Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 669

Chapter 669

"How can this be good?"

"You were in the palace, did you hear any news?"

In Dai Wang's mansion, Liu Bi looked a little uneasy, even for a strong man like him, he couldn't help but sweat profusely at this moment.

At first he was very happy. Chao Cuo was arrested and asked to be executed. This is a good thing.

But gradually, things seemed to be wrong. Wang Tianqi came to investigate this matter, saying that someone had falsely accused Chao Cuo, and the person who falsely accused Chao Cuo was going to be executed. Liu Bi immediately became the number one suspect.

Although there are many people who have feuds with Chao Cuo, Liu Bi has the most tense relationship with him in the near future. He even threatened Chao Cuo many times, saying that he would kill him. The trouble is Liu Bi's "Ren Xia". He has a lot of knight-errants under his command, and he heard that the person who stole the letter is a hero from Chu State. There are also quite a few friends. As a result, many people guessed that it was Liu Bi who made the move, thinking that he was going to kill Chao Cuo.

Liu Bi is not stupid, he knows the position of the Supreme Emperor in Liu Chang's heart, if this matter is blamed on him, of course, His Majesty may not kill him, but it is certain that he will be left out in the cold, and he will probably be cut off from the throne. Just become Chehou!

He wanted to go into the palace several times to explain in person, but he couldn't.

After much deliberation, he still came to Dai Wang Liu Bo. Liu Bo was awarded a mansion by his elder brother half a year ago, and he also had many followers. He began to prepare for the future.

Liu Bo looked at the somewhat nervous Liu Bi in front of him, and asked, "Is it really not you?"

Liu Bi was furious, "Am I crazy to do this? The Supreme Emperor and I are blood relatives, can I still do such a thing?"

"It was my slip of the tongue, Father Zhong, don't blame me."

"Hey, if even you think I'm suspicious, wouldn't that be a bad thing? What has your father been doing these days?"

Liu Bo smiled wryly, "Father Zhong, Father received Liu Jing. Everyone knows about it. He spends the rest of the time taking care of Uncle in the other hall. I have never seen him go out."

"Is the Supreme Emperor really going to die?"

Liu Bo didn't answer, but Liu Bi became more and more upset.

"Why don't Father Zhong go to my elder brother? My elder brother should know more than me."

Liu Bi shook his head, "I don't dare to look for him now, brother Ni is determined to stand with Chao Cuo. My suspicion is probably drawn by those servants under his command. Why should I ask him?"

Liu Bo smiled wryly again.

While the two were discussing, there was a sudden commotion at the door, and soon, four people broke into the mansion, Liu Bo's confidants couldn't stop them, the three entered the mansion, and saw Liu Bi, the leader in front of him one light.

"Father Zhong! You are indeed here!"

"Finally found you!"

Liu Ci grabbed Liu Bi's hand excitedly, and there were three people standing behind him, all dolls.

Liu Bi sighed, "I'm busy doing big things now, you play your own."

"Father Zhong, I'm not here to play, I just have something to ask for your help!"

"what's up?"

"Can you stop falsely accusing Chao Cuo? Follow me to my father and bail Chao Cuo out?"

Liu Bi's face turned red immediately, and he scolded: "Zhuzi! You wanted to borrow my city earlier, but now you want to borrow my head?!"

Liu Ci's words are simply murderous. Does this mean that I have falsely accused Chao Cuo, and you want me to confess? ?

Liu Ci hurriedly shook his head, pointed at the person beside him, and said, "Father Zhong, look at this person, his name is Zhang Tang, and he is Chao Cuo's disciple. He found me and wanted me to help."

"So you decided to be selfless and exchange Chao Cuo's life with your own father's life?"

"How could I murder Zhongfu? It's like this. My father is very angry now, but he is not willing to kill Chao Cuo. He must be very conflicted in his heart. If Zhongfu can step forward and give my father a step, my father will definitely not I will kill you, and after Chao Cuo comes out, I am afraid that he will never have the face to talk about cutting down the feudal clan again."

Liu Bi was still very angry, "Then I became an unfilial and disrespectful traitor? What kind of idea is this?!"

