Volume 2 Love and Hate for the Rest of My Life Chapter 46 Return to Kyoto
Four years later, Wei Rouge returned to Kyoto to go to the court for the first time, and the courtiers whispered when they saw her, since the killers sent to the Wei family's mansion to assassinate Wei Rouge failed to get rid of Wei Rouge, then they would be the ones who would be in danger in the future.
"It's back, but nothing has changed over the years."
Guo Tianqiong, who was sitting on the dragon chair, said with a smile, he was still as kind as usual, and the sharpness in his eyes was no less, but it was better hidden than before, Guo Tianqiong's temples had added a lot of silver threads, and the lines of his face were much deeper.
It seems that everyone has been uncomfortable all these years...
"The criminal minister Wei Xiangyan has seen the emperor." Wei Wei bowed respectfully and bowed.
"Let's be even, Rouge's record is understandable, he is not only the general of my Xiazhou, but also a hero, and there is no need to mention the past." Guo Tianqiong said, "I haven't come back for a long time, can I still get used to everything?" ”
"If you go back to the emperor, you are very used to it, as soon as you come back, there will be many groups of people to welcome you, no different from being at the border, I feel very kind."
The hearty woman raised a bright smile, and there was a deep chill in the half-transparent words, which was obviously a warm autumn day, but people couldn't help but feel straight hairs in their hearts.
"What does Miss Wei mean by this?" An adult asked.
"This should be Li Zhanyong, Master Li." Wei Rouge said, "Lord Li really exalts Wei Rouge, Wei Rouge is a rough woman, how can she be considered a young lady, if you don't mind, you should call me a general." ”
"You!"
Li Zhanyong didn't expect that Wei Ming's words were polite, and his requests were really not polite at all, and before he could stand firm in Kyoto, he began to be reckless and arrogant with his military exploits.
"Wei Ming, Master Li is just kindly asking, why do you want to show off your merits!"
Someone couldn't see it and said.
"What this grown-up said is really interesting." Wei Rongyan sneered, "The general is a title given by the emperor, I just want Lord Li to be called according to the title, how can I show off, besides, my military exploits that I have worked my life, even if I really want to show off, isn't it okay!" ”
The righteous questioning immediately blocked the adult speechless, but it also attracted more people's dissatisfaction, not only Wei Yuan, who had meritorious achievements in the court, only came back and saw no one in his eyes, if he had to wait any longer, wouldn't they even have a foothold in Kyoto.
It's just that before other people who want to help speak, Wei Rongyan knelt down and said to Guo Tianqiong with a look of being wronged, "Your Majesty, you are going to court today to sue the ministers in the court for appointing killers, disregarding people's lives, and imploring the emperor to make decisions for you." ”
Wei Mingyan looked pitiful and begged to be in charge, and he didn't forget to sweep the people up with his fingers, and detain all the ministers for the crime of ignoring people's lives.
This rhythm switched, and the ministers couldn't keep up.
When he reacted, someone immediately retorted, "Wei Xuan! Don't spray people with blood, it is a capital crime to frame the court officials without evidence or evidence,"
"I implore the emperor to agree to present evidence."
Wei Yuan, who was not in a hurry, said with a prepared attitude.
"Oh..."
Guo Tianqiong's curiosity was aroused at once, and a large number of killers went to the General's Mansion to assassinate Wei Yuan, Guo Tianqiong knew about it, but he couldn't see through it.
When he is not fully prepared, who will directly open the bottom of the enemy, Guo Tianqiong nodded, indicating that he agreed with Wei Rongyan to present evidence, and he was also curious about what Wei Rongyan planned to do after not seeing Wei Rongyan for a long time.
The minister was not worried, the killers they sent were all secret guards, and even if they failed, they would not implicate themselves, and the news that came back at that time also said that everyone was killed by Wei Xuan.
Without a living mouth, how can she keep evidence.
"Bring it on!"
Under Wei Yuan's order, a corpse was carried up to the main hall.
The people who moved the corpses did not arrange them neatly, but they just threw them away at random and began to carry the next one, many of which were still stump amputations, but Wei Rongrou did not pull them down at all, and even the half-incomplete severed hands and feet were all transported in, and a small mountain of corpses was piled up in the main hall.
The blood-stained corpse had begun to decompose after two days of storage, and the first moment it was brought in, it emitted a foul smell.
It was only half a ring, and the strong smell of rotten corpses in the hall could already make people's stomachs turn upside down, and even the overnight residue could be spit out.
However, Wei Rou was still unaffected, and looked around the corpse in the east and west, as if visiting the market, to see if the man's severed hand was not there, and whether the man's severed leg was missing.
Finally, someone couldn't help but speak, covering his mouth and nose and shouting, "Wei Rongyan, what do you mean, this is the palace hall!" ”
"Proof!"
The woman's tone was still cheerful, and the smile on her pretty jade face was originally beautiful and jumpy, but it was set off by the thick blood ink behind her, but the image was like a ghost.
She picked up a severed arm and raised it, her reaction as bland as if she were grabbing a green, and the remaining blood stains of the severed hand immediately spilled on the minister, who bounced three feet away with a look of plague virus.
"Your Majesty, these are the assassins who broke into my Wei family, they are all instructed by the ministers of the court, and they want to sue in front of the emperor and ask the emperor to administer justice for them." Wei Wei said to Guo Tianqiong in a righteous manner.
"Wei Rouge!"
