Chapter 218: A Thousand Shots, Qingtian Wang
The book continues from the above, the last book said that after Chu Mofeng and his party went to Liucun, they quickly captured Commander Li and others who came to Liucun to loot, and then under Chu Mofeng's hint, the people of Liucun decided to unite the villages that had suffered before, and jointly entered the city to ask for an explanation from the state assassin history, and then Chu Mofeng and his party escorted Commander Li and other prisoners, and stepped into Yizhou City again.
After a verbal exchange in front of the Assassin's Mansion, Chu Mofeng and others entered the Assassin's Mansion under the guidance of Yizhou Assassin Hao Sijie and garrison general Gou Datong. In the face of Chu Mofeng's repeated questioning, Hao Sijie presented a box of Yizhou specialties as usual, and Chu Mofeng also accepted all the orders according to the boat, and promised that the three of them would make a decision after discussing the matter of the prisoner tomorrow, which made Hao Sijie and Gou Datong, who had ghosts in their hearts, secretly refreshed.
Then Chu Mofeng returned to the residence arranged by Hao Sijie for himself, and that night Hao Sijie sent his righteous daughter Zitong, who came to serve Chu Mofeng at the risk of his life.
After handing over Zitong to Gu Zhen'er, Chu Mofeng took Liu Feiyan to the prison in the city, and after some inquiry, Chu Mofeng had a general understanding of the situation, and then she walked straight to the cell where Commander Li was held.
In the dimly lit cell, it seems that due to disrepair, the unknown corner is still leaking, and the ticking sound makes people a little upset. Looking at the empty cell, Commander Li thought to himself that General Gou and Hao Tingshi didn't know how to talk to this virtuous king, and it was still unknown whether he would be safe and sound tomorrow.
While he was thinking about it, he saw that the door of the cell was slowly pushed open, Commander Li raised his eyes and looked, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, only to see Chu Mofeng, who was full of anger, slowly walked in, "I'll give you a stick of incense, and I'll explain it when I think about it, if I don't think well, there are about a hundred Tiance soldiers outside the door, all of them are good at torture, I don't think you should try them all, right?"
As soon as the words fell, I saw Zhao Xin walking in with an incense burner, with a stick of incense that was burning slowly, and the curling green smoke filled the cell like a life-threatening note, "Dashuai, what conditions do you talk to him? Doesn't he also have a wife and children living in the east of the city? You give an order, and your subordinates will bring people to arrest them all, and when you ask a question, he will answer, and if you answer a wrong sentence, your subordinates will kill one, and sooner or later they will kill until they answer correctly." Looking at Commander Li, who never took the initiative to speak, Zhao Xin put down the incense burner and smiled fiercely at him.
"Well, it seems that you've learned some of the Turkic dog's ruthless tricks over the years, yes, yes, that's a good idea. Hearing Zhao Xin's idea for himself, Chu Mofeng nodded approvingly, "In the future, I should propose to Xiao Lizi that every batch of Tiance troops must be sent over there to experience it, and when we go to fight the Turks, those dog cubs will face a pack of wolves." ”
Hearing that the main and deputy were discussing using their own family members as bargaining chips to blackmail themselves into confessing, Commander Li immediately shouted: "His Royal Highness King Su Wenxian loves the people like a son, and has a benevolent heart, I think you are just saying it to intimidate me, according to your understanding of you, you will definitely not do such a thing." ”
Who knew that Chu Mofeng raised his head, looked at the half-burned incense that had disappeared, and smiled sadly, "This king is kind-hearted, that treats good people, and this king can only subdue these people if he is worse than them." After speaking, he nodded at Zhao Xin and said, "Come on, bring the child up, remember not to scare the child." ”
As soon as the voice fell, I saw two soldiers of the Tiance Army walking in outside the door, walking in with a woman and a little boy, Commander Li saw that the person was his wife and daughter, and immediately scolded Chu Mofeng, "The surname is Chu, what is the matter for you to come to me Li, as the saying goes, it is not enough to misfortune your wife and children, do you have any morality to do this?"
