Emperor Lingzhou summoned Prime Minister Jiang and learned that Lord Song had sued him.
"Looking for him, even if he has to turn the city upside down, he must be found as soon as possible. He must be intercepted on the only way to Yuanzhou!"
Prime Minister Jiang sent more manpower. Since the news could reach the ears of Lingzhou Emperor, it means that he has not gone far and is hiding in the suburbs.
After giving the instructions, Prime Minister Jiang was about to enter the palace. He galloped his horse, but the horse's hooves suddenly closed up, spinning in circles uneasily.
Prime Minister Jiang held the reins tightly and looked around.
There was silence all around, and there was something strange about it.
The next second the guard behind him fell silently, falling onto his horse, clutching his heart and vomiting blood.
Prime Minister Jiang instinctively jumped off his horse and hid behind a big tree.
A group of people realized that someone was plotting behind them and started to fight back.
Soon there was the harsh sound of swords, and there was constant fighting.
After a full hour, the sound stopped.
Prime Minister Jiang turned over and went down to check.
"They are the secret guards of Zhao Guogong's mansion. More than ninety of us died, and the other party was almost the same."
"Um!"
Prime Minister Jiang did not take this matter to heart, got on his horse again and rushed to the capital.
Emperor Lingzhou waited for two hours, and it was already dark.
His patience has run out.
When he saw Prime Minister Jiang, he suppressed his anger and did not break out.
"The humble minister pays homage to the emperor." Prime Minister Jiang saluted.
Emperor Lingzhou saw Master Song, Jing Zhaoyin, and several ministers present, so he asked with a cold face: "Prime Minister Jiang, why did you want to prevent Duke Zhao from leaving the capital and send people to hunt them down?"
Prime Minister Jiang admitted without hesitation: "Back to the Emperor, in a case investigated by Wei Chen recently, two suspects had infiltrated the Zhao Guogong Mansion, so they intercepted it. But I didn't expect that the people in the Zhao Guogong Mansion would react so fiercely, and
Wei Chen's people started fighting, and Wei Chen's people suffered heavy losses. What surprised Wei Chen even more was that Duke Zhao's government had carefully arranged carriages in four directions in order to leave the capital, but there was not a single master inside."
Emperor Lingzhou frowned.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen proposes that Prince Zhao return to the capital!"
Since Zhao Guogong cannot be retained, then Zhao Huaiyu will be detained.
It's also possible to use a rat-proof weapon.
Emperor Lingzhou's anger was calmed down by Prime Minister Jiang's few words. Although the two were monarchs and ministers, they had fought countless times over the years, both openly and secretly.
They also understand each other's habits.
Since the other party said this, it would not do any harm to Emperor Lingzhou.
There is no reason not to agree. One more person will stay in the capital, and there will be more protection.
Just when Emperor Lingzhou was about to speak, someone outside heard that Duke Zhao rushed in. Emperor Lingzhou waved his hand to let him in.
At this time, Zhao Guogong's eyes were red, his hair was disheveled, his clothes were torn in several places, and his body was stained with blood.
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me!"
Duke Zhao kowtowed and burst into tears: "Prime Minister Jiang is too vicious. Wei Chen has already left the capital, and he is still chasing after him. Wei Chen's wife, children and old mother were all on the carriage, and he forced him to the bottom of the cliff.
No bones left!”
Prime Minister Jiang's eyelids twitched.
"Your Majesty!" Zhao Guogong cried miserably: "He himself has lost his wife and children, but he came to harm Wei Chen. What did Wei Chen do wrong?"
Emperor Lingzhou swallowed back the words of Prince Zhao as he reached the edge of his throat, and looked at Duke Zhao in surprise.
"I beg the Emperor to give me an explanation!"
Zhao Guogong's eyes were full of hatred.
Prime Minister Jiang didn't believe that someone had fallen off a cliff.
Nine times out of ten, it was Jiang Yunxu's bad idea. She always made herself miserable and blamed the other party.
Emperor Lingzhou looked at this scene and his head began to hurt again.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Jiang's corruption has not been fully investigated yet?" Mr. Song was very angry.
Several people jointly blamed Prime Minister Jiang.
Upon seeing this, Emperor Lingzhou immediately said: "Jing Zhaoyin is responsible for investigating this matter. Prime Minister Jiang, you must cooperate well!"
After saying this, Emperor Lingzhou excused himself as he felt unwell and left, leaving several ministers to fight with Prime Minister Jiang.