The forbidden soldiers guarding outside immediately began to save people again, and after digging for a long time, more than ten corpses were fished out, Li Yu was so frightened that he was like sifting chaff, and after looking at it, he didn't find Yan Xu, and trembled all over: "Quick, find the prime minister." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

A weak voice behind the crowd shouted, "Don't worry, the lower official is here." Everyone dodged the road, but saw Yan Xu lying in a corner outside the door of the main hall, covered with dust, and it was impossible to tell which one he was without looking closely.

This old man is seventy or eighty, but his skills are flexible, and the hall just rang and jumped out, but his bones were soft and crisp, and he stumbled and fell outside the door, and then the hall collapsed, and the old man was safe and sound, but he poured a face of smoke and dust.

The number of people was checked again, and the deceased included 21 people, including Dang Huaiyu, a Chinese scholar, Liu Jia, a regular attendant, Yang Su, a servant, and Liu Chaoyou, a doctor of imperial history, and another seven people were seriously injured but did not die, and they were carried to Tai Hospital for rescue.

If it was said that the burning of the hall was done by manpower before, this time the lightning split hall was a pure natural disaster, Li Yu's face was colorless, if it wasn't for Meng Baixing's support, it is estimated that he would sit on the ground. All the civil and military officers were also pale, and Tang Yue, who was newly promoted to Shangshu Servant, bowed down and said: "This disaster from heaven must be caused by our ineffective work and the kindness of God. ”

He has something to say, and all the ministers naturally understand it. When even Xu Xuan, a member of the Chinese Scholars, came out and said: "It is rumored that there are many doubts about the princess's funeral, and the funeral etiquette is extremely simple, which is not in line with the system, so please consider it." ”

Chengxintang Chengzhi Qin Chengyu followed: "The princess's funeral is caused by illness, and it has nothing to do with the lord of the country. "This old thief instigated Li Jing to move the capital at first, and after Li Jing died of illness, he still served as the Chengxintang Chengzhi when he came back.

Zuo Servant Yan continued to be angry and said: "There is a disaster from the sky, it must be the heavens that warn the lord of the country to cultivate virtue, if there is really something that does not conform to the funeral etiquette of the princess, the Ministry of Rites should be held responsible." ”

Tian Yanlang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, heard that the responsibility was put on them, and immediately came out to protest: "After the princess's funeral, the Ministry of Rites presented the funeral rites, and Gonggong Deng came to pass the decree that the princess collided with the gods on the funeral day yesterday, and the etiquette was not too thick.

Tian Yanlang is sixty-one years old this year, and he is also highly respected, Yan Xu usually respects him, and nodded when he heard the words: "Why would Gonggong Deng preach such a will?" Then he turned his head to Li Yu and said, "This is what the lord of the country means?"

Li Yu shook his head in embarrassment and said: "Deng Zhengfang falsely passed the holy decree, and this king will definitely be punished heavily when he goes back." Yan Xu took the towel handed by a palace maid to wipe the dust off his face, glanced at the hundreds of corpses lying on the ground, and said angrily: "The lord of the country did not cultivate political virtue to cause disasters from heaven, Deng Zhengfang was only eunuchized, and he dared to falsely preach the holy decree, which shows how bad the rules in the palace were after the death of the emperor." ”

The crowd of Wenwu was silent, Li Yu saw that the old man was furious, some of the six gods had no master, and then saw that Queen Zhou was so frightened that her face was pale, trembling, she sighed, and waved her hand to order Meng Baixing to send Queen Zhou to the side hall to rest first, and then said slowly: "Lord Yan, don't be angry, God sent a disaster to warn, since this king is not doing well." Now is not the time to investigate the responsibility, how about everyone go to the front hall to clean up their appearance, gather hundreds of officials, and then find out the truth?"

