The king behind the empress

Chapter 458
An Tongcheng is neither small nor big. With Mo Zizai blocking the whole city, it was useless all afternoon, and Wang Qianjun was found out.

In order to escape for his life, Wang Qianjun changed into civilian clothes and tried to pretend to be a commoner. At this time, he was caught in front of Mo Zizai, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Wang Qianjun, governor of Yanyang County?"

Mo Zizai looked at this slightly embarrassed old man, and was really surprised. He didn't expect that the majestic Dazhou Sheriff, after poisoning his family, did not choose to kill himself, but chose to flee. If this is the case, then directly Can't run well?
So he looked at Wang Qianjun, it was really hard to understand, and he couldn't help but ask, "I killed my whole family, but I ran away instead. What are you planning? Isn't it good to run away from the beginning?"

"Criminal Wang Qianjun, I have seen the prince."

At this time, Wang Qianjun's body was shaking like chaff. After trying to commit suicide but failed, he was now full of fear of death. He knelt down on the ground and didn't hear Mo Zizai's question at all. He cried bitterly and begged for mercy: "My lord , the guilty minister was just confused for a while, and was threatened by Xiao Yanbing, and I hope the prince can show his noble hand and spare the guilty minister's life."

"Forgive you? How can you forgive me?"

Mo Zizai shook his head. As a big official in the frontier, Wang Qianjun not only betrayed the country and turned to the enemy, but also acted as an internal response, directly killing the county captain Qi Feng. The nature was too bad. If he was spared, let alone others who encountered such things If you don't know how to follow suit, Qi Feng, who was killed by him, can't make it through.

After finishing speaking, Mo Zizai didn't bother to pay attention to Wang Qianjun, who was so frightened that he was about to lose his mind. He turned his head to look at Zhou Qi, and asked, "Zhou Qi, who betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy, and acted as an internal response for the enemy army. , what should be done?"

Zhou Qi didn't hesitate, and gave the answer directly, "Go back to the prince, and you should be sentenced to death according to the law."

"Extreme punishment."

Hearing the death penalty, Mo Zizai was slightly taken aback. The so-called capital punishment refers to Ling Chi's execution. This kind of harsh punishment has not been used in Da Zhou for decades.

It's just that this kind of criminal law is cruel, but thinking of Qi Feng and those generals who were killed by Wang Qianjun, Mo Zizai still became ruthless, and said: "In this case, let's deal with it according to the law of the Great Zhou."

"what?"

Wang Qianjun heard Mo Zizai's words clearly, so he was in a panic. At this moment, he didn't even care about pleading. Get over those soldiers.

Seeing him snatching the knife, the soldiers of the Scarlet Flame Dragon Knight smashed his arm bone with just one punch.

"Be careful with your hands."

Zhou Qi was extremely disgusted with officials like Wang Qianjun who betrayed his own people. When he saw the soldiers of the Red Flame Dragon Riders making a move, he reminded him, "I will cut him [-] knives later. If you beat him It’s broken, what should I do if I lost a few knives?”

"Here!"

Hearing what Zhou Qi said, the soldier immediately clasped the joints of Wang Qianjun's body with his hands, preventing him from moving any more.

At this time, Wang Qianjun didn't know whether it was because of the pain in his arm or because he was frightened by Ling Chi's execution, so he passed out directly at this time.

"It's okay to faint."

Zhou Qi glanced at Wang Qianjun who had fainted, and said nothing, and asked the soldiers to take him down, waiting for the execution to begin tomorrow.

And Mo Zizai took advantage of this time to let the soldiers of the Red Flame Dragon Riders begin to count the wealth of the county guard. Wang Qianjun worked hard all morning to clean up before he loaded a small half of his wealth into the car. These, but also to continue to search for his remaining wealth.

The execution of Ling Chi started on the second day, because Ling Chi was a skilled worker, and the executioners in Antong City had never done such a thing as Ling Chi, so the executioner was the cooperation of four executioners. One piece of obscene trousers was left to hide his shame, and then covered him with a small-eyed fishing net. The four of them took turns using sharp knives to cut off his meat protruding from the net piece by piece.

In addition to the four of them, there is also a group of medical craftsmen who have prepared ointments and are on standby at any time. Basically, when the executioner pulls a knife, they will immediately apply the hemostatic medicine to prevent Wang Qianjun from dying due to excessive blood loss during the execution. died.

