Chapter Ninety-Seven: No One Is a Man
After the soldiers and civilians killed Gao Le, they rushed straight into Gao Le's mansion to search for his belongings. Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling helped Gao Le to take him away, but Gao Le struggled with all his might: "Gao Changguo is gone, it's all over, you guys should go quickly." After saying that, he suddenly got up and pounced on the crowd, Murong Ling took his hand but it was too late, countless spears stabbed over, and Gao Le suddenly died of anger.
The servants on the Gaole Mansion fled for their lives, but where to go, they were all caught and tortured by the soldiers and civilians, and everyone found more than ten jars of wine and some wine vessels in the Gaole Mansion, but they did not find jewelry, gold, coins, jade and other objects.
"Tell me, where is the treasure of this white-faced old thief!"
"He has been the minister of state for decades, there must be a secret room! Tell me, where is the secret room! ”
"Tell me, where is the old thief's treasure?"
The torturers interrogated one after another, and the servants begged for mercy and told them that Gao Le had nothing left but wine.
Where did the people believe it, they directly hacked a few servants to death with knives and then came to interrogate.
At this time, a maid stood up: "I know where the treasure of Lord Gao is?" I'll fetch it! ”
The people were overjoyed and went with her to get the treasure. Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling dragged Gao Le's body aside, and wanted to save Gao Le's family.
As soon as the two of them entered the inner hall, they smelled a pungent smell, and when they rushed in, several members of the Gao Le family had already drunk poisonous wine and were lying on the ground, and black blood was flowing from the corners of their mouths.
The two of them sighed for a while, and then turned back to see what treasures Gao Le still had.
At this time, under the guidance of the maid, everyone carried out more than a dozen boxes. Everyone wanted to open it, but the maid stopped: "The key to open the box is with me, you have released all the servants in the house, and I will give you the key again!" ”
Everyone wanted to grab the key, but Murong Ling jumped over and blocked in front of the maid: "Release people first!" ”
In order to obtain the treasure, they had to let out all the servants. When the servants were gone, the maid handed over the key.
Everyone opened the box together, and when they saw that it was full of books and bamboo slips, they couldn't help but be annoyed and angry: "You demon girl, you dare to lie to us, see if we don't break your body into ten thousand pieces!" ”
The maid sneered: "Lord Gao has taken the sage scriptures as the treasure all his life, and the Gaochang Law as the treasure, and he has been maintaining the Gaochang Law and protecting you until his death, but you will take revenge and kill him!" It seems that you don't deserve to be protected, without your hands. I've already drunk poisoned wine," she said, black blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and she clutched her stomach and poured it down.
Murong Ling grabbed her, pointed at her acupoint and said: "Our two brothers have fallen for someone else's trick, although Master Gao was not killed by us, but we also participated in it, and the crime is unforgivable!" ”
The maid smiled bitterly: "It's too late, don't waste your efforts, this poison is incurable", and at this time, everyone also gathered around to kill the maid.
Murong Ling raised his eyebrows, held the maid in his left hand, and waved his knife out with his right hand: "If you are not afraid of death, come!" ”
Li Xiaofei also took a spear and pointed it at everyone: "If you don't have the money you want, even if you kill people again, it won't help, don't make a mistake again and again."
The crowd was a little shaken, and someone at the back of the crowd shouted: "If you don't break it, you can't stand it, abolish the harsh government, you must kill those who should be killed, and you can't be soft!" We are here for righteousness, not for riches."
"We're just trying to get justice!"
"Blood debt and blood payment!"
As soon as the crowd was instigated, it was out of control, and Murong Ling's long knife cut down a batch and rushed up again. Li Xiaofei had an idea to knock over a few fires around him and set them on fire in the house.
The fire was so big that everyone retreated, and Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei also escaped through the back door with their maids.
As soon as he escaped, he met Ju Renshan heading towards the palace surrounded by a crowd.
Ju Renshan and Yan Yuese asked everyone to stop, and came over to greet Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei to stay: "The two heroes helped us to help Gaochangguo hoe and rape to set things right, and they made a great contribution, just go to the palace with me to petition the king."
Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei said that it was inconvenient to meddle in Gao Changguo's affairs and were about to leave, but the maid pounced on Ju Renshan: "Traitor, I won't let you go if I am a ghost!" ”
Ju Renshan jumped backwards, the maid pounced, and Murong Ling pulled her back. The crowd was indignant: "Dare to insult Hou Ye, assassinate Hou Ye, kill her, kill her"
Suddenly the shouting of killing shook the sky, and Ju Renshan signaled everyone to be quiet, but where was everyone still restrained, many people had already gathered around.
Ju Renshan shouted loudly: "Everyone, if we also kill indiscriminately, won't it be exactly the same as before?" What we want to create is a free and harmonious Gaochang country, I don't want violence and death! ”
As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of cheers in the crowd: "An Le Hou is kind-hearted, and he really benefits the people."
"An Lehou has brought us freedom and peace!"
"An Lehou can save Gaochang!"
Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei had no choice but to thank Ju Renshan and take the maid to find a place to exorcise the poison.
Ju Renshan continued to lead the people towards the palace, and the crowd became more and more concentrated, and the boundless people surrounded the palace. Ju Aotian watched the crowd tremble from the tall building.
Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei walked not far with the maid, and the maid vomited some black blood again, her face was black, and her eyes gradually lost their lustre. Murong Ling wanted to seal the maid's acupoint again, but the maid shook her head with difficulty: "It's useless, thank you, I'm already very content to die without being insulted like this."
