Zhen Mingku, who had been listening silently, saw Wang Shichong asking, smiled and said: "You adults are really worried about the country and the people, love the people like children, Zhen can't ask yourself as adults, but a little curious, there were thousands of dead and injured refugees outside the city, none of them played, and now there are only 100 people, but if a catastrophe is coming, the country will be destroyed, which really makes Zhen puzzled, and I hope you will solve your doubts." ”

When the ministers heard this, they looked away one after another, pretending to be indifferent, and avoided answering.

Wang Shichong's face sank: "General Zhen's words are too ignorant, the King of Five Grains controls most of the food supply in Luoyang, once the treasurer of the King of Five Grains is bribed by the enemy and mixes medicine into the military salary supplied, the Imperial Thai army will collapse without a fight!" This must not be taken lightly! ”

"In this way, it doesn't matter how many people die, the important thing is not to threaten the armament of Luoyang City, right?"

"General Zhen should not misinterpret the meaning of this king, of course the people are important, but more important is the stability of the world of the Imperial Thai Dynasty."

"What if there is a conflict of interest?"

"Do you need to ask? That must be the interests of the people obey the interests of the Imperial Thai Dynasty, this world is the emperor's world, the people are all the emperor's subjects, the monarch wants the ministers to die, the ministers have to die, this is the glory of these untouchables, General Zhen should not confuse the public, and promote your set of remarks that the monarch and the minister are equal and rebellious. ”

"Zhen didn't say that he wanted the monarch and the minister to be equal, but he just felt that the adults obviously didn't care, what he said in his heart and what he said in his mouth, how could it be so different, Zhen asked himself if he couldn't have such a split personality, so what he said was what he thought. If you have offended all of you, please forgive me. ”

The ministers' faces did not change, and their noses snorted. disdain to argue with him.

Yang Tong persuaded: "Wang Aiqing, Zhen Aiqing doesn't have to hurt the harmony for this matter, the world is mine, this is good, but if you lose the hearts of the people, it is not a new thing for the world to change hands, according to Zhen Aiqing's opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Wang Shichong was obviously dissatisfied with Yang Tong's bias towards Zhen Life. didn't wait for Zhen to reply bitterly, and hurriedly said: "General Zhen has a very good relationship with that Bao Xinglong, so he naturally advocates not to pursue it." This king feels that this matter must be investigated to the end and severely punished, so as to warn those profiteers who do evil and disregard human life! ”

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly: "King Zheng is so anxious to dispose of that bag of Xinglong. Could it be a plot? ”

"Bold! How dare you frame this king! This king is a minister appointed by the first emperor. Since childhood, he has been the teacher of the Emperor Tai, as a veteran of the Three Dynasties, loyal to the Great Sui and the Imperial Thai Dynasty, the sky can be learned, how can you slander, and then you have no mouth, this king will not be spared! ”

Wang Shichong's henchmen also accused. Filled with righteous indignation, Zhen Ming was bitter but his face did not change. Shut one's ears.

The ministers felt that theorizing with this person was simply playing the piano to the cow, and Zhen Mingku didn't seem to have listened to their words at all, or couldn't understand the awkward words they quoted such as "Zi said, the ancient saying has clouds", and he felt quite aggrieved and depressed when he met a soldier.

After arguing for a while, Yang Tong turned his head to look at Zhen Mingku, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked: "According to General Zhen's intentions, it is the best policy to maintain the stability of Luoyang City by suppressing this matter and not investigating it?" ”

Zhen Mingbitter said proudly: "Of course it has to be investigated, it is related to the safety of food supply in Luoyang City, and it cannot be taken lightly, but I think this matter should be handed over to a person who enforces the law impartially and is not afraid of the powerful, who in Luoyang City does not know that Bao Xinglong has been frugal and diligent all his life, cautious and kind, and legally rich, and must not do this kind of thing that hurts nature and reason, the so-called small business relies on wisdom, big business relies on virtue, Wuliang King can have today's scale, and people who are not virtuous and trustworthy cannot be competent, this matter is too strange, there must be another hidden situation, and it needs to be reviewed by the Criminal Department before the verdict, Even if the obsolescence of the King of Five Grains caused casualties among the people, he should be sentenced according to law, and he must not be lynched against an eighty-year-old man. ”

Yang Tong turned around and asked Wang Shichong: "What does Wang Aiqing think?" ”

Wang Shichong said with mockery: "Could it be that the person who enforces the law impartially and is not afraid of the powerful that General Zhen said is General Zhen himself?" ”

Zhen Mingku smiled calmly: "Why does Lord Wang always live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, I haven't been cheeky to this extent, and this person who enforces the law impartially and is not afraid of the powerful is naturally someone else." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers cast disdainful glances, talking about being cheeky, who can compare to him, the general of the secret guard who dares to openly blackmail the ministers who take care of his life above the court, a hundred people spit on his face, it is estimated that he can also be regarded as a perfume as if nothing happened, talking eloquently, smiling freely.

Zhen Mingku didn't feel the gaze of the ministers around him at all, and continued to say to himself: "Since the Imperial Thai Dynasty, this person has been the first person since ancient times, a model of the universe, and a rising star of the Imperial Thai Dynasty......

The ministers had already sneered and sneered......

"This person is the current saint, the king of the sainthood, the hope of the future, the emperor!"

