Chapter 314： Guilty

Chapter 314 Guilt

Yu Cunzheng almost used all his strength to say these words, his voice almost screaming.

He seemed to want to vent all the sorrow he had suppressed for nine years through these few words, so intense, so pathetic, with the determination to fight to the death.

These words were buried in his heart for nine years. He didn't know how many times he had said it in his dreams at noon, but every time he woke up, it was empty.

He was afraid of missing this opportunity, he would never have the chance to say it again.

In the past nine years, he has almost lived in a never-ending nightmare. Every time he closes his eyes, he will return to that time. They were buried alive together, dreaming that he was struggling under the soil...

Once, he thought he would never wait for this day, but he finally did!

The man's tragic voice spread far away with the night wind, echoing in this empty palace.

Not far, Kang Wang Chuyou walked over from the direction of Qianqingmen, and heard Yu Cunzheng's words clearly.

His tall body jolted violently, and the steps under his feet stopped for a moment.

Yu Cunzheng's shoulders were trembling, and he was still saying excitedly: "Even if we couldn't wait for rescue, even if there was no food and no one, Gu Houye would stick to it, even if the soldiers and the common people had reached the point of eating cowhide and peeling tree bark. "

"We even managed to intercept the food and forage of the Vietnamese army, and for this, it took another half a month..."

Back then, when they were about to starve to death in the city, Father Li, the Marquis of Xiandingyuan, followed the soldiers to grab the food and forage of the Yue army. Otherwise, Tailing City would last until July. , the soldiers and people in the whole city died outside the first month!

The people who were in it simply knew the tragic past. No people in the city committed suicide because of starvation, and no one even reached the point of cutting meat and feeding them. At this time, everyone was wondering if we had not been abandoned by the court. now...

Ji Yun, as the dignified Yangzhou general, had no chance to abandon the city and leave, but did I? I fought with the soldiers and people of the city to the very first moment...

Ji Yunshuang didn't have much to say, but was interrupted sharply:

"Absurd!"

Li Hao no longer heard it, and a pair of eagle eyes flickered with yin and heat.

The eyes of everyone rushed towards me.

Chu Yi fixedly looked at Ji Yun, who was gradually retreating, the corners of his beautiful mouth were slightly raised, and a gentle smile appeared, but the smile reached the bottom of his eyes.

Li Hao hurriedly walked towards the south study room, his eyes swept sharply at everyone, and said loudly: "Can you believe a deserter?"

"I just talked nonsense to get rid of the punishment, desertion is a capital crime!"

Ji Yun stopped a few steps away from Young Master Fang, and asked in a low voice, "Young Master Fang, he brought that person, so he must know who I am. For a dignified prince, it is possible that he knew what the crime was for harboring deserters!"

Ji Yun's voice was hotter than Ten Thousand Years Frost, sharper, and imposing, like a long sword unsheathed, releasing the killing energy.

In the face of the aggressive Li Hao, after going through the eight dynasties, Mr. Fang, who has seen so many small winds and waves, remained calm and calm, and looked at me fearfully.

Young Master Fang casually brushed his sleeves, and asked proudly, "Could it be that Chu You's remarks are trying to punish me?"

Ji Yun: "…"

Young Master Fang stared at Li Hao, his eyes didn't sway in the slightest, and he was even laughing.

I sneered and called him by his name arrogantly: "Li Hao, who do you think he is! He is a mere county king, and he wants to punish this gentleman?"

In the Xiaojing Dynasty, apart from the emperor and Fengyang, there was probably no one else who dared to call Chu You's name like that.

Fang Huairui laughed without any scruples, folded his arms around his chest, and leisurely helped Mr. Fang with a knife: "Then it's Chu's turn to protect him."

Li Hao gritted his teeth and stared at the two who were singing and harmony, his eyes were sharp and cold.

Fang Gongzi took a step closer to Li Hao with a chest out of his chest, "Ji Yun, you are talking about the matter, and you are talking about Li's father's case, but he is letting go of the deserter's case. Is that to make the truth of what happened back then? "

The two were more than two feet apart, and where their eyes met, sparks shot.

"Ha," Mr. Fang smiled suddenly, "I almost forgot, he was also in Sishui County, Yangzhou, right? Was it in Tailing City?"

I asked the question knowingly, so I waited for Li Hao to answer, so I said to myself: "Go down to Ji Yun, go up to the common people, go down to Tailing City, and almost died."

