Reborn you are not worthy

At this moment, the complexions of the members of the aristocratic family who were kneeling on the ground suddenly changed, and they all spoke angrily.

"Marquis Zhenyuan, how do you make such an unfounded guess?"

"Marquis Zhenyuan, we respect you for your meritorious service in protecting the country, but you and I are colleagues, how can you doubt our family without evidence?"

"Marquis of Zhenyuan, be careful with your words!"

At this time, Li Xiang, who had been silent all this time, spoke slowly, "The Marquis of Zhenyuan is not a random suspect. In the testimony of King Wu, your family and his accomplices were involved, but you all complained that you were wronged. Your Majesty didn't have time to go into it. However, This matter involves the safety of His Majesty and the stability of the country, so we must investigate to find out the truth."

Those few people shouted in surprise, "Master Xiang, what do you mean?"

Li Xiang didn't look at the few people kneeling on the ground again, but cupped his hands and looked at the seat, "Your Majesty's body of ten thousand gold was assassinated, and all relevant people should conduct a thorough investigation. It is legal and customary."

"King Wu and the Shu family are the first offenders, and they have already been imprisoned, and they will continue to be tortured and interrogated later;

Since the Seven Great Aristocratic Families were identified by the King of Wu, it is natural that they should be investigated to the end according to the law;

In addition, the Shu family, as foreign ministers, was able to send poison into the palace, so the House of Internal Affairs, including the current harem master, the Empress Dowager, is also responsible for neglecting this matter.

All those involved in the case, no one can escape, must pay the price, and must give an account to His Majesty and all people in the world.

Therefore, the old minister asks His Majesty to thoroughly investigate this case and the major families. "

Although he talked a lot, his tone was very soft. Because Li Xiang was old, he was naturally not as loud as His Majesty and Marquis of Zhenyuan, but he had been acquainted for more than ten years, and no one could ignore the toughness hidden in his tone.

Wen Lin also took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty's assassination is a huge matter. Who dares to stay out of the matter? If everyone is as he said, innocent and innocent, why are you afraid of being investigated? Chen Wenlin, please investigate this matter thoroughly. Case, thoroughly investigate the major families!"

"This……"

Li Xiang, the head of the civil servants, and Zhenyuanhou, the head of the military officials, both spoke, so why don't the others understand what they mean?

The family is really coming to an end...

"This matter involves His Majesty's safety and the people's worries. I ask Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this case, and thoroughly investigate the major families."

"Your Majesty, please thoroughly investigate this case, and thoroughly investigate the major families!"

"... Thoroughly investigate this case, thoroughly investigate the major families!"

The unison sounded like thunder, with the meaning of chilling, resounding through the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

With a serious expression on his face, Lu Bingxing got up from the dragon chair, walked a few steps to the screen wall at the back, took down the golden dragon-patterned sword hanging high, threw it directly down the steps, and said coldly, "Where is Doctor Yushi?"

"Chen is here!"

"Today, I ordered you to be the envoy, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Minister of Dali Temple as deputy envoys, and join hands with the three jurisprudence divisions. From now on, we will jointly investigate the major families, and Jin Yiwei will coordinate the whole process.

In the process of handling the case, seeing this sword is like seeing me. If any family resists, they will be killed without mercy! "

When Lu Bingxing uttered the last three words, Baiguan seemed to feel the piercing killing intent, and his body passed by.

"I obey the order!" The three of them bent down.

In a century-old family, no matter how clean and virtuous the family is, it is impossible not to find out if there is any discord, let alone their family is not innocent.

It's over, it's over...

It's all because of the idiot King Wu, who insisted on cooperating with the Shu family to assassinate His Majesty, and the assassination was as good as the assassination, but it failed...

Now His Majesty came out of nowhere and wanted to investigate the aristocratic family, but no one could stop him, everything would be ruined now.

Their family has been preparing for so many years, everything is over, one wrong step and one wrong step...

After the court meeting, Lu Bingxing was the last one to walk out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Instead of leaving immediately, he stood on the high steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, watching the ministers disperse, and watching them disappear from his sight one by one.

He lowered his head and looked at the large peonies planted on both sides of the steps, which were blooming gracefully; he saw a piece of palace standing solemnly and silently in this square world.

