Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 404

The prince was assassinated, and the whole world was shaken.

Since the fifth year of Jianning, the prince has not been able to get rid of the entanglement of these assassins. During the Jianning period, he suffered a total of 37 assassinations, and after the new king ascended the throne, he also suffered six assassinations. Among the three assassinations, when I heard the news, the most frightening thing in my heart was to point at the Embroidered Clothes Emissary Zhang He, which happened at the foot of the world.

In any case, he cannot escape the crime of dereliction of duty.

However, the temple was quiet. After the assassination of the prince, the emperor did not even go out of the palace, nor did he accuse Zhang He of ineffectiveness. This did not alleviate Zhang He's worries. The emperor's silence made him even more fearful. He didn't think about it day and night, and tried his best to arrest them. Finally, he also found out the origin of these assassins. They were the servants of the minister Zhu Yu.

After Zhu Yu's death, he was ordered by Liu You's son-in-law, Jing Zhaoling Zhou Qi, to assassinate the prince in Zhongmou after plotting.

Zhang Yun immediately arrested Zhou Qi, and also arrested many of Zhu Yu's followers, who were not involved in the case, and waited for the emperor to deal with him.

Wang Fu died. He followed Emperor Xiaokang and served as his professional assistant for more than 54 years. He spent his whole life serving the country and the people. However, when he died, no one in the world mourned for him. Everyone was applauding. The traitor finally After being eliminated, Zhou Qi also stood proudly and said to the left and right: "To eliminate thieves for the country, there is no regret in dying!" The 54 people who participated in the assassination were called Zhongmou [-] heroes by the people.

"The traitor will die!"

"The big man is safe!"

"We should celebrate each other!"

The world was overjoyed, all the officials were overjoyed, and even the students of the imperial court jointly signed their names, hoping that Zhou Qi's crimes could be pardoned.

Facing all this, the temple was still silent.

Only Guo Jia knelt in front of Wang Fu's grave, weeping loudly.

He really couldn't figure it out.

"Why do those who serve the country and the people become traitors, while those who kill loyal people become heroes?"

The prince has too many enemies, the whole world is an enemy. After his death, only Cai Yong and Cao Song came to visit and mourn. not there.

Guo Jia knelt in front of the tomb, and as the night gradually deepened, he lowered his head and said nothing.

The slight sound of footsteps interrupted Guo Jia's meditation.

"Who?"

Guo Jia turned his head away. In the night, several people covered their faces and looked at Guo Jia from a distance. Several people held shovels and hoes and wore long swords at their waists. Their intentions were very clear. Guo Jia was neither angry nor yelled. He drew out the long sword at his waist, stood up, stood in front of the prince, pointed the long sword at the crowd, Guo Jia stared at them with red eyes, and said in a low voice: "Fengxiao is here, the master does not need to worry"

The people on the opposite side were also a little stunned. They didn't seem to have thought that after half a month, there were still people guarding here.

A group of people fought together, Guo Jia brandished a long sword, there were collisions of knives and swords everywhere, blood spattered everywhere, Guo Jia was not afraid of life and death, and fought desperately, those people were just rangers around, just thinking of destroying Wang Fu's tomb, famous all over the world, did not want to die here like this, the more they fought, the more afraid they became, and they kept retreating.

"Shua~" The long sword slashed across Guo Jia's face.

A small cut was cut under the corner of Guo Jia's eye, and his left eye was mixed with tears and blood, making him unable to see.

"Boom~~~~~"

In the sky, thunder was everywhere, and huge lightning swept the surroundings, and the thunder resounded through the sky!
There seemed to be a yellow dragon rolling over the clouds, roaring angrily!

Mouth bursts of thunder and lightning!

The rangers were terrified and wanted to flee behind them. At some point, a dense group of soldiers appeared around them. The rangers were shocked, but they had nowhere to escape. Among the soldiers, Sun Jian looked at these thieves coldly, waving.

The next day, these rangers were silent again, and Luo Yang heard that some rangers went to Wang Fu's grave, met ghost soldiers, couldn't fight, and all died.

"Fengxiao, I have suffered." The emperor said.

Guo Jia didn't say a word, sitting in front of the emperor, there was a scar at the corner of his eye, which almost hurt his eye.

"Don't do this. I want to hold a court meeting and go with me."

The little fat man said calmly, Guo Jia didn't understand why the emperor was still so calm about such things. Could it be that after becoming the emperor, even your original fiery temper is no longer there?
The court meeting began, and all the officials waited quietly for the emperor to come.

The little fat man soon appeared in front of Baiguan, his eyes were as deep as water, and he couldn't see a wave, but the more abnormal he was, the more fearful Baiguan felt. He sat on the top seat, and Guo Jia also stood up. Among the hundreds of officials, all the officials paid their respects, but the little fat man remained silent, looking at them coldly, without saying a word.

