Chapter 488: Poisoned Wine
After Gao Changgong made a patriotic remark excitedly, what he saw was Mu Tiva's mocking expression, and then he reacted, it turned out that Mu Tiva was playing with his words just now, and his heart instantly became extremely remorseful!
But now that the words have been spoken, Gao Changgong can only continue with a righteous and fearless look: "Everything this king has done is for our great qi, even if His Majesty wants to punish this king, this king has no regrets!" β
"Your Majesty doesn't want to punish King Lanling! However, His Majesty does not want to see King Lanling again, and he never wants to see him! Mutiva said coldly.
"What? Your Majesty, Your Majesty wants to kill this king? Just planned the assassination of Xiao Yao for the sake of this king? This king had also defeated Xiao Yao before, and killed him so much that he was almost wiped out, and chased him to the Zhou State, and His Majesty didn't want to kill this king at that time! Why is it that now I just let people go to the street to humiliate him, and I didn't hurt him a single cold hair, this king just wants to give him a dismount, so that His Majesty will execute this king? Gao Changgong could only continue to argue weakly.
"Peace talks between the two countries will not be made! Therefore, the public assassination of General Xiao, the envoy of Chen Guo's peace talks, is a capital crime! And this is just one of the sins committed by King Lanling! What else has King Lanling done that is enough to make your head fall to the ground, don't you know it yourself? Mu Tiva still used the words of the side knock and struck on the side, and said with the words of Gao Changgong.
However, this time Gao Changgong became smarter, and he no longer fell into the trap of Mu Tipo and did not admit himself, so he said with a righteous and righteous expression: "This king has never done anything harmful to the interests of the Qi country, this king is a member of the Gao clan of the Qi country, and my loyalty to the Qi country can show the sun and the moon!" β
"Open your mouth to a Qi country, close your mouth to a Qi country, it's nice to say, but what about King Lanling to Your Majesty? Do you dare to say that you are also loyal to Your Majesty, but can you show the sun and the moon? Du Youxin, the sister-in-law of the Du family, do you remember? Mu Ti Po said with a sneer.
Hearing Du Youxin's name, Gao Changgong's face finally showed a look of fear, and he was speechless for a while.
"Wei Xiangyuan is the deputy general of King Lanling, but he left Yecheng without permission on the day General Xiao came to Yecheng, and his whereabouts are unknown, why is he in such a hurry? Could it be that he was afraid that General Xiao would recognize him, knowing that Du Youxin, who pretended to be the concubine of the Du family, to ambush General Xiao in Jinling City, was planned by you, King Lanling? Mutipa said with a look of confidence.
However, this time Mu Deva is a little clever, if he is like just now, he uses the method of speaking vaguely and obscurely, knocking on the side to set Gao Changgong, then he can set up a conspiracy that Gao Changgong is planning now, that is, let Wei Xiangyuan rush to Shuozhou to contact Gao Sihao, who holds the military power!
But Mu Tipo said it herself, but she suspected that Wei Xiangyuan was afraid that Xiao Yao would recognize him as someone who pretended to be Du Youxin, so he hurriedly fled Yecheng, which made Gao Changgong's heart hang, let go, and knew that his plan to join forces with Gao Sihao and prepare to cooperate with Gao Wei to force the palace coup d'Γ©tat did not leak out, so he continued to argue confidently: "At that time, it was the time when Chen Qi and the two countries were at war, and this king used stratagem to get rid of the enemy's generals, what's wrong!" If this king has made great achievements for the Qi country after the fact, His Majesty will reward this king heavily! β
"Hehe, a reward? King Lanling, are you too excited, at that time the two countries of Chen and Qi were at war, and you used a stratagem to deal with General Xiao of Chen State, this matter is indeed not wrong, but you used the wrong method! You know that you are joining forces, but the Du family, the Du family, who is rich enough to rival the country, you are a commander with military power, and you have a connection with the Du family! And you didn't even report this matter to His Majesty, aren't you looking for death yourself? Mu Tiva deliberately pretended to be pitiful and said sarcastically to Gao Changgong.
