Chapter 118, no regrets
The emperor wanted to kill Pei Caibao as a palace staff, but at this time, someone dared to stand up and openly block it, and the ministers couldn't help but look sideways, and almost all of them looked at that person in unison.
However, when the ministers saw clearly who that person was, their faces couldn't help but change slightly, and they all said in their hearts, it turned out to be him!
Only he has the guts!
Not only the civil and military officials standing in the main hall couldn't help but be moved when they saw that person, even the two Jin Wuwei who were holding Pei Caibao couldn't help but let go of Pei Caibao and bowed their heads to that person when they saw that person......
It turned out that that person was none other than Li Jin, the fourth prince of the dynasty and the prince of Wei, who was crowned Prince of Jiuzhu.
"Jin'er, what are you?" Li Chongsheng wondered.
"Father, my son has something to say!" Li Zhen took a few more steps forward and said earnestly.
"Speak!"
"Father, son-in-law can also testify, that Cuiyun Lou ...... It is indeed the property of the sixth brother's family!"
Li Jin's voice echoed unusually clearly in the main hall, although the voice was not too loud, but it was also a thunderclap, exploding in the Jinluan Hall at this moment!
The civil and military officials in the main hall have no doubt at this time that King Han is the proprietor behind Cuiyun Tower, but this matter was actually told by King Wei himself, and almost everyone was completely surprised!
Among them, it also includes Shen Huan, the governor of Tsing Yi Wei, Li Xi, the king of Jin, Qiu Mingli, the head of the household, and naturally, Xu Ke, who inspected thousands of households in Tsing Yiwei.
"What!"
Li Chongsheng Huo Ran got up, and a fine light shot out from his eyes, shining straight into Li Jin's eyes.
And at this moment, Li Jin, with a pair of deep, restrained and slightly ashamed eyes, also greeted his father directly!
The father and son, in the Hanyuan Palace, looked at each other like this, although they were speechless, but it seemed that a thousand words had been exchanged in the eyes of the two......
"King Wei! I ask you...... How can you conclude that Cuiyun Tower is King Han's property?!" Li Chongsheng still asked word by word.
"Back to my father's ......," Li Zhen bowed and saluted:
"Li Qiu, the nominal proprietor of Cuiyun Tower, is not only a guest of the Han Palace, but also a ...... Erchen's subordinates! Yes, the matter of the proprietor behind Cuiyun Tower, Li Qiu has already told Erchen!"
"You...... You actually ......!" Li Chongsheng pointed at Li Zhen with his right hand, but the emperor's words came to his mouth, and Wu Zi had no mouth. His right hand was lowered softly, and the light in his eyes slowly dissipated. The ministers saw the emperor sit down on the dragon chair again, looking unusually tired......
For a long time, for a long time, the emperor did not say anything.
Li Zhen stood bent over, almost motionless.
Xu Ke also stood with a bow, he looked at Li Zhen in front of him, and his eyes were full of gratitude.
Pei Caibao collapsed to the ground, until this moment, he didn't know what his fate would be next?
The two Jin Wuwei stood with their heads bowed solemnly, and they could only stand still.
The ministers in the main hall, seeing that the emperor was speechless, had to be like a wooden stake, pestle there, motionless.
The whole Hanyuan hall, at this time there is almost no sound, everyone is bowing their heads solemnly, the atmosphere does not dare to come out, at this time if there is an embroidery needle on the ground, the sound seems to be clear and audible.
......
It seems that after a long time, a long time, Li Chongsheng finally spoke:
"That's it, I have such a son, and I can't do it!"
The emperor nodded to Li Jin, who understood, and returned to his own train.
Li Chongsheng raised his head, as if he had made up his mind.
The emperor began to give the first decree:
"Zhang Ziang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites!"
"The minister is here!" Zhang Ziang immediately came out again.
"Message: Take away the title of King Han! Degrade King Han to Prince Sanzhu, and his funeral rites are simple!"
"Obey the order!"
After Zhang Ziang received the order, he retreated to his own train and stood.
The emperor issued a second decree:
"Tsing Yi Wei Du Shen Huan!"
