For Zhang Bing and Xikun, His Majesty's orders were not as effective as the Prime Minister's.
Xikun said coldly: "Liu Yijin, this matter is an ancestral decision of the imperial court. If you don't come up with His Majesty's imperial edict today, even if you tell the truth, you won't be able to take him away."
Liu Yijin's expression was cold. He didn't expect Xikun to do this. This guy seemed to be deliberately trying to make things difficult for him: If we can't reach an agreement, don't blame me.
"Somebody come!"
The black-armored iron guards behind him drew their swords directly. Although they were just ordinary soldiers, they were the Imperial City Guard Corps beside His Majesty, and they were only responsible to His Majesty.
But now that Liu Yijin is leading them, Liu Yijin's orders must be obeyed.
Seeing the tense situation between the two sides, Zhang Bing on the side said hurriedly: "Liu Yijin, do you know that attacking the prison of the Ministry of Punishment is a death penalty."
"Death penalty?" Liu Yijin sneered: The Supervision Department inspects hundreds of officials and imprisons ordinary people. Who can convict me of the Supervision Department? Besides, the affairs of Maitreya Buddhism should be under the control of the Supervision Department. Now that you are blocking it like this, is it related to Maitreya Buddhism? The Guard Corps obeys orders! "
Hundreds of armored men behind them shouted "Promise" in unison, which immediately stunned Xikun and Zhang Bing.
They originally thought that His Majesty just assigned these soldiers to Liu Yijin, but now it seems that the command of the guard regiment is also in Liu Yijin's hands.
Could it be that His Majesty handed over the capital guard regiment to Liu Yijin?
Seeing a group of iron guards coming forward with swords drawn and about to take action, Xikun roared angrily: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, let me see who of you dares!"
Liu Yijin stepped forward and kicked Xikun in the leg: "Your bastard minister is still here, right? I'm still the deputy chief of the Supervision Department, and I'll investigate you now!"
"How dare you!" Xikun said ferociously: "I can tell you, unless His Majesty orders it to be handed over to the Tribunal for trial, no one can do anything to me!"
"Besides, I belong to the prime minister!"
Liu Yijin snorted coldly: "Come here, tie me up first."
Without saying a word, a group of iron guards stepped forward and tied up Xikun. This frightened Zhang Bing, who was beside him, and trembled. He hurriedly advised: "Yijin, there must be a misunderstanding about this matter. I think we should sit down and slow down." Let’s talk slowly.”
"What's there to talk about?"
Zhang Bing pulled Liu Yijin aside: "This Hu Canghai has an ulterior secret with Xikun. That's why I came here today. If you didn't interfere, I would have asked you about it by now."
Liu Yijin looked at Zhang Bing with a faint smile: "Is what Mr. Zhang said true?"
Zhang Bing held Liu Yijin's neck and walked towards the room next to him: "Mr. Liu, we can sit down and talk about many things."
"I'll make you a pot of tea myself later, and we two brothers can sit down and have a heart-to-heart talk. How about that?"
Liu Yijin hurriedly stepped forward to hold Zhang Bing's hand, and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, I don't think you are in a hurry to drink this tea."
Zhang Bing smiled awkwardly: "Look, you are all in trouble, and now Xikun is tied up by you again, why bother."
After speaking, Zhang Bing led Liu Yijin into the room, turned around, picked up the kettle next to him, and poured a packet of powder into the kettle of water without leaving any trace.
Putting the tea cup on the table, Zhang Bing poured water gently: "Xikun is still a member of the prime minister no matter what. If you make such a quarrel, you will offend the entire prime minister's faction."
"You have to know that half of the forces in the court now belong to the prime minister, and the only ones who can resist him are the people of King Su."
Liu Yijin smiled lightly and said, "Master Zhang, do you mean to not move him?"
Zhang Bing said with a smile: "Of course. After all, our Supervision Department is an independent branch of the court. If you offend the prime minister all of a sudden and have no foundation in the court, we will be unable to move forward in the future."
With that said, Zhang Bing gently placed the tea cup in front of Liu Yijin: "Master Liu, you should think twice about this matter."
There was a sudden noise outside the door. Liu Yijin hurriedly put down the tea, "What's going on outside?"
Zhang Bing watched Liu Yijin put down the tea, and his heart beat a little: "Mr. Liu, you drink tea here, I'll go over and take a look."
Liu Yijin shook his head and said, "No, no, I'll take a look first and then come over for tea."
Liu Yijin, who had just reached the door, turned around in confusion and saw Zhang Bing staring at the tea cup on the table. He was stunned and said with a natural expression: "Mr. Zhang, let's go."
"Oh. It's coming, it's coming." Zhang Bing hurriedly followed him out.
As soon as the two people walked out, they saw Prime Minister Liu Yong walking in with cold eyes: "The prison of the Ministry of Punishment, this is an important place of the imperial court, how can you do such nonsense! Hurry up and withdraw the troops!"
Xikun, who was tied to the ground, suddenly burst into tears: "Prime Minister, you have to make the decision for me. This Liu Yijin is not a good person. He actually committed the following crime and secretly mobilized the Imperial City Guard Corps to kidnap me. it's here."
Liu Yong glared at him, then turned to look at Liu Yijin, who was walking towards him with a smile. His eyes swept over Zhang Bing's face without leaving any trace, but the latter shook his head slightly.
Liu Yong said: "Master Liu, what do you mean?"
Liu Yijin smiled and said: "Prime Minister, why are you here?"
Liu Yong snorted and said to Zhang Bing who was waiting at the side: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you loosen Mr. Xi's bonds?"
