After breaking the leg of a powerful minister, I begged him to be regent

A day called "Your Majesty" is too weird.

Looking at the person kneeling on the ground in front of him, Xie Honggui matched this person with Su Tong in the novel.

This Su Tong was an old and veteran official, and one of the rare people in the court who had a clean background and was loyal and upright. He was neither from Chu Yanting, nor a mediocre official with a dead body.Everything he does is for the sake of Xiao Guo's national economy and people's livelihood.Therefore, he was the only one who would disturb Xie Honggui's nap time, risking being questioned.

Xie Honggui relieved his tension with a light cough, took the memorial, opened it for a glance, and was immediately stunned.

No, no, this is the seal script, right?Help, he can't understand? !Why didn't you give him a "Sky Eye" skill when he crossed over? Hey!It's over!Isn't it the same as being illiterate if you don't know the words?How does this make him mess around in this world?

Xie Honggui closed the memorial with a snap, took a deep breath, and asked, "What's the specific situation, you can tell me personally... tell me about it."

Su Tong raised his head slowly, looked at the emperor's frowning expression, and thought it was the reason for the memorial.I was overjoyed. In the past, the emperor would not take it seriously when he saw these things, and he never asked too many questions. He just said "you can figure it out" and it passed, but today he seems to be very concerned, which is really rare.So he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the breach of the Yellow River has caused tens of thousands of people to be displaced, and countless people have died of starvation. Although the imperial court has started to open food warehouses, it is far from enough!"

As soon as he said that, Xie Honggui knew the reason.The household department was responsible for the food supply for disaster relief, but after giving it once, Jin Baoyuan, the secretary of the household department, kept withholding it. In name, it was to be reserved for the frontier soldiers who defended against Beidi, but in fact, Jin Baoyuan belonged to Chu Yanting. His things are ultimately left to Chu Yanting.If Chu Yanting hadn't opened his mouth, no one would have put his hand into Jin Baoyuan's pocket.

Xie Honggui sighed, it seemed that he was going to meet this hero.

Su Tong wanted to say something, but Xie Honggui raised his hand to stop him, "I understand what Aiqing means, let's go down first."

After they left, Xie Honggui asked Han An, "Where is the prison where Chu Yanting is being held? I'll go and have a look."

2. Chapter 2

When Xie Honggui was sitting in the sedan chair, his eyeballs were rolling around.Quite like tourists bursting with curiosity after entering the scenic spot.

Seeing the majestic palace hall, Xie Honggui was excited for a while. Although it is an overhead history, the exquisite eaves and grand buildings are not inferior to the Forbidden City.

Xie Honggui's mood did not calm down until he came to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Xue Ming, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, had already been waiting outside the door, leading the emperor to see Chu Yanting.

On the way, Xie Honggui asked: "Chu Yanting has been imprisoned here for two years. How is he doing now?"

Xue Ming said: "Back to the emperor, the criminals have been strictly guarded by his subordinates. Apart from eating, he just sits quietly every day. He is very quiet and honest."

Safe?honest?These two words can appear on anyone, but it is extremely abnormal for him to appear on Chu Yanting.

Xue Ming, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, is a member of Chu Yanting, how could he wrong his master?

One must know that after serving three years in prison, Chu Yanting was able to escape unscathed and in good health, thanks to Xue Ming.

Xie Honggui asked this question a lot because he was also curious about how they cheated the original goods for three years.

"Your Majesty, if you go inside, you will be in the cell where Chu Yanting is imprisoned." Xue Ming pointed to a passage.

Xie Honggui waved his hands, "Understood, you just wait here, I will go in by myself."

Xue Ming hesitated and said: "Your Majesty... let me accompany you in. Your Majesty is alone, so I don't worry."

Xie Honggui said: "Then Han An will accompany me in."

Before Xue Ming could speak, Han An followed Xie Honggui into the inner passage.

Although the two of them may not be able to make any big noise under his nose, but for Chu Yanting, Xie Honggui has a better chance of winning if there is one less helper.

Passing through a dark and narrow passage, Xie Honggui finally saw the hero who was hanging by chains.

Black hair shawl, white cloth covering eyes, hands hanging in chains, "disused" legs hidden under the prison uniform, and the whole person knelt on the ground.Perhaps it was because of being trapped in the ground for a long time without seeing the sun, the skin showed a sickly whiteness.

If it weren't for having the eyes of God, such a thin and sickly appearance would indeed be able to deceive Xie Honggui.

It seems that Xue Ming had carefully "prepared" before he came.The two years of prison life really seemed like that.

Hearing the footsteps, Chu Yanting said coldly, "It's rare for the emperor to come to see the sinful minister. I should kowtow to thank you. However, I'm sick and I don't have enough etiquette, so I can only salute verbally."

Pretend, you still pretend!Although the limbs are healthy and the organs are intact, there is still a strange yin and yang there.

