A group of people were waiting in the middle hall, and a servant of the house said: "When the master heard that Father-in-law Cao and others were visiting, he asked Father-in-law Cao to wait a while, and allowed the master to change his clothes before meeting the guests." ”

Cao Fu nodded, sat on the Taishi chair in the middle hall, uninvited, and Du Erlang also came over and sat next to him. After waiting for a while, sure enough, Yang Gong came to the middle hall, and he said: "You have visited overnight, and you have lost your welcome and rudeness. ”

"Where, where." Cao Fudao.

Yang Gong had changed into a brand new robe, the lining was spotless, the boots were also new, and he was wearing a square scarf, and his clothes were very neat.

At this time, the sergeant of the brocade guard came up with a wooden box, opened it, and placed a pot of wine and a cup on the wooden plate. Cao Fu said to Lian who was standing next to him: "This is Yang Gong, the father of Yang Ji." If he wants to see you, give him a glass of wine, and don't be rude. ”

Lian felt that things were a little strange, but the atmosphere was very relaxed and polite, and he didn't know what was going on for a while. She was reluctant, hesitated slightly, and her eyes showed resentment.

However, Cao Fu nodded to her, this eunuch can go to heaven and lead people to see the emperor directly; Lian used to beg his father to tell him milk, but he couldn't get the help of even one official. Lian had to be patient, lifted the wine jug and poured a glass of wine, and then sent it to Yang Gong without saying anything.

Yang Gong stretched out his hand and picked it up, but didn't look at Lian Shi for a moment, just looked at the night sky outside the door. He showed a sad expression and expressed a sentence: "The world is like a dream." ”

He then asked Cao Fu, "Does the King of Han have anything to say?" ”

Cao Fu smiled when he heard this title, nodded and said, "The emperor Chrysostom said that Yang Gong died for my eldest brother, which is respectable. In addition to those in Beijing, relatives, teachers, students, friends, and people from the same county and village in their hometowns were all pardoned, and the matter ended here. The Yang Guild was sent back to his hometown for burial. ”

Yang Gong nodded, raised his head and poured down a large glass of wine. After a while, blood soaked from his mouth, and he suddenly vomited and spat out a large mouthful of blood. His eyes widened, and blood was pouring from his eyes and nose! "Bang", the cup fell to the ground.

Lian's eyes were wide open, his hands and feet were trembling, and he hurriedly took two steps back.

When she turned around, she saw Cao Fu and Du Erlang standing behind her, facing Yang Gong with fists and bowing. Probably because there is a cloud of "Yang Gong's death festival makes people respect" in the emperor's words.

Soon there were screams and shouts from the north, and Lian's mind went blank, and he withdrew from the central hall.

At this time, several men were held down, and some were running, but they were soon cut to the ground by the brocade guard. The smell of blood quickly filled the air. Lian's mouth was wide open, but he couldn't make a sound at all.

"Wangwang......" There was a leashed dog barking, which brought her back to her senses a little.

"Bang!" With a sound of strings, an arrow burst through the air, shooting the dog through and whimpering in a pool of blood. Then a sergeant took a knife and stabbed the bird in the cage under the eaves, and the bloodstained feathers floated down the cage.

There was a bright light behind the nave, which seemed to be on fire.

Cao Fu picked up a single knife from the ground, stuffed it into Lian's hand, and said, "Your late husband was beaten to death by a group of people, and these family members have a share, kill them!" ”

Lian shook his head desperately, trying to escape, but his arm was grabbed by Cao Fu. She glared at the eunuch next to her, obviously a smiling and amiable person, but suddenly she wanted to change into a different person, and her eyes made people shudder.

Cao Fu grabbed her hand and moved the knife closer to the man's chest. Lian struggled hurriedly, and shook off the knife with a "bell". Cao Fu also gave up and stretched out his hand to beckon. At this time, several sergeants rushed forward, some stabbed those men violently, and some raised a knife with both hands and slashed at the neck of a man with a "click", and suddenly a stream of blood rushed out. Lian Shi felt a heat on his face, and looked down to see that blood had been splashed on his chest.

There was also a guy who was stabbed in the stomach and screamed loudly there. Lian Shi looked at that scene, opened her mouth to retch, her heart trembled, and she almost fainted, today's scene was simply out of her imagination.

Some sergeants lit firewood under the eaves with torches, and some lit arrows wrapped in oilcloth and fired arrows at the roofs. The surrounding area was filled with smoke, corpses were strewn and bloody, like hell.

Then everyone exited the gate one after another, and then closed the courtyard door. Everyone stood outside and watched the fire for a while, and Cao Fu said: "Send someone to Shangyuan County to report to the official, and the county official has sent someone to put out the fire." ”

At this moment, the military general named Du Erlang said: "It's not easy to book a seat in Liyuan, Gonggong Cao can find me if he wants to go one day." ”

Cao Fu said: "Okay, thank you first...... Has General Du killed people before? ”

Du Erlang said: "Abolished princelings, I led people to kill a few of them. ”

"Are you afraid?" Cao Fu asked.

