Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 51 Arguing and Taking the Blame

After washing up and having some breakfast, Wang Mang asked Li Lan to inform the ministers to meet him in the study.

He just went to court yesterday, so naturally he doesn't have to go to court today, Wang Mang is also enjoying himself, saving himself the annoyance of seeing so many officials.

When the ministers saw Wang Mang, Wang Mang was reading the memorial. Wang Mang raised his head and said, oh, all the nine ministers who came yesterday are here, including Jing Zhaoyin, Zhongshuling, Bingmasi and other yamen officials. .

When these adults saw Wang Mang, they knelt down and kowtowed, shouting long live, and then complained one by one.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, last night a thief broke into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice without anyone knowing it, and then killed Fang Xizhi by inexplicable means, and as far as I know, there were more than ten people in the capital who died like Fang Xizhi last night. Fa, I think this is a manifestation of Jing Zhaoyin's yamen's ineffectiveness in maintaining the law and order in the capital, and I ask your Majesty to punish Jing Zhaoyin severely." Li Si, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, gave Jing Zhaoyin a big hat as soon as he came up.

The Minister of Dali Temple, Shen Buhai, not to be outdone, shouted: "Qizou Your Majesty, I was ordered by Your Majesty to search Fang Xizhi's mansion yesterday, but what I found in the mansion was different from what I knew about Fang's mansion. I immediately went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to prepare for interrogation. Fang Xizhi, as a result, the Ministry of Punishment actually sent someone to sneak into the prison and kill Fang Xizhi, I feel that this matter is not simple, I ask Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate the Ministry of Punishment."

"I seconded the proposal." Jing Zhaoyin Lin Guodong was already furious, and immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has always been responsible for the security of the Criminal Ministry. Jing Zhaoyin's yamen is just a small yamen and cannot control the security of the Criminal Ministry , and Weichen conducted a thorough investigation last night, and found that the more than ten people who died in the capital were inseparable from Fang Xizhi, and Fang Xizhi died before them. I think this matter should be investigated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The cause of death, it is natural to know who did it."

Li Si said angrily: "Your Majesty Qizuo, don't listen to what they say. They are really bullying honest people. The Ministry of Punishment behaved well and sat upright. I have already detained all the head jailers in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment last night. Arrangements have been made for them." Thorough investigation, but there is such a mysterious person in the capital, shouldn't Jing Zhaoyin explain it?"

This Li Si wanted to find someone to take the blame for Fang Xizhi's death, and Jing Zhaoyin was the best bully among the relevant parties. If Lin Guodong didn't handle it well, he might have to take the blame for it!Looking at the noisy scene in front of him, Wang Mang thought.

Then Wang Mang ignored the Xingbu, Dali Temple and Jing Zhaoyin who were fighting in a group, turned his head to look at other people and said, "What's the matter with you?"

Li Hong immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, after I went back yesterday, I immediately checked the household department, and found that Fang Xizhi was in charge of several accounts missing. I originally planned to ask the criminal department to interrogate Fang Xizhi to find the account books. As a result, now..."

"Li Shangshu, are you planning to die without proof?" Wang Yongji sneered and said, "I asked you yesterday for the military supply account book sent by my military department to the south. You told me to go back and look for it. Now that Fang Xizhi dies, you will talk about the account book." Lost, the people in the list are all discerning people, and His Majesty can see everything at a glance, what are you paying attention to? What are you thinking about?"

As soon as Wang Yongji finished speaking, all the officials at that time looked at Li Hong with strange eyes. Li Hong sweated and shouted: "My lords, I, Li Hong, have been in the same dynasty with you for many years. You still don't know what kind of person I am. , how could I have such an idea."

Then Li Hong knelt down on the ground again, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty has learned!"

Wang Mang looked at Li Hongguang and shook his head. This Li Hong is really troublesome to me. If Wang Mang didn't have the manpower to replace him now, Wang Mang would have already kicked Li Hong out of court.
But at the moment Wang Mang couldn't deal with Li Hong, so he had to say: "Let's put Li Hong's matter aside for now, I understand what you mean, but I want to know, what did you find after a busy night? You can figure it out How did Fang Xizhi die?"

Wang Mang saw Fang Xizhi's death clearly through Dahei's visual sharing. Now thinking of the mysterious white-robed man who killed Fang Xizhi, Wang Mang still has lingering fears.

That person's strength is too strong, his methods are too weird, it's almost impossible to guard against. If he didn't know that there are not many masters in the world today, Wang Mang would have suspected that the person was an innate person.

Such a person with strange methods is hiding in the capital. Wang Mang is very afraid of what he wants to do. Wang Mang is very eager to know the news of this person.

But Wang Mang was doomed to be disappointed, Li Si stood up and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I asked the most experienced foreman in the Ministry of Punishments to perform an autopsy on Fang Xizhi, but..."

"What's wrong?" Wang Mang asked.

"Fang Xizhi has no fatal injuries." Li Si said with a look of horror, "Wu Zuo said that Fang Xizhi died of suffocation!"

"Suffocation?" Lin Guodong looked at Li Si in surprise, then looked at Wang Mang and said, "Your Majesty, the other corpses found in the capital were also died of asphyxiation."

Shen Buhai's eyes flashed, and said: "Then it seems that the murderer is the same person? Are there any witnesses?"

"There are no direct witnesses." Lin Guodong shook his head and said, "Everyone near the murder scene seems to have fallen asleep, and then woke up and saw the dead."

"This is the same as the Ministry of Criminal Justice." Li Sidao: "The minister interrogated the people in the prison last night, and they all said that they were drowsy, and then they didn't know what happened. When they woke up, they found that Fang Xizhi was dead. "

"This way we can match up, the murderer is definitely the same person, or the same organization." Shen Buhai looked at Lin Guodong and said, "Master Lin, there are so many people in the capital, don't they have any clues?"

"I can't say there is none." Lin Guodong said: "There was a scene where no one passed by due to its hidden location, but the government officials found a drunkard in a garbage dump near the scene, and said that he saw a white-robed man passing by in the middle of the night, but this People drink too much, I don’t know whether it’s nonsense or I really saw it.”

"Whether it's true or not, you have to check to find out." Wang Mang spoke at this time. He was a direct witness, and he really saw the white-robed man. Hearing that Lin Guodong had found the white-robed man, he immediately took his mouth and took the white-robed man. People are directly identified as suspects.

And the other adults' eyes lit up, and they suddenly felt that this white-robed man was a good shield, regardless of whether he was real or not.Put the pot on his head before talking, so all the adults praised him one after another.

Only Zhang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had some bottom line, and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Qizuo, please let your Majesty know that Qingdefang, the largest gambling house in the capital, collapsed for some reason last night. Everyone in the capital knows it. Qingdefang has something to do with it, I wonder if there is any connection between the death of Fang Xizhi and the collapse of Qingdefang."

Qingdefang collapsed?
Wang Mang was stunned, he didn't notice Zhang Jian's words behind him, he only heard that Qingde Square had collapsed, and immediately felt that countless small coins were leaving him, he said anxiously: "What about Gambling Stone Square? It also collapsed?"

(End of this chapter)