Chapter 387 – Anger! (10,000 word chapter)

The dungeon was gloomy, with sunlight streaming in through the air holes, and dusty vesicles floating in the beams.

Xu Qi’an stood for a long time, and then, feeling that he couldn’t let Lord Zheng continue like this, he entered the cell and set him down.

The body had been dead for a while with only a trace of residual warmth.

The Chancellor of the Grand Lodge sat outside his cell, bawling his eyes out.

Xu Qi’an, however, was not particularly sad, and only felt that it was a relief to have him gone just like that.

On the way back to the capital from Chuzhou, he watched this scholar’s spine bend a little bit and his figure become more and more stooped.

He was too tired to carry the lives of three hundred and eighty thousand people on his back, and every day he dared not allow himself to be idle, for as soon as he was idle, that oceanic feeling of suffocation would catch up with him.

“Why do you think you’re doing this, you’re just a handless civil official, you can’t do anything, and those three hundred and eighty thousand people didn’t ask you to take revenge.”

Xu Qi’an tidied up Zheng Xinghuai’s remains and tried to close his eyes for him, but he couldn’t do it, and those violently bulging eyes were still staring at the muddy human world.

“You lobbied so hard every day, but people were always in love. I wanted to say something to you then: human beings are not connected in their sorrow and joy; they only find you noisy.

“Lord Zheng ah, the princes of the capital have not, like you and I, experienced the Chuzhou massacre, they cannot be like you. Every year there are disasters, every year there are countless people starving and freezing to death, witnessing it with your own eyes and seeing it on the fold is not the same thing.

“It was not easy to survive the Chuzhou massacre, headlong to the capital, originally thought that the court would return justice to the three hundred and eighty thousand people, return justice to you, but did not expect to lose their own lives, heh, a hundred useless is a scholar, said half right.

“I was able to put my life on the line for Inspector Zhang that day, and I originally thought that I would put my life on the line for you this time as well, only that before I could find a way to do so, you were already gone. It’s also good that life is sad and miserable, you’ve had a really bad life.”

After finishing organizing, Xu Qi’an stood up, took a few steps back, and made a deep bow towards this pathetic and honorable scholar.

Outside the dungeon, a group of armor-clad soldiers gathered.

The fact that the Chancellor of the Da Lisi had brought an outsider into the Yamen was originally not a big deal, but the dungeon was an important place, and no one was allowed to enter the dungeon without permission unless they had a handwritten letter from a high-ranking official such as the Temple Secretary or the Junior Secretary.

The jailer had of course stopped, but after being kicked away by Xu Qi’an, he didn’t dare to strike at the stone again and ran to inform the Secretary of the Da Lisi.

The Secretary of the Da Lisi stood in front, arms folded, with the guards of the court behind him.

He grimaced and waited for half a quarter of an hour before he saw Xu Qi’an come out, this young man was unexpectedly calm, his face joyless and sad.

“Xu Qi’an, you trespassed into the Da Lisi prison, even if this official kills you on the spot, Wei Yuan will not say anything.” The Secretary of the Da Lisi preemptively drank.

The young man with the knife didn’t bother and left on his own.

This blade, originally intended to kill animals, was just a moment too late to catch up. If anyone wanted to try its sharpness, Xu Qi’an would not refuse.

“Lord Temple Secretary ……..” The head guard whispered.

The Secretary of the Da Lisi was about to order the guards to take someone when his sleeve was suddenly tugged and he twisted his head to see that it was the Secretary of the Da Lisi.

The Chancellor of the Da Lisi looked at him deeply, “Your Excellency also has only one life, so why don’t you love it.”

The Secretary of the Da Lisi was creeped out, and the hairs on his back stood up in sweat.

………..

Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

Duke Protector and Duke Cao returned to the palace to resume their duties.

“Your Majesty, Zheng Xinghuai is dead, this case can be finalized.” Duke Cao respectfully said.

“It’s just that on the side of the princes, how will you cope?” Que Yongxiu was still a bit uneasy.

The princes were able to forgive the King of Zhenbei, that was because the King of Zhenbei perished, and now, he returned to the capital with all his whiskers intact. Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu would be the first to not let him go.

Emperor Yuan Jing faintly said, “I will send a forbidden army to the State Duke’s Mansion to protect your safety, so you don’t need to worry about assassination. In addition, those secret agents that King Zhenbei returned with you will be dispatched by you for the time being to stay in your State Duke’s Mansion.”

Que Yongxiu was relieved, such a strict guard force, enough to keep him safe, do not have to worry about being assassinated.

As for the saber-rattling in the courtroom, he only needs to keep a low profile, not to fight, and then have the blessing of His Majesty, even if Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu’s hands and eyes are all over the world, they will not want to burn the fire to him.

After this time, the future is still bright.

Once his heart was clear, Que Yongxiu was relieved and smiled heartily:

“Your majesty is wise and godly, this even eliminate and fight, easily swayed the civil officials. And then take advantage of their hesitation, quick sword to kill, let Zheng Xinghuai afraid of crime to commit suicide, do not give the gentlemen to leave the way back.

“Now they’ll just have to hold their noses and admit it.”

But His Majesty has made enough concessions to satisfy the appetites of some, otherwise even His Majesty could not stand alone.

Que Yongxiu was pleased with Emperor Yuanjing.

“Although the Zhen Guo Sword was brought back to the capital by the legation, the mysterious expert’s whereabouts are unknown, if we can find him again and send troops to crusade and avenge the King of Huai, this matter will be complete.” Duke Cao sighed.