"It's like massaging the city, but it's like covering up something?" While speaking, the smile on Ji Yunshuang's lips deepened, and his voice was sharp, "What does he think?"

My eyes pierced straight at Li Hao like a sharp sword, as if scolding, questioning, and probing.

At that moment, Mr. Fang did not suppress his momentum in the slightest, and he was as sturdy as the top of Mount Tai.

Everyone was silent, watching the confrontation between Chu You and Ji Yunshuang.

To put it bluntly, it was only the win or loss between the two, but also related to the aristocratic family in front of Ji Yun, as well as the emperor and the little prince in front of Ji Yunshuang.

"Courageous!" Ji Yun's face sank, his veins throbbing violently.

The candlelight of the lantern reflected under Li Hao's profound face, and his low nose cast a shadow under one cheek, which made my temperament gloomy, and the light in my eyes was hotter than the night.

My chiseled chin was slightly raised, and my voice became even hotter: "Wei Shu, in order to exonerate Ji Yun, he made a bluffing talk, and even wanted to wrong this king!"

Young Master Fang still looked at Li Hao, did he shrink back in the slightest, and said weakly, "Since he feels wronged, why is the quasi-beneficiary raising the case again?"

"What Li Zhaodi said is true or false, he still checked it, why should he admit it!"

"..." Li Hao was right for a moment, his eyes narrowed safely.

"Humph!" Fang Mingfeng, who had been silent for a while, suddenly walked to Li Hao's side, making it clear that he was on the same front as me, "Mr. Fang, treason is not treason, the two countries have long been undecided, facts speak louder than words! Why is he? If you care about right and wrong, turn it upside down?!"

"Is it 'no conclusion', or is it wrong to be wrong?!" Fang Gongzi was half a head lower than Fang Mingfeng. When I approached Ji Yunshuang, the low shadow cast on the other side's body, and he brought a stream of his own. Coercive coercion.

"If you say overturn the verdict, you will overturn the verdict. Does this mean that a criminal has come to clamor for his injustice and demand that the verdict be overturned!" Fang Mingfeng was still relenting, and said without saying a word, "Master Guo, a thief will deny that he is a thief!"

"Well said. A thief will deny that he is a thief, and Ji Yun will also deny that he has a guilty conscience!" Fang Gongzi laughed hotly, "But if I am not guilty, why do I want to investigate this case again?"

"In my opinion, Ji Yunding has nothing to hide!"

The two men were both civil and military, and they were both important figures in the court. At this moment, the two sides held their own positions and gave each other.

Anyone can convince the other side, and anyone is willing to be brave to the other side.

"..." Wang Nan stared blankly at Li Zhaodi, and said for a long time that he had uttered a word.

Ever since I was a teenager, I have always believed that Father Li was innocent, but just before Ji Yunshuang appeared, there was a crack in my originally rock-soft determination.

Li Zhaodi is a deserter. According to the law, deserters should be executed. Just as Ji Yun said, Li Zhaodi also needs to perform meritorious deeds in order to escape.

But Wang Nan knew Li Zhaodi, and we used our lives to cover each other on the battlefield. We were in an old relationship. I doubt that Li Zhaodi is the kind of person Ji Yun said.

What is the truth after four years? !

With a    "squeak", the small door of the originally closed South study opened, interrupting the sparkling atmosphere.

The crowd turned to look in the direction of the south study room, and saw the emperor walking out.

Everyone shut their mouths and all kept silent.

Overwhelmed the thousands of threads in their hearts, and everyone including Wang Nan and Li Zhaodi bowed and saluted:

"See Your Majesty."

The door of the south study room was open, and when everyone bowed their heads, they could vaguely see a tinge of blue clothes. Even if they only glimpsed a corner, several people guessed that the little princess Fengyang was also outside.

The emperor stood with his hands behind his back, and the seven-clawed golden dragon embroidered with gold thread under the bright yellow robe shone in the moonlight and the lights.

"I have heard what they said just now," the emperor said, stroking his beard leisurely, "Since both sides are insisting on their own words and it is difficult to decide on a plan, then we should re-investigate the Yangzhou case four years later."

"Whether it's Father Li's treason, or whether the younger brother has nothing to hide, we should find out vaguely. I'll have wronged any innocent person."

"Shoufu, does he think so?"

The emperor looked at Fang Mingfeng with a smile, his expression was as irritable as before, with a slight smile, but with the aura and strength of the emperor's prestige to be able to refute.

