Chapter 388: Recognizing Wrongdoing (9000 Big Chapters)

“Clang!”

With a flick of Xu Qi’an’s wrist, the black and gold longsword emitted a soft chirp, shaking out a poignant trail of blood on the torture platform.

He swept his eyes slowly over the seven righteous men kneeling on the stage, over the forbidden army, and over the black press of people, took a deep breath, and said aloud:

“Today, Xu Qi’an beheads the two thieves, not to vent his anger, not for personal vendetta, but only for a mouthful of ambition in his chest, only to avenge the injustice of Lord Zheng, and only to tell the court a word …….”

A single gaze looked at him, and the scene was silent, listening in silence.

Xu Qi’an’s tone was forceful, yet with an unspeakable depth: “If heaven has love, heaven is old, and the world is a place of change.”

Xu Qi’an’s gaze skimmed over the crowd present, looking towards the distant sky as blue as a wash, and between the white clouds, he seemed to see that stereotypical figure bowing towards him again.

Xu Qi’an returned the salute, not looking up for a long time.

Ta-Jen Cheng, have a good trip.

……….

If the sky has love, the sky is also old, and the human world is the vicissitudes of life …….. On the ridge of the distant roof, the white clothed Huaiqing, who was as snowy as snow, trembled delicately, and her mouth muttered and chanted, somewhat infatuated.

Is this the belief that you hold fast to in your heart, Xu Qi An? Outside the crowd, the woman with mediocre posture, holding her heart, heard it thumping wildly.

Around the perimeter of the food market entrance, the people, who had gathered in groups, let out a burst of cries, and they either bowed their heads or touched their eyes with tears, sobbing continuously.

“Father, why are you crying, and why are the grown-ups crying.”

A less crowded spot, the toddler lifted his face and blinked.

The man picked up the child, put him on his shoulder, and whispered, “Look at that man, and remember this, and make sure you remember this, and remember him, too. From now on, no matter what anyone says, you must not speak ill of him.”

“Who is he? Why would I say anything bad about him.” Wizened asked curiously.

“He’s a hero to Daebong, but after today, he’ll probably turn out to be a “bad guy”.”

Xu Qi’an received back his sheath, and with a clang, he pulled out the carving knife nailed to the stage and clutched it in his palm, and the dozen or so high-grade martial artists around the torture platform retreated in shock.

He ignored it as if it were nothing, stepped off the torture platform, and took a step outside.

During the process, he gently opened the special scented pouch gifted by Li Miaozhen and put the two dead souls into the pouch.

The people who were clogging up the streets, a black mass of people, consciously backed away to make way for a straight passage.

“Xu Yinluo, take a bow from the old man.”

An old Confucian scholar with white hair arched his hand and bowed.

“Xu Yinluo, take a bow from the old man.”

There was no organization, no appeal, the people present arched their hands and bowed, their movements were not neat enough, but they spoke from the bottom of their hearts.

On the ridge of the roof, Huaiqing overlooked the scene and was in a trance for a moment, she was the eldest daughter of the emperor, a grand princess, not to mention a thousand people bowing down, even ten thousand people she had seen.

For example, the father of that one nation’s king.

However, the onlookers were merely in awe of his power and the dragon robe he wore.

Only Xu Qi’an, the people respected him and loved him from the bottom of their hearts, not for any other reason but for him as a person.

The forbidden soldiers blocking the road stirred, looking at the oncoming young man, for a moment they didn’t know whether to strike or avoid retreating.

They couldn’t help but look at the three commanders, and realized that the commanders and the other martial artists, actually stood motionless in the distance, without the slightest intention of stopping them.

“Ruler …….”

The horses whinnied and pushed off to either side to make way.

Walking a few hundred paces, he stopped and looked in the direction of the palace.

The water can carry the boat and also can overturn the boat, you do not recognize the wrong, from someone to force you to recognize ……..

……….

At this time, outside the noon gate, the group of ministers did not disperse, patiently waiting for the news to return.

Moreover, if a great war did break out in the city, it would definitely be safest to stay in the palace. There were a lot of experts in the palace, although they didn’t usually have a high profile.

The Imperial Palace was backed by the Forbidden Army Camp, the three camps of Hundred Battles, Divine Opportunity, and Cavalry, totaling 100,000 forbidden troops, were the armies that directly belonged to the Emperor.

Lastly, there were actually many masters within the military generals and lords, and there were not many fifth grades such as Que Yongxiu.

