Chapter 168: Falling Flower Terrace
Towards noon, the snow still didn't stop, but it was already bustling around the falling flower platform.
Luohuatai is a beautiful hill surrounded by pines and cypresses, the top of the mountain is a flat and open space, a high platform has been erected in the open space at this time, and there is a shed on the platform to block the snow, and nearly 100 chairs are placed in the shed, for the dignitaries of Jinling City to sit down.
Among the many visitors, in addition to the people in the various yamen and the retinue of many gentry, there were also a considerable number of people, who knew that the person who was going to be executed this time was the famous Qin Governor Qin Xiang, who was the general who had recovered Liangzhou and Qinzhou.
But even so, the invisible attitude of the people also made Zhao Shixian, the governor of Jiangnan sitting on the high platform, a little uncomfortable, he coughed lightly, turned his head to look at Chen Fang who was sitting beside him, and said softly: "Gonggong Chen, are you going to read the holy decree?"
Chen Fang nodded.
A eunuch who was very eye-catching in the elite circle of Jinling Mansion slowly got up.
He is the envoy this time, different from Cui Shuofeng and others who secretly went south, their group carried the holy decree along the Grand Canal and went south by boat, and the momentum was huge along the way, and they had just arrived in Jinling a few days ago.
The eunuch took out a long cylinder, and the Qingluan guard beside him lifted the sealed lid on the cylinder, and then the eunuch took out a golden scroll from the cylinder, which was made of silk brocade woven from the above fine silk, with white jade as the shaftβthis was the holy decree.
At the same time, a large number of soldiers escorted six prisoner carts towards Luohuatai.
There was one person in each prisoner car, and it was a group headed by Qin Xiang, among whom was a familiar face of Li Xuandu, Qiu Anqing.
After the prisoner car appeared, the entire Luohuatai suddenly became noisy, and countless voices converged together, forming a huge noisy wave, which made Zhao Shixian's brows rise again.
Zhao Shixian's cold gaze swept over the crowd.
There is no need to command, a master of the innate realm of the Governor's Mansion stepped forward, sank into the dantian, and roared "quietly" by means similar to "lion's roar", like thunder on the ground, and the sound swept the entire falling flower platform in an instant like rolling thunder, and the sound was like a strong wind, which made many people directly planted.
The falling flower platform, which was still noisy, suddenly fell silent.
This Innate Realm master retreated behind Zhao Shixian.
Only then did the strange eunuch unfold the holy decree in his hand: "Edict." β
This eunuch's spy voice is not too big, but it clearly spreads throughout the entire Luohuatai, and he is obviously a good cultivator.
Including Chen Fang and Zhao Shixian, everyone on the high platform knelt down. The people who were still excited just now, after a little hesitation, still did not dare to disobey the emperor who had been hanging above his head for hundreds of years, and they all knelt down in the dark.
The eunuch began to read out the holy decree: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: It is rare for the ministers of the previous dynasties to conspire against each other." At the beginning of the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, there were five people who intended to rebel and make trouble, all of whom were prominent lords of the country, and they were attributed to the imperial court and the Emperor Taizu. Today, there is Qin Xiang, the former governor of Qinzhong and the governor of the left capital of the left army, who formed a party to disrupt the government and plotted against him. With Emperor Taizong's law, although he has made great contributions to the imperial court, the Ming Dynasty has no more innocent punishments! I followed the ancestral system and immediately removed all titles from Qin Xiang, and ordered Zhao Shixian, the governor of Jiangnan, not to escort Qin Xiang to Beijing, and to execute him immediately in Jiangzhou. Chin this. β
Sitting in the first prisoner car was Qin Xiang.
He is an old man with gray hair, tall and tall, and his years of career as a horse have left too many traces of wind and frost on the body of this famous general, but it has also created his tenacious character, even if he is a prisoner of the rank at this time, he still does not see the slightest sign of decadence. He shook the shackles on his hands, this is built by skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, which can block the operation of the qi machine, and it is extremely strong, even if it is a great master of the Heavenly and Human Realm, under the premise of not using the true element of the qi machine, he can't break it off with his body alone, plus Qin Xiang was sealed at this time, and he was really powerless to break free from the confinement.
At this time, the eunuch from the celebrant had already read out the holy decree, and they were all "admiring", Qin Xiang was still sitting in the stainless steel prison car specially built for him, indifferent.
"Qin Xiang commands!" the eunuch looked cold, and shouted loudly at the top of his voice.
Qin Xiang still didn't speak.
There was silence again.
