I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 315 Is the Lord Going Underground to Rebel?
When Liu Sheng arrived at Tingwei's mansion in a chariot and got off the carriage after the prince washed his horse and sang long, the trial of Tiaohou Zhou Yafu's "intended treason" case in Tingwei's mansion had already officially started.

Tiaohou Zhou Yafu, after all, is a hero of the country and an important minister who once served as the prime minister;

Committing such a major crime, Emperor Qi ordered Tingwei to be arbitrary. Zhao Yu, a "young hero" who had just assumed the post of Tingweiqing, naturally couldn't care less about welcoming Liu Sheng in person.

Therefore, Liu Sheng, the dignified prince and prince, arrived at Tingwei's mansion to listen to Tingwei Zhao Yu's interrogation of Tiaohou Zhou Yafu. The person who went out to meet the prince's frame was Tingwei Zuocheng, who was ranked more than a thousand stones...
"This Zhao Yu is really ignorant of etiquette!"

"—Eh~"

"—You can't say that."

Led by Na Tingwei Zuo Cheng fearfully, walking on the road to the interrogation cell, he heard Ji An's indignant complaints, but Liu Sheng just smiled lightly.

He looked around quite deliberately, and clearly saw the court officials accompanying him, but Liu Sheng still turned a blind eye, as if he was 'sure that there was no one around', and whispered to Ji An: "Tingwei Zhao Yu, is a very Honest and upright people."

"Even Chao Cuo, the official censor, said: Ting Wei Zhao Yu is a man of integrity, and since he was an official, he has never given up any diners;"

"It's not a big deal for such a person if he doesn't know how to flatter and flatter horses."

"—After all, Zhao Tingwei is alive now~"

"Even if you are a little rude, it is definitely not to the point of 'not knowing etiquette'."

Talking indifferently, Liu Sheng still stretched out his hand with a smile, and patted Ji An on the shoulder beside him.

Afterwards, Liu Sheng walked forward on his own, regardless of the different looks of the court officials and officials around him.

And behind Liu Sheng, looking at the back of His Royal Highness going away, all the court officials look at me, and I look at you;

In the end, the guilty gaze fell on Ji An's face filled with righteous indignation...

"Please, please..."

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"Welcome Your Highness."

"Minister, welcome..."

"——No, no, no~"

Walking into Tingwei's prison, he glanced around for a while, and found that the cell was not darker than he imagined, so Liu Sheng clicked his tongue to himself;
All the interrogating officials - including Ting Weiqing and Zhao Yu's salutes - could be heard in his ears. Liu Sheng also waved his hands casually, and then walked forward on his own, and sat down on a high chair in the cell.

It was only at this time that Liu Sheng's eyes that scanned everywhere finally landed on the mud couch not far in front of him.

——A generation of famous generals: Tiaohou Zhou Yafu, with his back to Liu Sheng at the moment, was lying on the mud couch with his back angrily.

At the same time when Liu Sheng sat down, Ting Weiqing Zhao Yu, who was "proud" and did not go out to greet him before, also appeared obliquely behind Liu Sheng at the right time.

"Your Majesty."

"The case of Tiaohou's branch envoy Hou Shizi Zhou Yang secretly accumulating armor and plotting rebellion has basically been investigated."

"As long as Zhou Yafu pleads guilty, I can report the case to His Majesty and make a final conclusion..."

"--Humph!"

"——Yellow-haired boy!!!"

Before Zhao Yu's report was over, there was a muffled groan like thunder on the mud couch.

Everyone in the cell raised their heads in amazement, but their eyes were deceived, but it was still the stubborn back with their backs to everyone, facing the inner wall of the cell, lying on the side, "thinking about the past" lying on the side.

For Zhou Yafu's resentment, it was rare for Liu Sheng not to care - perhaps it should be said that he deliberately ignored;
He only smiled playfully at the stubborn figure, then sighed softly with his usual expression: "Mmm~"

"Such a big case was found out so quickly. It seems that the emperor decided to let Qing be the court lieutenant. He really did not choose the wrong person."

···
"Then tell me."

"What is going on in this case?"

As soon as Liu Sheng finished speaking, Zhao Yu bowed his waist naturally, then turned sideways, and "conjured" a scroll of bamboo slips like a magic trick;

Spreading out the bamboo slips, he cleared his throat somewhat pretentiously, and began to read the content on the bamboo slips aloud.

"Criminal Zhou Yafu, ever since he resigned from the post of prime minister and returned to his hometown to be honored, he has been quite critical of His Majesty;"

"Although there are no disrespectful words, but complaining that His Majesty does not reuse his words, Zhou Yafu has mentioned it to others more than once..."

"——Let's talk nonsense!"

