Shengpingle

Chapter 147

It was Fuhu Mountain near Gyeonggi, and the number of people was reasonable, 100 people, and 100 people equipped with sophisticated weapons!

Besides the emperor, who else could hide from the eyes and ears of Suzaku Camp, and send a hundred dead soldiers there unobtrusively?
That was the Ministry of Industry, the site of the old man who was a bit timid, but also serious and responsible, and could definitely afford a job as a minister.

Who else but the emperor can take a hundred crossbows from there?

Did you have to wait until King Fuguang came to the door to find out that there was a problem with the crossbow?
Besides the emperor, who else could allow a minister to falsify the accounts and frame a second-rank admiral?
Cheng Shangshu only felt that his rather strong heart became cold along with his cold hands and feet.

He thought of Qian Guangzu, who died tragically in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, and Qian Lingyue, who abandoned Wenchu, a young and handsome young man with a bright future, and chose Qian Lingyue, who was over half a hundred years old.

He thought of Lian Xiqing and the Jin family who were still imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and thought of the former Jinyiwei Commander Ge Lei who died with a grievance, and especially affected his family after his death.

I thought of Feng Liang, the former commander of Jinyiwei who didn't know who to blame and who affected his family...

Yang Xian's fate should be the same as Feng Liang's, right?

Although Feng Liang was not a good person, the emperor trusted him a lot, otherwise he wouldn't be at ease giving him the position of Commander of Jin Yiwei.

In the end, it was not enough for Feng Liang to die for an inexplicable reason, but also to implicate his family!

Gray is the emperor's right-hand man, even the Huo family's plum blossom spear was secretly rewarded to him.

However, after Gray was shot dead in the street, the emperor forgot to help him find the real murderer, and even liquidated his family after his death!
Yang Xian was the admiral of the Suzaku camp who was appointed by the emperor to protect the safety of the capital.

In the end, it was nothing more than using it as a scapegoat, and dying with a bad reputation, affecting family members and even clansmen!
If the emperor is so indifferent to his confidantes, what about them?

What about these old ministers who have never been liked by the emperor?
Mr. Meng's chief assistant was gentle and tactful, he never disobeyed his wishes, and he restrained them both openly and secretly.

They imitated the old Shoufu Meng, carefully guarding the bottom line of scholars in a smooth and gentle way——

No, his bottom line was gone as early as the first time he laid the blame on innocent people!
However, even if he betrayed his conscience and gave up the bottom line, he would still not be pleased by the emperor.

If one day he is also innocently involved in something, the emperor will not hesitate to blame him...

When Cheng Shangshu thought of this, his thoughts suddenly took a big turn, and he remembered his old wife talking about his homework that he didn't care about Xiuyuan.

He also talked about his ugly appearance, tired Xiu Yuan was not as handsome as Ah Li, he was not as good as Su Xianyu for Ah Li, wishing to hold Ah Li in his arms to teach him every day, and tired Xiu Yuan couldn't read Ah Li.

Obviously Xiu Yuan is one year older than Ah Li, and Ah Li has already won the first prize, but he dare not even call Xiu Yuan down.

It's really vexatious!

What do you mean he looks ugly?

He was also a handsome boy when he was young!
Although it is true that Su Xianyu is not handsome, how many people in the whole Great Xiao can surpass Su Xianyu?
However, he did not take care of Xiu Yuan's homework for a long time, he was really busy...

"My lord, Master Cheng?"

Cheng Shangshu suddenly came back to his senses, and suddenly realized that he was old, he had lost the vigor and ambition of his youth, and at this time, he was thinking about trivial things.

After this incident, please resign and go home and concentrate on teaching Xiuyuan——

Thinking of this, Cheng Shangshu suddenly shuddered, please resign?
Did he already want to resign?
Mr. Meng's first assistant is getting old, and once he retires, the second assistant will take over.

The old man in the Ministry of Industry is timid, and several other qualifications are not as good as him.

He will most likely be promoted to the second assistant, and after a few more years, it may not be impossible for the cabinet to pay his respects.

The highest dream and ambition of scholars in this world is the cabinet minister.

He was only two steps away from that seat, and he was thinking of resigning at this moment?
"My lord? The evidence is solid, and the suspect can't explain where King Fuguang was when he was attacked. As usual, he can be punished."

Yang Xian said that Huo Yanzhi was sleeping when he was attacked, so he happened to be referring to the entourage who identified him as guarding the night, and the personal guard who identified him as guarding the door, which is naturally not credible.

Cheng Shangshu looked at the official who spoke. This official has been in the Ministry of Punishment for many years.

At this time, he said that torture would be used.

Although the usually steady officials tried their best to suppress their emotions at this time, they still couldn't hide the indignation and hatred on their faces.

The indignation and hatred were exactly the same as the expressions on the faces of the people who besieged the Yang family.

King Fuguang defended Da Xiao when Yumen Pass was broken by himself, and spent another five years driving the Huns out of Yumen Pass.

This time, he took the risk alone to retrieve the head of the traitor, and the people of Da Xiao had long regarded him as a patron saint.

