The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

The Dragon Guard is responsible for secretly investigating the list of people who buy and sell magic pills, and the Tingwei Mansion is responsible for arresting these people. Within a few days, most of the dignitaries in the capital were imprisoned in Tingwei Mansion.

The Tingwei Mansion has always done things vigorously and resolutely. No matter you are a prince or an ordinary citizen, no one who should be arrested will be spared, and no one can escape. Therefore, many high-ranking people "lived" in the prison of Tingwei Mansion in the past two days.

These high-status big shots were cursing and intimidating the officials in the Tingwei Mansion in various ways, asking them to understand and let them go quickly. As a result, the officials in the Tingwei Mansion ignored them.

No matter how powerful you are in the court, as long as you enter the prison of Tingwei Mansion, you will be a prisoner. Your official position is of no use here. You must obey the rules of Tingwei Mansion honestly.

If all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were asked to vote for the most hated department, it would definitely be the Tingwei Mansion.

The people in Tingwei's Mansion are not humane at all, and are not afraid of the threats from powerful people. They insist on being selfless.

Guo Tingwei of Tingwei Mansion was a close confidant of the emperor. Before the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, he was a clerk around the emperor and was highly valued by the emperor. After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor arranged for him to enter the Tingwei Mansion and be responsible for the management of the Tingwei Mansion.

Guo Tingwei was good at law and studied the laws of various dynasties. At the beginning, when the Great Zhou Dynasty was first established, he also put a lot of effort into setting up laws.

If anyone in Dazhou knows the laws of Dazhou best, it is Guo Tingwei.

Behind Guo Tingwei is the emperor, so he is not afraid of powerful people at all. Even if he is not a close confidant of the emperor, he can still be upright and will never bend the law for personal gain.

At this time, the emperor was joking with Guo Tingwei.

"Has your Tingwei Mansion been in full bloom these past two days?"

Guo Tingwei understood what the emperor meant and said with a smile: "Isn't it true? Most of the people with status and status in the capital are in the prison of Tingwei Mansion." Guo Tingwei usually has a cold face and a " If you think he is a rigid and mean person with his "Keep away from strangers" look, you would be wrong. In fact, he is very humorous in private. However, not everyone can see this side. "I have been scolded by them these days."

"Have you been scolded often?" Since Lao Guo became a Tingwei, he has been scolded day and night. "How was your interrogation? Did they tell the truth?"

"Your Majesty, you also know that they will not tell the truth. You have to scare them before they tell you anything." Guo Tingwei deliberately put on a distressed look, "Your Majesty, they have a noble status, I shouldn't scare them."

The emperor glared at Guo Tingwei and said angrily: "Don't come here. I don't know you yet. You can judge you how you want. I won't interfere."

After receiving the emperor's words, Guo Tingwei said with a smile on his face: "I obey the decree." After saying this, he was gearing up, looking eager to try.

Seeing Guo Tingwei's anxious look, the emperor laughed and scolded: "Why don't you go back to your Tingwei's mansion quickly."

"My minister retire."

The emperor warned: "They all have tender skin and tender flesh, please take it easy."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know what I'm doing." Guo Tingwei said again, "I'm leaving." After saying that, he disappeared in a flash.

Looking at Guo Tingwei's back who couldn't wait to leave, Sun Kui said with a strange expression: "Your Majesty, I seem to be very happy when I look at Guo Tingwei. Is this your mistake?"

"You read that right, he looks happy." The emperor smiled, "He has long wanted to interrogate these nobles, and now they are in his hands. Do you think he is happy?"

Thinking of Guo Tingwei's evil reputation outside, Sun Kui swallowed his saliva with fear on his face: "Your Majesty, Guo Tingwei won't torture Duke Zhen Guo and others, right?"

"Who knows."

When Sun Kui heard what the emperor said, he silently sympathized with Duke Zhen and the others.

At this time, Sun Doudou bent over and walked in, and respectfully reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Queen, Concubine Rong, and Concubine De are asking to see you."

When the emperor heard this, he raised a playful smile: "What kind of wind is blowing today to blow them together?"

"The Queen and the others must be here to plead for mercy."

"Let them in."

A moment later, Concubine Rong squeezed in front of Queen Xie and walked into the imperial study first. Without even being polite, she walked up to the emperor and said coquettishly: "Cousin, the people in Tingwei Mansion are so bold that they actually put my brother in prison. You have to help him make the decision."

Both Queen Xie and Concubine De felt sick when they heard Concubine Rong's moaning sound. There was a look of disdain in both of their eyes.

Empress Xie and Concubine De bowed politely to the emperor: "I have seen the emperor."

"Everyone, get up." The emperor looked at Empress Xie and Concubine De and asked, "Are you here to beg for mercy too?"

Queen Xie and Concubine De nodded slightly.

"You should know what they were arrested for."

