Hundreds of people in the Lu family all committed suicide overnight in fear of crime and poisoning, although this matter was temporarily suppressed by the Criminal Department, but the civil and military officials have their own news channels, basically soon to know, just when everyone felt that once this matter spread, it would not only ruin Yang Wanli's career, but also affect the emperor's growing reputation among the people, the imperial list was posted in the downtown city of the imperial city, which detailed what Lu Shuren did during his reign, and how the Lu family fought the people, bullied the people, etc., Finally, it was publicly explained that hundreds of people in the Lu family committed suicide in fear of crime last night, and the matter that Tiejia Wei had intervened in the investigation was exhaustive, and there was no intention to hide it.

For a while, all the civil and military officials were a little unable to understand what the emperor's wave of operations meant, it stands to reason that Yang Wanli is the one he brought back, and Lu Shuren's case is fully responsible for him, and now the prisoners have all committed suicide inexplicably before the case is closed, even if it is the emperor, it is impossible to be partial, and he should be removed from his official position, let people investigate whether he neglected his duty, and covered the matter as much as possible before there was no result, why did he do the opposite? Is he really not afraid of the verbal criticism of civil and military officials and the people?

"Your Majesty, now that there is no one available in the Criminal Department, the minister asks His Majesty to order the Heavenly Commander to release the person."

When the imperial list was making a fuss outside, Shangshu Sun Mingquan of the Criminal Department and another attendant of the Criminal Department, Chu Cai, both met the emperor in the imperial study room, Tianshu was unreasonable, the iron-armored guard caught people when he saw them, and almost even arrested them together, it was simply too deceptive, no matter how they said that they were also members of the second and third grades of the imperial court, but they were not stupid, knowing that Tianshu was the emperor's confidant, before entering the palace, he specially went to Xiangfu and asked him to accompany them into the palace.

"The ironclad guard has the rules of the ironclad guard, Xu has never interfered, and the two Aiqing don't need to worry, if they don't do anything, they will be released back soon."

The emperor's hand that approved the fold did not pause, and he didn't even raise his eyes, Sun Mingquan and Chu Cai, who were kneeling on the ground, both looked at Lan Yunchan for help, unexpectedly, Shen Liang, who was sitting side by side with the emperor on the dragon chair, suddenly got up: "Lan Xiang came just right, there is something in the main palace that needs your help with the staff officers, follow the main palace to the side hall."

Shen Liang said as he walked, no matter how depressed Sun Mingquan and Chu Caizheng were, Lan Yunchan looked at the emperor and the two, a smile quickly slipped under his eyes, stood up and hugged his fists: "Your Majesty, the minister will retreat first."

"Hmm."

Pei Yuanxian responded thoughtlessly, and after Lan Yunchan left with Shen Liang, Sun Mingquan Chu had to rely on himself: "Your Majesty, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, although the iron-armored guard is your personal guard, but it is also the regular army of the Great Xia Dynasty, you must abide by the laws of the Xia Kingdom, pay attention to evidence in the investigation of cases, and also pay attention to gradual progress, so barbarically and directly arrested all the people in the Yamen of the Criminal Department, it is inevitable that it is a little arrogant, and it is too much to pay attention to the laws of the Xia Kingdom."

"What Sun Shangshu said is extremely true, Your Majesty, the minister also feels that the Lu family died strangely, but the commander of Tianshu did not ask Yang Shilang, who was in charge of investigating Lu Shuren's case, did not enter the place of the crime to search, and did not go to the court to ask the case, he directly arrested him and tortured him to force a confession, even if the murderer is really found, how many people will obey?" I'm afraid they will think that they are beaten into a trick, right? I hope that His Majesty will put an end to such practices in a timely manner.

The two of them went one after the other, strongly expressing their dissatisfaction.

"Do the two Ai Qing know what is the order given to Tianshu?"

Throwing away the cinnabar in his hand, Pei Yuanxian finally looked at them squarely, but there was a vague indifference on his face.

Well?

What is this problem again?

Sun Mingquan and the two did not know why, and after glancing at each other, they hugged their fists in unison: "Please Your Majesty make it clear."

"Little awl, you tell them."

Pei Yuanxian raised his hand and moved his fingers, waiting for Yin Tao on the side to step forward: "The emperor has a decree, the criminal department is up and down, one by one, and not a single one is allowed to leak, including Sun Shangshu and Chu Shilang, who does not cooperate and first takes off the black veil on whose head."

"..."

What?!

The two stared in disbelief, even they had to be investigated? Then they will not be arrested by the ironclad guards at any time when they go out later, what kind of joke, why did the emperor insult them so much?

"Or do you want to let Xu pick your black yarn now?"

At a glance, he could see what the two were thinking, Pei Yuan stood up hesitantly, and his eyebrows showed fierceness: "The prisoner guarded by the heavy guard of the Criminal Department committed suicide on the eve of the conclusion of the conviction, and it was hundreds of people together, and the jailer didn't notice it at all, and didn't know until the next morning, do you think you yourself have no dereliction of duty?" Sun Mingquan, Chu Caizheng, it's best that this matter is not done by you, otherwise I don't mind copying another Shangshu Mansion or Shilang Mansion.

If he was still obscure before, then he was telling them nakedly that he didn't trust them and suspected that they had done everything.

"Your Majesty Mingcha, the minister has nothing to do with Lu Shuren, how is it possible..."

"Your Majesty has been wronged..."

He had already said it so bluntly, Sun Mingquan and Chu Cai were both excitedly shouting injustice, but Pei Yuanxian raised his hand and stopped them from continuing: "Is there a motive, You know in your own hearts that before dark, everything will be clear and you can leave. 

