How many buildings are in the mist

Houhu is north of the palace, and it is the place where the royal family holds banquets on weekdays.It is a great favor to be invited here to attend the royal banquet in spring and autumn.However, the aristocratic families who came here in early August, no matter whether they were officials in the court or not, whether they came from their residence in Jiankang or their ancestral home in their hometown, were all trembling and anxious.Many people looked at Cui Yi, but Cui Yi was expressionless.He looked at the Habayashi guards on both sides, all of them were fully armed with short knives, carved bows and arrows, and the armor reflected the sun.

With such solemnity, I am afraid that nothing good will happen to them.

From time to time, the emperor came, with a well-organized book and a splendid imperial chariot, accompanied by tall guards on horseback, and Cui Xuanji himself rode a black horse beside the imperial chariot.As soon as the imperial chariot stopped, everyone from dismounting to lining up was almost completely in order, with an awe-inspiring and inviolable air.Feng Zihuan wore court clothes and walked slowly towards the main seat, Cui Xuanji followed behind, and the guards on both sides followed one by one. After the emperor took the stage, they immediately surrounded the crowd and stood upright.Quite a few of the family ministers kneeling down felt that the guard's knife handle was about to touch their shoulders.

Cold and lifeless.

Feng Zihuan took a seat on the stage, and Cui Xuanji stood beside her. According to the people below, the two looked very much like a hunter from the north and the falcon in her hand.The female official proclaimed the salute, all the officials knelt down and worshiped, and the emperor ordered him to die.For a while, the venue was extremely quiet, not even the sound of the lake lapping on the shore outside.Suddenly the wind blew the leaves and made rustling noises. Feng Zihuan used a little internal energy to make her voice far and wide and audible: "I convened a meeting today to announce to you the results of the review of the Luling King's treason case. .Originally, once the trial of a trivial treason case is concluded, it is enough to issue an imperial decree. However, there are many side issues in this case. I am fair, neither let a guilty one go, nor do I want to wrong an innocent one Yes, I had to make a big investigation. During the investigation, I heard that many things were found out that I never thought of before, and some lovers who were censored were very dissatisfied, thinking that the court had slandered their innocence. In this case, today we Just put the criminals and evidence on the table one by one, let's have a look together, the guilty and the innocent, the rewards and punishments are clear."

After finishing speaking, the female officer announced that Feng Zisong would be brought up.

Feng Zisong has been imprisoned in the palace.Some people speculated that she was under house arrest, but it was not the case. Because of Feng Zihuan's anger, she was forced to live in handcuffs and shackles, and her food was nothing more than simple food.Feng Zihuan vented his anger in this way, and exempted Feng Ziju, the king of Rencheng, from the crime, but he was not allowed to intercede - at this moment Feng Ziju was kneeling and sitting at the head, seeing his own sister who was almost dragged up, he felt that everyone was in the audience. , ashamed.Feng Zisong hadn't had a good meal for several days, and she was a serious alcohol addict if she didn't drink alcohol. Although she was wearing a prison uniform at the moment, she didn't have any external injuries, but her face was haggard, her spirit was weak, and she couldn't walk steadily. The female soldier holding her They turned into dragging as they walked; they finally got close, and according to Cui Xuanji's previous explanation, they directly threw a royal family member on the ground in front of the imperial court.

"Prince of Luling, Feng Zisong, what crime have you committed!" the female official asked.

"The guilty minister, the guilty minister has committed the heinous crime of treason, heinous." Feng Zisong has already rehearsed the lines, and is going to perform today what is called "tears of tears, repentance and confession". .

"Why did you conspire against me!"

She was waiting for this question: "The guilty minister, the criminal minister is sitting on the family wealth and ruling the country, so he really has no intention of plotting rebellion! It was all bewitched by the criminal minister's country minister Lu Yu and his cousin Lu Mao! The criminal minister It was not good at state affairs, so everything was handed over to Lu Yu, and the criminals were at the mansion, and the whole day was just eating, drinking and having fun! After Lu Yu saw that Lu Mao was dismissed from office, he recruited that guy to the middle school, euphemistically calling him "Long Lu" Ling was distracted, and soon introduced Lu Mao to the guilty minister at the banquet. They played endlessly with the guilty minister, and gradually became friends with running dogs and cockfights. Then Er Lu took the opportunity to say to the criminal minister that Luling is now rich and powerful, with strong soldiers and strong horses; The prefects everywhere are good friends, if you raise troops, the world will respond; in the Jiankang Palace, what kind of things are very interesting, if you become the emperor, you can enjoy the wealth, glory, wine and food, horses and beauties in the world: criminal minister , The criminals, the criminals also listened to their temporary slander, Your Majesty! The criminals became more and more afraid later, but the state affairs were not in their hands, and the army was not under the control of the criminals. When the incident happened, it was too late to stop it. There was not much response, and the imperial army surrounded them again, wanting to arrest Er Lu and go to Beijing to plead guilty, but they couldn't beat them, and the guilty minister was detained in the Luling Palace in the end, Your Majesty!!"

