Xu Jie's eyes finally opened slowly, he glanced at the black yarn handed over by Wang Tingxiang, then turned his gaze to Mén's mouth, and said hatefully: "Be smart!" Have I had you sī tortured yourself? Do you know how deep the water is in the imperial court? Such a big thing, they actually did it without me, and said that they were loyal to me! ”

Wang Ting said with a dead face: "I don't want to hide it from Yuan Weng, but when they told me that it was Yuan Weng who asked for a confession in advance, I didn't think much about it, and I was blinded by lard and believed it." ”

"You're not blinded by lard, you're hearted by méng!" Xu Jie said mercilessly: "If you are bent on currying favor with the future first assistant, you will not take me, the current first assistant, in your eyes!" ”

Wang Tingxiang's head bowed, although he had obtained Xu Jie's approval for Hu Zongxian's action. However, it was his move to revise the script without authorization and conduct a surprise trial in Shandong...... I thought that the journey from Huizhou to the capital was long, and it would not be a big deal to arrive a few days late, so I responded to the request of the elder and sold it to him.

Who wants to lose control of what is going on...... In order to ask for a confession, Na Wanlun actually used Dongchang's torture instruments for interrogation, and beat him to death, which confirmed the charge of colluding with Dongchang, and he couldn't tell clearly.

"As a constitution of the imperial court, he should be upright and bright, and he swears not to stand with the evil wind. Now he is in collusion with the darkest East Factory and tortures a first-class member to death. It's really all over the history books, and I haven't seen it for eternity! Xu Jie was really angry, because only if everyone played according to the rules, he, a division of hundreds of officials, could be invincible in the world. Now that someone breaks through the bottom line and doesn't follow the rules, it causes more people to disobey the rules, who else will really listen to his words?

"This matter is too weird, as long as Hu Zongxian is allowed to enter Beijing alive, it will not attract so much criticism!" Wang Tingxiang said with a sad face: "After all, the verified charges are enough to send him to the execution ground." I just can't think of how he could die, and still die like that......"

Seeing that he was still struggling with this gourd problem, Xu Jie raised his head and sighed deeply: "It is said that the old man knows people well, why did I use someone like you!" ”

"The lower officials know, whether I believe it or not, anyway, the hundred officials believe it." Wang Tingxiang nodded, and said with a disgraced face: "In order to avoid pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, the court is definitely unwilling to investigate it carefully, so most of this crime is borne by me...... A second-grade imperial history to Hu Zongxian is enough. ”

"......" Xu Jie looked at him, such a loyal thug was really reluctant to give up, but he had already agreed to the condition of silence, and he always had to do it. Thinking of this, an evil fire rose in Xu Jie's heart: 'How could you get such a field when you are foolproof?' I couldn't help but feel a lot of resentment towards the student who was secretly advocating, and asked, "Let me ask you again, who is behind you?" ”

"Yuan Weng, don't ask." Wang Tingxiang raised his head and said: "Now is an extraordinary period, it is still time to be sincere and united to the outside world...... They are all your mén students, and they are also my friends of the same year, and the things that hurt relatives and enemies are happy, so don't do it......"

Xu Jie was also gloomy, obviously touched the most worrying part of his heart by Wang Tingxiang's words, and Cangsheng sighed: "You have me, I have you, and things are bad here." They use you as a gunman and a shield, and you have to protect them with all your heart, and you have to say that it is for me and for the overall situation! What for me and what for the big picture? It's not because they promised you that as long as you don't confess them, your wife and son will all be taken care of by them......"

Wang Tingxiang lowered his head again, and sure enough, Xu Jie was right.

"This time, they are not only using you, but also me, Xu Shaohu." Xu Jie's face gradually became cold: "The old man is almost seventy years old, and if he is calculated by these good students, he will end up in disrepute sooner or later......

Wang Tingxiang was stunned and looked at Xu Jie in a daze.

"Do you think the old man is King Kong and not bad?" Xu Jie waved his hand tiredly and said, "Those people can't be counted on, without the old man, they can't even protect themselves...... Go down, the old man will try his best to leave you a way out. ”

"Thank you!" Wang Tingxiang was ecstatic in his heart, it seemed that he was still useful, otherwise Xu Ge Lao would not have said this, and hurriedly kowtowed vigorously and said: "From now on, the lower officials will only listen to Yuan Weng, and you can say whatever you want!" If you don't let me say it, I won't spit out a word! This is the purpose of his coming to Xu Jie, those people want to make themselves a hundred, but there is nothing to be polite.

