Long live the general

At the same time, in Ting Wei's office, Ting Wei heard Mrs. Yang's tearful lawsuit.

"My daughter is from Jiaojun, and my husband is Yang Hong, the magistrate of Changping County in Jiaojun." Mrs. Yang said in a trembling voice, "Two months ago, five villains broke into Yang's mansion and killed dozens of people in the mansion. Husband and young son also died at the hands of gangsters! These five gangsters are none other than Guo Xie's subordinates."

Tingwei looked shocked, the county magistrate is also an official, killing an official is a serious crime!

He subconsciously looked at Zhou Yunshen. Being known by him and being known by the royal family were two different concepts.Zhou Yunshen looked very calm, and could even comfort Huo Lingyue beside him.

Mrs. Yang continued: "The young girl and the maid escaped by chance and rushed all the way from Jiao County to Chang'an. Last night in Chang'an City, they encountered those killers and were almost killed."

Ting Wei asked: "How did you enter the city? And how did you escape from the killer? I see you two are powerless."

Mrs. Yang: "It was General Huo who led us into the city. When those killers were about to commit murder yesterday, it was General Huo who saved us. Those killers were taken away by some people. Your lord can call them to confront each other."

There was a little sweat on Wei Ting's forehead. Why is this matter related to General Huo Da? It's closed.

"Who took it away?" Ting Wei asked.

Madam Yang paused for a moment, she didn't know who those people in the red robes and black armor were, she only knew that they all listened to General Huo Da.

"It's the Ti Cavalry Team." Huo Lingyue said quietly: "The person from yesterday has already been imprisoned in the cell. Lord Tingwei can even summon the Ti Cavalry Captain. What happened yesterday? He is also present."

It stands to reason that onlookers should not talk, but after Huo Lingyue finished speaking, Ting Wei thought about it, and he still had to do this.

So he wrote an investigation order and sent someone to communicate with Tiqi. Soon the captain of Tiqi came in with five people, three of whom were depressed, and they were seriously injured in different parts. ?Good medical environment, it is not bad to be alive.

The Ting Wei Department and the Tiqi Team were originally two completely different organizations, and their cells were separated. This time, the cross-organization can cooperate so quickly, I have to say that there is some relationship between Huo Yi.

Ting Wei tried his best to start the trial. The five people confessed to killing Mrs. Yang, but they never admitted that they were Guo Xie's people.As for the matter of the Yang family, they asked all three questions, and only said that the five of them were attracted to Mrs. Yang, but they were stopped when they failed.

The two sides insisted on their own opinions, and Ting Wei was also quite troubled. There is no physical evidence, only the defenses of both parties, and it is difficult for him to make a judgment for a while.

Mrs. Yang kept talking, she was weak, and faced with the lies of those murderers, she was out of breath several times in anger.

At this moment, a clear and loud voice came from outside the Tingwei Office.

"Your Majesty is here—"

Ting Wei's eyes widened, and he even suspected that he had heard wrong.He stood up abruptly and walked to the front. His Majesty the Emperor was surrounded by everyone and walked into the Tingwei Office. General Huo was also following him. a channel.

Tingwei also quickly saluted, and those who reacted quickly knelt down one after another. The killers didn't react. The officials of the Tingwei Office held their heads and pushed them to the ground, and they were never allowed to look directly at the holy face. .

Zhou Yunshen and Huo Lingyue also stood up quickly. Huo Lingyue went over and patted Mrs. Yang on the shoulder, signaling them to bow their heads.

The voices of Tingwei and Zhou Yunshen reached Mrs. Yang's ears. She was in a trance and didn't dare to raise her head. She only saw the hem of the black robe passing in front of her. It was embroidered with exquisite embroidery. In the entire Ting Wei Department, there was silence, no one dared to make any sound.

The air became tense, from head to toe, even the hair did not dare to move, everyone? Everyone was waiting for His Majesty to speak.

This is His Majesty the Emperor?

Son of Heaven, the most unattainable person?

Mrs. Yang was in a daze.

