Group pet Xiaopangbao: I have four big daddies

Chapter 1261 Justice from Heaven 3
"Yes, yesterday at about midnight, I saw with my own eyes a flash of lightning in the sky followed by a deafening thunder, and the lightning struck directly at the Minister's residence." The hidden guard reported.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Beili frowned even deeper: "Have the Eighth Prince and Ye Qianning ever left the Gu family's old house?"

"Never."

"Where's Chen Rentian?"

"Yesterday, the scholars from the west of the city had a dispute with Master Loushan. Old Chen and Xiang Minghou dealt with it until the evening. Master Loushan finally escaped from the west of the city. Old Chen asked Xiang Minghou to build a residence with the scholars in the west of the city. He never looked back home."

Emperor Beili looked suspicious: "Did the fire really not burn anywhere other than the Minister's Mansion?"

"The houses next to the Minister's Mansion were only blackened by thick smoke, but there was no fire." The hidden guard answered truthfully based on what he saw.

"Could it be that someone has tampered with it, or is it the ice flakes that can put out fires?" Emperor Bei Li felt that the matter was extremely strange.

"I went down to investigate when the fire started. There was nothing around the Minister's Mansion, not even a cool place. The flames seemed to have life, and the strong winds could not blow the flames to other places."

"Didn't you notice anything unusual?"

"Never."

The hidden guard shook his head.

“Is it really God’s will?”

Emperor Beili whispered softly.

"Your Majesty, the Grand Tutor requests to see you." Eunuch Li took small steps into the hall.

"Xuan."

Eunuch Li stepped back.

Grand Tutor Pan Zhen walked in: "Your Highness."

Emperor Beili waved his hands irritably, motioning him to stand up.

Pan Zhen stood up and secretly observed the emperor's expression.

"The Grand Master should have known about the lightning strike in the Minister's Mansion, right?" Emperor Beili asked. "Yes, I came to the palace for the Minister's Mansion." Pan Zhen said, seeing that Emperor Beili was silent, he continued, "I heard that the Minister's Mansion murdered Zhang Rui, the former master of Loushan. The scholars were very excited and blocked the government office to demand justice. On the way to the palace, Mr. Chen from the government office was blocked by the scholars."

Emperor Beili had experienced what happened at the last flower-viewing banquet, and he felt a headache when he mentioned literati.

The literati were elegant and old-fashioned, especially the two groups sent out by Old Chen, who had stubborn tempers.

Once the matter gets to them, those old fogies won't give up unless there is a reasonable outcome.

After the Grand Tutor finished speaking, he saw that the Emperor of Beili did not speak, so he did not dare to say anything else and just waited silently.

Now the court is becoming more and more chaotic, and their emperor is becoming more and more willful in doing things and will not tolerate any objection. After seeing so much, Pan Zhen is dissatisfied and fearful.

"Come here, serve the pen and ink."

After a while, Emperor Beili called out.

The gathering of intellectuals from the four countries could not be stabilized if it was not handled properly.

Eunuch Li is grinding ink.

The Emperor of Beili wrote two imperial edicts, one to the government office and the other to the Dali Temple.

The palace maid took the imperial edict and left.

Pan Zhen saw through it and said, "Does the emperor want the Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation?"

"The literati are pedantic and stubborn. The four nations are about to enter the city. If we don't give an explanation to those literati, those old antiques will make trouble regardless of the occasion." If there weren't so many literati in the city, Emperor Beili really wanted to get rid of them all at once.

He really was becoming more and more disgusted with those pretentious scholars.

Pan Zhen nodded slightly. The literati were indeed a little crazy and did not consider the consequences.

The capital city was now in chaos. The story of the Minister's Mansion being struck by lightning was spread out like a mystery. Everyone was saying that there were gods protecting Loushan and that the Master's tragic death had angered the heavens.

Heaven sends down thunder and lightning to bring justice.

"Lord Pan, I remember that when you were at Loushan Academy, Master Chen thought highly of you. Did you visit Master Chen when he returned to Beijing this time?"