Yan Xu glanced at him, sighed, and walked out first, and the hundred officials followed the procession, and all the corpses were disposed of by the forbidden army. Miao Chengxun, the commander of the Tianxing Army, and Gui Yuanzhen, the commander of the Crane Army, helped Li Yu, and the two were scared tonight, and whispered to persuade Li Yu to listen to Yan Xu's words, severely punish Deng Zhengfang, and raise the funeral etiquette of the princess.

Li Yu's face was complicated, he was silent all the way, both of them were very embarrassed, they didn't dare to say more, and escorted Li Yu all the way to the front hall.

After a night of tossing, the sky was getting brighter, and at this time, the hundred officials already knew that there was a fire in the palace last night, and they came to the court to inquire about the news. When the hour had come, the ruler opened the door of the temple and led the people into the procession.

Li Yu had already changed into the dragon robe and crown brought by the eunuch, dressed up, and solemnly ascended to the palace. Before he could speak, a man stepped out and said loudly: "I heard that a fire broke out in the palace last night, and there were heavy casualties, I wonder if the original culprit has been caught?"

Everyone looked at the person at the same time, and Li Yu said embarrassedly: "Han Aiqing is well-informed, this fire is a warning from the heavens, and the heavenly fire has burned five halls, but fortunately, the king is fine." ”

The person who came out of the class was the current household servant Han Xizai, and when he heard this, he was dissatisfied and said: "The minister knows that the lord of the country is fine, and the minister wants to know if the real murderer has been caught?"

Han Xizai sneered: "It is rumored outside that the princess is funeral, and the funeral is not in accordance with etiquette, but is there such a thing?" Li Yu's face rose slightly, and he stammered: "The princess is twenty-nine years old, and she died on a murderous day. ”

Tang Yue followed: "Heaven has sent a warning of disasters, and we will change them one by one." The minister thought that the first was to instruct the Ministry of Rites to reformulate the etiquette, the second was to punish Deng Zhengfang for falsely transmitting the holy decree, and the third was to ask the lord of the country to issue an edict to appease the people, so that he could hope for heavenly mercy and get through this pass. ”

The servant Yan Yan looked at his deputy with satisfaction, and then said, "What Master Tang said is very appropriate, and the minister seconded it." There were two prime ministers who set an example, and everyone followed: "The ministers seconded the proposal." ”

Li Yu's face was pale, and he hesitated: "The princess's specifications can be raised, although Deng Zhengfang's decree is wrong, but there is a reason for it, as for the edict, it is reasonable." The eunuchs and palace maids who died today were all given a thick burial, and their families were given 200 taels of silver as a pension. The minister's funeral is like a ritual, and each family gives a thousand taels of funeral gold, and a son enters the palace. ”

The ministers were silent, and solemnly continued: "The lord of the country is merciful, but three things are indispensable, Deng Zhengfang has always relied on the favor of the lord of the country, and acted as a prestige in the palace, and there has long been dissatisfaction inside and outside the palace, coupled with this misinterpretation of the holy will and false transmission of the holy decree, his crime should be punished." ”

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple Cheng went out at the same time and said: "Zha Deng Zhengfang has illegal acts such as stealing the imperial objects in the palace, embezzling treasury silver, and abusing lynching, and he should be beheaded according to the law." ”

With these bigwigs coming forward, the ministers came out one after another and said: "Please behead Deng Zhengfang to thank God." Li Yu's face was like gold paper, sweating like pulp, looking at the ministers like hooking ghosts, he waved his hand for a long time and said: "Just according to what Qing and others said." ”

Yan Xu raised his head coldly and glanced at Dali Temple, who immediately ran out and called the inner temple supervisor to run to Da Nei.

Han Xizai saw that everyone was returning to work, but he stood in the middle in a daze, and said solemnly: "It is rumored that the cause of the princess's death is unknown, and even the imperial doctor can't find out the cause, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

Li Yu sighed in his heart, knowing that what was supposed to come had finally come. These ministers never miss the opportunity to express themselves, and using the topic to play is their strength. The princess died of illness, and the palace Tianhuo can find out a lot of inside stories if anyone grabs it, and some people have long been eager to try, but unexpectedly Han Xizai took the lead, and the imperial historian Kong Xian was so angry that his neck was blue.