She heard His Majesty the Emperor say something, but because she was too nervous and her body was very weak, the words passed her ears and failed to enter her mind.After a while, a familiar voice sounded. Although Mrs. Yang didn't say a few words to Huo Yi, she already remembered his voice.

Madam Yang raised her head subconsciously and glanced at General Huo Da.

In the deep alley yesterday, although Huo Yi didn't show his face, he stood there like an insurmountable mountain, which naturally made people awe-inspiring.Today, however, he stood beside His Majesty the Emperor, but his aura was much calmer, like a tree surrounded by fog by the river.

On the contrary, some of them couldn't see clearly.

His Majesty the Emperor seemed to come here just to say a word, and after finishing speaking, he led the people away in a mighty manner.

Huo Yi took a step slower, and when he passed by Ting Wei, he said, "Your Majesty personally ordered the investigation of this case to be clear, and I will trouble you."

"What should be done is what I should do." Ting Wei hurriedly said: "General, go slowly."

Huo Yi smiled, then glanced at Huo Lingyue, turned and left the Tingwei Office.Zhou Zhenyan was waiting for him outside the Ting Wei Office, and when he saw him coming, his expression relaxed, and the two rushed back to Ziwei Palace together.

Huo Lingyue looked at the backs of her little uncle and His Majesty the Emperor, always feeling something strange.

She turned to ask Zhou Yunshen, Zhou Yunshen smiled inscrutablely, noncommittal: "Really."

"Isn't it strange?" Huo Lingyue wondered, did she think too much?

This matter had? His Majesty the Emperor personally ordered it, and immediately received the highest attention from the Ting Wei Department.

Ting Wei immediately mobilized all his forces to investigate this matter clearly.He even sent a few people to Jiaojun, and those killers were transferred to the prison of the Ting Wei Department, where they were strictly guarded.

Mrs. Yang is penniless and has no relatives or reasons in Chang'an City, so she has to temporarily live in the Huo Mansion.But His Majesty's attention to this matter was beyond everyone's expectations. He even personally arranged a residence for Mrs. Yang and sent someone to protect her. Mrs. Yang soon moved out of Huo's residence.

For Mrs. Yang, all this is like a dream.

Time passed quickly, Tingwei was rushing to handle the case, and Qiu Hongguang was rushing to Chang'an with his army. In order to reward the army, Zhang Laiqian was also working hard to squeeze out some money from the treasury.

Huo Yi did not participate in the specific investigation process.According to Zhou Zhenyan's plan, shortly after Qiu Hongguang came back, they were about to launch a full-scale attack.Huo Yi spent more and more time in the military camp, so the time he stayed in Ziwei Palace became shorter and shorter.

If the Hexi Corridor is captured, it is actually equivalent to the Xiongnu reaching the gate of Chang'an City.

This battle is very important, Huo Yi can only focus on this battle, and gradually formed a set of mature ideas on how to march and how to attack.

"General Qiu? The army should still be there? I'll be back in half a month." In Ziwei Palace, Huo Yi drank a bowl of sweet soup, which was strongly recommended by His Majesty the Emperor. Zhou Zhenyan thought it was too sweet, almost However, Zhou Zhenyan looked at him expectantly, so Huo Yi had no choice but to force himself to drink it one mouthful at a time.

Zhou Zhenyan frowned and looked at it for a while, then took the bowl back, and asked, "Do you not like this?"

Huo Yi was stunned for a moment, and reached out to touch the bowl: "Fortunately..."

Zhou Zhenyan avoided his hand, raised his head and finished the sweet soup in the bowl in one gulp.

Huo Yi withdrew his hand in embarrassment.

"If you don't like it, just say it. I can even listen to those articles that scold me in various ways, but I can't listen to this." Zhou Zhenzhen muttered, after the sweetness in his mouth dissipated, it was still a bit bitter.

Huo Yi forced a smile: "It's just a bowl of sweet soup..."

Zhou Zhenyan knocked on the table irritably, but he made this bowl himself, although the only thing he did was to add a spoonful of sugar to it.

Huo Yi quickly changed the subject: "I met Zhang Dasinong today..."

