"You are so brave! You actually dare to touch my royal guards." Lu Zhaoci looked cold and snorted: "What surprises me even more is that I haven't even gotten the news. How did you know? You

How do you know that those military generals have contacted each other privately, and the joint memorials are on their way to the capital? Cui Qing, can you answer me? Could it be that in our Tang Dynasty, apart from the intelligence organization Jinyiwei, there are also

Is there another intelligence system? Was this intelligence organization established by your Cui family? What is your purpose in establishing this kind of intelligence organization? Do you want to imitate me and compete for my power?"

Lu Zhaoci's voice was gentle, but in the hall, it sounded like a bell. It shocked every minister in the hall. Even Cen Wenwen and others were not frightened and turned pale. They fell to the ground and did not dare to say a word.

The words were spoken, and Master Cui Ren was so frightened that he suddenly collapsed to the ground.

How did Lu Zhaoci ascend to the throne of the emperor? Among them, the Jin Yiwei contributed a lot. It was precisely because of the existence of the Jin Yiwei that he conquered the world. At this time, Master Cui Ren could get the news so quickly. In addition to being able to use the Jin Yiwei, then

The most likely thing is to have its own intelligence system, but the former is more likely. But if it is the latter, I am afraid that it will not be Cui Renshi alone who dies, but the Cui family. Since Lu Zhaoci ascended the throne and became the

The term "Intelligence Department" has spread throughout the world among aristocratic families. Although these people do not openly form intelligence organizations, there are still many aristocratic families who secretly form intelligence organizations.

"Your Majesty, I would never dare, I would never dare!" Cui Renshi suddenly woke up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this is a favor I asked Commander Lu to help. There are many such organizations in my family, so please be aware of it.

"At this time, Master Cui Ren didn't dare to hide anything. He quickly told him exactly how he asked Lu Qingyun for help.

"It's really amazing! My royal guards have become your own, Master Cui Ren." The cold light in Lu Zhaoci's eyes became even more powerful. Master Cui Ren violated the taboo of being a minister and should be killed, but otherwise

Without him, Lu Zhaoci also needs to seriously consider it.

"Come here, take off Master Cui Ren's official robes and throw him into death row. After Qiu, Qiu will ask and behead him." Lu Zhaoci finally took a breath and snorted coldly. The empire of an emperor is far more important than family ties.

"Your Majesty! Spare your life!" Master Cui Ren suddenly collapsed to the ground, shouting for his life.

"Your Majesty, think twice!"

"His Majesty!"

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Cen Wenwen and others were frightened when they heard this, and their expressions changed drastically. However, they never thought that Lu Zhaoci was so cruel and sent Master Cui Ren to death row without asking any questions. They immediately begged for mercy. This Master Cui Ren was not a simple man.

A single person, behind him, but those aristocratic families who occupy the rich land of Guandong. Once Cui Renshi is killed, the Guandong aristocratic family will react. This is what the imperial court is most concerned about. Once everything is broken, the Guandong aristocratic family will certainly

The strength will be greatly damaged, but the strength of the imperial court will also be greatly damaged.

"Father, I have something to say." At this time, outside the announcement room, a young man broke in. Everyone looked and saw that it was the prince Lu Chengzu. They saw an anxious look on his face.

"How dare you, I'm really discussing important matters. What are you doing here? Why don't you step back from me?" Lu Zhaoci's expression changed, a cold light swept across his eyes, and he coldly snorted: "Is this where you can come?"

.

"I came here because I was in a hurry. Please forgive me, father." Under Lu Zhaoci's powerful momentum, Lu Chengzu couldn't bear it. He immediately knelt on the ground, his whole body trembling, and his face was frightened.

Looks pale.

"I think you are young and ignorant, get up and go back to your mother!" Lu Zhaoci sighed deeply, waved his hand, and asked Lu Chengzu to retreat. He naturally knew why Lu Chengzu was here, and the people in the announcement room

Things cannot be hidden from others, especially the matter of killing Cui Renshi. At this time, I am afraid that not only the news has spread throughout the entire palace, but also the entire Chang'an City at this moment...

"Father, I still have to protect Mr. Cui." Who knew that Lu Chengzu not only did not get up, but he knelt on the ground and said sincerely: "Father, although Mr. Cui has made some mistakes, he is a meritorious official and has the ability to assist my father.

Gong, he is loyal to my father, and he also teaches his sons and ministers carefully. How can he have the intention of treason? I ask my father to take a closer look."

"Just because he is your uncle?" Lu Zhaoci's face moved slightly, but his expression softened.

"Is he still a minister of my father?" Lu Chengzu said dissatisfied.

"Presumptuous." A cold light flashed in Lu Zhaoci's eyes, and he snorted coldly: "Can't I kill the minister? You go back first! You are still the prince, go back to your mother and queen first!"

"My son..."

"Your Highness, you'd better go first!" Cen Wenwen saw clearly from the side and quickly stepped forward to help the prince up and said, "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and he will take care of it. Your Highness should go to the empress!" Lu Chengzu heard this

Yan had no choice but to stand up and leave the announcement room with the help of the waiter next to him.

