"What if we continue to be poisoned? Can you afford that responsibility?"

"Yes, it's so dangerous here. What if you die here?"

Shen Yi saw this scene and said with a smile: "That's your business. The Prime Minister is not responsible for your safety. We are only responsible for the food."

"you……"

Many people were furious at this statement.

If they continue to be poisoned, can they just accept it?

Prime Minister's Mansion.

After being informed by the secret guard, Xie Ji thought for a moment and realized that someone actually had their hands in the other courtyard.

"Prime Minister, why have you ever been to Duke Zhao's mansion?"

Xie Ji nodded when he heard this.

"Go and let the ministers know about this in secret."

"promise."

He Ye, you are seeking death on your own, don't blame me.

Early the next morning, Zhangtai Palace.

When Xie Ji came in, he found that the ministers were standing neatly and silently.

Seeing Xie Ji coming, a few people gritted their teeth and looked at him earnestly.

"Ahem~, everyone is quite quiet today."

"Prime Minister, everyone is concerned about one thing, so naturally they are thinking hard, so quietly." Xiao Yu walked up to Xie Ji, looked at the surrounding ministers, and then looked at Xie Ji and said.

"Oh, what deserves everyone's silence?" Xie Ji looked at the main hall and asked knowingly.

"I heard that someone poisoned the Prime Minister's other courtyard. This surprised me. The guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion were so tight that not even a fly could fly in. Someone actually poisoned the other courtyard blatantly. Those who didn't know it thought it was the Prime Minister. Indulgence?"

Xiao Yu said with a smile, "It's better to feel sick to Xie Ji."

Xie Jiwei frowned and walked back and forth in the hall, looking at all kinds of people standing in the hall, some were happy, some were silent, some had dark faces, some were indifferent...

"Yes, I am also curious about this. I don't know who is so bold as to poison the other courtyard of the Prime Minister."

Xie Ji walked around and walked up to a minister and said, "Is it you?"

The minister immediately shook his head, fearing that Xie Ji would be wronged.

"Is that you?" Xie Ji walked up to another minister and said, and the minister's legs trembled.

"Or you?" Xie Ji walked up to He Ye and pointed at him.

He Ye saw that many ministers were looking at him, their expressions were not very good, and they almost ignored He Ye.

He wanted to talk to people today, but no one answered him.

"Prime Minister, it's not me. I don't have that much courage. Even if I did, I wouldn't dare." He Ye retorted immediately.

"Oh, it's not you. That's good." Xie Ji suddenly realized, "Fortunately it's not you. I thought you betrayed me and started plotting against me at all costs. Fortunately, I heard that He Langzhong and Zhao Guogong have a good relationship. It seems from today that we had a very pleasant conversation yesterday."

He Ye felt cold and sweaty, and the sweat dripped drop by drop on the hall unconsciously.

"Prime Minister, the poisoning thing yesterday was not done by me. Absolutely not. It was planned by Zhao Yi. It was Zhao Yi. He and the housekeeper were plotting. I really didn't participate at all!"

He Ye felt that he couldn't hide it anymore and immediately said quickly, if he didn't tell him at this time, it would be an even greater crime if he was found out.

"When did the truth say that you were the one who poisoned me? It seems that you didn't bring it upon yourself." Xie Ji clapped his hands and said, "Hey, it seems that the truth is really disgusting. Not only do some people dare to do it when others are not the truth? He was poisoned in the courtyard and made everyone look at him coldly. This prime minister must be really aggrieved, really aggrieved."

"I don't know when someone poisoned the truth. I have to take all precautions. You can prevent it for a while, but you can't prevent it forever. Even poisoning can be used, but I don't know what the next time will be?" Xie Ji looked distressed,

It made all the ministers roll their eyes and poison them, which is really not easy to do.

If I could poison you, I would have poisoned you to death.

"Who is so bold as to poison so many people to death? Prime Minister, have you found out?"

The emperor came out and asked at this time, walked slowly to the throne, and sat down.

"Your Majesty, this matter has been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment." Xie Ji walked to the front and said, "There are nearly two thousand people. I was shocked when I learned about this matter. I don't know what kind of person who cares so little about human life dared to harm so many people.

, Fortunately, the matter has been exposed and he did not succeed, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."

"Consultant, find out who dared to take human life lightly? To poison and kill so many people?"

The emperor was very angry and the consequences were serious.

He dared to poison and kill so many people. If the poisoning was successful, where would the court's face be?

"Your Majesty, I dare not say anything."

The consultant hesitated, lowered his head, and looked at his feet.

"explain."

