Su Cheng gave the order, and the people from the Punishment Department immediately took action. They not only prepared to cremate An Cangming's body, but also lit many bonfires in the Punishment Department to use high temperatures to kill the poison!
The officials from the Punishment Department went out to buy a lot of materials and did not come back until night. Then the Punishment Department began to cremate the bodies and light bonfires.
Under the cover of night, a flame rose into the sky and illuminated the entire Xingbu Yamen, and this incident was soon known to others.
After all, anyone who is not blind can see a flame coming out at night.
In the palace, Emperor Su Sheng, who had fallen asleep, was woken up by An Lao.
"Your Majesty, there is a fire over there at the Ministry of Justice. Our people found that Mr. Wu An had lit many bonfires inside and was cremating a corpse!"
This sentence frightened Su Sheng to jump up from the dragon couch. He rushed out of the hall and asked with a shocked look on his face: "Is Su Cheng cremating An Cangming's body?"
An Lao nodded.
Now Su Sheng was anxious.
"What is he trying to do? Doesn't he know the importance of An Cangming's body to the Yan Dynasty? I asked him to investigate An Cangming's death, but I didn't ask him to burn his body!"
The more Su Sheng thought about it, the angrier he became. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had been deceived by Su Cheng. He quickly said: "Old An, please immediately send an order to Su Cheng and tell him not to cremate An Cangming's body!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from outside: "Your Majesty, Duke Wu An sent someone to deliver a letter to you."
"Send it up!" Su Sheng frowned, thinking that Su Cheng was here to apologize, right?
A eunuch came to Su Sheng with a letter in both hands and handed it over with a respectful expression. When Su Sheng took the letter, his expression changed.
After a moment, Su Sheng narrowed his eyes and flashed a look of determination: "Send the order, let the patrol battalion guard the Criminal Department, and no one is allowed to approach!"
"yes!"
Afterwards, Su Sheng entered the palace and burned the letter in his hand on a lamp. After a while, the letter was burned. Only he and Su Cheng knew the contents of the letter!
And half an hour later, the punishment department outside the palace was already surrounded by soldiers from the patrol camp. Anyone who wanted to get close to the punishment department would be driven away.
For a moment, everyone could only look at the flames of the Punishment Department from a distance, and no one knew what was going on inside.
Even when Tutor Dugu Jingwei, Chief Assistant Dongfang Ming and others rushed over, the patrol battalion still blocked them out.
Dugu Jingwei looked at the Ministry of Justice with a solemn face: "Master Chief Assistant, what do you think Mr. Wu An is doing inside?"
Dongfang Ming shook his head, with a relaxed look on his face: "No matter what Mr. Wu An does, since the patrol battalion is dispatched, it can only be an order from His Majesty. With the current strength of Mr. Wu An, there is no way to mobilize the patrol battalion!"
Dugu Jingwei is not a fool, and of course he understands the meaning of Dongfang Ming's words, which is to remind him not to interfere in this matter easily.
The emperor sent a patrol battalion over, but did not notify them. This was because he wanted Su Cheng to handle the matter alone.
Just looking at the flames coming from the Criminal Department, a look of worry flashed in Dugu Jingwei's eyes: "If Mr. Wu An cremates An Cangming's body inside, then things will get serious."
After all, An Cangming was a literary saint of the Yan Dynasty. Once his body was cremated here, it would be a naked provocation to the Yan Dynasty. At that time, the Yan Dynasty might really send troops to save face!
Even if they don't send troops, the Yan Dynasty will use this matter as a threat to blackmail Daliang!
As a Taifu, Dugu Jingwei's actions were all for the sake of Daliang. He did not want to see Daliang and Dayan go to war.
But just as he finished speaking, the voice of Prince Liang came from behind: "Master, you are worrying too much. Even I can't get in now. It's useless for you to think about it here!"
"I've met King Liang!" Dugu Jingwei and Dongfang Ming immediately bowed their hands to him and saluted him.
Prince Liang waved his hands with a look of helplessness on his face: "You want to go in? I also want to go in, but the people in the patrol camp said that no one can enter without your Majesty's order. Look at what I, the Minister of Punishment, have done, it seems like he
Su Chengcai is just like the Minister of Justice!"
It can be seen that King Liang still has some resentment in his heart. After all, he is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but now he can't even enter the Ministry of Punishment. What is this?
Dugu Jingwei and Dongfang Ming looked at each other. They didn't dare to accept these words. After all, this was the emperor's order. As the prince, it didn't matter if Prince Liang said a few words. They were ministers, so how could they dare to say such things.
Seeing that the two of them did not dare to speak, King Liang could only snort coldly: "It seems that you don't have any ideas about this matter. You'd better go back early to avoid embarrassment here."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Originally, he wanted to see what happened to his criminal department, but now he can't even get in, why is he staying here when he can't do anything?
Dugu Jingwei and Dongfang Ming smiled bitterly after hearing this, and then they bowed to each other and said goodbye. Just like what King Liang said, they can't do anything here, so they might as well go back and wash up and sleep.
Of course, Murong Jie in the post house knew about such a big matter in the Ministry of Punishment.
In the lobby of the post house, Murong Jie was listening to the report of his subordinates. When he heard that there were flames coming out of the punishment department and that even the King of Liang, the Taifu and the Chief Assistant were not allowed to enter, Murong Jie's face suddenly turned gloomy.
Come down.
"Even these three people are not allowed to enter. It seems that something must have happened in the Criminal Department. With such a big fire, could it be that the corpses are being cremated? Poison master, can Yang Lingxuan really see the poison you administered?"
After saying that, Murong Jie turned to look at the old man in black robe in the hall.
The old man in black robe, known as the Poison Master, squinted his eyes and sneered sinisterly: "I have heard of the name of that girl named Yang Lingxuan. She can even detoxify the poisons that I assigned to the dead men of the Shangguan family, and she can detect
It’s not surprising that the poison came out of An Cangming’s body.”
After a pause, he looked at Murong Jie and said slowly: "If this old man's guess is correct, it must be Yang Lingxuan who suggested to Su Cheng that the body should be cremated to completely eliminate the source of the poison. Otherwise, Su Cheng would not have been able to burn An An so decisively.
Cang Ming’s body.”
As soon as he said this, Murong Jie's eyes lit up: "If they really burned An Cangming's body, then I can use this as an excuse to attack them. Once they fail to hand over An Cangming's body, we can
Send troops to Daliang!"
"Now that your poison has been successful, if you poison it on the battlefield, the soldiers of the Liang Dynasty will not be able to withstand it. If there is a war, we will definitely win a complete victory!"
At this moment, Murong Jie was very excited. His purpose was to cause a war between the two dynasties so that he could gain military exploits in the war and return to compete for the crown prince's position.
Now that Su Cheng has cremated An Cangming's body, it just gives him an excuse to stir up trouble!
Immediately, he made a decisive decision: "Tomorrow I will go to Su Cheng to ask for An Cangming's body. You find a way to kill Yang Lingxuan. This woman has superb medical skills. If she can refine the antidote, we will fall short."
The poison master nodded: "No problem, I will cooperate with the prince tomorrow!"