Peach and plum spring breeze and a glass of wine

The clean sunlight in the early morning shone on the two dirty Jingguans outside the gate of Ziwei Palace. The dried blood was as black as ink in the sunlight, and it also had a disgusting sticky feeling.

The two Jingguans stood on both sides of the palace gate, one on the left and one on the right. The dirty faces, some hideous or twisted, faced the imperial road and the civil and military ministers who were escorted into the palace by a large number of Jinwu guards on the imperial road, as if they were welcoming them.

However, every civil and military minister who passed by them was trembling and hunched over, covering their faces with their sleeves in panic.

The few civil and military officials who could suppress their panic in their hearts also looked pale and did not look away when they passed in front of the two Jingguans, and they could not help but speed up their pace.

No one dared to look directly at these colleagues who were still chatting and laughing together yesterday morning!

I was afraid that I would see my reflection on their faces...

A team of Jinwu Guards saw that the big man they were escorting was limping and shaking, and seemed to be about to collapse on the ground. They kindly reminded him: "Master Qin, please work harder. Don't be late today!"

The ordinary words fell into the ears of this big man, and somehow gave rise to ambiguity, which frightened him so much that his legs went soft and he was about to fall to the ground on the spot.

The Jinwu Guards who escorted him did not come forward to help him, but silently pulled out their swords three inches from the sheath.

The friction sound of the steel sword being pulled out of the sheath frightened the big man all over, and he staggered forward with all his strength, shouting loudly as he ran: "I can walk, I can walk..."

The desolate and embarrassed appearance made other big men around him almost cry out.

Why is it so bad! ! !

A group of civil officials and military officers, escorted by nearly a thousand Jinwu Guards, walked slowly along the straight imperial road to the Golden Throne Hall.

They have walked this imperial road for many years.

The older ones took twenty or thirty years to walk from the palace gate to the Golden Throne Hall.

The younger ones also took twenty or thirty years to walk from the private school classroom to this magnificent and magnificent palace.

However, this familiar imperial road seemed particularly long today.

It was longer than the twenty or thirty years they had walked.

It was so long that they had finished playing the life revolving lantern in their minds.

…

Inside the Golden Throne Hall.

Yang Ge, wearing a purple-red round-necked four-clawed python robe, a black gauze hat, and a jade belt around his waist, stood at the bottom of the imperial desk steps with his back to the dragon chair, resting his eyes with his hands on the cold moon knife.

The civil and military officials who entered the hall timidly saw him, and even though many of them saw him for the first time today, they all recognized him at a glance.

With their shoulders stiffened, waists bent, and heads lowered, they walked to the place where they used to stand and stood still. They dared not look around or whisper to each other. Every second of their torment seemed as long as three years!

"Ding..."

The clear and melodious bell sounded, announcing the start of the grand court meeting.

The civil and military officials in line raised their eyes and looked around secretly, and found that their colleagues in the Golden Palace... at least a quarter were missing!

Finally, they raised their heads with expectation and looked at the palace... At this time in the past, the little emperor would come out from behind the screen and make a brilliant appearance under the stars.

However, today they looked for a long time, but they did not wait for the little emperor's snake-like cat-like steps.

They only waited for the tall figure who was also too young to face them, and slowly opened his eyes.

He looked around expressionlessly, and under the gazes of a pair of terrified eyes, he opened his mouth and read out a long string of names in a calm tone: "Shi Shixiu, Xiang Chengkang, Cui Sixue, Xu Guangyi..."

Every time he read out a name, a team of wolf-like Jinwu Guards rushed into the crowd, grabbed a person and pressed him to the ground.

Yang Ge read out more than 20 names in one breath, and then in the countless terrified eyes, he gently raised his chin: "Drag them out and behead them!"

In an instant, the prisoners who were pressed to the ground exploded, and wailed at the top of their lungs.

"It's unfair, Lord Lu Ting, I am innocent!"

"I am the top scholar appointed by the late emperor, and I am an official appointed by the court. How dare you kill me, you lunatic!"

"Your Majesty, my sincerity is as bright as the sun and the moon, Your Majesty..."

"Lord Zhongtang, Lord Zhongtang, please say something for me..."

"When a country is about to fall, there must be evildoers! When a country is about to fall, there must be evildoers!"

