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Chapter 202 Another Human Sacrifice

The prison in Shangdu Mansion is mixed with complex smells, fresh bloody smell, rotten meat smell, pungent and unpleasant.

Wei Mingji is already used to it.

He calmly paced back and forth in front of Su Taiwei's cell door with his hands behind his back.

"You criminals, since you wanted to fight the world with He Zheng back then, why didn't you go the same way?" Wei Mingji glanced at Taiwei Su contemptuously, "It's really ridiculous. When you see He Zheng's defeat, you immediately turn around." Hug the late emperor's thigh with your head, whitewash your identity, and rank among the three princes!"

"What kind of knowledge and knowledge is Mr. Taiwei, how can you learn from Cao Rong's two boats? You cultivated your own confidants, your daughter is the princess, and you supported the prince to become the lord of the world. What a correct way Lu, why did you run to deliver food and pay to He Zheng?"

"Back then, the old man was deceived by others, did General Wei believe it?" Taiwei Su closed his eyes, his voice was old and deep, and echoes could be heard in the entire prison.

"Let's hear it?" Wei Mingji said coldly.

Su Taiwei said regretfully: "I don't know that He Zheng has the intention of rebellion. I think he is the governor of Jizhou. The Yellow River floods every year during the flood season, causing heavy casualties to the army and civilians. It is the most normal thing for He Zheng to ask for food, old man." It was only after asking the late emperor that he was allocated food and salary."

"Master Taiwei doesn't know that He Zheng has the intention of treason?" Wei Mingji asked back, suddenly burst into laughter, his face darkened for a moment, and shouted: "Don't quibble! Before the Yellow River came to the flood season, He Zheng had already started to raise troops! "

"I've read the files and the official historian's records. You paid He Zheng in advance to prevent floods in the Yellow River! The amount is more than twice that of previous years! The late emperor was also deceived by you!"

Su Taiwei continued to retort, "It is indeed the food and salary paid before the flood season. All this is to prevent the Yellow River from bursting. I really don't know that He Zheng will rebel!"

"If you want to add a crime, there is no excuse. If the old man had two minds, how could he have married his daughter to the crown prince? How could the whole family help the court and help General Zhao to be rehabilitated after the Yingchuan Rebellion?"

"General Wei doesn't know these things, but your adoptive father, General Lu Yi, knows best. If you don't believe me, you can ask him!"

"Hahaha..." Wei Mingji let out a long, sinister laugh, "I have seen a lot of people like you. There were more than one or two colluding with He Zheng back then. Everyone's words were deceived by He Zheng. Anyway, He Zheng is dead. , you want to come to a dead end, if I don't have real evidence, how can I move you?"

"King Chen Rui of Yingchuan, Lieutenant Cao Rong of Guang Luxun, and Taiwei Su Heng...you are all the humerus of the imperial court. If I move you, I will undoubtedly tear down the pillars of the imperial court. I would be grateful to Your Majesty for your courage, otherwise the court will be left to you." The moths have devoured the whole world of the Holy Majesty!"

"Wei Mingji!" Taiwei Su opened his eyes wide, stared at Wei Mingji angrily, and shouted: "Why on earth do you hate our Su family so much and frame us!"

Wei Mingji raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "It's not that I framed you, it's that His Majesty can't tolerate you anymore."

"Even if it was a misunderstanding that you gave He Zheng food and salary back then, what have you done all these years? Instigated the queen to form a clique to speak out about state affairs, and assisted the prince to form a clique to seek power and usurp the throne. Tell yourself, which one is not a capital crime? "

"The matter of delivering food to He Zheng is not wronged to you. I have investigated the He Zheng conspiracy over the years, and the facts of many things have become very clear, and the evidence is complete. What I will do next is to send you These hidden guys were caught one by one."

Su Taiwei's face was ashen, and he was furious, and shouted: "Wei Mingji, I should have let the queen kill you in the first place!"

"It's late!" Wei Mingji said.

Zuo Qiuzhi came in, cupped his hands and said: "General, the people in the palace have arrived."

Wei Mingji gave a gesture to the person behind him, and said indifferently: "Please invite Mr. Taiwei and Mr. Taifu to the school grounds to listen to the order."

The armored soldiers opened the cell door and took Su Taiwei out, and another group of people also went to another prison to bring Su Taifu out.

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Wei Mingji was solemn and majestic in armor, his handsome face was covered by a ferocious mask, and he had a murderous aura all over his body.

He sat on the high platform, waiting to judge the sinners under his feet, his posture was exactly the same as when he forced Cao Yi to beat the human skin drum at this time last year.

Lin Xingwei didn't see his grandfather and uncle, but Su Ge, Su Mao and the other sons of the Su family were the ones kneeling at the head.

The altar next to it has been set up, Wu Zhu has already started to pray to the gods, and the Taoist priests have started to chant sutras... The criminals were trembling in the snow.

When the auspicious time came, Wu Zhu shouted.

Su Taiwei and Su Taifu were escorted up and knelt under the high platform.

Wei Mingji began to read out the imperial decree: "...the empress Su's family has lost all morals and committed a heinous crime. She cannot inherit the fate, depose her as a commoner, and then give her death!"

The servant delivered a second edict, and Wei Mingji continued to read: "...Taiwei Su Heng and Taifu Su Yi colluded with traitors, formed a party for personal gain, deceived the queen and instigated the King of Tongling, harmed the country and the people, disrespected the ancestral temple and the country, and are now sentenced to death by Taiwei Su Heng and Taifu Su Yi. All of his wives and concubines were given to death...All of the Su family's wealth was confiscated, the adult men of the Su family were exiled into the army, and the underage men were exiled in Mobei, the unmarried women of the Su family were used as official prostitutes, and half of the married women's property was fined..."

