The officials imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple usually have fine clothes and fine food at home, so naturally they are not used to the food of Zongzheng Temple.
Prince Shou, who was the minister of Zongzheng Temple, took this into consideration and sent them meals from a restaurant outside the palace.
Inside the prison, all the officials feasted happily.
"This elbow definitely smells like Piaoxianglou."
“It’s definitely the food from Piaoxianglou, and the aroma of the wine is unmistakable.”
"The food at Zongzheng Temple is really hard to swallow, but the food at Piaoxianglou is still delicious. Thank you, His Highness Prince Shou..."
…
In addition to being restricted from freedom, the more than twenty officials actually did not suffer much in Zongzheng Temple. King Shou arranged a single cell for each of them and put on new sheets and bedding. In order to take care of their privacy,
They also asked people to separate each cell with curtains.
Three meals a day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. An hour in advance, jailers will bring menus from major restaurants in Shendu. Each person can order four dishes, one soup, and a pot of fine wine.
If you are hungry in the middle of the night, you can even order some midnight snacks. For this reason, King Shou specially invited the chefs from Piaoxianglou into Zongzheng Temple to be on call at any time. Even if these prisoners needed it in the middle of the night, the chefs would have to crawl out of bed.
Come out and satisfy them.
In terms of food alone, what these officials usually eat at home is not as good as what they eat at Zongzheng Temple.
Not only that, King Shou even considered their physical needs and used his sedan chair to secretly bring the women from the brothel outside the palace into Zongzheng Temple to comfort the prisoners at night.
This also greatly changed the impression of King Shou among the officials in the prison.
Apart from being stupid and cowardly, is there something else that shines in King Shou? Taking the risk of being impeached by the imperial censor, taking care of these criminals in every possible way is something that not just anyone can do.
of.
It's really good to have one of our own in this sect's main temple...
In the courtyard of Zongzheng Temple? Zhang Chun watched the jailers deliver the meals cooked by the chef of Piaoxianglou into the Tianlao. He looked at King Shou and said slowly: "Your Highness? Isn't this a bit too much?"
"Excessive?" King Shou glanced at him and said, "What is this? When you took special care of Li Yi's daughter, did I say anything that was too much? Why are you like this..."
Zhang Chun said in shock: "I just covered her cell with a curtain and gave her a new bed..."
King Shou said: "I also covered their cells and gave them new beds."
Zhang Chun looked at the busy figures in the Zongzheng Temple kitchen and said, "But you brought the restaurant cook into the palace? Isn't it too much?"
King Shou said: "Is this too much? It's not too much at all. Let me tell you what is too much. Li Mu uses His Majesty's imperial kitchen to cook for other women? This is what is called too much..."
Zhang Chun was stunned and then said: "But you can't let them drink? Zongzheng Temple strictly prohibits prisoners from drinking."
After finishing speaking? He waved his hand again and said: "I will not talk about you giving drinks to those criminals, but you also found women for them--what do you think Zongzheng Temple is? A restaurant, or a restaurant?"
brothel?"
King Shou glanced at him and said: "Ordinary prisoners need to eat a full meal before being executed. Do you have the final say in this Zongzheng Temple, or do I?"
Zhang Chun said angrily: "You..."
Then, he seemed to realize something and looked at King Shou in shock.
King Shou sighed softly and shook his head.
Zhang Chun silently shut up, thought for a while, and said: "Even if you are looking for a brothel girl, your taste is too unique, Your Majesty. This is not to let them enjoy, but to make them suffer. I know that God has it."
The brothel, the women there are so beautiful..."
King Shou said angrily: "What's wrong with my taste? I'm chubby and fleshy, so good..."
In the prison, two officials finished eating a piece of sweet and sour fish. While picking their teeth with fish bones, they complained: "His Royal Highness Shou Wang is good at everything, but his taste in women, I really don't agree with him, so he called
Such a woman, I can’t even bear to attack her in the dark..."
King Shou came in from outside and said, "If you are not satisfied, I will give you a beautiful one tonight..."
The official smiled and said: "Thank you, His Highness King Shou..."
King Shou approached the innermost cell and asked Prince Nanyang, "Are you still getting used to it?"
The Prince of Nanyang County said: "I'm not used to living there, but I still thank Brother Wang for taking care of me."
The Prince of Nanyang looked down upon King Shou at first. Although King Shou was one of the seven one-word kings and his status was much more noble than that of the prince, King Shou's cowardice and incompetence were despised by everyone in the city.
Know.
Nowadays, although his evaluation of King Shou's cowardice and incompetence has not changed, he no longer dislikes him so much.
King Shou squatted at the door of the cell and said: "Nanyang County is such a good place, why did you come to Shendu in the first place?"
The Prince of Nanyang County smiled and said: "Everywhere in Nanyang is good, but the only drawback is that it is not the capital of the gods."
King Shou murmured: "Shendu, what's so good about Shendu?"
The king of Nanyang County said: "Power, wealth, women, cultivation resources, whatever you want, the city of gods will have it, and it is not thousands of times better than Nanyang County..."
King Shou sighed and said: "Although the capital of God is good, it is also dirty..."