Zhang Dasinong recently had a lot of opinions on His Majesty the Emperor and General Huo Da. After all, he had to find a way to spend money for the war.

Zhou Zhenyan smiled slightly: "Actually, I have an idea recently, but after discussing it with Zhang Dasinong, I decided to look at the situation before making a decision."

Huo Yi hummed, knowing that His Majesty did not do a good job, so he did not plan to tell him for the time being.

"And what about Dr. Tao's side?..." Zhou Zhenyan rubbed his brows. There are too many recent things, and they are all piled up together, making him very busy.Finally, I had time to make a bowl of sweet soup, but it didn't taste good at all.

"Tao Jiamu...what's wrong?" Huo Yi couldn't help asking.

"Dr. Tao has been researching dossiers and national laws for a long time. He wrote me a memorial about the national laws a few days ago." Zhou Zhenyi casually skipped the specific content.

Huo Yi knew what Tao Jiamu had been planning to do, but he didn't expect that his goal had something to do with the law of the country.

No wonder he was always flipping through files.

But what exactly does he want to do? Huo Yi knows that Tao Jiamu's dream has always been to leave traces in this world.

However, judging from His Majesty's reaction, he probably didn't agree with Tao Jiamu's idea.

He thought for a while, whether it was Tao Jiamu's matter? or Zhang Laiqian's matter? In fact, it was difficult for him to intervene.

It was the news from Ting Wei who returned to Chang'an City faster than Qiu Hongguang.At the beginning, he sent a few people to Jiaojun to investigate. Because of His Majesty's imperial order, his subordinates rushed all the way, and all post stations also opened their doors for convenience, which is similar to Huo Yi's going to buy horses.

Those subordinates were also very neat. After the investigation, it was concluded that those five people had something to do with Guo Xie, and they were indeed the ones who killed Yang Xiancheng's family.The people from the Ting Wei Department have not yet returned, so they rushed to send the investigation results all the way back to Chang'an.

The investigation results of this matter were also sent directly to His Majesty's desk.

His Majesty the Emperor was furious and personally ordered Guo Xie to be arrested and brought to justice.

Guo Xie has been staying in Chang'an City for a while now, getting acquainted with heroes from all walks of life, going to this official's mansion one day, and going to that nobleman's house the next day.

In fact, many times, even if he has no ability himself, when he has many relationships, he will naturally form a network of relationships through which anyone can find others, and he is the node in the middle.

What's more, Guo Xie thought he was capable.

However, just half a month ago, someone came to Guo Xie and told him that something was wrong recently, and that there was a recent case that was suspected to be related to him.

Guo Xie was puzzled. After he understood the whole situation, he said, "The side sitting straight down has nothing to do with me at this time. Why do you want to run?"

Others admired his broad-mindedness and believed that Guo Xie really didn't know about it.

So when the soldiers from the Ting Wei Department came to arrest people, everyone present was dumbfounded.

They were guests at the home of a small official, and many of Guo Xie's subordinates were also there. Seeing that the number of soldiers in the Ting Wei Department was smaller than theirs, they were daring and even wanted to disobey orders.

Fortunately, Guo Xie was still quite rational. He knew that this was Chang'an City. If he dared to disobey his orders, the famous Northern Army would come. By then, everyone here would be doomed.He reassured the others, saying that nothing would happen to him, and then took the initiative to stand up and be taken away.

However, not only him, everyone present was arrested.

This event was carried out with great fanfare. When the news of Guo Xie's arrest spread throughout Chang'an City, many people were shocked and puzzled.

Those who were close to Guo Xie, relying on their identities, came to the Ting Wei Office one after another to intercede for Guo Xie. There were so many pleadings that they even broke through the threshold of the Ting Wei Office.

Ting Wei couldn't help it, he didn't expect that Guo Xie could even have a relationship with Jiu Qingzhi Taichang, and he could even labor Taichang to intercede for him.

But the fact that His Majesty the Emperor asked him to handle the case was actually kept secret.

So this is an important and confidential matter? His Majesty the Emperor does not allow him to reveal the details. Because of this, so many people came to intercede for Guo Xie.