"Weichen is here!" Shen Huan hurriedly came out again.
"Message: All the criminals in Cuiyun Building have nothing to do with the case of King Han, and all the previous crimes will be exempted, and all those who commit them will be released immediately!"
"Weichen obeys the order!" After Shen Huan bowed down to receive the order, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and said secretly, this is trouble! Being so stirred up by Xu Ke, a "stunned young man", didn't the cause of King Han's death reported by me and Yang Wenyuan before become a joke? If the emperor blames me for "indiscriminately adjudicating cases, bending into tricks, bending to cater to me, and blinding the saints", what should I do?
However, at this moment, the emperor did not blame Shen Huan at all, Li Chongsheng only asked with concern:
"Shen Qing, those girls in Cuiyun Tower, they have been locked up in Tsing Yi Wei for the past few days, you haven't embarrassed them, right?"
Shen Huan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has transferred all these prisoners to the Imperial Prison yesterday. Nangong Qianhu also ordered people to buy new clothes for all these female prisoners, and cleaned them up neatly and cleanly! Moreover, the cell where they stayed was quite spacious, and no one was going to embarrass them!"
Li Chongsheng looked in the direction where Nangong was standing silently, nodded and said, "That's it, it's very good!"
The Emperor immediately commanded:
"Shen Qing, after you go down to the court, take some silver taels from the public silver in your guard, and send them some coils, so that they can all go home safely, and don't go again...... Do those green buildings for a living!"
"Your Majesty's benevolent heart is comparable to the glow of the sun and the moon! Weichen bows to your Majesty's grace for these Qinglou women!" Shen Huan leaned down and made a big salute to the emperor. balance
However, the emperor at this time frowned, and Shen Huan's "sycophancy" made him uncomfortable to listen to.
The emperor waved his hand, and Shen Huan immediately retreated into the train.
At this time, the emperor finally faced Xu Ke and asked:
"Tsing Yi Wei, inspect thousands of households, Xu Ke!"
"The minister is here!" Xu Ke hurriedly replied.
Li Chongsheng asked:
"You say, my son died at the hands of the cat demon?"
"Exactly!"
"You tell me honestly, how did my son die?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the cat demon turned into a charming woman, named 'Jiaojiao', hid in Cuiyun Tower, and became a top brand there. His Royal Highness King Han didn't know that the head card 'Jiaojiao' was actually a cat demon, because he was bewitched by her, and under her 'Harmony Demon Gong', he lost all the essence in his body and returned to Huangquan......"
This time, Xu Ke didn't tell the truth. He saw that the Son of Heaven had pardoned all the capital crimes committed by the people of Cuiyunlou, and at this moment, in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, he naturally couldn't say that King Han "committed suicide and died", so he had to shift all the blame to Mao Jiaojiao.
Li Chongsheng asked again: "How do you know these things?"
Xu Ke hesitated for a while, and had to say, "This is ...... Pei Caibao said......"
All the things about Mao Jiaojiao's hiding in Cuiyun Tower were told to Xu Ke by Hu Yiyi and Shu Haotian. However, at this time, Xu Ke was above the main hall, how could he explain to the Manchu Dynasty that there were still two big demons hidden in his house?
"Pei Caibao!" the emperor said loudly.
Pei Caibao was shocked, and at this time, he heard the call of the Son of Heaven, and hurriedly ran to Xu Ke's side, and replied: "The grass people are here!"
"What Xu Qianhu said just now, is it true?"
"Yes, yes...... It's all true!"
In fact, Pei Caibao didn't know until he listened to Xu Ke's cloud at this moment that the so-called "Jiaojiao" top girl was actually a cat demon. He thought back to the previous things, but he also suddenly realized, his heart said, if it wasn't for the incarnation of the cat demon, how could she have such a charming kung fu? Thinking that I, Pei Caibao, had been in the Fengyue Field for a lifetime, how could I be made to collapse by her in just a moment? Moreover, that night, why was everyone arrested, but she was the only "Jiaojiao" who could get out?