He raised his head and looked at the cloudless blue sky, with the geese returning from the south neatly lined up; the common people outside the imperial city were busy with their affairs, and the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains that could not be covered by the green hills.

Lu Bingxing thought of the ledger and blood book he had just seen, and thought of the pleading and trusting eyes of all the officials.

It turns out that in the mission, not only the daughter-in-law and problem-solving are interesting, but the heavy responsibility that seems to be on the shoulders is also very interesting...

"The emperor really acted vigorously and resolutely."

Sitting in the Palace of Mercy, the Empress Dowager said with a bit of sarcasm.

Lu Bingxing knew that she was upset, if it were her, the family would never go away so quickly.

And the most important thing is that this result is not only caused by the difference in ability, but also more likely because she is a woman's gender difference.

Lu Bingxing simply didn't bother to talk to her, since the Queen Mother was upset, he was not a punching bag, and turned to look outside at the courtyard.

As Li Xiang said before, the Shu family can send things into the palace at will, and before that, Wei Yunxuan was able to give him medicine.

The combination of these few things is enough to show how lax the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is?

Now, when he came to the Palace of Mercy, he went into the palace with the Empress Dowager to thoroughly investigate and remove those nails one by one.

No one likes living under someone else's surveillance.

I didn't do it before, I just didn't want to scare the snake, and I was waiting for the opportunity, and now is the best time.

Yang Peng escorted a group of people to kneel in the courtyard, and then came in to reply, "Reporting to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, after searching and mutual identification by the palace people, 37 suspicious people have been arrested, including 21 court ladies and [-] palace maids. Eunuch."

The corner of Lu Bingxing's mouth curled up into a sneer, "There are quite a few of them. They are all sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. They must check each one clearly. They are not allowed to let anyone who cheats on others, and they are not allowed to take the opportunity to make trouble and eradicate dissidents. Otherwise, they will be punished with the same crime."

"No." Yang Peng nodded.

Lu Bingxing thought for a while, then looked at the Empress Dowager, "Empress Mother, there are only a few masters in the palace now, but there are many court ladies and eunuchs, once people are free, troubles will easily arise.

After today's investigation, I'm afraid there are quite a few people who have their own scheming plans. I intend to let them out of the palace in advance. According to the current rules, the court ladies are 30 years old, so it's better to reduce them to 25. For eunuchs, no matter their age, they are willing to leave the palace. They can stay as long as they want. "

The queen mother raised her head and said in surprise, "Then there are not many people left in this palace?"

Lu Bingxing nodded.

After thinking for a while, the Empress Dowager couldn't help laughing, "Ai Jia knows, the emperor likes young girls who are as beautiful as flowers and jade, right? Release all the older court ladies and eunuchs from the palace?"

Lu Bingxing was speechless. He shouldn't have looked at the queen mother highly before, but the queen mother is actually quite stupid, after all only fools like to think wildly.

So, the queen mother said again, "That's right, now the big problem of the family will be solved soon, and the emperor has been on the throne for almost a year, but the Ai family is still running the palace, and the assassination this time should also be blamed on the Ai family's head." .”

"When this incident is over, you really should fill up the harem, start drafting, recruit some newcomers into the palace, the most important thing is to appoint the queen first, the Ai family is too lazy to be thankless."

Murong Chen is 19 years old this year, a son of the royal family at his age, if there are no accidents, logically speaking, he should have a son.

But now, as the king of a country, he not only has no children, but also has an empty harem, not even a queen.

The queen mother continued, "The ancients said that starting a family and establishing a career is a major event for the emperor to establish a queen."

Hearing this, Lu Bingxing's eyes brightened slightly, and he said solemnly, "Well, it is indeed time to establish a queen."

Seeing that he was always cold-hearted, the queen mother was quite curious when she suddenly expected so much, "Why, the emperor has already decided on a candidate?"

Lu Bingxing nodded, "Yes."

The queen mother frowned and thought about it, and said, "Emperor, you haven't seen any women before, so you don't have feelings for anyone. Could it be that you want to make Shu Jieyu your empress?"

Speaking of this, she calmed down slightly, "I can tell you, the Shu family was involved in treason after all. Although Shu Jieyu has made meritorious deeds, the courtiers don't necessarily think so. After all, their own family still has What about the young and beautiful granddaughter and daughter? Who doesn't covet the position of queen?"

