Chapter 157: Desire to add sin

The next day before the time of the o'clock, the sound of the drum in front of the Qinzheng Palace resounded throughout the court, since Qingyuan was assassinated and injured, the Qingdi sent Liu Rumo to take care of him when the court was taken back to his hands, and he restored the court, so when the drum sounded, the courtiers also came to most of them, the Qingdi did not arrive, Liu Rumo's greeting was done in advance, so the guards in front of the Qinzheng Palace did not immediately take down the drummer, but after he beat the drum for a while, the civil and military officials came almost when he was held, waiting for the Qingdi to deal with.

"Who's beating the drum outside the hall?" The Qing Emperor raised his hand and motioned for the palace eunuch to go out to check.

Standing in the main hall of the civil and military officials but look at the palace eunuch's footsteps in different ways, not long after, there are footsteps came, the courtiers thought that it was the drum of the person was escorted into the palace, as a result of Liu Rumo high sideburns tied to the crown, a plain brocade robe into the palace, everyone was greatly stunned, the national teacher since the succession, never in the early dynasty to enter the main hall, today not only with them these courtiers from the main hall Zhumen, or changed the clothes to preside over the ceremony, is there something important to announce?

When Emperor Qing saw Liu Rumo's dress, his complexion also changed, and the courtiers standing in the front row saw the change in the emperor's expression in their eyes, and their hearts were clear, it turned out that the emperor didn't know it, so he had to follow the pace of the national teacher intently, and they were all silent.

Liu Rumo didn't give them more time to speculate, took a steady step, solemnly came to the Qingdi, and bowed his knees: "Your Majesty, the ministers have important things to do!" ”

Emperor Qing's gaze swept over the courtiers, and finally fell on Liu Rumo: "The national teacher said it doesn't matter!" ”

"The minister heard that before the time came, someone outside the palace of Qinzheng beat the imperial drum, and the minister had ordered someone to keep the person outside the palace, but according to the minister's knowledge. That person was a case, and the minister thought that the emperor was a saint and benevolent, and he had been in power for many years. Merit is praised by the people of the world, and today's matter must be handled with caution. Otherwise, it will have a deep impact on the emperor! ”

Emperor Qing groaned slightly, as if after thinking, he said: "What the national teacher said is reasonable, and let the forbidden army bring this person into the palace, I will make a conclusion after hearing what he said!" ”

With the permission of the Qing Emperor, soon, the man was escorted in, and Liu Rumo saw this. Stepping aside without hurry, the courtier who was standing in the first place saw that the national teacher had retreated to his side, and hurriedly saluted and took a few steps back to the lower position, giving way to Liu Rumo.

"Let him go!" The Blue Emperor ordered in a deep voice.

The man was loosened, immediately knelt down, bowed his head, bowed his hand, and pleaded impassionedly: "The grass people knock to see the emperor, and implore the emperor to be the master of the grass people!" ”

"You don't have to ask me first, tell me why you want to beat the drum, you know that once the drum is played. Even if you have a great grievance to sue the court, you have to endure the punishment of fifty boards and pins and needles before you can say it? ”

The man's face was calm: "The grass people are here to overturn the case, and all the punishments." Grass people voluntarily bear it! ”

The courtiers whispered one after another, not knowing what kind of unjust case this person was coming for, after all, Qingguo is so big, the number of people is beyond their estimates, there will be different events every day, even if they don't say it, they know in their hearts that there must be, how can there be fewer unjust cases, this person is so bold. dared to trespass into the palace and ask for a royal complaint, it seems that the grievances are not a little bit!

Liu Rumo quietly watched the reactions of the courtiers. Then he stood up and said: "If you are willing to suffer this torture, the emperor will make the decision for you." But the official thought, after the torture, I still don't know if you have the life to avenge yourself, so it is better for you to make a pleadings first, and present the case, if you unfortunately die, the emperor will accept the case according to your pleadings, what do you think? ”

After the man thought about it, he nodded, Liu Rumo waved his hand, and after a while, a palace maid came forward to serve with pen and ink, the man didn't say a word, and began to write the paper, but the courtiers were holding their breath at this time, and they didn't dare to make any moves, especially the officials in charge of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, they were a little frightened, for fear that the case on the person's paper was related to them or their protégés.

The paper was quickly written, Liu Rumo took the paper from the tray brought by the palace maid, raised it gently, and let the ink on it dry, and then slowly walked up the stairs and presented it to the Qing Emperor: "Your Majesty, you have read the paper first, and the minister will go to the palace to supervise the execution!" ”

"Go ahead!" The Green Emperor took the aisle.

The man entered the main hall under the gaze of the courtiers, and was taken out again, and the torture equipment was prepared outside as early as the imperial drum sounded.

"Let's get started!" Under an order, Liu Rumo sat down on the round bench brought by the palace maid, and the person who sued the emperor really lay straight on the bench without the slightest fear, and the two palace supervisors each came to both sides of the bench with a wooden staff, and another palace supervisor stood at the end of the bench, the man's hands and feet were tied to the legs of the bench at this time, and he couldn't move, and the wooden staff fell and hit his body, making a muffled sound.

