different devil life

"The old slave brought him back and is waiting at the door."

"Let him in!"

Li Mingcai's figure was weak, and when he came in, he seemed to be blown down by the wind, and he knelt down on the ground, his eyes were red: "The sinful minister Li Mingcai, kowtow to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

"Li Aiqing! You... you turned into this."

Wang Zhong hurriedly helped Li Mingcai up. Now that he was employing people, although this Li Mingcai was also fighting against the Lu Party because of factional disputes, the enemy's enemy is a friend, so Wang Zhong naturally wanted to look good.

Being valued so highly by Wang Zhong made Li Ming feel that he had met Ming Jun.

"emperor……"

"Li Aiqing, it's all my fault that I was confused for a moment and made you suffer so much. Come and give me a seat."

After Li Mingcai took his seat, Wang Zhong asked Li Mingcai to clarify the matter.

Li Ming just went to jail this time, which is really unlucky.

There were floods in the south last year. In order to prevent another disaster in the coming year, Li Mingcai proposed to build water conservancy in the south.

The construction of water conservancy needs silver, and several 10 taels have been allocated from the treasury.

It's just that before the construction of water conservancy started, an anonymous letter reported Li Mingcai and put Li Mingcai in prison.

If Wang Zhong hadn't rescued him in time, he might have already been killed.

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister is dedicated to serving the country, and has never corrupted the law. Please be careful."

"Well, I will definitely investigate this matter carefully. Li Aiqing, you should go back to your residence first and take a good rest, but don't talk too much, understand?"

Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he had escaped a catastrophe.

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Lu House.

Lu Zhongbo was listening to Shen An's report.

"Master Xiang, the emperor doesn't know what happened. He suddenly wanted to save Li Mingcai. Originally, I planned to walk slowly on purpose to let Li Mingcai's head fall to the ground. I didn't expect him to send Eunuch He. This is troublesome. The emperor doesn't trust me. "

Shen An finished speaking in one breath, wiped off his sweat and said, "Master Xiang, tell me, will the emperor... doubt you..."

Holding two big iron balls in his hands, Lu Zhongbo sat on his seat, and said in a calm manner: "The emperor has never been in the morning court, and hides in the harem every day to have fun. Not long ago, he suddenly killed Concubine Li and beat Concubine Shen to death Into the cold palace, the queen mother is under house arrest, I heard that he is very close to the queen Zhao Luan now, he is going to make a big move..."

In fact, calling the queen by her first name is disrespectful as a courtier, but Lu Zhongbo obviously doesn't care about this, he is used to being arrogant, looking at the entire court, who else is threatening him besides the emperor?

"Master, in the morning court tomorrow, the emperor may blame the humble minister, what should I do?" Shen An was sweating anxiously.

Shen An is his younger brother, so he must be saved, otherwise he can't even protect such a trivial matter, who would dare to follow him in the future?

"Don't worry, I will save you tomorrow. If the emperor insists on punishing you, I want to see if he really dares to tear his face apart!"

"Thank you Xiangye!"

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Early the next morning, Wang Zhong deliberately got up early and headed to the Golden Luan Hall.

Looking at all the civil and military officials with different expressions, Wang Zhong sat down on the dragon chair majestically.

Underneath, Lu Zhongbo was standing on the right, and Li Mingcai was standing on the left. This Li Mingcai was also a man of temperament, and he did not hide his anger at all, glaring at Lu Zhongbo.

Lu Zhongbo naturally ignored the glaring stares, and even congratulated Li Mingcai, "Congratulations, Mr. Li, for not being beheaded. I'm really happy for you!"

"Humph!"

Li Mingcai flicked his sleeves and ignored Lu Zhongbo at all.

It can also be seen from this that Li Mingcai is an upright person who puts everything on his face.

"Cough cough..."

Wang Zhong sat firmly in his seat, and all the civil and military officials shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Flat body."

"I have something to play..."

Surprisingly, no one played anything today, not even Li Mingcai.

This is because Wang Zhong reminded him in advance that it is useless for you to join Lu Zhongbo now, because Wang Zhong can't move him for the time being.

As for Lu Zhongbo, he naturally had nothing to say.

