In the hall, the emperor is sitting, the Northwest Army is standing, and kneeling is all the palace maids and eunuchs of Fu'an Palace.

There was no sound at all.

An old minister couldn't hold it back, quietly tugged at a young official's robe, and asked, "Why don't you talk inside?" ”

The young man was of low rank, turned around and bowed respectfully and replied, "Maybe it's because no one wants to speak." ”

The old minister scolded his mother in his heart, and looked around obviously no one was willing to pay attention to him, so he had to give up the plan to find someone to inquire again, and pricked up his ears to listen carefully to the movements in the hall.

Not only was the silence in the hall frightening, but the atmosphere was also wrong.

The emperor's face was pale, and he looked as if he was going to die of anger at any moment.

Li Wang Ling Han, who was standing three steps away in front of him, looked indifferent and indifferent.

The county lord of Qingyang next to him took off his hood and revealed a red little face, and he was still smiling.

It's crazy.

"Crazy" is the evaluation of Ruan Qingzhi by the old ministers outside the palace, but unexpectedly, Ruan Qingzhi was the first to speak at the next moment, but what he said was also like this: "Your Majesty, did you send someone to pass on the edict that we heard outside before that made Ye Han strip naked and kneel at the palace gate?" Are you crazy? ”

The Emperor was almost stunned, and for a moment did not have the strength to answer her words.

Seeing this, Ruan Qingzhi took a few steps forward, the smile on his face faded, and he added a little worry: "Why don't you speak?" Is it really crazy? Your Majesty, if there is anything wrong with you, tell us in time! If you don't make it clear, how can others share your worries? ”

"Lord Qingyang." The Emperor finally opened his mouth in a deep voice.

Ruan Qingzhi breathed a long sigh of relief and patted his chest: "Scared me to death, scared me to death, finally spoke!" It's not crazy or stupid, right? That's strange, Your Majesty, since you're not crazy, why do you want to let Ye Han strip naked......"

"Did he take it off?" The Emperor interrupted her and asked in a cold voice.

Ruan Qingzhi was taken aback: "Ah! It turned out that he was not crazy, but he was blind! ”

The emperor couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the table: "Lord Qingyang, you go out!" ”

"Okay!" Ruan Qingzhi really jumped out, and closed the door thoughtfully by the way.

was so angry that the old ministers outside the door stared.

Ruan Qingzhi doesn't care whether others are popular or not. She walked up to Luan Zhongcheng with a smile, and Shi Li greeted him: "Grandpa hasn't seen you for a long time, how are you an old man?" Is Grandma okay? ”

Luan Zhongcheng also smiled: "Everything is fine." It's just that I heard that you are missing a while ago, and your grandmother cried for a few days, and your brother tried a lot to persuade her. ”

"That's my sin." Ruan Qingzhi said apologetically.

Luan Zhongcheng said that it was okay, and asked her how she was doing in the northwest, and whether she had been wronged in terms of food and clothing.

The old minister next to him couldn't bear it anymore, glared at Ruan Qingzhi angrily, and reprimanded in a low voice: "When the family and country are in danger, what kind of heartless person can take care of the shortcomings of the parents!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi turned around and smiled at him, with a very kind attitude: "This adult is too worried, Nanqi is peaceful all over the world, and he will not die for at least a few decades!" As for whether your family is dead or not, it has nothing to do with me, and it can't delay me from talking to my grandfather about the shortcomings of my family. - By the way, it has nothing to do with you whether Nanqi dies or not! ”

"You!" The old minister was so angry that his beard trembled, and he pointed at her and trembled and scolded: "Demons and evils are in trouble for the country, and demons are in trouble for the country!" ”

"Shh Ruan Qingzhi made a silent gesture to him and pointed to the temple door: "Listen! ”

There was a cold voice in the hall, cold and hard as a sword: "I heard that there are traitors in Beijing and disasters in the country and changes in the palace city, and the sons and daughters have come to the rescue, and I am happy that my father is safe." ”

The emperor looked at him and trembled with anger: "Rescue? Tell me, how did you 'save the car'? Rely on this group of wolves you raised to kill all the way in? Relying on you to quietly buy Jin Wuwei's people? Or did you unknowingly stir up the people of the city? ”

"Rely on me to guard the border for ten years, kill the enemy and protect the country." Ye Han calmly continued.

The emperor stood up, looked at the son in front of him, who was half a head taller than him, and thought for a long time.

