Book with Emperor

Chapter 221
Half an hour ago, outside the east gate.

The news that the emperor would be beheaded at the east gate spread throughout the streets and alleys, and everyone went to wait and see.And the human forces lurking in it are also secretly observing the crowd of onlookers, looking for the faces on the wanted warrant.

When Qin Guanyue was taken to the execution ground at the east gate, the crowd around her suddenly fell silent, and they looked at the young woman in front of them quietly and curiously.Because Qin Guanyue lives in seclusion, even though she is in a high position, people in the capital still can't believe that this is the emperor teacher who is under one person and above ten thousand people.

It wasn't until this moment that they realized that Di Shi was indeed a young girl.And now, the little girl was about to be executed.

Qin Guanyue was supported by Yang Fei and another Ling Yunqi to the execution platform. When she stepped on the last step, Ling Yunqi on the right suddenly pushed her hard.

Qin Guanyue staggered a step forward, Yang Fei quickly supported him with his hands and eyes, then turned his head and stared at his colleagues beside him, "What are you doing!"

The colleague is Zhou Hu, who is not very old, only 17 years old, young and vigorous, looking at the blind woman in front of him full of hatred and said, "I will make her look bad! If it weren't for her, Vice General Sun would not have died!"

Yang Fei's eyes turned cold, "This is the execution ground, it's not your turn to be presumptuous!"

Just as Zhou Hu was about to refute, he saw the hateful blind woman straighten her hair, and opened her mouth lightly.

"Sun Chu... I shot one arm off with random arrows, and finally cut off his head with a knife, and threw the body to the mass grave to feed the dogs."

"you--"

Zhou Hu was really enraged, he raised his fist to hit her, but Yang Fei took it and hit him in the face with one fist.

The corner of Zhou Hu's mouth was bloodshot, and he stared at her resentfully, "You poisonous woman, you are going to die soon, no one will come to save you!"

Qin Guanyue chuckled, let go of Yang Fei's hand calmly, and walked up to Xingtai by herself.

"I can't see the guillotine, please show me the way, Brother Executioner."

The executioner had beheaded countless heads, but it was the first time that an emperor had been beheaded. She was still such a young female emperor, and she was a little nervous from the beginning.At this moment, when he saw the slender hand stretched out towards him, he couldn't help feeling even more nervous.

The executioner subconsciously wiped his hand on his clothes, then respectfully raised that slender hand with the back of his hand, and slowly led him to the guillotine.

This scene made the audience hold their breath. They have seen many beheaded people at the east gate. They either cried heartbreakingly, or collapsed into a trance. It's like going to the altar.

Yang Fei kicked Zhou Hu off, and went up to the stage to remove the shackles from Qin Guanyue's hands.

Pei Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and Superintendent of Execution, watched all this calmly until the clock ticked, and immediately reached out to take the death card in the lottery.

The executioner wiped the sweat from his palms, tightened his grip on the big knife, and took another deep breath.

The breath was a bit heavy, Qin Guanyue heard it clearly, and couldn't help saying, "Master, don't be nervous."

It was rare for the executioner to talk too much, so he asked, "Why?"

Qin Guanyue, who was blindfolded, heard the faint sound of galloping horseshoes in her ears, and said softly, "Because you may have to make this trip in vain today."

The executioner was taken aback, "Huh?"

At this moment, Pei Yuan's death card had already been thrown out, and as soon as it reached midair, it was shot back by a piece of golden object and nailed to the post behind the execution case.

Pei Yuan broke out in a cold sweat, but he still saw the thing clearly.

The size of a palm, with a round bottom and cloud tip, red gold dragon pattern, and three feather patterns are among them.

He opened his eyes wide, "Habayashi Wei!"

Does not belong to any faction, only belongs to Daxi's current emperor, the royalist faction passed down from generation to generation by the founding emperor - Habayashi Guard!

Immediately he rushed to the scaffold, shouting, "Stop!"

Zhou Hu's face in the audience changed, he pulled out a dagger from his waist, kicked the guard who was guarding the execution platform down, raised the knife and flew towards Qin Guanyue, stabbing straight in the back of the heart.

"call out--"

A feathered arrow flew over the heads of the onlookers and pierced Zhou Hu's eyebrows.

Zhou Hu stared round his eyes, vomited blood, and fell down with a "plop".

The crowd of onlookers was shocked and immediately scattered and fled in all directions. Habayashi Wei who rode his horse had to dismount and hurried to the execution platform.

