The huge mansion was quiet, and the two large lanterns in front of the mansion were swaying faintly in the night wind.
Tao Songzhi, who was serving as the Minister of Household Affairs, had fallen asleep at this time, but the sudden burst of exclamations outside the house suddenly woke him up.
"boom!"
"You, who are you? Do you know this is the Tao Mansion!"
"ah!!"
"Help! Help!"
"..."
"Old, sir, what's wrong?"
The woman who had also just woken up from her sleep tightly grabbed the corner of the quilt and asked Tao Songzhi in panic.
However, before his husband could reply, the door was suddenly kicked open, and a dozen figures rushed into the room, each holding a bright long knife in their hands.
"You, you guys!"
Seeing the flower feathers tied to the handle of the knife, Tao Songzhi's brain suddenly buzzed for a few seconds, and he subconsciously exclaimed.
"You, you are Hualing Guards! What are you going to do?!"
"Master Tao has good eyesight."
The leader of the Hualing Guard Baihu snorted coldly, waved his hand, and his men immediately raised their swords and surrounded the bed.
"Master Tao, since you have figured out our identity, please get dressed and come with us!"
"The villain is also doing things under orders. I hope the adults will not make things difficult for the villain."
"..."
The wailing outside the house continued. Tao Songzhi protected the trembling woman behind him, but he had regained consciousness.
"good!"
"I can go with you, but you have to give me a reason first!"
"reason?"
The man in black sneered, "Master Tao, there is no reason."
"What?!"
Tao Song was stunned. He suppressed the anger in his heart and said three good words.
"Okay, okay!"
"I didn't expect that the Wei family would still be as lawless as ever!"
"That's how Wei Changtian led his people to surround the Liu Mansion without saying a word and killed Prime Minister Liu!"
"Is it possible that you are going to do it again today?!!"
"..."
It's only the beginning of April, and it's not that warm in Beijing yet.
However, Tao Songzhi's face turned red, and his back was already soaked with sweat. He didn't know whether it was because of nervousness or anger.
The man in black standing opposite him was much calmer.
"Master Tao, did you make a mistake?"
"Half a year ago, we, Hualingwei, were merged from the Xuanjing Division into the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
"So, I really didn't understand what Master Tao said about the Wei family."
Metropolitan Procuratorate.
These three words suddenly made Tao Songzhi's body tremble.
Of course he knew that Hua Lingwei had already left the Xuanjing Division. He was just influenced by the preconceived idea that "this matter must be the instigation of the Wei family" and did not turn around at all.
But now that he was reminded by the other party, he finally realized something...
Now that Hualingwei has been merged into the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Metropolitan Procuratorate wants to arrest him.
But the Procuratorate...
"Okay, Master Tao, there is no need to guess anymore."
As if they had understood what he was thinking, the man in black came closer and whispered in Tao Songzhi's ear:
"We are here under the emperor's order to arrest you and bring him to justice."
"..."
By the Emperor's order...
Tao Songzhiwu's eyes widened, filled with fear and disbelief.
"No, impossible!"
"This, this is absolutely impossible!"
"It's impossible. Don't you know it once an adult walks around with a villain?"
Shaking his head, Baihu in black finally lost his patience and took two steps back. The guards around him, who were watching eagerly, immediately stepped forward and tied Tao Songzhi tightly.
"Let, let me go!"
According to the Daning Law, officials of fourth rank and above are not allowed to silence themselves, force them to kneel down, or force confessions by words or deeds before they are convicted.
At present, this group of Hualing Guards is obviously not as arrogant and domineering as when Wei Changtian went to Zhang Mansion to kill the toad, so they just tied Tao Songzhi up and did not silence him.
"let me go!"
"I want to see the emperor!!"
"I want to see Liu Zhongchun!!!"
"..."
Shouts of extreme horror echoed in everyone's ears.
Tao Songzhi still feels that all this is not true and must be a huge conspiracy set up by the Wei family.
It's a pity that the Hualing Guards, or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, did follow Ning Yongnian's orders, and there was no way the latter could meet him.
As for the current head of the Liu family, Liu Zhongchun, the Minister of Civil Affairs... his current situation is even worse than that of Tao Songzhi.
...
Anhuamen Street, Liufu.
If Wei Changtian were here at this moment, he would most likely sigh "It seems like we've seen each other before".
Walls, roofs, various gates, every room, courtyard... More than a thousand imperial guards in red armor were spread throughout the Liu Mansion. The unsheathed cold blades reflected the light of the fire, and angry shouts were heard everywhere.
Explosion.
"Abandon the knife! Kneel down!!"
"Everyone come out!"
"Get out! Get out of here!"
"..."
After more than half a year, a similar scene happened to me again, and everyone in the Liu family felt like a dream.
But several obvious differences let them know that they were not dreaming.
The person who "led the team" last time was Wei Changtian, but this time he was replaced by Wei Xianzhi.
Last time, the people who surrounded the mansion were all Xuanjingsi officers wearing tiger dragon uniforms, but this time they were all red-armored Imperial Guards.
The last time he came out to confront Wei Changtian was Liu Yuanshan, but this time it was Liu Zhongchun.
Compared with Liu Yuanshan, Liu Zhongchun's majestic aura as a "powerful man" is weaker.
Of course, this may also be related to the fact that he is facing Wei Xianzhi, who also holds great power.
"..."
Bodies were scattered in the main hall, blood was flowing all over the floor, and hundreds of torches illuminated the huge room like daylight.
Those who died were all the guards of the Liu family who had "relentlessly resisted", and some of them had their weapons removed by the Imperial Guards, their acupuncture points were pressed, and they were kneeling in rows outside the house.
Wei Xianzhi looked at Liu Zhongchun who was being held down by several imperial guards, and suddenly waved his hand to let the latter go.
"yes!"
The person holding the imperial guard token was like the emperor himself, so no one dared to resist the order. Several people immediately let go and retreated, but kept staring at Liu Zhongchun.
"Master Liu..."
Squinting, Wei Xianzhi's quiet voice was clearly audible in the room.
"Do you know your guilt?"
"Convicted?"
Faced with the same emergency situation, Liu Zhongchun was obviously much calmer than Tao Songzhi, and just shook his head slightly.
"Master Wei, please forgive me for not knowing what crime I have committed."
"Master Liu, I don't know if you are really confused or just pretending to be confused."
Wei Xianzhi was not a light-hearted person either. He took a stack of letters from a military attache nearby and threw them at Liu Zhongchun's feet.
"Look, these are all good things you did."
"..."
This action was undoubtedly very insulting, but Liu Zhongchun was not annoyed or angry. He just looked at Wei Xianzhi deeply, then bent down to pick up the letters and read them slowly one by one.
Wei Xianzhi knew that these letters were false "evidence of treason," so he thought that after reading them, Liu Zhongchun would either argue vigorously and clamor to see the emperor, or become extremely angry and curse himself for setting him up.
However, the latter's reaction was far beyond his expectation.
It's really, really peaceful.
Please remember the first domain name of this book: ._