Chapter 178: The Nature of a Thief

Everyone was in a panic and got up one after another, but they didn't know whether to flee or stand here waiting for Sima Yan's instructions.

"You don't have to worry, just drink, and when this king finds out the truth, he will naturally give you an explanation." Sima Yan waved his hands and motioned for everyone to sit down.

Next, Sima Yan kept silent and stopped mentioning the matter, as if the whole thing had been forgotten by him.

It wasn't until Sima Yan was already a little drunk that he asked Hao Yi to send everyone away instead of him.

Sima Yan returned to the study.

The general named Jiang Chongda was waiting here.

"When the villain searched Lord Zhu Hong's mansion, he also found this, but the villain couldn't understand it, so he didn't dare to present it in front of everyone." Jiang Chongda said, took out a piece of light yellow fine silk from his personal pocket, and handed it to Sima Yan.

When Sima Yan held it in his hand, his hands trembled slightly.

He could see that this was the royal property of the palace.

"General Jiang's contribution is not small, you can continue to lead people to closely monitor Zhu Hong's mansion, and don't let anyone escape. If any suspicious person tries to approach, he will be arrested and brought to me at once. Sima Yan said.

"The villain knows." Jiang Chongda agreed.

Sima Yan sat on the chair, but did not open the yellow silk, but lowered his head and pondered.

Hao Yi walked in.

"If the king is tired, he can rest for a while, and it's not too late to talk about Zhu Hong's affairs tomorrow."

Sima Yan pointed to the silk on the table.

"Uncle, you can take a look at it on behalf of the king."

Hao Yihu walked to the table suspiciously.

"Great King, this is the emperor's blood edict." As soon as he opened it, Hao Yi was shocked.

Sima Yan seemed to have expected this, looked at Hao Yi without moving, pondered for a while, and then slowly spoke, "Do you want Zhu Hong and the others to get rid of this king?" ”

Hao Yi hesitated.

The emperor did not make this point clear, but only said that the king controlled the government, which was beyond the reach of Zhao Gao of Qin and Dong Zhuo of Han. The implication is that sooner or later, the king will abolish the Cao clan and establish the Sima clan. ”

Sima Yan sneered.

"Comparing this king to Zhao Gao, Dong Zhuo and the like, it is really the emperor's shallow knowledge."

"It's ...... down here," Hao Yi looked like he wanted to say something.

"Uncle, but it's okay."

Hao Yi spread the silk in front of Sima Yan's eyes and pointed to a place in the lower right corner.

Sima Yan's gaze was fixed on the names of several people.

"These are all former ministers of Cao Wei, conspirators with Zhu Hong, and the king can order that these people be placed under house arrest immediately, and when Zhu Hong's crime is announced, they will be beheaded together." Hao Yi suggested.

Sima Yan thought for a moment.

"No, today's arrest of Zhu Hong must have alarmed these people, and I expect that at this time, these people must get together to discuss what to do next. My uncle may send someone to spy on him, but he will not be aware of it. When the king of Ming Japan took Zhu Hong to the palace to face the king, he was doing it. ”

"It's fine." Hao Yi nodded.

The imperial palace in Luoyang is even more magnificent and huge than the imperial palace of Shu Han, and if all the palace people are gathered together, the number has even exceeded the number of soldiers that a partial general can command.

Zhuan Kun Palace:

Today is not the day of Emperor Cao Huan's dynasty, it stands to reason that at this time, many civil and military ministers are still sleeping peacefully in their respective mansions.

However, now, this place is full of people, and in the capital, as long as there is a little fame on the top of their heads, almost all of them have been summoned here.

People are like fish under a giant net, waiting for the verdict of fate in a state of panic.

"King Jin Chitose has arrived." A eunuch on duty hurriedly ran in from outside, "All the adults hurry up to greet you." ”

As the eunuch's voice landed, everyone walked towards the gate, and at this moment, the small door behind the hall was pushed open, and another eunuch shouted, "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

The footsteps of the crowd paused slightly.

In the midst of the lightning, almost everyone was thinking about the same question in their hearts: should they go out to meet Sima Yan, or should they meet the teenage Emperor Cao Wei here?

Time seemed to be frozen into a mess by the tense air at this moment, and everyone was trying to find the only line.

After a few moments, only a dozen people remained in the main hall, and the others, after a brief thought, rushed outside.

Cao Huan, who looked sick, sat on the dragon chair with the support of the two palace maids.

The remaining dozen or so knelt at the bottom of the steps.

Cao Huan looked down at these people, then looked up at the dense crowd outside the hall, closed his eyes and leaned back on the back of the chair without saying a word.

Soon, Sima Yan walked in surrounded by everyone.

Behind him, followed by four warriors armed with steel swords, their chilling eyes patrolled over everyone's faces, as if they were just waiting for Sima Yan to give an order to immediately kill everyone here.

"Your Majesty is okay these days?" Sima Yan didn't wait for everyone to finish worshipping, strode up the steps, and stood in front of the emperor's dragon case.

Cao Huan's face became almost bloodless, and after a long time, he replied with a slight tremble: "I have occasionally felt cold in the past few days, and it is difficult to sleep and eat, so I want to hang up the King of Jin." ”

Sima Yan sneered.

"But is it the same disease as Lord Zhu Hong?"

Cao Wan was taken aback.

"When Zhu and Zhu Aiqing fell ill, I don't know."

"Okay." Sima Yan said loudly, "Then, Weichen will ask Your Majesty to see the sick Lord Zhu Hong today." ”

Sima Yan turned around and beckoned to the entrance of the hall.

Two samurai dragged Zhu Hong, who had passed out, from outside the hall.

Zhu Hong's official uniform had already been tattered, and the blood-red whip marks on his body were faintly visible, and his long hair bun hung down to his shoulders, and there were still clotted blood clots on it.

In the main hall, many people were so frightened that they covered their eyes.

Cao Huan was already frightened and shrunk into a ball.

Sima Yan unfolded the yellow silk in his hand and placed it on the dragon case.

"Since Your Majesty has already issued an edict, why don't you read this edict in front of all the adults in public to prove my Sima Yan's crime?"

Cao Huan looked at the edict, his lips moved, but he couldn't speak.

Sima Yan turned to look at the ministers who were still kneeling on the ground.

"In addition to Lord Zhu Hong, who else in this edict dares to stand up and confront this king face to face?"

The ministers who had signed their names on the blood edict looked at each other, and no one said a word.

After a while, an official named Cheng Zi stood up and looked at Sima Yan with a sneer: "The lower official knows that there will be trouble today, but the one he hates, he failed to help His Majesty eliminate the national thieves in time." Since the king of Jin brought a sword to the palace today, his ambition does not need to be said by the lower officials, and the king of Jin will please take it upon himself, and the lower officials are Wei Chen, and they will never bend their knees and wait for villains. ”

Sima Yan nodded approvingly.

In the past, my father Cheng Yu was in the same hall as my grandfather, and he was appreciated by Emperor Taizu Wu. This day this king will fulfill your name of righteousness. ”

The samurai armed with steel swords rushed up and tied Cheng Zi up.

The others, knowing that they could not escape the clutches of the devil, also stood up one after another, and soon they were all tied hand and foot and dragged to the bottom of the steps.

"This king doesn't need to show merit here, my Sima family knows all the merits of Cao Wei, since I am called a national thief, this king will simply be a thief, and you want to see the nature of a thief."

As soon as the words fell, the steel swords in the hands of the four warriors were raised at the same time, and the main hall was splashed with blood in an instant.