The next day, early morning.
Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Compared with three days ago, there were significantly fewer ministers coming to court.
Although Emperor Liang was ill for three days in a row, he was unable to go to court.
But Emperor Liang's thunderous methods did not stop.
The courtiers were sitting at home, but they all felt uncontrollable fear in their hearts.
Because they didn't know whether their previous friendship with Shangguan Yi was enough to convict Emperor Liang.
Once convicted, you will face the disaster of having your home confiscated and exiled!
For a time, all the courtiers were tossing and turning, unable to sleep at night.
There were even a few ministers with poor psychological endurance who couldn't bear such torture, so they used three feet of white silk to give themselves a happy treat in the middle of the night when no one was around.
As soon as this incident came out, it shocked the government and the public!
A terrifying and cramped atmosphere instantly swept through the entire Daliang Chaotang.
The first reaction of the ministers who were able to come to court alive when they saw each other was to subconsciously congratulate each other.
After all, being able to survive this liquidation is a sign of great virtue!
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, is driving here."
Following Xue Hai's resonant voice, the energetic Emperor Liang strode forward and sat on the dragon throne.
"Long live your Majesty!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
The ministers were solemn and solemn, shouting long live the mountain, and did not dare to be slack in the slightest.
Emperor Liang had just recovered from a serious illness. Although his face was still a little pale, he was in good spirits.
As soon as he sat down on the dragon chair, the first thing he did was to point his hand at the Minister of Punishment in the crowd, Qi Yuandao.
"read!"
Qi Yuandao took a step forward and saluted Emperor Liang.
"Your Majesty!"
"As of today, the case of Grand Master Shangguan Yi has involved a total of 128 officials!"
"Among them, there are 23 officials above the third rank, 35 officials above the fifth rank, and 13 officials above the ninth rank. Due to the extremely serious circumstances involved in the case, Ning Guta will be exiled on the first day of the next month."
"The other officials involved in the case were involved in minor cases, and all their property will be confiscated as a warning!"
"As for Grand Master Shangguan Yi, he has committed so many heinous crimes that it is difficult to describe them. He wrote a "Gui Ji Zhe" last night and committed suicide out of fear of his crimes!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the court could clearly hear the sound of gasping for air!
After hearing this, Song Huan frowned even more!
Although he didn't know Shangguan Yi well, he had pried information out of Shangguan Yi that day in order to search for the "Dragon Bone Posthumous Letter".
Shangguan Yi's desire to survive in an ignoble way is stronger than anyone else!
Otherwise, he would not have been able to finally reveal the whereabouts of the "Dragon Bone Suicide Note" under Song Huan's coercion and inducement.
There is probably only one real reason why he died──
If you want me to die, I have to die!
Although Emperor Liang publicly stated that Shangguan Yi was a veteran of three dynasties, he would never execute Shangguan Yi.
But Shangguan Yi is notorious. Unless he dies, it will be difficult to quell public anger!
And now it seems that Emperor Liang may have hated Shangguan Yi.
Otherwise, how could he be put to death?
It seems that the emperor's power and tactics are really not something that ordinary people can easily see through!
After Qi Yuandao finished his report, Emperor Liang did not give everyone much chance to react, but continued to point his finger at Song Huan, who was lost in thought.
"Prince Rong, tell me!"
"ah?"
Song Huan suddenly came to his senses and realized what Emperor Liang wanted to say.
At the beginning, Shangguan Yi led his own people to copy the house. Today, Emperor Liang asked Song Huan to tell the details of the house raid in front of all the civil and military officials!
Only in this way can it serve as a deterrent to others.
After thinking about this, Song Huan took a step forward, cleared his throat, and began to report.
"Report to Father!"
"My son went to the Grand Master to conduct a search of his house, and found a total of 734,870,000 taels of silver and 63,000,000 taels of gold!"
"The rest of the stolen goods are even more valuable. So far, we still haven't been able to calculate the specific amount!"
Hearing this, the officials immediately lost their composure!
More than 700 million taels of silver!
What concept?
It was ten times more than the fine paid by Liu Delin, the Minister of Household Affairs!
This much money is more than the total income of the Daliang treasury in five years!
Although the Grand Master's Mansion was large, they racked their brains and couldn't figure out how Shangguan Yi could hide so many gold and silver treasures!
Song Huan said that the huge amount of stolen money reported successfully aroused the anger of the officials.
"What! More than 700 million taels of silver?"
"Shangguanyi, this old thief...hell be damned!"
"I, Daliang, had a tight national treasury in the past few years, and even the military pay was barely collected!"
"Unexpectedly, these white and snow-patterned silver are not in the household department, but in the house of the old thief Shangguan!"
"No wonder Shangguan Yi wrote an edict to punish himself and to die to apologize!"
"Even if he were to die a hundred times, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to atone for the crimes he committed!"
"..."
The officials were impassioned and cursed Shangguan Yi, wishing they could dig him out from the ground and kill him again.
Song Huan understood that there were only two reasons why these people criticized Shangguan Yi so much.
First, of course, it was to show his stance and loyalty to Emperor Liang.
The old thief Shangguan has amassed so much money, and the old thief and I are at odds with each other!
Secondly, it is naturally out of jealousy.
The reason why they hate Shangguan Yi so much is naturally because the money did not fall into their pockets!
Faced with such a huge temptation, how many people can guarantee that they will not squint or have a single distracting thought?
Out of ten people, I'm afraid ten of them will be tempted!
The fundamental reason for their anger is that their abilities and status are not enough for them to face such temptation.
Under the huge temptation, no one can guarantee that they will always have peace of mind in this life!
Such is the weakness of human nature.
After experiencing the reports from Qi Yuandao and Song Huan, Emperor Liang didn't need to say anything more, but it seemed that everything had been said.
Whoever dares to repeat the same mistakes in the future, Shangguan Yi's fate will serve as a lesson for others!
