Han: The witchcraft disaster begins, I fight against Emperor Wu of Han

Chapter 67 I laughed...The emperor is like a plaything!

The hall was silent.

Huo Guang closed his eyes. He had seen the recent changes in Chang'an. It was just that Emperor Jing's grandson had gone too far and offended too many people. In addition to expelling the alchemist, there was also Gongsun He's case, which he had to investigate too deeply...

He didn't know the depth of the matter and wanted to touch the "taboo", and said that Your Majesty had harmed the princess...

Outside Chang'an, disaster victims gathered.

Furthermore, before this, the "Deliverance of a Vow" was disrespectful to Your Majesty and pointed out the Emperor's fault.

You are the emperor, you have been on the throne for fifty years, do you really think you can offend him at will?
What's more, your Majesty at that time was not a benevolent monarch!
Are you still asking the emperor to mend his ways?
The emperor is not at fault, only those who point out the emperor's faults are at fault!
Perhaps Your Majesty has been waiting for this day.

It just so happened that Dong Gongzhong and Li Shaoweng came here, and the "fairy scene" just now made His Majesty make up his mind completely!
The time, the place and the people are all right... How can Your Majesty resist taking action?
At this moment, not only Huo Guang sighed in his heart, but Jin Midi and Sang Hongyang did the same.

really!

"How to punish him?" Liu Che's voice sounded slowly, as if he was waiting for now.

Without waiting for Dong Gongzhong to answer.

He said impatiently: "Send the message to Mang Tong, Bao Shengzhi, Bing Ji..."

Outside, the sound of singing was soon remembered.

"Send it to the Minister of the Court, the Imperial Court, and the Imperial Censor..."

At the same time, Liu Che looked at Dong Gongzhong again.

"Dong Gongzhong, are you willing to join them in punishing their crimes?"

Dong Gongzhong had been waiting for this moment for a long time. As a Taoist priest who was driven out of Chang'an in disgrace, he was really looking forward to this day.

At this moment, he waved his sleeves and shouted loudly: "I am lucky to have fulfilled your mission! I will make him confess his guilt as soon as possible and announce his guilt to the world!"

"At the same time, I will help you share your worries and solve the troubles in Chang'an!"

"Tell those disaster victims not to rush to Chang'an in the name of God's Blessing to the Emperor's Grandson... Stop those with ulterior motives from driving them to cause unrest in Chang'an!"

Liu Che nodded slowly. He knew that Dong Gongzhong was smart and knew what he wanted.

"Well, when they come over, I will announce the decree and you can go and investigate!"

"I want to discuss the Penglai fairyland with General Wencheng!"

……

An hour later,

The three people who were appointed, Mang Tong, Bing Ji, and Bao Shengzhi, had different expressions.

Mang Tong was eager to make a contribution and was impatient.

But Bao Shengzhi and Bing Ji wanted to find out more clearly.

"If you want to make Emperor Jing's grandson confess his guilt, it's easy. Just arrest Lu Jie and Yan Sheng first, let them confess their crimes, and then arrest Emperor Jing's grandson." These are what Bao Shengzhi said.

Bing Ji nodded, "He is the grandson of the emperor. From what I have observed over the past few days, I have found that he is young and full of energy. He will probably not easily admit his mistakes. He even wanted Your Majesty to admit his mistakes in front of all the people."

"If we want to truly serve as subjects and relieve the emperor's worries, we must first make him admit his guilt in front of all the people!"

"Right, right, right!" Dong Gongzhong nodded with a smile, "That's what your majesty meant. At the same time, as long as he admits his fault and admits that he was not blessed by God... this move can also stop the disaster victims from rushing to the capital."

"Without this excuse, if they rush to the capital again, they will no longer be victims of the disaster, but rebels who intend to overthrow the Han Dynasty!"

"By then, the imperial court will be able to legitimately dispatch three or five captains from the Northern Army to resolve this problem."