The civil and military officials exchanged pleasantries, discussing how the matter would be wrapped up and whether the two dukes, Duke Cao and Duke Protector, would be dead or alive.

But they were all a little distracted, their eyes frequently looking in the direction of the palace gates.

Finally, an armorer pressed the hilt of his sword and darted from outside the palace.

Chief Minister Wang stepped forward, stopped the armorer, and asked in a deep voice, “What is the situation outside the palace, can the forbidden army subdue Xu Qi’an, and are Duke Cao and Duke Protector safe?”

This forbidden army is to report to the emperor to go, and does not want to take care of Wang Shoufu, flashed a body to avoid, continue to move forward.

But a couple of military generals crossed in front of them and chided, “Speak!”

“Clattering” footsteps, hundreds of civil servants and military generals of varying grades, stepped forward in unison and surged over.

“………” said the armorer, hardened by the pressure of a position that should not be there all at once:

“Duke Cao and Duke Protector were dragged to Caishikou to be beheaded.”

After that, he left at a quick pace.

Cao Guogong and Guogong were dragged to the mouth of the vegetable market to kill ……… the news, so that the civil and military officials present were half speechless.

Although the officials present had a good idea of Xu Qi’an’s character in their hearts, especially those who had fought against him, such as Minister Sun and the Secretary of the Da Lisi.

However, when they really confirmed that Duke Cao and Duke Protector had been beheaded, they still felt a sense of absurdity.

“What a lawless piker ………,” muttered an official.

“He is a hateful man.” Sun Shangshu looked at the man and added after a moment’s pause:

“But also an honorable man.”

Around him, a few civil officials who were friends with Sun Shangshu looked at him incredulously.

Shangshu Sun faintly said, “I do hate to kill this son by a thousand cuts, but that’s just my personal grudge, Que Yongxiu aided and abetted in the massacre of three hundred and eighty thousand innocent people, it’s the villains that heaven can’t tolerate, well done for killing, well done for killing.”

Kill good, kill wonderful ……… Many civil officials said silently in their hearts.

Among them, some people are willing to compromise for the interests, some people dare not violate the imperial power, some people do not care about their own affairs, and keep their heads above water. Some people are filled with righteous indignation in their hearts, but they are forced to silence by the principle of the situation.

But non-right or wrong, everyone has a scale in their heart.

Wei Yuan and Chief Minister Wang glanced at each other without surprise, as if they had long foreseen how things would unfold.

“Is one day enough?” Wei Yuan said indifferently.

“Sufficient.” Chief Wang nodded gently.

……….

In the bedchamber.

Emperor Yuan Jing’s back was turned to the doorway, standing with his arms folded without a word, and the old eunuchs on his side hung their heads slightly, not daring to utter a single breath.

He had served Emperor Yuan Jing for many years and knew this emperor’s temperament well, he would lift the table to vent his emotions, but that was just venting his emotions, and when he was done, he wouldn’t really put it in his heart.

But if he is silent for more than an incense stick of time, it means that this emperor is beginning to seriously, seriously calculate and plan a matter as if he were treating a great enemy.

It’s strange, obviously when dealing with the Zhenbei King’s case, he wasn’t as gloomy and scary as this, but after Xu Qi’an robbed the two Dukes of State, he was so “out of sorts”.

Even if Xu Qi’an killed the two princes to vent his anger, there was no loss to His Majesty, after all, His Majesty’s goal had been achieved.

At that moment, footsteps came quickly, and the guard stopped at the door.

Emperor Yuan Jing turned around with a huff and said in a deep voice, “Speak!”

The guards stood in the doorway and cupped their fists, “Xu Qi’an beheaded the two state princes in Caishikou, and, and ……..”

Hearing that Duke Cao and Duke Protector had been beheaded, Emperor Yuan Jing’s face took on a furious expression as he droned, “Finish in one breath.”

The guard trembled and said, “And in front of more than a thousand people, he denigrated His Majesty, claiming …….. that His Majesty condoned the slaughter of the city by the King of Zhenbei, and that the Protectorate Duke Que Yongxiu operated the sword.”

Emperor Yuan Jing’s pupils suddenly contracted, and after a few seconds, his hands, which were gathered in his sleeves, trembled slightly, and his face twitched up in a clearly visible manner as he said, word by word:

“Is the dog thief still alive?”

