Chapter Seventy-Nine: Decisive Decision
Chen Ce didn't pick up the pile of folds, but looked up at Emperor Tang: "I wonder if Your Majesty still remembers what happened last time?"
As soon as these words came out, Tang Huang's face suddenly changed, as if he remembered something bad, and said in a cold voice: "Be bold Chen Ce, you still want to make a mistake!"
"Naturally not!" Chen Ce bowed down and said, "The minister just hopes that His Majesty can remember the promise made last time!"
"I remember! Only if Chen Guyu is loyal to me and this country, then he will always be your son, and he will not be the remnants of the Tang Dynasty! Not to mention that Chen Guyu is now missing, I don't know whether he is alive or dead, and I can't fulfill my promise. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Tang Huang said lightly, his expression was not very concerned, in his opinion, this was just a small promise, not enough to worry about.
Just thinking of what the two heads of the family said in the early dynasty, his face couldn't help but be a lot more gloomy, and even looked at Chen Ce, and suddenly remembered many conspiracy theories.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. After saying this, Chen Ce didn't pay attention to Emperor Tang's face, as if relieved, he knelt down and thanked him.
Although Chen Guyu's whereabouts are unknown now, as a father, he always believes that his children are still alive, so he wants to confirm with Emperor Tang again. What's more, he has already had a lot of premonitions along the way, and this time he came to the study, and the result was afraid that it would not be very good. It's just that for a while, I couldn't think of what happened to make this emperor put aside the affairs of the front line and turn it against himself.
Chen Ce frowned and picked up the fold from the ground.
The light fold is held in the hand, but at this time it is as heavy as Mount Tai.
The twist and turn of the lord of the mountain and sea realm: "The minister reported the prime minister Chen Ce for corruption and bribery, and he was unkind to the official......"
The twist and turn of the Crimson Realm Lord: "The minister reported that Prime Minister Chen Ce was corrupt and bribed, and he was unkind to the official......"
The twist and turn of the lord of the Tianshan Realm: "The minister reported the prime minister Chen Ce for corruption and bribery, and he was unkind to the official......"
The entire ten realm lords are all in the great realm near Chang'an, and each of them is a feudal official, and his power is monstrous.
The most important thing is that the mountain and sea realm lord Mo Feifei, the famous beautiful bearded prince, after his power was hollowed out by King Liang, didn't he secretly surrender? In the original plan, he was a very important link, and he could create great restrictions on King Liang, but now, ...... Chen Ce's hand trembled and he continued to read.
Chang'an Mansion Yin's recital: "The minister reported, the prime minister Chen Ce, embezzled the disaster relief grain funds, resulting in heavy losses in the following places, and hundreds of people near Chang'an froze to death......"
The recital of the official book: "The ministers reported and the prime minister Chen Ce, took bribes to others, sold official positions, cronyism, and arranged idle people in important positions, resulting in the failure of government decrees, and the crime was extremely ......"
The recitals of the Hubu Shangshu: "The minister reported, the prime minister Chen Ce, embezzled millions of taels of silver, and the tributes from all over the country went into his hands, and there was not a single ...... out of ten"
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Chen Ce's heart was very cold, if he could accept it before, after all, it was a place controlled by King Liang, one or two, it was possible to be rebelled by King Liang. But they ...... Chang'an Mansion Yin, six Shangshu, and officials of all sizes, but they are all their own people!
The Chang'an faction, the Chen faction, and even the civilian faction...... Aren't they the ones we're talking about?
Chen Ce believes that he has absolute control over Chang'an and has enough trust in them. But now, they are all on the fold one by one, one is more ruthless than the other, and each knife is more painful than the other!
Chen Ce looked at the ground, and there was the last letter of the note, which was lying there quietly, like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Chen Ce trembled and wanted to pick it up, but at this time, a guard walked up in the dust.
The guards walked in a hurry, driving a gust of wind.
The wind blew across the ground and lifted the last of the letters.
It is clearly written on the fold: "Minister, report, Prime Minister Chen Ce has bad intentions and plots to rebel, I hope the emperor's brother will be clear!"
Brother Liang!
And also...... Rebel!
Along with it, there were also the guard's words: "The subordinates led people to search the Chen Mansion, and found 300,000 taels of silver in the treasury, 5 million taels of silver coupons from all over the country, and 300 blades and armors, and found ...... One imitation jade seal, one dragon robe!"
