"My good uncle, why didn't I listen to my mother and ask you to save her!"
By this time, Wang Zhong had come downstairs and slowly walked out of the imperial army.
"Hum, you are under house arrest of the Empress Dowager. Everyone knows this. Let me catch you and rescue the Empress Dowager!"
Lu Zhongbo just finished shouting, but he didn't expect that neat voices came from the left and right sides.
"Protect the emperor!"
It was the general who shouted.
This time, he led the army. Because of his clean background, Wang Chong trusted him.
Otherwise, what if there are spies in the moat?
"Well, you were ready."
Lu Zhongbo was not a fool. He suddenly understood that there was a traitor.
"It's too late to surrender, otherwise, the nine families will be killed!" Wang Zhong shouted.
"It's too late. Let me catch the emperor. As long as the queen mother is rescued, the victory is ours
Lu Zhongbo shouted. He was a smart man. Knowing that Wang Zhong continued to talk, his people were unstable.
The emperor can release others, but he will never release them, so he must fish to death and break the net.
"Kill..."
Someone gritted his teeth and followed Lu Zhongbo.
However, Xu Daming and other two ministers had a cold flash in their eyes and took the lead in cutting off Lu Zhongbo's legs.
Before, Wang Zhong had ordered them to keep LV Zhongbo alive. It was not that he was not willing to kill him, but that LV Zhongbo had operated in the court for so many years and must have a lot of property.
Keeping him is also to better receive his belongings.
"Ah..."
Lu Zhongbo was cut to the ground, and the private soldiers of the three ministers suddenly burst up and killed the people around.
"Emperor, please forgive me for being confused by villains."
"Emperor, Lu Zhongbo did this. I'll save you."
Seeing that the situation was bad, several ministers who were at the helm of the wind imitated Xu Daming's three ministers and began to deal with LV Zhongbo.
The battle didn't last long. Lu Zhongbo had the most people, but no matter how many, it was difficult to resist so many people and traitors around him.
Poop!
LV Zhongbo was escorted and thrown in front of Wang Chong.
"Awesome, awesome... Emperor, I've underestimated you before. I didn't expect you to have so many tricks. I really didn't expect it..."
Lu Zhongbo knew that he had lost, and he also accepted his fate.
"Mate." Wang Zhong shouted.
"The old slave is here."
"The Lu family rioted the party, and all of them were jailed in the East Hall."
"Yes."
Later, Wang Zhong put one minister after another into prison, waiting for his release.
For those who are driven by the wind, Wang Zhong will naturally not let go.
Now he wants to tell everyone with bloody facts that those who oppose him will die!
Next, the matter here was left to the following people to deal with. At the same time, the East Hall and the urban defense army arrested the families of these ministers respectively.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Just after returning to the harem, I saw the queen, concubine Shen, and many concubines and palace maids guarding the entrance nervously.
Seeing Wang Chong coming, empress Zhao Luan breathed a sigh of relief and welcomed him with surprise.
Seeing this posture, Wang Zhong knew that the queen was worried about him, so he was waiting for him here.
"Emperor, I'm worried about my dead concubines." Zhao Luan took Wang Chong's arm.
Her concubines dare not come to talk. Now they are smart. The queen is here, and they dare not get close to Wang Chong.
"It's all right. All the disordered ministers and thieves are slain."
"Hoo..."
Hearing Wang Zhong's words, the concubines all breathed a long sigh of relief.
No matter how miserable they are, they don't want Wang Chong to fall.
Because the fall of Wang Zhong means that there will be a bloodbath here.
After letting the concubines go back, Wang Chong hugged Chen Fei and came to her residence.
It's not that Wang Chong didn't want to go to the queen. It's really that the queen secretly said that she came to have a holiday for fear of disturbing the emperor's interest, so she let Feng Chengcheng take the emperor away.
Feng Chengcheng was naturally very happy and tried his best to express himself all the way.
"I'm tired and want to wash my feet." Wang Zhong sat on the stool and said.
"My concubine immediately sent someone to fetch hot water."
After Chen Fei went to the door and ordered the maid in charge, she returned at the first time and took off her socks for Wang Chong.
"The emperor manages everything every day. I'll pinch your feet."
"Well, all right."
This Feng Chengcheng is worthy of being a better person in the harem. He really has eyesight.
But Wang Chong came here today, not just for enjoyment.
After the hot water came, Feng Chengcheng ordered the palace maids to go out and wash the king's feet with all his heart.
"Shen Fei, have you been to the Empress Dowager's side recently?" Wang Chong squinted and asked.
"The Emperor didn't let my concubine go, and I didn't dare to go, but I heard some news."
"What news?"
"Some palace maids and eunuchs are not sensible and say behind their backs..."
"Say I'm unfilial? Isn't it?" Wang Chong smiled, expecting these things in his heart.
Feng Chengcheng hurriedly knelt down: "my concubine has taught them for the emperor, and they are not allowed to talk nonsense."
"It's useless to block people's mouths, because that's the truth. Concubine Chen, you have to understand that if the Empress Dowager comes out, it's me who's unlucky, okay?"
"I understand."
"Well, have a rest early."
This night, Wang Zhong thought a lot.