The whole Lingchi process lasted for three days, but because the executioner was not very professional, he only lasted for a day and a half before he was dying. Seeing this, the execution officer immediately asked Mo Zi for instructions, and wanted to use some precious medicinal materials to save him. Wang Qianjun's order, so that the execution can continue, but this request was rejected by Mo Zizai.

"Just die. It's not worth using those good medicines on him."

After Mo Zizai said this, he didn't care about this matter. After all, Ling Chi's stuff was too cruel, and it was a bit difficult for Mo Zizai to accept, so he didn't bother to care about these things, and let the officials do it.

"Here."

The execution officer responded, but he didn't dare to say more. After returning, although Wang Qianjun was dead, he didn't stop, and continued to let the executioners execute on Wang Qianjun's body. According to the rules, it cost a total of [-] knives. Not a single cut was too much, and Wang Qianjun was cut clean.

Because Wang Qianjun's family members were all killed by him in advance, Chang Yinliang, the magistrate of the dignified county, came forward to help him contain the corpse in the end. Zizai took advantage of the opportunity to use the merit of opening the city to offset his guilt.

However, although the death penalty was exonerated, the official position was still smashed to the end, and he was sentenced to ransacking the house. The former county magistrate has now become a poor and white man. Even the corpse of Wang Qianjun was bought in a thin wooden coffin with borrowed money. .

Mo Zizai didn't care about the fate of these two important ministers. His subordinates spent three days in the county guard's mansion and finally sorted out the money Wang Qianjun had collected over the years.

Not to mention the other side details, the silver alone is worth 3000 million taels, and if his family property and some scattered treasures are included, the total value may exceed 5000 million taels.

"It's so fucking cruel."

Mo Zizai really didn't expect to find so much silver taels in Wang Qianjun's home. You must know that Hu Xiaosheng, the servant of the household department who was the first to raid his home in Beijing at that time, only had 1000 million taels of silver in his entire family. But now Wang Qianjun is an official. It's still a few grades behind Hu Xiaosheng, but the family's wealth is actually as much as four or five Hu Xiaosheng.

"Sure enough, Beijing officials still can't compare with local officials in terms of greed for money."

Looking at the mountains of silver in front of him, Mo Zizai thought silently in his heart, after finishing the matter, should he find a reason to copy all the officials in the frontier?

After all, his Accelerator membership level is only level seven. Even if Xu Boyuan scoured the southern family, he would probably be able to make up level eight at most, which should be far from level nine. If he could copy all these officials If it is repeated, then he should have no problem with the accelerator at level nine.

"Well, it's such a happy decision."

Mo Zizai decided the future of those county guards in an instant, and asked Yu Zhisi to investigate secretly. After the investigation was clear, he didn't rush to do it.

Thinking of investigating and punishing those officials who have been corrupt for decades, Mo Zizai suddenly felt a sense of anticipation in his heart like opening a blind box. Put away these silver taels.

Mo Zizai thought about it for a while, and then recharged 500 million taels of silver into the accelerator. As for the rest, he didn't move. The new sheriff appointed by the imperial court will arrive soon. Mo Zizai can't take it all. Let him use the rest as Kuyin.

After all, under Wang Qianjun's management, the treasury of Yanyang County is empty enough to run away mice. If Mo Zizai doesn't give a penny to the next sheriff, I'm afraid the sheriff will cry when he sees the situation. Come.

……

Before Mo Zizai dealt with the affairs of Yanyang County, Mo Yuanji, the King of Bei'an who was entrenched in Dingzhou Mansion, finally couldn't hold back.

Taking advantage of Xiao Yanbing's northward march and the imperial court having no time to attend to him, he directly sent troops southward, wanting to capture the capital before Xiao Yanbing's.

In the court hall, after receiving the news of Mo Yuanji's troops going south, the ministers discussed a lot, but their main opinion was to stand still for the time being and stick to the city, and then discuss after Mo Zizai's army returned to the court.

And Tang Weiyi looked at the ministers who were discussing a lot below, tapped the dragon case lightly with her fingers, and the court fell silent in an instant. With the blood of Mo Zizai's killing outside flowing into rivers, Tang Weiyi, who was already quite cunning, faced the court. Tang's control is more handy.

The ministers discussed for a long time just now, and now they all looked at Tang Weiyi, ready to see her decision.

Tang Weiyi pondered for a moment, and then asked: "How many of the imperial court's army are in the capital now?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, in addition to the [-] Yulin Army who guarded the capital before, the [-] Yulin Army who went out in Guangling County have also returned. In addition, there are [-] Yuzhi Army returning with them."

