The Eight Winds of Rebirth

Chapter 110 King Xiao

On the first day of October, the case of rebellion and rebellion by the rebel Mu Wang Zhao Dian was opened in Beijing. Dozens of first-rank officials who had accepted bribes and were out of shape sat together, and what was even more astonishing was the inspection of the three kings. A series of evidence of collaborating with the enemy and treason was found behind the mansion. Zhao Dian and his son Zhao Jie not only had the intention of rebelling, but also colluded with the Southern barbarians to massacre Yuguo Gonghe's mansion. The princes and courtiers kidnapped the Lingfo and set fire to the Shimen Temple and its monks. The serious crimes committed are too numerous to list. It shocked the world for a while, and everyone hated it to the bone!

Due to the many crimes committed and the extensive involvement, the trial lasted for more than a full month. The punishments used in the hall were unknown. For him, he would rather grab the ground with his head than suffer this kind of torture again.

But Xue Yiyang didn't allow him to die so easily. He had Zhao Dian tied and kneeled on a wooden plank. It was the same when he was not trying the case. After a long time, this old bone didn't have the strength to do anything other than this movement. I can't even straighten my waist.

It was almost winter, and the weather was getting colder. The marble floor above the main hall of the Ministry of Punishment was clean and bright. Kneeling on bare knees for a whole day would feel like needles pricking ice. The moon is like this every day, and the feeling in it is that life is worse than death.

A bucket of salt water poured over the fainted old face, and the guard at the side bent down to check Zhao Dian's breath, then took a bowl of black concoction from the side, pinched the man's jaw and poured it down forcefully.

Zhao Dian has long been numb from rejection of the concoction that hangs his life, and then twitched all over his body, then opened his cloudy eyes in a daze.

The master in the hall today was very unwilling to give up. Zhao Dian didn't answer, so he was tortured all the time. However, Zhao Dian was exhaling too much and not inhaling, with black and red blood foaming from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes lost focus, but Even though it was miserable, he still tried his best to show a sarcastic smile towards the aloof adults, as if to say: What can you do with me?

The newly appointed Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate glanced at each other, and then at the doctor Censor at the side. Xue Yiyang frowned slightly, and raised his hand towards the two of them, signaling to wait a moment, but got up and walked out by himself.

In the side hall outside the hall, a person was sitting in front of the desk quietly drinking tea, Xue Yiyang came in and bowed his hands to him.

Gu Xiangtan put down the teacup and asked, "But don't tell me?"

Xue Yiyang nodded: "Lingfo really believes that there are Zhao Dian's henchmen in ambush in the Shenwu Army?"

Gu Xiangtan thought of the poisonous arrow that shot through Zhao Yuan's chest in the last life, and a cold look flashed in his eyes.

"Whether there is or not, you should ask clearly."

"But Zhao Dian has nothing now..." He has nothing, so naturally he is not afraid of losing anything, so why would he have any scruples and be threatened by them.

However, Gu Xiangtan shook his head: "He has, Zhao Dian, who dares to risk the disgrace of the world, he is never afraid of death or defeat, all he wants is power, fame and fortune, and he is willing to sacrifice everything for it. They are gone, how can he be willing to give up the last one? Whether it is fame or notoriety, Zhao Dian will have his name immortalized forever."

Xue Yiyang paused for a moment, and suddenly understood.

Going back to the court hall, there appeared with him an elderly father-in-law who is now taking care of Emperor Zongzheng. He was no longer Eunuch Sun, but an old man in the concubine Jin's courtyard.

The father-in-law held the imperial decree of Ming and Huang in his hand, and after everyone knelt down, he raised his voice and said: "The emperor has a decree, and the good king Zhao Dian is evil and has a lot of people, and the royal family will be ashamed. Now his Zhao surname is deposed and he is demoted to a commoner." From now on, no official or unofficial history will be able to reveal it, this is it!"

As soon as the father-in-law's words fell, Zhao Dian, who was prostrate on the ground, suddenly jumped up like a dying fish. He shouted hoarsely, "Zhao, Zhao You... Zhao You... how dare you... This, this king is the direct descendant of the Zhao family... How dare you..."

Xue Yiyang asked the guards to hold him down, and said coldly: "The prisoner dares to drink the life of the emperor, and the crime will be increased!" He said and ordered Zhao Dian to be punished further.

On the other hand, the chief bookkeeper who was in charge of recording stepped forward and asked: "My lord, how can I write the name of this prisoner?" It was not mentioned in the imperial decree just now.

Xue Yiyang thought for a while, and said casually: "Let's call you Anonymous." While speaking, there was a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, as if it was a big joke, "Don't forget to change all the previous records, and then tell other Yamen historians, all those bound and recorded in the book were also burned, and no matter whether inside or outside the palace, that unwanted name was not allowed to appear again."

As he said that, he looked at Zhao Dian on the ground, and saw that this person's eyes were red. He had suffered humiliation and pain that he had never seen before, no matter how severe Xing Shi was. , but in the end only got an "Anonymous"!

Zhao Dian raised his head to the sky and screamed, but his parched throat only let out a very thin whimper, which sounded very pitiful.

……

Three days later, the case of King Mu came to an end, and the massacre of Yuguo Gonghe's family was re-examined and revealed to the world.

Xue Yiyang handed a copy of the roster to Gu Xiangtan, Gu Xiangtan flipped through it, and heard Xue Yiyang say: "Mr. Wuming is much more obedient now, you can say anything, but his brain is not very good, I am afraid that the above There are mistakes in names.”

Gu Xiangtan shook his head: "It's not wrong, if he forgets himself, who will remember these 'great achievements'."

