Chapter 381: The Tyrannical King
There was a good atmosphere in the forest, but the whole city of Nanyan seemed to be roasted on a charcoal fire.
The disappearance of King Wu and Peng Hao and others, and the rebellion of the Marquis of Wuyi and Jia Qing made King Zhuang furious, and without verification, he ordered the two officials who had befriended the Marquis of Wuyi to be executed on charges of being the same party.
For a time, the court was full of sparing lives and wronging...
Looking around at the hundreds of officials in the court, Zhuang Wang Sen said coldly: "Thoroughly investigate all the Beijing officials, and anyone who is implicated will be punished by the nine clans!"
There was a sound of gasping, and the courtiers looked at each other, and they all saw fear in each other's eyes!
It can be said that the punishment of the Nine Clans is a great punishment! Nanyan Kingdom has not used this punishment for decades!
Who would have thought that King Zhuang, who was still cowering behind people and was despised by everyone a few years ago, has now grown into such a violent situation!
The temperature in the court was a few points lower, and under the strange coercion exuded by this superior person, everyone did not dare to come out, lest they become the target of the next king.
"Maharaja. A guard ran into the hall and knelt down and said, "The Marquis of Wuyi's mansion is empty." ”
King Zhuang's face sank, and he personally led the guards to the Wuyi Marquis's mansion, the door of the mansion was wide open, and hundreds of slaves knelt in the courtyard.
He sat on the back of the horse and looked coldly at the few big words on the plaque.
His eyes were bloodshot with a red background, and the corners of his forehead were bruised, he really shouldn't have left this old horseman!
He grinded his teeth and said hatefully: "Close the door, light the fire!"
Jiang Zhong, the deputy chief of the inner palace, was beside King Zhuang, and his eyes widened when he heard this!
Does this mean that all these servants will be burned to death?
Although the Marquis of Wuyi has become a traitor, these slaves are innocent, and the sentence of exile is already a heavy punishment, and now it is too cruel to burn them alive!
But no one dares to disobey the king's orders in his rage!
Even Jiang Zhong didn't dare to dissuade him!
Immediately, a guard blocked the door of the mansion and brought oil and torches, and almost instantly, the luxurious mansion of Nuoda was burning fiercely.
King Zhuang looked at it, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, King Wu, you can't escape the palm of the lonely king!
In the sky-high firelight, the heart-rending wails in the house sent chills down the spine.
The people who had been watching the excitement from a distance ran away without a trace at the moment, and the guards at the scene all hung their heads and secretly clenched the swords at their waists.
Even if they are men, even if they are military generals, they can see this situation and this scene, it is difficult for them to accept!
The smell of disgusting barbecue began to fill the air, and the wailing voices in the house grew louder and louder, and the sealed door of the house rang out with a violent slapping sound.
Reflecting the firelight, King Zhuang looked around at everyone, saw their faces showing fear, felt a little more comfortable in his heart, and pulled out a sneer: "It's a pity that the lonely king admires this magnificent phenomenon alone, go, send someone to invite hundreds of officials to watch together." ”
Jiang Zhong's back stiffened, and the jaw leader said yes, and he wiped his sweat when he left the scene, and he accompanied the king like a tiger, which is true!
The guards of the inner palace went with the imperial order, how dare the hundred officials not obey? Wearing court clothes, they hurried to the mansion of the Marquis of Wuyi, and before they got closer, they saw the vigorous fire rushing out of the house from a distance, and they did not feel that their legs were weak, and their faces were like paper.
King Zhuang looked at the late crowd, a little unhappy, but the shouts in the house were so pleasant that the anger in his heart did not subside, he snorted lightly, and ignored it for the time being.
The hundred officials are all human spirits, so they can naturally understand King Zhuang's impatience, endure the horror in their hearts, and hurriedly line up behind King Zhuang according to the official position, silently appreciating the drama of the king's "burning an example".
The beams of the house could not help but burn, broke and fell, and the tiles immediately crackled and fell, and the scene became a scorched earth.
Jiang Zhong hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Dajun, the body of Lord Sun Yao was found in the Shuyue Teahouse. "This Sun Yao disappeared without a trace last night, but he didn't want to be assassinated!
It's just that who has such power that he can kill the chief of the inner palace guard?
King Zhuang looked sideways, and the eyes of the yin owl saw Jiang Zhong's heart froze, gritted his teeth, and stood straight with his eyes and nose and heart.
"Sun Yao is dead?" King Zhuang said playfully, and sneered coldly after speaking: "Still died in the Shuyue Teahouse under the name of the Marquis of Wuyi? He laughed out loud.
But it was only for a moment, he smiled, the coldness on his face was even more intimidating, and he said word by word: "Arrest Sun Yao's family and put it in prison!"
The scene was like a gust of wind mixed with ice and snow, and everyone only felt as cold as bone marrow.
Jiang Zhong swallowed his saliva, although he was not in harmony with Sun Yao, he was still very uncomfortable when he heard the news at this moment.
The ending of Sun Yao's family is probably not better than the ending of these charred corpses in the Marquis Mansion of Wuyi!
Squeezing out the word "yes" from between his teeth, he led a team of guards to Sun Yao's house.
Turning around and looking at the hundred officials who were pretending to be dead again, King Zhuang snorted coldly with great displeasure and rode away.
The guards followed, and the sound of the whirring armor rubbing made the nerves of the hundreds of officials present.
It wasn't until King Zhuang's figure disappeared that Baiguan breathed a long sigh of relief, and some timid legs sat on the ground as soon as they became weak.
At this moment, no one to laugh at or comfort them, they looked at each other without saying a word and scattered
The smell of scorched corpses in the air became more and more intense, and the oppressive aura emanating from the ashes made the people passing by frightened.
