Facing the captain's loud shouts, Changsheng responded with a cold glare and cursed. His mood at this time was extremely bad. At the moment, he still didn't know what crimes these veterans had committed, but even if they were really guilty, the court should not kill them. They, because these veterans were all brought back by him, the court's killing of these veterans was tantamount to slapping him in public.
Furthermore, revealing one's identity in public this time is likely to make everyone's hard-fought plan to bring the tiger back to the mountain a failure. If the Japanese pirates get the news, they will immediately try to recall the eight major families who have returned to their country.
When the school captain who stepped forward to ask questions saw that Chang Sheng dared to insult him, he couldn't keep his face in front of everyone. He immediately lowered his hand and drew his sword, "Trespassing to the execution ground..."
Before the captain could finish speaking, Yu Yi dismounted from his horse and pushed the captain's half-drawn sword back into its sheath with his backhand, "Don't seek death."
Seeing Yu Yi stopping himself from drawing the sword, the captain glared angrily and tried to draw the sword again, while all the soldiers guarding the execution ground also moved closer.
"It's okay if you don't have eyes. You don't even have ears?" Yu Yi raised his eyebrows and looked around at everyone.
Hearing Yu's words, the captain and the soldiers nearby came to their senses. The people who were about to be executed on the execution ground had clearly called out the general just now. Could it be that the young man riding the black horse in front of him was the general of the imperial court?
Just when the captain and the soldiers were doubtful and hesitant, the three execution officers on the execution stage left their seats and stood up. The leader asked in a deep voice, "Who is coming and why did they rush into the execution ground?"
There were many onlookers outside the execution ground. Chang Sheng did not want to reveal his identity, so he ignored this person.
Yu Yi reached into his arms, took out a golden seal and threw it at the supervisor. One of the supervisors was a military attache. When he saw something flying, he subconsciously raised his hand to catch it.
When he saw the inscription on the gold seal clearly, the man's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly showed the gold seal to the other two supervisors. They were also shocked and stunned when they saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Yu Yi. , "See General."
"Suspend the execution and drive people to clear the place." Yu Yi ordered in a deep voice.
Hearing Yu's words, the three supervisors looked confused. After looking at each other, the leader of the supervisors asked cautiously, "As far as I know, there is no female third-rank general in the imperial court. This golden seal of yours... …”
Before the person could finish speaking, Shi Xuanming interrupted him, "Do you suspect that her official seal was stolen?"
The three supervisors lowered their heads and said nothing, just taking it as acquiescence.
Seeing this, Shi Xuanming also took out a golden seal and threw it over, "I stole one too."
That day, after the emperor learned that they had been attacked by the four major villas outside the city, he personally left the palace to visit the inn. That night, he not only sent five cloaks tailor-made for the five people, but also brought four gold seals to bind them. All four of them were conferred the title of third-grade general.
The military attaché who was supervising the execution was so frightened that he failed to catch the pure gold official seal that Shi Xuanming threw onto the execution platform. When the gold seal fell to the ground, he hurriedly picked it up and looked at it nervously.
At this moment, two more identical gold seals were thrown onto the execution platform, one belonged to Yang Kai and the other belonged to Da Tou. Seeing that everyone on his side was in trouble, Da Tou also rushed over from the east of the city.
The official seals of the imperial court all have special shapes and are extremely difficult to imitate. Moreover, only officials of the third rank and above can use gold seals. The purity of the gold used to cast the official seals is also extremely high. In a moment, four official seals of the third-rank generals were thrown in, and three officials were killed. They were completely frightened. In fact, they didn’t know who everyone was until the moment before. It wasn’t until Big Tou threw the golden seal that they guessed the origins of several people based on Big Tou’s dwarf figure. It’s a dog’s eye.” “Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me, we are just following orders.” “Ah, ah, oops...”
It’s normal for them to be afraid, and it’s normal for them to faint from fright, because the name of the person is the shadow of the tree. Although they have never seen Changsheng, they know what Changsheng has done before. When Changsheng was serving as the censor, he was in Jeju He Lizhou went on a killing spree, killing dozens of officials at once, including many high-ranking officials in the border areas. However, the three of them were only at the sixth rank, so there was no scruple in killing them for immortality.
