Chapter 55: Reckoning and Commencement
After Feng Yu received the news, after many considerations, he finally sent Zhao Fuxin's Iron Arm Army over, and His Majesty first transmitted the news to the town guard mansion instead of the station of the imperial guard, and the meaning was already obvious.
The black-clothed sergeant is naturally the iron arm army compiled by Zhao Fuxin, and the contrast between the pitch-black military uniform and Bai Xue is even more soothing. This is also Zhao Fu's handwriting, in Zhao Fu's view, it has never been loyalty that restricts the army, but honor.
It will be the honor of every soldier who fights for whom and for what kind of beliefs, they are not cannon fodder on the battlefield, and their death can only be generously sacrificed with lofty spiritual ideas.
Zhao Fu designed such a military uniform, from the coat for keeping out the cold to the close-fitting trousers and handkerchiefs, all of which were specially supplied by the military clothing workshop.
Lin Ji didn't have any doubts about the tragic corpses at the scene, obviously he had received some kind of greetings before coming, and he commanded several of his men to quickly dispose of these corpsesβall of them packed into black cloth bags.
Shi Yiqiu thanked the leader, and under Lin Haoyan's instructions, this time they did not return to the Qin Mansion, and Shi Yiqiu helped Lin Haoyan to return to the palace under the escort of the Iron Arm Army.
An hour later, all the accompanying officials who went north this time, as well as the officials in the northwest, including Zhao Fu, were all recalled to the palace.
No one knew why Lin Haoyan suddenly returned to the palace, and no one understood why Lin Haoyan looked even weaker than before.
But there is no doubt that Lin Haoyan, who has put on the imperial robe again, is even more majestic, even if his face is very pale now, and Shi Yiqiu accompanying him is always easy to misunderstand reverie.
Despite this, many high-ranking officials gathered, but there was no very serious atmosphere in the palace, which was also the style that Lin Haoyan brought up when he attended the court meeting, and the officials knew that their majesty did not care much about the traditional court etiquette, so everyone seemed very casual, gathering together in twos and threes to whisper about what they had seen or heard in the Lan Court or gossip.
Zhao Fu also temporarily suspended his "date" with Qin Zhirou after learning the news, he exchanged glances with Lin Haoyan who was sitting on the throne, and after confirming that there was nothing major, he also pulled Feng Yu and the others to retreat, and found a place with few people to eat the tribute fruit sent from the south.
"General? Is it really okay? Feng Yu was a little worried, there were not many people present who knew that someone had died, he was counted as one.
"It's fine!" Zhao Fu peeled a tribute orange (emperor orange) "This is good, I will bring some to Zhirou later." β
"Little Ancestor, can you stop eating it yet?" Feng Yu was in a hurry, but Xia Yingyang was very calm, and ate the tribute mandarin together, "Eh, it's really delicious, why don't we have it in the north?" β
"You!" Feng Yu was angry, pointed at Xia Yingyang and wanted to scold, but was blocked back by Ma Xiong, Ma Xiong directly stuffed half of the mandarin orange into Feng Yu's mouth, "What are you afraid of, isn't there still a general on top?" We just have to eat. β
Zhao Fu is also accustomed to the scene of the three pinching each other, "Uncle Feng, it's really fine, even if there is something, Your Majesty said it's okay, it's okay." β
"Ahem."
With Lin Haoyan's light cough, the palace slowly quieted down, although the officials still scattered in twos and threes, but everyone stopped talking and began to look at Lin Haoyan.
"General?"
"In!" Zhao is back in the column.
"How's the situation in the Northwest?" Lin Haoyan asked.
"The brother Yishe led by Ahu Yu unified the left and right royal courts, and fought with the northwest generals several times and finally retreated, and this year ......"
ββ¦β¦ I'm not asking you this......" Lin Haoyan was embarrassed.
"Oh, now that the Hu people have all retreated, and the Hu tribe that is friendly with the Lan River is also being absorbed, I believe it will be ...... soon."
"Stop! Not this ...... I ask you how is Lan Ting? β
"Your Majesty, hasn't Lan Ting's military affairs been temporarily handed over to the Imperial Guard?" Zhao Fu replied embarrassedly.
Lin Haoyan looked abrupt: "Look at me, I forgot, is Commander Guo here?" β
A somewhat blessed man ran out of the crowd, "Guo Yuan, the commander of the Imperial Guard, has seen Your Majesty. β
"I ask you, how is Lan Ting's defense?"
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impregnable, even if the Hu people attack the clan, the minister can ensure that Your Majesty and everyone here can get out of the way."
"Very good," Lin Haoyan nodded, "By the way, who are you Guo Hongxu?" β
"This ...... It's my nephew. Guo Yuan didn't understand why His Majesty would mention his nephew's name, could it be that these two met? This is a blessing, although Guo Yuan also knows that his nephew will not go to any serious place, but what is the most important relationship with a man? has drunk wine together, prostituted together, and carried a knife together, if you can have a drink with the young emperor and pat a few sycophants, then maybe you will be straight to the top in the future?
Lin Haoyan stood up and stretched: "I've seen him, as well as Yang Chengguo, Cao Bingjun, Wei Ziming, I've seen them all, which of you are relatives?" β
The ministers felt that something was wrong, but since His Majesty personally named him on such an occasion, it was impossible to conceal it, and a representative from each family knelt down in front of the emperor, hoping that this would not be a major crime.
