Early the next morning.

On the huge Suzaku Street, a team of cars and horses marched mightily.

At this time, the frost was frozen, and scattered snowflakes were flying in the air, like flying leaves, and a little ice crystal fell on the eaves, bridges, and streets, and the whole world became a white expanse.

It's the time of the year, but the officials have already begun to go to the early court.

In the upper court, the courtiers went to the court to meet the king and discuss politics.

In addition, there is a certain etiquette about the upper court, and late arrivals are punished. Some of the old ministers are so miserable about this that most of them will return to their hometowns.

During the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the emperor treated the prime minister with courtesy. When the prime minister met the emperor, the emperor stood up and gave the prime minister a seat. The prime minister is sick, and the emperor has to visit him in person.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, officials also had seats in the court, and in the Song Dynasty, officials had to stand in the court. In the Qing Dynasty, the ministers couldn't even stand anymore, they had to kneel. Since Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, it has been clearly stipulated that the "Great Dynasty Ceremony" must "all officials kneel".

The bureaucrats of the Qing Dynasty knelt on the ground for a long time, so much so that the ministers had special knee pads.

From the changes in etiquette, it can be seen that since the Song Dynasty, the authority of the emperor has become higher and higher, while the status of the bureaucracy has been declining.

And the current team marching to Jianzhang Palace is the team of Ran Min, the king of Wei.

Depending on where the official residence is located, the daily route of each official is the same, and there will not be much change. And ordinary officials will ride in a sedan chair, or ride a horse, and so on, as for those who make such a big battle like Ran Min, there is basically none, but this is because of the particularity of Ran Min's status.

As I passed the corner of a hidden street, a rain of arrows shot from the eaves!

"Woohoo! ......" arrows were fired in unison, and several unlucky guards suddenly fell to the ground!

"There are assassins!"

The guards and honor guards in the team just panicked for a moment, and then they all pulled out their long swords or waist knives, stood out spears or halberds, surrounded Ran Min's six imperial carriages, formed a circle, and made it look like they were facing a great enemy.

But the enemy did not allow them to do so.

No, another rain of arrows was fired, and after shooting and killing several guards, more than a dozen black-clothed men with crossbow machines jumped out of the eaves.

"Up!"

The black-clothed men at the head made a gesture, and the dozen or so black-clothed men abandoned the crossbow machine, held their swords side by side, and killed the guards in the carriage together.

"Kill!"

The guards were quite numerous, and they were naturally not afraid of these assassins. However, the assassins were not good at battlefield fighting, but they were very good at assassination, no, a dozen assassins contained these guards, and then several other people prepared trebuchets and fired stone projectiles in one fell swoop, which smashed directly into the carriage that had been parked there for a long time!

The huge carriage broke in response!

Where is this stone bullet?

It's clearly an iron bullet!

"King! King! ……”

Outside the council hall, the ministers were waiting to enter the hall, and the time had not yet come, but this did not prevent the ministers from talking and whispering in the snow and cold wind.

Suddenly, a eunuch ran to Shi Cheng's side and whispered for a while, Shi Cheng's face was very festive, and he seemed to be happier than having a son and marrying a daughter-in-law!

Seeing this, Shi Qi couldn't help but run over and ask, "Lord Zhonglingjun, is the matter done?" ”

"It's done!" Shi Cheng's face could no longer hide his joy.

It is impossible to kill Ran Min in ordinary ways, but Ran Min's strong force value alone is enough to discourage the vast majority of assassins!

However, if Ran Min didn't even have a chance to react and was directly stoned to death, all this would be logical!

Soon, some chamberlains ran out to let the ministers enter the palace to discuss matters.

Originally, Ran Min led the ministers into the palace, but Ran Min was not there, and the ministers entered the palace separately.

Ran Min often does not participate in the early dynasty, on the one hand, because there are many affairs, Ran Min can't get away, or he is out fighting, on the other hand, Ran Min is too lazy to think about it so early!

"Huh? What about King Wei? After accepting the worship of the ministers, Shi Jian didn't see Ran Min's figure, and he couldn't help but be a little curious.

Ran Min had already informed him in advance that he would definitely go to the early court today, but why couldn't he see anyone? Ran Min is not the kind of person who will break his word and get fat!

