[Bao Qingtian] Why is peace?

With all the evidence, how to make King Jingdong take the initiative to go to court has become a problem.

Up to now, Jingdong Wang Zhao Yi himself knows that there is a lot of evidence against him in Kaifeng Mansion, and would rather stay at home than give Kaifeng Mansion any chance to pass him to court—since he has never met anyone from Kaifeng Mansion, he can be regarded as Don't know anything.

This is not a permanent solution, but Zhao Yi had to be so cautious after losing Lin Wei and Wang Qianzong one after another.

Of course, King Jingdong did not sit still, he wrote a letter to the emperor and the eighth prince respectively.The letter to Zhao Zhen was a generous statement, emphasizing that his loyalty to the emperor can be learned from the sun and the moon, but now the Kaifeng government wants to bring him to justice because of a "small" case, which is chilling.

The letter to the Eighth Prince detailed the details of his life in the palace when he was a child, expressing his admiration for the Eighth Prince, and asking the Eighth Prince, who is like a master and a father, to see that he has repented when he made a mistake for the first time. In the case of the heart, the Kaifeng government can be persuaded to give a lighter punishment.

Zhao Yi didn't dare to say those false words to the Eighth Prince like he was fooling Zhao Zhen, because he knew that the Eighth Prince and Bao Zheng were also good friends, and he would definitely go to Bao Zheng to seek the truth after receiving the letter.

So he emphasized in his heart the years when he was young that were most likely to soften his heart, and said that he had a heart of repentance, although he didn't.

If he was truly repentant, he would not send someone to assassinate Tang Wenguang.

Zhao Zhen still cared about this childhood playmate of similar age. After receiving the letter, he called the Eighth Prince into the palace and told him to try his best to keep Zhao Yi.There is a shortage of people in the court, and there are not many people who look decent among the princes and nobles. Zhao Yi can be counted as one. Originally, Zhao Zhen wanted to give Zhao Yi an errand.

The Eighth Prince felt bitter, and already had an ominous premonition in his heart.

He watched the two children grow up, so he knew their temperament very well. Based on the Eighth Prince's understanding of Zhao Yi, he must have felt extremely guilty to ask His Majesty and himself to come before him.

"I still remember one time, he accidentally broke my jade paperweight, coaxed the princess into a good mood, asked her to help cover up together, and asked someone to go to the market to buy an identical one, and was busy. , just to make me think he didn’t smash that jade paperweight.” Sitting in the flower hall of Kaifeng Mansion, the Eighth Prince sighed at Bao Zheng, “You are still young, and you have already developed the habit of not giving up until you reach your goal, and every piece Everything must be done according to his temperament. I was worried that he would be too hostile when he grew up, so I told him to read more books and paintings to cultivate his temperament, but he did, but..."

It's just superficial.

There is a deep-rooted stubbornness in Zhao Yi's temperament. He can endure and plan for a trivial matter, no matter how much manpower and material resources are spent on it.

The Eighth Prince looked at Bao Zheng with implied hope: "Is that child really hopeless?"

Bao Zheng shook his head: "A dozen or so members of the Tang family died tragically under the knife, and they have not been buried yet. How dare Bao dare to bend the law for personal gain? Tang Wenguang was seriously injured and Tang Xiaoguang was so young that he almost went insane. Who would pity them? ?”

The Eighth Prince smiled wryly: "Then I...persuade him!"

But how could Zhao Yi be someone who would listen to advice?

"Uncle, I committed such a thing, once I enter the Kaifeng Mansion, I will never come out again!" Zhao Yi begged, "I heard that His Majesty still wants to give me an official position. With my talent, I will be able to share your majesty's worries, does the emperor want to see me die at a young age under the guillotine of that bag of sunspots, or can I have a better future?"

"But……"

"What's more, if I go, what will the princess do? She doesn't have a son and a half now, who will serve her in the future?" Zhao Yi said emotionally.

The Eighth Prince sighed: "But if you stay in the mansion all the time, maybe you can save your life for a while, but the official position you mentioned will no longer be yours... If you plead guilty with a good attitude, maybe Bao Zheng is willing to let it go. ?”

"He sent someone to quietly take that woman away from my house. He just made up his mind to break up with me. How could he spare me!" Zhao Yi's eyes were fierce. Compared with others, Liu Jinfeng's sudden disappearance It was the one thing that pissed him off the most.

Not only was he losing his army for a woman he hadn't yet won, but the feeling that he could no longer control everything made him manic.

The Eighth Prince looked at the madness brewing in Zhao Yi's eyes, secretly startled, and then said hoarsely: "What if I am willing to use the golden mace to protect you?"

"Golden mace?" Zhao Yi slightly opened his eyes.

"Yes, just like the gold medal for avoiding death, it can save your life." The Eighth Prince avoided his sight.

"Okay, then why don't I go?" Zhao Yi suddenly laughed, "It's a joy to see that bag of sunspots who are fully prepared but are indifferent to me."

The Eighth Prince sighed silently, and when he left the Jingdong Prince's Mansion, his face was full of sadness. It was a pity that Zhao Yi couldn't see him, and his mind was all on his future official position.

Persuaded by the Eighth Prince, Zhao Yi finally stood in the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion.

"Ah! It's you! You stole my mother..." Tang Xiaoguang screamed when he saw Zhao Yi, with a terrified expression, "You killed my father, my grandpa and grandma!"

Zhao Yi didn't even frown, but his eyes fell on Liu Jinfeng who was protecting Xiaoguang, so gloomy and frightening.

