Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Judgment of the King of Chu
Hearing the sound of the announcement outside the hall, the king of Chu, who was already not very troubled, cast his old dizzy gaze on the man in court clothes standing against the rising sun outside the hall, and then glanced at Zhao Changshi uncertainly.
Zhao Changshou bent down and replied in the ear of King Chu, "It's Lord Cheng Youtu who has returned." ”
"Oh, it's the one who helped the widow copy Zhou Mu's right disciple, well, announce him in!" King Chu nodded slightly.
King Xuancheng entered the temple to speak. "The people of the temple outside the temple preached.
"King Xie!"
After Cheng Jia bowed, he lifted the hem of his clothes, stepped across the threshold and slowly walked into the bluestone paved hall.
Step by step, he walked through the ministers on both sides and looked sideways, ignoring the gaze of all of them, walked to the woman who had been holding the phoenix crown in both hands and stood still, and said to the king of Chu who was sitting on the upper seat, and said to the confession that his boss Tu Nan had just detained, "King, this is the confession that Situ Nan has just detained in the Criminal Prison Division, and there was Xian Yin as evidence at that time, and this was his own response. ”
"What, he slashed it?"
Lao Situ's legs were weak, and he suddenly sat on the ground, and all his previous efforts were wasted.
"Yes, Lord Situ, Si Du Nan has now confessed that he was instructed by the Tiger Ben Forbidden Army, Ruo Ao Duwei, to shield the Xian Clan's trading house and sell the population of our Chu State. ”
"What, how did he recruit it?"
Lao Situ was shocked when he heard this, his heart was suddenly desperate, his face was bloodless, and he sat on the ground.
"Yes, if Ao Duwei took the authority of Lord Sima and ordered him to open the way for the Xian Clan's trading firm to forcibly abduct the exiles. Cheng Jia said slowly.
"Ruo Ao Yue Jiao?"
The king of Chu fell with his big hand, frowned, and said loudly, "Pass him to the widow, what does he want 50,000 people to do?"
If Ao Ziliang heard that large drops of sweat dripped from his forehead, when he saw Cheng Jia come in, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and the scene of Zhou Mu's case last year was vivid in his eyes......
Did it fall to his pepper?
Ling Yin Ziyan looked at Ruo Ao Ziliang and finally showed a disappointed look at him, and asked one by one, "Big brother, didn't you tell me last time that the 50,000 slaves came from a regular way? Didn't you say that these things have nothing to do with Jiao'er? What do you say now?"
"Second brother, I'm ...... Didn't mean to deceive you...... Jiao'er is the eldest man in my house, and I raised it single-handedly...... He is also the eldest son of my Ruo Ao clan......"
He can't be fine......
And if they are the first clan of the Chu State, if he can't even protect his son, then what face will exist in the world.
If Ao Ziliang squeaks and whines, he feels guilty.
It was he who knew that Jiao'er was guilty, but he gave false testimony for him, and even wanted to help him overturn the case...... even deceived his own brother and sued his daughter.
"King, if Captain Ao brings it!"
The two forbidden soldiers strode into the Golden Palace with Ruo Ao Yuejiao, only to see him kneeling straight on one knee and asking, "I don't know what happened to the king's envoys entering the palace?"
"Yue Jiao, let me ask you, what do you want 50,000 displaced people for?" asked the King of Chu, pointing to his nose.
"Has the king forgotten that the last time he was talking about martial arts in the western suburbs, the minister used 50,000 slaves as his wife and the daughter of the Zhou family to atone for his sins?" Ruo Ao Yuejiao calmly knelt down and raised his head and asked.
"Oh...... It seems like there's such a thing......"
King Chu touched his forehead, and suddenly remembered that there was such a thing, and it happened more than a month ago, but he played the angel king of the Zhou Dynasty Sun Man at that time, and he forgot it when he was happy.
So the 50,000 slaves are still his people.
All the courtiers had been arguing all morning.
What a quarrel.
The King of Chu looked dizzy, his brows furrowed, obviously impatient, this early in the morning, it was really a waste of his time to make up for sleep......
"So the king, these 50,000 slaves are just a piece of loyalty from the ministers to the king.
Xiaochen has not been reused since he was a child because of his evil face, but in the past ten years, Xiaochen has been deeply affected by the king Longen, all the way from a lowly Praetorian Guard to the captain of Huben, and he has never been able to repay him.
That's why I hope to use the 50,000 slaves I personally support to help my Chu State defeat the Great Jin, the defeat of Chengpu nineteen years ago, and the prestige of the king in Kyushu!"
Ruo Yuejiao looked at the King of Chu with clear eyes, bowed his head that had been held high in front of him respectfully, and his tone was full of reverence, "I only hope that the blade of my Great Chu will be invincible, and the prestige of the King will spread to Kyushu!"
Hearing this, the King of Chu groaned slightly, looked at him with eyes like a wolf, and said with approving eyes, "Okay! Your loyalty has never been well known to the widow!"