"Your Majesty has ordered that the Emperor's case be retried on another day, and the Emperor's case will be taken into prison!"

Pei Yuan bowed his head and knelt down, "I accept the order!"

Qin Guanyue turned slowly towards the Habayashi guard, and asked, "Is the morning dynasty over?"

That Habayashi guard was expressionless, "Return to Emperor Master, not yet."

Qin Guanyue nodded, "That's good."

In a narrow alley across the street, Hua Wukong casually threw away the longbow in his hand and stretched leisurely.

At the same time, Han Zhengwei, who was in the Tangmen Escort Bureau, looked at the dying man covered in blood and missing an arm, and couldn't believe that this was the majestic Deputy General Sun who followed Lou Binghe back then.

"Qin Guanyue didn't kill him..."

Han Zhengwei murmured, raised his head and asked, "The man has been found, what should we do next?"

Several people looked at Jin Suanzi at the same time, Jin Suanzi looked gloomy, "Send it to the palace."

Tang Xin was a little worried, "Will Ling Yunqi find out?"

"So what if you find out?"

Han Zhengwei sneered, "I sent people in openly, and Lou Binghe dared to snatch him because he was guilty!"

……

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Qin Guanyue walked slowly into the court hall.

It was still the same outfit as on the execution ground, with pale face and thin body, even his eyes were covered by white silk, as if he could fall down when the wind blows.However, none of the civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty dared to underestimate this woman, after all, no one could return to the court safely from the execution ground.

Lou Binghe immediately looked at the person sitting on the dragon chair, "Your Majesty, what's going on!"

The man on the dragon chair looked indifferent, obviously the scene in front of him was within his expectation.

"I was still in a coma when the case of the emperor's master treason happened, so there were many omissions. After all, Guan Yue is the master of Emperor Daxi, so I decided to re-examine the case."

"Qin Guanyue colluded with the rebels in Yongzhou, Naichen saw it with his own eyes, and Yue Wentian pretended to shoot Yu Lin's son, which is even more solid evidence. Is there anything missing?"

Lou Binghe strode forward and said fiercely, "Your Majesty, please don't be deceived by her, and execute her immediately!"

Ning Zhao didn't speak, he looked quietly at Lou Binghe below.

No one in the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty spoke, they were not fools, on the contrary, they were all human beings.They knew how smart their majesty was. If Qin Guanyue didn't have key evidence, he would not be able to stand safely on the court from the execution ground.

"The case of the emperor's teacher originated from General Lou's accusation that the emperor's teacher colluded with the rebel Yue Wentian from Yongzhou, and helped him hide in the capital. On the day of the imperial banquet, he took away Qing Wangfei Zhao, and the emperor's teacher helped him escape from the capital. The two sides fought at the south gate of the city. In the end, the emperor used the order of the forbidden army to protect Yue Wentian and others to escape from the capital."

Xie Heng looked at the case file and finished reading every word, then looked at Lou Binghe, "Is that so?"

Lou Binghe said, "Not bad!"

"Then dare to ask the general, Princess Qing has been dead for several years, where did she come from now?"

"...I don't know."

"How did the general know that Yue Wentian and the others would leave the capital that night?"

"He is very close to Qin Guanyue. I have suspected his identity for a long time, so I have been spying on him."

"Then... dare I ask, why did the general use false news to lure the emperor's teacher outside the palace and intercept him secretly?"

"..."

Lou Binghe's face changed slightly, and he looked at him coldly, "What do you mean?"

Xie Heng held up a note in his hand, "This note was found from the emperor who was imprisoned. It said that there was an ambush in the south of the city, so the emperor should go to the rescue quickly. But the emperor told me that this is her The note received at the imperial banquet, and just after leaving the palace, he was intercepted and killed by Ling Yunqi headed by Vice-General Sun. Can General Lou recognize it?"

Lou Binghe's fists were clenched and creaked. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Sun Chu who was paralyzed on the ground and was seriously injured.

"It was my fault, it was also to prevent Qin Guanyue from saving that traitor!"

"Okay, let's just believe the general's words. Then, the next step is the chaos in the south of the city. What happened that night, apart from the general and the emperor, except for Ling Yunqi, there are third-party witnesses."

Xie Heng turned around with his hands behind his back, and said in a stern voice, "The Commander of the Imperial Army, Cao Chenghu!"

(End of this chapter)