Chapter 219: The General Died in a Hundred Battles
Liu Yong's army finally returned to Chengdu.
Dong Qi, as the front, was first welcomed by all the people, and then the chariot that Liu Yong was riding slowly drove to the gate of the city.
Chen Yi led all the civil and military officials to greet here.
The chariot stopped, and Liu Yong stood up, his gaze sweeping over everyone's faces.
The black, oppressive crowd of kneeling crowds stretched all the way to the streets of the city.
"The ministers are flat, dismiss the people, and go to the Yixin Hall with me to discuss matters." Liu Yong said loudly.
The warrior beside him immediately repeated Liu Yong's words loudly.
The crowd stood up.
Chen Yi came to the car and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty has just returned from the expedition, and the dust on your body has not been removed, can you go back to the palace to rest for one night, and it is not too late to convene civil and military affairs tomorrow." ”
Liu Yong smiled faintly.
"I've been fighting for many days, and I've been exhausted all day, so why is this time?"
"Wechen knows." Chen Yi took a few steps back.
The horses of several samurai were the first to pass through the crowd.
"Your Majesty has a will, thank you for the kindness of the fathers and elders, and please go back, Your Majesty has urgent state affairs that need to be handled in the palace."
The voice hovered above the heads of the people, and many people got up to leave, but more people still knelt on the ground and refused to leave, quite a bit of the scene when the ancestor Liu Bei entered Sichuan.
It's just that the difference is that at that time, because Liu Zhang in Shu was weak and incompetent, he was repeatedly bullied by foreign criminals, and the people thought hard about the master, and they were naturally full of joy at Liu Bei's arrival. Today is different, the people greeted their triumphant lord, and felt that until this time, the strength and peace of Shuzhong had just begun.
Liu Yong's car had to carefully weave its way through the people.
Pleasant Palace:
The palace people had already gotten the news and cleaned every corner of the hall as quickly as possible.
Liu Yong's car came to the gate of the hall until it stopped.
Liu Yong didn't even change the armor on his body, so he walked in directly and sat on the chair on the steps.
It didn't take long for civil and military officials to rush in.
A eunuch walked out of the small door at the back of the hall, hunched over and draped the yellow rolling dragon robe on Liu Yong's body, and then, two palace maids holding incense burners also came out and stood behind Liu Yong.
Liu Yong remained motionless, looking at the people kneeling at the bottom of the steps.
The air in the hall was filled with tension and oppression.
Suddenly, Liu Yong slapped a bundle of bamboo slips in his hand on the dragon case, and the crisp voice immediately made everyone tremble.
Chen Yi peeked and found that Liu Yong's face was pale, and the bamboo slip in his hand was the list of ministers he had sent a few days ago about Hetian Yong and others.
"Although I won a great victory in this expedition, I also suffered many setbacks, but fortunately, there are loyal ministers such as Lord Chen and Empress Zhang in the capital, so I can rest assured that I can defend against the enemy. However, I heard that some people took this opportunity to intend to rebel and want to raise troops into Beijing, and when the country was in danger, they didn't want to protect my homeland, but they repeatedly rebelled behind their backs? The Zhongqing family thinks that my first emperor is not here, so I can let it be bullied? Liu Yong said loudly.
Everyone knelt on the ground, and they did not dare to speak.
Such a scene once again reminds people of Liu Yongdang's killing of Li Huan and others in the palace, and feels that this queen has grown into a mighty, domineering but flexible Shuzhong Jiaolong after experiencing so many wars.
"Presumably, all the Qing family has heard about Tian Yong and others, and now Tian Yong is dead, and the evidence of his guilt is still there, if the Qing family who had conspired with him at this time repented on the spot, and promised never to commit it again in the future, I am not guilty of the past, and I can still be an official in Shuzhong." Liu Yong grabbed the bamboo slip and continued, "If you still have a fluke mentality and refuse to admit your guilt, I will never tolerate it, and ask him to go underground to see the first emperor." ”
People kneeling on the ground began to sweat their clothes.
Liu Yong stopped talking.
The whole hall was as quiet as a cemetery at night, and every wisp of air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, which was in danger of bursting at any moment.
Sometimes, the silence condensed in one place is more suffocating than the blood-drenched shouts of slaughter on the battlefield.
As time passed slowly, the person kneeling in the back row finally seemed to be unable to withstand the tremendous pressure from the psychological and external world, and fell to the ground with a shaking.
Immediately afterward, another man fell.
"Your Majesty, Lord Liangyuan fainted."
"Master Sima Zhouqian fainted in the rear."
Liu Yong had a sneer on his face.
"Since the adults don't speak, then I can only clean up the rear according to this roster. Once verified, he will be guilty of the same crime as Tian Yong, Wang Si and others. As he spoke, Liu Yong raised the bamboo slip in his hand and shouted, "Where is General Qi Zhen?" ”
Qi Zhen, who had been standing outside the main hall, walked in quickly, and the sound of the armor on his body was like a steel knife, instantly cutting everyone's hearts.
"According to this list, you should be arrested in the temple, and you must not be selfish." Liu Yong threw the bamboo slip at Qi Zhen's feet.
"Wechen obeys." Qi Zhen leaned over and picked up the bamboo slips.
Actually, Qi Zhen didn't know how to read, but because he had already received Liu Yong's guidance in advance, when he deliberately opened the roster with a bang, a pair of eyes were looking at the ministers kneeling on the ground.
"Someone."
With a loud roar, several warriors who had just returned from Liu Yong's expedition broke in from outside, and the bloodthirsty steel knives made a chilling "Zheng Zheng" sound on the side of their bodies.
Qi Zhen casually said a few names, including the two people who had just fallen to the ground.
The samurai pounced, and in the blink of an eye, several people had been tied up.
"It's all because I was too merciful to deal with Fei Gong and Deng Yi and others a few days ago, so that everyone thought that I was weak and could be bullied. Liu Yong drew out the long sword under his rib and slashed at the dragon case in front of him.
The incomparably heavy table crumbled the moment it came into contact with the sword.
This sword also completely woke up these people who were still immersed in the fantasies of the past, and also made everyone understand the origin of Liu Yong's anger.
"The front-line soldiers fought bloody battles to prove their loyalty to our Shu Han with their deaths, while the adults who were enjoying peace and happiness in the rear were thinking about how to steal the territory of the Han Dynasty that they had exchanged their lives and blood." Liu Yong gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't kill you, I will be sorry for those brothers who died before the battle." ”
Liu Yong's words aroused the anger of several warriors and Qi Zhen, who felt that these people were really more hateful than the enemy troops on the battlefield, and for a while, they were full of emotion, punching and kicking several people.
"Your Majesty is angry." Chen You was afraid that a few people would be beaten to death in the main hall, so he hurriedly knelt down and climbed half a step and said to Liu Yong, "Although several adults are suspicious, they have not yet been verified, so it is better to wait until you get conclusive evidence before dealing with them." ”
Although Liu Yong was angry, he did not lose his mind, so he waved his hand and ordered, "Temporarily detain, wait for the fate." ”
Qi Zhen took someone to escort a few people away.
"Your Majesty, before Your Majesty entered the city, Weichen had already sent people to search in the mansions of several people, and he must be back at this time." Chen Yi continued.
Liu Yong nodded.
"There's Lord Lao Chen."
Footsteps rang out, and the men who had been ordered to search returned.