33. Acceptance of punishment

When the princess of Yue Guo saw Yelu Longxu, she was still holding a horse whip in her hand, and she was violent. When she entered the palace gate, she whipped the guards who blocked her twice, and the guards followed her all the way with her hot face, and saw the emperor and wanted to explain the reason. The emperor waved his hand, and he automatically retreated.

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, the princess of Yue Guo asked, "Your Majesty, why did you arrest Xiao Hengde?" ”

Yelu Longxu said: "The horse killed someone, and it was the queen mother who caught him. ”

The princess of Yue Guo said: "If the horse kills someone, it is also an adulterer and adulteress who killed, and justice is served, what is the crime?" ”

Yelu Longxu said: "Sister, it's strange that he killed the wrong person, who let him kill his aunt and cousin?" ”

The princess of Yue Guo said, "What if you kill her? Who told her to do shameful things? ”

Yelu Longxu said: "Sister, don't you know that the queen mother has always felt sorry for the second aunt in her heart, and always wants to make up something for her, but now instead of giving her some compensation, she even killed her only daughter, how do you call the queen mother to face her?" ”

Princess Wu said: "Things have come to this point, what should I do?" You can't let the horses get their way. Could it be that the emperor watched Yue Guo be widowed as soon as he passed the door? ”

Yelu Longxu said, "What did Sister say? I've interceded for my colt. ”

Princess Yue Guo hurriedly asked, "What did the queen mother say?" ”

Yelu Longxu shook his head and sighed.

Princess Yue said: "Don't sigh, what did the queen mother say?" ”

Yelu Longxu said: "The queen mother counted the eleven deadly sins of the horse. ”

Princess Wu and Princess Yue exclaimed at the same time: "Eleven major crimes? What are the 11 cardinal sins? ”

Yelu Longxu said: "1. Killing people without permission, 2. Refusing to save death when they see death, 3. Despying the laws of the land, 4. Despying the royal family, 5. Drunkenness and recklessness, 6. Bribing officials, 7. Slandering the court, 8. Disobeying orders, 9. Guarding and stealing, 10. Comparing friends with traitors, 11. Arrogant and arrogant, and having no one in sight. ”

The princess of Yue Guo shouted: "The queen mother is listing the crimes, when did Xiao Hengde bribe the officials?" When did you slander the court? How did he commit self-theft and adultery with whom? ”

Yelu Longxu said: "Sister, don't be excited, blame Xiao Hengde for being stubborn, open-mouthed, and saying things that shouldn't be said, which makes the Queen Mother angry, and he is asking for his own hardship." ”

Princess Wu said: "So Xiao Hengde is not saved? ”

Yelu Longxu said: "All of the eleven major sins are capital crimes. ”

The princess of Yue Kingdom cried, knelt down and took Yelu Longxu's hand and said, "Your Majesty, save Xiao Hengde, please save him." ”

Yelu Longxu said: "Sister, don't worry, I will do my best to save him." ”

The princess of Yue Guo hurriedly kowtowed and thanked her.

Yelu Longxu said: "Sister doesn't need to thank you, then Yelu Guoliu is my good brother, Xiao Hengde is my brother-in-law, how can I not save it?" I'm going to go to the prison and let them go, so that they can fly away. ”

Princess Yue hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Yelu Longxu asked the princess of Wu and the princess of Yue to wait here, and went to the prison himself. The prison is equivalent to a large dry well, two or three zhang deep, there is a door to the ground, usually the door is closed, the upper and lower prisons, and the goods are hoisted with ropes. The cells were so sturdy and safe that once the prisoners were in the cells, there was no chance of escape, and the guards could almost sleep without fear of the prisoners putting on their wings and flying away.

When Yelu Longxu walked to the side of the prison, he faintly heard singing coming from the prison, and he stood and listened for a while, and asked, "Who is singing?" ”

The jailer said, "The new prisoner is called Jeruguoliu." ”

Jerodun said, "He still has the heart to sing, what song is he singing?" ”

The jailer said, "I can't hear clearly, it is said that he wrote it himself, and it is called Rabbit Fu." ”

Yelu Longxu said: "The rabbit died and the fox was sad, it seems that he has the heart of death." ”

The jailer said: "This man is different from others, and the other people are crying miserably when they go to prison, but he is the only one who is calm and calm, and he says that he has finally arrived home, and he is crazy, as if his skull has been smashed by something." ”

Yelu Longxu shouted, "What are you talking about, open the prison door quickly." ”

The jailer glanced at Yelu Longxu and said, "The emperor wants to interrogate the prisoners?" ”

Yelu Longxu glared at the jailer, who didn't dare to ask any more, and hurriedly stepped forward to open the cell door.

Yelu Longxu said, "There's nothing for you to do here, you go and do your business." ”

The jailer looked left and right and said, "Your Majesty, the guards didn't come, Weichen is still ~~~"

Yelu Longxu said impatiently: "Let you go away, you will go away, do you want to resist the decree?" ”

When the jailer saw that the emperor looked unquestionable, he turned and left.