As soon as these words came out.

Immediately!

The Imperial Censor Bao Shengzhi and the Court Justice Bing Ji turned around abruptly, both of them were surprised, as if they had not known about this before.

But after a little thought and guessing the hidden meaning of Dong Gongzhong's words, they were also shocked.

"What do you mean?"

"Nonsense!"

Although they were annoyed by the nonsense of Emperor Jing's grandson, they wanted to get to the bottom of it and overturn the verdicts on Gongsun He, Wei Kang, Cao Zong and others.

But does this also involve the victims?
From what he said... he wanted to turn the disaster victims into rebels! Kill them all?

Absolutely not!

"Is this... what His Majesty meant?" Mang Tong, who was standing aside, saw that the situation was not right and quickly asked.

Dong Gongzhong saw this and said with a bitter face, "You two, this is not what I want."

"Ordinary people, just hearing about the rain from heaven, dare to rush to the capital regardless of everything. If they disturb your majesty's meditation... and Chang'an has just stabilized. We must not allow any other troubles to happen!"

He paused, and then said quickly: "The reason why I said those words just now was to make Jinghuangsun confess his crime quickly and stop the victims from rushing to Chang'an. Otherwise, what I just said... will inevitably happen!"

Upon hearing this, Bao Shengzhi and Bing Ji immediately frowned.

They deliberately didn't want to take this job, but somehow this was "hugely different" from their original intentions some time ago.

Isn't it enough to just prevent Emperor Jing's grandson from getting to the bottom of the matter and blaming Your Majesty, and then disobeying the monarch?
Where are the disaster victims now?

But since that has been said, Bao Shengzhi also knows that the matter is urgent.

"You mean, if Grandson Jing quickly admits his guilt and announces it, we can stop the disaster?"

No matter how you think about it, these two don't go together.

"This is not what I said, this is the will of heaven." Dong Gongzhong said; "The victims came because of the rain from heaven, and because they heard that God would bless the emperor's grandson, just like an oasis in the desert. Only if the news that God would bless the emperor's grandson turned out to be false, that God's blessing was the wrath of heaven, and that the emperor's grandson Jing deceived heaven spreads... maybe it can be stopped..."

He did not dare to finish his words this time, but just said faster: "Hurry up and act. If His Majesty punishes you a step later, it will not be my fault."

"Well, let's arrest him first!" Bing Ji gritted his teeth. Unlike the previous time when he wanted Jing Huangsun to quit while he was ahead, this time, he just felt that this matter was a hot potato.

If you are not careful, you will bring disaster upon yourself.

……

Taiwong.

Three hours had passed since Li Shaoweng entered the Weiyang Palace.
It's dusk.

During this period of time, one order after another, like the dark clouds that originally shrouded the Prince's Palace, finally began to tilt down, so that it was about to submerge the Prince's Palace!
"Your Highness, the palace guards from various prefectures and soldiers from the Southern Army that we have summoned have all returned to the camp."

"Your Highness, the Weiyang Palace has issued an order to suspend all measures to punish the Taoist priests. Those who have already been ordered to Wuyuan County must be recalled!"

"Your Highness, Lu Jie, Yan Sheng and others have been arrested!"

As news came in one after another, Liu Jin was sitting in the Prince's Palace, looking at the setting sun from afar, trying hard to catch the last ray of afterglow.

However, nothing works.

The sun eventually sets, and the Prince's Palace eventually becomes a thing of the past.

"It's over! It's over! My words have come true. I never thought it would happen so quickly!"

Master Shi De's face was ashen and his eyes revealed despair.

"Your Highness is still young and doesn't know that there is no right or wrong in the court. His Majesty has already played you in the palm of his hand."

Shi De looked at Liu Jing and sighed bitterly.

In a short period of time, Liu Jing had gone from being the grandson of Emperor Jing, who led the elimination of the alchemists and held the imperial seal... to being a prisoner!

