Chapter 62: Brothers Save People with Their Lives

On the execution ground. Ji Wen saw that three o'clock in the afternoon had passed, and King Jing was still drinking tea and meditating, and refused to order the execution. He was in an anxious mood and urged a few times, and King Jing came back to his senses and ordered the execution.

The executioner raised his big knife and was about to slash at Guo Yi, when suddenly a stone flew from under the stage and hit his wrist. As soon as he let go of his fingers, the broadsword fell to the ground with a clatter.

Ji Wen and the others were stunned, only to see a young man jumping in front of him, shouting "keep people under the knife" while raising a knife to protect Guo Yi. It turned out that this person was Kong Candle.

Seeing this, Ji Wen urgently ordered his subordinates to kill Kong Candle and Guo Yi. The officers and soldiers around rushed up with swords and guns in their hands, and fought with Kong Candle.

Kong Zhu fought desperately while protecting Guo Yi, and after a while, he was hit by many knives and guns on his body, and blood stained his clothes red.

At the critical moment, Wang Jie, Lou Yue and others rushed to the stage with knives and weapons in their hands and fought with the group of officers and soldiers. After a period of fighting, they forced the officers and men back seven or eight paces away.

Everyone tightly surrounded Kong Candle and Guo Yi to prevent them from being attacked again.

At this time, Li Yunhan walked quickly to King Jing, knelt down with a plop, and said, "Your Highness is frightened, please forgive me." ”

"Oh, Mr. Li," King Jing said with a calm face, asking him what was his sin?

"The crime of disturbing the court and colliding with His Highness."

King Jing seemed to have an understanding when he heard this, "um", and said, "I want to save Guo Yi, it's too late." ”

Ji Wen was already impatient on the side, and ordered his subordinates to take down Li Yunhan, but was stopped by King Jing.

Li Yunhan looked at each other awe-inspiringly, bowed to Ji Wen, and said, "Don't be surprised, my lord, the grass people are here to avenge General Guo." ”

Ji Wen sneered: "Nonsense, this case has been decided, how can there be grievances!" ”

"Since the grass people have shouted grievances, of course they have evidence," Li Yunhan said and moved his gaze to King Jing, neither humble nor arrogant, "Your Highness, the grass people are willing to tell the truth......

"Master Ji, don't let them retreat yet!" King Jing reprimanded angrily, and then turned his gaze at Li Yunhan, "This king wants to listen today, what grievances does he have?" ”

Seeing this, Ji Wen had no choice but to order his subordinates to retreat.

Li Yunhan made a gesture to Wang Jie and Lou Yue, and the two then helped Kong Candle, who was covered with injuries, to King Jing. Kong Candle knelt on the ground, took out a confession from his arms, presented it to King Jing, and said, "Your Highness, Kong Candle, a grass people, is a civilian of the Xi tribe in the north of Yuyang City. The arson case in Xiongwu City was indeed committed by the grass people. ”

King Jing was very puzzled when he heard this, and asked him why he wanted to set fire to the city.

"Returning to His Royal Highness, Chu Mohan built a heroic martial city, destroyed my countryside, plundered my family property, and killed civilians to fill the enemy to invite merit, and formed a deep hatred with my people." Kong Zhu paused, "In order to avenge their clansmen, the grass people burned Xiongwu City in a fit of rage. ”

"You're trying to top the bag for someone!" Ji Wen drew his sword and pointed it at Kong Candle, "Say, who sent you?" ”

"My lord, this case is indeed committed by grass people, and it has nothing to do with others." Kong Candle's face was calm.

King Jing was silent for a moment and asked him why he surrendered?

Kong Zhu said that Guo Yi is strict in governing the army, sympathetic to the border people, and has always loved the people; Such a loyal and upright man was about to be wronged, and he really couldn't bear it, so he surrendered.

Ji Wen shouted angrily: "Boldly Diao Min, the arson case in Xiongwu City has long been concluded, and Guo Yi has confessed, but you trespassed into the law field to confuse the public!" Someone, drag him away and cut him down! ”

"No!" Li Yunhan shouted, and said to King Jing, "General Guo has been beaten into a trick, can you believe the forced confession?" Now that General Guo is in front of him, why don't His Highness personally interrogate him to find out the truth. ”

King Jing bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and ordered Guo Yi to be brought forward.

