The crooked word says: "
He is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and is often heard of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country. Who would sacrifice their lives to protect their family in times of danger? Who would be willing to bury their bones and sacrifice themselves?
The yellow sand outside the Great Wall is stained with blood, and people often engage in impeachment. The two traitors and ministers under the new emperor's hall are all literati from the previous dynasty. "
Taiyue City is simple and vigorous, with Taoist patterns all over the city walls. Traces of war everywhere tell endless history.
The moat flows quietly without any ripples. A bridge connects the two sides of the bank and lies in the middle.
The Imperial Academy students on the left, masters of the Hanlin Academy, and officials on the imperial censorship desk, all with domineering and righteous looks, were watching the carriage approaching slowly.
The horse pulling the cart seemed a little frightened by the gaze, and actually slowed down and his speed dropped even slower.
In the carriage, Xu Zheng comforted him softly: "Are you scared? That's true. How can you not be scared when being watched by so many people?"
As he spoke, the carriage gradually approached the moat and stopped at the edge of the bridge. Immediately afterwards, Xu Zheng stood up and slowly walked out of the car.
For a moment, the world was silent, and everyone was staring at this man in plain clothes, with a strong physique and a resolute face.
Xu Zheng stepped forward, and everyone's breathing became slower. It was not until his steps stopped at the end of the bridge that they relaxed.
Without him, the man standing in front of me was appointed Grand Governor at the age of twenty-eight and became the Grand Marshal of the world's troops. He led the troops to put down the rebellion of the Five Kings and repel the coalition forces of the Six Dynasties. The world was shocked and the Nine Dynasties were frightened!
In the eyes of everyone in front of him, Xu Zheng seemed to have a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood behind him. The tens of millions of troops under his command are still a barrier to the mountains. The soldiers and horses that protect the country obey orders but not propaganda. Except for Xu Zheng, no one in the world can command these soldiers.
On top of the bridge, Xu Zheng looked expressionless as he looked at the people in front of him, and his hand suddenly fell on the sword at his waist.
Everyone looked shocked and subconsciously took a step back, watching Xu Zheng take off his sword and insert it into the ground.
Xu Zheng raised an arm, put it on the hilt of the sword, pointed at the Confucian scholar in front of him, and said in a normal but terrifying tone: "Who comes first?"
All the Confucian scholars looked at me and I looked at you. They all shrank back, and most of their eyes were focused on Gu Shuci. As the leader of the Imperial Academy, Gu Shuci had no choice but to take a bold step forward and shouted: "Xu Zheng! You have no regard for the laws of the country, you support your own troops, you support enemies in the mountains, and you waste people's wealth in the territory. What kind of face do you have?" Go back to Beijing!"
An old Hanlin next to him trembled and stepped forward, pointed at Xu Zheng and cursed: "**! Thief who steals the country! You do not respect the king's orders and have the intention of usurping. The old minister will remonstrate with the Holy Spirit and will definitely punish your nine tribes!"
Another censor shouted sternly: "Xu Zheng's crime is extremely heinous. We are going to jointly join him in order to bring justice to all the officials in the court and the people of the world!"
The Confucian scholars outside the city immediately started shouting loudly, threatening to scold Xu Zheng all over his body and wishing that he would drown in their saliva.
On top of the city gate, Prime Minister Ya's beard was trembling, pointing at the people outside the gate: "Corrupt Confucianism is harming the country! Reading the books of sages in vain!"
Wei Beichen didn't answer, but called the deputy general to whisper a few words, and then the deputy general turned around and left, going down the tower.
On the bridge, Xu Zheng leaned lightly on the sword stuck on the ground, his eyes swept over the impassioned and scolding people in front of him, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
This smile is full of pity and ridicule. He whispered: "I remember when I left the court, all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down to remonstrate, and several first- and second-grade officials were killed. Looking at you now, it is really ridiculous."
