My country is dead again [Rebirth]

Amid the emperor's gentle laughter that chilled his heart, Han Zhen gasped. The old fox took advantage of the opportunity to act as a mute with the former Zuoqian capital censor.

This matter was instigated by Xue Zilu, he was young and energetic, and he had been a speech officer for a few years before he dared to participate in Shangshuge's elders, but he didn't intend to back down, his face was flushed due to continuous fierce words Hong said: "I don't dare. Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager were suspected by the late Emperor five years ago because of palace rumors, and now you should be more careful about this matter. The rumors have already been caused by the similarities between your Majesty and Shen Ci in life. If there is doubt about His Majesty's life experience, His Majesty will cause an uproar among the people if he doesn't avoid suspicion. What's more, Shen Ci is indeed the son of a prostitute, and the old things can't be distinguished from the true and the false, so there are many doubts about his life experience. How can such a dirty person Dominate the three camps? Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Xie Ruzhuo glanced at Sun Bingde, with an expression as if he was humbly asking for advice, and asked, "Does Yuan Weng feel the same way?"

Sun Bingde half-closed his eyes and said: "Although Master Xue's words are offensive and disrespectful, but the sincerity is true, Your Majesty should really think twice."

"I understand." Xie Ruzhuo nodded with a smile, and then asked Xue Zilu, "Dare to ask Xue Qing, five years ago, the late emperor was suspicious of the palace rumors, so Xue Qing was also suspicious?"

Xue Zilu closed his eyes and turned his heart, and his voice grew louder: "Your Majesty is trustworthy, but the suspicion of the people in the world is hard to dispel. The rumors have not yet reached the point of being uncontrollable, and there is still time for His Majesty to withdraw in time. Although there is a shortage of people in the court, there is still time If no one can use it, why does Your Majesty insist on using a son of a whore whose background is unknown?"

son of a whore...

Xue Zixun's voice faded away, some couldn't hear clearly, Xie Ruzhuo's mind had countless voices blurred and clear in an instant, guards with knives, old eunuchs, brothers with childish voices, concubines with rich makeup... In the end, the dizzy eyes saw the chattering courtiers, they seemed to be cursing Shenci, and they seemed to merge with those shadowy people.

The ferocious anger bared its teeth and claws to penetrate the layer of hypocritical smirks, Xie Ruzhuo's eyes were bloodshot, his body was trembling imperceptibly, he grabbed the playbook on the table and threw it on the ground, the sound made Xue Ziyu, who was about to say more, shiver all over , A sharp voice immediately slammed down: "Enough! Who are you scolding one by one sons of whores!"

Sun Bingde's eyelids twitched ominously, feeling that something big was going to happen.

"Do you suspect that my life experience is unknown? Good, good, good." Xie Ruzhuo said three "good" words in succession, and his knuckles twitched slightly due to emotion, "Then I invite all the elders in the cabinet to fetch the daily notes in person. Find out, what year, month, and day did the father visit Concubine Ning, when was Ning Concubine conceived, and when was the day when I was born, after the inspection, we will announce it to the world one by one!"

"Father suspected that Concubine Ning was having an affair with Wu Xianrong, since that's the case..." Xie Ruzhuo clenched his fists, and a small scratch was scratched on the palm of his palm, "Then ask the cabinet to check where Wu Xianrong was at that time , What did you do, and make it public to the world!"

I am afraid that in the past, there will be no more emperor who is suspected of his bloodline but chooses to face the rumors and prove his innocence. The hearts of all the ministers jumped, and they knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, calm down."

There were more than a dozen sounds of leaking water drops, but the officials felt that a long period of time had passed, Xie Ruzhuo relaxed his grip, and his voice became less angry: "I will investigate the rumors thoroughly with Jin Yiwei. , If there are any lies, they will insult the royal family and the king, and all of them will be arrested and sent to prison, and they will be sentenced to death."

Every courtier who was caught by Xie Ruzhuo's eyes subconsciously lowered his body, feeling that the water droplets falling from the engraving would condense into ice particles in Xie Ruzhuo's voice, and the oppressive feeling did not mean to subside.

Xie Ruzhuo glanced at Xue Zishang, who was already sweating coldly on his forehead, and said in a cold voice, "Xue Zishang made a slip of the tongue before the imperial court and insulted the king. He will be fined for half a year and have a royal staff of forty." He took the stack of notebooks held by the courtier , and fell on the table with a bang, "All those who discuss this matter in the court are guilty of the same crime, and all of them have forty royal staff!"

The court stick was started by Tai Zu, and every emperor would use it. No less than a hundred officials died of the court stick. Since Xie Ruzhuo came to the throne, most of the times were well-behaved and kind, which made everyone gradually forget the feeling of fear when they went to court.

Sun Bingde's impeccable expression could not be maintained for a long time. The emperor's unscrupulous self-proving of innocence was dismantling the rumors, but the criminal impeachers were warning them in turn.

Just like a little beast that has finally broken free from its cage, although it is weak and unstable, it will show its sharp claws and sharp teeth when facing those who try to provoke it, and bite fiercely, and it will never be controlled by others.

Xie Ruzhuo and Sun Bingde's gazes split apart, and he said sharply, "Jin Yiwei! Drag everyone out!"

Jin Yiwei, who was guarding outside the hall, walked in silently, and first dragged Xue Zilu away. Xie Ruzhuo glanced coldly at the courtier standing aside. Jin Yiwei dragged one person away, and within a short while, there were more than [-] people missing in the huge Chongzheng Hall.

