Ci Jinzhi

Upon hearing what He Qingxiao reported, Prince Qing's eyes wished he could kill someone.

He knew that He Qingxiao had always been at odds with him!

After hearing this, Emperor Xingyuan frowned and asked, "Why didn't you report such a big thing as soon as possible?"

"We are afraid that the man will talk nonsense and make His Majesty worry about false things. After interrogating the ministers, we sent Jinlin Guards to Dingbei to investigate, thinking that we will report to Your Majesty after we have the results."

Emperor Xing Yuan's face sank: "Make your own claim!"

"I will die." He Qingxiao knelt down on one knee to plead guilty.

The date he reported for arresting the young man was quite different from the actual date, which was much easier for Emperor Xingyuan to accept.Otherwise, if Emperor Xingyuan knew that this happened many days ago, he would really be held accountable.

Emperor Xingyuan had expressed his dissatisfaction and had no intention of scolding He Qingxiao. He said with a cold face: "Is this person now in Beizhen Fusi?"

"Yes."

"Bring him to me."

After another excruciating wait, the young man was brought to Emperor Xingyuan.

"The little civil guard Changqing has met His Majesty."

Emperor Xingyuan glanced at He Qingxiao displeasedly: "Are you still punished?"

"My men were reckless. I initially suspected that this person was Xiao Xiao and used some tricks..."

The ability of Jinlin Guard to independently arrest and interrogate was the power granted by the emperor. Emperor Xingyuan asked this question, and his attention was entirely focused on Wei Changqing.

Wei Changqing, like Zhu Xiaoyue, talked about Dingbei: "Beiquan County is very close to Bei'an County, which was hardest hit by the disaster, and the disaster was also very serious. Fortunately, although many houses collapsed in many places, most people were fine. But for some reason, although several counties have received relief materials, there has been no movement here in Beiquan..."

He Qingxiao heard Wei Changqing talk about this again, combined with the latest news from Dingbei, how could he not understand the tricks of those corrupt officials.

There are a lot of disaster relief funds. If it is spent in a place like Beiquan County, where almost all the houses have collapsed, but most of the people are fine, if they have to rebuild their houses and provide them with food and clothing to keep them warm, how much money can they make?And if it is used in places that are less affected by disasters, you can spend the least money, do the most beautiful things, and gain the greatest fame.

Those Wanmin Umbrellas are real, and so is greed for ink and money.

These people did not hesitate to kill people in order to hide the truth, and they also won the love of the people in Pingcheng and other places. There has never been such a ridiculous thing.

After hearing this, Emperor Xing Yuan looked at Pei Shilang coldly: "Pei Zuo, what else do you have to say?"

Mr. Pei, who was resting his forehead on the ground, remained motionless.

"Pei Zuo——" Emperor Xingyuan's voice became even colder.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, who was closer to Pei Shilang, was a little anxious. He couldn't help but stretched out his foot and kicked it gently as a reminder. Unexpectedly, as soon as he touched him, he saw Pei Shilang's body tilted and fell to the ground.

Poor Hube Shangshu was so young that he was so shocked by this turn of events that his beard flew up.

The eunuch Sun Yan went over to check.

"Your Majesty, Pei Shilang has passed out."

The ministers looked at each other.

Was he fainted from fright?
"Send the imperial doctor to wake him up!" Emperor Xingyuan said coldly.

While waiting for the imperial doctor to arrive, Emperor Xingyuan looked at Prince Qing expressionlessly.

King Qing cried bitterly: "Father, my son really did not order the massacre of the people in Taiping Town!"

Emperor Xing Yuan's eyes were full of disappointment and disgust: "So far, are you still stubborn?"

"I really don't have a son! My son can swear!"

Seeing King Qing raising a hand in panic, Zhu Xiaoyue thought of the poisonous oath she had sworn in front of Shuntian Fu Yin not long ago, and felt ironic and happy.

