Hearing this big bad news, for five consecutive days, he only slept for one or two hours every day, his eyes were swollen, and Yin Chailiang, who was blue and black under his eyes, almost fainted.

In order to stop the expansion of the plague, during this time, they Jingzhao Mansion, the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and the officials of the various yamen all mobilized, and even the shaft was turned, and there was almost no time to sleep.

Even during this time, the emperor was on standby at any time, and the palace gate was never completely locked at night, and the small door was opened, allowing them to enter the palace at any time if they had important matters.

But because of the selfishness of these people, they deliberately concealed it, and ruined their tens of thousands of days' hard work.

Fall before dawn, how can this not be hated!

Even Emperor Tianheng, who had always been moody, had an extremely ugly face.

He quickly ordered: "Chai Liang, Meng Jiang, check all the Jingzhao Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, but anyone who engages in favoritism, takes the opportunity to extort, gets through the customs in confusion, and violates the imperial edict, will be beheaded immediately, and if the family covers up and resists, all will be executed, and the corpses will be burned." I Yun'er and the others cut first and then played. ”

Chai Liang and Meng Jiang immediately took the order to retreat.

They understood that the emperor was asking them to check themselves, and to clean up the fish that slipped through the net and the officials who took bribes.

The reason why there was such a mistake this time was that in addition to the fact that the two children of the family were greedy for life and afraid of death and deliberately concealed it, the selfishness of the officials who were ordered to investigate was also a very important reason.

Such a situation is certainly not an isolated case in the investigation.

The officials and servants who searched were light, and they did not have confidence in those high-ranking officials and nobles, and many of them were afraid of offending each other, and the other party would settle accounts after the autumn, so many times they would push the boat down the river and take the money. Not only can you not offend people, but you can also get benefits, maybe you can also climb a little friendship with nobles, why not?

If it's normal, if the water is clear, there are no fish, it's not too much, Chai Liang will also turn a blind eye. However, the plague is a plague, and the slightest carelessness can wipe out a city and a place, causing a monstrous disaster.

So at this time, we must not be tolerated, these people can't tell the difference, he helps them distinguish it.

Chai Liang and Meng Jiang, who took Shang Fang's sword, were very efficient, and it only took two hours to find out which teams were playing favoritism and cheating in the search process, and found out the two children of the family.

Chai Liang sent people to tie these officials to the front of the two houses and cut them, the blood splashed the stone lion in front of the two houses full of blood, the blood slid down the top of the stone lion's head, fell into the wide open mouth, the blood basin was scarlet eyes, the end was hideous, and the fart guarding the door was so frightened that he ran in to report.

But this was not over, Chai Liang sent people to directly break into the mansion and kill the two hiding sons and their entourage, and sent officers and soldiers to surround all the houses within a radius of five miles from the two families, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, so as to prevent the plague from spreading from the two families to the whole capital.

This frightened many ministers.

Because there were many officials and nobles living in this area, it was good that they were reasonable, and they ordered the door to be closed, and the whole government was not allowed to go out until the plague passed. But there are also many people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they all want to flee this area, some intimidate, some beg, some pull relationships, and some send people to intercede.

But they were all selflessly rejected by Chai Liang.

The officials who had not been sealed heard about this, some were afraid that this kind of thing would happen to them one day, and some of their allies and relatives were sealed in the area of Dongcheng, and they were eager to save people's hearts, so they all entered the palace and knelt at the door of the Chengqian Palace, and participated in Chai Liang and Meng Jiang's abuse of power, deliberately retaliating against political enemies, and pouring basins of dirty water on the heads of the two.

Among them, there are two soldiers and horses in Dongcheng and Beicheng.

This is obviously not only to save people, but also a power struggle, and some people who see that the two are not pleasing to the eye or covet the official positions of the two want to take the opportunity to pull them down.

Tang Shi heard Guagua's relay, and quietly glanced out, good guy, there is a big circle of black pressure, dozens of officials and nobles are kneeling at the door, this is to use the method of not blaming the public to force the emperor to compromise.

The power struggle between monarchs and ministers is also a relationship between one and the other.

Emperor Tianheng has only been on the throne for more than a year, and his foundation is not particularly stable, and now he is forced by these ministers and nobles, and he may not be able to withstand the pressure.

Tang Shi was a little worried: [Chai Liang and Meng Jiang will be fine, right? 】

These two are both practical and capable officials, and they are both on orders, so what's wrong? It would be a great injustice to die because of this.

Guagua: [It's hard to say, is it wrong to make mistakes? It's not the same as being a backstabber. 】

Political struggles have never been based on the theory of right and wrong, but on the theory of victory and defeat, and the winner is the king, and the loser is the villain.

