[Langya Bang] Qi Ye Zhenzhen

Yan Zhen handed Yan Yujin a small black porcelain bottle with a pattern of white orchids, "Go to Mr. Su, he just came out of the Xuanjing Department and will need this, hurry up."

Yan Zhen looked at Yan Yujin who was leaving, and gathered the fox fur around her body to block the cold outside.

She has always believed that some secrets are imprinted deep in the soul, and no one but herself can know them. She will take those secrets to hell and become the salvation of the next life, or sin.

A big hand rested on her shoulder, and when she looked up, she saw her handsome husband with a concerned look and a slight smile.

In Prince Jing's mansion, there was warmth and tenderness, but in Wuying Hall, Prince Ji, who had always been ignorant, was a little restless.

According to the Daliang system, from the seal on New Year's Eve to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, it is a holiday and exempted from court.

It's just the ninth day of the lunar new year, and the year is not over yet, Cai Quan and Shen Zhui's request for a meeting at this time must not be for an ordinary matter, so even though Emperor Liang is upset now, he still ordered them to come in.

"Brother Huang wants to discuss court affairs, and my younger brother should also leave." King Ji hurriedly got up and said.

"Sit down and stay with me for a while longer." Emperor Liang raised his hand tiredly, "I still want to chat with you. Besides, what court affairs can't you listen to?"

"Yes." King Ji did not dare to disobey, and sat down again according to his words.

After a while, Cai Quan, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Shen Zhui, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, were led into the palace.

The two of them are only in their 30s, and they are the two youngest officials of the six ministries. Cai Quan has a fair face and a square appearance.Shen Zhui's body is slightly plump, but it's hard to hide his elegant and steady aura.

After performing the royal ceremony, the two of them knelt and sat in the hall facing east.

"What's the report for Cai Qing and Shen Qing's entry into the palace?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty," Cai Quan said in a flat tone, "The Ministry of Punishment has recently concluded a case related to the incident that the Ministry of Household Affairs secretly set up a private artillery workshop last year. I think it is necessary to report the details to Your Majesty."

"Private Paofang?" Emperor Liang frowned and thought for a while, "It's the collusion between King Xian and Lou Zhijing from the Hubu? Didn't you figure it out a long time ago? Why, is there something wrong?"

The Prince Xian mentioned by Emperor Liang of course refers to the former crown prince who had been deposed for less than a year. When it was exposed that he instructed Lou Zhijing to secretly set up a private cannon shop to obtain huge profits, it caused a lot of trouble. A very important fall in the process of descending to the throne of the prince.

"The case of Private Cannon Square was personally investigated by Mr. Shen from the household department. The facts of the case are clear, the accounts are clear, and the responsibilities of Wang Xian and Lou Zhijing are not at all uncomfortable. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with it," Cai said. Tsuen paused here for a while, and said again, "What I'm referring to is... the explosion that triggered the private artillery workshop..."

"explode?"

"Yes, 69 people were killed, 150 were injured, and hundreds of families were destroyed by the fire. There was a lot of public dissatisfaction..."

"Isn't there a way to deal with it? I have comforted the people, so is there anything wrong?" Emperor Liang was slightly displeased.

"At that time, everyone thought it was an accident, an explosion caused by the careless use of fire in the private cannon workshop." Cai Quan raised his eyes and faced the emperor who was high on the throne, "But according to my recent discovery , this was not an accident."

Emperor Liang's eyebrows twitched, and before he could speak, King Ji couldn't help being surprised, and said in a broken voice, "Isn't it an accident? Could it be someone did it on purpose?"

"I have testimony, Your Majesty, please read it." Cai Quan did not directly answer King Ji's question, but took out a volume of documents from his sleeve, and the eunuch handed it over to the imperial case.

Emperor Liang slowly unfolded the scroll. When he first read it, there was nothing wrong with it. His expression became more gloomy as he read it. When he saw the third page, he was already trembling with anger and threw the entire scroll on the ground.

King Ji was originally sitting next to Emperor Liang, at this moment he quietly leaned over to pick up the document and read it, but his face turned ashen-colored before he saw half of it.

"Your Majesty, these five testimonies were taken separately. All the things described are consistent and there are no flaws. I think it is credible." Cai Quan still said quietly, "From the beginning, the bandit made the first complaint in order to reduce the crime. At the beginning, I traced it layer by layer, and the truth became more and more shocking. In fact, after the investigation, I knew that I was far from the root of the investigation, but since officials at the same level were involved, I couldn't do it without authorization. Therefore, I entered the palace today to ask for an order, and I beg your Majesty to order the Ting Wei Division to send personnel to monitor, and I hope that Dali Temple Minister Zhu Yue can be brought to trial as soon as possible."

"Although Zhu Yue was finally identified," Ji Wang asked in a daze, "but...but why did Zhu Yue instruct these people to detonate the private gun workshop? There must be a motive for everything."