All the ministers opened their mouths when they heard this: it can still be said in vain.
Li Lao Zhiwat sighed slightly: Awesome, awesome!
If you talk about the Sacred Heart, if Ao Duwei understands the Sacred Heart well, but the word "loyalty", and the king was deeply hated by the king in his early years because of his "evil face", and even almost lost the position of the prince, but if Ao Duwei entered the king's bee eye because of his "evil face".
It's a gathering of likes!
Although what Yue Jiao said was that Ruo Ao's crime of rebellion was cleared, Yin Zi's face was still covered with thick clouds.
If Ao Ziliang is even more like falling into the clouds, he suddenly doesn't know where he is, so it's over?
……
Hearing Ruo Ao Yuejiao's answer and King Chu's response, Mi Huang suddenly turned to face him with his crown in his hand and asked, "Lord Ruo Ao said that the exiles have been forcibly taken in the past five years to pay tribute to my father, but it doesn't make sense.
I remember that at the time of the Xia Miao Conference, the whole court was present, and I can testify, at that time, if Ao Duwei claimed that his wife, Zhou, had a bad statement because of Zhou Mu's greed for ink, so he exchanged 50,000 slaves for the reputation of a "Mrs. Hua".
But now it is not inconsistent to say that these 50,000 slaves were prepared for my father and the king a long time ago?......"
When everyone heard this, they also made eye contact.
That's right, these 50,000 people obviously have a problem!
How can black be said to be white!
They are not the old and faint kings of Chu.
Ruo Ao Yuejiao laughed and asked, "Dare to ask Her Royal Highness, how can there be inconsistencies?" 50,000 slaves were there before I married my wife, and I saw that they were homeless, so I took them in.
Wouldn't it be a double win to dedicate to the king and exchange a good talk for my beloved wife by the way.
And they are all the people of my Great Chu, they are all the people of the Great King, and the ministers have no selfishness, otherwise they would not have dedicated their Majesty, but they have hidden it privately!"
The king of Chu raised his buttocks, and finally waved his big hand, and shouted irritably, "Okay! What nonsense is being discussed by the foreign courts today, and it is a waste of a rest day!
"Father, this case can't be so hasty......
Mi Huang still wants to defend again.
But he was glared at by the wasp-like eyes of the King of Chu, and sat on the ninth-level jade step and scolded, "Huang'er, my father hasn't said you today, put your phoenix crown on the widow well! You must know that this is the crown that many people in Da Chu dream of, but I don't let you hang the crown at will!"
The king of Chu was entangled, and he turned around and wanted to leave.
Seeing this, Mi Huang didn't care about anything, rushed up the ninth-level jade steps, blocked the way of the King of Chu, and said loudly to him, "Father!"
"If you don't have a fair judgment today, how can my Chu law and etiquette exist? If today because you connived at Yue Jiao, a shocking case that has been deliberate for a long time and sold 50,000 displaced people, is lightly defined as the heart of loyalty to the king, then who will defend the loyalty of the thousands of people of Chu who are kneeling outside the palace?!"
Mi Huang said slowly, "People's hearts are like a surging river, and the river can carry a boat or overturn a boat!"
"You—— you—— this is threatening the widow!
When did the King of Chu be taught like this in his life?
Even Taishi Pan Chong did not dare to openly oppose his decision.
His face turned red with anger, and his hand trembled and pointed at this unfilial girl who dared to swallow the sky, and then angrily didn't know whether to scold her, or really directly stroked her phoenix crown.
Ling Yin Ziban also looked deeply at the woman who asked to leave the crown on the Golden Palace at this time, and was deeply touched in his heart: It's a pity that Yan'er is not here, and I can't see this scene.
This is the wife he chosen.
It's really not an ordinary woman.
"Father, this is not a threat!"
Mi Huang looked at him deeply and said slowly.
Just handed the phoenix crown in her hand forward, and the golden six-tailed phoenix spread its wings and soared at the top of the golden crown, and the eyes of the two fiery red gems were like flames steaming, blazing and scorching.
looked at him: "Father, you just told your sons: This phoenix crown can't be taken off at will, because it was given by you." But Huang only knows that this phoenix crown represents the three hundred years of my Great Chu royal family, and tens of thousands of people are pressed on the heads of his sons, and they can't be forgotten.
We were originally Jingdi barbarians, after Zhu Rong, the road started from the blue wisps, since the ancestors went through eight generations, learning the Zhou room, revitalizing the Chu room, only then did we have the situation of fighting against the north and south of the Central Plains.
The eighth generation created the emperor's industry, and it was more difficult to keep the business than to start a business, and the hardships were not only a few words in the history books, but also could be exhausted for future generations.
As the prince elected by his father, the future king, if he can't protect the three thousand miles of rivers and mountains laid down by his ancestors, if he can't protect the thousands of people under his father's palace, if he can't have a big Chu who shocked Kyushu to live under Mi Huang, how can he wear the phoenix crown given by his father.