The Prince of Nanyang County did not hear clearly what King Shou said and asked: "Brother Wang, when can you let us out?"
King Shou said: "You yourself know what you have committed. If you are released like this, there will be no way to explain it to the people or to the court. Instead, the new party will catch you. Therefore, the drama that should be performed is still
To act."
The Prince of Nanyang County asked: "How to act?"
King Shou said slowly: "You will still be sentenced to death, and then sent outside to be executed. Of course, this is all an act. The executioner's knife will not really cut down. The dean will use great magic power to arrange a
The illusion makes the people think that you are really dead. After that, you need to appear in the capital of God with a new identity..."
Prince Nanyang frowned and said, "Is it so troublesome?"
King Shou said helplessly: "Do you think what you committed is a trivial matter? According to the crimes Zhou Zhong confessed, every one of you will have your head chopped off. This is the only way to save your lives. From now on,
Prince Nanyang is dead, and you will have a new identity. When the time comes, we will find a way to let you enter the court again, and then you will get everything you have lost..."
Prince Nanyang looked thoughtful, thinking carefully about what King Shou said.
Indeed, since Li Yi was overturned, Xiao Yun, the king of Nanyang County, was no different from death in Dazhou.
His official position has been removed, and he will never be hired by the court in this life. Instead of occupying the useless status of Nanyang County King, it is better to change his appearance and start a new life.
If King Shou really let him go casually, Prince Nanyang would become suspicious.
Li Mu and the Zhou family are all watching, and King Shou cannot afford the consequences if he lets them go.
But his plan was so thorough that it was impossible to deceive him. It was most likely a decision made by someone above.
At this moment, King Shou continued: "This scene requires your cooperation. You must not fail in the performance. Otherwise, all your efforts will be wasted and no one will be able to save you."
Prince Nanyang no longer had any doubts and nodded: "I understand."
King Shou patted him on the shoulder and said: "Remember, even if a knife is placed on your neck, you must remain calm, because the executioners in this execution are all our people. By the way, remember to tell others,
Otherwise, if someone among them performs badly, everyone will be implicated by him, and Li Mu won't be able to get rid of him..."
The Prince of Nanyang County said: "Don't worry, whoever dares to do bad things will be killed by me..."
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Zongzhengji Temple Hall.
Zhang Chun looked at the several guilty ministers kneeling below, picked up an official document, and read out: "Ai Tong, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, coveted huge amounts of treasury taxes during his reign. According to the seventh volume of the third volume of the Dazhou Code,
Two articles, sentenced to execution..."
"Wu Sheng, the prime minister of Guanglu Temple, has repeatedly visited young girls for prostitution. The circumstances are serious. According to Article 36 of the second volume of the Dazhou Code, he is sentenced to death by execution."
"Wei Chong, Wang Ning, and Zhuo Xian, as officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, participated in the trafficking of women and children and acted as protective umbrellas for evil forces... and were sentenced to execution."
"My disciples, Chen Guang... will be executed immediately."
When Zhang Chun pronounced the sentence, there was no fear on the faces of the officials in the hall, and some even looked at each other and laughed.
This is not because they are not afraid of death, but His Royal Highness King Shou has already explained to them that this is just an act. When the time comes, not only will they not die, but they will also embrace a more glorious life with a new identity.
The death penalty documents of these officials had already gone through multiple reviews. After Zhang Chun pronounced the sentence in court, more than 20 people were escorted to the execution site.
King Shou stood outside Zongzheng Temple and nodded to all the guilty ministers who came out of Zongzheng Temple.
After receiving the "hint" from King Shou, everyone felt more at ease and rushed to the execution ground without fear, showing a resolute attitude.
On the execution ground.
Screens surrounded the execution ground, and the people under the execution ground could not clearly see the specific situation on the ground.
The people who were beheaded this time were all officials from the court and central government, and even relatives of the emperor. It was impossible for the people to see the scenes of their beheadings.
Li Mu held Li Qing's hand and stood in the crowd.
Almost all the principal and accomplices who framed her father back then are here. Li Mu promised her that all the murderers in the case back then would receive the punishment they deserve.
Behind the screen, more than twenty people were kneeling there, with no fear on their faces.
Some people even looked back at the executioner and smiled.
Even though the executioner was used to seeing big scenes, he was also hairy with the strange gazes of these dying people.
Zhang Chun was sitting in the execution position, looked up at the sky, grabbed a handful of execution sticks and threw them out, saying: "The time has come for the execution..."
The executioner's knife was raised high and then quickly lowered.
Seeing the heads rolling down around him, an official sighed in his heart, a strong man in the seventh realm is worthy of being a strong man in the seventh realm. This kind of realistic illusion could not only deceive the people, but even he himself was almost deceived...
…
There were also several people whose expressions changed when they noticed the blood of the people around them splattered on them.
However, the executioner behind them did not leave them any time to think.
With one slash, the body was separated and the soul was scattered.
Before and after the execution, everything was quiet on the execution ground.
In the past, before the execution, the prisoners had to go through a period of howling ghosts and wolves. This was probably the quietest execution that the people of the capital had ever seen.
King Shou stood outside the execution ground, sighed and murmured: "In the next life, be a good person..."
