Although only officials below the sixth rank were investigated, this offended a large number of officials at once.

Many minor officials are relatives of high-ranking officials in the court.

It was common for officials in the capital to marry each other.

The tradition of catching a son-in-law from under the list is very old. The top scorer and the second place winner in the imperial examination would be caught by high-ranking officials to be their sons-in-law. Therefore, officials in the capital were basically nepotism-related.

At this time, a minister of the Ministry of Personnel stepped out in a hurry and said, "Your Highness, this method is inappropriate. If we investigate like this, it will implicate many people. I'm afraid that the officials below will not be willing to work, and the entire capital will come to a standstill."

Prince Anlan smiled when he heard this.

Then he said, "Then Your Highness, please take a step back and investigate the Jingzhou prefectural government, especially the capital government and the garrison government. They often come into contact with the Black Tiger Gang."

"This..." The Minister of Personnel nodded silently, "Your Highness, please consider it carefully. I think it is okay."

He agreed to this reluctantly.

I refused before, and now I refuse again.

I'm afraid the empress will think he has something to hide.

Empress An Qintian glanced at everyone, then opened her red lips and said, "Do you have any objections to the prince's suggestion?"

In response to the empress's question, no one in the court spoke.

The court officials did not dare to speak, because the Qin family had already staked their lives and property on it. If they stood up at this time, they would be going against them. What if they went crazy and even bit you? It would be a waste of time and effort!

No official dared to offend them, and even the prime minister of the dynasty stopped his actions and even cut off his arm to survive.

Now that he has taken advantage of Ye Liangchen's misfortune, there is no need for anyone to say anything.

Seeing everyone bowed their heads and kept silent.

Empress An Qintian's eyes were sharp as she said, "Then let's do as the Crown Prince wishes... and pass on my decree. Anyone who has anything to do with the Black Tiger Gang, no matter how high their official position, will be sentenced to death! If they help them with human trafficking and are seriously involved, I will punish their entire family!"

"As for the Censorate, let me investigate it as well!"

When An Qintian spoke at this moment, a terrifying aura emanated from him.

Previously, all the court officials did not take her seriously because she was a woman.

But now, when everyone saw her gloomy eyes, they remembered that she was an empress who had the power of life and death.

The Prime Minister of the dynasty wanted to protest, but found that the empress was staring at him. The intimidating aura forced Gu Tianshou to lower his head.

The empress was obviously carrying out a purge of his forces.

In particular, the marriage between Ye Liangchen and his daughter Gu Xiangxiang has already irritated the empress.

Ye Liangchen was originally the one supported and won over by the empress to compete with the prime minister, but she never expected that he had already jumped to Gu Tianshou's camp.

If one family becomes too big, it will be extremely dangerous to the dynasty.

If Gu Tianshou had not been a veteran of two dynasties and controlled a large number of officials in the court, An Qintian would have wanted to destroy him long ago.

The empress glanced at the people present, and seeing that no one spoke, she said, "If there is nothing else, then we will adjourn the court."

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief and bowed, "Farewell, Your Majesty."

Empress An Qintian glanced at everyone and cursed, "A bunch of trash!"

The sound is not loud, but it is clear enough to hear.

The ministers lowered their heads even lower.

At this moment, all the censors were sweating profusely, with beads of sweat the size of beans dripping down their backs.

Everyone had a thought in their mind: Why did the Qin family care so much about a little son-in-law? This was unreasonable! If the son-in-law died, he would die. At most, they could just support other men in the future. Why did they have to gamble the entire Qin family for a son-in-law with no status? He was biting people like a madman.

Who is this son-in-law of the Qin family? After the empress left, Prince Anlan looked at Ye Liangchen in the hall and said to the imperial guards: "Capture the suspect Ye Liangchen!"

Listen to her.

Ye Liangchen originally wanted to hide, or escape.

But seeing Qin Jianjia's terrifying look, as if she was seeking revenge for her husband's murder, he had no choice but to stay where he was.

Ye Liangchen never imagined that the general who once liked him would now be jealous of him like an enemy.