“He, he entered the Divine Constabulary, and the commanders failed to stop him because, because he was holding a carving knife in his hand ………”

Feeling the Emperor’s anger, the guards spoke with trepidation.

Inside the hall, the silence was so terrifying that a pin could be heard.

The atmosphere was like a frozen condensation, the old eunuch didn’t even dare to breathe, his blossoming body shivering slightly.

After a long time, Emperor Yuan Jing’s emotionless voice came out: ”Immediately send someone to capture Xu Qi’an’s family members, escort them to the prison, and wait for the sentence, if they resist, they will be killed on the spot.

“Dispatch five hundred forbidden troops to arrest Xu Qi’an at the Sitian Supervisor; notify the Cabinet, and immediately draw up a notice that Xu Qi’an, the silver gong, is a Witch God Cult spy, who has used the Zheng Xinghuai case to stir up trouble, and has ruined the reputation of our Dafeng royal family.”

When the old eunuch led the order to leave, Emperor Yuan Jing whispered to himself, “The qi can’t be dispersed anymore.”

………..

Soon, a forbidden army came to the Xu Mansion on horseback, and the door was closed.

The forbidden army kicked open the door, killed into the Xu residence, but found that it has long been empty, furniture and supplies should be complete, but the valuable objects of a none.

These forbidden army is the elite of the elite, but also did not vent their anger like a smash, carefully searched, quickly left, back to the palace to resume their orders.

On the other hand, the old eunuch personally brought people to the cabinet, and met the white-haired Wang Shoufu in the hall.

“His Majesty has decreed that a notice be drawn up quickly: Yinluo Xu Qi’an, a Witch God Cult spy, has used the Zheng Xinghuai case to stir up trouble and ruin the reputation of the Dafeng royal family.”

The old eunuch spoke extremely fast, relaying Emperor Yuan Jing’s words, in their original form.

Chief Minister Wang listened carefully, nodded, and said, “Seal it back!”

These two words mean: disagree!

The Cabinet has the power of sealing and refuting, the so-called sealing and refuting, is to beat back the emperor’s bad and incorrect will.

“What did you say?”

The old eunuch suspected that he had misheard, he pulled out his ears and said, “Lord Chief Minister, are you saying that again?”

Chief Wang looked at him calmly, “Seal it back.”

The old eunuch’s face was grim, and in a voice that implied threat, he said, “Lord Chief Minister, this is an extraordinary time, why do you need to touch His Majesty’s mold at this time? This position of yours is one that countless people are eyeing.”

After a pause, his tone turned soft, “Under the sky, there is no place other than the king’s land, this world, ah, is His Majesty’s world, we are subjects, even if we have a problem in our hearts, just put it away, why do we have to go against His Majesty?”

Chief Minister Wang got up with an expressionless face and headed out.

The old eunuch saw that he did not know how to behave and was about to have a fit when he heard the old man’s flat voice: “This official is not feeling well and will return to his residence first, if His Majesty has something to summon, wait until tomorrow.”

“Good guts ……..” The old eunuch shivered in anger.

He immediately took the sedan chair, back to the guards to carry, returned to the palace, straight to the bedchamber.

Inside the bedchamber, sandalwood incense was curling up, Emperor Yuan Jing was sitting on a futon, his face was calm and peaceful, like a person who was fine.

His ears twitched before he spoke coldly, “Finished explaining?”

“Yes …….” The old eunuch mumbled for a moment and whispered, “Chief Minister Wang put, knocked back your oracle.”

Emperor Yuan Jing was silent for a few seconds and his tone was cold, “Summon him to see me.”

The old eunuch gulped and his voice was even smaller, “Chief Minister Wang said that he was not feeling well and went back to his home to rest, and also said that if Your Majesty had anything to do, he would seek him out again tomorrow.”

Emperor Yuan Jing opened his eyes and laughed back in anger: “Old thing, really think that I don’t dare to do anything about him. Since his body is not feeling well, then don’t occupy the position, notify all the officials, go to the court tomorrow.”

During the recent period, the pilgrimage meetings were held day after day, more frequently than during the Jingcha, and never since the emperor’s monasticism had there been such intensive pilgrimage meetings.

At that moment, a forbidden army commander came outside the bedchamber and said aloud, “Your Majesty.”