Wang Zhong calmly glanced at the audience, and said, "Since the lovers have nothing to say, let me tell you about it. The guilty minister, Shen An!"

Shen An, who lowered his head, felt a little bit in his heart, and walked up with a distressed face: "The guilty minister is here."

"You are so courageous. I asked you to rescue Master Li yesterday. Why did you set out first, but slower than Eunuch He? Are you delaying time on purpose to murder Master Li?"

Wang Zhong directly put a big hat on, causing Shen An's face to change drastically.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged..."

"You mean I wronged you? Hmph, what virtue and ability do you have, why do I need you wronged?"

Shen An hurriedly replied: "The guilty minister received the emperor's decree yesterday, so he dared not be negligent, so he hurried to the execution ground, but the horse tripped over a stone when passing a road, and threw the guilty minister out... So the guilty minister was arrested. Injured from the fall, she was unconscious for more than an hour before waking up."

The reason Shen An was looking for was also very good, and after finishing speaking, he revealed the injury on his right foot: "Your Majesty, this is the scar left by the guilty minister's fall yesterday, please learn from me!"

Then, another minister stood up: "Qi Zou the emperor, I think that although Mr. Shen has not completed the task assigned by the emperor, he is indeed in danger and injured himself. This is not what Mr. Shen wants, so he begs the emperor to forgive him." Master Shen."

After finishing speaking, another minister came out: "My humble minister also has the same opinion. Mr. Shen devoted himself wholeheartedly to sharing the emperor's worries. This time there was really an accident. Please forgive Mr. Shen..."

Now it's all right, it's like poking a hornet's nest, all the ministers are speaking for Shen An.

These people are all members of the Lu Party, and the Lord Lu Zhongbo, the old god, is standing there, and he can force Wang Zhong to release Shen An without taking any action himself.

This shows how powerful Lu Zhongbo is in the court.

Li Mingcai was indignant and worried at the same time.

There are too many people in Lu Dang. On the other hand, there are only three or two cats and dogs on his side. They have long been divorced and dare not speak.

"enough!"

Wang Zhong spoke with a cold face, and the whole court was instantly quiet.

"Master Shen, I didn't expect you to be so popular, so many lovers speak for you, I really couldn't have imagined it." Wang Zhong said lightly.

Shen An seemed to be very proud, and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister is terrified, and the guilty minister did not expect that your lords will speak for the guilty minister, and please forgive the guilty minister..."

"Okay, since everyone has helped you in this way, I naturally can't say anything, but... I have always said that if you fail to fulfill my decree, I will definitely punish you. Now the death penalty can be avoided, and the living penalty cannot be escaped." , I’ll punish you… ten slaps!”

As Wang Zhong spoke, he scanned the officials with sharp eyes.

Shen An frowned, and hit ten big boards. This punishment is not big, but it is not small. After the punishment, at least one or two days of rest will be required.

As for Lu Zhongbo, he was a little confused, why did the emperor have to punish Shen An?

Obviously all the ministers have spoken, according to the previous temperament, the emperor should not pursue this kind of matter.

"Your Majesty!" After thinking for a while, Lu Zhongbo spoke, and he still wanted to cover Shen An.

But before he could speak, Wang Zhong waved his hand and said: "Uncle Guo, I know what you want to say, but you are not joking, I have already retreated a step, what do you want from me?"

Lu Zhongbo frowned, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I know about it."

It's nothing more than playing ten big boards. Maybe the emperor just wants to save face, so let's forget about it.

Seeing that Lu Zhongbo didn't speak anymore, Shen An knew that he would definitely suffer the pain of flesh and blood, so he could only be led out by the soldiers in dejection.

"what……"

"what……"

Soon, Shen An's screams came from Wang Zhong.

"It's not good, it's not good..."

A eunuch ran in suddenly: "Master Shen is weak, and he couldn't bear the punishment of ten boards, it seems...it hurts to death..."

"What?" For a moment, the officials were shocked.

Master Shen An was beaten to death!

Chapter 621

Wang Zhong also looked shocked, and stood up abruptly: "What are you doing, I just punished him a little, why did you beat Lord Shen to death?"

