Reincarnation of the powerful minister

A fifth-rank official fell to his death bizarrely in full view.Civil and military courtiers and relatives of the emperor stood in a dense crowd in Sheliu Field, whispering among each other, waiting for the emperor to make a decision.

Zhu Helin stepped forward and whispered a few words in his father's ear.

Emperor Jing Long nodded, and ordered Ye Donglou's body to be carried to another hall, and handed over to Wu Zuo for an immediate autopsy.They also sent a team of brocade guards to search the auxiliary building on the left side in detail to see if there were any clues left behind.

All the people who accompanied the driver to Dongyuan, regardless of their status, were not allowed to leave, and the servants counted the number of people.

The sky changed in the afternoon, the wind blew up, the blue sky was gradually stained with haze, and there was no rain in the dense clouds.The strong smell of blood wafted from the steps, accompanied by the screams of Concubine Wei giving birth, vaguely came from the depths of Longde Hall, making people feel an ominous chill for no reason.

The emperor ordered Jin Yiwei to interrogate the officials of the household department, who had seen Ye Donglou's last whereabouts.One of the subordinates replied that he had seen Ye Langzhong go to the woods behind Longde Hall by himself, about an hour ago.

At this time, Jin Yiwei, who searched the auxiliary building, came to report that there was no one in the upper and lower floors, the heaviest fence was not damaged, and there were no signs of fighting around.But on the opposite side of the fence, on the vermilion lacquer sill window about a foot away, a few linear bloodstains were found, which seemed to be splashed, because the color was similar to vermilion lacquer, it was almost missed.

"The bloodstains are at about this height." The Jin Yiwei, who is good at on-site surveys, gestured at his waist and abdomen. "According to my experience, the angle is flat and the distance is within one foot."

The servant who ran the errands also brought his preliminary autopsy results: Ye Donglou had a sharp wound on his abdomen, the wound was thin and short, and the skin flap was flat, which should have been caused by a dagger or dagger.Because the blade was short, it only cut through the intestines, but did not come out through the body.

Under the emperor's signal, the Jin Yiwei continued to speculate: "At that time, Ye Langzhong was leaning against the fence and was hit by a sword in his abdomen. When the sword was drawn, the murderer used cloth or something to cover the blood, but there were still some splashes on the sill window. , was not noticed. Ye Langzhong did not die immediately, he pressed the wound with his hands to stop the bleeding, and it took about half a quarter of an hour, when the blood between his fingers was half solidified, he fell from the fence and fell to his death on the stone steps."

Tang Guangyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, thought to himself, "Why didn't Ye Donglou call for help? If he called for help loudly, there would be Sheliu Field downstairs, and more or less people would be able to hear him."

Jin Yiwei said: "This is exactly what the humble job doesn't understand. If Ye Langzhong was unconscious at the time and couldn't call for help, how did he climb over the fence? If he was awake, what was he doing in that half an hour? What did he do with the murderer? Is there any verbal exchange between them? If so, the murderer must be someone he knows and has an unusual relationship, so that he was seriously injured but had no time to care for himself."

Tang Guangyuan said: "There is another possibility. He is indeed in a coma. The murderer waited for half a quarter of an hour and calculated the timing before pushing him off the fence."

"When?" Lan Xi asked.

Tang Guangyuan hesitated to answer.

Emperor Jing Long's face sank like water, and he said for him: "The moment when Concubine Wei walked up to the steps."

If this is the case, then it is not only the killing of the official, but the crime of treason for murdering the dragon's heir!Lan Xi's face turned pale instantly, and some of the surrounding officials gasped, and then fell silent.An indescribably cold shadow hung heavily over the heads of everyone present.

Emperor Jing Long said in a deep voice: "Check, check and find out!"