At those words, Emperor Yuan Jing’s face was slightly gloomy, and after a few seconds’ pause, he slowly said:

“Tomorrow, we will convene a court meeting to put a lid on the Chuzhou case, and before that, you have someone spread the news that Zheng Xinghuai is afraid of committing suicide.”

Cao Guo Gong laughed, “Yes!”

……….

Cabinet.

After the small court meeting in the imperial study room, the head minister of the king then summoned five university scholars to discuss the follow-up of Zheng Xinghuai’s imprisonment.

“It’s just as well that King Huai is dead. But this Que Yongxiu is one of the executioners of the massacre, Your Majesty’s move, really makes people ……..” Qian Qingshu, a university scholar of Wuying Hall, held back and turned to sigh:

“Good thing to think about how to save Lord Zheng, such a good minister shouldn’t suffer an injustice.”

Jianji Hall university scholar was a bit impatient, angrily said, “Zheng Xinghuai is just stubborn, for the side of the official can, in the courtroom, he can not do anything.”

The tone was rather mournful and hateful.

“But that’s what makes it honorable, isn’t it.”

Zhao Tingfang, a university scholar of the East Cabinet, exhaled a breath and murmured, “Doesn’t His Majesty want to vindicate the King of Zhenbei, and doesn’t he want to preserve the face of the royal family, so let’s agree to him. The condition is in exchange for Zheng Xinghuai’s innocence.”

“As long as Zheng Xinghuai is convicted, the case will be perfectly closed for His Majesty, and he will agree?” The university scholar of Jianji Hall said angrily.

“That’s just more trouble!” Zhao Tingfang tapped her fingers on the tabletop with a resounding thud.

Chief Minister Wang gently shook his head, “It’s useless, it’s not the same now as before, at first hearing the bad news, the civil and military officials were all shocked and angry. And now that that anger has passed, and gained benefits, and can make the massacre scandal into a great victory for the court to make a name for itself, how to choose and choose, can be imagined.”

Qian Qingshu sighed and murmured, “What does the Chief Minister think should be done?”

Chief Minister Wang said, “Que Yongxiu’s peaceful return to the capital is bound to stir up some people’s anger, we can secretly lobby those people to jointly protest. But the demands should be lowered a bit.

“Que Yongxiu was on the street this morning holding a bloody letter, suing Zheng Xinghuai, making a big fuss, and fighting for Zheng Xinghuai’s innocence at this time will not convince either side, and His Majesty will not agree.”

The Grand Maester nodded slightly.

Indeed, the conflict has intensified to such a point, and then give Zheng Xinghuai “whitewash”, not to mention His Majesty does not agree, even the people will find it absurd, so who is right and who is wrong?

If this matter is not handled well, the court will become a laughing stock.

Chief Minister Wang sighed, ”Zheng Xinghuai is still guilty, but he can be stolen and replaced by a death row inmate with a disguise. As long as His Majesty agrees, this matter can be done.

“All we can do is keep him alive.”

The university bachelors could only nod their heads, although they were again reluctant.

At this time, a mandarin hurriedly came in, handed a note to Wang Shoufu, and retreated.

Chief Minister Wang unfolded the note and took a look at it, abruptly froze, and did not move for half a day.

“Zheng Xinghuai, Died in Prison ……..”

The old First Minister placed the note gently on the table, and, bracing himself wearily, exited the chamber.

His back was like a windswept old man.

……….

The night watchman’s office.

Nangong Qianrou was sitting upright, not daring to say a word.

Even though he was a fourth grade martial artist, at this moment, he actually felt a little breathless.

All because of that note that was just handed up.

After seeing this note, Wei Gong never said another word, not even a vivid look, just like a statue.

Nangong Qianrou followed Wei Yuan for so many years, rarely saw him this silent, a terrible storm brewing in the silence.

It records a brief message that Zheng Xinghuai was killed in prison.

Really short ah, hall of a state minister, the second grade officer, after death in the intelligence left, this is the only thing.

What will the history books say about him? There will probably be more words, colluding with the demon barbarians, killing 380,000 people in the city, and killing the Dafeng Zhenguo Pillar.

Legacy.

What a ridiculous world …….. Nangong Qianlou let out a cold laugh in her heart.

He, as an onlooker, was left with these sentiments, that it was not the world that was ridiculous, but the people.

How many people like Zheng Xinghuai are in the vast history books?

The reason why there are so many cases of injustice is ultimately because no one dares to come forward, right?

………

“Your Highness, the Second Princess wants to see you.”

When the head guard knocked on Huaiqing’s study, Huaiqing was in a bad mood and frowned at the words.

At this point in time, if Prosper came back to provoke her and annoy her, she would not be able to control her emotions.

“Tell her to wait in the parlor, and the Palace will go there after changing her clothes.”

Sending away the head of the guards, Huaiqing burned the note, changed into a plain white court dress like snow, and went to the parlor to meet her sister, who was dressed in big red.

She whirled around and was taken aback.

The old Lin An was lively and bright, chirping like a little sparrow, swooping over to peck you every now and then, though every time he was casually slapped to the ground by Huai Qing.

But she’s always tirelessly re-flying to try and peck you in the face.

But the Lin An she saw now was like a small, crumpled flower, her goose-egg face dull, her peach blossom eyes downcast, like a small, helpless girl with an inferiority complex.

“If you are asking if Zheng Xinghuai is dead, then I can answer you clearly: yes.” Huaiqing said indifferently.

Lin An nodded, her gaze froze at the ground, and she said softly, “I, I’m not very comfortable …….. I don’t know why, it’s just, it’s just a little uncomfortable, and it’s still scary ……..”