This eunuch is He Taigao's confidant, and he explained with a flustered face: "I don't know, I just beat him five times, and Master Shen fell silent. When the servant tested his breath, he found that Master Shen was out of breath."

"Go and see!"

Wang Zhong frowned, looking anxious.

As expected of someone who had been a big star before, his acting skills were overwhelming at this time.

He Taigao next to him couldn't help feeling that the emperor was getting worse and worse. When he was in the early court, he judged that the members of the Lu party would try their best to protect Shen An, so he proposed the idea of ​​playing the top ten boards.

This is not an ordinary top ten gangsters, the beating people are all masters, He Taigao gave them a death order under Wang Zhong's instruction before, either Shen An dies, or you die, it depends.

In this way, these beaters naturally went all out!

Going out to take a look, I saw Shen An lying on a bench, motionless. If you look closely, his legs are limp, and now the bones were broken by the stick.

"Join the emperor!"

The eunuchs who were in charge of beating people quickly knelt down in panic.

"What's the matter with you, I asked you to beat Mr. Shen a few times, why did you beat him to death?"

"My Majesty, this servant doesn't know Mr. Shen is so weak. The servant just hit him lightly a few times, and Mr. Shen lost his breath. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Forgive me..."

Angrily, Wang Zhong kicked the little eunuch aside. The little eunuch was also good at acting, and rolled on the ground several times crying for his father and mother.

Getting up, he immediately knelt and kowtowed again: "Please appease the emperor, this slave is convicted..."

"Partner!"

"The old slave is here."

"These dog slaves are really outrageous. If they are dragged down, they will hit ten boards each. I want to see if they will be beaten to death!" Wang Zhong snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, these dog slaves have committed such a heinous crime that they even killed Mr. Shen, please give me your Majesty's death!" Lu Zhongbo stepped forward and said.

"Uncle Guo, I punished Mr. Shen. Now that he was beaten to death, doesn't that mean that I will also be sentenced to death?" Wang Zhong asked disdainfully.

"I...don't dare!"

"Don't dare to let it go. In the final analysis, this matter was caused by Mr. Shen. Who made him fail to fulfill my will? Now that he is beaten to death, maybe... this is the will of God."

"However, I am not a heartless and ungrateful person. Although Mr. Shen did not have any merits during his lifetime, he did have hard work. I declare that I will personally arrange the funeral for Mr. Shen."

The words sound nice, but Wang Zhong actually doesn't want Shen An's body to be discovered.

Shen An's body seemed to have an accident with his legs, but in fact, in order to make him die, these dog slaves didn't know who slapped Shen An's heart into pieces.

In order to avoid trouble, he personally arranged the funeral, which not only gave face to Shen An's family, but also prevented people from discovering anything, it really killed two birds with one stone.

"Big Companion, order someone to seal Mr. Shen's body with the best sandalwood."

"Old slave obeys the order."

The faces of a group of ministers were extremely ugly. Unexpectedly, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Shen An still died.

Returning to the Golden Luan Hall, Wang Zhong said, "Now that Mr. Shen died unexpectedly, the Criminal Department cannot be without a leader for a day. Mr. Li, you are the oldest here, do you have a suitable candidate?"

This is to let Li Mingcai promote his own people on purpose.

Li Mingcai was excited, and quickly responded: "Master Zhang Dongliang of the Criminal Department is familiar with the laws and regulations, enforces the law with integrity, self-restraint and dedicated to public affairs, petitions for the people wholeheartedly, and is loyal to the emperor. I believe that Master Zhang is suitable for the post of Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"Well, then let him do it, but if he can't do it well, I will never forgive him lightly." Wang Zhong said intentionally: "Big Companion, imitate the imperial decree..."

Lu Zhongbo, who stood at the top, looked slightly cold. The Ministry of Punishment has the power to enforce the law. Unexpectedly, Shen An died and someone else was in power.

Of course he knew Zhang Dongliang, he was also a small official of the Ministry of Punishment, and belonged to Li Dang's faction.

Your Majesty, this is to support Li Dang!

Of course Lu Zhongbo would not just sit back and watch such a thing happen. Just as he was about to oppose Zhang Dongliang as a candidate, Wang Zhong suddenly covered his head: "Oh, I have a headache. That's what happened today. Retreat..."