"Cousin, didn't you just buy some magic pills? Is it necessary to arrest them all?" Concubine Rong Gui pulled the emperor's sleeve and shook it gently, "Cousin, this is not a major matter of murder and arson, why do you want to arrest them all?" Arrest them? I heard that the prison in Tingwei Mansion is very scary, and my brother and the others will definitely not be able to endure it. "

The emperor glanced at Concubine Rong and the three of them, "Have you taken the magic pill?"

Queen Xie's eyes flashed and her heart skipped a beat, but her face remained calm.

"I don't have any."

"I am so young and beautiful, and I don't need to take magic pills to maintain my beauty." After Concubine Rong said, she glanced sideways at Queen Xie, who suddenly became younger and more beautiful, and said in a strange way, "But the Queen has not seen her for a while, and she has changed. She looks much younger. Did the Queen take the magic pill?"

Queen Xie glared at Concubine Rong and said with a sullen face: "Concubine Rong, don't be slanderous."

Concubine De did not join in the war of words between Concubine Rong Gui and Empress Xie, "Concubine I did not."

"It's best not to have any." The emperor took a deep look at the much younger Empress Xie, "The magic pill is a forbidden drug. No matter who buys it or eats it, he will be subject to strict scrutiny. After the trial is over, Tingwei Mansion Naturally, we will let Xuan Pinghou and the others go."

"Cousin, you also know that Guo Tingwei's interrogation methods are ruthless. What if he executes my brother and the others?" Concubine Rong asked again, "Isn't the magic pill a magic medicine? How come it became a banned drug?"

"The so-called magic pill is just poison that can harm people. It's better that you didn't take it."

When Concubine Rong and the others heard this, their expressions changed drastically: "Poison?"

Queen Xie's face turned pale instantly, and a flash of fear flashed in her eyes.

The magic pill is actually poison? !

Concubine De didn't eat it, but someone in Anyang Duke's mansion did. She hurriedly asked: "How could it be poison? I haven't heard of anyone being poisoned after taking the magic pill?"

"Yes, I heard that many people ate it and their health got better and they became younger. I didn't hear that anyone was poisoned. Did my cousin make a mistake?"

"Chronic poison, your brother and his friends just took it, and they didn't eat much, so there are no signs of poisoning yet." The emperor said, "When they take it for a long time, they will be poisoned, and the gods will not be able to save them." Rong Guifei They were so frightened that their faces turned pale: "Is it so serious?"

"Otherwise, why would I ban it?" The emperor gently knocked on Concubine Rong's head, "As soon as your brother and others heard that it was a magic pill, they were so stupid that they bought it and ate it, regardless of whether it was real or fake. . The purpose of arresting them this time is to make them remember and not to believe that there is a magic pill in this world. "

"Cousin, will my brother and the others be okay?"

"You thought something could happen."

"Aren't I afraid that the Tingwei Mansion will punish me?"

"As long as they explain honestly, Tingwei's Mansion will naturally not make things difficult for them." The emperor patted Concubine Rong on the shoulder, "I still have something to do, so please step back."

Concubine Rong and the others did not dare to disturb them any more and retreated obediently.

"Queen, the emperor just said that the magic pill is poison, so you have to be careful." Concubine Rong looked at Queen Xie with a sneer in her eyes, and said unceremoniously, "It's not easy for you to become young and beautiful, don't live. He died in a few days."

When the sore spot was mentioned, Queen Xie's face became very ugly, and she shouted angrily: "Concubine Rong, you are so poisonous that you cursed me to death!"

"I'm obviously doing this for your own good, Queen. How can you miss me so much?" Concubine Rong put on a hurt expression, "It's so kindhearted that no reward is given."

"You are just jealous that I have recovered from my illness and become younger and more beautiful."

Concubine Rong seemed to have heard a big joke, "I'm jealous of your youth and beauty? Queen, do you want to go back and look in the mirror?"

Concubine De ignored Queen Xie and Concubine Rong and walked away.

Concubine Rong was too lazy to talk to the self-righteous Queen Xie. She looked up and down at Empress Xie with disdain and said, "Your face is so good. It's really funny." After saying this, she turned and left.

If it weren't for the imperial study door, Queen Xie would step forward and tear Concubine Rong's face into pieces.

Sun Doudou, who was standing aside, saw Queen Xie's cannibalistic look and was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head and pretended not to hear anything.

In the imperial study room, the emperor naturally heard the argument at the door, but he pretended to have heard nothing.

Sun Kui murmured in his heart: Did the Queen really take the magic pill?

At this time, people in a house outside the capital were shocked to learn that the emperor had ordered a ban on the sale of magic pills and arrested many people.

"How did the emperor know that there was something wrong with the magic pill?" The person who spoke was a middle-aged man. "It is impossible for anyone to know that there is something wrong with the magic pill. What is going on?"

