Chapter 237: A Hundred Rods
(Maopu Chinese) The solemn and solemn council hall was governed by the early dynasty, and the regent Xuanyuan Rui sat in the first place, majestically looking at the ministers in front of him.
"Do you have a play?"
"Wechen has a book." Li Zhi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came out of the class, handed over the recital, and said, "Weichen recently received a secret report from Li Jin, a squire of the Ministry of War, about a major case in the Ministry of War. β
"Summons Li Shilang to the palace for questioning."
The deacon eunuch Gao reported, "Xuanli Shilang is here!" β
Li Zhen was introduced into the main hall and knelt down to play, "Qiyu Regent, the border guards in northern Xinjiang are in urgent need of winter clothes, and Wechen was ordered to supervise the production, but Wechen didn't receive a tael of silver in the Ministry of War, and Wechen secretly found that the military silver of the Ministry of War has been misappropriated. β
Xuanyuan Rui opened the recital, reviewed the content of the recital, and raised his eyes in anger.
"After a year of war, the treasury is empty, and the military silver is precious, but someone actually embezzles it privately, which is digging the foundation of the country!"
Xuanyuan Rui glanced at the ministers in the main hall, and his deep phoenix eyes condensed on Xuanyuan Wei's body in the front row, "If we don't punish it, my Dongchen's solid foundation will be stolen and emptied, the building will fall, and the country will not survive!" β
Suddenly, he picked up the piece on the table and fell into Xuanyuanwei's face.
"King Sheng, as the secretary of the military department, how do you explain this?"
"This king will immediately investigate this matter thoroughly and give an explanation to the prison state." Xuanyuan Wei came out of the shift with his fists clenched, he was deeply shocked, and he wondered in his heart, there was such a big thing in the military department, and as the secretary of the military department, there was no subordinate official to report the matter to him.
Li Zhi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, continued to play, "The regent of Qiyu, Weichen has secretly ascertained that the silver of the military treasury was embezzled by Cao Shilang of the Ministry of War, and Cao Shilang confessed that he was ordered by the Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of War to extract the silver taels of the military stockpile. β
"Li Zhi! Hugh is going to talk nonsense. Xuanyuan Wei shouted angrily at Li Zhi and pleaded to the lord, "This official did not instruct Cao Shilang to withdraw the military silver taels, and this official was wronged. β
"Whether it is wrongly tried will be known." Xuanyuan Rui was confident, slapped the table, and ordered majestically, "Pass Cao Shilang." β
The two jailers of the Criminal Department carried Cao Shilang in prison clothes into the main hall, and the two jailers immediately withdrew from the main hall. β
"Tell me, who instructed you to steal the silver taels needed by the Air Force, and where did the silver go?" Xuanyuan Rui asked with a majestic shout.
"The guilty minister was ordered by King Sheng to propose two taels of silver, and all the silver was given to King Sheng." Cao Shilang treacherously accused Xuanyuan Wei that in order for his clan to survive in the world, he was willing to be beaten into the eighteenth layer of hell alone.
"Cao Shilang, you, you bloody mouth! When did this king order you to withdraw the silver taels?! And when did you take the munitions treasury silver?! Regulus said annoyedly.
"On the night of the eighteenth day of last month, during the third watch, the prince led the guards to personally take the silver...... The lower official has your receipt for withdrawal. β
"The signing slip is here, please see it." Li Zhi presented evidence.
"Presumptuous, damn it, you dare to design a false accusation against this king." Xuanyuan Wei glared at Cao Shilang, hating him very much, he didn't have an impression when the autograph was signed, Cao Shilang was his henchman who pulled him up, but he didn't expect to frame him out of nothing.
"Imperial Forest Army, take down the criminal Xuanyuanwei." Xuanyuan Rui slapped the signing slip on the case and ordered majestically.
"Yes!" The Imperial Guards were ordered to enter.