He couldn't remember when this son was sent to war, about ten years ago. I remember that at that time, he had not yet grown in size, and the armor was specially made for him to be larger, and he only saw the armor when he rode on the horse, but could not see people.

After that, they hardly saw each other, and a few years later, General Zhu died in battle, and the Northwest Army was completely run by this kid alone.

It wasn't easy.

But, isn't it all his job?

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "Are you asking me for credit?" Strange I let you go into battle to kill the enemy and make you suffer, so you want to kill your father and kill the king, and avenge the suffering of the border over the years? ”

"It's not." Ye Han denied in a deep voice, "Erchen has never felt that he has suffered at the border all these years. Erchen just wanted to tell his father that the officers and soldiers of our Northwest Army serve the country and the people, and have a clear conscience. ”

"Hah!" The emperor slammed the tea bowl on the table, "What a 'for the country and the people'!" If you weren't like this, you wouldn't be able to incite the people of the city to rebel with you!" Ling Han, you led the crowd to force the palace today, and you are also 'for the country and the people'? ”

"Yes." Ye Han said without hesitation.

The Emperor sat back slowly, still looking at him, and did not answer for a long time.

Seeing this, Ye Han added: "Protecting the family and defending the country regardless of life and death has always been an iron law pursued by the Northwest Army. Killing the enemy at the border pass is to protect the family and defend the country, and suppressing bandits in the north is to protect the family and defend the country. I don't know why my father closed the palace door tightly and did not allow his sons to enter. ”

"You ......" the emperor trembled with anger, "why do I close the palace door tightly, you don't know?!" ”

Ye Han raised his head with a cold expression: "Erchen really doesn't know!" Erchen returned to Beijing from the north to suppress bandits, first he was chased and killed all the way without a moment of leisure, then the city gate guards blocked him in every way, and finally the palace gate was closed and told Erchen to unload his armor and undress and kneel at the door...... It's hard to understand why this is so. ”

At this time, some chattering outside the door came in, and the emperor was irritable, and slapped the corner of the table again: "Do you want to explain first, what is the matter with the people of the city kneeling to welcome you into the city gate?" What did you do when you brought them to the gate of the palace? Forced palace?! ”

"Father," Ye Han's expression was calm, not shocked or angry, "The people like peaceful and peaceful days, and it is only natural that they have reverence for the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army who have kept their good days. Just as Mingjun will inevitably cheer and support him when he goes out of the city, it is natural and does not need to be explained. ”

The emperor sneered, and the anger in his eyes was even stronger: "I haven't agreed to abdicate the throne yet, are you already comparing yourself to Mingjun?" ”

Ye Han shook his head and explained seriously: "No. Erchen just wanted to tell his father that Mingjun would not be afraid of the people. ”

The chatter outside the door fell silent for a moment.

The emperor's face froze, then he sneered again, and leaned back in his chair: "Do you say that I am a faint king?!" ”

"It's not." Ye Han immediately denied it.

Without waiting for the emperor to ask, he himself explained: "Father is not a faint king. Because, the father is not worthy of being the king. ”

Ruan Qingzhi heard it outside the door and slapped it: "This person's mouth is getting worse and worse!" Grandpa, don't you say? ”

Luan Zhongcheng smiled and nodded, and several officials of all ages and children next to him couldn't help laughing.

Of course, more people were already so frightened that they couldn't speak, hiding by and looking at these colleagues who were still laughing, like looking at monsters.

In the hall, the emperor was so angry that his eyes turned black for a while, and it took a long time to recover his strength, and he had the intention of taking something to kill this evil son, but he was frightened by the soldiers of the Northwest Army who were killing gods in front of him and the Jin Wuwei who were waiting for meritorious service.

Looking at this posture, it seems that he has gone to the general trend.

But the emperor was not convinced.

He is the King, he is the Father, and He is the Ruler.

If King Li dares to rebel, even if he can kill his father and kill the king, he will not be able to suppress those hard-headed old ministers in the court, let alone block the mouth of the world.

Thinking of this, the emperor's confidence was a little full. He struggled to straighten his back to maintain his majesty as an emperor, and shouted in a deep voice: "I am not worthy of being a king, it is not your turn to be an obstacle!" - Why did you send people to intercept and kill you all the way, and why did you stop the West City Gate and order you to disarm? Before I answer, can you tell me the truth, and tell the people of the world truthfully, who are you exterminating in the Northland these days? ”

The more he spoke, the louder his voice became, and the majesty of the emperor was revealed.

