Chapter 955: Decision
A person's life is often just a few decisions made at a critical time.
Meng Guan didn't want to die, so he knew very well that if he did what his staff said, he would definitely die without a place to be buried.
"The person who strongly recommended Ma Wang to a certain person at the beginning is your Excellency!" Meng Guan's eyes became cold, without the matchmaking of this staff, how could he be mixed with Ma Wang?
Wang Xi was stunned, "The subordinates are also for the king, and there is no selfishness!" β
"Heh-" A strange smile appeared on Meng Guan's face, "Your surname is Wang, you were born in Taiyuan, you must have something to do with the three kings of the year, Your Excellency's hatred for Great Qin is as deep as the sea, so you spare no effort to match this matter, there is no need to deny it, your details, I have already sent someone to check in the past few days!" β
Wang Xi's performance was too obvious, and he had to arouse Meng Guan's vigilance.
In fact, since seeing the emperor's private seal on the edict, Meng Guan has a tacit understanding in his heart.
The emperor still remembers the old love.
"Thankfully, so-and-so hasn't fallen into it yet." Meng Guanchang took a breath.
Wang Xi took three steps back, pressed the hilt of the sword with his hand, and there was no argument, and at least eight of the ten surnamed Wang in the state were related to the Taiyuan Wang family, "Let the king not be Tu Hutu, the emperor is ruthless, compared to the Han Gao back then, if he is tied up, he will definitely suffer." β
"You people don't know Your Majesty too well, Your Majesty is actually a person who misses old feelings, besides, how could Han Gaozu have slaughtered the heroes of Pei County?" Meng Guan's face was full of disdain, "For the sake of following you for three years, let's commit suicide." β
"Stupid!" Wang Xi shouted, drew his sword reluctantly, and stabbed at Meng Guan.
But how can the martial arts of a child of a scholar be compared to a battle-hardened general?
Meng Guan raised his kick and kicked the stabbing sword away.
Wang Xi retreated sharply.
The guards outside the door heard the movement and hurried in and surrounded Wang Xi.
Meng Guan waved his hand, and the guards had already restrained him.
At this time, even if you want to kill yourself, it is impossible.
Meng Guan's eyes burned, "Back to Beijing, there is still a way to live, if I listen to you, I am afraid that the three clans will really be wiped out." β
Now, Wang Xi stopped pretending, and scolded angrily: "The Yang thief is tyrannical and unreasonable, slaughtering my Wang family, I can't hate to eat his fleshββ"
With a miserable howl, Wang Xi was punched in the mouth by the guards beside him, his mouth was full of blood, and he couldn't say a word anymore, only a terrible cry.
"It's not your Wang family's own request, just because you also want to fight with Daqin? I didn't measure my strength, prepared a horse, and quickly followed a certain person back to Beijing to ask for guilt. After making a decision, Meng Guan suddenly felt a lot more relaxed......
Five days later, Meng Guan quickly returned to Daxing day and night, kneeling in front of Yang Zheng.
Seeing Meng Guan, Yang Zheng was still relieved in his heart, at least he didn't go to the last step.
He really didn't want to attack the heroes, that would only increase the internal strife within Qin, which was equivalent to releasing a signal to everyone that if the infighting failed, it would be the end of the death of the clan.
Zhuge Wuhou did not kill his political opponent Li Yan but used his son, so that the whole Shu State was united.
Zhuge Wuhou ordered the fall of Wuzhang Yuan, the coffin escorted back to Chengdu, Li Yan hung filial piety out of the city, greeted the coffin, was overly sad, cried and died.
People pay attention to comparing their hearts with their hearts, and so does the country.
If you don't kill Meng Guan, you are setting an example for the people of the world, and you don't have to kill all the people in the infighting, you can also point to the end, and everyone can get out of the way in the future.
This is also the reason why Great Qin vigorously admired Zhuge Wuhou.
What's more, Meng Guan is not a heinous crime, his ultimate goal is to pull Wei Qian and Pang Qing off the horse, and then he will take the throne.
But he didn't expect that the person who cooperated was beyond his control, but wanted to drag him into the water.
His heart is punishable, but his sin is not deadly.
Yang Zheng kicked him in the chest, "Stupid! β
Meng Guan was kicked out, his face was happy, and he quickly knelt in front of Yang Zheng, and burst into tears very quickly, "The minister, the minister is in the lake for a while, and the ghost is confused...... I'm sorry for Your Majesty's cultivation! β
Zhao Aqi next to him suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why are you sorry for me? Da Qin's face is about to be lost by you! Yang Zheng was really angry.
You can fight, take it slowly, one step at a time, okay? I have to tear the eggs up, and I almost can't get out of hand.
Winter, Winter, Winter......
Meng Guan's head slammed back and forth on the plank.
Yang Zheng did not dissuade him, with his body, even if he broke the plank, he would not be able to hurt him.
After a long while, most of the anger in Yang Zheng's heart disappeared, Meng Guan's forehead was full of blood, and the surrounding guards looked unbearable.
"Alright." Yang Zheng didn't have time to watch him perform.
Meng Guan raised his head and glanced at Yang Zheng cautiously.
"Have you complained about me all these years?"
"I don't dare." Of course, Meng Guan would not admit it.
"Don't you dare or don't you have?" Yang Zheng continued to ask.
Meng Guan is only submissive and dares to say a word.
"It's not that I don't know your talents, but you're still young and have suddenly risen to a high position, what do others think of you? Can you sit for a long time? I'm still going to leave you to the crown prince, but unfortunately, you don't want to wait. Yang Zheng sighed.
"Your Majesty......" Meng Guan raised his face, this time the look of remorse on his face did not seem to be fake.
"A mistake is a mistake, and it must not go unpunished!" The death penalty can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped.
"The sinner is willing to accept the guilt." Meng Guan lowered his head.
Yang Zheng paced two steps, after this incident, Meng Guan definitely can't stay in Middle-earth, being used by others, which shows that his political skills are not clever, so many people have not had an accident, but he has an accident, which is enough to explain the problem.
His strength is to lead the troops into battle, rather than crowding the court to play with his heart.
"Remove all official positions, titles, and honors in the court, demote him to the captain of Anhan, assign him to the Han Kingdom, and assist the king of Zuo Han." Yang Zheng stared at Meng Guandao on the ground.
This punishment is both heavy and light.
As a former hero of Lingyan Pavilion, he was demoted to the rank of captain of a vassal country, and he had to be sent thousands of miles away, and it was likely that he would not be able to return to his homeland for the rest of his life.
But in any case, life was saved.
At the time of employing people, the Han State was in urgent need of leading generals, which just gave full play to Meng Guan's strengths.
He is not very old, less than forty, and he has a lot to do in the future.
A little more frustration now would not be a good thing for him.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Meng Guan's voice was a little more sad.
Yang Zheng also had a lot of emotion in his heart, this time, maybe it will be indefinite, "I will keep your portrait in Lingyan Pavilion." β
Suddenly, Meng Guan's tears slipped down like beads with broken threads.
His mouth was stumbling, but he couldn't say a word.
Yang Zheng turned his back, "Go ahead, do it yourself." β
I heard three more muffled bangs of my forehead against the plank, a few footsteps, and then everything fell silent.
When people get older, they value family affection more.
The vast rivers and mountains of Great Qin should not be all iron-blooded and cold, within the allowable range, there should also be some temperature and some human touch.
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Yang Zheng summoned Wei Qian and told him the story of the matter.
After all, he is a party and has the right to know, and doing so can be regarded as respect for him.
In fact, Wei Guan never took this matter to heart, and Meng Guan was not his opponent.