Chen Ce only felt that at that moment, the sky was dark, and there was endless thunder roaring in his ears, and he was dizzy and unable to control himself.
Emperor Tang listened to the guard's warning, his face was expressionless, but there seemed to be infinite anger boiling in his eyes. He waved his hand to signal the guards to retreat, then looked at Chen Ce and said coldly, "Do you have anything to say?"
Chen Ce opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he still put what he wanted to say. In this case, what else can be said, the human and material evidence is complete, and the officials of the entire ancient Tang Dynasty have come to report him, even if it is fake, it will be true after all.
What's the use of his explanation?
Chen Ce sighed faintly, before he came, he thought that it was just some small actions of the family, and he was not to be afraid, and even after he left Chang'an, he could stabilize the rear with the help of Yang Li and Ye Tianwolf. But I didn't want to, it was just a moment of effort, and everything was reversed.
He became the prey in the eyes of the family, the clown in the eyes of everyone!
It is inconceivable that the family and the King of Liang have turned all his forces against him while hiding from everyone.
When he was discussing the plan with the Liubu Shangshu, when he was talking about the disaster with Chang'an Mansion Yin, and when he was contacting the Lord of the Mountains and Seas Realm, was all of this in the eyes of King Liang, and then sneered disdainfully?
Chen Ce didn't say anything, knelt in front of Emperor Tang, kowtowed deeply, and said in a low voice: "These things have nothing to do with anyone. ”
It seems that this high-spirited middle-aged man has aged dozens of years all of a sudden, and the white hair on his forehead is so dazzling. But the Tang Emperor obviously will not show mercy.
He looked at Chen Ce and said, "Chen Ce, do you know what the heads of the two families told me this morning?"
"Sinner, I don't know!"
"They told me that the defeat of the army this time was because someone defected to the enemy, and that person was none other than your Chen Ce's son, Chen Guyu!"
Chen Ce was taken aback: "Your Majesty, this, this is impossible, Gu Yu is loyal to Gu Tang, he will never do such a thing!"
"Then you tell me why the army was defeated, but he is the only one missing?"
Chen Ce was silent, he was also worried day and night, how could he know?
"If before, let them say so, I wouldn't believe it, after all, I also know the relationship between the family and you, but now, these songs, how can you make me believe you again, Chen Ce?"
Tang Huang continued to say coldly: "What's more, Chen Guyu, he is not my ancient Tang person!"
Chen Ce hurriedly raised his head: "Your Majesty, didn't you agree to that?"
"Naturally, while you want me to keep that promise, I also hope that your words are right, Chen Guyu did not surrender to the enemy, otherwise, I will personally kill him......
"All the results will be found out, but you, my good minister, I'm afraid you won't see the last scene!"
Chen Ce was silent.
Tang Huang looked at him, sighed deeply, and finally said a little weakly: "Over the past few decades, your influence has penetrated into all aspects, except for these people who report you to me, the rest of the people, whether they are guilty or not, I will investigate." For your sake of serving the country and the people for the past few decades, I will not punish you...... Come on, put Chen Ce in prison!"
The guards who had been waiting outside immediately walked in and pressed Chen Ce to walk outside.
Tang Huang looked at him coldly, and suddenly said, "Add him a piece of clothing!"
"Yes!"
The guards responded, and a group of people walked out of the upper study.
Tang Huang walked out from behind the desk, picked up the folds on the ground, and flipped through them at will. Then, with a sharp pull, all the twists and turns turned into pieces of paper, flying in the air, like the snow outside the window.
Emperor Tang stood in it, let the pieces of paper attach to his clothes, and shouted: "Liu Xi!"
"Here!" Liu Xi hurriedly walked in.
Emperor Tang looked at the twists and turns flying in the sky, and said coldly: "Chen Ce, corruption and bribery, rebellion. Cut off the official position of prime minister, and ten days later, make a decision!"
Ten days later, it is the first day of the 39th year of the ancient Tang calendar, the occasion of the New Year!
Liu Xi was taken aback, bowed his head and responded, "Yes." ”
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This is the fourth way of Chang'an.
There is the largest prison in Chang'an.
At this moment, the cell that should have been quiet and oppressive was brightly lit.