It’s that this incident has caused too much shock to her …….. Da Feng Chengping long time, before the state uncle did not die, the harem and a faction of harmony …….. Huaiqing faintly said:

“No big deal, you read too little, read and write more history books, you will know that this is a common thing. The more bloody and unjust things, the more few strokes.”

“You, really?” Advent glared at her.

She was going to explode with guilt in her heart because of Zheng Xinghuai’s death, because of the three hundred and eighty thousand dead souls in Chuzhou City, and her whole body was depressed.

At this time, Lin An remembered Huai Qing, who was the sister she had been trying to catch up with, so she wanted to come and take a look, to see how Huai Qing was facing this matter.

Now that she saw it, she was a little disappointed.

Huaiqing walked up to her, looking down from above, and faintly said, “When the moon is full, there is a lack, and when the water is full, there is an overflow. Everything can’t escape the truth that when there is an abundance, there will be a decline.

“When a dynasty goes from strength to strength, it is bound to be accompanied by countless blood and tears, and internal decay that will hollow it out little by little. There will be more of this.”

Prosper was silent for a moment, raising his head and looking at his sister, “So, what should we do then?”

Huaiqing reached out and pressed Lin’an’s head, a rare gentleness flashing in his eyes, “At this time, someone will come forward.”

Someone will come forward …….. Prosper suddenly clenched his hands.

……….

Inner city, in an inn, lobby.

At the table in the corner, Li Miaozhen was eating with the drag-queen woman, whom she disliked.

It wasn’t that she was always bossy; the past few days had passed, and the mediocre-looking woman had improved a lot, doing what she could, on her own.

What Li Miaozhen didn’t like was the lonely loneliness in her eyes.

It was as if in this woman’s eyes, all other women were bushy-tailed, and she was the only beauty in the whole world.

However, obviously she is the most mediocre, men do not care to look at the kind of, in addition to the buttocks round and big and curved, breasts that several pounds of meat and straight and full, wearing several pieces of clothing can not hide the size of the ……..

In fact, there is nothing to envy, those few pounds of meat, will only hinder me from eradicating evil ……… Li Miaozhen told himself this.

“Why hasn’t he come to me yet?” Munanjia whispered.

“Heh, see you are also a married man, so you are so shamelessly thinking about foreigners?” Li Miaozhen was unhappy for no reason and sneered.

“It’s just that I find it boring to stay with you.” The princess lifted her chin and said arrogantly.

“…….”

So where did this condescending stance come from? Doesn’t she know how much she weighs.

Li Miaozhen’s teeth were itching with anger, she was in a bad mood in the past few days because of King Huai’s delayed conviction, and by today, she even knew that Zheng Xinghuai was in prison.

There will be a day when I have to carry a knife and break into the palace and cut Emperor Yuan Jing by a thousand cuts …….. No. 2 Li Miaozhen thought indignantly.

At this time, a table next door said loudly, “Did you know that Zheng Xinghuai is dead, it turns out that he was the culprit who colluded with the demon barbarians.”

“What?!”

The hall full of diners looked over, full of dismay.

The man said, “I have a brother in the Da Lisi as an officer, today I heard of a thing, that Zheng Xinghuai in jail to commit suicide.”

The hall exploded.

Is it really such a reversal?

The man continued, ”Zheng Xinghuai is simply worse than a beast, he colluded with the demons and barbarians, killing our Dafeng’s Zhen Guozhu Huai Wang, and killing the three hundred and eighty thousand people of Chuzhou City.

“And after that, he blindfolded the envoys and went to the capital to complain, how much hatred is this towards King Huai? I heard that when he was in Chuzhou, he embezzled military land and took bribes, and was lectured by the King of Huai many times, so he grudged it.

“The reason why he colluded with the demon barbarians this time is because King Huai has searched for evidence of his crimes and wants to impeach him to the court …….”

Speaking here, the man squeezed out tears and sighed with his wrists, “Although we are civilians, we are not ashamed of this kind of people. It’s a pity that King Huai, a generation of heroes, had a miserable end.”

The diners were so alarmed that they couldn’t be bothered to eat and discussed it intensely.

“It can’t be, the news of King Huai’s massacre was brought back by the mission, brought back by Xu Yinluo.”

“Yes, Xu Yinluo is as good as a god at deciding cases, would he wrongly accuse King Huai?”

“We don’t believe it.”

“Heh, if you don’t believe it, then you don’t believe it; when the court sends out a notice tomorrow, there will be no reason for you not to believe it.”

“Bah, unless Xu Yinluo says it himself, we don’t believe it. Just wait for the news tomorrow.”

Li Miaozhen’s chopsticks fell with a snap.

Xu Qi An …….. The crown princess’ heart sank, the first thing she thought of was not other than that repulsive Xu Qi’an.

In his ears, it seems to echo again the words he said, I’m going to go to Chuzhou City and stop him, and if possible, I’m going to kill him …….

………..

On this day, the capital was spreading everywhere the news that Zheng Xinghuai, the Minister of Prefecture of Chuzhou, had committed suicide in fear of crime, and in the descriptions of those with ulterior motives, Zheng Xinghuai had colluded with the demons and barbarians, causing the death of the King of Zhenbei and the death of the three hundred and eighty-thousand people of the city of Chuzhou.

Then, backtracking and putting the blame on the King of Zhenbei, he wanted to make the Great Feng’s Pillar of Zhenguo lose his name.

Some are dismayed, some disbelieving, some confused about these rumors ………

The people don’t know the inside story, let alone the twists and turns and the hooks, and when it comes to events like this where they don’t know who to trust, ordinary people will instinctively look for an authority figure in their hearts.

