Chapter 176: The enemy Ling Chi is executed!
The wine entered the bowels and turned into lovesick tears.
Wei Chiduan's father and son in the cell were relatively speechless, and could only drink one by one.
That day, Wei Chiyan was seriously injured by someone, and it has only now recovered a little. During this time, the governor Wang Qichang found the best doctor for him, all kinds of precious medicinal materials and tonics, and used them on him without money at all.
He must be raised to be fat and strong, so that he can withstand a thousand cuts.
The thousand cuts here are not adjectives, they are really executions.
After a long while, Wei Chiduan trembled and said: "Son, why? You are not such a person, although you are a little frivolous, but you will not drop the chain at the critical moment, and you will not talk nonsense." ”
Wei Chiyan's tears suddenly welled up, if there was a regret medicine in this world, no matter how much it cost him, he would buy one, why would he say such a thing at that time, and directly killed tens of thousands of people.
"Son, did someone harm you at that time, did someone drug you?"
Wei Chiyan shook his head desperately, he had been desperately recalling countless times during this time, and he really couldn't remember anything.
It is said that there is no trace of the spring dream, but at least there are still a little traces of the dream, but I really can't remember anything that night.
Someone drugged him? I don't remember it at all.
"Father, I really didn't know, I was really drunk at the time. Wei Chiyan trembled and said: "And there are some words, in fact, I have been pressing them in my heart for a long time." It's just that I don't know why I said it. ”
Wei Chiduan cried: "What are you talking about the truth, what are you talking about the truth?"
Then the father and son were relatively silent and continued to drink.
After being half drunk, an official walked in and said: "This meal is good, it cost fifteen taels of silver to buy, the best wine, and I also stewed a puffer fish for you, it is very delicious, it can be regarded as the end of the glory and wealth of your two masters, after you get below, don't blame us." ”
"Take ...... away"
As soon as the words fell, several warriors came in and escorted Yu Chiduan's father and son out.
I had been in the cell for too long, and the bright sunlight that had just shone outside made me suddenly unable to open my eyes.
It took a long time for Wei Chiduan to open his eyes, and this was the square outside the Governor's Palace.
There were tens of thousands of people outside, watching the execution, and the audience was solemn and solemn.
Because the execution ground is densely packed with people.
The real Zhulian Nine Clans, Wei Chiduan Zhulian Nine Clans, Xu Fu Zhulian Nine Clans.
Of course, the emperor finally set a line, under the age of thirteen, can be exempted from the death penalty, women sent to the army as slaves, men sent to the west to do hard labor, to build the Great Wall of the border.
But even so, tens of thousands of people were still connected, and all of them had to be beheaded.
At this time, there were only a thousand people here, and only a thousand people were killed today, for a total of ten days.
Three of them were going to be executed by Ling Chi, Wei Chiduan, Wei Chiyan, and Xu Xuan, and they were going to be cut alive by a thousand knives.
Open your eyes and look at these people, there are many people who don't even know Wei Chiduan, but they are all implicated by him and want to be beheaded for public display.
Is this the supreme imperial power? Is it just a verbal offense that will lead to the death of tens of thousands of people?
How many people were there in the Southern Zhou Empire? 80 million, 90 million, 100 million?
Tens of thousands of people will be killed in this wave, and how many times can the entire empire be killed?
The Imperial Ruler recited the decree aloud.
Everyone knelt down, including the tens of thousands of people who came to watch the execution.
"Fengtian carried the emperor's edict that Wang Qichang, the governor of Canglang Province, and his subordinates were dismissed from all official positions. ”
Headed by Governor Wang Qichang, more than 100 officials all knelt down.
In front of everyone, he took off his official hat and took off his official robe.
There are more than 100 officials, and this is only officials above the seventh grade, and the officialdom of the entire Canglang Province is almost half empty.
At this scene, not only all the people present trembled in their hearts, but even Wei Chiduan's father and son and others also twitched when they saw this scene.
These more than 100 officials have struggled all their lives to reach today's position, and even the efforts of generations have led to today's glory and wealth.
