Seven days is not long or short, just as Zhao Que and others thought, Dongfang Tao has been depressed these days, not to mention the resurgence of the Hengwang Party that lost He Shen, and the interference of Zhaowang Dongfang Yu in Liaodong has made many wavering low-level officials join the lineup of the Hengwang Party one after another, and even the acting king Dongfang Xin, who is least favored by the government and the opposition, also took the opportunity to attract a lot of personnel from the six departments. And what made him vomit blood even more at this time was that his bold ninth brother actually beat gongs and drums to send one hundred and seventy-nine heads of the Netherworld Hall into Feng'an City, making the people who were full of joy look at each other, and they all discussed behind their backs what happened.

And according to the etiquette of the imperial court, such major events should first be reported to the Ministry of Punishment and the Department of Pacification, and then the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple and Yushitai will make a statute to deal with according to the severity of the situation, so it can be said that His Royal Highness King Heng is giving the Ministry of Punishment eye medicine and using facts to slap the face of the Ministry of Punishment.

"Wang Ye, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, if this matter is not explained to the government and the public, I and other colleagues in the Criminal Department are afraid that they will follow in the footsteps of Ke Shangshu." Sitting under Dongfang Tao, Su An, the new secretary of the Criminal Department, asked wistfully.

Frowning and taking a sip of the cold tea in the cup, Dongfang Tao smacked his lips and sneered, "Do you think that your criminal department has suffered?" Lao Jiu not only sent heads to the criminal department, but there were also a bunch of heads on the side of the imperial history platform, it is said that those imperial historians were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they sent people to send a message to Lord Ning who was far away in Lingnan overnight, and there was also a letter of impeachment of the Ministry of Officials with the heads entering Beijing. ”

In fact, there is no need for Dongfang Tao to say that Su An is also clear, after all, the Beijing officials bow their heads and do not look up to see them, and they can see what is happening, but can the criminal department be the same as the Yushitai and the officials? In order to stop that holy decree, the Criminal Department made enough efforts to devalue the Netherworld Hall to worthlessness, and even omitted the real cause of King Qing's death, although in the end it was exchanged for the situation that the Huanyu Army was transferred back to Feng'an, but in the eyes of many military people, their Criminal Department was simply more hateful than the Netherworld.

Dongfang Tao naturally knew what Su An was worried about, but he didn't have anything to do about it, King Heng's move was obviously to poke a hole in the sky, and whoever got it at this time was finished, if he jumped out now to explain to the Criminal Department, he was afraid that without waiting for Dongfang Bo to do it, the military people would tear him apart.

So, Dongfang Tao pondered: "In this way, you don't care how big the impact of this matter is, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, your criminal department will work hard and don't care about the New Year, try to find out this matter before the imperial history platform, try to minimize the responsibility of the criminal department, the legal principle is nothing more than human feelings, the criminal department is exhausted for this matter, presumably the father and the emperor will not say anything more." ”

When Su An heard this, his face was a little depressed, it was no problem to play the favor card, but if the thousands of officials of the Criminal Department did not have a good year, wouldn't his prestige as the new secretary of the Criminal Department be greatly reduced?

Sensing Su An's worries, Dongfang Tao reassured with a straight face, "Su Shangshu doesn't have to worry about morale, although this king doesn't deal with Lao Jiu, but he has a good saying, until the time of crisis, I don't see the countryman coming, only the people who will not leave us at this time are the people we rely on the most, and these people are also the countrymen we can entrust to the great cause in the future." ”

Seeing that Dongfang Tao's demeanor didn't seem to be fake, Su Anxin knew that he couldn't make the other party change anymore, so he nodded helplessly and said, "Xiaguan understands!"

continued to explain a few words to Su An, and when he left, Dongfang Tao's face immediately sank, and the teacup in his hand was clutched into powder by him.

