Looking at Ye Ningxiang's red eyes and pale face at the moment, Wei Xun nodded very worriedly, and then deliberately showed a down-to-earth smile: "Don't worry, leave it to me here." ”

Just as Ye Ningxiang was about to leave, an attendant broke into the room they were in a panic, ignoring his faux pas, and said loudly while panting: "Lord Wei, Lord Ye, Ning...... His Royal Highness King Ning came down to Dali Temple and surrendered. ”

As he spoke, Mu Xize had already walked outside their door.

"I turned myself in, and I am the mastermind behind the embezzlement of military salaries. ”

Ye Ningxiang grabbed Mu Xize's arm tightly, and the force was so strong that she almost tore the fabric of his shirt, and the tears that were in her eyes before had already flowed down at this moment.

"Why, why do you do this?"

Mu Xize touched the air a few times, and finally found Ye Ningxiang's cheek, gently wiped away the tears on her face, and said with a smile: "Xiao Yezi, now you are also an official, but you are not allowed to cry your nose at every turn like before!"

"I ask why you did this?" Ye Ningxiang's voice was louder, and the strength in her hand was stronger.

"Ning Xiang, don't be like this, calm down, let's wait until the other officials come over and then interrogate His Royal Highness King Ning together!" Wei Xun grabbed Ye Ningxiang's arm from behind, and then grabbed Ye Ningxiang's waist, and finally pulled Ye Ningxiang, who was almost out of control, away from Mu Xize's side.

After about half an hour, all the people with official titles in Dali Temple gathered in the trial hall, and Mu Xize was standing in the center of the hall at this moment, his face was as calm as if nothing had happened.

In order to save face in front of all the officials, Ye Ningxiang deliberately applied a thick layer of fat powder before the interrogation, and deliberately sat in the farthest place from Mu Xize, for fear that she would lose control of her emotions again during the interrogation, and for fear that these officials who were already dissatisfied with her would see that she had just cried and be even more dissatisfied.

After the interrogation began, Mu Xize recounted his crime very smoothly as if he were memorizing a manuscript. Just when all this seemed to be going well, the attendants outside the hall hurriedly reported again, and this time the words seemed even more incredible. Because the attendant said that Qi Sheng, who had never been traced, also came to Dali Temple to surrender.

Hearing this news, Mu Xize, who was originally very calm, also felt panicked, and immediately asked the attendant, "What you said is true?"

But before the attendant could answer, a very loud male voice came from outside the house, "It's true." The person who spoke was none other than Qi Sheng, the only son of Qi Changyong, the former squire of the military department.

Qi ...... Brother Qi. Mu Xize was very surprised at first, but he returned to his previous calm in just a moment, and even revealed his tough attitude as a king. "Brother Qi, the embezzlement case has nothing to do with you, I bought Qi Shan to do things for me, do you think that I can escape responsibility if you take the blame for me because of your brotherhood? ”

"His Royal Highness King Ning, do you think that if you take the blame for me, I can get away with it?" After speaking, Qi Sheng suddenly knelt in front of Mu Xize and almost cried and said: "Your Highness, you did not hesitate to scatter all your family wealth for me, and even took the blame for me, your kindness Qi Sheng will never forget." But Your Highness, even if I have a million reasons, after all, I still did something illegal, and I should bear the responsibility for this crime. ”

While speaking, Qi Sheng took out a small fold that was not too big from his cuff and respectfully presented it to Dali Siqing.

"This is the evidence of my misappropriation of military salaries in the past few years, and it matches the accounts of the military department's military salary distribution. ”

I don't know why, after learning that the real mastermind behind the scenes was not Mu Xize, Ye Ningxiang seemed to have a sullen breath in her heart that suddenly dispersed, and the whole person became smooth, although she didn't want to admit it, but at this moment she did have a trace of joy in her heart, because Mu Xize didn't do those hurtful things after all.

Because Ye Ningxiang was the emperor's hand-picked master, Dali Siqing informed Ye Ningxiang of the final discussion after discussing with his colleagues, and asked Ye Ningxiang to make a final decision.

The daughter of this Dali Siqing is Concubine Ning Wangzheng, who died violently in the palace some time ago, although in the end the so-called murderer Song Tianweng committed suicide in fear of crime, but after all, his daughter's life will not come back. Since then, he has always had inexplicable hostility towards King Ning, and this incident involved King Ning's close friend, so he deliberately gave a heavy sentence.

And the other officials were all subordinates of Dali Siqing, so naturally they didn't dare to disobey him, so that in the end, Ye Ningxiang received the trial result from them, and the result was that Qi Sheng embezzled military salaries without permission during his tenure, bringing irreversible damage to the departing army, so he was sentenced to beheading and executed three days later.

In the afternoon of the same day, Ye Ningxiang hurriedly entered the palace to find Mu Jingyuan to make the final ruling, and when he heard such a result, Mu Jingyuan did not hesitate at all, and immediately said: "Just do it according to the wishes of the bureaucrats of Dali Temple." I personally supervised the beheading. ”

"No. ”

Probably because Qi Sheng had already been convicted of capital crimes, the guards in King Ning's mansion had been withdrawn. In the dark night, King Ning's mansion looked very lonely, and even a little depressed. The door of Mu Xize's living room was closed, and at this moment he was sitting weakly on top of the soft collapse, and there was a person kneeling in front of him, his henchman Gu Liancheng.

"Liancheng's handling was unfavorable, causing Qi Sheng to flee, and he also asked Gongzi to punish him. ”

"It's not your fault that he is determined to escape, and he is determined not to let me take the blame. Then, Mu Xize waved his hand at Gu Liancheng, motioned for him to get up, and continued: "Even if I take the blame for him, the emperor won't be able to take my life, but he is different, if you want to save his life, it's difficult!"

