Duan Fei was imprisoned, he silently counted the days by himself, and after he was imprisoned for six days, that is, on August 10, Zhengde finally appeared in front of him.

"Ah Fei, your complexion is not bad, is there anything else you want to tell me now?"

Duan Fei didn't salute Zhengde, he leaned on the bed, looked at Zhengde indifferently, and said, "Your Majesty, you have disappointed Weichen. ”

"Disappointed?" Zhengde's tone suddenly rose a few degrees, and he said angrily: "Aren't I disappointed? Look what this is! ”

Zhengde waved his hand, a golden light fell to the ground, and when he rolled in front of Duan Fei after a few sounds, it was a gold medal, Duan Fei picked it up and looked at it, only to see a dragon carved on the gold medal, hovering around the six words of the White Lotus Protector Tianzun, and then turned to the other side, Duan Fei's name was eye-catching, Duan Fei indifferently threw the gold medal to the door, and said: "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, this is obviously forged, the emperor can't see it, can't the Manchu Dynasty civil and military can't see it?" ”

Zhengde sneered: "Now that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all your people, I can only trust my own judgment, this thing was found from your house!" ”

Duan Fei said indifferently: "Presumably, this thing must have been found from a treasure chest at the bottom of the wardrobe in my bedroom, right?" What's so rare about this, who wouldn't be framed? At the beginning, no one doubted that Liu Jin's house had found so many weapons and armor, so what was so strange about a small gold medal found in my house? ”

Duan Fei paused for a moment and continued: "The Demon Sect has a long history, if there really is such a brand of the Guardian Dharma King, how can it be so brand-new? Although the corners of this brand are sleek, they are clearly sandpapered, rather than naturally worn out over the years, and you can tell them by just looking for a little experience. ”

Zhengde snorted and said, "Let's not mention the authenticity of this brand for the time being, Duan Fei, I will ask you one last time, are you from the Demon Sect?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head without hesitation and said: "There is a loophole in the emperor's question, but Weichen understands what the emperor means, although Weichen has some connections with the White Lotus Sect, he is definitely not a disciple of the White Lotus Sect, and has nothing to do with the Maitreya Sect or other cults, is it satisfactory to answer the emperor like this?" ”

Zhengde continued to ask: "Don't avoid the important and take it lightly, you tell me honestly, what is your relationship with the White Lotus Sect?" ”

Duan Fei said: "Your Majesty, Wechen claimed that his father was a wealthy businessman in Sichuan, and only after his death did he find someone to pass on the family property to Wechen, in fact, they are all Mengren, I am an orphan, no father and no mother, I met a dying old man on the mountain when I was young, Wechen kindly got him some food, the old man taught Wechen a lot of things a month before he died, and also passed a secret identity to Wechen, Wechen's real identity is the inspector of the White Lotus Sect, any person from the White Lotus Sect who is a traitor or plots to rebel as long as it falls into the hands of Wechen, Wechen must be punished impartially in secret! ”

Zhengde was surprised: "White Lotus Sect Inspector? Inspector of the Adultery Section and Rebellion? Isn't the White Lotus Sect dedicated to being a traitor and plotting rebellion? ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the history of the White Lotus Sect has a long history, the teachings are broad and profound, and it is by no means used to teach people to be traitors and rebels, the reason why the emperor has this misunderstanding is because the White Lotus Sect has been misinterpreted and used for many years, in order to ensure the orthodoxy and fairness and integrity of the White Lotus Sect, the existence of the inspector is necessary, and the conspiracy of the White Lotus Sect has been repeatedly foiled by Wechen, and the Maitreya Sect has been uprooted, which is the common duty of Wechen as an official of the Ming Dynasty and the inspector of the White Lotus Sect, and what Wechen has done has not violated the law of the Ming Dynasty, did not betray the emperor, if the emperor investigated Weichen because he was involved in the White Lotus Sect, Weichen would have nothing to say, but the emperor's current arrangement made Weichen puzzled, how did the emperor want to deal with Weichen? ”

Zhengde said indifferently: "You are the best at reasoning and solving cases, you guess how I want to deal with you, if I guess correctly, maybe I will change my mind." ”

Duan Fei looked at Zhengde carefully, and suddenly smiled: "Wechen has always thought that the emperor would want Wechen's life, but seeing the emperor's current look, Wechen suddenly put his mind at ease, the emperor will not kill Wechen, and now Wechen's skills are all wasted, and he has no real power, he must be trapped in the life of the country's mansion in the future, Emperor, is Wechen right?" ”

Zhengde sneered: "Who said I wouldn't kill you? You guessed wrong this time, I have already made a decree and issued an announcement, and at noon on the 14th of August, I beheaded you before the noon gate, do you think this is a joke? ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said: "This is not the emperor's true intention, the emperor issued an announcement to kill me at the right time, is it for another purpose, does the emperor want to see who will come to save me?" ”

Zhengde sneered: "You guessed this correctly, but I didn't expect that there were too many people who wanted to save you, and now I am a bit difficult to ride a tiger, you have always been capable, what do you say I should do?" ”

Duan Fei sighed lightly: "With the emperor's current ability, do you still need to talk too much?" Isn't it just a matter of stamping a seal if the emperor wants to kill someone? ”

Zhengde snorted coldly and said, "Duan Fei, are you sarcastic?" ”

Duan Fei turned over and turned his back to Zhengde, he said lazily: "Wechen don't dare, Wechen has been working hard day and night recently, and his body is easily tired, please forgive the emperor, Wechen doesn't want anything now, just want to sleep well, since Wechen's death has come, the emperor should let Wechen sleep a few more restful sleep." ”

Zhengde snorted and said, "Duan Fei! You've disappointed me so much! ”

Zhengde brushed his sleeves away, and Duan Fei continued to lie motionless, gradually making a sound of sleeping snoring, or he was really tired.

