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Ghosts and gods push out to go to Zhongdu, begging to cut off life and death with princes and princes.A person who has committed a heinous crime will not even be able to be a ghost in the next life.

The seal on Wenfu's vermilion lacquered door was lifted by the autumn wind.This "First Mansion of the Capital" which covers an area of ​​more than ten square meters has already dismissed all the servants, and the huge house is empty and desolate.

Martial law has been enforced in the area from the Meridian Gate of the Imperial City to the market entrance, and the neighbors closed their doors and closed their businesses one after another. Hundreds of Habayashi guards stood on both sides of the main road with sabers.Since Emperor Jin'an established Guangyang as his capital, the people under the emperor's feet have never seen such a majestic and awe-inspiring formation.

The two sides of the avenue were full of onlookers, and some children even climbed up the big tree on the corner of the street, just to see what happened.Under the guards of Habayashi guards, people did not dare to whisper to each other, but stretched their necks and rushed to look at the street.Hearing the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and seeing the convoy of detainees approaching in the distance, the crowd gradually became agitated.

On September [-]th, the prince was coaxed by an adulterer, and he joined forces with his mother's Wen family and the prince's officials to set off a palace coup, intending to assassinate the current emperor and usurp power.When Emperor Jingyang was dying, the fifth prince Huaiwang led the Yanbei camp in Beijing to enter the palace to serve the king. After a fierce melee, the prince's party and the rebels were forced outside the Meridian Gate.

Seeing that the defeat was decided, the prince took the queen Wen's family and killed himself in front of the palace gate.The whole family of Wen's family and the crown prince's party and officials were all taken down. Biwa Zhuzheng's corpses were strewn all over the field the night before, and blood flowed like rivers.

Emperor Jingyang fell into a coma after being assassinated, and Zhao Fengci, King Huai, temporarily assumed the power of supervising the country.After more than a month of trial by the six ministries of the three provinces, the Wen family was sentenced to beheaded, and the rest of the princes were sent to death with sticks or exiled to the north of the Great Wall.Today is the day when more than forty members of Wen's family will rectify the Fa on the spot.

The Wen family has assisted three generations of emperors, and most of the men in the family are important officials in the court.Old Master Wen once served as the Prince's Shaofu, and is the first teacher of the current Holy One.Wen Shizhen, the current patriarch of the Wen family, was promoted to be a political adviser when Emperor Jingyang ascended the throne.Wen's family was in the same position in court for a while.

Most of the people in Guangyangdu have never seen the appearance of the family members.As the head of the aristocratic family, the young masters and ladies of the Wen family usually leave the mansion in eight sedan chairs. The curtains cover these rich and well-fed nobles so tightly that even the jade hands cannot be seen.

The fall of such an aristocratic family with power over the government and the public has made people all over the world sigh with embarrassment.

At [-]:[-] p.m., the chariots and horses escorting the condemned prisoners came slowly along the market avenue.Shen Zhizheng Shi Wen Shizhen was dressed in white and sat in the middle of the prison car.His hair was tied back meticulously, and most of the hair at the temples turned white overnight.Wen Shenzhi closed his eyes and concentrated, turning a deaf ear to the cries of the family members behind him and the noise of the surrounding people, as if he was taking a nap.

Habayashi guards separated the men and women of the Wen family, and escorted them to the execution ground one by one.Wen Lang, the second young master of the Wen family, raised his eyes and saw the big knife in the executioner's hand that cut iron like mud. He was so frightened that his hands and feet went limp and he passed out.Wen Shizhen gave the unconscious bastard a hard look, strode to the guillotine, and knelt on the ground.

The hour is approaching, and the executioners are in place one by one.The autumn wind rolled up the ground with fallen leaves, and the cries of the family members shook the sky for a while. When the people saw the beheading knife raised high, they hurriedly covered the eyes of the children around them.

"The traitor Wen Shizhen, do you have anything else to say?"

The supervisor and beheader is Liu Yanzhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments.His eyes fell on the kneeling old prime minister, and the hand holding the beheading order trembled slightly.

In the court hall, he only had the role of carrying shoes for the Wen family, but now times have changed, and the Wen family have all knelt at his feet waiting for the execution.

"A rebellious son is not filial, without a father and without a king... It's all retribution, it's retribution!" Wen Shizhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly burst out with earth-shattering power before he died. He raised his head and sighed madly, Tears streamed down my face for a while.

"It's [-]:[-] noon, let's cut!"

With Liu Yanzhong's order, dozens of heads fell to the ground one after another, and the entire powerful Wen family was reduced to the souls of the sword.