Those remarks are also very high-sounding, and it is wrong for people to pick them up.

Fang Mingfeng pursed his lips tightly, his heart sank slightly.

Ji Yunshuang had just been messing around with Chu You just now. I was afraid that we had not been pushed back by the emperor and Young Master Fang.

has already said that, if we insist on approving the emperor's re-investigation of Li's father's case, it will prove from the side that Chu You has no ghosts in his heart.

Chu You is the one who will be enthroned as the emperor in the future, and he will definitely fall into the situation of the shadow of an axe and a candle.

As of now, there are other options.

Fang Mingfeng slowly weighed the interests and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty is wise..."

The corner of Ji Yun's mouth curved into a fierce arc, his eyes became more gloomy, and he glanced at Fang Mingfeng warmly, his whole person seemed to be shrouded in a thick haze.

I knew from now on that my imperial brother was so eloquent. It was the emperor who insisted on overturning the case for Father Li, but he said it as if he was dedicated to my brother.

The emperor glanced at everyone leisurely, took Xiaojia's silence as his acquiescence, and said lightly: "Since everyone Aiqing has no objection, let's do it that way."

So far, the final word.

"Father is wise." Chu Yi was the first to bow to the emperor, his posture was still elegant, and my eyes were as dark as the silver moon in the night sky.

Young Master Fang immediately clasped his fists and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty is wise, long live your Majesty!"

My esteemed generals also shouted Long Live the Emperor in unison, and the shouts were chaotic and uniform, and the landing was silent, as if with the power of thunder.

It’s been a short period of time for a stick of incense, and our mentality has not been turned upside down, and our hearts are full of excitement.

These words that Ji Yunshuang said just now are repeatedly recalled in our minds.

No one can better understand the despair and sadness of isolation and support than those of us who have come out of the battlefield. Painful.

It is a matter of course to fight for the leader and the country, and it is an honor to die for the country, but we can bear the stigma of treason!

A solemn and tragic atmosphere enveloped the entire palace.

That night was destined to be peaceful. In the early hours of the morning, official documents were posted on all the city gates, indicating that the emperor had ordered a thorough investigation into the case of Li’s father four years later.

That is also a statement of the emperor. The case will be investigated in a dark and serious manner, in front of the heavenly people, and there will be no falsification in the slightest.

As a result, the people who left the city gate early in the morning saw the official document, and the bulletin board was surrounded by eight outer floors and eight inner floors, a bustling area.

Among the onlookers, none of them were literate, nor were they literate.

These are people who are literate and grab someone else to help me read this official document.

Four years later, this battle between Xiaojing and Yueguo is a pain that Xiaojing's people have never experienced.

In those years, Xiaojing's soldiers and civilians killed a total of 40,000 people, and there were not many people separated from their wives and children, and very few people lost their strong men and lived hard.

Even if the late emperor did not expressly declare that Father Li was treasonous, the whole country, from the elderly to the children, all knew that it was Father Li who surrendered to the enemy and opened the gates of the city, which led to the small opening of the Vietnamese army and led to Xiaojing's defeat in this battle. .

Everyone scolded Father Li as a traitor, despicable and shameless, and had no integrity.

That light sin was all borne by Li's father alone.

Just in case…

Is Father Li guilty?

The emotions of the people were very excited, no one complained about Li’s father, no one said to wait and see, and no one believed that Li’s father was innocent, and everyone discussed it calmly, noisy and quiet, like a pot of boiling water.

Inside the crowd, a four or four-year-old girl grabbed the corner of a middle-aged woman in a gray robe and said sharply, "Dad, if you want to eat this rice cake, I will buy you this rice cake!"

The middle-aged woman frowned and reprimanded angrily: "Gu Ce, did he just say he was going to come up to see Silent?"

"You want to eat rice cakes anyway!" The girl Ji Yun raised her head and said stubbornly.

An old male voice came from outside a green hooded carriage: "Zhao Di, he took his younger brother to buy rice cakes."

Another heavy male voice was very slow to respond, and from the carriage came up very slowly, a beautiful woman in Tsing Yi in her 70s. Duke Wei grabbed Gu Ce's hand and said flatteringly, "Brother Hao, my sister will take him to buy it."

When Gu Ce grabbed the cold rice cake and returned to King Kang, King Kang was still looking at the official document behind him, and Duke Wei asked casually, "Dad, what is he looking at? What did the official document say?"

