Daughter of the Prince of Rebirth

Chapter 246 Revealing the Truth About the Chaos (8)
As if he knew that Ouyang Yechen and others would come, the lights were on in the imperial study room, and a figure writing with a pen was projected onto the window by the candlelight.

Seeing Ouyang Yechen escorting people to come, the eunuch guarding outside the door hurriedly reported: "Report to the Emperor, Your Highness the Crown Prince has arrested several suspicious people!"

The person in the room put down the pen in his hand and said, "Let them in!" The voice was low and not angry.

The door opened, and Ouyang Yechen and the guards guarding the man in black walked in. Murong Yu and Wang Xiangya also followed in a low-key manner, standing in an inconspicuous corner, watching the emperor's interrogation.

The young man in black was ignored. There were three people pretending to be civilians, plus a leader, making a total of four people.

The minister he used was actually a rebel, and the emperor's eyes were full of anger: "Why did you betray me? Did I treat you badly?" Whether it was many years ago or these three years, the emperor had never been harsh on a minister. Why are they betraying?

"Your Majesty, you have never treated us badly. It's just that we have received the kindness of King Suijin, and we have a clue in his hands. We have no choice but to rebel..." A minister sighed helplessly. Murong Yu remembered him. He was a Jiedu envoy with an official position passable.

The emperor turned his gaze to the other three: "What about you, the same?" He thought that the ministers would make some sophistry, but he never thought that he would admit his crime so quickly.

"Yes!" The other three also lowered their heads. The list of rebels is in Lu Haowen's hands, and they assassinated Lu Haowen again. There are witnesses and evidence, so they can't deny it.

Murong Yu's gaze lightly swept over the four of them, thinking about the various relationships in the court. Of the four of them, two belong to the influence of Concubine Ye Gui, and the other belong to the influence of the Prince. In the case of the rebellion, he was still his own family.

The emperor sneered: "King Suijin is indeed better at controlling people than I am. I pay attention to convincing people with virtue and ruling the world with benevolence, but I never thought that some people's loyalty needs to be restrained by advantage and leverage..." I told them His kindness and generosity have become the reason for their rebellion. They would rather follow a tyrant than be loyal to themselves, how ridiculous.

"Do you know how to judge the crime of rebellion?" The emperor's voice was extremely cold. Perhaps, he himself had to change the policy of governing the country.

"Beheading to show the public!" The minister thought for a moment, then suddenly said, he is in charge of punishment, he never thought that one day, he would use this punishment on himself.

The emperor glanced at the four of them coldly: "For the rebellious army, it used to be beheaded, but now I have changed my mind. I will execute Ling Chi and bury the whole family with me!" , reborn the heart of the rebellion!

The four of them looked at each other, did not speak, their bodies trembled slightly, the punishment of Ling Chi was very cruel, from execution to death, they would experience a lot of pain, no one was not afraid, but the rebellion list is here, it is not just a few of them who died, many companions There is no need to be afraid of how daring people are to torture together.

After solving the punishment of the four rebels, the emperor turned his gaze to Lu Haowen, looked at the big piece of paper in his hand, and said coldly: "Why didn't you submit the list of rebels earlier? Do you know how much time you have delayed? The death penalty of the head..."

Murong Yu sighed heavily, with anxiety and helplessness flashing in his eyes: Ouyang Shaoxian was right, even if Lu Haowen handed over the list to the emperor, it would not end well...

"Your majesty, in fact, grassroots..." Lu Haowen was not frightened by the emperor's words, smiled bitterly, hesitated to speak, and presented a large paper with both hands: "Your majesty, you should read it for yourself!"

The eunuch presented the big paper to the emperor, the emperor took it, opened it to look at it, his eyes were startled, and a hint of disbelief flashed in his eyes: "This is the rebellion list?"

Lu Haowen lowered his head: "Yes, Your Majesty, this is the list of rebels that people have rumored."

The emperor slapped the table, and the rebellion list was shaken to the ground: "What's going on?" The name on the list was facing down, and everyone couldn't see the content on it.

"Back to the emperor, Caomin doesn't know what's going on?" Lu Haowen's tired eyes flashed with deep helplessness: "The matter started more than half a month ago. One night, Caomin was invited to visit an official's house." , he also likes poetry, the two of us were drinking and writing poetry at the same time. I also drank too much, so I followed his wishes and took the paper and left."

"But for some reason, the next morning, the official got a strange disease and died suddenly. Since then, some strange people have always appeared around Caomin. At first, Caomin didn't pay attention to it. Until the night of the fireworks festival, Caomin arrived. Watching fireworks on the street, not long after leaving the house, someone chased and killed the grass people, fortunately, with the help of a few guards, the grass people turned the crisis into safety..."

Murong Yu nodded understandingly: On the day of the Fireworks Festival, the time he and Ouyang Shaoxian rescued Lu Haowen was the intensification of this conspiracy. He didn't tell himself and Ouyang Shaoxian because he didn't want to implicate us.

"Later, the news that the list of rebels was in the hands of the grass people suddenly spread, and more and more people chased and killed the grass people at night, and the grass people didn't dare to show up at all. In desperation, they hid in the city defense..." Lu Haowen's voice became louder and louder. Lower and lower, more and more tired.

Murong Yu could imagine how difficult it would be for a frail scholar to escape the frenzied assassination of killers again and again. When night came, he would go through a frightening frenzied killing, and he was always looking forward to At dawn, it was a painful torment for him. He couldn't sleep at night, couldn't eat, and didn't dare to walk on the street. He could only hide in a dark corner and lick his wounds alone like a mouse that everyone shouted and beat. , this kind of taste is definitely not good.

Murong Yu quietly looked at Ouyang Yechen. The crown prince took Lu Haowen to meet various ministers in the court. The officials who died suddenly must have been introduced to Lu Haowen by the crown prince. Rather than saying that this incident was a misunderstanding, it would be better to say that the crown prince had Just set up a conspiracy.

Lu Haowen made friends with all the ministers in the court, including loyal ministers, treacherous ministers, and even rebels. Lu Haowen talked with a certain official in the middle of the night and left with his things, but the official died violently at home. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)