After I became a widow

The situation in Kyoto can be said to change day by day. Not long ago, the national teacher was imprisoned, and everyone in the Forbidden Garden was arrested by King Huai.

As a result, within a few days, Duke Huai led people to raid Zhong's house again. The reason was that the Zhong family colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty, intending to incite King Yi to rebel, and was then reported by King Yi's righteous extermination of his relatives. scene.

When the rumors came out, Xiao Yunyi really gritted his teeth. Xiao Beihuai, that bastard, would plot against him even for such a thing, and give him a label.

Once this incident happened, who would dare to support and assist him in the future, he could even destroy his relatives righteously, so he might do something ruthless to other people, Xiao Yunyi had to admit, Xiao Beihuai's move It's really ruthless to draw salary from the bottom of the pot, he is too far behind.

Xiao Yunyi also seriously reflected on how the situation, which was clearly his benefit, turned into what it is today, where everyone betrays relatives and no one is available.

It probably started when Xiao Beihuai married Su Jingqing. First, he saved Xiao Beihuai's subordinates and welcomed the "deceased" Xiao Beihuai back to Beijing; His family was ruined, and then he was displeased by his father, and now, his way was completely cut off.

Xiao Beihuai really had a good plan.

He even wondered whether Xiao Beihuai had hooked up with Su Jingqing a long time ago, and whether drugging Su Jingqing himself was part of the plan of those two, so that they could become adulterous in a legitimate way.

It's just that it's useless to think about it now, it's too late.

Xiao Yunyi rejected the person sent by Concubine Zhong Gui to invite him into the palace, "Tell Concubine Mother, it's useless, if Xiao Beihuai wants to move Zhong's family, no one can protect him."

"Tell her not to get involved, so as not to involve herself in it, it will be a day to live." Xiao Yunyi has completely lost his fighting spirit.

The person who came to invite Xiao Yunyi was Concubine Zhong's personal maid. Hearing this, she looked at Xiao Yunyi incredulously, "Your Highness?"

Xiao Yunyi waved his hand, "According to what this king said, it will be fine."

The maid was stunned for a moment, and called Xiao Yunyi who was going away, but Xiao Yunyi didn't stop and didn't answer, she was determined not to meddle in the Zhong family's affairs.

As soon as the maid returned to the palace and conveyed the words, Concubine Zhong Gui, who had just been severely injured, became emotional for a while and fainted.

Not to mention the Zhong family, the other ministers were also afraid of Duke Huai's resolute tactics, no matter who they were, they beat and arrested as soon as they said they wanted to, and they really didn't give anyone face.

Some people were resentful and dissatisfied, "Duke Huai's methods are so ruthless, if he insists on going against the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, even if he is enthroned, how many people will be able to use him. Is he really not afraid of backlash when he acts like this?"

"Duke Huai is known to be cruel and ruthless. If he ascends the throne, there will be no way for me to survive. I'm afraid the common people will be dissatisfied. The Xiao family will definitely fall into his hands."

"Duke Huai is violent, and when he ascends the throne, he will be punished. There is no need for me to do anything, the people will turn against him, and his end will not be good."

These people talked about Xiao Beihuai's ruthlessness, expressed their dissatisfaction, and hoped that someone would come out to resist him so as to change the current situation.

But I don't know, those people are the only ones who are dissatisfied, and there are fewer and fewer.

Xiao Beihuai arrested so many people and killed quite a few, but there are still officials working for the imperial court, and the imperial court operates in an orderly manner, it's not that without these people it cannot be transferred.

Xiao Beihuai wanted to rectify the government and the public, and deal with these corrupt officials, not because he wanted to subjugate the country, so how could he be inappropriate.

Otherwise, he wouldn't go round and round to attack the national teacher first and then Zhong's family. Even Xiao Yunyi was beaten, but he hasn't attacked other officials of the court.

These people got together to vent their dissatisfaction, and there was no shortage of work that should be done later. They even did it more carefully and meticulously than before because of a knife hanging over their heads.

What a good result, Xiao Beihuai was very pleased.

If it wasn't for the fact that someone among them committed a serious crime, he actually didn't want to move.

Of course, they didn't know Xiao Beihuai's thoughts, and Xiao Beihuai didn't want anyone to know.

The Zhong family has been sent to prison, so there is no rush to deal with it, but Li Miao and the black-robed man should have a result.

The black-robed man, who had been locked up for several days without much food or drink, was taken half-dead to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to meet Li Miao and let Li Miao recognize him.

Li Miao's first reaction when seeing someone was, "Why have you lost so much weight?"

The man in black didn't want to speak, nor did he have the energy to speak.

Mo Yan, who was holding him, kindly explained, "No food or drink, I'm hungry."

Li Miao suddenly felt a little lucky, fortunately Xiao Beihuai had sent him to the Ministry of Punishment earlier, although the food was poor, but at least there was enough to eat, so no one would starve to death.

