On the night of the 15th, the only messenger falcon in the north flew to Chang'an and brought a piece of news.

In order to rescue the missing prince, Qin Yue, the Marquis of Pingxi and the general of Zhenbei, annihilated the Qianghu tribe and killed the leader Bu Chang, General Qin Yue was loyal to the country, but unfortunately they did so much, but the prince was already killed by Bu Chang on the day he was captured.

After reading the news, Emperor Kang Cheng's face was expressionless and unmoved, someone had to be responsible for the death of the prince, otherwise his prince would die in vain?

He read the news again, the Qin family is really easy to use, what should be done has been done, and what should not be said, it has not been said.

Qin Yue is so knowledgeable about current affairs, then he will not rush to kill them all, but he still has to suppress them, otherwise it will be difficult for the new emperor to subdue them in the future.

That's what the emperor has been waiting for, right? Wei Zili thought to himself.

XVI. The Great Asahi

Early in the morning, it was still dark, and the cold wind outside was blowing with heavy snow, and the ministers came to the side hall of the Jinluan Hall one after another to wait.

Recently, the emperor has not been in the court, and they don't know if the emperor will appear today, but they must appear, and it is their honor as the minister of the humerus of the dynasty to be able to go to the early court.

Even because the emperor has not been in court recently, they have come in vain, and the work they have done is useless. But they didn't dare to shout about their hard work, and they didn't dare not come. If they dare to slack off and not come once, believe it or not, there will be more people who want to replace them.

If the emperor doesn't show up, someone will come to inform them that they will not go to court today, and they can go home or go to the official office to handle official business.

Lu Desheng also came, his new carriage had a very good effect of keeping warm, got off the carriage, put on a big coat, and took it off when he arrived in the side hall, so he didn't suffer from the cold at all.

As soon as he entered, Xie Mingtang followed.

Compared with the spirit of happy events on Lu Desheng's face, Xie Mingtang was a little gloomy.

Yesterday, his eldest son Xie Zhan and the eldest daughter of the Zhao family got married, and there were very few ministers who came to congratulate him, and this pomp was not as good as when his nephew got married! After a little inquiry, I found that the people who didn't come were afraid of offending Lu Desheng. How can this make him not depressed, when will their Xie family be crushed by Lu Desheng?

As soon as Lu Desheng came in, someone came up to him and asked, "Lord Lu, do you think the emperor will come to the court today?" ”

"Yes, the emperor has not been in court early recently, and I heard that the emperor's dragon body is not safe, and we courtiers are also very worried."

"Lord Lu accompanies you every day, tell us about the emperor's dragon body, so that we can rest assured."

Lu Desheng snorted, "How do I know this, wait." "Want to ask him about the emperor's true situation? No way.

Until the end of the fifth watch, no one called them away. The ministers already know in their hearts, the emperor will appear today! So one by one they began to tidy up their clothes.

Lu Desheng also realized this, and was surprised in his heart, the emperor's dragon was now difficult to support the strength of his previous dynasty, and in addition to being surprised, he also had a premonition that something big should happen.

Soon, it was time for the early dynasty.

When Emperor Kang Cheng appeared, the whole human figure was erect, and the dragon robe was worn on his body, which looked empty.

Seeing such an emperor, the ministers were really surprised.

The emperor is like this, it looks like the end is coming! The ministers beat a drum in their hearts.

After the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, a more loyal and upright old minister couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, you have to take care of the dragon's body." ”

The others also reacted and came out one after another, "Your Majesty, take care-"

Emperor Kang Cheng raised his hand to stop these voids, and then swept down, just in time to see Lu Desheng looking at him worriedly. A thought crossed his mind, among these people, I am afraid that only Lu Desheng is the one who sincerely hopes that he and the crown prince are alive.

"Let's get down to business, don't say anything about the whiskers." Emperor Kang Cheng said in a hoarse voice.

The ministers slandered: We care about you, do you think it's a slap on the horse, Lu Desheng cares about you, do you think it's sincere? There is no such double standard!

If they want to say, in fact, Lu Desheng is the one who really shoots the horse!

Emperor Kang Cheng didn't care what the ministers thought, he nodded to the left.

Taiwei Xiao Qun stepped forward and took out the report, "Now tell the ministers about it!" ”

Seeing that it was the captain in charge of the soldiers and horses, the ministers felt a pang in their hearts.

"Presumably, all the ministers know that the prince set out on November 25 to inspect the northern border to comfort the soldiers."

Yes, they all know, and then what?

"However, the prince is unfortunate, when the group passed through Baihe Town, they were ambushed and attacked by a group of Qianghu elites, and their whereabouts are unknown."

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were obviously in a commotion.

"What? The whereabouts of the crown prince are unknown?! ”

"The Qianghu tribe is so courageous!"

"Are the armies of the North dead? How could the Qianghu people be allowed to enter the territory of Dali? ”

"Qin Yue is derelict in his duties!"

What happened to the prince in the end? Did you get it back? This is the primary concern of all ministers.

