Time flies to the afternoon.
Qiao Yan returned the news again. Jingzhao Mansion had arrested many people who spread rumors and imposed severe punishments. The court also posted notices in the capital, publicizing Chen's crimes and that Chen's party would be executed at Caishikou at noon tomorrow.
Zhao An was surprised. The empress was still very smart. She knew that it was useless to clarify directly. Now she publicized Chen's sins, so that Mrs. Chen would have more sins on her. In this way, even if she was really tortured and killed, she deserved it.
But this matter did not go away so easily. The officials of Yushitai still filed many memorials like mad dogs, threatening to depose the illegal factory and exile the illegal factory director.
The court refused to let go, and Zhao Anquan pretended not to notice, since they would not come to kill anyone anyway.
The next morning.
Caishikou was very lively. Countless people crowded in, and hundreds of Chen family members were taken to the execution ground.
Chen Yuan knelt in the cold wind, his body covered with bloodstains, and with a death sentence sign stuck behind his head. He shouted: "The eunuchs are harming the country! Your Majesty favors the eunuchs, and the Great Xia will fall -"
As soon as he heard the words, all the literati and students watching changed their expressions.
Several officials responsible for supervising the beheading looked at each other and did not stop his nonsense.
"The eunuch and I are at odds with each other!"
At the last moment of his life, Chen Yuan, with red eyes, tried his best to discredit Zhao An, and kept fabricating charges against Zhao An, including cholera in the harem, humiliating the late emperor's widow, torturing eunuchs and maids, etc.
Because the time for beheading has not yet come, these heartbreaking words have some credibility in the ears of the people who eat melons.
A student in the crowd smiled slyly: "It is said that when people are about to die, they also speak kindly, and when birds are about to die, they also sing in mourning."
"Yes, it seems that cholera is indeed a problem."
"Just like the old thief Dong Zhuo in Mr. Zhou's story, he insulted the young emperor's cholera harem and deserved to die."
"We must get rid of the eunuch. He deserves to die just like the Chen family's thieves."
The vast masses of melon-eating people are easily incited, and in just a few moments, the curses can be heard loudly.
Someone raised their arms and shouted: "Catch that dog eunuch and chop it together!"
"Kill the eunuchs and protect the country!"
"Kill the eunuchs and protect the country!"
No one knew who was making the noise, and the scene suddenly got out of control.
Jiuyin and Zhou Ying in the crowd looked at this formation with extremely ugly expressions.
"The imperial court publicized Chen's crimes in order to prevent the situation from escalating. Unexpectedly, the mastermind behind the scenes refused to give up and actually asked Chen Yuan to criticize Eunuch Zhao crazily before his death."
Zhou Ying looked heavy.
Although she had never met Eunuch Zhao, she knew that he was a royalist and it was impossible for the Holy Sect to betray the emperor and establish its own sect. Therefore, in a sense, the emperor's authority represented the peace and survival of the Holy Sect. She hoped in her heart that this The matter can be calmed down, but the mastermind behind it refuses to give up.
Jiuyin secretly clenched her sword, her ice-like eyes locked onto the noisy crowd.
She wanted to kill someone.
"Silence, silence!"
Chen Qun stood near the execution ground and glared at the people, "A bunch of unruly people, are you going to rebel?"
"Master Chen, why don't you capture that eunuch and chop him down! Get rid of thieves for Daxia!"
"Yeah, kill him!"
The people were clamoring endlessly, and Chen Qun was very angry.
How could he, a small official in the Jingzhao Prefecture, have the ability to kill the clandestine factory supervisor, the most popular person in the imperial court?
Thinking of this, he quickly came to the prison and beheading platform and said to several adults: "Everyone, the time is almost up. We can't let Chen Yuan shout any longer, or something will happen."
"No, the time has not come yet."
Director Zhang of the Supervisory Office was the highest-ranking official in the Ministry of Punishment system present. He refused to ask questions in advance.
Chen Yuan turned around and stared at Chen Qun fiercely, "Child Chen Qun! You are an accomplice of that eunuch! You accepted that man named Zhao as your godfather, yes or no!"
"What are you barking at?"
Chen Qun almost fainted as a mouthful of old blood spurted out.
How old is Zhao An, how could he recognize a young boy as his godfather?
But others didn't think so. Several officials looked at Chen Qun with a half-smile, "I didn't expect Mr. Chen to be flexible and flexible. No wonder he would help Mr. Zhao clarify."
"I didn't. Why should you, my lords, listen to this traitor's nonsense!"
"That's enough. It doesn't matter. Just wait."
Dean Zhang closed his eyes and stopped listening to what was happening outside the window.
Somewhere in the crowd, Zhao An, who was wrapped like a rice dumpling, stared at the officials on the stage through his thick black cloth mask.
Qiao Yan beside him said to himself: "It seems that there is something wrong with those adults."
"Hmph, I don't know when I got a godson."
Zhao An wrote down several people in a small book and will sort them out later.
The man behind the scenes has hands and eyes as far as the sky.
Before the situation in the court stabilized, the other party quickly took over a group of officials as supporters, and even persuaded Chen Yuan to attack randomly!
It’s getting more and more interesting!
"Everyone!"
Chen Yuan continued to howl at the top of his lungs: "My Chen family has been loyal for generations, and the eunuch of Zhao An deceived the saints and tried to harm our Chen family, so our Chen family has to protect itself! If the court doesn't care anymore, there will still be innocent people The loyal minister died tragically at the hands of the eunuchs!"
As he finished speaking, suddenly a handful of caltrops burst through the air among the crowd!
Chen Yuan's screams stopped suddenly. Several iron caltrops pierced his throat and he died suddenly and tragically on the spot.
"Killing!"
"There's an assassin!"
The execution ground suddenly turned into a mess, and the people fled in all directions, shouting.
The imperial guards and the crowd in Jingzhao Mansion started to move.
Looking around, everything is going crazy.
Someone shouted: "It's the eunuch who kills people and silences them! Run away, the eunuchs kill people!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and people everywhere fell on their backs.
Qiao Yan protected Zhao An and stepped aside. Zhao An's brows twisted into a small knot.
Oh shit!
This is too much!
This scene was performed so well that it not only allowed Chen Yuan to plant the seeds of doubt in the hearts of the people, but also used his life to confirm the eunuch's madness.
"Sir, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, you must leave immediately!"
Qiao Yan grabbed Zhao An and ran away.
If it is exposed at this time, even jumping into the Yellow River will not be able to wash it away.
"Chen Yuan, you ****, I'm a ****."
Zhao An was dragged away, but he didn't forget to kick the execution ground a few times, and frantically greeted Chen Yuan's body, which was extremely embarrassing.
Along the way, Qiao Yan almost escaped with Zhao An on his back, which made him a bit conspicuous in the crowd, but Zhao An was wrapped tightly so that he would not be recognized.
Back at the mansion, Zhao An almost kicked the door panel off and turned into an angry toad.
Xu Ruqing curiously asked for the inside story. When Qiao Yan explained, she felt numb all over.
The other party's moves were more cruel than the last, leaving no room for survival. Even she couldn't help but ask one more question, "Sir, think about it carefully, who else have you offended?"
"I didn't know that I was a victim! A victim!"
Zhao An has always been a very rational person, but today he was directly defeated by the behind-the-scenes manipulation.
Xu Ruqing shut her mouth and returned to the room silently.