The ministers watched with bated breath as the Imperial Forest Army entered, all nervous, even those Xuanyuan Rui's friends did not dare to say more at this time.
However, no one noticed that a civil minister had slipped out quietly in the corner of the hall.
Xuanyuan Wei was immediately held down by several Royal Forest Army.
Annoyed!
He is a dignified son, a brave pioneer on the battlefield, and countless achievements, a few small royal forest soldiers dare to come forward to capture him, and they can't do it?!
Regulus raised his arm and the Foresters who had grabbed him fell completely behind him.
"Third child, this must be your conspiracy!" He pointed at Xuanyuan Rui on the throne, and angrily reprimanded.
"Shut up, do you want to frame this king to cover up your own crimes!" Xuanyuan Rui sternly shouted, "You need two silver taels for stealing the air force without permission, but for the sake of the royal family's flesh and blood, as long as you return the silver taels, this king will be extrajudicial and exempt from death and punishment." β
"Third child, you clean your ears and listen to it, I repeat, this king did not instruct Cao Shilang to extract the military silver taels." Xuanyuan Wei is very indignant, just arrest it, otherwise, the prince will punish you for the crime of rebellion, the two sins are one, no matter how difficult it is to tolerate, you will definitely die. Damn the Third Prince, he's taking revenge! even made a false accusation on his head.
Since Yun Maoxin turned his face with him because of his daughter's wrongful humiliation and decided to make offerings to the Shenqi Gate, he had nowhere to find money to feed those subordinates who worked hard for him, where to get the silver to return to the court?
"The human and material evidence are there, and you are still denying it, since you have not paid the silver taels, you should be beheaded according to the law, but this king sees that you are the emperor's brother, and exempts you from the crime of beheading, and you are lightly haired and dragged out a hundred heavy rods."
"Yes." The royal guards on duty stubbornly moved closer to Xuanyuanwei.
"Presumptuous, who dares to move." Xuanyuan Wei was annoyed and rebellious, and he was so unruly that the Imperial Forest Army trembled.
Li Yangting, the new commander of the Imperial Forest Army, stepped forward, grabbed Xuanyuan Wei's arm, pinched him like iron tongs, and threatened, "The regent is like the emperor coming in person, and the order is supreme and irresistible."
"Hmph, I didn't expect this king to be planted in your conspiracy again today, a hundred rods, and this king inherited it." Xuanyuan Wei reluctantly unloaded his bravery and gritted his teeth.
"Ji Lei, I ordered you to be the prison officer, and you must not cheat." Xuanyuan Rui ordered.
"Wechen obeys." Ji Lei stepped forward from behind the Lord Prison to receive the order.
"Take them down and execute them immediately."
Xuanyuan Wei's eyes were cold, and he roared fiercely, "Third brother, as long as I have a breath left, I will never let go of you treacherous villain in the future!" β
"Lord Regent, please."
Xuanyuan Wei glanced at Xuanyuan Rui fiercely, turned around and walked out of the main hall, Li Jing escorted Xuanyuan Wei out of the Golden Palace, and the royal forest army followed closely behind.
The Golden Palace is dark and the shadow of the gun and knife, but the Zhaowang Mansion is warm and infinite.
The garden is full of white and holy flowers, and there are large osmanthus flowers blooming around the water pavilion, red roses and white roses in the east, yellow roses, pink roses, and purple roses and black roses in the flowers next to the Qinxiang Pavilion in the west. The rising sun slowly rises into the sky, and the garden is full of flowers and fragrance.
A delicate mahogany table is placed with tea sets and fruit cakes, under the yellow parasol that shades the sun, the sixth princess Yunxiao sits at the piano table, gently raises her jade wrist, plays a melodious tune, four maids are waiting around, and Xiangwang Xuanyuan Mo is wearing a simple casual dress and singing and dancing with the melody of the music.
