Chapter 66: The First Trial

On this night, Zhong Dalu, Han Dongjun, and Hu Songhua were making a long night drink, and it was also on this night. The shopkeeper of the restaurant plans to calculate the surplus for half a year, and the fisherman who runs the boat worries about the weather tomorrow. It was also on this night that someone quietly opened the city gate and let a group of men and horses into the city. Everything has changed from this night, except for the confusing fate.

Zhong Dalu almost woke up under the shaking of his wife, and at this time, he did not realize the seriousness of the problem.

"Wake up, sir"! The panicked eyes, the voices of the six gods, and the pale faces of the maids, a bed, and an unresponsive Zhong Dalu, these are all the things that this room has now.

Zhong Dalu sat up slowly, asked the maid to help him get dressed, and then waved his hand, and the others went down.

"There was a mutiny, or was it the emperor's decree"? He seemed to have anticipated the development of things, and looked at his wife tenderly.

"Lu Yuanhang, father and son have entered the palace." At this, she burst into tears, the news she had heard was far more wonderful than that, but she knew that there was only one sentence that needed to let him know.

"Yes, how could this old fox be plotted so easily." It was as if he was talking to him, and it was like he was talking to himself.

From this moment on, or from the Desheng Building, the fate has been doomed. Lu Yuanhang knew, and he also knew, that only people like Han Dongjun and Hu Songhua would naively think that everything was over.

There was no one on the street that was still lively before the heavy rain, and Zhong Dalu's sedan chair was particularly conspicuous. They are like lonely ghosts who haven't had time to go home after a hundred ghosts walk at night, hurrying to the road, with the sound of hurried footsteps and the sound of "creaking" sedan poles behind them.

The sedan chair finally stopped outside the door, Zhong Dalu got down from the sedan chair tremblingly, straightened his clothes, calmed down, and ran straight to the main hall.

The original guards have all changed, and the two people guarding the door are Lu Yuanhang's son Lu Mingfei and his son-in-law Xia Chaoyun. The two men stood with their swords in their hands, oblivious to his arrival.

Zhong Dalu didn't bother to pay attention to them, so he took three steps and made two steps, and walked into the court. The whole hall was as silent as death, and the footsteps he walked in were the only sound except for the sound of breathing. Although the sound was enough to be noticeable, no one looked up at him. They are like clay tires in a temple, with empty skins but no spirituality.

On the Jinluan Palace, Qiu Shenghong was sitting precariously, looking the same as usual, but his eyes were full of anger and worry, next to him, it turned out to be where the great eunuch Xu Zhi'an was standing, but he was standing on the road with a helmet and armor. At this moment, he was looking at him with extreme contempt.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live"!

The dance mountain was over, and Zhong Dalu stood up. He glanced at the courtiers who were like ashes, raised his head again, looked at Lu Yuanhang, and rebuked angrily: "Lu Yuanhang, you have a self-respecting army, you want to endanger the artifact, and you have a heart of disobedience, which has been a long time. Today, he dared to betray the court and do such a rebellious thing. Are you convicted"!

Lu Yuanhang snorted coldly, didn't look at him, but turned to face Qiu Shenghong: "Your Majesty, Zhong Dalu eats the country and is heavy, and he doesn't want to repay the service, but wants to exclude dissidents, dominate the government, and endanger the society." If it weren't for the foresight of Wei Chen, he would inevitably be poisoned by him, although His Majesty would not be exempt, and the great thief of this country must be severely punished." As he spoke, he didn't wait for Qiu Shenghong's tribunal, and shouted outside the door: "Come, take Zhong Dalu down"!

Lu Mingfei immediately walked in with four personal soldiers, and in front of everyone, he wanted to hold Zhong Dalu. Zhong Dalu looked at Qiu Shenghong, knowing that the general trend had gone, he sighed, brushed away the hands of his own soldiers, and walked away.

"Han Dongjun, Hu Songhua, Jiang Yuyuan, etc., are in cahoots with Zhong Dalu, and they should be sent to the Criminal Department together." Xia Chaoyun agreed and took them down.

"Your Majesty, the first evil has been eliminated, and the rest of the people should be dealt with lightly, Weichen thinks that it can be forgiven, I don't know what Your Majesty wants"? At this time, he retired to the throne, but he was still in front of everyone, only a few steps away from Qiu Shenghong.

"Played by Yiqing"! Qiu Shenghong said, stood up, and looked at Lu Yuanhang, Lord Wang, if there is nothing else, I will go back to the palace.

