Xue Rui had a roster on hand, recording more than 100 officials of the An Dynasty that he thought could be reused. He did not waste time trying to persuade them individually one by one, but divided the people into three groups, took them out of prison in turn, and brought them to the public hall of Dali Temple.

Most of these people are not in high official positions, not to mention their ability, but the evaluation of the records of the officials is excellent every year, and they are considered to be a force in the middle of the court, and there are quite a few of them. These dozens of people went to the court with shackles, all of them were gray-headed and dirty, full of worry, I was afraid that the time of death was coming, and they looked up at the blue sky, but they saw that there was a Weihu Taishi chair alone in the high hall, and on the chair sat a man wearing a strong robe and soft armor, with a white feather crown on his head, his skin was like copper, the heavens were full and his eyes were bright, and he was a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general.

Everyone's hearts hung up, and some of them looked at the familiar eyes of this noble man of the Yan Kingdom, and couldn't remember who he looked like for a while, so he saw the burly military general who was on the side stepping forward with a sword, and said in a tiger voice:

"You and other sinners, the hall is the king of Dayan Changping, and he doesn't kowtow and bow down!"

This loud lion roar frightened a group of Wenchen a lot, and immediately some of them knelt down with weak legs, and some of them had backbone, stiff up and didn't make a sound.

Xue Rui swept the expressions on their faces, waved his hand to let Sha Liao retreat aside, and opened his mouth to inform everyone: "Since ancient times, the king of the former dynasty was deaf and incompetent, and he could not resist Fanbang on the outside, but he abandoned loyalty and goodness on the inside, violated the ancestral teachings at the top, and ignored the people of Li at the bottom. It is the destiny of heaven to replace it by my Dayan. ”

He paused slightly, changed his sitting position, and leaned forward: "Yes." My monarch is broad-minded, known as tolerant of people, although he captured Emperor Chongzhen alive, but left him alive, this is the grace of not killing. As for you, sinners, if you want to save your life, you must not forsake darkness and turn to light. ”

The voice fell, but seeing that everyone's expressions changed, they were not the same, although some people moved. But no one squeaked. First, I don't want to have a bad reputation for being greedy for life and afraid of death. Second, I am afraid that this is a temptation, and no one wants to be the first bird.

"Everyone, don't listen to this thief's gossip to confuse the people!" There was also a donkey who was not afraid of death, sticking out his head to receive a shotgun, blushing and shouting: "King Dong Jing is rebellious. Plotting to usurp the throne. Everybody gets it. What abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I see that you are clearly trying to trap me, which is equivalent to disloyalty and injustice, and I would rather die than give in. If you have the ability, you will kill me, and I will never be the lackey of you swallow thieves! ”

Xue Rui looked at this person and asked him, "Aren't you afraid of death?" ”

The man craned his neck, "What to fear! ”

"What a guts." Xue Rui praised him lightly, and without waiting for this person's face to show two more cruel words, he saw Xue Rui wave his hand lightly and ordered: "Pull it out and behead it to show the public." ”

Then, everyone saw that Chai someone, who had just looked righteous and awe-inspiring, was stuck by the neck of the soldier, unable to struggle, and dragged out like a dead dog, just outside the door of the public hall, the knife fell in his hand, the blood sprayed like a pillar, the fresh human head rolled to the ground, and the remaining half of the body twitched twice, and then remained motionless.

This scene happened too fast, so fast that people didn't have time to react, the officials standing near the door were sprayed with blood foam, fell to the ground, trembled like chaff, looked at the headless dead body on the ground, as if seeing their own death, some of them even beat their chests on the spot, spit out a puddle of filth, and a strong fishy smell spread.

"Who else is bent on dying, can now stand up, and this king will fulfill him." Xue Rui didn't frown, and glanced at everyone in the hall with cold eyes.

There was a dead silence, no one in mind.

If there were still people who thought that this Yan Emperor would not kill them all and have the intention to be a hero, then after witnessing the beheading of his colleagues, the little courage in his heart disappeared in an instant, and only fear remained.

There is a way to live, who wants to die.

