last time

Chapter 3
pilgrimage hall.

Emperor Chongwen raised a parrot with bright fur and beautiful singing voice, which is very interesting.Li Chengru came in from the outside with a smile: "Your Majesty, Lord Hou is here."

Chu Shiyu grinned, and hurriedly said, "Quickly declare."

Li Xunchuan stepped forward a few steps: "My minister, Li Xunchuan, kowtows to Your Majesty."

Before he could kneel down, Chu Shiyu rushed in front of him and hugged him: "You are here, I miss you so much!"

Li Xunchuan can be regarded as Chu Shiyu's half-savior.When the first emperor was there, the foundation was unstable. The fifth prince Chu Shiyu and Li Xunchuan had a good relationship. Once the two of them rode horses to the pasture, but they were ambushed.Thanks to Li Yuchuan's calmness, he was brought back safely.Since then, Chu Shiyu regards Li Yuchuan as his brother, and sticks to him almost every day.

"Ah, why are you wearing so little?" When Chu Shiyu saw him, he was dressed in a black robe. Although he was strong, he always felt that he might be cold.

Li Xunchuan didn't speak.

After running outside for a while, Li Xunchuan rushed to the palace after dispelling the bloody smell from his body.

Chu Shiyu stared at him for a long time, and said, "You have grown taller."

He is obviously a familiar person, so he shouldn't be so cold when they meet, but Li Yuchuan didn't dare to be like before, just stood there blankly, and he didn't know if he was confused by anger, or he didn't dare to be presumptuous at all.Looking at Chu Shiyu at this time, Li Xunchuan inexplicably felt a little chill.

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen you in three years. How is your health?" Li Yanchuan consciously took a few steps back.Chu Shiyu swung his sleeves, returned to the parrot, plucked its feathers, and lowered its eyelashes: "I'm fine, I really just miss you."

Li Xunchuan didn't know how to answer the words for a while, the atmosphere that could freeze people to death seemed to be separated from the steps of the temple, and he wanted to break free unless he burned himself.

Li Xunchuan bowed his head: "Your Majesty, this is not the time to talk about these things."

"I know that you will come even if I don't issue the imperial decree. You hate the Zhuo family, Ah Yu. You were not like this before. It's not your style." Chu Shiyu said, "Have you ever thought about it?" However, if Zhuo Ting was framed by someone, and you went to the imperial prison to make trouble for Zhuo Ran, how would I explain to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty?"

Li Yunchuan immediately knelt down: "I know I was wrong. I just want to seek justice for the soldiers of Beili. Beili suffered heavy losses in the battle of Chuxi. I am ashamed of Beili and Your Majesty, but Zhuo Ting neglected his duty before the battle. It's his fault, it's just my disobedience, there's no other intention."

Chu Shiyu took a long breath, turned around, and looked at the person under the steps, who was both familiar and unfamiliar: "You...Ah, why don't you dare to speak loudly to me now."

Li Xunchuan raised his eyes: "Your Majesty is the king, and Ah Xun is the subject, so I dare not overstep."

"Haha..." Chu Shiyu smiled while supporting the table, and continued after laughing: "Do you know, I am really tired. I have no freedom, no ability, my eyes are blinded, my limbs are bound, lying here It's no different from Liuqi, you should laugh at me and fear me, you should."

"His Majesty……"

Chu Shiyu walked up to him, helped him up, and said softly, "Needless to say, follow me to see what evidence Jiang Zhizhou brought back."

Chu Shiyu let go of his hand, strode out of the pilgrimage hall, and the style of the emperor was fully displayed.

Gaodu is located in the southeast of Tianzhou, and Tianzhou accounts for one-third of the ten states in Zhongqu. Chu Shiyu made Jiang Rulan a seventh-rank magistrate, and he traveled all over Tianzhou, and presented it to the imperial court.He delayed the investigation and found all the correspondence before the war in the Yongzhou official post, one of which came from the Luxi mountain stream.

In the early days, Yu was in his twenties, full of heroism, others only felt that he was a little immature, but now that he is in the court, people dare not speak out easily.

This anger has been accumulated for a long time, from trust to wavering, from wavering to hopeful, from hopeful to disappointed, from disappointed to furious, each step is difficult and helpless.

He squeezed the letter and rubbed the flames with his fingertips. Hearing the sound of prison chains rubbing against the ground, it added fuel to the flames. He stared at the bloody man who was covered in clean clothes, and said in a hateful voice: "Zhuo Ran, I will give you a chance to explain!"

Zhuo Ran had no strength left. The bloodstains on her face were frozen first, and then she was warmed by the charcoal fire in this hall. She struggled to get up from the ground: "The Zhuo family... didn't have an affair."

Li Xunchuan sat aside, didn't speak, and didn't even look at her.

"Don't cry if you don't see the coffin!" Chu Shiyu threw the letter in her face on her face, "Look carefully, the people of the three states have been deeply involved in the flames of war, and now they have become slaves of the Qiang people, and even occupied by bandits, they will never see the light of day. You said it was the result of no affair?"

Zhuo Ran looked at the letter and smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, all the loyal members of the Zhuo family have dedicated their lives to the Battle of Luxi, and this heart is clear. Isn't this letter a forgery? How can Your Majesty decide on this? What about the father's sin?"

"Okay, even if this letter is a forgery, then why are you running away? Don't think that I don't know. You and Zhou Yu fled to the territory of the Qiang people before the war. If it wasn't for your father's letter, how could you go there? Woolen cloth?"

