Liu De, wearing a nine-pin crown on his head, a crown suit, and a sword on his waist, slowly walked off the bow of the ship under the protection of dozens of guards.
"Your Highness!" Zhidu led the guards to deliver the order and said, "The criminal Zhou Yangyou has been captured. I would like to return the tiger talisman and seal it!"
Then, several guards held a disheveled and dejected official in his thirties or forties, and came to Liu De.
Liu De looked down through the gap in the beads and glanced down at the man who was a two-thousand-stone border official not long ago. What appeared in front of him was just a thin man with an unattractive appearance. It was hard to imagine that such a man was thrown into the world.
The man who no one in the crowd could recognize was actually a once-famous and ruthless official who had destroyed countless powerful men.
"Zhou Yang!" Liu De looked at him and asked sternly: "Do you know the crime?"
"I know the crime..." Zhou Yangyou heard this and quickly knelt down, kowtowed and confessed: "The guilty minister is arrogant, has no regard for the laws of the country, and oppresses the angels. Even if he dies a hundred times, he will never be redeemed!"
While talking, Zhou Yangyou kowtowed heavily.
As a bureaucrat, Zhou Yangyou knew exactly what to do so that he could have a chance to survive or even make a comeback.
According to the system, he knew very well that he would first be transferred to the Tingwei Yamen, and then the Tingwei would discuss with the civil and military officials to determine his crime, and then report it to the emperor for a decision.
In this entire process, the most critical thing is the attitude of the emperor.
If the emperor wanted to spare his life, no matter what charges the Tingwei reported, the emperor could veto it.
And if the emperor wanted him to die, then no matter how Tingwei tried to excuse him, he would not be able to escape death.
So how can we make the emperor show his favor?
Zhou Yangyou knew that he had to prove that he was still useful to the Han Dynasty.
But before that, he had to do one thing first: plead guilty.
A minister who refuses to plead guilty will not survive!
"Detention first..." Liu De waved his hand and ordered, then he took the tiger talisman handed over by Zhi Du and put it away.
"No!" Zhi Du nodded in agreement. With a wave of his hand, soldiers came forward and took Zhou Yang down to guard him.
Then, Liu De, surrounded by the soldiers and civilians of Anyi, entered the city of Anyi and checked into the governor's Yamen directly.
After arriving at the county governor's office, Liu De immediately ordered to summon all the officials in Anyi who were worth more than a hundred stones to go to the county governor's office for discussion.
There is no doubt that this is the most important thing now!
Because my father was coming to Hedong soon, but the Hedong County Sheriff was arrested.
This has led to the situation in Hedong that there are currently no officials qualified to preside over the work of welcoming the emperor.
If Emperor Luan Jia is not well received in Hedong, if word spreads, the Han family will be disgraced.
Fortunately, Liu De had veterans like Yuan An who could rely on him. With Yuan An's help, Liu De finally made all the arrangements for welcoming the emperor.
By the time all the details and matters were given, it was already midnight.
It was already getting late, so General Liu De left Yuan Ang to spend the night at the county guard's office.
That night, the night was very nice and the stars were shining brightly. Liu De ordered someone to bring two jugs of wine and two plates of side dishes, and ran to Yuan Ang for a night chat.
The monarch and his ministers sat across from each other in the courtyard of the side room of the county governor's office, drinking wine and chatting.
After chatting for a while, Liu De suddenly remembered and asked: "Si Gong, don't you know what I asked you to do?"
Yuan Ang smiled and asked pretending not to know: "I wonder what your highness is referring to?"
When Liu De heard this, he immediately knew that Yuan Ang did not do what he said, and might even be adding insult to injury...
But Liu De really has no choice!
At this time, the hatred and hostility of the officials towards the eunuchs was quite serious. Anyway, no one regarded the eunuchs as human beings.
At that time, Uncle Beigong, who was famous as a good eunuch in Weiyang Palace and had helped and saved many people, met a minister who he had helped on the streets of Chang'an after he retired. Uncle Beigong kindly went up to say hello. As a result,
But the other party covered his nose and walked away, which made Uncle Beigong feel so ashamed that he never went out again and eventually died of depression.
Even a virtuous official like Beigong Bozi met this end, let alone others.
Liu De sighed for Zhang De in his heart, but it was just a sigh.
It is true that Zhang De did help him a lot, and he knew it in his heart.
However, for those in power, it is simply a joke to repay a drop of kindness with a spring of water.
Being ruthless is the true nature of an emperor!
Not to mention a eunuch, even a general with great military exploits, once he has no use value, he can be discarded immediately.
Although Liu De can't be so heartless.
But he would not take the risk of breaking up with Yuan Ang for Zhang De.
"Mr. Zhang, I can only wish you good luck..." Liu De shed two drops of crocodile tears in his heart and stopped thinking about Zhang De.
Because there is no Yuan An to deal with, buffer and management, Zhang De is in front of his father. It is difficult to survive!
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At this time, Zhang De was sitting in a prison car, being escorted all the way, and headed straight to a brightly lit palace without stopping.
