Chapter 357: The Great Treacherous Seems to Be Loyal
readx;? After Emperor Yan Chong deprived Yan Chong of his real power, his whole person became extremely haggard as if he had fought an extremely difficult battle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Maybe it's because of his advanced age, and because of the thunderous anger early in the morning, the emperor who has subsided his anger looks extremely tired, and he looks like an ordinary old man who has just recovered from a serious illness, and he is basically like the king of the world who said the same thing just now.
"Your Majesty, your body is important, I hope you don't get angry because of these little things anymore!" Yan Zheng persuaded softly with a worried face.
Looking at the emperor again, at this moment, he was already sitting back on his throne with the support of the internal officials, leaning lazily in the chair, his eyes squinting slightly at everyone, and his voice became much quieter than just now.
"Don't kneel anymore!
Hearing the words of the emperor, the ministers hesitated for a long time again, and finally under the leadership of the three holy kings of Yan Zheng, Yan Lie, and Yan Hao, they slowly stood up one by one.
"King Shengdong is arbitrary and has no imperial power, but the emperor thinks that he has brotherly feelings with him and does not punish him heavily, don't you think that this emperor is unfair?" asked the emperor in a non-yin tone.
"It is really reasonable for Your Majesty to choose justice and justice in front of his brothers of the same clan. And being able to endure the wrath of thunder to forgive the mistakes of King Shengdong and avoid his capital crimes just happened to reflect His Majesty's benevolence and righteousness. Your Majesty's reasoning is really a model for our courtiers to learn from, how can you think it is unfair?" Seeing this, a minister who was good at slapping horses hurriedly seized the opportunity and said with a smile on his face.
Although the emperor knew that this person was suspected of flattery, at this sensitive time, he could still comfort himself by occasionally listening to some compliments.
"Your Majesty's actions today are actually righteous annihilation, I just hope that Your Majesty will not be too sad because of the matter between King Shengdong and Prince Yanze!" Some other ministers saw that the emperor was not disgusted by flattery, so they also spoke out to persuade him.
"That's it!Let's go here first!" After a moment of hesitation, the Emperor continued to say, "The grievances are clear, and the rewards and punishments are measured! This emperor must have a beginning and an end, Yan Zheng, do you know what the situation of the Lu family is now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, early this morning, my brother and nephew have already sent someone to the Lu Mansion to clean up the mess and count the casualties, most of the old and weak of the Lu family died tragically under the knife of the man in black, but Lu Haoqian, his wife and some young people in the mansion were not among the victims, presumably they should have managed to escape!" Yan Zheng said lightly while thinking about it, "However, judging from the number of corpses, the casualties of the Lu family this time are still extremely heavy, and the Lu family is afraid that they have lost seven or eight out of ten!"
"Alas!" Hearing this, the Emperor couldn't help but sigh helplessly, "The Lu family has suffered so many casualties, but this emperor has not investigated the responsibility of the Shengdong King, presumably this time Lu Haoqian must have hated this emperor to death!"
"Your Majesty is too worried, Lu Haoqian has received His Majesty's great kindness, presumably he will be able to distinguish between right and wrong, and will not transfer his resentment towards King Shengdong to His Majesty!" Yan Zheng said with a chuckle.
"Then do you know where the people who escaped from the Lu family are now?" the Emperor continued to ask.
"Your Majesty has atoned for your sins, but my brother doesn't know!" Yan Zheng replied with a pretended guilt.
"Hmph! Maybe their family has already run away!" The Emperor couldn't help but sneer when he said this, "You don't know, someone sneaked into the prison last night, killed the jailer, and kidnapped Lu Yifan!"
"Hey, there is such a thing?" Yan Zheng's performance at this moment was the same as that of the ministers in the palace, and he looked incredulously surprised.
"The emperor doesn't have to think about this matter to know that it must be the Lu family's doing!" The emperor looked ahead with his eyes intently, as if he was pondering something.
"Then what does Your Majesty mean......" Yan Zheng raised his eyebrows and asked pretending to be puzzled, "Let them go?"
"It stands to reason that King Shengdong killed so many people from the Lu family, and it wouldn't be a big deal for his Lu family to kill a few of the jailers in my prison, even if they were to be spared, it would be reasonable!" said the Emperor Ling as he pondered, " But after this catastrophe, I am afraid that Lu Haoqian will hold a grudge against the entire royal family, and his son Lu Yifan has also seen the emperor himself last night, it is indeed a dragon and phoenix among people, and now he is the leader of the younger generation in the Holy Domain, it is said that at a young age, he has gathered a group of masters who are willing to work hard for him, presumably this son will be able to achieve great things in time! If he is used by me, it is good to say, but if he can't ......"