The courtiers who escaped the catastrophe did not relax for the rest of their lives, and their hearts were still tense and they dared not say a word.

"Yuan Weng," Xie Ruzhuo stared at Sun Bingde condescendingly, and called out to him, the two looked at each other, Xie Ruzhuo lowered his voice, but the chill was even worse, "Don't touch Nilin."

Outside the Meridian Gate, the captains of Jinyiwei were so worried that they wanted to quit. Xie Ruzhuo asked for the court stick for the first time, and looked very angry, but dragging out more than [-] courtiers at a time, this situation is really not a joke For play.

The court rod needs to be imprisoned by the supervisor of ceremonies. After waiting for two quarters of an hour, everyone finally saw a group of people approaching with big pens wearing python pads, and a school lieutenant immediately went up to him: "Master, how can you give me a hand?" Sent?"

He Xiaoman seemed dissatisfied with him getting too close, and took a step back. The captain smiled and said: "Master, please sit down, please sit down."

There was a grand teacher's chair in the middle, He Xiaoman sat down, didn't give the lieutenant any more chances to get close, and said in a business-like manner: "According to His Majesty's order, forty sticks will be struck."

Jin Yiwei insisted on waiting for the person in charge of ceremonies to come, not really waiting for someone to come to prison for punishment, but waiting for His Majesty's will.

The wooden staff used in the court staff is different from the military staff. It is made of chestnut wood. One end is cut into a mallet shape, covered with iron sheets, and fitted with barbs. One stick can pull off a piece of flesh, and thirty sticks will shatter the flesh. Half-Life is gone. [1] Therefore, for Jin Yiwei who was executing the execution, the key point was not the number of beatings, but how to beat them.

It was the intention of the emperor that Da Dang, the supervisor of ceremonies who imprisoned him, would show Jin Yiwei exactly how to beat him.If you just say "fight", it means something, and it's not a big deal at all. "Really fight" can't be fooled. It's a real fight. If you are not careful, you may really die.If you "strike with your heart", you will beat to death. Such a will is equivalent to death with a stick. [2]

After He Xiaoman finished speaking, the captain still didn't back down, with a secret questioning expression in his eyes, there was a lot of room for flexibility in "really fighting", he didn't dare to judge this degree presumptuously.

The twenty or so officials had already been stripped of their official uniforms, their upper bodies and legs were tied with straw ropes, and their backs were bare. The brocade guards had all put sticks ready, He Xiaoman looked normal, and quickly touched the captain's hand.

The school captain felt a chill in his palm, he hurriedly hid a golden scorpion in his sleeve, and nodded understandingly to He Xiaoman.

He Xiaoman tossed down the word "beat", and the captain immediately raised his stick to beat him down, and every five sticks changed people, and that golden scorpion meant that the emperor wanted their subordinates to be merciful, but these were all civil servants, even the captain Skillfully withdrew the force for a few moments and couldn't stand it anymore. For a while, there were endless wailing and screams outside the Wumen Gate. There were puddles of blood on the ground mixed with torn pieces of meat. Officials who were going home after the meeting passed by. , did not dare to take a step with his legs, and several cabinet ministers simply stayed in the cabinet and did not eat lunch.

The rumors in Beijing had dissipated that day, and Jin Yiwei followed the order and began to thoroughly investigate the matter. After arresting a few people and sent them to prison, no one came out again, and no one dared to say a word.

And Shen Ci, who was also in the rumors, didn't want to go out anymore. When he stepped into the commander of the capital again, everyone wanted to put their eyes on him and peel him apart to see what happened, but when he looked back In the past, one by one hurriedly lowered their heads again, not daring to speak to him.

What made him even more speechless was that several superiors silently handled everything for him, and he could only sit in a daze in the experience department every day.

Xie Ruzhuo gained a lot of prestige in this disturbance, and he also became someone who can't be provoked. At least in the next three months, everyone would avoid him if they saw him, fearing that he would offend the emperor if he said something wrong. To be spanked to bloom.

Just when he was thinking of taking sick leave for a few more days and going home to be alone, which would be better than embarrassing seeing everyone, someone from Dongchang invited him into the palace to teach riding and archery.

Shen Ci entered the palace in the afternoon of the next day, wearing a white riding suit with narrow sleeves. When he walked to the gate of the palace, he looked up and saw Xie Ruzhuo standing alone on the turret. The human figure below stood erect, as if it was about to drift away with the wind.

He Xiaoman, who was guarding below, gestured to him, and he went up the steps, step by step to Xie Ruzhuo's side.

Xie Ruzhuo supported Shen Ci: "Excuse me."

Today's Xie Ruzhuo didn't smile when he saw Shen Ci, he looked at the flowing clouds in the sky without saying a word, glanced sideways at the silent Shen Ci, and asked, "General Shen is also afraid of me?"

Shen Ci's brows were wrinkled, and he turned his eyes away and didn't dare to look at Xie Ruzhuo again.

In this world, the gods gave him a Xie Ruzhuo who was different from many places in the past, but this was no longer the Xie Ruzhuo he met at first.

The brief reunion at the age of 11 seemed like a big dream. He often wondered, had he really met such an innocent and pure Xie Ruzhuo?

"Your Majesty, do you still remember what was the first thing you said when you met my minister six years ago?" He asked with a shiver in his throat.