The Imperial Palace of the Liang Kingdom, the early dynasty

The emperor of Liang had a sallow face and sat on the dragon chair weakly, the crown prince Ji Cong stood first on the east side, the second prince Chen Jun Wang Ji Xuan stood on the west side, and the scholar Zhang Chengxiao stood up with a piece of music in his hand.

"Long live Qiyu, the minister has his own music."

The emperor raised his heavy eyelids and asked, "Lord Zhang, what are you doing?" ”

Zhang Chengxiao said loudly: "The minister wants to join the current prince!" ”

"What?"

The emperor's face changed, the prince's face changed, and the ministers changed their faces, and they looked at each other in private, secretly frightened.

The emperor asked, "Are you playing the crown prince?" What are you accusing him? Let's hear it. ”

The prince glared at Zhang Chengxiao, Zhang Chengxiao's eyes were clear, without fear, and he said loudly: "The minister wants to sue the prince: first, deceive the superiors and hide the subordinates, privately set up a martial arts hall, obviously to teach and learn martial arts, but in fact, he privately raises soldiers and horses; 2. Soliciting underworld gangsters to take them for their own use and carry out covert operations; 3. Eager for quick success and quick profit, he ordered his subordinates to assassinate the deputy commander Xiao Chenyu of the Flying Tiger Banner, Gao Ran, the Zhongcheng Shu and other five ministers of the DPRK and China, and 3. The assassination of the general of the Flying Tiger Banner Qu Yan failed; Fourth, the killing of five people, including Han Zhaoqi and Xue Liang, who were from the Wangmen of Chenjun, was vicious and completely lost the virtue of benevolence and righteousness; Fifth, the cruelty of the people in the rivers and lakes, the prince instructed the heaven-shaking tiger to destroy more than 200 members of the Xue family's gun; 6. The prince took advantage of the opportunity of supervising the country to abuse his power and ordered Xiaolongqi to go to the eastern suburbs to occupy the land of the people; 7. Powerful ministers make profits, collude with each other, and form party members privately...... 10. Sending people to assassinate the Wing King is really beyond sight and disregards human morality. The above ten crimes have human and material evidence, please long live the Holy Judgment! ”

Every time Zhang Chengxiao recited a sin, the prince's heart was shocked, until he finished reading, he was already panicked, and hurriedly defended: "Father, there is nothing at all, Lord Zhang is malicious rumors and slander, please father and emperor to investigate!" ”

As soon as he opened his mouth here, Qu Yan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers also have a plan to play." ”

At this time, the emperor's face was already blue, and he frowned and asked, "General Qu, what are you going to play?" ”

Qu Yan said: "Long live, what Lord Zhang played, there is no lie, the old minister was injured by the prince's subordinate Shaking the Sky Tiger, and Xiao Chenyu is the general of the old minister, he was killed by the Shaking Tiger, Xiao Chenyu's nephew Xiao Rui also saw it with his own eyes on the spot." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, another minister immediately came out to echo him, and after a while, most of the ministers in the court sided with Zhang Chengxiao, impeaching the prince, and striving for the emperor to make a ruling on the prince.

I don't know if he was frightened or upset, the emperor coughed violently, his face was red and his neck was thick, and the frightened eunuch was in a hurry to knock on his back and feed tea, the emperor gasped for a while before it finally gradually stopped, he rolled his eyelids and looked at the ministers, and asked:

"How do you all want me to punish the prince?"

Zhang Chengxiao said: "The prince is immoral, and the minister has the courage to implore the emperor to abolish the prince and set up another prince." ”

The ministers seconded the motion.

At this moment, the prince is both hateful and anxious, and his face is already as pale as earth.

The emperor was dizzy when he heard it, looking at the book in his hand that the minister participated in the prince's recital, his body shook for a while, this dragon chair could not sit still anymore, he said weakly:

"It's a big matter, let me think about it, think about it, I'm a little uncomfortable, let's disperse first."

The eunuch hurriedly shouted: "Retreat." ”

Seeing that the emperor had fled again when he encountered such a major event, the ministers had nothing to do.

The prince glared at Zhang Chengxiao fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, you Zhang Chengxiao, ten deadly sins, are you going to put this prince to death?" ”

Zhang Chengxiao was neither humble nor arrogant, and said proudly: "The old minister has nothing else to do in this life, only a brave and loyal dedication to Liang Guo, and the most disdainful thing for the old minister to do is to lie, so the words played by the old minister are true, every sentence is true, and he is worthy of his heart!" ”

King Chenjun stepped forward and said, "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, today's ministers have impeached you, before my father makes a ruling, if any of these ministers have an accident, do you guess that my father will misunderstand that it was you?" Therefore, please Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince also be more careful, beware of someone taking the opportunity to lay a black hand on the courtiers, so as to blame you, then the prince will not be able to argue. ”

King Chenjun's words completely broke the prince's mind of killing people and destroying his mouth. He glanced at King Chenjun and the others viciously, his angry teeth rattled, and he snorted heavily, turned around and brushed his sleeves away.

Qu Yan pretended to shout: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you go slowly." “

……

There was a hearty laugh in the main hall of the Wing King's Mansion, and the Wing King, Hot Black Wood, as well as Qu Yan and Zhang Chengxiao were all sitting in it, happily hiding outside the door, poking out half of their heads, and looking inside curiously.

The Wing King beckoned to him and said with a smile: "Ji Xing, come on, come on, come and see all the adults." ”

"Hey, here we are."

Happy and polite, he stepped forward and bowed to everyone present.

Qu Yan and Zhang Chengxiao hurriedly got up to return the salute.

