Chapter 552: Beheading for public display
After the abdication edict was read, at the suggestion of Qianqiu, the eunuch also walked around in front of the hundred officials with the edict to make sure that everyone saw the handwriting on it and the big seal it was stamped, and then sent the edict back to Qianqiu.
At this time, he showed sarcasm on his face, and said to the officials who were still whispering: "How? Can you believe me now? ”
Some of the officials who were afraid of Qianqiu's Tianshui Pavilion and did not dare to make a mistake immediately knelt down to show loyalty, but the other part of the righteous officials still expressed their resolute opposition to this matter, and the representatives of them also boldly stood up, pointed to the smirking Qianqiu, and said:
"You hid your identity, deceived the trust of Your Majesty and others, and plotted a rebellion, and now you dare to take out the edict of abdication to confuse the public? The people in Tianshui Pavilion are all traitors, as the pavilion master, you are naturally not a problem, and even if Your Majesty wants to abdicate and make way for Xian, it will never be your turn, but it should be taken over by Xiao Chumo, the regent who is outstanding in virtue and talent, brave and good at fighting, what are you? ”
Under his ridicule, several other officials also stood up one after another, pointing at Qianqiu and scolding Huai, and under the emotion, they didn't care about the fierceness of their words, and they didn't even feel the danger behind them......
Sitting in the position of the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, it seemed that no matter how insulting the opponents were, he was smiling, and there was no anger on his face, so he dragged his chin to his cheeks, and watched with great interest the restlessness of the officials below who divided the two factions, as if he was not in the middle at all, but just an audience member in charge of watching the play.
At this time, some of the opponents stood up and questioned Qianqiu: "We will never agree to assist you, unless we die, we will not recognize you as the new emperor of this country......"
At this point, the official who was just right Ling Ran suddenly "snorted", and then he was speechless, just when the other officials were puzzled and turned their heads to look at him, they found that at this time, a sharp sword was inserted in his chest, almost gushing out along his wound, and he also stared wide-eyed, fell to the ground in panic, and died.
After seeing this scene, the other officials were completely panicked, everyone screamed, and subconsciously stayed away from the man's corpse, as if they were afraid that his blood would stain their clothes, but just now they were still opposing Qianqiu, but at this time, they were silent, and no one dared to act as a pioneer and stand up to be the first bird.
However, Qianqiu only smiled faintly, his eyes skimmed over the corpse lying in a pool of blood, which had no breath for a long time, shrugged his shoulders, and sneered: "Don't panic, although I am not from a famous noble family, but I will not kill casually, only because this person said that he would kill him, can I be recognized, then I can only endure the pain of love, you Aiqing, I don't know if there are any of you who want to say such things?" My new imperial guards will definitely satisfy you one by one. ”
Following Qianqiu's line of sight, these powerless civil officials looked at the man standing with the corpse of the dead official, five big and three thick, with dark skin, and there seemed to be no emotion in his eyes, not so much a royal guard, but a cold-blooded killer who killed without blinking, and even killed a person with his own hands just now, and there was no reaction on his indifferent face.
The officials could see that the reason why Qianqiu was sitting there with a smile on his face and not moving was not because he was not angry at their abuse, but because he had been prepared for it for a long time, and there was no need for him to do it himself, someone would help solve the officials who opposed him, so why did he have to stain blood with his own hands?
Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't dare to be as presumptuous as just now, but the silence did not make Qianqiu let them go, he took out another piece of paper, on which were the names of several officials, these people were usually close to Xiao Chumo, or people who were quite powerful in the court, waved the paper in his hand, Qianqiu sneered and continued:
"It's a pity that my naturally cautious nature doesn't allow me to leave too many dangers around, so the people on this piece of paper will be beheaded in the street tomorrow as an example, and I plan to use your blood to remind other people who disobey me, and make an example of you, so that it will not be in vain for you to come to this world."
The white paper was thrown down casually, and the officials who were timid and afraid of death immediately ran forward, as if they were eager to confirm whether their names were on the paper, and when they did not find out, they were lucky enough to laugh, while the other few unfortunate "chosen" people were dragged out of the court by the well-trained imperial guards in the midst of crying and begging for mercy, which could not help but make the people who saw it tremble.
Then Qianqiu waved his hand, smiled coldly in front of the rest of the people, and announced: "I declare that from today onwards, this country will no longer have the surname Mo, but follow my surname, and if anyone dares to be disloyal and disrespectful to me in the future, then they will be charged with the same crimes as these people today, and they will not be spared in the street!" ”
"Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers will definitely do their best to assist Your Majesty, and they dare not have two hearts." Everyone fell to the ground on their knees, bowed their heads to Qianqiu, and did not dare to be presumptuous.
Even though deep in their hearts, the spirit of justice has not been extinguished, but now that they have military power, they can also control the people of Tianshui Pavilion at will, it is Qianqiu who kills people without blinking, if they want to live, they must listen to him, otherwise the end will be very miserable, and in their opinion, saving their lives now is the most important thing.
Since Qianqiu officially succeeded to the throne, he ordered the people of Tianshui Pavilion to use the banner of arresting the traitorous party, rape, prostitution and plunder, and murder like hemp, even those poor people who can only work in the field and can't even hold a sword, the people of Tianshui Pavilion will not let go, and they will abuse and slaughter in order to enjoy themselves.
The common people immediately complained bitterly, and they begged the officials to make the decision for them and let the murderer pay for his life, but now they themselves are unable to protect themselves, how can they bother to pay attention to the people? After all, in today's country, as long as the word "Tianshui Pavilion" is reported, it is like being able to obtain privileges, even if you kill people, you don't need to go to jail, and Qianqiu will naturally not punish them, and today's country has become a hell on earth.
Due to Qianqiu's success in seizing the throne, the dungeon where the arms were hidden before also showed signs of lax guarding and loosening, Xiao Chumo and Yu Panxi both sensed that something was wrong, but Yu Panxi didn't have time to think deeply, she was only concerned about Xiao Douding, for fear that he would be brought here.
"Lord, princess, Ling Feng has come to save you." While the dungeon guards were loose, Ling Feng came quietly and said to the two of them who had been imprisoned for many days.
"Ling Feng, why are you here? If someone finds out, I'm afraid that even your identity will be revealed. Xiao Chumo frowned, as if he was complaining that Ling Feng was too bold, even if he didn't dislike Xiao Chumo and Yu Panxi, who were in trouble now, and were willing to risk their lives to rescue them, but in Xiao Chumo's opinion, this was definitely not a good strategy.