Chapter 61: The Scapegoat

Although Gongsun Qi has been in the Yanzhou officialdom for many years, what he can see is only some petty officials. The people standing on this Jinluan Hall today are at least from the second grade, and they can trample him to death by lifting their feet. On the steps, there is an emperor who is like a god in the hearts of ordinary people, and his heart is even more worried, all the way is like walking on a cotton ball, and his steps are weak.

In fact, it's no wonder that Mu Yi also showed his appearance in the court at the beginning, and now he is uncomfortable when he thinks of it, looking at Gongsun Qi like this, he feels a little comforted in his heart: "It turns out that I am not the only one who will be like this." ”

Gongsun Qi didn't understand the rules of the palace, so he didn't dare to move when he walked to Mu Yi's side, he was covered in cold sweat and shivered.

"You are Governor Yan?" Emperor Xia frowned.

"Small, no, villain, oh no, Weichen is Gongsun Qi. His teeth chattered and he was nervous.

"Do you know that framing the prince of the dynasty is a big crime for the nine clans. Emperor Xia suddenly slapped the dragon case. You can hear a needle dropping quietly in the court, and there was a loud noise, which startled Mu Yidu.

"The villain doesn't dare, it's all Mu Muguo" Gongsun Qi was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and when he saw that the situation was a little bad, he actually wanted to pull Mu Yi on his back.

In a hurry, Mu Yi hurriedly spoke: "Your Majesty, if it weren't for Governor Yanzhou's words, Weichen wouldn't dare to bring this person to the palace." The minister is also thinking about my Great Xia Jiangshan Sheji, here is the state he handed over to Weichen that day, and please look at it. ”

Emperor Xia glanced at Mu Yi with gloomy eyes, and then asked Wang De to take the form written by Gongsun Qi in his hand, and after a while, he said to Gongsun Qi: "You said that the prince arsoned with his servants to rob the people's daughters, disregarded people's lives, and gathered armor soldiers with the intention of rebellion, is there any evidence?"

"Yes, yes, people are there. Gongsun Qi trembled, and his words were incomplete.

"Back to Your Majesty, the witness he said has returned to Beijing with the ministers and is waiting outside the palace. Mu Yi had to help him finish his words.

"Xuan. Emperor Xia's face darkened, and his voice trembled a little.

Immediately, the forbidden army pressed several people into the hall and knelt down at the bottom of the steps.

"You can know that if you give false testimony, it is a great crime to destroy the nine clans. I'll give you another chance, think about it. Xia Yuxuan's tone was heavy, and then he glanced at the prince again, his eyes full of regret, dissatisfaction, and disappointment.

"Lord Emperor, you have to be the master of the grass people, the grass people were forced to come by Gongsun Qi. There are old people in the small family, and there are small ones, so you can't do it if you don't come. Immediately someone began to cry.

Suddenly, the courtiers began to whisper. The emperor's brows furrowed slightly, but his expression was a little relaxed. The prince's face remained unchanged, while the second prince's eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking.

One after another, these people began to turn against the water one by one, all claiming that they were instructed by Gongsun Qi, or coercion, or lure, and Gongsun Qi was so angry that he wanted to open his mouth but couldn't say a word.

"Bastard!" Xia Yuxuan stood up abruptly and shook off the shape, "Pull all these people out of the noon gate for me and cut them down." ”

The forbidden army standing by dragged the witnesses out again, and the hall was full of ghosts and wolves. Of course, there is one more Gongsun Qi in this.

Seeing these people out of the palace gate, Mu Yi sighed, often walking by the river, how can there be no wet shoes. No matter how careful he is, he won't be able to stay out of it this time.

"Wait for the punishment, it shouldn't be too heavy. Mu Yi thought to himself. After all, he has made a lot of meritorious contributions, and this slightly implicated case is not enough to rob his family and kill his head.

"Retreat. Unexpectedly, Xia Yuxuan didn't say anything, turned around and left. There was neither reward nor punishment for Mu Yi.

Reluctantly cheered up, Mu Yi slowly walked out of the palace gate, and at this time, Shangshu of the Criminal Department also "coincidentally" walked out of the door. Mu Yi leaned forward and whispered: "Ben Jiang also tried his best this time, who would have expected this change." ”

Zheng Wenqi said in a low voice: "Lord Mu has been wronged, and the second prince will definitely mediate from it, so don't worry." There are many people here, and we will think about it in the long run. ”

Mu Yi nodded and got into his sedan chair. After putting down the sedan curtain, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Outside the noon gate, Gongsun Qi's heart was like ashes, and the executioners tied him to the pillar like a puppet. As soon as he inadvertently looked up, he saw the "human witnesses" waiting with him to kill the head, and suddenly seemed to see something incredible, and shouted in despair: "They are not"

Before he finished speaking, he felt that the sky was spinning, and the scenery around him quickly turned a few times, and then he saw the loess on the ground close in front of him, and before he could understand what was going on, he felt dizzy, and then he fell asleep forever.

Mu Yi, who was in the sedan chair, also said to himself: "You should have died ten years ago, and today I sent you to hell, you should be content." ”

It turned out that before returning to Beijing, Mu Yi secretly returned to the capital and transcribed a copy of Gongsun Qi's statement and handed it to the prince. The prince was frightened, and hurriedly arranged for the dead to secretly go to Yanzhou to replace Gongsun Qi's personal certificate, while Mu Yi pretended not to know.