Thinking of Zhao Dian's current scene, Xue Yiyang also felt relieved: "Yizheng's herbal medicine is good. Although people look half-dead, but after drinking a bowl, they will immediately regain their vitality. After ten or eight years like this Not necessarily a problem.”

Gu Xiangtan frowned after hearing this: "Didn't you ask to be executed after the sentence?"

"Sixth brother said that he should save his life, he can't just die like this."

"How long do you want to stay?"

"Stay as long as you can."

Gu Xiangtan squeezed the roster in his hand and said nothing.

Xue Yiyang looked at his appearance, thinking that Lingfo might not listen to such dirty things, so he shrewdly took the words away, but still couldn't help but persuade him: "Yuan'er has resentment in her heart, and Lingfo is more forgiving."

Gu Xiangtan shook his head, expressing that he did not blame Zhao Yuan, but that he was very familiar with the resentment towards Zhao Dian, and this kind of resentment not only hurt himself, but also caused him to do something unintentionally. Apart from many wrongdoings, nothing was left to him.

Besides Zhao Dian, there is another Emperor Zongzheng. Will Zhao Yuan also fall into such chaos?

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In recent years, there have been too many calamities of soldiers, plagues, floods, and fires in Daye. Seeing that it will be Laba again in less than a month, a grand water and land ceremony will be held in the palace to ward off disasters and pray for blessings. Chanting scriptures for the millions of people who have passed away.

The monks of Xiangguo Temple, headed by Abbot Guanshi, brought four Zen masters, Guanyun, Guanzheng, Guandu, and Guanhuo, to Beijing to observe the Dharma. The Crown Princess Gong Yiling used her life savings to rebuild Shimen Temple in the name of the emperor’s grandson. .

Gu Xiangtan, Zuo Xiang, Lord Yushi, the sixth son and others went to wait outside the city gate in person, settled down again, and accompanied them to the Buddhist hall in the palace to pay homage. Abbot Guanshi did not ask about Emperor Zongzheng, Gu Xiangtan didn't mention it either, but it would be a silver moon to return to Sumeru Hall after such a busy work.

Zhao Yuan entered the door together with him, watched Su Xi and An Yin clean his face and hands, and changed into clean clothes. When Su Xi took the water basin and brought it to Zhao Yuan, Zhao Yuan didn't refuse, and called him directly. After sorting it out, let people go out.

Gu Xiangtan took the classic and leaned on the couch to read it. After flipping through it, he suddenly asked Zhao Yuan: "Is the weak crown ceremony really gone?"

Zhao Yuan is in the double tenth year, and should have done it long ago, but it was delayed back and forth, and Zhao Yuan didn't care much about it.

Zhao Yuan shook her head, and Gu Xiangtan asked again: "What title do you like?"

Zhao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and looked at Gu Xiangtan, but Gu Xiangtan didn't raise his head, as if he was speaking casually, but everyone understood that Zhao Yuan didn't want Emperor Zongzheng to die, but wanted him to take the title and slowly lingering, because of this he doesn't even care whether he can become emperor, but Zhao Yuan may not always be so unknown in Beijing, no matter what his military achievements and his status, he should not be ignored and wronged like this .

Gu Xiangtan felt his eyes dim, and turned his head to see Zhao Yuan sitting over, looking at him quietly with indifferent eyes.

Gu Xiangtan smiled, and leaned towards him. The two were next to each other, and he asked again: "What title do you like?"

Zhao Yuan didn't care much more than he did, she just lowered her head and kissed Gu Xiangtan's forehead delicately, then went down her cheek, pecked the corner of his lips lightly, and then rubbed them against her lips.

Gu Xiangtan obediently let him kiss him, and when Zhao Yuan raised his head, Gu Xiangtan still stared at him with a smile on his face, so that Zhao Yuan had no choice but to take out the book in his hand, and pointed to the last sentence talk.

Gu Xiangtan looked down.

The courage of the young man soared, and Xu Xiaoxiong came out of the group together...

"Xiao?!"

Zhao Yuan curled her lips, doing nothing and doing everything: "Do you think it's okay?"

After being in a trance for a moment, Gu Xiangtan nodded vigorously.

"Okay... I think it's very good, it suits you very well, it can't be better."

Zhao Yuan took out something from her bosom, on which was carved a huge white-fronted tiger with hanging eyes, looking full of murderous aura, it was many years ago, when Gu Xiangtan first met Cao Qin, he left before leaving. For Zhao Yuan.

"I once thought, did the fourth brother know about today, so he made this plan then?"

Gu Xiangtan was silent, he just put his arms around Zhao Yuan's waist, and buried his face in his arms.

Zhao Yuan stroked Gu Xiangtan's greasy hair with one hand, stroked the military amulet with the other, and said for a moment: "Zhao Ze wants to join the imperial army."

Gu Xiangtan had heard about this a long time ago, and the Seventh Prince went to find Yuan Qing first, but Yuan Qing refused, so he took off his robe and knelt outside the tent for three days and three nights, and he still didn't get up until now.

"The matter of General Cao has dealt a great blow to the Seventh Prince." Gu Xiangtan said after deliberation.

"When the eldest brother died, I was not yet born. When the second brother died, I had just turned one year old. When the father left, I was five years old. When the fourth brother left... I was already a weak crown..." But no matter how old Zhao Yuan was, he still Still can't keep the footsteps of the loved ones from leaving.

Now, is he going to look at his only younger brother and follow in another footsteps?

Gu Xiangtan opened his mouth, but was speechless for a while.

Zhao Yuan didn't ask Gu Xiangtan again, and didn't speak any more, he just hugged Gu Xiangtan tightly in his arms, and the two cuddled together to spend the long night of silence...

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