The supervisors of various ministries and departments walked back and forth one by one to deploy their work. Some of the prisoners, who used to be noisy, were tied up and thrown into a corner cell, where they were strictly guarded and strictly forbidden to make noise.
And the jailers were also nervous and at a loss, as if something big had happened.
Yang Li was sitting in one of the cells at this time, with shackles on his hands, but fortunately his clothes were intact and his face was indifferent, so he should not have been abused. I think the Ouchi guards who sent it had instructions, after all, he is the tutor of the dignified academy, even in front of those high-ranking officials, he has the privilege of not having to kneel, and he still has to get by on face.
Yang Li heard the noise outside, also opened his eyes, thought for a while, stood up, and greeted a jailer not far away.
The jailer walked by, with an impatient face: "What's the matter, there is a big event tonight, you give me honesty, don't make trouble, no one can save you if you really commit something!"
Yang Li was stunned for a moment, his expression moved, he took out a silver ingot from his arms and stuffed it into the jailer's hand, and said in a low voice: "This little brother, I don't know what happened, can you tell me?"
The whole action is smooth, without a trace of fireworks, and it is unusually familiar, as if it was often done before. If Chen Guyu saw it, he would definitely be surprised and couldn't help himself, you know, this mentor has always been that serious, cold and upright in his heart, how could he do such a thing?
However, it is true that money can make ghosts grind, and the attitude of the jailer who received the money suddenly improved, and he looked around, and also said in a low voice: "I heard that it is Lord Chen Ce Chen who has committed a crime, rebelled, and wants to cut off his head! His Majesty was angry and decided to be executed in ten days! Now he is locked up at the bottom of the prison, so now several prisoners from the prison have also come, and they are all waiting for it solemnly, so that nothing bad will happen!"
As soon as the jailer finished speaking, he left, as if he were afraid that someone else would find out.
Yang Li frowned and looked down, where Chen Ce was locked up.
The prison is divided into nine floors, which are very large, and these nine floors are also used to hold different prisoners. From light to heavy, in descending order. The ninth layer is used to imprison those who are extremely vicious, such as treason, treason, espionage, and so on. These prisoners are often certain to die, even if the Tang Emperor amnesties the world, it is generally not their turn, and now, I don't want Chen Ce to be among them.
As for Yang Li, he was only locked up in the first layer, and he belonged to the kind of petty offender who might not lose a layer of skin. On the one hand, it is because he really didn't commit anything, and there is no evidence to say that he rebelled, at most he had a close relationship with Chen Ce, and he obviously can't be convicted of any crime in this country that pays attention to evidence. On the other hand, it's because of himself.
He is Yang Li, one of the several mentors of the Academy's Tianzi Camp, and has other special identities.
Yang Li stood in the cell, seemed to think about it, and made up his mind.
So the next moment, he walked out of the cell.
The shackles on his hands had fallen off at some point, and the lock on the cell door had been opened unconsciously, and Yang Li stepped out in one step.
"You ......"
The jailer heard the noise just now and turned to look.
Yang Li waved his hand casually, and an invisible light flashed, and the jailer fainted to the ground.
In ancient times, Kunpeng spread its wings and breathed thousands of miles. Later generations watched the Kunpeng map and created a thousand miles away, although it was less than a thousand miles, but it was not far away.
I saw that Yang Li's body suddenly emitted a pale cyan light, the light was extremely faint, and he couldn't see it very clearly. In a blur, the pale blue light seemed to turn into a vast ocean, and there were faint waves rolling out. The next moment, an extremely ethereal scripture appeared in the sky above the sea, the scripture was very simple and slowly opened in the void, and with it, there was also the vigorous energy.
In that bottomless ocean, a large black shadow suddenly appeared, it was a giant fish swimming rapidly, setting off endless waves. The next moment, the giant fish leaped into the sky, and in the endless splashes and splendor, it turned into a huge bird and rose from it, swaying up a full ninety thousand miles.
The wind is strong, and it stops.
Although Kunpeng has turned from a fish to a bird, it seems that it has taken a long time, but from the outside, it is actually only a second or two of effort, and in the flickering green light, Yang Li has disappeared and does not know where to go.
Only a wet footprint remained in place.
If you look closely above the footprints, you can see that there seems to be a vacuum zone formed in that place, and the air is so disturbed that even the cold wind from outside makes a detour as it passes by.
It's as if that place had been poached from this world and ceased to exist.