Book with Emperor

Chapter 34 Hunting and Killing
At three quarters of the hour, the entire capital city was ablaze. Hundreds of Lingyun cavalry in silver armor divided into three groups, led by Lou Binghe and two lieutenants, kicked open the gate of the officials in Beijing silently, and rushed in without any explanation. Captured them.

Some people were sleeping soundly, some were at a loss, some were arrested just after returning home drunk from the palace banquet, and some resisted and were shot dead in front of the mansion on the spot. Cry and cry.

After Huo Qiu got the news, he didn't care much, and rushed to the palace overnight to ask to see the emperor, but was stopped outside the door.

Manager Wang smiled, "The emperor is happy today, he drank a lot of wine, and he is fast asleep. The servants don't dare to disturb you. Please go back, my lord."

Huo Qiu was so anxious that he refused, "I have something urgent to see the emperor!"

Manager Wang persuaded, "In a few hours it will be morning, and it will not be too late for your lord to say it."

How many hours?It will be too late in a few hours!
Huo Qiu was impatient and suddenly figured out something, this Ling Yunqi is the emperor's confidant, this matter tonight can only be ordered by the emperor, and now he is behind closed doors, it is obvious that everything has already been planned!
He slammed down the sedan chair pole, and then ordered the accompanying servants to go back to pick up the official uniform.

The servant looked blank, "What are you doing with the official uniform?"

Huo Qiu scolded angrily, "Hurry up!"

The servant immediately ran back to the mansion.

Huo Qiu turned around and stared at Director Wang, and said viciously, "I will wait here today until the morning court! I must see Your Majesty!"

Director Wang was also helpless, and sent someone to send him a quilt, so as not to really freeze and cause problems.

However, Marquis Zhenwei didn't know about all this, and it wasn't until the next morning that the news came from outside.

A total of [-] officials, big and small, were arrested, six were killed on the spot, and every mansion was turned upside down. The relatives and servants were all in shock, looking for connections everywhere, begging grandpa to sue grandma, but who I don't dare to control it.

Who knows what the current emperor wants to do? Last night, the emperor and his ministers were still one, drinking and enjoying the dance happily, and when he came back, he started arresting people and killing people. Even Huo Qiu, the censor, didn't stop him. Who would dare to control him?

All the officials in the capital stayed up all night and stayed up until the early morning time. They all changed their official uniforms and went to the palace with trepidation.

After all, Huo Qiu was getting old, even though he had spent time outside the palace wrapped in quilts, he was still very cold, plus those officials who hadn't slept all night, a group of people went to the court in such a dizzy manner.

As a result, as soon as they stepped into the main hall of Longquan Palace, they saw someone was already waiting there.

"Guanyue has met all of you adults."

Qin Guanyue was already standing there clean and tidy, her thin figure was wrapped in a well-fitting young master Xuan Qing's uniform, and the silver-patterned gold belt set off her face as white as jade, with a hint of glamour in her coldness.

However, no one appreciated it, only a group of people who were pissed off.

Huo Qiu was already in a bad mood, and when he saw her, his expression became even more ugly. He immediately snorted coldly and didn't even look at her.

Qin Guanyue didn't care, and smiled at the other ministers.

The others didn't have Huo Qiu's confidence, and due to His Majesty's favor for this young teacher, they forced a smile and returned the salute.

When Han forced to arrive, what he saw was Qin Guanyue standing alone on one side, and about twenty people standing on the other side.

"Marquis Zhenwei." Qin Guanyue greeted him.

Han forced to go to her side and asked, "Do you recognize me?"

"I have long admired the name."

"Then do you know my son?"

"..."

"It's the Han Zhengwei who you played like a fool."

Han Po looked down at her condescendingly, "Do you remember?"

Qin Guanyue smiled, "Master Hou, is this going to ask the teacher for his crime?"

Han Po casually turned around, "He is young, so he should learn a lesson, but I don't want him to be used as a gunman."

What he said were all facts, and Qin Guanyue couldn't refute them, but he did learn from the Han family's defense.

"You guys came quite early today."

Ning Zhao sat on the dragon chair and looked at the courtiers below with a smile.

Huo Qiu didn't care about the politeness, and stood up first, "Your Majesty, the old minister has an answer!"

"Say." Ning Zhao said.