Regarding this question, Emperor Liang pressed the corners of his lips tightly, and Cai Quan had no intention of answering.

Why?Such a naive question can only be asked by Ji Wang, who is romantic in poetry and wine.

The answer to King Ji was Shen Zhui, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

"My lord. Zhu Yue is Yu Wang's brother-in-law. This shocking explosion, people's grievances are boiling, and the spearhead has been dedicated to the king. Who will benefit?"

"This... all of this confuses me." Ji Wang came to his senses all of a sudden, and didn't know what to say for a while.

It is of course self-evident how much benefit it will bring to another person by exposing the secrets of the private artillery workshop in that tragic way, thereby inciting a lot of public grievances against the prince at that time.

Emperor Liang only felt dizzy in front of his eyes, and his limbs were already cold with anger, and he was speechless.

Private Paofang, Zhu Yue, Dali Temple, Xuanjingsi, Xia Jiang, Wei Zheng... These terms rolled around in his mind in confusion, making him dizzy and having a headache. In this mess, the only clear thing was It is the consistent method from the past to the present.

After successfully bringing down the crown prince, the target has been changed to King Jing.

If the ex-prince was still self-inflicted and was caught by King Yu, then this time he was framing Prince Jing most nakedly.

However, what is even more shocking is that King Yu somehow managed to unite with Xiajiang, and let Xuan Jing, who was always loyal to the emperor, set up an ambush for him to transfer prisoners, and finally charged King Jing with the big crime of rebellion. .

For Emperor Liang, Xuan Jingsi's betrayal and deceit had already broken through the bottom line of his tolerance.

"King Xuanyu." Emperor Liang squeezed out these three words from between his teeth. Although the tone was low, it made people feel cold all over.

Ji Wang took a look at Cai Quan and Shen Zhui who were sitting upright, and had a premonition of the big storm that was going on.

To be honest, he really didn't want to stay at the scene and watch the scene full of Ubud, but unfortunately he didn't have the courage to stand up and ask for resignation at this time, so he swallowed dryly and sat there without moving.

Today the palace is destined to have a big event, King Ji watched Emperor Liang reprimand King Yu, and was about to leave, but unexpectedly someone came to report again, Duke Yun and his wife asked to see him outside the palace.

Mrs. Yun is the Empress Dowager's direct younger sister. Although King Ji is not born to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is the aunt of the princes. King Ji also wants to call this old lady an aunt.

"Why is my uncle and aunt here? I haven't seen my aunt for the New Year's Eve. I'm paying New Year's greetings to her old man."

Even if Emperor Liang was so angry with Prince Yu at this time, he had no choice but to put on a peaceful face to see the Yun family.

It's just that not only Yun's and his wife came, Mrs. Yun was holding a young maid in her hand, seeing both of them face sinking, King Ji's left eyelid twitched suddenly, he had a bad feeling.

"Uncle and aunt, who is this?" Although Emperor Liang was the emperor, the Yun family and his wife were both elders and they were always respectful. He thought that something happened and he needed to preside over it.

Yun Rendong has white eyebrows and a rather resolute appearance. Although he is old, he can still see his face as jade when he was young.

He was about to speak but was stopped by his wife at the side: "This is private in the inner house, master, let the concubine come here."

Mrs. Yun straightened her body, she said: "Today, we, husband and wife, went to Prince Jing's mansion to see Zhen'er. She was ill. Originally, I thought the child was weak after giving birth. But today, I went to see Zhen'er, Only then did I find out that the child had been poisoned."

"Poisoned?" Emperor Liang's face darkened, his eyebrows twitched, "Ah-Zhen was born in the Yan Mansion, and married into the royal family, with a noble status. Who would dare to poison her."

He glanced at the shivering little maid kneeling on the Hall of Martial Arts, and said in a deep voice, "Is it this little maid?"

"Her? There is naturally someone behind her. This girl is a maid of the side concubine Li of Prince Jing's mansion. In the past three months, in the Jinxie paddock, His Majesty rewarded King Jing with golden beads. Concubine Zhen'er picked a few One was given to the concubine in the mansion. Concubine Li returned the gift to Zhen'er with this lucky bag. It was made by this maid." Mrs. Yun took out the lucky bag embroidered with auspicious clouds, "Inside, there is the secret of the Hua clan. Medicine 'Troubleshooting'"

As soon as the entanglement came out, Emperor Liang's already gloomy face immediately changed drastically.

As an emperor with too many secrets, he certainly knows what lingering is.Since he ascended the throne, that medicine has only been used by Yan Zhen's mother, his cousin Yun Ke.

This medicine was presented by Xia Jiang, who said it was the secret medicine of Xuan Jing Division.

How could it be a skater again?

How could Xia Jiang have anything to do with Hua people?

Xia Jiang and Yu Wang...