A statement from an authority figure is the only fact that they are willing to believe.

For the time being, it seemed that the only one who could be considered an authority in this area, and whom the people of the city could immediately think of, was Xu Qi’an.

He was now, however, just coming out of the Szeto.

The Supervisor still hadn’t seen him, and Xu Qi’an hadn’t planned to see the Supervisor either; he’d only asked Caiwei to bring the Supervisor a message.

Outside the Si Tian Jian building, Heng Yuan and Chu Yuan Jian were waiting for him.

The swordsman with a smattering of white hair on his forehead smiled and said, “Would you like to follow me on my journey?”

Xu Qi’an grinned, “Is the Western Region Hu Ji Run?”

Chu Yuanjian said helplessly, “I stopped being close to women’s colors a long time ago.”

Xu Qi’an waved his hand at them, “There will be that day, but not now.”

Leave alone.

Before dusk, Xu Erlang and Xu Ershu, took the women of the family out of the city.

…………

The following day, the pilgrimage!

Gun Gong Gong stepped into the Golden Palace, did not wait long, Yuan Jingdi came, he seems to be a little impatient to go to the court.

Emperor Yuan Jing sat firmly, the old eunuch stepped forward and said in a loud voice, “If there is something to report, if there is nothing to report, retire from the court.”

No one spoke, but at this moment, the gazes of countless people in the courtroom fell on the Secretary of the Da Lisi.

The Secretary of the Da Lisi hardened his head, stepped out, and made a bow, “The humble minister has something to report.”

The man died in the Da Lisi. The matter must be told by him.

The corners of Emperor Yuan Jing’s mouth spread into a smile, “Aiqing, please speak.”

The Secretary of the Da Lisi had a slight pause, then said aloud, “Chuzhou Prefect Zheng Xinghuai, in yesterday’s noon, in jail to commit suicide.”

The Golden Palace was awfully quiet.

Emperor Yuan Jing’s smile deepened at the corner of his mouth and said, “What do the Secretaries think, this case, how to finalize?”

Yuan Xiong, the left imperial historian, stepped forward and said, “Since he has already committed suicide, the Chuzhou case can be closed. Zheng Xinghuai, the governor of Chuzhou, is from Zhangzhou and was a second grade scholar in the 19th year of Yuanjing. This person colluded with the demon and barbarian tribes and killed the King of Zhenbei and the 380,000 people of Chuzhou, so he should be executed.

“Zheng Xinghuai still has a son, serving in Qingzhou, the court can send a residence report, with the Qingzhou Buzheng Minister Yang Gong, to catch his whole family. Behead them for public display ……….”

Emperor Yuan Jing looked around at the ministers and asked aloud, “What objections do the Secretaries have?”

No one’s talking.

Emperor Yuan Jing smiled, thanks to his art of checks and balances over the years, the parties in the courtroom are like a group of rabble, difficult to coalesce.

In his past days, when he was high up and allowed these people to fight, the struggle was indeed intense and wonderful. But when he himself, the Nine to Five, went down, this group of rabble, after all, was just rabble.

His will is the supreme will of the Great Blessing.

This group of people even presumed to trample the face of the royal family under their feet and make the world spit on them.

Ridiculous.

In the group of ministers, Que Yongxiu almost couldn’t control his laughter, his face could not hide the pleasure, Wei Yuan or Wang Shoufu, as well as other civil officials, they were after all ministers.

No matter how skillful the means are, they are nothing more than that in the eyes of His Majesty.

After this case, not only did he get through it safely, but he was also rewarded for his accomplishments. The title of Duke of the Protectorate has been passed down to the present time, and has finally risen again in his own hands.

The pleasurable time passed quickly until the old eunuch shouted, Retreat from the court!

Que Yongxiu then knew that the matter had been settled, and that Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu were powerless to return to heaven.

The eunuchs went out of the Golden Palace, the pace was hurried, seemingly unwilling to stay longer.

“Lord Cao, let’s go to the Churchyard at night to have some fun, after many years in the North, I’ve almost forgotten how watery the girls in the Churchyard are.”

Que Yongxiu was in a good mood to find Cao Guo Gong climbing.

Duke Cao frowned, his status like this, is not to bother to go to the Department of Education, his family’s beauty like flowers of the female family, the outer room, countless, he can not even proffer over.

But seeing Que Yongxiu’s gracious face, Duke Cao nodded his head and said, “Fine!”

After saying that, he shook his head again, “You’d better not go out in these few days, stay in the residence, if you want to sleep with the woman from the Church Department, just let her go to the Duke of Protecting State’s Mansion. Why do you need to go yourself?”

Que Yongxiu thought about it and thought it made sense: “Then I will host a banquet in my mansion and invite my colleagues and friends, and Duke Cao must have the honor to come.”

“That’s natural …….”

Cao Guo Gong smiled and answered yes, and suddenly noticed that the civil officials in front of him stopped and gathered in front of the noon gate and did not go.

A sense of foreboding welled up in his heart and he whispered, “Go, go over and take a look.”

Que Yongxiu was a little bewildered, along with him went forward to the entrance of the noon gate, squeezed through the crowd, only to see the outside of the noon gate, standing a person.

The man, dressed in cloth, with an angular figure, leaning on a sword, stood outside the noon gate, blocking the way of the ministers.

Not far from him stood a white dress and a red dress.

“Xu Qi’an, what are you doing blocking the noon gate again? What do you want this time?”

Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, reflexively shouted out.

