Chapter 25 Self-donation
As soon as he heard Yue Su shout to open the guillotine, Tie Qiu skillfully tore off the imperial satin covering the guillotine and pulled the guillotine open.
When Li Hongyong saw this bright guillotine, before Yin Zhu could press him up, the person was already paralyzed on the ground, and he fainted with a "rattle".
Seeing that Li Hongyong was frightened, Yin Zhu snorted and scolded in a low voice: "Phew, what a wreck, or a general with troops, it can't compare to those bullies who were in the sky a few days ago." ”
He lifted the back of Li Hongyong's neck and pressed the person under the knife.
Yue Su above, from the arrow clip, pulled out a fire stick, and shouted, "Commander! ”
At the same time, the fire sign in the palm of his hand was thrown out.
"Pounce!"
Without waiting for the fire stick to hit the ground, the iron sword fell with his hand, and Li Hongyong's head rolled to the ground.
Seeing this scene, Zou Jiaren and Luo Zhenqiang, the two people who came over, were better, but Zhao Zhou and Shi Wen, the two eunuchs in the prison army, were frightened. Zhao Zhou sat on the chair, trembling, Shi Wen was not as good as him, the knife just now was like slashing at his head, and the two legs seemed to be unable to stop calling themselves, and they fell to the ground involuntarily.
Immediately after, he began to kowtow incessantly, "My lord spares his life...... Adults spare their lives...... The little ones don't dare anymore......"
"Spare you! Easy to say! Yue Su shouted angrily: "The headquarters was robbed of 30,000 stone of grain by you, if you don't kill you, how can you calm the anger of the people, how to explain to Your Majesty, and where is the law of the country?" The headquarters will cut off your head today and confiscate your family property for disaster relief! ”
"Your Excellency...... The small ones don't have that many properties...... But if you want to get food back, sir...... The little ones can go to the blessed king to get them back...... It must be returned with interest...... And also...... As long as the adults spare the lives of the small...... What do adults say...... The little ones all do the same...... "Shi Wen is also anxious now, and when he speaks, he is stammering, but the meaning is still very clear. Don't you just want to recover the grain, my lord, I will do it, and I will definitely recover it for you and pay the interest.
Although Yue Su did not count how much Shi Wen's family production capacity was, it was estimated that the supervising army of the first mansion would definitely not have as many places to make money, and Meng Huade was only 108,000, and it would be good if Shi Wen could have 50,000 or 60,000.
Now for Yue Su, killing people is not the goal, the purpose is to get silver for disaster relief. Hundreds of thousands of victims, but they are all waiting for their own relief, but now it is better to say, when it comes to the autumn and winter, at least not to add cotton clothes to the victims for the winter, such a large amount of expenses, where will they come from. Since you Shi Wen don't want money, I, Yue Su, will make a deal with you.
Having made up his mind, Yue Su said sharply: "The disaster relief grain and rice must be returned, but you led troops to rob the imperial court for disaster relief without authorization, and privately colluded with the vassal king, which is already a capital crime. ”
For Shi Wen, if he can keep his surname, he doesn't care about anything else, you must know that without a small life, everything is in vain. Especially their eunuchs, they don't have any descendants, they usually regard money as important, and at critical moments, life is even more important. He hurriedly kowtowed and said, "My lord, you know that you can spare the villain's life, anything." ”
"It's not unavoidable for the ministry to remove your official position, after all, before leaving Beijing, the emperor made it clear in the holy decree that the ministry was allowed to act cheaply. But you are a eunuch, if you are directly dismissed, I am afraid that you will not be able to make a living. In this way, you donate all your family property, and then return all the stolen food, and go to the emperor to ask for guilt, and see how the emperor distributes it. Yue Su said flatly.
As soon as he finished saying this, Shi Wen's lungs almost blew up, and he thought to himself, this "Yue shaving his head" can't help but shave people's heads, and he can also shave people's property.
At the moment, he really doesn't have any better ideas, it's good to save his surname, and as for the position of the prison army, he asked his godfather for help. Ask Gonggong Wei in the capital to intercede, maybe there is still a chance. As long as you can keep your head and position, there is a chance to make money.
Having made up his mind, Shi Wen gritted his teeth and said, "Adults, the small ones are willing to donate their family property for disaster relief, and recover all the food they have stolen." Then he wrote an excerpt and pleaded guilty. ”
"Good." Yue Su nodded with satisfaction and said, "You should write down the charges now and go back to Luoyang to ask for food." Then, Yue Su said loudly again: "General Luo, you will allocate 500 soldiers and horses now, and I will send 200 men and horses to accompany Gonggong Shi to Luoyang and transport back the silver donated by Gonggong Shi." ”
Luo Zhenqiang had already been frightened by Yue Su, and as soon as he heard Yue Su's orders, he hurriedly got up to receive the order. Yue Su also gave Tong Zhou a fire sign and a text, and asked him to order troops and preside over the raid of the house.
An errand officer took a pen and paper, asked Shi Wen to write a confession, sign it, and hand it to Yue Su. waited until the soldiers and horses outside were ready, and then let Tong Zhou escort Shi Wen to Luoyang.
Don't look at Luoyang as Shiwen's territory, but as soon as Yue Su's writing and fire sign arrived, the prefect and garrison were honest. Now in Henan, no one knows "Yue shaves his head", if he offends him, he will have to peel off his skin if he doesn't lose his head. So, after seeing Yue Su's writings, he actively cooperated and went to confiscate Shi Wen's family property.
Shi Wen was more miserable, and ran to the palace by himself to ask to see King Fu.
