At this time, the court was in a commotion, and it was obviously divided into two groups arguing about the Sang Hong case.
King Qi, who was standing in front of the ministers, quietly looked at Zhao Hao who was standing above him. It was difficult to see any emotion on his face.
King Qi secretly sighed. His brother was really unfathomable, and there was no way to judge his attitude.
He glanced at the civil and military officials in the court again and found that many familiar figures were missing during this period.
The two brothers Qin Zheng, the leader of the Central Army, and Qin Se, the central protector, led their troops to fight against the demon army because of the massacre of the city by the demon clan in the border area last time. The demon clan also had the Flying Leopard King, one of the four famous generals, and the two sides fought hard.
They are evenly matched and will not be able to come back in a short time.
Yu Nan, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, resigned because of his jealousy with Zu An in the brothel and because he married a princess, which made the royal family look bad.
His father, Shangshu Zuopu Sheyu Xuanchong, was also implicated because of this incident. Although he took the initiative to resign and the emperor did not agree, his prestige was greatly damaged.
Immediately after such a big incident happened at the Yu family in Yunzhong County, Yu Xuanchong no longer had the shame to continue to be the minister Zuopushe. This time the emperor approved his resignation.
These are the backbone of his party. Now among the senior officials, only Linhai Gong, Shizhong Pei Zheng, King Fufeng, and Zhenxi General Zhao Zang are from his side. They are much bigger than in previous years.
The momentum is really a lot less lonely now.
However, he has not been able to do business for so many years, and there are many middle-level officials who support him.
This time, he took advantage of Sang Hong's incident to launch a fierce counterattack and improve his side's decline in the past few months.
The sentence just now, "Sang Hong colluded with the demon clan and should be executed by everyone in his family!" was what one of his subordinates said.
Huh, the emperor has repeatedly dealt fatal blows to me. How can I relieve the hatred in my heart if I don't take revenge and come back?
At this time, Bi Ziang on the other side winked, and an official from his faction also stepped out and retorted: "This is wrong. Mr. Sang is an imperial envoy, and he was also a victim when he was attacked on the way. How could this happen?"
He has colluded with the demon clan."
Sang Hong is a member of the emperor's party, so it doesn't matter if something goes wrong, but this time Zu An is also involved. Zu An is a general in the East Palace, and his sister's good servant. If he is also convicted, it will easily implicate their brothers and sisters.
On the body.
"Calculating the days, the imperial envoy team should have returned to Beijing long ago. As a result, he took every opportunity to delay on the way. It was not until the emperor personally issued an imperial edict to urge him to speed up his return. As a result, something happened just after arriving in Cancheng.
How can there be such a coincidence?" said someone from King Qi's side.
"This doesn't mean anything. Along the way, the team reported various unexpected situations and all of them are well-documented." The speakers this time were Chariot General Liu Guang and Guard General Liu Yao.
The disciples of the two brothers, they are the elder brothers of the queen. As relatives, they naturally stand on the side of the emperor. Otherwise, they will become other relatives after King Qi comes to power.
"That night when there was a fire, why was it that Sang Hong was the only one missing while everyone else in the entire mission was dead?" Another official snorted again.
"You also said that the whereabouts are unknown, why do you have to say that Mr. Sang colluded with the demon clan to murder the mission?" The person who spoke this time was an official under the Central Secretary Meng Yi, and the Meng family was also the backbone of the faction that supported the emperor.
"Because the evidence left behind was found at the scene, which is Sang Hong's personal token and the letter of contact with the demon clan." At this time, Pei Zheng, the servant, gave a look, and the next official came forward to report.
"There is such a thing!" As soon as these words came out, the whole court exploded. Many people had not even received any news before.
At this time, the princess in the side hall, Bi Linglong, frowned, because the prince's qualifications were too dull to appear on such a grand occasion. If some imbecile joke was made, it would be to blame the King of Qi's party.
A knife in hand.
So as a compromise, Bi Linglong was allowed to listen in the side hall, with a bead curtain blocking the front.
She subconsciously looked at the emperor at this moment. According to the information she got, the messenger of embroidered clothes arrived at Silk City immediately and sealed all the witnesses and physical evidence to the capital. Why did the King of Qi know this?
Anger flashed in the emperor's eyes, and he was obviously dissatisfied with King Qi's all-pervasive power.
Facing the confused eyes of the ministers, the emperor said calmly: "I have sent the embroidered messenger to investigate, and the trial is still under way."
