The outer chamber is not what I want, the general will send you a sword!

Chapter 167 The General's Heart Knot Opened
"I see who dares!"

The eighth prince came with his men on horseback.

"Eighth Prince, I'm just following orders! If I don't investigate clearly and something happens, I will be responsible!"

The eighth prince raised his chin and said, "If there are spies in the Black Tiger Army, this prince will take full responsibility, so you can let them go now!"

The general guarding the city faltered, "This..."

The Eighth Prince ignored him and walked towards Lin Ziyi.

"Brother Ziyi, the master has already said, do what you want to do boldly, the master will take care of everything!"

The eighth prince's words made the city guard general even more speechless.

The national teacher said so, so what else could he say!

Lin Ziyi urged the horses to enter the city quickly, and when they entered, the general defending the city wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Go to the prime minister's mansion and tell the prime minister that I can't stop him!" He said to the soldiers beside him.

Turning to look at the backs of Lin Ziyi and the others, he shook his head secretly, "I'm afraid I'm in big trouble now!"

"No, I have to prepare early!"

On the other side, Prime Minister Qu's Mansion was furious when he learned that the Eighth Prince had brought him in.

"The eighth prince has never participated in government affairs, how could he get involved in this matter now! Lin Ziyi must have instructed him in advance!"

He paced back and forth in the room with a grim expression on his face.

"We can't let him take Ning Zhaoping to meet the emperor! Absolutely not!"

Thinking of this, he walked out quickly.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw two eunuchs approaching, one of them said: "Prime Minister Qu, Your Majesty invites you to enter the palace!"

Prime Minister Qu's face was pale, his eyes were twinkling, and his face was cloudy and uncertain.

"I don't know, the emperor summoned him, what's the matter?" He asked.

"How does our family know what the emperor is going to do? Prime Minister Qu will know when he enters the palace! Please!" The eunuch made a gesture of invitation.

Prime Minister Qu glanced at the Imperial Forest Army following him. The current situation is that if you don't go, you have to go!

Not long after, he entered the palace, and when he arrived at the council hall, he saw Lin Ziyi coming, and Ning Zhaoping was also there, and Prime Minister Qu's heart trembled suddenly!
Suppressing his panic, he walked in.

When the emperor saw him coming, he threw a memorial to the ground with a slap in the face.

"Take a look, what is this!"

Prime Minister Qu picked it up tremblingly, opened it, and his hands trembled!
"You concealed the plague in Lincheng and said it was Ning Zhaoping's rebellion. The contents of the correspondence are all in this memorial. What else do you have to say!" the emperor said angrily.

"This must have been forged!" Prime Minister Qu argued.

"What about this!" The emperor threw a ledger in front of him.

What is written on it is evidence that Prime Minister Qu colluded with the Kingdom of Jin for profit, every single stroke is human life!

"This is done by my unworthy son. He has been taken away by Dongmen's family now. There is no way to verify it. Maybe someone planted it!" Prime Minister Qu was in a cold sweat.

"Your Majesty, this is evidence that Prime Minister Qu has embezzled grain and grass and delayed military planes! Please take a look!" Lin Ziyi handed over the evidence he had collected.

In fact, he had collected this evidence a long time ago, but these criminal evidences were not enough to completely bring down Prime Minister Qu, so he had to be foolproof.

But now, with the evidence in Ning Zhaoping's hands, he added to the crime, let's see how he argues!

The emperor glanced at the evidence, and asked with a gloomy face, "Prime Minister Qu, did you do this too?"

"It's not a humble minister, it's General Lin avenging his personal revenge!"

"Your Majesty, the witnesses are begging to see you!" A clear and pleasant female voice came from outside.

"Xuan!" shouted the emperor.

Xia Jin walked in with two Jin Kingdom businessmen.

Back then, he learned from Lvyi that Qu Renjie was discussing with two businessmen from Kingdom of Jin. During this period of time, Qin Haoou intentionally approached him, and learned a great clue from them.

"The military pay that Prime Minister Qu privately embezzled was sold to the Jin Kingdom's army at a high price through these two businessmen!" Xia Jin said.

The emperor's eyes widened, "Continue talking!"

Xia Jin looked at the Jin Kingdom merchant and said, "Please tell me what you know!"

The Jin Kingdom merchant nodded, looked at the emperor, and said, "Madam General is absolutely right, Prime Minister Qu has indeed sold us a sum of grain and grass, this is the receipt!"

Seeing that there were all the documents, the old emperor blushed with anger.

"Your Majesty, I also ask you to avenge the injustice of the soldiers who starved to death at the North Gate!" Lin Ziyi clasped his fists heavily and said every word.

"Come on! Arrest Prime Minister Qu and put him in the dungeon!"

When the emperor gave an order, Prime Minister Qu's legs softened and he knelt on the ground. He wanted to speak, but found it difficult to even breathe.

"It's over, it's over..."

He was dragged out by the Imperial Forest Army with a look of despair.

On the same day, the emperor ordered the residence of Prime Minister Qu to be ransacked, and the property seized was comparable to the national treasury.

Three days later, the emperor ordered the whole family to be beheaded.

All those involved were arrested and punished with the same crime.

Two days after that, Lin Ziyi brought Qi Tianxiao to the tombstone of Lieutenant General Qi.

"Now, you can rest in peace!" Lin Ziyi said in a deep voice.

Qi Tianxiao knelt in front of the grave and cried loudly, "Brother, Brother Ziyi is the master for you. You are not guilty now. You are a hero. The emperor gave you a reward. It's a pity that you are no longer here..."

The wind blew across the mountains and the leaves rustled, as if they wanted to say something, but for a moment, the wind stopped and everything returned to calm, as if relieved...

Lin Ziyi turned and left, giving Qi Tianxiao and his brother time alone.

And at this moment, the knot in his heart was also opened!
……

In the God of Food Hall.

Xia Jin sat on the second floor of the God of Food Hall, listening to the diners discussing about Prime Minister Qu.

"The property looted from Prime Minister Qu's mansion is more than the national treasury, how greedy!"

"The general's salary was sold to other people, so that the frontline soldiers were starved, and he was planted to say that he was not good at doing things. Tsk tsk tsk, beheading this kind of person is considered light!"

"Poor Vice-General Qi, he was wronged even after his death. Fortunately, General Lin finally got his revenge!"

"I heard that the number of people was counted by copying and cutting, and there are two people missing!"

"Who?"

"Eldest Lady Dongmen and her daughter Qu Linglong were picked up ahead of schedule!"

"Is there still this?"

"Ham, after all, they are members of the Dongmen family. It is not difficult to take away one or two people with their power!"

Xia Jin narrowed her eyes, the mother and daughter escaped?
Nibbling sunflower seeds, listening to gossip, the day passed quickly, the hall of food gods came and went, and Xia Jin was no longer interested in hearing too much news, true or false.

They clapped their hands, stood up and planned to see the old matriarch, when they opened the door, they saw Li Qiang standing at the door.

"Xiao Qiang, it's you. You scared me. You're looking for me at this time. What's the matter?" Xia Jin asked.

Li Qiang nodded and said, "Master, I have something very important to tell you!"

Xia Jin opened the door and said, "Come in and talk!"

Li Qiang walked in and closed the door. He looked at Xia Jin, thought for several days, and decided to tell Xia Jin about it.

"Master, do you still remember the man in black who followed us in Lincheng! I saw his face. He is actually a member of the God of Food Hall!"

"Who?"

"Mu Baihao!"

(End of this chapter)