Zhao Shixian, the governor of Jiangnan, was not surprised by this result, sighed lightly, and said, "Let's execute." β
At that moment, an uproar erupted.
Zhao Shixian looked up.
I saw a long rainbow coming in the sky.
There was a roar on the falling flower platform, and all the gentry who came to watch the ceremony got up one after another.
Sun Yi, a master of the Dao Seed Sect sitting behind Chen Fang, had a solemn face and said in a deep voice: "The person who came is Jing Xiu, one of the three masters under Zhao Zheng, the governor of Liaodong. This person was born in the Mending Heaven Sect and was the junior disciple of the 'Heavenly Sword' Qin Qing. β
While the two were talking, the great master, who ranked fifth on the black and white spectrum, had already swept over with a momentum like a bamboo.
Zhao Shixian expected that Zhao Zhenghui would send someone to meet Qin Xiang and his party, but he didn't find this person for a long time, but it didn't matter, today, here and now, this great master of the Heaven Mending Sect still appeared.
At the same time, a touch of purple suddenly lit up in the wind and snow. In the plain whiteness of the sky, it is particularly dazzling.
In an instant, the snow suddenly stopped.
Everyone on the falling flower platform looked up and saw a circle of ripples on the sky.
Then I saw a purple rainbow flying towards it, blocking the way of this rainbow.
The two were separated by more than 100 zhang in mid-air, facing each other from afar, showing their figures.
Jing Xiu was dressed in black, and his face seemed to be only in his thirties, with an ink-colored long knife hanging from his waist.
The person who blocked the way to the retreat was dressed in splendid white clothes with large sleeves fluttering.
It was only then that the still snow began to fall.
The man in white said softly: "Han Yueyue of the Forgetful Sect has seen Uncle Jing. β
Jing Xiu snorted lightly, didn't speak, just stretched out his arm, and the ink-colored long knife hanging from his waist came out of its sheath on its own and flew into his palm, and then he stepped out, his body like a thunderbolt blasting towards Han Yinyue.
Han Yingyue did not retreat but advanced, and began to sweep forward in a dashing manner, rolling up a thousand layers of snow.
The wind and snow are chaotic to people's eyes, as if the snow in the world is like a shadow, followed by the galloping white clothes.
The two collided violently, and then parted with a touch.
The two did not stop and rushed forward again.
The previous fight, it seems to be evenly divided, but in fact, Jing Xiu has a slight advantage, if there is no external intervention, neither of the two retreats, and they do not die, then it must be Jing Xiu who survives.
After all, Han Yinyue is only the ninth in black and white, which is still a little short of Jing Xiu.
However, if Jing Xiu wants to kill Han Yinyue, he will inevitably have to pay a great price.
When the two collided together for the second time, Han Yinyue's two fingers had a dazzling purple light at some point, and it touched the long knife in Jing Xiu's hand, and there was a piercing sound of gold and stone.
Then Han Yingyue was about to retreat, temporarily widening the distance between the two.
At this moment, Jing Xiu stepped out heavily, and his momentum instantly climbed to the top, slashing at Han Yinyue's forehead.
I saw a white rainbow flying out at a speed that was not inferior to that of the forward sweep.
When Han Yinyue stopped retreating and raised his head again, from his forehead to the bridge of his nose, and then to his lips, there was a thin red line, dividing his face in two.
The expression on Han Invitationyue's face suddenly became extremely gloomy, and she stretched out her slender fingers and gently stroked the red line on her face, where the fingertips passed, the red line slowly disappeared, but it was only a moment, and the whole face had returned to its original state.
The next moment, Han Yinyue's figure rose from the ground, broke through the heavy clouds in the sky, bathed in the golden light above the sea of clouds, and her voice fell from the sky, "Uncle Jing, fight again in the sky." β
Jing Xiu didn't hesitate and flew directly into the sky.
This made Zhao Shixian have a trace of doubt in his heart, if Jing Xiu came to save people, then he should try his best to get rid of Han Yingyue's entanglement, how could it become that he fought fiercely with Han Yinyue, and didn't take saving people to heart, could it be that there were others behind Jing Xiu?
But before he could continue to think deeply, the heavens and the earth shook! The whole flower-falling platform also shook, and the snow fell on the surrounding pines and cypresses.
Then the "snow curtain" between heaven and earth began to shake, if the snowflakes were seen as beads, and the snow was regarded as a curtain of beads, then it was like a naughty child constantly shaking this curtain.
Heaven and earth resonate.
This is the unique supernatural power of the Great Master of the Heavenly and Human Realm.