He flicked his sleeves and walked into the hall, Lan Xi hurriedly followed.The emperor's footsteps stagnated slightly, and he gave an order to continue walking.Lan Xi obeyed the oral order, turned around and came to King Yu, and said politely: "His Royal Highness, the emperor has summoned you, please come with this old slave."

Zhu Helin was listening to the whole process, and at this moment he was still holding Su Yan's hand unconsciously, and was about to say something to him.Lan Xi immediately turned around again, and said to Su Yan: "Su Shidu, you come too. The emperor ordered you to wait outside the palace, and you are not allowed to leave even half a step without the emperor's order."

The prince frowned upon hearing the words: "Big Companion, Qinghe's complexion is not good. I think it's because of the alcohol. How about letting him follow me to the house to rest for a while, and wait for the emperor to summon him?"

Lan Xi shook her head, with a respectful attitude: "The emperor's order is hard to break, and I hope the young master will forgive me."

Su Yan withdrew his hand, "It's okay, I vomited a while ago, and I feel much more comfortable now." He cupped his hands towards the prince, said softly "Be safe and don't be impatient", and followed Lan Xi to the steps.

"Uncle Shi, please mention my little nephew." Su Yan asked Lan Xi in a low voice as he walked.This time, he had some bad premonition, so he hurried to get more involved with this eunuch.

Lan Xi moved her lips, her voice was like a gnat: "There are eyes in the forest."

Su Yan was shocked at first, but then he felt that it was not unexpected.

What kind of reputation does King Yu have? Doesn't Emperor Jing Long, his brother, know it?Agreeing him to teach himself how to archery, to save King Yu's face in front of the officials, and to place one or two spies in the forest to watch over him, this is something a scheming emperor can do.

In this way, the mess with King Yu... Su Yan gritted his molars.

Things are a bit troublesome, but not completely unsolvable.The time spent waiting outside the hall can be used to think about countermeasures.

When King Yu entered the hall, he saw Emperor Jinglong standing by the window with his hands behind his back, saluted and said, "Your brother came here according to the order, what instruction does the emperor have?"

The emperor turned his back to him, and said calmly: "27 people."

King Yu was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "What 27 people, brother Huang's sharpness, makes my ministers puzzled."

"Over the years, there are a total of 27 courtiers and scholars who have been captured by you. I ordered them to be registered one by one. You want to see if there are any omissions?"

King Yu's face froze, he suddenly raised his lips, and his smile deepened: "No need, Brother Huang has a dimple in his chest, what you said is very true."

The emperor sighed and turned to look at him directly: "Fourth brother, you should restrain yourself! You are so unrestrained, do you know how you are talked about in the court and in the field now? Do you know how many papers I have to impeach you every day, and keep it?"

"I don't know what crime I have committed."

"The court of the country, all officials are selected talents, not your back garden!"

"Brother emperor, calm down, I have no intention of picking flowers." King Yu walked to the table, poured a cup of tea, and brought it to the emperor, "My brother really likes to make friends with romantic scholars. There are also things like this. But the ministers should not be forced, and they should not be coerced. It is all because of your love and my wish, so that we can get together and get away. At most, it is considered a loss of personal morality, and it is not a serious crime, right? Besides, the law cannot prohibit male Feng, almost all scholar-bureaucrat families have child molesters, so how can you accuse the younger brother alone?"

The emperor refused to accept the teacup, "Even if you raise a hundred or eighty molesters in the mansion, I don't care about you. But officials can't, no matter how low their rank is, they shouldn't be the object of your sex. For the sake of not persecuting them, but today—"

"How is today?" King Yu held the teacup, his fingertips were as steady as a rock, and the level of the cup was as mirror-like, without any fluctuations.

The emperor stared at him with condensed eyes, and slowly said: "Su Yan is talented, I have to study him carefully, train him, and maybe entrust him with important tasks in the future. I don't want to do what I have done today. Otherwise, those impeachment I will read your scriptures in front of the court, and let you read them one by one in public, and enjoy the skill of the officials who curse people without blood, and then you will be punished for forcing the officials to rape you."