He could not figure out how Qin Jianjia discovered that he was framing the Qin family.

At An Lan's order, the imperial guards outside the hall rushed in, detained the deathly pale Ye Liangchen, and then escorted him away.

Qin Jianjia watched Ye Liangchen's back slowly disappear in the hall.

When she turned around, she found An Lan appeared beside her.

An Lan cupped his hands and said, "General Qin, the rest of the matter is left to you. This is the only way I can help you."

Qin Jianjia said simply.

Leave the hall immediately.

After leaving the imperial city, he picked up his spear, mounted his war horse, and rushed to the imperial guards camp with the imperial edict.

He ordered 800 imperial guards to quickly wipe out the Black Tiger Gang in the city. Qin Jianjia led 200 people alone to interrogate Ye Liangchen first to find out the location of the Black Tiger Gang's lair.

at the same time.

Many citizens in the capital witnessed the imperial guards hurrying through the streets.

I couldn't help but discuss, "What on earth happened?"

"Could it be that another official has committed a crime and his house has been searched?"

The most common reason for mobilizing so many imperial guards at one time in those days was house confiscation, and only house confiscation would mobilize a large number of soldiers.

But all the people who stopped to watch guessed wrong.

The imperial guards did not go to search the house, but stopped at the branch of the Black Tiger Gang on Wanhe Street.

Most of the local residents knew that it was the base of the Black Tiger Gang branch.

The common people all stopped to watch. At the same time, the imperial guards drew their swords, which gleamed brightly in the sun. The leading imperial guard captain led his men to charge into the branch hall and shouted:

"The Black Tiger Gang committed treason, murdered imperial officials, and trafficked in human beings to help them. Now the emperor has ordered that they be executed on the spot. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

All the Black Tiger Gang members turned pale.

Judging from their tone, they will die anyway!

So they put up a great resistance, but the Imperial Guards were a famous army in the capital, and the soldiers were well-trained. With a single move of their swords, they chopped down a large number of Black Tiger Gang members to the ground, and those who tried to escape were shot to death by the crossbows behind them.

At this time, the people who stopped to watch suddenly realized what was going on.

"It turns out that the imperial court is planning to take down the Black Tiger Gang!"

"That's great! The Black Tiger Gang has been rampant for so long, and finally someone is here to take care of them!"

"Which official dared to target the Black Tiger Gang?"

While the people were amazed.

I couldn't help but wonder.

In their view, the imperial officials were a bunch of cowards who dared not take action against the Black Tiger Gang. But at this moment, they really killed a lot of people on the Black Tiger Gang and even called in the imperial guards.

Suddenly someone spoke up: "I heard that it was the Qin family. General Qin led the imperial army to wipe out the Black Tiger Gang."

"Is she seeking revenge for her husband? Her husband was captured by the Black Tiger Gang."

"The Black Tiger Gang deserved it. They provoked the wrong people!"

The common people looked gloating. The Black Tiger Gang had bullied them a lot, and the people in the capital were full of resentment.

Even reporting it to the officials is useless because they simply won't accept it.

…

at the same time.

Qin Jianjia, who arrived at the Dali Temple and was about to interrogate Ye Liangchen, dismounted and went to the dungeon of the Dali Temple for interrogation.

But at this time, the chief officer of the Dali Temple came out with an apologetic look on his face: "General Qin, I'm sorry, the thief Ye actually knows martial arts. The moment he entered the dungeon, he killed several jailers and imperial guards and escaped over the wall. Now we are tracking him down."

Qin Jianjia frowned when she heard this.

Only now did she recall that Ye Liangchen had learned some martial arts.

This is all her fault.

If he had not felt pity for Ye Liangchen and given him a few ordinary secret books, Ye Liangchen would not have become a third-rate warrior.

She pulled the reins tightly, feeling full of regret.

Just got on the horse.

Xiao Cui came hurriedly and stood behind the horse. Without even taking a breath, she shouted, "Miss, something bad has happened. Miss Three has been captured by Ye Liangchen!"

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(End of this chapter)