"I want to depose the prince." After Lu Chengzu left, Lu Zhaoci suddenly said quietly.

"Your Majesty, the position of the Eastern Palace is the crown prince of the country, and cannot be easily deposed. Otherwise, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court. It is even more likely to cause the princes to seize the throne. Your Majesty, please take a closer look." Wei Zheng was shocked when he heard this and said quickly.

"Haha, my prince actually interceded for Cui Renshi, a person who has rebelled. I really didn't expect it!" Lu Zhaoci sneered: "I'm afraid in his mind, my status is not as good as that of Cui Renshi! Hehe

, if I were to die, Master Cui Ren would probably be the auxiliary minister of the dynasty, and he would probably be the one to decide all the affairs of the Tang Dynasty. When the time comes in the future, this Tang Dynasty would probably have to change his name. Hehe, this is a coincidence.

My behavior back then was ordinary!”

"Your Majesty, please be careful when making such heart-wrenching remarks." Wei Zheng turned pale with fright and said quickly.

"Your Majesty, be careful what you say." Cen Wenwen and others all knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince is merciful. Not to mention Master Cui Ren, His Highness the Crown Prince will plead for mercy even if the ministers and others commit crimes. What's more, this Master Cui Ren is still His Highness's uncle. He is a member of the same family. His Majesty wants to kill him.

His uncle, His Highness the Prince naturally asked for mercy after hearing the news. This is also an example of His Majesty governing the country with benevolence and filial piety. Your Majesty, just imagine, if His Highness had no compassion in his heart, would Your Majesty still hand over the country to His Highness the Prince?"

Cen Wenwen quickly tried to dissuade him.

"Your Majesty, I think what Mr. Cen said makes sense. The prince's reputation for benevolence and filial piety is prominent in Chang'an City. Isn't this the result of your majesty's teachings? Your highness the prince is kind. It is a blessing for the court and us to have such a prince. Good luck. I congratulate Your Majesty." Changsun Wuji also raised his hands and said.

"Your Majesty, once His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is deposed, the court will be in turmoil. What's more, if Your Majesty wants to depose the Crown Prince, in what name will it be used?" Fang Xuanling said with cupped hands.

"Get up! Get up!" Lu Zhaoci frowned and snorted coldly: "I didn't expect that this beast would have so many people interceding for him. Everyone, get up! Tell us how to deal with you, Master Cui Ren!"

"Although Master Cui Ren has violated the taboo of the ministers by touching the Imperial Guards rashly, he is loyal to His Majesty and has no intention of rebellion. What's more, he is also investigating the leak of the information. He did this in a desperate situation. I thought it was better to follow the rules. It's better to leave it lightly." Cen Wenwen said quickly.

"Get a lighter sentence? Humph!" Lu Zhaoci sneered: "Come here, put Master Cui Ren in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Let's talk about it later! Let him reflect on himself first!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me." Master Cui Ren, who was kneeling on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly...

"I didn't say I won't kill you, but I haven't found out yet who leaked the secrets of the imperial court. If I find out that it was you who leaked the secrets, Master Cui Ren, I will settle the score with you for intervening in the Jin Yiwei matter. Not only will I I will kill you, and I will also kill all nine of your clans." Lu Zhaoci's face was filled with murderous intent, and his eyes were fixed on Master Cui Ren. Obviously, what he said was not just to scare Master Cui Ren.

"I understand." Cui Renshi said quickly with a gloomy face.

"Pull it down." Lu Zhaoci snorted coldly. In an instant, several soldiers of the Royal Forest Army pulled Cui Renshi out of the propaganda room, and a vacancy appeared again in the Xuande Hall of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, this is a memorial from the General Staff." At this moment, Wei Siyan was seen in a panic, holding a stack of memorials in his hand and walking in quickly.

"Open it." Lu Zhaoci looked at the memorial in Wei Siyan's hand. His expression moved, he pointed with his right hand, and nodded: "If I am not mistaken, this is probably the joint memorial written by the captains of Zhechong Prefecture. Open it." Come and see.”

"I obey." Wei Siyan glanced around the hall and saw that only five of the original seven auxiliary ministers were here. Except for Wei Ting who was interrogating Lu Qingyun in the Ministry of Justice, the others were originally there. It should be here, but Master Cui Ren is missing. Combined with the memorial in his hand, Wei Siyan can guess a thing or two. I am afraid that a big change is about to happen in the court. Even Master Cui Ren has been dismissed from office and imprisoned. This It can't be said that this is our opportunity for Webster. Wei Siyan's heart suddenly became alive.

"Cui Ye! Do any of you know who this Cui Ye is? But who is the Boling Cui family?" Lu Zhaoci looked at the list in front of him, suddenly raised his head, looked solemn, and said coldly.

"If I tell you, Your Majesty, this person is a branch of the Cui family in Boling. At this time, he is serving as the captain of the Xiangcheng army in Luoyang, the eastern capital. He has a little relationship with Mr. Cui." Wei Siyan said quickly.