Du Erlang said: "I'm not afraid, and I don't have to be responsible, they deserve to die." At first, I was very unaccustomed to it, I couldn't sleep at night, I always felt that there were ghosts, but then I got used to it. ”

Cao Fu nodded and repeated: "Killing people is most afraid of being responsible." He added, "After the emperor ascended the throne, not many people died. In the early years of Yongle, our family followed our emperor. ”

Du Erlang said: "Gonggong Cao will go back first, I have to stay to deal with the aftermath." ”

Cao Fu said yes, took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Lian: "Wipe it." ”

Lian Shi was dumbfounded, and he didn't say anything, and then looked at Cao Fu with blank eyes. Cao Fu pointed to his face, "I wiped the blood, and it dried up in a while." ”

Lian took the handkerchief in a daze, and there were many blood stains on her clothes.

The two men got into the carriage, and the groom began to hurry, and some of his attendants mounted their horses and followed. Night falls, but it's not too late. Cao Fu and Lian returned to the palace and went to the Rouyi Palace.

Cao Fu's words were: This kind of thing, the emperor may wait for the result on the same day.

The lights in the Rouyi Hall were still on, and the emperor had not left yet. Cao Fu and the others entered and bowed to Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting on a chair.

Zhu Gaoxu's gaze stayed on Lian's bloody clothes for a while, telling them to excuse themselves.

Cao Fu got up and said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, everything is done." General Du is still dealing with the aftermath on the spot, and early tomorrow morning, Jinyiwei should pass through the General Administration Department to play the chapter. Due to the impeachment of many courtiers, Yang Gong was afraid of the crime and burned himself to death. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "Very good." With that, he got up from his chair and closed the file in front of him. He walked under the table and stood in front of Lien.

Lian was a little at a loss, and looked up at Zhu Gaoxu pitifully.

"Has the hatred been resolved?" Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Don't you need to avenge your grievances anymore?" ”

Lian shook his head and said in a trembling voice: "The slave family doesn't know." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Yang Ji has a murder case, and he should be openly interrogated by Tianfu, and then dealt with according to the law of Daming, you can go and see it." However, if you want to go to the vegetable market to see the beheading, you have to wait for a while, and the death sentence of the official procedure must be reviewed by the Criminal Department. The plots are all dealt with in a righteous and bright manner. In this way, it is also good to let the world know how bad the party of the abolished prince was during the period when the law was in power, how bad his henchmen were, and how dark and dark the government was. ”

Lian "plopped" and knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you for your grace and revenge for the slave family." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I said, in principle, I have no kindness to you. But the person you hate is certainly not me. ”

He made a false gesture: "Get up." "I didn't even touch Lian at all.

Lian thanked him again.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a moment, "You don't need to repay the favor. You can go home, let go of your old grievances, and live a good life. ”

"Where are you going?" Lian blurted out.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "It's all right." ”

He didn't go out the door, but paced two steps slowly, "You seem to have been locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department for a while, do you still have any money when you come out?" What do you depend on? ”

Lian said: "My husband's family used to be in Beijing, and the slave family had a good friend in the boudoir, so he put the coil in her. After I got out of the cell, I asked her for some money to make ends meet. ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the old clothes on her body, "It seems that I can't get them all back." ”

Lian glanced at Zhu Gaoxu in surprise, and suddenly felt that his eyes were bright.

Zhu Gaoxu said to Cao Fu: "Compensate Lian's for a new dress, no matter where you go or stay, don't embarrass her." ”

Cao Fu bowed and said: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the palace gate, and the palace people standing outside also followed.

"Congratulations to the Emperor." Cao Fu stood in place and bent over. When the emperor's figure disappeared, Cao Fu straightened up and turned his head to look at Lian, "It's already dark, let's arrange a place for you to live first." ”

Lian said: "Thank you Gonggong Cao." ”

"Let's go." Cao Fu walked outside first, and after a while, he said without looking back, "How many women want to be blessed by the emperor, but you are blessed by misfortune." ”

Lian said in a low voice: "If it weren't for the unfortunate tragedy at home, there would be nothing now." Then she muttered, "Before her husband died, she said she didn't want ......to leave as soon as she woke up," she said a little choked up here, "That Yang Ji, who said that her husband deserved to die in vain, where did he deserve it, and his life was not as good as one of his roosters?" I couldn't swallow that breath in my heart. ”

Cao Fu said: "Now? ”

Lian thought for a moment and said, "It's empty." Seeing that the Yang family was so miserable, they didn't even let go of a bird. Yang Ji couldn't seem to be complacent anymore. ”

Cao Fu said kindly, "When our family says to them, 'chickens and dogs don't stay', it doesn't mean to kill chickens and dogs, why do you think our family can't get along with a dog?" But those martial artists are rectums. By the way, if you stay in Beijing, you won't see Yang Ji beheaded. ”

Lian said: "I don't want to see it." Why have I been so far? ”

Cao Fu seemed unable to answer.

Lian Shi turned his head and said: "Gonggong Cao asked me to do some laundry and cleaning work, the slave family has understood in the past few years that he has no ability, and he is afraid that he can only repay the saint by doing rough benzene work." ”

Cao Fu smiled: "You have this heart, our family didn't greet you in vain." ”