The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 151

Emperor Cheng's words fell when a servant entered the imperial study room and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. An and the Fourth Young Master Wu knelt outside the imperial study room, saying that they were pleading guilty to the emperor."

As soon as the servant's words came out, the faces of all the people present were shocked. Wei Jinyang's lips curled up slightly, and he said in his heart: "My son, should we let An Guogong go this time?"
"Zhou Hui, the prince remembers what you said. You clearly saw the appearance of the leader of the Tu village. Now that An Guogong has returned to Beijing, he will let you recognize him in a while. It's just that after all these years, you were still young at the time. Do you still remember what that person looks like?" Wei Jinyang said to Zhou Hui before Chengdi could speak.

When Zhou Hui heard this, a look of grief and indignation flashed across his face and said, "That is the enemy who killed my parents and the villagers. Even if he turns into ashes, I still remember his appearance."

The fourth prince on the side always felt something was wrong when he heard the words, suddenly he seemed to think of something, and said to Zhou Hui: "I have been ignoring a question, how do you know that the leader is An Guogong?"

"At that time, the soldiers under him respectfully called him Duke Anguo, and on their military flags, there was a big word Wu written on it. Looking at the entire court, only Duke Anguo was surnamed Wu and had a lot of military achievements." Zhou Hui took it for granted. replied.

While Emperor Cheng on the side watched this scene, the smile on his face condensed a bit, and he said to Eunuch Zhang indifferently: "Wu Haolong let him kneel outside, and Duke Xuan'an will have an audience."

Hearing this, Eunuch Zhang quickly winked at the servant, and the servant retreated knowingly, and after a while, he saw Anguo, who was obviously much older than a few months ago, enter the imperial study.

"I see the emperor, my emperor, long live, long live, long live." An Guogong knelt down and saluted without looking sideways.

"Let's get back down without courtesy!" Emperor Cheng glanced at Zhou Hui, and said in a slightly relaxed tone.

An Guogong stood up as he said, but at this time the fourth prince couldn't wait to say to Zhou Hui: "Zhou Hui, this is An Guogong, your father-killer and mother-killer enemy."

When Zhou Hui heard the words, he stared carefully at An Guogong for a long time, then shook his head and said, "He is not the An Guogong I have seen before."

When the fourth prince heard this, he became anxious immediately. He could bring down An Guogong in sight. How could he be willing to ask him to give up at this time? He stared at Zhou Hui with cold eyes, and said again in a threatening tone: "He is the military master!" Anguo Gong Wu Junhao, who has been so tired, has his face become old in the past few years, you are not sure it is him, so at this time, you will deny it."

Zhou Hui was frightened by the fourth prince's sudden change of overly cold mood, he shook his head after a while and said: "No, he is indeed not the Duke An I have seen, what is going on, the share The booklet used as physical evidence, with the commander's seal on it and the signature of An Guogong, fell from the person of An Guogong who killed my parents and villagers."

At this time, An Guogong looked at Emperor Cheng with a blank face and said: "Your Majesty, what is going on here? Why did the fourth prince say that Wei Chen was the murderer who killed the young man's parents?"

At this time, Sun Zhou, who was on the side, said with a business-like appearance: "Mr. An, this young man is from the east village of Liucheng. He came to Beijing this time to avenge his parents. He sued Mr. An for fabricating military exploits and beheading him." His parents and more than a hundred villagers in Dongcun Village."

"East Village of Liucheng?" Suddenly, Duke An's face changed suddenly. After a while, he looked at Emperor Cheng with a pale face, and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I'm guilty."

Looking at Duke An, Emperor Cheng frowned and said, "Mr. An, why are you guilty? Zhou Hui even said that you were not the one who led the troops into Dongcun Village."

An Guogong kowtowed heavily, and then explained: "The crime of my minister is that I lost the booklet I presented to the emperor. Back then, I was ordered to go to Liucheng to exterminate the bandits gathered in the deep mountain in the south of Liucheng, but when I just arrived In Liucheng, he was attacked by bandits and poisoned by arrows. At that time, his life was in danger, so I wrote down a memorial to ask for credit in advance, and handed it over to the deputy general for safekeeping, and told the deputy general that if there was any mistake, I would return to the police station after successfully suppressing the bandits. When I arrived in Beijing, the deputy general presented the memorial without the commander's seal together with the commander's seal to the emperor. At that time, because the number of bandits was uncertain, I left blank the number of bandits. Later, I narrowly escaped death, the deputy general So he apologized to me, saying that he accidentally lost the memorial that I handed over, I thought I didn't stamp the commander's seal on the memorial, so I lost it if I lost it, but after hearing what the young man said just now, I guessed The lieutenant general thought that I was going to die, so he went against my will and stamped his seal on it privately."

What An Guogong said completely stunned the fourth prince, while Zhou Hui who was at the side seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said to An Guogong: "An Guogong, do you have a portrait of that general in your hand? If so, can you show it to me? Look, or call someone over."

Sighing, Duke An replied weakly: "My lieutenant general suffered from diabetes a few years ago, dragged on for two years, and finally went, but there should be a picture of him in the archives of the non-commissioned officers in the army, but he needs to go. I am not sure when I will be able to find it in the archives, since it is late at night and the court will be early tomorrow, the emperor should arrange it earlier."

"Okay, this matter will be discussed tomorrow, Yang'er, since you have participated in this matter, this most important witness, you should temporarily stay in your prince's mansion, it's getting late, you all leave the palace Go back to your residence, Duke An will stay here."

The fourth prince knew that there would be nothing wrong with An Guogong this time, so he simply stopped arguing, and did not displease Emperor Cheng. He saluted Wei Jinyang and left the imperial study.

After another two days of peace, Eunuch Zhang sent people to search for Guan Peng, and found Guan Peng's body and a suicide note in Guan Peng's mansion. Important criminal evidence was also destroyed by Sun Zhou.At the same time, An Guogong found the image of the deceased deputy general, and Zhou Hui confirmed that it was not the enemy who killed his father and mother. At this time, Wei Jinyang seemed to think of something, so he ordered the Ministry of Punishment to suppress Liucheng The files of the bandits were retrieved, and there were portraits of the leaders of the bandits in the files. The Ministry of Criminal Justice quickly retrieved the files and sent them to the Imperial Study Room. mother's enemy.

After going around in such a long circle, Zhou Hui realized that he hated the wrong person. Fortunately, the enemy who killed his parents and villagers had been brought to justice, and he had his revenge, so he set off for Liucheng with peace of mind.

As for Guan Peng's suicide note testifying against Sun Zhou, it was not accepted by Emperor Cheng because of too many loopholes. Although there is nothing special about the contents of the letters between the four princes, it is enough to make Emperor Cheng wary of the four princes.

(End of this chapter)