At this time, Cao Zhi, the chief of the guard, entered the house and said respectfully, "Your Highness, just now, Your Majesty not only summoned the three Zai of the Fengluan Palace, but also quickly recalled the Shadow Secret Guard Commander Night Shadow and the Praetorian Guard Commander Zhou Cheng, and his subordinates feel that His Majesty may be going to make a move on the Netherworld!"

Letting go of the porcelain powder in his hand, Dongfang Tao got up and said calmly, "Let Lei Shuhuan and Mu Pu go to the Ministry of Officials and Yu Shitai to keep an eye on, in addition, you focus on Dali Temple, Lao Jiu's game of chess is very big, he not only wants to avenge Lao Ba, but also wants to use this to involve us in it, no matter what, I can't let Lao Jiu revitalize this game of chess, otherwise my previous efforts will be in vain." ”

Cao Zhi's face was stunned, and he understood that he could bring back the current disadvantage of King Heng, so he was surprised: "Does King Heng want to use this to also spread out the matter of seizing the heir?"

Dongfang Tao sneered, and then nodded. You look down on my ninth brother too much, everyone knows the matter of seizing the heir, even among the people, there are many rumors in the market, but this kind of thing will not be recognized by the father and the court, and the purpose I am talking about is that Lao Jiu intends to use this matter to involve the boss, this is a conspiracy, I have to follow up, if I let it go, the boss will take advantage of this to rectify the ministry, and turn the ministry, in the future, no one can do anything to the ministry except Yushitai, just like this, I'm afraid that the boss will take me as a target from now on, so that Lao Jiu will win a chance to breathe。 ”

At this point, he knew King Heng's purpose, and after exhaling lightly, Cao Zhi said slowly, "If this is the case, Your Highness may have to offend King Chen in advance." ”

Dongfang Tao smiled indifferently and said, "It's just a matter of sooner or later, but I didn't expect Lao Jiu to catch the boss's handle in Liaodong and use the officials to break the situation." ”

Glancing at the porcelain powder on the ground, and seeing the smile on Dongfang Tao's face, Cao Zhi said with a smile, "Your Highness's heart is really big. ”

In fact, Dongfang Tao admires this younger brother very much in many places, but there is only one throne, and Dongfang Yi is not the kind of prince who likes to be subservient to others, who dares to guarantee that his younger brother who is not greedy for the throne when he is young will be like when he grows up? With the favor of the two most powerful people in the world, it is not just a matter of one sentence for him to ascend to the throne? Besides, what are the characters of King Ling and King Qing? The former's literary style is famous all over the world, and the latter's friends in the military account for 30% of the Liang army. No one dared to ignore this younger brother easily.

At the same time, in King Chen's mansion, Dongfang Wei squatted on the lake in the back garden, holding a fishing rod in his hand, staring at the hole in the ice.

Seeing the fish drifting back and forth, Dongfang Wei chuckled without looking back, "Lao Jiu can do whatever he wants, uncle doesn't have to worry about this matter, isn't Zuo Shilang Sima Xue in charge of local affairs?"

Guan Fu is the current head of the Guan family, and there is an inextricable hatred between him and King Heng, so he is afraid that King Chen will take the opportunity to make a move against King Heng, so he came to test Dongfang Wei's tone, but he never thought that his nephew was more transparent than him, so he stood up straight, stroked his beard and smiled, "Xia Guan understands!"

At this moment, Dongfang Wei stomped heavily on his right foot, and a golden carp instantly broke out of the water, and without waiting for Dongfang Wei to speak, Tao Li still dropped Chu Xu's information, stepped forward quickly, pinched the carp, and handed it to the maid on the side with a smile.

Chong Tao Li gave a thumbs up, Dongfang Wei still dropped the fishing rod, clapped his hands and turned his head and said, "Let my uncle laugh, in order to fish this guy, this king has been on this lake for half a winter, fortunately he caught it today, otherwise I don't know how long I will have to wait!"

Hearing the meaning of the words, Guan Fu chuckled and said, "Since it is a golden carp, it naturally takes some effort!"