At this time, Shi Cheng stood up proudly. Like a victorious rooster, he straightened his clothes, and then strode under His Majesty's platform and replied, "Your Majesty, the King of Wei may not come!" ”

"Why?"

"The minister has already listened on the way. There is an assassin who assassinated the King of Wei, and the King of Wei has died on the way to the Early Dynasty, on Zhuque Street, and there may still be people collecting his body! ”

At this point, Shi Jian's face on the dragon chair became very strange, as if he wanted to remind Shi Cheng, but it was difficult to speak.

"King Wei!?"

The ministers all changed color, and the ministers with ghosts in their hearts trembled!

Ran Min looked at Shi Cheng with interest and said with a smile: "Shi Cheng, who died with you on Suzaku Street?" ”

"This ......" For a moment, Shi Cheng was speechless.

"Humph!"

Ran Min snorted coldly, then waved his hand and said, "Someone!" Take down Shi Cheng, Shi Qi, and Shi Hui, the leader of the army! ”

Then, a warrior in front of the palace rushed in and directly captured the three people.

"King Wei, why are you doing this?" Shi Jian was stunned, not knowing what was going on.

Ran Min pointed at Shi Cheng and said, "Your Majesty, the widow has received accurate news. Shi Cheng, Shi Qi, and Shi Hui colluded with the traitor Shi Zhi, intending to rebel, and also harming the widow, if it weren't for the widow's alertness, he changed the carriage and changed the route, and he might have died violently by now! ”

"Shi Cheng! What a heinous crime you have! Shi Jian seemed to be very angry, and directly stood up to dissociate himself from them, "The King of Wei is the pillar of my Great Zhao Kingdom, and you dare to harm the King of Wei, aren't you afraid of retribution?" ”

Ran Min didn't say anything, and said directly: "Your Majesty, Shi Cheng and the other three are unforgivable!" The widow asks His Majesty to confiscate his property and raze the three clans! ”

This is the method of straining.

The scope of exterminating the three clans is actually much larger than exterminating the nine clans.

The extermination of the three clans refers to the father's clan, the mother's clan, and the wife's clan, and basically all those who are related to the family have to be killed!

The extermination of the nine clans refers to the nine generations from the ancestor to the great-grandson, that is, the great-grandson, the great-grandson, the son, the body, the father, the grandfather, the great-grandfather, and the great-grandfather, in fact, it is only the destruction of the father clan in the original three clans.

Before the Sui Dynasty, it was generally practiced to exterminate the clan and exterminate the three races, and the extermination of the clan was only to destroy the father's clan, and the extermination of the three clans was to kill all the relatives and bring them together.

After the Sui Dynasty, measures were taken to reduce the punishment, and the extermination of the three clans became the extermination of the nine clans.

The Zhujiu clan comes from the law of the three clans after the Qin reform. "Nine clans" refers to relatives. The "nine clans" are from the ancestor to the great-grandson, that is, the great-grandson, the great-grandson, the grandson (in ancient times, the eighth grandson was called the grandson), the son, the body, the father, the grandfather, the great-grandfather, and the great-grandfather.

The emergence of the "nine clans" has a lot to do with the criminal law system of ancient society. In ancient times, the cruel Zhulian Law was practiced, and if one person violated the law, especially the Dafa, he would often be exterminated by the "Nine Clans", that is, the "Zhulian Nine Clans".

With the changes of the times, the meaning of "nine clans" has changed a lot today, and the meaning of their relatives has faded out and has become a general term for everything related to it.

In ancient China, the seizure of homes and the extermination of clans were often used in tandem with the aim of cutting down the grass and roots—completely removing the strength and connections for revenge. Shaokang Zhongxing, "there is a field and a brigade" is an inexhaustible consequence, and Wu Zixu and Wu Huachu are the result of incomplete extermination. Therefore, Qin Shi Huang began the cool method of "shadow clan punishment", first "Yi three tribes", and then became more and more cruel, from three tribes, five tribes to nine tribes - father three clans, mother three clans, wife three clans.

Shi Jian had no choice but to agree with Ran Min's advice and punish his nine clans!

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