"...We are very scared and angry, but there is nothing we can do. He has tens of thousands of private troops. He is telling the truth in Yizhou, Suizhou, and even the entire Jiannan Road. Let alone complain, we are not even a little bit dissatisfied.
I don’t dare to show it.”
Xiang Chaodao: "The people who were killed were pushed into the river and washed away with the flood. No one knew where they were. The Jianwei Weir burst and tens of thousands of people died. Later, they died of starvation because of lack of food.
Thousands of people have died of illness, and people have changed their sons to eat. Who cares if a Zhuangzi changes his master out of thin air?"
"After the flood, countless fertile fields turned into wasteland. Before the fleeing victims had time to return home, their houses were occupied and the fields were redistributed to owners. When they returned, they found that they had nothing, so they could only continue to wander," Xiang Chaodao said:
"And the King of Yizhou is sitting on top. Parents and officials from all over the country, whether intentionally or unintentionally, are all helpless. My cousin said that it is impossible to seek revenge through the imperial court."
His eyes were red, and he looked at King Yizhou with hatred, and moved towards him, his bloodthirsty hatred almost bursting out, "So we started to gather some victims, just to kill King Yizhou one day.
Unfortunately, we failed in both assassinations, and my cousin was even arrested."
Xiang Chao suddenly turned to look at the emperor and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, what I said is true. If you don't believe me, go and search the palace of King Yizhou in Beijing. My cousin must still be imprisoned in the dungeon by them."
A flash of lightning flashed in Wei Zhi's mind, and he understood it in an instant. He immediately went out and knelt down, "Your Majesty, I am willing to take this trip."
The emperor who was hesitating paused, glanced at Wei Zhi and said, "Then Wei Qing will make this trip."
The King of Yizhou's eyebrows trembled. He lowered his head and knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged. All of this is their malicious speculation and there is no solid evidence. Are you going to convict my brother based on the confessions of three people?"
He raised his head and said: "I have indeed been assassinated. Once was during the Dragon Boat Festival last year, and once when I entered the capital this year. I escaped only nine deaths. My younger brother is also puzzled as to where I was hit by whom, and why I want to punish my younger brother."
Then quickly."
The emperor hesitated.
Wei Zhi knew the emperor's face and was afraid that he would regret it, so he immediately said: "Since the prince has a clear conscience, what should he fear if there is such a person in the dungeon? When the court finds out the truth, he will clear your name. If you don't cover it up like this,
It seems like a guilty conscience."
The King of Yizhou tilted his head slightly and snorted, "Innocent? I'm afraid I won't be able to say I'm innocent anymore after this investigation."
The emperor's face was as dark as water and he asked: "What, is the fifth brother hiding from me?"
The King of Yizhou replied coldly: "My brother dare not, but Your Majesty, today is the birthday of the Queen Mother. Is there anything we can't talk about after today?"
He looked up at the emperor and said with tears in his eyes: "It has been so many years since my mother was so happy to celebrate her birthday."
The emperor fell silent.
Wei Zhi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, state affairs are the most important thing!"
Mr. Old Tang also came out and knelt down, "Your Majesty, if the King of Yizhou really has tens of thousands of private troops in Suizhou, once they rebel, then Suizhou, Yizhou, Zizhou, Mianzhou, and Longzhou will all
It fell immediately, and Jiannan Road only recovered due to floods, and the people could no longer withstand another disaster."
The prince, who had been silent all this time, also came out of the queue, knelt down beside King Yizhou and said, "My son seconded the suggestion. If the father is worried about the emperor's grandmother, it is better to leave it to the son, and the father can go and comfort the emperor's grandmother."
The ministers thought to themselves: What the prince said sounded so nice. I'm afraid the queen mother will only be even more angry when the emperor goes away, right? But it is indeed a good way to divert anger.
The emperor glanced at him and did not agree to his proposal, but he waved his hand to Wei Zhi and sighed: "Wei Qing, go and lead the army."
Wei Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, responded and then stood up and stepped back.
Such a big thing as a search could not happen in a short time. Of course, with so many people there, it was impossible to wait all the time. So the emperor sighed again and asked people to take King Yizhou down and temporarily keep him in the palace.
As for Bai Shan and the others, they will temporarily live in the prison. Once they are sure that the accusation is not a false accusation, they will be released naturally.
Bai Shan raised his head and glanced at the emperor, climbed up on the ground, and reached out to help Man Bao, who was also stumbling a little.
The two of them looked at each other, feeling like they were surviving a disaster.
But whether we can really survive the disaster, we have to wait until we get out of the prison to know.
The Tianlao is the Tianlao of the Ministry of Punishments, and Shangshu Feng personally took them there.
Looking at the pair of boys and girls, and then at the dying young man lying on the wooden board, Feng Shangshu sighed quietly. At first, he thought it was strange that Zhou Man became famous in the capital overnight, but he couldn't find out who it was.
Dry.
But now it seems that they are organized. However, Feng Shangshu frowned and asked Zhou Man, "Since you can infiltrate into the capital quietly, why didn't you go to the capital earlier to file a complaint? Then give it to Bai Shanye
Just create a reputation as a genius. Isn’t this safer? It’s better than going through Zhou Man’s hands and complaining to the palace, right? It’s such a bad time to choose.”
Bai Shan and Zhou Man looked up at him together and snorted silently in their hearts. What penetration? It was their first time in the capital. Grandma Liu had been in business for many years and only had a house and a shop in the capital.
Your Majesty, the Emperor, was clearly responsible for making the capital famous.
However, Feng Shangshu obviously hadn't realized this yet and was still thinking about how many helpers Bai Shan, Zhou Man and the others had in the capital.
At this time, the emperor was also thinking about this issue. Of course, he was not the only one. He also brought Mr. Old Tang with him. He put the two pieces of evidence presented by Gu Zhong on the desk, flipped them over and asked: "You said, they
How many chips do you still have in your hand that you haven’t taken out?”
Mr. Old Tang bent down and said, "I don't know."
The emperor snorted and said, "Don't you know, and Zhihe doesn't know either?"
Lord Tang bowed deeply and said nothing.
"Dongxizhuang..." The emperor shook his head and said: "I thought only a few of us knew about this place. I didn't expect that not only did they know about it, but they could also find its old owner. If no one helped to connect, how did the two parties get in touch?
?”
Mr. Old Tang remained silent.
"You are right under your nose. You are busy every day. People are seeing doctors and reading books. They seem to be so busy. But do they actually do so many things in private?" The emperor raised his eyelids and looked at Mr. Old Tang,
"On one side is Mrs. Liu, who has been dormant for twelve years and is cautious in everything she does. On the other side is the fugitive and wary Xiang family. How could they form an alliance so quickly without a trustworthy person to pull the strings? As soon as something happened in the palace, they immediately knocked on the door.
Dengwengu."
What could Mr. Old Tang do? Of course he could only kneel down and continue: "I don't know."
He really doesn’t know!
The emperor snorted coldly, waved his hand and said: "Okay, I don't want to blame you, now it depends on where Yin Li is."
Mr. Old Tang took a slow breath and cursed the little brat in his heart.