"Judging from the clues found so far, there are major suspicions in the border army of the state. ”

Gonggong Mu sat on the edge of the emperor's bed and reported to the emperor in a low voice, this sentence was very short, but he said it slowly and heavily.

The emperor's face was even worse, his face was covered with a layer of dead gray, his eyes were dim, Cheng Gonggong had just fed him a bowl of ginseng spirit soup, and now he was almost completely inseparable from ginseng spirit soup, without ginseng spirit soup, he didn't even have the strength and energy to open his eyes.

"You, you," the emperor's voice was very low, like ant language, but Father-in-law Mu heard it clearly: "Disgusting little Muzi, what do you think in your heart, I know it clearly, but the pus has to be squeezed, let's kill it, kill it and it will be clean." ”

Gonggong Mu was silent, Gonggong Cheng stood aside expressionlessly, and the emperor muttered in a low voice: "Alas, how could I have thought this, but he is disobedient, I have told him several times over the years, you know, but what about him, did he listen to it?

Father-in-law Mu sighed lightly: "The slave receives the order, and the slave still asks for the order, whether to kill one or." ”

The emperor was silent for a while, then looked at him angrily, and said, "How to do this kind of thing, do you still need me to teach you?"

The emperor was extremely weak, his face was gray, and he was weak, and a breeze could blow him down, but the momentum was still strong, and Gonggong Mu hurriedly left his seat and knelt down: "The old slave is guilty, and the old slave understands." ”

The emperor stared at Gonggong Mu, and Gonggong Cheng was at a loss, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

The emperor sighed softly and lay down again, and Cheng's father-in-law hurriedly came over to comfort: "Your Majesty, the master has no second thoughts about you. ”

"I know," as soon as the anger passed, the emperor was weak, and interrupted him a little impatiently: "He is just soft-hearted, all these years, if I hadn't protected him, I'm afraid even the bones would have been eaten." ”

"Your Majesty, the slave knows very well, and the slave will draft the edict. Father-in-law Mu got up from the ground, quickly drafted the edict, and sent it to the emperor.

The emperor thought for a while: "Send Shang Shutai, let them discuss, and also discuss who to replace." Mu Gonggong agreed to agree, and the emperor added: "Write another copy." ”

Gonggong Mu was stunned and understood, and drafted another edict for the emperor to see, and the emperor saw it and motioned him to use the seal, and then called him to him.

"If they agree, let them draft the edict, and this will not be taken out. ”

After the emperor finished speaking, he closed his eyes a little tiredly, and Gonggong Mu looked at the edict in his hand, couldn't help but cry, and knelt on the ground: "The emperor is gracious, old slave, old slave,."

"Well, I'll be able to keep you alive for a few days. The emperor closed his eyes and muttered, and a cloudy tear slipped down: "What will you do in the future?!"

Father-in-law Mu also burst into tears: "The emperor treats the slave for his kindness, and the slave is hard to repay," choked up, and Father-in-law Mu stood up: "Your Majesty, take care of yourself, the slave will go on an errand." ”

Gonggong Mu wiped his face outside, tidied up his clothes a little, and came to Shangshutai with the two little eunuchs.

During this time, the situation was tense, the people in Shangshutai were there, the prince was sitting upright and frowning and looking at the music in his hand, he seemed to be very dissatisfied, Pei Shu Pan Lian was reviewing the music on the seat, and they maintained the daily operation of this huge empire.

"There is a will!"

Father-in-law Mu shouted at the door, everyone hurriedly left their seats, the prince walked quickly to Father-in-law Mu, and was about to kneel down to receive the decree, Father-in-law Mu said: "There is an order in the saint, there is no need to be polite, His Royal Highness the prince, the saint means to let Shangshutai discuss this." ”

Mu Gonggong said and took out the edict and handed it to the prince, the prince opened it and couldn't help but change his face drastically, he hurriedly read it, then handed it to Pan Lian, and made a look at Pan Lian, Pan Lian took the edict knowingly, and the edict was not covered with a jade seal, indicating that this was not a holy decree.

"The governor of the state, the general of the Huns, was arrogant and lawless, rebellious, betrayed the grace of the gods, embezzled military salaries and tuntian materials, and the imperial envoy and the state officials were like slaves. ”

The top ten crimes were listed, but in the end, they were not dealt with, and what they discussed today was how to deal with it?

After Pan Lian saw it, he handed it to Pei Shu with a solemn expression, and Gonggong Mu sighed: "Master Pei, read it, the meaning of the sage is to let the adults discuss how to deal with it." ”

Pei Shu hurriedly looked at it first, his expression changed dramatically, Rao had experienced so many years of the wind and tide of the Huan Sea, and his hands couldn't help but tremble.

"Master Pei, read it. Mu Gonggong's expression was cold, and he didn't have the slightest emotion in Yawen Pavilion, just like a wood without emotion.

Pei Shuqing cleared his throat and said: "Check and merge the governor of the prefecture, protect the Hun general Fang Hui, arrogant and lawless,......"

Pei Shu's voice began to tremble a little, and it stabilized after reading a few words, and the expressions of the principals of Shangshutai were different, some were excited, some were confused, and some were afraid.

Pan Lian looked very confused on the outside, as if he felt sudden, but he was very excited in his heart, today's result was already within Gu Wei's expectations, as soon as Qiu Yun was impeached, Gu Wei told him that this was a smokescreen, the emperor's target was not Qiu Yun but Fang Hui Duan Chang, as for Fang Hui or Duan Chang, then it depends on who gets close to King Qi, and who gets close is finished.

