The next day, the weather was clear and cloudless.
Dongchang's team transporting supplies from Gongchang Mansion entered the capital in a mighty manner.
At the gate of the city, Liu Rufeng led the elite Jinyiwei, who were already in full formation.
"Be careful. This is Dingxihou's secret armament, and it is also evidence of his crime. We will escort him all the way to the Dongchang compound."
Xiao Chen stood nearby, smiling as he watched Liu Rufeng directing Jin Yiwei to do things.
This guy, when he was in Dongchang, relied on himself for everything.
Now that we have arrived at Jinyiwei, the arrangements for going out on duty are in order.
That's it. At first, I told myself that I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to do the job, but now I see it, isn't it good?
Adjusting his unicorn purple clothes, Xiao Chen looked at Liu Rufeng: "When this thing is sent to Dongchang, the formation should be made larger. It is best to let everyone in the capital know that Dingxihou's secretly hidden armaments were transported into
The capital, and you, the Jin Yiwei, are responsible for escorting us."
"What do you want to do?" Liu Rufeng was stunned.
"For Dongchang, cracking the rebellion case of Dingxihou is naturally a great achievement. It just allows you to get some glory by the way." Xiao Chen chuckled, turned around and walked towards the palace.
Liu Rufeng scratched his head and said shyly, "Good brother, enough of a friend."
Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
Ming Chengzu had just come down from the morning, looking tired.
He had a gloomy face and seemed to be in a bad mood.
Lin Shangli stood behind him, gently squeezing Ming Chengzu's shoulders.
Normally, Ming Chengzu would have hummed and enjoyed it, and by the way, he would have praised Lin's strength in giving the gift, which made him feel relaxed all over.
But now, he was silent and didn't seem to feel the slightest pinch on his shoulders.
"Your Majesty, Dongchang has transported back to the capital the armaments secretly hidden by Marquis Dingxi and the property obtained from ransacking his house. The captain in purple is waiting outside to report to you on Gongchang's situation." Wang Xiaosi walked in.
Looking at Ming Chengzu's livid face, he glanced at Lin Shangli behind him, bowed and said.
"Let him in."
"yes."
Wang Xiaosi turned around and shouted softly toward the door: "Your Majesty has a decree, and the Colonel in Ziyi is here to see you."
Following a rush of footsteps, Xiao Chen walked in energetically.
After crossing the threshold of the imperial study, he began to flap his sleeves and knelt on one knee: "Xiao Chen, the purple-robed captain, has met the emperor. I wish my emperor long live, long live, long live."
"When did you learn to congratulate me?" Ming Chengzu opened his eyes, looked at Xiao Chen on the ground, and said calmly: "Get up."
"Yes." Xiao Chen responded and hurriedly stood up.
"How is the disaster situation in Gongchang now?"
"Back to the emperor, the people have returned home to their fields, and the local area has also begun intensive and orderly water conservancy construction. From now on, there will no longer be a drought in Gongchang, which will trouble the emperor." Xiao Chen said with a respectful look.
"Well, what about the others?"
"All the armaments secretly stored by Dingxihou have been transported back to the capital, and Dingxihou himself, along with his nine clans, have also been killed." Xiao Chen said.
"Really?" Ming Chengzu asked in a low voice.
Xiao Chen raised his head, glanced at Lin Shangli behind Ming Chengzu, and said a little guilty: "Yes."
"Bold." Ming Chengzu shouted loudly, and slapped the palm of his right hand hard on the desk in front of him.
The table shook for a while, and the tea bowl on it swayed and almost fell to the ground.
The emperor got angry, and Xiao Chen couldn't help but hurriedly knelt on the ground with a "pop".
"What are you reporting to the court? It was the Marquis of Dingxi who was beheaded on the spot. But, were you beheaded? I am more and more disappointed with your ability to allow the master of the rebellion to escape."
"Run away, no one has time to miss. But I have given you a chance, and you still want to say that Ding Xihou was killed on the spot. Not only are you incompetent, you have also committed the crime of deceiving the emperor."
Looking at Xiao Chen, Ming Chengzu was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe.
Lin Shangli, who was behind Ming Chengzu, also stopped massaging and quietly lowered his head.
"Your Majesty, it's actually like this..." Before Xiao Chen could speak, he was interrupted by Ming Chengzu.
"Don't quibble. Now, if the prince hadn't told me everything, I would have been kept in the dark by you all, like a fool, and I would still be having fun with you." With that, Ming Chengzu walked towards the imperial study room.
Someone shouted from outside: "Let the prince come in."
There was a slight sound of footsteps outside the door, and Prince Zhu Gaochi slowly walked in.