Ye Han paused and did not answer immediately.

Seeing this, the emperor shouted to the eunuch next to him: "Open the palace gate and let everyone outside come in!" Please come to see the pillars of my court to see what kind of goods they support to save the country and save the people! ”

A little eunuch secretly glanced back at Ye Han, and saw that he had no intention of stopping him, so he hurriedly stood up, ran over and opened the door.

The ministers outside had already heard the emperor's words, and as soon as they saw the door open, they immediately crowded in, and stood on the ground full of people.

Ye Han waited for everyone to enter the door before turning around, and calmly spoke: "Erchen personally led the Northwest Army to fight in many places, and confirmed that there were no bandits in the north. What the Northwest Army exterminated was the Zhenwu Army that was painstakingly built by the emperor's edict and the fifth brother. ”

As soon as the words came out, the hall was in an uproar, and several old ministers knelt down in grief and indignation, crying and crying: "Heaven is intolerable, heaven is intolerable......"

The emperor flicked the sleeves of his robe violently, and his momentum was awe-inspiring: "It's good if you are willing to confess!" Ling Han, you killed my Southern Qi soldiers, killed my Southern Qi city gate guards, and incited the people to besiege the palace...... Is it really a rebellion?! ”

"Yes." Ye Han admitted it calmly.

The emperor and the ministers who thought he would deny it did not react, and they were a little dazed for a while.

How, just, admit it?

Ye Han raised his hand. The emperor thought he was going to draw his sword, but he was so frightened that he almost fell off the throne, and stammered: "You, you, you...... You are such an unfilial and unrighteous person, how can God tolerate you! How can the people of the world tolerate you? ”

There are also old ministers crying at the bottom of the stairs: "His Royal Highness King Li, you are a noble man of the heavenly family, you have great achievements in war, and you can be rich and glorious all your life, why do you want to take such a desperate road!" ”

The emperor heard him crying loudly, and instinctively felt that something was wrong, and was about to open his mouth to stop, but it was too late.

Ye Han had already taken over this and replied: "Why do you want to take such a dead end, this king has already said before: because my father is not worthy of being a king. ”

He paused for a moment and added, "Of course the prince is not worthy. ”

The emperor laughed angrily, and the laughter was so desolate that it made people cry.

The old minister under the stairs was really deeply mourned, and cried on the ground: "Your Majesty, is the old minister incompetent, the old minister incompetent...... King Li is disloyal to his ministers, unfilial piety to his son, and unkind to his generals, and the ministers actually regard him as the pillar of the Southern Qi Kingdom, and he has been religiously supported for many years, which is really ...... Ashamed of the country, ashamed of Your Majesty......"

He cried endlessly, and a person next to him immediately picked up: "The son does not say anything about the father's fault, and the minister does not discuss the king's wrongs, His Royal Highness King Jinli actually said that His Majesty is not worthy of being the king, it is really ......"

"The minister doesn't discuss the king's wrongs?" Luan Zhongcheng's sneering voice suddenly interjected, "This official remembers that when Yu Hanlin was lecturing a book ago, he still said with a straight head, 'Using people as a mirror can see the gains and losses', why did it turn an eye and 'the ministers don't discuss the king's wrongs'?" If the whole dynasty is full of people like you who 'don't discuss the wrongs of the king', it is no wonder that Your Majesty is becoming more and more deaf and unworthy of being the king! ”

The same four words "unworthy of being a king" came out of the mouths of courtiers this time.

The elder of the two dynasties, the respected Imperial History of the Cheng Lord.

The ministers were all a little confused, and some people subconsciously blurted out: "Why is Your Majesty not worthy of being the king?" ”

Yes, why is Your Majesty not worthy of being a king? The ministers immediately thought along this line of thought.

The current emperor, who ascended the throne in his thirties, has been diligent in his administration and love for the people in the past 20 years, and has made great efforts to govern the Southern Qi Dynasty.

Why is he "unworthy of being a king"?

More and more people turned their eyes to Luan Zhongcheng, and then to Ye Han, wanting to hear how they explained these four words.

Yehan lived up to everyone's expectations.