The witnesses brought by Gongsun Qi are also the dead soldiers that the second prince has placed in the prince's fiefdom over the years. These dead soldiers have been trained to die since they were young, only to serve their masters, and they have long disregarded their lives and have long been ready to stage a play in the court to send them to death.

Mu Yi actually didn't want to help the prince, but he had discussed with Yue Ting for a long time, and this was the only way to do it. Gongsun Qi became a scapegoat, the crown prince and the second prince were fine, and if he was slightly implicated, it would not hurt the root, which could be regarded as a foolproof strategy.

When he returned to the mansion, he inevitably drank with Yue Ting to suppress his shock, and after a few glasses of wine, Mu Yi came back to his senses and began to worry about what Emperor Xia meant today.

Yue Ting swallowed a glass of wine, and said with a big grin: "There is wine today and drunk today, no matter what he drinks cold water every day, what do you want to do with those useless things, anyway, the gold and silver in the mansion are transported to Anan." In case something happens, we just anoint the soles of our feet. If it doesn't work anymore, let's go to the country of Yanling. ”

"It's nothing, and I don't care about this general. But if we leave now, Ruyi will have no one to take care of her after she is in the capital, and I want to take her away, but she refuses, so annoyed. Mu Yi poured another glass of wine for Yue Ting as he spoke.

"She can train tens of thousands of private soldiers, does she still need to take care of them?" Yue Ting scoffed, "Do you really believe that she disbanded those private soldiers? If you can completely disappear under your nose in two days, you will definitely be transferred to another place." ”

"I'll ask another day," Mu Yi sighed, "Why does she want to hide it from me, even if she wants to rebel, I will be the front for her, will I still arrest her." ”

"You were going to have your heart set on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch, haha. Yue Ting laughed, "I suspect that Ru Yi must have taken refuge in the crown prince or the third prince." The crown prince is the most likely, after all, when she became the champion, it was the prince himself, and the Ministry of Industry is also the prince's territory. I inquired, and when Ruyi was convicted, the prince also interceded for her. ”

"I don't feel like it," Mu Yi shook his head, "but sometimes I wonder if Joe really doesn't like me." ”

"Don't think about it, it must be. Didn't Nian Yi say that you will marry her in the future? Yue Ting finally heard Mu Yi loosen his mouth, and hurriedly added oil and vinegar.

"Then I'll have to figure these things out. Besides, my husband will do what he says, and I'll think about it when I'm done with the last thing for her. Mu Yi played with the wine glass in his hand, his eyes were confused.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about that. Yue Ting smiled mysteriously, "You wait, I'll show you something good." ”

Yue Ting went out for a long time and returned with two narrow boxes. Mu Yi looked at the box with great interest, and saw that this object was more than a foot long and about four fingers wide.

"What is this, it's not some powerful secret weapon. ”

"It's much better than that, you open the box and take a look. Yue Ting's face was quite proud.

Opening the lid of the box, a small sword one foot long and one finger wide appeared in front of him. The sword body is all blue, and the surface is very shiny, and it looks like it is jade.

"Is this a priceless piece of jade? Mu Yi pinched the hilt of the sword with two fingers and played with it a few times in his hand.

"It's worth hundreds of thousands of taels of gold. Yue Ting smiled.

"What! Mu Yi shook his hands in fright, almost threw the sword to the ground, and hurriedly and carefully put it back in the box.

"Don't worry, it won't be broken, if you can break my hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, it's a waste of money. Yue Ting raised his hand and opened another box, which was also a small sword of the same kind.

"This is a flying sword that I spent a lot of money to build myself. ”

"Flying sword!" Mu Yi's eyes widened, "Isn't that a legendary thing, big brother, are you reliable." ”

"You look," Yue Ting smiled proudly, and pointed at the little sword from afar, and the sword immediately flew out of the box and hovered in front of the two of them.

"This, this, this is incredible. Mu Yi exclaimed, "Big brother, how did you know the casting method of this flying sword." ”

"Read the old man's cultivation experience. Yue Ting took out the silk book from his chest, "Look, it's the record on this page, we only read those spells at the beginning, and we didn't pay attention to the weapons, I tried to cast it, but I didn't expect it to be true!"

Mu Yi took the silk book and read it carefully, and sure enough, this booklet recorded in detail the materials, heat, and use methods of this flying sword.

"One foot of psychic wood, four coins of Kun gold, eight coins of fairy jade, two taels of iron essence, three taels of copper essence, and a little silver. I've never heard of any of these things. Mu Yi was a little dazed.

"I didn't know at first, but then I tried to ask someone I knew, but I didn't expect Jouy to know. This kun gold, iron essence, copper essence or something, is to repeatedly calcinate gold, silver, copper and iron in the fire to remove the ones that have been melted, and the last little thing that remains. A thousand catties of iron can't make a penny of iron essence. It took me a lot of effort to get it done. ”

"As for the psychic wood and fairy jade, she sold them to me at a high price, and said that she would give me a 5% discount, and she actually asked me for 200,000 taels of gold, this girl's heart is too dark. When it came to money, Yue Ting couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"Forget it," Mu Yi said with a smile, "You don't know how to refine it without her, I'll try the effect of this flying sword first." ”

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