After taking Xun Yu under his command, Mi Ren's good mood lasted for five full days.

At this time, the Jingluo disaster relief matter has come to an end, and Mi Ren only needs to continue to pay attention to the handling and development of the surrounding counties.

Calculated according to the time, the victims who left Beijing had already walked back to the next county.The dry food should be finished just in time, and you can go to the government office in the next county to get some.

After these victims return to their hometowns, most of the pressure will be transferred to the local government.Mi Rian selected some trustworthy officials, intending to put on the vests of other industries and donate some food and grass.

Glass, porcelain, silk cloth, the four treasures of the study... The industries he used to make money over the years are all over the world, and his wealth is immeasurable.Those who are successful can help the world at the same time, and donating a little is nothing.

Today is Xiu Mu, he had lunch with Mi You, and tested her studies.

He invited three gentlemen for Mi Xiaomei: two bishops in rites, music, books, and mathematics, and the other taught imperialism and archery.This was requested by Mi Xiaomei herself. She felt that since her brother wanted to learn this, she could do it too.

After listening to her request, Mi Yan was noncommittal, but said: "Since you want to learn, then work hard."

This is also the same sentence, Mi Xiaomei learned it without saying a word for three months, and she has made great progress.

After finishing the school exams for little sister Mi's homework, Mi Yan showed admiration: "You did well, Ah You is very smart."

Mi You was very happy, with a look of color on her face: "That's natural, Ah You is your younger sister."

Seeing her smug look, Mi En smiled: "There was a small mistake in reciting, you go and copy this sentence ten times."

Mi You immediately went to copy the book with a bitter face. Li Heng, the middle-aged steward of the house, brought a wooden box and said, "My lord, there is already a plan for your subordinates to follow you a few days ago."

Mi Yan looked at the wooden box and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Oh?"

He brought Li Heng from Qu County.He has a lot of property and is always incapable of dividing/handling, so he has naturally cultivated many clever, capable and loyal stewards.

After he entered Beijing, Mi You took care of his house.Even if she can manage it in an orderly manner, Mi You is still young after all.Asking Li Guanshi to assist him can also prevent him from being away from the mansion for a long time, and the black-hearted slave will deceive the master.

It was also Guanshi Li who accidentally noticed the whereabouts of a servant in the mansion the day before yesterday, and sent someone to follow up and found this wooden box last night.

Mi You, who was copying books and practicing calligraphy, looked up curiously.

Li Guanshi opened the wooden box, and suddenly saw a palm-sized doll made of wood and silk in the wooden box.Not only that, but the doll also has the word Liu Hong written on it and a few silver needles pierced with it!

He took a sharp breath of cold air.

"Ah, this," Guanshi Li couldn't hide his shock for a while, and cried out in horror, "This is actually..."

The court opened the morning court the next day.

The Yellow River flooded dozens of counties and counties, and tens of thousands of people were displaced. Hundreds of officials once again asked the emperor to open an altar to reflect on his mistakes and issue an edict of guilt. This made Liu Hong furious. He drew his sword on the spot and chopped off those old things that made him commit a crime.

The summer drought has not completely passed, and he has just opened the altar to reflect on himself.Because of the flooding of the Yellow River, all the officials accused him of not being sincere enough in self-examination, but his attitude was clearly sufficient, so why are they blaming him?

These points are natural disasters, and to reflect is God's own reflection on why he treats his people like this, and he obviously did nothing wrong, so why should he blame him for all the mistakes?Could it be that no one but him has made the slightest mistake, and they are all saints? !

In short, Liu Hong lost his temper, scolded all the courtiers bloody, and relegated several officials who dissuaded him, so that everyone in the audience dared not even show their anger.

Liu Hong scolded for a long time, and scolded himself so exhausted that he sat back down on the seat.He glanced around with his crimson eyes, and saw that all the civil and military officials in the court had lowered their heads and dared not express their opinions, so he said coldly: "Do you have anything else to say?"

At this time, someone came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have something important to announce."

Liu Hong raised his eyelids: "...Xia Changshi? Tell me."

Among the ten permanent attendants, Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang were closest to the emperor, but the other ten were not far behind.Both Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang were sickened by Mi Rang, so Xia Yun naturally did his part.

Xia Yun said: "Your Majesty, I have noticed your pious reflection not long ago. But why did the Yellow River flood after the drought?"

Xia Yun said unhurriedly: "I thought to myself, is it possible that in fact, God is not dissatisfied with your Majesty, but dissatisfied with other people."

Liu Hong was indeed attracted attention: "If Xia Changshi has any insights, you might as well tell me."