The civil officials scrutinized him with horror and anger, so familiar was the scene that I do not know how many of them were aroused by the mental shadow of

Especially Shangshu Sun, who had already been scolded twice by Surname Xu for composing poems.

Xu Qi’an? He is the Xu Qi’an at the time of the Chuzhou massacre, listening to Duke Cao said, is a supporter of Zheng Xinghuai ………. Que Yongxiu frowned, the meaning of the words of the gentlemen, this person blocked the noon gate once?

Xu Qi’an looked around the group of ministers with a calm gaze, “Which one is Que Yongxiu? And Duke Cao, you two come out.”

Duke Cao frowned, his sense of foreboding intensifying.

“Heh, this person is so bold, is this an attempt to scold me? Thinking that he has Wei Yuan as his backer, thinking that he can scold me after scolding the civil officials once?”

Lord Protector Que Yongxiu snorted, his eyes grim, “When this Lord is the same as those civil officials, he can only move his lips?”

Duke Cao said in a deep voice, “This person’s cultivation is not weak, and I don’t know what kind of madness he is having.”

Que Yongxiu snorted and suddenly said, “Do you think His Majesty will blame me if I behead him here?”

Upon hearing this, Duke Cao also revealed a smile, “As long as you can provoke him to make a move, he will surely die, well, this brat, relying on Wei Yuan to back him up, is unscrupulous and flaunts his power in the capital.”

“That’s because he hasn’t met me, my lord has been fighting in the sands for many years and loves to torment such pricks.”

Que Yongxiu laughed coldly, side by side with Duke Cao, and walked before the group of ministers, looking at the young man who stood on his sword and snickered:

“My Lord is the one you are looking for. What’s the matter, you want to curse? I’ve heard that you, Xu Qi’an, are very good at composing poems, so why don’t you give me one, and maybe I’ll be famous in history.”

Que Yongxiu and Cao Guo Gong laughed out loud.

Words, see the young man on the knife towering motionless, Que Yongxiu feel the fire is not enough, continue to taunt:

“Wei Gong, you are not enough to teach the level of ah. Look at this unruly boy, trespassing on the noon gate, lawlessness, if you don’t know how to teach, then how about this public teach it for you?”

Wei Yuan was silent, looking at Xu Qi’an wordlessly.

“I’m not cursing today,” Xu Qi’an sighed, “I’m here to kill.”

Duke Cao and the officials’ faces changed drastically.

“Hahaha ……..”

Que Yongxiu felt that he had heard a great joke and laughed maniacally, “He said he would kill people, listen to him, he said he would kill people, in front of the noon gate.”

Laughing, he suddenly froze and turned his head in dismay, realizing that the ministers were backing away in unison.

Among these people, there are the six ministers, the six ministers of the six departments, and the Qinggui of the Hanlin Academy. …….. They can all be the pinnacle of power in the capital, but they are so scornful of a small silver gong?

Wei Yuan and Chief Wang didn’t move, their gazes coldly looking at him.

This ……. Que Yongxiu was flabbergasted, then he looked at Duke Cao and realized that he had already quietly retreated a dozen feet.

He then re-looked at the expressions of the civil officials, and this time, he finally noticed a hint of something wrong, in their eyes, with a few moments of hatred, a few moments of dislike, and ……. A few points of anticipation?

“Where is the forbidden army? Men, men, take this fang down for my lord.” Que Yongxiu shouted.

The forbidden soldiers not far away rushed over in unison, surrounding Xu Qi’an, drawing swords and crossing spears.

Que Yongxiu waved his hand stoically, “This thief threatened to kill my lord in the palace, take him down quickly and hand him over to His Majesty for punishment.”

The forbidden army didn’t move.

“Take him down, do my lord’s orders not work?” Que Yongxiu was furious.

At this point, a whispered reminder came from the crowd, “He, he has a get-out-of-jail-free card ……..”

Que Yongxiu’s eyes instantly widened, he understood, understood why the princes retreated, understood why the forbidden army didn’t make a move.

The forbidden army was to protect the emperor, and when the emperor’s life wasn’t threatened, they wouldn’t fight to the death with someone who held a gold medal of immunity.

What about the gold medal of exemption, I don t believe that he dares to make a move in the palace ……… Que Yongxiu is not afraid, he himself is a fifth grade expert, although he does not wear a sword in the court, but it is not so bad as to have no power to fight back.

At that moment, Xu Qi’an took out a page from his bosom, shook it to light it, and said in a deep voice, “Forbidden!”

Que Yongxiu and Duke Cao’s bodies abruptly stiffened, unable to move for a moment.

Xu Qi’an carried the knife and took a step towards the two men.

Chief Minister Wang said in a deep voice, “Xu Qi’an, don’t mistake yourself, the Duke of the Protectorate is a first class duke, after the Founding Fathers, if he were to have any slip-ups, you can’t afford to take the blame.”

Imperial Historian Zhang Xingying was in a great hurry, “Duke Wei, quickly dissuade him.”

Wei Yuan did not move.

When Xu Qi’an took a step, the civil officials took a step back, highlighting Duke Cao and Duke Protector.

“Click ……”

He brandished his sheath and cracked the kneecaps of the Lord Protector and the Lord Cao.

Although people could not move, the pain was not discounted, and Duke Cao and Duke Protector’s faces turned white as they screamed loudly and miserably.

Que Yongxiu looked to the group of ministers and shouted for help:

“You guys quickly stop him, quickly stop him. We are all officials in the same dynasty, you can’t see death to save. A martial artist dares to kill outside the noon gate, and no one in the court dares to stand up and speak out, you, do you want to be laughed at by the world’s readers?”

