Rui Hegui

It is recorded in the Xu Shu of later generations that in the summer of the seventh year of Pingchong, Chu Bandit, who was then Minister of Criminal Affairs, and Zhao Liang, a doctor in Duzhi, visited Ningzhou in Vietnam and returned to the court. The evidence of several cases, including the case, was a felony that was too numerous to record and harmed the people. There was an uproar in the court, and Emperor Ping Chong was furious, and ordered the third division and Jin Luanwei to interrogate.

In the same month, Emperor Ping Chong took advice from bandits Chu and secretly sent a secret letter to Mobei. Xiang Chang was immediately ordered to lead half of the northern camp to withdraw southward until they set up camp at fifty miles of Gyeonggi. Escort to prevent sudden changes in the Zhennan Army.

After a month-long joint trial, a total of more than a thousand officials of all sizes in Ningzhou and Beijing were involved, and more than [-] people were involved in the case.When the papers from the third division were delivered to the Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Ping Chong dragged his sick body and wrote the word "kill", and then ordered to kill the nine clans of Wang Xian, Minister of the Ministry of War, for the crimes of "conspiring against the law" and "abusing power and perverting the law". Abandoned as a commoner and living in the cold palace, other officials involved in the case were hacked at the waist for public display, and no one was allowed to intercede.

A page of history is as thin as a cicada's wing, and the people in Kyoto are terrified with blood.

The last time Chu Bandit saw Wang Xian was in the death row of the Ministry of Punishment.

Wang Xian, who had taken off his crimson official robes, had stained his white prison clothes red with blood under torture before, and was sitting on the wall with his eyes closed. Minister of the Ministry of War.

Bandit Chu glanced outside the prison, lifted his robe and walked in.

Wang Xian turned his head to the visitor, and slowly opened his eyes. When the cloudy field of vision cleared up a bit and he could see the visitor's face clearly, he couldn't help laughing lightly, and said, "I thought it was impossible to see you before you die." It's Master Chu."

Bandit Chu didn't say anything, and directly threw the emerald pendant in his hand to Wang Xian.

The expression on Wang Xian's indifferent face softened.

Chu Gui said coldly: "Where does this pendant come from, don't I need to say more?"

Wang Xian half-closed his eyes and said, "Impossible, you can't find him."

"You are still too stupid." Bandit Chu looked directly at Wang Xian, and said, "Whether it is the case of privately forging weapons brought out by the iron mine in Tang County, or the case of selling officials and nobles, the biggest beneficiary is not you, but now , you not only have to bear it with your nine clans alone, but also naively think that your second son can be sent away safely, it is really too stupid."

The emerald pendant on the thatch in front of me is an ancestral treasure of Wang Xian's lineage. It was placed in the ancestral hall to burn incense and offer it to him. It was not until Wang Xian sent his second son Wang Yunming away alone a month ago that he personally handed it to Wang Xian. , Following the meaning of Yang Zurong.

Now it suddenly appeared in Chu bandit's hands.

Wang Xian was silent, picked up the pendant and looked at it against the faint light in the cell, said: "It's just a pendant, the old man doesn't believe you."

Bandit Chu was not in a hurry, and stood there with his hands behind his back, saying nothing more.

Wang Xian didn't like to look up at the person in front of him. He wanted to move and get up, but his body was broken in many places, and in the end he could only bend over like a piece of mud on the ground.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Xian finally lowered his head, the hand holding the pendant trembled, sighed, and said, "I... should know Han Wenyun better than you, and now the big case is over. Sure, he picked himself up clean, how could he still treat my royal family kindly. Forget it, forget it, just ask whatever you want."

Bandit Chu: "What role did you play in the treason case 13 years ago?"

Wang Xian looked at Bandit Chu with a smile, and said, "Sure enough, it's still that case. Why bother to be the winner and loser? Now you are the minister of the Ministry of Punishments, very popular and have a bright future. You investigate that old case." Undoubtedly, he is going to touch the imperial family’s back and set himself on fire.” Wang Xian paused as he spoke, stroked the pendant in his hand, and asked, “Can you really guarantee that Cheng’er will leave alive? After all, you should hate me very much. .”

Bandit Chu asked: "It seems that you also know that you have committed a heinous crime?"

"Yes, I'm very conscious of what I did back then, but I never regret it." Wang Xian said, "If I hadn't taken that step back then, I would still be just an inconspicuous little official in the Ministry of War, always watching others Acting on face, always being trampled underfoot by others, and watching Wang Tabi being admired by thousands of people and aloof, that's not what I want."

"So you ruined him, and at the same time planted evil fruits to destroy yourself." Chu Bandit sneered and said, "Put away your tricks, answer my questions, keep your son alive, and don't worry about the rest. "

Wang Yuncheng's lips moved a few times, and he opened his mouth: "Back then when we fought against Tu Yuan, I was ordered to be a grain and grass escort officer. At the beginning, those chariots and horses were indeed transporting grain and grass, but when the Fan family army left Qianqian Pass in the west, From one day on, there was no trace of grain and grass in all the carts."

"Master Chu, do you know what it is? You can't guess it. The entire twelve carts are real gold and silver. Han Wenyun either moved them from the disaster relief funds, or stole the proceeds from the officials and people below, but used them to buy them in the border areas." War horses and sharp soldiers are used to fight against soldiers who are in danger."