Hearing this, Lu Bingxing sneered, "How dare they be my masters?"

Seeing his attitude, the Empress Dowager could only chuckle, "Your Majesty is iron-blooded, they must be a little jealous. But speaking of it, this Shu Jieyu is rude enough. It's been almost three months, why hasn't she come to visit me?" Aijia, relying on your favor, are you unscrupulous, emperor, you are quite qualified to be a king, but you are not so good when you look at women?"

Lu Bingxing frowned, feeling upset.

No one can casually talk about his precious daughter-in-law.

With a cold face, he said calmly, "There is a difference between men and women, it is inconvenient for him to come to see the queen mother alone, and I will have dinner with him tomorrow night."

The queen mother glanced at him and nodded, but she was a little puzzled, "She can't come by herself?... Hey, no, what did you say, the emperor, that men and women are different?"

Lu Bingxing nodded.

The queen mother frowned, "What are you talking nonsense, there are no outsiders here at Aijia."

Lu Bingxing shook his head calmly, "It's not the queen mother, it's Shu Jieyu, and Shu Jieyu is a man."

"Pa..." The cup in the Empress Dowager's hand fell directly to the ground.

The maid who was serving by her side hurriedly packed up the pieces, and then retreated directly. They could hear what happened next.

The queen mother rubbed her brows and said in confusion, "Aijia...Although Aijia is 50 years old, his body has always been strong, and his ears... are fine."

Lu Bingxing raised his eyebrows, not knowing why, the old lady is really stupid.

The Empress Dowager stared at him, as if she was looking at some unsolvable puzzle, "Emperor, then... Ai Jia must have heard it right just now, you just said that Shu Jieyu, whom you now love so much, he... ...a man?"

Lu Bingxing nodded obediently, "Not bad."

The queen mother covered her heart and gritted her teeth, "She...she, Aijia has seen her from afar before, isn't that face more feminine than a woman's?"

Lu Bingxing raised his eyebrows, his mood lifted a little.

"A concubine's beauty is overwhelming the country and the city. True beauty has never been gender-agnostic."

"Does the Shu family know that they are so bold that they dare to send men into the palace to confuse the emperor?"

Lu Bingxing cast her a glance, the old lady is really stupid, even the Shu family dared to rebel and assassinate the emperor, what is it to send a man, what is it to confuse the emperor?

Although, they really didn't know that Shu Chengxi was a man.

But the old lady's logic is wrong, and she should still be blamed.

"The Shu family doesn't know."

The Queen Mother frowned, "So, Shu Jieyu has been disguised as a man all these years?"

Lu Bingxing nodded, "Not bad."

The Queen Mother also nodded, reluctantly accepting.

Then, she was extremely surprised and said, "Remember, Aijia, the emperor just said that you want to make Shu Jieyu your queen, so... you don't want to make this man your queen, do you?"

Lu Bingxing nodded calmly, "What's the problem?"

The Empress Dowager opened her mouth wide in surprise, and then suddenly burst into laughter, leaning forward and backward, completely inappropriate.

"No problem, no problem, no problem at all! Haha...haha...that's great, that's great, Emperor, you are sent from heaven to clean up those stinky men, haha..."

"Those men look down on Aijia, and they say that the rooster sits in the morning all day long, the emperor, you are more powerful, just give them a male queen, not bad, dare to be the first in the world, the emperor, Aijia will admit that although you are a man, But it is indeed better than Aijia, amazing, well done!"

Lu Bingxing glanced at her twice, not feeling happy at all, he was insane.

He is a majestic genius, the miracle of human beings is already better than her, so does this kind of scientific truth need her to say it?

Crazy old lady.

The queen mother continued to laugh, "The emperor is bold, and the Ai family will support you then."

Lu Bingxing said coldly, "The queen mother is very idle, I set up my own queen, what's the matter with the queen mother?"

The Empress Dowager did not condemn the emperor's disobedience and disobedience at all, but instead persuaded, "My dear emperor, don't be so alien, the Ai family will definitely go to cheer you up."

Lu Bingxing looked at the sky, and saw that the setting sun was like blood.

He got up straight, and greeted the Queen Mother coldly, "My minister still has some political affairs to deal with, so I will take my leave first."