"But what if it turns out that you really didn't do this?"

Liu Bi was taken aback, then narrowed his eyes, "What do you mean? Who told you to come? Your father? Your elder brother?"

Liu Ci looked around vigilantly, and made people close the door.

Liu Bo frowned, "Ci, now is not the time for you to mess around!"

"Why does elder brother despise me so much? I have done a lot of great things in these days!"

"My brother, called Zhang Tang, has been following Chao Cuo and knows him quite well. He is sure that Chao Cuo has not said such words, and he knows the situation in Yushi's mansion. Not long ago, he Come to me and tell me a lot of things. I wanted to tell my father directly, but my father didn't want to see me. It happened that Wang Tianqi's grandson, Wang Chulong, met me. He treated me like an elder brother, so he quietly Found Wang Tianqi, let Zhang Tang talk to Wang Tianqi alone."

"It was he who asked us to come to you. In fact, he also wanted to catch the thief and wanted your cooperation."

Liu Bi was displeased, "Chao Cuo is my enemy, why should I cooperate with Wang Tianqi to save him?"

Zhang Tang said first: "If the matter is not clear, I'm afraid you will become a recognized sinner. From now on, if you and your majesty can help the prince to find out the truth, you will definitely benefit a lot and gain a good reputation."

Liu Bi looked at Liu Bo, and then at the couple in front of him, "Oh, so you want me to confess?"

"The prince said that you don't need to confess your guilt. You just need to go to see Father in the name of pleading guilty, and then tell Father the truth. The main thing is to let others know that you have confessed."

Liu Bi was a little tangled, looking at the few Zhuzi in front of him, lost in thought.

In Tingwei Mansion, Wang Tianqi is discussing with many officials about arresting traitors.

Today's Ting Wei is Xuan Moru, and Zhang Shizhi has become Xuan Moru's deputy.

Both of them are sitting under Wang Tianqi at the moment, listening to Wang Tianqi's orders seriously.

"Prince! How can this be done?!"

"Are all the people in Yushi's mansion thieves?!"

"What do you think of our Tingwei Mansion?!"

Zhang Shizhi was furious, got up and reprimanded him severely, his eyes were full of anger.

Wang Tianqi glanced at him calmly, then looked at the rest of the people, and asked, "What do you all think? What's going on?"

Xuan Moru stroked his beard, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, you can find letters in Yushi's mansion, so it can be seen that they are all traitors, and it doesn't matter if they are executed."

"What is this?! Indiscriminate killing of innocent people!!"

Zhang Shizhi looked at Xuan Moru in disbelief, and was about to explode with rage.

Wang Tianqi didn't seem to have heard his words. He had already discussed this matter with Xuan Moru. He came to Tingwei today to announce two things. He would transfer Shen Tujia and Chao Cuo to the prison here. I want to arrest the main officials of Yushi Mansion, and the truth may not be found out when they are put in prison. It is better to deal with them all together, and maybe it can alleviate some of His Majesty's anger. Everyone in Tingwei Mansion is Dumbfounded, what does this mean? ?

Zhang Shizhi especially couldn't bear it. He couldn't understand such behavior the most. How could he kill innocent people indiscriminately?Should all be put to death just because some of them might have committed a crime?

Wang Tianqi saw that everyone was speechless, so he said: "Okay, then the matter is settled like this, now go to Tingwei's mansion to get people. No one can be kept, all of them will be arrested, and they will be executed together with Chao Cuo." alright."

"I absolutely do not agree! You thieves, how dare you do this?!"

Zhang Shizhi cursed loudly, Wang Tianqi's expression changed, and he pointed at him and ordered, "Put this person in prison too!!"

Soon, Ting Wei's soldiers mobilized collectively. Most of the officials in Yushi Mansion were astonished. They didn't know anything, so they were arrested. Wang Tianqi didn't interrogate them, and directly detained them in Ting Wei's prison. When Chao Cuo was transported here, seeing many familiar officials here, he was even more angry and almost shed tears. If he was only locked up, he could still let them do things, but now they are all locked up Now, who should handle those things? ?

