Chapter 110: Meeting for Martyrdom
The day after Gu Jue led the troops to leave, when all the ministers of the court went to the court as usual. I just thought that it would be better for me to be free from the oppression of General Gu in the court, but who knew that something happened that made everyone applaud.
The Queen Mother actually issued an edict, saying that Gu Jue was arrogant and disobedient to the teachings of Chengguo Gong in the past, so she expelled him from the mansion, and even the name on the family tree was ticked.
Only then did everyone suddenly realize that the Queen Mother had severed her relationship with Gu Jue.
The ministers didn't understand the queen mother's thoughts, and one by one they cried and impeached Gu Jue in the court, and those who were suppressed or thrown back by the queen mother at the beginning returned to the dragon case.
Even the little emperor lying on the dragon chair felt the solemnity of the atmosphere, and he didn't dare to cry as usual, just lying on the dragon chair, quiet like a cat.
In the morning of that day, the ministers exposed more than 100 counts of his crimes, not to mention those inconspicuous sins, and there were eighteen of the great sins.
Even the incident when he was killing in Huaiyin City was revealed, only saying that those ordinary people were only coerced by the King of Huaiyin to be enemies of the imperial court, but Gu Jue didn't care about it, even the infant children.
And when he was at the border pass, just because the bandits sold him to the Xiongnu as a coolie, before he returned to the court, he asked the soldiers to slaughter all the people in the ten miles beyond the mountain.
And he is extremely arrogant, that is, he spends tens of thousands of taels of silver a day, and all those white flowers of silver are from his corruption and bribery.
When he attacked the Xiongnu, he picked out most of the treasures he had taken, and the rest were handed over to the treasury, and the precious jewels in the crown of the Xiongnu were also taken by him.
Until the next dynasty, the minister of the imperial court submitted the trial results to the queen mother, and Gu Jue was convicted of ninety-three major crimes.
The Queen Mother immediately issued an edict to take away Gu Jue's title, ordered him to hand over the handsome seal, and then escorted him back to Beijing for trial.
Now Gu Jue has arrived in Xiangyang with the army, but there is no one who goes to declare Yi's decree. These ministers in the court are the most desperate for their lives, but everyone knows what Gu Jue's temper is, and Gu Jue is full of elite soldiers and strong generals, according to his temperament, if he knows that he took everything away from him while he is away, he will not raise troops to rebel.
And it is no wonder that the people who go to proclaim the decree are not sacrificed to the flag.
Just when the Queen Mother was worried about who would go to Xiangyang, King Nanjing stood up from the crowd and was willing to take 10,000 horses to announce the decree, and then take over the 100,000 soldiers.
The ministers burst into tears after hearing this, the world has prospered with the assistance of King Nanjing, and now he is willing to risk his life, and those ministers even bow to him.
Until the next dynasty, Feng Huang never even returned home, and directly allocated 10,000 soldiers and horses from the forbidden army in the palace, and went to Xiangyang quickly.
Gu Yinglian personally sent him outside the palace gate, she was a little weak in the cold wind, and she no longer had the decisiveness when she hung the curtain to listen to the government.
The phoenix hairpin on her head rustled in the bleak wind, and at some point a few gray hairs were added to her sideburns.
"I handed over this decree and soldiers and horses to you, that is, I handed over the safety of Sheji to your hands, and when I went to Xiangyang, I must use the means of thunder, not the slightest means, and I must not let Donglang rebel."
Xiangyang City is very close to the capital, if Donglang really reverses, he can attack the capital within two days. She only did it so quickly, but she was afraid that the wind would be exposed, and Gu Jue was on guard.
Feng Huang was wearing a silver helmet and white feathers, wearing a dragon robe, and the sweaty BMW beside him couldn't bear it anymore, and kept hissing.
He fell to one knee and said, "Yes." β
After Gu Jue arrived in Xiangyang with his soldiers and horses, he only rested for a day and did not see Yu Zhiyan's letter, he was very worried about him, so he had to send two relatives back to the capital.
Cao Wu, the prefect of Xiangyang, held a banquet to receive this general Gu, one was to serve the queen mother's decree, and the other was to tie up with this powerful minister.
Cao Wu ordered people to select seven glamorous dancing girls in the palace of the officials in the city, and at the banquet, a heavenly maiden scattered flowers, which was unforgettable.
Gu Jue couldn't be interested in this beautiful scenery, he only lowered his head and drank fine wine, and he didn't need to be served by the beauties around him.
