The next morning.

Wang Yun got up, washed up, and had breakfast, then asked the servant beside him: "Has the old bustard ever gotten up?"

"It's already up and waiting for the master in the hall."

When Wang Yun heard this, he frowned and was quite unhappy, thinking in his mind: "Does this old bustard regard this place as his home?"

However, Wang Yun knew that this was a critical moment and he still needed the madam, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and ignored the madam's self-assertion.

After Wang Yun brought the old bustard to the palace, Liu Hong had not yet gone to court, and the officials were gathered in small groups, whispering.

Seeing Wang Yun come in, one of the middle-aged officials, who looked a little older, cupped his hands and said to him: "I have met the prince. I saw that the prince's face was glowing. But what happy event is it?"

When Wang Yun heard this, he waved his hands with a face on his face: "There is no such thing as a happy event, but there is one thing that makes me angry. My face is all red because I am angry!"

"Oh?" The middle-aged official heard Wang Yun's words and asked curiously: "Who can make the prince lose such a temper?"

"Hmph!" Wang Yun snorted coldly when he heard this, and then said loudly: "Who else could it be?! It's not the Cavalry General Li Zhi!"

"Uh..." As soon as Wang Yun finished speaking, the middle-aged official looked embarrassed.

At this time, he did not dare to say a word. If he refuted what Wang Yun said, he would offend Wang Yun. If he followed Wang Yun's words, he would offend the Hussar General.

At this time, the middle-aged official was filled with regret and wished he could slap his mouth to bits. Why did he ask these questions? Isn't this asking for trouble?!

While the middle-aged official was hesitating, Lu Zhi came over and came to his rescue: "I don't know how my nephew, Xing, offended Wang Zhonglang? If there is really any offense, my nephew, who is acting on my behalf, can go to Wang Zhonglang to accompany him."

yes!"

After speaking, Lu Zhi looked at Wang Yun with bright eyes.

Lu Zhi had also heard a little bit about Li Zhi and Wang Yun's affairs. He had already noticed something was wrong. He and Li Zhi had been together for such a long time. How could he not know Li Zhi's temperament?

If someone told Lu Zhi that Li Zhi was murderous, it would be possible for Lu Zhi to believe him, but to say that Li Zhi bullied the weak was absolutely impossible!

Moreover, after the conflict between Li Zhi and Wang Yun, rumors spread all over the city day and night, and spread throughout Luoyang in a short period of time. After Lu Zhi noticed this, he immediately understood that these rumors must be

Someone did it deliberately.

And the person most likely to do this is Wang Yun right in front of him, right?

Thinking of this, the way Lu Zhi looked at Wang Yun was a bit wrong. When he was an official in the same dynasty, Lu Zhi always thought that Wang Yun was an upright minister, but today it seems that this may not be the case!

Wang Yun listened to Lu Zhi speak for Li Zhi, his expression froze, and then he bowed his hands and said: "I know that Mr. Lu and Li Zhi are colleagues, but I also ask Mr. Lu not to use his personal feelings for official matters.

superior!

This Li Zhi is behaving recklessly and tyrannically, which is really abominable. If he is not punished, it will definitely become a big disaster!"

After saying that, Wang Yun stood up and looked at Lu Zhi with bright eyes, looking like he was righteous and generous in his sacrifice.

When Lu Zhi heard this, he became angry and scolded displeasedly: "What an impudence! Are you accusing me of being ignorant of public and private affairs and acting on impulse?!"

"I don't dare!" Wang Yun woke up suddenly. He knew that he was a little complacent because he had caught Li Zhi's hand.

Wang Yun could deal with Li Zhi, who had no foundation, but he was unable to deal with Lu Zhi, who had deep roots.

After thinking about it, Wang Yun quickly apologized to Lu Zhi and said: "I have no intention of slandering Mr. Lu. It's just that Li Zhi deceived others too much, and I was furious for a moment."

, that’s why I speak without hesitation, I hope Mr. Lu will forgive me.”

"Huh!" Lu Zhi heard this and snorted coldly. He was about to speak when he heard a voice.

"Your Majesty goes to court, and all the officials pay homage."

After Lu Zhi heard this, he glared at Wang Yun, then quickly straightened his clothes and stood in his position.

After all the officials stood still, Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, came in. After he sat down, the officials bowed their hands and said in salute: "We respectfully welcome your majesty, and wish your majesty good fortune and good health."

"Yes." Liu Hong nodded slightly, raised his hand to support him and said, "I bow in peace, and all of you are at peace."

After everyone stood up, Liu Hong asked, "Do you have anything to report?"

As soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, just when an official was about to speak, Wang Yun said first, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"Oh?" Liu Hong's eyes lit up when he saw it was Wang Yun, and he seemed to have thought of something. He immediately calmed down his expression, nodded lazily, yawned and said, "Tell me."

Wang Yun did not notice anything strange about Liu Hong. After bowing respectfully to Liu Hong, he said with a face full of grief and anger: "Your Majesty, I want to sue the hussar general Li Zhi."

"Oh?" Liu Hong raised the corner of his mouth slightly and asked jokingly: "I wonder what Wang Qing wants to sue Li Qing for?"

Wang Yun heard the words, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Li Zhi is a lustful man and fell in love with the prostitutes in the brothel, so he sent people to snatch her away, so that the old bustard of Yan Lailou was looking for death and life."

Having said this, Wang Yun said righteously: "Your Majesty, although Li Zhi is a meritorious minister, he has been promoted to General of Hussars, how can he act like this?

If the people of the world were to know about this, wouldn't it mean that all the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government would be like Li Zhi, acting tyrannically and unscrupulously, and over time, the country would no longer be able to rule the country!"

