Shaolin Bajue

Chapter 1469
On the 23rd of the first lunar month, the morning.The sky was gray, as if covered with a gray blanket.The wind is bleak, and the air is full of chills, which makes people feel that the sky is about to change.

In the Imperial Study Room, Zhu Qizhen is teaching his son Zhu Jianshen to read.On the second day after Zhu Qizhen was restored, he immediately made his son the Crown Prince and changed his name. He was called Zhu Jianjun before, but now he is Zhu Jianshen.

Just when the father and son were enjoying themselves, an eunuch walked in lightly, knelt down to Zhu Qizhen and said, "My Majesty, Xu Youzhen, Minister of the Ministry of War, Shi Heng, Duke of Zhongguo, and Cao Jixiang, the eunuch of the Supervisor of Rites, have something to see."

Zhu Qizhen frowned, waved his hands, and said: "Tell them, just say that I have no time today, what's the matter, let's talk about it tomorrow."

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty, Xu Youzhen, Minister of the Ministry of War, said that this matter is related to the future of the Ming Dynasty. If the Emperor does not see him, they will always wait outside the palace."

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and said: "Okay then, I'll go see them." After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and said, "Forget it, you call the three of them to the imperial study, and I will go see them." Meet them right here."

The eunuch said: "Yes." He stood up and retreated.

Zhu Jianshen was quite clever, and when he heard that his father was going to summon the ministers here, after the eunuch withdrew, he said, "Father, you have to deal with important state affairs, so my son will leave now."

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said: "What a smart boy. Shen'er, you don't have to back down, just stay by my side and see how I handle political affairs. One day, you will become the emperor, so you can set an example."

Zhu Jianshen said: "Yes, father."

Not long after, Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang, led by the eunuch, came to the outside of the imperial study room. After getting permission, the three entered one by one, saluted Zhu Qizhen, and shouted "Long live".

Zhu Qizhen said: "Pingshen."

Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang got up now.

Zhu Qizhen glanced at Xu Youzhen, and asked, "Xu Aiqing, what is so urgent?"

Xu Youzhen said: "My Majesty, the case of Yu Qian and Wang Wen has been resolved."

Zhu Qizhen was taken aback, and said, "Really?" After a while, he sighed, "Could it be that both Yu Qian and Wang Wen have pleaded guilty?"

Xu Youzhen said: "The three ministers came here precisely for this matter. Yu Qian and Wang Wen have not pleaded guilty to death, and I ask the emperor to issue a decree to give them the death penalty."

Zhu Qizhen was slightly startled, he had previously ordered Yu Qian to take down, which was originally just a measure after reset.In his heart, he didn't really want to be humbled to death so much.

"In the past, the Mongol grand master first forced the city with an army, and Yu Qian led the people to defend and repel the Mongol army. This is an extraordinary feat. Even if he made some mistakes now, he shouldn't be sentenced to death." Zhu Qizhen said.

Shi Heng said: "My Majesty, Yu Qian and Wang Wen greeted the foreign vassals and conspired to take over the Ming Dynasty. This is a heinous crime. Even though he has made meritorious deeds in the past, his merits and demerits cannot be offset. He should be severely punished to serve as an example."

After hearing this, Zhu Jianshen opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but when he saw Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang's fierce expressions on their faces, he was terrified and couldn't help swallowing what he was going to say.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Cao Jixiang and said, "Cao Aiqing, what do you think?"

Cao Jixiang said: "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers. The emperor is the lord of a country, and he is aware of the details. Presumably, he has already made a decision. The old servant is trembling, and he respectfully obeys the emperor's order."

In this case, talking is tantamount to talking in vain.Zhu Qizhen originally expected him to say something good for Yu Qian, but who would have thought that he would kick the "decision-making" to himself.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while, not knowing what to do, suddenly thought of a plan, and said: "The queen mother has always been very strategic, and I will make a decision after I go to the harem to ask her for advice."

Xu Youzhen was anxious when she heard this, and stepped forward, saying: "Your Majesty, although Yu Qian and Wang Wen have not pleaded guilty, they have turned against each other, but they have not succeeded. I hope that the Emperor can issue an edict as soon as possible to strengthen the law of the country!"

Zhu Qizhen just got up and paused, looking at Xu Youzhen, he didn't want to leave, and he didn't want to leave.

Xu Youzhen said again: "At the beginning, Wang Wen tried every means to obstruct the emperor's return to the capital. He clearly intended to make trouble with the emperor. Yu Qian was not enthusiastic about this matter. May I ask such a courtier, can the emperor still trust him?"

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen suddenly remembered the bitter cold days after being captured.Yes, I originally had the opportunity to return to Beijing as soon as possible, but it was because some ministers in the court, in order to cater to my younger brother's thoughts, were reluctant to make peace with Mongolia, which made me suffer more outside the Great Wall.When he thought of this, he couldn't help showing a chill on his face.

