The two phenomena of heaven and earth were explained by Xiao Han, and Li Shimin's face also looked much better. As soon as he whispered a few words to Changsun Wuji, a servant behind him hurriedly reported: Hou Junji has arrived!
Hou Junji has been very unlucky recently, extremely unlucky!
It seems that after taking the position of Minister of War, his bad luck has never stopped!
Not to mention, the fight with Xiao Han, Li Jing and others has never stopped since the beginning! Just talk about the previous time, the matter of smuggling grain and grass has not yet come to an end! Then there was news of an explosion in the firearms workshop!
When he heard the news like a bolt from the blue in the Dali Temple prison, Hou Junji, who was already haggard, turned most of his hair gray overnight! So much so that Xiao Han couldn't help but eat after seeing him.
Startled.
If we weren't familiar with each other, who would have thought that the thin man with gray hair and a withered face in front of him was actually the handsome and high-spirited Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, Hou Junji!
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that punishment is not good enough for a doctor.
Therefore, Hou Junji, who was not dismissed from his post, did not wear shackles and was dressed in the official robe he wore when he went to court that day.
It's just that the original purple clothes have become gray and fluffy, just like its owner, it has lost its former glory.
"Sinful minister! Kowtow to Your Majesty!"
Walking step by step in front of Li Shimin, Hou Junji bent his knees and knelt down heavily on the ground, hitting the ground with his head and remaining motionless for a long time.
Ever since he came here and saw the tragic situation around him, Hou Junji's heart has become as silent as death.
If only a few people died and a few stone rooms were destroyed, then he could still find a scapegoat and remove himself.
But now, the entire mountain has been destroyed! Not even a trace of the original workshop can be seen. How can he escape from such a huge responsibility?
"Hou Junji."
A cold voice came from above his head. Hou Junji raised his head little by little as the voice sounded, and looked at the familiar face that was much younger than himself.
Once, when he looked at this person, he had the ambition to "replace him", but under this series of blows, these ambitions seemed to disappear without a trace along with the cold wind in the mountains.
"Do you know your guilt?" Li Shimin's cold voice came.
"My lord, I am guilty!" He opened his mouth with difficulty. Hou Junji gave up all arguments and just knocked his head heavily on the ground!
Li Shimin looked at him coldly, and after a long time he said word by word: "Someone reported that it was because you were dissatisfied with handing over the workshop to the Ministry of Works, and blew it up in anger! Can you admit it?"
"No! It's not like that!" After hearing Li Shimin's words, Hou Junji trembled violently, then suddenly opened his eyes wide and hissed: "Your Majesty! Dramatic changes have taken place here. As the Minister of the Ministry of War, I am not guilty of negligence.
Escape! But I have never thought of blowing up this place just because of my anger. Your Majesty, please be clear!"
"Your Majesty, I can also testify! Hou Junji has not seen anyone else since he was detained in Dali Temple that day!" Behind him, Zhang Yungu, the minister of Dali Temple, also broke into a cold sweat and quickly knelt down.
He knew that if Hou Junji was really convicted of this crime, then he would definitely be charged with dereliction of duty and causing the prisoner to have an affair with the outside world!
"You said all this has nothing to do with you?" Li Shimin took a deep breath and asked again: "Then it has been safe in Xiao Han's hands for several years, so how come it was completely destroyed as soon as it got into your hands!"
Hou Junji lowered his head: "My lord, my lord..."
"Who is the person in charge of this place in your Ministry of War? Is he dead? If not, let him get out!" Li Shimin said again!
"This is because..." Hou Junji grasped the ground with both hands, and his fingers were deeply inserted into the ground because of too much force!
He did not dare to tell Li Shimin that because of some ulterior motives, he did not let other people from the Ministry of War come over to take charge, but entrusted the entire place to a staff member!
Seeing Hou Junji's hesitant look, Li Shimin was furious and shouted: "Who is it! At this time, are you still lying to me?"
"It's one of Wei Chen's staff!" Finally, Hou Junji seemed to have exhausted all his strength to say these words!
At the same time, he also knew that his future was completely over! Even if he was lucky enough to escape the disaster this time, he would not have any further opportunities in front of Li Shimin in the future.
"For such an important place, you only use a useless staff member!"
Sure enough! After hearing that only one of Hou Junji's staff was in charge here, Li Shimin was furious again! He tremblingly pointed at Hou Junji and cursed: "Hou Junji, Hou Junji! I have given you so much trust.
, even leaving this place in your charge, is this how you repay me?"
After hearing this, Hou Junji buried his head deeply on the ground again: "My lord, I am ashamed to trust your majesty."
"If you betray your trust, how can all this be erased by just one betrayal of your trust?" Li Shimin stared at Hou Junji for a long time, resisting the urge to chop him to death, and shouted angrily at the people around him: "
Take Hou Junji to the Criminal Department! Xiao Han! You are responsible for finding out everything here! Especially that aide! I want to see who is behind this!"
"Here!"
Several guards around him rushed over, grabbed Hou Junji, and dragged him away like a dead dog.
When Xiao Han saw all this, he was shocked and slowly stepped forward to accept the order.
Hou Junji was transferred from Dali Temple to the Ministry of Punishment!
For many people, this is no less than a bombshell!
After all, being detained in Dali Temple means that you are still a powerful class and need to be dealt with by the emperor! But being detained in the Ministry of Punishment means that you are a real prisoner. As long as the evidence is conclusive, you will be judged according to cold laws!
However, all this is no longer important to Xiao Han.
Although he didn't like Hou Junji, he didn't have the habit of adding insult to injury, so after sending Li Shimin away, he immediately arranged manpower to start post-disaster investigation and rescue.
Of course, even Xiao Han didn't believe it was a rescue, so there could be any survivors nearby!
With such a large-scale firearm explosion, even if those people were not killed by the shock wave, they should be killed and knocked unconscious by stones, wood blocks, etc.
"Natural disaster? Man-made disaster!"
Sitting on a huge rock and watching the guards pretending to be busy searching for survivors nearby, Xiao Han couldn't help but laugh miserably.
He told Xiao Lizi that this was a man-made disaster, not because he was trying to please him, but from the first moment he came here, he knew that this was a man-made disaster!
"According to the rules, no more than fifty kilograms of finished gunpowder can be stored in the institute! But look at it now, it's more than fifty kilograms? It's probably even more than five hundred kilograms! What kind of bastard did this!"
