Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 741 Insidious Persecution
"Brother Cheng, General Xu Chao has always been straightforward and simple. If he falls into the hands of villains, will he be in danger?" Qu Tu suddenly asked anxiously.

"Xu Chao's sudden disappearance must have been controlled by an enemy hiding in the dark. What I'm afraid of is whether those invisible traitors will use Xu Chao to frame us? Create some vicious crimes?" Cheng Rong was in a very mood. anxiety.

"Brother Cheng, should we hurry up and send someone to find Xu Chao's whereabouts, if he is really tortured and beaten, wouldn't his life be saved?" The sword in Digging's hand was tightly held down.

"Tou, the enemy is waiting for us to worry about the chaos, so as to take the opportunity to harm us, so now we have to strengthen the defense of the mansion, and on the other hand, secretly inquire about Xu Chao's whereabouts. We must not disturb the capital and cause a catastrophe! "Cheng Rong persuaded Qutu.

In the prime minister's mansion, Ming Chao was being bandaged by the imperial physician, suddenly there were bursts of hurried footsteps outside the window, and the servants lifted the curtain, it turned out that it was Marquis Qi who had come to Ming Chao's bed.

"Master Ming, is your arm okay? I heard that there is already a lot of flowers outside. I don't know who is spreading the rumors everywhere. Now the ministers of civil and military affairs are all rumored that Qu Tu and Cheng Rong secretly wrote a letter to the Queen Mother to support the Queen Mother. Hanging the curtain, dethroning the emperor's throne, what's going on?" The white-haired Marquis Qi asked Ming Chao in fear.

"Master Hou, I can assure you that this is completely a traitor who secretly spread rumors to deliberately slander Dig Tu and Cheng Rong. Because of such an important decision, Cheng Rong will never fail to inform me, the prime minister! The empress dowager lives in the harem, let alone The idea of ​​hanging the curtain, there must be a villain who intentionally stirs up trouble and harms the loyal ministers in the court!" Ming Chao was out of breath after hearing Qi Hou's inquiry, and explained to Qi Hou panting.

"It's really hateful, the old man knew that there was a villain in the dark, well, the old man will go to see the emperor right now, and seek justice for Qu Tu and Cheng Rong!" Qi Hou was furious and said with grief.

"Master Hou, absolutely not. Dig Tu is Master Hou's son-in-law. At this time, Master Hou is going to rehabilitate Die Tu. Wouldn't it just happen to be used by villains to frame him?" Ming Chao suddenly became anxious and persuaded loudly.

"Okay, Lord Ming, take it easy and heal your wounds, the old man will go to the Ministry of Punishment!" Qi Hou left in a rage.

The next day, after receiving the anonymous memorial from the censor at the Shuilong Shuren Hall, Shuijian immediately looked down and looked down at the officials.

"Wei Hou, that Xu Chao has really started to act, ready to support the empress dowager's political training and dethrone me as the Son of Heaven?" Shui Jian's questioning eyes suddenly fell on Wei Hou's face.

"Your Majesty, Xu Chao has indeed been secretly arrested by the imperial guards and is being tortured and interrogated. Fang Wu, the head of the criminal department, has already found evidence of Xu Chao's rebellion, and tortured Xu Chao's general. Xu Chao's behind-the-scenes instigator is King Zheng. Jutu and Cheng Wang Chengrong!" Marquis Wei immediately raised his wat to report.

"How did Xu Chao rebel?" Shui Jian asked Weihou sharply.

"The ministers have fully ascertained Xu Chao's identity. When this person was the first emperor, the bodyguard of the great general Wang Zhi had hated the emperor and King Heping for a long time. How did this kind of person become the vanguard of the Huben Army? Excavation is indeed a heavy responsibility, and After some monitoring, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs sent people to discover that Xu Chao had mobilized troops without authorization, intending to cause trouble in the outskirts of Beijing, and arranged his subordinates into the Shuilong Shuren Palace to become the emperor's bodyguards!" Fang Wu repeatedly reported, one sentence after another vicious.

"Fang Wu, you bastard, Xu Chao's mobilization of troops and horses is a routine winter march, how could he rebel without authorization? Also, Xu Chao is a crony of the rebels from the previous dynasty, what connection does he have with the current dynasty?" Digging his eyebrows upright, he almost grabbed Fang Wu and used his old fist.

"Boldly digging! Don't think that you can be reckless and reckless in front of the emperor after winning a few battles!" At this time, Hua Gu, who was lurking among the civil servants, accused digging outrightly with a face of treachery and loyalty.

