Reincarnation of the powerful minister

The moment Su Yan received Yi's decree, alarm bells rang in Su Yan's mind.

He knew that he and the Wei family had formed an endless feud, and he also severely offended the Queen Mother, the backer behind the Wei family, so he always paid attention to his own safety.

For three months since he returned to Beijing, he never went out for a walk, and tried to avoid going out alone as much as possible.

He had envisioned the Wei family's many revenge methods, including but not limited to disfigurement, assassination, planting, setting up traps, etc., but he did not expect that the Queen Mother would condescend to do it herself.

——At such a juncture, the queen mother suddenly summoned him, of course with bad intentions, is it just commonplace?

Su Yan's mind was spinning a thousand times, but his face was calm, and he said to the eunuch who passed the decree: "Casual clothes at home are not suitable for audiences in the palace. Let me change into four-grade regular clothes." He was about to enter the house.

The guards of the Palace of Compassion and Ning stretched out their hands to stop him: "No need. The Empress Dowager ordered me to summon you immediately. Please Master Su follow me to the car."

Su Yan said again: "Then allow me to explain to the servants at home and let them prepare dinner."

The guard was unmoved: "No need. The Queen Mother has ordered, don't delay for a moment, please."

Su Yan was at a loss, he was almost hijacked into the carriage, and sighed secretly: Ah Zhui ran away, Qilang went out of the city to chase the enemy, if only Gao Shuo, who was lying on the roof, was still there.

It's a pity that even Gao Shuo went home to rest because of the arrow wound on his back.Shen Qi knew that Su Yan didn't like being watched, so she didn't send spies to watch her again.

Not long after the carriage drove, Su Yan felt that the direction was wrong. He looked out of the car window and found that he did not enter the palace through the Meridian Gate, but turned a corner outside the Sixth Division Zhifang and went to the Taimiao.

... What does the Queen Mother mean?Afraid of entering the palace, someone will tip off the emperor?

Su Yan had an increasingly ominous premonition, but the situation was compelling, so he could only take one step at a time, and was escorted into the halberd gate by the guards.

The crown prince Zhu Helin once knelt on the god tablet in the nave of the Taimiao, and Su Yan also accompanied him.But this time he was not even qualified to enter the main hall.

Just outside the front hall not far from the Jimen Gate, the palace servants propped up the phoenix-patterned canopy, set up a large couch, and supported the Empress Dowager to take her seat.

The square is surrounded by circles of heavily guarded guards.Su Yan knelt on the stone floor in front of Feng's car, and made an impeccable kowtow.

The Queen Mother didn't tell him to stand up, but ordered: "Lift up your face."

Su Yan frowned, raised his face, and looked at Fengzuo calmly.

This is his first close contact with the Queen Mother.If he had just time traveled, he might have been as nervous as the first time he met the Lord, but now his mind is as calm as a mirror.

The queen mother stared into his eyes for a while, then suddenly chuckled: "Su Yan?"

Su Yan cupped his hands: "The minister is here."

The queen mother said: "I have been in the deep palace for a long time, and I don't care much about the affairs of the previous dynasty, but the name of 'Su Twelve' keeps ringing in my ears. I heard that you have just touched the first gate on the threshold of Fengtian Palace." One day, a blockbuster in the palace test? What a good way."

Su Yan said: "That was a misunderstanding. I was deaf for a while and misheard the question, but I didn't mean to criticize. The court was full of civil and military officials, and I didn't recognize any of them at that time."

"Then it was also a misunderstanding to beat the Dengwen drum outside the Meridian Gate and bring down Feng Qu'e, the Commander of the Jin Yiwei?"

"It's not that the subject did it on purpose. On the one hand, it is to avenge the wrongdoing of the teacher and the country, and on the other hand, it is also for self-protection."

The queen mother was quite surprised, and twitched the corner of Yin Hong's mouth: "You are a straightforward person, it's okay, it's easy to talk like this. I'm really tired of those people who pretend to be gentle and demure on the surface, but are actually full of scheming."

I have reason to suspect that you are dissing the Concubine Mo, who was competing with you for favor with the first emperor, and the prince's biological mother, the first empress Zhang.Su Yan vomited secretly.

But he soon lost the mood to complain.Because the Empress Dowager continued: "I also heard that you were injured by thieves last night because you were protecting the crown prince. Escort is a great achievement, why the emperor didn't even send you an imperial doctor. Come here and give Su Shaoqing a good diagnosis and treatment."

Immediately, two imperial physicians came forward, one left and one right held Su Yan's wrist, looked at the gods, checked the color, felt the pulse, and felt the bones. After a while, they reported to the queen mother: "Su Shaoqing has no internal injuries, and everything is normal."

