nine thousand years old

Chapter 56

Three days later!
The emperor's big wedding, and at the same time canonize the queen and imperial concubine, this is the most grand happy event since Wu Chong succeeded to the throne. Passing on, Chang'an City, which was originally lively, has become even more noisy and prosperous. People are coming and going on the streets, and peddlers are shouting hoarsely, and they are full of vitality.

And when everyone was immersed in the joy, a pale spirit flag was hung high in front of the Sun's mansion. Beside the spirit flag, there was a burly and plain middle-aged man kneeling, Next to the man is a wooden sign with five characters written on it, complaining for the Sun family!
The white color that suddenly appeared was particularly abrupt in the festive city of Chang'an, especially since the emperor had specifically decreed not to allow sacrifices. People's attention was immediately attracted, and there were many discussions.

And then, a more spectacular scene appeared, the eerie white spirit flags, starting from the East Street, stood up one by one, like ostentatious banners, there were seven or eight hundred of them, extending to the gate of the Ministry of Justice.

The old lady of the Sun family, supported by Shang Tianyin, was dressed in white and wore a white silk on her head, kneeling at the gate of the mansion, her face was sad and awe-inspiring, surrounded by nearly a hundred brothers from Wuhumen, wrapped around her waist. Bai Ling, kneeling on the ground, shouted in unison,

"The Sun family was wronged!"

"I beg Your Majesty to return justice to the Sun family!"

The earth-shattering cry attracted the attention of countless people. In addition, Shang Tianyin spread it secretly. In less than half a day, nearly a thousand people gathered at the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The members of Wuhumen mixed in the crowd kept provoking and fanning the flames, and the common people gradually knew what had happened, and the crowd was raging and filled with righteous indignation.

"Officer Dog, restore the Sun family's innocence!"

"Return the Sun family's innocence!"

"Return the Sun family's innocence!"

As more and more people gathered, the three streets around the Yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice were completely blocked. Nearly a thousand people gathered together, roaring and shaking the sky with angry voices, and the tiles on the Yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice trembled slightly. Trembling, the guards guarding the door turned pale from being frightened by the scene, and hid inside the door, not daring to come out.

Not long after, the Jinwu Guards who were in charge of the security of Chang'an City came with horses and whips. Thousands of guards with swords and guns surrounded all the people and the old lady of the Sun family. However, with so many people, They didn't dare to make the slightest movement, and stayed far away to prevent accidents.

The leading general frowned and ordered people to spread the news as quickly as possible.

……

Great Zhou Palace!

The glare of the sun shone from the sky, and there was a hint of heat. The huge Chengqian Palace was no longer as shady as it used to be, but rather warm. However, the maids and eunuchs who were waiting around, and even those guarding the door Those guards were all silent, not daring to make any sound.

Looking along the open door of Chengqian Hall, Wu Chong's face was gloomy like water, standing directly above the hall, while the brush and ink on the dragon case, etc., were all swept across the ground, and the ink flowed, which looked shocking .

Zhang Tinghai, Chen Bingli, Zhou An, the three influential ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, knelt on the ground without saying a word, and nearly dozens of civil and military officials also knelt directly below, knocking their heads on the ground, not daring to say anything. Half a sentence.

"Talk? Huh?"

After a moment of dead silence, Wu Chong violently swept the only pen container left on the dragon case to the ground, and roared hoarsely,
"Who knows what's going on? The day of my wedding was supposed to be celebrated all over the world, and the world was red. As a result, under my nose, the people of Chang'an City set up nearly a thousand spiritual banners, extending all the way to the entrance of the criminal department, crying for grievances." !"

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhao Shen, you are the right master, come and give me an explanation!"

"His Majesty……"

A middle-aged official with a slightly fat body and two mustaches hanging from the corners of his mouth climbed two steps forward, with a frightened face, and said in a trembling voice,

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...I just heard the news and don't know what's going on!"

Whoa!

Wu Chong kicked away the dossiers and memorials scattered on the ground, and came to the official with a gloomy face, saying in a dark voice,

"You don't know? You don't know, or don't tell?"

"You bastards!"

"Is this what you call peace in the world? The people return to their hearts?"