I saw Chu Mofeng pick up the whip hanging on the side, pointed at Commander Li and said: "Morality, you tell me about morality? When you were ordered to loot those villages and towns, did you think about morality? When you killed the people, did you think about morality?" Then Chu Mofeng handed the whip to Zhao Xin, pointed to Commander Li's wife and children, and said coldly: "Take these two people to the next cell, and give me a whip first, so that our Commander Li can think about the word morality." ”
Under the order, the Tiance army had already pulled the woman and the child away, and then there was a burst of whipping sound in the next cell, which was also mixed with the wails of women and children from time to time, this sound came into the ears of Commander Li like a life-seeking Sanskrit sound, constantly tormenting Commander Li's nerves, at this time Chu Mofeng whispered in his ear: "I heard that you still have parents alive at home, do you need me to order someone to bring them to be punished together?"
Chu Mofeng's words were suddenly like the last straw that crushed the camel's camel, completely breaking the psychological defense line of Commander Li, only to see Commander Li as if his soul had been extracted, hanging his head and muttering: "Your Royal Highness King Xian, I beg you to spare my family, I am willing to confess, I beg you." ”
Chu Mofeng nodded when he heard this, and then summoned two soldiers to be responsible for recording the confession, and in a room outside the cell on the other side, Liu Feiyan was holding a teapot and pouring tea into the cup in front of him, and then twisted up a piece of pastry and handed it to the child who was trembling beside him, and then said with a smile: "Little guy, is it okay for my sister to give you pastries." ”
As if he had never seen such a delicate pastry, the little boy first glanced up at the woman beside him, and after receiving her acquiescence, he took the pastry and ate it. I saw the woman say slowly: "This girl, what crime has our family Dafu committed, and who are you?"
"This eldest sister, your husband has done some wrong things, but our Royal Highness King Xian is kind-hearted, as long as he is willing to tell the truth, His Royal Highness King Xian will not severely punish him, I brought you so late, please forgive me. Liu Feiyan saw the woman asking, and saw the child on the side, so he had no choice but to make up a white lie.
After Commander Li explained, Chu Mofeng shouted outside the door: "Bring people in." Then he saw his wife and children walking in intact, Commander Li was shocked at first when he saw this, and immediately laughed and said: "Your Royal Highness King Xian, it seems that you are betting on the right thing, you are really kind-hearted and will not attack my wife and children. ”
Chu Mofeng nodded, "I will send someone to escort your wife and children home, as for you, you have to stay here for a while, and you will be released from prison after tomorrow." After speaking, Chu Mofeng turned around and left the cell.
The interrogation had already taken nearly two hours, and when Chu Mofeng and Liu Feiyan returned to the house, it was already the end of the day, and after returning to the bedroom quickly, Chu Mofeng hurriedly ordered Gu Zhen'er and the others to rest, while he slept by the bed and his clothes.
The early morning sunlight quietly flowed into the house, instantly driving away the insignificant chill of the night, Chu Mofeng opened his eyes and looked at Zitong who was still asleep, and couldn't help but feel a little funny, and then reached out and patted her cheek and shouted: "Miss Zitong, it's time to get up and change clothes at dawn." ”
Waking up from his sleep, Zitong suddenly felt that while his body was warm, something seemed to be missing, and he immediately lowered his head and lifted the quilt to take a look, and then looked at Chu Mofeng nervously, and was about to get up and suddenly found that there was an indescribable pain from his waist down, "What happened last night?
"Miss Zitong, have you forgotten? After you and I drank last night, and then you took the initiative to pull me to the bedroom, I don't think it's necessary to say the rest, you should feel it yourself, right?" Facing Zitong's question, Chu Mofeng immediately opened his eyes and said nonsense, which made Zitong anxious in shame.
Looking at Zitong's expression, Chu Mofeng couldn't hold back a smile and said coldly: "Miss Zitong, since your father-in-law asked you to serve this king, but this king is very reluctant to see your expression, is there anything hidden in this? You must know that if you and your father-in-law deceive this king, then don't blame this king for not thinking about this night's spring supper." ”
After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Zitong remembered what his original task was, and immediately got up and knelt on the bed, completely ignoring the spring light, and bowed to Chu Mofeng, "Your Highness, please calm your anger, the slave family doesn't mean this, it's just that the slave family's silver bottle can't adapt for a while, and I hope Your Highness will forgive you." ”
Looking at the smooth woman in front of him, Chu Mofeng lowered his head and said coldly, "Put on your clothes and get out of bed to reply." With that, he turned and sat down at the table, looking out the door.
