serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 313 Storm in the Capital 2
In the blink of an eye, it was August [-]th, and the city gates that had been closed for more than ten days were finally opened.

A gust of autumn wind blew, and the fallen leaves fell one after another.

The Caishikou Execution Ground was crowded with spectators, and the crowds of people looked towards the street leading to the execution platform.

The windows of the second-floor private rooms on both sides of the street were all opened, and the windows were crowded with people, all of whom stretched their heads to look at the other end of the street.

Since there were so many people who came to watch the execution, Shuntian Mansion and the Infantry Yamen sent thousands of additional officers and soldiers to maintain order.

In the private room of the teahouse diagonally opposite Caishikou, Mei Changwen, Wang Rulin and Deng Hanlin sat there quietly without saying a word.

At this time, I suddenly heard people shouting outside: "Here it comes! The prison van is coming!"

The three of them were shocked, stood up quickly, opened the window and looked towards the intersection.

There was a sound of rolling wheels, and then a prison car gradually approached under the supervision of a team of ceremonial supervisors.

When they reached the execution platform, the carriage stopped.

The fans all jumped down from their horses.

One police officer opened the prison car, and two police officers stepped forward and dragged out the prisoner who was wearing prison uniform, handcuffed, and with his head lowered, and then carried him onto the execution platform.

Wang Rulin pinched Deng Hanlin's arm and asked anxiously: "Are you Prince Zhongshun?"

Deng Hanlin was unsure and turned to Mei Changwen: "Have you seen it clearly?"

Mei Changwen shook his head: "The hair completely covers the cheeks. The figure is somewhat similar."

After hearing this, Wang Rulin sat down on the ground and murmured: "It's over. It's over. Everything is over."

Mei Changwen didn't look at him, and looked at the execution platform: "It shouldn't be Prince Zhongshun. There has been no news for so many days. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the nine gates of the capital must be unblocked. Suddenly such a news came out. No matter how you look at it, has a problem."

Wang Rulin got up: "That's right! Even if Song Chengliang is crazy, he doesn't dare to kill a clan prince who is still his biological brother."

Deng Hanlin sighed: "Are all Princes Zhongshun the same? The official document from the cabinet has been sent out, and the whole world will know that Prince Zhongshun poisoned the prince and was taken to the vegetable market to be interrogated. He is already a dead man."

The sound of cannons was heard from the execution ground.

The executioner stepped forward and pulled off the death penalty sign.

At this time, a gust of autumn wind blew by, lifting the hair of the condemned prisoner, revealing half of his young face!

"Not Prince Zhongshun!" Deng Hanlin exclaimed.

The executioner raised his knife and dropped his head, and the head fell to the ground.

A fan jumped up, picked up the head and put it into a cloth bag.

The onlookers let out thunderous cheers!
The housekeeper of the Mei Mansion slammed open the box door and barged in.

Mei Changwen was startled and looked at him with questioning eyes.

The housekeeper walked over and whispered a few words into Mei Changwen's ear.

Mei Changwen's expression suddenly changed, and he turned to Wang Rulin and Deng Hanlin: "Prince Zhongshun's palace has been compromised, and not a single one of the more than [-] people in the palace has escaped!"

Wang Rulin took a breath of cold air, how cruel!
Deng Hanlin was also shocked. He didn't expect Song Chengliang to be so cruel.

Everything has returned to its original state. Officials holding official documents in their hands will slow down when passing by the gate of Qianqing Palace and look at the palace gate which is still closed.

More than ten days have passed, and the emperor still has not shown up, and the cabinet has not given an accurate reply, making the officials even more uneasy.

Cabinet value
Song Chengliang sat on the chair in front of the big case again, lowering his head and processing official documents.

"Squeak!"

Dai Quan came in carrying a food box, stopped in front of the big case, and said softly: "Chief Assistant."

Song Chengliang did not raise his head and was still processing official documents.

Dai Quan sighed, it had only been more than ten days, and Song Chengliang was even older, his ears were deaf, and he could no longer hear his voice.

