Chapter 736 Killing someone in front of His Majesty
Author: Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night
Chapter 736 Killing someone in front of His Majesty
"Who rang the alarm bell?" His Majesty said solemnly.
Duan Xingtian outside the palace raised his eyes and looked at the ripples swaying by the distant palace city. Before he could speak, a voice came from afar: "Lin Su rang the Emperor's Shocking Bell and asked to see His Majesty!"
Lin Su?
His Majesty and the Prime Minister looked at each other, quite surprised...
The morning breeze blows, and on the wall behind His Majesty, an ancient painting gently blows...
"Xuan!" His Majesty responded...
The chief eunuch outside shouted in the distance: "Announcement: Lin Su is here to see you!"
Meet Lin Su!
Meet Lin Su!
The sound of the long queue outside was relayed outside the palace city...
Lin Suzheng straightened his scholar's clothes, strode through the palace gate, strode up the white jade steps, and entered the Zhengde Hall.
Outside the Zhengde Hall, Duan Xingtian stood with his head held high.
In the Zhengde Hall, His Majesty is sitting on a dragon chair. On the lower left side, there is an old man, Lu Tiancong. By the door on the right side, an old eunuch is bowing to serve.
The huge hall was very empty at the moment, but it also had a formidable atmosphere.
Lin Su stepped through the palace door and walked forward along the middle path. He lightly arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty!"
His Majesty's face suddenly darkened.
Prime Minister Lu Tian's eyelids twitched slightly.
The eunuch commander behind him was angry: "How brave Lin Su, why don't you kneel down!"
This is the Zhengde Hall. Anyone who enters this hall in Da Cang must kneel down and worship. This is the etiquette!
Lin Su just handed it over as a gift!
He has violated the rules!
Lin Sudao: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for the inconvenience of my humble minister, Qingmu Ling, who is unable to kneel down and worship!"
The heads of the three people in the hall jumped together...
Wen Dao Aoki Order!
The ultimate scholar in the secular world, those who hold this order will walk in the same temple. People in the temple will not kneel in the secular world, even if the emperor in the world still does not kneel.
This is the transcendent status of the temple.
However, this detachment has long been subject to various modifications.
You were only given the Wen Dao Aoki Order by the temple, and you are just walking with the temple. You are not a real temple walker at all. If you were more knowledgeable and took off the Wen Dao Aoki Order before entering the temple, wouldn't it be wrong?
Can it be normal?
You just don't pick it off, and you just have to live with this "inconvenience".
What does it mean?
It means that you no longer intend to bow to His Majesty.
This thing is very small.
But this thing is also big.
The three people in the hall were all human spirits, and they felt this change in an instant.
The gloom on His Majesty's face only lasted for a moment, and he brightened up a moment later: "Why did you ring the bell that shocked the emperor?"
Get straight to the point.
Lin Su raised his gaze and glanced past the row of ancient paintings behind His Majesty: "I just heard that Deng Hongbo was wrongly imprisoned and has not been released. I want to beg Your Majesty to release him!"
His Majesty frowned slightly: "Just to release one person, my dear, will you waste an opportunity to shock the emperor?"
"Your Majesty, this matter is just a trivial matter to Your Majesty, but to the Deng family, it is a matter of paramount importance. Since the court is clean and upright, how can a humble minister regret an opportunity to surprise the Emperor?"
"I am very pleased with Ai Qing's high moral integrity!" His Majesty praised: "I was discussing with the Prime Minister just now about Deng Hongbo's matter. The Prime Minister should give Lin Ai Qing an answer on this matter."
Lu Tiancong took a step forward and said, "Mr. Lin, Deng Hongbo went to the heavenly prison because he framed the prince. Although the crime of frame-up has been eliminated, the court officials believe that there may be hidden secrets behind this matter and it is not appropriate to release him now."
"The court officials thought, but they didn't know which court official it was? Could it be just the prime minister himself?" Lin Su looked at Lu Tiancong.
"How presumptuous!" Lu Tiancong's face darkened: "Where do you think this is? Are you allowed to map it out at will and talk nonsense?"
Lin Su's face also darkened: "Prime Minister, do you know where this place is? Your Majesty ordered you to give me an answer. Just give me a good answer!"