Zhao Yu didn't have the time to say a few words, and that stubborn back roared out of nowhere;

But both Zhao Yu, who was reporting to work, and Prince Liu Sheng, who was listening to the report, all tacitly ignored Zhou Yafu's incompetent roar...
"Later, Hou Shizi Zhou Yang saw that the guilty minister Zhou Yafu was resentful, so he discussed with his father Zhou Yafu."

"Zhou Yafu dispatched Zhou Yang: In the name of buying funeral objects, we can find craftsmen to make five hundred armor shields each, in case of 'emergency needs'."

"Regarding Zhou Yafu's confession, Hou Shizi Zhou Yang also dissuaded him, saying: It is a felony to keep a shield privately, and the clan will lose its protection if the incident happens."

"However, Zhou Yafu said: after his deceased father Jiangwu Hou Zhou Bo resigned from the post of prime minister, he also kept armor in the mansion privately to prepare for 'contingency needs', but in the end he was not punished by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen;"

"As a descendant of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Your Majesty will naturally not treat the descendants of Jiangwuhou Zhou Bo harshly because of these five hundred shields."

"Zhou Yafu also said: Even without the merits of Jiang Wuhou Zhou Bo, Zhou Yafu's own merits to the Han family are still unclear for generations of Liu..."

"—Bastard talk!!!"

"——It's a bastard talk!!!!!!"

Another serious 'description' finally made Zhou Yafu unbearably oppressed, jumped up from the mud couch, and made a gesture to pounce on Zhao Yu!
It's obvious: Zhou Yafu couldn't catch up.

Because at this moment, Zhao Yu is leaning closely behind Liu Sheng's left, but only half a step away...
"Zhao Yu is a thief!"

"An dare to deceive me to Si!!"

"A certain Zhou Yafu, why did he ever say such a rebellious bastard!!!"

"—Back then in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I treated Zhao Yu very kindly!!!"

"Little yellow-haired boy, once he is crowned with monkey bathing, An Gan'en will avenge his revenge and repay a certain kindness?!!!!!!"

Before the tiger had time to pounce on the food, he was erected by the guards beside him, but Zhou Yafu's monstrous anger did not weaken at all;
He only tried his best to open his eyes wide, and greeted him with a ferocious stare like a cannibalism. The slightly messy beard under his jaw was also trembling slightly because of the anger at this moment.

Stared at by Zhou Yafu's fierce eyes, Zhao Yu, although not guilty, moved his eyes to the side unnaturally;
It's just that the bamboo slips in his hand were held in front of Liu Sheng without forgetting the traces.

Then, the words on the scroll of bamboo slips drew a very strange smile on Liu Sheng's face with a faint smile...
——Although Zhao Yu was 'reading' the words on the bamboo slips just now, as far as Liu Sheng saw at this moment, the content on the bamboo slips was completely different from what Zhao Yu 'read'.

In his mouth, Zhao Yu used words such as "Zhou Yafu's behind-the-scenes envoy Hou Shizi", "custom-made shields in the name of funeral supplies", "in case of emergencies" and other words.

But on the bamboo slips, Liu Sheng saw the real process of this matter.

In the beginning, it was Hou Shizi Zhou Yang who felt that his father Zhou Yafu was getting old, or had a premonition that the Zhou family was about to have a "catastrophe", so he thought of buying funeral objects for his father.

It is understandable that Zhou Yang has such an idea in this era.

——Nowadays, the Han Dynasty pays attention to the matter of funerals, "serving death as if serving life".

Translated into a vernacular that is easier for future generations to understand, even if you are alive, you still have to do something when you are dead or underground.

If he was a civil servant during his lifetime, he had to bury pen and ink, bamboo slips, and the bamboo slips used during his lifetime for "dancing with writing and ink" after his death;
If he was a military commander during his lifetime, he had to be buried with swords, guns and sticks, as well as rewards for his meritorious deeds during his lifetime, so that he could "dance swords and guns" after death.

The former is not sensitive at all, although the latter is a little sensitive because of "army", but for similar phenomena, whether it is the ruling and opposition parties, or the emperor and the queen mother, they basically turn a blind eye to similar phenomena.

——Emperor Taizu Gao first conferred more than 140 meritorious lords, who didn't bring a hundred or so weapons to be buried with them? !

Even now, those second and third generations who only know cockfighting and running dogs all day long will also use sensitive weapons such as armor and crossbows as funeral objects after death.

If it was just this matter, then Zhou Yafu would not be guilty of death at all.

But it is obvious: it is not the five hundred armors that really want Zhou Yafu to die;

Or to put it another way: Those who really want to put Zhou Yafu to death don’t need to find an excuse that is too perfect...
"Hou Shizi Zhou Yang bought funeral objects, so he hired people to make five hundred armor and shields;"

"Then, because of the tight schedule, the craftsmen proposed to pay part of the cost first to hire manpower to speed up the progress."