Emperor Tianheng obviously understood the intentions of these people as well.

He laughed angrily: "Guangquan, pass on the decree, the Lin family of Taichang Temple and the Anshun Bochang family shield and connive at the children of the clan, do not obey the imperial order, deceive, deceive the upper and lower levels, and destroy the family, and implement it immediately!" ”

This is a family of two fish that slipped through the net.

Emperor Tianheng originally left a face, but did not affect his family.

But if these people are so uninteresting, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

As soon as this holy decree came out, the ministers at the door cried even more, and a few old ministers even kept kowtowing, knocking their heads blue, looking like they were going to die.

There was a wail outside, which shocked several concubines in the side hall a little helpless.

Concubine Li Zhaorong and the others all looked at Concubine An, and unconsciously, they had faintly regarded Concubine An as their backbone.

An Concubine's face turned pale and she was frightened.

Only then did she realize how terrible the emperor's anger was, and with a light sentence, the two families, hundreds of people said that it was gone.

She has committed the great crime of bullying the king, if it is exposed one day, the emperor will never spare her, and it is very likely that her family will be implicated.

Thinking of the tragedy of Lin Chang's two families, she trembled all over, her teeth trembled, and she regretted it very much, she was really blinded by lard at the beginning, how could she come up with such a faint trick.

Tang Shi was also shocked by Emperor Tianheng's sudden iron-blooded wrist.

She often barks in her heart, and she doesn't have much respect for the emperor. In addition to the fact that her soul comes from modern times and has no reverence for the imperial power, the emperor is also not very old, although he is not smiling on weekdays, he is quite gentle in his work, and he is not harsh on their concubines, and he is also a little stupid and filial to the queen mother.

In Tang Shi's eyes, the emperor has a little more power than ordinary people, and the rest is not a big deal.

But at this moment, she understood what it meant to be "the emperor was angry and ambushed millions of corpses", the emperor was angry, he wanted to die, and many people might die.

She patted her chest in fear, extremely glad: [Guagua, I haven't offended the emperor, right? 】

Guagua rolled his eyes: [What do you say? 】

Seeing the emperor is the same as a rabbit seeing an eagle, every time he hides far away, what to offend the emperor.

Tang Shi was relieved: [That's good. I don't understand, what are these ministers thinking in their heads, although Chai Liang and Meng Jiang's approach is a little stricter, but in troubled times, they should use heavy codes, and this is also for everyone's good, otherwise the plague will spread, and everyone will be unlucky. They don't think that if they are in a high position and protected by glory and wealth, the plague will automatically bypass them, right? 】

Guagua: [Maybe I'm tired of it!] 】

The ministers who cried the loudest were all stunned, but after a short pause, they continued to cry again, hoarsely exhausted, and shouted something like "The emperor should not be deceived by traitors", "If you come in such a mess, you will move the country", "You will die on the pillar with your head, and I will beg the emperor to take back my life" and so on.

Emperor Tianheng curled his lips sneeringly, a little woman knows what is deeply righteous, which is more important, but this group of old things ran to the gate of Chengqian Palace for their own selfishness and cried and made trouble, obstructing Jingzhao Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, which is really disgusting.

He walked to the door with his hands behind his back and looked at the group of ministers with a blank expression.

When the ministers saw the emperor coming, they cried even harder, so loud that they almost punctured people's eardrums.

Tang Shi frowned: [One crying, two troubles, three hangings, phew, what is the difference between a high-ranking official and a nobleman who prides himself on being superior, and a shrew in the market! ] 】

Well said, Li Zhaorong glanced at An Concubine in surprise, he didn't expect that this vixen who was good at disguise would have this kind of eloquence, and he would scold everyone a few more words if he could scold.

Tianheng Emperor Tieqing's face also eased a lot, and his originally angry mood improved a lot.

yes, what's the difference between these people and the shrews of the market, no, it's not as good. The shrews in the market are so straightforward, and they are also true temperaments, unlike their hypocrisy.

Many of these ministers heard this kind of voice for the first time, and they only thought that they were hallucinating, and when they saw that the emperor was near, they didn't care about the strange sound, and hurriedly behaved one by one.

Hong Guogong relied on the old and betrayed the old, looking like he was for the country and the people, crying and shouting: "The emperor has always been a saint, but now he has been deceived by traitors, causing civil strife in Beijing, I am afraid that it will cause a catastrophe, please ask the emperor to take back his life, otherwise the old minister will die in front of this pillar!" ”

Tang Shi, who was flipping through the booklet, laughed angrily.