Feng Zihuan sat on it and listened to her embellished remarks, his face was calm, and he laughed in his heart.Idiot and fool, she thought, you put all the crimes on Erlu, and it is really contemptuous for others to see.What's more, you have put a stupid hat on yourself that "rebellion is only for enjoyment". If people believe it, they will think you are stupid; if people don't believe it, they will think that you are too worried.

She was expressionless there, while Feng Zisong knelt on the ground and looked at her, the tears in his eyes were almost full.Seeing that the emperor's sister ignored her, she looked at her own sister again, Feng Ziju just lowered her head; she looked at Cui Xuanji who had been watching her all the time, Cui Xuanji had no expression: she thought these words were begging for mercy It was useless, so he took out the prepared last move-crying.

Crying so painfully is called wailing, and that is called mourning. She has never cried like this when her own mother died.Cui Yi, Fan Deng, Gu Heng, etc., who had nothing to do with her, felt too shameful to watch because they were too involved in the performance.But Feng Zihuan on the stage gave her a serious look. At the moment when they looked at each other, Feng Zisong was finally wise: she found a little bit of satisfaction in the eyes of the emperor's sister. It turned out that Feng Zihuan was To embarrass yourself.So I cried even harder.While crying, he continued to express his sinful sins. He not only offended Emperor Tianwei, but also implicated his sister, and persecuted the people. He felt really guilty.

If Feng Zizhang had been present, he would have felt that Feng Zisong might not be a complete fool after hearing this carefully selected confession.When people face life and death, they can still stimulate a certain potential.

Feng Zisong was wondering if he should tell about Erlu's affairs, and the female officer asked just right: "Luling King Feng Zisong! What did Lu Hao and Lu Yu say when they were discussing with you to seek rebellion! Truly recruit!"

Feng Zisong understood, and immediately began to describe how he had no power in the closed country at that time, and how Erlu said that he had a wide network and could handle it.Speaking of Lu Mao saying that the current emperor is innocent and that it must be very easy to overthrow, Feng Zihuan interrupted her.

"If we listen to your family, wouldn't it be biased? To be fair, we should also invite the Lu family brothers. Come on, press the Lu family brothers up." Then he waved his hand and asked Feng Zisong to kneel aside. .Fengzisong was almost unable to stand up, Cui Xuanji winked at the two guards, and the two immediately stepped forward, and took Fengzisong aside like a bag, next to Fengzisong.

The descendants of the family sitting below heard that Xuan Erlu was coming up, so they didn't bother to think about the shamelessness of the emperor's remarks.

When Er Lu came up, they all looked like they were being tortured.Unexpectedly, Lu Yu was stubborn and didn't say anything, but he was obviously beaten less than Lu Mao.Lu Mao talked nonsense inside, but he still didn't escape the whip.The two were escorted to the front and knelt down. The female officer asked the two why they conspired against each other. Lu Yu said bluntly that he was not only greedy for power, but open-minded; !"

His voice echoed like ominous thunder.Cui Xuanji saw someone trembling below with sharp eyes.

Feng Zihuan laughed, and it sounded like thunder: "You conspired to commit treason; you insulted the court and the emperor with your words; : Do you have any reason to come out and accuse me of being a senseless emperor? Hey, even your proclamation is such a joke."

Lu Hao counterattacked, saying that with just a few words, he wanted to search and arrest Jiankang City, which is not innocent!Feng Zihuan laughed loudly, thinking that this Lu Mao is really cute today, "You want evidence? Give you evidence!" Then he nodded to Cui Xuanji, who shouted: "Bring it up!"

The guards of the Habayashi brought up several thick bundles of white silk with characters written all over them, lined up in rows, and stood in groups of two according to the seats arranged by the clansmen. Cui Xuanji turned around and asked Feng Zihuan for instructions. Zihuan nodded, Cui Xuanji turned around, looked around, and ordered sharply: "Open!"

The guards quickly unfolded the white silk that was full of words, and it was filled with the dates of the correspondence between those involved and some important words and sentences in it.Some are good and some are bad, some are the crime of decapitation, and some are just the crime of non-reporting like Chasson.The guards put the white silk on the ground. From Cui Xuanji's stand, one can see that the white silk was spread on the ground one by one. Some people were trembling slightly, while others tried to sit up straight.

Lu Hao looked back, and said with a sneer, "You can weave these things!" Feng Zihuan smiled, and said to Cui Xuanji, "Take it out and show him." Cui Xuanji accepted the order, He took out the letter that Feng Zizhang had seized from his bosom.He stepped off the stage, stood in front of Er Lu, and read the content aloud.This is the letter from Lu Mao and Gu Su.The more she read, the worse Lu Mao's complexion became, and Lu Yu closed his eyes and shook his head.Until Gu Su and Lu Mao said that this matter should not be rushed and should be prepared for three to five years, Lu Mao almost wanted to pounce on him, but was pushed down to the ground by the Habayashi guards beside him and knelt down.Cui Xuanji stopped reading, just bent down and showed the letter to Lu Mao, "Look, is it your handwriting?" Lu Mao blushed and did not speak.Cui Xuanji walked down again, took the letter and said to Gu Su, "Would you like to see it?"