Guo Yi knelt down in front of King Jing and cried: "Your Highness, the minister is really wronged." They forced a confession, but the minister did not admit his guilt, so they tortured the minister and knocked him unconscious. That confession was made by imitating the handwriting of the minister, and asked His Highness to be the master of the minister! ”

Guo Yi said and uncovered his shirt, revealing scars all over his body.

King Jing glanced at Guo Yi's physical injury, and said to Ji Wen with a little resentment in his eyes: "Lord Ji, why did you fight like this......

"This, or the jailer's private ......," Ji Wen replied timidly.

"Really?" King Jing let out a long sigh, "This king was ordered to be beheaded, but unexpectedly, this sudden change occurred, and even many celebrities and scholars in the capital came to avenge him. Master Ji, what do you say? ”

"Your Highness, how can this group of people be said to be celebrities; They held sharp blades against the government, and injured several of us on the court, clearly a group of vicious robbers! ”

"That, what does Master Ji ......mean?"

"Even if you are a robber, of course you can't let any of them go!" Ji Wen said hatefully.

Li Yunhan said awe-inspiring to King Jing: "Your Highness, you have also seen today's events, we are not waiting for the prisoners, but for General Guo!" I also hope that His Highness will make a clear decision. ”

"Well, if there is a grievance, this king will explain it to his father." King Jing nodded.

Ji Wen saw that the situation was not good, and asked King Jing if he wanted to let go of this gang of gangsters?

King Jing took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Lord Ji, the laws of the Tang Dynasty have always been established by justice and strictness, and Li Yunhan, Wang Jie, Du Shaoling and others are all celebrities and scholars in Chang'an; Although their methods are a bit excessive, they are also for revenge, which is not a crime, and only needs to be admonished by this king. Moreover, there is a new certificate in this case, and it needs to be explained to the emperor. ”

Ji Wen was speechless for a while, and he was stunned for a long time.

King Jing then ordered the suspects Kong Candle and Guo Yi to be strictly guarded, and other unrelated people were exempted from responsibility! After Ling Bi, he shouted at Ji Wen again: "Master Ji, if there is anything missing, this king is the only one who asks!" ”

Afterwards, King Jing left the execution ground with a few servants and galloped away.

Seeing that King Jing was gone, Li Yunhan, Wang Jie, Du Shaoling and others guarded Guo Yi and Kong Zhu tightly in order to prevent accidents, and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

All this that happened suddenly on the execution ground reached Chu Qing's ears, and he was like an ant insect on a hot pot restless, although he gritted his teeth with hatred, he was helpless for a while......

Inside Qinghua Palace.

Emperor Xuan listened to Zixu Zhenren's long talk, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that the Taoist chief is here to intercede for Guo Yi......"

"Yes and no."

"What do you mean by that?"

Zi Xu's tone was calm, and he said eloquently: "Your Majesty, the poor road has been away from the court for many years, so it is said that you should not ask about this matter. However, as far as the minister knows, there are many suspicious points in the arson case of Xiongwu City, and there must be something hidden in it. Guo Yi is loyal, upright, and once served as the old minister's old department, in private, the old minister remembered the friendship of working together in the past; Yu Gong, this person is very good at using soldiers to fight, if he is accidentally killed, not only will he be cold to the hearts of the border soldiers, but also make the Tang Dynasty have one less good general who can fight and defend the country. ”

Emperor Xuan was silent for a moment after hearing this, and said: "This case is closed, and Guo Yi has also pleaded guilty, why should you be bored!" ”

"Your Majesty, there are many suspicious points in the arson case, and you can't kill it." Zixu said and knelt down in front of Emperor Xuan.

"I have made up my mind, don't say more!" Emperor Xuan said coldly.

