20. Already killed
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The guards next to him rushed over to carry people, Shen Yuli instinctively avoided it, the iron bar failed to stab down in time, and the unconscious Huan Lin had already made a muffled voice: "Kill, kill the ...... surnamed Shen"
The nearest guard almost fell down with a weak foot, and before his brain could react, he had already said loudly to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this slave said that he would kill the surnamed Shen!" ”
The emperor shouted: "You want to kill the person surnamed Shen?" Okay, ambitious! Drag it out and put it to death! Check out who else is in his family and kill them together! And-"
He looked at Shen Yuli.
"Father!" Shen Yuli fell down again, and his face became more and more pale in a hurry: "Father, this is a misunderstanding, please listen to your son!" ”
The emperor flicked his sleeves on both sides, sat up straighter, and the expression on his face had turned cold.
Shen Yuli hid the iron bar in his sleeve, prostrated himself with his arms close to the ground, and said hurriedly: "This dog slave really deserves to die, and the son doesn't dare to exonerate him, but Fang Cai's words are really not the meaning of the guards-this slave said 'kill, surnamed Shen', not 'kill surnamed Shen'!" ”
Is there a difference? The Emperor still looked at him like a thief.
Shen Yuli calmed down, raised his head, and looked sincerely: "This dog slave has always been neither big nor small, and he often calls his son 'surnamed Shen' in private." Last night, he and I met the Assassin in the Deserted Garden, and the minion rushed so desperately that he fainted, so he did not forget to call for his retainers to kill the Assassin and flee for his life. Shicai's sentence 'Kill, surnamed Shen' is like this, and it really doesn't mean anything rebellious! ”
The Emperor leaned forward, grabbed his beard with both hands, and squinted at him.
Shen Yuli leaned over again and said, "Please Father Emperor Mingjian: Erchen is also 'surnamed Shen', if this servant really has any bad thoughts about the surnamed Shen, how can Erchen let him live to this day!" ”
The emperor snorted and sneered: "So, you want to protect him?" ”
"No," Shen Yuli immediately denied, "It was indeed this slave who caused trouble today, causing the retainers to delay coming to kowtow to Chu Niangniang." Erchen thinks that his father has handled it very fairly and appropriately, and there is nothing to plead! ”
As he said this, he looked up at the emperor again, his expression still extremely sincere.
The emperor liked the phrase "fair and proper" very much, and his face finally looked a little better: "Since you have no opinion, then go and kowtow and carry the coffin!" ”
Shen Yuli lowered his head, and sure enough, he didn't say a word of pleading, got up and left.
At this time, the princes who didn't have time to faint became nervous, and someone rushed to ask: "You just said that the assassin - where is the assassin?" Dead or not? ”
Shen Yuli couldn't remember which brother this was, so he only said politely: "The assassin is sneaking around the Northwest Deserted Garden, and he is very skilled. Huan Lin and I didn't kill him, but were injured by him, which is really ashamed. ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Shen Qin, the fifth prince in the crowd.
Shen Qin immediately jumped up, his face turned pale and his voice trembled: "Fourth brother, what do you mean?" Are you saying the Assassins are okay? Aren't all of us dangerous? ”
Shen Yuli bowed his head and replied "yes", then turned around and walked to the spirit of Concubine Chu to kneel down and kowtow, ignoring everyone anymore.
Shen Qin was anxious, and rushed to the emperor and began to cry: "Father, father save his son!" The fourth brother and his little eunuch are very capable of fighting, even they were injured like this, how scary should the assassin be...... Father, you have to think of a way! ”
"What are you crying about, it's useless!" The emperor had a black face, "With Lao Tzu here, what are you afraid of?!" ”
Shen Qin hurriedly raised his head and wiped his tears desperately: "Yes, yes, yes, my father is heroic, with my father and emperor, my son is not afraid of anything...... Father, the fourth brother and the little eunuch didn't mean to be late, and the son dared to beg his father for mercy......"
"You're saying I made a mistake?" The Emperor's tone sank.
Shen Qin hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no!" The son knows that his father is fair, the fourth brother should indeed be punished, and the slave should indeed die! But the son still wanted to beg his father to be merciful, after all, the fourth brother had already been injured, and the slave was beaten by the assassin to only half his life! ”
The eldest prince Shen Desi sneered: "Even an assassin can't deal with it, what is this waste left for?" ”
Shen Qin turned around violently and sneered: "At least the fourth brother and that slave dare to fight the assassin!" If you change to big brother, I'm afraid that you will be scared to pee your pants! If you have one-ten-thousandth of your father's ability, who of our brothers will dare to disobey you! ”
Shen Desi was so angry that he smoked.
The emperor suddenly laughed: "The fifth child's mouth is getting better and better at talking!" ”
Shen Qin hurriedly put on a smiling face: "What my son said was originally the truth!" The father's demeanor is better every day, and the son naturally speaks better and better day by day! ”
Laughing and laughing here, Shen Yuli over there has already kowtowed dozens of heads in front of the spirit. Huanlin has already been dragged out of the door, and I don't know where to go.
The emperor tugged at his beard and thought for a while, then waved his hand majestically: "That's it, Qin'er is right!" The fourth child and that minion dared to fight the assassin hard, and they could be regarded as one-tenth of the courage I had back then. I'm happy today, I'm exempt from punishment! ”
Shen Yuli just kowtowed, turning a deaf ear to the noise here. The eunuch came to give him an order to stop, he was stunned for a moment before he showed joy, and hurriedly ran back to the emperor to kowtow and thank him.
At this time, another little eunuch rushed back from outside and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good! The minion...... That minion has been killed! ”