As time passed, Emperor Liu Cheng had been seriously ill for thirty days and still did not get better. He fell asleep in bed every day and could not wake up for a moment.
The situation in the Prince's Office has been relatively stable these days, with no mutiny or other disasters. The previous rebellion of King Qicheng has been unable to be suppressed and it is time to deal with it.
The ministers all reported that the verification and handling of King Qicheng's crimes should be announced as soon as possible to prevent some people with ulterior motives from exploiting the issue.
Moreover, the longer an important official of the dynasty who was once crowned king is imprisoned, the more dangerous he will be. Maybe there are his accomplices in the court, and it will be bad if there is a prison robbery or something.
The prince also felt that such delay was not a problem, so he planned to interrogate King Qicheng in the Ministry of Justice to end the matter as soon as possible.
"Lord King Qicheng, the Crown Prince has decided to start the interrogation tomorrow. You should be more careful!"
"Why should I be careful? It's just a matter of death. Thanks to your care these days!"
"Lord King Qicheng, this is as it should be. I also fought in your formation back then, and was only sent to this cell as a jailer because I was injured!"
"Oh? You have been in our army, and you wrote that you are happy. I will be tried tomorrow. You should stay away from me to avoid getting angry. They are not good people!"
The imperial army often undergoes changes, and it is completely normal for some officers and soldiers to be transferred to other posts for special reasons.
The army established in the early days of the dynasty was based on the four kings and continued to expand and increase. Since people in Kyushu advocated force, many people started as soldiers and entered the court or various prefectures and counties of the dynasty. Therefore, most of the people at that time Anyone who has ever fought has been in the formation of the four kings.
The four kings already had great power on the surface, and some of their secret connections were incomparable to even the emperor.
Even if King Qicheng entered the prison cell of the Criminal Department, he was not beaten or scolded at all, and he still had good food and drink every day. This was the personal connections he had in the past.
Even several inspectors-general of the Ministry of Punishment had some old acquaintances with King Qicheng, and they turned a blind eye to his care. As for Chu Wen, the head of the Ministry of Punishment, he had stopped taking care of things because he was old, and many things were ignored. It is handled by four inspectors general.
The jailer knew that King Qicheng was guilty of a serious crime, but he did not believe that he would betray the dynasty. But the end was already done and he, a little jailer, could do nothing. He could only say: "Sir! Take care!"
The next day came quickly, and King Qicheng and Lu Zhijie were escorted to the assertion platform for trial. It is asserted that Taiwan is the highest review agency of the Ministry of Justice and the highest level of the dynasty. Many cases tried here are ordered by the emperor himself. Basically, only matters that affect the dynasty are handled here.
It was originally asserted that Taiwan Director-General Li Mingyu was the official responsible for the interrogation, but this matter was so important that the prince interrogated him personally, and Li Mingyu could only sit next to him as a deputy interrogator.
Basically, the evidence is conclusive and there is no difficulty. It just gives King Qicheng a result, so there is no need to cover up. King Qicheng and Lu Zhijie were detained in the lobby of the assertion platform.
The prince looked at the people under his eyes and asked arrogantly: "Below are King Qicheng and Lu Zhijie!"
The two were silent.
The prince waited for a while and found that the two people ignored him, and said angrily: "You are so brave, can't you see that the prince who is currently in charge of the court! How dare you be so rude!"
The two of them were still speechless.
"It seems that you two know that you are ashamed and speechless. The dynasty has treated you well for many years. Why do you still do such disobedient things as rebelling and committing crimes? Tell me!"
King Qicheng finally raised his head and glanced at the prince, and said: "Now that the matter has come to this point, I have nothing to say. As for the reason for the rebellion, you and your son should know clearly. My second brother and I have been detained until now just to see how he will face it. We wait, who knows he can’t even see him now, it doesn’t matter, after all, we were mistaken!”
After King Qicheng finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Zhijie beside him and said nothing.
The two closed their hearts at the same time and died on the spot.
Although King Qicheng has not reached the level of a grand master and cannot control the qi and blood to cut off his meridians, all the minor masters can control the internal organs, so it is very simple to close one's heart.
This can be regarded as the honor of a warrior, as he does not have to endure too much torture.
"Dead?" The prince did not expect that King Qicheng committed suicide before he could say a few words.
The two bodies fell in the hall of the Criminal Department. Several deputy interrogation officials were at a loss and looked at each other.
After a long time, the prince finally cleared his mind and said, "Someone come and check the body, and take it down!"
Several guards from the Ministry of Justice hurriedly came up and found that the two were indeed dead, so they carried King Qicheng and Lu Zhijie down!
The people below didn't know what to do if the prince didn't say anything. Li Mingyu felt that the situation was really embarrassing, so he took courage and asked, "What should we do, your highness?"
The prince had come back to his senses and said: "The evidence of King Qicheng and Lu Zhijie's disobedience has been conclusive. We will directly announce it to the whole country and punish the nine tribes. They are wanted nationwide and will be executed on the spot as soon as they are discovered!"
"Yes!" several deputy judges said together.
"By the way, there is a reward for Qian Yu and Zhou De, two sworn brothers of King Qicheng. Each of them is worth ten thousand taels of gold!"
