Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu looked through the things placed on the table, and after a while, he finally put them down from his hands.He straightened up, let out a sigh of relief, looked at Xue Yan and said, "These things are of great use, Xue Siqing has made great contributions, and I guarantee that you can make up for your mistakes."

"My lord is kind..." Xue Yan clasped his fists together, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face after he finished speaking.It seems to be thinking about where to use it.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu organized his thoughts and said in a fast voice: "These things can at least prove that the late emperor died in the East Palace!"

Xue Yan nodded, and asked: "The lower official has something unclear, why did the crown prince (Gao Chi) order the lower official to investigate the case?"

"The real reason is not important." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand lightly, and said calmly, "The key is what we have to say."

Xue Yan nodded solemnly and said: "The prince is right, and this is exactly what I mean."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "We can say this: the crown prince only wanted to launch a coup d'etat in advance, and wanted to imprison the late emperor before attempting to assassinate him; then the late emperor was assassinated suddenly, and his plan changed. Later, when the crown prince was defeated, In a panic, I became angry from embarrassment, so I wanted to find out the culprit who acted without authorization, so as to vent my personal anger!"

Xue Yan asked: "How does the lord confirm this matter?"

Zhu Gaoxu replied: "Make a confession, such as Wang Gou'er's testimony, and get it later."

Xue Yan murmured: "Isn't that...not believable?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "That's why I said that the thing that can be proved is that the late emperor died in the East Palace. The facts are enough. As long as some of them are true, then the whole thing will seem true."

"It makes sense..." Xue Yan said thoughtfully.

The two kept talking about lies, but they both looked very serious, as if they were real.

...the sun is already approaching the horizon.Zhu Gaoxu and others made preparations and sent troops to close the intersections such as Hongwu Gate, Chang'an Left Gate, and Chang'an Right Gate;

In addition to thousands of officials, there are also clerks, servants, officials, and guards from various government offices. When people came one after another, there was a great crowd of people, at least thousands of people!These all have public|official positions, but there are people of any status, and the clothes are also colorful and dressed in various ways.In addition, there are a large number of soldiers of the crime-fighting army on the brick square.

Zhu Gaoxu and several civil officials and military generals stood on the south side of Chengtian Gate and Waiwulong Bridge.At this time, a number of tables and desks were moved there to piece together, and a stage was being built; from a distance, it looked like a stage was being built.

The square between the Chengtian Gate and the left and right gates of Chang'an was already filled with dense crowds of people.In this situation, it was like a festival in the Town God's Temple. People gathered and crowded together, watching a play.

Not long after, the simple "stage" was ready.On the table, there is a chair directly above; on the left and right sides, there are two rows of benches on each side.

Zhu Gaoxu took off the iron helmet on his head, handed it to Chen Dahammer beside him, and stepped onto the "stage".He cleared his throat, raised his hands and said, "Everyone..."

The noisy crowd below gradually became quieter, and countless eyes were fixed on Zhu Gaoxu on the stage.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Recently, something happened in less than two years; all of you present, and the hundreds of millions of Ming people in the world, should all know some general facts. That is, the late emperor passed away, and this king Zhu Gaoxu was resigned from the capital. fled alone; and then the 'Battle of Crimes' took place. It's a well-known fact!"

He paused for a while, and said: "Then, what happened in the palace back then? This king raised his troops to fight crimes and went to Beijing after hardships, just for this truth! It is for the truth of today's right and wrong! In order to punish the conscience-stricken Dalai Lama Treacherous evil!"

In the crowd of several thousand people, no one questioned these simple facts, and many nodded thoughtfully.

Zhu Gaoxu went on to say: "This king will tell you another fact. In the middle of the year before last, this king went to Beijing from the Annan Kingdom battlefield to offer prisoners, entered the palace according to the order, and then the palace gate was closed! From the closure of the palace gate to the move of the late emperor's coffin to the Qianqing Palace, this During this period of time, only a few civil and military officials were allowed to enter the palace?!

These people are: Yang Rong, Yang Pu, Yang Shiqi, Jin Zhong, Yuan Gong, Guo Zi, Tan Qing.

This is the fact that everyone is watching!If the king is wrong, all of you who were present were on duty near the Thousand Steps Corridor, so you can stand up and argue! "

Zhu Gaoxu waited for a while, and seeing that no one questioned, he said: "Okay! Based on the above two facts, this king is here to ask the truth about the palace at that time! Come and cast lots!"

The sergeants came with trays.

The crowd of thousands of people, although the people stood messily and irregularly, not comparable to an army formation at all, they stood in different places.The so-called things gather together and people are divided into groups, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty had a strict hierarchy and differences in dignity and inferiority. Officials would not bother to stand with people like Xu Ya.

So the sergeants divided the crowd and began to scatter the paper into balls.

