Chapter 39: Giving the Order (2nd Watch)

No one could have imagined that Zhang Zaifu and Zhang Huan were born from the alliance and marriage of Southern Qi and Southern Liang. In a word, it shows why he collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. He was originally a person from Southern Qi and Southern Liang.

He is fifty-eight this year, that is to say, he came to Dachu thirty years ago, starting from the imperial examination, step by step official fortune and prosperity, official to Zaifu, is the spies buried in the brightest face and deepest of Dachu by Nanqi and Nanliang, and the sharpest sword pierced into the abdomen of Dachu by Nanqi and Nanliang.

The emperor was stunned for a moment and did not speak.

Zhang Zaifu was crazy enough, and seemed to be in the mood for idle talk, and said slowly, "My mother is the princess of Liang, my father is the prince of Southern Qi, and my birth is the product of the alliance between Southern Qi and Southern Liang. Although the two countries are allied, but also guard against each other, I shed half of the blood of Nanliang, destined to not be able to do the throne, when I was fifteen, my father came to me to do a deep talk, asked me if I would like to break into the internal hinterland of Great Chu, to do internal response, no matter how many years, no matter how many years, no matter success or failure, the annals of Nanqi, always remember my merits, than I do an idle prince, only remember a name in history. So, I said yes. ”

"I have been in Da Chu for 30 years, and the small things can be ignored, and I have done three big things. One is the case of the robbery of grain when His Majesty ascended the throne. One is the Battle of Yuxueling eight years ago, and the other is to send a large number of killers to assassinate An Huajin. The first two things succeeded, and the last one failed. I didn't expect that in my life, I would lose in the hands of a little girl and underestimate her. ”

The emperor's eyes were shattered, "Eight years ago, in the battle of Yuxueling, you were the one who got in the way?" ”

"I'm making a hindrance from this, isn't it your majesty's pleasure to see the lives of the three fathers and sons of the An family?" Jang Jae-fu sneered, "If it weren't for His Majesty's connivance, how could I be so smooth?" ”

Emperor Tie Qing's face froze, and his whole body trembled, "I didn't want to let their father and son die!" ”

"Your Majesty didn't want to kill them all, Your Majesty still wants to stabilize the Nanyang Army and be loyal to Dachu. Your Majesty wants to keep one person, preferably the younger one, so that you can control him, and by the way, you can control the Nanyang Army. But how could the old minister do His Majesty's wish? What the old minister wants is that all the people in the An family will die, and then the Nanyang army will be in chaos. It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and the men of the An family are all dead, but they still win miserably. In the end, the old minister was going to kill a little girl, and the gutter capsized and was planted. ”

The emperor closed his eyes, "I'm blind." ”

"Your Majesty is not only blind in his eyes, but also in his heart." Zhang Zaifu was unceremoniously, "The first emperor is much more shrewd than His Majesty, the ministers did not dare to act during the period of the first emperor, and the old ministers pushed His Majesty to ascend the throne, and this is the reason." ”

The emperor was so angry that he couldn't get angry, the dignified emperor, he was really fooled by him in the palm of his hand, he couldn't wait to open the door of the cell and rush in to kill him now, but let him die so simply, how could he relieve his anger? He didn't want to see him anymore, but he didn't want him to die happily. So, he turned and rushed out of the cell.

Father-in-law Zhang rushed out when he heard the footsteps, and immediately quietly withdrew from the distance, pretending that he hadn't overheard anything just now.

After the emperor strode out, the sun hit him, still couldn't make him feel warm, his whole body was cold, his lips and teeth seemed to be cold ice slag, he stood at the door of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, gasping for breath for a while, before he looked at him tremblingly and ordered, "Torture him, use the most torturous method, but you are not allowed to let him die." ”

"Yes!"

"If it's dead, I'm the only one who asks."

"Yes!"

Shangshu of the Criminal Department sighed in his heart, it seems that His Majesty hates Zhang Zaifu really hate, even if Ling Chi is executed, there is no need to use the most torturous method to make life worse than death. He was twelve points cautious, feeling that this matter must be handled well, otherwise he was afraid that his black gauze hat would not be able to wear.

The emperor went on the jade chariot and returned to the palace.

On the way back to the palace, the emperor had a heartache, and the pain could not stand it, so he vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted.

Father-in-law Zhang was frightened, and hurriedly ordered someone to divert and go directly to the Tai Hospital.

When they came to the Tai Hospital, the doctors were frightened when they saw the unconscious emperor, and after taking the pulse, they learned that His Majesty was in a hurry and vomited blood, but it was a good thing, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

Gonggong Zhang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and after the imperial doctor's treatment, he hurriedly sent the person back to the palace.

The emperor was in a coma for a day, and when he woke up the next day, it was already evening, and the sky was about to be dark, he opened his eyes and looked at the roof of the shed for a while, and shouted to the outside, "Zhang De." ”

Father-in-law Zhang hurriedly ran in from outside, with a look of surprise, "Your Majesty, you have finally woken up." ”

The emperor was helped by Gonggong Zhang to sit up, "How long have I been asleep?" ”

"It's a full day, and it's really frightening the minions."