On the other side, the people's group headed by Liu Cun entered Yizhou City early in the morning, and then went straight to the door of the Assassin's Mansion, and spontaneously surrounded the Assassin's Mansion, Hao Sijie, who received the news, could not inform Gou Datong at the moment, so he had to come out alone, looking at the indignant people, Hao Sijie's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Fellow villagers, I don't know what is the matter of surrounding the official's mansion today? If there is any grievance, you can go to the county government to report to the official, what kind of system is it to surround here, why don't you disperse first?"
"The surname Hao, don't be coy here, we all know that those people who came out to rob our villages are the soldiers of your Yizhou City, and the prince of Chu has already caught them yesterday, and we are here today to ask for an explanation." Someone in the crowd immediately shouted loudly, and then everyone present echoed in unison.
Looking at the excited people, Hao Sijie thought to himself what this virtuous king was doing? Didn't he say that he was going to come today to discuss the things that people had committed? Why did he delay coming, and Zitong's little prodigal hoof did not come back, could it be that he was rebelled by the surname Chu? Thinking of this, Hao Sijie called a subordinate and whispered: "Leave quickly through the back door, first go to His Royal Highness the Xianwang, and then go to General Gou, and say that there is a civil uprising in Yizhou, let them rush the troops to come." ”
Hearing this, the subordinates hurriedly ran towards the mansion, and Hao Sijie still smiled and said: "Fellow villagers, you also believe in such a non-existent thing, this matter was done by horse bandits, and the official is also doing his best to supervise the suppression of bandits, and I hope that all the villagers will leave first, and once there is news, the official will notify you immediately." It's all gone, it's all gone. ”
Unexpectedly, a group of people said that they must let Hao Sijie give a clear statement, otherwise they would collectively go to Beijing to sue the royal complaint, and when they heard the words 'sue the royal complaint', a trace of murderous intent was fleeting from Hao Sijie's face, but there were more and more people watching around, and in desperation, Hao Sijie had to meditate in his heart, hoping that Chu Mofeng or Gou Datong could come as soon as possible.
The two sides were in a stalemate for half an hour, only to see Gou Datong in the distance leading a group of soldiers to rush over, and when he saw that the gate of the Assassin's Mansion was surrounded, he immediately shouted loudly: "It's all scattered, what does it look like here?"
If in the past, the common people were still more afraid of being officials, especially those who were soldiers, after all, they could never beat the swords and guns with their bare hands, but now because those who looted were officers and soldiers, the people who came to Xingshi to ask for guilt did not have a trace of fear, but just looked coldly at Gou Datong, who was showing off his might.
Seeing that the people present refused to leave, Gou Datong angrily pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist and shouted to the people present: "You still want to sue the emperor, don't say that you can't enter the capital? Your Majesty has no time to care about these trivial matters." ”
Who knew that Huang De, the village chief of Huanghua Village in the crowd, said angrily: "Lord Gou, I heard that the imperial court has appointed Lord Qincha to come down to inspect, and the villain can ask Lord Qincha to make the decision." ”
"Chincha? Chincha still don't know where it is? I think you're looking for death. As soon as the words fell, Gou Datong raised the horizontal knife and slashed towards the top of Huang De's head, seeing that the knife and axe were about to be added, only to hear the sound of 'ding', the horizontal knife in Gou Datong's hand was hit by a golden dart, and instantly deviated from the direction, grazing Huang De's shoulder and splitting into the air, and then a lazy voice came from behind him, "Who said that Qin Cha is not free to take care of these things? Lao Tzu is not here?"
Seeing this, Gou Datong turned his head and scolded: "Which bastard who doesn't have long eyes dares to stop Lao Tzu?" As the saying goes, trouble comes out of the mouth, Gou Datong's voice fell, and he only felt a flower in front of him, and then his face was whipped seven or eight times in a row, and his cheeks gradually swollen, and when Gou Datong reacted, he saw two women wearing masks, looking at him coldly, and immediately understood that it was the virtuous king Chu Mofeng who had arrived.