The civil and military ministers who could still stand in the crowd hung their heads in silence, not even daring to glance at these criminals, fearing that this glance would label them as accomplices and end up like them.

Even Wang Jiangling, who thought he had a clear conscience and stood on the left side of the officials with his chest and head held high, had a stiff face and his pupils shrank sharply.

At this moment, he was just like Nangong Feiying last night, constantly thinking that Yang Erlang would stop after killing here, and constantly shocked by Yang Erlang's determination...

That completely unexpected feeling was like climbing a mountain among high mountains, always thinking that the mountain in front of you was the highest mountain in this mountain range, but after climbing this mountain, you found that there was a higher mountain behind this mountain...

There is no end to climbing, there is no end to climbing!

Yang Ge looked at the prisoners with a cold face, letting them wail and cry, his face was as cold as a sculpture.

The wailing and crying of the prisoners gradually faded away...

Until there was no more wailing and crying in the Golden Palace, Yang Ge spoke again, saying softly: "I came here today for no other reason than to meet you, the pillars of the Wei Dynasty and the pillars of the temple."

"You should all recognize me, and I have also met you today."

"After meeting today, I, Yang Erlang, and you have all been acquainted."

"I am still young, in good health, with decent martial arts, and have never done anything evil in my life. I think my life will be very long, longer than yours."

"From now on, even if I sleep, I will keep one eye open and stare at you, your children, and your descendants."

"If you let me It is found that who dares to take the people in the world to do chess pieces, he will die without all corpses, will break his grandchildren, and will stink for thousands of years ... "" You should know that Yang Erlang never said a lot. " Officer ... "" This rotten stall is made by you. Before you get this rotten stall, everyone can't run away. "" As for the food price to return to normal, you are staying at random. " The Golden Temple still kept silent. The ministers lifted the hem of their official robes weakly and knelt down to salute: "Welcome Your Majesty, long live the emperor." Zhao Hong walked up to the dragon throne with his head held high and his chest puffed out. He glanced at the sparse figures in the hall, and his eyes twitched slightly, but then he said calmly with a normal expression: "All the ministers stand up." "Thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers slowly got up, some looked up to count the yellow tiles, and some looked down to count the gold bricks. Few people looked at Zhao Hong on the dragon throne. Zhao Hong was not angry when he saw this, but smiled gently: "I am very pleased to see that all the ministers are still standing in the court intact. It is not in vain that I have repeatedly pleaded with Lu Tinggong for all the ministers last night..." Hmm? All the ministers looked at Zhao Hong on the dragon throne with a smug look on his face, as if he really had made a contribution. Everyone's eyes were full of speechlessness and contempt. Ministers: 'Do you have any shame? ’

Zhao Hong: ‘What’s the use of that thing for me? ’

“Looking at the expressions of all the ministers, it seems that you have a lot of objections to the results of the discussion between me and Lu Tinggong!”

Zhao Hong smiled lightly and said, “Otherwise, I will ask Lu Tinggong to come back and discuss it again?”

The ministers woke up as if from a dream, hurriedly lifted up their skirts and knelt down again and said, “Your Majesty is wise, and we thank your Majesty for your grace!”

They have already reacted...

It may be difficult for this little bastard to save someone from the hands of the butcher.

But if this little bastard wants to kill someone with the help of the butcher, he will definitely do it!

This master and apprentice are both black-hearted!

Even Wang Jiangling was shocked at Zhao Hong on the dragon throne at this moment, as if he had just met him for the first time today.

He suddenly realized that this little guy is indeed more suitable to be the emperor than his father!

His father, the emperor, was burdened with too much. He knew the talent and deterrence of Lu Tinggong, but he could not let go of the emperor's face. He was only willing to play the supporting role and refused to take a low stake.

This guy was completely different. When Lu Tinggong came to Beijing and started a killing spree, he not only did not have the slightest rebellious mentality, but also shamelessly used Lu Tinggong's tiger skin to fight with the ministers...

He was a complete scoundrel and a rolling knife!

He was worthy of being a master and a disciple!

"I am very relieved that you can understand my painstaking efforts!"

Zhao Hong sighed and stretched out his hand to support him: "Okay, the past is gone, and the dead are gone. Let's focus on the present... I wonder if you have any talents to recommend for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?"