Another middle-aged man with a thin appearance said: "I heard that the King of Han in Marsh Mansion had issued an order to ban the magic pill a few days ago. I guess it was the King of Han who wrote to the emperor."

When the middle-aged man heard that it was the King of Han who was responsible, he suddenly changed his color and said, "Why is it the King of Han again?!"

"The entire Lingnan is arresting people who sell, buy, and make magic pills." Another young man reported, "In just the past few days, most of our people in Lingnan have been arrested."

With a bang, the table in the middle-aged man's hand suddenly fell into pieces. The middle-aged man had a sinister look on his face and said through gritted teeth, "What a King of Han!"

"The King of Han also ordered a strict inspection of the customs and did not allow those foreign magical pills from Annan to flow into Lingnan. When the foreign people in Annan and Johor learned that the King of Han ordered the magical pill to be turned into a banned drug, they also followed suit, causing our magical pill to now be Can’t sell it.”

The middle-aged man's expression became ferocious, "Why did the King of Han know that there was something wrong with the magic pill?"

"Currently, the King of Han has not found out anything about the magic pill."

"What, he didn't find out, why would the magic pill be listed as a banned drug?"

"The King of Han advertised that the magic pill was poison, but he did not find out what kind of poison it was."

"He didn't find anything, so he listed the magic pill as a banned drug?!" the middle-aged man said in disbelief.

The thin man just now said: "The King of Han is really terrible!" Their magic elixir was only sold in the circle of high-ranking officials, and there were no signs of anyone being poisoned. Based on this, the King of Han realized that there was something wrong with the magic elixir. And he immediately ordered a ban. This... is really too sharp!
"This King of Han has ruined our big things again and again!" The middle-aged man wanted to tear Zhao Yao into pieces.

"Most of our people in Nanyanfu were arrested. Fortunately, those who made the medicine escaped into the Symphony Forest, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

"What we have done has been noticed by the King of Han. Now that the imperial court has issued an order to ban the magic pill, our plan may not go forward."

"I'm going to kill the King of Han!" Everything they carefully planned was destroyed by the King of Han, making the plot they had set up in the past few years in vain. The middle-aged man's eyes were red with anger and his face was horribly twisted. "The King of Han will definitely be killed and he will never be allowed to live in the world again!"

No one else spoke. They also wanted to kill the King of Han and sent people to assassinate him more than once, but failed every time.

"No matter what the cost, we must kill King Han, and we can't let him ruin our major events again!" King Han is their nemesis, destroying their plans time and time again. This time around the magic pill, they did it flawlessly, but to their surprise, the King of Han noticed something was wrong.

"My lord must also know about the magic pill, and probably guessed that it was us who did it. I'm afraid he won't let us off easily."

"What lord? He is not our lord, so what if he finds out." The middle-aged man did not take King Wei seriously at all. "Even though the King of Han and the Emperor ordered to ban the magic pill, there are still people who will eat it, and we will continue to do it."

"Although our medicine makers hid in the Fantasy Forest, they cannot stay in the Fantasy Forest for a long time, otherwise they will only die." The young man continued, "Besides, the King of Han has sent people to guard the forest. Around the Fantasy Forest, once our people come out of the Fantasy Forest, they will be captured by the King of Han’s people.”

"We have a prescription. Can't we do it in other places besides Symphony Forest?"

"You should know that the most important medicinal herbs in the divine elixir are found in the Symphony Forest and are not available elsewhere."

"I heard that the King of Han planned to burn down the Fantasy Forest."

"what?!"

Although Zhao Yao, who was far away in Marsh Mansion, had no intention of setting fire to the Symphony of Colors Forest, he was planning to blow up the Symphony of Colors.

Although he has not yet figured out the ingredients of the magic pill, he guessed that the most important ingredient in the magic pill must be in the Symphony of Colors Forest, otherwise the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty would not have set the location of the medicine in Nanyan Mansion. Besides, many people from the Southern Wei Dynasty hid in the Symphony Forest. In order to force them out, he could only blow up the Symphony Forest so that they had nowhere to hide. At the same time, it can also explode the important ingredients in the magic elixir.

Chu Huan and the others had previously bombed the Shanyue people's nests and successfully arrested many Shanyue people. They already have experience with bombing mountains. While the capital was arresting people selling and buying magic pills, Zhao Yao had already asked Chu Huan and the others to blow up the Symphony Forest.

The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty who were hiding in the Symphony Forest did not know what explosives were. They only knew that the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking. They were so frightened that they fled from the forest and were caught by the guards who were waiting for help.

At first, they refused to reveal the ingredients of the magic pill, but after being locked up in a dark room without seeing the light, they obediently confessed within a few days.

When Zhao Yao got the confessions from these people, his eyes were filled with chills.

Sure enough, he guessed it! These Southern Wei people deserve to die! They all deserve to be cut into pieces and executed in Lingchi! (End of chapter)