Chapter 303: No Forgiveness for Killing

Wang Jing

The Great Hall of the Forbidden City

When Grandpa Sun was led into the main hall by the little eunuch on duty, he already felt that there was a trace of slaughter in this cold and empty hall that he had never seen before.

On both sides of the hall were neatly lined up with two teams of the Southern Army's inner court guards, one by one holding the golden knife at their waists, staring at the void in front of them expressionlessly.

Even, even this little eunuch who led the way in front, he didn't know his name,

There is no reason not to know about the newcomer in the inner palace.

"The old slave greets His Highness Chitose."

King Yong on the imperial case didn't raise his eyes, as if he was writing something with the jade pole Qinghao in his hand, but just raised his hand faintly to the front, "Get up, what I asked you to check, how is the investigation?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, I already have some eyebrows in the lower parts."

Father-in-law Sun took out the confession that had been prepared by Xiao Luzi from his cuff very quickly, and then respectfully handed it to the little internal official holding a jade tray with a red background beside him.

The little insider respectfully handed a fold given to him by Grandpa Sun to King Yong's bookcase,

But

King Yong didn't seem to have the intention of picking it up and reading it, and he still kept writing on the imperial case.

Maybe Gonggong Sun also felt that such an atmosphere was too weird, so he broke the dead silence and said: "Your Highness, the old slave has already found out that in the Northern Army Prison that day, I went to see Zheng Jingyun and the two officials of the Southern Army in front of the original master of ceremonies, which are the official of the Ministry of Officials, Shangshu Zhu Yanhai!"

And according to the confession of the little eunuch who stole the talisman, not only Li Jin, the former celebrant and eunuch, but also Zhu Yanhai, the secretary of the ministry, also participated in the case of the private connivance of the imperial concubine that day. ”

After Gonggong Sun finished speaking, King Yong still didn't mean to say a word, and the cold air in the hall seemed to be solidified because of this.

After about a while, Sun Gonggong saw that the pen in King Yong's hand finally stopped.

"My memory is not very good, when did you enter the Yongwang Mansion?"

King Yong raised his eyes, supported his pale face, looked at Gonggong Sun who was standing in front of the imperial case, and said such a sentence without beginning or end.

Gonggong Sun was also a little stunned by this sudden sentence, he said a lot of facts related to the case before, why did King Yong suddenly reminisce about the past today?

He paused for a moment before replying: "Lord Wang, I entered the palace at the age of nine, and it has been twenty or three years since I received the grace of the prince and the palace reconstruction. ”

"Oh, before you know it, it's been so long."

This King Yong seems to be really like what Sun Gonggong thinks today, and suddenly became interested in some old things, and continued to say to himself: "Yes, it's been a long time, I remember that when I was young, you often let me ride on your neck to play, and I was scolded by my father for this." ”

"It's all from the past, and it's also the duty of an old slave." King Yong's words were like an invisible blade of time, which cut open the brocade rope of the memory bag in Grandpa Sun's mind at once, and scattered all the new and old colorful things inside.

"I still remember when I was a child, you were very protective of me, my mother was strict with me, and I couldn't memorize the four books and five classics every day, and if I was a little negligent, I would be punished for copying those books that were taller than me.

King Yong was talking and reminiscing, and at the same time grabbed the seal letter in the corner of the imperial case with one hand, as if he had printed it heavily on what he had just written, and then habitually used his mouth to gently dry the ink.

Speaking of these memories, Grandpa Sun is also very touched, after all, King Yong has been hugged by him since he was a child.

"The old slave is also worried that the princess and Mr. are too strict with His Royal Highness, which will ruin your body. Hey, it's in the past, how did Your Highness remember to talk to the old slave about this today. ”

After King Yong finished the action in his hand, he returned his gaze to Grandpa Sun.

And Gonggong Sun was still immersed in the memories of a lot of feelings at this time, and he was smiling and bowing his head, so he couldn't see the ...... in the eyes of King Yong in time That kind of cold.

"When I was a child, I watched the people coming and going around my father, and I always wondered, why did the twenty-Chinese New Year's Eve years of getting along sometimes still not be exchanged for a sincere loyalty? But as I grew older, I realized that it was easy to change a faithful heart, but the hard thing was to keep a loyal one. Because people always change. ”

King Yong's sudden change of words seemed to turn into an invisible giant hand, pulling a thick and rough hemp rope in his hand, and he helped Sun Gonggong tie the memory bag that was open just now, and then pulled him out of his memories mercilessly.

"Your Highness......"

"I'll give you one last chance to tell me what the case of the imperial concubine is all about."

In King Yong's words, there was no trace of temperature.

At this time, it was obvious that King Yong already knew everything, knelt down and admitted his mistake and said that he was blinded by lard for a while, and he was greedy for the position of the palm print of the celebrant eunuch, so he made this decision, let the prince spare himself to die, maybe he could still ask for a way to live,

But this grandfather Sun, who has dealt with the palace and King Yong for half his life, doesn't know if he didn't figure it out for a while or if there is something else unspeakable, but instead "pounced" on his knees on the ground, and resolutely bit to death: "Your Highness!" What the old slave said just now is true! If you don't believe it, you can call the commander of the Northern Army Liu in, of course, to confront him, the old slave didn't say a word! ”

Commander Liu, how can there be Commander Liu? Commander Liu had now put three steel knives around his neck and kept them out of the main hall.

