The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 18 Twenty Heads

In the early morning of the next day, when the door of An Guogong's mansion was opened, there were twenty bloody heads hanging outside the door. Menzi had never seen such a horrific scene, and he screamed in fright, his eyes widened. Roll over and die.

The [-] bloody heads hanging in front of Duke An's gate caused an uproar in Xindu. When Emperor Cheng knew about it, Longyan was furious. He first called the Queen to the Imperial Study Room to reprimand him, and then sent someone to invite Duke Anguo into the Imperial Study Room. .

"Long live my emperor." Entering the imperial study, An Guogong hurriedly knelt down and saluted.Although his face was calm and composed, his heart was tightly clenched by a big hand, which made him ache and made his breathing sluggish.

Emperor Cheng looked at the kneeling people below, and the anger in his heart surged upwards, burning more and more vigorously, and there were so many heads hanging in front of the mansion, the 'hidden secret' behind this is really hard to say .

Chengdi's silence made An Guogong more and more anxious. He hoped that Chengdi would yell at him as soon as he entered the imperial study. Even if there are a hundred sentences and a thousand sentences of self-proving innocence, I can't say it right now.

After about half an hour, Eunuch Zhang, who had been guarding outside the imperial study, entered the imperial study cautiously and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhong has something urgent to see you."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Cheng said coldly, "Xuan."

Eunuch Zhang glanced at An Guogong cautiously, a look of worry flashed in his eyes, he turned and exited the imperial study room, and after a while he entered the imperial study room with Prime Minister Zhong.

"My humble minister greets the emperor, and the emperor is blessed." Prime Minister Zhong is nearly forty years old, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and looks only in his thirties. His facial features are handsome, and his body is full of elegance. He is also a handsome man who fascinates a lot of young girls.

"Zhong Aiqing, what's the matter with you entering the palace in a hurry." Instead of going to see An Guogong, Emperor Cheng said to Prime Minister Zhong in a calm tone.

Prime Minister Zhong glanced at Duke An, lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "This time, I entered the palace for the head of an unknown person in front of Duke Ang's mansion."

An Guogong, whose knees were kneeling faintly, heard the words, and looked up at Prime Minister Zhong in shock. A complicated look flashed in his eyes. He is upright and dares to advise, Emperor Cheng has always relied heavily on him, and now that Prime Minister Zhong entered the palace as the head of an unknown person in the Duke of Anguo's mansion, even if he thinks about it with his toes, he knows that Prime Minister Zhong is not kind.

"What news did you hear, or what did you find out?" Emperor Cheng raised his brows slightly and asked with an unclear expression.

"Returning to the emperor, twenty headless corpses suddenly appeared in Yizhuang in the south of the city this morning. Yizhuang went to Jingzhao Yin to report the case. The official sedan chair of the official just passed by. When he saw the corpses, he got off the sedan chair and asked. Inexplicably, twenty unknown heads appeared in front of the Duke of Anguo's mansion. Guessing that there must be some connection between the headless corpse and the unknown head, he brought the twenty corpses and Yizhuang Mizuo into the palace to face the saint, and asked the emperor to issue a decree for a thorough investigation. This matter." Prime Minister Zhong no longer looked at An Guogong, but only reported what he saw and encountered to Emperor Ming Cheng.

Upon hearing that twenty more headless corpses were found, Emperor Cheng's expression became gloomy again: "Does Jing Zhaoyin have any arrangements for an autopsy?"

"Before the arrangements were made, I think this matter is of great importance and should be reported to the Emperor." Prime Minister Zhong shook his head and explained, at the same time feeling a little uneasy in his heart. He felt that today's matter might arouse the wrath of the emperor.

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Cheng forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a cold voice: "Zhong Aiqing, you have full power to investigate this matter, and immediately arrange for an autopsy. I want to know the difference between a headless body and an unknown head. Whether they can fit together, if they are really one, and why they were brutally beheaded, and their identities must be found out.”

Prime Minister Zhong took the emperor's order and withdrew from the imperial study with holding his breath. After Prime Minister Zhong left, Emperor Cheng said to Anguo: "Get up first, and wait for the truth about this unknown head to come to light. If you are framed by others, I will make the decision for you. If those lives have anything to do with you, I will not forgive you lightly."

Duke An's heart trembled when he heard this, and he said calmly and respectfully: "Your Majesty, I really don't know what happened to those heads, and I ask the emperor to make decisions for me."

Emperor Cheng didn't want to talk to him anymore, Duke An Guo acted too arrogantly and domineeringly in recent years because he was the elder brother of the empress and held military power.

Standing quietly at the side, in the silence, the more Duke An thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. He didn't know what happened to the head, but it must have something to do with that bitch Li Sister. Who else is behind her? A top killer, if ordinary guards definitely can't stop her, who is secretly protecting her?Suddenly, an idea flashed in Duke An's mind, and he looked at Emperor Cheng with a terrified expression, just in time to meet Emperor Cheng's probing eyes, and his heart shrank inexplicably, before he had time to think about it, he knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty Forgive me, I have recruited all my ministers, I beg the emperor to forgive me!"

Emperor Cheng didn't expect Duke An to plead guilty suddenly, a look of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly with no trace on his face: "What's wrong with Duke An, I never punish innocent ministers!"

Chengdi's too cold voice, at the moment, is as weird as it sounds to Mr. An, the heart in his body is beating wildly, his forehead is covered with fine beads of sweat, and he said in a trembling voice : "Hui, back to the emperor, those 19 people were hired by Weichen. They were originally hired to renovate the flower house. Unexpectedly, these people were thieves who wanted to steal in the mansion. They were discovered by the guards of Weichen's mansion, and [-] of them were arrested. , and another person escaped. I wanted to send this group of people to Jing Zhaoyin to be convicted, but they committed suicide collectively by taking poison. All of them were stolen, I didn't expect their heads to appear in front of my mansion, it's all due to the incompetence of the humble officials, which caused such an uproar, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

After hearing what An Guogong said, Chengdi didn't rush to speak, he just sat quietly, about half an hour later, Zhang Gonggong returned to the palace, whispered a few words in Chengdi's ear, and saw the expression on Chengdi's face After a few changes, it finally returned to calm, and said to Anguo Gong who was kneeling below: "Mr. An, you have led troops for many years, and you are just a few small thieves. It is hard to see that you are so lax, you will be in the house from today on." Think about it carefully, as for the barracks under your jurisdiction, I will send someone to take over."

After saving his life, Duke An loosened his tense body, where he still cared about handing over his military power, and kowtowed repeatedly: "My minister leads the order."

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