Cunzhao was lying on the bed, pretending to be asleep with his face toward the wall. When he heard the door being kicked open, a few hands put their hands on his shoulders and pushed him hard, pulling him out of the bed and tying him up.
"Be gentle, I will walk by myself." He knocked away the soldiers and got up, appearing calm and calm.
"This guy has caught... where is that old guy? Where is he?" Niu Yuan asked Yan Wen while watching them kidnap people.
"Fengxiang, Taisu is probably in this camp. It's easy to find. You don't need to ask me. Yan has to go to receive the emperor and the prime minister. This is a more important matter, so I won't accompany you." Yan Wen saw.
Cunzhao's face remained as usual, and he already had some idea in his mind, so he hurriedly backed down.
Niu Yuan saw that he was timid and sneered secretly: "This Cun Zhao has always been calm, but this is just a pretense. He was afraid at first. It's good that I am taking the lead!" Then he smiled and bowed: "Then no
I will stay and participate in politics." After saying that, he turned around and ordered the troops: "Brothers, let's go on our own!"
After a chaotic search, two royal officials who were accused of being 'rebels' were finally arrested and brought to justice. Niu Yuan went on to search for documentary evidence, even the prince's secret chamber, but he still
It was hard to find anything, and he was so anxious that he shook his head and stamped his feet, so he had to order someone to bring the second secretary to the lobby for interrogation in the hope that he would reveal himself.
At this time, Yan Wen came back from the car. Hearing this, he quickly went to Dali Temple to discuss with his brother Yan Liang.
"Niu Yuan is really ambitious. He wants to seize the military power of the Forbidden Army in one fell swoop, but now it seems he is only one step away." Yan Wen picked a chair and sat on it, sneering.
"Well, they are probably going to send people to my place. The success or failure will be determined in a moment." Yan Liang packed up the official documents in his hand, stood up and said.
"Brother Wei, I feel that the decision has already been made, so there is no need to wait."
"Brother, please speak."
"I heard Liu Gong say that he had a long confrontation with the defenders before entering the city, and then he was able to open the door. I think the imperial guards are responsible for the defense of the capital, how can there be no reason for what he did? I think Cun Zhao is so calm, not
It seems to be a deliberate disguise, perhaps the plan has already been made during the previous delay."
"Brother, I'm not sure about this," Yan Liang said with a smile.
"I just have a vague feeling, but regardless of success or not, you'd better not step into this muddy water. The world is far from ready to change hands. If the situation changes drastically, all the officials will definitely risk their lives to stop it. Once caught in it
, will become the target of public criticism, and the gains will outweigh the losses. Only Niu Yuan can do it alone."
"Foolish brother has learned a lesson." Yan Liang expressed deep admiration.
"Master Niu, this is the approval document from Qing Yansi." A minor official took this submission and sent it to Niu Yuan.
"Why didn't he send someone to pick up the prisoner?" Niu Yuan grabbed the approval document and was a little angry.
"The merits of this case have not yet been examined, and the case files are not available, so this temple does not dare to make an arbitrary judgment. I hope that it will be submitted to the Ministry of Punishment for correction first, and then handed over to our temple..." Niu Yuan read it word for word, and snorted angrily, "
These two brothers, one competes with the other and knows how to hide from trouble! If you don't want to take over, forget it, let's go to the Criminal Department!" He called the army again and escorted the criminal back the same way.
Cun Zhao was brought into a dark room. After all, he was a relative of the emperor and was not suitable for torture. Therefore, there was an empty table, a few sheets of writing paper, and nothing else in the room.
"Untie." The clerk sitting over there ordered, and someone else untied Cun Zhao politely.
"Come, sit down," the secretary smiled and invited him to take a seat. "Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for your kindness. Otherwise, for the crime of treason, you should be tortured and blood would be shed."
Cun Zhao raised his neck proudly and sat down without even looking at him.
"But, everyone gives you face, so you can't always show your temper. If you don't drink a toast, you will be punished with a drink... You don't understand, right?"
"I tell you, this matter was done by Rong Qing alone and has nothing to do with me or the old uncle." Cunzhao stared into his eyes without any intention of dodge.
"Don't make fun of me," said the clerk. "Now that all the ministers know that you are conspiring with them to treason, empty words are of no use."
"I think you are just talking without evidence. Let me ask you, does the Ministry of Punishment have evidence? If there is evidence, bring it, if there is no evidence, let him go. It's that simple!" he yelled angrily.
Unexpectedly, the clerk was betrayed by him. His face was full of shame and anger, and he slapped the table and shouted: "How outrageous! This officer is judging you, why are you talking so much!"
"I've never heard of someone who arrests someone without permission and can be so confident!"
"There are a lot of things you haven't seen! Since you don't want to talk nicely, don't blame me for holding your head and forcing you to sign a confession!" After that, the clerk stood up and said, "Come on, give me the punishment!"
The executioners on both sides immediately started a fight with Cun Zhao, but the latter laughed: "I don't think you, the Liu Party, can turn the world around! How will you convince the public with just a confession?"
When the clerk saw that he was keeping a straight line but he had no way to deal with it, he immediately panicked and called the two executioners out to discuss the matter together: "Your Excellency only asked me to interrogate with words, but did not order any execution.
I'll keep an eye on him here, and you guys should go and ask the Master to make a plan."
After hearing this, the criminal official was ordered to go back to the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment and explain the situation to Shangshu. Shangshu did not dare to act on his own, so he sent someone to spread the news to Niu Yuan.
"Lord Niu, what happened!" A group of officials surrounded Niu Yuan's mansion and shouted towards the red courtyard wall, "Rong Sijun, you just grabbed me, why did you grab him randomly without distinguishing between right and wrong?"
Come on, people! Without evidence, you can’t act arbitrarily!”
"Yeah yeah!"
Niu Yuan looked out the window worriedly, sighed, and said to the person from the Criminal Department: "Look, how many people are fighting against them? This case must be settled as soon as possible."
"Can't we just ask you to give us some instructions?"
Niu Yuan was about to answer when he suddenly heard no sound outside the door, and then a voice came: "Prime Minister Liu has arrived——"
The two looked at each other in confusion and hurriedly came out of the study to greet him.
"Prime Minister Liu, why do you have to come here in person for such a small matter?" Niu Yuan bowed first.
Liu Zhennian ignored him and strode up the steps: "If Yan Shenzheng hadn't told me, these civil and military officials would have caused trouble in your house!"
"Yan... What did Yan Shenzheng say?"
"You don't have to worry about what he says," Liu Zhennian followed him into the house and put the black gauze hat on his head on the table, "anyway, it's all to calm the trouble."
Niu Yuan's face froze: "Let's settle the matter...?"
"The evidence is gone, and there is no point in talking about anything else. Just accept your defeat and keep your head down. Otherwise, it will be difficult to get off the horse, which will be extremely detrimental to the current situation."
Niu Yuan knelt down with a plop: "General, there is no time for us to admit defeat! We might as well make a false confession..."
"That's enough. You should know in your heart whether this can be done." Liu Zhennian said helplessly, "Let them go."
"yes……"
Niu Yuan knew exactly what this gentle word meant.