Chapter 6: The Scapegoat
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the old minister is late!"
"Imperial Doctor, Imperial Doctor, go up and take the pulse of the emperor!"
"Your Majesty, you have finally woken up, the capital has fallen, the imperial tomb has been dug up, and the government and the opposition are shaking when the emperor is needed to lead the overall situation, the emperor can't fall!"
The rows of well-dressed ministers around him, and the imperial doctor in front of him who was checking his pulse, made Yang Su understand that he had really become Emperor Chongzhen, and now he was no longer the sword immortal Yang Su, he was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
"Where is Wang Chengen?" Yang Su propped himself up and sat cross-legged on the cushion, looking at the ministers around him, but did not find the figure of his henchman Wang Chengen.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the slaves and maids are here! Your Majesty, are you well? Wang Chengen hurriedly squeezed out from behind the crowd and knelt down in front of Yang Su, crying bitterly.
"Cheng'en, what was the reason for the noise outside the hall before?" Yang Su asked, and the originally chaotic hall was suddenly silent, and all the ministers looked at Wang Chengen, who was kneeling on the ground.
"The emperor was worshipping his ancestors in the palace at that time, Lord Wu and they were going to break in with a demon road, of course the slaves and maids couldn't let them disturb the emperor, not to mention that there was a Taoist of unknown origin, I never thought that Lord Wu They didn't know where to get the news, and they actually rebelled and said that the emperor you... You have been..., they want to support the crown prince, and let that person kill the slave and maid! If it weren't for the emperor, you saved the slave and maid, but I am afraid that the slave and maid would never see you again," Wang Chengen bowed his head in front of Yang Su and cried bitterly.
"What about the Daoist?" Yang Su's face couldn't see joy and anger, and he asked calmly.
"The slave and maid are not doing well, that person is ready to escape out of the body, but he was killed by the golden dragon and his soul is gone!" Wang Chengen replied.
"Emperor Qi, what the prince said is not true, the ministers and other generations are loyal to the Ming Dynasty by the emperor's grace, before the emperor was unconscious, and now the Ming Dynasty is an eventful autumn, so the ministers decided to let the prince supervise the country, as for the Jingxu Taoist was originally the Qintian Supervisor Keqing, the famous true cultivator in the capital, and proficient in medical skills, so he was recommended by Xiao Ming, the chief book of the Qintian Prison, to diagnose and treat the emperor, and the ministers were negligent! I never thought that this person outside the Jingxu Dao was not educated by the saints, and he didn't understand the rules and even had a conflict with the prince, and asked the emperor to atone for his sins! Wu Zongda stood up with a calm face and said.
"Wu Aiqing handled this matter very correctly, if I can't be a director, I should be in charge of the country by the prince!" Yang Su kept his mouth shut and didn't talk about quietness, and naturally nodded in agreement.
Yang Su's move made the ministers who were originally worried about the emperor's suspicion and were observing the words and expressions suddenly relaxed.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do, the minister wants to sue Wang Chengen for ill intentions, intending to harm the emperor, at that time, the emperor because of the state affairs, plus the fall of the capital, exhausted and fainted to the ground, should have summoned the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment, and helped the emperor to go back to the palace to rest, but this Wang Chengen did not allow me to get close to the emperor, let alone let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat the emperor, he just wanted to murder the emperor, please kill this thief immediately!" An official wearing a black gauze hat with a righteous face embroidered on his chest pointed condescendingly at Wang Chengen, who was kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly!
"What Li Yushi said is extremely true, Wang Chengen, this thief, is deeply grateful to the emperor and does not want to serve the emperor, but intends to rebel, please ask the emperor to kill this thief!"
"Please kill this thief!"
"Please kill this thief!"
Bursts of cries resounded throughout the temple, and hundreds of civil officials shouted for Yang Su to kill Wang Chengen, but no one stood up to intercede for him, and no one asked Yang Su what he meant, so he wanted to order Wang Chengen to be killed.
Yang Su didn't speak, and glanced at Li Yushi expressionlessly, Li Ruoxing Wanli was a thirty-second year jinshi, the right waiter of the Ministry of Industry and the right Yushi of the capital, and a member of the Donglin Party!