Wei Ting suddenly thought, this could not be His Majesty's purpose...

He shivered, and put "the matter of intercession", including those who interceded, in front of His Majesty.

His Majesty the Emperor was much calmer this time than before, but he issued an order.

The case will be transferred to the prime minister, and Zhao Cheng will handle it with full authority.

As soon as this statement came out, the entire Chang'an City was in an uproar.

No one will easily forget Zhao Cheng's great achievements when he took office as Tingwei. In the first few major cases, he killed countless noble officials with a knife.

Now His Majesty is going to leave this matter to Zhao Cheng. What do you mean? Anyway, it is an ominous sign.

Ting Wei was picked up by Zhao Cheng with one hand. He has no complaints about Zhao Cheng taking over this matter. He smells the wind and rain in the future and the building will collapse in the future, and he can't wait to run as far as possible.

Only people like Zhao Cheng can stir up the tide in the bloody storm.

Forget it.

After Zhao Cheng took over the matter, he began to interrogate Guo Xie.

After trial and error, he found that Guo Xie really had no knowledge of this matter.Yang Xiancheng died after he left. Before that, he didn't give any instructions in this regard. What about Mrs. Yang? That's right, he didn't know anything about it.Even the whole thing? It was only after the friend told him that he learned a little bit of news, and more details, including the fact that Mrs. Yang was hunted down?, Zhao Cheng told him, and Guo Xie only knew about it.

At least in this case, Guo Xie is innocent.

But are you going to let him go?

On the day of the trial, Zhou Zhenyan was present in person.

His Majesty the Emperor did not ask too many questions about the rebellion case of the King of Zhennan back then, but now that a little Guo Xie is being tried, Zhou Zhenyan is present in person, which is enough to show that he attaches great importance to it.

In addition to Zhao Cheng and His Majesty the Emperor, Huo Yi, Ting Wei, and some other important officials in the court were all there.

When Guo Xie was brought in, all eyes were on him.

As expected of Guo Xie's long experience, he didn't panic in the face of such a scene. After saluting to His Majesty, he knelt on the ground and waited.

Zhao Cheng had already made up his mind, and said slowly, "Although Guo Xie didn't know about this matter, the county magistrate Yang died because of him. Guo Xie hasn't issued an order, yet there will be? His subordinates will automatically kill for him."

Guo Xie said: "The villains really don't know about this matter. Before leaving? I even dissuaded them. They must abide by the law, respect the government, and don't act recklessly."

He did say so.

Zhao Cheng sneered: "It seems that you have too many subordinates, and you can't manage them."

Guo Xie froze for a moment, but didn't speak.

Someone present said: "If you want to be convicted, it is also the crime of those five killers. In any case, Guo Xie didn't know about this matter. There is no such crime in the national law. and bear the punishment."

What he said is very reasonable. There is no such thing in the national law.

Zhao Cheng said coldly: "As a commoner, Guo Xie played tricks to provoke the authority of the government and demonstrate to the imperial power! Guo Xie didn't know it, but this crime was worse than killing himself."

"He is just a commoner, how can He De let many powerful officials and officials intercede for him? Forming a party for personal gain, killing people with power!" Zhao Cheng threw out the list and said: "The Ting Wei Department ordered Guo Xie to be arrested, But he was resisted by Guo Xie's subordinates, which shows that Guo Xie has no national law in his heart, and is suspected of tangling the people and fighting against the government, which is a crime of treason!"

"It is precisely because of people like Guo Xie that national law cannot work in the township, and Guo Xie is just one of them. There are many other things like this that we don't know about."

Guo Xie stared at him blankly.

Zhao Cheng stood up and said: "I believe that Guo Xie should be convicted of treason and immorality, and punish the nine clans!"

Guo Xie was limp all over, and sat powerlessly on the ground.

He looked around, most of these people were people he had never seen before, and he had only heard of their names from "friends". If he went to a higher level, he might be able to have a relationship with them.

But at this moment, their eyes were all indifferent.

