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The winter warm pavilion of the imperial palace.

A plate of charcoal fire is placed in the middle of the warm pavilion, and the eunuch throws some charcoal into it every once in a while. This charcoal is high-quality charcoal, without a trace of smoke or smell. There is a blower box connected to the brazier, no need to pull the bellows, the charcoal can It burns completely by itself, and the blower is only pulled when burning coal. Although the coal can burn a little, it has a smell.

An eunuch led Mao Xiuzhi in and reported to Zhao Junsheng, who was sitting cross-legged on the heated kang, and reported to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, the eunuch supervisor Mao Xiuzhi is here to see you!"

Mao Xiuzhi was in his 60s and nearly 70 years old, and he immediately stepped forward to salute: "My minister Mao Xiuzhi sees Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng looked up, put down his pen and greeted enthusiastically: "Respect, come, come, give me a seat, and serve tea!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mao Xiuzhi was flattered, but the more enthusiastic Zhao Junsheng was, the more uneasy he felt.

On the night of the first day of the first lunar month, You Xiaowei suddenly surrounded Xingyuanfang and wiped out the big and small leaders of the Xingyuan Society who organized the black market. As the biggest backer behind the Xingyuan Society, Mao Xiuzhi only found out after hearing the report from Constantine. From the beginning to the end of the incident, he immediately thought of silence, but the incident exceeded his expectations. Before dawn, the arrested Constantine and other members of the Xingyuan Society were all secretly executed.

These days Mao Xiuzhi has been living in fear. He couldn't figure out why the emperor suddenly took action against Xingyuanhui. Has his relationship with Xingyuanhui been exposed?Or for some other reason?

Zhao Junsheng picked up the pen and continued to review the memorial, wrote a few words and looked up at Mao Xiuzhi, "Mr. Mao, why are you shivering? Are you cold? Someone, bring the brazier to Mr. Mao's side!"

The two eunuchs immediately carried the brazier to Mao Xiuzhi's side, and Mao Xiuzhi forced a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The huge Dongnuan Pavilion is heated by this brazier, which shows how powerful the fire is. Now Mao Xiuzhi is sitting next to it, and within a short time, he is so hot that his forehead and vest are sweating.

The tea came and started to bubble, steaming hot.

Zhao Junsheng took time to stop writing and said, "Drink tea!"

"Yes!" Mao Xiuzhi picked up the teacup, but couldn't drink it anymore, he was already sweating from the roast, how about hot tea?Don't you want to sweat and collapse?

Zhao Junsheng chatted with Mao Xiuzhi while reviewing the memorial. Mao Xiuzhi stopped immediately when he reached the teacup to his lips. After a while, Zhao Junsheng called him to drink tea again.

"By the way, do you know that on the night of the first day of the first lunar month, a gang named Xingyuanhui in Xingyuanfang that organized black market transactions was wiped out?"

Mao Xiuzhi drank a few sips of hot tea, sweating profusely. He was startled, his face changed drastically, and he had to answer Zhao Junsheng's question.

"Return to His Majesty, I have heard about it!"

Zhao Junsheng stopped to look at Mao Xiu, and then continued to criticize, "Do you think those people deserve to die?"

"Damn it, absolutely damn it! These people are really ignoring my laws, setting up a private black market, trading a lot of prohibited items, lawless!" Mao Xiuzhi said loudly in a firm tone.

Zhao Junsheng continued: "Before these people were executed, they confessed that they were backed by the court and the government, and they confessed to many people. One of them is still a high-ranking member of the court. Do you think these people deserve to die?"

Hearing this, Mao Xiuzhi turned pale on the spot. He didn't understand Zhao Junsheng's purpose for calling him today. It was obvious that he knew that Xingyuanhui was supported by him, so he knelt on the ground with a plop.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty, please punish him!"

Chapter 1083

"Hey, what is Jingzhi doing? Why are you guilty?" Zhao Junsheng pretended to be surprised.

Mao Xiuzhi kowtowed again and again, "Your Majesty, the old minister has vainly neglected the grace of God and used his power to provide shelter for Constantine and others in the Xingyuan Society for personal gain and money. The old minister is guilty!"

Zhao Junsheng put it down, got up from the table and looked at Mao Xiuzhi, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Mao Xiuzhi, I always thought you were an honest person, but today it seems that you are not only dishonest, but also cunning! Just such a little thing, is it worth my big fight?"

There were more beads of sweat on Mao Xiuzhi's forehead, and he was terrified. He didn't know what Zhao Junsheng was talking about, so he had to explain another incident of corruption and lawlessness: "The imperial garden was built eight years ago. At that time, the minister was in charge of organizing it, and used his power to embezzle 15 ink!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Since you have already said two things, why don't you just say them all at once, lest I press you again and again, my patience is not good, if you don't say it now, maybe you won't even have the chance to say it later Already!"