The old eunuch gave a salute, went out with hurried steps, exchanged a few words with the commander of the forbidden army, returned with an ugly face, and whispered:

“Your Majesty, that Xu Qi’an’s family members have long since absconded ahead of time, not knowing where to go. On the side of the Heavenly Superintendent, the Stargazer Building is shrouded by an array in a hundred-foot radius, and the forbidden soldiers can’t get in.”

Emperor Yuan Jing coldly laughed, “Indeed, there was a premeditated plan.”

After a pause, he whispered, “What else did the Superintendent say?”

The old eunuch replied, “It wasn’t the Supervisor, it was Yang Qianyi who struck out and satirized the forbidden army fiercely.”

Emperor Yuan Jing instead breathed a sigh of relief.

He stopped talking and pondered how to salvage the situation.

Xu Qi’an was ultimately just a silver gong, and could not represent the court, this behavior could be defined as a martial artist violating the ban, but this was not enough, to convince the people, they would have to fabricate a crime against Xu Qi’an and brand him as a Witch God Cult spy.

And then sent people to spread rumors in the capital, with the court notices to match, so, far more credible than this fang in the vegetable market boasts.

But before that, he first had to smooth out the civil officials group, and now things have reversed, many of the civil officials who dared not speak out, very likely to “break the pot to break”, so tomorrow’s meeting, he wants to make an example of the chickens.

Chancellor Wang is the chicken he’s trying to kill.

………….

Szeto, Bagua Terrace.

Supervisor is standing on the roof of the building, standing with his arms folded, white clothes flying, fluttering like an immortal.

He focused on overlooking the capital, and in a short while, smiled knowingly, “The momentum has been realized!”

At this moment, a white-clothed figure appeared, with his back to the Supervisor, standing with his arms folded, and in the most solitary tone, he uttered the most respectful saying, “Thank you, Teacher, for completing my task, I’m comfortable today, hmmm, what exactly is going on? Why did the forbidden army want to apprehend Xu Qi’an, and why did you ask me to stop them?”

The Supervisor was in a rather happy mood and said, “Xu Qi’an intercepted the hundred officials at the noon gate, robbed the Duke of Protectorate and the Duke of Cao, and beheaded both of them at the entrance of the vegetable market. He won the love and respect of the people, but it was self-destructive.”

After saying that, he felt that this disciple of his was not calm enough and was too impetuous, so it was just the right opportunity to knock, so that he would wake up and learn Xu Qi’an’s dead end.

“In your place, how dare you?”

Yang Qianyi’s body stiffened before recovering, his tone flat, “So that’s how it is, well, Teacher, I’ll go back to my cultivation.”

How can you be so calm? It seems that there is still a clear division of weight ……… Supervisor Zheng nodded with relief.

Yang Qianyi’s figure flickered and disappeared.

Then, Supervisor Zheng perceived Yang Qianyi’s breath and flew toward the palace to hide ……..

……. Supervisor Zheng’s face seemed to twitch as he raised his foot and stomped.

Vaguely, the stargazing building underground came Yang Qianyi’s heartbreaking roar, “Supervisor Zheng Lao ……. Master, you can’t do this to me, no!!!”

………..

This morning, the events that took place in the marketplace spread with a swiftness that was different from the other talking points that were only brought up in idle moments.

The incident of Xu Qi’an beheading the Duke of Cao and the Duke of Protectorate was deliberately publicized by the people who were present at the time.

By lunchtime, the news had spread throughout the inner city and spread out from there, and by dusk at the most, the people of the outer city would know about it as well.

Zhao Er is a gangster, idle all day, the pocket can not keep the silver, not to go to the casino over the hands of addiction, that is, spent in the hook on the belly of the woman.

These days he was having a particularly nourishing time, because when he took a job, all he had to do was move his lips and he was rewarded with a penny of silver, a pie in the sky good thing.

This job was spread out from a gang called the Green Hand Gang, specializing in finding jerks like Zhao Er to do the job, the requirements were simple, just need to spread rumors that Zheng Xinghuai, the Prefect of Yunzhou, was colluding with the demon barbarians.

Today, the Green Hand Gang released a new mission, pretty much the same rumor, except that the protagonist was changed to Silver Gong Xu Qi’an.

After receiving the task, Zhao Er didn’t start work immediately, but went to the hook bar to be a time loose money boy, and waited until lunch time, he lightly came to a big restaurant.

He had come to this restaurant twice, both times spreading rumors that Zheng Xinghuai had colluded with demonic barbarians.