Taiwei Xiao Qun waited for them to calm down before he continued, "In another two days, Qin Yue, the Marquis of Pingxi and the general of Zhenbei, led a large army to besiege Qianghu Guanzhai, annihilating the enemy army and killing the leader Bu Chang. ”

The ministers of the DPRK and China all listened carefully, and when they heard this, they all felt that the prince should be rescued, right?

"By torturing the important generals under Bu Chang's command and Bu Chang himself, the prince has been killed by them on the spot in Baihe Town."

What, the prince is gone?

Lu Desheng was also listening carefully, and when he heard the end, he couldn't help but smack his mouth, mom, the emperor is so powerful, he directly took out the four princes, who would have thought that the four princes were the masterminds behind all this?

Those officials who followed the prince directly weakened their legs and couldn't stand steadily, regret it, they shouldn't have let the prince leave the capital!

Countless ministers beat their chests and pause! Some ministers even glanced at the emperor on the dragon chair vaguely, if the crown prince stays in Chang'an City well, it won't be long before he can succeed to the throne smoothly, right?

Who, who advised the prince to go north to the labor army in the first place?! Stand up, I won't kill you!

The crown prince's concubine, Chen Bingguang, came out of the ranks and shouted with all his might, "Your Majesty, Qin Yue is derelict in his duties, and the minister requests that Qin Yue be severely punished to comfort the prince's spirit in the sky!" "He is the head of the Prince Group.

The others chimed in, "Yes, Your Majesty, the crown prince died too unjustly and tragically." "Woo, they have invested for so many years, and in the end, the bamboo basket is empty, and my heart hurts.

Lu Desheng sneered, look at what kind of feces he sprayed?! He noticed just now, this old man still regrets the same thing, and now he blames others quickly, and there are thousands of mistakes, all of which are other people's faults! If you can embarrass others, don't embarrass yourself.

"You old and immortal, you should be the most reflective person! revolves around the prince every day, but the prince still has an accident, and I don't know if you were born with decline, restrained the prince, and then killed the prince. Lu Desheng jumped out and sprayed him exchanging sprays, Qin Yue is his in-laws, how can he be allowed to shout and kill?!

"Lu Desheng, you-you-" Chen Bingguang pointed at him speechless.

The people around him immediately picked up, "You don't know what is right and wrong!" You don't care if you help your relatives! ”

The people next to him all quietly stood in the back a little, for fear of being affected, Lu Desheng's kung fu of buttoning people's hats and messing around is still so powerful.

"Am I not right?" Lu Desheng asked rhetorically.

The crown prince Chen Bingguang: "Of course it's not right, Lu Desheng, don't mess around and talk nonsense, trying to divert attention!" As the commander of the northern border, isn't it Qin Yue's responsibility to protect the security of the northern border? The crown prince died in the north, and he is fully responsible! ”

Lu Desheng's eyes narrowed slightly, Old man Chen, something is wrong with you.

Generally, after the failure of investment, after losing the family property, shouldn't it be decadent? If you regroup all of a sudden, and you have to hold the Qin family accountable all the time, what good will it do you?

The daughter said that when the death of the prince is exposed, the people of the four princes will definitely find a way to blame the Qin family for all the mistakes, so did you old man Chen vote for the four princes?

Lu Desheng asked rhetorically, "That person, General Qin, fought well with a few foreign clans in the north to the death, and the death of the prince was all blamed on him, right?" ”

He continued, "Everything comes first, first comes, first causes. If you don't let the prince out of Chang'an City, won't there be no such thing? made a mistake in his own estimation, instigated the prince to leave the capital, and finally harmed others and himself! Your Majesty, Weichen thinks the most damned person is the one who suggested that the prince go north to work in the army! Weichen was very suspicious that the other party deliberately let the prince go to death. In the last sentence, he faced the emperor and said viciously.

"You talk nonsense!" Chen Bingguang's eyes widened with anger.

Lu Desheng's accusations were too ruthless, and no one could bear it. He doesn't know, he also has good intentions, is it wrong for the prince to go north to the labor army?

Lu Desheng was about to argue with him again, but when he looked up, he was stopped by a look from the emperor.

Lv Desheng: ??? It seems that the emperor protects the four princes very tightly. Okay, it's not good for him to pull it on the fourth prince again.

Taiwei Xiao Qun finally said, "Qin Yue, the Marquis of Pingxi and the general of Zhenbei, after completely annihilating the Qianghu tribe and beheading the leader Buchang, was deeply injured due to several vital injuries on his body, bleeding profusely, and could not be treated, and finally died of loyalty to the country at the age of forty-five. When he said this, his voice was low, as if he was afraid of disturbing the soul.

The entire Jinluan Hall is quiet.

The ministers who were clamoring to severely punish Qin Yue just now were like ducks who had been choked by the neck, and they were all speechless.

What else can be said? Qin Yue has apologized for his sins, what do you want people to do? Not only that, but before he died, he uprooted the Qianghu clan and avenged the prince! In that sentence, it's not okay to make credit for sin, right? Then add my life, okay?

Even the strictest imperial history will not be able to say the words to offend the Qin family.