"It's really the Boling Cui family." Lu Zhaoci pointed to the list in front of him and said with a smile: "Look, Boling Cui family, Qinghe Cui family, Fan Yang Lu family, Zhaojun Li family, Xingyang Zheng family, tsk tsk , there are all of them! There are so many people! There are also Chen family, Zhang family, and Wei family. There are such people in every family! It’s the Lu family that sent me. It’s so lively! There are people playing gongs and drums. , and those who were waving flags and shouting, so many people, and how many troops they had in their hands, all came to kill me." Although Lu Zhaoci had a smile on his face, no one around Cen Wenwen agreed and followed closely. Then he smiled slightly, but the corners of his mouth twitched, his face turned pale, and his head bowed even lower.

"Why are you silent? Didn't you know about these people beforehand? Wei Siyan, there are also members of your Wei family here. This guy named Wei Li is your nephew! Why is he also up there?" Lu Zhaoci

Pointing at Wei Siyan, he sneered and said, "Don't tell me, you two had no contact at all before this."

Wei Siyan did not expect that the flames of war would come to him, and he felt extremely aggrieved. Who was he? He was just an errand boy who came to deliver messages. He had nothing to do with him at all. Although this Wei Li was also a member of Wei's

He is nominally his nephew, but he has never been in contact with him on weekdays. Before the incident, he had never been angry with his uncle. Well, now that things have happened, why is it that he is the unlucky one?

!

"Your Majesty, now is no longer the time to worry about this matter. On the one hand, this matter is a secret of the imperial court. Why it was leaked, I think we should investigate. On the other hand, whether the imperial army reform should continue or not, these generals and colonels who jointly submitted the report

What should the officer do? Your Majesty, please give me your instructions on this." At this time, Cen Wenwen said: "I participated in discussing this matter at Xifeng Pavilion, and I was also suspected of leaking the news. I want to avoid suspicion, no matter what.

Guangchen and others, that is, all the important officials in Xuande Palace must avoid suspicion, and please ask your Majesty to order other people to investigate.”….

"Yes, this matter needs to be investigated. I want to know who dared to leak the secrets of the imperial court. This offended these officers and almost gave me a military admonishment." Lu Zhaoci's expression was indifferent, but the murderous intent in his tone was unavoidable.

It was shocking again. Cen Wenwen and others completely lowered their heads in this incident. Who asked these people to participate in this incident in the first place! Everyone is suspected of leaking the secrets of the imperial court.

"Then who do you think is the most appropriate person to investigate this matter?" Lu Zhaoci kicked the ball away from everyone again.

"Your Majesty, I have been recommended by someone. I don't know if it's suitable." Wei Siyan rolled his eyes and said quickly.

"Who?"

"Official of the Ministry of Justice Wang Gui." Wei Siyan said softly.

Wang Gui? Everyone looked at Wei Siyan in surprise, but soon lowered their heads and stopped talking. As the saying goes, if you have no evil intentions in your heart, you are naturally not afraid of investigation.

"Your Majesty, there may be something wrong with this matter. Wang Gui is a newly promoted minister. He has only been in the Ministry of Punishment for a short time. How can he investigate this matter? I think it would be better if I don't send someone else." Changsun Wuji hurriedly

Said. Cen Wenwen and others' eyes lit up when they heard this. Everyone knows Wang Gui's origin. If he takes the opportunity of investigation to embarrass everyone, the chance of causing an unjust case is very small, but if he wants to humiliate everyone,

That's not impossible.

"I still know Wang Gui. He is also a person with status. I think he will investigate the case seriously." Lu Zhaoci thought for a while and then said: "Then let Sun Fujia assist in the investigation! If

If there is anything inappropriate, Sun Fuga can point it out and the two of them can discuss the matter."

"I wonder if Prince Liang might participate in this investigation?" Cen Wenwen asked again.

"Silang, have you ever said anything you shouldn't have said on weekdays?" Lu Zhaoci glanced at Lu Zhaoying, who was waiting impatiently, and snorted: "If you say something you shouldn't say, I won't miss you brother.

Such love!"

"Returning to the emperor, I haven't even had a drop of wine during this period. How could I have said something wrong? I ask the emperor to clarify." Lu Zhaoying's expression changed and she quickly defended.

"Well, that's very good." Lu Zhaoci nodded and said: "If Wang Gui asks about something, you must not shirk the blame and answer seriously. Do you understand? I believe that Wang Gui will not let anyone go.

, and also will not wrong someone."

"My brother obeys the order." Lu Zhaoying glared at Cen Wenwen and others with dissatisfaction. If these guys hadn't caused this incident, how could he have suffered such injustice? He might have been taken over by Wang Gui for interrogation.

It was simply an insult to his demeanor as a prince. Looking at Lu Zhaoying's appearance, Cen Wenwen and others could only smile bitterly. They had never thought that things would develop like this, and that secrets were leaked. They don't know yet.
To be continued...