Baiguan stood awkwardly on his seat, not daring to sit down.

Without Wang Jiexin, they were not used to it, and there was no one to cook for them.

"Bring Zhou Qi up."

said the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Yun hurriedly trotted out of the main hall, waited for a while, and two guards escorted Zhou Qi and walked in. These days, after many people's flattery and praise, Zhou Qi was no longer as afraid as before, even if he died Well, he is also a hero who eliminates thieves. In the future, he may not be able to enter the Hall of Loyalty, so what is there to be afraid of?He thought to himself, raised his head, and walked into the hall.

The emperor looked at him coldly.

"Zhou Qi. Is that you?"

"Return to Your Majesty, it is the minister"

"You are not afraid of death?"

"To eradicate thieves for the country, and to die in a worthy place, what more fear do you have?"

"Hehehe~~~"

The little fat man sneered and said: "Take this fellow to the prince's grave and cook him to death. I want to see if he is still afraid."

Immediately, the faces of all the officials changed drastically, and even Zhang Yun was a little dazed. The little fat man said, "Shut up his mouth, so that this guy can't bear the pain and commit suicide early. As for the rest, all of them will be cut in half. Zhang Yun?"

"Chen is here!"

"Let's go now."

"His Majesty!!"

The officials couldn't bear it any longer, and several people hurried forward, and the one who took the lead was Zheng Xuan, who said helplessly, "It's indeed a capital crime for this guy to murder the minister of the temple, but the so-called cooking punishment is too harsh, and it's not worth it. I hope that your Majesty will not impose such a severe punishment. A king should not be violent. Your Majesty must know the affairs of the Shang, Zhou and Qin emperors, so you must not do it."

"Oh? Zheng Gong compares me to Shang Zhou?" The little fat man squinted his eyes and asked, suddenly, he burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, what Zheng Gong said is also reasonable, then I will treat it as Shang Zhou and Zhang Yun!"

"His Majesty!"

"Burnt him." The little fat man said coldly. At this time, Zhou Qi could no longer maintain his arrogance. He was not afraid of death, but his legs would tremble if he was executed so cruelly. Wei held him tightly, fearing that he might have fallen to the ground at this time, the little fat man squinted his eyes and said: "Destroy his clan, Dongyang Zhou surname, the big man will never be hired."

Zhang He didn't dare to object, so he escorted Zhou Qi and walked out. At this time, Zhou Qi wailed loudly, this is not extermination of the clan, but the extermination of the entire clan. No one has suffered such torture for hundreds of years!

"Your Majesty, no! Your Majesty wants to govern the country with benevolence and righteousness. If the Emperor Xiaokang is here, he will not."

"Shut up!" the little fat man yelled.

"I'm not Emperor Xiaokang, He Yeye taught me benevolent government, but he didn't teach me to be patient!"

"He told me! Nine generations of revenge can be avenged!"

"With my feet, kill my confidants, if you don't avenge this revenge, you won't be a son of man!"

The little fat man stared at Zhang He fiercely. Zhang He didn't dare to procrastinate any longer, and pulled out Zhou Qi who was crying loudly. Baiguan's face was pale, and Zheng Xuan was speechless. At this moment, they found that Baiguan, unexpectedly No one can confront the emperor and persuade him. On weekdays, who holds this important position and reprimands the emperor?

Oh, by the way, it's the prince
The prince is not here, who can persuade him?
All the officials suddenly felt a little complicated, frowning, and really didn't know what to say.

"Zhang Jian!"

"Chen is here!"

"After the prince's death, all the ministers who drank for fun and celebrated with each other, have been taken by me. I will be dismissed from office and will never be used again!"

"According to the order."

"Transport the prince into the Zhonglie Hall. Escorted by hundreds of officials, anyone who dares to oppose him will be punished with death. Make another hall, which will be set up next to the Zhonglie Hall. He knelt down to the Hall of Loyalty and was cast aside by all ages!"

"According to the order!"

At this moment, the Son of Heaven completely became the Son of Heaven. No one in the officials dared to oppose him, and he ruled the world. He looked up at the ministers and frowned. , He holds a strong army of nearly 20 in his hand, who dares to object?Who dares to make trouble?
In addition, after the prince's death, the emperor squinted his eyes regarding his position, Situ's important position. He originally wanted to give this position to Zheng Xuan or Lu Zhi, but he did not expect that the performance of these ministers would make him Disappointed, he thought for a while, looked at Xing Ziang, and ordered: "Let Cao Cao enter Luoyang!"

Xing Ziang nodded.