Just because Wei Chiyan lost his words after drinking, all of them were implicated, the efforts of several generations were ruined, and all the future was ruined.
"Yu Chiduan, Yu Chiyan, kill the Nine Clans!"
"Xu Fu, Xu Xuan, kill the Nine Clans!"
"Execution!" landed with the signature in the hand of the minister.
"Boom, boom......" Hundreds of executioners cut down with big swords.
A hundred human heads, rolling to the ground, blood splattered the entire square.
There are not so many professional executioners in the entire Canglang Province, so they are all transferred from the army.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
With a command, the executioner continued to swing his sword and cut down.
With each slash, a hundred heads fell to the ground.
A total of ten waves were killed, and thousands of heads fell to the ground.
Originally, when the execution was carried out, the onlookers would shout loudly and even be elated. But now everyone's faces are so earthy that they can't help but vomit.
But they can't help but watch it, because the government organized them to come to watch the execution, just to deter.
And every day, a new group of people will be executed, and within 10 days, 300,000 people will be organized to watch the execution.
Wei Chiduan, Yu Chiyan just watched his whole family head in a different place.
The whole body seemed to be numb, as if all emotions had been lost.
Today's killing is over, and the minister of the Chin Cha has issued another holy decree.
"Wei Chiduan, Yu Chiyan, and Xu Xuan, Ling Chi will be executed!"
"Execution!"
The three most professional executioners stepped forward, tied them with fishing nets, and began to lay the knives.
A real cut of a thousand cuts.
"Okay, good, good ......" Wei Chiduan suddenly shouted: "I was framed by Ao Yu, I was framed by Ao Yu, he is the mastermind behind the scenes, he is the culprit!"
This shout was heard by tens of thousands of people present.
Then a man stepped forward and shoved a piece of wood into his mouth so that he could no longer speak.
But there was a problem here, because he waited until Wei Chiyan spoke before stuffing wood into his mouth.
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Inside the Shuguo Mansion.
Shu Guogong's whole family knelt neatly.
"The emperor asked Shu Guogong, are you and the thief Xu Fu in-laws?" asked the minister.
Shu Guogong kowtowed and said: "It's not a serious in-law, his sister is my concubine." ”
The minister asked again: "When Xu Fu was torn apart by the car that day, he arrested his whole family, but his son Xu Xuan was missed, did you hide him and send him overseas?" ”
Shu Guogong's face trembled, and he hated Xu Fu extremely much in his heart. On that day, the thirteen people were split by the car, which looked very serious, but in the eyes of the high-level people, they knew that this matter was not serious, and the reason why these thirteen people were split was just that His Majesty the Emperor needed the heads of these people to deter the Yuedan Review organization.
In terms of inner disgust alone, the emperor is still very bland in his evaluation of these thirteen scholars in Yuedan. After all, it was Ao Yu who they were going to kill at that time, and they didn't deliberately want to target the emperor for anything.
That's why Shu Guogong will protect Xu Fu's son, many people know about this matter, Governor Wang Qichang, and Admiral Yu Tong of Heibingtai are all acquiescing.
But who would have thought that Xu Xuan, who was supposed to escape from overseas, came back again, and contacted several of Xu Fu's descendants and nephews, and actually did this big thing.
More than 100,000 leaflets were printed to crusade against Emperor Wanyun.
Knowing that this would be the case, Shu Guogong would have grabbed Xu Xuan a long time ago and drowned him alive in the pit.
When the flyer exploded, Shu Guogong immediately killed the concubine, who was Xu Fu's sister.
Then he immediately sent people with astronomical amounts of gold and silver into the capital to make points, from eunuchs to princes, everyone was counted.
I just want to keep my title.
"The old minister is guilty, the old minister is guilty!" Shu Guogong kowtowed desperately, and his forehead was bleeding directly.
At this time, don't quibble, admit it honestly, otherwise it will only anger His Majesty the Emperor even more.
The minister asked, "Shu Guogong, Your Majesty asked me to ask you, do you want your life or a title?"
Shu Guogong's face trembled, and his face lost all blood.
The emperor's words were very clear, if he wanted to keep the title of the family, then he could only die.
