Hearing this, Li Yi's expression froze and he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.
Cao Fengyang had a similar expression, so did Wei Ziya, and so did all the other officials.
It’s not Mr. Yan or Liu Jin?
Have these two bitches really changed their gender?
Was it really wrong to blame them?
Just when everyone looked surprised, Li Yi asked: "Who gave you the real question for this martial arts examination?"
Guo Lu sighed: "They are the young masters from Zhongyizhuang in the capital."
"Zhongyi Village?" Li Yi frowned, as if he had never heard of it, and it did not appear in the memory of his predecessor.
"What is this Zhongyi Village?" he asked.
Cao Fengyang lowered his head, Wei Ziya also lowered his head, and even Cao Qingyan lowered his head and said nothing. As for Zhen Guandong and all the ministers, they even knelt down and kowtowed.
Seeing their expressions, Li Yi immediately understood. It seems that this Zhongyi Village is great. Is there deep water behind it?
"Zhen Guandong, tell me!" Li Yi stared at Zhen Guandong with burning eyes.
"Ah, this..." Zhen Guandong's expression changed with shock, and he hesitated, unable to say a word.
Li Yi glared, "How can a grown man behave so coquettishly? Say so!"
"I don't dare!" Zhen Guandong knelt on the ground, kowtowed hard, and said this.
The more this happened, the more curious Li Yi became, who are the people in this Zhongyi Village?
"Cao Fengyang, you are the first-class governor of the current dynasty, tell me!"
Cao Fengyang's face immediately turned the color of bitter melon, and he sighed helplessly, "Your Majesty, I am guilty. Please forgive me. I will never complain!"
Li Yi was shocked. The first-rank governor of the dynasty, the head of the military generals, would rather be guilty than dare to say anything bad about Zhongyizhuang? Isn't this too scary?
"Wei Ziya, you are a first-grade young master, in charge of Dali Temple and the Department of Punishment. Please tell me, what exactly is this Zhongyi Village?"
Wei Ziya also looked embarrassed, and finally knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, this matter needs long-term consideration, and we must not be rash."
Li Yi didn't bother to ask any more questions. Neither the two top ministers dared to reveal a word, nor did anyone else ask in vain.
"good!"
"Well said, reckless, Wei Ziya, you may have forgotten, I am a reckless person!"
"For everlasting fame, what you want is a reckless person!"
The ministers were startled and all knelt down, "Your Majesty, calm down, I am guilty!"
The anger in Li Yi's heart was getting stronger and stronger. He was not angry at Zhongyizhuang's arrogance and domineering, but at the performance of these ministers. They were all timid and almost scared to death.
"Calm down?"
"You asked me to calm down my anger. What kind of anger should I calm down? What kind of anger do you want me to calm down? Why do I support you? It's just for one thing, which is to seek justice for the people of the world. How did you do it?"
"This is me today. If it were other people who came to ask you to make the decision, what would you do?"
"I guess you will definitely pretend to be deaf and mute. No, it's better to pretend to be deaf and mute. You will beat the people to death in order to please that person from Zhongyi Village, right?"
At this time, all the ministers were silent.
Zhen Guandong Tiger's eyes were wet, he made a plop, kowtowed fiercely, and roared in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I don't blame you all for this, it's just because the power behind Zhongyi Village is really powerful and terrifying, and you are afraid of Your Majesty's anger. Offend the people behind them!”
Li Yi narrowed his eyes, and immediately burst out with cold and sharp murderous intent, "I am the lord of the world, is there anyone in this world that I am afraid of offending?"
"Say, let me be so scared, who is it, so awesome!"
"His Majesty!"
Outside the prison door, Sun Tingzong also came. He stepped in with a serious look on his face. After saluting, he said in a solemn tone: "Your Majesty, let me speak!"
"Zhongyi Village was established among the people by the great achievements of the founding of the People's Republic of China. At that time, they were all powerful generals under the founding emperor of the Gale Dynasty. They were famous for their loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and righteousness. Today, they are also run by their descendants. The most famous of them is South Korea. Duke Li Yunwen, Duke of Wei Xu Bi, Duke of Zheng Chang Mu, Duke of Cao Li Mu, Duke of Song Feng Yu and Duke of Wei Deng Kun."
"They all hold military power, guard the frontiers, and become a powerful force. Compared with the powerful families, they are only stronger than the powerful ones!"
"Now the Zhongyi Village in the capital is run by the legitimate son of their family."
"Your Majesty, do you think this is an appropriate way to handle this matter?"
Li Yi also fell silent. Right now, Prince Fu and Young Master Yan were holding back their bad intentions and trying their best to make themselves unlucky. Outside Tongguan, there was Zhu Chongyuan's tiger eyeing him!
"Your Majesty, it's them!" Guo Lu also replied in a low voice.
