Yuan Gao couldn't stay calm anymore, knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy: "Don't, Your Majesty!" You can do whatever you want to do with the old minister, please let go of the old minister's heirs no matter what, they are innocent! ”

Zhao Junsheng said coldly: "I have given you a chance, but you are in a high position, but you don't want to use the power in your hands to do more good things for the people, do practical things, and accumulate more yin virtues for your children and grandchildren, but you only think about using power to seek personal benefits for yourself and future generations!" You have sent yourself to hell for them, and I will let them never enjoy the ill-gotten wealth you have accumulated for them, and let your life's work go to waste! ”

Yuan Gao kept kowtowing, "The old minister knows that he is wrong, the old minister deserves to die, the children are innocent, the crime committed by the old minister is not a heinous crime, Your Majesty can't harm the old minister's family!" ”

At this time, the jailer walked in with a food box, and Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Find a table and put it!" ”

Outside, two jailers brought a small table and two small horses, and placed food and wine and chopsticks on the small table, and then stepped aside.

Zhao Junsheng sat on one of the ponies, pointed to the small horse on the opposite side and said to Yuan Gao, "Sit down!" ”

Yuan Gao slowly got up, and staggered to the table with a heavy iron chain and sat on the pony on the opposite side.

Zhao Junsheng poured wine into the wine cup in front of Yuan Gao, "Except begging for mercy, don't you have anything else to say to me?" What you've done over the years, I actually know it all right, if we weren't relatives, you would have died ten times or eight times! ”

Yuan Gao seemed to know that it was useless to beg for mercy at this time, he suddenly changed his face and sneered: "Things have come to this point, the old man has nothing to say, you came here just to humiliate the old man!" The old man told you that Mulan is a loving child, she won't let the old man's uncle do anything, if you want to kill the old man, you should go to Mulan first! ”

Zhao Junsheng picked up the wine jug and brought himself a glass of wine, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, he put down the wine glass and said: "For your business, Mulan did quarrel with me, and even my old mother-in-law, who doesn't go out much on weekdays, went out to the palace for several days in a row to block me!" However, I tell you that the Hua Yuan clan has been stripped of her title by me, and Mulan has also been beaten into the cold palace by me, and this is the price they paid to protect you! Don't say it's you, even if my own son makes a mistake, I will never show favoritism, if even the royal law doesn't work in this world, how long can the people expect the world to be stable?

I, my brothers, and the martyrs who gave their blood and lives have fought for the people of the world to create a peaceful and prosperous era, and no one will be allowed to destroy it! Now, no one can save you! Come on, bring pen, ink, paper, inkstone! ”

After a while, a jailer brought the four treasures of the study.

Zhao Junsheng said: "These are written for you to write a letter of repentance, if you don't write it, you can't write it well, it's not deep enough, it's not enough to warn future generations, so that I'm not satisfied, I will kill your three clans, if it's written deep enough, it can warn future generations, and I can make me satisfied, I will leave them with a life, what to do, you choose!" ”

When Zhao Junsheng returned to the palace, his son Zhao Ping was persuading Mulan, Mulan was sobbing and crying silently, it was obvious that she had been able to know the results of the investigation and verification, she really couldn't accept that her uncle would be such a big silverfish and traitor who dug the corners of the big dry wall, is this still her uncle? Why did he become like this?

Zhao Junsheng walked over and sat down next to Mulan, turned his head to look at Zhao Ping and Wan Yutong on the side, Zhao Ping was very sad and nodded slightly.

Zhao Junsheng took Mulan's hand and said in person: "Mulan, I know you are very sad and sad, this matter is actually my fault, in fact, I found out that something was wrong with my uncle very early, but thinking of the relationship between the two families, I didn't send someone to investigate, but I didn't expect him to get worse, if I had sent someone to check him earlier, I wouldn't have let him do so many evil things, although he was at fault at that time, he was still saved, I'm sorry for you!" ”

Zhao Ping couldn't help but say: "Auntie, according to my son, it's not that our family is sorry for him, it's that he is sorry for our family, and he is to blame for all this!" His father thought of his relatives to give him an official, and he kept promoting him, not only did he not know how to be grateful and loyal, but he also had a bad heart, and wanted to spoil our country, what is the use of such a relative? ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head and scolded: "Ping'er, shut up!" How did you speak, didn't you see that A-Niang was sad? I don't need you here, you can go back first! ”

Zhao Ping wanted to speak and stopped, but when he saw Zhao Junsheng's warning eyes, he had no choice but to give his hand: "No!" ”

