Chapter 46 The righteous have a spirit to protect Wang Wei
The huge crowd was ready to rush to the government office. Fortunately, Zhao Shiyan stopped the government office in time and shouted loudly to stop.
"Everyone, please calm down. This is an important area of Kaifeng Mansion. No unauthorized intrusion is allowed."
"If you really think about the prince, you shouldn't cause extraneous matters."
"If you trample on the solemn authority, it will only make the prince get burned."
After being comforted by Zhao Shiyan, the group of righteous men gave up. They gathered outside the door and stared directly at Li Ming and the guards in front of the palace.
The guards in front of the palace who looked fierce just a moment ago were no longer moving at this moment.
The captain who led the team laughed awkwardly: "Master Li, it's not that we don't want to help."
"When I came, the commander had already said that we must not arouse people's anger and focus on appeasing them."
The captain in front of the palace ignored Li Ming's gloomy expression and glanced at the martyrs outside the door, his heels felt cold.
Not to mention the Palace Chief, even the Wude Secretary will only get beaten when facing the righteous people.
After all, the consequences of using force against righteous people from all walks of life are so great that no one can bear them.
Seeing the proud look on Zhao Huan's face, Li Ming was unwilling to give in and immediately turned around and shouted at the martyrs gathered outside the door.
"According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, anyone who breaks into the Kaifeng prison without permission will be executed."
"As a prince, if Zhao Huan knows the law and breaks the law, his crime will be increased by one degree!"
"If you can even trample on the king's laws, how can you maintain the authority of the country?"
"I am in charge of Kaifeng Mansion and in charge of all affairs in Jidian. Even if my body is broken to pieces, I must keep the law strict! I am standing here. If anyone wants to trample on the laws of the Song Dynasty, just step over my body!"
Li Ming was worthy of being an old man in the court, and his heart was filled with bad blood, but when he opened his mouth, he spoke with great righteousness and clarity.
The righteous men present were all from well-known families, so they were naturally not easily swayed.
But the people couldn't resist this move.
They looked at Li Ming, who held his head high and his chest high, and couldn't help but murmur.
"Lord Fu Mu, you can be considered a hero..."
"Since he can defend the laws of the Song Dynasty to the death, he can naturally support the country and the country to the death."
"My lord, what kind of prison did you manage to get into? Even if we wanted to protect you, we couldn't take action..."
Seeing that the people had been suppressed, Li Ming suddenly became proud.
He immediately waved his hand.
"The two rebels were detained in the prison. King Ding broke into the prison without permission, naturally in order to contact the rebels."
"Dianxing City Cao's notice has been posted. If you don't believe it, just go and verify it!"
"You have all been taken advantage of by Zhao Huan!"
As soon as these words came out, the originally noisy Kaifeng Mansion fell silent instantly.
The way the people looked at Zhao Huan gradually changed subtly. From absolute trust, they began to have doubts.
"Your Majesty! What on earth is going on!"
"How could you contact the rebel party privately?!"
"Now is the time of internal and external troubles, and the country is in danger, but the prince is colluding with the rebel party. No matter what the motive is, he must be punished!"
"This matter must be explained clearly!"
Seeing that Zhao Huan had been pushed to the forefront, Li Ming was overjoyed.
These stupid people are so easy to fool, they can use them for their own purposes with just a few words.
Zhao Kun and Wang Qi's charges of rebelling against the party were "stamped" by the government, while the other seventeen martyrs had already been beheaded.
Even if Zhao Huan breaks his words, he can't escape.
Zhao Shiyan on the side had his heart in his throat.
"I broke into the prison without permission and secretly contacted the rebels... Is it because I made the wrong bet?"
"It's over, it's all over this time..."
Facing the people's questions and Zhao Shiyan's desperate calls, Zhao Huan did not take it seriously.
He knew this very well and could not argue with himself, but simply did the opposite.
"Changfu!"
Following Zhao Huan's low shout, Chang Fu pushed through the crowd and rushed to Zhao Huan.
"Your Majesty, my servant is here!"
Zhao Huan spoke neatly and flicked his long sleeves: "Go back home and bring the things here!"
Changfu was already a roundworm in Zhao Huan's belly, and he immediately understood that the so-called "things" were the seventeen heads of martyrs on their necks.
He turned around and ran away. In less than half a minute, he took his servants and moved the big box over.
The moment the lid was opened, the excitement on Li Ming's face was directly replaced by despair.
The people present stepped back one after another, eyes wide open.
Seventeen heads loomed before our eyes!
Zhao Huan sighed deeply in his heart: "Everyone, I will lend you the heads on your neck. If I cannot clear your name in three days, I will kill myself to apologize!"
After a moment of silence, Zhao Huan raised his head again, his eyes as sharp as swords.
"Master Li said that this king secretly conspired to rebel against the party? Why are there seventeen thieves' heads in this prince's palace?"
As soon as this statement came out, the scene was in an uproar.
"What?! These...these heads are all leaders of the rebel party?"
"The prince has never left the city, how could he capture so many heads? It's amazing!"
"Could it be said that the prince has secretly laid a dragnet?"
"Wait a minute! Mr. Li just said that the prince secretly communicated with the rebel party. How should we explain these leaders of the rebel party?"
The people at the scene all looked at Li Ming.
Li Ming had already cursed in his heart.
Damn Zhao Huan, he responded so quickly!
These seventeen human heads were originally used as bait by Gao Qiu to catch Zhao Huan, but now they became Zhao Huan's trump card!
Li Ming's voice was already knotted: "This...these heads were captured by me and Lieutenant Gao together. What do they have to do with you?"
As soon as he said this, Zhao Huan raised his head and laughed.
"Hahaha!"
"I would also like to ask Lord Li, why do these rebel leaders appear in my palace?"
"Could they die with their eyes open and go to this king to redress their grievances?"
Li Ming was in a dilemma. If he directly stated that these heads were not traitors to the party, but righteous people... they would definitely be trampled to pieces by the angry crowd.
On the contrary, if they were bitten to death, these people were traitors to the party, but it was impossible to explain why these heads were in the palace.
At this moment, Zhao Huan changed the subject and snorted: "Master Li, who is fooling the people?"
The captain in front of the palace reacted the fastest. When he heard this, he immediately realized that the situation was not good. He winked at his subordinates and stepped back one after another.
Zhao Shiyan's eyes brightened, because Zhao Huan's tone at this moment was so familiar!
Previously in Genyue, before Gao Yaokang was killed, Zhao Huan was like this. The clouds were light and the wind was gentle, full of killing intent.
By the time Li Ming reacted, it was already too late...
Zhao Shiyan was pushed away, and a dense crowd of people poured into the government office and rushed towards Li Ming.
"You are such a bad official, but you actually instigated us to frame the prince!"
"Your Majesty killed seventeen rebels, how brave you are. You, an old man, just caught two rebels and want to use it as an excuse? Bah!"
"This guy is treating us like fools!"
At this moment, Chen Zhao, who had been secretly making a fuss, seized the opportunity and shouted: "Such a treacherous person can actually become a minister of the palace and be worshiped as a second-rank official. Doesn't it mean that a treacherous minister is in power?"
"My Song Dynasty is dead!"
boom!
The scene was immediately fried. Li Ming looked at the angry crowd, his knees softened, and he collapsed on the ground.