Yes! Old slave, go now!" Upon hearing the order, Eunuch Zhao quickly turned down the wicks of several smokeless lamps, and the lights suddenly became much brighter.
The dazzled emperor read the memorial carefully, and sure enough, what he just saw was not a mistake. Someone actually destroyed the diversion canal and dam in Shun'an Prefecture. This simply treated the people of the prefecture as nothing!
Moreover, once the embankment of Thuan An Prefecture collapses, it will inevitably affect several surrounding prefectures, not just tens of thousands of people?
I'm afraid that there will be corpses all over the ground, and the screams will be loud. What a bastard!
The emperor instantly had several objects of suspicion in his mind, and this incident only added fuel to the fire, making him even more angry. For a moment, the emperor, who had recently been working hard to cultivate his character and body, became furious.
"Someone actually dares to do such a thing, for the sake of his own selfish desires, regardless of all the people, he should be punished!"
When he said this, his face was livid, and the veins on his forehead were popping. This frightened Eunuch Zhao aside, his expression changed slightly, and his body suddenly trembled.
After cursing these words, the emperor closed his eyes, took a few breaths, and quickly calmed down. He looked at the eunuch who was standing respectfully with his head bowed, and asked, "What do you think of this matter?"
Eunuch Zhao was familiar with the emperor's character, and knew that not answering at this time would only make him more unhappy. He immediately and respectfully replied: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to say more about this matter, but this man is too bold to take action at this critical moment.
, it seems that I am probably going towards that person."
That person, of course, refers to Su Ziji, who is acting as the acting prime minister in Shun'an Mansion.
After all, both the emperor and Eunuch Zhao knew that except for Su Ziji, no one else in Shun'an Mansion could be worthy of taking such a big risk and doing such a thing that would harm the country and the people.
If it was said that he was going for Qi Hongxin, Qi Hongxin had served as prefect or county guard in various places before, and had been in several places. Such a thing had never happened in more than ten years, so there was no need to wait until now.
Naturally, the emperor knew very well what the purpose of this group of people was to destroy the diversion canals and dams. Was it not to prevent Su Ziji from making meritorious deeds, and to make another big mistake, which would make him unable to turn around and be recognized by himself again?
He couldn't help but sneered coldly: "I'm not dead yet, yet I dare to act so boldly!"
Eunuch Zhao listened on the sidelines, lowered his head, and did not dare to speak anymore.
After all, although the emperor scolded him, his anger was genuine, but he did not immediately ask him to call someone to deal with it. He just got angry and cursed like this. In the final analysis, he still did not want to thoroughly investigate the matter of Su Ziji and Shun'an Mansion.
I want to maintain the current peace.
Based on his understanding of the emperor, he felt that it was not the Shun'an Mansion or the struggle that was heartbreaking, but that the struggle had adopted such a method that harmed all people and the very foundation.
Seeing the emperor sitting back sadly, looking tired, Eunuch Zhao couldn't help but sigh to himself.
At this time, a eunuch came in. It was the one who had been ordered to ask who was playing the piano. He came in and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to search. There is no one playing the piano nearby, but it seems... It seems that the whole palace
Everyone can hear the sound of the piano, and when I went to ask about it, many people were immersed in the sound of the piano, as if they were fascinated by it."
The emperor's color suddenly changed. Could it be that it was not the palace concubine who was playing the piano, but a monster causing trouble?
"Continue to send people to investigate, and we must find out the source of the sound!"
"Yes!" The eunuch immediately ordered to go out again.
Eunuch Zhao frowned slightly, feeling worried.
Recently, everything seems to be peaceful in the capital, but undercurrents are surging, and even such strange things have happened in the palace...
He resigned to the emperor and walked out of the imperial study. The sound of the piano had stopped.
His eyes fell on the guards outside the palace and found that their condition was better than that of the eunuchs. Although they were occasionally obsessed just now, they soon recovered.
The higher-ranking eunuchs were okay, they just thought the sound of the piano was quite pleasant and were not affected by it, but most of the lower-ranking eunuchs looked confused.
"Why does this situation look a bit like... being deceived by witchcraft? However, those with superb piano skills can indeed make the listener lose consciousness through the sound of the piano. Even more advanced ones can kill people with the sound of the piano. This is not true.
It’s not that easy to tell.”
"Anyway, it's weird that you can hear the sound of the piano even though you can't find the person playing it."
Eunuch Zhao stood in front of the palace gate with an unhappy face, waved to a eunuch, and said, "Go to the Daolu Department and ask the people in the Daolu Department if they have found anything."
In previous dynasties, the Daolu Department was subordinate to the Ministry of Rites, but since the Wei Dynasty, it has been directly controlled by the emperor. In the yamen where demons and ghosts are used to refine elixirs, it is considered a department with real power and is very important.
As the chief eunuch in front of the emperor, Eunuch Zhao was one of the senior officials in charge of the Imperial City Department, and he had many contacts with people from the Daolu Department.
Of course, in the past, if such strange things happened in the capital, Liu Zhan and other Taoist masters would deal with it, but neither Liu Zhan nor several Taoist masters were in the capital at this time. Daolu
After all, there are some people in the company who are well-educated, capable, and loyal to the emperor. Letting them handle this matter will also help the matter be resolved faster.
The eunuch immediately responded: "Yes, little one, go right now!"
The eunuch hadn't gone far when he saw a middle-aged man wearing the special official uniform of the Daolu Division walking quickly on the red-walled palace road.
The officials in the Daolu Division were not admitted through the imperial examination. The situation was similar to that of the Imperial City Division. Therefore, the official uniforms they wore also had a vague flavor of Taoist robes. On the dark blue robes,
Embroidered with patterns of different ranks, wearing an official hat on the head, and two elegant belts at the back, it looks more official than a Taoist dress.
This eunuch belonged to the Imperial City Department. He recognized who he was at a glance and hurriedly walked over and said, "Isn't this Master Xue Ming? I happen to be looking for you. Isn't it a coincidence?"
Xue Ming, the official seal of the Daolu Department, is not actually high in terms of official rank. However, because he is directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor and is the chief official of the actual power yamen, he does not have to be controlled by other yamen, so his status is naturally transcendent.
But he was very polite to the eunuch who was obviously from the Imperial City Department and said: "I came to the palace this time to report something to Your Majesty. My father-in-law came to me, but for the sound of the piano?"
"It's not because of this. The sound of the piano is really weird. I searched all over the palace and couldn't find the person playing the piano. But Your Majesty gave an order to find out the source of the sound. I just wanted to ask.
Sir, do you have any clues?"
Xue Ming frowned: "I'm afraid it's a monster causing trouble, but the sound of the piano can only affect ordinary people, and it has little impact on people of high rank. The capital is a land of dragon energy, and monsters will be alarmed if they want to cause trouble, but now it doesn't
It has not vibrated, so I think the sound of the piano is not too harmful."
"Moreover, it's not just the imperial city. Along the way, the sound of the piano has enveloped the entire capital. The source of the sound may be far away from the imperial palace."