Episode 10 Chapter 529
Chapter 529
"Yes, yes, yes!" Yin Zhun nodded like pounding rice, said yes three times in a row, and said urgently, "When I was in trouble, it was Tang Aiqing who helped me and saved me. Tang Aiqing saved me. How could I be willing to poison your beloved?"
While speaking, Yin Zhen's tears fell down, and she became more and more excited as she spoke. In the end, she almost burst into tears. I don’t know if his words can move others, but he himself was moved. In other words, this is also a kind of self-hypnosis with a different direction!
Tang Yin could only sneer in his heart. He had seen a lot of incompetent people, and Yin Zhun was one of the best. How could he be willing to kill such an emperor? It was too late to support him!
Under Yin Zhun's crying, the murderous aura emanating from Tang Yin gradually weakened. He smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, you no longer have the intention to kill your ministers?"
"No! Absolutely not!" Yin Zhen's head shook like a drum.
"Then what is the purpose of His Majesty's decree to summon all the ministers to the palace late at night?"
"That imperial edict was not written by me at all! It was written by Fang Xiaoxuan himself. If Tang Aiqing doesn't believe it, you can compare it with my handwriting now!" Finish the sentence in one breath.
Fang Xiaoxuan, who was below, had slowly sat up at this time. Although he was shaken by Tang Yin's beating, his ears could still hear the sound.
He listened to every word of Yin Zhun's words. Although he had long wanted to die, after hearing Yin Zhun's words, he still couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.
Tang Yin nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand, helped Yin Zhun sit on the throne, then waved his hand to pull out the steel knife nailed to the table, put it back into its sheath, and said, "I understand, what happened tonight Everything was done by Fang Xiaoxuan, Yang Xiao, Dong Jian, Dai Tu, and Qin Xuan, and it had nothing to do with His Majesty. "
"Yes, yes, I really didn't participate in this matter!"
"In that case, please convict Your Majesty!"
"Ah?" Yin Zhun didn't understand what Tang Yin meant. What crime should he be convicted of? Who is to be condemned?
As Tang Yin walked down the steps, he said loudly, "Fang Xiaoxuan, Yang Xiao, Dong Jian, Dai Tu, and Qin Xuan not only conspired to harm this king, but also secretly killed General Ma Yuanma, the commander-in-chief, and took control of the palace." Wei, he forged the imperial edict and had evil intentions. His crimes are unforgivable and too numerous to describe. Does your Majesty think that these five thieves should not be convicted?"
Yin Zhun was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "What Tang Aiqing said makes sense, oh... what crime should I convict them of?"
"Deceiving the emperor and plotting rebellion!" Tang Yin said, "Now, the four thieves Yang Xiao, Dong Jian, Dai Tu, and Qin Xuan have been brought to justice. Although the four thieves are dead, their crimes are so heinous that they must not be leniently spared. They will be executed as a slave. , Exterminate the nine tribes. Device: no ads, full text, updated."
Yin Zhun nodded while listening. After Tang Yin finished speaking, he asked, "What about... Fang Xiaoxuan?"
Tang Yin turned around and walked out of the hall, saying without looking back, "There is a kind of punishment called Lingchi, which was used on this thief. At this time, Fang Xiaoxuan was completely despaired. When he was dragged out, he didn't scream. He did not insult Tang Yin, nor did he plead to Yin Zhun or anyone. When he decided to do this tonight, he had already expected such a result. It was just the emperor's ruthless abandonment of him that made him feel discouraged and desperate to survive. No thoughts at all.
Many of the ministers present shed tears and felt sincerely that Fang Xiaoxuan was not worthy. They also want to be loyal to the emperor, but is such an emperor still worthy of their loyalty? Being ruthless, unjust, loyal and loyal, the result of loyalty to the emperor is probably the same as Bu Fang Xiaoxuan and others!
Before Yin Zhun's imperial edict was issued, Fang Xiaoxuan was dragged out by Feng Jun to perform the Lingchi torture. On the square outside the main hall, Feng Jun set up a shelf and hung Fang Xiaoxuan on it. Then he took off his clothes and wrapped his whole body tightly with fishnets, which made his skin bulge quickly. Then the executioner cut off Fang Xiaoxuan's skin piece by piece.
There is probably no punishment more cruel than Ling Chi in the world. Every time the executioner strikes, Fang Xiaoxuan lets out heart-rending screams. The screams are heard in the hall, making Yin Zhun, who is writing the imperial edict, stunned. The handwriting was trembling and crooked, like ghostly symbols, and the ministers couldn't bear to listen any more. They looked at each other, kowtowed to Yin Chen in unison, and planned to leave the palace. However, as soon as they reached the door of the main hall, they were stopped by the Feng Army guards guarding outside. The leader of the Feng Army general said coldly, "The king has an order. No one is allowed to leave the main hall before Fang Xiaoxuan's execution. Sirs." We should also take this as a lesson and seriously reflect on it!”
