Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 856 Tears of Regret
Luoyang.

Dali Temple Prison, commonly known as Tianlao.

The prisons here are all criminal officials of the central imperial court and important criminals in the capital area.As the Dali Temple, which was first built in the Northern Qi Dynasty, it is the highest judicial organ in the central government of the imperial court, and it is in charge of the trial.

It is equivalent to today's Supreme Law, which is in charge of the trial of criminal and prison cases. Serious criminal and prison cases in various places are finally handed over to Dali Temple for review.

Dali Temple hears and decides cases, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice approves and reviews them. In case of major cases, the three divisions of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, and Yushitai will try them jointly.

"Wang Junkuo, do you regret it?"

In the dungeon, the emperor wearing the Tianzi sword looked at the unkempt Wang Junkuo in front of him.

Wang Junkuo was not injured, but he was imprisoned in the sky prison for many days, and he was also a felon who committed a serious crime of treason. He was not even allowed to visit his family members. In fact, until now, Wang Junkuo's wife and children have not known what happened to him. , he was missing.

But staying in the dark dungeon, he couldn't eat, drink, sleep well, and his mental state was extremely poor. At this time in summer, he didn't even take a bath for many days, and his body was sour.

Seeing the emperor, he could only smile wryly.

Staying in the sky prison these days, in fact, Wang Junkuo has regretted it more than once, and his regrets are all green in his stomach.But what's the use? At that time, all I could do was hate the emperor for taking his post as commander-in-chief. The fire had nowhere to vent, and it was getting more and more prosperous.

But he never thought about what would happen after the defeat.

I understand now, but it's too late.

"Regret, but it's too late, isn't it? When is the execution, I just want to see my family, wife and children again."

His parents died when he was very young, and his uncle raised him. Later, he went to sell horses, and then joined the army, step by step to today. Looking back on this journey these days, he suddenly felt that he was indeed too inflated.

A poor orphan who can become Peng Guogong and become a hero of Lingyan Pavilion, what is there to be dissatisfied with?

But it happened that I was obsessed with ghosts for a while.

"Is there any wine?" Wang Junkuo asked the emperor.

"Bring wine, the best wine." Luo Cheng beckoned, "Get some more appetizers."

The food and drinks are delivered.

Luo Cheng poured Wang Junkuo a glass himself, "I'll drink two with you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Junkuo said bitterly.

"You and I have known each other for eight years, right?"

"Ah."

Wang Junkuo picked up the wine glass and drank it down. After eight years, only following Luo Cheng for eight years, he finally became a hero of Lingyan Pavilion and was awarded the title of Duke of Peng.

"Eight years is just a short time, but it is also very long. In the past eight years, many brothers who followed me have fallen on the road. None of them can see me ascend the throne and proclaim myself emperor, and sit on the throne of the emperor. For a moment, I also failed to enjoy the joy of a successful founding hero."

"Compared to them, Wang Junkuo, your luck is considered good. Really, very good. At the beginning, your group of thousands of people joined me, but only you, Li Junxian, Zhang Liang, and Guo Xiaoke were the most valued by me. , you have developed the best in these years, and you are far the highest official rank than the three of them."

"You should be satisfied."

Wang Junkuo smiled wryly, tears could not help but flow down his line.

"Yeah, I should be satisfied." Tears slid down the face and into the corner of the mouth, very bitter.

After one pot of wine was finished, Luo Cheng called for another pot, and both the monarch and his subjects were a little drunk.

Wang Junkuo finally knelt down in front of the emperor. He didn't ask the emperor for forgiveness. He said he deserved to die. He just hoped that the emperor would forgive his youngest child.

"Your Majesty, please leave a seed for me, Wang Junkuo. The child is not yet one year old. I beg Your Majesty to spare him."

"What about you and other wives, concubines and children?" Luo Cheng asked with red eyes.

"I know that I deserve death for my crime, so I dare not ask for more."

Luo Cheng kicked him over and knocked him over.

"Bastard, did you think of these words at this time? You followed me into battle and went through life and death. You must have more than ten or twenty scars on your body, right? You almost died in battle more than once. Now that you have succeeded, in exchange for this glory and wealth, But you don’t know how to cherish it, who are you worthy of? Are you sorry for your hard work?”

Wang Junkuo, an old man, was crying with snot and tears all over his face.

"I will die!"

"If you die in battle, your son will be able to inherit the title of Duke Peng, and your wives, concubines and other children will receive the best care. I will not forget them, Daqin will not forget them, but now you have plotted to die , who are you right?"

"Your Majesty, don't say any more, please give me another glass of poisoned wine, and I will apologize."

