Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 587 Forcing the palace (leader plus more)
Zhang Tang has been in Tingwei Temple for a while, and he has handled a lot of cases, even people who are more noble than Liang Xiao, such as Liu Jian, the king of Jiangdu, but a prisoner as arrogant as Liang Xiao is definitely the first, no matter who it is , as long as it is heard that people from Tingwei Temple came to ask questions, the three souls went to the two souls first, and the seven souls went to the six souls first, how dare they be presumptuous.

Otherwise, Jiang Hou Zhou Bo would not have left that famous saying: Taste a million soldiers, but do you know how expensive prison officials are?
Even if there is such an open fight like Liang Xiao, it is very rare, at least Zhang Tang himself has never seen it.

Zhang Tang really wanted to reprimand his subordinates to take Liang Xiao down.But he knew very well that if he really did that, the ones who would be taken down would be Zhang Tang and Liang Xiao, who could do anything, so the emperor reminded him in advance.More importantly, Liang Xiao was wearing armor at the moment, and the armored soldiers around him were also fully armed, and someone was holding Liang Xiao's helmet and a jade sword, shining golden and extremely noble.

Zhang Tang recognized that this was the armor and jade sword given to Liang Xiao by the emperor.

"To go or not to go?" Liang Xiao frowned slightly, revealing a little impatience. "My body is not suitable for the wind."

Zhang Tang was extremely depressed, he was actually reprimanded by the prisoner, this was the first time in history.Zhang Tang thought about it, and decided to invite Liang Xiao back to Tingwei Temple first, regardless of whether the case could be heard or not, and let Liang Xiao's faux pas be accepted.

"Junhou, please." Zhang Tang put on a smile and stretched out his hand to signal.

"Lead the way."

Zhang Tang almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.Liang Xiao asked him to lead the way, because he regarded him as a warrior who opened the way.That's right, when a person with an official position or title travels, there will always be warriors in front of him, called guides.But Liang Xiao is now a prisoner, so it's too arrogant to treat him, Tingwei, as a guiding warrior.

You wait, see if I don't impeach you.While Zhang Tang was thinking, he swallowed his anger and led the way.

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Liang Xiao and his party were too ostentatious, they attracted the attention of passers-by as soon as they went out.

Seeing Liang Xiao lying on the couch in armor, he didn't feel anything. There are too many people in Chang'an City who like to play performance art, and there are all kinds of weird people.But seeing the official of Tingwei Temple in front of him, the situation is different.No matter what time it is, these people are unpopular. The common people hate and fear them, respect ghosts and gods and stay away, so they are very familiar with their costumes.

Seeing the officials in Tingwei Temple, one would naturally think of torture and unjust imprisonment, and naturally feel a little more sympathy for the victims.When passers-by turned their attention to Liang Xiao, someone soon recognized him: This is His Majesty's favorite champion, Hou Liangxiao. His armor is so famous that he had flaunted it in the market before he set off to conquer the Xiongnu.

Liang Xiao committed a crime and wants to go to Tingwei Temple for trial?The news quickly flew in all directions as if it had grown wings, and there was a little more speculation in the rumors.Some said that Liang Xiao was seriously ill and was about to die.Some people said that Liang Xiao was actually dead, but his body still had to go to Tingwei Temple for trial.Some people said that Liang Xiao committed suicide, while others said that Liang Xiao was killed.For a time, rumors spread everywhere, and it was hard to tell right from wrong.

Liang Xiao lay on the couch, motionless.He has good hearing and can hear the discussions of the onlookers clearly, but he doesn't make any excuses.

Zhang Tang didn't have Liang Xiao's hearing ability, but he could guess what these people were talking about.Usually at this time, he enjoyed his majesty, but at this moment, he felt ashamed—because now he was like Liang Xiao's guiding warrior.

In the torment of Zhang Tang, they came to Tingwei Temple.In front of Tingwei Temple, there is already a sea of ​​people, not only ordinary people, but also many knight-errants.Seeing Liang Xiao being carried into Tingwei Temple, the rangers were very surprised, they looked at each other and paid more and more attention.

Liang Xiao was born as a commoner, and he was named a Marquis with his military achievements. He is undoubtedly an idol worshiped by rangers.What happened to him always affected Wudong Youxiaer's heart.When he was favored, the rangers were full of confidence.When he was left out, the rangers were disheartened.When he returned to Chang'an, the rangers once again enthusiastically joined the army.Now that Liang Xiao was sent to Tingwei Temple, they were immediately given a basin of cold water, from head to toe.

They surrounded Tingwei Temple and refused to leave for a long time.

Liang Xiao was carried into the court of Tingwei Temple.Zhang Tang stopped in his tracks, looked back at Liang Xiao, and chuckled. "Your Majesty, come down."

Liang Xiao sat up, jumped off the couch, crossed his fingers, and his knuckles snapped.He twisted his neck and shook his shoulders again, and the joints all over his body made a crisp sound like frying beans.He holds out his hand.

"Sword come!"