If he wanted to live, his family might lose their titles.
After a long while, Shu Guogong kowtowed and said: "The criminal minister understands, and before dawn tomorrow, he will definitely give an explanation to the minister." ”
Then, Shu Guogong staggered to his feet and returned to the Taoist study alone.
Just an hour later.
There was a burst of crying in the Shuguo Mansion, and then everyone in the entire Duke's Mansion put on white clothes, and the family warriors went out of the mansion to report their funerals everywhere.
Shu Guogong committed suicide, and before he died, he wrote a letter asking the minister to pass it to the emperor.
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The entire Jiangzhou, whether it was the people, the officials, or the nobles, was all trembling, unable to breathe in fear.
The minister did not come alone, but brought with him hundreds of officials and thousands of soldiers.
And after arriving in Jiangzhou, he immediately took away the military power of tens of thousands of troops and completely blocked the entire Jiangzhou City.
Then the deadly decrees came down one after the other.
From the governor to the county magistrate, all of them were dismissed.
All the officials related to Wei Chiduan have been arrested and imprisoned, and hundreds of them have been arrested, and the number is increasing every day.
Even the prison can't be closed.
Terrible news came one after another.
Wei Chiduan, Xu Fu killed the nine clans without saying anything.
Wei Chiduan's father and son, Xu Xuanling Chi was executed.
Now even the Duke of Shu Guo has committed suicide, this is a duke, the top nobleman of the empire.
Although this Shuguo family does not hold any core official positions in the court, they are dukes after all.
In the past, Jiangzhou could be said to be singing every night, especially these powerful children, who were swaggering through the market every day and enjoying this world of flowers.
But now, the doors of every house are closed.
Several dukes' palaces, marquis' palaces, all the gates were closed, and even the guarding warriors at the gates were removed.
Every nobleman hid in his house and shivered, lest calamity fall from heaven.
Who knows if this catastrophe will implicate him? Wei Chiduan is the Taishou of Jiangzhou, and Xu Fu is the head of the famous people, so to speak, all the nobles in the entire Jiangzhou have dealt with these two people.
Doing business together, not to mention eating and drinking together, and even sending concubines to each other.
It's scary.
It's a lot of trepidation.
At this time, the minister was like a plague god, and wherever he went, he would cause incomparable fear.
For the house to which he went, and to whom he read the decree, proved that someone in that house was going to die, or that someone would fall.
So far, the minister has been to more than a dozen houses, some of them high-ranking officials, and some of them are nobles.
And after the minister left, either someone in this family was arrested and imprisoned, or someone committed suicide, without exception.
Therefore, almost all the noble families are praying, and the ministers must not come to the door.
Especially the Wei Mansion, the Ao family, the door is closed, kneeling in the ancestral hall, please bless the ancestors.
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Inside the Mansion of the State of Wei.
The old lady eats fasting and recites Buddha every day.
The Duchess of Wei complained every day, why did she want to participate in the government when she lived a good idle life of glory and wealth?
And now, retribution is coming.
Every day I am frightened, and I am always worried that the minister will come to kill people.
"It's a good rich day, why do you want to tie up with Lin Xiang and what kind of second prince? Look at it now, let's get into trouble, let's get into trouble!" Duchess Wei scolded angrily.
Wei Guogong has no intention of quarreling with his wife, and women are really unreasonable.
On that day, he kept saying that he wanted to marry Lin Xiang and become the second prince of the dragon, you were more active than everyone else, and even as long as there were people in the Guogong Mansion who were a little more negative, this Duchess of the Kingdom would scold, saying that you have no interest, and you don't dare to take any risks, where will you get rich and noble in the future?
And now that the crisis is coming, she kept saying that she wanted to live a quiet life, and she tried her best to stop it that day, but she couldn't stop you from going to Lin Xiang and the second prince.
In short, the pros and cons are her truths.
"It's okay now, it's okay now, wait, wait. ”
"Usually I am so close to Lin Xiang, and I am close to Wei Chiduan Xu Fu, the catastrophe has come, the catastrophe has come!"
This Duchess of Wei is still chattering and scolding.