The last sentence frightened Mao Xiuzhi, and he hurriedly used his brain to recall other things he had committed in these years. The post of Tianshui prefect..."

Mao Xiuzhi continued to talk about more than a dozen cases of corruption and perverting the law, and selling officials and nobles, sweating profusely while talking.

Zhao Junsheng listened quietly, and opened a booklet to look at it from time to time. The booklet recorded Mao Xiuzhi's political achievements over the years and the corruption and lawlessness he secretly committed.

Gone? "Zhao Junsheng closed the booklet and asked.

Mao Xiuzhi was already slumped on the ground at this time, and nodded weakly: "It's gone!"

A loud "bang" sound.

Zhao Jun slammed the table violently, and said angrily: "Mao Xiuzhi, I think you are really a dead pig. You are not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. You have reached this point. You still play sloppy with me. You really think that my sword is not good. , Do you think someone can keep you?"

Mao Xiuzhi was not frightened by Zhao Junsheng's anger at first. He committed so many things. If he really had to be dealt with according to the laws of the country, he would definitely not survive. Therefore, he had decided to die, but Zhao Junsheng's last words reminded him of something, The complexion changed again on the spot.

He remembered that there was one more thing that he hadn't explained. The cases he put down earlier only involved him personally, that is to say, no matter how he was sentenced, his family and relatives would not be involved, but the last thing involved the whole family.

Zhao Junsheng stared at Mao Xiuzhi's expression and eyes, and immediately knew that he had used this trick correctly, and said immediately: "Mao Xiuzhi, if you take the initiative to confess and strive to be guilty and meritorious, I can still see that you have followed me for so many years, For the sake of making great contributions to the founding of the country, let me go online, and only you will be held accountable. If I let you speak for you..."

"Your Majesty... the minister is guilty, the minister confesses, everything is accounted for, a few months ago, King Jing asked the old minister to meet, and asked the old minister to arrange a position for the person he brought, but how can the court easily grant official positions? The old official immediately refused, but then King Jing took out a booklet, which actually contained the wrong things that the old official had committed secretly in the past few years. We can only follow Prince Jing's wishes and be subject to him from now on!"

Zhao Junsheng was expressionless, "During this time, what have you done for him, tell me one by one!"

"Yes, yes!" Mao Xiuzhi agreed, and hurriedly finished the things he had done for King Jing.

Zhao Junsheng didn't know whether Mao Xiuzhi was controlled by King Jing, he just guessed and suspected, because Mao Xiuzhi's secret file was very dirty, this kind of person was the target of King Jing's coercion, if it was those people, there would be only some minor problems The public ministers and ministers will not be easily coerced and controlled by Prince Jing.

This time, Zhao Junsheng just swindled Mao Xiuzhi, but he did not expect to be swindled out by him.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Besides you, there are probably other people in the court who have been coerced and controlled by Prince Jing?"

The matter has reached this point, and Mao Xiuzhi has nothing to hide anymore. He said: "I can be sure that there are two, and there are three who are not sure about the starting point."

Zhao Junsheng waved to Kang Yide next to him: "Give him the ink, paper and inkstone! Write the names of the people you can be sure of on the top, and the names of the people you are not sure on the bottom!"

Kang Yide immediately took a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and put it in front of Mao Xiuzhi.

Mao Xiuzhi stretched out his trembling hand to pick up the brush, and wrote five names on the white paper, two on the top and three on the bottom.

Kang Yide picked up the paper with his name written on it and sent it to Zhao Junsheng's court case. Zhao Junsheng took it and looked at the names of the five people on the paper. The most unclean, King Jing only had the opportunity to coerce and control these five people.

But according to what Mao Xiuzhi said, he is not sure about the following three people, that is to say, these three people may not be controlled by King Jing.

From the handwriting on the paper, we can see Mao Xiuzhi's mood at this time, apprehension, fear, and panic all day long!

Zhao Junsheng put down the paper with names on it, and said to Kang Yide, "Bring the wine!"

Kang Yide bowed and saluted, turned around and waved to an eunuch, the little eunuch picked up the warm wine placed by the stove and put it on the tray, took another wine cup, and brought a cup of wine to Mao Xiuzhi in front of.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Mao Xiuzhi, it's cold, I'll reward you with a glass of warm wine to warm you up!"

Mao Xiuzhi's eyes and facial expression showed horror, and he looked at the wine jug and wine cup on the tray like a fearful snake and scorpion.

Kang Yide said next to him: "Master Mao, this is what His Majesty gave you to drink. Don't you thank the Lord for your kindness?"

Mao Xiu's face was ashen, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "I thank the Lord for your kindness!"

After saluting, Mao Xiuzhi got up slowly, stretched out trembling hands to pick up the wine cup.

君要臣death,臣不得不death!