Seeing Xiao Chen, he seemed a little embarrassed.
He tried his best to squeeze out a smile on his face, nodded, and then saluted Ming Chengzu with clasped fists: "My son, I will see my father."
"Tell me again what you said to me today."
"Yes." In response, Zhu Gaochi said slowly.
"Early this morning, a letter came in from the East Palace guard. I opened it and found that it was a letter from my second brother, the King of Han."
Having said this, he glanced at Xiao Chen who was kneeling on the ground, and then secretly glanced at Lin Shangli behind Ming Chengzu, who had his head lowered and said nothing.
"The King of Han said in the letter that Marquis Dingxi escaped from Gongchang Mansion and appeared in Le'an Prefecture. After he found out, he immediately took control of him. He then wrote a memorial and submitted it to his father. However, his father's decree did not wait until
, but the killers from Dongchang arrived. They went on a killing spree in the Han Palace, not only killing the Marquis of Dingxi, but also causing numerous casualties to the guards of the Han Palace."
Ming Chengzu slowly turned around: "Lin Shangli, did you put away the memorial from the King of Han?"
Before Lin Shangli could say anything, Wang Xiaosi hurriedly walked in at the door of the royal study.
With a "pop" sound, he knelt down in front of Ming Chengzu.
"Your Majesty, the memorial was discovered and taken away by Ang Cai."
"Did you take it? Okay, okay." Pointing at Wang Xiaosi, Ming Chengzu's right hand began to tremble: "Tell me, where is the memorial? Who did you give it to?"
"Your Majesty, Xiaosi has given the memorial to this slave."
Lin Shangli hurriedly took a few steps forward and knelt in front of Wang Xiaosi.
"Is it stated in the memorial that the Marquis of Dingxi is in the Hanwang Mansion in Le'an Prefecture?"
"Back to the Emperor, yes."
With that said, Lin Shangli put his right hand into his arms and tremblingly took out a memorial: "I have been carrying the memorial with me for fear of losing it."
"Afraid of losing it? Do you think I will believe it? You wish this memorial would never appear in front of me, right? Bring it here." Ming Chengzu stretched out his right hand.
Lin Shangli leaned forward and hurriedly handed over the memorial.
After receiving the memorial, when he saw that it really said that the Marquis of Dingxi was behind the Han Palace, Ming Chengzu closed the memorial with a "snap" and fell straight in front of Xiao Chen.
His eyes widened angrily, and he looked at Xiao Chen as if he was about to spit out flames: "Tell me, how do you explain it? You didn't report it to the police. Dingxi Marquis had already killed him on the spot. Why did he appear in Le'an Prefecture and the Han Palace again?"
"Your Majesty, my subordinates have indescribable reasons for doing this." Xiao Chen said with a sad face.
"Why? Then you should tell me about your difficulties. If you can't tell me, don't blame me for being rude."
After taking a few quick breaths, Ming Chengzu leaned back on the chair and stared at Xiao Chen coldly.
"Your Majesty, after my subordinates arrived at Gongchang Mansion, they learned that the drought in Gongchang had already occurred in early March. The drought in early March was not known to the court until the end of May and early June. Whether it was Gongchang Mansion,
Or the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province, or the Ministry of Revenue, if there was no concealment at all levels, how could the government's disaster relief food funds have just arrived in Gongchang, and more than half of the local victims have been killed or injured." Xiao Chen said slowly.
"What do you want to say?" Ming Chengzu said coldly, his anger still not gone at all.
"Wang Kuan, the prefect of Gongchang Prefecture, is the youngest son of the Marquis of Dingxi. The Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province has stationed officials in Gongchang all year round. How could they not know about the Gongchang disaster? And the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province and the Ministry of Household Affairs are directly responsible for
The relationship between superiors and subordinates, why does the Ministry of Household Affairs never know the severity of the disaster in Gongchang? When subordinates are providing disaster relief in Gongchang, every piece of news is sent back personally by the captain of the Dongchang School. The subordinates also know that this is both hard and demanding.
Unpleasant."
"However, I really have no choice. I can't find anyone I can trust outside Dongchang to send information to the court."
Ming Chengzu frowned.
The drought in Gongchang was indeed delayed for too long, which resulted in the death and injury of more than half of the victims.
Each one of them concealed something and failed to report it. This responsibility must be investigated.
But what I'm asking about is about Dingxihou. What's the use of rambling on about this?
Immediately, he shouted softly: "This responsibility will be discussed later. I am asking you, why did you let Ding Xihou escape and lie to me, saying that you had killed him on the spot?"