Look at his shadow, which fell into Xiao Beihuai's hands later than him, so skinny that his bones could be seen, he was afraid that he would starve to death if he waited a few more days.

The taste of starving is really uncomfortable, let alone being starved to death.

Li Miao thought about it, and begged for his shadow, "The person caught him right, it was him, give him a good time and kill him."

Anyway, this shadow will no longer work for him in the future.

Mo Yan couldn't help but praise after listening, "You are kind."

Li Miao said: "After all, you are the master, so you have to think about your subordinates."

"Then why didn't you say you were thinking of him when you leaked his whereabouts and asked us to catch him?"

Mo Yan let him go, "Okay, for your merit in exposing, let you master and servant reunite in this prison."

After Mo Yan finished speaking, he turned around and left the cell, and let the jailer lock it.

Li Miao began to shout, "Your lord has promised me to let me go."

"Understood, I will let you go when the prince is done," Mo Yan replied, and left without looking back.

Li Miao whispered, "Just remember."

It's just that when he turned around, he met a pair of cold eyes like poisonous snakes, and Li Miao was taken aback, "You, you, what do you want to do?"

The man in black didn't speak, but rushed forward and grabbed Li Miao's neck. Li Miao had no hands and couldn't struggle at all.

A smile hung on the corner of the black robe's mouth, "You want me to die."

"Then you deserve to die!"

The man in black used all his strength to strangle Li Miao. He watched Li Miao's eyes turn white, he lost his breath, and then let go when his neck was crushed by him.

"When you die, I am no one's shadow."

In fact, Mo Yan didn't go far. When he came, the prince gave orders to leave the man in black and let them bite the dog to see what flowers they could bite.

They just didn't expect Li Miao to die so quickly, without any power to fight back.

It is also enough to see how important it is to have a pair of hands.

The jailer next to Mo Yan asked for instructions, "What should I do with the living one?"

Mo Yan said: "The body was dragged out and buried, and the rest will remain locked up, so don't let him die." After all, it was still used in the trial of Zhong's house.

The man in black took the initiative to find the Zhong family. He wanted to take the route of the Zhong family to catch Yi Wang, and then he wanted to use Yi Wang to get rid of Xiao Beihuai. The plan was good, but it didn't work, and then all of them were wiped out.

The Zhong family was also too anxious. Ever since they found out that Xiao Beihuai had made a move on Concubine Zhong, they had been worried. They were afraid that Duke Huai's next step would be to get rid of them. Chance killed Xiao Beihuai.

Furthermore, the man in black also promised benefits. Li Miao, a remnant of the former dynasty, raised a lot of gold and silver for the restoration of the country. Seventy percent of the gold and silver will be given to the Zhong family, and he himself will leave the capital with the national teacher.

The man in black took out 5000 taels of silver ticket as a meeting gift on the spot. Zhong Guogong was looking forward to Xiao Yunyi's ascension to the throne, and the emperor would not pass on the throne, so he could only usurp the throne, which required a lot of money.

So Zhong Guogong was moved, and discussed with his confidant the good idea of ​​sitting on the sidelines and waiting to catch the turtle.

He sent someone out and persuaded King Yi, so he waited for King Huai to take the bait.

In the end, Duke Huai was found guilty of colluding with the former dynasty's desires.

Xiao Beihuai took Su Jingqing to see Zhong Guogong, and when things got to this point, Zhong Guogong was also in a hurry, and he no longer had any pretensions of the former Duke and Uncle Guo, so he pleaded with Xiao Beihuai, "I implore the lord to raise your hand and spare the Zhong family's life." .”

Zhong Guogong knew in his heart that as long as the emperor did not speak, no one could stop Duke Huai, his sister and Prince Yi had no hope at all, instead of bluffing and threatening people here, it is better to kneel down and beg for mercy, so as to have more hope of life.

Xiao Beihuai raised his hand, "Why does the Duke of the State have to give such a grand ceremony, you better get up quickly."

"My lord, I know I was wrong. From now on, this old man will only follow my lord's lead. I will obey you. Please spare my Zhong family's life."

Xiao Beihuai: "I thought about it for a moment, and found that there is really no reason to let you go. The Zhong family and this king are not inseparable."

"The Duke should know why this king moved Zhong's family," Xiao Beihuai's gaze on Zhong Guogong was cool.

The Zhong family's success today is due to Concubine Zhong being favored, but why is Concubine Zhong being favored, especially when did Concubine Zhong start to be favored?

Xiao Beihuai was no longer young at that time, and could remember things.

"The lord wants to avenge his own personal revenge?" Zhong Guogong naturally understood why when Xiao Beihuai mentioned that he had a sworn feud with the Zhong family.

The queen has a noble status, is favored by the emperor, and has kung fu, so how could she easily fall into the trap of others, and end up with a dead body and two lives in the end.