With such a big hand, killing hundreds of people at once, and not letting the jailers discover in advance, who else can there be except for them, who else can they have absolute say in the criminal department? Perhaps, it is not only them who are involved, Pei Yuanxian is not an arbitrary person, nor is he a person without a city government, he clearly knows that if they are wronged, not only them, I am afraid that few officials in the DPRK will dare to be loyal to him in the future, but he still straightforwardly singled it out, because he knew that even if they were not the mastermind, they must know or participate in it, of course, it is possible that they are the mastermind, and they are inseparable.

"The Emperor..."

"Yes, Wei Chen retreated!"

Chu Cai was about to say something, but Sun Mingquan took the lead to lean over, stood up and bowed step by step out of the imperial study, Chu Cai was looking back and forth at him and then at the emperor, and could only retreat.

"Emperor, Sun Shangshu seems to be full of resentment."

Seeing their figures disappear from sight, Yin Cone bowed and said tentatively.

"Hmph!"

Pei Yuanxian snorted coldly and sat down again: "He complains a lot." 

When their husband and wife came back to the present, how many civil and military officials are satisfied? They don't dare to move now, although they sincerely surrender, they are also afraid of their means, and they dare not recreate the second, but the six Shangshu are different, their status in the dynasty is second only to the prime minister, he arranged for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works to be okay, after all, the Ministry of Rites was completely taken over by Xiang Qing's father and son, dissatisfied people, they have a way to tame and replace, the Ministry of Works Shangshu is old, and has already submitted several folds to return to the hometown, Wei Yuan will not be too excluded in the Ministry of Work, as for Jing Xiran who entered the military department, He once fought with the army of the Xia Kingdom, and he was also one of the biggest heroes in capturing the dead Chu, no one would disobey him, and Wu Yuanshan, the shangshu of the military department, was even more cautious because of his marriage, knowing that Jing Xiran might replace him, and did not dare to make any small moves, at least not on the surface.

The Criminal Department is different, Yang Wanli is his person, he installed him in the Criminal Department, indeed has the meaning of letting him replace Sun Mingquan, the main Sun Mingquan was in charge of the Criminal Department only two years ago, and he was previously from the Hanlin Academy, as an official in charge of criminal law, he is undoubtedly a little less decisive and courageous, in contrast, Yang Wanli, who has been a secretary of the Criminal Department in the Qin State for nearly ten years, is obviously more suitable for this position than him, Originally, he also thought that when Yang Wanli figured out the operation of the Criminal Department, he would transfer Sun Mingquan to be in charge of the Hanlin Academy, who is also a second-grade member and loved by the students, but he did not expect that his jealousy was so strong, lest he be replaced, since Yang Wanli entered the Criminal Department, I don't know how many small actions his officials have done against him, and these, without exception, have all reached his ears.

The death of the Lu family was not so much anger as disappointment, disappointment in Sun Mingquan and the mastermind behind the scenes, this is a game, and they should be able to see the result before dark at the latest.

The side hall of the Imperial Palace.

"The Lord Monarch and the Emperor suspect that Sun Shangshu did this?"

Following Shen Liang into the side hall, Lan Yunchan asked generously, without the slightest intention of guessing wildly, Shen Liang, who was sitting high in the main seat, raised his eyes and glanced at him lightly: "Lan Xiang won't tell the palace, you don't doubt it at all, right?" Hundreds of people in the Lu family, but not one or two people, all of them committed suicide by taking poison overnight, and there is no person in charge of the criminal department who has the right to speak, who can do it so cleanly? 

Whether it was suicide or poisoning, it is especially unknown!

"What the Lord Monarch said is extreme, but let's think about it the other way, they can do it so cleanly, and how can they not imagine that once their death is determined, everyone will suspect them? Besides, they are also old foxes who have been wandering around the court for many years, so they are not stupid to this extent, right? 

Lan Yunchan agreed with Shen Liang's words, but also had his own doubts, which is one of the reasons why he agreed to enter the palace with Sun Mingquan and the two, he was only loyal to the emperor, except for a few people from King Xiayang, he did not have a deep personal relationship with any minister, and would not deliberately favor anyone, but he would not let the real mastermind behind the scenes go unpunished.

"So, didn't Tianshu arrest Sun Mingquan and Chu Caizheng?"

After receiving the tea sent by the palace people, Shen Liang opened the lid of the cup and gracefully swung the camellia floating on it, but did not immediately bring it to his mouth to drink, his attitude seemed idle and comfortable, and he didn't mean to worry at all.

Lan Yunchan can be ranked as prime minister at a young age, although there are factors that Pei Yuanxian and Pei Yuanfeng deliberately promoted, the biggest reason is that he himself is smart enough, even if Shen Liang's attitude is flat and his words are nonsensical, he seems to have grasped the main point in an instant: "What does the Lord Monarch mean, are you deliberately letting the two of them outside, waiting to catch more big fish to take the bait?"

"Pretty much, this premise is based on the fact that there are indeed many people involved, and they also know, if they are the only masterminds, then we will waste our efforts."

In a word, those two cannot be innocent.

"No, whether they are masterminds or accomplices, you will not waste your efforts, if the subordinate guesses well, His Majesty is afraid that he will find out with them, right? In this way, they will inevitably be in chaos and expose themselves.

Lan Yunchan shook his head and seriously said his analysis to his eyes.

"Huh..."

Shen Liang smiled and put down the teacup: "Lan Xiang is indeed smart, but if you miss a little, they may also be killed by others." 

The arrogance of Tianshu and Ironclad Guard is a routine operation, and it is also deliberately done for some people to see, if those two are not the masterminds, they will definitely be killed and silenced, because people who are hidden in the shadows will definitely be afraid that Ironclad Guard will arbitrarily capture them together in the next second and torture them to force a confession.