Thousands of Mountains

Qi Yanzhi prepared a memorial statement, regarding the results of the joint trial of the three courts in the case of Chun Lie, as for the fact that Xin Shangyun was finally tried, he did not explain too much, he only talked about the trial process and wrote it down. After reading the statement, Chen Ze threw the memorial on the case table. Although there was anger on his face, he was not very surprised.

Qi Yanzhi was surprised. Looking at Chen Ze's calm expression, he asked Chi Chi, "How should Master Xin deal with it?"

Chen Ze tilted his head slightly, looked at the chief assistant standing in the center of Guangming Hall, and burst into a smile, "If Yun Jianqing needs to be executed at this moment, will Mr. Qi still hesitate to ask for an order?"

Qi Yanzhi said, "Naturally, an order is also required. No matter who is the mastermind in the final trial, he should be executed according to the law, but the emperor still needs to approve it."

Chen Ze picked up the memorial again and called Gao Rendao, "Bring the ink brush."

Gao Ren repeatedly dipped his pen and ink and handed it over.

Chen Ze paused for a moment on Xin Shangyun's name, and ticked off "Decision".

Qi Yanzhi retreated from the Guangming Hall, just as he saw the Empress coming, Qiu Yiren stared at him with undisguised murderous intent and anger, Qi Yanzhi met him calmly without fear.

Qiu Yiren looked at the Chinese text in Qi Yan's hand, "That is... the emperor has made a judgment?"

"Go back to empress, yes." Qi Yanzhi bowed his hands.

"How?" Qiu Yiren asked again, his hands and body were trembling.

"Decision made." Qi Yanzhi spoke slowly.

Qiu Yiren staggered, He Jin quickly put his arm to stabilize her, Qiu Yiren stared at Qi Yanzhi, his chest was panting violently, and finally turned around and entered Guangming Hall.

Chen Ze did not stop Qiu Yiren this time, this was the first time the two met since Chun Lie returned to Beijing.

At this time, Fang Shoujing was not seen in the hall, Chen Ze waved his hand and ordered Gao Ren and He Jin to retreat, only him and Qiu Yiren were left in the empty hall.

With tears in his eyes, Qiu Yiren looked at Chen Ze unmovingly, Chen Ze did not sit on the couch as usual, but stood with his hands behind his back, his toga and long sleeves behind his back.

Chen Ze raised his finger and pointed to his right chest, "The assassin stabbed me here that day. If Ji'er hadn't stood in front of me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to stand here and talk to you right now."

Qiu Yiren took a step forward, but Chen Ze stopped her with a wave of his sleeves. Qiu Yiren cried, "My concubine... cares about her day and night..."

Chen Ze stared at Qiu Yiren expressionlessly, "According to this, you have been in the palace for 15 years."

Qiu Yiren stopped crying, looked up at Chen Ze blankly, Chen Ze continued, "Back then, Chunhui recommended you into the palace because you were bright and lively, saying that this harem is too deserted."

Hearing Chunhui's name, Qiu Yiren seemed to be in a daze, the emperor mentioning the former empress at this moment doesn't look like a good thing.

Chen Ze narrowed his eyes slightly, leaned forward and spoke to Qiu Yiren, but what he called out was his title from many years ago, "Concubine Yu, do you think my harem is deserted? Even, my court is too deserted? "

Qiu Yiren looked surprised, she has been the empress for many years, and now the emperor is actually called Yufei!

Chen Ze was still looking at her, his eyes were extremely gloomy, Qiu Yiren trembled all over, she suddenly felt that the man in front of her who had only cared about cultivating immortals for many years was not as chaotic on the surface. In his eyes...Qiu Yiren's heart suddenly fell into an ice cellar.

Concubine Yu...is this going to abolish the Empress?

Qiu Yiren's body softened, and he knelt down in front of Chen Ze, "The emperor...the concubines have never had such intentions, the concubines take care of the emperor's harem, and have never been arbitrarily favored, and as for the court...the concubines have never dare……"

"Enough!" Chen Ze shouted at her, Qiu Yiren shrank into a ball.

"I'm not in the court, nor in the main hall, but I'm neither blind nor deaf!" Chen Ze didn't roar, but every word weighed heavily on Qiu Yi's heart.

