The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 439
In the middle of the night, the Yongfu Palace was brightly lit.

Xue Baoyun was sitting in the main hall, it was already Haishi (ten o'clock in the evening), but she didn't feel sleepy at all.

The crying and howling that came from outside from time to time, as well as the soldiers shouting to kill, and the howling of zombies... all made her deeply worried.

Fortunately, as time went by, the movement outside became smaller and smaller, which gradually dissipated Xue Baoyun's worries.

At this moment, Huo An walked into the hall, only to hear him say: "Mother, the thief has been captured, Lin Quan has already taken him away for interrogation, just to be safe... the guards are still strictly investigating!"

It was for Xue Baoyun's peace of mind that the screen came here to report, so he didn't mention the zombies.

"Why are there monsters?" Xue Baoyun asked sharply.

Huo An answered cautiously: "Lin Quan is interrogating, the result will be soon compared to, and the monsters have been eliminated, but you can rest in peace!"

Xue Baoyun put his hand on his forehead and said tiredly: "I hope so!"

Lifting his head slightly, Huo An whispered: "Then... the servants will not disturb your mother's rest!"

"Go back!"

"Yes!"

With Lin Quan retreated, Hou Shijun who was standing beside Xue Baojun walked to Xue Baojun's side, leaned over and said, "The rebels have been taken down, the chaos in the palace has subsided, sister should rest!"

"Always restless!" Xue Baoyun smiled wryly.

Hou Shiyun bitterly said: "Even if my sister doesn't think about herself, she should also think about the child in her stomach. It's time to rest!"

"I can't say no to you!"

Hou Shiyun hooked her waist and said: "The concubine respectfully invites the empress to bed!"

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This night undoubtedly seemed long to everyone in Yuanyang City.

Last night was under martial law again, and the guards and sergeants were notified to patrol everywhere, which made everyone panic.

In this case, last year when the zombies first broke out, there was a new year, and Yuanyang City has always been safe.

The common people are uneasy, and the officials are also uneasy.

The two privy envoys personally led the squad to patrol the city.

The two long officials spent the night in the government office, mainly to supervise the patrols sent by the government office, and on the other hand to participate in the interrogation of Hu Xiaolin and the two.

In time, Hu Xiaolin said that he was innocent and falsely called himself a spy, but at this moment it was difficult to clear his suspicion.

They have already received the news that the spies are making trouble in the palace, and they don't know where the monsters have been attracted, and now the palace is also under martial law.

In the side hall of the government office, the two chief officials were sitting on chairs. They hadn't slept all night.

At this moment, the prefect Wang Zhengjun walked into the side hall, saluted and said: "My lords, I have been interrogated in prison for a whole night, and these two people still bite to death and refuse to admit that they are spies!"

After a few breaths of silence, Zhou Chengping said: "I have been tortured, and I haven't changed my words all night. It seems that these two people... don't know much about the spies!"

At this moment, Cheng Wenguang said, "What does Brother Zhou mean by that?"

"To be honest, these two people have meritorious service in reporting to officials. Since they are kind...there is no need to embarrass them!" Zhou Chengping said solemnly.

"Master Zhou, the spies of the rebels in the north caused chaos in the palace and even lured monsters in. How big of a case is this?"

"In the big case of entering the city, you must be cautious in every link. It is still unclear what the matter is now, Master Zhou, it is better not to jump to conclusions!"

What Cheng Wenguang said made Zhou Chengping speechless.

The two were in silence, but they saw a guard running in quickly outside.

"My lords, the gate of the palace has been opened!"

The gate of the palace opened, indicating that the situation was completely under control, and Zhou Cheng and the two of them heaved a sigh of relief.

Cheng Wenguang got up and straightened his clothes, then turned to Zhou Chengping and said, "Let's go, it's time for us to apologize!"

The emperor worries about the humiliation of the ministers, and all faults are the faults of the courtiers, so it is natural to plead guilty.

Not only the two of them, but other officials of the Chief History Department, as well as Wang Zhengjun himself, had to rush to the palace at this moment.

Twenty minutes later, Zhou and Cheng arrived in front of Jinshen Hall, only to find that Chen Anming and Tai had already arrived.

In addition to the four of them, other officials from the Changshi Division had also arrived, and more than 20 people had gathered under the steps of the Jinshen Hall.

Looking at Huo An standing on the steps, Cheng Wenguang clasped his fists and said, "Eunuch Huo, we are here to apologize to your mother!"

"Your Majesty is safe, my lords...you should think about how to find out the beginning of this disaster!"

After Huo An finished speaking, he saw Lin Quan walking out from behind with a cold expression: "Two criminals were arrested last night, one of them was named Ma Jin, and this person was working in the Ritual Office..."

Lin Quan's words made Dianyizheng Ma Baokun tremble. He has more than a hundred people under his command, and he only knows that his subordinate has such a name.

Slowly walking down the steps, Lin Quan went on to say: "This person took the approval document from the ceremony office yesterday afternoon, swaggeringly brought the thief into the palace..."

Coming in front of Ma Baokun, Lin Quanquan asked with a sneer, "Ma Dianyi, what... is this all about?"

Involved in such a big case, Ma Baokun was already extremely nervous at the moment, he could only hear him stammering: "This matter...I don't know about this matter!"

"Ma Jin has been working in the Dianyi Office for nearly half a year, and you are doing documents and stamping seals, but you don't realize it... Don't tell me Ma Dianyi, you think you are not at fault?"

This sentence directly stopped Ma Baokun. At this moment, he could not deny it, let alone admit it.

"The two long historians, the Ceremony Office was originally the office in charge of Chen's ceremonies, but now it has become a place where filth is hidden. Shouldn't you check it out?"

The two elders didn't answer either, Lin Quan ignored it, but went on to say: "There is one more thing, last night the spies caught by the Yuanyang government office were the ones we were targeting, please ask the government office to hand him over to you." I'm here, let's go through a strict trial together!"

"This……"

Lin Quan had bad intentions, so Wang Zhengjun instinctively wanted to refuse, but he held back and did not speak, but glanced at the two elders.

Both Ma Baokun and Wang Zhengjun belonged to Zhou Chengping's faction, so he had to express his position at this time.

"Eunuch Lin, the Trial Office will strictly investigate the matter of the Dianyi Institute, and the government's spies will also strictly interrogate, and we will truthfully report all the circumstances of this major case to His Highness!"

The meaning of Zhou Chengping's words is very simple, they can handle their affairs by themselves, there is no need for Lin Quan to point fingers.

But Lin Quan laughed and said: "Check yourself, Mr. Zhou doesn't know how to avoid suspicion?"

"To avoid suspicion? To avoid suspicion? To avoid suspicion?" Zhou Chengping asked rhetorically.

At this moment, it has become Zhou Chengping and Lin Quan's gossip show, Cheng Wenguang has no intention of helping, and the two privy envoys are watching the whole show.

There was endless debate outside, and the rest spread into the Inner Forbidden Palace.

At this moment, Xue Baoyun had just finished breakfast, and when he heard the report, he was very angry.

"Now it's time to work together, but they are arguing outside, it's really..."

For a while, Xue Baoyun was very angry.

Hou Shiyun asked: "Sister, do you want to send someone to reprimand them?"

Xue Baojun shook his head: "Forget it, let's not get involved in this kind of thing, so as not to be more upset!"

Now that the chaos has subsided, it's just that Xue Baoyun doesn't need to speak out when it's time to pursue accountability.

What's more, Xue Baoyun really didn't want to get involved in the intrigue between officials and servants, she was very aware of the troubles involved.

(End of this chapter)