[Phew, to put it righteously, it's not because his most precious eldest grandson visited a friend in Dongcheng yesterday and had a hangover at a friend's house, and he can't get out today. Obviously he wanted to get his grandson out of his own selfishness, but he was rejected for Chai Liang's money, so he poured dirty water on people in this way. 】

[I'm not afraid of death, this old man invited seven or eight Taoist priests to meditate and practice every day, just to live forever. In order to live forever, I also believed in the nonsense of a Taoist priest, what kind of foot washing water is used to refine the pill, the more smelly the better, and even accepted a room of concubines with particularly heavy athlete's foot, and slept with the concubine's stinky feet every day, and the concubine was not allowed to wash his feet, his concubine had not washed his feet for three years since he entered the door, and he still licked ...... How can he lick it, stepping on the old pit sauerkraut is the most suitable for him. I'm going to throw up! 】

Before Tang Shi could vomit, several old men next to him picked their throats and eyes, ignoring the emperor's presence in front of them.

Before anyone else could figure out what was going on, they listened to Tang Shi again.

[Oh, it turns out that there is more than one fool, and there are many old men who believe in this kind of nonsense. Hong Guogong used this elixir to buy a lot of old men who were afraid of death, did these people know that they were eating the elixir of immortality refined by washing their feet and refining water? 】

[Hong Guogong really made a fortune, such an immortal pill is hard to find, and he is required to hold him to buy it. It's because my pattern is small, just selling pills, Hong Guogong earned 200,000 taels of silver last year and achieved several small goals. Hey, why haven't I ever encountered such a stupid boss with a lot of money? 】

Several ministers who were vomiting turned pale.

The other ministers understood what was going on, and moved quietly and quietly, so as not to get bored with athlete's foot.

It's disgusting to think about it, these people eat the pill made with footwashing water twice a day, and they eat at the same table with these people, will there be unclean things on the chopsticks?

I really want to brush my teeth and rinse my mouth, and rub my intestines together!

Hong Guogong, whose old bottom was exposed, was ashamed and angry, and fell to the ground.

Tang Shi was puzzled: [Hey, why did you faint, it's really useless, hurry up and pour him two more elixirs.] 】

The entourage who was waiting by Hong Guogong's side couldn't hear Tang Shi's words, and didn't know that the formula of the Immortal Pill had been punctured, so he really took out a delicate small box from Hong Guogong's arms, opened it, took out a black and smelly pill from it, and stuffed it into Hong Guogong's mouth.

The ministers on the side, regardless of whether they had eaten the Immortal Pill or not, couldn't help but feel nauseous and vomited.

Several ministers who spent a lot of money to buy the Immortal Pill from Hong Guogong for a long time were even more eager to find a hole to drill into. Why did they listen to Hong Guogong's nonsense in the first place, and believed that this stinky elixir could protect them for immortality?

Fu Ningbo, who also had a gray beard and an old appearance, couldn't hold back any longer, and pounced directly on Hong Guogong: "Old man Hong, don't pretend to be dizzy, you can be honest, what kind of elixir was sold to us refined?" You have to pretend to be dead again, Lao Tzu scratches your old skin. ”

Tang Shi looked at this change in surprise: [Wow, it's pretending to be dizzy, sure enough, it's your own person who knows you best. Let me see, Fu Ningbo turned out to be the biggest wrong, he spent 320,000 taels in Hong Guogong's house, almost all the cash in his family was folded in Hong Guogong's hands, and he also sold several pieces of his ancestral shop and land, and Fu Ningbo's mansion is now only an empty shelf, what a loser. 】

At this time, everyone looked at Fu Ningbo's eyes as if they were looking at a mentally retarded person. How could anyone spend 300,000 yuan on this broken and smelly pill?

Fu Ningbo saw that everyone knew about the stupid thing he did, so he simply stopped pretending, grabbed Hong Guogong's neck, and pulled his hair: "You still pay Lao Tzu's silver, and you come back to ......."

Tang Shi didn't sympathize with Fu Ningbo at all: [If you don't come back, Hong Guogong's precious eldest grandson is a big gambler, and he goes to the gambling house twice in three days, and he will lose hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year. 】

[Whose gambling house is so dark, can give Hong Guogong's precious eldest grandson so that Lao Qian can still get out of the way, let me see, this is definitely not an ordinary merchant. 】

As soon as Tang Shi's words fell, he heard the Marquis Huaiyuan next to him hurriedly said: "The emperor is wise, it is Weichen and others who are confused to come to Chengqian Palace today to make trouble, please punish the emperor." ”

Hey, Huaiyuanhou was the one who cried the most just now, why did he suddenly rebel?