"Sigh!"
Cheng Yaojin gritted his teeth as he held onto the tree. Although he had planned to let Qin Huai beat him up, he wanted to give Li Shimin a good beating.
However, this kid was too ruthless.
"When I return to Chang 'an and meet His Majesty, I hope His Majesty will be less angry when he sees my miserable state.”
He shook his head and smiled bitterly.
When the emperor was angry, it was not a joke to bury corpses thousands of miles away. The majesty of an emperor would make him breathless.
"I don't know when this group of trash will catch up to us.”
When he stood up, he felt a tearing pain in his body. Therefore, Cheng Yaojin chose a comfortable position and lay on the ground, waiting for the imperial soldiers of the South Yamen and the Golden Guards to come and rescue him.
Bored, he suddenly thought of something and picked up a small package from his right hand. He muttered in confusion,"What is this?"
"Before Qin Huai left, he threw this thing to me, Old Cheng. He even asked me, Old Cheng, to give it to His Majesty if I had the time."
"And he even said something that made me, Old Cheng, dumbfounded. He even said that killing the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Lin Wei, was to eliminate the evil for the people and also to share the burden for His Majesty?”
"What the f * ck is this? It's clearly just to kill to vent his anger.”
Although he said that, Cheng Yaojin was also curious about what was inside.
Therefore, he couldn't help but open it and take a look.
"Accountbook?"
Although he didn't know many big words, he still recognized the words 'account book'.
With doubts in his heart,
He opened the account book and saw many familiar names.
"These are all officials of the court!"
The amount of silver coins recorded at the back?
"Hiss!"
The more Cheng Yaojin looked, the more frightened he became.
"These are actually the corrupt accounts of the officials in the court."
As the most trusted aide of Li Shimin, he naturally knew that the Emperor had recently ordered Fang Xuanling to investigate the corruption of the officials in the court.
Of course, Li Shimin's main target of investigation was the old ministers left behind by Retired Emperor Li Yuan.
However, these old ministers were all honest, and their accounts were clean, which made Li Shimin very depressed.
And in the accounts…
There were the names of these old ministers of Retired Emperor Li Yuan
In other words, this account book was too important!
"No!"
"Old Cheng, I have to rush back now!”
He took a deep breath. This was a good opportunity for His Majesty to tidy up the court and establish the dignity of an emperor.
At this moment,
Horses galloped over from afar.
It was the arrival of the Golden Guards.
When they saw their Golden Guard General Cheng Yaojin lying on the ground with a bruised face, they hurriedly surrounded him nervously.
Nervous, of course they were nervous. They were the ones who were panicking.
One had to know that this was their Golden Guard General, the current Duke Lu. He was actually held hostage under their protection.
If they were to be held accountable, these Golden Guards would probably be taught a lesson.
"General, Great General!"
"Great General, are you alright?"
"Great General, we failed to protect you.”
When these Golden Guards saw their general's miserable appearance, they hurriedly wailed and came to beg for forgiveness.
However,
They saw,
Cheng Yaojin, whose face was bruised and swollen, and whose body was covered in injuries, stood up vigorously.
"Return to Chang 'an City at once!"”
Then,
He mounted his horse and galloped toward Chang 'an.
In the forest.
Leaving behind a group of Golden Guards, all of them in a daze in the wind.
"What's going on?"
"Great General, what's going on?"
......
......
Chang 'an City, Taiji Palace.
The inner hall of Taiji, where Li Shimin dealt with government affairs.
Li Shiming was sitting on the throne, looking at the memorial in front of him. He glanced at it casually and then glanced at Fang Xuanling, who was standing respectfully below, and said,"Did you find anything?"
"Your Majesty, there is really no harvest.”
"This old minister has investigated the sources of income of these people's families, including the income and expenditure of the shops. Although there are some differences, it is not big. If we use this opportunity to punish these old ministers who have followed the Retired Emperor for many years, it really cannot be justified.”
"Humph!"
Li Shi Min was furious,""These old fellows rely on their seniority to fight the world with Retired Emperor, and they repeatedly oppose Zhen in the court.”
"Your Majesty, please calm down."
"We can only plan this slowly. We can't be too hasty."
Fang Xuanling shook his head with a bitter smile.
"Sigh!"
"Everything is not going well, it really gives me a headache!”
He let out a frustrated sigh and sat down on the dragon throne. He waved his hand anxiously and said,"Duke Lu, is there any news?”
"Your Majesty, the Golden Guards reported that Duke Lu had found traces of Qin Huai and the princess.”
" Later, there was news that State Duke Lu was beaten up by Qin Huai and was taken out of Chang 'an City."
"I don't know where he is now."
Outside the hall, Li Junxian returned a respectful bow.
Hearing the report, Li Shi Min's face darkened and he said angrily,"Li Junxian, why didn't you report this to Us?”
"This general does not dare to disturb His Majesty when he is dealing with government affairs and discussing important matters of the country with Minister Fang!”
Li Junxian fell to his knees in fright.
However,
As soon as he finished speaking,
Cheng Yaojin's wailing voice suddenly came from outside the hall,"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. You're back!"
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