Xie Honggui tried his best to convince himself that he is now an emperor, and he must not be inferior in terms of momentum.

Han An arranged a chair in a timely manner, and Xie Honggui sat down. He immediately relaxed a lot, put his small hand on the arm of the chair, and said, "Chu Yanting, you have been in prison for two years. What do you want to say?" ?"

Although Xie Honggui said that he wanted to invite this great Buddha out and make offerings to him, but obviously this matter should not be rushed, otherwise it would be counterproductive.Besides, Chu Yanting is suspicious by nature, if he treats him rashly, he will definitely wonder if there is something ulterior motive in it.

Therefore, to make Chu Yanting trust him, he had to boil the frog in warm water, and take his time.

Chu Yanting sneered, "What does Your Majesty want me to say?"

Even though Chu Yanting's eyes were bound by white gauze at this time, Xie Honggui was still shuddered by the coldness, and he pretended to be calm and said: "Of course it's about you taking bribes two years ago, tell me, where did the stolen money go?" ?”

In fact, where there is any stolen money, it is the former original goods that were deliberately planted to bring down Chu Yanting.Two years ago, under the instruction of "Xie Honggui", a group of people intercepted a sum of gold from Xiao Guo for disaster relief, and then sent someone to report that it was done by Chu Yanting. The original goods were in a hurry to overthrow Chu Yanting. Plug, had to deal with it quietly.

When Xie Honggui watched it, he even complained about it. How could such an unsolved case full of loopholes and many doubts make Chu Yanting obediently plead guilty?

Chu Yanting in the prison was silent for a while, tilted his head, and said curiously: "Your Majesty, after two years, is it too late for you to interrogate the whereabouts of the stolen money?"

Then, he chuckled again, and said: "If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about. If you want to kill the criminal minister now, you only need to ask, why bother to find a name."

This is all the fault of the original goods!No matter what Xie Honggui said now, it seemed to him that it was a hidden needle in the cotton, uneasy and kind!

Xie Honggui coughed lightly, and said arrogantly: "Don't be ignorant! I'm giving you a chance to make meritorious deeds!"

Confessing one's crimes is considered a merit...

Chu Yanting was silent.Obviously, he didn't believe in the "opportunity" Xie Honggui gave him for nothing. The person who used to wish to cut himself into pieces now wants to make himself a meritorious service?It just sounds weird.

Xie Honggui: "..."

Xie Honggui pouted his neck and said: "If you really don't want to talk about it, it's okay. Right now, there is a matter that is causing me quite a headache. If you can solve it for me, I can consider commuting your sentence. How about it?"

Chu Yanting sneered and said, "Did your Majesty come to the wrong place? There are so many civil and military officials not enough for the affairs of the court?"

Ask knowingly!There are so many civil and military officials, how many of them are doing practical things?Even if you have it, it's already in your pocket, so don't taunt me in a weird way, okay? !

Xie Honggui imitated him and sneered, "It's fine for others to be polite to me, but you don't have to, Chu Yanting. Who doesn't know that when you were the prime minister, you were able to assist the government and govern the country well, and you were praised by the world. Up to now, there are still people who stand for you. You are avenging."

This is true, as it is written in the book, after the gold robbery happened, ministers of the DPRK and China kept asking for a retrial, but the original goods have been ignored.It wasn't until the original goods got bored, and all the ministers who proposed to be re-examined were dragged out and beheaded in the vegetable market, that they suppressed the crowd.

Chu Yanting raised his head slightly, he didn't expect that the useless emperor in front of him could say such words, "He is good at assisting the government, he is good at governing the country, and it will be praised by the world." He is not afraid of feeling disgusted when he says these words.

Chu Yanting said: "Thanks to His Majesty's favor, I can't bear it. Besides, I have lost both eyes and legs. Even if I want to, I'm powerless."

Xie Honggui said: "With your ability, I believe you can do it."

Han An, who was standing aside, also gave Xie Honggui a puzzled look, but quickly withdrew his gaze, daring not to offend again.In the past, when His Majesty talked about Chu Yanting, his eyes were full of contempt, and he would say "that treacherous person", "despicable villain", "wolf ambition", "his heart is to be punished", etc. If someone mentions Chu Yanting, it is good , the kind who absolutely overturned the table and yelled at him, but today he actually praised him to his face, it must be called a strange thing.

Chu Yanting was silent for a while, and asked, "I wonder what your majesty wants me to do?"

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd, even if it was just a show, Chu Yanting was willing to accompany him to see what this useless emperor wanted to do.

Xie Honggui signaled Han An to open the cell door.

Han An was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty, this cell is filthy and dirty, I'm afraid your clothes will be dirty."

...You actually said that the place where he lived was dirty in front of Chu Yanting!Sao Nian, do you not want to live anymore? !

Xie Honggui insisted: "Open it."

Han An had no choice but to take out the key and opened the cell door.