"They forced me. Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me!" He kowtowed hard and didn't care even though the blood was pouring from his forehead.
Suddenly, everyone present sighed helplessly. It would have been fine if it had been someone else, but if anyone from Zhongyi Village dared to move, it might cause a huge mutiny.
And the strength of Zhongyi Village is not comparable to that of the Ning family brothers?
Li Yi slowly raised his head, his eyes full of solemnity, and said calmly: "Guo Lu, tell me what happened."
"promise!"
Guo Lu nodded and said, "Just three days before the martial arts examination started, a boy from Zhongyi Village came to me and handed me a test question. He ordered me to find someone to write the question and gave me a lot of money."
"I know a few words, so I can tell that this test question is not easy. Moreover, the martial arts competition is coming soon, so I can guess what they want to do."
"I refused directly and kicked the boy out."
"But at night, a group of people broke into my house and kidnapped my wife and children. They threatened me and ordered me to do the test questions and sell them out. If I don't comply, my wife and children will be dead on the street tomorrow."
"And the leader also told me that they are from Zhongyi Village. No one in the world can touch them. If they are caught, nothing can be said, otherwise my wife and children will die. I really have no choice. Your Majesty, I really There’s no other way!”
As he said this, he started to cry loudly, and his wife also kept crying. The two of them just hugged each other and cried.
But Li Yi was vaguely sure that this matter was not that simple. His eyes moved, "Can you see the leader clearly?"
He understood clearly that this Zhongyi Village was just a group of descendants of top nobles who used the light of their ancestors to run rampant and tyrannical everywhere.
But these people are not short of money. They have much more money than the national treasury.
The second is that he doesn’t want to be an official. The second generation ancestor is not a duke or a marquis. What kind of official he wants to be is just a matter of words.
Third, they don't want power. They are already powerful. They are less powerful than one person and more powerful than ten thousand people. They are more free and comfortable than the emperor.
In this way, they did not need to go against the court, and they were even royalists.
The first emperor of the Gale Dynasty divided them into various parts of the border, and what he wanted was to guard the four sides for the Gale Dynasty.
And the reason why they live so freely is because the Gale Dynasty is still there. If the Gale Dynasty is gone, they will be liquidated next.
"I know, I will protect Guo Lu closely and not allow anyone to approach."
"Cao Qingyan, let Qinglong secretly seal off Zhongyi Village and bring these leaders into the palace. In an hour, I will see these dogs in the imperial study!"
"Your Majesty!" Sun Tingzong reminded loudly, worried that Li Yi would really do something impulsive.
Li Yi smiled lightly, "I know it well."
After that, leave directly.
royal palace.
Li Yi led many experts from the internal control department straight to the imperial study. His face could not be said to be pretty, nor could he be said to be ugly, but it was very serious, even a little murderous.
If anyone saw it, they would definitely guess that tonight was destined to be uneventful.
Passing by the Royal Garden, Li Yi accidentally met a person.
"Meet your Majesty." It was Queen Mother Zheng.
Tonight, the night is hazy, and so are the people. The graceful and noble spirit in his bones, combined with that face that brings disaster to the country and the people, is really hard to resist.
The beauty under the moonlight is even more sultry, with an indescribable hazy softness to her face.
Coupled with her identity, the man will have no desire to conquer her when he sees her.
"So it's Queen Mother Zheng. She's still up so late?" Li Yi smiled faintly, with a hint of aggression in his eyes.
"Back to Your Majesty, I always think of the late Emperor in this palace. The more I think about it, the more I can't sleep, so I walk to the Imperial Garden to relax. I hope Your Majesty will not blame you."
This was to move the late emperor out again, in case Li Yihui took the opportunity to attack her, but she underestimated the future.
Li Yi frowned, "If the Queen Mother is really serious, she would just live in the late emperor's mausoleum."
Empress Dowager Zheng's pretty face was slightly red, but she didn't answer, but her beautiful eyes changed, and she glanced at the many internal surveillance experts behind Li Yi, which was a little strange.
"Your Majesty, too. It's so late, why don't you rest?"
Li Yi gave her a deep look and said, "Thank you for thinking about it. It's windy tonight. You'd better rest early. Don't let the wind blow. It will be uncomfortable if you catch the cold."
Empress Dowager Zheng's expression froze, and she heard the hidden meaning behind the words, and said in a solemn tone, "Thank you for your concern, your Majesty. I heard that your Majesty recently held an imperial examination, and some lawless elements were causing trouble. Your Majesty must eradicate these lawless elements and give them to you." Everyone in the world will give an account."
Li Yi suddenly took a step forward, his eyes suddenly became extremely cold, and he stared at her, "Empress Dowager Zheng lives in the harem, how did you know that there was something wrong with my imperial examination?"