Suddenly, Duan Yingying said angrily: "Mother, you shut up for me." ”
Suddenly, the Duchess of Wei Guo trembled, looked at her daughter in disbelief, and then said sharply: "You dare to yell at me? Do you still have ethics and morals, I am your mother, and you actually speak disrespectfully to me?"
Duan Yingying said coldly: "Mother, everything we do is so that when the crisis comes in the future, we will not be so powerless and wait for death." All we do is to prevent beasts like Ao Yu from riding on our heads. ”
Duchess Wei cried: "What kind of future does our family have, we can't pass this hurdle now." ”
Duan Yingying said: "Don't worry about the sky, His Majesty the Emperor is not crazy, do you think he is willing to kill so many people? He has to kill, our family will be fine, Shu Guogong is the bottom line, the bottom line of His Majesty's butcher's knife." ”
Duchess Wei said: "You are a woman, what do you know?"
She herself is a woman's family, and she also said that Duan Yingying is a woman's family.
"Shut up or I'll slap you to death. Wei Guogong suddenly roared, pointed at his wife, and said, "How could I marry a woman like you? ”
Wei Guogong's eyes widened, and he was about to go crazy, but when he saw that his husband really raised his slap, he left crying and went to the ancestral hall to complain to the old lady.
In the study, there were only two people left, Wei Guogong and Duan Yingying.
"The god-damn Li Chongyang, one day, will break his body into pieces. Wei Guogong roared angrily: "If he hadn't killed Li Wenzhu, Jinzhou would have mutinied and rebelled, and Ao Xin's whole family would have been beheaded, so why should we be frightened here? ”
Duan Yingying said: "Father, rest assured, the turmoil in Jiangzhou will soon pass." There is also good news, the Marquis Mansion of the Angry Waves is still in the process of being sealed, the Liu family has not been released, and Ao Yu, the brute, has not been released, this is good news. ”
Wei Guogong said: "Will our family be affected?"
Duan Yingying shook her head and said: "It shouldn't be, we have at least no in-law relationship with Wei Chiduan and Xu Fu, although we have very close contacts, but that's just our own opinion." In the eyes of the world, we and these two people are not masters and apprentices, nor are we in-laws, so our family will be fine. ”
Wei Guogong hissed: "Ao Yu, this evil animal, is still in the cell, but it is really unwilling. This time, the father and son were not killed. ”
Duan Yingying said: "I talked to Ming Lang, we both think that Lin Xiang will not just give up, he will definitely find a way to put Ao Xin's father and son to death, we will wait and see." ”
And right now!
The voice of the little grandfather came from outside.
"Father, father, something is wrong, something is wrong. ”
"The minister has come to our house. ”
As soon as these words came out, Wei Guogong almost fell to the ground, his face turned pale in an instant, and he almost fainted.
The minister is here? The plague god is here?
Every house he went to before, someone either committed suicide or someone went to prison, and now he actually came to his Wei State Mansion.
Why?
Isn't my Duan clan in trouble?
Duan Bi couldn't help but sound the words that the minister of the Qin Mission said in the Shuguo Mansion, is it to save his life or to keep the title?
As a result, Shu Guogong committed suicide.
Duan Yingying trembled all over, and said: "Impossible, impossible, unreasonable, we don't have a close relationship with Wei Chiduan and Xu Fu on the surface." There are entanglements of interests, but there is no in-law relationship, and there is no master-apprentice relationship. ”
Wei Guogong said: "You, are you mistaken? The minister of the Qin mission is going in another direction?"
The little grandfather said: "Father, we are not a small family, this family is just our family, the minister of the Qin mission is not coming to our house, where can we go? I said that day, you want to flee overseas, flee overseas, but you listened to Ao Ming's nonsense, and you insisted that Lin Xiang would have some killer features, so you just stayed here, now look, the disaster is coming, the disaster is coming." ”
I don't know why this scene seems so familiar.
Wei Guogong quickly thought of his wife's face just now, the son in front of him was exactly the same as his mother.
Suddenly, Wei Guogong slapped him violently.