He said words of respect for the wise, but his face was clearly threatening: 'Try to spit out a name? '

It is said that a new emperor has new ministers.

But if the ruler is weak and the ministers are strong, if the emperor wants to place a reliable confidant in a certain position, he will have to fight for a long time with open and covert battles of wits and courage, and exchange of interests.

Zhao Hong has been in power until now, and he has only won a position of Left Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate, which is excluded by all officials. Even the position of Minister of War was inherited from his father.

Ministers: ...

"We are short-sighted, and it all depends on your majesty's judgment!"

Zhao Hong comforted: "Hey, as the saying goes: 'Don't avoid the virtuous when recommending outsiders, and don't avoid relatives when recommending insiders'. Don't worry, you nobles, just speak freely."

Ministers: ...

...

Yang Ge, surrounded by a group of Western Factory guards led by Nangong Feiying, slowly walked out of the dark palace gate.

Outside the palace gate, Shen Fa, covered in blood, stood among the scattered heads, carefully searching for something.

The two looked at each other and passed each other.

Yang Ge stepped into the clean sunlight with an expressionless face.

Shen Fa lowered his head and continued to search for the bloody heads on the ground.

Nangong Feiying glanced at Yang Ge's back, then at Shen Fa's back, sighed silently, and quickly followed Yang Ge.

"Feiying, order people to copy a hundred copies of the files of all the beheaded officials and send them to all provinces and prefectures. I want to nail them all on the pillar of shame and make them infamous forever!"

Nangong Feiying heard this, and after a moment's silence, he whispered: "Second Master, the situation is unstable. This move may cause shocks in the fourteen provinces, giving foreign enemies an opportunity to take advantage." Yang Ge asked without hesitation: "What is the situation in the southwest?" Nangong Feiying replied without thinking: "The royal army is unstoppable and has divided and surrounded the rebels in the southwest. It is only a matter of time to win... However, the southwest region has many mountains and ridges. It is easy to win, but it is not easy to wipe out those local snake chieftains!" Yang Ge: "The emperor's intention in this matter is What is it?"

Nangong Feiying: "Your Majesty means that the chieftains in the southwest are fickle and have repeatedly let their troops cause chaos. This time, it is too much of a waste of troops. It is better to take this opportunity to completely get rid of those chieftains and turn the chieftains into officials!"

Yang Ge: "What about the corrupt officials in the southwest who exploit the local people?"

Nangong Feiying: "The three judicial departments of the inner court will jointly investigate and bring them to justice once they are verified!"

"Don't bring them to justice. After the investigation, give me the list and I will do it!"

Yang Ge replied: "As for those chieftains, you will do it on my behalf. Ask the emperor for a way out for them. I will try to let them go to the northern border to die on the battlefield, and the court will spare their wives and children. "

Nangong Feiying asked in surprise: "Do you still recognize those chieftains?"

Yang Ge shook his head: "No..."

Nangong Feiying refused: "Then we can't help them!"

Yang Ge: "You are helping me."

Nangong Feiying shook his head: "We can't help you with this!"

Yang Ge whispered: "I asked someone to pass a message to Yang Zaixian before, asking him to restrain those chieftains and not to harm the people in the southwest "He gave me face." "I have to repay him for this favor..." Nangong Feiying still shook his head: "Is he giving you face? He is obviously afraid that you will go over and kill him! Second Master, please listen to my advice. Rebellion is no small matter. Your clean body is not worth getting involved in this muddy water for these old shells!" Yang Ge heard this and suddenly smiled: "You always tell me not to get involved in muddy water, don't get involved in muddy water... But how many clean places are there in this world?" Nangong Feiying was speechless. He also advised Yang Ge not to get involved in the muddy water in the capital. But he still came, to fight for a bite of food for the people of the world...

"Okay."

After a long silence, Nangong Feiying reluctantly agreed: "We will ask His Majesty for mercy later, but we can't guarantee that His Majesty will show mercy!"

Yang Ge: "Just tell the emperor that I owe him a favor for this matter..."

Nangong Feiying: "You help and owe, but none of your affairs are your own... Why bother?"

Yang Ge looked ahead at the long and bustling street, and said softly: "I don't feel bitter..."