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Chapter 64 The crime of treason (2)

There was still endless debate in the court. Emperor Qinzong was weak and could not suppress their anger.

While quarreling, Eunuch Zhang hurried to the hall to report his life.

"Report to the Master, the young master of the Liu family is not in the mansion!"

"Not in the mansion? Then where has he been?" Qin Zong asked hurriedly.

"According to the servants of Liu's mansion... the prince of Liu's prime minister has gone to Junzhou."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar.

When Liu Anguo heard this, he hurriedly walked over and asked Eunuch Zhang, "Eunuch Zhang, don't joke. I am old and can't stand your fright."

Eunuch Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Superior Liu, how dare you joke? I stayed in your mansion for a long time and did not see the son. The servants of the mansion said that the son had gone to Junzhou and had been leaving for four or five days!"

After hearing this, Liu Anguo's eyes were staring and almost fell down. Fortunately, several colleagues supported him. He recalled carefully that he had not seen his evil son these days, and he was busy with official duties. He just thought that the evil son was idle and did not do his job properly. However, he never thought that he would actually run out of the capital and arrive at the prince of Junzhou. Now he blamed himself for his lack of guidance and gave birth to such a beast. He still didn't know how the old thief Zhu, the old thief, would take the opportunity to take revenge.

"Master, you can hear clearly. Liu Anguo has always denied the affair with the vassal kings. Now the evidence is conclusive. I hope my lord will give an explanation to all civil and military officials!" Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhu Fan pressed step by step, which made the young Emperor Qinzong also in a dilemma.

After hearing this, Qin Zong also complained in his heart, "You said you Liu Anguo, you pretended to be quite like you. I just laughed at you and thought you were sure to win, so I was almost deceived by you!" He asked, "Liu Qing family, do you know that the son of the Liu Qing family has gone to Junzhou?"

"Report to the emperor, the dog son left the capital privately and did not inform the old minister. Only then did the old minister know! I hope the emperor will clearly understand!"

"Master, don't listen to his clever arguments. The evidence of his affair with the prince has been long since the Junzhou prefect has taken the Liu family's son to Junzhou. Many people in Junzhou have seen the Liu family's son disguised as a dress and mixed into the royal palace. They also asked the emperor to bring the Liu family's father and son to justice to avoid another disaster!"

When Emperor Qinzong heard this, it was difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treason, so he had to order the three departments: "Please take Liu Anguo to the Ministry of Justice for a time being to find out the truth in the future and then deal with it!"

The Imperial Guard walked up to the hall, took off Liu Anguo's official hat, and wanted to take him to the Ministry of Justice awaiting trial.

"Master, the old minister is wronged! The old minister is determined to be the leader, and he has never had the intention to rebel, Master!" Liu Anguo begged hard and complained about the wronged, so Qinzong had no other choice but to file a case for investigation.

Liu Anguo was taken down from the main hall, and the hall became much quieter for a moment. The ministers in the court were roughly divided into two parties. Liu Anguo was a clean and upright official and actively advocated anti-Jin and belonged to the new party camp. Zhu Fan was originally a disciple of Cai Jing, who advocated composing and seeking justice and belonged to the old party camp. Now that Liu Anguo was sent to prison, the old party members were naturally full of joy. The new party members had no leader for a while and didn't know where to go, so they could only wait and see.

Emperor Qinzong saw that even Liu Anguo had the intention to rebel, and there were a few civil and military officials in the court who could trust him, and he didn't know what to do for the time being.

Master Zhu reported: "The emperor is wise and has detained Liu Anguo now, but he is afraid that the prince of Junzhou will change for a while. According to the old minister, he should send an imperial envoy to Junzhou to investigate the matter, so as to guard against the prince of Junzhou to avoid accidents."

"Your dear words are reasonable, so I naturally want to find out the matter. It's just that this matter involves old ministers in the court and vassal kings from other places. It's not a small matter. According to the Grand Tutor's opinion, who should be sent to Junzhou to investigate the matter?"

"This... the old minister has no choice for the time being, so I'll ask the emperor to decide!"

After hearing this, Qinzong muttered in his heart: "This old teacher is indeed very scheming. He knows that I trust the new party officials a lot on weekdays, but now I ask me to designate a candidate!"

Emperor Qinzong looked at the civil and military officials in the court. He was either Liu Anguo or Zhu Fan. It was not suitable for any party to send officials from. After thinking about it, his eyes fell on a minister who was neither the new party nor the old party. This person was no one else, but Qin Hui. Qin Hui had always been taciturn and had not made much friendship with the ministers in the court. He was so fierce in the court just now that he could close his eyes and rest calmly. Qinzong secretly felt that this person could be appointed, so he spoke:

"Mr. Qin, I want to order you to be the imperial envoy to go to Junzhou to investigate this matter. Are you willing to go?"

When Qin Hui heard Qin Zong calling him, he immediately opened his eyes and came to listen to the order, saying, "Since he is a magistrate, I should do my best, how dare I refuse!"

"Okay, since that's the case, I will give you a gold medal and arrow and take you to Junzhou to investigate this case!"

Qin Hui knelt down and thanked him, received the gold medal arrow, returned to the censorate to get the official text, and took several followers to run away from Junzhou.

At this time, Junzhou had already been a hot topic of rebellion by the prince. Many merchants from all over the country, following the customs of previous years, would go back one after another after the porcelain appreciation conference. However, this year, they all stayed in Junzhou because of this incident, and wanted to see what happened. The people of Junzhou were talking about the streets and alleys, which made Junzhou, which was originally a peaceful and prosperous era, also became a little more restless.

Liu Yixuan and Ling'er were imprisoned to the Junzhou prison. The prison was dark and dark, and there was no light. Ling'er had never seen this formation before and cried in grievance from time to time. Fortunately, Liu Yixuan often told her a joke to make her happy, so that she could forget these worries.

"Brother Xuan, do you think my uncle will send someone to save us?" Ling'er asked.

"Of course, if my father knew that you had come out with me, he would definitely send someone to save us. Even if he didn't recognize my son, he had to recognize you as a princess. My father has always been like this and is loyal to your princess. Even if he doesn't want me as a son, he will not let your princess lose face. Don't worry!"

"Well, my uncle is such a good official. I don't want that stupid prefect!" Ling'er believed Liu Yixuan's words. She was the princess of the Song Dynasty. What could these officials do to him? She was just a little wronged for the time being.

"Then it goes without saying that the prefect is a dog official. He relied on his father-in-law as the Grand Tutor of the dynasty and abused his power in Junzhou. I guess that the 'Honglai Inn' is also theirs, otherwise how could Sun Wanli run to the lobby to deliver a letter? This dog official abused his power and bullied the market. If I go out, I have to give him some color!"

Liu Yixuan was not desperate at this time because he knew that if this matter alarmed the emperor, he would definitely send an imperial envoy to handle the case. He did not have the act of arbitrary princes. How could he be afraid of the slander of these villains? As the saying goes, "I am not afraid of the shadow slander." As long as he is open and honest, even if the world is pitch black!

While we were talking, a prison guard came to pass the message, "Two young masters, our master asked you to go to the lobby to ask questions!"

"Is the imperial envoy here?" Liu Yixuan asked.

"Where did you come from so much nonsense? You'll know if you go!" As he said that, he took the two to the lobby of Junzhou... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!
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