The emperor took a deep breath, "How many people know about my sleepiness?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, because of the heartache and coma you committed on the way back to the palace from the Criminal Department, the slave panicked for a while, and then he knew that he let Yu Yuan go to the Tai Hospital, and there is no way to hide this matter, and there are many people who know." Gonggong Zhang immediately knelt down and pleaded, "Your Majesty forgives you." ”

"Well, get up." The emperor waved his hand, his face pale, "What about Concubine Shu?" ”

"The concubine is still staying in the Nishang Palace safely." Gonggong Zhang stood up and secretly glanced at the emperor, "It is said that the concubine has been washing her face with tears for the past few days......"

The emperor sneered and decisively ordered, "You take people to the Nishang Palace and the Second Prince's Mansion respectively, give them a cup of poisonous wine, and send them on the road." ”

Father-in-law Zhang was taken aback and blurted out, "Your Majesty? ”

"If you want to go, you will go!" The emperor hid his anger, "It's not that I can't tolerate them, it's that I really can't tolerate them." They must die. ”

He can allow Zhang Zaifu to not implicate Concubine Shu and the second prince even if he collaborates with the enemy and betrays the country, after all, it is his woman and child, but he can't allow Concubine Shu and the second prince to have half of the blood of Nanqi and Nanliang on their bodies.

I can only blame them for not being reincarnated!

"Yes!" Gonggong Zhang didn't dare to refute anymore, and asked tentatively, "The old slave sent the decree to go, did it do it secretly, or did he go openly?" ”

"Go secretly! only said to the outside world that Concubine Shu and the second prince couldn't stand Zhang Zaifu's crime, and Qi Qi was overly grieved and died violently. "The emperor found a reason, he could not have made the world think that he was foolish and had been played with for nearly twenty years.

"Yes." Gonggong Zhang took the order and went.

The emperor let the third watch die, then it will definitely not be delayed until the fifth watch.

Therefore, Gonggong Zhang first went to Concubine Shu's place, and when Concubine Shu saw the poisonous wine in the tray, her eyes widened suddenly, her face was incredulous, and she was clamoring to see Your Majesty.

Concubine Shu didn't close her eyes until she died, and she couldn't believe that Her Majesty would really kill her. And if you don't see her, you won't give her a chance to face her. She thought that His Majesty would be reluctant to kill her, if she really wanted to kill her, she would be given death when Zhang Zaifu had just committed the crime, so she would not have waited so many days.

Gonggong Zhang saw Concubine Shugui vomit black blood and died, and then took people out of the palace and went to the Second Prince's Mansion.

When the second prince saw the poisonous wine brought by Gonggong Zhang, he opened his eyes in disbelief, his face was pale, and he muttered, "Impossible...... No way...... My father won't kill me...... There must be a mistake. ”

Gonggong Zhang looked at the second prince with pity, "The concubine is already on the road, the second prince please." ”

"I want to see my father!" The second prince made the same request as Concubine Shu.

Gonggong Zhang smiled, "The second prince can't see it, Your Majesty doesn't want to see you, the old slave wishes you to walk well on the Huangquan Road, and the concubine Niangniang has just left, you hurry up, you can still catch up with Jiuquan to be filial to the concubine." ”

"My father obviously likes me the most, even if my grandfather commits a crime, my father will not kill me......" The second prince stepped back again and again, his back knocked over the table, and there was a crackling sound.

Gonggong Zhang made a color behind him, and the Ouchi guards stepped forward and quickly took down the second prince, and Gonggong Zhang stepped forward and poured a cup of poisonous wine into his mouth under the second prince's struggle and his eyes were enlarged in fear.

The second prince also spit out a mouthful of black blood, and he didn't blink a eye.

Gonggong Zhang helped the second prince close his eyes, threw the empty wine glass, stood aside and said expressionlessly, "Second prince, don't blame the old slave for sending you on the road ruthlessly, if you want to blame, blame Zhang Zaifu." Who made you his grandson? ”

Father-in-law Zhang completed two errands happily and returned to the palace to hand over errands.

The emperor praised his father-in-law without showing a trace of pain.

The lonely and widowed emperor road, getting rid of seven emotions and six desires, at this moment, Zhang Gonggong shivered excitedly, as if he had just met the emperor he had served for most of his life, and he was very cold. One is his favorite concubine, and the other is his favorite prince, who decisively ordered, and there is no more than half a word, and he decisively ordered the death of Concubine Cheng, but there are similarities.

That day and night, news came out from the palace and the second prince's mansion at the same time that Concubine Shu and the second prince died of excessive grief. The emperor ordered that the concubine would seize the title of concubine, be demoted to a beauty, and be buried at will, and the second prince would be buried in Xiling, and everything would be simple.

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