Lu Yuanhang has been planning for a long time, and today he has done this part, how can he stop there? I saw him smile slightly, and said to Qiu Shenghong: "Your Majesty, don't wait for a while, stay for a while, and you'll see."

Qiu Shenghong was helpless, so he had to sit down again, but his heart was extremely anxious.

After a meal, Lu Mingfei ran in and whispered a few words to Lu Yuanhang's ear, Lu Yuanhang nodded, motioned for him to go down, and then said: "Xu Zhi'an, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, has been taken down for his attempt to rebel."

These people bowed their heads as if they were atoning for their sins, and no one said a word. They are waiting to see how things develop and then take the side in their favor.

This state lasted until the time when the lamp was in charge, and Lu Yuanhang saw that there was no change, so he played again: "Weichen heard the secret report of the people, and knew that there was a change in the court, and it was too late to play. I hope that Your Majesty will forgive the uninvited sins of the ministers."

A rebellion was passed by him lightly, but at this time, his fate hung in the hands of others, and Qiu Shenghong was helpless, blaming Xu Zhian for his poor planning and falling into the trap of others. I have not been able to prevent the slightest slight, so that today. Seeing him plead guilty today, he had to force his face to be happy, and said in a trembling voice: "Aiqing protects the family and defends the country, and the merit is in the community, and today he eliminates the rebellion, and Wei Zhengong is a great honor that is not born in the world, although Zhou Gongfu became the king, and Lu Wangfu Zhou Wu, it is impossible to add more." What is the sin of rewarding merit? The person who escorts today, the general can prepare a report on the form, and the Ministry of Rites will discuss the reward."

Lu Yuanhang knew that Qiu Shenghong was completely in his hands, and cut his wings, and it was meaningless to embarrass him again, so he left Lu Mingfei and Xia Chaoyun and thanked him and retired. For him, tomorrow's events are the most important thing.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day the three sessions were tried, and Zhong Dalu, Han Dongjun, Hu Songhua, Jiang Yuyuan, and others were escorted to the lobby. The presiding judge, Xiao Beichen, and the deputy judges, Liang Shutong and Liang Shuming, together with other ministries, interrogated this largest case since the founding of the People's Republic of China in the lobby of the Criminal Department.

"Lord Situ", after Xiao Beichen informed everyone, he began to try the case: "Do you know about Deshenglou's attack on King Wuling"?

Zhong Dalu's face was angry, but he still dealt with it calmly.

"I don't know, but if I had known, there would be no today."

"Do you recognize the Assassin, then?"

"I don't know what happened, why did the assassins come about"?

Xiao Beichen nodded silently, he looked at Liang Shutong, Liang Shuming, and then looked at the people from the six departments who were in the same trial. continued to ask: "Before the incident, you had a gathering with Han Dongjun, Jiang Yuyuan and others, is there any such thing?"

When this sentence came out, Zhong Dalu couldn't help but be surprised, that party was before Su Ermu was dying, and there were only four of them in the party, and it was impossible for others to know about .......

"Yes or no"? Xiao Beichen saw that he hesitated about me, and his tone immediately became stern.

"Yes, but it was just an ordinary gathering among colleagues, and there was no conspiracy."

Xiao Beichen watched the clerk finish memorizing, and then asked: "On the night of the Deshenglou incident, you drank with Han Dongjun and Hu Songhua in the secret room and stayed up all night, can there be such a thing?"

Zhong Dalu was shocked again, but with the time just now, this time it was not so unexpected.

"Yes, but I didn't know that King Wuling was assassinated in Desheng Tower at that time."

Xiao Beichen smiled and motioned to put Zhong Dalu aside. Then Han Dongjun was mentioned in court.

"Lord Han, before the Deshenglou incident, you had a gathering with Da Situ and Jiang Yuyuan in Situ Mansion, can there be such a thing?"

"Yes".

"During the banquet, you said that now the old cat is about to die, and the tanuki is seizing the throne, so when you move because of this, you must not miss the opportunity. He also said that I don't want people, people will want me, and my safety is in this move, but there is such a thing"?

When these few words came out, Han Dongjun was full of liver and gall, and Zhong Dalu was also bluffed.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Xiao Beichen slapped the shocked wood and asked sharply: "Is there such a thing"!

"Never, never"! Things have come to this point, and he will deny it desperately, and once he admits it, no one will survive. The most important thing is that they can completely convict him of treason, and at that time, not only a few of them, but several of their three clans will be implicated. However, he also understood that being able to know their affairs in such detail would not help denying them, it would only be more than a few more times.