Chapter Seventy-Three: The Past Is Like Smoke
Huang Qiong and a few guards, as well as the personal little eunuch, just looked at the emperor blankly, punching and kicking those officials, but they didn't dare to step forward to persuade them. They are not civil officials, and they don't say so much. As for Huang Qiong, he thinks it's better to let the emperor vent at this time.
Whoever wants to go up and persuade at this moment, maybe the emperor will transfer his anger to himself, the initiator in his heart, then it will be a big deal. As for those officials, don't say that the emperor will die if he beats him. was beaten to death, judging from their previous words, Huang Qiong, who thought that these people were innocent, would not step forward to persuade them.
After a hard kick, the emperor was still unwilling. After looking around, he snatched a flat pole from a person who was passing by to watch the excitement. Raising the flat pole, it was another wild beating. It wasn't until this flat pole made of green bamboo was stiffly discounted, and he was too tired to do it, that he stopped his hand angrily.
At this time, these officials had already been beaten, and they didn't even have a piece of good meat on their bodies. They had already fainted in pain, and they couldn't even howl. Looking at the wounds on the bodies of these officials, Huang Qiong felt pain for them. Being beaten like this, it's better to kill them directly.
At this time, I remembered Huang Qiong, who was covering up for the emperor, and turned to the guards and eunuchs and said, "We came out today to accompany the old man to relax, but we just listened to a little song or something, and didn't do anything else." If anyone goes back and chews his tongue, this king must kill him alive. ”
Huang Qiong was busy reprimanding a few guards and eunuchs who came with him, covering for the emperor. was approached by the emperor for questioning, and at this time, he had just woken up from the fact that these people had the audacity to beat up officials. Several old men hurriedly stepped forward, and the one who spoke up: "Big official, although the little one doesn't know what your origin is, it is a felony to beat an official. ”
"You'd better hurry up, if their people come in a while, you won't be able to leave if you want to. Here, they have eyeliner. You all look like you have fine skin and tender meat, and you are from a wealthy family. If this goes to the prison of Jingzhao Mansion, it is estimated that he will be able to confess his life if he can't do it. ”
Before this Li Zheng said this, he was obviously hesitant. Although he still said it in the end, there was unspeakable fear in his words, and his body trembled a little. After all, he is the right man here, and the official is beaten here. Regardless of whether you can find someone to do it in the end, he will be the one who is unlucky in the end. To be able to say these words can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness.
"Jingzhao Mansion Prison? I really want to see what this Jing Zhaoyin who dares to use such a bastard thing is. Regarding this Li Zheng's worry, the emperor didn't take it seriously at all. It's just that the emperor's smile is more ugly than crying in Huang Qiong's eyes.
As for why the emperor smiled like this, Huang Qiong naturally had a mirror in his heart. According to the so-called ancestral system of the Great Qi Dynasty, civil officials, including the prefect, need to be hand-picked by the emperor. And if the emperor is a little more diligent, he will have to meet with these officials before they take office.
Especially Jingzhao Mansion Yin, who is in charge of the civil affairs, justice, and public security of the entire capital, can be said to be under the emperor's nose. Even if he is a mediocre emperor, this Jingzhao Mansion Yin has to be personally selected, I am afraid that he can sleep. At present, when he was the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, the emperor not only knew him, but he also selected him, and even saw it when he was in the early dynasty this day.
Therefore, hearing this Li Zheng's persuasion, the emperor was not only angry, but even more angry. Who is he, he is the Son of Heaven, the Lord of all things under heaven. If one of his courtiers was frightened and fled, wouldn't it be a big joke? Not to mention beating a few officials, even if he was beaten by Jingzhao Mansion Yin, he would have to bear it.
"The big officials don't know, now this Jing Zhaoyin is dark, he is famous there and has no money to come in. Ordinary people entered the prison of his Jingzhao Mansion, and nothing could be tried. No matter how reasonable it is, it can't be written. The most important thing is that this person is extremely protective of his shortcomings, and he is a well-known eyelier who will be retribution. ”
"You beat his men like this, and he will definitely not give up. What's more, among these people, there is also his brother who loves a concubine the most. If you beat his brother-in-law like this, it is estimated that even if he is good, he will be crippled, and he will not give up.
"I heard that his backstage is extremely hard, in addition to his father being a super-first-class member like Marquis Wuchang, he is also the confidant of the crown prince, and the prince almost obeys him. Whether these things are true or not, Xiao Lao'er naturally doesn't know. What can be said from the mouth of his brother-in-law is not fake. ”
Speaking of this, the old man pointed to the official who had been beaten unconscious, and one of his teeth had been kicked out in half, and his face was covered with blood. The guy whose calves were also twisting in an abnormal direction said with a worried face.
"The old man is worried, but there is only a Jingzhao Mansion Yin, and we don't pay attention to it yet. Please rest assured, since we dare to do it, we are not afraid of the retaliation of that Jingzhao Mansion Yin. I just don't know if they will find trouble with you after we beat people away. ”
Huang Qiong was a little moved by the fact that the old man was still worried about his group at this time. It's just that for this Jing Zhaoyin, now that he has the emperor's support behind him, he really doesn't pay attention to it. Even if there is the so-called Wuchang Hou standing behind him, and the prince of the dynasty.