However, at this time, Pei Caibao's mind was racing, and he knew that it would not be good for him to collapse Xu Ke, so he was so busy that he was busy helping Xu Ke to lie.
Li Chongsheng snorted coldly, and immediately asked:
"So, who is responsible for catching the cat demon in the past month?"
"It's Weichen!" Xu Ke lowered his head and replied.
Li Chongsheng said: "I ordered you to be the deputy envoy of the investigation of the case, specializing in the case of the cat demon, you investigated for a month, not only failed to capture the cat demon, but indulged the monster and took the life of my son! I ask you, this matter ...... What are you guilty of?"
"The minister is guilty of dereliction of duty!" Xu Ke leaned down and said ashamedly.
"Okay!" Li Chongsheng nodded, and then gave the third order:
"I ordered you to catch the cat demon in front of me within three days, if not, I will take you from your post and send you to prison!"
"Obey the order!"
At this time, Xu Ke had no choice but to bow down to receive the order. However, he couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart, no matter what, the lives of Mingyue and the girls were finally saved!
"Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" the head of the household, Qiu Mingli, walked out of the train and said to the emperor:
"That cat demon's whereabouts are erratic, cunning, and the three-day period is not too short......?
"This matter is not negotiable!" Li Chongsheng waved his hand, his face still angry.
The emperor glanced at Xu Ke, who was standing solemnly, and said coldly:
"After three days, if you can't catch the cat demon, run to the edict and stay in the prison by yourself!"
After saying that, Li Chongsheng didn't wait for Qiu Ming to argue, stood up and threw down a sentence: "Retreat!" and then strode down His Majesty, and without Gao Liangshi bowing down, he turned around and left the hall.
As the attendants in the hall sang: "Retreat...... Morning!" The civil and military officials slowly withdrew from the hall, and the old ministers who had been standing with a sore back finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
Xu Ke walked out of the main hall, looked up, and saw the sun rising above his head, and the sun was already dazzling, and he immediately secretly shouted, "Not good!"
With this argument between him and the Son of Heaven, another half an hour passed unconsciously, and now, the time was about to end, and noon was coming.
"Brother Xian!" Nangong followed silently and called out to Xu Ke.
"Brother Nangong, time is running out! Let's hurry up and go our separate ways! You go back to Beisi, I'll go to the vegetable market!"
"Okay!" Nangong nodded without saying anything, so the two of them left Daming Palace, and the soldiers divided into two ways, each rushing to save people.
Xu Ke went to the court today, originally came on foot, at this moment, after he came out of Danfeng Gate, he was in a hurry, almost without a point, in the direction of the vegetable market in the north of the city, like the wind!
A moment later, Xu Ke had already rushed to the entrance of the vegetable market.
However, the entire vegetable market street is almost crowded with people watching the excitement. The guards of the Tsing Yi Wei Luan Yi Division, who were responsible for maintaining order and blocking the crowd, were already overwhelmed.
Xu Ke saw that above the Dharma field, he was already kneeling with more than fifty miscellaneous servants in the Cuiyun Building. Five broad-shouldered and round-waisted executioners, each holding a ghost-headed machete. Under the illumination of the sun, the knife surface reflected bursts of bright light from time to time, and the bright light also reflected the people inside and outside the Dharma field, and they were all frightened. In the center of the field, there is a large wooden stake, and a woman in white is tied to the stake, it is Mingyue!
At this time, a burst of cannon sound suddenly came to mind on the court, according to the rules, after the cannon three links, it was the time of execution in the court!
Xu Ke was in a hurry, so he lifted his breath and jumped up, his body was like a giant falcon, rising above the crowd, he stepped lightly on the top of the onlookers from time to time, and after a few ups and downs, his fluttering figure had landed on the law field......
"Lord Xu, you're here!" Mingyue, who was tied to the stake, immediately recognized that the person who came was Xu Ke, and saw that her eyes were already full of tears. The executioner next to her looked at the look on her face and couldn't help but be surprised.
At this time, Mingyue's face was full of smiles, as if she was about to be punished by a thousand knives, it was nothing at all, as long as she could see the person in front of her, she seemed to have no regrets......