A newly promoted young official of the Chun Exams was provoked by the words, and subconsciously had to stand up and stop Xu Qi’an’s atrocities.

Unexpectedly, Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, who was beside him, suddenly flew up and kicked him back.

The ministers of the six ministries, the ministers-in-waiting, the ministers of the six departments, and so on, all of these ministers who were qualified to enter the courtroom, actually tacitly chose to remain silent, and not a single one of them spoke.

Even those who had a grudge against Xu Qi’an did not speak.

Que Yongxiu saw that these black-hearted readers were trying to kill people with a knife.

They all want to die themselves.

Xu Qi’an hung his saber back on his back waist and made a gesture that no one could see, as he turned towards the western sky and beckoned.

Then, carrying the collars of Lord Cao and Lord Protector, he headed out.

…………

In the bedchamber.

The Yuan Jing Emperor, who ended the morning court, just returned to the imperial study, then a guard rushed in with all the wind and fire, and did not pass the message, stood at the door and shouted:

“Your Majesty, Xu Qi’an is blocking the Noon Gate again, threatening to kill Lord Protector and Lord Cao.”

Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly changed color and said in shock, “Does he want to rebel? How about Duke Cao and Duke Protector?”

“Taken out of the palace.” The guards responded anxiously.

“Quickly mobilize the forbidden army experts to stop Xu Qi’an, and if you disobey, you will be directly killed!” Emperor Yuan Jing roared.

When the guards left, he stood by the large case, his face clouded.

Subdued Wei Yuan, subdued Wang Shoufu, subdued all the court officials, but even ignored such a small person.

“He dares to disobey me, bold and daring ……..”

Emperor Yuan Jing gave a deep, low roar and swept all the paperwork, documents, ink, paper and ink on the table to the ground.

The nine-to-five-year-old was still angry and kicked over the table.

…………

After receiving the emperor’s instructions, the palace’s masters rushed out of the palace gates with hundreds of forbidden soldiers, galloping their horses furiously and chasing them along the streets.

The forbidden army team chased Xu Qi’an through the streets of the Imperial City.

“Stop him!”

One of the leaders of the forbidden army was relieved to see the two princes intact, and leapt up from his horse to pounce on Xu Qi’an.

“Shoo!”

At that moment, a flying sword suddenly attacked with brilliant sword light.

The leader of the forbidden army drew his saber and fought a hard blow with the flying sword, although he was not injured, he was stopped.

In mid-air, Li Miaozhen’s long hair floated, floating in the air, her pretty face like a shroud of frost.

Li Miaozhen had come out from Lin’an Mansion, and she had been staying in the city since last night.

Heavenly Sect Holy Daughter …….. The leader of the forbidden army was shocked and furious: “I’ll deal with Li Miaozhen, you guys go intercept Xu Qi’an.”

He wasn’t the only expert who chased out here.

Immediately, three strong men leapt up from their horses, puffing up their qi and chasing after them through the air.

Brush!

When that was the case, a sword light lit up and chopped in front of the three powerhouses, cutting out deep gullies.

On the ridge of the roof facing the street stood a green-shirted swordsman, standing with his arms folded and a cold smile.

“Chu Yuanzhuan, you want to turn against the court? Do you want to become a wanted criminal?”

The three forbidden army powerhouses recognized Chu Yuanzhan.

Chu Yuan Zhen sneered, “This is the imperial city, and all the people living here are dignitaries, if you want to carry the responsibility, you can fight with me. Anyway, Chu Mou is a loner, the big deal is that he will not enter the territory of Da Feng country in this life.”

The three forbidden army powerhouses were furious and gritted their teeth.

The capital was the foot of the Emperor, and it was an inner city, the people here could be more valuable than those outside, if because of the three of them, the people were affected and died in large numbers.

The blame will definitely fall on them.

Noticing the Qi fluctuations over here, within the Imperial City, a strong aura awakened and produced a stressful reaction.

The imperial city is inhabited by public ministers and princes, some of them are masters themselves, and some of them keep guest ministers in their mansions, all of them are not weak.

On the other hand, on the side of the palace, there were more strong Qi fluctuations coming from the experts that had followed up and arrived.

“We seem to have stirred up a hornet’s nest ……..” Chu Yuanzhan transmitted his voice.

“Get lost if you’re afraid of dying.” Li Miaozhen replied grumpily.

“Amitabha!”

This kind of thing, of course, could not be done without Heng Yuan, who turned out from the other side of the street and said in a deep voice, “Why don’t you give me a ride, fellow Daoist Li?”

He also sneaked into the Imperial City in advance, and also hid in Lin’an Mansion. It’s just that Li Miaozhen didn’t piggyback on him when he was imperial sword just now, so he came a few moments late.

Li Miaochen said in a bad mood, “Let’s talk about it when we run for our lives.”

………..

The sky was already bright, and the streets of the inner city were gradually filled with pedestrians.

Xu Qi’an stepped on the flying sword handed over by Li Miaozhen and rushed out of the imperial city in a single breath, landing lightly on the streets of the inner city.

Then he carried the two princes of state and waved them around.

The first thing the pedestrians on the roadside noticed was Duke Cao and Duke Protector in their ducal court dress.

“Huh, isn’t this Xu Yinluo? I almost didn’t recognize him without his night watchman’s uniform.”

Someone shouted in surprise.

“Who’s that he’s carrying in his hand? This, this is a python robe, right? Big shot ah ……”

“I know that man, the one-eyed one, he’s Lord Protector Que Yongxiu, who entered the city yesterday.”