Yelu Longxu walked into the prison, Yelu Guoliu, Xiao Hengde saw it, was surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down.

Jerodun said, "Get up." ”

The two knelt on the ground and did not move, and Yelu Guoliu said, "The minister does not dare to get up." ”

Yelu Longxu said, "What are you afraid of? People, you dare to kill, what else do you not dare? ”

Yelu Guoliu said: "It's all the minister's fault, and the minister deserves to die." ”

Yelu Longxu said, "You are damned, where have you read all the articles in your belly?" ”

Yelu Guoliu said: "The minister was confused for a while, too reckless and impulsive. ”

Xiao Hengde said: "No, it's that slave who deserves to die." ”

Yelu Longxu said, "Don't speak, you are the one who caused such consequences." On the wedding night, he didn't accompany the princess well, but he ran out to kill people, and his crime was unforgivable. ”

Yelu Guoliu hurriedly said: "No, Xiao Hengde didn't kill anyone, I killed the person, he just came to report a letter." ”

Xiao Hengde said: "I also have a share in killing, that slave is strong in martial arts, and I helped Guoliu to kill him." ”

Yelu Longxu stepped forward and kicked Xiao Hengde violently, saying, "You are very capable, aren't you?" I told you, it's not you, it's not enough to make this trouble, the night of the cave house, put aside the princess, run out to report the news, sow discord, add fuel to the fire, this disaster is caused by you, you are not helping Yelu Guoliu, but harming him, if anything happens to Yelu Guoliu, you are a murderer. Until now, you have been a hero, what face do you have as a hero? ”

Xiao Hengde was robbed of white by Yelu Longxu, and he suddenly froze and lowered his head.

Yelu Guoliu said: "You can't blame Hengde, the emperor, that adulterer and adulteress are too rampant, not to mention adultery, but also hurt people, and finally swept up all the family's belongings, and slipped away, it is really hateful!" The minister killed him, the minister felt happy, and let out a bad breath, but let Hengde suffer with me, and his heart was uneasy, and he begged the emperor to save him. ”

Yelu Longxu sighed: "Let's tell you the truth, if you kill someone else, it's okay to intercede, but what you killed is the daughter of my second aunt, the second aunt is now such a girl, the queen mother takes pity on her, and she always feels sorry for her sister, she wants to make up for something, the second aunt is old, she doesn't want anything, and the queen mother wants to do her best on Agu." But now, you've killed her, can you tell the story? ”

Yelu Guoliu said: "Don't bother, the emperor doesn't bother, people are killed by ministers, killed or chopped, and ministers should receive it." ”

Yelu Longxu said: "The only way now is to let you out, go away and fly high, and wait for this period of time, the queen mother's anger is gone, and then come back." ”

Yeluguo burst into tears and said: "The minister thanks the emperor for his hard work, but the minister can't accept it." ”

Jerodron asked, "Why?" ”

Yeluguo wept and said: "If the minister obeys His Majesty's arrangement and escapes, the Queen Mother will know it, and she will be angry with Your Majesty, Your Majesty is filial, how will you face the Queen Mother, if so, the minister is an unloyal person, this is one of them." Second, if the minister is implicated in his home, he can't go back, and he can't enjoy the blessings, then the minister is an unrighteous person, disloyal and unjust, and the minister lives in pain even if he lives. ”

Yelu Longxu sighed, pulled them up, and said, "You are all my good brothers, but I can't save you as the king of a country, which makes my heart ache." ”

Yelu Guoliu said: "It is a blessing for the minister to be favored by the emperor in this life, but it is a pity that he can no longer write poems for the emperor." ”

Yelu Longxu said: "I have been friends with you since childhood, and I am like a brother, how can I bear you to leave me, I will go to the queen mother, let her open the net, and pardon you." ”

Yelu Guoliu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, don't embarrass the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has always enforced the law impartially, if the law is abolished because of the ministers, how can she serve the public in the future?" The minister only asks His Majesty to intercede for the horse, and the murderer is only the minister, and it has nothing to do with the horse. ”

Xiao Hengde said: "No, I want to die together, and the murderer is still me." ”

Yelu Longxu didn't say anything, shook Yelu Guoliu's hand, and then walked out of the dungeon.

As soon as the princess of Yue Kingdom saw Yelu Longxu, she hurried up to meet her, and her anxious eyes burned so much that Yelu Longxu did not dare to look at her. Looking at the emperor's situation, the princess of Yue Guo had guessed eight or nine points, but still asked, "How is it?" Are they gone? ”

Yelu Longxu shook his head and didn't look at the princess of Yueguo.

"What then?" The voice of the princess of Yue Guo trembled a little.

Yelu Longxu frowned and said, "Go, go to the Queen Mother." ”

For the first time, the princess of Yue Guo felt that her steps were so heavy and it was so difficult to take steps. She looked at the Queen Mother's bedroom, it was a familiar place for her to play, there were her footprints in every corner, it used to be so kind, but today she suddenly felt that it was so majestic, as if it had pulled lightning and thundered.