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In the next few days, public opinion showed no signs of cooling down, but became more and more popular because the people also joined in to join in the fun...... After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in that year, many scripts and operas that were compiled to suit the situation, such as 'Dingdongnan', 'The Legend of Yukou Pinghai', 'Stepping on the Five Peaks', 'Qi's Army', etc., were no longer popular repertoire, and they were turned out and performed in teahouses and theaters.

Coupled with the fact that there were people who fanned the flames inside, the people in Beijing realized that Hu Dashuai, who had led the anti-Japanese resistance, was actually killed, and his body was being transported to the capital. The standard of right and wrong of the common people is black and white, since Hu Dashuai eliminated the Japanese and defended the country, he is a great hero and a good person! If he is killed again, he will be immediately promoted to the rank of saint.

It's like Yu Qian Yu Shaobao, in fact, he also has a lot of dark places, but because he defended Beijing, saved the fortunes of the country, and was killed by Yingzong, in the hearts of the people in the capital, he has become a sacred and undesecrated existence, who dares to say a bad word, waiting for the crowd to attack it.

And those who killed them were naturally beaten into the ranks of the heinous bad guys. Such as Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen and others, no matter how much they have contributed, when the people mention it, they still have to spurn it fiercely. Even Emperor Yingzong was not forgiven by the people.

For heroes, suffering in life and canonization in death seems to have become their fate, and Hu Zongxian also used his death to wash away all the charges and become an existence like Yu Qian in the hearts of the people. As a result, these dramas are widely sought after and full, and businesses naturally make a lot of money. Since the people are happy to see it, the teahouse of the Beijing Daxiǎo Theater will not be unable to get along with the customers, and all the other repertoire will be stopped, and the 'Hu Dashuai' series will be staged.

Hu Zongxian's reputation has risen like a rocket, and it seems that there is a tendency to 'talk about Hu Dashuai all over the city'. Naturally, some people were uneasy, so Shuntianfu secretly ordered all entertainment venues to reduce the number of anti-Japanese dramas, not to exaggerate Hu Zongxian's personal exploits, and to perform more repertoire such as "East Building", "Ming Feng Ji" and "Fighting Yan Song", so as to cool down the madness.

There are also people with ulterior motives, fanning the wind and engaging in tandem among the officials, saying that if the Metropolitan Procuratorate falls into the dung pit and drowns this time, will there be eggs under the nest? The good days of the Kedao Yanguan are over, and he can no longer claim to be the embodiment of justice. The emperor will definitely take this opportunity to take revenge, and the officials will become rats crossing the street...... This hand was played beautifully, and it succeeded in arousing the hearts of the Kedao people who were united in their hatred of the enemy, so that they would let go of the search for the truth, and instead focus on the overall situation, and the guns were unanimous to the outside world, and they would no longer do that self-harming thing.

Those people also spared no expense, bribed a large number of helpers, did nothing all day long, just wandered around crowded places, whenever someone said how Hu Dashuai was, they would jump out impatiently, shouting loudly, Hu Zongxian's charges of taking refuge in Yan Song, embezzlement and bribery, and making holy decrees are all conclusive, such a person, it is not too much to kill him with a thousand knives, how can he be compared with Yu Shaobao?

Of course, there will be more people who loudly defend their idols, and the two sides scold each other, and the more they scold, the more angry they become, and then they start fighting, and even cause deaths...... The already unpeaceful situation in the capital suddenly became more tense, and the undercurrent was surging under the sī, and the smell of fire on the bright side was full, which made everyone feel impetuous.

However, on the ninth day of the first month of November, all disputes and noisy came to an abrupt end, because this was the day when Hu Zongxian's coffin entered Beijing.

From the eighth night of the first lunar month, heavy snow began to fall. Throughout the night, the wind stirred the snow, the snow wrapped in the wind, setting off a gust of hurricane, this sudden blizzard, seems to indicate that the Ming Dynasty will experience another period of unpeaceful court.