The maid smiled lightly: "Isn't my appearance ugly?"
Li Xiaofei hurriedly replied: "You are very beautiful, very beautiful"
Murong Ling also nodded: "It's beautiful, even more beautiful than the sunset in the distance."
"Thank you", the maid closed her eyes, her breath became faint, and she did not speak again, and when the moon rose, she died.
After burying the maid, the two returned to the city, at which time Ju Aotian was driven down from the throne by the army and civilians, and Ju Renshan was forcibly pressed to the throne by everyone.
Ju Renshan walked down from the throne with tears in his eyes and insisted on not accepting it, where was everyone willing to obey, and carried him onto the throne and held him down, and after tossing and turning a few times, he sat on the throne and gave orders.
Ju Renshan abolished the old law of Gaochang and ordered that the soldiers and civilians in the city could eat, drink and have fun freely without being restricted, and everyone applauded.
Next, when it comes to rewarding meritorious deeds, officials of all sizes are rewarded, and the treasury of Gaochang is half empty. Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling are also considered meritorious ministers, and they were named captains of the left and right, and each led 300 troops to defend the city at the West Gate.
In the next few days, every family in Gaochang City cooked sheep, slaughtered cows, killed chickens and stewed meat, and the whole city was full of wine and coriander, attracting many crows and wild dogs.
Besides, here in Luoyang, the imperial court has a will again, the little prince raised by Liu Jian and Xiao Qian has been abolished, and the will is clear, to kill this child to put an end to the disobedience of others.
Liu Jian was half dead in anger, but the court envoy stood outside the door waiting for his life. Liu Jian's staff members thought that it would be better to hand over the child to the messenger to take back, so that Liu Jian would not be infamous on his back.
Xiang Xiaoyu and Meng Crow resolutely objected, because this kid also got along day and night, and it was really unbearable to watch him being killed like this.
The staff members criticized him for not knowing the general situation, if he didn't hand over people, it would be a rebellion, and now the two people under Liu Jian who can fight are not there, Chen Hongyi is still struggling to defend the city, in case the court raises a teacher to ask for guilt, even Liu Jian's life is not guaranteed.
Everyone was fighting, and Xiao Qian broke in with the child in her arms: "You bookworms who eat Wang Ye Lumi, you are not as good as two countrymen, whoever dares to hand over the child will kill me first!" ”
Liu Jian also slapped the table: "It's hard for us a lot of men, not as brave as a woman like the princess, this king doesn't want to die, and he must be saved!" ”
The staff hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Lord Wang, think twice, this is a declaration of war against the imperial court."
Xiao Qian sneered: "If you are afraid of being connected, leave now, so as not to be affected by us."
All the staff members looked at each other, hesitated for a while, and then got up. Xiang Xiaoyu looked at everyone: "It's very good, I can save a lot of food money this month, I'll go and tell the messenger that we won't pay or kill people!" ”
Liu Jian immediately stopped: "I'll say it, after all, I have to take care of this matter, you two will guard the palace for me, and you must keep this little prince!" ”
Xiao Qian smiled: "The two children will sleep in my room from today onwards, which assassin dare to come?" ”
Liu Jian looked at Xiao Qian: "It seems that we all have to rely on you, the eldest lady of the Xiao Mansion, to save our lives, haha"
Xiao Qian looked at the child in her arms: "Come on, the girls who get married, they won't care so much, I think we still made plans to find Chen Dashuai to move in and ask for help."
Liu Jian nodded, and waited for me to send the messenger. Then he went to the door and told the messenger of his decision.
After hearing this, the envoy was stunned on the spot: "King Han, you disobey the decree of resistance, and you are complicit in rebellion, and when the time comes, the court will ask for the guilt." I'm afraid that the entire palace can't be saved. Does the prince think about it again?"
Liu Jian looked up to the sky and laughed: "We are worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth in doing things, what is the crime?" I, Liu Jian, can't even save a baby in the house today, so why should I survive in the world? Go back and restore your life, and I won't stay any longer."
The messenger sighed: "Take care, prince! Shape up or ship out! Then he took the men on horseback and went east.
The envoy reported back to the imperial court, and all the officials were furious, and they all asked the emperor to issue an edict to crusade against Liu Jian, and the emperor coughed and objected at this time: "Chang'an has fallen, and the external troubles have not subsided, how can we fight a civil war again?" What's more, there is nothing wrong with Han Wang Liu Jian's move! ”
Xiao Shan replied loudly: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside, Liu Jian will not obey the order, here is a blatant rebellion, if you don't deal with the rebellion, how to convince the public?" ”
The emperor leaned on the throne and pointed at Xiao Shan: "What kind of holy decree, you haven't prepared it yet, cough, send it out, I have been on the throne for many days, cough cough, I can't go to court." Ahem, you're so self-conscious, ahem, for it! ”
Xie Rui walked out: "The emperor is in poor health, and there is nothing wrong with the left and right prime ministers and ministers discussing the handling of state affairs, not to mention that Lord Xiao killed his relatives in order to maintain the discipline of the imperial court, he is really a model for us."
The emperor fainted, Qin Zhong and Qin Gou'er hurriedly carried the emperor back and announced the three dynasties, and the hundred officials laughed and retreated.
The most loyal to the emperor were often the eunuchs. And once people have interests to consider, it is difficult to be true to their conscience.