Zhuo Ran never imagined that she and Zhou Yu would be misunderstood as going to Gu Qiang when they went to the Pingxi mountain stream.

That day when Pingxi was in an emergency, she and Zhou Yu rushed to the Pingxi mountain stream overnight, but encountered an assassin on the way, which was delayed for a long time and missed the time. She and Zhou Yu got separated. Come back brother.

"I..." Zhuo Ran shook her head, "Your Majesty..."

"Enough!" Chu Shiyu closed his eyes, "Stop pretending, not to mention that your father colluded with Gu Qiang, just because you had a rebellious heart and joined Gu Qiang, this is enough for me to execute you!"

"Remembering your father's meritorious service, I will reward you with a whole corpse."

Zhuo Ran was impatient, and took a deep breath: "The king of a country does not know the details, but listens to the villain's slander like this. Is this a wise king?"

Li Chengru roared: "Bold, how dare you speak to Your Majesty like this!"

Chu Shiyu stopped Li Chengru and said, "Zhuo Ran, you are well aware of the difference in your father's private seal, not only this letter, but also the military deployment of Zhuo's army, these evidences are enough!"

"7 people, Zhuo Ran, it's not enough for you to die a thousand times!"

Zhuo Ran smiled, that's right, wouldn't it be enough to die a thousand times?Now, what to explain, what to argue.Her Zhuo Ran's life was worthless.

Ants still steal their lives, let alone humans.The more she explained, the more she showed that she was afraid of death. This is a deep ditch. What else can you do except jump.

"Come here, drag her down and behead her for public display!"

Li Chengru led someone to drag Zhuo Ran down.

Chu Shiyu looked at Li Yuchuan and said, "Are you in a good mood?"

Li Xunchuan gave a "hmm", then stood up: "Your Majesty..."

Chu Shiyu cut off his words: "You and I were happy young people, but because of the gap between the words of Your Majesty, and now it's Zhuo Ting's business, I hope you can stay by my side and help me."

"Your Majesty, what can I do?"

Chu Shiyu handed over the tiger amulet in his hand: "I want you to be my sword."

Now that the tiger talisman is out, the imperial army obeys orders. This is the most solid barrier.

Li Chengru came over: "Your Majesty, the Celestial Master is here to see you."

***
Meridian Gate.

The executioner had already raised his sword, and when Li Chengru was about to speak, he suddenly found two people coming.

Xia Qiong held an umbrella and supported Ye Lanyi to hurry over. Li Chengru hurried forward: "Lady Lan, why are you here? It's bloody here. Xia Qiong, how do you take care of your mother?"

Ye Lanyi looks pretty, she didn't dress up too much today, she tied up her black hair with a tassel on her hairpin, the wind avoided the umbrella and chased after her, blowing the broken hair on her forehead, she was dressed in snow blue fine pattern thin The brocade robe was tied with a darker colored belt, and it was matched with a white jade lotus flower. Because of the haste of walking, the bells on the foot were shaking wildly.

Ye Lanyi smiled slightly: "Eunuch Li, I have something to tell you."

Li Chengru said: "Why don't you bother me to make a trip, just teach Xia Qiong to pass the message."

Ye Lanyi lowered her head, and took out the Golden Feather Order from her sleeve as if in distress: "Your Majesty has an order to leave Zhuo Ran's whole body and immediately die with a stick."

Li Chengru thought for a moment, then looked at Jin Yuling again, it was true, she was dead anyway, but in another way.He also knows that His Majesty loves Concubine Lan, if this delays the opportunity, it may not be sure whether his head will be saved or not.

"Since His Majesty ordered it, our family will just do it. Concubine Luo Lan, let's go, Xia Qiong, help your lady go back."

Ye Lanyi squatted down: "Thank you, Eunuch Li."

Seeing Ye Lanyi walk away, the servant next to him slowly stepped forward: "Godfather."

Li Chengru sighed: "San'er, learn a little bit, you have to learn to be flexible in dealing with people, otherwise you will only be someone else's son for the rest of your life."

"I'm willing to be the godfather's son!" The little man scratched his head and replied with a smile.

Li Chengru patted him on the shoulder and said, "Your Majesty's orders have arrived, so follow them."

After a while, the snow became heavier, and Li Chengru sighed: "The Zhuo family's illicit relationship with the ancient Qiang is an unforgivable crime, and you have spoken disrespectfully to His Majesty. Leaving your whole body this time is considered a gift."

"Stick!"

The court rod was three feet long and two inches thick. The executioners were all Lianjiazi, and Zhuo Ran's throat was filled with blood after three or two blows.

The sky was snowing and the wind was bitterly cold. Zhuo Ran was pressed tightly against the frozen wooden boards. Before he could swallow the blood, it got stuck in his throat and flowed down the corner of his mouth.

Zhuo Ran has no reason to struggle, and she doesn't want to struggle anymore. Anyway, death is just a matter of time for her. To a certain extent, dying early is a kind of relief.

These people knew that this was a repeat offender, and they were merciless in their strikes, killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, so they took their measure, and after a dozen or so sticks, she would basically die.

Whether it is life or death, fate has the final say.

***
At the end of the fifth year of Dayu Xining, the champion was appointed governor of the Imperial Army for a period of four years, and the best member of the Imperial Army was selected to become Habayashi Guard.At the same time, to implement Zhuo Ting's crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, the Heavenly Master predicted that Zhuo Ting's daughter, Zhuo Ran, was related to the fate of the country, temporarily pardoning her crime, and imprisoned in Zuixue Court.

(End of this chapter)