"Minister Ling Yunqi broke into the mansion of the Beijing government privately and killed innocent people indiscriminately!"

Seeing his angry look, Ning Zhao chuckled, "Ling Yunqi was ordered by me."

What he said was so straightforward, which obviously angered Huo Qiu.

The imperial censor asked directly, "I don't know what your majesty is doing?"

"Come on, Chuanlou Binghe." Ning Zhao said without hesitation.

Lou Binghe quickly walked with Sun Chu, "See Your Majesty."

"Lou Binghe, Huo Aiqing asked me why I asked Ling Yunqi to arrest those Beijing officials, please tell him."

"Yes."

Lou Binghe was not a patient person either, so he took the account book from Sun Chu and sent it directly to Huo Ge, "Master Huo, let's read it by ourselves."

Huo Qiu took the ledger to look at it for a while, his face was also ugly, and finally threw the ledger, "The state owns the state law, and the family has family rules. Even if it is embezzlement and bribery, it should not be a death penalty. Besides, Zhang Xun, Luo Lin, Chen He and others are not here. On this ledger, why were they even arrested?"

These are all his trusted cronies!
"They are not on this ledger, but their students, friends, and in-laws are on this ledger."

"ridiculous!"

Huo Qiu laughed angrily, "Which law of my Daxi stipulates that corruption and bribery will be subject to continuous sitting?"

With a chuckle, someone casually said, "It is true that corruption and bribery do not need to sit still, but it is necessary to seek rebellion."

Huo Qiu looked coldly at Qin Guanyue who was speaking, "Your master will be punished no matter how young you are for speaking out lies in the court!"

Qin Guanyue went over and picked up the ledger, flipping through it casually, "Where did Master Huo get this ledger?"

Huo Qiu looked at her coldly, "Jiujiang Yun's."

"Yes, Jiujiang Yunshi, but there is another person behind Yunshi."

Qin Guanyue spread out the account book to Huo Qiu, and pointed to a six-character at the end of each page, "The six-character represents the sixth son of the late emperor, that is, Ning Ying, king of Dongcheng."

"..."

"Ning Ying colluded with the remnants of the royal families of 72 countries, used the Yun family to amass troops, and secretly conspired to rebel. The crime should be punished by the nine clans, and everyone involved will be punished."

Qin Guanyue looked at him kindly, "Is there anything you don't understand?"

Huo Qiu was already in a cold sweat, he barely calmed down, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind, "Even if you sit down, it's not a crime to die..."

He said he couldn't go on, even if the crime didn't amount to death, those people's foundations were not clean, after all, they were extremely human ministers, who wouldn't be greedy for money?

Your Majesty is simply taking the opportunity to change people!
"Your Majesty, Zhang Xun and others are loyal to the world, and they cannot be allowed to sit together just because of their students, otherwise, it will chill the hearts of loyal ministers!"

Huo Qiu knelt down after speaking, and other ministers also knelt down.

"When Zhang Xun and others were arrested, the mansion also found a lot of ill-gotten wealth..."

"The merit outweighs the fault..."

Qin Guanyue frowned, "My lord's words are wrong. If the tarsal maggots linger, you will suffer from all kinds of diseases and the country will eventually perish. Ge Laoquan is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, how can he be so ignorant?"

Huo Qiu finally couldn't hold back his anger, pointed at her and yelled, "You mere woman, come and mess with me too!"

The court hall was silent for a moment, only Huo Qiu's panting voice was heard.

The kneeling ministers were very upset, Huo Qiu had spoken what was in their hearts, but who would dare to say such words?

However, their Majesty was not angry.

Qin Guanyue herself also looked indifferent, "The sage said, a sage doesn't care about his origin, a virtuous man doesn't care about good or evil, a kind man doesn't matter how old or young, a talented man doesn't care about gender, and a fool doesn't care about his age, which kind does Huo Ge think he is?"

Huo Qiu's heart ached, he staggered a few steps, and passed out.

Everyone immediately stepped forward to support him, Director Wang hurriedly sent someone to announce the imperial physician, and Ning Zhao simply withdrew from the imperial court.

Qin Guanyue sneered, turned and left.

Han Po watched her leave and shook his head, thinking that what his old man said was not an exaggeration at all.

(End of this chapter)