"That's raising tigers!" Without waiting for the emperor's words to fall, Yan Zheng continued his words, "It's not a secret, the younger brother has also dealt with this Lu Yifan, this son is indeed ambitious, he was born in the family of Wending Gong, he once won the grace of heaven with a domineering external skill, and founded Fanmen in the Holy Soul Academy has a high prestige, and later came out for the bloodbathed southwest Wenyang City to fight against the Sealed City Lou Zong, and made great contributions!" After that, he went to northern Xinjiang and was appreciated by Xi Chen, and Han Xiao promoted him to the forward general in the army, and the sum of all kinds of achievements is not amazing. And the last time my brother saw him, he found that his current cultivation had already set foot in the realm of the Soul King, and when he reached this cultivation at this age, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find another one that can be compared with him in the hundreds of years before and after my holy realm! Although this son is only twenty years old, he is famous among the people of the holy realm, among the leaders of the younger generation, and even among the ranks, and now he is with him Liu Sandao, Xie Yun, Ji Yuan, Lu Jun, Yin Xi, Liu Meng and his ilk are masters of the younger generation, and all of them are outlaws who have really experienced the trials of life and death. What the younger brother is worried about is that His Majesty the Emperor killed Han Xiao first, married his beloved woman Han Ling'er to marry Yan Zezaizhong, and connived at the bloody bath of the Lu Mansion by King Shengdong, and the three together are only afraid that even if Lu Haoqian is loyal, this Lu Yifan will definitely not give up! If His Majesty connived at him to continue to develop, when he has accumulated enough strength to raise his arms, I am afraid that the young people of this world will worship him like a god, and it will really be ...... that time."
"What Yan Zheng said is good!" Yan Lie on the side suddenly came to his senses when he heard this, and even echoed in a loud voice, "Now that all parts of the Holy Domain are unstable, not to mention the war in the northern Xinjiang, the Xuanzong led by the Sect Master of the Holy Domain, Dongfang Su, and even the major sects of the Holy Domain are fighting against us everywhere, and the Sealed Lou Sect is the best example, Your Majesty can level a Lou Sect and save the southwest land, but how can he ensure that he can have the upper hand every time he fights with the Sect Master of the Holy Land?" If Lu Yifan, this kid, is allowed to submit to Dongfang Su's command, I believe that Dongfang Su will definitely take this opportunity to make a big fuss, and then this kid will definitely be a big trouble for us......"
"Don't say it!" Before Yan Li's words fell, the Emperor suddenly frowned, and then said with a worried face, "The Emperor has already understood what you mean!"
"I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" the ministers said in unison.
"This emperor is just worried that if Lu Yifan has no rebellious heart, if we investigate to the end, I am afraid that we will force him to rebel!" The emperor lightly wiped his beard with one hand, and said with a frown, "In fact, this emperor still hopes to use this son for me in the bottom of his heart!"
As soon as the emperor said this, the ministers looked at each other without faces. Yan Zheng thought for a moment before he spoke: "Your Majesty, my brother has a plan that is just a little ruthless, I don't know if it is feasible?"
"But it doesn't hurt to say it!"
"Deprive Yan of the throne, bury the souls of the Lu family, arrest the fugitives who escaped from prison, track down the robbers who rob relatives, and severely punish the murderers!" Yan Zheng said loudly, "These five kinds of relationships are close, and none of them is indispensable, and the absence of one is not enough to demonstrate the fairness and strictness of the royal family!"
Yan Zheng's words undoubtedly aroused the contemplation of the emperor and everyone in the court, everyone is a smart person, and they don't need to say much to understand the meaning of Yan Zheng's five sentences, he wants to lead the emperor to separate everything one by one to make a ruling.
"There is no problem with burying the people who died in vain in the Lu family, and continuing to track down the murderers who robbed relatives and killed Yan Ze! It's just ......" The emperor said with some hesitation, "Is it ...... to deprive Yan Yi of the throne and arrest Lu Yifan, who escaped from prison?"
"Your Majesty! these two items are actually the most critical place!" Yan Zheng said righteously, "Only by depriving Yan Yi of the throne can the people of the Lu family, especially Lu Haoqian and Lu Yifan, see that Your Majesty is fair and strict in his work, and will never show favoritism." And because of this, it is reasonable for His Majesty to pursue Lu Yifan's crime of escaping from prison, at least in theory, people in the world will definitely stand on His Majesty's side, and even if Lu Yifan wants to toss some moths at that time, I am afraid that no one will help him!"
"The King of the Holy West has a point!" some of the ministers could not help but nod their heads after hearing this.
"Just grieve the eldest brother first, and take this opportunity to let him reflect on his mistakes!" Yan Lie nodded in agreement.
"That's good!" Yan Hao said with a smile, "It's a big deal to wait a few years, and when this gust of wind has passed, Your Majesty can restore his position as the Holy East King!
"That's good!" Yan Zheng looked very happy, and nodded again and again, "When Your Majesty solves Lu Yifan's trouble, it will not be too late to restore the position of the eldest brother's Shengdong King!"
Listening to the discussions of the ministers in the palace, Emperor Yan Chong finally nodded solemnly after thinking about it for a long time.
"Pass on the order of Yan Yi and depose him as the Holy East King! Another notice will be issued to arrest Lu Yifan!"
"Yes!"