At this moment, the trembling voice of the butler came from outside: "Guogong, the minister of the Qin mission has arrived, and you are going to open the middle door to greet you." ”
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Within the Ao family.
Old Ancestor Ao Ting was lying on the bed, covered with several quilts, still trembling.
The coldness seemed to come from the bones, and it was useless to bake the fire.
This time in Jiangzhou, the most feared is the Ao family, the Wei State Mansion.
At this time, the bribe was completely useless, it was not that no one went to send silver to the minister, but the other party did not accept it at all.
So everyone knew that the disposal of the Jiangzhou case this time was in the hands of the emperor, and the minister was just the executor, and he could not make the decision.
This is equivalent to black and white impermanence, specifically responsible for taking people's lives, but only the executor, and it is the Lord of Yama who really decides the fate.
All the nobles can only obediently stay at home and wait for the judgment of fate.
And the Ao family is staring at the Wei State Mansion, because the two families are almost one. If something happens to the Wei Mansion, then the Ao family is also in danger.
But if nothing happens to the Wei Mansion, then the Ao family will be fine.
Therefore, Ao Ting prayed almost day and night, and the minister of the Qin mission must not go to the Wei State Mansion.
But......
His son, Count Ao Jing, rushed in and said tremblingly: "Father, father, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good, the minister of Qin sent to the Wei State Mansion. ”
As soon as these words came out, the old ancestor Ao Ting's eyes suddenly darkened, and the whole person was about to faint.
Then the whole body seemed to lose all sensation.
"Hehe......" he let out a roar from under his throat.
Is this about to be a catastrophe?
Ao Ming's grandson clearly said that the Wei Mansion will be fine, and the Ao family will be fine.
The death of Shu Guogong is the last border of this Jiangzhou turmoil.
Of course, there is no such thing as a stop-loss point in this world, otherwise it would be more precise.
Soon, Ao Ming also came in.
Old Ancestor Ao Ting said: "Ming'er, didn't you say that the Wei Mansion will be fine? Why did the minister go to their side? If something happens to the Wei Mansion, we won't be able to escape!"
Ao Ming said with a solemn face: "It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be at all." His Majesty the Emperor didn't want to kill so many people, but he had to kill them in order to maintain his majesty, so it was enough to kill a prince. ”
"You see, killing the two Nine Clans is killing power. ”
"Fell a governor Wang Qichang, a feudal official. ”
"Another duke died. ”
The characters of each department have been shocked, and if Shu Guogong is dead, there is no need to deal with Wei Guogong.
"So logically speaking, His Majesty the Emperor shouldn't touch Wei Guogong, it's really strange. ”
I have to say that Ao Ming and Duan Yingying are indeed very smart and analyze all this thoroughly.
But what the two didn't expect was that when His Majesty the Emperor saw the list, he inadvertently swept the name of Duan Bi, the Duke of Wei, and then thought of the "East Chamber" written by Yun Zhonghe, and thought of the Cui Guogong in it, and instinctively felt disgusted, so he also ticked it casually.
This is the reason why Wei Guogong is unlucky.
So, this is a real unpredictable situation.
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The door of Wei Guogong was wide open, and the whole family knelt down neatly to greet the minister.
The minister said loudly: "Your Majesty's dictation, the Duke of Wei is not strict in discipline, and he violates the ancestral teachings, and he will be punished with thirty rods!"
After hearing the holy decree of Qin Chan, Wei Guogong almost fainted.
Not because of fear, but because of rejoicing, in the current situation, the cane scolding thirty can only be regarded as a false alarm.
But why?
What kind of hell crime is this? It has nothing to do with Wei Chiduan and Xu Fu at all?
What is called lax discipline and violating the ancestral teachings?
Why is that?
At that moment, several warriors of the Qin Guard stepped forward and pressed Duan Bi of Wei to the ground.
Raise the wooden staff and crack it.
This is a real fight, although Wei Guogong has martial arts, and he is not weak, but at this time, he must not dare to resist.
So in just a dozen rods, his flesh and blood were blurred, and blood splattered out through his clothes and pants.
