Zhao Shiqing died.

Died on the streets of the inner city.

Most of the people who died in the middle of the night were the corpses seen by the husband who passed by at night, and there were more than a dozen followers who died together, some were killed by arrows, and some were hacked to death by knives, Zhao Shiqing himself was blocked by a poisonous crossbow arrow, and died very miserably.

The news spread throughout the streets and alleys of Beijing early the next morning, saying that a senior official had died on the street and had been killed, which made the people of the capital panic.

Subsequently, martial law was imposed in the capital, all the city gates were closed, and the well-equipped army sealed the city gates one by one, and the people were told not to leave their homes, otherwise they would be punished for rebellion.

At four o'clock, an order came from the palace to summon hundreds of officials into the palace.

The officials were even more frightened than the common people.

They were keenly aware of the deep sea-like background behind Zhao Shiqing's death, and began to worry about their fate.

After Xu Hongji learned the news early in the morning, he was stunned, and his family didn't respond to any call, so scared that his family wanted to call the doctor.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Hongji came back to his senses, stopped the panic of his family, and told them not to worry, but his whole face was still very ugly, and after the news of the summoning came from the palace, his face became even more ugly, and he asked his family to wait for the news at home, and he put on his official uniform and got up to go to the palace.

After Zhu Yinghuai learned the news early in the morning, he was stunned at first, then a little gloating, then a little worried, and then relieved.

To be honest, Zhu Yinghuai has been unhappy with Zhao Shiqing for a long time, or many former ministers of the former Ming Dynasty who have not been reused have been unhappy with Zhao Shiqing for a long time, such as those Taoist officials, one by one, they all hate Zhao Shiqing to the core.

Because it is rumored that Zhao Shiqing was so reused and rewarded by the new emperor because he said bad things about many people, so that many courtiers who could have been reused were abandoned, and he sold all the evidence of everyone's corruption and bribery for the sake of one person's glory and wealth, and for more than four months, I don't know how many people have secretly cursed Zhao Shiqing for not dying well.

Zhu Yinghuai is naturally one of them, they are all former ministers of the former Ming Dynasty, why can you Zhao Shiqing and that Cai Guozhen be reused to grasp real power, and they can only eat and wait for death with false names? Although the Great Qin Dynasty treated officials a lot better, where was the power in hand?

Zhao Shiqing, this guy, is really damned, now that he is really dead, Zhu Yinghuai is of course a little gloating.

But soon he became worried again.

After all, this is a household secretary, a high-ranking official, who was killed on the street like this, or when the new dynasty was first established, isn't this equivalent to slapping the emperor in the face?

According to Xiao Ruxun's strong character, didn't you kill his favorite minister on the street to force him to take corresponding measures?

Zhu Yinghuai felt that these people were a little too impulsive and didn't think about the consequences.

In case the emperor is frightened, and the emperor is angry to conduct a big investigation in the Manchu Dynasty, everyone's life will not be easy, right?

But this is better than watching Zhao Shiqing and his ilk continue to show off their might.

After the emperor's summoning order was delivered, Zhu Yinghuai also put away his worries, got dressed and hurried to the palace.

When the news of Zhao Shiqing's death came, Wang Xijue was having breakfast under the service of his family, and after learning the news, his hand shook when he was drinking porridge, and the spoon fell into the bowl and splashed the porridge on the table, so frightened that his family quickly cleaned up for him.

After a while, Wang Xijue seemed to realize something, took a few deep breaths, picked up the spoon again and continued to eat porridge, and let the family eat together, and after the order summoned by the emperor was delivered, Wang Xijue had already eaten porridge and put on official clothes and waited to enter the palace.

The same reaction as Wang Xijue was Li Tingji.

Ye Xianggao, on the other hand, was much calmer, and after hearing the news, he continued to eat porridge unhurriedly, changed his clothes after eating porridge, and then went to the court unhurriedly.

After Liu Huangshang learned the news, his reaction was different from that of most people, he was a little surprised, and then his face turned pale suddenly, and then wiped his forehead, drank a bowl of tea to settle down, took a few breaths, and seemed to realize something, and then calmed down.

After the emperor's edict arrived, he calmly changed his clothes and left his mansion.

The officials were either worried, gloating, depressed, or unmoved, and under the emperor's orders, they converged from all directions towards the imperial power center.

Inside the Imperial Palace, the ministers stood, and outside the Imperial Palace, the heavily armed and solemn-looking warriors meticulously guarded the court.

The sky was overcast, a little stuffy, and there was a faint sound of thunder, as if a heavy rain was about to fall.

Xiao Ruxun came, not in a dark dragon robe, but in a battle armor.

The appearance of being fully armed seems to be the same as the appearance of entering the Beijing Division.

Holding the Sword of the Son of Heaven, he slowly walked forward from the gate of the Imperial Palace step by step.

With every step you take, you have to look at the officials on your left and right.

The officials who were swept by his fierce gaze lowered their heads one after another, their bodies trembling unnaturally, and fine beads of sweat oozed from their foreheads.

In a short distance, Xiao Ruxun usually walks like a fly, and can walk through it in just a few breaths, but this time, he walked extremely slowly.

They all felt the anger in the emperor's heart.

The emperor walked forward step by step, and the hearts of the ministers sank little by little.

Some of the people who had been gloating began to feel bad, because they felt as if they had underestimated the emperor's wrath.

Zhu Yinghuai swallowed his saliva and reached out to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Ruxun finally stood on the steps of the main hall, facing the ministers.

But his fierce gaze did not stop, and pierced the ministers' bodies like knives, making them feel uncomfortable.

Only then did they understand how uncomfortable it was to be regarded as an enemy by Xiao Ruxun.

They were wrong.

Being regarded as an enemy by Xiao Ruxun is definitely not just uncomfortable.

The suffocating silence lasted for a moment.

The Emperor, dressed in battle armor and holding the sword of the Son of Heaven, spoke.

"Zhao Shiqing is dead."

Five words, one word at a time, the voice is calm, implying anger.

"Daqin's Hubu Shangshu is dead."

The pitch is slightly higher, and the anger is beginning to appear.

"The Great Qin Household Department Shangshu who was sealed by my relatives died in the inner city, a group of fifteen people, none of whom survived, and died violently on the streets."

The tone was high, and the anger seemed to be irrepressible.

"The head of the household department, the official of the second grade, one of the six departments of the Great Qin, is a high and powerful person, and he is my important minister! But this important minister died on the street, under my nose, very good, very good, very good!

Now, the head of the household is dead, so is the next one the head of the military department? Or is it the book of the criminal department? Or is it the Book of Rites? Or is it the secretary of the ministry and the secretary of the ministry of work? Or the first and second assistants of the cabinet? Or is it ...... Myself? ”

Xiao Ruxun uttered amazing words.

After a short suffocating silence.

"If you dare to kill the Tobe Shangshu today, will you dare to kill ?!!me tomorrow?"

A bolt of lightning burst down, and the deafening thunder god resounded between the heavens and the earth.