Qu Yan looked up and down happily, and said loudly: "Okay, the so-called tiger father has no dogs, and he is really a heroic boy." ”

The Wing King smiled: "The general, don't praise him, he can't stand the praise the most, and he will be happy to float up when he turns around." ”

He turned to Xing Xing and said, "Since you are here, you can also sit down and listen, but the two of you have brought good news today." ”

"Yes."

happily returned the salute and sat down honestly.

Qu Yan and Zhang Chengxiao recounted in detail the impeachment of the prince for the ten deadly sins of the ministers in the court today, and said that the words of the second prince Chenjun Wang to the prince at the end were particularly relieved, and everyone couldn't help laughing.

King Wing said: "In this way, the prince really can't attack you, and the adults should sit back and relax." However, after all, laugh and laugh, for a vicious person like the prince, we still have to take strict precautions, General Qu has his own soldiers and horses in the palace, but he is not afraid, Lord Zhang, this king will send twenty people to follow you back, personal protection, you just take care of the food. ”

Zhang Chengxiao waved his hand and said: "It's not necessary, since the old minister dares to say it, he is not afraid that the prince will come to kill me, if I die, the prince will have one more crime, set fire to himself, the old minister is old, early death and late death is death, and it is worth dying well." ”

Hearing this, King Yi was in awe, got up and hugged his fists and said: "Lord Zhang, it is really an old minister, full of blood, loyal and courageous, and this king admires it so much." ”

Zhang Chengxiao hurriedly got up and returned the salute: "Cheng Xiao is embarrassed, although Cheng Xiao is a civil servant, he also has the heart to serve the country, as long as Liang Guo, the country is stable, and the country is safe and secure, even if Cheng Xiao sacrifices his own life, what is the pity?" ”

After the two salutes, they sat down one after another.

Qu Yan said: "The prince will not be able to sleep when he goes back today, prince, what do you say the prince will do next?" ”

King Yi said: "I'm just afraid that he will jump off the wall in a hurry." ”

Happy said: "He will definitely go to his father." ”

King Yi smiled: "That's right, the prince will definitely go to the emperor to find out the tone next, now it depends on what the emperor's attitude is, the best is still to come." ”

Qu Yan said: "Now that the matter is over, let's just go all out, my people are already ready to go, we can ...... like this"

Everyone was discussing important matters in the main hall, and everything was in full swing and secretly arranged.

……

In the evening, an uninvited guest suddenly came to the palace, and he was also a person who should not have appeared here - Liu Qingyun.

When the guards brought her into the main hall, the heart of the Wing King suddenly leaked, and a trace of pain flashed in her eyes unconsciously, perhaps there was still a shadow of Jiang Yuyan on her face, and this was also the first time he faced Liu Qingyun, Jiang Yuyan's only daughter.

Liu Qingyun's face was solemn and respectful: "The folk girl Liu Qingyun has seen the prince. ”

The Wing King gathered his mind and asked, "Liu Qingyun, you are Liu Fansheng's daughter, you came to find this king, what is the matter?" ”

Liu Qingyun suddenly knelt down.

The Winged King was stunned and asked, "Girl, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Lord Wang, I came to ask you for my father's sin."

"Please?"

The Winged King smiled slightly: "Girl, what did your father do to you, and why did you come to me to ask for his guilt?" ”

"My father doesn't know right from wrong, he followed the prince to do something hurtful, this time he was seriously injured, only half of his life was left, Qingyun came, I don't ask for your forgiveness, just ask you to spare his life." After saying that, Liu Qingyun's body was deeply broken.

The Winged King smiled indifferently and said: "He came to kill this king, this king wants to protect himself, and he will naturally fight back, and your father was injured because of this, because he deserved it, as for what you said about this king to kill him?" ”

Liu Qingyun said: "Don't hide it from the prince, it was the prince who said that he would tie up my father and hand it over to you for disposal, I don't know how the prince will deal with my father?" Will it kill him? ”

The Wing King sneered: "The prince is smart and wants to give up his pawn to protect the handsome, but unfortunately, this king has no interest in the Sky Shaking Tiger at all." ”

Liu Qingyun raised her head suddenly: "Lord Wang, do you mean that you don't plan to kill my father?" ”

The Winged King stared at her and said: "The assassination of this king by the Heaven-Shaking Tiger is a big crime, it is said that even if he escapes, this king will send troops to arrest him with all his might, and let him escape to the ends of the earth, is this king still afraid that he will not be able to catch him?" Who else will send him to me? Isn't your father in the capital now? And at home, he is not small, he dares to go home, if this king really wants to kill him, is he still alive now? ”

Liu Qingyun's eyes were red, and she leaned over and said, "Thank you for the grace of the prince not to kill." ”

King Wing said: "However, this king still wants to remind you, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, your father has killed countless people, and he has done bad things, if I don't kill him today, he will still be killed by someone tomorrow, but sooner or later." ”

Liu Qingyun lowered her head silently and said in a low voice: "Qingyun knows, Qingyun also hates him, but, I still have a younger brother, I can't let my younger brother be so young without a father, Qingyun, there is no choice." ”

"You really look like your mother." The Winged King burst out.

Liu Qingyun was stunned: "Lord Wang, do you recognize my mother?" ”

The Winged King stared at her face for a long time, then suddenly sighed softly and muttered: "The past is unbearable, it's all over, maybe it's all fate......"

Liu Qingyun was dazed: "Lord Wang, what did you say?" ”

The Wing King paused and said indifferently: "Your mother is my former friend. Don't worry, this king won't kill him, at least not now, he's seriously injured, this king doesn't have the habit of taking advantage of people's danger, go back girl. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Liu Qingyun kowtowed again, then got up and said goodbye and left.

Looking at her back, the Wing King lost his mind, a faint sadness flashed in his eyes, and muttered: "It's been more than twenty years, and it's time for me to let go of my ......."