There is no better place to “work” than in a restaurant, and the Hooker Bar is certainly the right place, but Zhao Er is a pleasure-loving asshole who only wants to ……..

There was another important reason why this tavern was inhabited by a woman of heavenly beauty who was always followed by a woman of mediocre appearance.

Zhao Er crossed the threshold of the hotel, the hall was noisy with many diners seated, he looked around and saw familiar tables with only mediocre women sitting at them.

She froze and frowned, seemingly preoccupied, and didn’t take a bite of her food for half a day.

That big beauty is not here …….. Zhao Er was a little disappointed, picked an empty table and sat down, ordered wine and food, and pricked up his ears to listen.

Unsurprisingly, he soon heard talk about Silver Gong Xu Qi’an.

“Do you know, this morning Xu Yinluo beheaded the heads of the two state princes in the vegetable market entrance, I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect the truth of the Chuzhou massacre to be ………”

The man who spoke, seemingly afraid to go on, but unwilling, clenched his fist and pounded the desktop.

The conversation opened up, and the diners were outraged and voiced their opinions.

“I didn’t realize that the entire court, so many officials, hadn’t come forward to speak.”

“Xu Yinluo is not only a hero, but also the only conscience left in our Dabong.”

“Yes, who can use their own future and life to exchange for justice. It is people like Xu Yinluo who are most vulnerable to traitors and dim …….. framed.”

“People are no longer silver gongs, alas, this time, my Dafeng has lost two good officials, and that Chuzhou Prefect, Lord Zheng, is also loyal.”

“Will Xu Yinluo …….. be beheaded?”

“Hmph, if the court dares to kill Xu Yinluo, we’ll go and block the gates of the Imperial City.”

“That’s right, kill us all if you can, let’s block the gates of the Imperial City.”

At first, one or two tables of diners were talking about it, but gradually, other diners joined in the conversation, and their words were filled with righteous indignation.

Suddenly, a discordant voice came, it was Zhao Er.

He slammed the table and said in a loud voice, “You’ve all been blinded by the traitors; in fact, that’s not the case.”

Suddenly interrupting when the atmosphere was at its peak could easily draw the attention of the onlookers, this was a lesson that Zhao Er had summarized.

He intended to replicate his previous operation and smear Xu Yinluo like he had smeared Zheng Xinghuai.

Sure enough, all the diners in the hall looked over.

After Zhao Er gained attention, he immediately said, “I have a relative who is an official in the dynasty, and I heard a big secret from him.”

The crowd subconsciously pursued the question, “What secret?”

Zhao Er spoke loudly as if he was announcing something big:

“That Xu Yinluo is actually a spy of the Northeastern Witch God Cult, and has been lurking in Dafeng to gain prestige. This time, it finally gave him the chance to seize the opportunity to use the matter of Zheng Xinghuai, the Minister of Prefecture of Chuzhou, colluding with demonic barbarians and falsely accusing the King of Zhenbei, to utilize his own prestige to kill the Duke and discredit the imperial court.

“You’ve all given him the slip, his words can’t be trusted… Imagine, why would the King of Zhenbei want to massacre the city? And how could His Majesty agree to it. Use your brains.”

His words drew fierce rebuttals from the diners in the hall, “Nonsense, how could Xu Yinluo be a Witch God Cult spy, what evidence do you have that you dare to discredit Xu Yinluo, don’t you want to live?”

Zhao Er wasn’t the least bit intimidated as he sneered and hummed:

“My Dabong is full of outstanding people, is there really only one Xu Yinluo? How can that be? You think again, if it is really the King of Zhenbei slaughtered the city, why all the court officials no longer come forward to speak for Zheng Xinghuai?

“Right and wrong is actually very simple, and a smart person can see through it at a glance. You guys, you were just fooled by Xu Yinluo’s former glory. He’s just a moralizing spy.

“I swear, every word is true, I have relatives who are officials in the court.”

It was a skillful, well-reasoned and logical statement.

“Bang!” Just then, a wine glass smashed over and hit Zhao Er on the head.

He looked angrily, but it was the woman with mediocre posture.

“Bitch, you dare to smash me?” Zhao Er was furious and rolled up his sleeves to teach her a lesson.

The mediocre looking woman was not the least bit afraid, and with one hand on her waist and one hand pointing at Zhao Er, she shouted:

“This is the same person who spread the rumor that Zheng Xinghuai colluded with the demon barbarians in the store yesterday, and then came back today to spread the rumor that Xu Yinluo is a spy.”

