mtl008 Chapter 520 Secret Investigation
Chapter 520 Secret Investigation
The emperor angrily slammed the dragon throne! With red eyes, he shouted: "Asshole! The Ministry of War has thousands of soldiers. It's a place like an iron barrel. How could the secrets be lost!"
The entire hall was like a pot of boiling water poured with a bucket of cold water. Everyone silently endured the emperor's anger and dared not speak out.
That was the most heavily guarded place in the entire Daning except for the imperial palace, and yet such a serious mistake could have occurred!
I'm afraid Li Yi's career as the Minister of War has come to an end!
Li Yi knelt on the ground, knocked his forehead heavily on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Dali Temple has already investigated this matter. It is not possible for ordinary people to get past the heavy guards and enter the deepest secret vault. I have already put the soldiers on duty last night in separate custody for interrogation. I beg Your Majesty to give me another chance to atone for my sins and investigate this matter."
His tone was sincere. He was a man who was usually so majestic and arrogant that he was almost inhuman, but at this moment he was humble as dust.
Su Heng looked at him coldly, and had no intention of pleading for him. From the time Li Xiaoyun got into trouble until now, Li Yi had not sent any signal of reconciliation with him.
The emperor's face was gloomy, and he stared at Li Yi who was kneeling on the ground. "As the Minister of War, you let the Ministry of War make such a mistake. Your crime is unforgivable. It is unknown whether you are the embezzler. How dare you let me allow you to participate in the investigation!"
"Come here! Pass on my order to arrest Li Yi and sentence him after all the facts are investigated!"
Following the emperor's order, Liu Fang strode in with a dozen imperial guards. Two of them escorted Li Yi out, one on the left and one on the right.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent~"
Li Yi's cry echoed in the hall, but no one dared to plead for mercy.
After Li Yi was suppressed, the emperor asked Li Huaizhi: "Lord Li, what did you find out?"
Li Huaizhi replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I still need time. But the most important thing right now is to prevent the secrets from being leaked."
"My dear, what can I do?"
"The theft of secrets was discovered before the hour of Yin, and the city gates were not yet open. I have already informed the gatekeepers not to let anyone in for the time being. The most important thing now is to lock the city gates and search the capital."
After a brief moment of contemplation, the emperor ordered Lin Ju, "General Lin, pass on my decree to close the city gates for seven days. Only people can enter but not leave."
"Yes!" Lin Ju responded with a bow.
As the deputy general, He Zhang bowed along with Lin Ju.
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After the court was dismissed, Li Huaizhi did not leave with the others, but turned and went to the Qinzheng Hall.
"Lord Li, do you have anything else to do?"
Li Huaizhi cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, can you please let the eunuchs leave?"
The emperor frowned slightly and waved his hand to ask all the servants in the hall to leave.
"What does Li Aiqing want to say?"
Li Huaizhi said: "Your Majesty, the secrets lost this time are all about the northern defense situation, weapons and equipment, and food transportation routes. I suspect it was done by the Huns."
The emperor clenched his fists, his face visibly tense, "Huns?"
Li Huaizhi nodded, "Well, even if they are not Xiongnu, they are related to Xiongnu. Some time ago, in the case of the inn, many Xiongnu warriors were arrested, but their leader was not among them."
Seeing the emperor frowning, Li Huaizhi continued, "Your Majesty, I have a guess. Perhaps those Xiongnu people wanted to misunderstand Your Majesty and make You think that they were going to frame Prime Minister Su, so that they would be saved from death. They hid for a long time, but suddenly they died without any reason. It is really suspicious."
At this time, the emperor also remembered this matter.
The people who were arrested kept saying that they were instructed by Su Heng, and the intention of frame-up was too obvious, so he did not execute Su Heng.
After that incident, the Xiongnu completely disappeared from the capital. Now, the Ministry of War is in trouble again, and the suspicion points directly to the Xiongnu.
If Li Huaizhi's inference is correct, Su Heng is the one who colluded with foreign enemies.
The emperor clenched his fist and slammed it heavily on the golden nanmu table, making a dull sound.
"Su Heng!" The emperor gritted his teeth in anger.
He has been given a position second only to the emperor, so what could he not be satisfied with? He actually collaborates with the enemy and sells out his country!
The emperor raised his eyes, looked at Li Huaizhi, and ordered him: "Li Huaizhi, I give you a secret order, secretly investigate this matter, no matter who is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, they will be arrested!"
"Yes! I will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust."
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Eunuch Cui reported Li Yi's imprisonment to the Queen.
"How could this happen?" The Queen paused while arranging flowers and looked at Eunuch Cui in confusion.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the Ministry of War lost the confidential files last night."
The queen thought of Li Xiaoyun.
Could it be my brother who did it? But why didn't he discuss it with me?
What should Jiapin do? Is there any need for her to stay?
She had to consider all these. Before that, she had to ask Su Heng if he was the one who did it.
The queen lost interest in arranging flowers, put down the flowers in her hand and told Eunuch Cui, "Go out of the palace and ask your brother what's going on."
If it was his brother who did it, there would be no need to keep Jiapin and her belly.
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Li Qingyuan was feeding the child water when the personal nanny rushed in. "Madam, it's bad, the master has been thrown into prison!"
"What?" Li Qingyuan's hands trembled, thinking of his brother, and asked again: "Is it my father-in-law?"
The nanny was stunned for a moment, then realized that Li Qingyuan had misunderstood and waved her hands, "It was your father, Minister Li. I heard that it was His Majesty who personally ordered him to be sent to the Heavenly Prison."
"Bang!"
The bowl in his hand fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.
Li Qingyuan held the nanny's hand and asked anxiously, "What happened? Why was father taken to the prison?"
The nanny told Li Qingyuan everything she had heard about the Ministry of War on the street.
Such a bolt from the blue came out of the blue, and Li Qingyuan was not paying attention at all. The child on his lap tilted and fell to the ground, and immediately started crying loudly.
"Young Master!"
Li Qingyuan came back to his senses only after hearing the baby crying and the nanny's exclamation.
But it was too late. Before he could clean up the broken pieces of the porcelain bowl, the fragments pierced his head. Blood gushed out, staining half of his face red.
"Jin'er!" Li Qingyuan took the crying child from the nanny's hands, his hands were shaking.
Nanny reacted and ordered the maid beside her, "Hurry up and take the letter to invite the imperial physician! And tell the prince and the master by the way!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Xiuyuan rushed in anxiously. "What's going on?"
When Su Xiuyuan saw the wound on the child's head, he couldn't hold back any longer and yelled at Li Qingyuan: "How can you be a mother? You dropped your child like this!"
After saying that, he took the child from Li Qingyuan's arms and strode out.
"Prepare the car. Imperial Doctor He is on leave today. Let's go to He's residence!"
Watching Su Xiuyuan carrying the child out, Li Qingyuan felt as if all the strength had been drained from her and she was unable to move.
On one side is her child and on the other side is her father. What should she do?
At this time, the nanny beside her didn't care that there was blood on her hands. She held her trembling hands and comforted her: "Madam, the most important thing now is the young master. The master will not be sentenced so soon. I will go and find out and tell you."
Li Qingyuan held the nanny's hand back, and her frightened heart gradually calmed down. She quickly followed Su Xiuyuan.