At this moment, Zitong also returned to Hao Sijie's side, and after a whisper, Hao Sijie nodded, "His Royal Highness King Xian, this kind of trivial matter will not bother His Royal Highness King Xian, let Zitong accompany you in to drink tea, and the officials will deal with it." ”
Who knew that Chu Mofeng turned around and glanced at Hao Sijie, and then said lazily: "Lord Hao, this king came today, mainly to arrest you and Gou Datong, you two instigated the soldiers under your command, repeatedly went out of the city to loot nearby villages and towns, killed people and pretended to be military merits, and repeatedly imposed taxes. ”
Hearing Chu Mofeng's words, Hao Sijie immediately laughed, "His Royal Highness the Virtuous King, it seems that you are used to being tyrannical in the capital, you should really study the laws of the imperial court, don't say that you are just a virtuous king, that is, His Royal Highness the Prince, and this external official is not something you want to behead." And do you dare to tell me in front of everyone where your testimony came from? Don't tell your subordinates that you interrogated last night, and what you did last night, do you dare to admit it?"
"If you don't talk about you, you people will be hard-mouthed when you die. Looking at Hao Sijie's smug face, Chu Mofeng clasped his fists at everyone present and said: "Everyone, last night this king interrogated the prisoners in the prison until the end of the ugly time before returning home, as for the witnesses, some people were imprisoned in the prison last night, and they can testify for me." ”
"Your Royal Highness King Xian, knowing that you are from the capital, can you children of the capital ignore the name of an innocent woman?" I saw Hao Sijie pointing to Zitong beside him and said: "The righteous daughter of the lower official went to accompany the wine last night on the order of the lower official, but who knew that His Royal Highness the virtuous king was tarnished by drunkenness, and this person even said that he went to interrogate the prisoner last night, folks, do you believe the words of this kind of person?" Hao Sijie's tearful words, combined with Zitong's pear blossoms and rain, made everyone present inevitably have some doubts.
Who knew that Chu Mofeng sneered and said: "Trouble the villagers present, if there is anyone who is a doctor or a stable woman, please stand up a few." I saw a few men and women in the crowd stand up, and then Chu Mofeng said to Hao Sijie with a smile: "Lord Hao keeps saying that this king has tarnished the innocence of your righteous daughter, and his words have no basis, and he will know it after a check, I wonder if Lord Hao dares to let these people check it?"
Zitong, who was sure that he had already had a relationship with Chu Mofeng, immediately stepped forward and looked at Chu Mofeng with a pear blossom and rainy expression, while Hao Sijie on the side looked at this scene coldly, thinking that the surname Chu would make you unable to eat this time.
After some inspection, Hao Sijie hurriedly asked: "What is the result of the inspection?" I saw an old man trembling and said: "Lord Qiqi, Miss's pulse shows that she is still a virgin, and the old man has been practicing medicine for many years, so she will definitely not make a mistake." ”
And another old woman said loudly to Chu Mofeng: "Your Highness, this girl is still a perfect body, and the old woman has been a stable woman for thirty years, this little thing can still be confirmed." Then several people in charge of the inspection gave the same results. After listening to these people's words, Hao Sijie didn't seem to give up, and immediately shouted: "The surname is Chu, you still can't kill me, because you are just a prince." ”
Who knew that Chu Mofeng sneered, took out a roll of yellow silk from the jacket on the horseback, and threw it to the woman on the side, "Ruolan, read the holy decree to this thing who doesn't know whether to live or die, and let him die more clearly." ”
Xiao Ruolan nodded, turned over and dismounted, unfolded the holy decree, and slowly read: "The holy decree has arrived." As soon as these words came out, everyone present knelt down one after another, "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, recently because of the merger of the state is quite strange, I feel very uneasy in my heart, and I ordered the virtuous king Chu Mofeng to be the minister of the Qincha, on behalf of the heaven patrol hunting, the overall planning of the merger, Lu, Xiang, Xing, Zhao, Heng, Ding, Yi, Youjiuzhou affairs, on behalf of the heaven patrol, thoroughly investigate the major cases of the state valley, along the way the state capital troops can be deployed at will, as far as the left Qianniu Mansion accompanied, if there is a violation of the laws of the imperial court, once found out, you can Shang Fang sword first cut and then play, Qin this!"
