Chapter 157: Thousands of knives, I don't think you can blink (this chapter is high-energy)
That night, Xu Zhiqiong quietly left the Yamen, took the hidden mirror and went to Dali Temple.
The entrance of Dali Temple was very lively. The family members of the 20,000 deceased were waiting in front of the Dali Temple to ask for explanations. Dali Temple officials came out to comfort them one after another. The loud cries could be heard from across the street.
Cheng Dingsong was delivering a speech: "Everyone, please listen to what I have to say. I have been ordered by Your Majesty to hear this case, and I will give you justice tomorrow..."
There were no high-quality cultivators in Dali Temple. Xu Zhiqiong used the hidden mirror to sneak into the main hall. After searching for a while, he found a sealed cylinder with a judgment written on it.
Xu Zhiqiong carefully removed the sealing wax and opened it to see that it was indeed the verdict that would be used tomorrow.
It was clearly stated in the verdict that Wu Xu was to be crushed to death and a specially made iron man was to be cast to make him be reviled by thousands of people.
Xu Zhiqiong made a new judgment, put it back in the sealing tube, and glued the sealing wax on it.
This glue was originally obtained from Tong Qingqiu, and was specially used to stick sealing wax. Xu Zhiqiong's methods were clean, leaving no traces, and cleaning his hands was the basic quality of a judge.
Then he found the testimony he had left, took a new one, and replaced it.
After finishing the affairs at Dali Temple, Xu Zhiqiong went to Liang Yuming's residence.
There were many eunuchs in Liang Yuming's house, and Liang Yuming himself also had a fourth-grade golden silkworm. If he used a hidden mirror, it would definitely be exposed.
Xu Zhiqiong hid under the courtyard wall, attached himself to the mouse, and got into Liang Yuming's bedroom.
Liang Yuming is reading the testimony at the moment. The so-called testimony is the speech script to prove his innocence.
After reading it twice, Liang Yuming picked up the testimony and read it aloud.
It was too difficult to get started with the testimony, so he kept holding the testimony in his hand.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Liang Yuming's couch, climbed up quietly, hung a bamboo bag in his mouth, and did some tricks.
At midnight, Liang Yuming put the testimony on the candle and burned it.
He memorized all the contents of his testimony so that he could passionately prove his innocence tomorrow.
He rubbed his brows and lay tiredly on the bed. The moment his head touched the pillow, he suddenly felt a stinging pain.
Liang Yuming was startled and quickly checked the pillow and found that there was nothing unusual. He suspected that he was too tired, so he changed to a new pillow and fell asleep.
It's too late to change, you've been tricked.
I really want to hack you to death now, but it's useless to hack you to death now.
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After leaving the Prince's Mansion, Xu Zhiqiong went to Liangfen Garden and entered the tunnel.
I thought that after Tao Huayuan escaped, the palace would be on heightened alert. Unexpectedly, as Tao Huayuan expected, Liang Yuyao did not dare to say anything, and the palace was calm as usual.
Xu Zhiqiong did not go to Yuyao Palace this time, he went to the East Palace.
The prince was wrestling with two eunuchs, and the two eunuchs were bruised and bruised, and he himself was covered in dust.
After two more games, the prince suddenly heard the rattle, patted the dust on his body and said: "Go away, let me be in peace."
The two eunuchs were finally freed and ran out quickly.
The prince came to the corner and looked at the mouse.
"Brother, what are you doing here?"
The mouse dipped his paws in the water and wrote a line on the ground: Will your father be there tomorrow?
The prince understood what Xu Zhiqiong meant: "When he goes, we all have to go with him, but we won't reveal our identities and we will all blend in with the common people."
The emperor also went.
This guy has a third-level cultivation level. If he wants to do something evil, it's really hard to deal with it.
The prince seemed to understand Xu Zhiqiong's thoughts and whispered: "The three elders are also here, he will not take action easily."
Three elders are also here, so we need to be even more careful.