"Hua Gu, you boy, you are just a dog beside the emperor, how dare you slander Zhongliang like this!" King Yu's temper was very hot, and finally he couldn't bear it any longer, he stepped forward to beat him with his wat.

"Okay! In this court, no one pays attention to the rules of the court. It's really reversed! Is it up to you to make decisions, and the old ministers of King Yu will make decisions?" Shui Jian's face darkened immediately, and he roared and reprimanded .

"Your Majesty, King Yu, Ju Tu, and Cheng Rong must be colluding. Please punish the Emperor. Otherwise, all the heroes in the future will treat the Emperor like a child. Wouldn't Zhou Li collapse and be generous?" Shui Jian played the road.

After retiring from the imperial court, Shui Jian hated Kui Tu and King Yu's presumptuous offense. At this time, the eunuch Deru stepped forward cunningly and obsequiously, beat Shui Jian's back, and said casually: "Your Majesty, too, the world of the Great Zhou Dynasty , it was all won by Qu Tu, Cheng Rong and the princes. Their qualifications are old and tempered, and it is natural to be reckless. The emperor might as well make it up, wouldn't the world be peaceful?"

"Little slave, slap your mouth!" Shui Jian didn't wait for De Ru to finish speaking, he raised his foot and kicked De Ru up and down.

"The emperor calms down, this servant just wants to appease the emperor!" De Ru was so frightened that he immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Slave, I am the emperor, and the whole country is full of my words. Qu Tu's group of heroes think that they hold great power, so they dare to bully me and insult the ministers of the court. Isn't it true that the monarch and his ministers will be turned upside down in the future?" Shui Jian His face turned green with anger.

"Your Majesty, in fact, slaves sometimes look for opportunities to leave the palace. I heard people talking in the same way in the streets and alleys. Didn't Dutu just win a few battles? What is a brave and foolish man? Besides, this person is extremely parallel. Bad, the royal family in the capital is not insulting behind their backs, this Qutu and the queen mother really disgraced Da Zhou, and the servant said something that didn't know the severity, this Qutu is a traitor!" Seeing Shui Jian, De Ru was really furious , Immediately stepped forward very cunningly.

"Judu! No matter whether it is true or not that he conspired to order Xu Chao to support the empress dowager to seize the throne, I will punish him properly!" Shui Jian glared at De Ru angrily.

"Weihou, Mr. Hua, this matter is really a success!" In Weihou's mansion, Deru, who was proud of his face, came to Weihou and Huagu proudly, and bragged for a while about how he encouraged the emperor to deal with the excavation. face.

"Eunuch De, just letting the emperor hate Qu Tu Cheng Rong certainly won't solve the old man's hatred. It is best to let the emperor believe that Qu Tu and Cheng Rong really want to support the Queen Mother as regent, so that Du Tu's child will definitely be hacked to pieces!" Hua Hua He gritted his teeth firmly.

"That's right, Kid Tu Tu has never put our princes in his eyes, this time he must be tortured!" Wei Hou said with a grinning expression.

"Okay! It's really rare for you two to hate Hutu and Cheng Rong so much. Our Duke of Yue also means the same thing. As long as the two of you can pull Hutu from the position of King Zheng, the Duke of Yue will definitely reward you!" At this time, in the curtain, Xue Ju's emissary Wu Ke clapped his hands and laughed out of joy.

"Okay, if Duke Yue joins us in the same hatred and helps us kill Dudu and Cheng Rong, then we are willing to dedicate any benefit to Duke Yue!" Marquis Wei and Hua Gu laughed strangely.

In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Xu Chao had been tortured to the point where he was covered in bruises. Ma Wumen, the official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, yelled loudly and threatened Xu Chao: "Xu Chao, don't confess right away. You are under the secret order of Judu and Cheng Rong to try to stand up to him." Empress Dowager, the crime of deposing the emperor? As long as you recruit, I can protect your prosperity and wealth!"

"Shameless villain! King Zheng and King Cheng were framed!" Xu Chao shouted sharply.

"What a brat who doesn't know what to do, continue to torture him!" Ma Wumen almost jumped up in anger.

"My lord, Ma Teng, Xu Chao's general, has been recruited!" At this moment, a cunning clerk of the Ministry of Criminal Justice handed a confession paper into Ma Wumen's hands.

"Judu Chengrong is going to be in trouble this time!"

(End of this chapter)