Duke Wei is literate, so he can only ask your father. You are at a loss just listening to the people around you saying "Father Li" and "reversing the case".

"It was said to be rehabilitated for Ji Yun..." King Kang's eyes were fixed on the official document behind him, and his eyes were slowly burning two holes under the official document.

"Rehabilitate? Rehabilitate what!"

"This dead girl came to the capital, and the other thing is to do, so she will make all that mess!" Ji Yun said through gritted teeth, this smooth face was not twisted, and there was a strong disgust in his eyes. .

Ji Yunshuang pursed his dry but slightly dismal lips, his expression not too much.

Of course you know who the "dead girl" your father is talking about is the seventh sister who has lived in our family for seventeen years.

You didn't know until last year that your seventh sister is your own sister, and the daughter of the Hou Mansion, Gu Yunqiang, is your own sister.

The crowd behind    was still discussing the matter of the official document coldly, and even fewer people gathered around.

A silver-haired old woman said in a low voice: "That must be the little prince who wants to rehabilitate Xiandingyuan Hou Jiyun. You saw the little prince with your own eyes at Wancaotang yesterday!"

The old woman looked proud and her eyes sparkled, thinking that it was enough for you to finish the first half of your life.

A plump middle-aged woman curiously grabbed the silver-haired old woman and asked, "Old sister, what does the little prince look like?"

The old woman cocked her head up and said, "He's as handsome as an immortal, so good-looking, so good-looking!"

You have frequent vocabulary, and you can only be as good-looking as a little prince.

Kang Wangre snorted: "What exile? She's blind, and the dignified prince would look down on this dry and dead girl."

A square-faced youth in green clothes got out of the carriage and urged patiently, "They slow down, your son is still waiting for you."

The young man in blue robe pointed in the direction, and he saw an eleven or four-year-old blue-robed young man walking out of a restaurant that passed by. He was handsome in age and tall and straight.

Ji Yun changed his face with a cold smile, narrowed his clear eyes, and asked coldly, "Isn't this Xiao Shoufu?" This Xiao Shoufu who ordered us to bring us to the capital? !

"Let's go." The youth in Tsing Yi nodded perfunctorily, and hurriedly led King Kang and the others towards Yu Cunzheng.

This blue-covered carriage was also at our side.

Yu Cun at the entrance of the restaurant was looking at Kang Wang and his party from a distance.

Kang Wang is of low height, wearing a half-new or old sky blue straight robe, with black silk sash tied around his waist, and his temples have not been dyed with a few strands of frosted hair, so he is well groomed.

Yu Cunzheng's eyes immediately fell on Kang Wang's fingers rubbing under his robe and his wandering eyes, and a trace of respect passed through his eyes.

This person is vulgar and vulgar, and his connotation is empty. It is no wonder that he can raise a person who is pretentious and enthusiastic like Gu Feiyan.

"Xiao Shoufu." Ji Yun respectfully bowed to Yu Cunzheng, daring to look directly at Yu Cunzheng.

I used to be a young boy in the Gu family, and I came to Yuzhou to manage Zhuangzi for various reasons, so I still understand all the rules and etiquette.

Yu Cunzheng slowly withdrew his scrutiny eyes, and at all looked at the two brothers, Duke Wei and Gu Ce, who were in front of Ji Yun.

I stroked my sleeves heavily and said indifferently: "You have someone prepare a house in the west of the city, they will live there first, and when they need it, you will have someone call them."

paused and stepped forward, I spoke in a hurry, and warned: "Other than that, they'd better be safe."

My expression and tone were light and windy from beginning to end, as if I was looking at us, and it seemed that we were in my eyes at all, and there was a arrogant nobleman's bearing all over my body. It feels hopeful but achievable.

"Yes, Xiao Shoufu." Kang Wang only complied with his promise and nodded humbly, "You are worried, you must obey your arrangements."

Duke Wei was a little less shy, looked at Yu Cunzheng blankly, and suddenly remembered that the old woman just praised the little prince as if it were a fairy.

It turns out that there is not such a handsome and noble son outside the capital for many years, and the exiled immortals in the world should have lived like the Ji Yunshuang behind him.

Ji Yunshuang's cheeks were slightly flushed, and he subconsciously held his brother's hand even tighter. There was nothing in his heart, sour, bitter, and stuffy.

Thinking about you, your vulgar and deceased husband, you bit your upper lip and thought, "If only you were the one who was replaced back then..."

(end of this chapter)