After speaking, Liu Yong walked directly inside. Zhang Bing and Xikun behind him hurriedly followed. Liu Yijin, on the other hand, smiled coldly and said directly to the black-armored iron guard behind him: "Open the cell door for me and clear the way." Take Canghai back to me!"
Several iron guards opened the cell door directly and took Lu Canghai out without saying a word.
"Bold!" Prime Minister Liu Yong's face was livid. Before he could say anything, Liu Yijin actually lifted the person out, not giving him any face at all.
Liu Yijin smiled and said: "Prime Minister, I caught Lu Canghai, and it is related to the Supervision Department's crackdown on Maitreya Buddhism, so Prime Minister, it is better not to ask more about this matter."
Liu Yong frowned slightly: "Liu Yijin, what do you mean?"
"What I mean, the Prime Minister can understand clearly."
Liu Yijin turned around and left.
This time, Prime Minister Liu Yong was a bit incompetent. Who in the court would dare to disrespect him like this?
"Liu Yijin, even if you have His Majesty's permission, you can't take this person away without this Prime Minister seeing His Majesty's edict!"
"Then I really want to take this person away today!"
"Master Prime Minister, I'm offended!"
Liu Yong didn't expect this guy to be so disrespectful, but Lu Canghai was a person of great importance, so he hurriedly gave Zhang Bing a look. The latter walked up to Liu Yijin and said, "Brother Yijin, please don't be impudent in front of the Prime Minister!"
Liu Yijin smiled coldly: "Since everyone has his own ambitions, it seems inappropriate for Mr. Zhang to tell me these things. I will report to Your Majesty truthfully what happened today."
Zhang Bing said with a gloomy face: "Liu Yijin, I am doing this for your own good. You may have a way to survive if you offend His Majesty, but if you offend the Prime Minister, you will have no way of survival at all."
Liu Yijin smiled coldly and said: "I am the deputy chief of the Supervision Department. Your Majesty arranged this for me, not because of the Prime Minister."
Liu Yong came over and said with a cold expression: "Liu Yijin, you are sincere and can't get along with me, right?"
"I have been in court for so many years, and I have never met a blind person who dared to treat me like this."
Liu Yijin's eyes narrowed slightly: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, this is a matter of Maitreya Buddhism. All ministers are acting in accordance with His Majesty's will. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to obstruct me like this."
When Liu Yong saw Liu Yijin directly moving the empress out, he didn't understand the reason for a while.
A hearty laugh came from outside the gate: "What's wrong with the prime minister? You're so angry because of a prisoner."
King Su came over with a smile.
Liu Yong said calmly: "Why are you here?"
King Su smiled lightly: "I didn't want to come, but His Majesty was afraid that Liu Yijin would be unreliable, so he asked me to send a special edict here."
After speaking, King Su took out an imperial edict from his arms and handed it to Liu Yijin. He smiled lightly and said, "Liu Yijin, this is your Majesty's trust in you. You must grasp it well."
Liu Yijin didn't have a good impression of Prince Su at first, but he didn't expect that Prince Su would choose to stand by his side at the critical moment.
King Su glanced at Liu Yijin and said with a smile: "The imperial edict has been issued. If anyone dares to stop it, he will be rebelling against the edict!"
King Su looked at Liu Yong with a smile: "Prime Minister, why don't you invite me in for a cup of tea?"
Liu Yong smiled softly and said: "Prince Su, please come in!"
Liu Yong also knew that His Majesty's imperial edict had been issued and everything was a foregone conclusion. He simply stopped insisting and said to Zhang Bing with a smile: "Sir Zhang, you are the head of the Supervision Department, I will leave this matter to you."
And Zhang Bing also knew that after this incident, he and Liu Yijin had completely broken up.
As for what happens next, it depends on God’s will.
Zhang Bing looked at Lu Canghai, who looked at him indifferently and was directly escorted out by several iron guards.
Liu Yijin led people out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. To his surprise, the door was already filled with many officials. These people had different ranks, including those from prime ministers and those from Su Wang. Among the crowd, Wei Ming Zhengchao Winking desperately at himself.
Liu Yijin waved to him, and Wei Ming walked up anxiously: "Liu Yijin, let me tell you what you are good at!"
"Why, didn't you also come here to teach me?"
Wei Ming pulled Liu Yijin aside with a solemn expression.
"Brother Yijin, if you do this, you will only offend the civil and military officials of the court!"
Liu Yijin smiled and said, "Then what do you think we should do now?"
"Return Lu Canghai to the Ministry of Justice and apologize to the Prime Minister."
"Apologise? Why should I apologize?" Liu Yijin smiled and said, "Master Wei, I have your Majesty's decree. Even if I send Lu Canghai back now, I guess that guy Xikun won't want it."
Wei Ming then breathed a sigh of relief: "If this is the case, that would be the best."
Liu Yijin said: "Master Wei, I think you should stop staying in the staff department and come back to the Supervision Department with me."
Wei Ming shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, I am only suitable to work in the Ministry of Personnel."
"The wolf nature in Mr. Wei is gone." Liu Yijin shook his head and said, "You have to know how heroic and magnificent it is to have thousands of people die!" '
The corner of Wei Ming's mouth twitched a few times: "Brother, I'm old now. My wife and children are all staying in the imperial capital, so I can't bother anymore."
Liu Yijin heard that Wei Ming had no intention of doing this, so he simply stopped insisting. Instead, he turned to the iron guards and said, "Take the person back to the Supervision Department and keep him under separate custody. No one is allowed to come near without my order!"