Then his gaze swept over the faces of the chanting ministers. He doesn't have to think about it to know what happened, for the time being, remember these people, Wang Chengen is a loyal minister, he not only has the memory left by Chongzhen, he is not only the national teacher of the Song Dynasty, the true monarch of the country, he is also from later generations, of course, he is no stranger to the "famous" Donglin Party.
"Where is the main book of Qin Tianjian Xiao?" Yang Su called.
"The sinner is here!" Master Xiao fell to his knees.
"Is what Wu University students said true? Is there anything wrong with you? Yang Su asked again.
"What Lord Wu said is true, the criminal minister got a report from Jingxu today that the emperor star is shaking, the golden dragon is sluggish, and the criminal does not dare to slack off and after confirming it again and again, he notified Lord Wu that it is the criminal who has no eyes and no beads to mistakenly identify the thief! hurt the prince and the prince, and the minister confessed! Master Xiao bowed his head and confessed.
"Jingxu, this person was originally a Qintian prisoner, and he didn't want to serve the country, but he harbored evil intentions, and his plan to break into the Taimiao was not small, I am afraid that he wanted to assassinate me." Yang Su squinted slightly and said slowly.
"It's all the fault of the sinners, please atone for your sins" Master Xiao knelt on the ground and broke out in a cold sweat.
Yang Su took a closer look at the scapegoat pushed out by the Donglin Party, and saw that he knelt on the ground, although his face trembled and trembled, but he never raised his head, although he was afraid, it was his fault that he always bit to death, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "It seems that he, the emperor, is not as good as the Donglin Party has a deterrent in his heart!" ”。
However, this Wu Zongda launched a mere six-grade master book, and when he replaced the dead ghost, he wanted to calm his anger, I am afraid that he has miscalculated!
"That's it, forgive you for being loyal, although I don't know anyone, but it's for me, this time I will pardon you for your innocence, you are the master of the Qin Heavenly Prison for the imperial court in charge of the world's monks, and you will be carefully screened in the future." Yang Su raised his hand to let Xiao Ming get up, "Today's changes in the Emperor Star and the Golden Dragon are all caused by the fact that I was summoned by the Taizu, and there is no other trouble!" When it comes to celestial phenomena, Qin Tianjian should be cautious in the future, and if there is a recurrence, the two crimes will be punished together! Get up! ”
"Please rest assured that the emperor will definitely make meritorious contributions." Xiao Ming was overjoyed.
"The Emperor Shengming!" A group of Donglin Party officials all praised.
"When the emperor worshiped Taizu before, auspicious rain fell from the sky, and then the emperor suddenly knelt on the ground, and the slave maid thought that it must be Taizu's manifestation, so I didn't let everyone move you, didn't I think that you went for two hours this time? It's really scared to death for the slaves! Wang Chengen lay on the ground and raised his head.
Yang Su carefully looked at Wang Chengen, who was kneeling on the ground in front of him, he was tall, sturdy, upright and loyal, if it weren't for his white face, no Adam's apple and beard, no one would think that this was a eunuch!
Yang Su sighed with emotion, loyal minister! This eunuch who hanged himself with Chongzhen is one of the few loyal ministers he knows, and from today's incident, he can understand one or two. Under tremendous pressure, he actually resisted for two hours.
"Cheng En is right, I have always been in good health, how could I suddenly faint, this time because the ancestral tomb was excavated, Taizu was angry, I was indeed called by Taizu to reprimand!" Yang Su said with a sad face.
"What! Is there such a thing? ”
"Taizu apparition? Summoning the emperor to reprimand in the past? ”
"Could it really be the manifestation of Taizu?"
"Zi Bu is strange, powerful, chaotic, and godly, isn't the emperor trying to exonerate Wang Chengen?"
"Ahem! Lord Chen, be cautious, be cautious! ”
It seems that Chongzhen repented before he died, and all Wenchen could be killed, it is not unreasonable, these guys didn't take themselves in their eyes at all! Yang Su sighed in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, as if he hadn't heard it.