Yang Xian wanted his life at this juncture, he committed public outrage!
What about him, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice who shielded the murderer?

If one day the truth comes to light, he will be the one who caused the public outrage!
Even if he dies at that time, he will be scolded so that he can't sleep in the coffin!
And his Cheng family, like the Yang family at this time, would not dare to go out at all.

Xiu Yuan, who loves to be playful, might not even have the courage to meet his cronies.

He was thinking of resigning, wouldn't it be better to quit now?
This time it was different from Feng Liang being charged with shooting Gray. Both Gray and Feng Liang were not good people. No matter who died, he would just curse him for a good death.

This time it was King Fuguang who was attacked, and Yang Xian was the one who took the blame.

If he withdraws in time, he and his descendants and family members will not have to bear the infamy, and he will not have to personally push a gentle and hardworking general to the place of eternal doom, and he will bear the debt of conscience from then on...

Cheng Shangshu was bewildered by this beautiful idea, and waved his hands in a relaxed tone, "The curfew is coming soon, and the suspect will be taken back to the prison. We will talk about everything tomorrow. Everyone, you have worked hard, go back and have a good rest."

He said that without waiting for the subordinates to respond, he went out, no matter what they said, he wanted to have a good meal and sleep well...

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Cheng Shangshu returned home with such a good idea and a relaxed mood. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Cheng Xiuyuan standing in front of the screen wall waiting for him. Seeing him coming back, he burst into a big smile and walked towards him quickly.

Cheng Shangshu suddenly felt that it was worth it. If the resignation would make all the children and grandchildren smile innocently, then it would be worth it!

"Grandfather, grandfather!"

Cheng Xiuyuan graciously supported Cheng Shangshu to walk in, "How is the trial of King Fuguang's attack going? Has Yang Xian pleaded guilty?"

From his grandson's tone, Cheng Shangshu could hear the same indignation and hatred as the official who said he would execute the sentence.

If one day, he finds out that his own grandfather shielded the real culprit who intercepted and killed an excellent general, and uses another excellent general to take the blame, then the indignation and hatred will be transferred to his grandfather, and even himself... …

Cheng Shangshu suddenly rejoiced, fortunately he figured it out!

He's old, and it's fine if he can't be the chief assistant or something, but he always wants to give his grandson a chance to be one.

I hope Xiuyuan is more lucky than him, and won't meet such an emperor who always likes to blame innocent courtiers.

After resigning, he taught Xiu Yuan earnestly at home, and he didn't believe that his Xiu Yuan was really worse than Ah Li!

Cheng Shangshu made up his mind, sent Cheng Xiuyuan away, chatted a few gossips with his old wife, and fell asleep with ease.

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Early the next morning, he went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice on business as usual, and wrote a famous post, asking Huo Yanqian to help solve the case.

Two quarters of an hour later, Huo Yanzhi didn't come, but Cheng Xiuyuan ran over and said to him out of breath, "Grandfather, King Fuguang is preparing for wine! Don't worry!"

Then he turned around and ran back.

Cheng Shangshu, "..."

It's really outrageous!
Sure enough, no matter what!
"Stop! Speak clearly, what kind of words are you talking about!"

Cheng Xiuyuan had no choice but to stand still and explain to him carefully.

It turned out that Cheng Xiuyuan didn't get the latest news from him yesterday, so he went to the Yang Mansion to watch the fun before dawn.

There are very few idlers like him, there is not a single person who yells and throws eggs in front of the gate of the Yang family, only a few servants of the Yang family hurriedly cleaned up the dirt on the wall above the gate before dawn.

He was fine, so he ordered a table of breakfast at a teahouse not far away, and waited to see what happened while eating.

The servants of the Yang Mansion probably saw that there was no movement, so they continued to clean up the dirt.

Unexpectedly, around Chen Shi, a group of about [-] people suddenly rushed to the gate of the Yang Mansion, grabbed the servants and maids, and beat them.

Yang's mansion didn't dare to open the door when they heard the commotion, let alone care about the life and death of the servants and maids outside.

At this time, it happened that Hua Pingle and Huo Yanzhi had gone out of the city to race horses and came back and passed by Yang's mansion. When they saw it, they became angry and beat them with their whips.

Cheng Xiuyuan took a deep breath when he said this, his eyes sparkled, "Grandfather! You don't know! Miss Hua Er's whip is so good!
Beat that group of people rolling all over the floor!King Fuguang was on the sidelines for the second girl Hua.

Miss Hua Er beat and scolded, saying that you haven't convicted General Yang yet, even if you do, it's General Yang's business, what does it have to do with a few maids?
There is a majestic rush to the Suzaku camp envoy!Don't bully the old, weak, women and children here! "

Cheng Shangshu said indifferently, "It seems that no one will go to Yang's house to make trouble today."

Cheng Xiuyuan nodded again and again, "Grandfather, you have to hurry up!
Meng Jiang said that he had prepared a big basket of rotten eggs and was going to smash Yang Xian on the head when he was escorted to the execution ground!

I've asked him to prepare a basket for me too! "

Cheng Shangshu, "..."

