Chapter 672: Exculpation (plus more for a monthly pass)
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"Vice Minister Xie, I persuaded my mother, but I really don't know that they are so bold." Zhang Shaotian let go of his hand, his eyes were already red from crying, "But...... I will definitely collect their corpses and give them their ancestral graves, and I will live in a house and guard their graves. ”
Xie Dongli lowered his eyes, was silent for a long time, and comforted him: "Vice Minister Zhang doesn't need to be discouraged. The mountains do not turn around, and I believe that you will soon have a day of recovery. On that day, he also hoped that Vice Minister Zhang would give up his previous suspicions and serve the Eastern Yuan Kingdom. ”
Come back to being an official?
Zhang Shaotian smiled miserably and shook his head, "No, my mother, my eldest brother, and second brother were all killed, do you think I still have the heart to do things for the Eastern Yuan Kingdom?" ”
Xie Donglian's expression was slightly awe-inspiring, and he said solemnly: "Could it be that your mother, your eldest brother, and second brother have not disregarded the law and discipline and will be unjustly killed?" - Vice Minister Zhang, if you are so open-minded, I don't think you need to come out to serve the Eastern Yuan Kingdom. - Farewell! ”
Xie Dongli didn't say anything more, as soon as he went out from Zhang Shaotian's mansion, he ordered the forbidden army to tightly surround Zhang Shaotian's mansion, and at the same time, there was also the old mansion of the Zhang family.
As soon as the subordinates of the Zhang family's old mansion pushed open the door in the morning and wanted to go out to buy something, they were immediately frightened by the murderous forbidden army outside......
"Old ...... Old lady! There are a lot of forbidden troops out there! Fence off our house! No one can go out! Nor can you come in! ”
Several mothers-in-law crawled to Mrs. Zhang's residence in the inner courtyard of Zhang's house to report the news, crying and slamming on the door of Mrs. Zhang's inner room.
Old Madam Zhang hadn't gotten up yet. Distraught by the crying outside the door, I opened the curtain of the bed and looked outside, it didn't seem to be dawn yet. Tiger face shouted, "Who is making noise outside?" ”
The maid who was on night duty in front of her bed hurriedly got up, put on her clothes, put on her shoes, and hurriedly said, "Old lady, the slave maid go open the door and take a look." ”
Opening the door of Mrs. Zhang's inner room, the maid saw that the sideburns of the housekeepers that Mrs. Zhang usually relied on were scattered, and her eyes were almost swollen from crying, and her heart jumped heavily. Busy asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The mother-in-law ignored her, pushed the maid to the side, and rushed to the back room. cried to Mrs. Zhang's bed: "Old lady! Hurry up and take a look! The forbidden army that killed a thousand knives surrounded our house! Is this going to raid the house? ”
Old Madam Zhang sat up from the bed with a bone, and said with a blushing face: "Early in the morning, who is talking nonsense?" Give me a slap! ”
But no one listened to her, and the mother-in-law bypassed the screen in the middle of the back room. Kneeling in front of her bed. Pounding the bed board and crying: "Old lady! Check it out! Maybe it's all coming in! ”
"My son is the vice-minister! How could such a thing happen?! "Mrs. Zhang has been stubborn all her life, so naturally she will not lose her temper like these uninformed mothers-in-law.
She hurriedly put on her coat and got up, and had breakfast before ordering: "Prepare a car for me, I want to see the fourth child." As he spoke, he went up to the second gate surrounded by the maid and the maid.
From the second gate, I took a small sedan chair to the gate of the outer courtyard and opened the corner door. Sure enough, I saw the forbidden army wearing dark armor standing motionless on both sides of the corner gate.
Old Madam Zhang snorted lightly and gathered the big on her body. Proudly about to step out of the threshold of the corner gate.
Scold!
A sharp sword with a cold light slashed down in front of Old Madam Zhang, and if it weren't for her pause, her nose would have been cut off!