The queen mother sneered: "Okay, what a cheerful person who deceives the king and pretends to be rewarded."

Su Yan complained secretly.Last night Emperor Jinglong told him to pretend to be wounded to avoid the limelight, but now it is proof of his duplicity, but in front of the Empress Dowager and so many palace guards and guards, he can't sell the emperor, right?Even if it is sold, no one will believe it!I can only grit my teeth and take the blame for it.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, I was affected by the strength of the seven-kill camp master who came to assassinate me. I fell down the steps with the prince, and immediately coughed up blood. The guards of the East Palace and Jin Yiwei saw it with my own eyes. I did not lie to deceive the emperor. Because I'm not feeling well, I just want to take two days off for a little rest, and I don't want to ask for any merit, even if the emperor and the young master want to reward me, I won't be rewarded for nothing, and I absolutely dare not accept it."

When he fell down the steps, he knocked on the mouth with Zhu Helin, and some blood flowed out. It is not fabricated out of thin air to say that hemoptysis due to internal injury, but I hope it can be fooled.In addition, he did not report for meritorious service, nor did he receive rewards from the emperor and prince. Isn't this a lie?

The queen mother did not accept this explanation: "You are obviously healthy, but you pretend to be injured and ask for rest, which shows that you are an opportunistic and cunning villain in your bones. You said that you will not be rewarded, and the reward has not yet been given. If the emperor wants to reward you, you Will you refuse?"

Yes, things that have not yet happened, so how can you assert that I will not refuse?

Besides, what happened to my two-day vacation? Before, I was sick and worked throughout the month, and you didn't give me a raise!

Of course, these words can only be left in the modern world and talked about in the company.What era is it now? In the era of "the emperor wants his ministers to die", if you die for the royal family, you are called loyal, and if you don't, you are called traitors and thieves.

In this era, the imperial court had strict rules, and they were ridiculously strict. According to the regulations, the officials who went to the court could not even sway their steps. Whoever spit anywhere, Jin Yiwei took out a few court sticks.But it is true that the rules are full of loopholes. As long as the emperor is a little looser about attendance, there will be officials who will not even go to court in the morning and sneak away from the meeting. Everyone, let it be nothing.

Then you say, is it a trivial matter or a major matter for me to ask for leave from a fake injury?

It's not all an excuse you use to make fun of me!Since I intend to rectify it, is it useful for me to soften it?Is it useful to beg for mercy?

So Su Yan said neither humble nor overbearing: "The minister is weak, and he asked for leave only because he felt unwell. If the Empress Dowager thinks that the minister is not allowed to ask for leave after chasing the thief all night or falling injured in the rain, then she will order the officials to punish her according to the law."

order?She is a dignified queen mother, and she issued an order just to punish an official who asked for two days' leave after running an errand and seemed to be lazy?Isn't this a joke!Even if others guessed that she was taking the opportunity to punish the courtiers, they had to find a decent reason, and she would lose face by using such a trivial reason to make a big fuss.

This person is not only cunning and cunning, but also dares to contradict him, it is really hateful!Wei Lan said before that he used sex to confuse the Lord, but I still thought it was unfounded, but now, judging by his appearance and temperament, he is almost inseparable.The empress dowager's disgust towards Su Yan was at its peak at this moment, she frowned and called out, "Gu Qiong!"

The palace maid Qionggu stepped forward, stood in front of Su Yan, and asked slowly, "Su Yan, are you guilty?"

Su Yan said: "I do things for officials, and I have no regrets in my heart. I don't know where the crime comes from."

Aunt Qiong raised her voice a little: "You are guilty of the first crime of slandering the relatives of the state, causing the emperor and concubine to be at odds. It is the second crime of colluding with the remnants of the sword sect and raising dead soldiers. It is the third crime; it is the fourth crime to encourage the prince to neglect his duties and hide evil intentions; he is to impeach officials arbitrarily and eliminate dissidents, which is the fifth crime. All five of these are serious crimes, do you still dare to deny them!"

Su Yan responded loudly: "First, the minister is not only the You Shaoqing of Dali Temple, but also the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It is his job to picket hundreds of officials and control the way of speech. The officials have the right to hear rumors and act. What's more, every time the minister is impeached, the evidence is conclusive, so what is the crime?

"Secondly, when I took in the guard, I didn't know his past identity, and never ordered him to do illegal things. A mere man can only be used as a bodyguard and a driver at most. I have never seen that the dead are only raised One? Besides, the minister still owed him half a year's salary without paying him, which caused him to resign in anger. As for the minister, he couldn't even afford a salary. How could he have any spare money to raise dead soldiers?