Qiu Yiren lowered her head and sobbed. After the initial panic, she quickly sorted out some clues. If the emperor had already grasped the evidence of what she did these years, she would have died to kneel here. Chen Ze sent Gao away. Renhe Jin, is to leave a glimmer of life.

Thinking of this, she breathed a sigh of relief. Although she was not very sure, she knew that Chen Ze had no proof, and for some reason, she left a feeling for herself.

But at this moment, she can only show weakness, so weak that it turns into a puddle of water in the dust, so that Chen Ze's anger can be slowly extinguished.

So she no longer justified, but continued to cry, not howling, but silently, but let the tears fall on the ground one by one, and occasionally raised her head, pear blossoms drizzled with rain like weeping.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ze said slowly, "If I want to abolish a person, I don't necessarily need a reason. If I feel chilled, I can find thousands of reasons."

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Yiren was genuinely shocked, yes, Chen Ze did not have evidence, but, as the emperor, what evidence does he want?

She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

Chen Ze looked at her, "I remember, Xin Shangyun can be regarded as your brother-in-law."

Finally got to the point, Qiu Yiren stiffened and nodded.

Chen Zedao, "Yin Cen and Qin Nianqin have already found evidence that this person was the mastermind behind the assassination. I'm curious why he suddenly lost his mind and wanted to kill me after being the commander of the imperial army for so many years."

Qiu Yiren was weak and powerless, "Your Majesty, he...he was just confused for a while..."

Chen Zeruo was thinking, but he didn't know if he was really thinking or pretending. After a while, he said, "What do you mean, this person is just delusional, and doesn't really want me to die?"

Qiu Yiren's face was full of tears, but she was not sure whether she should nod her head at this time, or pretend to be ignorant.

Chen Ze knelt down and approached Qiu Yiren's face, "Tell me, who is he doing this for?"

Qiu Yiren was full of panic, unconsciously put his hands on the ground, and stepped back.

However, Chen Ze carefully looked at Qiu Yiren's face, quite interesting, "You and your sister really look alike..."

Qiu Yiren couldn't put it on any longer, immediately knelt down and kowtowed and shouted desperately, "Your Majesty—Lord Xin, he has never regarded his concubine as his elder sister. He misses his elder sister very much, and has long... killed his children long ago, Your Majesty."

Chen Ze stood up, his chest heaving, and looking at the woman in front of him who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, suddenly a ruthless spirit surged in his heart. It was this woman who killed Chunhui with my hands, and also saw through my unsteady foundation back then, and was afraid Let the courtiers know about this matter, and take the opportunity to make her a successor... I have endured it for so many years, today, today...

Chen Ze turned around and looked around. He wanted to have a sword and a knife, so what if he chopped off this woman today!

He is no longer the high-spirited young emperor who was always jealous of the powerful officials. He has been in charge of Daning for more than [-] years.

However, there were no swords in Guangming Hall. Chen Ze searched around, returned to Qiu Yiren, dragged her off the ground by the collar, and said in a very disgusted and cruel tone, "The fastest sword in your hand The knife is broken, you come to beg me for mercy? You want to kill me, and you want to use this to get rid of Yun Jianqing? Don't you look at your hand, can you make such a wishful thinking? I will tell you, you, Not only can't protect him, even yourself, I will personally send you to see him one day!"

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Yin Cen went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs without telling Chen Ji and Qin Nianqin, Xin Shangyun was going to be executed immediately, this was Yin Cen's last chance.

In the cell, Xin Shangyun dropped his helmet and armor, and sat on the ground in common clothes. Yin Cen ordered someone to open the cell door and walked in.

The people on the ground opened their eyes, and Yin Cen was standing in front of him. Xin Shangyun saw the official boots, raised his head all the way up, the official court uniform embroidered with indigo, and the gold medicine jade belt, and then went up to see Yin Cen in the dim light. A pale and stern face.

Even though Xin Shangyun was sitting on the ground, he still looked tall. Yin Cen moved a little away from him, and ordered someone to bring in a chair and sit opposite him.

Yin Cen opened his mouth, but what he asked was not about the Spring Hunting case, "Are you Shen Cang's adoptive father?"