Lin Xingwei listened for a long time with numbness, and the long imperial edict finally mentioned that it was related to him, "Su's collateral lineage, in-laws' high official positions, titles, and imperial edicts are all dismissed and cancelled..."

The long imperial edict was finally read out, and all that remained were the cries of the female relatives and the youngest son.

In panic, Aunt Su yelled at Su Ziyao: "Sister save me, sister save me!"

She might have thought that Wei Mingji was Su Ziyao's prospective son-in-law, and thought that Wei Mingji would listen to Su Ziyao's words and could spare her life, but she didn't know that Wei Mingji would rather kill her relatives than recognize her.

Su Ji passed out and was woken up by a bucket of cold water from the armored soldiers. Huo Shan rushed over to protect his daughter-in-law, took off Su Ji's drenched coat in twos and twos, took off his back clothes and wrapped them around Su Ji. body.

When the truth is revealed in a crisis, Huo Shan stays with Su Ji unswervingly, and Su Ji did not marry the wrong person.Several concubines of the Su family wrote a letter of divorce immediately after knowing the disaster of the Su family, and the women who were divorced could only be official prostitutes.

Su Ziyao looked back at her daughter with a pale face, Lin Xingwei was also looking at her in fear, and the mother and son looked at each other in despair.

Since the imperial edict was read just now, Cao Yi has hugged Lin Xingwei tightly, she was trembling like a wounded little animal.

"The sacrifice begins!" Wu Zhu shouted again.

Wu Zhu sprinkled something into the cauldron on the altar, the flames rose ten feet high, the bell in his hand rang piercingly, and the spells in his mouth buzzed like bees, which gave Lin Xingwei a headache.

This scene made Cao Yi suffer too. He already tried his best to plug Lin Xingwei's ears, and kept comforting her: "It's okay, it'll be fine soon, we'll be leaving soon..."

Cao Yi hugged her tightly and buried her face in his arms, not letting her see or listen.The tragic cries on the school field caused Lin Xingwei a lot of pain. She felt that someone was pulling her heart, or drilling her head with a drill...

The people of the Su family who were sentenced to death were carried over one by one. The sound of the executioner was like chopping vegetables, and the severed heads were thrown into the altar.

The two witches carried the severed corpses and sprinkled blood all over the altar and the entire school grounds... The whole venue was filled with a horrifying smell of blood, and the school grounds that were originally covered in silver were instantly covered with red.

Lin Xingwei didn't know if it was an illusion, Cao Yi was also trembling, his white hair stuck to her face, and she couldn't breathe because he hugged her so tightly.

He was also afraid, at this time last year, Wei Mingji sacrificed his father and brother to the dead souls of the Yangdi Army in the same way.

Lin Xingwei felt that they were like two chicks keeping warm with newspaper groups, they were so pitiful.Lin Xingwei hated the humbleness brought about by this fear.

She finds it funny, obviously she and Cao Yi are both timid and fearful people, but they try to protect each other bravely, and they don't know who gave them the courage.

At this time last year, she obviously just wanted to save Wei Mingji from the accusations of the courtiers, so she went to Shangdu Mansion to beg Wei Mingji to release the innocent members of the Cao family.

Seeing the poor and helpless Cao Yi, she resolutely picked up Cao Rong's leg bone and knocked on the human skin drum. Can't sleep well.

Cao Yi was the same, he was obviously scared to death, but he still accompanied Lin Xingwei to the school grounds to watch Wei Mingji kill someone.

"Don't be afraid, I will always be with you, always with you... I will never leave you again..." Cao Yi muttered tremblingly.

Lin Xingwei curled up in Cao Yi's arms, fearful, helpless, suffering... She didn't know when Yang Zhaijun would let her go, and when she would be able to get out from here.

"Mother...Mother..." Lin Xingwei murmured, she was really worried that something would happen to her mother.

"Aunt Su is fine, I'm watching." Cao Yi said tremblingly.

Wei Mingji on the high platform looked at the two tightly hugging each other with gloomy eyes, with resentment, disgust and jealousy in his eyes...

He glanced sideways at Bao Shang, and Bao Shang understood what he meant, and he greeted some of his armored soldiers and walked towards Lin Xingwei and Cao Yi silently.

The armored soldiers peeled Lin Xingwei off Cao Yi's body like lifting an object. Lin Xingwei screamed like a frightened eagle.

Cao Yi took a step forward and protected the frightened Lin Xingwei behind him, "What are you doing, the imperial decree didn't say to kill her!"

When Wei Mingji on the high platform saw Lin Xingwei who was like a frightened bird, his heart ached.

The armored soldiers also arrested Cao Yi, and shouted in a low voice: "What are you talking about, just let her go with us!"

The armored soldiers forcibly took Lin Xingwei away from behind Cao Yi. Lin Xingwei was so soft that he was dragged away by the armored soldiers.

Cao Yi was held in place, unable to do anything except struggle, the armored soldiers threw Cao Yi out of the gate of Shangdu Mansion like throwing a sack, and said viciously to him: "If you don't want to die, get away!"

Cao Yi stood alone in the snowstorm, staring at the gate of Shangdu Mansion in a daze.The people inside have been killed, and those who should be detained and released have also been released.

The female relatives came out one by one like soulless zombies, Su Ji came out, Madam Hou also came out, Cao Yi just didn't see Lin Xingwei's shadow.

(End of this chapter)