He was drunk, but there were bursts of hurried voices and neighing of war horses outside, but the first to come was his most relied on subordinate Chenghu.
A big stout man walked straight through the crowd, and the women waving their sleeves were knocked down by him and then fell to the ground.
This caused the officials to fall into a panic immediately, and they didn't know what was going on, so they just got up from their seats in panic.
Cheng Hu strode to Gu Jue's side, bowed his head with a solemn face and said a few words.
Everyone's eyes fell on the two of them, but after hearing this, Gu Jue showed a look of disdain, "What is he here to do, is he here to seek death?" β
The person he was talking about, everyone didn't know who it was, but when they were speculating, they saw a Feng Huang in armor slowly come in.
Most people don't know this prince, but Cao Wu does, so he has to lead the way and kneel on the ground, "Weichen see His Royal Highness King Nanjing." β
When everyone heard this, they knew that this was also a famous person, and immediately knelt on the ground and saluted.
Feng Huang didn't let everyone get up, but just said in a calm voice: "This king was ordered to come here to spread the queen mother's decree, and General Gu didn't kneel down to listen to the decree." β
The sound of silk and bamboo in the hall has stopped, and the lively room of the selection book has suddenly become quiet.
Gu Jue, who was sitting on the main seat, didn't know whether he was drunk or awake, he only raised his head and glanced at Feng Huang, and then poured another glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
"If there is anything to say, don't disturb General Ben's interest."
Feng Huang knew that he would not kneel down to accept the order, but he didn't care, he only took the decree out of the sealed box and read it out in front of everyone.
After reading Yi's will, everyone was stunned, but they didn't expect that there would be a sudden change in the wind and clouds in an instant.
The most suffering is Cao Wu, I didn't expect the Queen Mother to be punished where, but she wanted to be in his Xiangyang. Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother killed her relatives in righteousness, not only dissociating herself from this General Gu, but also stripped him of his title and escorted him back to Beijing.
But Gu Jue now has a heavy army, and rebellion is just a matter of words. When the time comes, he will occupy Xiangyang City, where will he still have the way to live as a prefect.
Everyone in the room didn't dare to gasp loudly, just waiting for Gu Jue, who was sitting on the chair, to speak.
The first to get angry was Gu Jue's subordinate Cheng Hu, this big man with a straight intestine kicked over the incense burner next to him, and then said angrily: "General Gu, let's go against him, otherwise you will not escape death when you enter Beijing." β
Gu Jue has always been arrogant and domineering in the court, and everyone can't get used to him. But in the army, he is extremely prestigious.
He ruled the army strictly, but the soldiers who followed him were paid a lot of food, and he even connived at the looting of his subordinates many times. Besides, he has always used his soldiers like a god and never defeated a battle, which has spread even more miraculously in the army.
And the people he took away were all his henchmen, but with his words, Xiangyang suddenly changed.
Gu Jue didn't pay attention to Cheng Hu, just put down the wine glass in his hand and stared at Feng Huang deadly, "What's wrong with her?" β
"If you accept this decree, she will be safe. If you don't answer, the king won't know if she's alive or dead. Feng Huang smiled gently, as if he was just talking about Fengyue.
The people in the room were nervously forgetting to breathe, they didn't know who she was in the mouths of the two, but the storm in them was aware of it.
Gu Jue smiled slowly, the ruthlessness in his eyes gradually dissipated, and then he sighed helplessly, and then knelt down to accept the order.
Sure enough, her sister knew where his death was, and he could give up everything, but Yu Zhiyan couldn't.
Cheng Hu couldn't stand it anymore when he heard this, he never thought that Gu Jue would kill himself, so he couldn't help but fall to his knees with a thud, and the dignified seven-foot man actually cried, "General Gu-"
Seeing him like this, Gu Jue was still unmoved, but Feng Huang slowly handed over the one in his hand to him, and then said: "Please hand over the handsome seal, this king will order someone to escort you back to Beijing, and Mrs. Yu is still waiting for you in the Chengguo Mansion." β
Chinese New Year's Eve was approaching, and the wealthy people in the capital lit artillery battles early, and the crisp sound startled the birds on the dead branches in the courtyard.
Yu Zhiyan stood in front of the window and looked carefully, it was the cold winter moon, and she still opened the window.
The minions in the house have long been guarded, and even Bao Xiao'er is locked in her own room and can't get out, except for a few hard steamed buns every day, there is nothing else to break Yu to smoke.
It was even colder inside the house than outside, and even if I opened the window, I didn't feel too uncomfortable.