He took two steps forward with a cold expression, and said in a deep voice: "Fang Cai, my father asked me why I wanted to kill the soldiers of Southern Qi. ”

The emperor's heart sank, and he hurriedly shouted: "Killing my Southern Qi soldiers is to be an enemy of my Southern Qi and a rebellion!" No matter what your reason! ”

"Yes." Ye Han responded humbly, but his previous words did not stop: "May I ask my father, if the soldiers of the Southern Qi Dynasty indiscriminately killed the people to laugh and laugh, slaughtered the towns to use them as military camps, and plundered the civilians of the county town to raise military rations, are they still the soldiers of the Southern Qi Dynasty?" ”

"Aren't they bandits?" An official immediately answered.

Ye Han bowed slightly: "Yes, that's a bandit." Even if they have military status, official bodies, military uniforms, and divine weapons made by the imperial court, they are still bandits. What a sin this king is to kill them and eliminate harm for the people! ”

The emperor opened his mouth to argue, but a loud official asked in a loud voice: "Your Royal Highness King Li, are you talking about the soldiers of the Zhenwu Army who are being bandits?" ”

"Not bad." Ye Han replied, "There are four slaughter towns, and the disaster affects three provinces and six counties; A total of more than 7,000 people were killed by the government, and the number of people who were not registered was uncountable; The kitchen uses children's corpses as ingredients, and pigs and dogs are piled up in one place, which cannot be counted; abducted more than 1,000 women from good families, and after humiliating and persecuting them to death, they also shared and ate them; Qi Yongzhong, the former county commander of Dou County, led the crowd into the mountains to ask for the people's lives, was hacked to death with a knife, and lit a lamp with fat in his abdomen for fun; After the backyard of Dou County was slaughtered, the chickens and dogs were not left, Qi County ordered the three sons and two daughters to be cooked and eaten, and the three wives and concubines and the eldest daughter were humiliated and hung naked at the city gate for more than ten days, until they were pecked by crows; Seven grain stores in Hancheng were looted, coinciding with the impassability of the heavy snow road, there was no rice to sell in the city, and nearly 1,000 people died of freezing and starvation. ”

After he said this in one breath, his eyes stared at the emperor with burning eyes: "This is just the tip of the iceberg. If the father feels that it is not enough, the son can continue to speak to you for a day and a night, ensuring that there is no repetition and no half-word falsehood. ”

The emperor's face turned pale, and he dodged his gaze and did not answer.

Ye Han didn't let him go, took another big step forward, and raised his voice: "May I ask my father: What is the difference between what the Zhenwu Army has done and the bandits?" The retainers will kill him, what is wrong? ”

The emperor was out of breath when asked, and he was silent for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "The Zhenwu Army is my soldiers and my people, I don't believe it...... I don't believe they're going to be so mad. ”

Some people among the ministers also questioned: "His Royal Highness King Li, everything is your words without evidence......"

"The credentials are here!" Ruan Qingzhi interrupted the man's words in a loud voice, turned around and ran out the door to untie a large roll of things from a horse, and ran back with a sigh of hug.

It was a whole piece of white cloth cut off from it, and I was afraid that it would weigh more than 20 catties.

Ruan Qingzhi grabbed a corner and threw it on the ground hard, and the white cloth quickly rolled away on the ground like a wheel, spreading in front of everyone...... Red.

The white cloth is densely covered with bright red handprints, which makes people's scalps tight.

Underneath the handprint, is a word.

The first paragraph is written about the various crimes of burning, killing and looting by the Zhenwu army, and there are no two words that are the same in the back of the crooked and oblique, which are the names written by the people of the three provinces and six counties.

Of course, many of the people are still illiterate. Those who could not write their names pressed a handprint on this white cloth, and thus there was this large area of shocking blood red.

How many handprints are there on this white cloth? Thousands? Tens?

At this moment there was no one in the temple to count them. The civil and military officials just mechanically recited those simple names, their hearts were heavy, and they had nothing to say.

Ye Han didn't look at the white cloth from beginning to end, only looked at the emperor.

When the emperor's face turned from iron blue to pale, he calmly asked again: "Father, did the son do something wrong this time to suppress the bandits?" ”

The emperor opened his mouth, but could not speak.

The hall was silent for a while, and an old minister knelt down and cried: "Lose all your conscience, lose your conscience...... Your Majesty, the Zhenwu Army deceived the Holy Hearing and brutalized the people and caused such a big mess, and the people still don't know how to resent the court! Fortunately, His Royal Highness King Li wiped out the rebel army and saved the people from fire and water, and saved some prestige for His Majesty and the imperial court...... King Li really made a great contribution to the society this time! ”

As soon as these words came out, many people immediately echoed them, and the hall gradually became lively.

