Above the main hall, even though it was late at night, no minister dared to make the slightest noise at this time.
But sitting at the banquet, they had no interest in tasting the delicacies readily available in front of them.
The eyes that looked at each other betrayed the real uneasiness and fear in their hearts.
At this moment, Eunuch Gui came to the main hall surrounded by the imperial guards.
Everyone looked around, but no one dared to ask.
"Your Majesty has decreed that the spies of the Wei State are extremely treasonous and want to kill the king in vain. They should be punished for their crimes.
What's even worse is that our officials in the Zhou Dynasty are colluding with them.
Now, Zhao Yueming, the Superintendent of Tiansi, is ordered to lead the case, with the assistance of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, the Forbidden Army, and Jing Zhaoyin, to thoroughly investigate the case. Anyone involved, regardless of official position, high or low, will be sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, waiting for disposal.
If there is anyone who is stubborn and intends to resist, the Supervisor Tiansi has the right to kill him first and then kill him without mercy! "
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the main hall were surprised.
They were glad that His Majesty was fine and could still issue orders, which meant that His Majesty's safety was not a problem.
But they don't want to see Jian Tiansi given this kind of power.
The imperial power grants permission, kill first and report later.
For Supervisor Tiansi, this is glory and a symbol of power, but for them, it is a symbol of pain and disaster.
They didn't want to agree, but at this moment in the main hall, Xue Ziling, the right minister, seemed to have had all his energy and spirit drained from his whole body, without the slightest thought of arguing.
For him now, the fact that King Zhou is still alive means that he is finished.
The sky fell.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yueming's figure appeared here.
He first stood in front of everyone and said: "My lords, His Majesty was assassinated. This is a serious matter. In order to thoroughly investigate all the inside stories related to this matter, everyone in this hall at this moment, including the family members in the harem, I’ll just feel aggrieved for now, and I’ll have a good time waiting here tonight.”
Then, he said to Meng Ao, the commander of the imperial army behind him: "Commander Meng, I would like to ask you to be responsible here and take care of all the needs of your lords. However, no one is allowed to leave the palace."
"promise!"
Meng Ao, who had already been taught a lesson by King Zhou, looked at everyone in the hall with particularly fierce eyes.
For being taught such a lesson by His Majesty, if he finds out who is colluding with Wei's spies, he will definitely cut this person into pieces to vent his anger.
When he was sure that everything was correct and was about to leave, Zhao Yueming walked up to Right Minister Xue Ziling and looked at the Right Minister with a somewhat profound look.
I was exposed to Zhao Yueming's malicious eyes at this moment, and then thought of the unusual behavior of the Forbidden Army and Supervisor Tiansi tonight.
Xue Ziling felt mixed emotions in his heart.
Zishi.
Outside the house, there are few stars and a full moon hanging high.
The palace was now brightly lit.
Under the night, everyone in Jian Tiansi, who had been waiting for news outside the palace for a long time, received the order from their Lord Sizheng.
Without any further hesitation, holding the command arrow in his hand, he turned into a ghost in the night and galloped towards his destination.
Xue Mansion.
In a dark secret room, three people wearing night clothes were sitting quietly together, waiting for news.
Tonight is the day of action they have been planning for a long time.
Once the news comes that King Zhou has been killed, they will spread the news to the capital of Wei in time. His Majesty, the Emperor of Wei, is still waiting for the news.
After hearing the news, the Wei soldiers in the north will definitely attack the garrison in the north again.
Completely defeat all the defenses of the Zhenbei Army and swallow up all the territory in the northern border of Zhou Dynasty.
But before they could think too much, there were waves of strange sounds coming from the house.
And they were approaching their hiding place step by step, and the sound became louder and louder.
As if fate had choked them, they unconsciously clenched the swords in their hands and stared at the only entrance.
After a while, they only felt that their whole bodies were weak, and they seemed to have lost the strength to hold their swords.
"No, it's smoke. Rush out."
Before they completely lost their fighting power, they wanted to make a desperate fight.
Were it not for the uncertainty of what was going on, they might have killed themselves.
But they can't die without finding out what happened. If they really die, then the rest of the spy brothers don't know what happened, and they may be killed by these people.
But before they could reach the exit, they were enveloped in more and more smoke.
In a moment, they fell directly on the road to the passage.
Fainted to the ground, unconscious.
After a while, Supervisor Tianwei, who was almost fully protected, walked in along the passage.
Seeing the three people sleeping on the ground, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It is better to take them down without any blood than to go through a fight.
After all, fighting kills people.
Who wants to die if he can live?
Bring people into the compound.
At this moment, the entire Xue Mansion was almost in the hands of Jian Tiansi.
Almost all of Xue Ziling's family members have gathered together, except for one of his youngest sons who is missing.
That was secretly sent out by him three days ago.
No one knew where it was sent. After all, Xue Ziling was also a scheming person, so how could he not have the slightest backhand.
"My lord, this is the Prime Minister's residence. You dare to break in without permission. Do you know what your crime is?"
In the crowd, a middle-aged man wearing brocade clothes saw Zhao Yueming and came out and asked.
What happened just now was so sudden that he barely had time to react before he was caught.
Seeing the attire of these people at this moment, he had vaguely noticed something, so he looked particularly solemn when he spoke.
Zhao Yueming smiled and said: "It is said that the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, you, the steward of the Xue Mansion, are really not afraid of danger.
Xue Boyue, you are really determined not to die until you reach the Yellow River. "
Hearing this man call out his name accurately, Xue Boyue's mood had sunk to the bottom.
I'm not afraid of being caught by the wrong person, I'm just afraid of being prepared.
"I don't know what crime we committed, but Mr. Laosizheng personally came forward."
At this moment, he stopped pretending. In front of people like Zhao Yueming, pretending was of no use except to deceive himself and others.
"Okay, I'm not interested in playing riddles with you here. If you want to know why, go to the prison and wait for news."
After saying that, Zhao Yueming said to the Supervisor Tianwei next to him: "Take all these people into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. No one will be allowed to slip through the net. Let me search the rest.
Give me three feet of ground to dig into this mansion, and I want to see why a prime minister who is more powerful than tens of millions of people would do such a treasonous thing. "
"promise!"
Everyone in Supervisor Tiansi took action, and everyone in the Xue Mansion was escorted down, wailing, but it was all in vain.
Seeing that the rest of the people had almost left, Zhao Yueming looked at the three people lying on the ground and said to Wang Lei on the side: "Over there at the Xingyong Marquis' Mansion, you personally take people there to make things better."