He neither admitted nor denied it, but there was no one in the court who was not a good person, so he immediately realized that there was indeed similar evidence.
As a result, the officials of King Qi's party suddenly became more powerful. At this time, Jingzhao Yin Yichun said: "I have sent people to the Sang family to investigate. I think it won't be long before the results will be available."
Hearing what he said, officials from all factions, whether it was the Liu family, the Bi family, the Meng family, etc., all felt their hearts sinking. They were all old foxes with thousands of years of experience. They knew that since he sent people to look for them, they would probably be able to find the so-called evidence.
At this time, another official from the King of Qi's faction took advantage of the victory and pursued the attack: "I have received information that the reason why Sang Hong was delaying this journey was actually to wait for Zu An to return to the team. These days, Zu An is not actually in the team, but is working with Mei Du
Queen Sha went to hang out with the demon clan."
Another bombshell, and the officials were in an uproar.
It seems that King Qi is not satisfied with just dealing with Sang Hong, but also wants to attack the generals of the East Palace.
King Qi's face was neither sad nor happy, but his heart was cold. That boy Zu An was too naughty. On the surface, he said that he would join forces with me to deal with the emperor, but in the end, he ruined my big things every time.
It was just a normal thing to do, just treat it as the price for gaining the emperor's trust.
But this time he couldn't bear what happened in Yunzhong County. He had worked hard there for decades, but it was destroyed because of him.
Anyway, Jiang Luofu has already found the "Phoenix Nirvana Sutra" from him. Now this kid has no value, so he should take this opportunity to kill him.
By the way, kill the number one general in the East Palace!
Bi Linglong also had a frosty look on her face at this time. Based on her understanding of Zu An, what the official just said was probably true.
When she thought that she had been worried about him these days, and that he had never written a letter to her, and ended up hanging out with other women, she felt angry.
However, if you are angry, you still need to be saved.
After receiving her instruction, the officials of the East Palace line immediately began to refute: "This is slander. Mr. Zu has always been loyal, how could he do such a thing?"
An official from King Qi's lineage said: "Our spies in the Monster Clan have indeed reported back information about Zu An's appearance in the Monster Clan. This can be verified by the Embroidered Clothes Envoy."
After speaking, he also took out some evidence and asked the eunuch on the side to present it.
Everyone in the East Palace was stunned, and then Tingwei Jiang Boyang spoke: "I think there may be some misunderstanding, and we need to check carefully."
Because of his daughter Jiang Luofu, he had a good impression of Zu An.
Officials who had previously remained neutral and had good relations with Zu An also began to lend their support, such as officials from the Taichang department, who were more or less connected with people from the National Academy.
And Zu An has a close friendship with the teachers at the back of the National College.
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Seeing that the situation had reversed, Jingzhao Yin Yichun said: "If it is true as everyone said, Zu An was always in the mission, even if there was an accident that night, with his cultivation and Sang Hong joining forces, it would not be possible
Let the gangsters succeed, but the entire mission stationed in Cancheng was killed, and there was no trace of the two of them."
"Once is a coincidence, twice is a coincidence, so many times is it still a coincidence?"
"The document just submitted to the emperor contains records of Zu An's presence in various places in the Monster Clan. The evidence is irrefutable."
"I ask your Majesty to convict Zu An of treason!"
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He has always been good at solving cases, and his powerful words can silence the other party.
After all, all the evidence now is too unfavorable to Zu An.
At this time, Bi Linglong couldn't sit still, and opened her red lips lightly: "The crime of treason is not a trivial matter. Now that Mr. Zu is missing, we cannot just listen to one side of the story. It will not be too late to ask him in detail when he comes back in the future."
Now she can only use a procrastination strategy to delay the case to buy time.
No one expected that King Qi's lineage was so fully prepared. They had clearly found out the information about Zu An in the Monster Clan before, but they had been holding back. This time, they wanted to use the case of the mission fire to kill him completely.
ah.
"What the Crown Princess said is wrong. Since Zu An has already collaborated with the enemy and treason, how can he come back and throw himself into a trap again?" Yi Chun sneered.
Bi Linglong was extremely anxious and looked at her father and brother for help. However, in this unfavorable situation, the father and son also chose to remain silent.
Just when she was desperate, a clear voice suddenly came from outside: "I heard someone is looking for me?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Bi Linglong's beautiful eyes suddenly burst into light, but she was worried that the emperor not far away would notice something strange, so she immediately lowered her eyes and tried to stay calm.
This chapter has been completed!