Chapter 856 Blood-stained haze

5days ago traverse Novels 2
The autumn atmosphere became thicker, and the dark clouds in the sky seemed to knock over the ink from the inkstone, and the diffuse haze continued to dissipate.

Four or five civil and military officials walked up the stone steps of the magnificent Jinxiang Hall. At present, a small-eyed civil servant straightened the official hat on his head with one hand, holding the file in his hand and walked into the wooden door with a serious expression.

The group passed through several halls, waited outside the Yangde Hall gate for a while, and then walked into the door.Guo Shao had his head naked, like a monk, and there was smoke rising from his head. The two palace maids were packing the towels next to him.

I will pay my respects to Your Majesty.Several people clasped their fists and said.

Guo Shao made a move to signal them to flatten them. The eunuch Yang Shiliang next to him walked over, took a thick stack of files from Wang Pu and placed them on the case in front of Guo Shao.

The two palace maids lowered their heads and took a few steps back, and walked out of the hall with their things.

Guo Shao looked through the file in front of him, and it was a thick stack with small characters written on it, almost all of which were named.Guo Shao doesn't know most of the people written on it at all.

Countless lives are just characters and symbols for him now.

Between rice paper and black characters, the solemn meaning of death is spreading due to people's emotions.Everyone didn't say anything, only the sound of paper turning from time to time was left.

Guo Shao looked at it for a long time. Perhaps Wang Pu and others below were numb, but he was still not in a hurry.

Guo Shao looked back and forth several times, trying to find out the inappropriate parts from the file, but he didn't find anything because he was almost unfamiliar with the names.

He changed his method and roughly estimated the number of people in it. The number of people to be executed and exiled was not ten thousand, but eight thousand.

Finally, Guo Shao stroked Guangguang's head, reached out and lifted the brush, dipped it back and forth in the cinnabar a few times, and wrote one on the file: Accurate.

Yang Shiliang immediately put another imperial edict in front of Guo Shao.

Guo Shaotong read it once, and it was an edict written by the Hanlin Academy, which meant a word that expressed anger at the collusion of the three rebel forces in the enemy country.

Guo Shao signed the matter again.

When Wang Pu and others got the things again, they finally spoke: I will obey the order!

Guo Shao had a complicated expression and waved his hand and said: You go and do it.

The group bowed and retreated.

He was still sitting in front of the desk, looking at the cinnabar on it, as red as blood... The dense handwriting he saw just now was still in front of him. For a moment, no matter how hatred he was towards Fan Zhi, the Zhao family and the officials who were greedy and unfaithful, dispersed like the wind.

But there is one of the most insidious masterminds behind the scenes: Xiao Siwen!

Xiao Siwen, a Liao man, was not only Guo Shao's biggest enemy, but also his despicable deeds!Guo Shao is still sick and feels uncomfortable all over, and he almost loses everything because of this guy.

The bloody smell had just dispelled Guo Shao's hatred, but Xiao Siwen once again aroused his anger.

Guo Shao took a deep breath and looked at the map on the opposite wall.

After calming down, he still felt unable to get rid of his own way. He stretched out his finger to look at the large picture, as if he was gestured in the air... First, he got more war horses from the northwest, and then took Liuhua Fort as the stronghold and the cavalry as the sharp edge of the knife, making the Liao Kingdom unable to finish it from a grand strategy!

However, what we need to do now is to first resolve the pressure from the Liao army in western Liaoning and maintain the situation of pioneering in the northeast.

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Outside the north city of Tokyo that day, the Yellow River was faintly looking at it.

A large group of people were tied into a long string on the post road by ropes, and were tragically driven to walk slowly.

There were cavalry in front and behind, and there were also a team of infantry troops lined up with them.

In addition, officials, military generals, and eunuchs from each yamen were present.

When it reached the bottom of a mound, a large earth pit had been dug, and there were also dusty officials sitting nearby.

At this time, officials began to recite the list one by one.

The prisoner with disheveled hair and messy hair was driven to stand in three rows and was still tied together.

They stood there with despair on their faces and were standing tremblingly. Under the infantry and cavalry's eyes, no one ran away, their hands were tied and restrained, and there was no chance to escape.

After a long time of boring chanting the name, the civil servant said: The criminals present were executed for committing corruption, and their relatives were exiled to the Pingxia Province.Do you have any objections?

He asked not about the criminal standing in front, but about the civil and military officials present.The crowd agreed, but no one opposed it.So the civil servant waved to a young general, then turned around and left.

There are too many prisoners, and the executioner is not the executioner, but a garrison guarding Tokyo.

The generals shouted, and the infantry formed three platoons, and lined up with muskets, standing at a distance of less than ten steps across the street, raising their guns one after another.

Bang bang bang bang...

Bang bang bang bang...

The gunpowder exploded three times, and the smoke and blood filled the wind, screaming everywhere.

The infantrymen drew their swords and spears, rushed up to slaughter the undead people on the ground, and then threw the bodies into the pit nearby.

...The execution ground outside Tokyo was full of men.But it is different outside Xuzhou City, both men, women, young and old.In addition to the old woman, there are also children!