This is the first time Liu Yanzhong supervised and beheaded so many death row prisoners.He felt a little flustered with boredom, and couldn't help retching a few times. The eunuch sent by the palace hurriedly sent someone to bring tea to Liu Yanzhong.

"Thank you, father-in-law," Liu Yanzhong took a few sips of tea, and the discomfort in his throat eased a lot. "Yesterday, the imperial decree was sent from the palace. His Royal Highness King Huai wanted to supervise the execution in person. Why did you send your father-in-law here today?"

"Your Majesty Liu doesn't know. Your Highness is always busy. How can you have the time to watch these traitors go to the underworld?" , bring his head back to the palace for His Highness to have a closer look at."

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"Your Highness." Habayashi Wei led Bai Wan up to the second floor of Wanggui Restaurant, and bowed his hands to the man sitting in front of the window.

The man was constantly playing with the jade pendant in his hand, when he heard Bai Wan's voice, he slowed down his movements.

"Lord Bai is here, give me a seat." King Huai ordered, and Eunuch Shi hurried forward to set up a seat for Bai Wan.

As soon as Bai Wan took his seat, he immediately reported to the prince: "Your Highness, the Wen family members have all obeyed the law. The Habayashi Guard has escorted the exile team out of the city, and his subordinates have also sent someone to send the news of Wen Shizhen's death."

"How did he react when he heard of Wen Shizhen's death?" Zhao Fengci raised his head and asked him.

"His Royal Highness, the herald said that Mr. Wen looked fine at the beginning, and even asked the herald to explain in detail how Wen Shizhen was executed."

"Hearing that Wen Shizhen was beheaded to death, Mr. Wen suddenly raised his head and laughed, saying that it was too cheap for him. Wen Shizhen deserved to be punished by Ling Chi and cut into pieces. I can't get up on my knees, and I need the support of others to barely stand." Bai Wan replied.

Zhao Fengci's hands paused, and the veins on his wrists were faintly visible.

Bai Wan's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly thought it was not good.

When His Highness told him to report the truth to the young master, he never expected that the young master's reaction would be so abnormal.

"Has the servant of the Wen family been released from the death row in advance?" Zhao Fengci continued to ask.

"Liu Shangshu sent someone to arrest him in the death cell yesterday. It is said that this Wen Lan is a servant who grew up with Wen Xuechao. For some reason, Mr. Wen was very excited when he saw this servant yesterday." Bai Wan couldn't help it. Dare to speculate on His Highness Huaiwang's meaning, only dare to say one thing.

Zhao Fengci nodded slightly, asked about the military affairs of the capital's frontier defense, and asked Bai Wan to retreat.

Walking out of the restaurant, Bai Wan felt like crying.It is extremely difficult to guess the thoughts of His Highness Huai Wang and that master. If I hadn't been following His Highness for so many years, I really don't know the way.

Thinking of this, he called a lieutenant beside him, and ordered in a low voice: "You send someone to follow the escort team, and make sure that Mr. Wen reaches Saibei safely. If there is any mistake on the way, you and I will not apologize for it with death." Pass."

"Yes!"

Seeing that Bai Wan had retreated, Shi Bao'er stepped forward to put on a cloak for Zhao Fengci, and said with a sigh of relief: "Your Highness, it's not that Bao'er is poor, this Lord Bai is really thoughtful, and he has done the things that His Highness arranged properly. That's right."

Zhao Fengci stroked the lines on the jade pendant, but did not respond.

Just after the application time, King Huai got up and walked out of the restaurant.Shi Baoer hurriedly ordered the little eunuch to pick up the lamp and the stove, and followed closely behind His Highness.A group of chariots and horses did not return to the palace, but drove straight out of the city.

After leaving the Guangyang capital city gate, Zhao Feng abandoned the sedan chair, jumped on the horse led by the guards, swung his whip and galloped towards Yashan Mountain thirty miles away.The moon has risen in the sky, and the puddles on the ground are sparkling under the reflection of the bright moon. In the distance is the Yashan mountain range shrouded in clouds and mist. .

To the north of the capital city of Guangyang, passing through Yashan Mountain, it officially left the boundary of the capital city.

King Huai and several Habayashi guards got off their horses halfway up the mountain, climbed up the long steps on the west side of Ya Mountain, and stopped at the Golden Pavilion on the top of the mountain.

The sky was getting dark, and the birds were flying among the trees, making a lot of noise.From a distance, a team of about [-] people could be seen gathered at the foot of the mountain, and dozens of shadows in red-brown prison uniforms were surrounded by strong soldiers in the center.