"Swear? Do you think this is a quarrel between common people and swearing?" Emperor Xingyuan became even more angry when he saw King Qing acting like this.

King Qing was too frightened to say anything.

At this time, the imperial physician came in with a medicine box, not daring to look around, let alone make wild guesses, bowed his head and gave Pei Shilang acupuncture after saluting.Mr. Pei quickly took a deep breath and opened his eyes.

He was lying down, and what he saw was the gorgeous and complicated Yunlong caisson, reminding him of where this place was.

Minister Pei hurriedly sat up, turned over and knelt down to plead guilty: "I will die!"

Emperor Xingyuan sneered: "You are indeed dead!"

"Your Majesty, I really don't know what these two people said!"

The stubborn mouth of a dead duck may seem ridiculous to onlookers, but when applied to oneself, it is a survival instinct.

At this moment, a chamberlain walked in quickly and whispered a few words to the eunuch Sun Yan.

As one of Emperor Xingyuan's most trusted eunuchs, there was no doubt that Sun Yan could keep his composure. However, at this moment, his face turned pale and he even stumbled as he walked inside.

Emperor Xingyuan saw this and his expression became solemn: "What happened?"

"Your Majesty, Zhao Feifan, the deputy commander of the Beijing Camp, urgently requests an audience."

There is a military camp outside the city, called the Jingying, and the generals in the army will not enter the city.

When Emperor Xingyuan heard that someone from the capital camp was coming, and at this sensitive moment, his heart sank: "Tell him to come in!"

Soon a tall military general walked in and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, Zhao Feifan."

"Why is Vice Commander Zhao entering the palace at this time?"

Vice Commander Zhao lowered his eyes and cupped his hands: "Just now, Commander Wu led three thousand soldiers and suddenly left the military camp and headed north. I felt something was wrong, so I sent troops to chase them and came to report to Your Majesty."

When a general leads his troops to leave the camp without any reason, this is undoubtedly a rebellion.

Wu Yanting, the commander of the Beijing camp, actually rebelled!
This news was like a huge thunder, which shocked everyone in the hall.

While Prince Qing was still stunned, the kneeling Minister Pei tilted his body and fainted again.

Emperor Xingyuan had an ominous premonition when he heard that Zhao Feifan, the deputy commander of the Beijing camp, asked for an audience. When he heard that Wu Yanting had rebelled, he became furious, and the reaction of Pei Shilang made this anger reach its peak.

He walked over quickly, grabbed the silver needle that the imperial doctor took out again, and stabbed Pei Shilang in the middle.

With a scream, Minister Pei woke up and also woke up the stunned ministers.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, please forgive me -" Mr. Pei lay on the ground crying.

Wu Yanting, the commander of the military battalion, rebelled at this time, which is tantamount to confirming their charges.

Being able to hold the post of commander of the Beijing camp is undoubtedly deeply trusted by the emperor, and this is the case for Wu Yanting.He would lead his own troops to flee, apparently because he heard the rumblings in the city and knew that Emperor Xingyuan would never tolerate this, so he risked his life in order to survive.

Pei Shilang was terrified to the extreme, but his brain became brighter, and he immediately sorted out these twists and turns.

But in this case, it is no longer useful for him to deny it.

The more Minister Pei thought about it, the more desperate he became, and his whole body was shaking.

The other ministers couldn't bear the terrible atmosphere and knelt down silently.

Emperor Xingyuan quickly arranged the generals to pursue Wu Yanting and related matters, and then looked at the shivering Minister Pei.

"Pei Zuo, can you plead guilty?"

"Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life!"

Emperor Xingyuan ignored Minister Pei and turned his cold eyes to Prince Qing.

Prince Qing was also shocked by the news of Wu Yanting's defection. Stimulated by the cold gaze, he came to his senses with a jolt.

"Father, my son really doesn't know anything about it!" He turned around and pointed at Minister Pei, "They were the ones responsible for massacring the people. They deceived the superiors and kept the son in the dark!"