"Okay, my subordinates will do it soon!"
The prince felt a little uneasy. Although the two most critical people were dead, there were still two fish that slipped through the net, which might become a disaster in the future.
The news of King Qicheng's death spread across the land of Kyushu in an instant. The famous general who named the king committed suicide like this, and many people were filled with sadness.
Standing in the sky, I don’t know the sufferings of the world.
King Qicheng fought in all directions throughout his life, but in the end he did not die in the hands of his enemies, but in the hands of his own people. The boundless misery and regret floated into the sky of Wushuang City.
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"Brother! You're gone after all!" Zhou De stood on a palace built in the mountain, looking at the news he had just received, with a lot of thoughts in his heart and extremely sad.
Qian Yu sitting next to him was also very sad, but did not lose his mind. "According to Big Brother's calculations, they are starting to speed up. Even if he does not play the role that Big Brother expected, with our current strength, it should be almost the same!"
"That's right, brother, please watch us avenge you. We will neither violate our oaths nor kill innocent people indiscriminately. We will seek justice for you with our own hands!"
This palace was built very strangely, neither big nor small. It was just like a building block stuck in a recess of the mountain peak, and only one corner of the palace was exposed from the rock.
This is not the most peculiar thing. Looking at the entire mountain, there are palaces like this everywhere.
This is not the most peculiar thing. Looking here from a distance, one mountain peak is connected to another. On each mountain peak are such palaces, large and small, with different shapes. They are all stuck on the rock wall, which is ingenious. .
Surrounded by mountains and thousands of strange palaces, a landscape created by manpower is located on this land.
Qian Yu and Zhou De led the remaining men and horses through many pursuits and came to this mountain range. I don’t know who created this strange scene. They only know that they were reborn here. The mountains higher than a thousand feet, people arrived here It's not easy, let alone chasing and intercepting them.
It is impossible to estimate how much trouble the death of King Qicheng caused. Now the entire land of Kyushu has shifted its focus to Wushuang City. First, the man in black assassinated the emperor and killed King Dou Lan. Although he was killed in the end, it still caused There was a huge impact, followed by the rebellion of King Qicheng, the three kings jointly strangled, a prosperous Yechen Mansion was burned to pieces, and millions of people were killed and injured. These all happened in a prosperous dynasty.
Even a fool can see that greater turmoil may occur in the future.
In fact, there is another key reason why the ministers are eager to deal with King Qicheng, which is that King Qicheng is captured. What will happen to his army? Most of the Iron Curse Soldiers surrendered and have been reintegrated into the military camp, but they cannot do without their commander, nearly half a million of them. The army is always a threat, and the tempting power of the four kings is also remembered.
There are almost no wars now, so the newly appointed four kings will not have much military exploits. For example, the young man Qiao Chu who just became the fourth king. The person who annihilated King Qicheng was the three kings. Their power has reached its peak, and even has already There is nothing to reward, so the free throne is worthy of discussion.
Many ministers are eager to try and move to the next level. The heads of some prefectures and counties have spontaneously petitioned, willing to take over this "hard job".
The prince is not a fool. He knows how crucial this position is and how powerful it is for whether he can ascend the throne in the future. He is thinking about how to win the position of King Qicheng.
The third prince and the sixth prince used all their strength to stop the prince and initiated almost all relationships. The court discussed who would be the new fourth prince every day.
Seven days after the prince finished interrogating King Qicheng, Xiao Quanzi came to the prince just after he went to court: "Your Highness, I have some news, do you want to hear it?"
"what news?"
"The Third Prince's people have delivered a message!"
"What?"
"The Third Prince wants to make a deal with His Highness!"
"Stop hesitating and say what's going on?" The third prince wanted to make a deal with him. There might be some conspiracy involved, and the prince was a little bored.
In addition to the little Quan's whining, the prince directly gave him a kick and kicked him on the spot.
Xiao Quanzi was used to being kicked every day.
He said hurriedly: "The third prince can make the prince a strange king, but he wants a master palace, and it is 'him' himself!"
"Huh? This is it!"
The prince considered in his mind whether this was more cost-effective than the deal.
"What do you think, little Quanzi!"
"The inability of the Third Prince and other princes to enter the court is their biggest obstacle. This is also the advantage of His Highness. Compared with other things, the Third Prince cannot be allowed to succeed!"
"you mean?"
"But this matter is not a trivial matter, but an upright King Qicheng. Not only can he rule the country, he may also be his right-hand man in the future. Even if the emperor wakes up, he will not touch this King Qicheng. We will definitely not suffer!" "
The prince thought for a while and said, "Yes, the four kings are too important. We are building an army. I didn't expect that a more powerful one would be sent so soon!"
"Yes, the four kings also control the four most powerful armies in the dynasty. The third prince is probably out of his mind and is willing to make this deal!"
"Hahaha, God help me!" The prince laughed happily.
"Even if the Iron Curse Soldiers were defeated by Long Yu, it is still more than enough to bully the rubbish army of the Weitian Army. If the other three kings do not participate in the fight, we will be able to achieve great things with King Qi Cheng!"
The prince seemed to see himself ascending to the throne of God in the future, and his heart began to swell.