Zhao Er’s face changed, and he viciously said, “I didn’t, bitch if you talk any more nonsense, I’ll beat you to death this year.”

As the words fell, the restaurant’s junior stared at him for a long time, finally recognized him, pointed at him, and said loudly:

“Yes, yes, yes, that’s the man who also came here yesterday and spoke ill of Lord Zheng, I think he’s the one who’s a spy.”

“Grandma, beat him up!” Now, those diners who were holding fire in their hearts couldn’t bear it anymore, and lifted their sleeves and surrounded them, catching Zhao Er and violently beating him up.

The hall was in turmoil as a dozen men surrounded Zhao Er, punching and kicking him.

“Don’t, don’t fight, someone’s dead, help, help ……..” Zhao Er held his head, curled up and opened his mouth to beg for mercy.

Diners ignored, kicked hard, and some body carried a bench and hit it hard.

Elderly shopkeeper, in the side to help: “hit hard, broken tables and chairs do not have to pay, killed thrown into the street.”

The mediocre woman pinched her waist with both hands, lifted her chin and “hummed”, feeling that she had done something remarkable, majestically went up the stairs and returned to her room.

Similar incidents in the huge capital city are constantly occurring in all urban areas.

………..

At dusk, the old eunuch hurriedly entered the bedchamber, passed through the outer room, entered the depths of the bedchamber, and came to Emperor Yuan Jing who was sitting cross-legged.

“Your Majesty, news has returned from outside the palace that the rumors can’t be spread ……..”

Emperor Yuan Jing opened his eyes and stared at him with a gloomy gaze, “Can’t you disperse?”

The old eunuch whispered, “But most of those who spoke ill of Xu Qi’an were beaten up by the people of the city, and also, a few lives were lost.”

…….. Emperor Yuan Jing’s voice rose abruptly, “When did he have such a reputation?”

The old eunuch couldn’t answer.

Emperor Yuan Jing gritted his teeth and said, “A mole cricket, without realizing it, has managed to take a bite out of me.”

…………

The next day, dawning.

On the Eight Trigrams Platform, Xu Qi’an held the wine altar and stood on the edge of the high platform, facing the wind, silently looking in the direction of the palace wall without saying a word.

Noon drums sounded, civil and military officials in good order through the noon gate, across the Jinshui Bridge, most of the officials to stay outside the temple, the princes into the Golden Palace.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Emperor Yuan Jing in his Taoist robes arrived late, his face expressionless, majestic and deep.

He sat on the dragon chair and looked at Chief Minister Wang with a few cold smiles:

“I have heard that Chief Counselor Wang has been suffering from a physical ailment recently, so there is no need to go to court. I will give you a three month vacation to recuperate, and the cabinet matter will be handed over to Zhao Tingfang, a university scholar in the East Cabinet, to take over for the time being.”

The gentlemen’s faces changed slightly.

His Majesty is going to change the chief minister. First, he’ll empty it, then he’ll change it.

That’s how it starts?

Chief Minister Wang made a bow and said, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Emperor Yuan Jing no longer looked at him, it was too late to be soft at this time, he turned to look around the ministers and said word by word:

“I am angry!

“Because there is a rebel in the court, killing the Duke of State, slandering the royal family, slandering the court. Such a treacherous person should be executed with nine clans!”

Inside the temple, the princes hung their heads without uttering a word.

Emperor Yuan Jing looked at Wei Yuan and said in a deep voice, “Wei Yuan, Xu Qi’an is your man, you are responsible for this matter. I’ll limit you to arrest this thief, and his family, within three days.”

Wei Yuan stepped out and bowed, “Yes.”

You Wei Qingyi is not as outstanding as the folk rumor of the wind and bones …….. Emperor Yuan Jing’s eyes flashed with sarcasm as he continued to ask:

“Regarding the disposition of the traitor Xu Qi’an, do you have anything else to add?”

Zhang Xingying stepped out of the line and said, “I have something to report.”

Emperor Yuan Jing looked at him and nodded, “Speak.”

Zhang Xingying made a bow, was silent for a few seconds, seemed to be brewing, and said loudly, “The King of Zhenbei colluded with the Witch God Cult, massacred three hundred and eighty thousand people in the city of Chuzhou, and the Duke of the Protectorate, Que Yongxiu, personally wielded the knife, and then, in collusion with the Duke of Cao, killed the Minister of the Prefect of the Chuzhou Prefecture, Zheng Xinghuai ……… “

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Yuan Jing shouted, “Asshole! Zhang Xingying, you want to overturn the case?”

