Chapter 164: The so-called Qingzhou riots

"King Cheng plotted to kill his wife, undermined the Gangchang, and was despised! Take off the title of King Chengjun and go to the prison! Xuanyuan often wins, is lawless, and uses power for personal gain! Bribes officials, deceives the king! Cut off the official title, and goes to the prison! Xuanyuan's vicious heart is good and jealous, and he takes back the treasure book of King Cheng's side concubine and goes to the prison! Guan Xiong impersonates, indiscriminately fills the number, and accepts bribes, deceives the king, and immediately drags him to the noon gate to be beheaded, there must be no mistake!"

Situ Sheng gave an order and directly convicted several people.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger! When the emperor ordered the three kings to contribute to the royal family, King Cheng was anxious to get an heir! King Cheng was confused for a while and made a mistake, but he thought that he was filial and wanted to share his worries for the emperor, so please let the emperor take it lightly!"

When Baili Feng saw this, he couldn't hold it anymore, and hurriedly stepped forward to intercede.

"Your Majesty, the ministers seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

Other ministers also stood up one after another to intercede for King Cheng.

At this time, Taiwei Xuanyuan Changsheng also stood up and pleaded for Xuanyuan Changying: "Your Majesty, Chang Ying was confused for a while because of his love for his daughter, and I begged the emperor to read it for the sake of the loyalty of my Xuanyuan family, and to be lenient with Chang Win!"

"Presumptuous! King Cheng, Xuanyuan and the others have made such a big mistake, if I forgive them, how can I give an explanation to the Dugu family? How can I block the mouth of Youyou? How can I subdue the world? No one is allowed to intercede again, otherwise they will be punished for the same crime!"

Situ Sheng was pale and merciless!

"The emperor spares his life!

Except for King Cheng Situ Chi, the other three were all frightened and slumped to the ground!

The guards stepped forward and dragged Guan Xiong out, Guan Xiong shouted for mercy, but unfortunately no one paid attention. The Guan clan looked at the black sheep finally falling into the legal net, and they were also embarrassed.

Just as the guards stepped forward to escort King Cheng, Xuanyuan and the others down, another shout came from outside the crowd.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor's subordinates are merciful!"

Everyone looked over, and saw Xuanyuan Wushu dressed in military uniform, strode over, knelt in front of Situ Sheng, and said: "The emperor is gracious! Please see that the Xuanyuan family has done their best for the imperial court and forgiven Weichen's father and sister for the sake of loyalty!"

"Xuanyuan has nothing to do, you just came back from Qingzhou, how is the mob handled?"

Situ Sheng saw that Xuanyuan was not involved in the dust, and knew that he had just returned to Beijing.

"Back to the emperor, after King Cheng's careful deployment, Weichen has exterminated the mob coefficient! The counterinsurgency has won a complete victory, please rest assured!"

"Okay! Sure enough, he is young and promising! I have a lot of rewards for quelling the rebellion!"

Situ Sheng listened to Xuanyuan's unrelated reply, and then his face was happy, and his face looked a little better.

"Your Majesty, the counterinsurgency is all well planned by His Royal Highness King Cheng, so that the mob can be annihilated in one fell swoop without any damage! King Cheng makes mistakes, but he has merit in quelling the rebellion, and the merits and demerits are offset by the merits, and he also asks the emperor to forgive him! As for Weichen's father and sister, please also ask the emperor to be brave and loyal to Weichen, and let him fall lightly! Weichen is willing to give up all rewards and only ask the emperor for mercy!"

"Please be gracious to the emperor!"

"Please be gracious to the emperor!"

Xuanyuan didn't take the lead, and the ministers below began to second.

Situ Sheng pondered for a while and said: "That's it, just change the sentence to King Cheng and go to the imperial tomb for a year, as for General Xuanyuan and the Xuanyuan clan, they will be reduced to ordinary people and confined to their homes!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xuanyuan Wushu was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly thanked him.

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Chengwang Situ Chi and Xuanyuan Chang Win, and Xuanyuan Wuzhen also hurriedly thanked him.

King Cheng bowed slightly, and secretly cursed in his heart! I wanted to use this counterinsurgency to restore the title of King Cheng, but I didn't expect it to fall short! If Xuanyuan Wushu hadn't rushed back in time, he would have really been planted this time!

Sooner or later, I'll get this account back!

And Dugu Qiannan's heart is also burning with flames at this moment, seeing that Cheng Wang and the others have been arrested, but there are extraneous branches!

Could it be that just because he has made a little contribution to the imperial court, he can be lawless and kill people without paying for his life? This punishment will not move the king at all, he is still a prince, and his status is still noble! When he returns to the palace after one year, will he not continue to be powerful?

Dugu Qiannan was not angry in his heart, and just wanted to step forward to play again, when he suddenly saw a guard hurriedly rushing forward and said, "Your Majesty, the King of Qi is here!"

"Yue'er?"

Situ Sheng raised his hand. A few days ago, Situ Yue wrote a book saying that he had something important to leave Beijing, and he has not been seen for these days, why did he suddenly come back today?

Situ Sheng was secretly puzzled, and suddenly saw that Situ Yue, the king of Qi, had a flushed face, dressed in a dark robe, and his right arm was wrapped in gauze, and the gauze was stained with blood, and he was supported by his personal guard Wei Chenfeng and stepped forward.

Situ Sheng was shocked and said: "Yue'er, what's wrong with you? You didn't leave Beijing to do business, why are you injured!"

Situ Yue knelt down and gasped softly, "Father, son...... The retainers have important things to do...... Return, please father's permission!"

"Calm down first!Come on, give the King of Qi a seat!" Situ Sheng waved his hand, and immediately a eunuch brought up a chair, and Wei Chenfeng helped Situ Yue get up and sit down.

