Zhou Yishan and Bian Qing were pale and motionless kneeling, but Song Ziming trembled like chaff, and six gold-armored warriors walked out of the shadows on both sides of the main hall, and in groups of two, they grabbed the arms of the three people on the ground and dragged them out.

The three of them didn't dare to beg for mercy, they knew Emperor Song's temper, and begging for mercy in his anger would only bring him a greater punishment, and the three of them looked at the old Taoist priest who had not spoken with a pleading face, and only this big man could save them.

"Ahem" The old Taoist priest cleared his throat, this cough sounded like a fairy sound in the ears of the three of Zhou Zhoushan, and they knew that they were saved.

"Your Majesty, can you listen to the poor way?"

Emperor Song glanced at the old Taoist priest's words, and said in a deep voice: "Senior brother, please speak." ”

Hearing this, the golden-armored warrior who was dragging the three of them immediately stopped, and the three of them had already been dragged to the side door at this time, if they were dragged out of the side door, even if the emperor wanted to let them go, it would be too late.

Zhou Yishan and Bian Qing were quite calm at this time because they had followed Emperor Song for many years and were in the martial arts sequence, while Song Ziming was humble and had been in charge of foreign affairs and secular affairs in the Daluo faction.

That old Taoist priest is the current head of the Da Luo faction, Liu Yunzi, he is not the group of people with the highest cultivation in the Da Luo faction, but he can handle various immortal affairs on behalf of the Da Luo faction, and he is one of the most powerful people in the Great Song Kingdom, even the Song Emperor has to call him a senior brother.

Liu Yunzi smiled faintly and said: "Your Majesty, the attack on the students of the Heavenly Demon Forest is not complicated, I think with the wisdom of the emperor, he must have guessed a little bit of the truth, the three of Zhou Yishan are not perfunctory, but this matter involves the emperor's family affairs, and the three of them dare not go down." ”

Emperor Song took a deep breath and said: "My family affairs, senior brother, you don't have to excuse them, the Son of Heaven has no family affairs, family affairs are state affairs, how can they not punish them for delaying state affairs?"

"Since it's a mistake and not a crime, and it's not enough to kill your head, doesn't the emperor want to know the truth of the matter?"

Emperor Song's face was a little gloomy, he already knew most of the reason for this matter, and he was going to kill the three of Zhou Yishan just now, half of them were for Liuyunzi to see, but he didn't expect Liuyunzi not to intercede for them, but directly broke the matter, which made him a little embarrassed.

"Bring them back. ”

The golden-armored warrior dragged the three of them back, but it became two in front and one behind, Zhou Yishan and Bian Qing knelt in the front row, and Song Ziming knelt in the back row, he had already wet his pants, and put them in the front row to hinder the emperor's view.

Emperor Song didn't seem to be angry, and said coldly: "The three of you don't report it, you are already suspected of bullying the king, if it weren't for the master of the sect to intercede for you, you would have fallen to the ground long ago."

I know that you are in trouble, and if you tell the truth, I will forgive you without sin. ”

The three of them thanked each other again and again, and even the paralyzed Song Ziming didn't know where the strength came from, and knocked the floor tiles with a bang.

"Zhou Zhou Shan, you say first, how did Zhou De Zhou Tian get out of the capital?"

Zhou Zhoushan lay on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the last general is bent on Long Wuwei, rarely goes home, and doesn't care about family affairs. Zhou De and Zhou Tian had been imprisoned in the family dungeon according to the emperor's will, and no one dared to let them out without the will of the palace. ”

Emperor Song's pupils contracted and said: "You say so, the Zhou family saw the will of the palace, so they released Zhou De and Zhou Tian? Who is so bold and dares to release people?"

"This subordinate doesn't know. Zhou Yishan took out a yellow scroll from his arms, held his hands above his head, Wang Jien floated out of nowhere, and passed the yellow scroll from his hand and presented it to Emperor Song.

Emperor Song did not go to receive the holy decree, he has to send countless pieces of such a holy decree a year, whether it is true or not, he does not need to check it with his own hands, he can see the authenticity at a glance, he is sure that the content of the holy decree is not his own instructions.

Emperor Song said with a gloomy face: "Wang Jien, go to me to check, who wrote this letter and who used it, once it is verified that no one is left, the three clans." ”

Wang Jien said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the old slave has checked the manuscript records in the palace before, there is no manuscript of this holy decree, and there is no seal on it, only a private seal abolished by the emperor in his early years, which can be concluded to be done by someone else." ”

"After the abolition of Zhou, she has been imprisoned for more than 300 years, and there are still people in the palace who serve her? Wang Jien, this is your dereliction of duty, the matter is under your hands, you can deal with it yourself, and report the results to me. I don't want to see anyone in the palace who has been abolished, not even anyone who sympathizes with her doesn't need to exist!"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Wang Jien was ordered to withdraw from the Funing Palace.

Emperor Song turned to Zhou Zhou Shan and said: "Don't think that if someone corrects the order, the Zhou family will be able to get away with it, and if you don't use a seal, you dare to release people, are the people of the Zhou family blind? Or have you always been dissatisfied with me?"

Zhou Yishan was silent, this matter started after the abolition of Zhou, the emperor was inconvenient to punish the abolition of Zhouhou, so he could only take the Zhou family out of anger, everyone knew it, and no one dared to say it.

Emperor Song paused for a moment and said, "Since it's useless to keep your eyes, you can hand them over to me for safekeeping." ”

Zhou Yishan's body trembled, knowing that Emperor Song was reluctant to do anything about it considering the relationship between the Zhou family and the royal family, but he had to gouge out some knowingly criminals' eyes in order to make the Son of Heaven angry.