The queen mother happily waved her hand, "Go, go, behave well, the better you behave now, the more you can scare those old antiques!"

……

Jin Yiwei Zhao Prison.

Standing in the interrogation room, Shu Chengxi looked at the Shu family who used to be proud in front of him, now they were beaten into a puddle of mud, begging for mercy like a dog.

"My lord, please forgive me... My lord, please forgive me..."

Shu Chengxi lowered his head slightly, and said softly, "Uncle and Mother Shu, why don't you recognize Chengxi?"

Patriarch Shu's pupils shrank. When he saw this person before, he felt very similar?

It's just that this is a real man, and his niece should be enjoying the glory and wealth in the palace by betraying him at this time, how could she appear in this dark prison?

With a trembling voice, he said in horror, "You... you, are you a man or a woman?"

The corner of Shu Chengxi's mouth curled up slightly, and his voice was faint, "Of course it's a man, it's just like a fake."

"Man...man, man? You...pretending to be a woman for so long? You...you..." Patriarch Shu wanted to find an insulting word, but when he met Shu Chengxi's deep eyes, he couldn't find anything. I can't say it.

Shu Chengxi put his hands behind his back, with a tall figure, he said coldly, "If I hadn't pretended to be a woman, wouldn't I have died a long time ago, or else, just like my elder brother, I was poisoned by you, weak and sick since I was a child, and lived like a medicine jar? "

Patriarch Shu's pupils shrank, and it had to be said that Shu Chengxi was indeed right.

When Shu Chengxi's mother was still pregnant, they tried to kill the fetus several times, but Shu Chengxi's mother was born in the Jianghu after all, with good health and vigilance, so she avoided it several times.

Later, the child was born, and he said it was a daughter, so he didn't bother to care about it.

How could I know that there are endless disasters now, if I had known it earlier, I would have strangled to death as soon as I was born...

Seeing his expression at the moment, Shu Chengxi squinted his eyes slightly, and stepped directly on his finger with his heel, with a slight force from his heel, and his fingers connected to his heart. Patriarch Shu immediately yelled in pain, but he couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

"Aren't you his wife and children? Seeing him in such pain, you didn't come here to beg for mercy. Don't your Shu family place the most emphasis on family etiquette and filial piety? Is your performance now unqualified?"

Shu Chengxi tilted his head, looking at the shivering Shu family beside him, with a bit of confusion in his smile,

Then, he puffed his cheeks, "Well, whoever of you is willing to come out to replace him, he can be temporarily relieved."

Hearing this, the faces of those people changed drastically, they shook their heads desperately, their bodies huddled together, and shrank back further.

Seeing this, Shu Chengxi smiled lightly.

Patriarch Shu immediately yelled at them, "You heartless bastards, trash, just ignore me like this..."

Shu Chengxi frowned, kicked him on the mouth, "Shut up, you're noisy."

Patriarch Shu began to cough violently.

The faces of the Shu family who were crowded together were even more ugly, and the two chubby boys in their teens even cried at the top of their throats.But in the past, they were the most domineering and arrogant, the ones who liked to bully Shu Chengxi and his elder brother the most, deliberately pushed him into the pool, rode him like a horse, and often threw stones and horse manure at his sickly elder brother.

Shu Chengxi withdrew his thoughts, tilted his head, looked at the group of people in the corner of the prison, bit his lips, and smiled innocently, "It's not good for you to behave like this, you can't do it, you are too ignorant, from now on... Give you a lesson, everyone wants it!"

"No, sister Chengxi...Brother, brother Chengxi, I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have bullied you before..."

"No more, help..."

"Shut it in." Shu Chengxi's voice was extremely cold.

Then, with his hands behind his back, with a cold pretty face, he turned around and left in a chic manner. The crying and begging for mercy behind him had nothing to do with him anymore.

"Look at the prison, don't let them die like this."

The jailer shuddered, and hurriedly replied, "Yes."

……

Lu Bingxing bent down and picked the beauty up from the pool.

Today's precious daughter-in-law enthusiastically gave him the illusion of being possessed by Lin Xi in his previous life. He had two fights on the bed, and after coming to Longquan Pool, he couldn't help having another intimate exchange.

Well, the final result, of course, was his own responsibility.