Mrs. Zhang was so old that she suddenly encountered such a dangerous situation, her eyes were thrust up, and she fell to the ground and fainted without saying a word.
"Old lady! Old lady! As soon as the maids and ladies rushed up, the people who pinched Mrs. Zhang began to cry.
The forbidden army standing guard at the gate said in a rough voice: "Hurry up and go back and stay!" We are on the orders of His Majesty to raid the spies of the Northern Qi State. If anyone escapes, they will not be spared! ”
Mrs. Zhang had just been woken up, and when she heard the words "Northern Qi State spies", her eyes went dark, and she immediately fainted again.
The slaves and maids of the Zhang family were also stunned.
"Master Jun, it can't be a mistake, right? Our Zhang family is a five-phase family of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom! How can you collaborate with the enemy and betray the country?! ”
"The five-phase family will not collaborate with the enemy and betray the country? So how did the royal family fall? Do you dare to forget the Wang family? A forbidden soldier glanced at them with slanted eyes, and said in a strange manner.
The Wang family was beheaded all over the house!
The slaves and maids of the Zhang family shivered, immediately silenced, and helped Mrs. Zhang back to the inner courtyard.
……
The genius was bright, Xie Dongli got up early in the morning and came to the palace again to report to Emperor Yuanhong about yesterday's interrogation.
Emperor Yuan Hong's face was full of exhaustion, looking at the evidence related to the Zhang family, he shook his head very unbearably, and said: "Old man Zhang is a wise man, but it's a pity that he married a troublemaker. ”
Xie Dongli knew that he was talking about Mrs. Zhang, a noble girl from the Northern Qi Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, you can't really say that. Old Man Zhang can be swayed by women, and he is not very wise. As a man, the affairs in the inner courtyard are not right, but if they are left to the rule of the big things, they are simply confused and soft-boned. Xie Dongli said disapprovingly.
Emperor Yuan Hong coughed uncomfortably when he heard this, and said, "Old Man Zhang also has a hard time, and you can't blame him completely." ”
Xie Dongli understood what he had just said, which made Emperor Yuanhong's heart empty.
Wasn't Emperor Yuan Hong tossed for thirty years by Qi Xueyun, the queen of the Northern Qi Dynasty?
The palace was almost controlled by Qi Xueyun, and Emperor Yuan Hong could only barely protect himself and his son Situ Jianren, who was raised outside the palace.
And Xie Dongli said that Old Man Zhang was at the mercy of women and was not very wise, and Emperor Yuan Hong listened like Xie Dongli was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, talking about himself.
Xie Dongli knew that his words would cause a bad association with Emperor Yuan Hong, but he still said it.
Because he doesn't want to be exhaustive anymore, and he doesn't plan to do everything. He was even more reluctant to help Emperor Yuan Hong watch his country, and at the same time he had to take care of his fragile self-esteem.
This country, he is going to decide.
Not only the Eastern Yuan Kingdom. and the Northern Qi Kingdom and the Southern Zheng Kingdom, all of which will be returned to him.
Xie Dongli chuckled and raised his head, arching his hand at Emperor Yuanhong: "Then what is Your Majesty going to do?" Do you understand Old Man Zhang's painstaking efforts and only punish Old Mrs. Zhang? ”
Emperor Yuan Hong was choked for a moment, his face was a little unsightly, he lowered his head and said lightly: "Rong Zhen think about it." You go down first. ”
Xie Dongli responded. said: "In order to prevent leakage of news, Weichen has used His Majesty's name to mobilize troops to surround the old mansion of the Zhang family and the mansion of Vice Minister Zhang. As for what to do with them, please ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment. ”
Emperor Yuan Hong's heart palpitated for a while. Raising his head suddenly, he looked at Xie Dongzhi and said, "You dare to fake the holy decree?!" ”
Xie Dongli raised his eyebrows and turned around, spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, yesterday you instructed Weichen to deal with the Northern Qi Jinyi guards and the Dongyuan people who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. Wechen was specially allowed to use the forbidden army and the Flying Fish Guard. When did the minister falsely preach the holy decree? ”
“…… Did I say that? Emperor Yuan Hong rubbed his temples suspiciously, vaguely remembering yesterday's situation, as if he had really said it?
