Early in the morning, the emperor was in high spirits, and after he stopped the blessings of the civil and military officials, he said in a loud voice: "Everyone, Aiqing, in recent days, a lot of major events have happened in the national capital, first there were rebels in and out of the national capital, which made people panic, but fortunately, the rebels were caught in time. In addition, there are also descendants of anti-ministers many years ago who have been captured, which has relieved my worries.

Again, a few days ago, there was a misunderstanding, Leng Gongxue was mistakenly arrested and entered the prison of the Criminal Department, however, he is young, brave and strategic, and is a rare general. ”

Hundreds of civil and military officials called the emperor Shengming. Wang Wei and Shi Yan glanced at each other, very unhappy.

The emperor suddenly shouted: "Lord of the Criminal Department," Shi Yan heard the emperor shouting to himself, hurriedly walked a few steps to His Royal Highness, and bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister is here." Emperor Guangguang looked at Shi Yan and said sternly: "Lord Shi, what is the situation of the prisoners in the prison recently? I heard that some anti-ministers have been arrested, and they must be strictly managed, and their mistakes must not be tolerated, and the case should be carefully investigated, evidence should be found, and a greater enemy should be found. ”

Shi Yan hurriedly nodded yes. The topic changed and asked: "Nangong Tianjiao, the descendant of the anti-minister, how is she doing, has she confessed?" Shi Yan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, although this Nangong Tianjiao is a woman, she has a strong personality, and she would rather die than give in, but she refuses to admit her guilt." ”

The emperor frowned and said: "It seems that she is very stubborn, I will personally go to your criminal department tomorrow to listen to your trial, I want to see what skills this little woman has, colluding with thieves, breaking into the national capital, and destroying the safety of my northern country." Shi Yan heard this: "Your Majesty, you are busy here, and you also personally interrogate Nangong Tianjiao, and the old minister admires it." ”

Luster said: "I heard that Nangong Tianjiao died nine times in his life, with a unique skill, once killed hundreds of my northern subjects in one night, and the sword was not stained with blood, I want to see what kind of cold-faced killer she is, she is so vicious." ”

Shi Yan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's better not to go and see it, that Nangong Tianjiao is indeed very weird, the guards around me can't help her, yesterday, the old minister went to the prison to inspect, through the window, the old minister was almost injured by her." So, Your Majesty, for your comfort, I recommend that you still not go. ”

Emperor Luang was a little surprised when he heard this, and said, "Is Nangong Tianjiao really so amazing?, is it even more powerful than Nangong Xiao back then?" He raised his head and shouted, "General Leng," Leng Gongxue heard the emperor call herself, so she hurriedly walked to His Royal Highness and saluted and replied: "General Leng, that Nangong Tianjiao was captured by you personally, let me ask you, how is her martial arts?"

Leng Ye hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Nangong Tianjiao's martial arts are indeed extraordinary, if it weren't for the old injuries on her body when she fought with me, it would have been difficult for me to catch her." Emperor Luster asked, "Who is Nangong Tianjiao's master, who saved her in the first place?" Leng Ye replied: "Nangong Tianjiao's master is Sun Muyang, the head of the Bingning Sect of Ruiying Temple in Jiuzhaigou, and the person who rescued her back then was Sun Muyang's junior brother Bai Qi. ”

When the emperor heard Sun Muyang's name, he frowned and said, "Is Sun Muyang the Taoist priest you mentioned last time who repaired the plank road and collected people and horses?" Leng Ye nodded. Remembering the twists and turns of a few days ago, he said to Shi Yan: "How is the trial of Sun Muyang's son Sun Jiatong?"

Shi Yan was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there are really too many cases in the past few days, and I haven't had time to interrogate Sun Jiatong urgently." ”

Gloss's face was gloomy and said: "I see that you can't tell the priority of the case, this Sun Jiatong's case is more important than other cases, you should distinguish the priority of the matter." Shi Yan heard that the emperor blamed himself, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister's ability to handle the case is too poor, and the emperor is gracious." ”

Luang thought for a while and said, "General Leng, Prime Minister Wang, starting tomorrow, I will order you to assist Shi Yan in handling the case," Leng Ye and Wang Wei nodded hurriedly.

The emperor seemed to remember something and said, "Prime Minister Wang, I ask you, why did you condone your son Wang Xiaotian to collude with the Sun family?"

When Wang Wei heard this, his body shook for a moment, and then, he hurriedly knelt down to adjust his feelings and said: "Your Majesty, this micro-minister really doesn't know when he had dealings with the Sun family, and the minister also resents this rebel, and he can't tell the good from the bad, so he actually mixes with the anti-minister." Wang Wei peeked at the emperor and said: "Long live, as soon as Weichen hears about it, I will not tolerate my son Wang Xiaotian." ”

At this time, the civil and military officials exchanged heads and discussed in His Royal Highness. Guangguang was afraid of the dragon case, and reprimanded angrily: "Prime Minister Wang, I have always been kind to you, for the sake of your service for me for so many years, I will not hold you responsible, but Wang Xiaotian's case, you must seriously investigate, and you must not bend the law for personal gain." Wang Wei hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Thank you Banzai for your magnanimity, the minister will definitely do his best to assist Lord Shi in handling the case, and live up to Banzai's trust in the minister." ”

The civil and military officials called the emperor to say Shengming, and some officials had already seen through Wang Wei's ambitions, and these officials dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and looked at Wang Wei with suspicion.

The emperor was about to retire from the court, and Princess Slender Core and Princess Huaxin floated into the palace like butterflies. flew to the emperor like a little swallow. One of them stood behind the emperor on the left and one on the right.

When she saw the solemn expressions of the two princesses, she asked, "Why don't you accompany your grandmother in the palace and go to the palace?"

Xian Xin pouted and said: "Father, you don't know yet, yesterday, Leng Gongxue was almost killed by them, and Hua Xin and I didn't feel it in time, I'm afraid something big will happen in the prison." ”

When she heard this, she asked in surprise, "Is there really such a thing?" Who is it that wants to kill Leng Gongxue?"

Hua Xin pointed at Wang Wei and Shi Yan and said: "Your Majesty, it is that Lord Shi, and Prime Minister Wang Cheng, they want to kill people and kill them, and they almost beat Leng Gongxue to death." ”

When Guang Se heard this, he asked, "Shi Yan, Wang Wei, why did you assassinate Leng Gongxue?" The two of them didn't know what to say for a while, and their eyes kept rolling.

When the emperor saw that the two of them didn't speak, he said angrily: "You are really daring, you don't have my will, and you don't censor it, you kill people, you have no monarch?"

The two of them quickly knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers really didn't mean to harm Leng Gongxue, it's just that his behavior in the cell angered us, so he thought of killing him and removing this scourge for the northern country." ”

Luster asked, "What kind of excesses did Leng Gongxue do that made you want to kill him?"

Shi Yan not only prepared a bed in the cell for himself, but also deliberately lived in the opposite cell in the same big prison as Nangong Tianjiao, they forgot each other, and also discussed treasonous schemes. Isn't this enough to put Leng Gongxue to death?"

This book was first published on Kanshu.com