"what?"

"If this hadn't happened, how long would I be deceived by you?"

boom!
As soon as the words fell, Wu Chong kicked Zhao Shen again. The latter's fat body staggered and rolled to a distance, then got up again, kowtowed his head and shouted,
"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

"I really don't know, I dare not lie to Your Majesty!"

"Chen Bingli, Zhou An, Zhang Tinghai, what about you? Who knows? Tell me clearly!"

Wu Chong turned his attention to these three figures who are now powerful enough to call the wind and rain in the court.

After all, Zhang Tinghai is a guilty minister, he was pardoned by Wu Chong, and he is today. He has a lot of loyalty to Wu Chong, he hesitated, took two steps forward, and said in a low voice,
"Your Majesty, before I came, I heard something!"

"Say!"

"My minister heard that the person calling for injustice was an old lady, the widow of the Sun family. According to folk rumors, the only son of the Sun family was beaten to death by the son of a certain commander of the Imperial Army. That person was innocent, but later on, that commander felt resentful and made some names, which ruined the Sun family."

"The old lady is so angry that such a big incident happened on the day of His Majesty's wedding!"

Snapped!
After Wu Chong heard this, he waved his dragon robe heavily again, and slapped the dragon table fiercely with his palm. He looked at Zhou An and Chen Bingli with serious eyes, and asked with a sullen face,
"Commander of the Forbidden Army? Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?"

"They are all under your command. Do the two of you know the details of this incident?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I don't know!"

"I don't even know!"

Zhou An and Chen Bingli glanced at each other and said in low voices.

"I really don't know, or I don't want to say?"

Wu Chong's pupils narrowed slightly, and with his head down, he came in front of the two of them, his tone almost overflowing with sternness.

"I really don't know!"

"The old minister really doesn't know about this matter, and he has absolutely no intention of deceiving His Majesty."

Zhou An and Chen Bingli sensed the evil spirit in Wu Chong's tone, and their expressions changed slightly.

"well!"

Wu Chong went back to the dragon case angrily, sat down, glanced at several people, and said through gritted teeth,

"Since you all don't know, then I will thoroughly investigate this matter!"

"Su Hanyun!"

"The slave is here!"

Su Hanyun ran down from the dragon case with a respectful face and knelt down on the ground.

"I ordered you to be the special envoy of the imperial envoy to replace me and thoroughly investigate the whole case of the Sun family. I will give you ten days to find out the truth of this case. Give it to me, to the people of Chang'an City, and to the widow of the Sun family. Confess!"

"If it is true, as the folk rumors say, that the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Commander of the Forbidden Army colluded to frame the common people, I will never forgive you lightly!"

"Let their heads and blood serve as a warning to all civil and military officials in the world!"

"The slave leads the order!"

Su Hanyun took a deep breath, bowed and kowtowed.

"Retire..."

Wu Chong let out an angry roar, and strode away from Chengqian Hall, while Su Hanyun glanced at Zhou An and Chen Bingli who were kneeling, and left with a sneer.

There was a moment of silence in the Chengqian Hall. After a long time, Chen Bingli and Zhou An stood up one after another. Their faces were very ugly, especially Chen Bingli, whose wrinkled face almost squeezed out water.

"Chen Shangshu, what happened this time is not small. His Majesty's dissatisfaction with you and me is about to explode!"

The two walked out of Chengqian Hall side by side, Zhou An took a deep breath, frowned and said.

"Humph!"

Chen Bingli glanced at Zhou An coldly, and said in a deep voice,
"It's no wonder Your Majesty, Zheng Zhongming and Xu Chao, disregarded the laws of the Great Zhou, disregarded human life, and did too much!"

"It's the old man, I want to kill them and hurry up!"

"This time, let's see who can keep them!"

"Chen Shangshu, you..."

Zhou An froze for a moment, frowned and said,
"Then Zheng Zhongming is your favorite student, you..."

"I don't have such a disciple!"

Chen Bingli flicked his sleeves heavily, with a livid face, and left angrily.

"Old man, why are you pretending to be noble!"

Zhou An glanced at his back and hummed,

"I don't believe you really don't care!"

(End of this chapter)