Who knows? Early this morning, the prostitute he brought back last night ran out of the house in unclothed clothes, shouting and screaming, attracting onlookers from the neighbors, only to find that he had died last night. ”

"Wear and tear so much that you get a stroke?"

"A thousand dignified brocade clothes, died on a woman's belly?"

The discussion of the people naturally fell on the ears of Qiu Tong, who was a hundred households in brocade, but Qiu Tong, who had a family tradition and was a top performer in autopsy methods, looked at Zhao Jun's body that had been carried out, and a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: Zhao Jun was poisoned and died of heart failure.

Zhao Jun exploded, and the poor prostitute naturally became the first suspect and was escorted away by Jinyiwei.

This matter was originally managed by the Shuntian Mansion, but because the deceased was a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, when all Qiu Tong brought people over, the messengers of the Shuntian Mansion could only do something to maintain order and run errands to deliver letters.

"My lord, all of them have been searched, and the rouge gouache of the prostitute has been released, and there is no trace of any outsiders in Lord Zhao's house. There is no doubt about it. The subordinate presented the notebook in his hand and handed it to Qiu Tong.

"Is there no doubt about it?" Qiu Tong glanced at it, and then threw the notebook aside without care.

"Amount"

Just as his subordinates were about to reply, there was a sudden commotion outside the crowd: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look, and another team of brocade guards also appeared at Zhao Jun's door.

"Qiu Tong, something happened!" The comer and Qiu Tong were friends of the same family, and they were panicked at the moment.

"What?" Looking at his friend's expression, this hundred-household official, who was accustomed to seeing strange things, suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Several people who went to Jiangxi with Zhao Jun to handle the case died last night, and they died in the middle of the night, silently, and were discovered by their families as soon as possible."

"All dead?" The stubby five fingers in Qiu Tong's sleeves suddenly tightened - this is not good!

At this moment, in the Qianqing Palace.

Sun Chengzong is giving a lecture to the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"Sima Wengong once said that Taizong used force to stir up chaos and defeated the disabled with benevolence, and his talent was slightly better than Henkel's and the scale was inferior; Frugality is not as good as filial piety. Traces of their nature is strong, brave and disregardful, and can fear righteousness and be virtuous, bend themselves to obey the advice, be vigorous and aggressive, and strive to be good, so the rule of the concept of chastity is also. ”

Sun Chengzong talked about the Tang Dynasty today, and by the way, he borrowed some excerpts from Sima Wenzheng's "Zizhi Tongjian" so that the emperor could understand it.

"Then Mr. Sun thinks that in the past, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty used force to settle chaos and defeated the disabled with benevolence, which one was the foundation of governing the country?"

Sitting on the throne, Zhu Youxiao looked solemn.

"Take one of the two, Zhenguan is not successful, Wu Nai determines the country, benevolence to rule the world, one is indispensable," Sun Chengzong continued: "From this point of view, my dynasty is currently pacifying Liaodong, and the world is stable, but it should be based on loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and no more swords and soldiers, so as not to hurt the community and affect the people!" ”

"Rule the world with benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety, and no longer use swords?" Tasting Sun Chengzong's words, Zhu Youxiao's face was not very good.

Knock knock knock!!

There was the footsteps of the small yellow door outside the hall, and the sound was very urgent, but it was stopped outside the hall.

Not long after, Wei Qiansui's figure appeared outside the main hall, with a cat on his waist, obviously having something to say.

"Something?" Zhu Youxiao asked knowingly.

Ahem.

Sun Chengzong coughed twice, stood aside, and stopped talking.

"Your Majesty, it's news from the Shuntian Mansion," Wei Zhongxian stepped into the hall and waited until he stood still before he spoke: "This morning, a few people died in the capital. ”

"Huh?" Zhu Youxiao believed that if a few ordinary people died, Wei Zhongxian would not come to tell him.

"Jinyi Wei is in charge of the punishment of Zhao Jun of a thousand households, Bian Yangxian of a hundred households, and there are seven Jinyi captains, a total of nine people, all of whom died last night." Wei Zhongxian's voice was not loud, but it fell on the ears of several people in the hall, but it was like a flood of bells, which made people's hearts tremble.

took a deep breath and tried hard to control his emotions, as the emperor, Zhu Youxiao didn't want to have such an attack, but his tone was extremely cold: "Do you have any clues?" ”

"What has been found so far, there are no clues" Wei Zhongxian glanced at the emperor cautiously, and said: "It's all explosive." ”

"Hey," after a few breaths, Zhu Youxiao had calmed down, and only one word appeared between his lips and teeth.

Sun Chengzong on the side pursed his lips, his gray eyebrows twitched, and he was obviously terrified: Obviously, Wang Qi had already made a move.

Alas!

Sun Chengzong, who is close to old age, can't figure it out after all: why should the Duke of Qi, who is already a very popular minister, go against the emperor in this kind of thing?

Isn't it good to be a rich idler after releasing military power?

Can the emperor still kill you?

Sun Chengzong stood there, whether he was leaving or not, and whether he was staying.

After a long time, Zhu Youxiao finally turned his head to look at his teacher: "Mr. Sun, you just taught me the truth, I understand it, you go down first." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has a word," Sun Chengzong felt that he still needed to persuade the emperor, and he should not be impulsive.

"If you talk about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, I'm tired of it," Zhu Youxiao obviously didn't want to continue the feast.

"What the minister means, if you are loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous, there is no perfect person in the world, you still need to be cautious, and you can't destroy the country and society for the sake of a moment's anger!!"

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he didn't speak, but just looked at Sun Chengzong silently, and after a few breaths, the emperor also knew that this matter was complicated, sighed silently, and bowed down.

After a short time, only Wei Zhongxian and Zhu Youxiao remained in the main hall.

"Go and tell Tian Ergeng to dig out all the spies and eyeliners of Qi Guogong in the capital within ten days! I'm going to uproot them! When Zhu Youxiao spoke, he was already extremely angry.

"Your Majesty, on the bright side, Qi Guogong still has a lot of industries in the capital, and there are seven or eight commercial banks alone, isn't it?" Wei Zhongxian asked.

"This kind of thing can't be done in the open!" Zhu Youxiao shook his head: "Acting secretly, on the surface, I still want to marry the imperial sister to the Duke of Qi!" ”

"Got it!"

"Wang Tiqian has already arrived in Zhucheng?" Zhu Youxiao counted the date and asked.

"Ten days ago, the message arrived in Jinan Mansion, and now the date is calculated, it should have arrived in Zhucheng County," Wei Zhongxian nodded: "I should have met with the Duke of Qi." ”

As if knowing the emperor's worries, Wei Zhongxian added: "The royal marriage is something that many people dream of, not to mention that the marriage date is just advanced, and the Duke of Qi has no reason to refuse!" ”

Can't say no either!

Clenched his fists tightly, Zhu Youxiao thought of his imperial sister, and suddenly felt a trace of guilt, but after a few breaths, he suddenly let go: For the stability of the Ming Dynasty, it is worth sacrificing a person!

(End of chapter)