It's better to take it off today!"
As soon as these words came out, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked!
Is this still the weak and helpless lady who can only cling to the pony clan in their eyes?!
The woman on the ninth-level jade step knelt on one knee on the ground, holding the phoenix crown high and wanted to return to the king of Chu and stand with him.
Above the Golden Palace, but in a silent place, the undercurrent is turbulent.
Pan Chong, who had not spoken all this time, heard this, smiled slightly, bowed his head slightly, and looked up at the woman on the ninth-level jade step with deep eyes.
Holding the wat to the end, he opened his mouth and said to the king of Chu, "King, why don't you listen to the teacher?"
"Master, please speak!"
Facing Pan Chong, King Chu finally hid the ups and downs in his heart and said kindly.
Pan Chong looked at the King of Chu and also at Ling Yin, "Can Lord Ling Yin also listen to Master Ben today?"
"Master, please speak!"
made Yin Zi dare not hold it up.
"This case involves the children of the Ruo Ao family, Zi Pan is the head of the Ruo Ao family, and he is also a national order Yin, it is difficult to escape the blame, I don't know if Zi Pan thinks it is wrong?" Pan Chong said with a gentle stroke.
Zi Ban was shocked to hear the truth of this case just now, and he really felt deeply guilty. ”
When Yin Ziban heard this, he arched his hand, and his face was impressive.
He knew that this was Pan Chong giving him and the King of Chu a step.
"Therefore, Master Ben wants to ask Lord Ling Yin and Ling Ziyan to recover 50,000 displaced people for Captain Ruoao, and allow them to return home after the war!
And the 50,000 slaves lost by the king, this Taishi believes that with Ziyan's ability, he will definitely be able to defeat the Jin Kingdom, and compensate for the corresponding number of sin slaves from the battlefield, even if the number is not enough, I believe that the financial resources and clan army of Ruo Ao can easily make up for the 50,000 number, and make up for the crime of deception of Ruo Ao Duwei. Pan Chong continued.
Ruo Ziliang was overjoyed when he heard this, and assured the king of Chu, "Taishi, if my Ao clan is willing to make meritorious service for the crime, I am willing to compensate all the missing displaced people, and I am even willing to compensate with the private army of my Ruo Ao Sixth Division!"
Ling Yin Zi stared at Pan Chong with a deep face.
It's a language trap.
Pan Chong's plan was to exchange the army for slaves.
Obviously, not only did Yin Zi realize Pan Chong's plan, but Ruo Ao Yuejiao also realized it.
If he exchanged 50,000 regular clan troops for 50,000 private army slaves he trained, it would not be cost-effective.
Therefore, Ling Yin Ziban did not agree, but said euphemistically and forcefully, "Taishi's suggestion is good, but Taishi, if I am a soldier of the Sixth Department of Ao (a soldier refers to a soldier above the rank of sergeant) is the blade of the Chu State, not the most inferior common people, and slaves, I can't say it equally."
However, the loss of 50,000 displaced people, I, Ruo Ao, am still willing to bear it, but I can't replace it with Ruo Ao's six parts. ”
When Zhao Hou heard this, he came out and laughed "haha", "The king, since this case is willing to be atoned, so that the horses can recover 50,000 displaced people, and it can show the benevolence of the king, why don't you end it like this!"
Zhao Hou intends to make peace with the mud.
Li Lao also stepped forward and said, "King, Taishi Pan's idea is just right. ”
Hearing this, the King of Chu frowned and waved his sleeves to Ling Yin, and snorted heavily, "It's still reasonable for the Taishi to say, Zi, if you are the Ao family's housework, if you are the Ao family's internal negotiation to solve it!"
Anyway, the 50,000 slaves of the widow must be missing, and don't make trouble to the widow's golden palace again!
This is the court, not your Ruo Ao's Zhongchu Hall!
Go back and discuss it, and draw up a charter for the widow. ”
"Yes, King!"
Ling Yin Zi was as awe-inspiring as he was ordered, but his face was like thick ink.
Then the King of Chu saw that Ling Yin agreed, turned his head and glared at the frowning Mi Huang, and fiercely pointed at the forehead of the eldest daughter who dared to talk back to him, and said angrily, "And you, as well as Yue Jiao, will go back to the palace with this king, and the widow has something to say to the two of you!"
"Yes, Father!"
Mi Huang glanced back at Yue Jiao.
I saw Ruo Ao Yuejiao with a victorious smile on the corner of her mouth, looking at her from a distance across the courtiers, turning around and striding to keep up with the pace of the King of Chu.
In this battle, he still won and did not lose.
The sound of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military three shouts of long live resounded through the Hehezhu Palace.
A huge storm disappeared in an instant with the departure of the wayward King of Chu, only Lao Situ fell to his knees on the main hall in a daze, and called out to the departing King of Chu one by one, "King, my Situ clan is willing to give everything he has to atone for my son......!"
But the king of Chu didn't even look back.
When the other courtiers saw this, they could only sigh.