Yu Si hurriedly walked over, bowed down and said, "Lord Wang, something happened." This morning, Li Zhishang of the Criminal Department of the Dynasty played King Sheng's embezzlement of military supplies and silver, and the regent Jindian tried the case, and has now detained King Sheng in the palace, claiming to punish the crime according to the law. β
Xuanyuan Rui withdrew his sword momentum and slowly exhaled. "Hurry up and enter the palace."
A flash of worry and anxiety flashed in his eyes when he spoke, he dropped his sword, and hurried to the palace with the guards, and he didn't even change his clothes when he went out in a hurry, Yun Xiao opened his mouth to stop him from changing his clothes and wearing a crown but didn't say anything.
The life of his eldest emperor brother was pressed on the tip of the knife by his third emperor brother, the brothers killed each other, and human lives were at stake, could he not be in a hurry?
Xuanyuan Mo rode into the palace alone, and there were henchmen and guards of the Imperial Forest Army near the palace gate.
"The Sixth Prince." The guards stepped forward and clasped their fists in salute.
"Pick the key one, and speak quickly."
"Yes." The Imperial Forest Army bowed down and reported, "King Zheng has been punished with a hundred rods, and he is being executed." β
In the courtyard of the Shen Punishment Division, the Imperial Forest Army surrounded the execution ground and was heavily guarded, four people held down Xuanyuan Wei's shoulders and feet, and fixed him on the torture bench, and the two sturdy executioners waved their torture sticks and smashed them on his buttocks, and the torture rods were already full of blood.
Xuanyuan Wei's buttocks were torn apart, his blood-stained royal blue robe, his purple forehead protruded a few green tendons, his cold eyes of hatred clenched his teeth, and he endured the great pain without snorting.
Prison Officer Ji Lei ordered, "Walk the cane to fifty for execution, you two up." β
"Yes."
The two executioners standing next to Ji Lei received the order, walked over and prepared to replace the execution, one executioner had already received Li Jing's secret order, and passed the order in his ear, "Pass on the commander's secret order, the ninetieth and ninety-first sticks deviate and hit the back of the heart, and beat the criminal to death on the torture bench with internal strength, you and I will kill each person with a stick, two kills, beware of him finding desperate resistance, to be ruthless, immediately after the execution, he will go out of the palace with Ji Lei to hide for a few months, and someone outside the palace will prepare a horse to respond." β
The other nodded in response, "Understood, obeyed." β
The two of them mustered their strength, took the torture rod and picked it up high, and snapped-snap-snap-snap-the criminal examiner counted carefully on the side, "Eighty-one, eighty-two, eighty-three, eighty-four, eighty-......."
"Stop!"
Xuanyuan Mo stepped into the gate of the torture court, shouted, and flew to the front.
The guard who was holding the stick shook too hard and couldn't retract his hand for a while, and suddenly sprained his arm, he threw the torture stick, and fell to the ground with his arm in his arms, snorting with a bitter face.
Oops - it's a flash dead, why didn't King Xiang wait for this stick to finish before shouting to stop.
Ji Lei saw King Xiang walking in leisurely, and couldn't help but look gloomy, bad, there are still a few sticks left to complete the task assigned by the master, and he should have ten sticks in advance to kill the criminal.
Ji Lei regretted it in his heart, so he had to greet him respectfully, knelt on one knee, and saluted with his fists, "Weichen see King Xiang." β
"See the Regentβ" All the guards in the courtyard knelt on one knee.
"No courtesy." Xuanyuan glared at the executioner's dodging eyes, and warned him majestically, "Whoever dares to move the master again, be careful that his head falls to the ground." β
After saying that, Xuanyuan Wei walked over and stretched out his hand to help him up, "Brother Emperor, it's too late for my little brother." β
Brother Xuanyuan Wei stood up slowly with severe pain, and complained sadly, "The third brother wants to put me to death this time, Sixth Emperor Brother, I am really wronged for my brother!" β
"The younger brother believes in the eldest imperial brother, and the younger brother will ask the regent to exempt the eldest imperial brother from punishment." Cat flutter Chinese