When they saw the prison officers, they all knelt down to plead guilty. The school captains and soldiers were even more frightened and even knelt down in fear. When Yu Yi saw this, he immediately ordered with a straight face, "Clear the place and disperse the crowd."
Everyone in the world likes to watch the excitement, but little does anyone know that people who like to watch the excitement are the most annoying. Subconsciously, they hope to use other people's misfortune to set off their own mediocrity, so as to obtain the dark inner comfort and gossip.
After hearing Yu's words, the captain immediately led the soldiers and started to drive away the onlookers. It is a common problem for most officials to bully the weak and fear the strong. They are afraid of immortality, but not afraid of the onlookers. They shouted loudly, hit and pushed, and quickly dispersed all the onlookers. .
"What crime have they committed?" asked the supervisor headed by Chang Shengchong.
There are three supervisors, one chief and two deputies. An older deputy has fainted from fright. That military attache is also the deputy supervisor. The leader is about forty years old. Judging from the official uniform, he should be a sixth-grade Xiazhou Sima. .
Hearing Chang Sheng's question, the supervisor replied tremblingly, "My lord, they committed a serious crime of treason."
Before Changsheng could answer, the seven veterans who were tied up and kneeling on the execution platform shouted that they were wronged, "General, we were wronged, and we did not conspire to rebel."
"Stop shouting, the prince has his own agenda." Datou waved his hand to stop him.
"It's impossible for them to rebel," Changsheng said sternly, "There must be something hidden in this matter, dossier, send someone back to get the dossier."
Hearing Chang Sheng's words, the supervising officer hurriedly called to the school lieutenant in charge of security and ordered him to ride back and get the files for the interrogation of the seven people.
"Untie." Changsheng said to the prison officer.
"Your Majesty, they are all prisoners on death row approved by the Ministry of Punishments. The subordinate officials dare not release them privately." The prison officer was worried.
The beheading officer had concerns, but Datou didn't care. He immediately stepped onto the stage, cut the ropes, and released all seven people to be beheaded.
Everyone escaped death and immediately ran to Changsheng to kneel down and kowtow before regaining their freedom, crying and complaining about their injustice.
Changsheng had not dismounted until now. When he saw everyone kneeling down, he hurriedly dismounted and supported them, "Don't be anxious, there must be something fishy about this matter. Let me find out the reason."
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, Yu Yi spoke up, "Tell me the causes and consequences in detail, and don't make any omissions or concealments."
After hearing Yu Yi's words, everyone began to talk about it.
Not everyone can give a concise and accurate statement. These veterans have little knowledge and are confused when speaking. Changsheng listened for a long time before he could sort out the clues. In fact, the matter is not complicated. The veterans who returned from the Western Regions were treated in Chang'an that day. After being received and rewarded by the emperor, although they were granted the title of Knight Rider Captain, they were unable to perform their duties due to old age and frailty. Afterwards, they each returned to their ancestral homes to take care of themselves.
But people were sitting at home, and trouble came from the sky. Half a month ago, they were suddenly arrested by the government. They were charged with treason. Their crime was to make unreasonable remarks about the government and slander the imperial court.
If they really had the intention to rebel, they would not have defended the isolated city in the Western Regions for decades. They did not slander the imperial court, but they had lived in the desert of the Western Regions for many years. When they sent out troops for the expedition, the Tang Dynasty was powerful and famous. , and the Tang Dynasty has experienced many changes in the past few decades, and the Tang Dynasty today is no longer what it used to be. After they returned, they could not help but compare the Tang Dynasty at this time with the previous one, and they never thought that their conversations would be listened to by people with ulterior motives. After arriving, the report was taken out of context and given to the government.
They were then arrested and charged with treason.
After listening to everyone's stories, Changsheng had a plan in his mind. Someone must be behind this matter and deliberately accused everyone of rebellion. You must know that these veterans have elixirs to avoid death, but rebellion is one of the ten evils and is not among the forgiven... …
