Seeing Su Ming say this, Chu Xuanchen knew that Su Ming wanted to use the evidence of Emperor Hongyuan's crime in exchange for his trust.
Since Su Ming wanted to use him, why not take advantage of him and use Su Ming to avenge his parents.
As for Su Ming, if he always harbors evil intentions and has other purposes, then he will not let him go in the future.
Thinking of this, he said coldly: "Master Su, where is the evidence?"
"The evidence is in the palace. Please go to the palace first. After settling down, I will present the evidence." Su Ming said.
"Okay, but before entering the palace, I must first deal with these rebellious officials and traitors who are traitorous to the country and seek glory, and are greedy for life and fear of death." As he said that, Chu Xuanchen's eyes were already looking at Geng Tian and others who were coming down from the tower.
people.
As soon as Geng Tian and others walked down the tower, they heard what Su Ming and Chu Xuanchen said.
Geng Tian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I am not a traitor to my country and seek glory, and I am greedy for life and fear of death. I am just worried about the people and afraid that Feng Lingtian will massacre them, so I handed over the letter of surrender."
Wang Guang also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, we are doing this to save the lives of the people. Please give me your advice."
Chu Xuanchen looked at Wang Guang and said coldly: "Wang Guang, as the general who defends the city, what are your responsibilities?"
Wang Guang was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "It is to protect the family and the country and protect the safety of Shengjing City."
"Then what did you do?" Chu Xuanchen looked at him with extremely sharp eyes.
"Last General...Last General..." Wang Guang said, lowering his head hesitantly.
Chu Xuanchen curled his lips coldly, "Why, you can't tell me? As the general who defends the city, you should protect the safety of Shengjing City, even if it costs your lives. And what about you? The enemy is still there
You want to hand over the city gate to others before you get in, do you still have any blood as a soldier?"
Wang Guang raised his head and looked at Chu Xuanchen in embarrassment, "But Prince Feng Lingtian said that if we don't surrender obediently, he will massacre the city. The general has to do this for the safety of the people."
Chu Xuanchen sneered, "Are you afraid when Feng Lingtian threatens you like this? It's obvious that you are afraid of death, but you use the people as an excuse. If you weren't all greedy for life and afraid of death, and rushed to open the city gate, the enemy could
Is it so easy to invade? If you resist with all your heart, the people will not die in vain!"
"The general is guilty, please calm down your anger..." When Wang Guang heard this, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground, trembling all over.
"My lord, I also know that I am guilty." Upon seeing this, Geng Tian and others were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads.
In the past, when Emperor Hongyuan was around, Geng Tian never took Chu Xuanchen seriously.
But now that Emperor Hongyuan has run away, only Chu Xuanchen has military power, and Chu Xuanchen is the biggest here.
So Geng Tian was immediately afraid of him, fearing that he would kill him directly!
Seeing everyone confessing their sins, Chu Xuanchen glanced at them and snorted coldly, "Oh, you people just gave up without even trying to resist. Are you worthy of the people of Chu State?"
Mo Li said: "We all saw it just now. As officials of the imperial court, you all groveled, betrayed the country and sought glory, trying to follow Feng Lingtian and betray the Chu State. How can people like you deserve to be the parents of the people?
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"They are not worthy at all. They are not even worthy of carrying shoes for the Zhennan Army! This time, in order to drive away the enemy, the Zhennan Army was brave and tenacious, fearless of life and death, and sacrificed many people. Only then can we win. If every soldier is like them
If we are greedy for life and afraid of death, how can we defend the country and the people?" Mo Zhu said sternly.
Hearing everyone's accusations, Wang Guang and others hurriedly knelt down and said fearfully: "I know I was wrong, please calm down your anger."
"Your Majesty, please give us another chance, we will never dare again!" Geng Tian said with a wince.
Geng Tian originally wanted to flee with Emperor Hongyuan, but Emperor Hongyuan didn't take him with him at all.
He had no choice but to resort to this strategy and wrote a letter of surrender with Wang Guang and others, preparing to surrender in exchange for his life.
Unexpectedly, he was caught by King Li.
Chu Xuanchen glanced at everyone, then looked at Su Ming, raising his eyebrows arrogantly, "Master Su, these officials have committed treason in public and even wrote a letter of surrender to Feng Lingtian. What do you think should be done?"
Su Ming glanced at everyone and said slyly: "Collaborating with the enemy and treason is of course a capital crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. According to the law, the nine tribes should be punished."
"Ah..." When everyone heard this, they quickly kowtowed to Chu Xuanchen and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. Spare the life of the guilty minister. I know I was wrong!"
"Your Majesty, please don't punish our nine tribes, please be generous." Geng Tian cried.
Several people were crying and had already crawled in front of Chu Xuanchen. They were all frightened.
Chu Xuanchen looked at them sternly and said angrily: "You are committing treason. If I don't punish you severely this time, more people will follow your example, so I will never give you mercy!"
"No, Your Majesty, we have realized our mistake. Please spare our lives, please!" Several people said, with tears and noses running down their cheeks.
They did not expect that King Li, whom they all once looked down upon, would now have the power of life and death.
If they had known this, they would have treated him better and not followed the emperor to punish him!
At this moment, Su Ming had already looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "That's enough! Don't beg here. If you dare to treason, it will be easy to punish the nine tribes. If you continue to be nagging, don't blame me for being rude."
When they heard Su Ming's words, everyone was frightened and did not dare to speak anymore.