Gao Cixiang shook his head,

Obviously, he was very disappointed with Grandpa Sun's answer!

He waved his hand outside the hall, and Gonggong Sun, who was kneeling on the stone floor tiles, saw that Zhu Yanhai, the official of the Ministry of Shangshu who had just been guilty of a big crime in his mouth, was walking in with a team of inner court guards escorting a small internal official,

And this little internal official is also the little Lu Zi who confessed as Sun Gonggong said.

"Chen Zhu Yanhai, see Your Highness, the witness has been brought, please send your Highness to the whereabouts."

"This ...... This is! ”

Grandpa Sun's eyes widened, his eyes were full of something called terrification, and he couldn't say a word when he looked at Zhu Yanhai and Xiao Luzi.

"Take-sama, let's talk about it."

Zhu Yanhai took a step forward, glanced coldly at Gonggong Sun, who was already as pale as earth, and arched his hand: "Back to Your Highness, the case of the imperial concubine was actually planned by Liu Biao, the commander of the Northern Army, and Zhu Qingyi, the daughter of Zhu Zongchen, the left attendant of the ministry, for the purpose of assisting the imperial concubine Sun to sneak away from Shanxi. And Sun Gonggong took advantage of the topic to use this incident to unjustly kill Li Jin, the eunuch of the former celebrant and the eunuch of the seal, and also colluded with the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, Zhu Zongchen, intending to lead the disaster to the minister's body, in order to achieve their ulterior purpose. ”

"People, have you caught them?"

"The commander of the Northern Army, Liu Biao, and Zhu Qingyi, the daughter of Zhu Zongchen, have been arrested, but Zhu Zongchen, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and his son Zhu Jiyun took advantage of the chaos to escape."

After hearing this, King Yong glanced at Zhu Yanhai without a trace, and a trace of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

subsequently

He pointed at Xiao Lu Zi behind Zhu Yanhai,

"Zou Qing, is what Lord Zhu said the truth?"

Zou Qing? Isn't this internal official called Xiao Luzi?

This question didn't linger in Zhu Yanhai's mind for too long, and it already made him feel that his back was soaked with cold sweat, like a needle on his back.

Not only him, but even Grandpa Sun, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at Xiao Lu Zi, who stepped forward step by step...... No, Zou Qing also felt a tingling on his scalp, as if above this cold and empty hall, there was a pair of breathtaking ghost eyes, staring at them all the time, looking at them, making each of their hairs stand upright and shivering,

The answer is obvious, King Yong has long known that this so-called Xiao Luzi, or from the beginning, Liu Biao, Zheng Jingyun, Zhu Qingyi, Sun Gonggong himself and even Zhu Yanhai are just a black and white child on his high and benevolent chessboard.

At this moment, Gonggong Sun suddenly remembered what he said to himself when he killed Li Jin in the black prison that day:

"It's been more than ten years, and you haven't grown at all, King Yong, it's never something you and I can figure out."

The man named Zou Qing stepped forward and knelt down towards King Yong, "Your Highness, everything Lord Zhu said is the truth. ”

"Okay."

King Yong's pale face suddenly showed an extremely abrupt smile, "It seems that my courtiers of Great Xia are also loyal and brave people who are dedicated to the country and kill their relatives in righteousness, isn't it, Lord Zhu?" ”

Zhu Yanhai didn't dare to slack off, knelt deeply on the ground, and responded with a slightly trembling voice, "Yes",

I have palpitations

For Takehikohai, who has been in and out of this hall for most of his life, this feeling is the first time he has experienced it here.

"Alright."

King Yong rolled up the edict on the flat floor of the imperial case with his hand, which seemed to be the one he had just written, and then threw it on the ground in front of the imperial case, looked at Gonggong Sun who collapsed on the ground and said:

"It seems that the edict I just wrote only needs to be given to you alone, so help me announce it again at the end."

Father-in-law Sun, who was already sweating profusely, didn't even have the strength to stand up now, where could he pick up the edict that was thrown on the ground and read it aloud as King Yong said?

But

King Yong's next words, which were also cold to the bone marrow, magically injected the last trace of strength into Sun Gonggong,

"Such a disgraceful thing, do you still want this king to implicate your nine clans?"

A short sentence, like a sword and a halberd, easily pierced Grandpa Sun's chest, and pierced the heart that failed to fully show his loyalty.

Such a heart-wrenching remark made Gonggong Sun climb even if he had to climb step by step to the side of the paper edict, and his violently trembling hands slowly opened, echoing word by word in the empty and cold hall,

"Liu Biao, the commander of the Northern Army, Zheng Jingyun, the deputy commander, Zhu Zongchen, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, his daughter Zhu Qingyi, his son Zhu Jiyun, and Sun Jian, the eunuch in charge of the Yongwang Mansion, will be killed!"