Liu Jinfeng endured the fear in patience, and kowtowed: "The lady Liu's Jinfeng, kowtow to my lord. The lady was brought back to the palace by Wang Qiang of Jingdong on March [-]th. My son Xiaoguang witnessed it with his own eyes. After returning home, Xiaoguang said yes. The officers and soldiers took me away, and my family reported it to the officials. The county magistrate asked Xiaoguang to recognize the uniforms of the officers and soldiers. Xiaoguang also recognized the uniforms of the guards of the palace. Later, I summoned him to the palace with brocade to see my husband, thinking that I could secretly Passing the message with Xianggong, I didn't expect to be discovered by the prince, who actually sent someone to kill more than a dozen members of my Tang family..."

Tang Wenguang, the maid Mei Xiang, the county magistrate Li Nan, and the former Weiwei Temple Shaoqing Zhu Dazhao all testified in court one by one, and the autopsy results of the foreman showed that the wounds on the body were consistent with the saber worn by the royal guards.

There are also footprints near the burial place, which are also consistent with the soles of the guards' shoes, and some people's soles even have mud mixed with blood that has not been cleaned.

The newly embroidered part on the brocade was also definitely the handicraft of the Tang family. With tears in his eyes, Tang Wenguang pointed out the repaired parts of his brother one by one.

Lin Wei, who was ordered to assassinate Tang Wenguang, also quickly confessed. Only Wang Qianzong wanted to carry all the crimes on himself, but unfortunately his confession was full of mistakes and omissions, and he couldn't even say the motive for the murder.

"Jingdong King Zhao Yi, you have robbed the women of the people, committed crimes, and killed more than a dozen innocent people in the Tang family. Now that you have all the witnesses and material evidence, can you plead guilty?" Master Bao stared at Zhao Yi with blazing eyes.

"Admit it, but so what if I plead guilty? The dozen or so members of the Tang family will not survive, and this king has the heart to repent and has a bright future. Why don't you forgive me for the sake of my sincerity?" ?” Zhao Yi said.

Master Bao sneered: "I can't see the sincerity of the lord. You went to the court, but did you say a word of apology and comfort to the victims in the court?"

"I'm sincere in my heart, and I'm not showing it to others." Zhao Yi retorted.

"My lord, no matter how much you argue, it will be difficult to get rid of your blood debt." Master Bao slapped the gavel, "Come here, take off his crown, take off his python robe, and serve him with the dragon's head!"

"No! You can't kill me!" Zhao Yi's eyes widened, and he turned to look at the Eighth Prince, "Uncle Huang, save me! Don't you have a golden mace—"

"The golden mace bestowed by the emperor has been taken back by the emperor." The eighth lord looked at the angry Zhao Yi, and said heartbroken, "If everyone thinks that they can rely on the gold medal to avoid death and do evil intentionally, then it's better not to have the gold medal! The golden mace bestowed by the emperor was the one I told the emperor to take back."

Zhao Yi looked at the Eighth Prince in horror: "Uncle Huang, do you want to watch me die!"

The Eighth Prince wiped away the wetness from the corners of his eyes, and cupped his hands to Bao Zheng: "Your Excellency, you can act according to the law. Your Majesty, I will persuade you on your behalf."

Master Bao sighed: "Open the guillotine—"

"No—all of this is different from what was agreed—" Zhao Yi struggled frantically, but still couldn't escape being pressed against the cold guillotine.

The guillotine fell, and blood splashed everywhere. Liu Jinfeng held her son firmly in her arms, but watched the head fall to the ground without blinking. Finally, she shed tears of blood revenge.

"Thank you Master Qingtianbao..."

Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and the way of heaven is good for reincarnation.

……

The Eighth Prince was full of vicissitudes of life to collect the body of the nephew who was once the most valued, and arranged for him after his death. He seemed to have aged a lot.

At such a time, he didn't want to see anyone, but he couldn't stand that person's thick skin, and urged the manager to come to report the matter three times and five times, disturbing the Eighth Prince so that he was not in a sad mood.

"Prince Jing, why do you need to come to me urgently?" The Eighth Prince asked depressedly.

King Jing smiled, and took out a letter to the Eighth Prince to read: "I know you are not in a good mood recently, so I have some good news for you! My two dogs, although it is the first time to take office, but they They also made a lot of achievements in Xuzhou. They gave aid to the people and worked hard! Even the people in Xuzhou are tough and greedy, and the prefect of Xuzhou is in cahoots with them. I want to ask, can the imperial court send troops to suppress those troublemakers..."

At the same time, Bao Zheng also received a letter from Chen Qian, the prefect of Xuzhou.

The contents of the letter are quite the opposite.

"Then Zhao Qiujie and Zhao Qiu's cousin, the fish and meat villagers, have aroused public resentment and are devastated! Let them go to the relief. They mix sand in the rice, and they don't distribute it for free, but they have to spend money to buy it. It’s expensive! The homes of the squires in Xuzhou were ransacked by them, and those who refused to hand over their property were killed. Some people sued the government, saying that the emperor was not benevolent, and the imperial envoys they sent were like evil ghosts demanding their lives. People are beaten to death with sticks in the hall!" Master Bao was so angry that he threw the letter on the ground, "Such villains are worse than robbers!"

During the famine in Xuzhou, many good people were also forced to fall into the grass. They generally only robbed the rich and lucrative. When they met the poor, they would even pay back. Such behavior is really much more kind than Zhao Qiujie and Zhao Qiutang.