After thirty canes, there was no longer an inch of good meat from the waist of Wei Guogong, and he looked miserable.
But Wei Guogong still got up with difficulty, and then knelt down and kowtowed: "The old minister is guilty, the old minister is guilty, thank Your Majesty Longen." ”
Then he came to the minister and said in a low voice, "Lord Wu, please advise, how should I correct it?"
He was asking, what was it about him that angered His Majesty the Emperor?
The minister hesitated for a moment and said, "His Majesty the Emperor thinks that your family relationship is rather chaotic. ”
Wei Guogong was stunned, where is the relationship between his family in chaos? Obviously, he is very particular, but the emperor said that the relationship between your family is chaotic, then it must be chaos.
"The East Chamber. The minister said in a low voice.
Then, he shouted: "Duan Bi, you are so self-conscious!"
After that, the minister led the guards and left majestically.
"Congratulations to the minister. Wei Guogong Duan bowed and sent him off.
But he scolded in his heart.
I'm your eighteenth generation ancestor, Ao Yu!
After reading it, His Majesty the Emperor felt that my family was in chaos and that my family's relationship was disgusting, so he even beat me with 30 rods.
This, this is so damn wronged.
Why was the minister willing to tell Duan Bi, the Duke of Wei? This was because he had killed so many people in Jiangzhou, and although he did it on order, he was afraid of attracting resentment, so he made a good fate.
By the way, I also told the entire Jiangzhou that everything is over, and you don't have to panic.
All those who should be killed have been killed, and those who should be arrested have been caught.
Don't stay at home and be scared anymore.
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Soon, Jiangzhou officialdom and Jiangzhou nobles all accepted this signal.
It turned out that beating Wei Guogong with thirty rods was the real end.
It's finally over, and it's finally over after worrying about it for more than ten days.
It's really scared half to death, and it's terrifying to stay at home and pray every day, as if disaster will come all the time.
The killing is finally over, and the big guy can rest assured.
Let's celebrate!
Especially in the Ao family, many people cried with joy.
When the ministers went to the Wei Mansion, they were really frightened, and they felt that it would soon be the turn of the Ao family.
I didn't expect it to be just a false alarm, and now it's all over.
Old Ancestor Ao Ting also got up from the bed.
"This must be a conspiracy of Ao Yu's evil animals, and he did all of this. ”
"He wants to put our whole clan to death, he's dreaming, dreaming!"
"What if such an earth-shattering storm is set off? It's not that it won't affect us? Aren't our Ao clan standing still?"
Old Ancestor Ao Ting asked, "Has Ao Yu's little evil animal been released?" Has the Marquis of Nulang Mansion been released from the seizure? Has that slut from the Liu family been released from the official post?"
"Nope!"
"Okay, good, good, deserved, deserved!" Old Ancestor Ao Ting said sharply: "This level has passed, and then I will still fight with Ao Yu, an evil animal." I knew that he did all this, and although there is no evidence, it must have been him. Wei Chiyan made a big statement that he was framed by Ao Yu, and Xu Xuan's rebellion leaflet and Ao Yu were also inseparable. He wants to kill us, he wants to kill us. ”
"Isn't it good for me to dream, to dream of his spring and autumn season? Even if he is broken, we will be fine. ”
"We breathed a sigh of relief, and the next thing is to let Ao Yu's little evil beast be crushed to pieces, crushed to pieces. ”
At this moment, Count Ao Jing rushed in and said tremblingly: "Father, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good! ”
Ao Ting Ancestor said: "He accuses me, what does he accuse me? I don't have greed for ink, I have no superficial relationship with Yu Chiduan Xu Fu!"
Ao Jing said: "Ao Yu accused you of being disrespectful. ”
The old ancestor of Ao Ting said angrily: "Where did I speak disrespectfully?"
Ao Jingdao: "He told you that he said a word, you said that although the Marquis of Nulang is Ao Xin, although his title is the highest, you are the emperor of the Ao family, and you have the final say in everything in the family." ”
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the old ancestor of Ao Ting darkened, and he fainted directly.
Ao Yu evil animal, you are so poisonous, you are so poisonous!
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