King Yu put the imperial yellow-glazed cup back on the table, "Forcing rape is a serious word. Today's incident is not wishful thinking by my ministers. Even if some tricks are used, it is just to increase the sexiness of the bed."

A sneer appeared on the emperor Duanya's peaceful and unmoving face: "Is it because you wishful thinking, or because he couldn't cater to it?"

King Yu stroked his lips lightly with his fingers, showing a long-awaited look: "It's not a matter of pandering, he really doesn't have the skills. But he didn't resist, he must have enjoyed it."

The emperor suddenly wanted to slam the yellow glazed cup full of hot tea on the face of his own brother, moved his fingers, thought of the queen mother, and held back.

He said coldly: "If you disobey me again, you will go to the high wall."

Now King Yu finally changed his face.

Fengyang High Wall is a prison specially built by Emperor Taizu for the royal family.The son of the guilty king was imprisoned there shortly after he was born, and when he got old, he came out like an idiot.When they were sent to this frightening prison, some county kings hit their heads on the wall outside the wall, and some princes drew their swords and killed their concubines before committing suicide. They would rather commit suicide than be imprisoned.

This was the first time that the emperor threatened him with a high wall, just because a mere fifth-rank official hadn't even asked about the murder case, but asked about the pregnant concubine who was frightened.

King Yu suddenly laughed, shook his clothes, and knelt down towards the emperor: "The emperor wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. If the emperor despises me, you can send me to the high wall. I will bid farewell to my mother tonight, tomorrow Let's go."

Emperor Jinglong's eyes were heavy, and the muscles of his cheeks twitched bitterly: "Jincheng, you..."

"To avoid the holy taboo, I have changed my name to 'Xujing', brother, have you forgotten?" King Yu raised his head, smiling freely, "There is also a title, and I will change the name of King Yu to King Yu. A piece of care and intention. "Yu" people are happy and at ease. Look, brother, the younger brother has not always lived happily and comfortably all these years. He doesn't have to guard the border, he doesn't have to be a vassal, and he can always be filial by his mother's side. The younger brother is satisfied, Thank you so much.”

The emperor looked at him, speechless, just staring at his chest.

King Yu followed his line of sight and looked down, with a smile on his face: "The old wound has also healed, and the root cause of the disease has not been left. You can rest assured, Brother Huang."

Emperor Jing Long put his palm on his heart, retracted it after a while, and sighed, "Get up."

"I know you have resentment in your heart, and it has been blocked for many years."

"I don't dare to hold any grudges in my heart, I only want to be loyal and filial, and want to live as my parents and elder brother promised me—it's a pity that I still deviate, bad habits are hard to change, and I am ashamed of the emperor."

The emperor was helpless: "You also know how to lose face! The handsome young officials in the imperial court will detour halfway when they see you, even the newly admitted Jinshi. How did that Ye Donglou die?"

"My brother really doesn't know." King Yu's expression was gloomy, "The kindness of the pillow is still there, but in a blink of an eye, he died, and this brother is also very heartbroken. I hope the emperor will investigate thoroughly."

"Of course I will thoroughly investigate to the end, not for your bedside person, but for the country's laws and regulations—"

Emperor Jinglong paused for a moment, and said again: "I just warned you, don't try to trick officials, you are not joking."

King Yu smirked: "Brother Huang actually wants to say, don't make Su Yan's idea again?"

Emperor Jing Long slapped him on the left side of the cheek, he didn't hit hard, and he was more admonishing than punishing, "You can be more successful! I've been thinking about the matter in the bed all day long, and I don't know how to share my worries."

"What are you worried about, brother? If you are also in the bed, I have a hundred ways to make people fall into your arms, which can relieve your worries."

Before he finished speaking, he received another slap on the right cheek, "Get out!"

"Lanxi, tell Su Yan to get out!"