The guards who were guarding outside the house saw her stick her head out, and were about to scold her to put her head back, but saw her smile faintly, "This big brother is tired of releasing those birds in the cage, if he starves for a few more days, he will die." β
The guard couldn't help but be stunned for a while, now she couldn't protect herself, and she cared about the birds in the cage.
It can be seen that her voice is as gentle as the warm breeze of a spring night, and the guards are unwilling to refuse her, and one of the guards really walks to the cage and opens the cage.
Who knew that the parrot in the cage was hungry and never left the cage.
Yu Zhiyan was sighing, but saw that the bird seemed to hear something, came out of the cage, and only ran to the person in the yard.
Yu Zhenyan's tears were swaying, as if a needle was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't cry as soon as he opened his mouth.
The moment Gu Jue stepped on the door, he saw Yu Zhiyan. A trance-like smile appeared on his face, and he said softly; "It's okay, you're alive."
A thousand words condensed into this sentence, and the two of them looked at each other and stood still.
The clothes on Gu Jue's body were whirring in the wind, and the hair on his sideburns crossed his narrow eyes, but he couldn't hide the affection in his eyes.
However, the moment he entered the door, Yu Zhiyan grabbed the pillow on the bed and smashed it on his body, although the soft pillow did not hurt, but she used all her strength.
Gu Jue didn't hide, she stood there like a stake, just waiting for her to vent at will.
Yu Zhiyan was tired, the pillow in her hand fell to the ground, and tears slowly fell down her cheeks, "What are you doing when you come back, you can't save me, why bother to come here to kill yourself." β
Dong Lang hugged her tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to embed her in his body, "I have to come back and die with you, you girl is cowardly, how can it be good to go alone." β
Gu Jue came back from Xiangyang, which was tantamount to reassuring the courtiers in Beijing, and even Gu Jue was not arrested for interrogation, but only presented the convicted excerpt to the Queen Mother.
What everyone didn't expect was that Yun Peichang's newly married wife beat the drum and cried out for her husband, Cao Kanren, who killed her former fiancΓ©, and took out the evidence of Yun Peichang and Gu Jue's collusion.
The official in charge of hearing the case saw that Gu Jue was implicated at this time, so he naturally didn't dare to be sloppy, and directly handed over the matter to the Queen Mother.
Yun Peichang became an imperial history at such a young age, if it wasn't for Gu Jue's support, no one would believe it.
The Queen Mother issued an edict to take away Yun Peichang's official title, throw him directly into the prison, and then ordered someone to confiscate the family property, and even dispose of his parents who were far away in Jiangnan.
Yu Zhiyan and Gu Jue were in the dark Chengguo Mansion, so they naturally didn't know about this shocking news.
There has never been such a calm in the Chengguo Mansion, as calm as a wild beast with fangs hiding in the darkness, pounced on it at any moment and gnawed everyone away.
Because of Gu Jue's return, those guards added three more steamed buns, as well as gruel with residual warmth.
However, the hungry half-dead Yu Zhiyan did not move the chopsticks, but took out a packet of powder from the back of the cabinet, which was originally used by Bao Xiao'er to poison mice, and she saw it.
She laughed at her for using too much that day, and she couldn't eat hundreds of mice, but she paid attention to it that day because of a joke, but she didn't expect it to come in handy today.
When Gu Jue saw her take it out, her face suddenly changed, "What do you want to do?" β
Yu Zhiyan held back the tears in his eyes, trying not to let himself be too embarrassed, "Now that we can't live, why wait for others to fall, let's go together today, all of us should be martyred." β
There seemed to be tears in his eyes, and he was silent for a long time, and then forced out a smile, "Okay." β
Yu Zhiyan walked over slowly and poured all the powder into the porridge bowl. When it was finished, she took the spoon and stirred it slowly until the white melted into the porridge.
Gu Jue grabbed her arm all of a sudden, his cold hands were constantly trembling, and his eyes were trying his best to hide something.
She smiled sweetly, "I'll go first, I can't watch you die." β
Gu Jue's voice was full of pain, "What about me, do you want me to watch you die?" Can I do it? β
When he was so solemn, Yu Zhenyan burst out laughing, but the tears fell even more fiercely, "You turn your face away, don't look at it." β
Gu Jue also knew what kind of crime he had committed, and he didn't know how many crimes he had decided, and now the two of them committed suicide was the best choice.
The green tendons on his forehead bulged, but they still slowly turned around.