A gray-haired and silk-clothed old woman looked full of hatred. She raised her head and shouted with hoarse and tragic: Guo Shao, a thief who was ungrateful and plotted to usurp the throne, had his whole family turned into a demon after death and would come to seek his life!

The civil and military officials around him looked sideways and were attracted by the attention.

But everyone's expressions were indifferent. Regardless of whether the woman said it was reasonable or not, the victory or defeat was determined... The right way is that justice does not depend on people's hearts, and right and wrong cares about strength.

Her voice was distorted, her facial features were twisted, and she shouted, one day, retribution will...

Bang!Suddenly a knight stepped forward, waved his whip and cursed: Stop yelling!

The civil servant behind said: Block your mouth and hurry to take it to the execution ground.After saying that, he looked up at the sky, as if he was estimating the time.

The knight turned over and dismounted, made a ball of dirty cloth, and without saying a word, he stuffed it into the old woman's mouth.

Several officials were still talking, and a voice said: Her son was originally a general of the Imperial Army. He was very strong back then, but he didn't have that fate after all...

An understatement quickly disappeared into the noise.The changing dark clouds in the sky seem to mock the absurdity of fate in the world.

...The capital and Xuzhou were both bloody and bloody, and a large number of men, women, young and old were driven on a long journey west to Pingxia, causing chaos and panic.However, Yingzhou is much quieter at this time.

The officials of the Zhengwang Mansion have been replaced, and the original officials have roughly walked on the Huangquan Road on the bank of the Yellow River.But the mansion was still peaceful and no one rashly went in to harass him.

The newly appointed official of Xuanhui South Court is sitting diligently in the downward room at the gate... This job is idle and has no money. If it were normal, it would be idle.

But the new official did not dare to slacke in any way, because there were no more than dozens of people below the premiere, which was really scary.

At this moment, a clerk hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words in the head's ear.The head official's expression changed and he immediately stood up: Please!Please hurry up!

They had already come in, and the young one dared not stop them.

As soon as he finished speaking, a hairless man and a civil servant walked in.The head of the Zheng Wang Mansion knew the civil servant, who was a real-powered official in the Southern Court of Xuanhui, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

The envoy pointed at the eunuch next to him and said, "This is Eunuch Yang from the Eunuch."

Eunuch Yang looked at him without looking sideways and said calmly: There is an internal surveillance here, have you seen him?

Several people were stunned and looked at each other. The head of the Zheng Palace shook his head and said: No, what kind of father-in-law, I haven't seen him, have you seen him?

Didn't see it!

Only then did Eunuch Yang take out a secret order and ask the chief officer to come and inspect it carefully in front of the Xuanhui South Courtyard.

That night, there was a noise and chaos in the Zheng Palace, and someone shouted: No, Zheng Wang is in an emergency and is out of breath!

The quick horse went to Beijing overnight to report urgently!King Zheng was imprisoned in Yingzhou and no one cares about it, but it was a big deal if he died. After all, he was a person who had sat on the throne!

Not long after, the emperor issued an edict praising the virtues of King Zheng, and buried himself in the imperial tomb of the previous dynasty, and disclosed the news of King Zheng's death to the whole world.

In just over a month, many things happened, including a highest-ranking Duke, a prime minister, a king, and thousands of people who were convicted and implicated.

The wind and waves seemed to sweep across the entire Central Plains.

There are all kinds of strange folk rhetoric and each has its own discussions, and the future unofficial history may also have many stories...

However, there is only one official conclusion: Emperor Daxu was infected with illness, and the three parties colluded with the Liao Kingdom to conspire to rebel, and was pacified before the incident was launched; Li Chuyun was poisoned by the rebel thieves colluded with spies from the Liao Kingdom; King Zheng died of illness, and the Daxu royal family was buried with a grand funeral.

There is no way to investigate who Zhongli is, only speculation and unofficial history are left. The truth will be buried in the dust like countless past events.

However, many people certainly don’t believe that the death of King Zheng was due to illness, and the cause of death must be counted on Guo Shao… But it doesn’t matter. The royal family of the previous dynasty, which has lost power, is easily exploited by others. It is not a big mistake to let him die decently. After all, most rulers would do this.

What's more, the Daxu royal family did not slander King Zheng's reputation, and allowed him to maintain his status and be buried in the imperial tomb, which was not mean.

Tokyo is cloudy, and the entire Central Plains seems to be shrouded in dark clouds these days.How many souls and so many right and wrong are unknown and confused, and things in the world are never transparent.

Guo Shao recalled the past, with a passionate and ambition, and wanted the world to establish a reasonable order under the sunlight, so that good and evil are clear, and that justice and justice will be carried out on the road.

Unfortunately, after so many years, he has the power of life and death and supreme authority, but he still makes all kinds of major events so unclear and unclear.

The sky outside the window became darker and cloudy for many days, and finally raindrops as big as beans were sprinkled, and then the pouring rain poured onto countless palace double eaves.

The rain flows through the tiles, and the accumulated water flows across the brick floor.

Guo Shao seemed to see countless blood stains being washed away...