Today's morning seems to be earlier than usual, and all the ministers are whispering something about something, but no one dares to make a loud noise.

Suddenly, a eunuch behind the palace supported the black-haired and white-bearded Han Emperor, and slowly walked to the dragon chair, and the Han Emperor angrily shook off the eunuch's hand, and then waved his hand to let the eunuch retreat.

Emperor Han sat on the dragon chair expressionlessly, looking down at His Royal Highness's courtiers who were kneeling and shouting long live, and suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of crisis. Everything that happened last night has kept him awake all night, he didn't expect that his ninth son Liu Xu would be the first to betray him, Liu Xu had a poor background since he was a child, although he also knew that he was wronged in the imperial examination case, but his punishment was already very lenient, I didn't expect that in just a few months, Liu Xu would have his own henchmen, so what about his other heirs and ministers, wouldn't it be more terrible! What made me even more heartbroken was that father and son turned against each other and brothers killed each other, but such a thing still happened after all.

The atmosphere in the entire hall was solemn for a long time, and Emperor Han pondered for a long time before he said lightly: "Excuse yourself from courtesy!" ”

After hearing this, the ministers looked at each other before they stood up cautiously, but everyone was still silent, and no one dared to speak first, because everyone didn't know what to do, and they were all waiting for Emperor Han to speak first.

Sure enough, it was Emperor Han who spoke first, but surprisingly Emperor Han said so calmly, "Is General Long Huwei's eldest grandson, and Hou Zhigui of Yulinwei coming to the court?" ”

The eldest grandson Chongwei and Hou Zhigui hurriedly came out of the court, clasped their fists and saluted in unison: "The minister is here!" ”

"How was the case of Liu Xu's rebellion handled last night?"

When Emperor Han asked in a long voice, his tone was so flat that the ministers were surprised.

"Returning to the Holy Shrine, except for the 2,000 people who surrendered, the remaining 10,000 people were all annihilated. The King of Wei has been captured alive and is now imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, waiting for the Holy Lord to fall! The eldest grandson Chongwei said loudly.

"Did you find any comrades or remnants?"

"The same party has not been identified yet!" The eldest grandson Chongwei replied neatly, "You will see if you need a royal trial in this case." ”

Emperor Han pondered: "This case will be handed over to the three divisions for trial!" ”

The crown prince Liu Yan seemed to be a little displeased when he heard this, now Cui Hao, the secretary of the Criminal Department of the Three Law Division, and Yang Youxian, the secretary of Dali Temple, are all people from King Ning, and Du Zongting, the imperial historian, only has the responsibility of the inspector, if this case is handed over to the Three Law Division, it is really a big loss, and now he must find a way to fill the vacated position of Hu Dayou with his own people.

Just when Liu Yan was pondering, Xun Mou seemed to understand it, and he went out of class and said: "Holy Lord, this time the general of Jin Wuwei, Hu Dayou, was captured for participating in the rebellion, and Jin Wuwei's guards were also hit hard, and we must find a way to make a competent person fill this vacancy, and then reorganize Jin Wuwei to protect the safety of the imperial city." ”

Emperor Han had expected that someone would definitely raise this matter last night, so he had already thought of countermeasures, after the rebellion of King Wei, Emperor Han became more and more careful, he knew that now the power could not be left behind, and it was not possible to choose anyone from the original old class of courtiers, so he could only wait for this Quanquan test, it was most appropriate to select from the tributes who had just entered the gold list, first, they did not have any power when they first entered the official career, and second, now the people selected by these guards must be directly at their disposal. So Emperor Han replied without thinking: "This matter is postponed!" As for Jin Wuwei, he will temporarily hand over the aftermath to the eldest grandson general of Long Huwei, and after Quan has tried, I will personally take care of it. ”

Xun Mou didn't expect the emperor to have such a move, so he could only stand back in the court with a disgraced face.

After all, Liu Xugui, the king of Wei, is the prince, and what kind of result of the trial will inevitably be unfavorable to him, so Cui Hao, the secretary of the criminal department, said: "Shengshang, the case of King Wei's rebellion, this matter is very important, and now the trial of the same party is the top priority, and the King of Wei's rebellion has been confirmed, so please ask the saint to decide how to deal with King Wei?" ”

Emperor Han breathed a long sigh of relief and said lightly: "Liu Xu was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the prison!" His wife and daughter were relegated back to Taiyuan, the capital of the company, and the edict of Wuzhen was not allowed to enter Beijing without permission. After the rest of the traitors are interrogated by the three divisions of the same party, they will hand over the list to me for decision! ”

In the afternoon, it suddenly rained heavily in Kyoto. But even with such a heavy rain, Liu Xu can no longer see it, the heavenly prison is a death penalty prison dedicated to the emperor's grandson and nobles, as long as the people who are imprisoned here, they can only wait for the saint to die.

In the damp and cold iron prison, there are impermeable thick walls on three sides, and in front of him are arms thick and cold iron rods, and there is only one wooden bed in the house, where traces of snakes, insects and rats can be seen everywhere, and what is even more unbearable is the kind of cold and dim prison that penetrates the bones, as if in a dream, this is the most sad moment in Liu Xu's life.

Liu Xu sat on the wooden bed, curled up with his hands on his knees, trembling all over, unable to tell whether it was because of fear or because of the biting cold, he stared blankly at the wet ground.

Suddenly, there were bursts of footsteps in the corridor of the cell, Liu Xu heard it as if he had lost his soul and ran towards the iron bar, and when he was about to shout, the familiar figure was the imperial historian Du Zongting, the old man, subordinate, and ally in the past, and now a traitor and a sad person, Liu Xu collapsed to the ground in disappointment, his eyes full of anger and hatred.

Du Zongting stopped in front of Liu Xu's cell, and with a wave of his hand, he motioned for the entourage behind him to retreat. He looked at the dejected prince in front of him, his former master, and felt a sour feeling in his heart, and even a trace of remorse. Du Zongting wanted to say something, but what should he call the familiar and unfamiliar prince in front of him? What can you say? After thinking for a long time, his voice trembled and broke the silence: "Wang...... Father! Are you alright? ”

Liu Xu's vicious eyes seemed to be able to swallow Du Zongting alive at this moment, Liu Xu didn't speak, just stared at him with wide eyes, as if he wanted to burn his face deep in his heart, and he would seek revenge on him in the next life. But the more he thought about it, the more irrepressible the anger in Liu Xu's heart became, and the moment his blood surged, he rushed to the iron fence and yelled hysterically at Du Zongting: "Get out of ......"

Du Zongting's eyes were red, and he knelt on the ground with a "poof", and then burst into tears, choked so much that he couldn't speak, and could only kowtow his head incessantly.

At this moment, Liu Xu seemed to be moved, he also burst into tears, and shouted bitterly: "Why...... Why ......"