Seeing the mess outside the city, Zuo Fengyuan was anxious and looked outside the city: "Why aren't there people yet? Do you have to tear your face?"
…
In the cabinet, after Jia Chengdao, He Lanyi and others heard that the soldiers had come to report, Jia Chengdao looked at He Lanyi with a smile and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Assistant Prime Minister, of this matter?"
He Lanyi didn't answer, but just said: "I have never been familiar with military matters, let alone His Majesty's announcement that I will wait to see you later. I would like Mr. Jia Ge to worry about this matter." After saying that, He Lanyi stood up and left.
The grandson Jia Ying next to him stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Grandpa, does he have a decision?"
"If he can't even get in through the city gate, then it's not Xu Zheng." Jia Chengdao slowly stood up and said to Jia Ying: "I'm writing a warrant here and you can take it with you. Although you won't have to wade into the muddy water, the favor is still there. It’s for sale.”
Jia Ying immediately understood what Jia Chengdao meant, nodded and said, "My grandson will go right now."
…
At the Grand Master's house, Zhou Qing told Liang Jingyi about the matter, and Liang Jingyi said: "It's just a bunch of innocent people messing around. Xu Zheng won't take it seriously, let alone the Holy One. Since the Holy One won't send anyone to stop us, we So I won’t get involved. Since we are going to put on a show for us, we can’t be in a hurry to get on stage.”
Zhou Qing said with a smile: "What my teacher said is absolutely true. In addition, Liang Yuan was taken away by Wang Jin in Luzhou. But when Wang Jin returned to Beijing, he did not see Liang Yuan. Teacher, look at this..."
Liang Jingyi straightened up slightly and said in a slightly cold tone: "I, the Liang family, have never been sorry to Baili Longteng. If Baili Longteng really wants to do this, then you can't blame me."
…
In the monastery in the inner courtyard of the palace, the shadow of Baili Longteng was half-lying on the Bagua bed. Sitting in front of him was Liang Chen of Shangzhu Kingdom.
Not long after, Gao He pushed open the door and walked in, telling Baili Longteng what happened at the city gate.
Baili Longteng smiled slightly and asked Liang Chen, "What do you think, Ai Qing?"
Liang Chen said: "How can a group of scholars who have betrayed the country know that the battlefield is tragic. The Dazhu Kingdom has worked hard and made great achievements. How can the Holy One just sit back and watch Xu Zheng be humiliated at the city gate?"
"A bunch of trash who have read poetry and books," Baili Longteng said in a long voice, with a strange tone: "If everyone is as sensible as you, how can I cause internal and external troubles!"
"Your Majesty is so complimentary."
Baili Longteng raised his hand and said to Gao He: "Go and tell the Yushitai that the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College are in charge, and ask them to take care of the people below. If something goes wrong, everyone is pretending to be deaf and dumb. What’s the use of the imperial court raising them?”
Gao He lowered his head and replied, "I'll do it right now." After saying that, he turned around and left.
Baili Longteng turned back to Liang Chen and asked, "Ai Qing, if I send you to Qishan, how long can you hold off Zhuge Ce?"
Liang Chen blurted out without thinking: "If you pile up a mountain of corpses and bleed like a sea, it will last three months."
Baili Longteng raised his head slightly, as if responding, but also saying to himself: "Three months, three months, maybe it's enough."
…
At the gate of the city, the voices of the Qingliu people began to weaken. Many people had nothing to say and were rubbing their throats to rest. The remaining people also held on. Che Zuluo said the words several times, but there was nothing new.
Seeing that they had finished scolding them, Xu Zheng suddenly stood up, stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword stuck on the ground, making everyone scream in surprise and take a few steps back.
"Phoenix eggs, tiger skin and mutton fat."
Xu Zheng hung up his sword again, turned around to greet the soldiers driving the carriage, and walked towards the city step by step.
"Stop!"
"Xu Zheng, as long as we are here today, you can't even think of entering the city!"
"I have fought hard to lose my wealth and my life. I will die with you today!"
