Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Chapter 266 Wu Zetian’s Thoughts

"Yes, these eighty prisoners are the death row prisoners sentenced by His Majesty."

"Even if you win the battle on the front line, you can't blatantly resist the order, right?"

Xia Quan, the head of the Criminal Department, echoed.

The culprit is young, if they can use this incident to involve Fan Xin, then their goal will be achieved.

really.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the people watching changed slightly, and they became worried for Fan Xin.

Although they couldn't stand the arrogance and domineering behavior of officials from the Ministry of Justice, what the other party said was true.

Cao Bingbing and his two generals led their generals to openly violate the curfew and kill Jinwu Guards, and have been sentenced to death by the emperor.

Fan Xin took the prisoner away at this time. It was a small thing to resist the order. If he angered the emperor, wouldn't it create a gap?

"General Manager, this matter is too important. Why don't you, General, stay here while you go to the palace to ask His Majesty for a favor?"

After following Fan Xin for many years, Zhang Huan really couldn't bear to see him offend the emperor because of this matter.

Even Cao Wei and Jiang Ji looked guilty.

"General Manager, the dog is not worth your disobedience to the imperial edict, so let's let the executioner execute him."

"At a young age, you are already ranked as a first-class hussars general. Your future prospects are bound to be limitless. There is no need to offend the emperor for two worthless things."

Faced with everyone's persuasion, Fan Xin snorted impatiently.

"Stop talking nonsense, I won't let my subordinates take the blame for others in vain!"

After saying that, he said coldly to Yuan Shu.

"Your Majesty is a saint and a benevolent man. As their superior, I have the right to protect the innocence of my subordinates."

"If you insist on blocking it, I can only suspect that your intention in Xiangzhuang's sword dance is for Pei Gong!"

"let's go!"

After saying this, Fan Xin strode away with a group of prisoners without even looking at Yuan Shu.

Along the way, the guards guarding the execution ground removed their weapons and cleared the way.

He didn't dare to step forward to stop him, for fear of angering this highly decorated general manager.

Looking at Fan Xin's back, Yuan Shu's face turned pale and his eyes were full of resentment.

Too embarrassing!

He actually didn't even pay attention to him, the dignified prime minister. If this spread, how could he be seen by others?

"Prime Minister Yuan, what should we do now? Cao Bingbing and Cao Bingbing are the people that His Majesty wanted to kill. They were taken away like this. I'm afraid we can't communicate with each other?"

Manager Xia said with a worried look.

Turning his head and glancing at him, Yuan Shu had already slapped him in the face.

"You ask the truth, who are you going to ask the truth about? Get out of here!"

……

The next day, the main hall of Shangyang Palace.

Under the leadership of Prince Li Xian, the ministers entered the main hall of Shangyang Palace one after another.

When they saw Fan Xin standing in the main hall with his hands behind his back, their expressions changed, and then they frowned.

Isn't Fan Xin escorting the captives back to the court? Why did he come back early?

"Haha, it turns out that the chief manager is back. Why didn't you tell me in advance and send someone to greet you?"

Li Xian said with a smile.

Although he wanted to kill Fan Xin with his own hands because of the previous grudge.

But as a prince, you still need to exchange pleasantries.

Fan Xin had just returned to the divine capital and did not want to antagonize the prince.

So I bowed my hand politely.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has made serious remarks. How dare He De, the subordinate officer, trouble the East Palace to pick him up?"

Li Xian smiled and nodded.

"It's good to come back. The Great Zhou Dynasty is in a period of rising national power. The Queen Mother needs your help and support. Let's go to the front and work."

On the way forward, Fan Xin looked at the ministers in court, thoughtfully.

After not going to court for several months, he found that at least 60% of the officials above the fifth rank had new faces.

I thought that while I was away in Luoyang, there was a big change of blood in the court.

"It seems that Li and Wu's two parties are pointing the finger at themselves..."

Fan Xin thought secretly.

At this time, the big bell of Shangyang Palace rang slowly. Amidst the roar of hundreds of officials, Wu Zetian climbed up the steps and sat on the dragon chair.

"My dear friends, please be safe."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the ministers straightened up, Fan Xin was about to report the case, but unexpectedly, an official in red robe walked out.

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Fan Xin for disobeying the decree and defying the king's law!"

"This man has openly hijacked the law field based on his great military exploits, and has put the laws of Zhou Dynasty to nothing, and has put His Majesty's power of heaven to nothing."

"I beg your Majesty to sanction him!"

The speaker was none other than Ma Rulong, the Minister of Punishment who was suffering from impeachment.

Since the two had a falling out, he is now obsessed with overthrowing Fan Xin and submitting a petition to the princeling.

Wu Zetian looked at Fan Xin and said with a smile.

"Fan Aiqing, is there anything involved in Ma Shangshu's impeachment of you for hijacking the execution ground?"

"Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. After I heard that my general was framed, I went to stop the execution to prevent damage to your dragon power."

"I didn't expect that it would lead to impeachment from the Ministry of Justice."

As soon as these words came out, Ma Rulong almost became angry to death, pointing at Fan Xin and shaking his beard.

"What a good person, Fan Xin, who actually turned right and wrong in broad daylight. It was clearly you who hijacked the law field. When did you endanger His Majesty's power?"

"Yes, Fan Xin, with so many pairs of eyes watching, you can't deny it, right?" Wu Chengsi said with a sneer.

Wu Zetian coughed, signaled the ministers to shut up, and spoke in person.

"No matter how you look at it, this matter has nothing to do with my majesty. Tell me your reasons."

Fan Xin bowed, raised his head and looked around.

"There are still many doubts about this case. Once it is confirmed in the future that the murderers are not Cao Bingbing and Cao Bingbing, wouldn't it mean that Your Majesty will be infamous as a coward?"

"After all, just twenty years have passed since Wang Wanchun's case."

"If it happens again, wouldn't it mean that His Majesty loses his prestige?"

Upon hearing the words "Wang Wanchun", Wu Zetian and many senior ministers changed their expressions.

Wu Zetian died shortly after giving birth to her eldest daughter.

Later investigation found that someone had used witchcraft.

Emperor Gaozong was furious and ordered Wang Wanchun, the minister of Taichang Temple, and others to be executed.

It was later learned that the culprit was Empress Wang, so Gaozong was discussed for a long time.

Now that the past events are being brought up again, it seems that Fan Xin is indeed doing it for the emperor's good.

But the people present were all experienced officials, how could they be fooled so easily?

Yuan Shu came out and said in a deep voice.

"The Duke of Yan was surprised by what he said. Wang Wanchun's case was rushed and the evidence was insufficient. However, this case is an ironclad case. How can it be compared?"

"A solid case?"

Fan Xin sneered: "What an ironclad case, it's just a frame-up that's not worth scrutinizing."

"The surviving soldier said he heard the murderer call me Captain Fan."

"But I was dismissed from the post of Governor of Youzhou by His Majesty a few months ago."

"My generals are all old people, don't they even know this bit of common sense?"