Dongdong--

The morning bell rang in Chang'an, and the palace gates of the towering imperial city were wide open. The high-ranking officials and minor officials in various robes walked neatly across the Baishi Imperial Road and entered the Tai Chi Golden Hall in the middle of the entire dynasty.

The Golden Gourd Warrior stood in the snow, making the golden palace with carved beams and painted buildings look solemn and solemn.

Normally, civil and military officials standing in the Golden Hall should hold their breath and condense their energy to wait for the emperor to come out of the side hall, and at most they should meet their eyes and discuss what they will report later.

But this morning, the atmosphere in Tai Chi Hall was completely different, and it was even a little noisy.

"I have lost all my conscience! Your Li family is not a big deal, do you still have any kingly laws in your eyes..."

The loud curses resounded throughout the Golden Palace, and they were furious, overshadowed the whispers of all officials.

The censor Qi Xinghan was the censor Qi Xinghan. Qi Xinghan was originally a weak scholar, but at this time he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to rush up and beat Li Baoyi, the Zhongyong Hou who was standing in the military officer team with the tablet in his hand.

The censors next to them all took to comfort him. Of course, the words of comforting him also scolded the Li family for being nothing.

If you dare to be a censor, no one is a coward, and you can't rub the sand in your eyes. Even the emperor sitting on the dragon throne dares to scold him, let alone a little marquis.

In front of the Golden Palace, Prime Minister Xiao Chuyang closed his eyes and concentrated his mind, and had no intention of stopping it.

Xiao Chuyang has sword eyebrows and eagle hook nose, and his eyebrows are quite majestic. He is the backbone of the Xiao family in Huainan and the backbone of the Dayue Court. He is only forty-five years and has been a prime minister for twenty years. In his life, except for Xiao Ting who has damaged his image, everything else is impeccable.

Next to Xiao Chuyang, the Grand Marshal Liu Pingyang, the Nei Shi Lu Chengan and others all watched coldly without responding.

Li Baoyi's face turned red, and he was scolded by a group of censors with his head down. He didn't dare to retaliate because of his fault. However, in the middle of winter, he was sweating all over and wiped it with his sleeves from time to time.

Stepping on—

The sound of footsteps sounded from behind the Golden Palace, and the Golden Palace was solemn and quiet, all bowing.

The eunuch Jia, the eunuch holding the seal, rang out in his voice:

"Ascend to the court!"

The voice was not sharp, even extremely thick, and the small officials waiting to be summoned far outside the palace gate could hear it.

Inside the door of the side hall, Emperor Song Ji, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, walked quickly across the steps above the Golden Hall, gently waved the hem of the dragon robe, and sat on the dragon throne, frowned and looked a little unhappy.

Song Ji was only forty years old and was the brother of King Song Yu of Yan. Compared with the monarchs of Dayue, he was relatively diligent. A few years ago, the queen died of illness and did not establish a queen again. She didn't even leave the palace gate. She was busy with government affairs day and night, and her political achievements were suppressed by a group of vassal princes and clans, and her prestige was very high.

"See the Lord!"

All the officials bowed together with their tablets and bowed their heads. The needles fell in the golden hall and could be heard, and a vague reflection could be displayed on the smooth floor tiles.

Dada--

Sweat dripped on the floor tiles, and Li Baoyi didn't move at all, and he didn't even dare to come out of his atmosphere.

The quiet lasted for a moment before Song Ji raised his hand:

"What's going on in Baimazhuang?"

The bloody case of Baimazhuang last night had been sent back to Chang'an City, and it was transmitted to the emperor through the Investigation Office in the middle of the night.

In the early morning, dozens of gentry and officials who participated in the gambling game were suppressed by the Imperial Guards. They brought back more than thirty incomplete bones and five corpses, as well as tiger, bear and beasts in iron cages.

There are millions of people in Chang'an, and there are many people who fight to death every day by martial artists, but this kind of dirty thing happened for the first time. If the people in the city knew that the princes and princes living in Kuishou Street would actually fight with tigers for fun, the many officials standing in the Golden Palace would probably be drowned.

The emperor spoke, and Xiao Chuyang took a step forward and bowed to speak:

"Report to the Master, yesterday, the dog boy heard that Baima Village was a bit strange, so he took a wolf guard in the Detective Office to check it out. He found that the underground room was built under Baima Village, and a gambling shop was opened inside, so that people could fight with the beast..."

I basically know everything I said, Xiao Chuyang just repeated it.

After Li Baoyi and the prime minister finished speaking, they walked out and knelt down and said with a sarcastic voice:

"Master, the sinners have no way to teach their children. If you fail to let the emperor down, you should die. Please punish them!"

"Punishment?"

Song Ji frowned and patted the armrest of the dragon chair: "Ninety forty lives are enough for me to kill you nine clans!"

He said a little heavy, and it made Li Baoyi's face pale, and he said with a trembling voice:

"The emperor calms down... The criminals cannot escape the blame for the incident in Baimazhuang, but... but those people are gambling men and have signed a life and death certificate..."

"You fart, you have caught people. Isn't it because you wrote what you wrote and what they signed..."

Qi Xinghan's violent temper immediately started to curse.

After that, all civil and military officials began to argue, and it was true that the Li family could not escape the blame, but they were still somewhat sensible. The people killed were all market borers with unclean foundations, and life and death were also things that the court agreed to. It was obvious that it was not appropriate to destroy the Li family, who had made contributions to protecting the lords, based on forty lives.

Song Ji's words were so important that he did not mean to protect the Li family for personal gain, so he stopped talking.

There are also many officials who have a good relationship with the Li family. The eldest son of the Li family is still guarding the border, and it is not good to have too much punishment.

After a long debate, the Li family was finally protected, and only fined Li Baoyi three years of salary and took back the land of Baimazhuang. His son made a big mistake but was young and ignorant. He was not allowed to enter the officialdom for three years in labor service. The counselors and disciples who had the idea were beheaded to show the public to calm the people's hearts. Even if this is the case, he knew about this matter.

Thank God for Li Baoyi to save his son's life. He dared to say a little more and was punished honestly.

However, Xiao Ting, who made a "shocking" this time, attracted many officials to look at him and praised him in the court, but was a little confused in private.

Everyone knows Xiao Ting's reputation in Chang'an City. He has basically no big mistakes and no small mistakes. Moreover, he loves to run to the empress dowager and cry. The high-ranking families in Kuishou Street know about it.

A playboy who is ignorant suddenly ran to Baimazhuang to claim Zhang Zhengyi, which was a bit too abrupt.

In the morning, Xiao Ting and the Imperial Guards came back together. Even the Xiao family thought that Xiao Ting had caused trouble. They were afraid that Xiao Chuyang would ignore it, so they sent someone to the palace to ask the Empress Dowager for mercy. Finally, they understood the causes and consequences, and no one believed that Xiao Ting did it.

After all, the killing was too decisive, unlike Xiao Ting's style of conduct. There were many disciples who killed the tiger with one sword, but the disciples and soldiers had to obey the orders of the head of the family before they could take action. According to Xiao Ting's temperament, if he knew about the Baima Village, he should go to the Empress Dowager to seek credit.

However, since the matter has come to this point, the court officials cannot question Xiao Ting. They can only secretly suspect that Xiao Chuyang instructed Xiao Ting to do such a big thing, which will whitewash his reputation of being "unlearned and ignorant".

The Xiao family naturally knew how much his stupid young master was, and it was impossible for him to do such a feat. No disciples followed Xiao Ting out yesterday, so there must be a master helping him behind the scenes.
Chapter completed!