The Emperor exhaled slowly and said in a dumb voice, "Yes." I am deceived by others, I am deaf...... Han'er, I misunderstood you. Zhenwu Army, it should be killed. ”

The Ninety-Five Honor's admitting mistakes is something that may not be encountered once in a lifetime. It stands to reason that at this time, Ye Han should have been deeply moved, wept bitterly, knelt down and said, "As a courtier, you should serve your father."

But the night cold did not.

He stood still, and his voice was still cold and hard: "It's not just the Zhenwu Army that should be killed. ”

The emperor's face sank.

The hall was also silent for a moment, and then an official knelt down upright and kowtowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, what King Li said is very true!" The Zhenwu army has committed many crimes, and its superiors cannot escape the blame! The minister heard that the Zhenwu Army was built by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the orders of His Majesty in the past, although His Majesty was deceived, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may not be unaware! The minister asked for the holy oracle to summon His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the palace to ask for guilt! ”

It's finally come to this. Everyone thought at the same time.

King Li came back vigorously this time in order to seize the throne, and of course he had to take the opportunity to pull the prince off the horse at this time.

Poor prince, the throne of the prince has only been sitting for less than a month, and the position of the Ninety-Five Emperor is still three days away from sitting on it, who knows that he will fall short here.

Of course, those who should sigh should sigh, and everyone is willing to do what falls into the well. So the hall became lively, and most of the civil and military forces in the hall knelt down, and they all wanted to ask the emperor to ask the prince for sin.

But Luan Zhongcheng's gang didn't kneel.

Ye Han didn't kneel either. He didn't even look at everyone, and his expression was still cold: "The prince is guilty, but he is not the first offender." This king is here to seek justice, and he can't bear to see the prince suffer on behalf of others. ”

The kneeling ministers were a little confused: Why did he still speak for the prince?

Looking at the reaction of Luan Zhongcheng's gang again, some of the more flexible officials trembled in fright.

Does that mean it's not over yet?!

The prince is not the first offender, who is the first offender?

Everyone looked up at the emperor sitting on it.

As if to confirm everyone's speculation, Ye Han looked at the emperor and continued: "Father, this is your sin, and I believe that you will not bear to let your son take your place. ”

Speaking of which, there is really no trace of affection.

The emperor felt very tired, he couldn't lift his head, he couldn't open his mouth, and the breath he used to speak was more like he wanted to stay in his chest, and he just refused to come out.

How can it be ......

How can you force people to this point! Can the majesty of the Emperor of Southern Qi be trampled like this?

Ye Han's next words completely confirmed the emperor's premonition.

He said: "The evil deeds of the Zhenwu Army are clearly instructed by your father. It was you who said that the annual success was not good, the treasury was empty, and this year no more grain and grass would be provided, so let them figure it out for themselves; A soldier proposed to tuntian, and you said that the fields and farm tools were rare, not to mention that the training would be delayed, so you rejected it; In the end, when the soldiers were desperate to disarm and return to the fields, it was you who were furious and ordered your father-in-law to go and preach the message, saying: 'If there is no food, will you not rob it?' ’”

"It's nonsense, it's nonsense!" The emperor finally regained some strength, slapped the table and roared: "Where did you hear such bastard words, you dare to pour dirty water on your father!" ”

Ye Han ignored his roar, and continued with a flat expression: "In order to prevent the soldiers from 'wasting manpower' in private farming, my father also specially recruited the Anbian Army from the northwest to help the Zhenwu Army train its troops, and only sent two or three hundred people down the mountain every day to 'collect food'. The soldiers of the Anbian Army were also aware of this matter, and several generals in the army sent by the father were willing to come forward to testify, I wonder if the father would like to meet them? ”

"You...... Ha," the emperor leaned back in his chair and smiled tiredly: "What a great play!" In less than two months, how many people have you bought over there? ”

"Not much," said Ye Leng coldly, "more than 30,000 people." ”

"What did you buy?" The emperor asked.

Ye Han smiled mockingly and didn't answer.

Ruan Qingzhi said for him: "Ye Han asked those bandits whether they were willing to be human or beasts, they said they were willing to be humans, Ye Han said no problem, and then they promised not to be bandits!" More than 30,000 people rushed to return to Beijing to identify His Majesty as a king, unkind, and a thief, and they couldn't stop it! ”

More than 30,000 people are rushing to return to Beijing, and this sentence is a bit meaningful.