"Since ancient times, border generals are not allowed to make friends with vassal kings and ministers, this is an iron law, and no one can violate it. Qiuyun saw through this, so after he returned to the court, he closed the door and didn't see anyone, this is not hypocrisy, it is self-preservation. ”

King Qi left Beijing, Fang Hui led the guards to the dock to see him off, looking very heroic and heroic, but Gu Wei asserted that this was looking for death, Fang Hui was dead, and no one could save him.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the history of the state to be removed from his post and questioned, and Luo Yu was appointed as the new history of the state assassin.

Gu Wei's judgment on this appointment was that to clean up the periphery, Fang Hui's border army's grain and grass would be provided by Bingzhou, and Bingzhou's assassination history was equivalent to Fang Hui's logistics chief, and taking out this person would be equivalent to cutting off Fang Hui's grain and grass.

When the news of Luo You's assassination came, Gu Wei concluded without the slightest hesitation that whether Fang Hui did it or not, Fang Hui was finished.

Today, Gu Wei's judgment was verified.

Fang Hui is dead.

After Pei Shu finished reading, the room fell silent, and Gonggong Mu coughed dryly: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's discuss, the emperor is still waiting." ”

The ministers were silent at first, exchanging glances with each other, among the ministers of Shangshutai, Pei Shu and Fang Hui had the most contacts, and the friendship was also the best, after Fang returned to Beijing, the only minister of Shangshutai who visited him was him. Now that the emperor suddenly surrendered to Fang Hui, Pei Shu was unprepared for this, and for a while, he didn't know what to say.

"Fang Hui has made such a deception of the king! He should be severely punished! The crime cannot be punished!" The sentence first stood up and was strongly indignant to severely punish Fang Hui: "I think that Fang Hui should raid his family and exterminate his family!"

Everyone was shocked, Pan Lian looked at Ju Yu in surprise, and then looked at Gonggong Mu and the prince, the prince was silent.

After a short shock, the crown prince immediately realized the benefits of this matter to him, and all of Fang Hui's actions in the imperial capital reached his ears. He was resentful in his heart, King Qi was always a threat to his throne, and he was very willing to see that he could eradicate the wings of King Qi.

But how to deal with Fang Hui, the prince was a little hesitant, after all, Fang Hui was a heavy general of the imperial court, and he had made many military exploits, and he had not yet ascended the throne, so he would deal with such an important minister, and it would inevitably leave an infamy, especially the brave and good warlike border army of Bingzhou.

Although Fang Hui was rude, he could win the hearts of the officers and men of the border army of Bingzhou, and his prestige in the border army of Bingzhou was extremely high, and dealing with him would inevitably cause the heart of the border army of Bingzhou to waver, and if it caused a mutiny in the border army, it would be very inappropriate.

The prince was in a dilemma, and had to look at Pan Lian as if asking for help, Pan Lian knew very well in his heart that Fang Hui was dead this time, maybe Hu Benwei and Neiwei had already controlled Fang Mansion, and the emperor asked them to discuss it, there must be another purpose, Fang Hui's crime has been decided.

But what is the purpose of this?

Pan Lian didn't expect that it would be nice if Gu Wei was here.

Pan Ji is also as steady as Mount Tai, and he can't see what he is thinking at the moment.

Pei Shuqing coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention, and then asked Father-in-law Mu: "Father-in-law, does Your Majesty mean to let us discuss the guilt or let us discuss how to deal with it?"

There is a difference between discussing the guilt, which is to discuss whether the crime is established, and how to deal with it, that is, the crime has been established, the result has been decided, and the rest is to kill one party, or more.

Father-in-law Mu asked without changing his face: "Master Pei, what do you say?"

Pei Shu hesitated, and Gonggong Mu added: "All of you are important ministers of the court, you should observe the heart of the king, share the worries for the king, and solve problems for the court." Speaking of this, Gonggong Mu paused, sighed softly, took out a roll of things, and put it on the table: "This is the evidence of Fang Hui's crime found by the internal guards, as well as some evidence of the murder of the new Bingzhou assassin Shi Luoluo, please take a look, and then discuss it, our family is waiting outside." ”

After speaking, Gonggong Mu turned around and left the room, leaving a room full of surprised and dignified ministers.

"Internal guards, internal guards again. Pei Shu sighed, his heart was full of fear, and he felt the horror of the inner guard again.

"Hmph, the internal guards are pervasive," Pan Ji also sighed, and glanced at the prince intentionally or unintentionally: "I can sit back and relax if I have internal guards in Dajin, and the country will be forever." ”

"Don't complain!" Pan Lian stopped dissatisfiedly: "The internal guard was created by Emperor Taizu, is it still Emperor Taizu's fault!"

Pan Ji sneered twice, Emperor Taizu created the internal guard to deal with the remnants of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Saiwai Hu clan, but over the past few hundred years, the goal of the internal guard has long been changed from the outside to the inside, to monitor the courtiers and vassal kings.

The ministers of the DPRK and China did not dare to say much about this, but Shilin Qingliu resolutely opposed it, and countless people complained about the internal security system, accusing the imperial court of indulging the internal guards and implementing the rule of whistleblowers, which violated the way of the saints and made villains rampant.

The ministers of the DPRK and China were also full of resentment against the internal guards and deliberately indulged such remarks, so the internal guards were notorious among the government and the opposition, but they still could not stop the rising arrogance of the internal guards.

The prince didn't speak, the internal guard is the emperor's eyes and ears, even if he is a prince, or the prince, there are also internal guards lurking in the palace, and he is more careful than others, since ancient times, the abolition of the prince has not ended well.

Father-in-law Mu did what he said, he didn't leave the courtyard, he waited in the courtyard, the little eunuch brought him a chair, and Father-in-law Mu sat on the chair, and more than a dozen internal guards were dressed in brocade robes and sabers at their waists, standing straight behind him.