"Uh..." Liu Hong held his forehead and looked like he had a headache. He shook his head and said helplessly: "Robbing a prostitute?"

Liu Hong laughed out loud: "Li Qing is really capable here, and she's not afraid of ruining her reputation."

As he said that, Liu Hong looked around, trying to find Li Zhi, but he couldn't find Li Zhi among the ministers. He frowned and asked Zhang Rang beside him: "Zhang Qing, Li Qing didn't come today."

Going to the dynasty?"

Hearing this, Zhang Rang replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, General Hussar has only been in office for a few days and has not yet handed over, so he did not come to court."

"Look at my memory." Liu Hong slapped his forehead and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Why have I forgotten all this? It seems that I am really old."

Having said this, Liu Hong told a chamberlain on the side: "Xuan Li Qing, let him go to court to confront Wang Qing."

"Here" the waiter said and left in a hurry.

After the waiter left, Liu Hong asked Wang Yun: "I have sent people to announce the arrival of General Hussar. Does Wang Qing have evidence to prove that General Hussar really robbed the prostitute in Yan Lai's building?"

When Wang Yun heard this, he felt happy and said sternly: "Your Majesty, how dare I falsely accuse the minister?

After I heard about this, I made many secret visits to Mingcha, and finally I found the old bustard of Yan Lailou, and she can testify about this matter."

"Yes." Liu Hong nodded: "In that case, please step aside for now. We will discuss this matter later when Li Qing comes."

After Wang Yun withdrew, Liu Hong asked the ministers, "Do you have anything else to report?"

As soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, Lu Zhi came out of the crowd, bowed his hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

When Liu Hong saw it was Lu Zhi, he didn't dare to neglect this meritorious minister, and immediately sat up straight: "What can Lu Qing report?"

Lu Zhi heard this and replied loudly

: "Your Majesty, I request you to rectify the evil officials in the world to eliminate future troubles!"

At this point, Lu Zhi told Liu Hong carefully about the yellow scarf warrior.

After finishing speaking, Lu Zhi said with a face full of grief and anger: "Your Majesty, this Yellow Turban Warrior is a peaceful and self-disciplined citizen, but he was forced by these evil officials to join the Yellow Turbans. If these evil officials are not eliminated, there will be consequences in the future.

There will be red scarves and black scarves!”

Liu Hong, who had not taken it seriously at first, suddenly woke up after hearing this and thought in his heart: "What Lu Zhi said is quite reasonable. If we really don't care about these evil officials, then these evil officials will force the people of the world to rebel. I

what to do?

This yellow scarf is so difficult to deal with. If a character like Li Zhi hadn't appeared, it's hard to say whether I could still be sitting here. If another red scarf or black scarf appeared, wouldn't it mean that I would never have peace?"

Thinking of this, Liu Hong became furious and said: "Check! Investigate this matter thoroughly! If it is true that these evil officials have forced the people to rebel, I will destroy the three tribes!"

After saying that, Liu Hong looked at Lu Zhi and ordered: "Lu Qing, I order you to patrol the world for me and find out these corrupt officials. Remember! No matter who he is, don't be lenient!"

As soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, dozens of ministers came out and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, wait a minute! This must not be done!"

When Liu Hong heard this, his eyes sharpened, he looked at these dozens of people, and shouted loudly: "Do you have any connection with those evil officials? Why are you talking about evil officials?!"

Liu Hong really told me that these officials from aristocratic families headed by Yuan Feng were really connected with those people, and even those evil officials were mostly lackeys of these aristocratic families.

At this time, the ministers of the aristocratic family came out to stop Liu Hong, not because of his disciples and lackeys, but because if Lu Zhi really investigated the matter thoroughly, not only would their disciples be found out, but they would also be implicated.

There are not many clean officials among them. According to Lu Zhi's upright temper, if he wants to investigate, he will definitely investigate to the end. When the time comes, they are afraid that their official positions will not be guaranteed, so Yuan Feng and others try their best to stop them.

this matter.

After Yuan Feng heard Liu Hong's rebuke, he bowed and said: "Your Majesty, we are not speaking for those evil officials, but most of these evil officials bought their official positions."

Having said this, Yuan Feng raised his head and glanced at Liu Hong: "If Your Majesty punishes them all, who in the world would dare to buy or sell official titles to Your Majesty?

Wouldn't this cut off His Majesty's financial resources? I stopped this matter for His Majesty's sake, and I would like to ask His Majesty for your enlightenment!"

As soon as Yuan Feng finished speaking, Lu Zhi sternly scolded: "How shameless! Buying and selling officials is a ridiculous thing in the world. How can it be compared with the safety of the world?"

After saying that, Lu Zhi bowed to Liu Hong and said: "Your Majesty, you must never buy or sell official titles again. Those who bought official titles, in order to make up for the money they spent on buying officials, after they took office, they all

Excessive levies and extortionate taxes are even more damaging to the people.

The people of the world cannot bear the disturbance, so they have no choice but to sell their belongings and move to other places. Some people who are poor at home have no choice but to join the aristocratic families and work as slaves. How many ordinary people will there be in the world over time?"

Liu Hong was also in a dilemma at this time. If he were asked to stop buying and selling officials and titles, he would really be reluctant to do so.

But if it doesn't stop, wouldn't it be true as Lu Zhi said, when all the people in the world have joined the aristocratic family, and without the common people, who will he be the emperor? The aristocratic family? No matter how stupid he is, he will understand that the people of these aristocratic families will

But I never took him as an emperor seriously.

Just when Liu Hong was in a dilemma, a guard outside loudly reported: "Your Majesty, General Hussar is here and is asking for an audience outside the palace."
Chapter completed!