Upon seeing this, all the imperial ministers retreated into the hall like frustrated rubber balls, knelt on the ground, and shed tears.
Lingchi torture requires thousands of cuts on the prisoner's body. If the number is not enough and the prisoner dies midway, then the person executing the execution will have to be punished. Therefore, executing Lingchi is also a technical job, and it will not end quickly. It will have to wait at least for a while. Two hours.
The screams outside the hall and the sobs inside the hall echoed one after another, forming a strange scene that was both sad and exasperating.
This imperial court conspiracy ended in failure. The mastermind Fang Xiaoxuan, his accomplices Yang Xiao, Dong Jian, Dai Tu, and Qin Xuan were all executed. In addition, the entire family of the five people was not spared and was massacred by the Feng army. This assassination attempt can be said to be the most dangerous one Tang Yin has ever experienced. The highly poisonous Wuyin Broken Heart Powder almost took his life. With his personality, he should have investigated it in depth and pulled out all the people involved and executed them together. However, he did not do so. After killing Fang Xiaoxuan and others, he did not continue to investigate the matter. The main reason was that Tang Yin did not dare to investigate it again. If he investigated it again, he would have to find out Yin Rou.
Although Yin Rou was poisoned, it was also because of Fang Xiaoxuan. Fang Xiaoxuan's murder of Tang Yin ended so hastily, and did not cause much commotion in Feng Country. Even the people did not know that such a major event that almost changed the fate of Feng Country had happened in the palace that night.
However, the impact of this case was not small, and it was also extremely far-reaching. Through the case of Fang Xiaoxuan, the imperial court officials were greatly disappointed with Yin Zhun and completely lost their confidence. The ministers who originally lacked loyalty stood firmly on the side of Feng State, and those ministers who were originally very loyal retired and left the imperial court. Now Yin Zhun is facing a situation in the imperial court where he is alienated and deserted by his relatives and friends, and he has completely become a lonely man.
Yin Zhun didn't care about this. He didn't think anyone was loyal to him. The departure of loyal ministers didn't make him sad. As long as he was still the emperor, as long as he could continue to live a stable, comfortable and enjoyable life, it didn't matter to him who left.
Selfish, cowardly, suspicious, confused, this is the best summary of Yin Zhun. Of course, he was not born with such a personality, but was completely brought out by the acquired environment. I'm afraid Tang Yin also had a "contribution" in it!
Shortly after this incident, Tang Yin carried out a major purge of the palace guards, completely replacing them from top to bottom. This time, he transferred 50,000 soldiers from the most stable Chifeng Army to serve as palace guards.
The Chifeng Army is stationed in Feng State all year round. Because it does not participate in foreign wars, there are no casualties in the army, and the composition of personnel is extremely fixed. Because of this, the Chifeng Army is currently the only pure Feng army in the Feng Army, and its loyalty to Feng State and Tang Yin is undoubtedly the highest.
After the purge of the palace guards, Tang Yin's next goal is to purge the internal officials of Feng State. Because Feng State expanded too fast and there was a huge gap in official positions, the officials were mixed when recruiting, and only talent was valued, but loyalty was not valued.
Through Fang Xiaoxuan's incident, Tang Yin made up his mind to make major adjustments to internal officials, and would rather spend a lot of financial resources to select talents with both talent and loyalty.
Tang Yin was able to carry out drastic reforms and rectifications on Feng State, but he seemed powerless against Yin Rou.
The day after Fang Xiaoxuan was executed by lingchi, Tang Yin went to Yonghe Palace to find Yin Rou, but she avoided him.
It was not that Yin Rou did not want to see Tang Yin, but she did not know how to face him. Because of her relationship, Tang Yin was almost poisoned to death, which was a great blow to Yin Rou. She felt guilty and ashamed to face Tang Yin.
Tang Yin could understand Yin Rou's current mood to some extent. He wanted to let Yin Rou know that he did not hate her, but Yin Rou insisted on not seeing him, and he could not say these words to Yin Rou.
Just as he was thinking hard about how to repair the relationship between himself and Yin Rou, the war in the south broke out.
The 200,000-strong army of Huan State suddenly crossed the border between An and Huan. The attack of the Chizhou County Huan Army that broke into An State came too suddenly and without warning. Even though the An Army had made preparations for defensive sneak attacks, it was still caught off guard by the Huan Army.
Under the fierce attack of the Huan army, the An army was unable to resist. The camps and fortresses set up at the border of the two countries were broken one after another. In the end, the An army led by Bai Qing had no choice but to retreat.
The An army retreated like a flood, retreating again and again, from the border of the two countries to Meicheng, the county city of Chizhou. After retreating to Meicheng, Bai Qing ordered the whole army to defend the county city to the death and not to retreat even a step.
She knew in her heart that if she retreated again and gave up the county city, then her army would no longer have a foothold in Chizhou, and the whole county would fall into the hands of the Huan army.