"Thirdly, the soldiers surrounded the Marquis's mansion to search for the criminals. I acted according to the imperial edict. Otherwise, how could I command the Tengxiang Guard? The imperial edict is in my arms. Please let the Queen Mother check it out.

"Fourth, what is the prince's main job? In terms of reading, his studies have not been interrupted. Sometimes he has not gone to the Wenhua Palace, and he has obtained the permission of the emperor. If he is absent from class for no reason, Li Taifu is the first to spare him. But recently I only heard that the Taifu praised the prince's progress in his studies, but he has no other complaints. If he is often out of the palace recently, he is also investigating cases according to the order, let alone not doing his job properly. Since the prince has made no mistakes, the minister naturally can't talk about it The crime of 'encouraging'.

"Fifth, the reason is the same as the first.

"Such five false accusations cannot be accepted!"

The queen mother slapped the armrest and stood up suddenly: "Presumptuous! Who allows you to talk to the mother of the country like this? It's simply rebellious and arrogant!"

Su Yan cupped his hands: "The minister is not arrogant, but fights with reason. As the mother of the country, he should convince people with reason and law, not with power. Rong Chen reminded - the queen mother summoned foreign ministers in private, and with the ceremony If it doesn't agree, I hope the queen mother will think twice."

The Queen Mother sneered and said, "I expected you, a hozen with sharp teeth, to be here waiting for me. Take a look at this place?"

"Tai Temple."

"Look again, what is this enshrined in the Taimiao?"

A guard stepped forward, and on the tray in his hand was a cylindrical blunt weapon that was either square or round. It was shining golden and seemed quite heavy.

Su Yan tilted his head to look left and right, and answered uncertainly, "Trust...the tower in the hands of Heavenly King Ta Li?"

The Queen Mother only thought that he was pretending to be sarcastic, and said angrily: "This is the golden mace left by the late emperor! With this golden mace, you can beat the emperor unconsciously and slander the ministers. I will use this mace to beat you today. It is not in accordance with the etiquette." ?”

With a "buzz" in Su Yan's mind, he thought: I thought the golden mace of the Eight Sage Kings was made up in the storytelling book, God knows there really is such a thing!

No wonder they brought me here to Taimiao, where they beat people with the golden mace left by the late emperor. That is not called lynching, it is a high-sounding punishment.According to the Queen Mother, even if it is the emperor and the clan, she can't get used to it, so she can beat it anyway.

——Did the first emperor become ill and confused before his death, so he left the golden mace to such an unreasonable queen mother?

While Su Yan was speechless, he looked at the golden mace again. It was thick, hard, and long. It was simply the most valuable weapon in the world!This is much harder than the wooden staff of the imperial staff. Once the mace goes down, there will be no comminuted fractures?

My life is over!Adulterers... no, brothers... no, in short, anyone is fine - come and escort me!

Su Yan roared wildly in the depths of his soul, but his body seemed to be invincible, with an awe-inspiring expression.He got up, straightened his clothes, crown and hat, bowed his hands in the direction of Fengtian Temple in the northwest, and said solemnly: "I'm going to borrow a poem—the grandeur is still too empty, and the loyalty will shine through the ages."

The guard of the Compassionate Ning Palace who was standing next to him changed his expression with emotion, and said silently: This is a civil servant with integrity and integrity, what a pity.

"Ajaan Cao. Your mother, Cong lost your mother."

Guard:  …

Guard: Can you take back the emotion you just felt?

The queen mother put her hands on her chest, feeling that she was about to have a heart attack.The maid next to her immediately helped her sit down, rubbed her chest to smooth her breath, and brought her water and medicine.

"Please, the golden mace." The Queen Mother panted.

"Golden mace please!" The guards shouted in unison.

A powerful and powerful man strode forward, took out a golden mace from the plate, and held it tightly in his hand.

"The prisoner kneels down and accepts the mace!"

Su Yan gritted his teeth and said: "If you haven't committed a crime, how can you be a 'criminal'? The queen mother's perverse actions will damage the reputation of the Tian family and the emperor's name. Today, I, Su Yan, will be here. Tomorrow, everyone will be in court. Self-danger, because there will be no laws and no etiquette in the future, and the life and death of civil servants and generals can be determined by a single word from the queen mother, so what is the use of the emperor?"

Things have come to this point, it is imperative, this Su Yan must die, and must not stay!The Empress Dowager had made up her mind, and said sharply, "Nine maces!"

Nine is the extreme number, which means that it must be killed.The guard immediately held up the golden mace and smashed it down on Su Yan's back——