However, from beginning to end.

Liu Jing was very calm when he heard the news.

It seems to have been expected.

He had even put on his clothes long ago and simply sat on the steps in front of the Prince's Palace, waiting for someone to arrive.

He knew that if nothing unexpected happened, someone would take him to the Supreme Court soon.

This time, he was not going to try a case, but to be convicted.

really.

Just as he was thinking this, he saw a team rushing over again in the distance. The person leading them was tall and strong, with powerful muscles, and he walked like a dragon or a tiger.

After a while, he came in front of Liu Jing.

"Grandson of Emperor Jing...Minister Mang Tong has come here to ask for the imperial seal in compliance with the order of Your Majesty."

Liu Jing looked at the other person and said nothing.

He slowly stood up and handed the talisman he had prepared long ago to the other party. "Will you let me go to the Supreme Court?"

Mang Tong smiled, took the talisman with both hands, and then showed his white teeth and blood in his eyes.

"Grandson Jing is as smart as ever."

"please……"

Liu Jing moved forward immediately without any delay!
"Second brother!"

"Grandson Jing!"

However, he was not in a hurry. Everyone in the Prince's Palace was anxious. Liu Jin and Junior Tutor Shi De were even more anxious and shouted out loud.

"I will go see the Empress Dowager and ask her to plead with His Majesty." Liu Jin said this, not sure whether it was to comfort himself or Liu Jing.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, he himself was a little bit unbelieving. The current Empress of the Han Dynasty has been living in Changle for a long time, and how many days has it been since she last saw the Emperor?
The most favored one nowadays is Lady Gouyi!

Not to mention, the Prince's Palace had long been in name only.

Liu Jing waved his hand, signaling them not to worry and to go back directly.

Then, he and Mang Tong rushed to the Supreme Court.

In fact, he has a lot of questions now.

As far as he knew, even if the emperor wanted to "put the weapons into storage and the horses into the mountains", it shouldn't be at this time, it would be too soon.

At the very least, we have to wait for a while, and even if the ban is lifted, it won’t be a sudden turnaround.

Something must have gone wrong here!

The biggest change...

Could it be that "Li Shao Weng" really had some ability that successfully inspired Liu Che to pursue "immortality"?

It has only been a few days since he issued the warning.

As he was thinking this, the Supreme Court soon appeared before his eyes.

This time, he was not even interrogated in the hall, but was directly taken to prison.

The prison of the Supreme Court was eerie and terrifying. Wherever Liu Jing passed, he saw familiar figures. They were the people who had followed him to expel the alchemists during this period.

Some of them were selected from the orphans of the Yulin Army by Lu Jie and others.

Some were later transferred to other places. Even Lu Jie and Yan Sheng were detained.

Upon closer inspection, this floor is almost entirely filled with these people.

At this moment, seeing Liu Jing coming, everyone exclaimed, and there was despair in their voices.

"Grandson Jing!"

According to the rules, even if the royal descendants made mistakes, they would be handed over to the Zongzhengfu.

Liu Ju was like this, and he was imprisoned in the Zongzheng Mansion for his treasonous uprising. But the grandson of Emperor Jing came here, and it was obvious that it was a special case ordered by His Majesty in a fit of rage.

Thinking of this, Lu Jie and others who were well aware of the operation of the imperial court were filled with despair.

But Liu Jing didn't know what they were thinking. He just nodded to indicate that he had heard it and was then imprisoned in a cell.

however.

Before he could sit down, it happened quickly.

"Grandson Jing, I haven't seen you for a long time. I hope you are doing well."

But he saw that Dong Gongzhong had already arrived, and on his left and right were the Imperial Censor and the Court Justice Bing Ji whom he had met before. They had apparently been waiting for him for a long time.

Now he was in prison, facing several people he once wanted to interrogate.

This dislocation made Liu Jing feel absurd.