If he became an accomplice, Xiu Yuan would not say anything, maybe even if he died, Meng Jiang would prepare a basket of rotten eggs and throw them on his grave!
"Grandfather, I still want to watch Miss Hua Er fight, so let's go first!"

Cheng Xiuyuan said and ran away again, Cheng Shangshu breathed out silently, and the rest was just to test King Fuguang, I hope everything is just his imagination.

If he really guessed right, even if it was just to make Xiu Yuan throw rotten eggs on the murderer's head with confidence, he can't be an accomplice!

Cheng Shangshu waited for another half an hour before Huo Yanzhi finally arrived.

Jiufangfeng, Hua Pingle, his grandson and his grandson's friends came with him.

Cheng Shangshu was tired from reading, and ordered only Huo Yanzhi and Jiufangfeng to be let in.

Facing the inquiries from the members of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Jiu Fangfeng carefully explained the specific location and circumstances of the ambush in Fuhu Mountain.

Well, these are all true, but those dead soldiers did not choose to intercept and kill the prince, but brought the prince to rebel against their lair.

Then, after taking over the Qingning camp, they set up another illusion.

In fact, Cheng Shangshu didn't care about this, he let his subordinates ask questions and take notes, and he only focused on where to grasp Cheng Xiuyuan's homework.

Jiufangfeng cooperated very well, and the process was completed quickly.

Cheng Shangshu got up and asked, "My lord, Jiufang Military Advisor, why don't we go meet Admiral Yang together?"

As usual, he should bring Yang Xian to the lobby to confront Huo Yanzhi and Jiu Fangfeng face to face.

But now he is still the minister of the Ministry of punishment, and no one dares to object to taking Huo Yanzhi and Jiu Fangfeng to the prison to meet Yang Xian.

Jiufangfeng's eyes moved slightly, and he responded with a salute.

The prison of the Ministry of Justice is divided into men's prison and women's prison, which are not far apart.

There is also a large prison made of heavy bricks and steel and guarded by heavy soldiers, which is dedicated to detaining officials and nobles involved in important cases. People in the Ministry of Punishment privately call it the Noble Prison.

Cheng Shangshu brought Huo Yanzhi and Jiufang Fengjin to the place of the nobles.

Unlike the dark and dirty men's and women's prisons, although the layout here is simple, it is clean and bright.

A statue of Avalokitesvara is enshrined in each cell, rather like the Buddhist halls dedicated to Buddha statues in various mansions.

Cheng Shangshu asked his subordinates to stay outside the door, and he took Huo Yanzhi and Jiu Fangfeng inside.

There are not many detainees in the nobleman's prison, only five at a time.

Apart from Yang Xian and his two nephews who worked in Suzaku Camp, there were only Lian Xiqing and the Jin family.

Originally, Gray's family members were also imprisoned here, but unfortunately they were later taken to prison.

Life in prison is definitely not as good as living in a nobleman's house.

The Ge family has no results so far, and they don't know what they are suffering.

Cheng Shangshu sighed, in fact, many people who were imprisoned in the imperial prison should be in this noble place as usual, but the emperor's reuse of Jinyiwei made this noble place deserted.

Because Lian Xiqing was the first to enter, she was detained in the first cell. The Jin family was next door to her.

When Huo Yanzhi and others came in, Lian Xiqing and Jin Shi were sitting on the narrow bed in the cell doing needlework, and the bed was full of baskets, cloth and other things.

What Lian Xiqing made was a round-neck gown, probably for Xu Liancheng.

In Jin's hands is a pair of cloth shoes, judging from the size, they should also be worn by men, but I don't know who they are made for.

They still have needlework and cloth to pass the time. It seems that the people from the Ministry of Justice treat them well, or in other words, Cheng Shangshu treats them well.

And he brought them to the noble house this time, just to make them remember him as a favor.

Jiu Fangfeng's eyes fell on Cheng Shangshu's calm face, what did he want to do?
Cheng Shangshu smiled slightly, "Military commander doesn't need to look at my old man. Even if my old man is interested, he can't think of any needles and threads to pass the time for the two girls. Those were sent by Su Shangshu."

Jiufangfeng is even more vigilant, Su Xianyu?What is his purpose?
Lian Xiqing, who was concentrating on needlework, heard the voice and suddenly raised his head. When he saw Huo Yanzhi and Jiufangfeng, his face showed a look of surprise, joy and disbelief.

Then he came back to his senses and quickly lowered his head, but the hand holding the needle and thread trembled unconsciously.

Huo Yanzhi said blankly, "Su Shangshu is very careful, even more careful than his son."

Xu Liancheng didn't think of sending needles and thread to Lian Xiqing to pass the time.

Cheng Shangshu, "..."

Once again, it is confirmed that King Fuguang has a grudge against Su Shangshu!
"Speaking of which, your lord ordered your personal guards to carry Young Master Xu away last time. How is Young Master Xu doing now?"

Jiu Fangfeng glanced at Cheng Shangshu and confirmed again that this old man just wanted to sell favors to their princes.

(End of this chapter)