Although it is said that Mo Zizai and Yang Yanzhang are in charge of the military affairs now, and the new minister of the Ministry of War has nothing to do with it, he still knows the situation of the transfer of these troops clearly, so after hearing Tang Weiyi's inquiry, he immediately reported the situation Said clearly.

"Fifty thousand Imperial Army?"

Tang Weiyi still understood the current strength of the Yuzhi Army, so when she heard that the [-] Yuzhi Army had returned to Beijing, she thought about it for a moment, and then said, "If that's the case, there's no need to wait for this matter."

After all, Mo Zizai and Mo Yuanji were uncles and nephews. Although Mo Zizai certainly wouldn't have any worries about it, he made up his mind early on not to let Mo Zizai bear the notoriety of murdering uncles, and Tang Weiyi made a decision in his heart.

"It is said that Wei Huang will go to the palace, and I want to drive him personally."

"The imperial conquest?"

Hearing this, the court exploded in an instant, and Mo Zizai was free to roam around every day. After all, Mo Zizai's strength was there, and he was guarded by Yang Yanzhang. Generally speaking, safety is not a problem, and the most important thing is , Mo Zizi, who would dare to point fingers at these ministers.

So when Mo Zizai went out to fight, he went out, and these ministers didn't know about it, and it didn't matter.

But Tang Weiyi's situation is different. She is the nominal emperor of Dazhou, representing the foundation of Dazhou. If she makes any mistake, the state of Dazhou will be in jeopardy.

And the most important thing is that if the empress really wants to have something wrong, she will be so generous with her character, and she won't make everyone in the court feel ashamed.

Therefore, all the ministers became anxious in an instant, and hurriedly spoke to dissuade them: "Your Majesty is the symbol of our Great Zhou state, how can you move lightly, this matter must not be done!"

"I also ask Your Majesty to take the country's health as the most important thing and take it back!"

"..."

For a while, the court was filled with admonishing ministers, even the elder Yang Weishang and Mo Zizai's newly promoted Hubu Shangshu Shen Qisheng frowned. The imperial conquest is a big matter, and in their opinion, it is not necessary. So even they are not very supportive.

But the problem is that Tang Weiyi was not discussing with them at this time, she tapped the table twice, and then said in an unquestionable tone: "My mind has been decided, and you don't need to say more, this matter is settled. "

"This……"

After being blocked back, all the ministers couldn't help but look at each other, and finally turned their attention to Yang Weishang. As the elder of the three dynasties, he was the only one who could speak in front of the empress at this moment.

Looking at the gazes of his colleagues, Yang Weishang also felt a little helpless. You see, I have a shit, and I can't do anything about it.

This majesty looks easy to talk, but in fact she is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. The decision she made, except for Mo Zizai who can control it, is useless to anyone else, so if Mo Zizai is in the capital at the moment, he can still take a roundabout route Let Mo Zizai try to persuade His Majesty, but now that Mo Zizai is not in the capital, what can he do.

But then again, Yang Weishang, who is old and mature, can somewhat guess the intention of Tang Weiyi's imperial conquest, so if Mo Zizai is in the capital, there is no need for him to persuade him, and Mo Zizai will never let this majesty do this made.

But Mo Zizai had just led the army to stop Xiao Yanbing, and he would definitely not be able to return for a while, so the empress Yujia's personal conquest is probably a foregone conclusion.

Thinking of this, Yang Weishang sighed secretly in his heart. They had analyzed before that Mo Yuanji would definitely move, but he didn't think much about it at that time. He knew that His Majesty was paying attention to the royal conquest, and he would not let Mo Zizai join the army if he was killed. Go stop Xiao Yanbing.

After all, compared with this Majesty, the seemingly ruthless Mo Zizai is much easier to talk to.

Feeling helpless, Yang Weishang ignored the expectant eyes of his colleagues, and said in a deep voice: "Since His Majesty has made up his mind, the old minister will stop talking."

"It's just that your majesty's status is extraordinary, and the current military strength of the imperial court is not superior to that of King Shangbei'an. Therefore, I have a request. I hope that your majesty will put the country's health first. If you can't do anything, you can take a step back and make a long-term plan. Don't put yourself in danger."

Hearing Yang Weishang's words, the minister, who had been expecting him so much, glared at him instantly. This old sycophant had expected him to give him some advice, but he turned traitor in an instant.

Yang Weishang waited indifferently for Tang Weiyi's reply, completely ignoring their eyes, persuading, persuading, ass persuading, persuading even though he knew it wouldn't work, only a fool would do that kind of thing.

(End of this chapter)