Tu Niu'er handed over the jade sword, Liang Xiao took it, tied it around his waist, and then glanced at Zhang Tang. "Zhang Jun, where is Wei Qihou?"

Zhang Tang looked at Liang Xiao in front of him, his scalp felt numb.When he was at Liang's house, Liang Xiao glanced at him, and he was so frightened that his hair stood on end.Now at Tingwei Temple, he thought he had the upper hand and could firmly restrain Liang Xiao, but he didn't expect that Liang Xiao didn't care, he was still full of vigor, even worse than that.When he was in Liang's house, Liang Xiao was still a sick person, hiding on the couch.Now, with a helmet on and a sword on his body, he is majestic and murderous, and even his voice has become louder.

Is he planning to rob prison?A thought suddenly popped up in Zhang Tang's mind.He looked at the guards of the Liang family who had put down their couches but gripped their weapons tightly, and couldn't help but gasped.If Liang Xiao really planned to rob the prison, the guards of Tingwei Temple alone might not be able to stop him.

"Zhang Jun, why are you in a daze?" Liang Xiao glared at Zhang Tang angrily, strode up to the stage, looked around, and sat down on the side seat.

Zhang Tang breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered someone to bring Dou Ying out.Zhang Tang felt that something was wrong when the subordinate officials took orders.He has not destroyed Liang Xiao's prestige, how can he proceed to the next step, and it is according to Liang Xiao's request, isn't this a change of position between the subject and the guest?He intends to call back to the subordinate official, but Liang Xiao glanced at him and subconsciously swallowed the words back.He lingered for a while, and took a seat on the chairman, but he didn't feel any sense of being in charge of his own affairs.

Not long after, the sound of shackles sounded, and Dou Ying was helped out.Or more accurately, dragged out.

His hair was disheveled, blood was stained on his head and face, and there was no piece of clothing on his body. He was smashed from his back to his thighs, and his two legs dragged on the ground. He couldn't walk at all. The jailer dragged it out like a corpse.

"Wei Qihou?" Liang Xiao made a look of disbelief.

Hearing Liang Xiao's voice, Dou Ying raised her head, glanced at Liang Xiao, and laughed.Her voice was hoarse, as if bloodshot, and she was completely different from the high-spirited Dou Ying who had a loud voice a few days ago.

Liang Xiao got up and left the table, walked in front of Dou Ying, knelt down on one leg, held Dou Ying in his arms, and wiped the blood on Dou Ying's face with his sleeve. "Are you really Wei Qihou?"

"It's me." Dou Ying smiled wryly, "Why did you come here?"

Liang Xiao ignored Dou Ying, carefully wiped off the blood on his face, exposing the bruises and wounds on his face, and sighed long.He carefully put Dou Ying down, took a step back, bowed and bowed three times, then turned and left.

Zhang Tang was in a hurry, and quickly shouted: "Liang Junhou, where are you going?"

"Go home and write a letter." Liang Xiao said, and walked out the door with big strides.

"You can't go." Zhang Tang was caught off guard and quickly got up to catch up.

From the moment he entered Liang's house until now, Liang Xiao didn't pay him much attention. He finally arrived at Tingwei Temple, and he was about to leave before the interrogation started.Does he still have Wang Fa in his eyes?He wanted to stop Liang Xiao, but Liang Xiao walked fast and hurriedly, and there were guards behind him, Zhang Tang couldn't break through the guards' block, let alone stop Liang Xiao.Liang Xiao didn't stop until he got out of the gate of Tingwei Temple.

"Why can't you go?" Liang Xiao turned to look at Zhang Tang, his eyebrows gradually raised, with a murderous look.Zhang Tang was frightened by him, and instinctively took a step back.Liang Xiao raised his voice and shouted sharply: "I came here to assist you in your interrogation. But Wei Qihou has already been severely tortured by you and is dying. Even if there is any confession, it is the result of torture and cannot be regarded as true. I don't Let's go, are we waiting for your punishment?"

Liang Xiao's voice was very loud, and the rangers watching outside the door could hear him clearly. Hearing that Wei Qihou Dou Ying had been arrested, tortured, and beaten to death, there was a "boom", and discussions abounded.

Compared with Liang Xiao, Wei Qihou Dou Ying's reputation is even higher than that.Although Liang Xiao is well-known, he doesn't take care of customers, and his family basically doesn't accept rangers.Dou Ying is different, he is an old-fashioned ranger, he has a lot of friends, recently published a book, and organized Chen Dou's children to join the army to fight, and there are all over Chang'an who have had wine in his house.Even if you don't have direct contact with him, you still have a lot of admiration for him.Now when they heard that Dou Ying was tortured by the officials of Tingwei Temple, they immediately became angry and rushed forward one after another to denounce Zhang Tang.

Although Zhang Tang was nervous, there was a strange excitement in his heart. "Liang Junhou, do you want to gather people to make trouble?"

Liang Xiao laughed out loud. "Don't frame me, when did I gather people to make trouble? I said, did I, Liang Xiao, let you come here?"