"Your Majesty, this person is Zhao Guogong Zhao Yi. And He Ye is also involved. According to feedback from some officials in the Ministry of Personnel, He Ye talked at the Ministry of Personnel the day before yesterday about putting more than 2,000 people to death in order to remove those who harmed those people.

The crime was framed on the Prime Minister, and yesterday I went to Zhao Guogong's Mansion to plan with Zhao Yi how to inflict harm."

"Finally, I ordered the housekeeper of Duke Zhao's Mansion to find a farmer named Wang Yi, lure him with benefits, and force him with power. He forced this man to go to the prime minister's other courtyard and poison the cauldron where everyone was eating."

The consultant explained the matter in detail.

"How do you think this matter should be handled?" the emperor pondered for a while and asked.

"Your Majesty, I was not involved in this matter. It was Zhao Yi who did it. I am wronged!" He Ye immediately knelt down, trembling, hoping that the emperor would spare his life.

"Unjustly? Didn't you tell the official department what would happen if someone in the other courtyard died inexplicably?"

Liu Zheng squinted at He Ye. He was so determined to fight with this He Ye that he actually poisoned him.

"Your Majesty, why is this man so evil-minded? How can he disregard human life and frame ministers? If he doesn't kill him, it will not satisfy the anger of the people. I ask your majesty to chop this man in half and abandon the city to warn future generations." Liu Zheng pointed at He with one finger.

Said to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, this person has such a vicious heart that he actually wanted to kill more than two thousand people for his own selfish purposes. He deserves to be killed."

Ye Yin looked very displeased at He Ye, for actually daring to poison you. If you really succeeded, it would be too late to regret it.

"Your Majesty, there is Zhao Guogong Zhao Yi, he is the mastermind. How dare I have the ability to go to the Prime Minister's Courtyard to poison?"

He Ye saw that everyone was attacking him and not attacking Zhao Yi. Is it just because he was the Duke of the country that he would not be condemned?

"Your Majesty, I have a few words to say regarding Duke Zhao."

Xie Ji saw that Zhao Yi was mentioned, so he stood up and said.

"Prime Minister, please tell me?"

The emperor looked at Xie Ji and said, "Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi, because of his status as a duke, he looks down on me even more. After breaking into the harem without permission, he is still so arrogant."

"Your Majesty, Zhao Yi sells rice at low prices in the capital. This kind of rice was brought in when he went to court. It is just outside the palace."

"Rice? Selling it at a low price?" Many ministers wondered, what else could be done with rice? Is there something wrong with the rice?

"Bring that rice in." The emperor looked at the whispers of the ministers below and was a little curious about what was so special about this rice.

A waiter will come in holding flat cases one by one with a pile of rice placed on them.

At first glance, there seems to be no difference. The grains are crystal clear. This is good rice.

Many ministers looked at the rice held by the waiter and kept their eyes on the rice.

"Is there anything special about this rice?" Wang Cen suddenly asked.

"Master, that's what he saw." Xie Ji walked over, picked up some rice, and put it on the palm of his hand.

"Your Majesty, at first glance, this rice looks no different from ordinary rice, but it is actually not the case. This rice has been blanched with boiling water."

Xie Ji put the rice back on the table.

"It's been scalded in boiling water? Show it to all the ministers." The emperor said, what's so special about this thing that's been scalded in boiling water?

Why do you need to scald the rice with boiling water? Isn’t this unnecessary?

The waiter walked past the ministers one by one so that they could pick them up and observe them.

"Prime Minister, is there something special about this rice that has been blanched in boiling water?" Li Xu asked. Since it is rice, as long as it is not poisoned, it should be edible. It is also much cheaper, so there is no problem.

"Your Majesty, everyone, this problem arises because the rice has been scalded with boiling water." Xie Ji said to the confused ministers and puzzled emperor.

"Now is the busy time of farming. No matter how hard you work, you will get a harvest, but even if you work hard, you will not get a harvest. Now is the time when the people need to use seeds, and Zhao Guogong takes advantage of the situation and sells the blanched rice to those who need it.

The farmers who bought the seeds said that they were the best seeds and the harvest was more than double that of ordinary seeds.”

Xie Ji pointed to the rice in Wang Cen's hand and said: "It is this kind of rice that allows the people to cultivate without harvesting, leaving the cultivated land with no harvest."

"The minister learned that now is the time when crops are growing buds, but there are large tracts of farmland on the outskirts of Chang'an City that are covered with weeds. The minister learned that the land where the weeds are growing is precisely the land where the weeds are grown.

This is specially processed rice.”

"I am thinking, is Zhao Yi having trouble with the people, or is he having trouble with His Majesty?"
Chapter completed!