However, he still remembered his purpose and deliberately tried to test:
"What do you want to do? I am blessed by God and Emperor Taizu..."

He said this deliberately because he wanted to use them to find out what had happened in the Weiyang Palace.

But when Dong Gongzhong heard what he said, he burst into laughter.

"Haha, Grandson Jing, when the time comes, you still mention the so-called God's blessing? And you dare to mention the Emperor Taizu Gao?"

The next moment, he glared at him, "Your Majesty has learned that your God's blessing is actually the wrath of God after deceiving God's will. Emperor Taizu Gao is even more of a lie you lied to Your Majesty!"

"Back then, you used the words of Emperor Taizu Gao to deceive Your Majesty that there is no immortality or immortality in the world... You repeatedly accused Your Majesty of your mistakes, and even wanted to force Your Majesty to admit it? After returning to Chang'an, you even expelled the alchemists, causing the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people!"

"Today, Your Majesty finally saw Penglai! He saw a real immortal!"

"And now, His Majesty is asking us to punish you for deceiving the emperor!"

Dong Gongzhong spoke passionately.

However, Liu Jing frowned repeatedly. What did he mean by seeing Penglai? What immortal?
Did he think Li Shao Weng was an immortal?

What about Penglai?

He knew that Penglai was the legendary fairy island, but could Liu Che see Penglai Island just by going to the palace?
and many more……

Liu Jing suddenly realized what he had heard before: wherever Li Shaoweng passed, there was a misty fairyland, and some people heard the divine deer speak human words and the fairy cranes cry...

Now add...Penglai?
Illusion?

Or is it something he doesn't know about? Something that can make people see things beyond the logic of reality?
"Your Majesty believes in Penglai?"

Liu Jing looked at Bing Ji and Bao Shengzhi beside him.

The two did not speak. After all, they did not see it with their own eyes. They just looked at each other and ignored Liu Jing.

"Of course!" Dong Gongzhong said loudly, "It's not just His Majesty who believes."

"Even the Imperial Chariot Captain Huo Guang, the Imperial Concubine's Captain Jin Midi, and the Grain-Searching Captain Sang Hongyang... have personally seen the Penglai fairyland. Grandson Jing, your lies have been exposed! Confess your guilt quickly, and you will suffer less."

the other side.

Seeing this, Bing Ji thought of some of the confusion in his heart and decided that the matter of the disaster victims needed to be resolved as soon as possible.

He immediately said, "Grandson Jing, confess your sins quickly and in front of the people! Otherwise, the victims will hear your name of God's Blessing and will rush to Chang'an."

"If this continues, something terrible will happen!"

Liu Jing frowned at first, then smiled sarcastically.

"So that's why you want me to plead guilty?"

"more than!"

Mang Tong beside him also said in a loud voice: "And you have repeatedly disobeyed the emperor, and used the "Vow Returning Memorial" to point out your majesty's faults, which has caused the wrath of heaven! Grandson Jing must confess his sins to heaven!"

Liu Jing suddenly asked, "What if I confess my guilt? Kill me in front of everyone? As a punishment!"

Several people said nothing.

But Liu Jing's smile became more and more sarcastic.

"why are you laughing?"

Sensing the lucky coin, golden lotuses are about to bloom.

Liu Jing simply restrained his smile, and then looked at the four people in front of him, every word he spoke was sonorous!

"I laugh... You guys are really good at tricking the emperor, and he really believes it!"

"I laugh at the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, who longs for immortality and has been repeatedly taught a lesson, yet never changes his ways!"

Suddenly, as Liu Jing's voice sounded, the faces of the people in front of him all changed drastically.

Although they had long known that Emperor Jing's grandson was lawless.

But at this time, how can he still be so rampant!

However, before they could continue talking.

Liu Jing shouted loudly:

"I have laughed at the emperor for fifty years. I have lost my wisdom and have become a puppet in your hands... a puppet on strings!"

“Like a plaything!”

(End of this chapter)