Xu Youzhen observed his words and expressions, and knew that Zhu Qizhen had already been said to be the center of the matter, so she said seriously: "Your Majesty, Yu Qian is not dead, I am afraid that the resettlement will come out of nowhere."

When Zhu Qizhen heard it, he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing, and wanted to say something, but found that there was really no words to refute Xu Youzhen's words.

Although Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang hated Yu Qian, they also wanted to take this opportunity to kill Yu Qian to avoid future troubles, but seeing Xu Youzhen's murderous look on Yu Qian's every sentence, he seemed to have a deep hatred with Yu Qian. It's a cold.The current relationship between the three of them is like a grasshopper on a thread. Therefore, Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang thought about it for a while, and immediately asked Zhu Qizhen to order Yu Qian to be punished, and he insisted on letting Yu Qian die. No.

Xu Youzhen saw that the three of them played together and asked to "kill Yu Qian". She knew that although she was the emperor, she had no other choice at this moment, so she sighed and said, "Okay, I will make an order now."

After Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang exited the imperial study triumphantly, Zhu Qizhen sat down on the chair and sighed repeatedly.

Suddenly Zhu Jianshen asked in a low voice: "Father, why did you kill your lord?"

Zhu Qizhen turned his head to look at his son, thought for a while, and said: "Because he wants to welcome someone else to be emperor, the father has no choice but to order to kill him."

Zhu Jianshen said: "Forgive me for being unworthy. When the father was not restored, Lord Yu knelt in the hall for many days to ask for the crown prince. The person he asked for was the boy. If he wanted to welcome someone else, he would Why bother? My child often hears from his grandmother that Mr. Yu is a loyal minister, a pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and his father..." At this point, seeing Zhu Qizhen's ugly face, he stopped there.

After a long while, Zhu Qizhen sighed quietly, and said: "Father doesn't understand this truth? But father is involuntary now, when you grow up, you will understand." Get up and walk over , took his son's hand, and said: "Shen'er, it is impossible for the emperor to vindicate Yu Qian during his lifetime. When you become emperor in the future, the first thing you will do is to vindicate him, you know?"

Although Zhu Jianshen didn't quite understand what his father meant, he still nodded and said, "Father, don't worry, this matter will always be remembered by the child."

After the imperial decree to kill Yu Qian and Wang Wen was issued, within a short period of time, all the people in the capital knew the news.As a result, some people ran out of the house, some ran out of the hotel, and some even lost their business and stopped doing business, all came to the street.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the wind was howling, blowing up countless dust.In a certain corner, a few elderly people knelt on the ground and kowtowed, praying to the sky, regardless of their frailty.They are praying to God to open their eyes and sweep away all the darkness in the world.

Half an hour before the execution, the road leading to Chongwenmen was already full of people standing on both sides, all of them with serious expressions.Soon, a group of 1000 officers and soldiers arrived with iron guns in their hands and trampled the ground.Behind this group of officers and soldiers are two prison cars, the one in the front is imprisoned by Yu Qian, and the one behind is Wang Wen.

Beside the two prison carts, on the left are Supreme Patriarch, Fan Buer, Suo Changsong, Yi Zhi, and Yi Yi, and on the right are Kazuo Miyamoto, Yuichi Kurosawa, Chisa Yonekura, Wen Renlong, and Bailian Boy.They were all wearing the clothes of military officers, and they looked nondescript.Behind the prison car, there was a long line of people, and the three sedan chairs were closely guarded. If someone was interested, he would be able to guess who was sitting in the sedan chair.

The place of execution is located in a vast place outside Chongwenmen, which is the only place leading to Chongwenmen.Whenever the prison cart passed by, the people on both sides would spontaneously kneel down, some were crying, some were kowtowing, and some were spilling wine. Everyone expressed their feelings at the moment in their own way.

Not long after, the brigade left Chongwenmen, and after setting everything up in the execution ground, the three sedan chairs landed, and three people emerged from them, namely Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang.The three of them didn't want to show up at first, but under the pressure of Dugu Xiongtian and Xuanyuanren, they had to come.In the original plan, Yu Qian was not beheaded. After Dugu Xiongtian and Xuanyuanren learned that Zhu Qizhen ordered Yu Qian to be beheaded, they were in a strange state of mind. They "blackmailed" Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang The three of them, if the three of them are not present and imprisoned, they will be responsible for all the consequences.

Although Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang knew that there were countless expert guards around them, they couldn't help but feel a little guilty when the situation came to an end.Among the three, although Xu Youzhen didn't understand martial arts, he was also the most courageous. After gathering his composure, he took the lead in walking towards his seat. Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang saw each other, and then walked over.

