Chapter 119: Revealing the Truth
Ah Zhen hurriedly kowtowed, and said in 1510, "Your Majesty, the grass people are a peasant woman in the town outside the county south mansion, since last year, the county south mansion and several surrounding villages and towns have had a drought, the fields have no harvest, and the people can't even eat.
We all thought that there was hope, but they set up tents on the streets, and only distributed food once every six months, and each time they had a bowl of rice...... It's not enough to eat at all, and then I heard that someone in Zhaojiazhuang sells rice, and everyone ran to buy it, only to know that the rice costs one or two silver a bag! We don't even have a harvest in the fields, where did we get so much money......
In this way, those who have money buy them, and those who don't have money go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and eat grass roots and bark...... The government also ordered the city to be closed, and no one was allowed to go out! ”
Because she said it too quickly, Ah Zhen's face turned red, and she couldn't help but stop with a long sigh of relief before continuing, "Later...... It was this Master Heng who borrowed it from my house and gave us a lot of food!
Our village is very grateful to him! And then ...... Then one night, that Jin Lin suddenly broke into my house, oops, covered in blood, it scared me to death! Fortunately, this Lord Heng saved him, and he realized that he wanted to go to Beijing to file a complaint, but he was chased and killed by officers and soldiers before falling down the hillside......"
"You fart!" The more Li Chengqian listened, the more panicked he became, he turned around and pulled out the sword on the guard's body, and was about to stab at Ah Zhen, Zhao Fangyu stepped forward with an arrow, pinched his wrist, and said coldly, "His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, now he is above the court!" Do you still think it's in Gunanfu? Kill as many people as you want! ”
"I ...... I ......" Zhao Fangyu's eyes were too sharp, so that all the power of counterattack in Li Chengqian's heart was gone, the sword in his hand slowly slipped down, and he knelt on the ground in despair, it seemed that the general trend had gone.
"You go on!" The emperor ordered Ah Zhen to continue.
"Oooh...... Be...... Who knew that the next day the officers and soldiers would search my house! In order to protect Jin Lin, this Lord Heng followed the people of the government and left, and his whereabouts have been unknown since then...... After Mr. Jin Lin recovered from his injuries, he also left, and went to Beijing with the letter written to him by Master Heng......"
Speaking of this, Ah Zhen sighed, "Hey...... We are looking forward to it every day, hoping that Jin Lin can succeed in suing and rescue us as soon as possible, but there has been no news until a few days ago, someone came to us, saying that Master Heng was in danger in Beijing and asked us to testify. ”
At this time, dozens of villagers who followed Ah Zhen also kowtowed and shouted, "Your Majesty, Lord Heng is a good person!" Master Heng is a good person! ”
The crowd was so angry that it almost shattered the Ningyang Palace, and even the civil and military ministers standing on both sides were panicked and sighed.
"Someone! Go to prison and bring Jin Lin to me! The emperor roared, his eyes were red with hatred, and he stared at Li Chengqian, who was kneeling on the ground with his head buried deeply.
In a few moments, two guards brought up a prisoner, one left and one right, with shackles on his wrists and ankles.
As soon as he saw Heng Xinyuan, he hurriedly stepped forward excitedly and asked, "Lord Heng, are you not dead?" I heard someone say a few days ago that you fell off a cliff and died, but it scared me out! ”
Heng Xinyuan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "If I die, who will clear your grievances." ”
Jin Lin has been tortured in prison for the past few days, and he has long been disheartened by the mediocre emperor and the powerful court, and he didn't want to bother about this matter anymore, but now seeing Heng Xinyuan standing in front of him, a glimmer of hope was rekindled in his heart.
"Lord Heng, what I should say has already been told to the emperor, but the emperor would rather believe in the four princes than my state!" He sneered, "I've been in prison for a few days, and I thought I was going to be beheaded." ”
Heng Xinyuan hurriedly grabbed him, "Jin Lin, above the court, you must not be rude, now that the saint has known the truth, he will definitely return your innocence......"
Jin Lin stopped complaining and repeated what he had said before.
The emperor, who was already trembling with anger, was facing the Manchu Dynasty at this moment, and his face was disgraced, he stood up from the dragon chair in silence, and walked down the steps step by step, and the entire Ningyang Hall was suddenly silent, and he could only hear the footsteps with anger and grief, and he didn't stop until he came to Li Chengqian.
"Cheng Qian, what they said, but it's all true?" He leaned over Li Chengqian's ear, lowered his voice, and only asked this sentence, after all, until this moment, he didn't believe that his son, who had trusted him for so many years, would do such a thing.
However, Li Chengqian lowered his head, nodded slowly, and shouted silently, "Father...... Father, is the son of the confusing...... It's the sons who are confused! ”
"Smack!" There was a loud bang.
A refreshing and loud slap with a gust of cold wind fell on Li Chengqian's left face, and the hot and numb feeling swept over in an instant.
"How could I have raised such a son as you! You've disgraced me! How do you let the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty think of me, and how do the people of the whole world look at me! ”
"Father...... I ......" Li Chengqian's voice gradually weakened, and the monstrous waves in his heart had gradually subsided, and he knew that he had no way out at the moment.
The pain from the corner of his mouth also made him feel ashamed and angry, and he suddenly lost his senses.
He stood up from the ground, and before everyone had time to react, he stood behind Wan Bingyu, pinched her shoulder with one hand, locked her throat tightly with the other, and shouted loudly, "It's all this demon girl!" Even if I can't escape, I must let you die first! With that, he used a little more force.
Wan Bingyu couldn't breathe for a while, her cheeks were red, she rolled her eyes and coughed violently, Heng Xinyuan anxiously wanted to come to the rescue, but Li Chengqian sneered, "Don't take a step forward!" Otherwise, I'll break her neck right away!" ”
"Cheng Qian! Do you want to be wrong again and again? The emperor shouted weakly, "If you commit murder and hurt people in the court today, even I can't protect you!" ”
"Protect me? Have you ever thought about protecting me? Li Chengqian smiled bitterly, tilted his neck and laughed twice, "Father, you have always regarded me as a chess piece to balance the crown prince, right?" Over the years, watching me and the prince fight back and forth, you must be very satisfied, right? It's just that I don't understand, didn't I learn all this from you today? Aren't you proud of me? ”
"You!" The emperor shouted these words, and immediately lost his center of gravity angrily, and staggered to the side, but fortunately was supported by Chen Dajian on the side, "Your Majesty, you have to take care of the dragon's body......"
"Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, you have released the ice jade!" Heng Xinyuan shouted a few steps away from him, looking at Wan Bingyu's painful expression, his heart was suddenly pinched.
"Heng Xinyuan, if you want me to die, then I have to pull you on my back! Now, I'm going to kill this enchantress first! After speaking, he gritted his teeth and pressed hard, Wan Bingyu only felt that she couldn't breathe at all, and the huge feeling of suffocation made her brain immediately go blank, as if she was going to suffocate and faint in the next second.
At this moment, a silver light flashed, and three silver needles were impartially pierced on Li Chengqian's wrist, he screamed, let go of his hand, and knelt on the ground and groaned.