Of course Cao Cao can't be a Situ, he can't be a Situ regardless of his political achievements or reputation, but the little fat man has other plans in mind, Xing Ziang is good at governance, but he lacks some strategies. He is now in his forties, but he can also be a Situ After all, he has no blemishes, he has talent, and he can trust him. If he becomes Situ, the position of Shang Shuling will definitely be vacant.

Cao Cao is the most suitable person for this position in his heart.

As for the position of Cao Cao's Minister of the Three Hans, I heard that Tian Feng, the prefect of Chen Han, has made great achievements in recent years, maybe he can take over Cao Cao's position.

The little fat man thought in his heart, and ordered to retreat from the court. All the officials lamented and walked out one after another. Their eyes were full of worry, but they dared not speak. Unexpectedly, the emperor had been on the throne for less than a year, and he behaved so cruelly. , If he was in power for another few decades... Alas, the officials shook their heads and didn't dare to think too much. At this moment, Zhang Xi escorted Zhou Qi to the prince's grave.

The people of Luoyang were angry, and scholars blocked the way.

To them, Zhang He said calmly: "The violator will die."

The Embroidered Clothes Emissary never showed mercy. After several leaders were directly killed by the Embroidered Clothes Emissary, no one dared to block the way. They were taken to the prince's grave. Zhou Qi was already a little frightened and trembling all over. He said, talking to himself, not knowing what he was talking about, Zhang Yun ignored him, and made people set up a tripod, Zhou Qi roared frantically, and the soldiers pushed him.

A raging fire ignited under the tripod.

When the soldiers pushed him down, there was a tragic roar from the cauldron. The soldiers ignored Zhou Qi with their spears and pressed Zhou Qi, who wanted to escape, into the cauldron time and time again. Zhou Qi just disappeared like this. In the cauldron, Zhang Yun looked at him coldly, all the ministers had been presenting the invitation letter to cook the king all day long, but they did not expect that the person who was boiled to death for the first time was actually the one who killed the prince.

Zhou Qi's tragic death silenced the restless Luo Yang.

The hundred officials wanted to escort the prince's spirit seat to the Zhonglie Hall. No matter whether they were in love or not, they kept their heads down and just moved forward, because behind them, there were a group of elite soldiers of the Southern Army, armed with weapons.

The emperor personally went to mourn and meet him, and made him the Marquis of Ping County, and his sons succeeded him.

Under the strong intervention of the emperor, no one in Luoyang dared to say anything wrong with Wang Fu. At the same time, it also let all the officials see the strong side of the emperor. Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has a gentle appearance, never Anyone who had been dealt with before was dealt with through the edict of Emperor Xiaokang or the order of the king's talisman, but this time, the emperor personally ordered that a thief be cooked to death in front of the prince's grave.

Hundreds of officials are horrified, and prestige is formed in this way.

Only at this time did the little fat man realize that it is completely useless to blindly show kindness.

Such an emperor will only appear extra cowardly.

He remembered He Yeye's words when he was young.

"Don't kill people, don't wear swords, even women and children!"

The prestige of Emperor Xiaokang is also built on the piles of human heads. The dried heads of Luoyang City show the majesty of Emperor Xiaokang, and the heads piled up outside Luoyang City are erected Seeing the majesty of today's emperor, the emperor was so angry that he lay down millions of corpses, and soon, the treacherous house appeared around Zhonglie hall.

All kinds of instruments of torture are placed around, and the traitors headed by Dong Chong and Chen Shi are carved into statues, kneeling facing the Zhonglie hall.

This behavior of the Son of Heaven is really fatal. Among the officials, some people are not afraid of death or the Sword of the Son of Heaven, but they are afraid of being called treacherous. Spoiled, how terrifying this is, the Son of Heaven has completely shocked the ministers in the temple through this incident, and no minister dares to despise the Son of Heaven today, every move he makes.

The Han family also became more and more cautious. When facing the emperor, they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

As for Guo Jia, he bowed heavily to the emperor and said nothing. The emperor was overjoyed and helped him up. He knew that he lost a capable minister, and now he got another one. Guo Jia has been taught by the prince for many years. In the future, I will definitely not let myself down.

In addition, it is the matter of strengthening the embroidered clothes messenger. After this incident, the hundreds of officials want to suppress the embroidered clothes messenger. Expanding the control of the Embroidered Clothes Emissary, even Tingwei is the same. Fortunately, Tingwei Zhang Jian is not the emperor's eagle dog like Zhang He, and he will not be as cruel and ruthless as Zhang He.

After Zhang Wen arrived in Youzhou, he heard the news of Wang Fu's death. The speed of the soldiers at the post station was obviously much faster than that of the new army.

He sighed and bowed his head in silence.

The death of the prince brought an iron-blooded emperor to the great man.

Just like Emperor Xiaowu after Xiaowen Xiaojing, an iron-blooded and tough king.

But my prince, what a pity, what a pain.

(End of this chapter)