"Knock knock" one after another, along the wide open door of the main hall into the ears of the civil and military officials, the person is not a cry of pain, it can be seen that his will is firm, standing at the end of the bench The palace eunuch counted, from one, two, three to fifty, time passed extremely slowly, in the main hall, the Qing Emperor did not mention what was written on the paper during the execution outside, the courtiers were worried, but no one dared to jump out to speak when the emperor was unwilling to speak, so the palace was exceptionally quiet, As a result, the sound of the cane was heard more clearly.

"Fifty!"

With the announcement of the palace eunuch, indicating that the execution of the cane sentence was completed, the fifty canes said that it was not much, and it was a lot to say less, some people went after the beating, but some people kept a breath, and the courtiers could not hear the voice of the person who complained to the emperor, and the official standing at the end secretly turned around to look, wanting to know whether the person was still alive after the fifty cane punishment.

Obviously, this person's body is not bad, after fifty canes, not long after, I heard the sound of the palace eunuch moving the needleboard, and everyone was even more stunned, the needleboard is not as good as the cane, as long as the skin and flesh are thicker, you can get through, thousands of long needles with a cold light through the flat surface, one by one, straight up, if this person lies down, but also roll around on it, is it not a hornet's nest? Or poked into a sieve?

The courtiers could not be allowed to mumble and speculate, the punishment of needles and needles had already begun, and this time it was very fast, and it didn't take much time to roll around twice regardless of whether the person was dead or alive after the execution.

Just when they were speculating whether the person was still alive or not, Liu Rumo had already brought two palace eunuchs into the hall, and the person they were carrying was the man who had been executed, his whole body was like a bloody bath, and his back was particularly bloody and terrifying, as the palace eunuchs helped him to move forward, a long bloody road was dragged out behind him, and every time he passed by the officials, the officials who passed by could clearly see the scars and blood stains on his body, and smelled the strong bloody breath on the tip of his nose, some officials couldn't bear to look at it, and turned their heads away.

"Return to the emperor, the execution is over, this person's life is big, and there is still a breath left!" Liu Rumo explained the situation succinctly, and just waited for the Qing Emperor to speak.

Sure enough, Emperor Qing took the paper in his hand, and then glanced at the bloody man who His Highness was supported by the palace eunuchs, and hesitated for a moment as if he was very embarrassed, and finally as if he had been hit, he wrung his eyebrows and said: "I accepted this case, and the national teacher and the imperial doctor will treat him first!" ”

Liu Rumo motioned to the palace supervisor to help the man to the corner of the main hall, and the bloody man retreated from the center of the main hall, and the civil and military officials eased up.

As a result, before he could recover from his breath, he was so shocked by what the Qing Emperor said next that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Everyone, Aiqing, I have a headache for the case he sued, but I have to accept it, since the promulgation and implementation of the laws of our dynasty, no one has dared to sue the royal court, today is the first time, no matter what, I must give him an explanation, what do you think?"

"The emperor is wise!" How dare the courtiers feel anything, so they knelt down and said, they still don't know who this person is accusing, how to express his position! But the emperor asked about this, how dare they say anything else?

"His statement is mentioned above, when General Shen He was alive, he was upright and strong, but he was framed by gangsters to participate in the murder of me, and the first emperor ordered General Shen He to behead all over the house, and he came for this unjust case!"

"Your Majesty, Shen He murdered the prince back then, the evidence is conclusive, and the first emperor sentenced him to behead the whole family, how can he be wronged? This person avenges Shen He for such a crime, it must be Shen He's remnants, and Weichen implores the emperor to order this person to be killed! As soon as Emperor Qing's words were finished, an official stood up and said, his words were convincing.

"I haven't said who that villain is, why did Aiqing start to object? Didn't Aiqing know who he was accusing was? was shocked by Emperor Qing's question, and the official who was staring at him hurriedly knelt down and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, Weichen's loyalty to you can be seen by the sun and the moon, this person wants to overturn the case for Shen He, that is, he is questioning the Shengming decision of the first emperor, and Weichen also stopped it in order to protect the reputation of the first emperor!" ”

Emperor Qing waved his hand and said, "Well, what I am more curious about is why the Su family is involved."

Liu Rumo stood up at this time and said, "What is the Su family that the emperor said?" ”

"Uncle Su, the queen's maiden family!" This answer was loud, just a few words, but it set off a storm in the hearts of the courtiers, and even a protégé of Uncle Guo stood up to cry out for Uncle Guo: "Your Majesty, how can Uncle Guo be involved with Shen He and Wufu, there must be a misunderstanding here!" ”

"Your Majesty, when Shen He was convicted back then, you and the queen mother were already the crown prince and the crown princess, and there was no reason for Uncle Guo to frame Shen He!"

"Your Majesty, Uncle Guo has ignored court affairs all these years, how can he do such a thing to courtiers and generals!" (To be continued)