Xiao Sui sat quietly behind the desk, her face was gloomy, and the second aunt sat next to Xiao Sui, her eyes were red, and the tears on her face had not yet dried.

The princess of Yue Guo cautiously stepped forward to greet Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan didn't say anything, as if he didn't see her, and only said to Yelu Longxu, who asked for peace: "The emperor is not discussing with the ministers in the Xuanhe Palace, what are you doing here?" ”

Yelu Longxu said: "I heard that the second aunt is here, come and have a look." ”

Xiao Zi's body moved, turned his face away, and didn't look at Yelu Longxu.

Yelu Longxu said: "The second aunt has always been good? ”

Xiao Zi snorted and said, "Thanks to the emperor's great fortune, it's very good." ”

Yelu Longxu said: "Second aunt, aunt cousin's matter, I also feel heartache~~~"

Without waiting for Yelu Longxu to finish speaking, Xiao Zi said: "Don't say it, the emperor, I know why you came here, you came to intercede for them, you are the king of a country, you can do whatever you want, what kind of favor you want, you let them go with a word, why did you come here to whisper, what is your aunt and cousin, isn't it just a ghost who died unjustly, what is it worth, to pay for your life?" She has been a cheap life since she was a child, an ant, but an ant. ”

Xiao Zi said and cried, the princess of Yue Guo wanted to say something, but when she saw the Queen Mother, she was timid, and the more upset she was when she saw Xiao Zi crying like this, and when the words came to her mouth, she just couldn't say it. Looking at the crying old woman in front of her, she suddenly felt sorry for her, this wrinkled, skinny old woman seemed to have reached the end of her life. She couldn't imagine how she lived. She is not yet forty years old, and the vicissitudes of time have penetrated so inexorably into her bone marrow. Princess Yue suddenly felt that she became like this because of herself, Xiao Hengde, and her daughter's death that made her so old overnight.

Princess Yue suddenly felt very guilty, threw herself at Xiao Zi's feet, hugged her and cried, she cried so sadly, heartbreaking.

Xiao Zi stopped her tears, looked at the princess of Yue Guo in a daze, slowly took the hand of the princess of Yue Guo, and said: "Child, don't cry, the second aunt has a hard life, and the second aunt is not an unreasonable person. ”

The princess of Yue Kingdom held Xiao Zi's hand tightly and said with tears in her eyes: "Second aunt, he didn't kill anyone, he just reported a letter." ”

Xiao Zi nodded and said, "I know, I know." ”

Princess Yue Guo said: "Second aunt, you have no daughter, from now on, I will be your daughter." ”

Xiao Zi nodded tearfully.

Xiao Sui said to Xiao Zi: "Yue Guo is your daughter, I am very happy, but the state has national law, and there can be no favoritism, I have handed over this case to Dali Temple, and Dali Temple will judge itself." ”

Xiao Zi said: "Thank you Queen Mother, don't pursue the horse, the princess of Yue is so pitiful." ”

Princess Yue hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, Hengde is just a messenger. ”

Xiao Sui said: "Let him go to Dali Temple and say go." ”

The princess of Yue Guo knew that it would be useless to say anything more, so she had to withdraw from the queen mother's bedroom. Out of the palace gate, the princess of Yue said to Yelu Longxu: "The queen mother is so ruthless, the horse is not saved." ”

Yelu Longxu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't worry about the horses! ”

The princess of Yue Guo said: "Your Majesty, don't forgive my heart, just now the second aunt has promised not to pursue the horses, and the queen mother still wants them to Dali Temple, I think she must want Hengde's life." ”

Yelu Longxu said: "If you want to kill them, you will have killed them a long time ago, why send them to Dali Temple?" The Queen Mother sent them to Dali Temple, one of them seemed to be selfless, and the other gave an explanation to the second aunt. The queen mother knows that Yelu Guoliu and the horse are good brothers, and she is very righteous, and she will never implicate the horse. ”

The princess of Yue Guo said: "It's still the queen mother." ”

Yelu Longxu said, "Don't rejoice too early, though the death penalty of the horse can be avoided, but the living sin cannot be escaped." I'm afraid I'll suffer from flesh and skin. ”

Princess Yue Guo hurriedly asked, "Why?" ”

Yelu Longxu said: "The horse has committed such a big thing, it is unjustifiable not to be punished, and he can't explain to the second aunt, besides, Xiao Hengde left you on the wedding night and ran to report the news, does he still have you in his heart?" The Queen Mother was very annoyed by this, and she must be troubled by his temperament, which is probably one of the reasons why the Queen Mother sent them to Dali Temple. ”

When the princess of Yue Guo heard this, she bowed her head and was silent.

The results of the trial of Dali Temple came out quickly, and if Yelu Longxu said, Yelu Guoliu was sentenced to beheading, and Xiao Hengde was beaten with a hundred rods.