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and was about to leave when the prince called out: "Brother, don't do stupid things. The days are long."
Xu Zhiqiong looked back at the prince, turned around and walked into the courtyard, leaving without a trace.
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After leaving the palace, Xu Zhiqiong walked along the Wang'an River and reached a familiar alley. Xu Zhiqiong suddenly got behind a flower girl.
The flower girl was startled and quickly turned around: "Xu, Ma, you..."
Xu Zhiqiong pinched Xia Hu's cheek and said with a smile: "Madam, do you miss me?"
Xia Hu punched Xu Zhiqiong: "Pi, where have you been? I've been so anxious these past two days!"
"Why, are you in a hurry to remarry?"
"Stop joking and tell me what happened?"
"It's nothing," Xu Zhiqiong took out a baggage from his arms, "This is the sin of a few people. I wrote a letter of pardon to them. They have done great service. You can help me send it to the Good Rewards Department."
, let’s see if we can get a lighter sentence.”
Xia Hu took the bundle and frowned, "Why don't you send it yourself?"
"I've been busy these past two days and can't take care of it anymore."
"What are you busy with?"
"Can I tell you this? These are confidential matters!"
Xia Hu shook his head and said, "I won't send it if you don't tell me!"
Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile on his face: "Good lady, I also wrote a document in it, all these achievements belong to you!"
"What on earth are you going to do?"
"I'll tell you after I finish the work. My wife is getting more and more handsome. Let me give her a kiss."
Xu Zhiqiong came over with his mouth extended, but Xia Hu pushed him away: "Pi, you are so rude!"
Xu Zhiqiong chuckled, handed the baggage to Xia Hu, turned around and left.
Turning around the alley, Xia Hu suddenly chased after her from behind.
"Xu, that, Ma, you, official!"
Xu Zhiqiong didn't look back, he just walked forward.
The officials couldn't keep him, so Xia Hu chased after him and hugged Xu Zhiqiong tightly from behind.
"Official, I know that you have been wronged, and I also know that thousands of your families have been wronged. Official, please don't pay attention to these mundane things, the mortal world is not worth it!"
Xu Zhiqiong touched Xia Hu's hand and suddenly disappeared.
Xia Hu looked around but couldn't find Xu Zhiqiong, and her face was filled with tears.
…
Xu Zhiqiong didn't go far, he returned to his house.
I slept in Yilangyuan during the day and went out on patrol at night. I haven't lived in this house for a long time and it was full of dust.
Xu Zhiqiong jumped to the next yard and took a look. Huang, mother and daughter Miaoying were both asleep.
He went back to his room, lay down on the straw mat, and had a good sleep.
It's a pity that I can sleep peacefully in my own room...
At dawn the next day, Emperor Zhaoxing changed into casual clothes and prepared to leave the palace.
Regarding the outcome of the incident, Emperor Zhaoxing lamented: "The blame for this crime can be placed on Wu Xu. The three old guys from Canglong Palace and He Xini are really capable."
Chen Shuncai said from the side: "Your Majesty, Elder Shengde and Elder Shengci have protected Liang Yuming several times. Elder Shengwei is unable to support himself."
Emperor Zhaoxing sneered and said: "What kind of good thing do you think Liang Jixiong is? Do you think he is thinking about me? They are all the same. Let them fight. If they don't fight, how can I live a peaceful life?"
Chen Shuncai said again: "Your Majesty, Prince Huai and his son must be on guard."
"Who said they were careless? Keeping them alive for two more days would have other uses." As he spoke, Emperor Zhaoxing sighed, "I really feel sorry for Wu Xu. As long as he was somewhat loyal to me, he wouldn't have ended up like this."
End."
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Xu Zhiqiong walked out of the small room of the lantern yamen. Wearing a neat green shirt and a green lantern, he came to the yamen gate in high spirits.