After an unknown amount of time, Song Chengliang finally finished processing the official document, put down his pen, and slowly raised his head, only to find Dai Quan standing next to the big case.

Song Chengliang seemed stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his pale face: "I'm sorry."

Dai Quan took out a porcelain cup from the food box, opened the lid, held it in front of Song Chengliang with both hands, and took out a spoon.Song Chengliang took the spoon, scooped half a spoon of porridge into his mouth, swallowed it slowly, and looked at Dai Quan: "How is your majesty?"

Dai Quan: "Much better. Xu Yuanzheng prescribed the medicine again. After taking six or seven doses, everything will be fine."

Song Chengliang stopped talking and drank porridge silently.

At this time, Wang Hetang came in holding a sealed box. When he saw Dai Quan, he was startled for a moment, and then said, "So Manager Dai is here, just in time."

Dai Quan: "What's the matter?"

Wang Hetang: "The eight hundred miles of Yunnan Governor's Yamen are urgent." He put the box on the big case.

Song Chengliang put down the porridge bowl, tore off the seal, Dai Quan blew the fire stick to melt the fire paint, and opened the lid of the box.

Song Chengliang took out the official document and read it. After reading only a few lines, he sighed, "The Prince of Nan'an County used troops against Annan."

Wang Hetang: "It was already expected. It is already very rare that we could bear to send troops until now!"

Dai Quan nodded.

After reading it, Song Chengliang handed the official document to Wang Hetang, thought about it, and said: "Since the war has begun, let's immediately mobilize supplies to support southern Xinjiang. We will talk about other things after the war is over."

Wang Hetang closed the official document: "Huguang and other places have reserved sufficient food and can be shipped at any time."

Song Chengliang nodded: "Go quickly."

Wang Hetang took the official document and turned around and walked out.

Watching Wang Hetang's back disappear outside the door, Dai Quan took out a letter from his arms and said, "This is a secret letter from Supervisor Zhao."

"Oh?"

Song Chengliang was slightly startled, then he took the secret letter and read it. As he looked at it, his expression changed, but he quickly calmed down.

After reading the secret letter, Song Chengliang closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

Dai Quan was silent for a moment, "Chief Assistant?"

Song Chengliang opened his eyes: "What did your Majesty say?"

Dai Quan: "Your Majesty asked the chief assistant to handle the matter."

After hearing this, Song Chengliang was startled, looked at him, and said: "It is already mid-August. Counting the time, Ning Guogong has defeated the Rakshasa people. At most, Ning Guogong will return to the court by the end of September. "There's no need to worry about this." Suddenly, his face became extremely pale, his eyes were blank, and sweat oozed from his forehead.

Dai Quan was shocked: "Chief Assistant!"

Song Chengliang regained consciousness and pinched Dai Quan's arm: "Quickly, send me to see the emperor." As he said this, a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth!
Dai Quan shouted in panic: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly!"

Song Chengliang closed his eyes: "Send me to see the emperor."

Dai Quan: "Yeah." He turned around and put Song Chengliang on his back and walked out.
In the Dragon Head Palace, the Supreme Emperor was doing Tai Chi.

Not far away, several small yellow gates were staring closely at this place.

At this time, Xia Shouzhong dragged his lame leg from outside and said softly: "Your Majesty, Song Chengliang is dead."

The Supreme Emperor seemed not to hear clearly: "Well, what did you say?"

Xia Shouzhong: "Song Chengliang died just now."

The Supreme Emperor was stunned and remained silent.

His heart was churning for a while, and the Supreme Emperor suddenly looked at Xia Shouzhong: "What do you think?"

Xia Shouzhong smiled: "The court will be even more chaotic from now on."

The Supreme Emperor was silent again.

After Song Chengliang's death, no one could take his place. Not to mention the court, even the cabinet would fall into chaos.

Thinking of this, he said to Xia Shouzhong: "I will offer incense to Song Chengliang on my behalf tomorrow and send him on a journey." Then he turned and walked towards the palace.

(End of this chapter)