Some people agree with Zhao Cheng's words, and some even if they don't agree, they are still trying to figure out His Majesty's intentions and dare not speak.

Guo Xie suddenly saw Huo Yi.

Huo Yi was sitting upright, wearing a standard black armor, only the helmet was removed. He came from the military camp, and his neatly tied black hair was a little messy because of a day's training.

When Guo Xie looked over, Huo Yi stood up.

All the eyes of everyone were concentrated on Huo Yi.

If Huo Yi didn't stand up, Zhou Zhenyan had already decided to draw a conclusion.

And Guo Xie's eyes suddenly lit up.

At that time, he felt that Huo Yi was a soft-hearted person, and now that he thought about it, the only one who could save him was General Huo.

Zhao Cheng lowered his voice and said, "General Huo, what advice do you have?"

His tone was really blunt, Huo Yi cupped his hands, and said: "Whether it is a doorman or a killer, they are all raised by Guo Jie, and he doesn't even know about his subordinates committing crimes, let alone his relatives."

"Guo Xie's crime is indeed unforgivable, but it's not the crime of punishing the nine clans. His Majesty was magnanimous and forgave the descendants of Zhennan King when he rebelled against him. Please also forgive Guo Xie's relatives."

Huo Yi just remembered what happened in Thief Town?

Guo Xie's nephew was murdered, and his sister was in so much pain that she wanted to seek revenge from the murderer. Guo Xie let the murderer go, and even said "you are right to kill" in order to complete his own reputation.

To him, relatives are just props to win people's hearts.It is really wrong to die for him at this time.

If possible, his sister would prefer to have nothing to do with this man.

Everyone else present was stunned for a moment, Zhao Cheng was also silent for a moment, he stared at Guo Xie, and then at Huo Yi with unclear meaning.

Ah, this person... Zhao Cheng didn't know what to say, he should have insisted on his point of view.

Zhou Zhenyan sat on the top seat, propping his forehead with one hand, his face was indifferent, no emotion could be seen, his eyes glided briefly over all the people, and finally stayed on Huo Yi.

"What Huo Qing said makes sense." Zhou Zhenyan nodded his head, "In this case, Guo Xie will be sentenced to death and will be executed on another day. If his relatives are innocent, let them be released."

"Except for Guo Xie, the verdicts of other people will be handed over to Prime Minister Zhao."

Zhou Zhenyan and Zhao Cheng looked at each other, their eyes were dark, and after a while, Zhao Cheng cupped his hands.

This incident was the beginning of the bloody Chang'an City.

Guo Xie had three to three thousand men, some hundreds were in Chang'an, and the rest were in Jiaojun.Most of these people are desperadoes, and they have more or less lives in their hands. Even if they don't have lives, they have done things like digging people's ancestral graves, making money privately, and extorting money.Guo Xie protected them under the government and state law, so they worked for Guo Xie?

Therefore, all these three thousand people were executed, leaving no one behind.

Execute today, not even until fall.

At Caishikou in those few days, there was a strong smell of blood, and the executioner in charge of beheading even cut his knife sharply.That day, the executioner cut off half of his head with a knife, and the knife got stuck in his neck, and he almost couldn't pull it out.

The executioner apologized to the beheaded prisoner, changed the knife, raised the knife and dropped it, and the head fell to the ground.

All those officials who had pleaded for Guo Xie's favor were dismissed from their posts, and no one was left behind.If you go through the bottom line or something, you can kill hundreds more people.

All those wealthy gentry who had been attached to Guo Xie were locked in prisons, waiting for their families to redeem them with money, and some of them directly ransacked their homes and confiscated them all.

This time, a total of nearly 4000 people were killed. In those few days, the sky in Chang'an City seemed to be red.

The common people walked on the street, and even felt that even the street was quite empty.

"Kill one as an example to others." Zhao Cheng stood on the city wall, looking at the red ground, wondering when the remaining bloodstains would be cleaned up.

"This group of people died of their own stupidity and ignorance. They didn't understand why His Majesty wanted to kill King Zhennan in the first place."

"It's not enough to kill Zhennan King, add Guo Xie, they should understand."

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