On the tenth day of October, Li Xing led his guard of honor and entered the capital.
This time Li Xing was invited by the emperor to come to the capital to witness the execution of three traitorous ministers.
Since this time the killing was carried out according to Li Zhi's memorial, and everyone in the government and the public knew the reason, the emperor simply invited Li Zhi to send people to observe and see clearly. Waiting for Li Zhi's people to see carefully how the three traitorous ministers died, it is estimated that
There will no longer be dissatisfaction. The suspicion between the emperor and his ministers caused by Guan Ning's army's attack on Tianjin will also disappear.
Li Zhi received the emperor's imperial edict and originally wanted to come by himself, but Zheng Kaicheng and Zhong Feng were unwilling to let Li Zhi leave Tianjin for the capital. The capital was the territory of the civil servants, and they were worried that the civil servants would ambush assassins in the capital to assassinate Li Zhi, or perhaps
Playing other tricks is totally unsafe.
Li Zhi thought for a while and finally sent his younger brother Li Xing to come.
Li Xing's current official position is Qianshi, the governor of the Houjun Governor's Office, and the commander-in-chief of Tianjin. He is also a well-known figure. The emperor did not underestimate Li Xing and sent the eunuch Lu Jiude to Chaoyang Gate to greet Li Xing.
Entering the city from Chaoyang Gate, Li Xing's flag attracted the attention of the people in the capital.
There are also many literate people in the capital. Some literate people are very curious when they see the flag of "Tianjin General Soldier" - recently, the news of Tianjin Jin Guogong's defeat of Guan Ning's army has spread throughout the capital, and the Tianjin army's
His strength shocked the world, and the people were very interested in Tianjin officials.
Tianjin General Soldier used to be the official position of Li Zhi. Li Zhi went to Beijing several times to parade and praise his merits. The people in the capital still remembered Li Zhi's official flag. However, at this time, behind the flag of Tianjin General Soldier was a younger man.
The general looked somewhat similar to Li Zhi. The people were very curious and asked around, only to find out that he was Li Zhi's biological brother.
It seems that the Tianjin Li family is full of tiger generals. With the Tianjin Li family guarding the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is as solid as a rock.
There were quite a few people who came to see Li Zhi's younger brother. Lu Jiude led Li Xing all the way to the west of the city. In the end, it was necessary to send out eunuchs to clear the way.
Of course, there were also some officials and gentry children mixed in the crowd, who looked coldly on Li Xing's team. There were even some officials and gentry who knew that Li Xing was here to witness the execution of three high-ranking Donglin officials, and they hated them even more.
Li Xing passed by a street lined with taverns and saw on the second floor platform of the tavern, the rich children looked at him coldly one by one. There are many children of officials and gentry in the capital, and the power of civil servants here is indeed very great.
Li Xing followed Lu Jiude all the way to Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town, and entered the imperial prison.
In a spacious hall inside the imperial prison, Wang Chengen, the eunuch and eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony, was already sitting there waiting. Seeing Li Xing come in, Wang Chengen smiled and said, "We have met the second general again!"
Li Xing cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I'm fine."
Wang Chengen sat on the chair and nodded, and introduced others to Li Xing. Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Zhang Xin, the minister of punishment, were already there. Luo Yangxing was a lively person, and when he saw Li Xing, he quickly stood up to say hello and took a photo.
He patted Li Xing on the shoulder. But Zhang Xin seemed to hate Li Xing very much. He sat on the chair with a straight face and refused to say a word.
Everyone, headed by Wang Chengen, sat on both sides. Li Xing was the protagonist today and was arranged to sit on Wang Chengen's left hand side.
After a while, several guards in uniforms escorted three death row prisoners in from the cell. Zhou Yanru, Zheng Sanjun and Liu Zongzhou had their hands tied behind their backs and filed into the main room. The imperial prison was a very bad place, "water and fire were inaccessible.
"The atmosphere of the epidemic is full of disease." The three were imprisoned in the imperial prison for ten days. Their hair was disheveled, their clothes were sour and smelly, and they were in a very miserable state.
As soon as the three of them knelt on the ground, Zhang Xin, the Minister of Punishment, almost cried. With red eyes, he walked up and bowed to Liu Zongzhou and others.
"Three gentlemen have suffered! I and other descendants are incompetent and cannot save the three of them!"
Although Liu Zongzhou's face was dirty and haggard, he was still as calm as ever. He glanced at Zhang Xin and said, "Jing Zhi's words are wrong! Liu Zongzhou is sixty-six years old and has already enjoyed enough glory and wealth. Now
Liu Zongzhou died for the people of the world and deserved his death."
"The deaths of the three of us will awaken the world's scholars and let them know that the world of scholar-bureaucrats is in danger. Liu Zongzhou died without regrets."
Li Xing felt very ridiculous when he heard this. He laughed and looked at Wang Chengen.
Wang Chengen did not dare to laugh at civil servants like the Li family in Tianjin. Seeing Li Xing looking at him at this time, he felt a little embarrassed and picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
Zhang Xin bowed to the three death row prisoners and sighed.
Luo Yangxing felt that it was almost done and clapped his hands. A big man from the Imperial Guard came out carrying a plate with three glasses of poisonous wine on it.
Luo Yangxing wanted to curry favor with Li Xing, so he stood up and said, "The chief military officer personally gave these three poison bars!"
Li Xing was a little proud when he heard this, and looked at Wang Chengen with a smile. He patted the hem of his official uniform, stood up, and walked to the three of them.
Zhou Yanru glanced at Li Xing in surprise and asked, "Are you Li Xing, Li Zhi's younger brother?"
Li Xing laughed, turned to Luo Yangxing and said, "This death row prisoner has great eyesight!"
Luo Yangxing looked at Li Xing awkwardly and forced a smile.
Seeing Li Xing's teasing look, Zhou Yanru closed his eyes and said, "It turns out he is the future prince. Zhou Yanru is in prison and cannot salute the prince."
Hearing this, Wang Chengen's expression changed.
Zhou Yanru meant that Li Zhi would rebel sooner or later. When Li Zhi became emperor, Li Xing would be the prince. Wang Chengen came to see the execution, and he would definitely report the last words of the three death row prisoners to the emperor. Zhou Yanru
The dying man did not forget to sow discord between Li Zhi and the emperor.
Li Xing also understood Zhou Yanru's words and scolded him for being a thief. He thrust the poisoned wine into Zhou Yanru's hand and shouted: "Thieves kill talents, stop talking nonsense and get on your way."
Zhou Yanru took the bronze wine cup and sighed.
"If I had known what happened today, why did I listen to Zhang Tianru's instigation and come out to be the prime minister?" After a pause, Zhou Yanru sighed again: "It's a pity that a number one scholar is missing."
Zhou Yanru was born as a scholar, and before his death he felt quite sorry for himself.
After saying this, Zhou Yanru raised his head and drank the poisonous wine.
The wine was filled with Hedinghong, a highly toxic poison. As soon as Zhou Yanru put down the wine glass, he felt his esophagus burning violently. He closed his eyes to endure the severe pain in his esophagus, but suddenly his eyes closed again.
His eyes were wet, and tears flowed down uncontrollably. Then after less than half a cup of tea, he coughed violently.
Coughing and coughing, Zhou Yanru coughed up pieces of blood mist. The former chief minister of the cabinet lost any dignity in the face of the poison. He stretched his hands into his throat desperately, as if he couldn't breathe.
After taking a few deep breaths, dark red blood flowed from the corners of Zhou Yanru's mouth, and he lost control of his body. He fell to the ground and twitched. After dozens of twitches, Zhou Yanru could no longer move and died on the blue brick floor.