In Tingwei's prison, officials from Yushi's Mansion gathered together, and everyone's faces didn't look very good.

At this moment, Chao Cuo spoke to comfort them.

"Don't be afraid, Your Majesty is not a person who kills indiscriminately. Even if I bear the crime, I will definitely not let you all be executed. This matter will definitely have results."

"It's just hateful, everything can't be done"

Chao Cuo sighed with emotion, and said loudly: "After you go out, you must fulfill my last wish, the first thing is to cut down the feudal clan."

Chao Cuo did not forget to hold a meeting for everyone at this moment, but the expressions of the officials were different, some were afraid, some were angry, and some were secretly happy. Chao Cuo explained everything that he was going to handle one by one. Explaining the major events in the future, except that he did not mention the arrangements for his own private affairs, such as burial, etc., the Tingwei soldier was a little disdainful at first, but after hearing it, his face was a little solemn, and he couldn't help but look more at Chao Cuo. Very respectful.

This annoying censor can be regarded as abiding by his duties and not a mediocre person.

Chao Cuo explained the things to be done in the future, but he was still not satisfied, and looked at Zhao Yu, his well-trained confidant.

Zhao Yu is also quite embarrassed at the moment, with bruises on his face, it seems that he had a direct confrontation with the Tingwei soldier.

"Yu. Among the many officials in Yushifu, I value you the most."

"After I die, you don't have to think about avenging me and concentrate on doing what I have told you to do. There is just one thing, you are too aggressive in doing things. You only need the result and ignore the process. This is not correct. To govern people, the Imperial Palace must first It is to convince others that no matter what happens, you must not break the rules. If you act recklessly, the whole world will become chaotic. No matter who the next imperial doctor is, you should stop doing things like before. If my old official continues to behave like this, it will cause fear."

Zhao Yu's eyes were full of sorrow, he looked at Chao Cuo, and murmured: "Mr. Chao, even if you follow the rules, as long as you govern others, others will not believe us. Otherwise, why would so many people think so?" To get rid of us?"

"Don't speak like this. The censor is originally a position to offend people. Only a mediocre censor will not be hostile but offend people. It doesn't mean that you can completely ignore the law and methods. This is a completely different thing."

"Mr. Chao, he knew that he would die like this. Shouldn't he have disregarded any standards, any objections, and not found any crimes, and just did everything that was supposed to be done?"

"It's too late to think about anything"

Chao Cuo just shook his head and sighed.

Everyone in Chang'an was staring at Wang Tianqi, thinking about how he would find a way to solve this matter, but it turned out that he had arrested all the people in Yushifu, and was going to punish them together. Many people in the court watched with cold eyes. Chao Cuo's reputation is not very good. Chao Cuo arranged a large number of legalist eagle dogs, promoted them to his side, and established his own faction. These people are different from Chao Cuo. Although Chao Cuo is radical, he is still a scholar in essence. Jia, the mainstay of the Legalist school, is an excellent political talent, and the people under his command are a large group of cruel officials who are as eager to do things as Chao Cuo, but they don't have Chao Cuo's overall view.

They were arrested, and no one thought of saving them. Everyone was silent, as if they didn't know anything.

Only Luan Bu insisted not to kill indiscriminately, and wanted to call a group of ministers to oppose this matter.

At this moment, Liu Chang was eating meat with Zhang Buyi in Houde Hall.

None of the ministers could see Liu Chang, except Zhang Buyi.

Liu Chang didn't look very happy. At the moment, he was complaining about family affairs with Zhang Buyi.

"An's this son, it's really disgusting! Something happened to my brother, and his first reaction was to serve him with a potion! My brother treats him like his own child, how dare he do that?! Looking at it now, In terms of generosity, benevolence and righteousness, he is not as good as Bo!"

Zhang Buyi listened to Liu Chang's complaints and did not interrupt him.

After Liu Chang finished speaking, Zhang Buyi said with a smile: "Your Majesty teaches his children well, which is really admirable!"

