As early as when the soldiers came to search, Zhong Qingye expected that things might not be as simple as she thought. Sitting in Prince Rui's Mansion, with the news constantly coming into her hands, Zhong Qingye's brows became more and more tight, and she felt worried.
A taste that is not a taste wells up in my heart.【】
She originally thought that if this incident was not against Qi Mo, then Qi Mu, the emperor, wanted to completely reshuffle the entire Northern Qi Dynasty. Fundamentally speaking, the facts did not escape her.
It was expected, but Zhong Qingye still underestimated Qi Mu's determination to reshuffle the cards.
In the sixth year of the Tianxiang calendar in the Northern Qi Dynasty, March 28, the fifth day after Zhong Qingye married King Rui Qi Mo, it was less than three quarters in the afternoon, about three o'clock in the modern afternoon.
The information in Zhong Qingye's hands has accumulated to a very considerable extent. Through this information, she finally came into contact with the supreme power and blood of this ancient imperial power for the first time nearly two months after coming to this world.
In addition to Prince Rui's Mansion and Prince Heping's Mansion, witchcraft puppets were found in the homes of the emperor's confidant Prime Minister Shangguan, the founding general Li Yi, three generations of loyal ministers Xiling and his family, chamberlain ministers, military general affairs ministers and a series of other ministers of third rank or above.
There are as many as five or six, as few as two or three, which are much less than what Zhong Qingye found in Prince Rui's Mansion.
But even so, cursing the emperor was still an unforgivable crime. Suddenly, the entire Jingyang City was filled with cries and cries of injustice.
Shangguan's family has 437 members, and Xiling's family has three generations of generals in their 70s, down to the newly born child, a total of 1,216 people, and all "personnel involved" are all under the imperial guard.
The chains of the army were fastened. Even the daughters and granddaughters of these important ministers who entered the palace as concubines, ranging from the high-ranking concubines De and Chen, to dozens of beauties, Shuwan, talents, and Zhaoyi in the inner court, were all spared.
All were imprisoned by the imperial army, waiting for the emperor's order.
For a time, several prisons in Jingyang City were overcrowded. There were cries, begging for mercy, complaints of grievances, old people crying and sighing, and weak children crying in fear. The entire Jingyang City was shrouded in a thick fog.
Even the air carries a bit of winter chill, and the moans and cries everywhere make people feel chilled from the soles of their feet to the bottom of their hearts.
The emperor's orders were flying through the capital one after another. The capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty was completely blocked. Only entry and exit were allowed. The status was adjusted to the second-level war alert state. With knives and guns, the well-equipped Forbidden Army immediately blocked all exits and drew arrows.
, the knife was taken out of its sheath, sharply pointed at the passing crowd.
The sword light was sharp and the cold air was scorching. Such a tight situation turned the originally crowded Jingyang City into an iron barrel in a very short period of time. The huge streets were empty, with hawkers setting up stalls and pedestrians hawking.
As well as all the stores, restaurants, and flower fields all over the city were closed. The people trembled and hid in their homes, with the doors closed tightly. The innocent children's pupils were stained with a look of fear, and they shrank in front of their parents.
Crying in fear.
Zhong Qingye didn't know whether Qi Yu's Prince Ping's Mansion had joined forces with Qi Mu or whether he discovered those dolls for other reasons, but she couldn't care about others in the current situation. Making a prompt decision, Zhong Qingye ordered the sealing of the Prince's Mansion.
, all personnel retreated, the huge palace door was closed tightly, all matters were postponed within a time limit, and they waited patiently for the end of this storm.
In the sixth year of Tianxiang calendar, on March 28, at the second quarter of Unitary hour, which is equivalent to around 6 pm in the modern time, all the searched witchcraft dolls were gathered together and presided over by the concubine of the sacrificial hall in front of the Meridian Gate.
A fire burned it. At 2:00 a.m., that is, at 8 p.m. modern time, news came from the palace that the emperor's condition had improved.
This was originally something to be thankful for, but at this point in time, it is nothing short of a catastrophe for all those "involved".
At three quarters in the evening, Emperor Qi Mu ordered that all suspects be thrown into prison. Boys under the age of ten would be stripped of all titles, their hands cut off, and exiled outside the Great Wall, never to return. Girls under the age of ten would be reduced to slaves and provided for various services.
Officials were selected according to their status, and the remaining ones were used as military prostitutes and were not allowed to be released for life. The remaining ones were raped by their three clans and beheaded in public three days later at the Meridian Gate.
As soon as the order came out, the entire Northern Qi Dynasty was shaken. The people involved in the witchcraft case reached almost two-thirds of the officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and more than half were important ministers of the imperial court. There were tens of thousands of people from the three tribes involved.
Zhong Qingye knew in her heart that Qi Mu's move had been planned for a long time. Although she didn't know it clearly, she could guess that most of these officials were officials who were good friends with Qi Mo.