Xia Yun said: "I have heard that since ancient times, there is a method that can solve a dynasty without bloodshed."

Liu Hong asked suspiciously, "What method?"

Xia Yun said loudly: "Your Majesty, King Qin Hui used the "Zu Chu Wen" to tell the gods to curse King Huai of Chu, and the guest of King Huai of Chu died in Qin. I suspect that someone used witchcraft to bring cholera to our court!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar!

The so-called witchcraft is a kind of witchcraft to curse the enemy, which originated in the Warring States Period.It was just that after three catastrophes happened in succession during the reign of Emperor Wu, the Han Dynasty listed it as a forbidden technique, and the common people were strictly prohibited from using it.

This is a serious crime of beheading, how could someone curse the Han Dynasty with taboos!

An official said: "Xia Changshi, you must not just talk about this matter! Xia Changshi knew that Empress Chen fell out of favor during Emperor Wu's time, and used witchcraft to curse Empress Wei. Later, Emperor Wu found out that Empress Chen was deposed and implicated. There are more than a thousand people!"

"Exactly. At that time, there was also a criminal named Zhu Shi'an, who exposed that the prime minister's son, Gongsun Jingsheng, had an affair with Princess Yangshi, and cursed Emperor Wu with witchcraft. This case involved a lot, and all those involved were executed. The guilty minister, Gongsun's family, was even exterminated by the nine clans!"

"Not to mention that in the later years of Emperor Wu, the traitor Jiang Chong framed Prince Wei with the curse of witchcraft! This incident eventually led to the death of the prince and the suicide of the queen's son-in-law." Even if Emperor Wu later woke up and killed Jiang Chong's nine clans, he could not return to Wei. The queen and Prince Wei died.

So after Emperor Wu, witchcraft became a taboo that the Han Dynasty could not mention.Anyone who violates it will be punished by the nine clans.

"Since Xia Changshi said that someone violated the ban, he must have definite evidence, so I ask Xia Changshi to express it!"

"That's right, if that's the case, this person must be caught and punished to the death of the Nine Races!"

Seeing that everyone was following his own thoughts, Xia Yun raised the corners of his mouth imperceptibly.

There was a sternness like a poisonous snake in his eyes.

Mi Yan, Mi Yan, so what if you can be favored by His Majesty, what if you can outdo Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong?In the end, you are going to die in the hands of me, Xia Yun!

Behind him, the rest of the regular attendants also showed cruel smiles.

Only Yang Ci and the others frowned.

Not to mention whether someone really created the technique of witchcraft, Xia Yun's posture...how come there is an indescribable sense of familiarity?

When the officials who were discussing were quiet, Xia Yun clapped his hands and said, "Bring me up!"

The person was brought up quickly, it was an old old woman.

Seeing the black man seated above, she shivered limply and said: "Old woman, old woman sees Your Majesty."

Xia Yun comforted: "Old man, don't be afraid, tell the truth what you know, His Majesty's kindness will surely forgive you."

"Yes, the old lady obeys." She swallowed her saliva and said in a low voice, "A few days ago when my son came home, he asked, asked the old lady to use wood and silk cloth, saying that his master would make four puppets... ..."

She took out the remaining silk cloth from her bosom: "The old lady didn't understand, so she made a puppet for my son. But when my son took the puppet away, the old woman suddenly remembered the witchcraft disaster she heard when she was young." , so he embroidered the words on the puppet on the remaining silk, and asked the literate person to read it, and he said, said..."

Xia Yun asked, "What did he say?"

"He embroidered a name," the old man flinched, "it is your name, His Majesty!"

Her pitiful begging for mercy resounded throughout the hall: "The old woman and her son are both illiterate. If they knew that it was His Majesty's name, the old woman would never agree to be a puppet! The old woman was afraid of being implicated, so she reported the matter." Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

After hearing this, the officials were in an uproar again.

"This is true! Someone is so vicious and wants you to embroider His Majesty's name on the puppet?!"

"Who is so vicious? Old man, don't be afraid, and speak out boldly in front of us!"

"You were deceived, and you have merit in reporting this matter, His Majesty will definitely decide for you!"

The old woman closed her cloudy eyes, gritted her teeth, and said, "My son is, a servant of Mihe Nancheng's residence..."

"That's right, Your Majesty!" Xia Yun firmly pointed at Mi Ren behind He Jin, with a surprised expression on his face, "The one who violated the prohibition of witchcraft is Mi Ren!"

Baiguan: "..."

Liu Hong: "..."

Everyone looked at Xia Yun together, not knowing what expression to make.