Lu Tian's hair almost stood on end, but, as Lin Su said, this is the Zhengde Hall, and it was His Majesty who ordered him to answer Lin Su. There is no room for official authority here!
He took a deep breath: "When Deng Hongbo was appointed Crown Prince, he created many branches, and his heart must be punished. Someone must have instigated him later to maliciously destroy the destiny of our country. If this thief is not found, the country will be in danger. Therefore,
The crime is not important, but the instigator is important. Mr. Lin, do you understand?"
When he talked about it, his voice became fierce...
But Lin Su was confused. He raised his hand slightly and touched his head, looking even more confused: "Prime Minister, how do you want me to understand? The third prince colluded with Wu Jian Sect. There is irrefutable evidence.
Deng Hongbo's accusations are conclusive. Is this a side story? As for his heart, it is even more of a joke. You can go ahead and punish him if you want to punish him, but you have let his people go. You are holding on to his people like this.
, what kind of heart-breaking is it? Isn’t it clear that you are using power to vent your personal anger? What does it mean that the accusation is not important? The law of the country is based on the law and the crime is the evidence. It is not important for you to make a accusation. What? You want to rely on yourself?
Do you have the power to subvert the laws of the country? As long as you don't like anyone, you can arrest them first and then accuse them of an 'unwarranted' crime?"
No one knew that when these words were spoken, a strange space suddenly bloomed in a painting...
As soon as this space was opened, a black hole formed silently in the area where the painting was located. It silently sucked the ancient painting into it and tore it into pieces. At the moment when it was torn apart, a person appeared vaguely on the ancient painting.
, extremely frightened, extremely desperate, twisted like a ghost, trying to crawl out of another space, but everything is in vain, the magic of space laws is beyond anyone's imagination...
His Majesty didn't notice that he was catching Lin Su's every word.
This is probably what Lin Su's opponents will do. As long as Lin Su makes a move, they will concentrate all their attention on analyzing it, trying to capture his subsequent actions through his words...
The prime minister didn't even notice because he was almost fainting.
But he was speechless, because Lin Su's words contained a huge amount of information, were extremely logical, and were backed by national law.
"Your Majesty!" Lu Tiancong turned to Your Majesty: "This man's extremeness cannot be described in words. I can't persuade him. Your Majesty will take matters into his own hands regarding Deng Hongbo!"
His Majesty smiled softly: "Has the Prime Minister learned about Lin Aiqing's eloquence today? Don't be angry. As a veteran, a new generation has been born. As an old minister, you should be happy! I have made up my mind about Deng Hongbo. Come on!"
The eunuch outside stepped forward: "Here!"
"It is my decree: Although Deng Hongbo had the intention to commit crimes, he was still concerned about the affairs of the country, and he did not commit any serious offense. Let him be released!"
Lin Su smiled: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Bow slightly.
His Majesty issued another decree: "I have given you an oral message: The third prince, Ji Yan, has made a careless friendship and has damaged the prestige of the royal family. He will be banned from the residence for three months! Reflection has passed!"
Lu Tiancong also smiled. He brought up the matter of the third prince and put it down gently. This was what he wanted to see, but Lin Su must not have wanted to see it. Lin Su had spent so much effort, but in the end he couldn't.
He could only scratch the surface of the third prince, and his friendship with Wujianmen was lightly punished by the "three-month grounding".
With a wave of His Majesty's hand, the chief eunuch left the palace.
His Majesty's eyes fell on the two people below, with a gentle smile on his face: "Prime Minister, don't care about Lin Aiqing's forthrightness. We are ministers in the same palace. We should seek common ground while reserving minor differences. We should put aside our prejudices and worry about national affairs together."
They both thanked each other at the same time...
"Everyone, please step back!"
"Farewell, Your Majesty!" Lu Tiancong made a big salute, Lin Su bowed and made a small salute, and the two of them walked out side by side.
What happened today was that the thunder was loud and the raindrops were light...
Lin Su rang the Emperor's Shocking Bell, and the whole city looked at him with suspicion.
Waiting for the thunder to explode, but there is no thunder, only gentle wind.
Lin Su and Lu Tian came out side by side, also smiling.
For a moment, everyone who was secretly paying attention relaxed...
