I am happy to be a mother in a famine year, I have a system to farm the land

The emperor couldn't bear it any longer, turned around and pulled out the long sword behind him, flipped his wrist, and slashed hard at the table in front of him with both hands.

In just a moment, the imperial case was split into two halves.

The emperor was originally a military commander. Although he has always valued civility over martial arts for so many years, his skills have never fallen behind.

Liao Cheng on the side was so frightened that he quickly fell to his knees. Even if the pieces of the imperial case fell on him, he did not dare to avoid it.

Liao Cheng knew that the emperor was angry.

When the emperor was angry before, people were killed in the capital.

One of the censors took on the same attitude as before and wanted to fight the emperor to death. Unexpectedly, the emperor even beheaded the censor.

After seeing the bloodthirsty look in the emperor's eyes, everyone knew that the current emperor might not be able to stop killing anymore.

Finally, the emperor stopped holding the butcher knife in his hand, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Now the emperor seemed to be even more angry. Liao Cheng felt his heart pounding and did not dare to think about what would happen next.

"Come on, let's go and investigate! Anyone found to be colluding with foreigners will be arrested by me!"

"If you don't obey, I'll just kill you."

The guards had just heard the emperor's movements in the study. Although they didn't know what happened, everyone was panicking.

Now that they heard the emperor's order, everyone understood that the emperor was planning to kill again.

Thinking of the blood flowing in the capital, even a month after the incident, I can still smell the blood.

Now that the emperor is like this, I am afraid that half of the capital will be empty again.

The guard did not dare to hesitate, responded and left in a hurry.

In just three days, the cells in the prison were filled with people.

But these people saw that their former colleagues were also imprisoned. Not only that, there was no room in the entire prison to detain people.

Not only were these people not afraid, they were actually proud.

I felt that with so many of them, the emperor would not be able to behead all of them.

After all, the law does not blame the public.

It is precisely because of this mentality that when the emperor sent people to interrogate them, these people still had a condescending attitude.

He felt that he would go out one day, so he naturally refused to admit guilt.

When the emperor heard the report from the Ministry of Punishment, he sneered in his heart.

After writing something on a piece of silk, he handed it to Liao Cheng.

"Take this imperial edict to Caishikou and make their crimes known to the public."

When Liao Cheng heard the emperor's words, he knew what the emperor was going to do, and he was very panicked.

The hands that received the imperial edict were trembling slightly.

He responded respectfully and hurriedly retreated.

Looking at Liao Cheng's leaving figure, the emperor leaned on the soft pedal and closed his eyes, as if waiting for something.

Everyone saw that there was a father-in-law standing on the high platform where the execution was previously carried out, and what this father-in-law was holding was an imperial edict.

The people on the street were so frightened that they quickly knelt on the ground.

Liao Cheng read out the emperor's imperial edict and also read out the charges of many officials.

Everyone was angry when they heard about the huge amount of property embezzled by those people. Especially when they heard that the money originally used by the imperial court to provide relief to the people had been embezzled by these people, everyone's faces turned pale with anger.

When they saw Liao Cheng asking someone to bring more than a dozen people out, everyone even threw vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at them.

The officials who were originally waiting for the emperor to invite them out were dumbfounded at this time.

"Your Majesty has decreed that if these moths are not removed, the Great Zhou will surely fall, and the people of the Great Zhou will be in dire straits."

"Beheading these thieves in front of the people today is also an explanation to the people."

As Liao Cheng finished speaking, the officials from the Ministry of Justice immediately threw down a wooden sign, and the executioners also prepared their swords.

After he raised his sword and fell behind, heads were rolling in again.

However, when the people saw these people being chopped down, they were not afraid. Instead, they shouted that the emperor was wise.

For three whole days, people were beheaded at the entrance to Caishikou without stopping.

Knowing that the prison was empty, the emperor stopped.

Smelling the smell of blood in the air and looking at the trembling officials in the court who were much more honest than before, the emperor was very happy and couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.

But when the emperor returned to the imperial study, he frowned when he saw the list of people presented by the guards this time.

He never expected that Sima Lian would be among the people under investigation this time.

But Sima Lian's situation seems a bit special.

He himself had no contact with the people of that country, but had contact through Rong Jiao.

And it's not that accurate to say 'contact'. The only person he contacted from the beginning to the end was Rong Jiao.

In fact, the emperor knew that Sima Lian was the protective umbrella of many civil servants.

But Sima Lian is different after all. If Sima Lian hadn't come to the rescue back then, I'm afraid he wouldn't be alive today.

Thinking of what happened back then, the emperor couldn't help but frown.

At that time, he was just a child following his father. After being bullied by the prince, whom his uncle loved, he lost the ability to resist.

If Sima Lian hadn't taken action, I'm afraid those people would have killed him.

The emperor hesitated for a moment and decided to give Sima Lian a chance to prove himself.

He felt that people like Sima Lian would not collude with foreign people for the sake of glory and wealth.

If Sima Lian was really a greedy man, he would not have refused the filial piety of those civil servants for so many years.

"Come here, please invite Prime Minister Sima into the palace."

Xuanyuan Jin was also shocked when he saw the emperor going on a killing spree these days.

Especially when he saw those people who had supported him being beheaded one by one, he felt very upset.

In order to cause unnecessary trouble, he simply claimed to be sick at home and never went out again.

But when he heard the letter from Sima's family and heard that the emperor had sent someone to invite Sima Lian, Xuanyuan Jin became anxious.

"What did you say? Prime Minister Sima has been invited away by Emperor Father?"

The visitor quickly nodded in agreement.

Xuanyuan Jin became even more uneasy. If there was something wrong with Sima's face, I'm afraid he would really have no help.

Sun Ningsi looked at Xuanyuan Jin's expression and knew what he was worried about.

"Your Majesty, although Prime Minister Sima is on your side, he is an extremely innocent person."

When Xuanyuan Jin heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Realizing what he meant, he suddenly felt at ease.

Although Sima Lian was on his side, Sima Lian had never colluded with the Fanbang people, nor had he even taken bribes.

Even if the emperor wanted to punish him, there was no reason.

Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Ke couldn't help but feel relieved.

He raised his hand and took Sun Ningsi into his arms.

"It is my blessing, Xuanyuan Jin, to have such a good wife."

Xuanyuan Jin is indeed very lucky now to have married you back instead of letting Rong Jiao sit as the mistress of the backyard.