"No!" The rangers understood and said in a hurry.After listening to the conversation between Zhang Tang and Liang Xiao, they became even more disgusted with Zhang Tang. They shot countless fierce eyes at Zhang Tang, and even heard the sound of someone drawing a knife.

Zhang Tang felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he didn't care to stop Liang Xiao, and quickly retreated into the protection of the guards.Liang Xiao looked at him contemptuously. "You just wait, I will write a letter to impeach you." After finishing speaking, he walked away.

But the rangers still gathered in front of Tingwei Temple, denouncing Zhang Tang with your words and my words.

Zhang Tang was sweating profusely and was at a loss.This was the first time he had encountered such an embarrassing situation since he became an official.

The brothers Chen Xu who rushed over after hearing the news stood in the crowd, watched Liang Xiao walk away, and let out a long breath.

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Liang Xiao returned home, immediately wrote a memorial, and rushed to Weiyang Palace in person.He has a family identity, and the guards guarding the palace gate dare not stop him at all.He drove straight in, went straight to the Chengming Palace, and came to the emperor.

Liang Xiao came very quickly, and the Son of Heaven hadn't received the news from Zhang Tang, but he was somewhat surprised to find that Liang Xiao had arrived.

"Have you been to Tingwei Temple?"

"I've been there." Liang Xiao said with a sullen face, offering the memorial with both hands. "Your Majesty, this is the memorandum of self-exemption of the minister, please let the minister have a way out."

The emperor was at a loss, took the memorial, and while folding it, joked to adjust the atmosphere. "What's the matter with you, what heinous crime have you committed?"

"I'm not guilty yet, but when I enter Tingwei Temple, I'm afraid I will have more crimes. It may not be possible to write a book with all the bamboo in Nanshan."

"Such a big crime?" The emperor heard Liang Xiao accuse Tingwei Temple of extorting a confession by torture, he couldn't help being a little displeased, and the smile on his face faded.

"It's not that the minister's crime is serious, it's that Ting Wei used Zhang Tang's vicious methods." Liang Xiao said word by word: "Even an old minister like Wei Qihou was beaten to death, how can a minister like this be spared?" ?I was born in a poor family, I have no family, only the trust of your majesty. If you don’t have the trust of your majesty, let alone a court guard, even an ordinary jailer can take your life.”

The emperor's face was gloomy and cold, he did not look at the memorial in his hand, but stared into Liang Xiao's eyes.What Liang Xiao said in his memorabilia is no longer important. He has already said the two most critical questions.Dou Ying was severely tortured. He was worried about his own safety and wanted to leave Chang'an.

These are all facts, but the facts do not mean that they can be said.

Dou Ying is a veteran, and a veteran who has greatly helped the emperor. Whether it was the accession to the throne in the past or the recent Western Expedition, Dou Ying is a veteran with outstanding contributions.He was severely tortured by Tingwei Temple, who would still be willing to serve the emperor in the future?

Liang Xiao in front of him was the most direct example. He was frightened, disappointed, and wanted to leave.

One is a veteran, one is a rookie, one has been imprisoned, and the other is going into self-exile. If word of this gets out, how will the world view the court, especially when the Western Expedition has not yet ended and the river governance has just begun.The departure of these two key figures will not only take away with them, but will also take away countless hearts and achievements.

After all, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven. He stands at the highest level of the empire. When he sees an event, he sees a complex relationship that affects the whole body, not just the event itself.He knew how important Dou Ying and Liang Xiao were to his career, so how could he let Liang Xiao leave so easily.

He just didn't expect Liang Xiao to be so direct, if he didn't speak, he would be stuck in a dead corner without any room for maneuver.

The emperor became angry from embarrassment. "Is it because Dou Ying is a veteran, so he can't be interrogated even if he is guilty?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know what crime Dou Ying is guilty of, but I do know that with such a severe punishment, he will be guilty of whatever crime you want him to confess. Rather than saying that he is guilty, it is better to say that someone wants him to be guilty." Liang Xiao straightened up. He got up and looked directly at the emperor. "I dare to ask Your Majesty: what is Dou Ying's crime?"

The emperor was furious and said sharply, "Are you questioning me?"

Neither humble nor overbearing, Liang Xiao pulled out the jade sword at his waist, took off the armor on his body, tidied it up, and placed it gently in front of the emperor. "I don't dare to question Your Majesty, I just want to understand before I die in battle, so I don't want to die in a daze."

"Death in battle?" The emperor raised his brows upside down, furious. "You want to draw your sword in front of me?"

"If the subject is captured with nothing to do, it will be a dead end in Tingwei Temple. Rather than that, it is better to die in front of His Majesty." Liang Xiao smiled slightly. "I don't dare to threaten Your Majesty, but my body and skin are my parents. No matter who wants to take my life, I can't expect me to bow my head and kill it. As your Majesty's warrior, you can only die in battle, not live on your knees." .”

The emperor was choked with anger. "you--"
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　Haha, thank you for your reward, and congratulations on the birth of the first leader.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)