"This, this..." Gao Changgong also became extremely deflated in an instant, and he had nothing to say.
Yes, the Du family is not only rich and rival in the Qi country, but also has a wide range of contacts, in order to avoid suspicion, they have always claimed that they have never been involved in court politics and stand outside the court, but they went to imitate gunpowder artillery in order to get the support of the Du family's financial resources, so Gao Changgong agreed to cooperate with the Du family!
Because at that time, the Du family was also very jealous of Xiao Yao's general trading house to earn a lot of silver for them through the production of various novel commodities, and the Du family also wanted to obtain the formula for the production of these commodities through various means, so at that time, the Du family not only defeated Xiao Yao, but also captured a large number of gunpowder artillery!
At that time, the gunpowder artillery invented and manufactured by Xiao Yao was also an extremely confidential thing, and even Emperor Chen didn't know about it, but Gao Changgong could take it in his hands, and he could also study a general reason, so the Du family was also very confident that Gao Changgong could help them steal the production secrets of the General Firm, so the two secretly cooperated!
"King Lanling, don't you think you have a secret connection with the Du family, this is a big taboo? And it is also a rich country, with huge wealth, and the other is a god of war who has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and even has a very high prestige in the army, and can respond to every call, the two cooperate secretly, and fools know what they want to do! So King Lanling, tell me yourself, are you asking for your own death? Mutiva shook her head and sighed.
"Your Majesty, is Your Majesty really going to execute me?" Gao Changgong had already said with a dead face.
Of course, Gao Changgong already knew that Gao Wei had already had the idea of killing him, but it was only because he had made great military exploits, and it happened that the country was at war with Chen State, and he needed a general to lead the troops to fight, so Gao Wei couldn't find a reason to execute himself! But now that Qi has not only made an armistice with Zhou, but has also signed an armistice peace treaty with Chen, it is estimated that even if Gao Wei does not have these conclusive reasons in his hands, he will do everything he can to execute himself!
"No way, who told King Lanling to die by yourself? However, Your Majesty's imperial grace is immense, thinking that you are not only a royal family, but also a great military exploit for the Qi State, and Your Majesty does not want to make any big moves, so this time it is only against you Lanling King alone, as for the Du family, there are other people who are connected with you, Your Majesty can not blame the past! Even if you are all the people in the Lanling Palace, Your Majesty can't behead all over the house like Hu Luguang! So here is a cup of fine wine that His Majesty specially ordered Imperial Physician Xu to send you! King Lanling, you can do it yourself! Mu Tipo pointed to the glass of wine that Xu Zhifan was holding and said coldly.
Mu Ti Po took people to guard outside, while Gao Changgong was saying goodbye to his princess Zheng in the inner room, and said with grief and indignation: "I am so loyal to the Qi country, and everything I do is completely for the Qi country, where can I live up to Your Majesty, but why does Your Majesty give me poisonous wine?" β
Zheng said with tears in his eyes: "My husband is an important minister of the state and a member of the royal family, why don't you go and ask for Your Majesty in person and explain it to Your Majesty in person?" Maybe Your Majesty thinks of family affection and is willing to spare Fujun from dying! β
Gao Changgong shook his head and smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty will not be able to meet me!" And Mu Tiva also made it very clear that His Majesty is only targeting me alone in this matter, and will not involve the Du family and others, so it is estimated that no one in the court will speak for me! My high Changgong is certain to die this time! β
Then Gao Changgong hugged the princess Zheng deeply, and said goodbye: "As long as I drink the poisonous wine honestly, Your Majesty will not embarrass the lady and children, and I can not pursue the Du family, Wei Xiangyuan, and other people who are close to me!" Your Majesty's intention to kill me is very resolute, even if I dodge this time, I can't hide from the next time, rather than being tricked into the palace like General Hu, being brutally murdered by the villain and suffocating to death, and even the entire family being slaughtered, I might as well die with dignity, at least now you can still be by my side with me! β
So, Gao Changgong, who had arranged the aftermath, looked unwilling, and picked up a cup of poisoned wine very sadly and angrily, and drank it all!