Chapter 67: Above the Court
Knowing that Fang Ai was angry, Han Geng was not afraid, but said with a smile: "Emperor Taishang is angry, since you have been away from the government and the opposition for many years, why bother to worry about the trivial matters of the juniors." When you are not in the court, it is our courtiers who assist Your Majesty in handling state affairs, and my Han family has always been loyal to Your Majesty, and I will not avoid capital crimes, and I can't control this mouth after a long time. ”
"Very good, what a good word does not avoid capital crimes! The widow will help you take care of your mouth today!"
Fang Ai said and slapped it out.
"Smack!" Han Geng's head tilted violently and spurted out a mouthful of blood, the blood was mixed with teeth, and the left side of his face was bruised and swollen terrifyingly.
Fang Ai's slap was enough to knock Han Geng away, but he used his vitality to imprison Han Geng in place, so that although Han Geng was dizzy, his steps did not move.
Han Geng's eyes widened in disbelief and looked at Fang Ai resentfully. He originally had something to serve, but he didn't expect Fang Ai to really dare to hit him, and he didn't react until he was slapped. He couldn't help but think in his heart, Fang Ai was not in the palace for a long time, and he didn't know much about the things in the palace at all, and even the Han family probably didn't know about the appearance of a god a long time ago, so he dared to do it to himself.
Thinking of this, Han Geng sneered: "Emperor Xie's reward, you played well, if my Han family members knew about it, they would definitely come to thank you in person!"
"Sharp-toothed minions, are you threatening the widow?" Fang Ai responded expressionlessly, and slapped him again.
Han Geng tilted his head with a sigh, and all the teeth on his right side were spit out, a stinky mouth was like a blood hole, and the saliva mixed with the blood couldn't help but flow, dripping all over his chest.
Unexpectedly, this Han Gengwu was not convinced, and said loudly with a hideous face: "Even if you kill Wei Chen, there are people who know the loyalty of the minister." ”
Fang Ai sneered again and again, and slapped him more than a dozen times in succession, until Han Geng was beaten to the point that he could no longer speak, and then he stopped.
"Han Geng is disobedient, someone comes, dragged to the east gate to expose to the sun for three days, and three days later, at noon, he will be sentenced to a thousand cuts!"
Han Geng didn't know if he was beaten so much that he couldn't stand it, or if he was frightened after listening to Fang Ai's will, when Fang Ai retracted his imprisoned vitality, the whole person fell to the ground like a puddle of mud. Several guards immediately stepped forward and dragged away, heading straight for the east gate of the imperial city.
Murong Tongtian looked impatient from the sidelines, and turned to Fang Ai: "If you are so rebellious, why waste so much time?"
Fang Ai hadn't yet woken up from his anger, staring at the direction in which Han Geng was being dragged away, and didn't seem to hear Murong Tongtian's words.
Ye Feng shook his head and said with a smile: "After beating the little one, are you still afraid that the old one won't come forward?" Fang Ai is ready to clean up the portal thoroughly. ”
When Fang Ai heard this, he remembered that the young master had not rested yet, so he hurriedly turned around and led the way, leading everyone straight into the Zixiao Hall.
Everyone immediately rested, drank and feasted, and the night was fine.
In the early morning of the next day, Fang Zheng was in the morning, and hundreds of officials gathered in the main hall. Fang Ai, Ye Feng and others were drinking tea behind the hall, and the three dark water mirrors next to the table were arranged in a zigzag shape, reflecting the scenes from all angles on the hall, and every move of everyone in the hall was clearly visible.
The water mirror is the magic of Jaw Yuan, and similar spells are also available to humans, and Ye Feng has seen it in Luohua.
That day, Ling Yao had used a water mirror to show the beast-shaped Sinking Fish and Falling Goose Great Array, but Ling Yao's water mirror was many times stronger than Jaw Yuan.
However, the water mirror of the jaw yuan is used here, it is enough, and in the main hall where the reflection in the water mirror, Fang Zheng sat on the dragon chair and looked down at the ministers: "There is no need to discuss the matter of Master Han, I have made up my mind." ”
Fang Zheng's words blocked all the words that the ministers had not yet spoken, and the palace immediately became lively, and many ministers talked one after another, like a swarm of bees.
None of the ministers thought that His Majesty the Emperor, who was usually weak, would suddenly break out, and if he didn't make a move, he would shock the entire government and the opposition as soon as he made a move. Although Han Geng is only a Taishi in name, in fact, he and the Han family behind him are leaning towards the government and the opposition, forming a party and controlling the government for many years, and at least half of the officials in the court are from his subordinates.
On weekdays, as long as it is his proposal, whether it is the appointment and dismissal of officials or the conquest of other countries, His Majesty the Emperor has never vetoed it, at most he only asks a question. Even so, Han Geng will often be angry and impatient, he will naturally not turn his face with the emperor, he will only be angry with other ministers, and exile the family at every turn, and almost everyone in the entire court will act on his nose.
But now, the great master of Han, who once stomped his feet and could make the territory of the Fang Dynasty tremble, was stripped naked and hung on the top of the East Gate Tower, tasting the taste of sun and rain. And His Majesty the Emperor opened his mouth with a sentence that he had made up his mind, completely cutting off Han Geng's last trace of life!
After Fang Zheng made his attitude clear, most of the ministers had already seen the direction of the wind and all kept silent. But some people are unwilling to be silent, after all, Han Geng's business over the years still has some effect, his lips are cold, if he dies, many people will be implicated.
