Chapter 533

"Wise and wise, great in civil and military affairs, virtuous and benevolent, long-lived, supreme and holy emperor Longxing. May you enjoy eternal happiness and live as long as the heavens!"

It was the first time in Er Gouzi's life that he attended the court in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Since childhood, the people in their village have been fantasizing that the emperor eats with a golden bowl, plows the land with a golden hoe, and carries manure with a golden shoulder pole...

Anyway, it is the most extreme luxury in the world that they can imagine.

At this moment, he really faced the Holy Emperor Longxing. After paying his respects, he looked at the hall and the emperor on the dragon throne with curiosity.

On each pillar around the hall, there is a pure gold dragon or a pure gold phoenix coiled.

There are also many decorative items, all made of pure gold, which make the whole hall shine with golden light.

But among all the building materials in a hall, the cheapest ones are these pure gold items.

Other materials are more expensive. For example, the interior of the emperor's dragon throne is carved from a whole piece of spiritual stone.

The floor under the dragon throne is all cut from large pieces of spiritual jade, which exudes spiritual energy all the time and warms the emperor's body.

As for the Longxing Holy Emperor himself, except for the extra beard on his face, he looks about 70% similar to Ji Cang.

I guess he was also a handsome man when he was young.

In the court, in addition to the Longxing Holy Emperor, there are civil and military officials standing below the hall, all of whom are respectful at this moment.

At least on the surface, they are still quite respectful.

"No need to be polite, Mr. Zhang!"

This is also the first time that the Longxing Holy Emperor has seen Zhang Ergou in person.

At this time, he looked carefully and found that this person was dressed simply, except for a slightly faded official robe, and there was no decoration on his body.

With soy sauce-colored skin and regular facial features, he looks honest and simple, and at first glance, he is the kind of simple farmer in the countryside.

The Longxing Holy Emperor looked at Zhang Ergou and liked him more and more.

This is his right-hand man, the general of Zhongxing. The other high-ranking officials in the court are all cunning people.

"Your Majesty, I want to file a complaint today."

"What grievances have you suffered?"

The Holy Emperor Longxing had long guessed the intention of Er Gouzi, but he still pretended to be ignorant and asked.

"I am devoted to the country and have no grievances. I only have justice in my heart and no personal enemies."

Er Gouzi's words were high-sounding, and many ministers present were secretly complaining.

In the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, if there is such a person who is devoted to the public and has no selfishness, it must be Sima Yi.

In fact, all the officials in the court knew that Sima Yi was a good person and a good official, but he just blocked everyone's way to wealth.

"Zhongzhou Governor Shen Ruyuan falsely conveyed the imperial edict, framed loyal officials, and intended to rebel and become emperor. His crime should be executed with all his clans!"

"Zhang Ergou, stop slandering me!"

"How can you talk nonsense in the court!"

"Absolutely not. Shen Ruyuan has always been loyal and hardworking..."

Although Shen Ruyuan was not in the court as a local official, he had many followers, and someone immediately jumped out to speak for him.

"How do you know I am slandering you? Are you and Shen Ruyuan also accomplices and participated in the rebellion?"

Ergou's hats flew everywhere. Anyone who dared to jump out to speak for Shen Ruyuan would be immediately accused of treason.

He has always been used to talking nonsense. He doesn't care whether you are wronged or not. He will first put a death penalty on you.

If the other party tries to prove his innocence, he will be completely passive.

If the other party does not refute, it means that he has participated in the rebellion by default.

These ministers originally jumped out to help Shen Ruyuan get rid of the crime, but they didn't expect to get themselves into a mess and couldn't get rid of it.

"Zhang Ergou! You need evidence to speak. What evidence do you have to prove that Shen Ruyuan is treasoning?"

Finally, a minister proposed that Ergouzi prove Shen Ruyuan's guilt.

In fact, Ergouzi still won this round of confrontation.

Because the topic of discussion now has become whether Shen Ruyuan is treasoning.

"Of course there is evidence. I will never wrongly accuse a good person, but I will never let a bad person go."

As Ergouzi said, he waved his hand and a Foundation Establishment prisoner appeared in front of him.

This prisoner had been beaten to a bloody mess and now he couldn't even open his eyes.

"Name?"

"Zhang Jun..."

"Do you know your crime?"

"I know my crime, I know my crime. I am a beast, worse than an animal. I should be cut into pieces. I watched the widow Wang take a bath when I was six years old. I defecated in the neighbor's well when I was seven years old. When I was eight years old..."

This criminal confessed all the crimes he had committed in his life, no matter how big or small.

"Three months ago, Shen Ruyuan sent someone to give me a thousand spiritual stones and asked me to help him kill people. He promised that after the success, he would become emperor and give me the title of founding general..."

"Zhang Jun, you have to think it over. Participating in rebellion is a capital crime with the death penalty for nine generations."

At this time, a minister could not help but remind him.

"I know I have committed a capital crime and I have no face to see my ancestors again."

This man named Zhang Jun is now heartbroken and regrets the mistakes he made.

"Sir Zhang, I think the witness's condition is not right. Could he have confessed under torture?"

For such witnesses, some people still expressed doubts.

Er Gouzi smiled slightly, waved his hand, and several confessions and several scarred criminals appeared in front of him.

In fact, treason and the like were all made up by Er Gouzi.

The people he captured were very stubborn and didn't get much information.

But the identity of the Nascent Soul cultivator was found out. His name was Shen Ruhai, and he was Shen Ruyuan's cousin.

Since his cousin was here, Shen Ruyuan must be involved.

After Er Gouzi couldn't get much information, he simply wrote some confessions himself.

Then he tortured the captives day and night, and tortured them every day. If they were seriously injured and about to die, he would feed them a healing pill, and then continue to beat them after they were revived.

He asked the captives to recite the confessions written by Er Gouzi. If they couldn't recite them, he would continue to beat them until they knew them by heart and could recite them backwards.

After this period of torment, these people all knew the crimes they had committed, and they could answer them quickly with just a few questions.

"Your Majesty, all the ministers, if a person could be tortured into confessing, with so many criminals and so many confessions, could it still be tortured into confessing?"

"With so many people, can't we force them into confessing? Hand the criminals over to me, and I can make them confess any crime. In short, your evidence is not very reliable."

Some people still refused to accept it. Seeing this, Er Gouzi was also prepared.

Immediately, he waved his hand, and another figure appeared in the hall. This person was Shen Ruhai, the Yuanying period, Shen Ruyuan's cousin.

"Even Shen Ruhai, Shen Ruyuan's cousin, was involved. What else do you have to say?"

"Now I doubt whether those who are eager to speak for Shen Ruyuan are also involved in the rebellion."

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