When everyone heard this, they immediately shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." And Gou Datong, who was kneeling on the ground, was already stunned, and Hao Sijie still shouted without giving up: "Even if you are the minister of the Qincha, you accepted a bribe from this official yesterday, and you can't behead this official." ”
Who knew that Chu Mofeng waved his hand disdainfully and said: "If you hadn't received your box of things, how would this king know how many people and people you have looted? As for that box of things, this king has the entire Lingnan Song family behind him, do you think I will care about your worthless things? These things, together with the assets in your mansion that will be confiscated later, will be distributed to the people affected by the disaster, and the rest will be used as the treasury for later use. ”
The people present applauded when the call was made, and Chu Mofeng raised Shang Fang's sword and said loudly: "Come on, remove the official uniforms of Hao Sijie and Gou Datong, and then escort them to the execution ground, and when noon arrives, they will be beheaded immediately." ”
At this point, Hao Sijie also completely understood that today was his own limit, and immediately sat down on the ground and let the soldiers of the Tiance Army drag him down, and then Chu Mofeng beckoned to the people present, "Everyone, the soldiers captured by this king this time will be beheaded at noon today, and the people who died will be given justice." In addition, after the king returns to Beijing, he will inform His Royal Highness the King of Qin of what happened in Yizhou, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin will apply to His Majesty for reducing or exempting the taxes of Yizhou for three years. ”
The last words completely ignited the enthusiasm of the scene, and everyone shouted the words 'Qingtian Wangye', surrounding Chu Mofeng in the center. Subsequently, under the pacification of the Tiance Army, a group of people left the Assassin's Mansion one after another, leaving only the village chiefs waiting to receive compensation.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, on the execution ground in Yizhou City, the executioner was making the final preparations before the execution, and a group of prisoners kneeling densely on the stage, the onlookers under the stage pointed at these people, and even more had already scolded, Chu Mofeng, who was sitting on the prison beheading platform, looked up at the sky, only to hear Liu Feiyan whisper: "My lord, the time has come." Immediately, Chu Mofeng stood up and shouted loudly: "The hour has come, the prisoner has been verified and executed." Then he threw the wooden sign marked with red paint to the ground, and the executioners raised their ghost-headed broadswords one after another, and then slashed down in unison, and immediately blood splattered more than three feet high, and one by one the heads rose to the sky.
Standing in the Assassin's Mansion and the Garrison Mansion, a group of Tiance troops were confiscating assets, standing in the Assassin's Mansion, Zitong looked at the people coming and going with a lonely face, not knowing what he was thinking, at this time, Chu Mofeng walked straight to Zitong's side, and said softly: "Miss Zitong, in fact, your father is not dead, but he was imprisoned by Hao Sijie, and he deceived you, the purpose is to make you a tool for his profit." ”
Hearing Chu Mofeng say this, Zitong turned around blankly, looked at Chu Mofeng with an incredible expression, and saw an old man suddenly walk in outside the door, looking at Zitong with tears in his eyes and shouting: "Zitong, my daughter, I have found you." ”
Looking at the incomparably familiar figure in front of him, Zitong finally believed Chu Mofeng's words, and then asked in a low voice: "The slave family just wants to know why His Highness refused to have a spring breeze with the slave family that night." Who knew that Chu Mofeng smiled and didn't speak, turned around and left the Thorn History Mansion, Gu Zhen'er, who was accompanying him, suddenly walked to Zitong's side and whispered: "Don't hide it, girl, you do have some appearance, but those of us who have followed him for more than ten years, he doesn't want to send it to the door, and there are many women in the capital who are ready to sacrifice themselves for him without hesitation, this person is a righteous gentleman, and your beauty tricks are useless to him." ”
In the following days, Chu Mofeng urged the local officials to deal with the aftermath properly, and on a dark and windy night, he led the team to quietly leave Yizhou City and march towards the next stop, Dingzhou......
As the saying goes, no one can stop the wheel of history from moving forward slowly, here Chu Mofeng leisurely patrols the heavens, while over there Li Shimin is in dire straits, wanting to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......