"No one?" Xue Rui asked again, saw their acquaintance, nodded with satisfaction, and said to himself: "That's right, don't think too highly of yourself, there are not many more of you in this world, and there are many less of you, just die like this, and you will not be recorded in the history books." What is loyalty and what is infidelity? Learn from your Si Tianjian to mention that you can not only save the driver desperately, but also endure humiliation, and this king also admires it. A few words of tongue here, that's not loyalty, that's stupidity. ”

I was scared and scared, everything that should have been said was said, Xue Rui didn't waste much of his lips and tongue, and issued an ultimatum-

"Let you go home today, go back and think about it, and in three days, whoever has figured it out will write a letter of self-recommendation and submit it to this king's mansion."

One moment hell, one moment heaven, this group of An Dynasty officials were first frightened, and then heard that the prince of Dayan said that he would let them go home, and they were all blinded one by one, until a soldier stepped forward to open the shackles for them, and then they reacted, and really wanted to let them go back.

Thank goodness I saved my life!

"Dare, dare to ask the prince to show me, where is the house?" Someone asked stubbornly.

Xue Rui flicked his fingers, went through the vacant mansions and other courtyards in the capital in his mind, and said suddenly: "This king temporarily lives in the Dingbo Pavilion. ”

Dingbo Pavilion has a unique style of construction, known as the reputation of the first annex of Anling, it was originally the house given by Emperor Zhaoqing to the King of Xiang, and later Emperor Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, the King of Xiang intended to rebel and was arrested, and ended up committing suicide in prison, everyone died, the family property was naturally confiscated, Emperor Chongzhen was stingy with this garden, and was not willing to give it to others, so the Dingbo Pavilion was left empty until now.

Xue Rui vaguely remembered that Yu Shu praised the exquisiteness of the garden

After letting go of the first group of people, Xue Rui immediately met with the remaining two groups of officials. For example, Guo Huai'an, the secretary of Dali Temple, was his boss and also had a world friend with the Xue family, so he had to leave a way for others to live, and he couldn't be forced to die in one go.

Since he is an old man, how can he not recognize him when he meets, even if his appearance has changed a little, someone still shouts Xue Rui's name, looking unbelievable.

Xue Rui made up his mind not to recognize each other, and his expression did not move at all: "This king's name is Liu Shining, if you don't change your name, you don't know who Xue Rui is talking about, I think he looks very similar to this king's face." ”

Guo Huai'an was standing at the bottom, not too far away from him. clearly recognized that it was Xue Rui, and a storm suddenly set off in his heart, but he didn't believe it when he denied it, and couldn't help but say loudly:

"The Xue family is a relative of the emperor, a few years ago, the imperial court sent a messenger to Ningdong City to ask for the guilt, and it turned out that the eldest son of the Xue family, who had long disappeared, became the guest of the King of Dongjing, so the family was affected by the Zhulian, haven't you heard of it?"

Guo Huai'an's words were oversounding, and he was clearly accusing Xue Rui. The culprit of the Xue family's disaster was him.

Xue Rui said calmly: "I don't know the son of the Xue family. Indeed, there are many people who mistake me for him, and presumably the Qin Cha back then was also dazzled and mistook Li Kui for Li Ghost. ”

He is like a mirror in his heart, how can a word or two from others shake his mind. At the beginning, Si Tianjian was selected to be succeeded by Liu Tan. will definitely not let the Xue family, a relative, become bigger. What's more, Xue Lingnan secretly colluded with King Xiang. Even without him, the Xue family was doomed.

Fortunately, Yu Shu took care of him and saved the lives of his mother and sister. This is already the best result.

Guo Huai'an sighed secretly, knowing that Xue Rui would not admit his identity, so he stopped entanglement. Xue Lingnan is dead, what's the use of arguing about these rights and wrongs.

"I confessed my mistake, but after a closer look, the prince is a little different from the eldest son of the Xue family."

Guo Huai'an was Xue Rui's former boss, and even he said that he had admitted his mistake, and even if others had doubts in their hearts, they swallowed it back into their stomachs.

Xue Rui cleared his throat, got back to business, and talked about Zhao'an. This time, no one jumped out to be a hero and scolded the thief, but this group of people is obviously harder than the group of people just now, even if they are afraid of death, they will not write it on their faces.

