Zhao Kun, who already had the belief that he would die, looked at Gao Di's servant lying in a pool of blood and Gao Qiu, who was sluggish and dejected, and the everlasting flame of hope in his heart suddenly exploded.
Zhao Kun dragged his shaky injured body and kowtowed vigorously to Zhao Huan and Zhu Lian while wearing heavy shackles.
"Prince! Princess!"
"On behalf of the martyrs of the northern frontier, the innocent border residents, and the hundreds of millions of people of the Song Dynasty, I would like to express my highest respect to you."
"Please do whatever it takes and accept the next prayer."
Just when Zhao Kun's head was about to hit the ground, Zhao Huan grabbed Zhao Kun's shoulders.
Zhao Kun was stunned.
"My lord, you are well-deserved for this obeisance!"
Zhao Huan smiled and shook his head: "It's too early to say goodbye now."
"You and the eighteen martyrs who died tragically have not yet been vindicated."
What?!
Zhao Kun's eyes suddenly opened wide with disbelief in his eyes.
The strangulation plan jointly set up by Gao Qiu and the foolish king Nie Chen was able to counterattack to this point, which is already a miracle.
As for redressing the grievances and clearing the suspicion of treason, Zhao Kun never even thought about it.
At this time, I felt the confidence shown in Zhao Huan's bright eyes.
Zhao Kun was surprised to find that this almost impossible feat seemed... not impossible for the prince.
Zhao Huan has never been a person who likes to hide things.
Who said that it is easy for a gun to block a hidden arrow but not a hidden arrow?
This king just wants to use his open spear to poke you into a hornet's nest!
Everyone in the mansion heard the conversation between Zhao Huan and Zhao Kun, and they all looked in disbelief.
Zhao Shiyan muttered secretly in his heart.
"Now that the matter has come to this, we have severely damaged the fatal situation set by the foolish king and traitorous ministers. It is no less than a complete victory!"
"Even so, the prince is still dissatisfied?"
Zhao Shiyan glanced at Gao Qiu out of the corner of his eye, and his heart skipped a beat.
"Could it be that... the prince wants to completely get rid of Gao Qiu, just like he did with Gao Yaokang and Gao Yaofu before?!"
The Wudesi guard, who had been watching with cold eyes, was also secretly surprised.
If Zhao Huan could really make a quick decision between Gao Qiu's life and death, then this man... would be too terrifying!
No wonder, in order to deal with a useless prince, the entire court united like never before.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Huan looked at Gao Qiu with a smile.
"Master Gao, do you remember what this king told you?"
Gao Qiu knew that he had failed, but he never believed that this bastard could clear the name of the righteous soldier in the northern frontier.
I don’t even believe that Zhao Huan can decide the life or death of him, a first-grade border official, on the spot!
"Your Majesty talks a lot, I can't remember it all!"
Faced with Gao Qiu's sarcasm, Zhao Huan grinned: "Then I will remind you again."
"If the son fails to teach, it is the father's fault!"
What is this word?
Gao Qiu raised his eyebrows, not understanding the deep meaning behind Zhao Huan's words. After all, one of his two sons was dead and the other was disabled.
Even if he has committed a heinous crime, he has already made up for his mistakes.
What is Zhao Huan's intention when he mentions Kang'er and Fu'er now?
Before Gao Qiu could figure out his thoughts, Zhao Huan's increasingly cold voice came over.
"Gao Yaokang and Gao Yaofu, relying on Mr. Gao to be the official of the border, have humiliated my beloved concubine time and time again."
"Do you think that death and maiming can calm my anger?"
What!
Gao Qiu's eyes suddenly widened.
The same person who was stunned was Zhu Lian.
She looked up at Zhao Huan, her expression full of astonishment.
Zhu Lian knew Zhao Huan's deep love for her, but he didn't expect that this love had reached this level!
"Those who have insulted me...even if they are disabled or even die, they cannot appease the prince's anger."
"Could it be that... the prince wants to uproot the entire Gao family to vent his anger on me?"
"No! Not just for me, but for himself."
"Because he was very angry and couldn't calm down."
The smile on Zhao Huan's face had completely disappeared. At that moment, everyone seemed to have seen the terrifying prince who had decided Gao Yaokang's life or death with one word in Gen Yue.
"Master Zhou, how long do you plan to stay on the sidelines?"
Zhao Huan glanced out of the corner of his eye and his sharp gaze fell on the crowd.
Not long after, a familiar figure came into view. It was no one else, but Zhou Pu, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites!
The most powerful person in the Song Dynasty.
Zhou Pu was ordered to come to supervise the trial. If Zhao Huan took advantage of the king's power and acted like a fool, with him here, he could move out of the patriarchal system and directly suppress Zhao Huan.
As Zhao Ji and Tong Guan's trump card to stabilize the situation, at this time... it became the sharp sword in Zhao Huan's hand.
"Master Zhou, if I ask you this question, just answer it."
"When we held a fund-raising meeting in Genyue, were there any martyrs from the northern border?"
Zhou Pu was an upright man. Even though he knew that the next words would kill Gao Qiu, he still blurted out.
"nature!"
Zhao Huan then asked: "Is there a directory?"
Zhou Pu's memory was very good and he still blurted out: "The leader is named Zhao Kun."
Zhou Pu lowered his head and glanced at Zhao Kun, who was covered in bruises, and said firmly: "This is the person."
Kaifeng Mansion, which was originally quiet, suddenly became an uproar.
The people at the scene were all stunned.
"What?! This rebel is a righteous man from the northern border?"
"Since he is a righteous man, why did he become a traitor to the party?"
"Tell me... I can't tell. Maybe being a righteous person is just a disguise, but being a traitor to the Party is the real thing?"
"It's also possible that these charges are all framed?"
Zhao Huan knew very well that simply revealing Zhao Kun's identity was not enough to clear his name.
Zhao Huan didn't hesitate at all and directly raised his hand.
Changfu rushed out of the crowd, took out a ledger from his arms, and quickly handed it to Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huan opened it directly and showed it to the public.
"This is the account book of Prince Ding's Mansion. As you can see, there is an entry of thirty thousand taels of silver, which is the charity money given to me by the righteous men of the Northern Territory."
"All the thirty thousand taels of silver have been dedicated to Gen Yue."
Speaking of this, Zhao Huan turned another page: "This is the recent income. These 30,000 taels of silver are Gao Di's repayment of gambling debts."
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Huan took out a silver ingot directly from his sleeve.
Show the stamp on the front of the silver ingot.
"Do you recognize the word Yizhou?"
"Yizhou Ding is military pay allocated to Yizhou by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is a special fund and should have been escorted out of Beijing long ago."
"Why did this silver appear in my hands?"
"The reason is naturally simple, because this silver was sent by Master Gao, and he wanted to take this opportunity to frame me."
Before Gao Qiu could take a breath, Gao Chi, the housekeeper of the Gao residence who had been detained by Zhao Huan for many days, was brought over by the servants of the palace.
"I, the king, have deducted both the person and the money. This can't be a mistake, right?"
"The relationship between Gao Qiu and Yizhou is known to both the government and the public."
"The Yizhou border army was one of the troublemakers, causing the people to live in dire straits. The Yizhou army was afraid that the righteous men in the northern frontier would expose the sufferings on the border, so they cooperated with Gao Qiuli and killed them."