King Fu asked Shi Wen to go to the Qin'an Hall to knock, and as soon as he entered the palace door, Shi Wen knelt down and climbed to the bottom of the steps, crying loudly while climbing.
Seeing Shi Wen's appearance, King Fu wondered, even if Shi Wen met and kowtowed in the past, he had never been so respectful and filial. He hurriedly said: "Gonggong Shi, everyone is not an outsider, why bother to make such a big gift, hurry up." ”
Shi Wen climbed to the bottom of the steps, didn't get up, and cried: "Lord Wang, you must save the little one." ”
"What's wrong, so panicked. With this king to support you, don't worry, get up and talk quickly. ”
"Thank you, Lord Wang." Shi Wen got up from the ground and continued to cry: "Didn't the little one be sent by the prince to go to the bank of the Yellow River to snatch your grain back?" As a result, after that Yue shaved his head, he sent someone to arrest the small one to his governor's line, threatening that it was his grain, and also said that the small one was robbing the imperial court for disaster relief without authorization, and befriending the vassal king privately, and finally used some tiger head to intimidate the small one. Let the little one donate all the family property, and go to the prince to get the grain back, if the small one can't do it, then the small one will have a different body. I hope the prince will save his life......"
After speaking, Shi Wen knelt on the ground again and kowtowed.
After listening to Shi Wen's crying, King Fu was furious and said loudly: "It's against him!" Obviously, he robbed the king of his grain first, and now he dares to turn around and say that the king robbed him. Shi Wen, don't be afraid, this king is in charge of you, and you will write an excerpt to him immediately! ”
"Lord Wang, I'm afraid that far water can't quench the thirst of the near, Yue Su has already sent someone to steal the villain's property at this moment, and the officials in Luoyang are afraid of him like a tiger, and none of them dare to speak for the villain. Seeing that the villain's property was about to be confiscated by him. Hearing that King Fu was willing to make decisions for himself and write excerpts to participate in Yue Su, Shi Wen's courage suddenly strengthened. Another thought came to mind that was to use the power of King Fu to suppress Yue Su and avenge himself.
"Others are afraid of him, but this king is not afraid of him. This king will send someone to drive away his soldiers and horses! After speaking, King Fu shouted loudly: "Someone! ”
As soon as the words fell, a palace steward ran into the main hall, knelt on the ground and said, "Lord, what do you command?" ”
"Immediately take five hundred guards and go to the prison palace to drive away all the officers and soldiers there!"
"Yes!" The steward said yes and stepped back.
At this time, I suddenly heard a yin and yang strange voice shouting, "Wait." ”
The steward looked up and saw that it was an old eunuch standing beside King Fu who spoke. This old eunuch, the steward knows, I heard that when King Fu was young, this eunuch served King Fu, and later King Fu came to Luoyang to take up the domain, and the old eunuch also followed, King Fu was very polite to him, and he was always called a companion, and everyone called him Father-in-law Qian.
For Father-in-law Qian's voice, King Fu was very familiar, turned his head, and said politely: "Companion Qian, do you have anything to do?" ”
Father-in-law Qian bowed down and said, "Lord, Lord, Grandpa Shi wants to ask Father-in-law Shi a few words." ”
"Since the companion wants to ask, then ask."
"Thank you, Lord Wang." Gonggong Qian puffed up his chest, looked at Shi Wen at the bottom of the stairs, and said, "Gonggong Shi, I don't know what happened there after you were mentioned by Lord Yue to the governor's line, and what did that Lord Yue say?" ”
Shi Wen and Father-in-law Qian have dealt with each other, and they know that this old guy has great power in the palace, and even the prince respects three points, and he is also scheming, very ghostly, and definitely not easy to fool. At that moment, I could only tell the truth everything that happened in the governor's office. What Yue Su took out the sword of Shang Fang to intimidate everyone, the guerrilla general Li Hongyong was killed by the head of the tiger, and he was almost punished, so in desperation, he had to agree to donate his family property and recover food.
After listening to Shi Wen's story, Father-in-law Qian waved his hand and said, "You all step down, Father-in-law Shi, please also avoid it, our family has something to say to the prince alone." ”
"Yes." The eunuchs and maids in the Qin'an Palace all knew the status of the old guy, so they hurriedly received the order to recommend, and Shi Wen had to obey his fate.
When everyone in the palace retreated and the door of the palace was closed, Gonggong Qian bowed down again and said respectfully: "Lord Wang, the old slave thinks that it is really inappropriate to send people to drive away the officers and soldiers who have copied the prison military mansion. ”
"Why is it not appropriate, that Yue Su has now hit our Luoyang, bullying the door of this king's house, if this king doesn't give him some color, others will think that this king is afraid of him. Moreover, this king did not send troops out of the city to fight him, or in Luoyang City, and did not violate the ancestral system. King Fu was angry in his heart, but in front of Father-in-law Qian, he still forcibly suppressed his anger, and the tone of his speech was already very polite.
"Lord, Concubine Zheng treated the old slave very well back then, so the old slave dared to say it recklessly today, if the prince really sent troops to drive away the governor's men, I am afraid that it will bring disaster to the prince." Father-in-law Qian said bitterly.
"This ...... This...... How is this possible, my guards didn't go out of the city to fight him, even in Luoyang City, and there was a reason for it, it was he Yue Su who was unreasonable first, even if he sued the emperor, I was not afraid of him. How is it...... How can it attract a catastrophe, companions, don't scare me. When King Fu heard what Father-in-law Qian said, he was really a little scared. It's just that as a prince, you have to show a little calm.
"It's not that the old slave is alarmist, please listen to the old slave one by one......"
(To be continued)