Among them, Guo Huai'an is the most respectable, and he took the lead in expressing his position: "Guo is old, and he has the intention of telling the old, but I am afraid that I will not be able to serve your country, and I am also asked to be extra kind and let me go back to my hometown to care for the elderly." ”

Xue Rui didn't shout and kill this time, but instead spoke out to stay, Guo Huaian insisted on refusing, and he didn't have anything to do with it, and said: "That's good, you guys go home first today, think about staying, and this king is waiting for good news." ”

After saying that, he let the people go

The last group of people, there are only a few, either relatives of the emperor or dignitaries. The Duke of Yasukuni and the Loyal and Yong Bo were among them, and there were several upstarts who were promoted during the Chongzhen years, and they became prisoners within two years of glory and wealth.

Leaving them at the end was because Xue Rui didn't have the heart to appease them. Jingguo Gong and Zhong Yongbo all looked like ghosts when they saw him, but no one dared to ask.

Xue Rui still started with the two sentences of "Becoming a king and defeating a villain, and the destiny of heaven returns", and then he had something to say bluntly-

"Originally, you were all dead, but at the beginning of this dynasty, it is not appropriate to create more evil, now I will give you a chance, go back to prison, write a statement of guilt for each of you, and list whether the previous dynasty was not. After the emperor approves it, he will let you out. ”

Xue Rui really didn't want to kill them all, but he wouldn't leave a way back for this group of people, and a guilty plea would cut off all their thoughts. It is up to them to choose whether to live or die.

Two groups of people were put in front, and the rest of them were put back in prison. It's also a comparison for those who get home and make them clear about their situation.

After solving this major matter, Xue Rui entered the palace again to resume his life, and by the way, he mentioned the other courtyard in front of Emperor Yan, and Emperor Yan was relieved of him, without asking about the details of Zhao'an, and with a wave of his hand, he gave him the Dingbo Pavilion.

At the end, he asked Xue Rui: "How did I hear that you took the big mention point of the previous dynasty to your camp, and I also heard that the big mention point is a beautiful woman, second brother, second brother, you tell me honestly, what is going on?" ”

When Xue Rui heard this, he immediately lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, with a solemn face: "Rong Chen." ”

Emperor Yan was frightened by him, and hurriedly said, "Get up and speak, I don't blame you for anything." ”

Xue Rui refused to get up, insisting on kneeling to speak, Emperor Yan had no choice but to let him speak quickly, "Say it, say it, forgive you for your innocence." ”

"Inform the monarch that the minister and the big mention of the Yu family have been privately agreed for life as early as five years ago." Xue Rui looked at the king of a country in front of him firmly, and pleaded: "The minister does not seek glory and wealth, but asks the king to remember the minister's contribution to the founding of the country and complete this marriage." ”

The implication is that he can not be the king of Changping of Dayan, and he can not have the status of one person above ten thousand people, as long as that woman.

Emperor Yan's eyes moved, he frowned, and asked him with a cold face: "It's just a woman, is it worth it?" ”

"The will has been decided."

Emperor Yan glared at him, suddenly laughed, and raised his hand to signal him: "Get up, I'm ready." You and I are called kings and ministers, but they are actually siblings, don't say that you like a minister of the previous dynasty, even if you like the concubine of the previous dynasty, I will let you get your wish. ”

"Thank you, Lord Long." Xue Rui kowtowed and thanked him and got up happily.

Emperor Yan said with a smile: "When the national teacher enters Beijing, I will make the decision to give you a marriage." "Liu Yan, the national teacher of Dayan, is Yunhua.

Xue Rui got what he wanted, and retreated briskly. I can't see Emperor Yan's intriguing eyes when he looks at his back.

"Since ancient times, heroes have been sad to pass the beauty pass, the second brother is so temperamental, I can rest assured," Emperor Yan muttered to himself, his thoughts turned, and suddenly he remembered a stubble, and said with his forehead:

"I almost forgot about Hua Lan's girl, it's bad now, if she knows that Shining is going to marry her, that girl will not be turned upside down!" (To be continued......)