Demoted to common people

The Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple jointly handled the case of corrupt officials in Jiangzhou Prefecture. Xiao Yilin had found evidence such as the account book and copied so much property. When he was in Jiangzhou Prefecture, Liu Zhengde and Zhao Kui had confessed, so this time they were

Even if they were suppressed, they did not redeem their confessions. The evidence of their greed for accepting bribes has been obtained by others and they are useless to deny them.

This time, Liu Zhengde was assassinated several times on his way to Beijing. He knew that it was King Kang and King Kang's foreign family, Xuanping Hou Zheng's family, wanted to kill and silence people. So he would no longer be responsible for Xiao Yimao and Xuanping Hou Mansion.

After getting off, he knew his private contact with Xiao Yimao and what Xiao Yimao ordered him to do clearly.

This time, Liu Zhengde also asked a bigger secret, that is, the private weapons of the Xuanping Hou Mansion were built.

The Minister of Justice Cao Zexian and Dali Temple Minister Chu Minghai were shocked when they heard the news. What did the Xuanping Hou Mansion want to do if it is a private weapon? Could it be that it will be rebelled?

After Cao Zexian and Chu Minghai received the confessions of Liu Zhengde and Zhao Kui, they both burst into tears. Unexpectedly, the case of a Jiangzhou Prefecture official greedy man involved the secret of Xuanping Hou Mansion's private weapons.

This case was too much involved, which directly involved a prince and several large families. They did not dare to make decisions without authorization.

The two of them took the confession and brought the evidence given to them by Xiao Yilin without a moment of delay and immediately entered the palace to meet the saint.

They did not plan to talk about this matter in front of everyone when they went to court, but went directly to Zichen Hall to meet the emperor. After all, this also involves royal family affairs.

Cao Ze first directly submitted the confession, account books, letters and other evidence and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Zhengde and Zhao Kui have confessed, and there are also account books, letters and other evidence. Liu Zhengde also confessed that the Xuanping Hou Mansion privately built weapons.

This matter is very large and has a wide range of involvement. We dare not make arbitrary decisions, so we ask Your Majesty to make a decision.”

Although Xiao Chenghan had been prepared in his heart, he did not expect that a new situation would be found. The privately-built weapons of the Xuanping Hou Mansion were suspected of rebellion, which was a serious crime of raiding the family and extermination of the clan.

Does his second son also know about this? Are you planning to rebel and become the emperor at any time?

Xiao Chenghan's face was gloomy and he said with anger in his slightest voice: "Immediately follow Liu Zhengde's confession to investigate. Be sure to check it out for me. I'll wait for your news. If necessary, you can mobilize the imperial guards to assist in investigating the case."

Cao Zexian and Chu Minghai both wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and took the order to handle the case. This time it was even more serious than before.

Two days later, Cao Zexian and Chu Haiming led people to find the private weapons of the Xuanping Hou Mansion that Liu Zhengde mentioned, proving that what Liu Zhengde said was true.

Cao Zexian and Chu Minghai brought evidence to the palace to meet the saint again.

Xiao Chenghan was not very excited and angry when he heard the reports from Cao Zexian and Chu Minghai. He said calmly and coldly: "The state has national laws and family rules. Since he has committed a crime, he will be punished. Issue."

When Cao Zexian and Chu Minghai left Zichen Hall, they were holding imperial edicts and tokens.

Cao Zexian said, "Brother Bohong, let's take action separately. I will lead troops to the Kang Prince's Mansion. You will lead troops to the Xuanping Hou Mansion. The other families will be led by Yue Shilang and Fan Shaoqing. Be sure to be quick."

Chu Minghai's face was still a little pale at this time, obviously scared by the content of the emperor's imperial edict just now, "Brother Huiyuan, I understand. Be careful where King Kang."

The two of them knew at this moment that after today, several large families in this capital would disappear, waiting for them to search and exterminate their families, and the lightest one was exiled to the frontier. This time they truly witnessed the ruthlessness of their emperor.

Jue and Thunder means.

Cao Zexian and Chu Minghai mobilized the imperial guards with tokens, and then, along with the Ministry of Justice and several officials from Dali Temple, they led their troops to the Kang Prince's Mansion, Xuanping Marquis Mansion and other families.

The pedestrians on the street didn't dare to walk around at will when they saw a large number of imperial guards going out, and they all silently paid attention to the movements of the imperial guards.

Because as long as the imperial guards appear, something big will definitely happen.

King Kang Xiao Yimao has lived like years these days, and his heart is like fried every day. He has been trying to find a way to silence Liu Zhengde, but his people are simply unable to get close to Liu Zhengde.

Liu Zhengde and Zhao Kui were guarding people sent by the emperor themselves. When Xiao Yimao was really scared when he learned that these things were happening, he felt that the emperor was going to take action this time.

He was afraid that Liu Zhengde would confess his feelings to him, and if the emperor ignored the father-son relationship, he would be in danger.

While Xiao Yimao was staying in the study and thinking about countermeasures, the housekeeper ran in in a panic, and his words were unsuccessful. "King, King, Prince, a large number of imperial guards came outside and surrounded our palace."

When Xiao Yimao was shocked when he heard this, he stood up suddenly and asked in panic: "Who is the official who is the leader?"

The housekeeper replied: "It is Lord Cao, Minister of Justice."

When Xiao Yimao heard this, he was stunned and sat on the chair behind him.

He quickly calmed down his mind. Things were not at the worst, so he couldn't panic.

Xiao Yimao sorted out his appearance and said, "Go out and have a look."

When Xiao Yimao came to the yard, he saw Cao Zexian who was coming in with a large number of imperial guards. The servants and family members in the yard were running around in panic, in chaos.

Cao Zexian did not care about the chaos in the yard because the imperial guards quickly stopped the running people.

Cao Ze did not forget the etiquette because Xiao Yimao was convicted. He first bowed to Xiao Yimao and said, "His Royal Highness Kang received the order."

After hearing this, Xiao Yimao led everyone in the royal palace to kneel down.

Cao Ze first opened the imperial edict and read it, "The emperor system said: The second son of the emperor, King Kang, Xiao Yimao, formed a clerk and slacked off his post, used his power to seek personal gain, colluded with local officials to plunder the wealth of the people, causing the people of Jiangzhou Prefecture to live in poverty. This is a great disrespect for the ancestral temple and the country. He seized his title and demoted his position to

Common people moved to Yongzhou and would never be allowed to enter the capital. All the property in the palace was collected and not filled into the national treasury. They ordered that the departure date be set out today and there would be no mistakes. I respect this."

After hearing Cao Ze's reading of the imperial edict, Xiao Yimao was stunned. It took him a long time to realize that his father wanted to demote him to a commoner and drive him out of the capital and never return to the capital for the rest of his life.

Not to mention fighting for the throne in his life, he would not even have the previous title. From then on, he would have been a civilian without power or power.

Xiao Yimao was not willing to accept it, and suddenly shouted: "Mr. Cao, I want to see my father, I am wronged, I am wronged. Someone is going to frame me. Lord. Cao, I want to see my father."

Cao Zexian said: "The second prince, the emperor said he doesn't want to see you. He hopes that you will be careful in your duties in the future and do not do any more unrighteous things. The emperor also said that you are allowed to bring your family and your clothes, and other property must be filled into the national treasury.

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Cao Zexian waved his hand to the yamen runners under his command and said, "Accompany the second prince to pack up his clothes, and no other ones are allowed to be taken away."
Chapter completed!