Emperor Liang grasped something in an instant, and recalled the dusty past many years ago: "Hand her over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for strict interrogation. As for Prince Jing's side concubine Li, she is also handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Don't worry, Auntie, I will definitely leave this matter to Ah Zhen." An explanation."

King Ji waited for Emperor Liang to finish his question, and hurriedly asked Mrs. Yun: "Auntie, how is this child, Ah Zhen?"

Yun Rendong and his wife looked at each other, and said: "Fortunately, this powder is not used much, and this child, Zhen'er, doesn't often use this lucky bag. The imperial doctor said that he needs to take good care of him."

Emperor Liang felt a little relieved when he heard the words, and sighed: "This child, Ah Zhen, has been blessed since she was young."

This matter was handed over to Cai Quan, the stern and selfless Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, which can be regarded as an expression of Emperor Liang's attitude.

Xiao Jingyan's introspection naturally ended with the closure of the Xuanjing Division by the Imperial Army.

Knowing the result, the Yun couple left without further entanglement.

Just when they were leaving, Meng Zhi came to the Hall of Martial Heroes to return to his command.

Seeing the couple, the commander of the Imperial Guard stepped back and bowed to salute.

Yun Rendong nodded slightly, and left with his wife without saying a word.

When Meng Zhi went in, he saw Emperor Liang with a bad face, and hurriedly saluted and replied.

"Did Xia Jiang say something?" Emperor Liang had just reprimanded King Yu and told him to go back to his residence to wait for disposal. He also knew that Xia Jiang and the Hua family had selfishness, so he was still in a bad mood, his face was so dark that a thunderbolt would strike at any time. Come.

"He refused to plead guilty, and kept asking for an interview." Meng Zhi reported truthfully, "He also said that the one he captured was the real Wei Zheng."

"Of course he won't admit it," Emperor Liang sneered. "Xia Jiang is someone who won't give up until the last moment. If he confesses his crime quickly, I will find it strange."

"But Your Majesty..." Meng Zhi took a step forward and said with a puzzled look on his face, "When I sent Xia Dong to the dungeon, she insisted on defending Xia Jiang, saying...that she lost the matter of finding someone to pretend to be Wei Zheng." She committed a rebellion, made her own decisions, and has nothing to do with her master... Do you think this is really the case?"

Emperor Liang couldn't help but cast a glance at Meng Zhi, "You, warrior's mind, is too simple. You are the only one who will believe what Xia Dong said. I just reprimanded you if I lost the traitor and Secretary Xuan Jing came to plead guilty. They find a fake Wei Zheng to go in. And even if they find a fake Wei Zheng to go in, why bother to rob him. I think Xia Jiang probably wants to use the fake Wei Zheng to continue to do something, for example, secretly put it in a place under the jurisdiction of Prince Jing , and then send people to search for it, it will naturally become Jingyan's criminal evidence..."

"Ah?" King Ji on the side heard this, his expression was startled and horrified, "This... this is too poisonous... Only the emperor brother can understand these joints, and the minister is stupid... I never thought about it at all. Thinking about it this way..."

"I know about Xia Jiang's tricks," Emperor Liang narrowed his eyes with a stern expression, "I used to think that he would never lie to me, so I didn't worry too much about it. Now that I think about it, it's really shocking... ..."

"Then Xiadong..."

"What Xia Dong said is just to exonerate her master, just listen to it, do you believe it?"

"So it's possible that the fake Wei Zheng is still alive..."

"It should still be in Xia Jiang's hands."

"That's great." Meng Zhi looked rejoicing, and took another look at Prince Ji, "Hasn't Prince Ji seen that fake Wei Zheng? Immediately interrogate Xia Jiang and ask him to hand over the fake Wei Zheng."

Emperor Liang glanced at Meng Zhi again, "If you say you are too simple, you really don't use your brain? Xia Jiang clearly proved that it was King Jing who sent someone to rob the traitor. Come out, isn't that the same as pleading guilty? As I said, Xia Jiang will not plead so easily."

Meng Zhi actually wanted to laugh very much right now, but Langya's second master would not even have this bit of self-control, so his expression was still very serious, and he nodded solemnly and said: "To frame the prince, there is really no way to redeem him." If Xia Jiang has any greed for life, he will definitely refuse to hand over Wei Zheng."

"You have finally opened your mind." Emperor Liang let out a long breath, leaned back weakly, and said, "Go and tell Xia Jiang that I don't want to hear him complaining about injustice now, and tell him to think about it and think clearly. , give him a pen and paper, and ask him to write a notebook."

"Yes."

"One more thing." Emperor Liang's face darkened again, "Princess Jing Yan Zhen has been poisoned by love. Tell Xia Jiang about this and ask him to hand over the antidote. Although the imperial physician said that Ah Zhen is fine, I want to make sure nothing goes wrong."