As soon as I heard that in the dark room below the study, Li Shan's face was like ashes, he knew that the general trend had gone, and he had been ambushed early, but he didn't even realize it, the things in the dark room must be deadly, and even Princess Lin'an came forward and had no skills to return to the sky!

When Mao Xiang smashed the door lock, he found a box from the dark room, and the records of various letters and account books in the box were shocking!

Mao Xiang put the letter of Li Shanchang secretly surrendering to Zhang Shicheng and betraying Zhu Yuanzhang on the imperial case of Emperor Hongwu.

Emperor Hongwu finished reading the letter, and the beads of sweat in his hands soaked the old yellowed paper...... If he and Chen Youliang failed in the final duel at Poyang Lake, the wall would fall down and everyone would push it, and everyone would beat the drum. Then his most trusted, most important, from the beginning despite the ridicule of others still followed without hesitation, Li Shanchang, will be the first to push the wall and the first to pick up the hammer!

Emperor Hongwu was silent for a long time and asked, "Has Li Shanchang confessed?" ”

Mao Xiang said: "He refused to admit it, saying that someone had framed him, if he had this kind of incriminating evidence in his hand, he would immediately burn to ashes, how could he be buried under his own study and become a hidden danger." The former prime minister of a country would not make such an obvious mistake. ”

Emperor Hongwu asked, "I am asking, does he admit that this letter was written by him?" ”

Mao Xiang said: "He refused to speak, saying that he wanted to see the emperor in person." ”

Emperor Hongwu slammed the case, "I don't want to see him!" Traitor! Traitor! I didn't treat him well, and married the eldest princess to the Li family, but he failed me early and betrayed me! You tell him that if he confesses his guilt and rebels, and thinks of the monarch and ministers for many years, he will leave a whole corpse, and if he refuses to confess, then let him taste the taste of squatting in prison! ”

Even the last side refused, which shows Emperor Hongwu's anger and disappointment with Li Shanchang.

Mao Xiang took the order and left.

In the edict, Li Shanchang was combing his beard with his fingers, pulling out a weed from the tangled and knotted hair, and dipping it in water to neatly brush his beard.

Although he has become a water dog and his death is approaching, Li Shanchang is still neatly groomed, standing like a pine, and he is in the edict prison, and his spirit is still the former prime minister in the court.

Seeing that Mao Xiang was coming alone, Li Shanchang was faintly disappointed, "The emperor refuses to see me?" ”

Mao Xiang said: "You are a prisoner, what qualifications do you have to ask for a face?" If you confess quickly, I will also send you on the road, if you have been entangled, then don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless, the rules of the edict, you should understand. You might survive the torture...... But your wife and children are used to being pampered, and they may not be like you. ”

When it came to his wife and children, Li Shanchang's calm face instantly moved, "I have only done one wrong thing in my life, that is, when the emperor faced the siege of Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and was embattled, I wavered for the first time in my life and for the last time, and took refuge in Zhang Shicheng. But other than that, I haven't done anything to be sorry for the emperor. After so many years of dedication, does the emperor really leave no room for anything? ”

Mao Xiang sneered, "Is that really the case?" In order to cover up the truth of the rebellion back then, you repeatedly sent assassins to hunt down Princess Yan and King Yan, King Yan is the dignified Prince of Ming, intending to murder King Yan, this alone will make you unforgivable. ”

"Haha...... Hahahaha! ”

Li Shanchang laughed dryly twice, then laughed wildly, and even bent over with laughter in the end, "Since we have pierced this layer of window paper, let's just open the skylight and say something bright." The old things of eight years ago are also worth settling accounts after the autumn now, the emperor, the emperor, I only remember my sins, but I forgot my credits, without me Li Shanchang has been assisting left and right, giving advice, recruiting troops and horses for the emperor, the emperor is now probably just an old farmer waiting to die in Fengyang! ”

"Bold!" Mao Xiang said angrily: "If you dare to insult the emperor, if you dare to say anything, you will sew your mouth with a needle and thread!" ”

Li Shanchang grabbed the iron fence of the prison with both hands, the green tendons on the back of his hands bulged, and stared at Mao Xiang's eyes, "Mao Xiang, you are the adopted son of the emperor, and now you are the commander of the Jinyi Guard, a first-class military attaché, and you have all the glory and wealth, but you have not started a family and left an heir." In fact, you are worried about being coerced, so you simply cut off all possible weaknesses, and be loyal all your life, just for the emperor, right? ”

Mao Xiang said: "You don't have to go to great lengths to provoke me and the emperor. In my eyes, loyalty is the most important, a person who betrays the emperor, even if he was once a prime minister, in my eyes, is as low as an ant, I will not believe the words of an ant. ”

Li Shanchang still looked at Mao Xiang intently, "You see me like an ant, but you don't know that you are also an ant in the eyes of the emperor!" You regard the emperor as your biological father, but what does the emperor regard as your righteous son, don't you know in your heart? Eight years ago, I plotted against King Yan and almost assassinated him in Lanzhou Wang Baobao City, the emperor knew that I was suspicious, but he still didn't touch a single hair of my hair, and he treated his own son so coldly, you are an adopted son, there will always be a time to unload the mill and kill the donkey! You're worse than me! ”

Mao Xiang's eyes flashed, and he said coldly: "Very good, you just confessed to your crime of assassinating King Yan eight years ago. ”

Li Shanchang smiled again: "Anyway, it's all a death, what's the difference between admitting it or not?" At that time, I thought that the emperor was worried about the friendship between the monarch and the minister for many years, so he chose to tolerate it, but now I understand, it's not that he doesn't want to kill me, but the time has not come. In fact, you and the emperor both understand how the secret room letters under the study came from, either King Yan or Princess Yan. It can't be me anyway, everyone knows it. ”

"Now that Hu Weiyong's Huaixi Party has collapsed, the emperor wanted to find an excuse to kill me, so you immediately found the letter account book planted in the secret room, the emperor is really sleepy and met the pillow, this pillow is too timely, so the emperor will not investigate the calculation of Yan Wang and his wife who dug a pit in the study behind the scenes."