At dawn, when the wind stopped, and the snow was gone, people pushed mén out, and saw that the heavens and the earth were already covered in silver, and then thought of today's day, as if God was mourning for the unjust death of Hu Dashuai Dai Xiao. God is still like this, let alone us ordinary people? In the past few days, the people of the capital, who have been instilled by opera commentaries, have walked out of their homes and walked to Yongding to meet Hu Dashuai's coffin.

There are so many people in the city, even close to the edge of the city, there are three layers of people who can't see their heads and can't see the edge, and they have been extending more than ten miles outward. Although there are many people, but not noisy at all, obviously most of them are not here to see the excitement, many people spontaneously put incense and wine, spirit flag offerings, and some people tied white cloth around their waists...... The atmosphere was solemn and solemn, and the audience was shaken.

This is something that no one can organize, and this is the mourning of the people...... In the simple world view of the common people, there are not so many complicated things, and those who can defend the country and resist the invaders are heroes; Those who were tortured halfway and beaten to death were wronged.

The people are willing to give comfort and tribute to this wronged hero, and it is as simple as that.

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At that time, the Shuntian Mansion had already gathered on the upper floor of the city with the Soldiers and Horses, ready to disperse these people who welcomed the sacrifices, but seeing the long crowd under the city tower, the Shuntian Mansion Yin hesitated, and waited for the order of the Imperial History of the Patrol City. And Li Xuedao, the imperial history of the city patrol, still has the trauma given by the eunuchs, and he has the deepest sympathy for Hu Zongxian, who was tortured to death by Dongchang, and if Yin of Shuntian Mansion does not give an order, he will naturally not say anything.

"Hurry up, what are you hesitating about!" A young official wearing a six-rank official uniform hurriedly walked from under the city and said, "The later it is, the trickier it is!" ”

"It's late." The Imperial History of the City Patrol looked in the direction of Jingying in the distance and said softly.

Following his gaze, several people looked at the Beijing camp together, and saw a group of soldiers, lined up in a neat line, walked out of the camp in order, and set up a defensive line on both sides of the post road. Three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, each with his hands behind his back, tǐng standing still, although he did not hold a weapon, he looked mighty.

However, for several officials in the city, these formations of theirs were tantamount to five thunderbolts: "Why did you dispatch the army, whose order is this?" ”

"My command!" With this sound, Tan Lun, a soldier in a green suit, appeared on the upper floor of the city.

"Lord Tan, it seems that there is no intention to let Jingying be in charge of guarding!" The six-rank official said with wide eyes.

"Who are you?" Tan Lun stared at him and said.

"I ......," the young official was speechless for a moment, and he realized that he had made a mistake.

"This is a cabinet person," Shuntian Mansion Yin hurriedly introduced vaguely, then turned the conversation and said: "Lord Tan, it is a great crime to dispatch troops without authorization!" ”

"Who said I sent out the army?" Tan Lun smiled coldly and said: "Open your eyes and see, they are not wearing military uniforms or carrying weapons...... "They are guest soldiers from the southeast, and most of them have fought under the command of Hu Dashuai for many years. Today, the coffin of the handsome man passed by the barracks, and if they were not allowed to come out to deliver it, I, the head of the Beijing camp, would not be able to do it. ”

"But...... The ...... will come out of the ," the young official couldn't help but say.

"If they don't come, they will come out! I'll take all the responsibility! Tan Lun stared at him contemptuously and said, "If you don't accept it, go find your master," and pushed him away and said, "With you, it's useless!" Then he strode down the tower.

"You're in big trouble!" That official is young and vigorous, and he is flattered everywhere he goes, and he has never been treated with such contempt.

But Tan Lunli ignored him and went straight to the city.

After going down to the city, he was about to meet with the officials of the military department who came with him, but he saw hundreds of prisoners wearing blue Confucian robes, slowly coming from a distance, and walking in the forefront was none other than their sacrificial wine lord Xu Wei Xu Wenchang.

"Why are you here?" Xu Wei was wearing sackcloth with a white cloth on his head, and when he saw Tan Lun, he said in a deep voice: "I thought that no one from the six departments dared to come." ”

"Dashuai is my old superior." Tan Lun said lightly: "How can I not come?" But you, why dare you come? ”