Putting the man on the dragon bed, covering him with the quilt, Lu Bingxing himself lay down on it, turned his head, and kissed the reddish corners of his wife's eyes pitifully. This kind of welfare is very good, and the genius is very satisfied, and he will have it often in the future.

Shu Chengxi tilted his head on his chest, rubbed it lightly, and at the same time shrank even more into his embrace, "No more..."

Lu Bingxing frowned, scumbag, obviously he seduced me first, but now he says no.

Hmph, don't just want to.

Genius hugged the person to himself, and kissed him several times.

After a lot of tossing, it was still early, and neither of them was sleepy.

Shu Chengxi was lying in Murong Chen's arms, with his eyes wide open, "Jin Yiwei has found a lot of things in the mansions of major families today, none of them are innocent."

Lu Bingxing cheered up a bit, nodded, and said in a cold voice, "Next, the Sanfa Division and Jin Yiwei will split up and go to their respective ancestral family residences. That's where the big ones will be."

"Copy all the seven great families, His Majesty's treasury will be full." Shu Chengxi said with a light smile.

Lu Bingxing's expression was calm, but his voice was a little emotional, "Take it from the people, and use it for the people. However, the people have suffered all these years, and the money can't be repaid."

Hearing this, Shu Chengxi felt a pain in his heart, it was the first time that he felt this almost sad emotion from His Majesty.

Your Majesty, so proud and wise, so rational and calm...

He couldn't help but leaned into Murong Chen's arms, raised his head and kissed his chin, and comforted him softly, "The aristocratic family has been around for hundreds of years, and its roots are luxuriant. It is not easy to pull them out. It is already successful in His Majesty's hands." It is the great public virtue of the sky. The aristocratic family competes with the people for benefits, and your majesty also benefits the people, so it is not an exaggeration to call Shengshi Mingjun."

Lu Bingxing raised his eyebrows slightly, pinched his cheeks, and nodded earnestly, "Although my concubine is stupid, she still has some sense. I am very happy."

Shu Chengxi: "..."

Well, the emotion just now must be his illusion. How could His Majesty be sad?

Impossible, impossible...

About a month later, Jinyiwei and Sanfasi, who had gone to various places, returned to the capital one after another, and the investigation of all the seven great families was completed.

The doctor censor who went to the south of the Yangtze River encountered a lot of resistance when he searched the Chen family and the Xiao family. The doctor censor immediately showed his Shangfang sword, and with the help of the Yangzhou garrison, killed about [-] members of the two clans on the spot.

Jiangnan is the most affluent place in the country, and its officialdom is also the most corrupt.

Among them, nearly 500 million taels of silver were found in Chen's confiscation, and there were countless manors, lands, and servants, even exceeding the specifications of the vassal king several times.

In addition, the Chen family joined forces with local officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to occupy the land of the common people, falsely report taxes, steal tens of millions of taels of state tax, and bribe nearly [-] unjust, false and wrongly convicted cases.

Although the Xiao family lost to the Chen family, they did not give up much.

The same is true for aristocratic families in Shandong, Longxi and other places.

And the aristocratic families from all over the country, united with local officials, embezzled and stole national taxes, and the total amount of cash alone was nearly one hundred million taels.

As soon as the case came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

The wealth accumulated by the seven great families over the past hundred years is actually enough to equal the income of the national treasury for decades.

Such amounts, such vile things.

Not killing is not enough to anger the people, and it is not enough to kill just one person, just for one day.

Lu Bingxing immediately gave the order.

All those involved in the case of the aristocratic family, the central and local officials who had been covered by them, were all beheaded for public display, and the relatives of the three clans were exiled.

Among the seven great families, regardless of rank or whiteness, all the men involved in the case will be sentenced to death by a thousand swords; all the women involved in the case will be hanged;

Those who were not involved in the case, who belonged to the nine clans of various aristocratic families, were all exiled and exiled for thousands of miles. Their descendants were not allowed to take scientific examinations or enter the court as officials for a hundred years.

Everyone can't even wait until September, and the usual autumn questioning.

In the hot May, the green May, the blood of officials from all over the country and the members of the seven great families directly stained this land red, even redder than the burning clouds in the sky at dusk.

At Caishikou, the water trucks that went back and forth many times were washed over and over again, but they couldn't wash away the fresh blood that shed on the ground every day.