On the outskirts of Yingxian County, because of the large number of wounded, they did not move fast.
Si Yue rode a horse to Peng Mo's side and said, "Princess, it's better to place them in Yingxian County to recuperate, let's go to Tongcheng lightly." ”
Turning to look at the few carriages behind him and the people with injuries on their horses, Peng Mo shook his head and frowned, "Although it is impossible for the people of the Southern Yan Kingdom to chase here, Yang Yan has to guard against it! It is not safe to leave them here. ”
Most of them have temporarily lost their strongest offensive and defensive capabilities, and if they are attacked, they will most likely end up the same as the third brother and them at that time.
"But over there in Wuchengguo...?" Si Yue didn't know these truths, but the matter between His Royal Highness and Peng Li had not yet been resolved, and the time for "Peng Mo" to go out of Beijing to pray for blessings was only two months, and it was very far away from here to Wuchengguo... This is already a very tight time.
Peng Mo frowned slightly when she heard this, her eyes looked into the distance, her expression was solemn, and after a while, she spoke: "I have already sent someone to deliver a letter to the second brother, and when they are properly settled, we will go to Wucheng Country immediately." ”
Si Yue nodded.
In the evening of the second day, they arrived at Tongcheng.
Peng Shuo had already received the letter and sent his deputy general Zhang He to greet him in front of the city gate with a hundred personal soldiers.
The group of carriages and horses was getting closer and closer, Zhang He looked at it with some surprise, there was a war going on in this city, how could there be a caravan coming?
"Adjutant General. Peng Mo jumped off the horse and took a few steps forward, and waved his hand humbly at Zhang He's posture.
Zhang He was surprised for a moment, opened his mouth wide and pointed at the man in front of him, this... Isn't this Peng Mo?
Why is she here, still dressed as a man? What about Peng Hao? Isn't the person the general asked to pick up?
"Adjutant General. Seeing that Zhang He's fugue was too empty, Peng Mo couldn't help but laugh and called again.
Zhang He came back to his senses, looked at Peng Mo, who had not yet made a long salute, with panic on his hard face, and hurriedly raised his hand to prostrate her arm.
This Peng Mo is the pearl of the Peng family, when General Peng is still there, he can't be spoiled, after General Peng is gone, Mrs. Wuying and several young masters take her as an eyeball, and the emperor also crowned her with the title of the second grade Huining County Lord, he is a deputy general, where dare to accept her courtesy?
was held by Zhang He, but Peng Mo did not get up, but said in a low voice: "Deputy General, you have to do a full set of plays, I am a businessman now." ”
Zhang He was stunned for a moment when he heard this, as if he understood what Peng Mo meant, hurriedly withdrew his hand, coughed lightly, and quietly looked at the people at the city gate, his appearance was already eye-catching.
In order not to let people see the clues, he had no choice but to accept this gift.
With a slight jaw, he said as low as a mosquito: "My subordinates ask the county lord for peace." ”
Peng Mo got up at this time, looked at Zhang He with a smile, and said with respect and flattery: "I'm tired of Deputy General Zhang." ”
Zhang He answered and led the people into the city.
With Zhang He's leadership, Peng Mo and his party easily entered the city.
Suddenly, she saw several men in red military uniforms standing inside the city gate, she frowned, Peng Jiajun's military uniform was navy blue, these people were...
Da Ma came to Zhang He's side and asked in a low voice, "How many are those Yang Yan's people?"
Zhang He glanced at Peng Mo's line of sight, nodded and said: "Yes, I don't know why, there were suddenly so many shrimp soldiers and crab generals at the gate of the city yesterday, and they couldn't drive them away, saying that Lord Yang had a distinguished guest coming, hmph, I don't know what kind of distinguished guest it is!"
Peng Mo sneered, I am afraid that the distinguished guest is fake, and the visit is real!
King Zhuang was really fast, and he found Yang Yan so quickly!
It's just that this group of people was waiting at the gate of the city, did they guess that they would definitely come to this city? Or did they suspect Peng Shuo? I wonder if their entry into the city just now attracted Yang Yan's attention?
The war was tight, and Peng Shuo had not returned to the mansion for a long time, so Zhang He said that he took everyone directly to the barracks.
Peng Mo suddenly reined in his horse, pulled Zhang He to the side, and said, "These are my friends, who have encountered difficulties. As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said, "They all have injuries on their bodies, and they need to be kept secret for the time being, and the people in the barracks are talkative..." ”
Zhang He immediately understood what Peng Mo meant, and hurriedly said that he was looking for someone to take Peng Mo to Peng Shuo's big tent, and he would settle these friends by himself.
Peng Mo nodded in agreement, Zhang Heben was a young general under his father, and after his father died, he followed the second brother, and for so many years, the second brother took him as a confidant.
So he went to settle it in person, and Peng Mo was very relieved.
Si Yue came to the carriage and invited Peng Hao to come down.
Zhang He looked frightened, it turned out that Peng Hao was really there, but he didn't appear in front of people.
But this is very contradictory, the Peng family takes Peng Mo as a treasure, even if they take the carriage, it should be Peng Mo who sits, why are the brothers and sisters reversed today?
Peng Hao was very familiar with Zhang He, greeted him with a smile, looked at the carriage and horses behind him, and said, "These friends are not so squeamish, and the place where they live is safe." ”
This sentence made Zhang He frown, and the expressions of the two of them became solemn.
Peng Mo said with a smile: "Don't worry, the deputy general, I will explain this matter to the second brother, the deputy general has placed my friend, so come to the second brother's big tent." ”
Zhang He nodded, leaving ten people, while the rest escorted Peng Mo and Peng Hao to the barracks.