I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 531 Reaction
Kong Rong accompanied his children, and this might be his last chance to be with them.

He left the door of his house wide open so that anyone who came could see him.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar face. It was a close official who had often accompanied the emperor in the past two years, a school official named Qian Zhao.

Kong Rong's heart was pounding as he watched Qian Zhao, with a serious face, approaching with his subordinates.

"Censor Kong, your majesty has issued an oral instruction. I have ordered you to warn Ni Heng that disaster comes from the mouth. Don't do this again."

When Qian Zhao left, he still maintained the posture of worship.

When Qian Zhao's figure disappeared outside the door, Kong Rong collapsed to the ground, feeling extremely relieved.

"Thank God for the kindness of the emperor!"

Afterwards, Kong Rong was helped back to the house by his children. Soon, he set out to reprimand Ni Heng.

"If it happens again, we'll cut ties!"

In the past, if someone dared to say such words to Ni Heng, Ni Heng would never let the other person off, even if it was Kong Rong, his best friend.

But now, after all, he has experienced a matter of life and death.

Ni Heng said: "You don't need to tell me, I know it all."

"These past two days, I've often thought, if I die now, how much of my presence will be recorded in history books?"

"But even if I can stay, I'm afraid it will be a certain month. Pingyuan Niheng was disrespectful and was executed. Sir, this is not what I want. In the past, I only lamented my bad luck. Apart from you, no one could appreciate my talent. Now it seems that except for my mouth, there is nothing worth recording. How can I blame others!"

From that day on, Ni Heng devoted himself to study.

However, only Ni Heng himself knew that he had secretly made up his mind not to ridicule others. But within two days, he broke his vow - it was because he couldn't help himself when he saw stupid people.

……

Ni Heng was only in his twenties, and Liu Bian didn't know whether he had the ability to govern the country. If he could correct his bad habit of speaking foul language and offending people, Liu Bian might give him a chance to prove himself.

But these are all things for later.

After arresting Pang Ji, Liu Bian became concerned about the results of Pang Ji's interrogation.

Pang Ji is not a tough guy, but he is just like Xu You in the past, making groundless accusations, making it difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.

However, in the palace, someone in the group let the cat out of the bag, and Queen Cai Yan actually found out that Liu Bian seemed to be going to see Huang Wan, but in fact he was going to see the rebel. She couldn't help but be outraged.

When Liu Bian heard that the queen had sent someone to invite him, and saw Cai Yan, he saw that his queen had cried with red eyes.

"Your Majesty, since you know that he is a thief, why go there in person? What if the thief has a weapon hidden on him..."

Seeing this, Liu Bian had no choice but to hold Cai Yan's hand and explain: "Don't worry, Zhao Ji, I have someone search before I meet anyone, and they won't hide any daggers or hidden weapons."

After listening to Liu Bian's explanation, Cai Yan continued, "Even if we have already searched, we still have to be on the safe side. Besides, there are more than just weapons that can hurt people. If that person suddenly attacks and hurts you, I don't want to see it either."

"This thief has a special identity. I have to see him in person to confirm it... and if I go in person, it will save a lot of trouble, and some rumors in Luoyang City will also disappear. It's like killing two birds with one stone."

But Cai Yan still disagreed with Liu Bian's reason.

Soon, Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Dowager He also arrived.

Three women, one drama. Liu Bian had no choice but to promise solemnly that he would never do such a risky thing again. Although he really didn't think it was dangerous.

But the three of them were ultimately concerned about themselves and wanted to prevent trouble before it happened. Liu Bian agreed reluctantly, but he was very happy in his heart.

……

"You said Pang Ji is missing?"

"When the emperor arrived at the residence of the Sili Commander, Mr. Pang was visiting him. However, after the emperor left, the Sili Commander remained indoors and Mr. Pang did not come out either."

"Something happened!" Yuan Shao felt a little panicked.

Now when he thinks about what he did in the past few years, he regrets it, really regrets it very much.

But it's too late to regret now.

Yuan Shao now only hopes that Pang Ji is dead so that he will not betray him.

After all, he had mostly been in contact with Pang Ji over the years, providing money and candidates worth winning over to the secretive Pang Ji. As long as Pang Ji died...

With such a big thing on his mind, Yuan Shao has been a little absent-minded in recent days.

Although it was not a court meeting that day, the emperor announced that he would summon all officials with a salary of 600 stones or above in the capital to the court, and Yuan Shao was naturally among them.

When all the ministers had gathered to welcome the emperor to his seat, Yuan Shao noticed that at the emperor's signal, Jia Xu, who had usually stayed behind the scenes and asked his deputy Wu Fu for advice, actually stepped forward on his own initiative.

Jia Xu said in a clear voice: "Your Majesty, since last year, General Anxi Liu Xuande wrote to the emperor, saying that someone had instigated the Yong family of Yizhou County to rebel, and that they knew the inside story of the court. Since then, I have spent all my energy to investigate, and recently, I have finally found something!"

"Nanyang Pang Ji often traveled to various places under the guise of traveling for study, conspiring with others. Later, he even tried to deceive the Inspector General of the Imperial Guards, and was recommended by Huang Gong."

Hearing this, Yuan Shao suddenly remembered something and glanced at the place where the three people were sitting alone. There was a missing seat there. Huang Wan had not arrived yet.

Jia Xu continued, "After being arrested, Pang Ji could not bear the torture and confessed that he had many accomplices."

"Even in this year's civil unrest, the method of using rumors to incite the people to rebellion was thought up by Pang Ji and his accomplices, who planned and spread the rumors, causing widespread harm."

Upon hearing this, the court exploded.

It's not the fault of the court officials for disregarding the etiquette of the court. This matter is really a bit serious. As early as the beginning of the rebellion, anyone with a discerning eye could see that although the rumors began to spread at different times in different states and counties, they could spread so quickly, and it was very likely that someone was behind it. But who would have thought that the person who planned it actually came to Luoyang!

What do they want to do? It's terrifying to think about it!
Kong Rong, who had just been affected by the conspiracy, immediately thought of Ni Heng's case. He immediately combined the two and loudly advised: "These rebels have rashly come to the capital. I suspect their plan is not good for Your Majesty! I ask that their three clans be executed to comfort the dead souls!"

After Kong Rong finished speaking, court officials would occasionally join in to express their own opinions, but overall they did not deviate from Kong Rong's framework.

But soon, the Grand Commandant Zhu Jun asked the Imperial Censor Yang Xu to organize the court order, and Jia Xu continued after a pause: "Pang Ji deserves death, but his accomplices cannot be let off either."

"According to Pang Ji's confession, his accomplices included Yuan Ji, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao of the Runan Yuan family."

Having said this, Jia Xu deliberately paused to give Yuan Wei, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao present time to react.

No, what does this have to do with him? Yuan Shu was confused, and then he realized what was going on and couldn't help shouting, "Slander! This is slander!"

He felt that he was really wronged. After he finished shouting, Yuan Shu stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, it must be Pang Ji who saw that I was in charge of the land survey and wanted to curry favor with me. I hope Your Majesty will understand."

Yuan Shao followed behind Yuan Shu and defended himself, saying, "There are many people who are dissatisfied with me regarding the land survey and have made countless slanderous remarks. I hope Your Majesty will understand clearly."

(End of this chapter)