He Liming realized the seriousness of the problem. Minister Li was now the commander-in-chief of the defense of the entire Tokyo City. If this matter was true, it would definitely cause a huge uproar!
He Liming arrived at Chunyue Tower as quickly as possible. At this time, the argument in Chunyue Tower had reached a fever pitch. At first, most of the people arguing were students of the Imperial Academy, but now more scholars had joined in.
Some people even started fighting, grabbing weapons and getting into a brawl.
Li Gang has gained quite a few fans these days. Almost half of the students at the Imperial Academy have become his admirers. These passionate students admire Li Gang's courage, as he single-handedly supported the defense of the entire capital city of Tokyo.
The current situation is that Wang Chen's group of people were ganged up on and beaten until they were bleeding from their heads.
"Stop!"
He Liming roared, and all the Imperial Guards behind him stepped forward in unison. Each of them was dressed in a brocade robe, with a long sword at their waist, and their faces were cold and their killing intent was overwhelming.
He Liming's icy eyes swept over everyone present, and he roared, "How dare you fight in public under the emperor's nose!"
"Your Honor, this man has publicly slandered the current Prime Minister..."
"Shut up! Take them all back!"
Liu Haozhi quickly stepped forward and said, "Sir, I was the one who started this. I beg you to be lenient and take full responsibility!"
He Liming's expression was almost frozen. He squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth: "You'll take it all on yourself? Can you even afford it! Take them all with you!"
Zhao Huan had just fallen asleep when he heard Xie Dahai's voice outside the door. He woke up and opened the door to see Xie Dahai kneeling outside, holding the information about the entire case that the Imperial City Guard had collected in the fastest way possible.
"I have offended Your Majesty; I deserve death!"
Zhao Huan took the scroll of paper from Xie Dahai and quickly glanced at it.
"Change clothes! Prepare the car!"
The eunuch hurriedly helped the emperor change his clothes. Late at night, the emperor arrived at the Imperial City Guard prison, where twenty-six imperial students were being held. These students were disheveled and had just finished a fight.
In another prison, there was a man named A-San, who was a gatekeeper at Li Gang's residence. He Liming got the man out of Wang Chen and quickly went to Li Gang's residence to bring him over.
This is the same person who beat an old woman who came to deliver eggs to the gate of Li Gang's residence to death, and even threatened her, saying that this is the Prime Minister's residence, how dare a servant like her come here.
This happened tonight, and many people witnessed it. Wang Chen, a student of the Imperial Academy, and others happened to be passing by on their way to Chun Yue Lou when they saw it and were extremely angry.
Li Gang was inspecting the city walls at the time, unaware that he had already stirred up a great deal of trouble. The emperor's intention was not to alarm Li Gang for the time being.
By this time, the Indian man had been beaten beyond recognition and had confessed everything he needed to. As for his life, the emperor had not given his approval, and the Imperial Guards spared him for the time being. After all, this guy dared to collude with outsiders to murder the prime minister, which was undoubtedly a capital offense!
What the emperor considered even more deserving of death was that an old woman was beaten to death in the street!
Zhao Huan was furious. While the Indian man certainly deserved to die, the person who instigated him behind the scenes deserved to die even more!
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent. The lead went cold with the Indian."
The emperor took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and walked up to the students. Upon seeing the emperor, the students quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, may you be well!"
"Which one is Liu Haozhi!"
"Your Majesty, this student is!"
Zhao Huan slapped Liu Haozhi across the face, knocking him to the ground.
Chen Runxin, standing to the side, said, "Your Majesty, Brother Hao is not wrong; he is speaking out for Prime Minister Li!"
"Shut up!"
Zhao Huan stared coldly at the imperial student, feeling utterly disappointed. The person behind him clearly intended to eliminate Li Gang during this time of national crisis. How could Zhao Huan not see that?
How to get rid of Li Gang? Naturally, it was to deliberately incite the crowd to cause trouble because of Li Gang. However, Li Gang was a reclusive person who had no excuses, so the only way was to fabricate a story. They bribed a gatekeeper to create a heinous tragedy and then incited the group of hot-blooded students to cause trouble.
Even if the emperor discovers that someone was behind this, the incident has already had an impact, making the emperor feel that Li Gang is too popular, and the other party has already achieved their goal!
These students were being used as pawns, yet they still dared to argue!
Zhao Huan finally understood why Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, did not allow students of the Imperial Academy to interfere in politics; these people had far too much nonsense in their heads!
"Your Majesty! Student Wang Chen has exposed Li Gang's crimes..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Huan kicked him, knocking him to the ground.
"The imperial court provides you with education so you can fight in brothels! You've completely disgraced the imperial court!"
Wang Chen, however, seemed unconcerned about life and death, and got up to continue, "Your Majesty, even if I die, I will expose Li Gang's crimes!"
"You think I wouldn't dare kill you! You bunch of fools!"
At this moment, Zhao Huan was throwing a tantrum in prison, while Liu Yanzong was having a good time at Xueyue Pavilion, the most luxurious brothel in Tokyo. After a few rounds of drinks, he was already surrounded by women on both sides and was about to get into bed, ready to take off his clothes.
Liu Yanzong was thoroughly enjoying himself, thinking to himself, "These women are all incredibly beautiful, they're so wanton! Where in the North can you find such pleasure? I'm going to have some fun today!"
He took off his clothes and grinned lewdly, "My little darlings, I'm here!"
Just as he got into bed, the bedroom door was kicked open. Liu Yanzong, who was used to being a high-ranking official, could not tolerate his mood being suddenly interrupted. He immediately flew into a rage and shouted, "Who is it! Get out!"
The two beautiful women on the bed were so frightened that they quickly wrapped themselves in the blankets.
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