The first county magistrate in history

Shen Xiangrui and Guo Ziqing also knew that the empress had gone on a secret visit, but the information they received was that the empress did not go to Xuanzhou?

This is bad!

"Your Majesty, I have only heard about it from others, but have never seen it with my own eyes. Could it be that Cai Bulun does not have such talent?" Guo Ziqing hurriedly tried to make amends.

Shen Xiangrui was no fool. He saw the situation and said hastily, "Your Majesty, could it be that I, the humble minister, have also been deceived?"

Xia Mochu sneered. "Are you still trying to play this trick on me? You still think I don't dare to punish Cheng Kun's disciples?"

"Bring Cai Bulun up." Xia Mochu had already figured out how to break the deadlock!

what?

The ministers were shocked. Cai Bulun?

Your Majesty has brought him back?

Shen Xiangrui and Guo Ziqing's faces changed drastically. They didn't hear any news at all.

Before the end of summer, An Dehai was sent to Xuanzhou to secretly capture Cai Bulun. He had originally planned to bring him back for interrogation and uncover his accomplices within the court. Unexpectedly, Shen Xiangrui and Guo Ziqing came forward.

If he had known this earlier, Xia Mochu would have directly ordered An Dehai to kill Cai Bulun in Xuanzhou.

Soon, Cai Bulun was dragged into the court with his hair loose.

Cai Bulun's face was pale at this moment, his official robe was wet, and he looked quite embarrassed.

He was locked in a box on the way back and was so scared that he had lost control of his bowels and bladder.

Just now, the palace guards poured more than ten buckets of cold water on him before they pumped out the dirt.

However, there was still a faint smell of foul odor.

Seeing Cai Bulun, Shen Xiangrui and Guo Ziqing trembled like sieves.

It's over. The empress has captured Cai Bulun and obviously knows everything.

Yet they both still recommend it like idiots?

The Queen dared to arrest Cai Bulun, which clearly showed that she no longer gave face to the King of the North.

Cai Bulun had been suffering in the box all the way, his legs were numb and he couldn't move them anymore. But the cold water gave him some energy.

The first thing he saw was the civil and military officials around him, and the second thing he saw was the empress above him.

Cai Bulun was stunned. Only then did he recognize and remember that the female bandit he wanted to arrest looked so familiar. It turned out to be the empress!

thump!

Without even needing the guards to scold him, Cai Bulun knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die..."

Xia Mochu snorted coldly, "Just plead guilty! Since you deserve the death penalty, then die! Come, behead you in court as a warning to others!"

what?

All the civil and military officials in the court were shocked and beheaded on the spot?

This is rare!

"Your Majesty, please spare my life..." Cai Bulun was so scared that he begged for mercy at the top of his lungs.

However, Xia Mochu remained unmoved.

Click!

The imperial guard beside him raised his sword and slashed it down.

A damned head fell to the ground...

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!"

Guo Ziqing and Shen Xiangrui were so frightened that their souls were scared out of their bodies and they collapsed to the ground.

"How can our Great Qian Dynasty allow such treacherous ministers to rule?" Xia Mochu waved his hand: "Kill them! To serve as a warning to others!"

Click, click!

The two guards raised their swords and struck...

Two dirty heads fell to the ground.

bass!

bass!

bass!

Three streams of blood spurted out from the necks of the three headless corpses, rising more than one meter high.

Wow!

All the civil and military officials in the court were shocked and retreated in panic.

The smell of blood filled the entire court.

All the court officials looked at the empress in fear.

At this moment they suddenly remembered that this was not the first time someone had been killed in the court.

That year, when the empress ascended the throne, she was opposed by some ministers with ulterior motives. As a result, the empress not only massacred the court with blood, but also executed the entire families of those ministers and exterminated all nine generations of their clans.

From then on, no one dared to disobey the emperor.

The empress finally secured her throne!

But later, the empress gradually restrained her killing spree, causing all the civil and military officials in the court to forget the past...

At this moment, all the civil and military officials were terrified!

When a woman becomes ruthless, men are no match for her!

Xia Mochu glanced at the three corpses calmly and said, "Cai Bulun was an official appointed by the imperial court. He was corrupt, dishonest, and deceitful. He bent the law for personal gain, accepted bribes, arbitrarily changed tax policies, increased levies, was unclear about the law, bought and sold official positions, and formed cliques for personal gain. The people were living in poverty, while he indulged in extravagance and debauchery. Such an official deserves death!"

After a pause, he continued, "Shen Xiangrui and Guo Ziqing, as ministers appointed by the imperial court, have failed to share the country's concerns and enforce strict governance. Instead, they have formed cliques for personal gain, bent the law for personal gain, and recommended unworthy officials, shaking the foundation of our Daqian. These treacherous ministers are a threat to our Daqian."

Xia Mochu's pretty face was icy cold: "Where is the Minister of Justice Zuo Zhongliang?"

"Your humble servant is here!" A burly old man hurried out and knelt down.

Xia Mochu's eyes were filled with murderous intent: "Flog the corpses of these three people at the Meridian Gate, confiscate their property, and exterminate their entire clans!"

"Yes!" Zuo Zhongliang followed the guards dragging the corpse and strode away.

In the court, all the ministers were trembling and dared not breathe.

Xia Mochu glanced at the ministers and said coldly, "I heard that the four great kings have returned to the court to protect the emperor? Come, summon the four of them to the court!"

The ministers were shocked. Did the empress really want to confront the four kings of different surnames face to face?