Qiao Shungang and others were escorted out, and when they saw Xu Zhiqiong, they all cursed. Meng Shizhen wanted to step forward and kick Xu Zhiqiong, but was forced into the carriage by a sergeant from the Wuwei Battalion.
Qu Jinshan stepped forward and said: "Son, I know you are in trouble, we can't lose our conscience!"
Before he finished speaking, Qu Jinshan was also stuffed into the carriage.
There was a yin and yang magic circle on the carriage, and the curses inside could not be heard. He Fang personally escorted the carriage. When she saw Xu Zhiqiong, she looked a little ashamed.
"Xu Denglang, He acted as ordered, please don't blame me."
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "It's all out of control."
There are also many Onmyojis from the Onmyoji Division, all sent by Taibu.
The third elder of Canglong Palace promised Taibu that as long as today's matter is settled smoothly, he would withdraw the sergeants surrounding the Onmyoji Division.
…
Zhong Shen led everyone from Wuwei Camp, Qingyi Pavilion, and Zhang Deng Yamen to the busy market of Xiji. Along the way, Jiang Feili glared at Xu Zhiqiong and wished she could eat Xu Zhiqiong.
Yu Chilan looked at Xu Zhiqiong with mixed feelings and didn't know what to say.
Xu Zhiqiong followed Zhong Shen and walked as if nothing had happened. When he arrived at the Western Market, there was a sea of onlookers. Officials from the three provinces and six ministries were already present. Cheng Dingsong, the minister of Dali Temple, stood on the wooden platform, waiting for the charges to be read out.
Cheng Dingsong asked Xu Zhiqiong to stand beside him.
Xu Zhiqiong stood over with a smile.
This is a very embarrassing thing.
In the eyes of civilians, Xu Zhiqiong was Wu Xu's accomplice and their enemy.
In the eyes of the Lantern Man, Xu Zhiqiong is a beast who betrayed Qianhu!
In the eyes of officials, big and small, Xu Zhiqiong is a clown and a joke.
In short, in everyone's eyes, he is nothing.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at everyone with a smile.
Liang Yuming also stood on the stage, standing on the other side of Cheng Dingsong. Xu Zhiqiong glanced at him, but he was too lazy to look at Xu Zhiqiong.
Zhong Shen looked ashamed and did not dare to look at Xu Zhiqiong.
Looking down at the audience, Xu Zhiqiong saw Liang Jixiong, wearing civilian clothes.
There are two old men beside him, they should be the other two elders.
He saw Liang Daguan's family and the eunuch Chen Shuncai. There were also the prince and several princesses standing beside him, all wearing civilian clothes.
Xu Zhiqiong also saw a face in the crowd that made him sick, Zhou Kairong!
This guy promised Wu Xu that he would never return to the capital, but now that Wu Xu is dead, he is back again.
This clown was still restless and led a group of Confucian scholars to make a lot of noise.
"Wuxu dog thief! Give me back my relatives!"
"Give me back my loved ones!"
"The beast in charge of the lamp yamen will not die a good death!"
"Let these thieves be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts!"
In a fit of righteousness, the onlookers lit fires and started shouting together, but there were also different voices among them.
Next to the wooden platform, there were more than a dozen people tied up and beaten all over. They were several censors from the Yushitai and several bachelors from Longtuge and Tianzhang Pavilions.
Wang Yanyang, the censor of the imperial censor, shouted loudly: "What an injustice! What an injustice to Shi Lang Wu! What a injustice to Shi Lang Wu! He saved our Daxuan! We owe Shi Lang Wu our lives! What a injustice to Shi Lang Wu! Liang Yuming, you rebellious traitor, twenty thousand injustices."
Looking at you, you should be cut to pieces with a thousand knives!"
In the past two days, these dozen people have been running around, crying out for Wu Xu.
They were not relatives of Wu Xu, but their spines were not broken, and they defended Wu Xu with their righteousness and pride. As a result, they were arrested by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, beaten half to death, and tied to the public in public.
