General, he's cheating again

Chapter 57 The cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks

The long whip tore through the air and slashed down, hitting the back of the young man kneeling in the center of the hall fiercely.

The man raising the whip frowned, pointed angrily at the young man in front of him and shouted, "What are you doing in Beijing!

Did you know that the emperor probably became suspicious of the Gu family because of Qin Yi's unintentional words! "

Gritting his teeth to resist the burning pain on his back, the boy slowly raised his head, still with a stubborn expression, "Father, it's a family matter, and my child always knows how to measure.

This time when I came to Beijing, my boy behaved absurdly and dissolutely according to your wishes, and my boy had never had much contact with that Qin Qingrong.As for why he commented on Hai'er in such a way, Hai'er has no way of knowing. "

"Father, have I told you many times that since ancient times, the ruler's attitude towards ministers who have made great achievements is nothing more than a dead dog.

The Gu family wants to survive in peace, the only way is to suppress their own ambitions and endure in the shadow of Huangwei! "

Swinging the whip again, the man scolded: "This time, as a father, no matter whether you make a mistake intentionally or unintentionally, I will punish you!

Only when you deeply remember the pain on your body, will you truly remember the words of being a father in your heart! "

"Father, the child doesn't understand!"

The corners of his eyes were slightly red, and the young man trembled slightly because he couldn't bear the pain, and shouted, "Obviously my father is a brave and fearless general on the battlefield, he has always been loyal to the king and loved the people, but now he is pointed out by thousands of people like a demon!

Obviously, the father taught the child martial arts and reading in private, and was very strict with the child, but he wanted the child to pretend to be a dude in front of the world!

And why the Gu family has already given in to the emperor to such an extent that the emperor still fears us?

The child dares to ask his father, so is our ignorance and forbearance really useful? "

"brute!"

No longer sparing any effort to raise the whip and crack the flesh on the boy's back and neck fiercely, the pain has turned to numbness at this moment, the boy's eyes are drowsy and he puts his hands on the ground so as not to let himself fall down.

In a trance, he only listened to the man's decisive tone: "Father, you must firmly remember that when facing the imperial power, you have no choice but to give in!"

In the dungeon, Gu Zhen came back to his senses.

He glanced at Lin Wenshan, who was laughing wantonly, and said coldly: "The fate of this general has nothing to do with you, but your fate is already fully in the hands of this general.

Lin Wenshan, this general will be your living hell, you just wait in this dark cell, you can't survive, you can't die. "

After finishing speaking, Gu Zhen waved his hand outside the door, "Come here, give him waterboarding."

The guards waiting outside the prison door responded immediately. They took out a white cloth and covered Lin Wenshan's eyes, and dragged him from the gallows to the dusty box bed.

At the beginning of April, Baidi Kingdom was completely reduced to Song's prisoner.

The former king and Huai Ji were beheaded by the knives, and the corpses were thrown in the market for seven days.

The treacherous official Lin Wenshan was transferred by Gu Zhen to the dungeon of Gu's Mansion, where he was still able to live on his last breath, but his life was worse than death.

On that day, a messenger rushed to the capital from Fuzhou on a fast horse, and the first thing he said after seeing Song Xun was: "Your Majesty, Song Qinian, the king of southern Fujian, opened the Fuzhou Customs, and a large number of foreign people from neighboring countries poured in." In Fuzhou, in recent days these foreign people have burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes in the territory.

The king of southern Fujian harbored a heart of disloyalty, ignored the changes and did not raise troops to suppress them.Now that Fuzhou is in chaos and the people are in dire straits, the subordinates implore General Gu to go to Fuzhou to quell the rebellion. "

"This... I didn't expect that your majesty would allow the King of Minnan to open the pass to promote economic development and cultural integration, but the King of Minnan is so bold that he intends to unite with foreign nations to raise troops to rebel!"

Li Chengfu was so frightened that he exclaimed, he looked at Song Xun who was stunned, bowed his hands and reminded carefully: "Your Majesty, why don't you announce the audience of General Gu.

If you want to make this change, you can only ask General Gu to rehabilitate him. "

"Li Chengfu, do you also think I'm ridiculous?"

Song Xun laughed at himself, he wanted to stand up again, but bad things happened again and again.He glanced around at the people around him, sneering in his heart, maybe these people are secretly laughing at him as a useless fool.

"Your Majesty, why do you think so!" Li Chengfu hastily persuaded, "Your Majesty was just temporarily blinded by a treacherous person. Thinking about it, under the guidance of Qin Taifu in the past, your Majesty is a well-known gentleman from far and near. !"

"Qin Qingrong?"

Hearing this, Song Xun murmured in thought, and after a while he suddenly realized something and looked at Li Chengfu and said, "I know what's wrong, go and call Gu Zhen to see him."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Chengfu responded softly, but his eyelids kept twitching. He always felt that something bad would happen later.

And when the imperial decree was announced to Gu's residence, Gu Zhen was kneeling in the ancestral hall to reflect on himself.

Because, what Lin Wenshan said has often troubled him recently.

He asked himself over and over again, if he would eventually embark on the same fate as his father, leaving his life in the hands of the emperor and being at the mercy of the emperor, would he bear it any longer?

The pain of being torn apart by the whip has long been engraved in his bones, and every time he thinks about it, he still feels unbearable pain.

The spirit cards of his parents were right in front of him at this moment, and he knelt in the center of the ancestral hall, struggling with his inner thoughts.