Lin Haoyan walked in front of them: "It turned out to be a few of your relatives?" I thought it was the illegitimate son of my father, just a few of you, dare not even look at the general? β
These people were also inexplicable, thinking to themselves why didn't they take the general in their eyes? Didn't you give a gift to the Zhao Mansion and the Qin Mansion before? But it was hard to refute, so I had to bury my head deeper.
"Come on, come on, don't kneel, let them come up and tell you themselves." Lin Haoyan waved to the iron arm guarding the door, "Bring these few people who have committed crimes." β
When a person dies, it does not mean that he cannot speak, and sometimes the dead will express the meaning of the intention more clearly than the living, especially the intention to kill.
Four body bags were brought up, and the smell of blood in the palace slowly overshadowed the incense, and the ministers were paralyzed to the ground in fright not long after they stood up.
"This ...... This...... Your Majesty, what is going on? β
"Didn't you hear me clearly? Grand Celebrant, what should I do if I commit the following crimes? β
"It depends on the circumstances, if it is light, you only need to serve the sentence of imprisonment, if it is serious, you can be punished as a capital crime." The Grand Priest replied.
"What about the crime of killing kings?" Lin Haoyan asked.
"This ...... Full, full of slashing. The Grand Priest replied.
"What do you think?" Lin Haoyan lowered his head and asked the ministers.
The men were so frightened that they fell to the ground and did not dare to speak.
"How old are you?"
"Back to ...... Back to Your Majesty, the old minister is 62 years old this year. β
"Since you're over the age of six, let's get old."
"What about you?"
"Your Majesty, the old minister is 48 this year."
"At the age of 48, you dare to call Lao Chen, will you go home?"
"Back!"
"What about the two of you?"
The remaining two looked at each other and hurriedly kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing." β
"Guo Yuan, you send a few people to send them back to their hometown."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Guo Yuan summoned his adjutant and arranged for four teams to escort the ministers and their families home.
"Your Majesty, what do you see?" Guo Yuan asked.
"Guo Yuan, you did a good job." Lin Haoyan smiled, but before Guo Yuan could show a flattering smile on his face, Lin Haoyan's next words made his heart completely cold, "But you, nephew, are really not good." β
"Iron Arm Halberd! Lin Hanyu of the Night Wolf Department! Lin Haoyan called.
"Lin Ji is here." Lin Ji is out of the ranks.
"Arrive, arrive, arrive!" Lin Hanyu didn't know where it came from.
"Kill him." Lin Haoyan ordered lightly.
"Lin Ji commands!" Lin Ji drew his long knife, and the cold sword light pierced the silence of the entire palace, and the hideous sound of unsheath seemed to announce the return of the tyrant to the world.
"Okay." Lin Hanyu has always been very casual, even with the knife, although the speed at which he makes the knife is particularly fast. The next moment, the knife was already on Guo Yuan's neck.
After ordering several high-level officials to tell their old age, no one expected that the next person to use the knife would be Guo Yuan, let alone that it would be a capital crime.
At this time, intercession was indispensable, so a group of people knelt down in the palace. Some of them were friends with Guo Yuan, some thought that this move was inappropriate, and many knelt down with the wind.
"Your Majesty, no! Commander Guo has guarded the Imperial Garden for thirteen years, and there is no merit and hard work, and I ask Your Majesty and Commander Lin to show mercy! It was Yang Guoxiang who stood up to speak, although he was a generation behind, but his friendship with Guo Yuan was not bad.
"Do you think the same way?" Lin Haoyan asked with some disgust.
The crowd didn't dare to raise their heads in response, but still knelt there in unison.
"For the first time, I've noticed that you're still very united." Lin Haoyan sneered. He was not sitting on the throne now, but standing among the courtiers, and he wanted to express his anger, but he had something to fall at hand, so he borrowed a knife from Lin Ji. Under the influence of Zhao Fu, this unique style of single-edged straight knife slowly became popular throughout the country, and the Iron Arm Army was of course equipped with this long knife. A beautiful sword light slashed, and then the knife was already deep in the ground.
"Tell them why they should be killed!"
Lin Hanyu responded with an "oh", then reversed the blade and used the back of the knife to rest on Guo Yuan's neck instead, so that he didn't have to hold the long knife all the time, he only needed to grasp it gently, and then he took out a scroll from his arms with his other hand.
"I'm looking for ...... Oh! See! He once transferred all the imperial guards in the escape case of Yang Hongyan, a death row prisoner; The collapse of the west city wall of Kyoto last year was not due to disrepair, but three years ago, when Guo Yuan was rebuilding the city wall, Guo Yuan embezzled most of the money and replaced the stone bricks with inferior mud bricks; Due to a quarrel, he killed Liang, Ye, and Zhang, who entered and exited the casino together; And several times he bribed someone, someone, and someone, and the bribes were in the form of cultural relics from the previous dynasty, a courtyard in the northwest corner of Kyoto, three Qingqi people from Yichuan Garden, and hundreds of acres of fertile fields outside Xiye Castle......"
It seems that he hasn't finished reading it yet, but Lin Hanyu didn't read it anymore, which means that according to the laws of the current dynasty, it is enough to kill him, of course, he is also very merciful when he reads through it, and he does not reveal the names of those officials who are closely related to Guo Yuan.