I said that Xu Qi’an where did he get the guts, it turns out that he colluded and conspired with you, do you know what crime it is to defame the Prince and the Duke?”

Emperor Yuan Jing looked at Zhang Xingying angrily, his imperial majesty like a sea tide.

Zhang Xingying raised his head as he half-stepped to meet Emperor Yuan Jing’s eyes and slowly shook his head, “I am not trying to overturn the case.”

Emperor Yuan Jing stared at him, “Then what do you want to do.”

In the face of the emperor’s questioning, Zhang Xingying actually took a step forward, as if he wanted to fight against the emperor with his own momentum, he said loudly: “His Majesty is guilty of crime one: condoning the King of Zhenbei’s massacre of the city. The second crime, harboring the King of Zhenbei and the Lord Protector.

“My lord, please, Your Majesty, make an edict of offense!”

The aftermath echoes.

When this statement was made, there was silence in the courtroom, yet it was like scorched thunder, breaking the sky.

Emperor Yuan Jing’s brain exploded, what did he hear?

An edict of sin?

This little royal historian dared to make him issue an edict of guilt.

“I think you’re crazy.”

Emperor Yuan Jing was very angry, the majesty of the king, suffered from the provocation of the mole cricket, a mere royal historian, dared to ask him to write a sinful edict.

“Zhang Xingying, I suspect that you colluded with Xu Qi’an to kill the Duke of State and defame the Prince, come on, escort him to the Heavenly Prison.”

When he said that, he saw a green coat come out of the line.

Emperor Yuan Jing coldly hummed, “My will has been decided, no one shall beg for forgiveness, otherwise, the same crime will be punished.”

This group of civil officials is the most good at stirring up the nose, it seems that knocking over Wang Shoufu is not enough, but it is also necessary to add another Zhang Xingying.

The assaulted green coat said, “Please, Your Majesty, issue an edict of offense.”

Emperor Yuan Jing stiffened violently, one word squeezed out from between his teeth, “You have a big dog’s guts, what? I have raised you to this position, you think you can check and balance me?”

Wei Yuan did not answer.

At that moment, Chief Minister Wang stepped forward and said aloud, “Please, Your Majesty, issue an edict of offense.”

Another …….. The royal family and nobles were shocked, if at this point, they still do not smell the “conspiracy”, it would be too slow.

Yuan Jing Emperor has been playing with power for decades, and will only be more perceptive than the clans and lords, coldly laughing: “I said how you were so hard yesterday, the original has long conspired with Wei Yuan, this morning to commit this crime of great disrespect.

“Good, good ah, what a Chief Minister Wang, what a Wei Qingyi. You two have been fighting for so many years, and in the end, you have united against me.”

He slammed the table and shouted angrily, “Wang Zhenwen, you old bones, can you withstand a few strokes of the court cane, ah!”

He remained seated because he was the king.

So what if Wei Yuan and Wang Zhenwen teamed up, if he could overpower the two once, he could overpower them a second time.

“What other tricks? What other people are you conspiring with? Feel free to use them, today, whoever dares to come forward again is deceiving the king and disrespecting the emperor. All of them will be pulled out and caned!” Emperor Yuan Jing sneered.

The court cane is the emperor against officials commonly used means, this is not a frivolous threat, you know, throughout the ages, I do not know how many officials died in the court cane, was killed alive.

Emperor Yuan Jing believed that, at this moment, the public officials must realize in their hearts, once the court cane, that side is to the death.

The group of civil officials is agitated, and when the united front, he will be scrupulous and patient, but if there are only four or five sporadic, killing them alive will instead deter the hundred officials.

Minister of Justice Sun stepped forward, “Your Majesty condoned the King of Zhenbei beforehand and harbored the King of Zhenbei and the Duke of Protectorate afterward, please issue an edict of guilt.”

Liu Hong, the Right Capital Royal Historian, stepped forward, “Please ask Your Majesty to issue an edict of offense.”

The Minister of Rites stepped forward, “Please, Your Majesty, issue an edict of offense.”

The Minister of the Household stepped forward, “Please, Your Majesty, issue an edict of offense.”