"This matter is so big, but no one knows about it. The reason is that there is a Prime Minister Han in Beijing who covers up the eyes and ears of the monarchs and ministers in the court, and a Han Pavilion in Xiangyuan City who offers up the frontier. What's more important is that there has always been a man named Ye Yuan's Tu Yuan organization is elusive, going deep into Da Xu's interior, and even Fan's army has their people. But judging by Master Chu's appearance, he should know about Ye Yuan."

"Then let me tell you something that Master Chu doesn't know. Yeyuan's controller is Kriti, the illegitimate son of the former King Tuyuan. He also has a name in the Central Plains, Mingyu, known as Mr. Mingyu. This person is very cunning and kind. Disguise Secret Technique."

"In addition, their layout was long before that, longer than the first emperor went to Cangji Mountain to invite Wang Yu to become an official." When Wang Yu said this, he sighed sadly, and then said with a sneer, "The first emperor was headstrong all his life, but he was not a mediocre monarch. You should understand what I mean, right? If I were you, it would be important to take the position of prime minister instead. Why bother digging through the old accounts of the royal family."

Bandit Chu didn't respond to him, and Jing Mo next to him had already recorded Wang Xian's confession.

"Is there anything else to tell?"

I don't know how long it took before Bandit Chu looked down at the embarrassed Wang Xian and asked this sentence.

Wang Xian was in a daze this time, as if his head had fallen to the ground. After a while, he shook his head and said, "That's all I know."

"But I haven't told you what I know." Bandit Chu knelt down, forced Wang Xian to look at him, and said, "When you went out for inspection, a plague broke out in Kyoto. Unfortunately, your eldest son Wang Yunming couldn't afford it. It was you Regardless of the dissuasion of others, his cousin took care of him for seven days and seven nights before he was dragged back from the gate of hell, and afterward he was ordered not to avenge him."

Wang Xian's cousin is exactly Wang Yu.

Wang Xian was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and gradually there was a gleam of clarity in his cloudy eyes, with a little confusion.

Chu bandit said: "The reason why he prevented the officials from promoting you is because of your misconduct and dishonesty, not because he wants to overwhelm you. He is saving you. He wants to protect you, a dishonest cousin. Peace, instead of being bound in a cocoon like now, and the nine clans will be killed!"

Wang Xian clenched his blood-stained sleeves tightly, stared wide-eyed, and suddenly shouted: "No! I... I don't regret it, he is such a high-ranking person, he can't understand my pain at all!"

Bandit Chu got up, glanced at the maddened Wang Xian, with no expression on his face, turned around and nodded to Jing Mo, Jing Mo immediately went out to call in the executioners, and the leader was holding Ling Chi Dao.

Wang Xian looked at the snow-sharp blade, laughed, and asked, "You will let Cheng'er leave safely, right?"

"I'm not you. Once you say a word, it's hard to follow."

Bandit Chu left the cell after saying that, and the sound of iron chains tying people to the rack came from behind him. A moment later, Wang Xian would be executed with Ling Chi, a total of a thousand knives, extremely painful and long suffering, until the last knives before he could die, alive It is better to die than to deserve it.

When Chu bandit walked out of the office of the Ministry of Punishment, the sun had already set, leaving half of the sky with red clouds, and half a day beside the night, Zhao Liangyue stood in the middle with a stack of documents, wearing the Yunyan scarlet robe of the right servant of the household department that he had received not long ago , which made Zhao Liangyue even more white than snow.

Jing Mochao and the two bowed each other and left.

Looking at the calm expression on Chu Bandit's face, Zhao Liangyue didn't feel relieved, but on the other hand, Chu Bandit still had the usual romantic and casual look.

Zhao Liangyue didn't make it clear, but he didn't know what to say for a while, and finally he was silent for a moment, and stepped forward and said, "I haven't had any free time these days, now that I have free time, why don't we go for a stroll together?"

Chu bandit chuckled when he heard the words, and said, "Xi Lin, you want to take me to relax, but," Chu bandit pointed to Hongxia and Tianguang who were gradually eroded by the shady scene, and said, "It's getting late today , go back and rest first, let's talk about it later when you rest and take a bath."

Zhao Liangyue looked at Chu Bandit suspiciously, thinking when did this man become so polite, he didn't say anything else, weighed the Chinese book in his hand, and got into the carriage with Chu Bandit.

The carriage first went to Pingxuan Lane in the south of the city, but Chu Bandit was rarely quiet along the way. Zhao Liangyue glanced worriedly at first, but when he saw him leisurely picking up a piece of plum cake to eat, he thought it should be nothing serious, a hanging one Heart dropped back.

Today's carriage moved slower than before, and did not rush to the main street. It was very stable. Zhao Liangyue slumped on the soft pillow and fell asleep at some point.

When he got to the small courtyard, Bandit Chu opened the curtain and waved to Youbai who was waiting at the door, Youbai understood, came over lightly, picked up Zhao Liangyue and went in, then the coachman immediately swung his whip and drove the carriage towards the east of the city.

Chu Bandit glanced at the Anshenxiang in the car, and the pile of household documents that Zhao Liangyue was going to deal with all night, and the corners of his lips could not help but smile triumphantly.

Not long after, Chu Bandit opened the curtain of the car, and there was a letter that had just been written between Xiu's fingers, and the attendant hurriedly took it with both hands.

Bandit Chu ordered: "Give it to Rongge of Xuefangyuan, wait for him to read it, and then come back with the price he asked for."

The attendant took the order, jumped out of the carriage, and quickly disappeared into the night.