Seeing that Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng and Han Yi had almost the same expression, Xu Ping could only sigh in his heart that his acting skills were so good. If he didn't know, how could he cooperate with those minor officials in the general direction? Then he thought, it might not be the case. It is more likely that Lu Yijian knew that the minor officials were colluding with fraud, but he did not expect to reach this level.↗After all, it seems that the power of the three officials colluded with each other now, and even the prime minister was afraid of seeing it.

Zhao Zhen said to the three people: "The confession is here. You have also seen that Cui Youde has committed a death sentence. Xu Ping promised to protect his wife and daughter safety before he confessed. Moreover, he heard that the person sent by his companions to take care of his wife and daughter was teasing his wife when he was guilty. Cui Youde was not angry and wrote the confession."

Lu Yijian took a breath and bowed his hand to report: "Since that's the case, then arrange for people to hold people immediately. Will you inform Cheng Lin to come to the palace to discuss? The three departments have not many staff, so it is a bit difficult to handle this case."

"No need! The criminal was already in Kaifeng Prefecture, but even the case of Cui Youde forcing the Jinshi in Jinzhou to death was not found out. They helped this case from the side. It was better to let the Censorate and the Imperial City Department work together with the Sansi, and the Imperial City Department take the initiative to arrest the criminals as soon as possible. There were too many criminals, and the Censorate and the Sansi were small, so they were interrogated in the Imperial City Department!"

Seeing that Zhao Zhen's tone was not good, Lu Yijian could not say anything, so he had to follow the order.

Wang Zeng said: "Your Majesty, the matter is related to it, and it will be very important to be full of trouble. According to my opinion, I would like to raise the criminal from Kaifeng Prefecture first. Several ministers asked again, it would be better to arrest the head first."

Zhao Zhen thought about it, and just relying on the confession of a minor official, he arrested so many people at once. If the confession does not match the facts, it would be embarrassing. He nodded and said, "That's it. It's already late at night. You go and report it in time if you have something to do."

Everyone thanked each other and came out of Yanhe Hall together.

Wang Zeng said to Lu Yijian: "We should go back to the Political Affairs Hall to discuss and make a decision."

At this time, even if it was just to get rid of the suspicion, Lu Yijian would not say a word to the minor official. He was really dissatisfied with Xu Ping's incident and could only find excuses to take revenge in the future.

The two prime ministers agreed that all the people present left the Danei together and went to the Zhengtang in the front half of the imperial city to discuss.

When he arrived at the Political Affairs Hall, Cai Qi, who was on duty, saw so many people coming. Although he knew that Xu Ping had entered the palace in the middle of the night, he did not expect that there would be such a big scene and hurried forward to salute.

Everyone sat down separately, and Lu Yijian discussed with Wang Zeng: "Only the current plan is to bring the minor official Cui Youde first. We have asked again. Should we write the letter from the Secretariat and ask the people from the Imperial City Department to bring it up?"

Wang Zeng said: "That's true. However, those minor officials are well-informed and should be careful when referring to others and not be alert to the enemy. Let's first think about what excuses to use and don't cause a stir in the Kaifeng Prefecture Office."

Seeing that several people were thinking there, Xu Ping interrupted, "According to the opinions of the lower officials, it is better to come forward by the Censorate. He only said that he was a Jinshi who failed during the day and caused trouble. The emperor personally inquired and asked the Censorate to retrial."

It is said that the Censorate did not interfere in cases that had nothing to do with officials, but he had no identity after being defeated by Jinshi, and it was reasonable that the emperor personally explained it.

Several ministers of the prime minister discussed it and thought it was feasible, so they wrote a note, and handed it to Han Yi with the seal of the Secretariat.

Wang Zeng said: "The censor sent a reliable confidant to go, and must not make any mistakes."

Han Yi agreed.

Wang Zeng said to Li Yonghe again: "The Li envoy sent a few trustworthy soldiers to follow the people from the Censorate to bring people up. The people from the Imperial City Department should not make the public officials of Kaifeng Prefecture suspicious."

Li Yong and Ying Nuo went to arrange personnel with Han Yi.

When Lu Yijian saw the two of them going out, he shook his head at Wang Zeng: "It's so careful, it's too much to make a big deal. The left and right are just a group of minor officials who cheat, not a major military and national affairs. What news is still afraid of being leaked in Kaifeng City? As long as you ask clearly tonight, the people of the Imperial City Division guard the city gate tomorrow morning, searching all over the city, and you're still afraid that they will fly into the sky!"

Wang Zeng was not upset and smiled: "From the mansion that collided with us, to the fact that we are today, the methods of these minor officials are not considered to be of great power? Be careful, and if you negligently fail, how can we explain it?"

Cai Qi only then asked Xu Ping to find out the case, and said to Lu Yijian: "It is difficult to guarantee that the public officials in the three departments will not involve the public officials in other yamen. These minor officials have friendships with each other, so who knows which one will inform you?"

Lu Yijian's face was a little gloomy. He was not around tonight, so he had to stop talking.

It was already late at night, and there was no moon at the beginning of the moon. The stars in the sky shone hazy light and covered the windows.

The mistress on duty came over and lit up the kerosene lamp, and quietly retreated.

Xu Ping kept watching the mistress exit the door, but he couldn't turn his head. Now he was a little oversensitive, and when he saw every little official, he felt that he was a member of Master Liu's group.

Not long after, Han Yi and Li Yonghe came back and said to the two prime ministers: "My husband, we have arranged people to go. We will wait here. It will take not much time to bring people."

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng nodded.

The atmosphere in the Political Affairs Hall was a bit solemn. No one spoke anymore, or closed his eyes to rest, or stared at the stars outside in a daze. Even the officials on duty occasionally came in with something to do.

The yamen in Kaifeng Prefecture is not far from the imperial city, and you will be able to walk along the Imperial Street for a cup of tea or two.

Xu Ping felt that time was passing very slowly, and he felt itchy in his heart, and he had no place to scratch or scratch. He just felt that it would be better to have a clock now, and it would not be like he felt that time had stopped.

Looking around him, even Li Yonghe closed his eyes slightly, without any expression on his face. Xu Ping could only sigh inwardly that his ability to cultivate oneself and nature was still not good. Not to mention these ministers, even Li Yong could not compare with the sudden wealthy one.

I don’t know how long it took, but Xu Ping couldn’t help looking out the door, and he felt that the sun was about to rise, and there were finally rapid footsteps outside the door.

Han Yi breathed out: "The person has finally been brought up!"

Looking at the expressions of the people around him, Xu Ping realized that others were as hard as him, just forcibly calm down. In fact, in the eyes of others, Xu Ping was not calm? He even secretly praised this young man for being mature!

The Censor Jiang Tang brought two soldiers to take Cui Youde in and saluted the people in the room: "The lower official Jiang Tang, who received the help of the soldiers in the Imperial City Division, has been fortunately fulfilling his mission and brought the criminals there!"

The two soldiers took the prisoner into the house and saluted Li Yonghe with his hands crossed: "The envoy, the subordinate will hand over the order!"

The people in the room almost stood up together and looked at Cui Youde in ragged clothes on the ground.
Chapter completed!