The Minister of Ministries stepped forward, “Please, Your Majesty, issue an edict of offense.”

The Six Section Governors, flushed with excitement, “Please, Your Majesty, issue an edict of offense.”

“………”

In an instant, in the courtroom, there are actually two thirds of the civil officials out, these people, part of Wei Yuan’s party; part of the party of Wang Zhenwen, and part of the people who dared to be angry and dare not say anything before.

The civil officials and lords who didn’t make it out of the lineup had their scalps tingling.

Except for the incident of fighting for the national capital two hundred years ago, there was no such incident in the history of Dafeng. The civil officials’ loyalty to the emperor was rooted in their hearts, so they did not dare to confront the emperor in such a way.

But today, it just happened.

The Golden Palace was awfully quiet.

“You guys, you guys ……..”

Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Yuan Jing, the blood color of his face faded a little bit, at this moment, this nine to five emperor felt a great humiliation.

He, the king of a country, was actually forced by a group of courtiers to make a sinful edict.

The majesty of the emperor is being trampled on like this?

Emperor Yuan Jing’s youth ascended to the throne, and for 37 years, he has held the court firmly in his hands, and every day when the ministers are fighting to the death at the bottom, he sits steadily in a fishing boat, as if he is watching a play.

He was so high and mighty that it emphasized the humility of his subjects, as if they were monkeys watching a monkey show.

At this moment, this group of monkeys are actually joining forces to turn the world upside down?

He tremblingly pointed at all the eunuchs in the temple, his mouth trembling, roaring: “You, etc., really think that I don’t dare to dispose of you? Come on, come on, drag these rebellious ministers down and cane them for sixty!”

The sound rolled and echoed inside the hall, rolled and echoed outside the Golden Palace, and rolled and echoed in the ears of the ministers.

This is the wrath of the king. The wrath of the Son of Heaven is to be ambushed by millions of corpses.

It seemed to be against him, and under such pressure, an even more unbelievable scene took place, outside the hall, from the dan ah to the officialdom, hundreds of officials knelt down at the same time and shouted:

“Please, Your Majesty, make an edict of offense.”

“Please, Your Majesty, make an edict of offense.”

The sound waves rolled and echoed over the palace.

Emperor Yuan Jing could hardly believe his ears, and for a certain moment, he suspected that he had seen a hallucination.

He slowly got up and looked out of the temple, from the dan ah to the square, hundreds of officials knelt together, shouting: the next sin of the imperial edict …….

“You guys, you guys ……..”

He pointed inside and outside the temple, at the countless ministers, his fingers trembling, and growled:

“What are you all doing, forcing me together? Do you still have a king and father in your eyes, disorganized, disorganized, disorganized, disorganized, disorganized, disorganized, disorganized, disorganized, disorganized!!!”

The last four words were shouted hoarsely.

In 37 years, he had never been so out of it. The only other time it happened was a few days ago, but that was faked.

After 37 years of monkeying around, today, I was actually monkeyshined.

A wave of rebellious blood rushed to his heart, and Emperor Yuan Jing stumbled a little.

“Yuan Xiong, you’re the left imperial inspector of the Duzha Academy, you come and say it, you tell this group of chaotic officials what they’re really doing.”

Yuan Xiong, the left imperial historian, stiffened his neck and twisted it a little bit, and looked at the dukes, who were also looking at him, and that gaze was as cold as iron.

Gulp ……. Yuan Xiong swallowed his saliva, and with great difficulty, he stepped out of the line and made a bow, “Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, please don’t be obsessed with the matter, please, please give the imperial edict of sinning against yourself …….”

Thud …….. The emperor staggered back and actually fell on his butt on the dragon chair, muttering, “Reverse, reverse ……..”

“I am the king of a country, how could I be wrong. You and others don’t want me to give a guilty verdict ……..”

Speaking here, the old man’s face abruptly reddened, hissing and growling, his face skin shaking as he roared, “Don’t even think about it!!!”

Just then, sighs resounded from within the hall, and in a flash of clear light, an old Confucian scholar with disheveled hair and wearing an outdated tunic, appeared in the hall.

Yunlu Academy, Dean Zhao Shou!

Zhao Shou calmly looked at Emperor Yuan Jing, “Yuan Jing, issue an edict of guilt.”

Emperor Yuan Jing’s face steeply turned white.

……….

PS: I’ve been writing this chapter all day and repeatedly deleting the end of the chapter. Just one chapter today.