Chapter 37 Jin State Martial Arts
That night, Emperor Jin secretly summoned King Chang.
At that time, the night sank like water, and the Jin Emperor in the Chengguang Hall retreated from the palace people, looking at King Chang kneeling at the bottom, and his eyes were as deep as a deep pool.
The neat and monotonous sound of the copper kettle dripping faintly came, and the ticking sound repeated over and over again seemed simple and boring, but at this moment it seemed to hide the desolation that penetrated people's hearts and souls, and the old and sad words of Emperor Jin finally sounded after a long silence: "I have been conscientious in my life, I have never abandoned the government, I have never been mediocre, and now I am in my twilight years, and I don't talk about dominating the world, it is all empty words, where can I still move?" I only wish that my children and grandchildren would be full and enjoy some family fun! It's a pity...... Pity! Is it that in my life, I have fought in the north and south, and I have created too many sins, so God is unwilling to fulfill even such a small wish! Emperor Jin's expression was very lonely, he paused slightly, and then said slowly: "How cruel the battle for succession has been since ancient times, I don't know it!" In my early years, I had a crown prince, and in the end, the prince was anxious to usurp the throne, which brought a huge shock to the imperial capital, and almost shook the foundation of the Great Jin! Now, I have abolished the crown prince and hung in the East Palace, and there is no one at the bottom! Although the usurpation did not happen again, something more sad than the usurpation did. You haven't reached my age, how can you understand what it's like to lose a child when you're old? If you can understand one or two, how can you do it? β
When King Chang heard this, he raised his head and exclaimed: "Father, the matter of Xi Zhuo (King Zhao) is not the work of his sons, it is ......."
Emperor Jin raised his hand to interrupt King Chang: "Until now, do you still want to tell me that Xi Ze harmed Xi Zhuo?" β
"Who else but him?" Chang Wang Zi blushed his face and argued: "At that time, we all thought that Xi Zhuo was killed by someone, if it wasn't for Xi Ze's hand, then how would he know that Xi Zhuo was actually poisoned?" How could he insist on opening the coffin on the day of Xi Zhuo's burial? After the coffin was opened, he just took advantage of Xi Zhuo's death to regain power, and in the whole incident, Xi Ze was the biggest beneficiary, of course he was the murderer of Xi Zhuo! β
Emperor Jin shook his head in disappointment: "That's right, on the surface, Xi Ze is the biggest beneficiary of the whole thing, but Xi Zhuo has already lost his position and can't threaten Xi Ze at all, why should Xi Ze make such a ruthless move?" He has 11,000 ways to rise again, but doing it to Xi Zhuo is the most risky and stupid of all, he won't do it! What's more, wasn't he lying in bed every day? β
"He's playing dead, not really hanging by a thread!" King Chang was still unconvinced, and fought to the death.
Emperor Jin was extremely disappointed when he heard this, and reprimanded hatefully: "Yes, he was forced by Xi Yan (the former King of Qi) to have no choice, he had to pretend, and it was precisely because he wanted to pretend to be dead, and there were people staring at him everywhere, so his news was more closed than all of you, how could he have so much time to set up this seamless situation!" The most important thing is that Xi Ze has no reason to move Xi Zhuo at all! Therefore, whoever comes to me and says that Xi Ze harmed Xi Zhuo, I will not believe it! Emperor Jin breathed a sigh of relief and sighed bitterly, "I deliberately connived at Xi Ze to sit big, and you couldn't tolerate him one by one, and finally involved the innocent Xi Zhuo, in the end, it was also my fault!" β
At this point, King Chang was speechless. He hung his head, silent.
Emperor Jin looked at King Chang deeply, as if to see through his soul and body, the time was so quiet that it was panicked, and Emperor Jin's old voice seemed to lose its restlessness and anger after a long silence, and became lonely again: "Xi Zhuo has always been unwise, he is honest, you think he is not good, so you all bully him, but no matter what, he is also my own flesh and blood, I don't want to see him anymore, and I don't want to see him with three long and two short." On the day I went to King Gong's Mansion, Xi Zhuo gave Xi Ze medicine, I didn't know that Xi Ze was pretending at that time, I only felt that Xi Zhuo was honest and loyal, and he still had a pure heart, better than you, even if it was found that there was poison hidden in the medicine, I didn't believe that it was Xi Zhuo's hand! No matter how stupid Xi Zhuo is, he also knows that he doesn't have the life of the Son of Heaven, why should he be a stepping stone for others and drug Xi Ze? Do you think you're doing it very secretively? I only need to think about it for a moment, and I know that it is your hands and feet! At that time, you had murderous intentions towards Xi Ze, and tried to blame Xi Zhuo! I know that you don't care about brotherhood! Later, news came from the Criminal Department, saying that the mastermind of the cavalry shooting case confessed by the guards in the prison was Xi Zhuo, I pretended to be angry and slapped Xi Zhuo, not because I really believed the news, but because I didn't want Xi Zhuo to say things that shouldn't be said when he was excited, as long as he didn't leak those ugly things about you, you would be willing to protect him! Then, I used the excuse to set up a new future and amnesty the world, originally wanting to keep Xi Zhuo away from the land of right and wrong in the imperial capital and ensure that his life was safe and sound, but I didn't expect that I was still one step too late! β
The more Emperor Jin spoke, the more excited he became: "When Xi Zhuo had an accident, I only knew that I went to investigate in the direction of Gao Shan Jue, thinking that Xi Zhuo's incident and the previous Yun Tilt poisoning incident were done by the same person. It wasn't until Xi Yan had an accident and denied Xi Zhuo's matter in prison that I suddenly realized that the real murderer was you! You created the illusion of interception and killing, so that everyone mistakenly thought that Xi Zhuo was injured by the robbers. Just in case, you have left yourself a way out, and poisoned Xi Zhuo to death in advance with the high mountain that Yun Tilt once hit, so that if I track it down, you can use this poison to blame Xi Yan and leave yourself and this matter clean. Your trick is arranged step by step, and it is really carefully arranged, even I have to admire! But...... But I have already sent Xi Zhuo out of the Imperial Palace, and he is no longer a threat to you, so why do you still do this to him? You sue sΓΉζ, why is that?! Emperor Jin was excited for a while, and the last sentence was almost roared out through gritted teeth.