"Bastard! The cabinet votes are planned to be approved by the Chief Secretary for the Venerables. They don't believe it, but they believe in some rumors! When is my imperial edict so unconvincing?! Do they still take me, the emperor, seriously?"

When Zhu Youxiao learned that a large number of civil servants surrounded Xu Guangqi, he was furious.

Wei Zhongxian and Liu Ruoyu were both silent.

"Put all the troublemakers into the imperial prison! Especially Zhou Shunchang, who had previously submitted a memorial to impeach Xu Qing, practiced state affairs and asked them why they were causing trouble and who was listening to rumors! He caused trouble, but he did not see the court yet!"

Zhu Youxiao immediately gave instructions to Wei Zhongxian.

"I obey the order!"

Wei Zhongxian replied.

So soon, Wei Zhongxian issued an order to Tian Ergeng and ordered Jinyiwei Tian Ergeng to take people to arrest these troublemakers.

Zhou Shunchang and the civil servants who surrounded Xu Guangqi, including the State Affairs Bureau, were still arguing with Xu Guangqi, insulting Xu Guangqi, standing on the moral high ground, and insulting frantically.

No matter how Xu Guangqi said, they just didn't want to believe Xu Guangqi's words.

It seemed that in their eyes, any of Xu Guangqi's words were false.

And they are only willing to believe what they are willing to believe.

But at this time, Tian Ergeng had already surrounded these troublemakers with a large group of Jinyiwei cavalry.

Seeing this, these civil servants became quiet and panicked.

"What are you doing?!"

Zhou Shunchang was quite brave and immediately questioned these Jinyiwei.

"Take it!"

Tian Ergeng did not answer Zhou Shunchang, but waved his hand.

Suddenly, a large group of Jinyiwei cavalry rushed up and arrested all the civil servants as if they were catching a chicken.

These civil servants became even more panicked.

"What are you doing?!"

"What crime did we commit?!"

"Why do you catch people?"

"We are not convinced!"

...

These civil servants all started to shout and struggled hard, but they were too weak and too weak. After being caught by the Jinyiwei, they could not struggle no matter how hard they struggled.

Seeing this, Zhou Shunchang began to worry that he had something to do, so he couldn't help but look at Xu Guangqi, and scolded loudly: "Xu Guangqi! If you collude with factory guards and kill Zhongliang, you will not die well!"

Xu Guangqi just looked at Zhou Shunchang silently. He himself wanted to go up and punch Zhou Shunchang now, but he still held it back.

But reason also told Xu Guangqi that the factory guards should not take people for such a reason, and that they were officials of the court.

Therefore, Xu Guangqi finally came to Tian Ergeng with anger and asked, "Governor Tian, ​​what's going on? What crime did they commit?"

"The Grand Sima doesn't need to ask too much. We are also following the order. They cause trouble and are afraid that the world will not be in chaos. Your Majesty wants to ask them whether they take the imperial court seriously."

Tian Ergeng knew that Xu Guangqi was a celebrity, so he said one or two more words.

Seeing that it was the emperor's intention, Xu Guangqi couldn't say anything else.

Zhou Shunchang and others were taken to the imperial prison.

Wei Zhongxian, who had arrived at the imperial prison, immediately ordered someone to take Zhou Shunchang and Lian State Affairs to him and ordered someone to tie the two of them to a spring stool.

"According to the order, I asked you two, why don't you believe the imperial edict issued by the court on this matter? But you just want to believe in some rumors?"

Wei Zhongxian stood in front of the two of them with a whisk in his hand. After asking with a serious look, he suddenly shouted: "Reply!"

Bang!

At the same time, the stick fell down and immediately bounced the butts of the two.

"ah!"

Zhou Shunchang and Lian Guoshi screamed at the same time.

Then, Zhou Shunchang gritted his teeth and replied with pain: "The emperor was deceived by Xu Guangqi. Xu Guangqi deceived the emperor and deliberately concealed this matter, so the imperial edict should not be believed!"

"Why, you are smarter than the emperor and know much more? Don't think about it. There are those who are wise in this world who are better than those who are today?! Then again, you are all officials, and you should know that the imperial decree is the destiny of heaven. If you do not believe in it, it will be different from the destiny of heaven?! Even I, a slave, know that you are well-read, and you who are well-read of poetry and books, don't know it!"

Wei Zhongxian taught Zhou Shunchang and Lian a lesson, and immediately shouted: "Continue to fight!"

"ah!"

Zhou Shunchang and Lian State Affairs continued to scream, and blood began to appear on the trousers made of silk.

"If you still have the emperor in your eyes and don't want to end up being killed by resisting the imperial edict, just reply honestly, why don't you believe in the imperial edict? Where did you hear the death of the mother of the Grand Sima?"

Wei Zhongxian continued to ask, with a hint of threat in his words.

Zhou Shunchang smiled and gritted his teeth and said, "We don't know who said it!"

"Is that right? Then continue to fight! Kill to death! Let's explain to you clearly. Don't think about playing tricks with the emperor. Who is the emperor? He is a destiny today! Do you really think that you can get benefits with the emperor? Do you really think that if you don't say it, the emperor will not be able to find out? Do you really think that the emperor must be interrogated to do things? Then you are too arrogant. The emperor judges you, just to see if you still have a loyal heart!"

Wei Zhongxian started speaking sternly after calling the order.

"ah!"

The two continued screaming, and for a moment, blue veins rose from their foreheads and red flowers were everywhere behind them.

"The king and father are like a mountain! Being honest with the emperor is the first thing that must be followed by loyal ministers, and it cannot be considered betrayal of friends! Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty is before righteousness! If you really want to ignore the emperor's order and don't say anything, it will be fine if our family beats you to death, because the unfaithful minister will be beaten to death. Maybe the emperor will be furious and will even confiscate the family and destroy the family! No one knows how powerful the emperor is, why do you have to act against the heavens?"

Wei Zhongxian suddenly started to persuade him and smiled sinisterly.

Zhou Shunchang just kept his eyes as big as a bell.

At this time, Li Jian State Affairs still shouted: "I said! I said! We learned about this from Zuo Guangdou, and Zuo Guangdou said that this is true!"

After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian immediately waved his hand to signal the people below to stop beating the two of them.

Li Jian State Affairs was relieved and smiled sadly: "I was finally not beaten to death."

Zhou Shunchang stared at Lian’s state affairs and roared angrily: “Why did you ask Zuo Gong! You, a greedy person, fearing death! How could you do this!”

He said weakly: "He is right. When the emperor asks for questions, we cannot hide anything, otherwise the crime will be even greater. No one knows how severe the emperor will punish us. When parents ask questions, they must answer honestly, so that they will be less beaten."

When Zhou Shunchang saw that Lian State Affairs said this, he also looked at Wei Zhongxian and laughed: "That's right! It's Zuo Guangdou! But he also heard from others, but this matter is indeed true! You can reply to the emperor. Unless the emperor kills us all, it will be impossible to change his fact that Xu Guangqi ignores human ethics and filial piety!"

"Catch Zuo Guangdou!"
Chapter completed!