Cheng Dingsong ordered everyone to be silent: "Today, I, under the orders of Your Majesty, will proclaim the law, severely punish the criminals, sue the country, comfort the people, and get the verdict!"
The Prime Minister of Dali Temple personally delivered the seal, and Cheng Dingsong had to open it in front of everyone to show that he had not bent the law for personal gain. This was the rule of public condemnation.
Opening the envelope and taking out the verdict, Cheng Dingsong's hands shook.
My finger was pricked by something, and there seemed to be a needle on the judgment document.
Under the gaze of everyone, the minister of Dali Temple did not dare to lose his etiquette. He quickly opened the verdict and took a look at it, but he did not dare to read it.
The content is different from what he wrote before.
What happened? Why was the judgment changed?
He looked at the Prime Minister of Dali Temple and was about to speak, but found that he was speechless.
The spell has taken effect.
Xu Zhiqiong held the sound transmission card, glanced at the Dali Temple Minister, and started to transmit the sound:
"Sir Cheng, I benefited a lot from your teachings yesterday. You are a loyal and loyal minister. I admire you very much. I really want to learn from you, but I am stupid and cannot learn the essence of some things. Your Excellency once said
, Even if I am cut into pieces for His Majesty, I will not blink an eye. I cannot learn this, please give me some advice in person!"
Xu Zhiqiong scratched the palm of his hand.
Cheng Dingsong felt like he had been cut by a knife.
This time it hurt so much that he burst into tears.
"No, you not only blinked, why did you cry?"
Xu Zhiqiong heard Cheng Dingsong's voice, and the improved sound transmission card could hear the other party's voice:
"Xu Zhiqiong, what magic method did you use? What do you want?"
"Just follow the verdict and read it word for word. Don't make any mistakes."
"How dare you threaten me! I would rather die than surrender!"
"Okay! I just like you as a person with backbone!"
Xu Zhiqiong scratched the palm of his hand with all five fingers.
Cheng Dingsong immediately begged for mercy: "Don't, don't, spare me, spare me, I think..."
"It's so damned that he was cut into pieces with a thousand cuts. I can't bear just these few cuts.
How many times have Wu Qianhu’s bones been broken? Why the hell do you still have the nerve to compare with him? Nian!”
Cheng Dingsong was able to speak, and said in a trembling voice: "Huai, huai..."
"Read louder!" Xu Zhiqiong made another stroke.
"Liang Yuming, the prince of Prince Huai, conspired to usurp the throne, colluded with the evil Gu sect, went to the capital to cause chaos, and killed more than 20,000 people. This thief is an unforgivable evil and his crime cannot be punished!"
As soon as the words fell, the downtown became silent!
Liang Yuming looked at Cheng Dingsong dumbfounded and said in shock: "Master Cheng, what do you mean?"
All the officials on the stage were extremely shocked. Only Cheng Dingsong and Xu Zhiqiong had expressionless faces.
The civilians in the audience looked at the stage with their eyes open and their mouths wide open, wondering if their ears had heard it wrong.
Emperor Zhaoxing frowned and remained silent.
The three elders were stunned for a long time. Liang Shilu was the first to react: "There is a spell! The lantern man used a spell!"
Liang Gongping knew the art of yin and yang, so he recited the incantation and tried to undo it. He tried to undo it several times, but failed.
How could that lantern man have such powerful means?
Xu Zhiqiong had already taken precautions. Knowing that Emperor Zhaoxing and the three elders were coming, he contacted Taifu last night.
In the Department of Yin and Yang, the green lanterns flashed and Taibu looked excited.
"Crazy life, I will let you go crazy for once!"
Xu Zhiqiong scratched his palms again: "Keep reading!"
Liang Gongping wanted to use the "seven-level skill "Treacherous and Sympathetic" to make Cheng Dingsong unable to speak.
Taibu's white beard was flying, defeating Liang Gongping's skills, and his expression became more and more excited!