After the emperor gave this order, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's stop here! This kind of thing that insults the majesty of the imperial family does not want to happen again in the future!" said the emperor with a helpless face, "Now that Han Xiao has been beheaded, Lu Haoqian has been demoted, and Lan Shixun has gone to northern Xinjiang to quell the chaos, even the Shengdong King has been abolished, and there are no more capable people around the emperor for a while, and now it is an eventful autumn in the holy realm, and the emperor is full of worries when he thinks of this!"
"Your Majesty, I don't know what happened to Lan Shixun's pacification in Northern Xinjiang?" Some ministers who were not long-sighted saw that the attitude of the Emperor had improved, and they actually got carried away for a while to mention this matter, and as soon as he said this, Emperor Yan Chong's face became a little difficult to look at.
Because since Lan Shixun left Jinling City with his family and led the troops, he has never sent a letter to the emperor, although the emperor has no conclusive evidence to prove that Lan Shixun has rebelled, but in his heart he still faintly feels a little bad. Halfway through, the emperor sent people to the northern Xinjiang through the teleportation array to investigate, but it is strange that every person sent out can come back alive, so what is going on in the northern Xinjiang today, the emperor is also black-eyed and completely ignorant.
"Zhenbei Gong should have just arrived in Northern Xinjiang in the past few days, and I believe that there will be good news coming soon!" Yan Zheng saw that the emperor's face was ugly, so he hurriedly answered, "There is Zhenbei Gong in Northern Xinjiang who personally presides over the overall situation, and Xi Chen, the official of the feudal territory, is His Majesty's henchman, the two of them have combined their swords, and I believe that they will be able to govern Northern Xinjiang in an orderly manner! Your Excellency should now focus on the rest of the Sanctuary, share your Majesty's worries, and think about how to resolve the turmoil in various parts of the Sanctuary is the right way!"
"What the King of the Saints Say is very true!" the courtiers echoed again
"Alas!" the Emperor couldn't help but sigh, then looked at Yan Zheng with a melancholy expression, and said meaningfully, "No matter what you do, someone must be available, otherwise the power of this emperor alone is really beyond the reach of the huge holy domain." Therefore, from today on, Yan Zheng, Yan Lie, Yan Hao, the three of you, as the emperor's own brothers, have to share the emperor's worries and solve problems!"
"The minister must do his best!" Yan Zheng and the three of them agreed in unison.
With the discussion of the ministers, the palace became noisy again, but at this moment, although the interest of the ministers was raised, the emperor, who was the lord of the ministers, became a little careless, only to see him holding his chin with one hand, looking into the distance rather confused, as if he was gradually falling into his own contemplation in the noise, and he had no time to pay attention to the various suggestions of the ministers.
And in response to all this, Yan Zheng saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart......
Meanwhile, on a dilapidated street west of Jinling, three men wearing hats are briskly walking through the bustling bazaar, bypassing a few muddy paths towards a dilapidated courtyard deep in the alley.
"Yifan, this is it!" Lu Jun's voice came from under a hat, and after listening to his words, the other two couldn't help but stop in front of the dilapidated courtyard door.
"Knock on the door!" Lu Yifan lowered the eaves of the hat again, and then looked around a few times, and only after making sure that there was no one around, did he whisper.
"Bang! bang!"
With three muffled sounds, I only heard a slightly sloppy footsteps in the courtyard, and then an old and hoarse voice came from inside the door: "Who are you looking for?"
"Squeak!"
With this inquiry, the two broken wooden doors were slowly opened from the inside. And when the door slowly opened left and right, a rickety figure in tattered clothes met the eyes of Lu Yifan and the others. The door was opened by an old man of nearly sixty years, although he was not very old, but he did look very old, his gray hair was dry and messy, his face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were sunken, and his cheekbones were quite high, even if it was said that he was skinny and bones, it was not an exaggeration, obviously his body must be extremely weak, because this person was just walking from the house to the door, but his breath was already very bad, even the hand that opened the door looked trembling, his eyes had been slightly squinting at people, as if his eyes were not very good.
"Who are you looking for?" the old man looked Lu Yifan and the three of them up and down, and couldn't help asking.
"Uncle Sun, it's me!" Lu Jun saw that the old man suddenly became polite, only to see that he hurriedly took off his hat and showed a kind smile.
"Yo! It turned out to be Lu Jun's son, hurry up, come in and talk!" As soon as Uncle Sun recognized Lu Jun, his face changed, and then he hurriedly opened the courtyard door and let Lu Jun and the three of them in, and then looked left and right in the alley a few times before he closed the courtyard door again tremblingly.
"Where's Fluttershy and Ling'er?" Lu Jun's anxious inquiry came from inside the courtyard.
"Hide in the cellar, and I'll go and call them out for you......"
However, just when Lu Yifan and Uncle Sun were in the hospital to greet each other, a figure quietly flashed at the mouth of this secluded alley, and this person was Xie Feng.
I saw Xie Feng looking at Uncle Sun's courtyard in the depths of the alley with a calm gaze, but at the corner of his mouth, a smile with a deep meaning quietly appeared.
"King Shengxi is really like a god, Lu Yifan is really back again, this time there will be a good show!"
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