Qi Mu had been recharging his energy for six years, but if he didn't move, the whole Northern Qi would tremble in fear. If she hadn't interfered with him this time, even Qi Mo would not have been spared, but even so,
With such large-scale exploitation and death of officials, Qi Mu must have prepared new henchmen to take their place, and Qi Mo's power will still be suppressed on a large scale.
With one move, the entire Northern Qi Dynasty situation completely turned upside down, and the original opposition between the two parties began to tilt in the direction of Qi Mu.
But these things are for the future. The most important thing now is how to ensure that we are not involved in this matter. Wu Ying is not in Jingyang City, safety should not be a problem, and Qi Mo is still under house arrest in the palace so far. Zhong Qing
Ye Geng could not get any information about him. But as long as nothing happens to Prince Rui's palace, Qi Mo's safety will be guaranteed.
Qi Mu's order flowed out from the palace and spread throughout Jingyang City in less than half an hour. Suddenly, the sound of crying and complaining resounded throughout the world. Even if the door was locked and the quilt covered his head, he still couldn't block the heart-wrenching feeling.
A lung-splitting cry.
There was silence in Prince Rui's palace. Zhong Qingye was sitting on the big chair in the study room where Qi Mo usually sat. He was constantly sorting out various materials and analyzing the situation. Under her command, the entire palace was like a dry well. There was no disturbance at all. Everyone
Hiding in his room, huddled in a ball, listening to the constant crying from outside, his heart felt cold.
Tens of thousands of people were put in heavy chains, escorted by the ferocious imperial guards, and sent continuously to various prisons. The iron tools rubbed against the ancient bluestone floor in Jingyang City, making a heavy and long sound.
The gasp before death.
Disasters always come very quickly. Under the long chains, what is locked is the secret struggle of the Northern Qi imperial power, and what is locked is the safety of high-ranking people. The chains on the side are dark and heavy, and the so-called criminals are not aware of them at all.
Knowing what was going on, the wolf-like imperial guards had already taken him as a symbol of prisoner.
Perhaps only a few people who know it well can touch the heart of the king at the top of the palace through this strong aura of destruction.
Since ancient times, accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger. No one knows how many people will suffer in a disaster, but smart people can always predict that these winding chains and the bones of death will build the king's supreme status.
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No one dares to guess how much blood of innocent souls is buried under that dazzling golden throne.
The lights in Prince Rui's Mansion were brightly lit, and the huge palace was sparsely staffed and empty. Under Zhong Qingye's strict order, all personnel stayed in their rooms and were not allowed to go out unless there was anything important.
The sex was hurried, the air was oppressive and dull, and everyone dared not relax at all.
But even with such a huge move, the entire Jingyang City was turned upside down, but people outside the city still knew nothing about what happened inside.
This is because, within a stick of incense after Qi Mu's order was issued, all six gates of Jingyang City were closed, no entry or exit was allowed, and all news was completely blocked. There was a commotion inside, and people were on their feet, but outside
In less than a moment of news, even Dong Shang and his party who came to get married were ordered to be detained in the palace. They couldn't even get out of the palace until the matter was over.
Today, it will turn over.
For a whole night, there was no peace in Jingyang City, and the four doors in the palace were closed, so that no wind or rain could leak out, and no news could be found out. In order to avoid more trouble, Zhong Qingye had to send the original police to the palace.
All the people waiting for Qi Mo outside the door were called back.
At this point, the entire Prince Rui's Mansion was almost completely cut off from the outside world, like an isolated island standing tremblingly in the face of the huge waves.
Zhong Qingye stayed up all night. After burning all the messages, he stared at an ancient book in a daze. Only then did the three girls Chun Xia Qiu understand what was in the black package she had burned before. They were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their whole bodies
Bing Liang. Zhong Qingye was worried that their bodies could not bear it, so he sent them back to their rooms to rest. She was the only one left in the huge study, with the lamp burning like a bean, and her lonely shadow long and narrow.
That night, no one in the entire Jingyang City slept except for young children. The crying lasted all night, intertwined with the sound of the friction of iron chains and the roar of the imperial army. The fire lit up the imperial city.
Gone far away like the flames of doom.
Although no evidence was found in Prince Rui's Mansion, the relationship between Qi Mo and those "officials involved" was indeed inseparable. Therefore, in the second half of the detention of those people, Prince Rui's Mansion was also detained by the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards at all levels were heavily armored and maintained
The swords were pointed at the palace, as if if anything went wrong, they would break in, burn, kill and loot.
Compared with the panic of others, Zhong Qingye's heart is much more stable. After all, these soldiers are only guarding and have not made any other actions. This means that it is only a matter of time that Prince Rui's Mansion escapes from trouble. Although Qi Mo is still trapped in
In the palace, everything is always developing in a direction that is beneficial to Zhong Qingye.
But she didn't expect that Qi Mu's methods were not over yet. At dawn, Zhong Qingye, who was still awake, heard a strange noise.