"Yue'er, what's the matter with you?" Situ Sheng looked at Situ Yue and asked with a frown.

"Father, son...... Erchen has just returned from Qingzhou...... Ahem, ahem, ahem!"

As soon as Situ Yue said a word, he immediately coughed, and his originally flushed face was also dyed with a sickly paleness.

"Qingzhou, what are you doing in Qingzhou?" Situ Sheng's eyes lit up.

"Erchen...... Ahem, ahem!"

Situ Yue coughed again before he finished speaking, Wei Chenfeng's face was full of worry, and then he stepped forward and knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, the prince went to Qingzhou to investigate the mob rebellion, but because he was attacked by a secret arrow while investigating the truth, he almost died! The prince has been suffering from a high fever since he was injured, but in order for the emperor not to be deceived by the traitor, he rushed back quickly regardless of his injuries, just to expose the matter!"

"What? What the hell is going on? Xuanyuan Wushu has just replied that the mob has been completely exterminated, what is the truth of what you are talking about?"

Listening to Wei Chenfeng's words, Situ Sheng was shocked. Could it be that there is something else going on in this mob rebellion?

"Father, that's true...... Please ask your father for permission, and Wei Chenfeng will replace his son...... Details!"

Situ Yue gasped and replied.

Situ Sheng nodded, "Quasi! Wei Chenfeng, what do you say! What the hell is going on with the Qingzhou mob?"

Wei Chenfeng glanced at Xuanyuan Wushu and Situ Chi, who had changed his face, and arched his hand: "Back to the emperor, the rebellion of the mob in Qingzhou is purely nothing! And the so-called mob is just some displaced victims!"

"What, what you said is true?" When Situ Sheng heard this, his face suddenly changed.

"Your Majesty! The mob rebellion is obvious to all the people of Qingzhou! It is by no means a rumor-mongering! Wei Chenfeng, don't lie and confuse the public!"

Xuanyuan Wushu immediately walked over and pointed at Wei Chenfeng and refuted.

Wei Chenfeng turned to Xuanyuan Wushu, and said with a cold smile: "Who is the gossip to confuse the public and confuse the public, we both know each other in our hearts!"

After that, he once bowed his hand to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, when a riot came from Qingzhou, His Royal Highness the King of Qi was already puzzled! Because His Royal Highness the King of Qi had been to Qingzhou before, and he knew where the people were simple and simple, and there could be no mob rebellion! Therefore, His Royal Highness the King of Qi took Weichen to Qingzhou to investigate the truth! The truth found out was completely consistent with what the prince thought! Those so-called mobs were all victims who were bullied and forced to the point of desperation! They rose up to resist just to survive, and someone deliberately wanted to provoke a riot and take the opportunity to rise to prominence!"

"Wei Chenfeng! Don't talk nonsense! Do you mean to accuse this king of wanting to take advantage of quelling the rebellion to invite merit and make him an official and knighted? It's just nonsense!"

Situ Chi looked angry and shouted.

However, Wei Chenfeng was not afraid, and just replied lightly: "Wei Chen just said 'someone', and did not say that it was His Royal Highness King Cheng!

"You! presumptuous!" Situ Chiqi's face turned red, but he couldn't refute a word!

He peeked at Situ Sheng, but saw that his face was gloomy, as if he believed Wei Chenfeng's words, and he couldn't help but feel worried for a while.

"Wei Chenfeng, you go on!"

Situ Sheng glanced at King Cheng and Xuanyuan Wuxing, and gestured to Wei Chenfeng.

"Yes!"

Wei Chenfeng nodded and continued: "When His Royal Highness King Qi rushed to Qingzhou with Weichen, the army led by King Cheng and General Xuanyuan had already begun to clash with the Yi army established by the mob. Because the Yi army was all improvised by ordinary people and had no combat experience, it was immediately defeated at the touch of General Xuanyuan's army, and they were defeated again and again! Moreover, all the captured Yi troops were ordered to be executed by King Cheng and General Xuanyuan, even children and old people!"

"There are also old people and children in the Yi army?" Situ Sheng was shocked.

Wei Chenfeng said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, Weichen said! The Yi army is all disaster victims, men, women, and children! The famine in Qingzhou has already left them hungry, but there are still people who have ordered the collection of heavy taxes in Qingzhou! If they can't pay taxes, they will sell their children, daughters, and even wives to pay taxes! How many people have died because of this? How many children have lost their parents and relatives because of this! Some people have expropriated and extorted money in Qingzhou, and they have done all kinds of evil! This has finally aroused the indignation of the people!"

Speaking of this, Wei Chenfeng took a deep breath, paused, and continued: "The disaster victims gathered together to fight against those corrupt officials and corrupt officials in order to survive, and the so-called Qingzhou riot was nothing more than that at first! Later, those people came up with a poisonous plan and pretended to recruit peace, but they gathered those disaster forces and wantonly killed them! The disaster victims were almost wiped out, and very few escaped desperately! After they escaped, they fled to Qingyun Mountain with the rest of the people, and lived on wild fruits in the mountains all day long! Because they didn't know the truth, they thought that the imperial court had killed them, so in their hatred, they raised the banner of rebellion and set up the Yi Army, vowing to avenge their dead relatives! Your Majesty, this is the truth of the so-called Qingzhou riots!"

"How can this be justified!

After Situ Sheng heard this, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot! The clenched fist clicked, and with a bang, it smashed directly on the table, and the tea on the table shook to the ground, scattering a mess!

The ministers below were all shocked by the truth that Wei Chenfeng said! Looking at Situ Sheng's angry appearance, they were all silent, and no one dared to speak again!