Gu Su immediately knelt down to the center, but trembling and unable to speak.As the patriarch, Gu Heng also knelt down and treated the crime together without saying a word.Cui Xuanji turned around and asked Feng Zihuan for instructions, Feng Zihuan asked her to continue.She then continued to read the letter aloud, and those who were read, Gu, Sun, Han, Zhao, and other aristocratic families, regardless of their family status, were all terrified and terrified, kneeling in the middle to wait for the crime; the more Lu Mao listened, the more angry, Standing there, he yelled at Feng Zisong: "What are you talking about, 'burn it, burn it', you, you shameless person!"

After a while, the letter was finally finished reading. Cui Xuanji was surrounded by densely packed kneeling people. She counted them, and if she counted all the offshoots, probably only the Cui Xie family was not included, and by the way, there was also the Zhu family.This is Feng Zihuan standing up, walking to the side of the imperial platform and saying to everyone: "When I first captured these letters, I was very sad. My world is the world of Qi. ambition; from the first emperor to the present, all of you depended on the power of the aristocratic families to stabilize the world. I treat you as my shoulders, but I didn't expect you to be the first to think that I can't be used. I am really sad."

There was a sound of kowtow and confession below.Feng Zihuan said again: "The crime of treason is an unforgivable crime. I have decided to behead the main criminals, Lu Hao and Lu Yu. Luling King Feng Zisong will be deposed from the title and reduced to a commoner. Inside Kangmin’s house, there’s no purpose. Come here.” The guards were already ready, and at this time they quickly untied Fengzi, and then took Erlu under custody, without saying his last words—Lu Mao was still incoherent in panic. Shouting loudly, Lu Yu had already closed his eyes——intentionally facing the officials below, he raised his knife and dropped it, blood spattered three feet, and his head rolled on the ground.Among them, Lu Yu's head rolled to the side of Gu Heng and Sun Mu. Gu Heng was Lu Yu's mentor. Seeing the death of his beloved apprentice, the corners of his mouth twitched and his molars clenched.On the other side of them were Lu Jing, who had been shackled for a long time, and his family. The women of the Lu family couldn't stop crying, and Lu Jing looked haggard, without tears.

And the officials behind were even more panicked, Cui Xuanji could almost feel the trembling of the people around him, and secretly cursed these people for their soft bones.

"But I think that you are all the pillars of the country. You were bewitched by Lu Mao for a while, but you were not actually involved in the incident, and you never responded to the rebels after the incident. I wrote: Those who communicate directly with Lu's are those who are in the government. Those who are not in the government Those who have direct contact with Erlu, those who are close to the Lu family, or the local prefects who have been bridged by you will all be dismissed. Other criminals who commit treason in Luling will be executed and their families will not be implicated. As for Lu Home--"

She turned her head to look at the Lu family over there, and all the men, women and children stopped crying for a moment. "I think that Lu Yu's father, Lu Fan, made great contributions to the first emperor. He deprived the Lu family of all land except the land that was sealed when the country was founded, released all slaves and servants, all tenants were cleared, and all officials were resigned. It is not allowed to be hired without the imperial decree. Lu Jing, as the patriarch and the father of Lu Mao, has no way to teach his son, so he exiled Jiangxia as a slave." The Lu family kowtowed their heads again and wept endlessly.

"All of you who are officials in the court can be regarded as the patriarchs of the various clans. If someone in the clan is involved in treason, the patriarch will inevitably be held accountable. Everyone involved, regardless of their official position, will be fined for one year. A copy of the review form."

Feng Zihuan originally wanted to ask "what do you love dears think", but felt that he had done everything before, so it would be an idiot to ask this question again.But Cui Xuanji remembered that when she and Feng Zihuan were discussing how to deal with this matter a while ago, Feng Zihuan always wanted to punish him severely, and she repeatedly dissuaded him.In the end, Feng Zihuan was persuaded by the reason that if he beats hard now, he might not really cooperate in the future; if he beats now and gives him sweets, he will eventually obey.

Habayashi guards covered Erlu's body as instructed and carried it down.A crow flew across the field, Feng Zihuan looked at it.She had never liked the bird, but this moment she didn't hate it, this moment she could let it go away alive.

Feng Zihuan calmly got on the imperial chariot and was escorted away by Cui Xuanji.The victors left, and the losers stayed where they were. Some were at a loss, and some were silent. Cui Yi stood up and looked around the crowd, thinking that the matter had come to an end. Days, the restless emperor can know that she must be quiet for a while.