Li Yunai said with a smile: "The princess suddenly fell into a coma, and all the medical officers of the Tai Hospital were ineffective in diagnosis and treatment, and they selected famous doctors among the people for diagnosis and treatment, and finally died, and the cause of death is indeed unknown, but there is no other reason." ”

Han Xizai shook his head and said: "I heard that the princess has been practicing martial arts with the Tianshan faction since she was a child, and since last year, she has been traveling the rivers and lakes with Xiao Han, the head of the Wudang faction, and has always been in good health, how could she suddenly get sick? Is there something strange about it, or is there someone who is poisoned? The minister asked to send someone to investigate this matter, and gave a fair answer inside and outside the government and the opposition, which also put an end to the trend of folk speech. ”

The imperial historian Kong Xianke couldn't hold back any longer, and strode out and said: "The minister also heard about this, after the princess's funeral, the minister asked the palace maids, eunuchs, and grandmothers who served in the Yuetang Palace, and everyone said that the princess had never been sick since she was a child, and she had been practicing martial arts for many years, and her body was much stronger than ordinary people, but after receiving the sword sent by Deng Zhengfang, she fell unconscious, and the minister wanted to ask the lord of the country, who gave the sword?

There is no impermeable wall in the world, Li Yu didn't expect him to even find out these things, his face was pale, sweating like a note, and he said angrily: "This king has always disliked the emperor's sister with a knife and a gun, how can he give her a sword?" Kong Xianke immediately said: "Since this is the case, arrest Deng Zhengfang and confront him, and this matter can be investigated." ”

Li Yu said angrily: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are common, the royal sister is unconscious, the king is anxious, and he has also prayed to the heavens for blessings, and also posted the emperor's list to recruit talents for medical treatment, but he is powerless to return to heaven, things are so simple, but you have to find out what the inside story is?"

Tang Yue followed out of the class and said: "Master Kong will hold on to this, Deng Zhengfang will catch it for a while, and you will be able to clearly understand it after confronting him." Han Xizai glanced at him coldly, bowed slightly and said, "This time the Heavenly Fire Burning Palace, there are rumors that it is related to King Zheng. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked in the hall, and everyone looked at him with admiration and worry. The fact that King Zheng was under house arrest is well known, but he didn't expect Han Xizai to be so bold and dare to openly bring it up in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, is he really alive enough?

Who knew that Li Yu was indeed frightened tonight, and he had such a mind when the sky thundered together, it must have been heaven to see him treat his brother like this, and he really couldn't look past it to warn him. At this time, when he heard Han Xizai bring it up, he immediately nodded and said: "This king and King Zheng originally had a little misunderstanding, it is indeed this king who did not do it right, thank you Lord Han for reminding me, from today onwards, King Zheng will be promoted to prince, and the original palace maids will be returned, and the rank will be increased by ten thousand gold." ”

Immediately, a eunuch ran out to deliver the decree, and followed Li Congshan's crown and jade to bring in to thank him. He naturally knew about today's events, and he was very emotional in his heart. Although they knew that this matter must be related to Xiao Han, they didn't expect that Tianlei would actually help them.

Li Congshan entered the main hall, finished saluting, retreated to the side, and looked up to see Li Yu's pale face, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and he was dry and sticking to his body, with an embarrassed face.

Li Yu casually soothed Li Congshan a few words, Li Congshan replied like a ritual, and the scene of brothers, friends and brothers appeared again, and the ministers were very satisfied, and they nodded to Li Congshan.

As soon as Han Xizai was about to speak, he heard the official on duty outside the hall say loudly: "Deng Zhengfang brought it." ”