Xie Dongli sighed lightly, took out the secret decree given to him by Emperor Yuan Hong from his sleeve pocket, and put it in front of Emperor Yuan Hong, "Your Majesty, please take a look." False proclamation of the Holy Decree is a sin of deceit, and it will be beheaded by all the people. Weichen's child has not yet been born, and he will definitely not do such a lawless thing. ”
Emperor Yuan Hong looked at the secret decree written by himself. Very embarrassed, he quickly glanced at Xie Dongli.
Generally this kind of time. Xie Dongli would say a few words and let him go down the steps.
But Xie Dongli stood in front of him with his hands behind his back, without the slightest intention of speaking.
The chief eunuch who stood next to him without saying a word with the dust in his arms didn't know how much he sighed in his heart, and finally bowed over to play a round: "Your Majesty is worried about the old minister, and I don't want the Zhang family to repeat the fate of the Wang family." ”
The Wang family because Wang Jinyi collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, attracting the Northern Qi forbidden army to come to the city, and they have been beheaded all over the place.
Emperor Yuan Hong nodded hurriedly and said to Xie Dongli: "Exactly." The Zhang family was also once the pillars of the country. This matter is led by Mrs. Zhang, and it has little to do with the people next to the Zhang family, and it is not the same as the incident of the Wang family. ”
"Since Your Majesty has spoken, of course Weichen will obey the order. This matter only fell on Mrs. Zhang and the big house and second room of the Zhang family, and the clansmen next to the Zhang family really have nothing to do with this matter, and they can be opened online. Xie Dongli bowed in front of Emperor Yuan Hong, "As for whether it is the same day or not, it is difficult to say." Wang Jinyi of the Wang family was mad and led the Northern Qi forbidden army into the city of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty, and almost defeated the capital of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom to destroy the country. This is, of course, a great sin of beheading. But what the Zhang family, especially Mrs. Zhang, Zhang Shaohong, and Zhang Shaoqi did, was actually no different from Wang Jinyi. The difference is that Wang Jinyi successfully lured the wolf into the room, and the Zhang family has not had time to lure the wolf into the room. ”
Emperor Yuan Hong didn't expect Xie Dongli to be so aggressive in this matter, his face was red and white, he looked at Xie Dongli for a long time, slapped the table and said: "I said, only the old lady Zhang and the big and second rooms of the Zhang family are punished, and the others of the Zhang family have nothing to do with this matter!" ”
Xie Dongli wanted this result, and he hurriedly clasped his fists with both hands, "The minister obeys the order!" As he spoke, he ordered someone to draft the holy decree, and watched Emperor Yuan Hong cover the jade seal, so he took Feiyuwei to the Zhang family's old house with the holy decree.
After Xie Dongli left, the chief eunuch quietly reminded Emperor Yuan Hong: "Your Majesty, the fourth master of the Zhang family is the deputy prime minister, and his newly married wife is the mother-in-law of the vice minister Xie, and she is also the mother-in-law of Her Royal Highness the princess and Her Royal Highness the imperial grandson......"
Emperor Yuan Hong patted his forehead and said angrily: "I just said that there is a particularly important thing that I can't remember, it turns out that this is this!" - I knew that when Xie Dongli was aggressive just now, I followed him and beheaded his mother-in-law's family all over the house to see how he was! ”
The chief eunuch only smiled bitterly in his heart, and secretly thanked Vice Minister Xie for a long time to exonerate his mother-in-law's family, but he just used the method of agitation to let Your Majesty say it yourself......
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