Without him, Shi Chang Attendant has done too many wrong things to Mi Rian recently.The last time Zhao Zhong falsely accused Mi Ren of planting fake rice and forced Mi Ren to donate food and grass. The last time Zhang Rang forced Mi Ren to adopt him as a foster son, but he was mad at him... Now seeing Xia Yun's decisive words Everyone doubted the authenticity of this matter.

Shi Changshi greeted everyone with complicated eyes: "..."

He froze for a moment before exasperatedly saying: "What do you mean by this, the witnesses are here, why are you looking at me so strangely?!"

"There is nothing wrong with accusing him of crime. If this is the so-called evidence," Mi Yan put away the surprise on his face, and replaced it with suppressed anger, which made his face flush with anger, and his whole body was trembling. "My minister please search the mansion to prove my innocence."

"I believe that Your Majesty will be able to give me justice!"

Hearing this, Xia Yun felt an ominous premonition in his heart for some reason.But he still bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, since the two sides insist on their opinions, why don't you send someone to search the Mi Mansion."

Liu Hong was silent for a moment: "Is He Aiqing here?"

He Jin-out said: "Your Majesty, the minister is here."

Liu Hongdao: "You lead the troops yourself and go to Mi Mansion to search."

He Jin took the lead and left.He brought more than a thousand soldiers and turned the entire Mi Mansion upside down according to the prompts, but he really found nothing.

Xia Yun who heard the reply was also silent.

He and the attendants behind him looked at each other, not knowing what went wrong with this seamless matter.

But Baiguan had such an expression on his face, his eyebrows were lowered and the sarcasm in his eyes was smoothed away.

Facing Shi Changshi's shocked expression, Mi Yan finally couldn't restrain her eyes from turning red.

In fact, since Guanshi Li opened the wooden box yesterday, they realized that it was a scourge of witchcraft.

Is it really to curse Liu Hong, or to frame him?

He had some calculations in his heart, knowing that this must be a conspiracy against him.People have ulterior motives, as long as there are enough interests in this world, there will always be someone who chooses to betray.

He ordered Guanshi Li to arrest the servant and interrogate him.

The servant was already guilty and panicked, but he confessed truthfully soon after being caught.

It turned out that five days ago when he was out of the government for business, he was taken to a remote place.They threatened him with the lives of their family members, and bought him with a hundred taels of gold, asking him to put four wooden boxes around Mi's house.

They asked him to put one in the garden lake, one in a hidden corner of the rockery, one on the roof of the study, and the last one in the bedroom.

The servant didn't dare not listen, and was afraid of being exposed, so he had to secretly place the wooden box at night, but met Li Guanshi who was up at night, which aroused his suspicion.

According to this person's confession, the attendants quickly found the remaining three wooden boxes.He ordered the servant to send a message to the contact person to inform him that the wooden box had been put away, so that he could see today.

Since Shi Changshi gave him such a big gift, he should reciprocate the gift.

"Since it is proved that I am innocent, can I ask Xia Changshi to apologize and plead guilty to me?" Mi Yan raised her neck, showing an expression that could not bear the humiliation. The humble minister may have to suffer wrongfully and die!"

After hearing this, Liu Hong sighed pitifully: "Aiqing is suffering, get up quickly. Xia Changshi, why don't you apologize to Mi Aiqing?"

He spoke with a concerned expression, and the courtiers also surrounded Mi Ren.All of a sudden, the entire court hall was filled with the voices of people comforting and praising Mi Ren.

Xia Yun's eyes cracked!

Enduring the desire to vomit blood, he forced himself to apologize to Mi Ren: "Hehe, it's the fault of my regular attendant. I didn't thoroughly investigate this matter before I reported it to His Majesty... Please forgive me, Cheng Mi Henan, Forgive me..."

He watched the bitch Mi Ren thank everyone, smiled with tears, and a fragile and sacred light like a white lotus appeared on his face: "Since Xia Changshi sincerely apologizes, then I will forgive you!"

The emperor and the courtiers who watched sighed for a while: "Aiqing/Mi Henan Cheng, you really are an exceptionally kind person!"

Xia Yun and the people behind him were so angry that their scalps would explode!

"In fact, what Xia Changshi said is reasonable, and this minister also suspects that there are evil worshipers in the court who are doing evil."

"Under the whole world, is it the king's land; above the king's land, is it the sky." Mi Ren said righteously, "God has a panoramic view of everything, and your majesty is the son of heaven, why don't you ask your majesty to ask the sky tonight and tell me Let's wait and see who is causing the chaos!"

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