The laughter of the ministers stopped abruptly, including Yang Tong, who looked at Zhen Mingku in a daze, only to see him glance around everyone slightly, and asked with a smile: "I don't know if you adults agree with my statement?" ”

Everyone smiled awkwardly and nodded one after another, "Agree to agree ......"

"Then, this matter will bother the emperor to take a little time out of his busy schedule to personally preside over this matter, so as to calm the hearts of the panicked Luoyang people, I don't know what the emperor wants?"

Yang Tong smiled: "Zhen Aiqing's words are exaggerated, hahaha...... Since it is the expectation of the public, I have no reason to shirk it, and I will personally interrogate this matter, and before that, I must not arbitrarily lynch him and torture him into a trick, otherwise I have reason to suspect that he is an accomplice, and I will try to kill him in vain, and be punished for deceiving the king and concealing the crime. ”

Zhen Ming shouted bitterly: "The emperor is wise, the emperor loves the people like a son, it is really the blessing of my emperor's Thai dynasty!" ”

When the ministers heard this, they had to echo and said: "It is really the blessing of my imperial Thai dynasty!" ”

Only Wang Shichong had a gloomy face and a fierce look in his eyes.

Although Yang Tong didn't know why Zhen Mingqu did this, as long as it was something that could embarrass Wang Shichong, he was willing to do it.

Zhen Mingku took the opportunity to say: "Please go to the prison to interrogate Bao Xinglong and bring him to the emperor for trial." ”

"Quasi-play!"

……

"This time it's my father's careful layout, even if you are rich and rival the country, in front of my father, it is just a worm that can be pinched to death at any time, if you are willing to cooperate, it is okay, I will let my father leave you with a handful of old bones to enjoy the old age, if not, not only you, but even your son, your people, all have to be implicated, you can not believe the words of others, but what this son said, you must not believe it."

Bao Xinglong looked at the triumphant Wang Xuanshu in front of him, Wang Shichong's second son, who has always had a reputation in Luoyang City, a crab general who has always been a flying and domineering general, walking sideways, and the characters who have no king's law in their eyes, their expressions became a little sluggish, sighed, and asked: "What should Wang Gongzi do if he wants to be old?" ”

Wang Xuanshu smiled proudly: "You are an old immortal who is quite knowledgeable about current affairs, in fact, it is very simple, as long as you tell the accomplice behind this matter, I will naturally say a few kind words for you in front of your father, maybe I can fight for you a sentence for being deceived and unintentional, and at most lose some money." ”

Bao Xinglong asked tentatively: "What does Wang Gongzi mean?" ”

"Let me ask you, is this incident Zhen Mingbitter threatening you, selling inferior grain to the King of Five Grains, killing hundreds of people, and deliberately concealing the number of deaths?"

Bao Xinglong's eyes flashed, and he groaned: "Wang Gongzi asked the old man to frame General Zhen, this is not a difficult thing, the problem is that this false accusation should also be justified, just based on the old man's words, how can General Zhen be arrested, he is a ruthless character who just got rid of the palace not long ago, in case the frame fails, and he bites back, isn't the old man dead left and right, it is better to die here, save yourself from doing something against your conscience, and it will not be good." ”

"You can rest assured that my father has already made careful arrangements, you only need to draw a charge on this confession, and my father will immediately be able to arrest that Zhen Mingku and put him in prison for questioning, even if he doesn't die, he can be sent to the army, and he will never have the opportunity to return to Beijing."

"I'm afraid that Zhen will not necessarily be obedient."

"Hmph, if you don't obey, there is only one way to die, my father is famous, if he dares to resist, my father can immediately send troops to destroy him, he is only 3,000 dark guards, how can he stop my father's 100,000 guards!"

Bao Xinglong struggled to sit up, "Show the confession to the old man." ”

Wang Xuanshu handed him a confession that had already been prepared, Bao Xinglong took it, his old face became cautious, he suddenly sneered a few times, reached out and tore the confession to pieces, and sneered:

"I see, you jackals who eat people and don't spit out bones, your conscience has been eaten by dogs, in order to frame General Zhen, you have disregarded hundreds of lives, killed my two shopkeepers, colluded with traitors, secretly poisoned, and tried in vain to embezzle the family business that my Bao family has been operating for decades, who doesn't know that I Bao Xinglong is a miser who counts rice grains and cooks, you want to take away my Bao family's property, which is more hateful than pumping my blood and picking my skin, do your Spring and Autumn Dream, the old man has already lived enough in this life, what are the bad moves, just use it, Let you see if the old man's old bones are hard! ”

As he spoke, a mouthful of thick phlegm spit out of his mouth, hitting Wang Xuanshu's eyes accurately, Wang Xuanshu touched the thick phlegm, and was almost disgusted to faint, so he couldn't shake it off, he was angry, and shouted: "You old thing, dare to talk to me, don't give you a little bitterness, you treat me as a soft-footed shrimp!" Come on, pour some on this old thing, don't you like to spit, I'll let you spit! ”

Several jailers rushed up and pressed Bao Xinglong on the straw pile, and one person came over with a bucket of dung, and Wang Xuanshu covered his nose and hid to the side.

Bao Xinglong realized what was about to happen, he had never been so insulted in his life, but he was old and frail, he was pressed by several people, and he didn't even have the strength to struggle, his old face turned red, and he shouted angrily: "You scum and scum, there is a kind of killing the old decay, and the old decay would rather die than this kind of insult!" (To be continued......)