Zhuang Ji, who was imprisoned in the palace, listened to the narration of his wife and sister Ah Cai, and felt uneasy.

Ah Cai said that more than a month ago, Xiaobu secretly returned to Dongdi to take Zhuang Ji's wife and mother to Yingdu, but they were unwilling to leave their homeland.

Although Xiao Bu did thousands of times of ideological work, they still did not agree in the end, and reluctantly agreed that Ah Cai would accompany Xiao Bu to Yingdu to see Zhuang Ji. What's even worse is that Xiao Bu felt that Zhuang Ji was in danger in Yingdu, and did bring hundreds of Eastern Dijing soldiers, saying that he wanted to prepare to defend General Zhuang Ji.

Zhuang Ji thought to himself, with his attempt to let the king judge the Dongdi soldiers, it was better to admit it first, fight for the initiative, and leave a life. If there is a life, there is an opportunity to conquer the west, and even if you can't go west, you still have the capital to make a comeback. He said to the guards in charge, "I ask to see Princess Jingyin." ”

Princess Jingyin originally did not agree with the detention of Zhuang Ji and Ah Cai by King Qingxiang, but when she heard that Zhuang Ji wanted to see her, she immediately came to the detention place to meet with Zhuang Ji.

Zhuang Ji knelt down to the princess through the fence gate and said, "Princess Jingyin, you have failed your high expectations. Ji didn't know the truth before, and after talking to Ah Cai in detail, he learned that his subordinate Xiaobu had returned to Dongdi without permission and lurked in Yingdu with Dongdi soldiers. Although this matter was not done by Ji himself, he knew that he could not escape the blame, and asked the princess to tell the king, who was willing to bear the guilt and accept the king's arbitrary disposal. ”

When Princess Jingyin heard this, she was surprised. After thinking for a while, he said, "What General Zhuang said is true?" No, no, Princess Ben doesn't believe it. Please also ask the general not to ask for trouble, Chrysostom is not open, if the slightest rumor of this matter is revealed, it will definitely be detrimental to the general. ”

"No, the princess is grateful for the sake of the princess. But the relationship between the princess and the king should not be affected because of the fault of the princess, let alone the relationship between the king and the minister. The state affairs are important, as long as Dr. Jin is sincere for the country, he is willing to admit defeat and bear all the responsibilities with his own life. ”

Princess Jingyin comforted: "General Zhuang doesn't have to blame himself, wait for Princess Ben to take a look at Brother Wang." ”

King Qingxiang personally came to the scene of the interrogation.

He looked at the Dongdi soldiers with their heads drooping, and said on a whim: "Look at the bear-like Dongdi soldiers, it is better to bring Zhuang Ji with them, and let their soldiers be tried on the same stage, the male generals and bear soldiers, it must be fun." ”

Princess Jingyin persuaded: "General Zhuang came to visit Brother Wang from Dongdi in person, and these Dongdi soldiers are secretly lurking. Whether General Zhuang knew about their arrival was still a question mark. One is a guest who personally entered the palace to meet the king, and this group is a group of lawbreakers who quietly infiltrated Yingdu, the two are not the same thing at all, how can they be interrogated together? ”

Jin Shang immediately refuted the princess and agreed with the king: "Only I, the king, are wise." Zhuang Ji ostensibly came to visit the king, but he secretly sent troops to lurk in Yingdu, and he deceived the king in vain, and the crime was extremely evil. He deserves to be tried with his soldiers today, so what's wrong with that? After he said that, seeing that King Qingxiang did not express his position, he regarded the king as acquiescing, raised his voice and shouted, "Take Zhuang Ji-"

The guards brought Zhuang Ji and Ah Cai to the palace hall and made them stand in the front row of the Dongdi soldiers.

King Qingxiang slapped the king case with a short sword in his hand and said, "Zhuang Ji, look up, do you know these people?" ”

Zhuang Ji turned his face and glanced at the Dongdi soldiers standing behind him and said, "Report to the king, these Dongdi soldiers, I don't know any of them. Ask the king to interrogate, if it is a crime, he is willing to bear all the responsibility, only ask the king to let them go, and he will punish himself and apologize. ”

"Okay, this is what you Zhuang Ji said himself." Jin Shang said triumphantly, "In the face of your own soldiers, you dare to boast of such a sea mouth." The old minister bets with you in front of the king, if these Dongdi soldiers are not your Zhuang Ji, the old minister is willing to apologize for his crimes, clear your Zhuang Ji's charges, and clear his name. ”

"Okay, let's start the interrogation of the Lone King in person."

King Qingxiang pointed to the first person on the left opposite side and asked, "You say, who is the general of the Dongdi Army?" Pay attention, if you make a mistake and cut off your head in front of you, the lonely king will never be pitied. ”

The man looked left and right, and he didn't know what to say. Thinking that the king has something to say first, if he is wrong, the head will fall to the ground. He originally wanted to point out that the general was Zhuang Ji, but no one said that this person was a general just now. Hey, that's right, didn't the beggar who pulled himself to be a soldier repeatedly say that the leader was Tian Shifei when he broke up with the beggar? Yes, that's him. So, he confessed: "Report to the king, the little one is named Zhong Yitong, and now he is a glorious soldier of the East. We...... Our generals...... The name is ......."

"The supreme general of your Dongdi soldiers, whose name is Zhuang Ji, is the one who was interrogated by the king just now, standing in front of you. Remembered. Jin Shang looked at Zhong Yitong's stumbling appearance, afraid that he would say the wrong person, so he hurriedly prompted.