The night breeze was cool, and a thinly dressed young man in the team began to shiver. He showed a look of pleading to the sergeant, but the soldiers ignored him with no expression on their faces.

"Lan Lang, rub your palms together a few times and stick them on your neck to relieve the chill." The young man on the side bowed his head and said softly to the young man.

"Master, when can we start our journey? Maybe the temperature will rise when we leave the Yashan boundary..." Wen Lan hunched up and asked when the soldiers were not paying attention.

The exiles will leave Guangyang Capital, pass through Yandang Pass, and finally arrive at the cold land in northern Saibei.Wen Lan didn't dare to think how many people could still be alive before arriving in Saibei, he just felt lucky to be alive at this moment.The young master is unaccompanied and alive, there is still someone who can serve the young master.

Wen Xuechao didn't answer Wen Lan's words. He looked up at the faint outline of the palace beyond the mountains, and remembered some old things.

In the 34th year of Yongping, His Royal Highness returned to the court from Saibei for the first time.The young general is unparalleled in the world.His Highness was not drunk when he held a banquet in the palace, but he drank into a ball of mud when he and himself climbed Yashan Mountain to enjoy the moon.

Wen Xuechao still remembered that day, the fifth prince pointed in the direction of Saibei and said: "Xuechao, if one day Guangyang can't get used to it, would you like to take a trip to Yandang Pass with me?"

At that time, Wen Xuechao didn't answer His Highness Fifth Highness's drunken gibberish, and carried him into the carriage and returned home in a mighty manner.

Years later, time has changed, and the situation of the two of them has changed. It is him who is trapped in the palace, but he is the one who can't stay.

Wen's family has been subdued, and the team exiled in Saibei is about to set off.

"Crossing Yashan Mountain, you will leave Guangyang City, and then go three hundred miles to Yandang Pass. After passing Yandang Pass, you will enter Saibei. The time is still difficult." Zhao Fengci said suddenly, overlooking the team at the foot of the mountain.

After being taught by Bai Wan, the new Habayashi guard did not dare to say anything, but stood aside quietly waiting for His Highness Huai Wang's instructions.

He also heard in the Habayashi Guard that Wen Xuechao, the eldest son of Wen Xiang, was kicked out of the house with [-] canes a few months ago, and his name and surname were also removed from the family tree. Wen's extermination did not fall on him.But because of this, he had a close relationship with the prince, and was sentenced to exile in the northern part of the country along with the remnants of the prince's faction.

According to Dafu's law, anyone who seeks rebellion should be punished by Ling Chi.There are many people involved in the case of the prince's treason. Strictly speaking, more than a hundred people will be killed.However, now that His Majesty is only relying on the rare medicinal materials from the Imperial Hospital, the situation in the court is turbulent, and no one dares to be the first bird.King Huai authorized the Third Court of the Central Committee and the six ministries of the three provinces to temporarily set up a political hall to jointly try the case of the prince's treason.Without Wen Shizhen, the political counselor in charge of all the officials, the Zhengshitang has been unable to discuss the results for a long time.

Moreover, His Royal Highness King Huai's right to oversee the country was not justified.As far as etiquette is concerned, Emperor Jingyang has not passed away even though his days are numbered. He is a prince who cannot be disrespectful to the emperor.As far as the law is concerned, King Huai is not the heir apparent. Even though the real heir died in the bloodbath of the court last month, His Highness didn't care much about court affairs.

The situation in the court was turbulent, but no one dared to act rashly just because King Huai held the military power.

In early winter, Guangyang ushered in the first snowfall.King Huai urged the Zhengshitang to finalize the case early on the grounds that the big case was not suitable for the winter, and after his review, he officially issued a beheading order.In this treason case, only the family of the prince's mother who covered the sky with one hand was sentenced to be executed. The rest of the prince's faction were all exiled to the northern part of the country, never to return to the capital.

A minister in the court gave money to the eunuch in the palace, trying to find out what the prince said.The news I got was that the fifth son of the emperor, who was risking his life to save him, came to the Emperor Jinyang's body on time every day to serve him personally, and returned home at night, without any behavior worth noticing.

Thinking of this, Habayashi Wei became more and more unable to guess what the highness in front of him was thinking.Seeing the team exiled to Saibei moving forward slowly against the night, he said worriedly: "Your Highness is a man of gold, and the night is frosty and dew heavy, so it's better to return to the palace earlier."

King Huai didn't respond.

He stood motionless on the Golden Pavilion platform for a long time, the sunlight shone on his slender figure, and the ink-colored cloak was stained with the morning dew.

A faint mist rose from the top of Yashan Mountain, and the exile team had already disappeared beyond the horizon, making it hard to see clearly.