Taking the tray from the maid's hand, Dongfang Wei handed the golden carp to Guan Fu, and said with a smile, "This fish should be an apology gift from my nephew to my uncle, I hope my uncle doesn't mind!"

When Guan Fu heard this, he smiled disapprerovitously and said, "It's okay, how can a single charge of dereliction of duty be better than the situation of the Criminal Department!"

"Okay?" muttered, Dongfang Wei crossed the talisman and looked at the palace with a calm face.

The Fengluan Hall of the Imperial Palace.

Staring at the one hundred and seventy-nine heads retrieved by the shadow guards, Dongfang Bo tapped his fingers on the tabletop, and his calm face gave people a feeling of intimidation and anger, so frightened that the maids and eunuchs on both sides didn't even dare to breathe.

After a while, Dongfang Bo asked lightly, "That rebel can let people bring back the words?"

Song Qiming, who was standing at the bottom, hurriedly bowed his head and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Heng has not let anyone speak!"

With a cold snort, Dongfang Bo sneered, "When Night Shadow comes back, let him select a master from the palace and send it to King Heng in person, and teach him what the rules are!"

"Whoa!"

"Zhou Zheng!"

"The minister is here!"

"Move the barracks of the Praetorian Guards out of the city, and let me station around the Huanyu Army, and when the Huanyu Army returns to Beijing, I will keep an eye on them and prohibit them from making any further moves!"

"Whoa!"

Seeing that Dongfang Bo was planning to imprison the Huanyu Army, Shangguan Mo, who was the third ruler, frowned and said, "Please ask Your Majesty to withdraw this decree, the Huanyu Army is not the same as other armies, if this matter comes out, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble!"

Dongfang Bo turned his gaze to Shangguan Mo and asked, "Are you worried about the opinion of Uncle Huang and the military?"

Shangguan Mo Wen nodded first, then shook his head and said, "Prince Zhao and the military are all good to say, but the minister is worried about Lord Nan!"

In the solemnity of Shangguan Bo and the other two colleagues, Shangguan Mowen directly stabbed the window paper, and said in a deep voice, "In the battle of Qiwang Mountain, King Qing died in battle, King Nan and Lord Luo felt deeply guilty about His Royal Highness King Heng, if His Royal Highness King Qing died in battle, it would be bad, and if His Royal Highness King Qing died in the hands of the Netherworld, His Royal Highness King Heng is famous, His Majesty has no problem reducing His Royal Highness King Heng's strength, but if you imprison the Huanyu Army, I am afraid it will make Lord Nan resentful." ”

Thinking of his second brother, Dongfang Bo calmed down a lot, he is Dongfang Yi's Laozi, yes, but the relationship between Dongfang Sheng and Dongfang Yi is no worse than him, and even better than him in some aspects, with a deep groan, Dongfang Bo waved his hand at Zhou Cheng, and said helplessly, "Forget it!"

Zhou Cheng scratched his head and replied in a muffled voice, "Yes!"

Then, Dongfang Bo pointed to the fold on the table, and said with a smile, "Then do you have any ideas about the Netherworld Hall now?"

Dongfang Bo also asked this before, but at that time he was on the verge of rage, how could the three of them dare to touch this moldy head, and at this time, Shangguan Mo asked to pierce the window paper, and they had nothing to worry about.

So, the three of them glanced at each other, and said in unison, "I implore Your Majesty to call the Netherworld Hall a rebellion, so as to ease the discussion in the market." ”

Taking a deep breath, Dongfang Bo said coldly, "Passing the decree and the punishment department and Dali Temple, and the Netherworld Hall are helping to abuse and assassinate King Qing, and the crime should be treason!

After a pause, Dongfang Bo continued in a helpless tone, "Hengwang Dongfang Yi has made meritorious efforts to eliminate thieves, rewarding one hundred taels of gold, two boxes of pearls, and one hundred horses of brocade, Qin this!"

Everyone present shouted in unison, "Your Majesty, Shengming!"