"Zhou Yang didn't want to. The craftsmen knew that they couldn't complete the commission within the construction period, so they simply reported Zhou Yang for accumulating armor shields and conspiring to rebel..."

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"Hey;"

"This week, Zhou Yang can be regarded as the best..."

After carefully looking at the bamboo slips in his hand, Liu Sheng, who had already understood the cause and effect of this matter, finally raised his head as usual;

Passing the bamboo slips back to Zhao Yu who was beside him naturally, his eyes with great interest fell on Zhou Yafu who was not far in front of him, who was still restrained by the joint efforts of the jailers.

It was at this moment that Zhao Yu started the interrogation process again...
"My lord, what does this mean?"

"Could it be that I wronged the prince?"

"--Is not it!!!"

Another roar came out, and Zhou Yafu blew his beard and stared angrily. If the jailer beside him didn't stop him, he might have wished he could throw himself on Zhao Yu and tear this 'old disciple' to pieces with his bare hands!
But in front of Zhou Yafu's rage, and even his terrifying murderous intent, Zhao Yu raised his hand unhurriedly, and raised the bamboo slip in his hand provocatively.

"Then, please ask Junhou to explain."

"If it wasn't for rebellion, why did the prince send Hou Shizi to hire someone to make a shield?"

"If it's the third or fifth mate, then that's fine;"

"The prince said that he was brave in funerals, but Yu can still believe it."

"But the order made by the prince, the prince, is a total of five hundred armor shields?"

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"With this batch of armaments, and five hundred brave men, here are five hundred armored shield soldiers."

"Don't say it's a county, a county;"

"With these five hundred Jiadun elites, even if the prince is in Chang'an, he may not be unable to rise up violently and overthrow Liu Han's society."

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"Yu Jingpei was born as a gentleman and warrior, and has the pride of a warrior."

"But things have come to this point, is the Lord still stubborn to argue that these five hundred armor shields are his funeral objects?"

"Or is it possible that at such an age, the prince wants to blame such a serious crime on his son Hou?"

The slow-moving speech without any logical loopholes at all only made Zhou Yafu feel anxious again;
It's just that the warrior is stupid, Zhou Yafu is not good at words, and coupled with his righteousness, he doesn't care about sorting out his thoughts at all.

Startled by Zhao Yu's series of questioning, Zhou Yafu finally only let out a muffled grunt indignantly, shook his shoulders lightly, and threw back half a step each of the guards who were restraining him.

After regaining his freedom, Zhou Yafu did not "injure others violently", but rather arrogantly turned his body slightly, put his hands behind his back, and assumed a dignified posture.

"I don't know what that bastard did!"

"Warrior character, there is something!"

"Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing!!!"

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"Even if that bastard ordered a shield, it definitely wasn't for treason!"

"I, the Zhou family, won't produce such rebellious ministers and thieves!"

"It's not even the turn of a brat like Zhao Yu, who turns right and wrong here, and wrongs the pillars of the society!!!"

There were several roars that were full of anger and tried to suppress the anger, but Zhao Yu's expression still did not change in the slightest;

When Zhao Yu heard the words, he only stared deeply into the depths of Zhou Yafu's eyes.

After staring at it for quite a while, finally, he asked out of nowhere: "Your Majesty, why do you want to rebel..."

"—A certain did not rebel!"

"—For generations of the Zhou family, I have never thought of rebelling!!!"

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"—My son bought funeral objects, why did you say that Zhao Yu called it treason?!"

"—Could it be that the Han family has no reason to reason..."

"Even if you didn't rebel on the ground, I'm afraid that the prince is thinking of rebelling underground!!!"

"Can you wash away your treasonous sins by roaring in Tingwei's prison?!!!!"

finally;

From the beginning to the end, Zhao Yu, who maintained the calmness that an interrogator should have, finally broke out.

However, Zhao Yu's outburst plunged the entire cell into a long period of absolute tranquility.

In front of the mud couch, Zhou Yafu was dumbfounded, seemingly astonished, but his eyes were still full of resentment;

Three steps away, Zhao Yu's face was serious, and he looked at Zhou Yafu's cannibalistic eyes without fear.

But Liu Sheng was still sitting firmly on the high chair, with that faint smile that seemed to be carved on his face...

"Go down."

"Gu, I have something to say to Tiaohou alone."

"—Your Highness..."

"Down~go~"

"There is no need to keep guards."

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"There are many rumors in the market that when Emperor Taizu Gao was dying, he once said to the left and right: "When I collapse and the Han Dynasty is in trouble, those who make peace with Liu will surely thrive."

"Thinking about it, the son of Zhou Bo, the Marquis of Jiangwu, wouldn't be disadvantageous to the descendants of Emperor Taizu Gao?"

"Ok?"

"What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)