Zhou Zhou Shan kowtowed and said, "Yes, the last general will go back to report to the master." ”

Emperor Song waved his hand, and Zhou Yishan dared to get up and leave.

"Bian Qing!" Emperor Song looked at the leader of the Imperial City Division's secret guard again, he could be regarded as Emperor Song's true confidant.

"The subordinates are here. ”

"Do you want to cover up this for the Dead Week?"

"Back to the emperor, his subordinates didn't dare, but Zhou De and Zhou Tian's whereabouts were unknown, and before they were captured, all inferences were just inferences, and the subordinates didn't dare to report rashly, so as not to affect the emperor's judgment. ”

"Okay, I'm not going to judge, just tell me about the evidence you have?"

Bian Qing looked up at Emperor Song, and then at Liuyunzi, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Liu Yunzi hurriedly got up and said: "Your Majesty, this matter may involve state secrets, and the poor road is here, and I am afraid that the leader of Bian will be inconvenient." ”

Emperor Song hurriedly said: "Senior brother, don't be polite, the Daluo faction is the protector of the Song Kingdom, you and I are one, there is no inconvenience, Bian Qing, you can say it." ”

Bian Qing saw that Emperor Song insisted on leaving Liuyunzi, so he had to pick up the key points and report.

"Report to the emperor, according to the information obtained by his subordinates, this matter may be related to the competition for favor among the harem concubines. This time, the students sent by the Heavenly Demon Forest to study in Jinling came from the Xuanyuan Tomb, which caused the dissatisfaction of a certain concubine, so they planned this interception and killing operation.

As for the cause of the contradiction, the subordinates found that some of the secret files in the palace had been damaged during the investigation, so there was no way to verify the cause. ”

Emperor Song's face remained unchanged and said: "Oh, there is a secret file that is damaged, I don't know if it is man-made damage, or improper storage and damage?" Bian Qing, you quickly go and check it out for me." ”

Bian Qing took the order and left.

Liu Yunzi saw that Emperor Song didn't want Bian Qing to continue talking, so he found such a reason to send him away, and Liu Yunzi was not ready to break it, and wanted to continue to see how Emperor Song acted next.

Emperor Song watched Bian Qing leave the Funing Hall with gloomy eyes, turned to Liuyunzi and said, "Senior brother, I didn't expect that there are so many shady things in my harem, it really makes you laugh." ”

Liuyunzi hurriedly said: "Where is it, the emperor has a lot of opportunities, the great Song Kingdom is thriving under your leadership, these little things that are dark under the lights are just a disease of scabies, find a competent minister to rectify it, and it will immediately return to normal, and it will not have any impact on the emperor's sage." ”

Emperor Song sighed and said: "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, let alone a country? In recent years, I have often felt haggard and lack of energy, and I really want to unload this burden from my shoulders as soon as possible." ”

Liu Yunzi had a frightened expression: "Your Majesty, you are in the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, why do you say such decadent words, I haven't heard these words, don't talk about it easily in the future, it's not good for the country and the society to spread it." ”

Emperor Song laughed and said, "Senior brother, you don't have to be nervous, I just feel it." To be honest, if I could swap places with my brother, I might be a little more relaxed. ”

Liu Yunzi got up and said: "Your Majesty, don't make this kind of joke, the Da Luo faction, as a protector of the country, has always been loyal to the imperial court, and has never had the idea of overstepping the line. You say this, how can the Daluo faction deal with themselves?"

Emperor Song also got up, patted Liuyunzi's arm and said, "Senior brother, don't be nervous, I'm just joking, and I don't mean to blame you." ”

Liuyunzi bowed down and said: "The Son of Heaven has no jokes, and the Emperor is cautious." ”

Emperor Song said: "Okay, well, senior brother is right, it's me Menglang, then I won't talk about it today." This Song Ziming is a disciple of the Da Luo faction, and we have separated politics and religion in the Song Kingdom, so please ask the senior brother to try it himself. ”

Liu Yunzi knew that Emperor Song was waiting for him here, so he had to nod and agree.

Liu Yunzi turned around and asked in a deep voice: "Song Ziming, you are responsible for receiving the entry of the Heavenly Demon Forest students this time, and the route of travel is also arranged by you, why did the leak happen." ”

Song Ziming saw that Zhou Yishan and Bian Qing had not been severely punished, and he was personally interrogated by the head of the sect, and immediately felt that there was still hope for life.

In order to protect the safety of the student and avoid affecting the diplomatic relations between the two countries, the disciples in all links have taken it into account, but they did not expect that there were traitors among the disciples who were responsible for receiving them along the way, and secretly leaked the route of travel. ”

"Who leaked it, but there is real evidence?"

Song Ziming said with a sad face: "There are violent deaths and missing people among the reception personnel at the two stations, because Yundian and Jinling are too far apart, and the disciples cannot find out for the time being whether the violent deaths and missing people committed suicide in fear of crime, or absconded in fear of crime, or someone is suspicious.

When the emperor questioned him just now, the disciple did not dare to draw conclusions without real evidence, so as not to affect the emperor's judgment. ”

Liu Yunzi nodded, turned back to Emperor Song and said: "Your Majesty, Song Ziming didn't deliberately deceive you, this interception and killing case involves a wide range of details and complex details, if there is no real evidence, I am afraid it will be difficult to find out the truth."

In this way, Poor Dao immediately sent someone to Yundian to investigate the matter in detail, and he would give the emperor an accurate answer within ten days. ”

Emperor Song got up and said: "Then it's troublesome senior brother, I will continue to investigate the other two lines, please leave the matter of loss of secrets to senior brother, this matter is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and it also involves the reputation of the royal family and the Daluo faction, and the dean is also deeply concerned, so please be sure to find out the truth!"