No one came to disturb him that night, and no one came to disturb him after that, Duan Fei's death date was approaching, and there were more and more people who wanted to save him inside and outside, and the emotions became more and more intense, the young officials led by Duan Fei led by Gui Cao even jointly asked Zhengde to resign, Yang Yiqing and other old ministers also asked for relations everywhere, and even the queen mother was alarmed, on the morning of August 13, Zhengde was forced by many pressures to finally announce that Duan Fei's sentence would be extended, the specific date was not determined, and many people were relieved, It seems that Duan Fei can't die.

No one could have imagined that just when everyone continued to work hard to save Duan Fei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Huguang and other places all came with urgent reports of the White Lotus Sect's rebellion. If it weren't for the heavy walls of Xi'an and other big cities to resist, otherwise the entire territory of Shaanxi would fall within a few days, and Shandong, Huguang and other places would not be protected.

The White Lotus Sect rebels actually possessed a large number of firearms and equipment that were not passed down to the public, and the White Lotus Sect members also chose to rebel on August 14, the day when they were originally scheduled to behead Duan Fei, and they also rebelled under Duan Fei's banner, what does this mean? All the spearheads were pointed at Duan Fei, and even those who wanted to speak for him had concerns.

In the early morning of August 18, when Fengtianmen was in the early court, Zhengde jumped like thunder and questioned the ministers with an urgent report of 800 miles, and the heavens and the earth seemed to sense the wrath of the Son of Heaven, the dark clouds were covered with fierce winds, and a lightning bolt pierced the sky, hitting directly on the Fengtian Temple, and the Fengtian Temple suddenly burst into flames, and under the support of the strong wind, it quickly spread to the two halls of Huagai and Jinshen, and the fire was difficult to control, and burned straight to Fengtianmen......

Zhengde no longer had the interest of watching the fire in the leopard room, he evacuated the Fengtian Gate, and watched in amazement as one magnificent palace after another fell into the sea of fire, like the ministers, his face was as pale as dirt, just when the fire was about to burn the entire palace to the ground, a long-awaited heavy rain finally came, and extinguished the heavenly fire with the power of heaven.

At the beginning of the sunny day after the rain, the great eunuch of Qin Tianjian knelt in front of Zhengde, and insisted that this was a warning from heaven, that the demons would not be able to get rid of the world, and Duan Fei was the source of this disaster, and it would be difficult to calm down the anger of not killing Duan Fei!

Zhengde jumped like thunder, and immediately ordered to immediately behead Duan Fei, the ministers led by Yang Yiqing saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly admonished him, Zhengde insisted on being difficult to change, and ordered Dongchang to dispatch a large number of fans, and all the ministers who dared to help Duan Fei speak were sent to the heavenly prison for detention, and then ordered Zhang Rui to raise Duan Fei from the dungeon of the West Factory and escort him to the noon gate to be beheaded.

This time, I'm afraid that Duan Fei will be in a catastrophe!

The people of the city were moved by the wind, and many people flocked to the noon gate, crying and begging the emperor to take back his order, but who would pass the word for them? Now that the East Factory and the West Factory are surrounding the palace, even if someone wants to find the Queen Mother, there is no way to enter, who else can save Duan Fei?

As soon as noon arrived, Zhang Rui, who was smug on his face, immediately ordered: "Come on, drag out the rebellious death row prisoner Duan Fei!" ”

A team of wolf-like Xichang Fanzi dragged out a prisoner wearing a black hood, his hands and feet were not tied, but his hands and feet were weak and sagging, and his wrists and ankles were dripping with blood, which reminded people of the method that Jinyiwei taught to deal with serious offenders under Duan Fei's teachings - cut the tendons and tendons!

Before I saw Duan Fei's face, someone had already knelt down crying, Duan Fei had done a lot of good things in the past few years, and there were still many people who read Duan Fei's good, when Zhang Rui ordered to take off the hood, and everyone saw that the person was indeed Duan Fei, the onlookers were restless, if it weren't for the bright swords and guns of the guards in front of them, I was afraid that many people would have deliberately robbed the court.

Zhang Rui looked around proudly, he was not in a hurry to kill Duan Fei, because the order given to him by Zhengde was to use Duan Fei to lure out those rebellious ministers and thieves as much as possible and wipe them out.

Zhang Rui didn't see anyone who was in the way, he retracted his gaze with some disappointment, and sighed in admiration: "Lord Duan, I didn't expect you to have today, last year was about this time, I was also escorted out of the noon gate, and I almost lost my head, I didn't expect retribution to come so quickly, this year it will be Lord Duan's turn, last year when I was dying, the emperor suddenly changed his mind, today Lord Duan is afraid that he will not have such good luck, the three major halls of the imperial city and Fengtianmen were burned by the heavenly fire, this is a big omen, God will kill you, No matter how much the emperor misses the old, he can't ignore God's will, even God wants to kill you, who else can save you? ”

Duan Fei knelt in front of the noon gate and was silent, Zhang Rui said a lot of words in a mock manner, time gradually passed, three o'clock in the afternoon had arrived, Zhang Rui finally grabbed an arrow, and said with a sneer: "Lord Duan, our family is an official in the same dynasty as you, today I really can't bear to send you back to the west, but the emperor's order is difficult, our family can't help it, Lord Duan, don't blame our family, Lord Duan walks slowly......"

Zhang Rui threw the arrow and shouted: "The time has come, send the grandfather of the country on the road, give me a knife...... Chop! ”

"Keep people under the knife! Hongwu Guorui, Taizu is here, the Tianmen token is here, who dares to do it! With a clear snort, two white shadows fluttered like fairies and crossed the circle formed by Ouchi's guards and landed into the entrance......