Zhuang Ji turned his head to look at Jin Shang and did not speak.

Princess Jingyin accused: "Doctor Jin, is Brother Wang asking you to identify?" Do you want to kill these Easterners? The king has something to say, and if they say the wrong thing about their generals, they will be beheaded. You have to think clearly, if you make a mistake, even if innocent people die, the ghost will not let you go. ”

King Qingxiang urged majestically: "Zhong Yitong, you don't say yes, do you?" There will be ghosts in your heart, pull them down, and cut them off. ”

"Hey, hey, the king is angry, I say, I say." Zhong Yitong began to prepare to say Tian Shifei, who was confessed by the beggar, but after Jin Shang's reminder, and then thinking of the judgment of the king on the person standing in front of him just now, he should be the real general of the Dongdi army, and if he lied, he could live. Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and replied, "Our leader is ...... Be...... It is the man standing in front of us, he is the supreme general of our Dongdi Army, and we all obey his command. ”

"Is that so?" King Qingxiang asked the others.

"Yes, it's him." Several people in the back replied in unison.

But others denied it: "No, we can't wronged good people. Our leader is Tian ...... What is Tian coming from? ”

King Qingxiang said with a murderous face: "Oh, what you said is inconsistent, it seems that there must be fraud in this." I don't want to play a game of cat and mouse with you, come and cut down all the liars, leaving the truth-tellers. ”

Several others shouted: "King, we are telling the truth, the general's surname is Tian...... The person standing in front of us, we haven't seen him since he was born in my mother's womb, and if we talk about him, it's a big lie. ”

King Qingxiang asked in a long voice: "Zhong Yitong, King Gu will give you another chance, if you continue to lie, don't tell the truth, and cut off your head, you are to blame, don't blame King Lone." ”

Zhong Yitong knelt on the ground and kowtowed incessantly: "The king spares his life, the king spares his life." The little one tells the truth and doesn't dare to lie half a word. The small one is ...... But the general of the Dongdi soldiers is indeed Zhuang what, oh, yes, it's Zhuang Ji, Zhuang Ji. ”

King Qingxiang said sharply: "Okay, tie up Zhuang Ji and pull him out." ”

Immediately, four guards rushed out from both sides of the king, pounced on Zhuang Ji, and tied him up.

Qu Yuan hurriedly came to King Qingxiang and said: "The king is above, before the truth is clarified, you can't do this to Zhuang Ji, anyway, he can't run away from the palace, and when the truth is found out, it's not too late to punish him." ”

"Yes, Brother Wang is calm, the Dongdi soldiers hidden in Yingdu, even if they are secretly commanded by Zhuang Ji, they have time to figure it out, and when the facts are conclusive, it will not be too late to arrest Zhuang Ji." Princess Jingyin persuaded.

Jin Shang couldn't hide his smugness, and in order to prompt King Qingxiang to immediately behead Zhuang Ji, he further instigated: "The king is wise." Now the facts are clear, the witnesses are there, and the number of Dongdi soldiers lurking in Yingdu has been arrested, all of which prove that the culprit is Zhuang Ji, what are you waiting for? Zhuang Ji should be pulled out and beheaded! ”

King Qingxiang nodded: "Well, Jin Aiqing said that the heart of the lonely king is on the road." Someone came, pulled Zhuang Ji and these Dongdi soldiers out and beheaded them together, threw the corpses into the wilderness, rewarded the wild wolves, and never buried them. ”

Wu Shixun swarmed up with a hundred guards, tied up Zhuang Ji and the dozen or so Dongdi soldiers, and drove them out of the door with punches and kicks.

Zhong Yitong and a dozen of his people just saw that the king was really moving towards Zhuang, and they felt extremely uncomfortable. But for the sake of his own life, he can only sacrifice this big man he has never met. But he never thought that after confessing to Zhuang Ji, he still couldn't get out, and he wanted to die with him, which was really wrong.

He thought, no matter how he said it, it was death, so it was better to tell the truth and rescue the wronged General Zhuang, which could be regarded as saving people's lives and winning the seventh-level Tufu. Thinking of this, he deliberately squatted on the ground, causing the people behind him to trip under their feet, and their bodies fell forward one after another, forming a stampede, and there was a domino effect.

Zhong Yitong was pressed to the bottom, and he shouted, "Oh, my mother...... Wronged...... I...... Can't die. King Mingjian, we are all natives of Yingdu, we don't want to die......"

After Qu Yuan heard a few words from the locals, he quickly told the king of Qingxiang and said, "King, it's no wonder that they actually said that they are locals of Yingdu. ”

"What?" Hearing this, King Qingxiang interrupted him, tilted his head and asked, "Locals?" Ha ha...... Are you kidding? The lonely kingdom is riddled with affairs, and time is like gold, how can there be time to make such jokes with them? Don't listen to their gibberish, do what you want, pull it out, cut it-"

But something unexpected happened. The other dozen or so fallen "Dongdi soldiers" all knelt down in unison, and said in unison: "The king is angry, we are really all authentic and native-born locals, and we have lived in Yingdu since we were children, how can we be Dongdi soldiers?" ”

"What? Who told you to say that? Do you want to reverse black and white and confuse right and wrong? Let me tell you, if you want to be a Yingdu person, you can't kneel down at once. When Jin Shang heard this, he felt that something was wrong, if he continued to make trouble like this, his old life would be taken on the line. What can I do?