After Zhao Ping left, Wan Yutong walked to Hua Mulan and patted her on the back gently, she asked Zhao Junsheng: "Although my uncle made a mistake, he is still my sister's uncle after all, no matter how wrong I am with my sister, it is also a blood-dissolved relationship with my sister, what are you going to do with my uncle?" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at Hua Mulan, sighed and shook his head: "There is no room for turning around in this matter, it can only be dealt with according to the law, otherwise, once the opening is opened, the law of Daqian will be equivalent to a fictitious, and in the future, if other imperial relatives, ministers and generals commit crimes, there will still be other people who intercede, they will talk about this matter, some things have the first time and the second time, and they can't close the door when they open the mouth, I can't do the thing of self-destruction of the Great Wall!" ”

Wan Yutong said: "It's too serious for you to say that, it's nothing more than a grace to let him live, why is it involved in the self-destruction of the Great Wall?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said angrily: "You, what a woman's opinion!" The law is one of the most important weapons for maintaining the stability of the society and society, the more it is valued by the rulers and the executors, the stronger the enforcement, and the more stable the social order will be. And the higher the status, the greater the destruction of the law, and if I spare his life today, I will be digging a grave for myself and all of you, you see?

What do you think would happen to a family if there was no family law? If there is no respect for the old and love for the young, if the children do not support their parents, if the wife is not faithful to her husband, if the husband does not love his wife, if the parents do not love the children, can the family still be a family? Take the family as an example, and then talk about a dynasty, the principle is actually the same, anything without rules will not be a circle, and if the rules are broken, it will be chaotic! ”

Mulan cried and said: "I understand everything you said, I understand everything, Mulan is not an unreasonable person, but once the punishment is executed on her relatives, this feeling is completely different!" Brother Junsheng, Mulan never asks for help, this time Mulan begs you, as long as you can save your uncle's life, even if you confiscate his family property, send him 3,000 miles, or be imprisoned for life, whatever! Can you think of a way to show the strength of the law and save his life? With that, he knelt down.

Zhao Junsheng was shocked, and hurriedly helped Hua Mulan, "Mulan, don't be like this, get up first, okay?" Okay, okay, I promise you to find a way, but you have to give me time, what can I think of in this hurry? ”

"Really?"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Really, I promised you to find a way, but we can't do too obvious partiality, once it is unfair, it will damage the prestige of the royal family, so we must think of a feasible way!" ”

Three days later, Zhao Junsheng announced that Zhao Ping would meet him.

"Ping'er, how long will it take for you to complete the verification of that case?"

Zhao Ping calculated and replied: "Back to my father, it will take about seven or eight days to fully verify and verify!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said, "Okay, you can send the chapter that closed the case!" ”

"No!"

At this moment, a eunuch walked in quickly and reported: "Your Majesty, the warden of the Heavenly Prison Fang Wen asks to see you!" ”

Zhao Junsheng remembered that he had arranged for Fang Wen to hand over the letter of repentance written by Zou Ruhai and others, and he raised his hand: "Announce his audience!" ”

"No!"

After a while, Fang Wen walked in sweating profusely and saluted cautiously: "Minister Fang Wen see Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Fang Wen, why did you come to see me so early?" Have all three of them finished writing their confessions? ”

Fang Wen replied: "Yes, the three of them have finished writing, and the ministers have brought all of them, but this morning······ When the jailer went to bring them food this morning, he found that Yuan Gao had already ······ I've already committed suicide in fear of sin! ”

"What?" Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but stand up, "Committed suicide in fear of sin?" What do you eat? What do those jailers eat? How can a prisoner be given the opportunity to commit suicide? You are derelict in your duties, come and drag him down to death! ”

Fang Wen was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy loudly: "Your Majesty, spare your life, spare your life!" ”

Zhao Ping hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Father is angry, this person doesn't want to live anymore, and others can't look at it no matter what!" I can save it the first time, but I can't save it the second time! ”

Zhao Junsheng groaned and waved his hand to a few armorers who had already controlled Fang Wen, and the armorers retreated with their fists clenched.

Zhao Junsheng stared at Fang Wen and asked, "I ask you, how did Yuan Gao commit suicide?" What kind of tools are used? ”

Fang Wen hurriedly replied: "It's a belt, he hung himself with his belt hanging on the vertical and horizontal strips of the window!" ”

Zhao Junsheng and Zhao Ping didn't speak for a while, but Zhao Junsheng came back to his senses first and asked Fang Wen, "What about the three of them's letters of repentance?" ”

"Here!" Fang Wen hurriedly took out a stack of papers and handed it over.

Zhao Junsheng took it and sat down to read it carefully, it took him a full moment to read the three letters of repentance.

After pondering for a while, he replied: "You go back first, this time you must send someone to take care of Zou Ruhai and Pan Changan, and you must not let them have an accident again, if something happens again, I will only ask you!" ”

"Yes, yes, when the minister returns, he will definitely send someone to stand guard for twelve hours a day, and never let them have a chance to commit suicide!"

"Go ahead!"

"Retire!"

"Come on, go to Xuan Peijin, Dongfang Chen, Lu Xuan and others to meet you!"