The imperial city in Zhongyou is mainly white. Under the blue sky, the snow-white walls reveal a faint majesty. Three steps and one guard, ten steps and one pavilion, the guards are tight.
In the majestic imperial palace, Emperor Zhongyou Wan Qixi's turbid eyes glanced at the courtiers in the palace. Eunuch Zhang, who was standing on the right side of the dragon chair, spoke in a long and thin voice: "If you have something to do - if you have nothing to do - leave the court -"
"Your Majesty, I have something to do." The speaker was Zhongyou's cabinet minister Xu Tingwei, who took a step forward and said respectfully.
Wan Qixi tried his best to open his eyes, looked at him, and stammered: "Xu, Xu Aiqing—what do you want, what's important...?"
Before Xu Ting raised her head, she straightened her back and suddenly pointed her finger at Lu Yixiang and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Lu Yixiang and the Lu family!"
The words caused a stir. Both Lu Yixiang and Xu Tingwei stood in the first row, followed by twenty-five important ministers of the imperial court, who were in charge of various functions and powers of Zhongyou.
"Xu Aiqing... cough cough cough -" Before he could finish his words, the emperor coughed for a while, and his already cloudy eyes became even more blurry. The people standing below saw the emperor's hardship, and only a few looked at him with concern, but no one came forward. After finally waiting for Wan Qixi to finish coughing, he stammered, "Why... why... we want to impeach Lu, Lu Aiqing and his family..."
Everyone turned to look at Xu Tingwei, and Lu Yixiang also looked at him and mocked: "Master Xu, you have to rely on evidence to speak. Don't make nonsense!"
"Humph, General Lu, I, Xu Tingwei, have never spoken nonsense in my life. If the evidence were not conclusive, I would not believe that the famous Lu family would actually do such a treasonous thing!" Xu Tingwei His eyes narrowed, but he still couldn't hide the proud look in them.
"Oh? Then I'll wait for you to come up with evidence!" Lu Yixiang raised his sword-like brows slightly and looked at him with a smile. The expression was very disdainful.
"Let's wait and see!" As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his voice and shouted to the door, "Come here! Bring Nangong Wei up!"
Originally, people could not be brought up casually in the palace, let alone idlers brought into the court. However, Xu Tingwei did not take this rule seriously, and the other ministers only disapproved in their hearts, but did not dare to say a word. Only Lu Yixiang said coldly: "Master Xu, this is a forbidden area of the palace. If you bring people in so casually, do you still take the emperor seriously?"
Xu Tingwei's slightly gray eyebrows raised slightly, and he chuckled: "Master Lu, when it comes to the rules of entering the palace, I'm afraid no one knows it better than Master Liu! Master Liu, tell me. Can I enter the palace? Are you wearing a big sword on your waist? Can you wear soft golden boots? When you see the emperor, can you not kowtow and bow nine times?"
Xu Tingwei asked three questions in a row, taking a step towards Lu Yixiang with each question, forcing Lu Yixiang three steps forward step by step. Lu Yixiang was shocked by the sharpness in his eyes and stared blankly at Xu Tingwei in front of him. Lu Yixiang regained his composure and calmed down. He narrowed his eyes, straightened his clothes, straightened his back, and said coldly: "Everyone knows that I, Taizu of the Lu family, Puzuo, Emperor Taizu, established Zhongyou. With his grace, I don't have to wear any weapons when entering the palace for three generations. We don't have to kneel down when we meet the emperor. These soft golden boots were given by Emperor Taizu, and we wore them when we entered the palace. This shows our Lu family's sincerity towards the royal family! May I ask, how can I, Lu Yixiang, not be polite? ?Where did I, Mrs. Lu, make a mistake?"
Lu Yixiang replied coldly, one sentence at a time, each sentence was faster than the last sentence, and each sentence was more urgent than the last sentence.
"Lu, Lu Aiqing said, you're right..." Wan Qixi's intermittent voice suddenly broke in, turning everyone's attention. "It's just... Xu Aiqing, since you have prepared witnesses... Then, bring them with you..."
"I thank you, Your Majesty!"
Xu Tingwei knelt down first and shouted loudly. Lu Yixiang glared at the dazed Wan Qixi. He snorted coldly and said in a low voice: "I want to see what you want to do to me!"
Nangong Wei has kept his head lowered since he came in, and Lu Yixiang didn't even look at him. It was as if the two people who had worked together didn't know each other at all. After Nangong Wei finished the ceremony, he kept his head low on the ground and did not dare to lift it up. Xu Tingwei said proudly: "Mr. Nangong, tell me everything you know!"
Nangong Wei quickly shouted: "Yes!"
"The original surname of Cao Min Nangong Wei is Cheng. He lives on Shanlong Mountain, which is the big house where Shanlong Village is now."
As soon as these words came out, the court exploded again. Shanlong Village is the largest village in Zhongyou. Because it is far away from Youzhou City, the so-called "mountain is high and the emperor is far away". Even if they have the intention, they are unable to do it, so they have never taken it seriously. But last month, Lu Yixiang suddenly and secretly asked for orders to kill Shanlong Village, and led a troop to quietly sneak to the foot of Shanlong Village. When everyone came to their senses, Lu Yixiang had already leveled Shanlong Village.