When he finally made up his mind, Gu Zhen's eyes were slightly red, and he clenched his fists and said firmly to the spiritual seat: "My life will never be willing to be at the mercy of others. If I do a big rebellious act because of this in the future, I will die after I die." I apologize to you under the Nine Springs."

After finishing speaking and leaving the ancestral hall, Gu Zhen walked halfway and learned from the servant that the emperor issued an order for him to have an audience.

He vaguely remembered that the last time Song Xun declared him an audience, it was to use him as a villain and let him step forward to demote Wang Hao in his place.

Thinking that this time it won't be a good thing, Gu Zhen sorted out his emotions after listening to the servant's message, and went out of the mansion to the Chui Gong Hall.

But when he arrived outside the Chui Gong Hall, Song Xun did not summon him for a long time.

The warm sun was shining right above Gu Zhen's head, and Gu Zhen stood in the courtyard calmly and waited quietly.A pair of phoenix eyes stared at the closed palace door in front of him, and he knew that Song Xun was deliberately making things difficult for him.

Perhaps it was because of Lin Wenshan's downfall that made him the most threatening minister in Song Xun's heart; perhaps it was because of Song Xun's guilty conscience that the previous emperor killed the Gu family and he would seek revenge on himself after knowing the truth...

Gu Zhen waited like this until noon, when Song Xun finished reviewing a thick stack of memorials, he was called into the hall by Song Xun.

After entering the hall, the door behind him was closed again by Li Chengfu.

Song Xun said straight to the point without hesitation: "Gu Zhen, now that Prime Minister Lin has fallen, I intend to promote Qin Qingrong as the new prime minister to share my worries in the political affairs hall.

But I heard that you and Qin Qingrong have been in close contact recently. You must know that the relationship between civil and military ministers in the court has always been to check each other and fight against each other, but you are in a high position but you deliberately approach Qin Qingrong to make him befriend you.

What is your purpose in doing this?Could it be that he feels that he has made great achievements and deliberately formed a party to rebel? "

Sure enough, what should come will always come.

Gu Zhen had known for a long time that Song Xun would interrogate him like this one day, so he had already figured out how to deal with it.

He leaned over and cupped his hands and said: "If you go back to the emperor, my minister and Mr. Qin agree with each other, and the relationship is a matter of mutual consent and there is no other intention."

Taking out a black iron token from his sleeve, Gu Zhen continued without hesitation: "If the emperor is worried that this minister will deliberately rebel, this minister is willing to hand over the military power to the emperor to prove his sincerity."

Unexpectedly, Gu Zhen would hand over his military power for Qin Qingrong, Song Xun stared at the black iron token with a dark face and was furious.

His original intention was not to have any military power but to separate the two, no matter what reason or method.Since the world is his, a mere Qin Qingrong must also be in his pocket.

"Gu Zhen, do you think you can prove anything by handing over your military power? If you think that the soldiers in the camp have fought side by side with you for three years, their hearts would have already surrendered to your sect. I want your broken token What's the use?"

Standing up, Song Xun walked back and forth beside Gu Zhen and scolded, "Besides, you have always had bad conduct. You must know that those who are close to ink are black. If you stay with Qin Qingrong all day, you may not stain his face." character.

How do you want me to hand over the world's political affairs to a person with bad conduct? "

"The emperor's words are inconsistent."

Facing Song Xun's reprimand, Gu Zhen showed a sneer.He can not take power, but he can't do it if he is asked to give up his sweetheart.

Raising his head, Gu Zhen looked coldly and said: "Since my minister has misbehavior, how can the soldiers in the camp surrender to a person with misconduct from their hearts?"

"Okay, then what do you mean, you can pretend to show me those absurd actions you usually do?" Song Xun stopped in front of Gu Zhen, the distance between the two was only one step away, when they looked at each other and asked, As if entering the Rakshasa field of hell, "You mean that you are not an absurd dude, all your actions are to deceive the late emperor and me!

Yes, just from your previous ignorance to winning the first prize in the scientific examination in just a few years, it is not difficult to see that you were pretending before!

Gu Zhen, you are deceiving the emperor! "

"Oh, Your Majesty is exaggerating the truth.

Dare I ask the emperor, when did this humble official say that he was ignorant, incompetent, and ridiculous? "

Gu Zhen was not afraid of Song Xun's wrath at all, and even the aura around him was a bit more condensed than Song Xun's at the moment. He slightly parted his lips and looked calm, "The world has slandered the reputation of my minister and my father, and my minister did not go to the emperor. Complaining, the emperor listened to rumors and questioned the humble minister instead.

Could it be that from the beginning to the end, you were the ones who unreasonably demoted the humble officials because of some rumors?

The emperor thinks about it carefully.Is it so? "

"Gu Zhen, you are presumptuous!"

Turning around, picking up a memorial and throwing it at Gu Zhen's face, Song Xun pointed at Gu Zhen angrily and said, "I order you to break up with Qin Qingrong now, if you don't accept the order, it will be rebellion!"

The memorial unfolded in the air, and the sharp paper cut a few small red slits on Gu Zhen's cheekbones.

Feeling the slight pain on his cheek, Gu Zhen stroked the scar lightly with his fingertips, he raised his eyes to look at Song Xun with a determined look on his face, as if telling Song Xun that he would never back down.

The author's gossip: Red envelopes are given out at [-] noon, don't miss them when you pass by