Li Zhanyong was the first to accept the accusation, and as soon as he stretched out his hand covering his mouth and nose and pointed at Wei Rong, he immediately couldn't stand the smell of rotting corpses and covered it again, and defended, "You can't deceive, just carry a bunch of corpses up and say that the minister wants to kill you, then can we also find a few nameless roadside corpses and say that you killed them!" ”
This is exactly to the point, and other ministers are also vying to ask, if you can determine black and white by opening your mouth, it is not easy to reverse right and wrong.
Suddenly the court was noisy and roaring, and it was really no different from a noisy market.
"Do you have any other evidence?"
The person sitting on the high seat finally asked, and the voice was not big or small easily overshadowed all the words below, and the hall stopped in an instant, and returned to quiet.
The dragon chair is still some distance away from the corpse mountain, and the eunuchs and palace maids standing on both sides of Guo Tianqiong have all started to shake the fan vigorously to dispel the smell, and some silver-gray sideburns are flying chaotically in the fan wind, but it does not affect Guo Tianqiong's majesty, but his brows are tightened more and more, and it seems that the efforts of everyone around him are in vain.
"Some emperors have all the evidence they want."
The smiling and smiling attitude of Wei Rongyan was like a diligent peddler, ready to enthusiastically promote his products, so that all the courtiers felt that this evidence seemed a little unreliable.
Wei Rongrou stretched out her hand, and her person handed over a tinkling package, opened the package, and it was full of bloodstained hand cards representing the identities of each family.
Seeing the cards, the faces of the courtiers changed instantly, and they never gave them cards when they sent those people to kill Wei Ming, but those killers had been following them for a while, and it was not strange to have a hand.
"This one belongs to Master Zhang, this one belongs to Master Wu, and this one belongs to Master Mo..."
Ignoring the surprised expressions of the courtiers on both sides, Wei Rongyan picked up the cards in his hand and read them piece by piece.
"How did you get all this evidence?"
Guo Tianqiong asked, seeing the tokens of each family, he probably knew the authenticity of the evidence, even if there were really courtiers who were stupid enough to send someone to assassinate and leave the token as evidence, they would not all be stupid collectively, if everyone had such a little IQ, why did he think about how to quietly uproot them.
"It's all given by the killer." Wei Yuanyan's answer was straightforward, and looking at her expression, she didn't seem to think there was a problem with this answer.
After listening to this, the minister also understood that Wei Rongyan just saw that there was no proof of his death now, so he came to make it up.
"Wei Rouge! How daring! ”
Li Zhanyong, who suddenly became confident, shouted, "Dare to frame the imperial court officials, and still attract a strong corpse smell to poison the emperor in such a solemn hall, his crime should be punished!" ”
As he spoke, Li Zhanyong approached in the direction of Wei Mingyan, he wanted to see whether the token in Wei Mingyan's hand was real or fake.
But he had only walked a few steps, and Wei Xuan's people stood in front of him and blocked him with their hands.
"Bold! What is your identity, dare to use force against this official in the main hall! ”
With Li Zhanyong shouting, the guards on both sides of the hall instantly drew their swords vigilantly.
At the same time, Wei Xuan's people were also immediately ready to fight with a murderous aura, these people were the Yue Jin peasant soldiers, and they were now one of the main forces of the Wei family's army.
Four years of bloody battlefields, birth and death have completely reborn them, under the background of the original tall and big figure, all of them are more fierce and vicious, the Wei family army led by Yi Lei lined up neatly, protected Wei Xiang, and waited for her to give orders.
The woman who was protected was an outsider, smiling leisurely with a token, calm and relaxed like a passer-by who came to join in the fun.
Guo Tianqiong, who had been watching quietly with few words, coughed, and the eunuch who had followed him for many years shouted intentionally, "Did the emperor let you draw your swords, all retreat!" ”
Hearing the eunuch's words, half of the guards retreated, but the other half stood in place and looked at Li Zhanyong, Li Zhanyong's eyes twitched slightly, and the rest of the guards also retreated.
The current situation is very thorough, it turns out that the power of the courtiers has spread to the palace, no wonder Guo Tianqiong is so worried.
The woman chuckled, her eyes signaled, and Yi Lei and the other Wei Jiajun listened to the order and let them go to the side.
"Lord Li is interested in his own token?" Wei Xuanyan walked up to Li Zhanyong and raised his token swaggeringly and asked.
The target is already close at hand, Li Zhanyong's eyes are slightly cold, and he is thinking about how to get the token in his hand and then quietly destroy it, so many tokens Wei Rong Yan is holding in his hand, and one or two pieces less will not be noticed.
It's just that the plan hasn't been thought of, Wei Rongyan is hand at Li Zhanyong is loss, and said nonchalantly, "Here you go." ”
"This is Lord Zhang, Lord Wu..."
Not only that, Wei Rongyan also sent the blood-stained tokens in his hands to the adults one by one like sending food, and the minister who took the token was confused, what idea was she playing?
"Just show it to you, don't lose it." Wei Wei said with a sly smile.
The ministers suddenly realized that if the things are in their hands, there can be no lack of truth, otherwise it will destroy the evidence, and this girl has really become a treacherous little fox now.
Li Zhanyong, who got the token, carefully checked that it was indeed his own, he thought quickly, made up thousands of reasons how to justify, and finally said, "Your Majesty, this token..."
"The token is fake!" Wei Rou preemptively said loudly.