Xin Shangyun was a little surprised, his eyes hesitated, but he nodded slowly, and said, "How did you know?"

Yin Cen said calmly, "Although this matter has been going on for some years, it's not that no one remembers it. If I want to know, it's not that there is no way."

Yin Cen asked again, "As a adoptive father, why didn't you think about him at all? If I didn't find out the murderer, he would be the one who would die."

Xin Shangyun smiled incredulously when he heard the words, "The person who is going to die is either him or me. If you were you, how would you choose?"

Yin Cen said coldly, "If it were me, I would stand firm from the beginning and never get involved."

Xin Shangyun was slightly taken aback, Yin Cen looked into his eyes, and continued, "Master Xin, are you thinking about when and what incident did you get involved in, and why you can't get out gradually?"

Xin Shangyun had an angry look on his face, but he didn't speak.

"Is it worth it?" Yin Cen asked, "I heard that Mrs. Xin is a person who values ​​love, and there will be no continuation after the death of his wife, but he gave her all his longing for her by mistake."

Xin Shangyun could no longer sit on the ground, and stood up abruptly. The cell was small, and the top of his head almost touched the beam. He looked down at Yin Cen, full of resentment and anger, "Xin always only asks himself to do things willingly!" He said with a sneer, "" Do you think you can make me change my mind with a few words of instigation from you, saying that the assassination of me, Xin Shangyun, is also a knife in the hands of others? Ignorant child... You know that I value love and righteousness, so why bother."

Yin Cen sighed, "Love and righteousness are important... It seems that Shen Cang is not in your affection."

Xin Shangyun sneered again, "Perhaps you should ask him if I am in his affection."

Yin Cen knew in his heart that no matter what, he would not tell the truth, so he stopped making detours, "I don't know if it's luck or misfortune for the Empress to have you as her brother-in-law."

Xin Shangyun stared at him, and Yin Cen continued, "Without the confidence of you as a top expert to be her, she definitely would not be so bold and disturb the peace in this palace, but, because of you, She is too arrogant, and she will show her feet if she is too courageous."

Yin Cen also got up, took a step forward, raised his head slightly to stare at Xin Shangyun, and said softly, "Now that you are going to die, it's okay to tell you. I have found out about the Xiqiwei massacre of the city, such a person who has brought disaster to the country and the people, but you still want to protect her?"

After a pause, Xin Shangyun seemed to come back to his senses, his face full of surprise, "What does it have to do with her being slaughtered?!"

Seeing that his reaction didn't seem to be fake, Yin Cen thought in his heart that there was something he didn't know, sighed in his heart, and said, "So you didn't know..." Then he simply found out that Qiu Yiren had colluded with Shule Dahan Tak Hulun told Xin Shangyun about the massacre caused by leading the enemy into the pass.

Xin Shangyun was silent for a while, he couldn't believe it, he thought that Qiu Yiren just wanted the position of empress and wanted Chen Yi to be the crown prince, but who would have thought that he would be so bold and retrograde, treating the lives of the common people as worthless.

At this moment, his heart was shaken. He didn't care whether he was dead or alive. He also knew that he had been helping the tyrant for many years, but he just kept persuading himself that everything was only for the last wish of his deceased wife. arrive.

He assassinated countless times for her, and killed all those who blocked her way. The only two unsuccessful attempts were the crown prince and the emperor.

However... however...

What kind of monster did he indulge?

Yin Cen struck while the iron was hot, "Since Mr. Xin knows that what I said is true, he must have made a decision in his heart."

Xin Shangyun stared at him. He didn't like Yin Cen, but he knew that everything Yin Cen said was true, but he smiled desolately, "Since your lord has found so many criminal evidences, what should the empress do? You deserve it, but Xin himself, even if he is heinous, he can't do the word betrayal... Since he is a bad person, let's be bad to the end."

After saying this, Xin Shangyun sat down again, closed his eyes, and didn't answer any more.

Yin Cen thought for a moment, then ordered someone to open the cell door and go out.

He wanted to enter the palace, he wanted to see the emperor, the emperor owed him rewards for the two cases of tea tax and spring hunting, and now he was going to ask for it.