An old man with a thin appearance and wearing a vermilion court robe stood up with the support of others, and saluted Fang Zheng with difficulty: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it may be inappropriate to deal with Taishi in this way. ”
Fang Zheng remained silent and asked, "In Zuo Cheng's opinion, what's wrong?"
Prime Minister Zuo's name is Xiao Zuo, who has been in the dynasty for forty years, and is now eighty-nine years old, the oldest among the ministers of the Fang Dynasty. He trembled and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, although Master Han acted recklessly and had an extreme personality, what he did has always been for my sake, but the method is up for debate, please read his loyal feelings, forgive him this time." ”
Fang Zheng was silent, and another minister took advantage of the situation to stand up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, what crime has been committed by Master Han, what evidence is there, if there is no exact reason, it is difficult to be convincing to deal with it so casually." ”
This time, Fang Zheng couldn't hold back any longer, and slapped the dragon chair and said angrily: "Unconvincing? I think it's unconvincing to you, my Hubu Shangshu!"
Hubu Shangshu was frightened by Fang Zheng, but then he stubbornly looked at Fang Zheng.
"Come on, cut off Hu Yizhou, the head of the household, confiscate the family property, and go to prison pending trial!" Fang Zheng was really annoyed, Zuo Prime Minister Xiao Zuo was old and faint, but he was not Han Geng's party, so he should not be easily disposed of.
But Hu Yizhou is different, he is one of Han Geng's cronies!
In normal times, if he wanted to deal with these people, he really had to consider many things, which involved the interests of various families, as well as the interests of the gods and groups behind the families.
In the past, although the Fang family was recognized by the Sword Hall, there was no direct support from the gods behind them, and the emperor's position was not stable, and if he wanted to do anything, he had to weigh the gains and losses first.
But now it's different, after Fang Ai was promoted to the Sword God, the Fang family had the most powerful backer, not to mention that Ye Feng, the young master of the Sword Hall, also came with Fang Ai, obviously he would also side with the Fang family when necessary. In this way, the Fang family has at least two gods behind them, and they are not inferior to any family, what else does Fang Zheng have to scruple about?
The most tyrannical in the court belonged to Han Geng and Wang Weiquan, Han Geng was faintly the head of the Wenchen, but Wang Weiquan was the only general of the Fang Dynasty! The two of them were one writer and one martial arts, and the status of the other party formed a great threat, at this time, when Wang Weiquan went out to fight against the Lu Party, Fang Zheng decisively took the Wenchen headed by Han Geng, as long as Han Geng fell, even if Wang Weiquan came back, the other party could not form a threat.
Hu Yizhou, the head of the household, is the most diehard of Han Geng's henchmen, knowing what the holy will is, he is still desperate to work for Han Geng, this is how Fang Zheng is not annoyed!
After disposing of Hu Yizhou, the court really quieted down, and anyone could see that their emperor His Majesty was ready to move seriously this time, and if he bumped into it at this time, the best outcome would be to dismiss the official and kill the head, and the slightest carelessness would be the crime of raiding the family and exterminating the family.
In fact, the news of Fang Ai's successful promotion to Sword God had already been transmitted back to the DPRK and Central China as early as last night with the news of the Lu Party's victory, but many people believed that the Fang family only had one god, and they could only barely keep the throne.
But no one expected that Fang Zheng would directly seize the power of the Han family by thunderous means, obviously determined to break with the Han family.
Once the skin is torn, it is not yet known who will kill the deer, so there are many people among the ministers who have a wait-and-see attitude. But no one wants to touch Fang Zheng's moldy head!
However, things don't seem to be as simple as everyone imagined, Hu Yizhou was just dragged away, the temperature outside the Zixiao hall suddenly dropped, in the blink of an eye, goose feathers and heavy snow fell from the sky, the wind swept into the hall with the blizzard, the snow flakes flew, condensed in the center of the hall, from light to thick, and finally condensed into an old woman with a cane.
As soon as the old woman appeared, the court was suddenly so quiet that the needle could be heard, and the coercion exuded by the old woman was a hundred times stronger than that of the strongest general Wang Weiquan in the court, and Wang Weiquan's coercion could only make people dare not confront him in front of him, but this old woman just stood anywhere, and there was an urge to worship.
As soon as Fang Zheng saw the old woman, he stood up, and his face became very ugly.
This old woman he had seen before, it was the strongest one in Han Kui's family, and it was said that in recent years, she had been promoted to the Sword God and joined the "Snow Town", the number one force in Taigu Mountain.
Although after moving Han Kui, Fang Zheng had long expected that the Han family would send a strong man, but he never expected that the Han family would directly dispatch the strongest Mrs. Han. Although he was reluctant in his heart, the difference in strength made him have to bow to the old woman.
"Fang Zheng has seen Mrs. Han, I don't know what is the important thing for you to come here?" Fang Zheng tried his best to calm himself down and face Mrs. Han calmly.
Mrs. Han's wrinkled face didn't have a trace of expression, just her sunken eyes turned towards Fang Zheng, and she asked lightly, "I heard that you want to execute Han Geng?"
Fang Zheng did not deny it, and said bluntly: "Han Geng's behavior is perverse, and if he commits disobedience, according to the laws of the Fang Dynasty, he should be punished with capital punishment!"
Mrs. Han smiled coldly, the temperature in the hall dropped suddenly, and everyone felt the cold air stinging their chests between their breaths, which was like falling into an ice cave.
"Since Your Majesty is dissatisfied with Han Geng, why don't you simply copy the Han family, and even pull me, the old lady, to cut it down?"