Lin Su and Lu Tiancong left the palace and walked down the white jade steps...
"Master Lin is the prefect of Nanshan and has been in the capital for a long time. It is not appropriate to pass the general out. He needs to return to his jurisdiction as soon as possible." Lu Tiancong spoke.
"It's okay, I'm used to it!" Lin Su said.
"What do you mean by getting used to it?" Lu Tian raised his gaze.
"Nanshan Prefecture has become accustomed to my absence!" Lin Su said: "To be honest with the Prime Minister, I, the prefect of Nanshan, have only been to Nanshan three times. Once I stayed for one night, and the other time I stayed for three nights. At most
I only stayed for half a month at a time. I have never been to the seven counties of Nanshan, and I have never entered the four offices and eight rooms. All the officials of Nanshan Mansion have become accustomed to the current situation of the governor's absence."
Lu Tiancong said slowly: "Does Prefect Lin regard this kind of 'absence' as a proud achievement in the officialdom?"
"I can't really say I'm proud, it's just a sense of calmness!"
"calm?"
"Yes, Mr. Prime Minister, don't underestimate the word calm. Some people pursue power all their lives and do not hesitate to sacrifice their loved ones to achieve their position of supreme minister. But what about being a supreme minister? They still worry about gains and losses and cannot be calm!
Comparatively speaking, a lower official has nothing to seek beyond the officialdom, and is calm and indifferent, just like a clear stream, which is extremely valuable."
Lu Tian's anger, which had just subsided, surged into the sky again.
He once told himself that what the person in front of him said was like fart, but he still couldn't stop hearing it.
Because this statement is too targeted.
The pursuit of power at the expense of family members refers to him, Lu Tiancong!
In the past, his son Lu Shuizhou married Luo Tianyao. Luo Tianyao's disciples were in trouble and asked him to save him. Not only did he not save him, he also tied up Luo Tianyao himself and sent him to a prison cell, causing Luo Tianyao to give birth to Lu Youwei in prison.
, also caused Lu Youwei to be weak and sick. If Lin Su hadn't come to the rescue, Lu Youwei's grave would have been covered with green grass.
This is not a stain on Lu Tian's career in politics. On the contrary, he ascended to the position of Prime Minister with his decisive attitude and his reputation of being selfless.
However, when these words came out of Lin Su's mouth, they were so ironic.
Lu Tiancong suppressed his anger:
"Didn't Mr. Lin just keep talking about ruling the country by law in front of His Majesty? In fact, in the past, I didn't follow personal feelings, so what's wrong with using the law to judge things? Mr. Lin, as a great master, discusses laws and theories, chooses the ones that are beneficial, and uses them whenever possible.
If the disadvantages are corrected, wouldn't it be like starting a mouse and having two ends?"
This makes perfect sense.
Just a moment ago you were talking about the rule of law.
At this moment you ridiculed Lu Tian for his selflessness back then.
What you're doing over and over again, isn't it because you're turning your crotch inside Lu Tian's pants?
Lin Su smiled: "Did the prime minister really act in accordance with the law that day? But why do I remember that Aunt Tianyao's family was wiped out and was ultimately deemed an unjust case by His Majesty the late Emperor? If it is an unjust case, how can we talk about following the law? Isn't it clearly a violation of the law?
Prime Minister, please ask yourself, how much credit do you have for this unjust case that is a violation of the law? Aunt Tianyao regrets her whole life, and Youwei almost died. Do you want to thank you? As a human being, you don’t understand, and as an official, you are destined to be the same.
What a joke… Farewell!”
Lin Su gently cupped his hands and rose into the sky.
Lu Tiancong stood still for a long time.
If you don’t understand how to be a human being, being an official is destined to be a joke!
He had never heard such harsh words before.
However, there is a hidden meaning in this statement!
He finally exposed his plot today!
He is really pointing his sword at the Ninth Five Supreme Being!
Why?
Because he dared to mock himself as the prime minister!
No one in the world has the right to laugh at the prime minister, except one person!
This person can only be the king!
If he dares to laugh at himself, he intends to be a king! This may be the only useful clue that the prime minister caught today when he was so angry.
Lin Su, something big is about to happen, and it's not far away!