Xiao Beihuai didn't want to go after the Zhong family or Concubine Zhong Gui who had done more in the middle, but as long as they killed his mother, they would have blood feud with him, and he would not let any of them go.

Xiao Beihuai replied, "So what?"

"Isn't your lord afraid that being known will hurt your reputation?"

Xiao Beihuai spread his hands, "How does this king get his reputation? What's more, does the Duke dare to go out and say that this king is avenging his private revenge?"

"Now this king is just raiding the family. The Zhong family has not been wiped out. It is already kind enough."

Zhong Guogong did not dare to murder the mother of the country, but it is a felony of punishing the nine clans, and no one from the top to the bottom of the Zhong family can escape.

Zhong Guogong's heart suddenly turned cold.

And Xiao Beihuai threw out another account book, "Someone will help the Duke remember what the Zhong family has done these years. Don't worry, on the day you are beheaded, this king will announce this to the world and let Zhong It is difficult for the family to rest in the ground."

"Don't worry, you colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty, and I will not forget the fact that you want to rebel."

With so many accounts, which one is not enough to kill the Zhong family.

Zhong Guogong's face was ashen, and he fell down a little bit unbearably. He didn't touch the account book, but asked Xiao Beihuai, "Your Majesty has been waiting for this day for a long time."

Xiao Beihuai didn't answer.

In the end, it didn't work out, this old man even provoked the relationship between him and Su Jingqing.

Zhong Guogong turned his gaze to Zhong Guogong, "Princess Huai can see clearly what kind of person Duke Huai is now?"

"It's been planned, planned for a long time, and ruthless, isn't Princess Huai afraid that your Su family will end up like this one day?"

Su Jingqing really didn't expect to have his own business in the middle, raised his eyebrows slightly, which was very interesting.

"It disappoints the Duke of the country. The Su family is neither greedy nor ruthless, nor stupid. It must be incomparable with the Zhong family."

"It's useless for Grandpa Guo to play this game. You can wait to go on the road with peace of mind, or say something useful, maybe it can keep your Zhong family alive."

Zhong Guogong's throat moved, thoughtfully.

Xiao Beihuai came here today firstly to hear some news, and secondly to inform Xia Zhong's family what happened to him. He didn't have much else to say, so he prepared to take Su Jingqing away.

"Wait a minute, my lord!"

As soon as they left the prison, Zhong Guogong stopped them.

"One matter, two lives of the Zhong family are exchanged, please be merciful, my lord."

Xiao Beihuai's eyes were full of sarcasm, "You really are as greedy as ever, this king will know what you want to say."

Without staying any longer, Xiao Beihuai and Su Jingqing left the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, no matter how Duke Ren Zhongguo called them, they didn't look back.

It's the end of July now, and the sky is still sunny, but Xiao Beihuai knows that Dayong is about to start to feel uneasy.

Su Jingqing grabbed his hand to comfort him, "Don't worry, didn't we have already guessed and prepared?"

What is the turmoil in the capital? The real death lies elsewhere.

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The next day, Zhong Guogong asked people from the Ministry of Justice to send a letter to Duke Huai's mansion, and Xiao Beihuai showed the letter. It did not intercede with the Zhong family. Send out the three cities in exchange for the subjugation of the Xiao family.

The signature is a word.

Xiao Beihuai sneered, as expected, the ambition was greater in silence, but he guessed the wrong person.

Xiao Beihuai put the letter on and said to Su Jingqing, "This king will come to the palace."

His benevolent and good father should be able to be ruthless this time.

Thinking about it, Xiao Beihuai stepped out of the door and rode directly into the palace.

The emperor was still angry with Xiao Beihuai, and when he saw him coming, he would ignore him. Xiao Beihuai was too lazy to argue with him, so he handed the letter to Xu Cai and asked him to present it to the emperor.

"This is written by your good father-in-law Zhong Guogong."

The Son of Heaven snorted, then took the letter and read it. After reading it, his face was gloomy, "You are so courageous!"

Xiao Beihuai said: "There is no adult male in the Zhong family, and none of them can be kept. The female relatives and children are exiled, and they will be exchanged for his little credit."

Xiao Beihuai did not cooperate with the emperor's anger at all, he only talked about his own arrangements.

"What if he lied to you?" The emperor retorted unhappily.

Xiao Beihuai: "If you lie to me, then the Zhong family will have no descendants, he dare not."

At this time, there is no need to be stupid.

After a long time, the emperor sighed, "Just do as you say."

There is nothing to be happy about, and the emperor feels tired.

Xiao Beihuai didn't mention anything else, and hurried out of the palace again.

He went back to the palace, and then received the news that the emperor issued an imperial edict to execute Zhong's family.

The people in Duke Huai's Mansion had already been arranged by Su Jingqing to post a notice about the crime committed by the Zhong family.

Storm is coming.

On the day the Zhong family was executed, news came from all sides.

The border is in a hurry, the mob uprising, and the queen mother is seriously ill.