Anyway, it was the emperor who gave the order, and it was the emperor who rushed up to beat the water dog in the end, and he was just watching the excitement from the side. The emperor wants to do it, oh, it's to beat people with his feet, and who dares to stop it? As for that Jingzhao Mansion Yin wants to take revenge, hehe, Huang Qiong really wants to take a look, what kind of face he will be after he knows who beat his brother-in-law.
However, the current topic has already involved the prince, whether it is true or not, but Huang Qiong does not plan to continue to ask. Thinking of this, Huang Qiong peeked and heard that the topic mentioned the crown prince, and his face instantly changed to the emperor who was blue again, and he directly shut up.
As for whether the prince standing behind Jing Zhaoyin is the prince, Huang Qiong is sure of one thing. As long as that Jing Zhaoyin and his father are really that Wuchanghou, there will be no one else behind him except the prince. Because of that encounter with his mother out of the palace, the slave next to the youngest son of Wuchang Houfu had inadvertently revealed that Huang Qiong had already told Huang Qiong that the Wuchang Hou family was a hardcore prince.
Therefore, Huang Qiong can be quite sure of whether the prince is standing behind this Jing Zhaoyin. It's hard to make this Jing Zhaoyin able to take the throne, and it is inseparable from the operation of the prince behind it. The past is like smoke, it is to affirm this, knowing that the water in it is not ordinarily deep, Huang Qiong doesn't want to say more about this Jing Zhaoyin.
It's just that Huang Qiong didn't care, so that Li Zheng shook his head and said: "Great official, even if you have a backer behind you, but your backer can be harder than the crown prince?" The power of this Jingzhao Mansion Yin is not something you can imagine, Xiao Lao'er advises you to leave quickly. Otherwise, once it falls into their hands, even if they scatter all their wealth, they may not be able to save their lives. ”
"We don't have anything, that is, the family has to be forced to pay a little more for the soup. Anyway, these guys have to come over every once in a while to loot, or play in vain with those women who rely on Yimen to sell jokes to support a family. If you have more money for this decoction, you will get used to it. ”
"Anyway, what kind of person tax, temporary residence tax, real estate tax, and even the dung money for peeing on, the money for burning and burying the dead, the money for giving birth to a child, and the hoe money for a hoe. Even if you don't eat a grain of grain a day, you have to pay a penny for food and salt. If you find a job, you have to pay the gate tax when you enter the city, and you have to pay an equal amount of money if you don't enter the city. Even if you can't find a job, you still have to pay lazy money. ”
"Even if you dig up some wild vegetables around, you still have to collect wild vegetable money. All kinds of tricks, there are really too many of them, more and less of the same, and we don't care anymore. Only this time, I didn't know that those people were going to be unlucky, smashing pots and selling iron to pay for the money that would never be paid. There are also those families, who are going to sell their sons and daughters again. Another old man sighed and said.
Huang Qiong didn't speak when she heard this, Liu Hu over there may have been bullied for a long time, and said angrily directly: "What's the matter?" If they are in a hurry, they will force the officials and the people to fight with them to the end. If the government doesn't give us a way to live, we will die with them, and the big deal is just a life. Do we have less scourge on weekdays than those bastards? ”
"How many women's innocence has been harmed, how much money has been looted from us. If it weren't for the wives and children at home, Lao Tzu would have slaughtered those bastards a long time ago, and the provincial ones would have stayed here to continue to harm people. There are so many of us here, and one of us has bitten these bastards to death in just one bite. ”
"What's the use of you killing just a few of them? If you kill a few of them, the government won't send anyone else? If it doesn't work, the people sent will be even more greedy. Besides, there are tens of thousands of troops inside and outside the capital, even if you want to rebel, can you build it? We homeless people are like duckweed without roots, the world's first-class fat. If you change the official, will you give up this place that can squeeze a lot of oil and water? ”
"Besides, even if you kill them, can you still kill all the corrupt officials in the world? Can you kill the princes and clans who have seized our land? The lives of the common people are cheap, we are this fate, you still accept your fate. Also, don't mention these things of yours. ”
"They're eyeliner here, and you're not unaware. If those people listen to it, even if you only say it and listen to it, you will punish the Nine Clans. If you don't want to die, don't you even want the lives of your wife and children? Hearing Liu Hu's words, several old men hurriedly stopped it.
Originally, when he heard that the prince was already involved, Huang Qiong, who had previously served as the emperor's microphone, took the initiative to choose silence. So he didn't stop the words of several old people and Liu Hu, after all, people also care about themselves. As a result, as several old men said more and more things were revealed, the emperor's face became darker.
It's just that Huang Qiong didn't want to speak, but he was really worried that his group would leave. Jingzhao Mansion couldn't find a few of its own people, and poured its anger on these kind-hearted people. The people here are already so poor that they don't have enough clothes, and there are still some soup and medicine fees that can't be paid for the lion's big mouth.
After thinking about it, Huang Qiong gritted her teeth, and still walked in front of the emperor and said, "Father, there is still some truth in what these old men said. Let's go, it will definitely bring them a lot of annoyance. According to his son's opinion, should he send someone to Jingzhao Mansion to make a trip to settle things here. After all, this incident is still caused by us. ”