Zixu Zhenren took out the confession of the rebel leader, presented it to him, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the confession of Guo Yi's subordinate rebel generals, please take a look." ”

"This ...... How did it get to you? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Guo Yi was unjustly punished, and in order to prevent accidents, he handed over this case to Yu Chen."

Emperor Xuan said "um", took the confession and skimmed it roughly, and said gloomily: "It seems that there is a grievance in this......

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the promise you made to your ministers back then, promising your ministers three things?"

Emperor Xuan thought for a while, suddenly remembered, and said with a smile: "That's right, you found the bones of your mother for me back then, I said it." ”

"Your Majesty, the first two things were fulfilled at that time; Now this third thing is not to be broken. ”

"I want to save Guo Yi...... It's late. Emperor Xuan suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed twice, "Even if I agree, I'm afraid his head will already fall to the ground by this time." ”

"No, God has its own justice!" Zixu smiled indifferently.

Before the words fell, a small yellow door hurriedly came to report, saying that King Jing had something important to see.

After King Jing entered the palace, he saw Emperor Xuan, presented the confession of the candle, and briefly described the affairs of the court.

Emperor Xuan was still puzzled when he heard this, thought for a while, and said: "In this way, the real culprit of arson is not Nani, but Kong Candle ......."

"Yes, the arsonist is a mockery of the candle." King Jing's tone was affirmative, "From this point of view, Guo Yi's confession is fake. ”

"Alas, Ji Wen acted hastily and almost killed a general by mistake." Emperor Xuan stretched his face, "If it weren't for his meritorious service in quelling the rebellion, I would never spare him!" ”

King Jing asked again, what should Guo Yi do?

Emperor Xuan glanced at Zixu, drooped his face, and said, "I have promised the real person, so I will pardon it." ”

At the Xishikou Execution Ground, Ji Wen led his subordinates to confront Li Yunhan, Wang Jie and others with knives and guns in hand, still in a tense and murderous atmosphere. After a long time, Li Yunhan couldn't help but be a little flustered.

Just as he was nervous, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and then several horses flew up, and then jumped down a yellow door Qincha, shouting: "Keep people under the knife!" ”

Na Qincha announced an edict to the people: the criminal Kong Candle, in order to vent his personal anger, set fire to the city of Xiongwu, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and he will be killed immediately; The criminal Guo Yi caused chaos among his subordinates because of his slackness in governing the army, and he should have been beheaded, but His Majesty remembered that he had made meritorious contributions to the border and could know his sins and repent, so he was cut to the people; All other unrelated persons are exempt from liability and released on the spot......

Li Yunhan was both happy and worried after receiving the order. He instructed Shaoling and others to help Guo Yi leave the execution ground, and he was deeply distressed by the misfortune that had suffered to Kong Candle.

Ji Wen was a little furious, and hurriedly ordered Kong Candle to be killed.

Li Yunhan and the others all cried sadly when they saw it......

Back in Zhiyuan, Li Yunhan was still immersed in the pain of Kong Candle's killing, and he couldn't let go of it for a long time, he sat quietly in front of the coffee table with a low face like a stone man.

"Brother, don't be sad," Du Shaoling poured him a glass of wine and handed it to his lips, "He's gone, and I and the rest of the brothers." ”

Li Yunhan sat up straight and said "um", took the wine glass and drank it all.

"It's really dangerous, if it weren't for Wu Qi dragging Mintai, he would have lost the whole game this time." Cen Feng found a topic.

After hearing this, Li Yunhan came back to his senses, and ordered Cen Feng to see Mintai and persuade him to leave the capital as soon as possible.

Cen Feng hesitated for a moment and said, "This person has always been willful, even the jade-faced Langjun is not very obedient, I ......"

"Rest assured; After this incident, I think he will improve. ”

"Well, I'll go and persuade him." Cen Feng agreed, and was about to go out when he was stopped by Li Yunhan, staring at Cen Feng indifferently: "By the way, there is any news about Brother Long recently?" ”

Cen Feng shook his head and said no.

"Brother Long went deep into the Longtan Tiger's Den this time, I really sweated for him." Li Yunhan sighed lightly.

When everyone heard this, their hearts tightened.