“The same Lord Protector who sued Zheng Xinghuai, the Prefect of Chuzhou, for colluding with the demons and barbarians and killing the King of Zhenbei?”

It’s hard for ordinary people to recognize dukes, for example, they don’t know Duke Cao, but the Duke of the Protectorate was in the limelight yesterday, waving his way through the city and impressing the people of the inner city.

So it was instantly recognizable.

“What is Xu Yinluo doing carrying him, this is a duke, this, what the hell is going on here?”

“Sensei do not care what to do, that person is what public to come? It must be involved in the Chuzhou case, I’ll go and call out the house’s mother-in-law to come out and watch the fun.”

“Daughter-in-law, you help watch the stall, I’ll follow and check it out.”

“But, dang it, I want to go see …… too.”

The pedestrians on the street pointed and looked at the scene in amazement, following Xu Qi’an with a hilarious mentality. There were even stall owners who abandoned their stalls and followed with a curious face.

It is not simply to see the hustle and bustle to get together, just about Xu Yinluo, the hand carrying and yesterday’s wooing the Duke, no one can resist curiosity.

The crowds converge and grow.

Gradually, it turned into a raging tide of people.

This was what Xu Qi’an wanted, cutting Que Yongxiu in one stroke was certainly refreshing, but it wasn’t the result he wanted.

Finally, he carried the two dukes to the execution ground at the market entrance.

The main reason for locating the execution ground at Caishikou is that there are many people here. The so-called beheading is a public demonstration, so how can it be a public demonstration when there are not many people?

The people at the food market entrance immediately noticed Xu Qi’an, or to be precise, noticed the surging crowd.

“What, what’s going on?” The people on this side of the food market were stunned.

“Isn’t that Xu Yinluo.”

The food market is crowded.

Xu Qi’an threw the Duke of Cao and the Duke of Protection onto the torture platform, drew out his knife, and cut off their arms and legs.

Then, he grabbed the heads of Lord Cao and Lord Protector with each of his hands, making them lift their faces, and Xu Qi’an smiled, “Look, with so many people, it’s worth dying today.”

Que Yongxiu’s face turned white with horror, “I, I am a first class duke, after the founding fathers ah. You, you can’t kill me, if you kill me, Da Feng will no longer have a place for you.”

This battlefield commander general, at this moment, can still maintain the composure of a soldier, and said in a loud voice: “Don’t make a mistake again and again, this Gong is not dead, everything can be undone, this Gong will plead with His Majesty to let His Majesty forgive you, this Gong swears ……..”

He had a great future ahead of him, he had just won a victory in the court, he couldn’t just die like that.

Duke Cao swallowed, ”Xu Qi’an, you should know what kind of person His Majesty is. Killing us won’t save you even if you have a death-exemption medal. Release us and there is still room for maneuver.”

Xu Qi’an smiled, “If I wanted to be afraid of him, I didn’t bring the two of you here.” His eyes were calm, his tone gentle, but the fear in Duke Cao’s heart exploded and he kowtowed as if he were pounding garlic, “Xu Yinluo, it’s this Duke who is wrong, please spare me, spare me …….. It’s all the fault of Lord Protector Que Yongxiu and His Majesty, they created the massacre tragedy, it’s them, it’s them.”

“Shut up!”

Que Yongxiu bellowed.

“It’s you who should shut up!”

Duke Cao grimaced, “You don’t know him, you’re not in the capital, you don’t know him at all, he’s just a madman, a madman, he, he’ll really kill us.”

“Speak louder and tell these people who it was, who slaughtered Chuzhou City!” Xu Qi’an drew his sword and held it at the neck of Duke Cao.

The frozen blade seemed to freeze the veins, and Duke Cao’s face turned white, his mouth trembled, and he crumbled as he screamed, “It’s the King of Zhenbei, it’s the Protector of the State Duke Que Yongxiu, it’s them who massacred the city.”

“It’s not enough!” Xu Qi’an said indifferently.

“And His Majesty, and His Majesty, he knows everything, he knows that the King of Zhenbei wants to slaughter the city …….. Don’t kill me, please don’t kill me.” Duke Cao cried out in pain.

Boom.

The people around them exploded.

What did they hear?

It was the King of Zhenbei and Que Yongxiu who slaughtered the three hundred and eighty thousand people of Chuzhou City, and their king, their majesty, condoned it?

“No wonder Minister Zheng Buzheng died, he was killed by them!” Someone with red eyes exclaimed.

“Your Majesty he, he condoned the Zhenbei King’s massacre ……..”

A face, jaws agape, a pair of eyes, glittering with pain and bewilderment.

They hadn’t expected that by following over to watch the fun, they would see such a scene and hear such words.

Prince Dafeng massacred the city with the tacit approval of the Dafeng Emperor.

And will that, one day, not, turn the butcher’s knife on them as well?

On the spot, more than a thousand people, a dense crowd, in their hearts, something collapsed.

At that moment, a figure leapt up from the roofs around the vegetable market entrance, some of them were wearing the armor of the forbidden army, some were wearing regular clothes, but their auras were all equally powerful.

“His Majesty has ordered that Xu Qi’an be executed!”

More than a dozen figures came through the air, their qi like a rising tide of the sea, straight at Xu Qi’an.

Behind the crowd, the sound of horses’ hooves shook like thunder, and the forbidden soldiers galloped in, waving their whips to drive away the crowd.

Lord Protector Que Yongxiu was ecstatic and cried out, “Quickly save my lord and kill this fang.”