After the three sat down, Yu Qian and Wang Wen were escorted out of the prison car.The two were covered in blood, and they had obviously suffered a lot in prison.

"Yu Qian, Wang Wen, why don't you kneel down when you see me?" Xu Youzhen sternly shouted.

Wang Wen listened, "haha" smiled, and said: "I, Wang Wen, kneel to the sky, kneel to my parents, kneel to my god, and I will not kneel to you, a traitor."

Xu Youzhen said angrily: "Bold, how big is the sky, how big is the earth, and how big are your parents, you dare to put them in front of the Holy One, it shows that you don't take the Holy One seriously, death is not a pity."

Wang Wen let out a "bah" and cursed: "Shameless villain, even if I, Wang Wen, am a ghost, I will give you a book in front of the king of Hades to make you die."

Suddenly Cao Jixiang said in a dark voice: "Come on, give me a slap."

As soon as the words fell, two Jinyi guards came out more and more, slapping Wang Wen's mouth "crackling".Wang Wen had already suffered a lot in the prison, and at this moment, he could still withstand Jin Yiwei's methods there. After a while, his mouth full of teeth had been knocked out, and the blood couldn't stop bleeding. In the end, he was restrained and knelt down on the ground.

Xu Youzhen looked at Yu Qian, with a smug smile on her face, and said, "Master Yu, Elder Yu Ge, how are you?"

Yu Qian smiled indifferently, and said: "Although Yu is not a big man, he lived a frank life and died cleanly. You villains, after a hundred years, will definitely be written in the history books of shame."

Seeing that Yu Qian was still so calm at this time, Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang both hated and annoyed, Xu Youzhen said: "Come here, give my lord a slap."

Suddenly I heard Dugu Xiongtian, who was standing on the side, dressed as an official family member, said: "Master Xu, Yu Qian once made great contributions to the society, and he slapped his lips in public. I'm afraid it's unreasonable."

Xu Youzhen said: "I will execute the punishment on behalf of the heavens, and Yu Qian despises us, which is tantamount to despising the emperor. Shouldn't he slap his mouth?"

Xuanyuan Ren, who was also dressed as an official, said: "Master Xu, the time for execution is coming soon, why do you need to do anything extra? Don't you just love watching slaps so much?"

Seeing that the two of them were having trouble with him, Xu Youzhen was secretly angry, but he knew that one of them was Dugu Jiutian's apprentice, and the other was the eldest young master of the Xuanyuan family, who had a close relationship with Dugu Jiutian. Not daring to offend, he said: "Since both of you are pleading for Yu Qian, then my lord will spare him for the time being."

At this time, two figures quickly ran towards the execution ground, came close, knelt down on one leg, and said to Dugu Xiongtian, "I tell you, Young Master, Fang Jianming appeared five miles away and is coming this way."

Dugu Xiongtian said: "Okay, send the signal immediately."

Those two people said: "Yes." Flying back.

The sky was dim and the ground was dark. Fang Jianming was walking on the road leading to the execution ground with a knife in his hand.As early as three miles away, he had already noticed that someone was following behind, but he didn't even look at it, just walked forward.Along the way, more and more people are following, except for the front, there are people in other directions.

When there were still four miles away from the execution ground, someone finally came straight ahead, and a signal was sent out.In an instant, all the people following him appeared and surrounded Fang Jianming.

"Master Fang, you are here" Dugu Xiongtian said after leading the crowd from the front.

Fang Jianming nodded and said, "Yes, I'm here."

Dugu Xiong showed a trace of bitterness on his face, and said: "Master Fang, we could have become good brothers."

Fang Jianming smiled faintly, and said: "Differences in the way do not conspire with each other, Fang can't afford it." He took out the wooden ring from his bosom and put it on his finger.

Dugu Xiongtian glanced at the saber in his hand, his expression changed slightly, and he said: "Master Fang, this saber..."

Fang Jianming said coldly: "The owner of this knife is named Lu Tianle, and he is the owner of Humen Martial Arts Hall."

Dugu Xiongtian said: "Master Lu..."

Fang Jianming said: "Master Lu has traveled westward on a crane, and I have buried his other knife in front of his grave. Master Lu is a righteous man, and a righteous man is the most respectable person in this world." After a glance on the field, he suddenly took out a silk scarf from his arms and covered his eyes.This move immediately stunned everyone.

"From this moment on, Fang will have no friends. Fang does not want to kill, but whoever dares to stop Fang, the knife in Fang's hand will give him a fatal blow without mercy. Fang counts three times, After three beeps, he will walk towards the execution ground step by step, even if he is hit by thousands of palms, he will not stop for a single step." Fang Jianming's tone was frighteningly cold, as if he had become another person.

(End of this chapter)