Cheng Dingsong shouted: "Wu Xu, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, led more than two hundred lantern-carrying men in charge of the lantern Yamen, and fought bloody battles with the evil ways of the Gu sect all night. Wu Xu used his flesh and blood to kill the evil star of Gu Yuan, save all the people from water and fire, and save Daxuan."
Yu Shuihuo is the hero who is rescued by Daxuan, Daxuan, Daxuan... who can be like..."
Cheng Dingsong couldn't read anymore. The next sentence was too vulgar.
"Read it to me!" Xu Zhiqiong scratched it several times.
Cheng Dingsong said in a hoarse voice: "Everyone in Daxuan owes their lives to Shilang Wu. Anyone who repays kindness and slanders Shilang Wu is a beast, a beast, and a bastard!"
Thousands of people were in an uproar.
Ordinary people, even if they have never read a book, can still understand this straightforward verdict!
This is the verdict! The verdict from Dali Temple!
Liang Yuming pointed at Cheng Dingsong and said: "Thief, who told you to slander me!"
Before he finished speaking, a stone flew up and hit Liang Yuming in the face.
The deceased’s family members were throwing stones at Liang Yuming!
"Thief, give back my parents!"
"Thief, give me back my husband!"
The scene was chaotic, and the officials did not dare to speak. Liang Yuming wiped the blood on his face and said: "Cheng Dingsong, let me ask you, why did you frame me!"
Xu Zhiqiong said from the side: "Your Majesty, don't panic. I am a witness and I will testify for you. You kidnapped more than 200 women in the capital in order to boil fat and refine velvet. Later, you were arrested by the Lantern Yamen. You escaped.
Now, Elder Canglong is protecting you, and you have escaped death. Before the clam velvet was refined, you refined the blood jaw again, but the blood jaw was not enough. You raised more than a thousand Gu warriors, and you also recruited from the Gu sect.
Hundreds of Gu cultivators, you also summoned the Gu Yuan Era Star, and killed more than 20,000 people. You bastard, are you afraid that Daxuan will kill thousands of people if they can't catch them all?"
"Traitor! Villain!" Liang Yuming yelled, "You framed the royal family and you should be executed for your crime!"
Xu Zhiqiong knocked on the hanging bamboo.
The suspensory sac in Liang Yuming's body ruptured, and he suddenly stopped talking.
Fourth-grade golden silkworm, spells can't kill you, poison can't kill you, setting fire can't kill you, swords and guns can't kill you, but you are afraid of one thing.
The medicinal powder you used to make Fan Baocai go berserk was copied by Tong Qingqiu.
The hanging bag can not only hold spells, but also medicinal powder!
Now that the suspensory sac is broken, it's time for you to reveal yourself!
Seeing that the situation was out of control, Zhou Kairong quickly shouted: "Everyone, please be patient, listen to me, Xu Zhiqiong is spitting blood! This thief is an associate of Wu Xu, and he is a murderous villain. My nephew has never provoked him.
But he died in his hands. Prince Huai is loyal, virtuous, and open-minded. How can I tolerate you, slander, slander..."
Zhou Kairong's voice became softer and softer, and he noticed changes in Liang Yuming's body.
The waist becomes rounder, the head becomes pointed, the shoulders become narrower, and the limbs become shorter.
He was very familiar with this scene. His servant Fan Baocai had once transformed in front of him.
In the sea of people, people screamed:
"Look, he's turned into a bug!"
"He, he, isn't he the crown prince?"
"Monster! Prince Huai is a monster!"
Xu Zhiqiong jumped up and rushed towards Zhou Kairong. Liang Yuming, who went berserk, pursued Xu Zhiqiong closely.
Xu Zhiqiong ducked out of the way, and Liang Yuming pounced on Zhou Kairong, opening his huge mouth, exposing his fangs, and wanted to spin silk.
Zhou Kairong shouted in a hissing voice: "Golden Silkworm, this is the Gu Sect Golden Silkworm! Help me! Help!"