A bright light erupted from Duke Cao’s despairing eyes, followed by surging hatred, itching to kill Xu Qi’an by a thousand cuts.

At that moment, a clear light fell from the sky and embedded itself in the torture platform with a “ding”.

With a flash of clear light, those experts who came pouncing were struck by lightning, and all of them were shocked to fly, and blood sprayed wildly in mid-air.

“Finally!” Xu Qi’an was relieved.

It was a carving knife, an ancient, black carving knife.

In a time when paper did not exist, that Confucian sage, using it, engraved a heirloom classic.

He had summoned it before he left the palace, and had obtained the consent of Dean Zhao Shou yesterday.

The carving knife swirled with clear light, forming a light shield in front of the execution platform.

Xu Qi’an stepped on Cao Guo Gong’s back and looked around at the people outside the arena, word by word, running his qi and sounding like thunder:

“Duke Cao framed loyalists, aided and abetted them, collaborated with Protector of State Que Yongxiu, and killed Zheng Xinghuai, the Minister of Prefecture of Chuzhou; in accordance with the laws of the Daebong, he shall be beheaded and displayed in public!”

The long black and gold sword lifted and fell heavily.

Heads rolled off.

The blood splashed out of the torture platform, leaving a bleak color of blood in the eyes of the people.

The Duke of Cao was ambushed.

“No. ……..”

Desperate growls emanated from Que Yongxiu’s mouth, the death of Duke Cao had deeply irritated him.

Lord Cao was right. This is crazy. Crazy!

“Xu Qi An, Xu Yinluo, Lord Xu, this gong knows that he is wrong, this gong should not be compelled by the King of Zhenbei, this gong knows that he is wrong, please give this gong another chance, don t kill me ………,” cried Que Yongxiu.

He confessed his sins in front of countless people, and he wept bitterly in the sight of all.

“So you would be afraid too!” Xu Qi’an sneered.

“Yes, anyone is afraid of death. As the child you picked up with your lance, as the people you ordered to be shot. As is Lord Zheng, who you strangled alive in his cell.”

“You save my lord, you save my lord, please, please, save my lord!”

Great fear exploded in Que Yongxiu’s heart as he let out a desperate wail towards the expert who had been shocked by the clear light of the carving knife.

He knew that a butcher’s knife hung above his head. He knew that Xu Qi’an killed him for the Chuzhou massacre, for Zheng Xinghuai. But he didn’t know why this person, for the sake of unrelated people, had to go this far.

Xu Qi’an’s butcher’s knife did not fall, he still had to pronounce the sins of the Protectorate, his knife, killing those who deserved to be killed.

“Chuzhou Commander-in-Chief, Lord Protector Que Yongxiu, together with King Huai, colluded with the Witch God Cult, brutally slaughtering the city of Chuzhou. The blood debt is unforgivable.

“After the incident, he conspired with Emperor Yuan Jing to frame Zheng Xinghuai, the Minister of Prefecture of Chuzhou, and strangled him to death in prison. The blood debt is unforgivable. Today, he is sentenced to death by beheading!”

Psst!

Hands rose and heads tumbled down.

As the world flipped, Que Yongxiu saw the azure sky, his own corpse, and Xu Qi’an who stood with a cold smile.

“Rao ……”

The head rolled to the ground, lips moving, and then the infinite darkness engulfed him.

“Phew ……”

Xu Qi’an exhaled a long breath, as if he had exhaled all the pent-up frustrations in his chest.

Pairs of eyes watched him, and the silence was terrifying when the crowd was clearly moving.

In such a silent occasion, Xu Qi’an reached into his arms and fished out the silver medal that symbolized his identity, chopping it off with a single slash, clanging as the silver medal that had been turned into two halves crashed down.

He leaned on his knife and laughed wildly, “Wei Gong, Xu Qi an ……. is no longer an official.”

On a distant ridge, the red dress, covering her mouth, tears fell like rain.

Behind her, Huaiqing, who was purposely wearing a plain white dress today, stared blankly at the figure on the torture platform, laughing recklessly.

Beyond the crowd, a woman of mediocre appearance arrived late and failed to squeeze into the surging crowd.

She then stood outside, listening to the man in the distance as he announced his crimes, as he said he was done with office, as he laughed wildly.

Mu Nanjian suddenly felt that she was lucky.

In the crowd, a man suddenly squeezed out, Li Han, who was carrying an ox-horn bow, and he fell on both knees, howling:

“Many thanks to Xu Yinluo for eradicating the traitors and returning justice to the people of Chuzhou City, and justice to Lord Zheng.”

Shentu Baili, Wei Youlong, Zhao Jin, Tang Youxin, Mr. and Mrs. Chen Xian …….. These few righteous men who escorted Zheng Xinghuai back to the capital, together extruded out of the crowd and knelt with the front of the stage.

“Many thanks to Xu Yinluo for eradicating the traitors and returning justice to the people of Chuzhou City, and justice to Lord Zheng.”

The scene was deeply imprinted in the eyes of the people around them.

Weeping erupted from the crowd as they watched the sprightly young man on stage.

This is a young man who has traded his blood, his prospects, and even his life, for justice.

It was a scene that would later go down in history.

In the early summer of the 37th year of Yuanjing, the Dafeng Calendar, Yinluo Xu Qi’an beheaded the Duke of Cao and the Duke of Protecting the State at the entrance of the vegetable market, capping off the Chuzhou Massacre, and the seven righteous men knelt down in front of the execution platform.

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PS: Sorry, I seem to have gone back on my word, it took me all night to finish it, and the word count is a bit high. Well, I’m going to take a shower and go to work.