Zhang De remembered that this palace was the emperor's palace in Yiyang, built during the reign of Emperor Xiaohui. At that time, he served in this palace. Later, he was promoted back to Chang'an because he fell in love with Deng Tong who was passing by here.
, and then worked hard to sneak into the prince's palace, and then he achieved his subsequent status.
Unexpectedly, after more than ten years, everything would be back to where it started.
After numerous access control and inspections, Zhang De was finally brought to a wall of the palace.
Then, the prison van was opened.
Several guards came forward and escorted him out of the car. To Zhang De's surprise, the guards took off his shackles and torture instruments, and even changed his clothes.
"Let's go... Zhang Gong..." Just when Zhang De didn't know what was going on, a eunuch appeared in front of him, smiled at him, raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty is waiting for you!
"
"Your Majesty, are you waiting for me?" Zhang De was filled with ecstasy.
"Your Majesty really remembers my slave..." He immediately felt more at ease, and even his mood became better.
So he obediently followed the eunuch. Under the escort of the guards, he came to a palace.
"Go in... His Majesty is waiting for you inside!" The eunuch said while standing aside with a smile.
Zhang De raised his head and saw the guards standing solemnly in front of the palace. The palace lanterns were burning.
Zhang De tiptoed forward and pushed open the palace door. He saw the emperor sitting on the imperial couch, with a pair of tiger eyes spinning around his body.
Zhang De immediately cried and knelt down, crawled forward, climbed into the main hall, kowtowed repeatedly and apologized: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I know my sin, I know my sin..." As he said this, he slapped himself: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, I know my sin.
You are extremely stupid. You have betrayed His Majesty's trust and deserve to die!"
He kept kowtowing, shed tears, and cried.
But Emperor Liu Qi didn't respond. He just looked at him silently.
Finally, when he was bleeding from kowtow and his nose and tears were flowing down, the emperor's voice rang in his ears: "You slave, you still know that you deserve death, but you have finally lived up to my trust in you!"
"
Zhang Deru was granted amnesty, and kowtowed even more diligently, regardless of the fact that his scalp was completely bruised, and cried: "My servant did something wrong. It made His Majesty embarrassed. Afterwards, I really wanted to die. But, I am His Majesty's slave.
Life and death are all decided by Your Majesty, so I did not end my life privately. Now that Your Majesty has shown mercy, I am truly grateful. I just want to die to express my gratitude to God!"
"Don't die here!" Emperor Liu Qi was completely unmoved by Zhang De's words. He said coldly: "Zhang De, you deserve to die for your sins, but I think of you for your many years of service and merit.
Are you willing to give you a chance to atone for your sins?"
Zhang De immediately said ecstatically: "I don't dare! However, Your Majesty has given orders. Even if I am shattered to pieces, I will definitely do it for Your Majesty, and I will never let down His Majesty's instructions again!"
"Good!" Emperor Liu Qi then showed a smile, stepped down from the imperial couch, threw a porcelain vase and a thin piece of paper in front of Zhang De, and said: "After completing the matter on the paper for me, I will
Forgive you!”
Zhang De quickly grabbed the small porcelain bottle and the note in his hand like a treasure, kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Promise, I will do my best to get things done for Your Majesty. If I don't get it done, I will raise my head."
See!"
"That's it, you go down..." Emperor Liu Qi waved his hand and said.
"No!" Zhang Deru was granted amnesty. At this moment, he really felt that he was really lucky. The emperor actually gave him a way to survive and even gave him a chance to atone for his sins.
Seeing Zhang De continuously expressing gratitude, kowtowing and retreating, Emperor Liu Qi felt mixed emotions in his heart at this moment. He himself couldn't explain clearly what it was like.
"Liu De, Queen, I have given you what you want..." Emperor Liu Qi said in his heart: "I just don't know if you are willing to see this result..."
For him, this is indeed the best choice and the only way to get the best of both worlds under the current situation.
However, only he must know about this matter.
As for Zhang De who went to do this?
"Haha..." Emperor Liu Qi suddenly laughed. He was just a domestic slave, the perfect scapegoat and punching bag.
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Zhang De stumbled out of the palace door, hid in a corner, took out the small piece of paper from his arms, took a look at it, and his liver and gallbladder suddenly broke.
"This...this...this..." Zhang De looked at the words on the note and the small porcelain bottle with great fear.
"Let's go... Zhang Gong..." At this time, a eunuch and several guards appeared on his left and right, saying: "Your Majesty, please let me wait for Zhang Gong to return to Chang'an!"
Zhang De bit his tongue hard, wiped away the tears, snot and blood from his eyes, looked at the note again, finally made up his mind, stood up and said: "Okay, you guys lead the way!"
For him, if he does this, he still has a chance of survival. If he doesn't do it, he will die without a burial place! (To be continued...)
ps: Today it’s still about 10,000 words!
Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, but I didn't see the reminder you submitted that day!
Also, please don’t rush me to make more updates. I’m handicapped and can only make up to 8,000-10,000 a day. Any more will really make me lose my money.
Ahem, let’s speed up the plot and plot.
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