Li Shanchang smiled and said at the end, two lines of tears flowed out silently, "No matter what, in the way of people, give back to others, how did I frame Xie Zaixing back then, today Yanwang and his wife are calculating me in the same way, one report and one report, I have no regrets, but it's a pity for my wife and children and the Li family, they are innocent." ”

Mao Xiang was still unmoved, "Go on, you just confessed to framing Xie Zaixing." ”

Li Shanchang's tears were not dry, and he smiled strangely at Mao Xiang: "What about admitting it?" The emperor knows this, and he will not overturn the case for the Xie family, indiscriminately killing loyal ministers, where is the prestige? What's more, the emperor was jealous of Xie Zaixing's two sons-in-law, Zhu Wenzheng and Xu Dajiu, especially Zhu Wenzheng, who was young and promising, and the military generals were convinced, and the prince Zhu Biao was far inferior to this cousin, and the emperor had long wanted to do something to Xie Zaixing and Zhu Wenzheng's son-in-law. I was like today's Yan Wang and his wife, handing over the evidence of rebellion just right, as for the truth of the evidence, the emperor will not screen it. And you, Mao Xiang, you will also follow our old path, if you don't believe me, I will wait for you on Huangquan Road. ”

Mao Xiang said lightly: "I am different from you, I do not form a party for personal gain, and make profits for myself and my clansmen; Second, I will not waver in my loyalty, play with power, and I will put the interests of the emperor first; Three are not afraid of death, the king wants the minister to die, the minister does not need any reason, reasonable, unreasonable, it is the same for me, the emperor wants me to die, I will die; If the emperor wants me to live, I will live. So on the Huangquan Road, you can go there if you want to, and I disdain to be in the company of traitors. ”

Seeing that Mao Xiang's oil and salt did not enter, Li Shanchang sneered: "You are foolish!" ”

Mao Xiang knocked on the iron fence with the hilt of his sword, "To serve the emperor, the first thing is loyalty, so you are inside and I am outside." ”

Li Shanchang stared at Mao Xiang's sword, "You are in prison, there are traitors like me under the sword, and there are countless unjust souls, in the future, traitors like me will die, the birds will be exhausted, and the good bow will be hidden; The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. When the friends of the unjust soul come to ask for your life, the emperor will not hesitate to push you out to carry the black pot, for the same reason as Xie Zaixing's case - for the monarch. The king is always on high and cannot make mistakes, and it is always us who are the courtiers who deceive the king. Mao Xiang, are you still unconscious? ”

Mao Xiao said: "Xia Worm is silent, I have nothing to say to you." You choose to waver when the emperor encounters the greatest crisis, choose to betray, a lie needs countless lies to cover up, you have today's fate, the root cause is your disloyalty, and you still don't repent, and you still want to persuade me to betray the emperor, it's really an unforgivable sin, no wonder the emperor will refuse to see you. ”

Li Shanchang said with a smile: "The emperor didn't come to see me because he was weak-hearted, he understood better than anyone what was going on with the Xie family's annihilation, and he could sacrifice everyone in order to consolidate the imperial power." ”

Mao Xiang said coldly: "Your current confession is enough to raid the house and destroy the door, just press a handprint is enough." Come and cut off his tongue, so as not to go to the execution ground and scold the emperor and bewitch people's hearts. ”

Li Shanchang's pupils shrank, "You dare!" Princess Lin'an is my daughter-in-law, Li Fang and Li Mao are my own grandsons, it is impossible for the emperor to kill his own grandson, so our Li family will never be wiped out, and the princess and grandchildren will avenge me in the future! If you dare to cut my tongue, you will be punished with a thousand knives in the future! ”

Mao Xiang glanced at Li Shanchang contemptuously, "A traitor will not understand that a loyal minister will regard death as home." From the day I recognized the emperor as my father-in-law, this life was the emperor's, born for the king, died for the king, and there was no difference between beheading and Ling Chi. Come and torture. ”

"Crazy! You're crazy! Enraged, Li Shanchang hit the iron fence with his head, and the green tendons on his forehead burst, like wriggling earthworms, "All those who work for Zhu Yuanzhang, whether they are traitors and loyal ministers, will not end well!" I'm waiting for you, Mao Xiang! I'm waiting for you on Huangquan Road! Then I will see a person who regrets it! ”

Mao Xiang said coldly: "What are you waiting for?" Hurry up and get tortured! ”

The two brocade guards tied the frantically struggling Li Shanchang to the torture rack, the iron tongs clamped his tongue, and the knife fell in his hand, and Li Shanchang fainted in pain. 166 Reading Network