"Bastard, die? Impossible!"

The emperor looked at this brother with red eyes. Luo Cheng was not the kind of person to sit and enjoy the country. This country was brought down by him and countless brothers like Wang Junkuo. Everyone fought side by side and worked hard together. Bo, how many times have we lived together.

People have feelings, even if they study in the same dormitory for three or two years, they can become brothers.Not to mention the comrades who have fought side by side for eight years.

"Wang Junkuo, you rebelled against me. I was so heartbroken when I heard it. I wanted to kill you with a knife. But after thinking about it, forget it, killing you is not worth it."

"Your Majesty, please kill me."

At this time Luo Cheng had already stood up, "Wang Junkuo, I tell you, I will not kill you, and your rebellion case will not be made public, neither you nor your accomplices will be made public. Give you a chance, you will be stripped of the title of Duke of Peng, and your portrait will also be removed from Lingyan Pavilion. I will demote you to be a seventh-rank captain and send you to Xu Shiji, Daifang County, Andong Road, to serve your crimes and make meritorious service. As for your wives, concubines and children, I will not embarrass them, let them go with you to bring the party, cherish this opportunity, this is what you have worked hard for me for eight years, but this opportunity is only one time. If If you still have any thoughts that you shouldn't have when you arrive at Daifang, then you won't have another chance."

Wang Junkuo was startled.

"His Majesty?"

"Let's do it for ourselves. This time we will take a distance of five thousand miles, separated by mountains and across seas. Maybe we will never see each other again in this lifetime."

"Your Majesty, I will die..." Wang Junkuo was already hoarse.

"Daifang County, which is five thousand miles away, should be considered as a fresh start. The seventh-rank captain started, and there is still no peace there. With your bravery and ability, you still have the opportunity to make contributions. Maybe ten or twenty years later, you can It might be possible to become the prefect with Fang."

Wang Junkuo knelt down and knocked his head on the prison floor again and again, his head was covered with blood.

Luo Cheng couldn't bear to look any further, turned his head and left.

People are not plants, even if it is a dog that I raise, I will have a deep feeling after raising it for eight years, not to mention that their monarchs and ministers are comrades who have fought side by side for eight years.

Fortunately, Wang Junkuo's rebellion did not cause any bad results, so the emperor gave him another chance. He didn't want Wang Junkuo to become the first founding hero killed by the Great Qin Emperor himself.

Get out of the dungeon.

The emperor went directly to the Privy Council, dealt with Wang Junkuo, and now he was going to deal with Liu Wuzhou, another hero of Lingyan Pavilion, but Luo Cheng did not intend to forgive Liu Wuzhou.

"Your Majesty shouldn't forgive him like this. Wang Junkuo rebelled, and the law should be cut. Your Majesty is so strict that it is interfering with the legal system."

"Fuck, this matter is over like this, don't bring it up again." Luo Cheng interrupted Wei Zheng impatiently, and walked forward sullenly, Wei Zheng had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, that's all.

As soon as the monarch and his ministers entered the Privy Council, the Privy Envoy Zhang Xutuo told him the bad news with a serious expression.

"Gao Tancheng, a monk from Huairong County in Zhuojun County, used the name of Maitreya to confuse the people into chaos, seized Huairong County, established a Mahayana Buddhist kingdom, proclaimed himself the Emperor of Mahayana, and appointed nun Jingxuan as the Empress of Xieshu, and caused chaos everywhere in Zhuojun County."

"The surrendered general Gao Kaidao caused rebellion in Shanggu County. He called himself the King of Yan, and his reign began to rise. Now many Shanggu kings have to pull out the old horse thieves to respond."

"There is also the Northern Plains Dugu usurpering the old department to take the opportunity to make trouble."

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The north has been completely chaotic. From Jiuyuan to Beiping, more than 1000 miles of northern Xinjiang, there are beacon fires everywhere.Yunding of Jiuyuan County surrendered and rebelled, Liang Shidu's general Guo Zihe rebelled against the Tang army, Liu Wuzhou rebelled, Dou Jiande defected to the Turks, and now Gao Tancheng, Gao Kaidao and others came.

"It seems that the world is really hard to be peaceful."

"Your Majesty, Dingxiang is in danger. Li Yuan sent Chai Shao to lead one hundred thousand Tang troops, and they have already arrived in Jiuyuan. After the rebellion, Gao Kaidao and Gao Tancheng both surrendered to the Turks. This allowed Dou Jiande to send his troops across Taihang to encircle Dingxiang. General Heir."

"Assemble the troops and prepare to rescue Dingxiang with all our strength!" Luo Cheng only said one sentence.

(End of this chapter)