Liu Chang's face darkened. If the person in front of him hadn't been for Zhang Buyi, he would have already punched him. Zhang Buyi hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, just listen to my ministers. Your Majesty is benevolent and sincere. No one can compare to you. You have no fear of your brothers. You are a model of filial piety. No one in the world does not admire you. But such a thing can only be done by you. Your prestige is unmatched by any king. All the ministers, generals, and clansmen obey your orders and dare not offend you in the slightest."

"But how can the prince have such prestige as you? How can he dare to treat people with pure sincerity like you? He must think about everything and do things carefully. Even if it seems hypocritical, he must do it. He must not give You are not afraid of making trouble with others, you even dare to beat the emperor. But the crown prince dare not, if the crown prince is a bit rude, he has to think of more ways to solve it. Therefore, he can only do this, it does not mean that the crown prince is not enough Benevolence, but Your Majesty, benevolence also requires strength, if the prince is 20 years older, has fought in wars, everyone is convinced, and has half your prestige, he will not be hypocritical."

"You often say that you don't want the crown prince to be like you, and if you imitate you, you will perish. Isn't what the crown prince has done is what you hope? Although the crown prince is not as good as you, he will not be a mediocre king. It can be seen that your majesty is still Those who are good at teaching children, as for acting as the king, His Majesty must not praise like this in front of others, only when brothers are in harmony can they inherit the great man."

Zhang Buyi lowered his head and spoke seriously, the anger in Liu Chang's heart gradually disappeared, "You're right, he really doesn't have the right to be as straightforward as me, he still has to put on a show."

While the two were talking, Lu Lu hurried in.

"Your Majesty!! King Yan came to see him, saying that he was the one who falsely accused Chao Cuo, and wanted to plead guilty to His Majesty face to face, and hope His Majesty can forgive Chao Cuo!!"

Liu Chang was dumbfounded, "What did you say?? Who???"

"King Yan!"

"It's impossible, King Yan begged for Chao Cuo??"

Liu Chang looked at Zhang Buyi who was in front of him in surprise.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let him come in and report."

Soon, the news spread in Chang'an, and King Yan pleaded guilty, claiming that he had falsely accused Chao Cuo, and asked the emperor to release Chao Cuo.

And when the news reached Ting Wei, everyone was dumbfounded.

Wang Tianqi looked very happy, and soon brought someone to meet Chao Cuo and the others.

"Chao Cuo, no, Mr. Chao, congratulations that you are going out. King Yan has already pleaded guilty, saying that this is what he did and has nothing to do with you. You are going out."

Chao Cuo only thought it was absurd. King Yan falsely accused him?Still voluntarily plead guilty?Still pleading for yourself? ?

I hear you fart here!

But this incident seems to have really happened. Although Wang Tianqi did not release them directly, he did not allow the officials to beat and humiliate them any more, and even sent them good meals, indicating that they will be released after the investigation of King Yan’s affairs is clear. everyone.

The officials of Yushifu were very happy and congratulated Chao Cuo one after another, but Chao Cuo squinted his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

So came the night.

One person gently opened the cell door, groped in the dark, and approached Chao Cuo's cell on tiptoe.

After approaching the cell, he gently opened the cell door with the key again, looked around vigilantly, and then quickly entered the cell. Chao Cuo was lying on the edge of the window, sound asleep, the moonlight shone on him, and he could blur his vision. Seeing his face, the man approached tiptoely, and gently untied Chao Cuo's belt. The man looked at Chao Cuo, he seemed very hesitant, he didn't do anything for a long time, he just panted heavily, almost He aimed the belt at Chao Cuo for the first time, and let go of it several times.

His urgent breathing could be clearly heard in the cell.

Just when the man raised the belt in his hand again, Chao Cuo said lazily: "Master, kill as soon as you want, why hesitate?"

The man turned pale with shock. At this moment, a figure rushed over from the side and pressed him directly to the ground. Under the moonlight, one could see the appearance of the person who rushed over. It was Zhang Shizhi who was imprisoned by Wang Tianqi. At this moment, Zhang Shizhi was pressing down on the black shadow tightly, making him unable to move.

Chao Cuo lay flat and slowly opened his eyes.

"Zhao Yu. I personally promoted you and taught you the knowledge of politics. I have never wronged you. Why did you kill me?"

(End of this chapter)