This is just a remark and not the crux of the problem. Shanlong Village is also famous because it was originally a private residence belonging to a wealthy family. It is surrounded by cliffs and the scenery is naturally different from other places. What's more, there are rumors that there is a huge treasure hidden in Shanlong Mountain. Over the years, many people have tried to explore it, although they have found nothing.
"You, you said... what..." Wan Qixi's eyes were sometimes clear and sometimes cloudy. When he heard his words, he was forced to sit up straight.
"Caomin's grandfather is named Cheng Xuxing, and he once lived on Shanlong Mountain. Your Majesty, Caomin sneaked into the Lu family's house just to find out the real culprit who killed Caomin's family of more than a hundred people. Please ask the emperor to uphold justice for Caomin!" Nangong Wei He shouted repeatedly, in grief, "Your Majesty, Lu Yixiang pretended to be a public servant for personal gain, and he also misappropriated all the treasures of the Yuan Dynasty!"
He dropped a big piece of news again. The emperor looked at him with blurred eyes, then at Lu Yixiang, and didn't speak for a while. Lu Yixiang said coldly: "What evidence is there for what you said? Do you want to frame me like this just because you followed me to Shanlong Village?"
"Your Majesty, if your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can go check Lu's study. There is a secret room in his study. Hidden in the secret room are the gold and silver jewels transported from the Netherworld Ancient City! Your Majesty! He is obviously serving the people. To get rid of the harm, you actually pocketed all these treasures!”
However, what he said did not arouse Wan Qixi's anger, or even the slightest expression on his face. He calmly looked at Nangong Wei who was kneeling on the ground and still glared angrily at Lu Yixiang, and said slowly: "This is my will..."
When he said this sentence, he strangely did not cough or stutter, but stated this fact very calmly. Nangong Wei and Xu Tingwei, who were waiting to watch the show, were both stunned. They looked at each other in surprise. Finally, Xu Tingwei couldn't help but asked: "Your Majesty, are you... are you sure you have given an order to Lord Lu?" Sneak the treasures from the Netherworld Ancient City into his home?"
"Bold!" Although Wan Qixi couldn't speak clearly clearly, the majesty in his scolding still shocked the ministers. "Do you think I am confused? I don't even know what I have done?"
Although he said this, the people below couldn't help but nodded. Wan Qixi often cannot remember what he has done. Sometimes the issues that were just dealt with yesterday are brought up again today...
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty—" Xu Tingwei knelt down quickly and shouted loudly.
"Lü Aiqing followed my orders and apparently wiped out Shanlong Village to do a good thing for the people. In fact, he went to find the Netherworld Ancient City in Shanlong Mountain for me. Since it is rumored that the treasure is hidden there, then according to Lu Aiqing Your work efficiency will definitely live up to my expectations!" Wan Qixi said in a low voice, although he still coughed once or twice, but he finally made his words clear.
"Your Majesty..." Xu Tingwei frowned, raised her head and looked at him in surprise.
"You said you are from the Cheng family, but is there any evidence to prove that you are from the Cheng family?" Wan Qixi ignored Xu Tingwei and turned his attention to Nangong Wei.
"Yes!" Nangong Wei quickly took out a bronze jade plaque that was placed close to his body, respectfully handed it to Eunuch Zhang's hand, and said, "The common people have the ancestral items of the Cheng family."
Wan Qixi just glanced briefly, then waved his hand and said: "In that case, you said that more than a hundred members of your Cheng family were murdered, and it was Lu Aiqing who was designated as the perpetrator... What evidence do you have? "
Nangong Wei was stunned and quickly glanced at Lu Yixiang, a little excited: "Your Majesty, the common people... the common people..."
"Since there is no evidence, let's leave it at that. The matter of silencing the Cheng family, Liu Aiqing, will be left in your hands! I'm tired, let's dismiss the court!" After Wan Qixi finished speaking, he coughed violently, and the ministers They looked at each other, shouted long live, and then watched Eunuch Zhang supporting Wan Qixi, who was hunched over, and left the court.
"Haha -" Lu Yixiang looked at Xu Tingwei who was about to get up from the ground, the sarcasm on his face became deeper and deeper, "Master Xu, don't you want to impeach me? This general is waiting for you to impeach me! "
Xu Tingwei paused in getting up, and did not reply immediately. He just climbed up calmly, glanced at Lu Yixiang expressionlessly, and then glanced at Nangong Wei, who had his head lowered, and flicked his sleeves. , snorted and strode away without saying a word. Several ministers who were co-conspirators with Xu Tingwei saw this and hurriedly followed.
Lu Yixiang stroked his forehead, turned to look at Nangong Wei, chuckled, and left with square steps.
"Lord Lu, Lao Xu dares to openly impeach you. Should we give him some trouble?" A minister in purple official uniform following Lu Yixiang asked flatteringly.
Lu Yixiang squinted at Xu Tingwei in front of him, a smile appeared on his clear-cut face: "No need, I have a clever plan of my own!"