No matter how hard the Qingliu people cursed, they still kept wagging their lips and not daring to take a step forward.
Xu Zheng looked forward, not paying attention to them, and walked forward step by step.
The Qingliu people couldn't stop talking, but their bodies kept retreating. Just one person forced thousands of people to retreat until they reached the bottom of the city wall.
Wei Beichen, who was standing on the city wall, laughed loudly and said: "The pages of the book are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but now they are showing off as a villain. He is really a disciple of a saint, and he has lost his face."
The surrounding soldiers also laughed. Zuo Fengyuan sighed silently, as long as nothing happened, it would be better than anything else.
Retreating to the city gate, many people had already returned to the city, but the city gate was too small, and there were too many people to squeeze in. Everyone had to retreat to both sides to make way for Xu Zheng to slowly walk in.
Xu Zheng was in front, and a pawn led the carriage behind. They were watched by these clear streams and walked into Taiyue City.
Standing in the city gate, Xu Zhengzhong stopped again, not knowing what he was waiting for.
At this moment, Jia Ying came out from the side with Jia Chengdao's order: "According to the order of old Jia Ge, Dazhu Kingdom is not allowed to enter the city!"
Immediately afterwards, a Kuihu car sped over, and Gu Tinglan and Li Taiyue got out of the car.
Gu Tinglan has been in charge of the Imperial Academy for many years, and all the supervisors are his disciples. When he saw Gu Tinglan, he hurriedly saluted: "Greetings, sir!"
Gu Tinglan waved her hand and said with an unkind expression: "Where have you read all these years of books? Go back!"
The supervisors did not dare to disobey and left in a hurry.
After a while, a young man walked out of the downtown area, waving his fan. It was the third prince Baili Shuze.
Baili Shuze said to the Hanlins from the Hanlin Academy: "Everyone, I have obtained a rare ancient book somewhere. I don't know which famous book it is from. Please come to my place and help me appreciate it."
The people in the Hanlin Academy naturally understood that this was the step given by the third prince, and they did not dare to delay any longer. They agreed and left with Baili Shuze.
Then, a young scribe appeared. He had talked with Qu Yi in Amaterasu City and returned to the court to write a memorial. It is a collection of relics from Taizuo, the imperial censor, written by Wei Zhengyan.
Wei Zhengyan looked at the censors on the censorship platform and shouted: "Whoever allows you to leave the censorship without authorization, come back with me and wait for disposal!"
These censors did not dare to disobey the Shangguan's words. What's more, everyone has dispersed, and it's useless for them to stay alone, so they have to leave dejectedly.
However, there are still tough people among the censors, who glared at Xu Zheng and said: "I will go to the palace tomorrow to kneel down and remonstrate with you. I don't believe I can't join you!"
Soon, everyone at the city gate dispersed. Zuo Fengyuan on the city wall took out his handkerchief, wiped his sweat and said: "Big things turn into small things, and small things turn into nothing."
While they were talking, Zhao Yu, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, appeared at the city gate and said to Xu Zheng: "Dazhu Kingdom, Your Majesty is waiting for you. Please come with me."
Xu Zheng said: "I don't want to see him. Go and tell him that it's best not to appear in front of me!"
Zhao Yu said, "Dazhu Kingdom, His Majesty said that he knows who you want to see when you come back this time, but if you want to see her, you still have to meet His Majesty first."
"Snapped!"
Xu Zheng suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped Zhao Yu on the face. He was so handsome that he flew several feet away, his face was swollen and he was dizzy.
Xu Zheng walked forward and said: "I am not beating you, but him Baili Longteng! Send a slave to me to send a message, who does he think he is? I don't need him to scare me!"
Zuo Fengyuan, who was hiding from the show of strength, was so frightened that he sat on the ground and said with a sad face: "Even if it's all, something has happened, hasn't it?"
Wei Beichen, who was standing behind him, smiled and said, "Watching a show at the top of the city has a great view!"
