Chapter 534

Er Gouzi threw a bunch of witnesses and confessions in the court to prove that Shen Ruyuan intended to rebel.

Even Shen Ruyuan's cousin, Shen Ruhai, was dragged out by him and confessed honestly.

His personal confession proved that Shen Ruyuan colluded with traitors and intended to rebel.

"Wait, I think Shen Ruhai's expression is a little abnormal."

At this moment, a general in armor strode towards Shen Ruhai and wanted to snatch him from Er Gouzi.

Er Gouzi had expected that someone would fight for the witness. As soon as the hand of the general reached out, he moved the person to another position and protected him beside him.

"Why, do you still want to kill and silence him!"

"I just saw that Shen Ruhai looked sluggish and suspected that he was secretly controlled by someone, so he said something insincere."

"I hope that Lord Zhang can hand Shen Ruhai over to me for a retrial, so that it will be more credible."

The general stood in front of Er Gouzi and said carelessly.

"Yes, I also think these witnesses are problematic. It's better to hand them over to the Dali Temple for trial."

"Just a few witnesses, it doesn't mean anything."

With a leader, the others in the court followed suit and denied the validity of these witnesses unless they were handed over to them for retrial.

As for handing over the witnesses, this is impossible. If they fall into their hands, what results can be obtained, Er Gouzi can guess with his toes.

"Sorry, I don't trust anyone sitting here."

"Shen Ruyuan rebelled, falsely passed on the imperial edict, and murdered two-thirds of the officials in the counties and prefectures of Zhongzhou. Now there is ironclad evidence. I beg to search Shen Ruyuan's family and punish his nine clans."

Er Gouzi no longer argued with these court officials, but pleaded with the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Shen Ruyuan is loyal and must be framed. Please think twice!"

In the court, there are still many ministers who belong to Shen Ruyuan's nine clans. At this time, of course, they have to cheer for Shen Ruyuan.

For a moment, the sound waves overwhelmed Er Gouzi.

Er Gouzi ignored these people and looked at the Longxing Sheng Emperor, waiting for the emperor's decision.

"Zhang Aiqing, you hand over these evidences to me, and I will send someone to personally try them, how about it?"

"Longxing Sheng Emperor is wise! I obey your order."

After a round of fierce debate, these witnesses were handed over to Longxing Sheng Emperor.

In this way, neither Er Gouzi nor the court officials had anything to say.

After the court was dismissed, Er Gouzi returned to Sima Yi's mansion to stay temporarily.

That night, the emperor's close attendant Ji Song quietly came to the door. It turned out that the emperor wanted to secretly summon Er Gouzi.

Ji Song was also an old acquaintance. At this time, he led Er Gouzi back to the palace, the emperor's imperial study, and met Longxing Sheng Emperor.

"Wise and wise, great in civil and military affairs, virtuous and benevolent to the people, long life, supreme Longxing Holy Emperor. Enjoy eternal happiness and live as long as the heavens!"

"Lord Zhang, no need to be polite."

"You are my lucky general. I summoned you secretly today mainly because I want to hear some advice. Do you have any suggestions?"

"I am so humble. I don't know what I am capable of!"

Er Gouzi hurriedly bowed again humbly.

"What do you think is the best way to deal with Shen Ruyuan's crime of treason?"

When Longxing Holy Emperor spoke, his face was normal and calm. Er Gouzi could not see his true attitude at all.

"Shen Ruyuan falsely conveyed the imperial edict and killed a large number of court officials without authorization. His intention of treason is obvious. Of course, my opinion is to kill all nine clans."

Now that the emperor asked about this again, Er Gouzi did not know what the emperor was thinking, so he could only answer according to his original thoughts.

"But, you have also seen today that the ministers in the court have become complicated after these years of development.

They all protect each other and choose to advance and retreat together on some things.

There are still many ministers in the court who are all members of Shen Ruyuan's nine clans, and the whole body will be affected by a single move."

"If Shen Ruyuan is executed, will they dare to rebel?"

Er Gouzi has some understanding of these complicated networks of relationships.

"Direct rebellion, probably not."

When the Longxing Saint Emperor said this, he was actually not sure in his heart.

"However, before you came, I had received more than a dozen exculpations for Shen Ruyuan.

If Shen Ruyuan is executed now, these ministers will be completely offended. It is still very likely that they will not make any contributions."

As the Longxing Saint Emperor said, he pushed the dozen memorials in front of Er Gouzi.

Er Gouzi took a rough look and found that these people were in important positions and were in a critical moment.

In addition to pleading for mercy, these memorials also hinted at bargaining.

The most important one was General Wang, who was in charge of the 100,000 troops in the north.

General Wang and Shen Ruyuan's family had been intermarried for generations, and the two families had a close relationship.

Now one family is in trouble, and the other family will definitely help with all their strength.

When Er Gouzi pretended to be General Donkey, he had fought with General Wang, who was indeed a very powerful figure, and could be called a dragon and phoenix among men.

At that time, he joined forces with the giant beast, but he couldn't beat General Wang, and was chased by him for a long distance.

Fortunately, he hid in a lake later, but General Wang couldn't swim, so Er Gouzi took advantage of it and successfully escaped.

You should know that since the giant beast followed Er Gouzi, it rarely suffered a defeat. In terms of single combat, most of the Nascent Soul stage were not the opponent of the giant beast.

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