Most of those notes were blank paper, only a few had the word "one" written on them.Anyone who picked up the written note was invited out by the sergeants; these people were all kinds of people, including high-ranking officials and purely errand servants and so on.

The people who got the lottery were invited to the "stage". The civil servants and generals, according to their official positions, were divided into two sides to sit on the bench; servants, guards, etc. stood beside them.

There are more people on the "stage" and the layout is richer, and the emotions of thousands of spectators have also been mobilized.Some are dignified, some are fearful, some are curious, and some are relishing...

Zhu Gaoxu shouted: "Bring the people involved, Yang Rong, Yang Pu, Yang Shiqi, Yuan Gong, Guo Zi, Tan Qing, Haitao up!" Not a minister.)

The seven people were brought onto the stage by the soldiers and stood in the middle facing the crowd.Almost all of them are wearing high-value official uniforms and black hats, because at this time they are only suspected and have not been convicted!

Zhu Gaoxu sat back on his superior chair and asked loudly: "This king asks you, what caused the death of the late emperor?"

None of the few people said anything, they all frowned and thought about something, their expressions were exactly the same!

Zhu Gaoxu pointed to Yang Rong and said, "Yang Rong, you wrote that mansion report, saying how the king disobeyed the late emperor, how he left the palace arrogantly, and how the late emperor died after taking the red pill offered by Ji Gangjin. Tell everyone now, then Is it true?"

Yang Rong was silent for a while, then looked up at the people's attention.His face was very embarrassed, and soon turned red.

At this moment, Yang Rong choked out a word and said: "Yes." After he finished speaking, he showed fear and turned to look at Zhu Gaoxu.

But Zhu Gaoxu did not fly into a rage, he said coldly: "Very good! Take Dali Temple Minister Xue Yan!"

Following behind Xue Yan was "escorted" by two sergeants, and walked up to the stage with a bundle.

Zhu Gaoxu's voice was loud and full of energy. He asked loudly, "Dali Temple Minister Xue Yan, before this king came to Beijing, were you investigating the death of the late emperor on my elder brother's request?"

Xue Yan replied: "Back to the words of the King of Han, yes."

Zhu Gaoxu asked: "How do you prove it? Is there any real evidence?"

Xue Yan said: "The lower officials have several edicts from the sage (Gao Chi), and they are allowed to enter the imperial prison, the East Palace, and the rear palace to investigate the case. Please look over it to the King of Han."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "You don't need to show me the king, let everyone on the stage verify the authenticity of the imperial decree!"

The sergeant took the evidence from Xue Yan, put it on a wooden plate, and showed it to the people on the table for verification.Gao Chi has been the emperor for almost two years, and most of the capital officials are familiar with Gao Chi's handwriting; after they checked, they all said that the imperial decree was written by Jin Shang himself, and it was stamped with a seal.

Zhu Gaoxu also casually pointed to a civil servant and asked him to read out the content of the imperial decree in public.

At this moment, Brother Meng, the eunuch, stood up to testify!He said that when the emperor issued an imperial edict, he was in charge of grinding ink once.This witness was not arranged by Zhu Gaoxu in advance, it was an accident.

The eunuch Haitao, the supervisor of ceremonies, gave Brother Meng a look of resentment.They must have known each other.

There are witnesses of Xue Yan and Brother Meng, and physical evidence of the imperial decree written by Gao Chi himself.Zhu Gaoxu made a loud conclusion in public: "Xue Yan was investigating the death of the first emperor before, and this matter was ordered by the crown prince (Gao Chi), and has nothing to do with this king!"

Under the conclusive and reasonable conclusions, no one stood up to question.Even Yang Ronghaitao and the other seven members of the Eastern Palace party did not say a word to refute... A rebuttal must have evidence, otherwise it will be useless to make trouble under the watchful eyes of the public.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately entered the next link and asked loudly, "Xue Siqing, what did you find out?"

Xue Yan's throat wriggled a few times, his expression was very serious, and he hesitated slightly.But Zhu Gaoxu waited calmly, he believed that Xue Yan understood how to choose at this time.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The sound of drums on the distant city tower sounded.The soldiers of the crusade army who took over the defense of Zhengyangmen did not forget to beat the drum of Youshi.

Chapter 591 It's too loud

After the sound of the Youshi drum, the sun has not completely set on the horizon; the sunset glow in the west is crimson, like a large piece of blood that has just flowed out!

The light has been much weaker than before, and the surrounding scenery has a large contrast between light and dark.The left gate of Chang'an in the east casts the afterglow of the setting sun, which is much brighter than the right gate of Chang'an in the west.The people on the platform left long shadows on the ground.

Perhaps it was Xue Yan's slight hesitation that made more people stare at him, and people almost held their breath.