Now, all of LV Zhongbo's followers have been eradicated. Although many of them did not participate in tonight's rebellion, they have provided a lot of support to LV Zhongbo openly and secretly.
These people need LV Zhongbo and his men to confess one by one before they can know who they are.
It is estimated that there are many.
Thinking of this, Wang Chong couldn't help but have a headache. If you check it, I'm afraid there are few officials in the court.
"The emperor manages everything every day. My concubine will relax for you now."
Feng Chengcheng's gentle whisper came from the side.
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Early the next morning, Wang Chonggang just got up, and Xie Jin came in a hurry.
"Lord, the old slave thoroughly investigated the followers of the Lu party overnight, and finally made a major discovery."
Xie Jin's face was full of joy, and then respectfully took out a booklet.
"Oh, what great discovery?"
"Lu Dang's followers all confessed except Lu Zhongbo. Now, just wait for the emperor's order, and the old slave will be able to cooperate with the urban defense army to take all the anti thieves for the emperor's punishment."
Wang Chong took the booklet and glanced at it. The more he looked, the deeper his eyebrows frowned.
On the roster, it even occupied two-thirds of the officials of the whole court.
If this is really checked, I'm afraid he will become a bare knuckle commander.
I'm afraid the world will be in chaos before the officials' affairs are resolved.
This matter must be solved as soon as possible. These ministers can't be cheap, but his court can't run.
After thinking about it, Wang Zhong made a decision in his heart: "these ministers don't need to be arrested for the time being."
"Er..." Xie Jin couldn't turn his head. Why didn't the emperor catch it suddenly? He still wanted to make great contributions by taking this opportunity.
Xie Jin can't be blamed for his low vision. He said that he was a case investigator. He asked him to send people to track people. Coercion and inducement were OK. He really sat in the position of Wang Zhong. I'm afraid he didn't understand anything.
"I obeyed, but Lord, Lu Zhongbo, the thief, was so hard spoken that he wouldn't say anything, just said he wanted to see you."
"Then meet him, mate. Go to the lower Jinluan hall and let the ministers wait this morning."
"It's the emperor."
Immediately, he Taigao went to Jinluan hall.
Led by Xie Jin, Wang Zhong led the bodyguard to the East Hall prison.
The former empty East Hall prison is now overcrowded. Many people have been arrested during this period, and the whole East Hall prison will be full.
As a last resort, Xie Jin locked some unimportant things together to solve the problem that the prison was crowded and exploded.
This time, when Wang came over again, Xie Jin arranged a heavy guard in advance.
After arriving at the lobby of the East Hall, Lu Zhongbo was soon brought out.
"Kneel down!"
The two eunuchs kicked LV Zhongbo's injured leg and shouted.
"Poop!"
LV Zhongbo, who was in chains, knelt on the ground and looked at Wang Zhong and lowered his voice: "the sinful minister LV Zhongbo, kowtow to the emperor."
"You also know that you are a sinner." Wang Zhong said faintly.
"Emperor, it was I who fooled my mind for a moment and did such a stupid thing. My sin minister... Knew I was wrong."
"Do you think I'll let you go if you know your mistake?"
"Sin minister dare not. Sin minister knows that what he did deserves to die, but please the emperor, remember that there is a trace of blood on you that belongs to my Lu family, and please the emperor, the disaster is less than his wife and children, and let go of sin minister's family."
Everyone saw what Wang Zhong had done before.
That is, men are demoted to slavery and women are prostitutes.
Lu Zhongbo is worried now that the ruthless Wang Zhong will deal with his family like this, and it will be really troublesome at that time.
"Hahaha, let go of your family, you can really imagine, I remember, your good son also participated in the rebellion, do you think, I will release the tiger back to the mountain?"
Wang Chong would not do such a stupid thing as letting the tiger go back to the mountain.
"Emperor, sin minister has a huge amount of silver in his hand. As long as the emperor is willing to let go of sin minister's family, sin minister is willing to give it with both hands."
LV Zhongbo now knows that he is not qualified to talk about conditions with Wang Chong, but he has no choice but to talk.
"Well, I can promise you to let go of those who don't know in your family and those who participate in the rebellion will die."
"Besides, I promise I won't let your family become slaves and prostitutes. How about it?"
In any case, the LV Zhongbo family is also a relative of the emperor. If they are really slaves and prostitutes, it will not be very good for his royal reputation.
LV Zhongbo was a smart man. He could see that this was the best condition for Wang Zhong to give up. He sighed and then confessed in detail.
In addition to the location of his Lu family's property, he also provided some fixed assets.
For example, the shops in the capital, Liangtian, and Yinzhuang.
These things were naturally copied by Wang Zhong without hesitation.
It was already afternoon when things were done, and the ministers had been hungry outside the Jinluan hall for most of the day in the scorching sun.
If it had been before, these ministers would have cursed their mothers one by one.
But now they dare not. The tyrant's name has spread to the ears of ordinary people, and they are even more impressed in their hearts, so no one dares to say a dissatisfied word at all.
"Why hasn't the emperor come?" Someone muttered.
"Let's wait and wait. Such a big thing happened last night..."
Some people are worried for fear that they will be implicated.