In the next three days, Mu Xize blatantly ran around for Qi Sheng, but it seemed that some kind of force had blocked every way out in front of Mu Xize in advance, causing him to return in vain for the past three days.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, the front of the Soul Breaking Platform was full of soldiers, Mu Jingyuan sat down in the position of the prisoner early, and Ye Ningxiang stood behind him to serve. And the person sitting next to Mu Jingyuan at this moment is Mu Xize, who was forced by Mu Jingyuan to sit there and watch the execution.

Ye Ningxiang felt that a person who had committed a heinous felony should be embarrassed and even remorseful after being convicted. However, this Qi Sheng is very different, although his body is full of scars, he has always straightened his body, and his eyes are also bright. Although he knew that he was about to be killed, he did not have the slightest fear, let alone the slightest remorse, as if he did not regard his life and death as anything important.

Normally, the cases that the emperor personally supervised and beheaded were all major and important cases, and ordinary people were afraid of the emperor's prestige and feared being implicated for no reason, and few people had the courage to watch the execution on the Soul Breaking Platform.

Today, however, it is very unusual, because outside the encirclement of the soldiers, a large group of men, women, and children has long gathered, and this group of men and women has only one thing in common, and that is that they are all poor, dressed in shabby, and look like they are living at the bottom.

Such people gathered more and more, and finally extended the procession to the streets of Yong'an. Then those people kowtowed to Mu Jingyuan as if they had practiced in advance, and while kowtowing, they shouted in unison: "Ask the emperor to be gracious and forgive Lord Qi!"

Mu Jingyuan was furious, and immediately arrested a person who was making a lot of trouble, and the people actually had a feeling of seeing death as home, knelt down and said emotionally: "Ask the emperor to release Lord Qi, Lord Qi embezzled military salaries for us poor people, if it weren't for Lord Qi, I'm afraid we would have starved to death!"

Through the next words of the people, Ye Ningxiang learned that Qi Sheng invested the military salary he had moved into the Fuheng Chamber of Commerce, and gave the money earned from the investment to the poor people who left the country, although it was only two years, he unknowingly saved countless lives.

From a legal point of view, Qi Sheng could not escape the death penalty, but from a reasonable point of view, Qi Sheng was really a great hero of the entire departure from the country, and sure enough, sometimes, right and wrong, good and evil can not be judged by a simple sentence or two.

Mu Jingyuan looked at Mu Xize viciously, and said with hatred: "I didn't expect that on this execution ground, King Ning also prepared a big gift for me!"

"Their benefactor is about to die, and they ought to know that they are here now, but it is all their own voluntary act, and no one has anything to do with them. ”

Mu Jingyuan didn't like the feeling of being suppressed by Mu Xize, so he shouted when everyone didn't react: "Execution!"

"Wait. Mu Xize suddenly stopped him, and then knelt down and begged: "The minister wants to say a few more words to Qi Sheng, and I hope that Your Majesty will approve it." ”

Mu Xize's words were not so much to implore Mu Jingyuan as to inform him, because without waiting for him to agree, Mu Xize got up and walked in the direction where Qi Sheng was. At first, some of the soldiers tried to stop him, but they were immediately frightened by his cold and murderous eyes, and in their horror they seemed to hear the words: "Do you also want to be with Qi Sheng?"

At this time, Mu Xize took a large amount of elixir against the demonic power of the nine-tailed fox, and his eyes returned to a state of blindness again, so he found Qi Sheng's location with some difficulty, and then knelt beside Qi Sheng very respectfully, and opened his mouth for a long time.

"Brother Qi, I'm sorry, I can't save your life. After speaking, Mu Xize kowtowed to Qi Sheng very affectionately.

"Your Highness, I, Qi Sheng, have never been a person who shirks responsibility, from the first day I did this, I knew the outcome of today, but I don't regret it. ”

Qi Sheng closed his eyes and said resolutely: "Let's do it." ”

Mu Jingyuan sneered and shouted again: "Execution!"

The executioner seemed to have been looking forward to this moment for a long time, and as soon as the voice fell, Qi Sheng's head fell to the ground.

At the moment when Qi Sheng's head hit the ground, Ye Ningxiang felt as if her heart had been pierced by a cold blade, both painful and cold. is obviously the culprit, he should be beheaded in public like this, and he can't die well, but when Qi Sheng really died in front of her, her heart burned with infinite guilt.

As long as she is willing, as long as she doesn't think only about revenge in her heart, she can completely plead with Mu Jingyuan, even if it is for the sake of her own life-saving grace to Mu Jingyuan, Mu Jingyuan will definitely spare Qi Sheng's life, but she didn't do it.

People and things in this world are sometimes very ridiculous, the more people you hate, the more you may become that kind of person in the end, the more you dislike something, and in the end it may really happen to you.

The wails of the people who knelt on the ground and cried everywhere around the Soul Breaking Platform could be heard, and the sound of grief instantly shrouded the entire Jing'an City in a state of sorrow, making everyone who passed by here couldn't help but feel heartache.

Mu Xize always knelt beside Qi Sheng, the clothes on his lower body had already been stained by Qi Sheng's blood, his face was as pale as snow, although he was very calm, but he was so haggard that it was distressing.

"Go back to the palace. Mu Jingyuan stood up, flicked his sleeves back with both hands, and left the Soul Breaking Platform with a very smug smile.

When the people who participated in the execution on the Soul Breaking Platform were almost withdrawn, Mu Xize finally got up slowly, but as soon as he got up, he felt dizzy for a while, and then lost consciousness.