In the evening, as the gates of Zhongqing City closed, the people on the streets gradually became sparse.
On the street, a group of people and horses, surrounded by a carriage, came slowly.
This carriage does not look too gorgeous, and can be used by ordinary officials and merchants. However, the numerous guards surrounding the carriage look extremely unusual.
All of them were strong and powerful, with a flash of light in their eyes. At first glance, they were no ordinary guards.
This unusual group of vehicles finally stopped slowly in front of the Dali Temple Yamen.
Xiao Cheng, who was dressed like a young master from an aristocratic family and wearing a brocade robe and silver-patterned cloak, walked straight out of the carriage.
At that time, Dali Temple was in the capital, and he was already waiting in front of the Yamen of Dali Temple. After seeing Xiao Cheng arriving, he quickly stepped forward, bowed and saluted:
"I, the capital of Zhi, pay my respects to Your Majesty..."
Before Zhidu finished speaking, Xiao Cheng interrupted directly:
"How was the trial?"
"Your Majesty, Shi Mingzhe confessed when he was responsible for the crime. But no matter what, he insisted on everything. It was because of his hatred for his brother that he planned it alone."
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he looked calm, tossed his cloak, and immediately walked towards Dali Temple.
“Go and see!”
"yes."
Zhi Du quickly stepped forward and led Xiao Cheng to the cell in Dali Temple.
Although the prison conditions in Dali Temple Prison are the best among all the prison cells in Beijing, in the end they are still prison cells. How can they be better, no matter how good they are?
It was already dark at this time, and the cell was a bit darker and gloomier. Combined with the constant crying and screaming coming from inside, it seemed so gloomy that ordinary people would feel chilled and trembling in their hearts.
The arrival of Xiao Cheng caused all the members of the Baijia family who were recuperating in the cell to raise their heads. When they saw the current Empress Yun, the members of the Baijia family suddenly looked shocked and couldn't help but force themselves to stand up.
Although Xiao Cheng was only wearing ordinary clothes at this time, people from hundreds of families had at least met Xiao Cheng at the city gate that day.
On that day, Emperor Yun Xiao Cheng seriously injured hundreds of people with an "arrow". Even if they had only seen this situation once, Emperor Yun's majesty as emperor must have been engraved in their hearts and unforgettable.
Seeing Xiao Cheng walking by, the brave people from hundreds of families took a deep breath, suppressed the tremors in their hearts, and gritted their teeth and said:
"I dare to ask Your Majesty. We have been interrogating for several days and nothing has been found. It can be seen that we are all bewitched by Master Mingzhe and are involved in Confucianism, Legalism and Ming. When can we be released?"
"Your Majesty, please tell me clearly that we have no rebellious intentions!"
"Please, Your Majesty, please think about the face of my family and Jixia Academy!"
Xiao Cheng, who was originally walking towards the depths of the cell with a cold face, paused slightly when he heard the voices of people from hundreds of families crying out for injustice.
Xiao Chengdun stood there, scanning the hundreds of people present with his eyes, his face was serious, his voice was sharp, and he said:
"You and other hundreds of families are in the Jixia Academy and are supported by my Dayun Chaotang. Only then can you concentrate on studying knowledge, praise and criticize current affairs at will, and give guidance to the country. There is chaos in the capital. You don't want to restrain the students in the sect, but instead
Staying firmly in the academy, sitting back and watching the situation change, allowing the capital to be turbulent and the people to suffer."
"Is this behavior really worthy of the daily expense of supporting the academy? Is it worthy of my generous support and respect for you?"
This turmoil is indeed the work of the Confucian master Mingzhe. But if these people imitated the Yin Yang family and the military family and knew how to restrain the students in the sect, how could the situation be so chaotic?
Hearing the words of the current Emperor Yun with a hint of reprimand, everyone present could not help but feel a little worried on their faces.
"This is all Shi Mingzhe's strategy. The students from each family are young and energetic, so they were provoked..."
"Your Majesty, the various schools of thought are no better than the imperial court, the military, or any other sect in the Jianghu. Except for the core disciples of each school, most of the other ordinary students do not have enough restraint. So it is not that they are unwilling to stop it, but that they are unable to stop it.
ah!"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he sneered and said disdainfully:
"Just say these things to others, don't complain in front of me."
"This time I won't go into details or kill people, so I've just opened up the door. Fortunately, after staying here for a few days, I'll be relieved of my depression, and you can go out!"
Xiao Cheng's words are clearly telling these people from hundreds of families. Now, he is deliberately imprisoning them, these experts from hundreds of families, in the cells of Dali Temple, and is deliberately destroying their face to eliminate them.
Feeling depressed and dissatisfied.
After that, Xiao Cheng snorted coldly, flicked his cloak, ignored them, and walked straight towards the depths of the cell under the leadership of Zhi Du.
Everyone in the family couldn't help but look at each other at this moment, some smiled bitterly and shook their heads, some were angry and dissatisfied, but in the end they couldn't do anything and sat back helplessly.
As Xiao Chengyue walked deeper into the cell, the muffled moaning and wailing sounds in his ears became clearer and clearer.
Until the deepest part of the cell, the lights turned on became even darker.
Zhang Tang and Zhao Yu, who had just received the news that His Majesty had arrived, hurried out and bowed to Xiao Cheng, saying:
"My lord, please pay homage to Your Majesty!"
Xiao Cheng tilted his head slightly and glanced into the cell on his left.
Just getting a little closer, Xiao Cheng smelled a fishy smell coming from inside. A man of flesh and blood was hung on the torture rack, his head hanging down weakly. Only the slight rise and fall of his chest could prove that he was
Still alive.
Xiao Cheng frowned and asked in a deep voice:
"This is Shi Mingzhe?"
At this time, Zhao Yu heard this and quickly saluted:
"Your Majesty, Shi Mingzhe is the mastermind and is very important, so Lord Zhi will try him personally. As for this person, he is a Confucian disciple named Wei Lang. He is also a disciple and confidant of Shi Mingzhe. This conspiracy is to assassinate the palace.
This person is responsible for the internal affairs. Although this person was very uncooperative at first, after being tortured for days, he has been able to explain everything. The corresponding file has also been submitted to His Majesty's Majesty today."
Very few people can endure the torture in prison! There are many people who regard death as if they are going home. After being entertained by the ruthless methods in prison for a while, it becomes difficult to control them and say whatever they ask.
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhao Yu.
Because of Xiao Cheng's sudden arrival, Zhao Yu hurriedly came out to see the driver before he had time to tidy up his appearance.
At this time, his hands were stained with blood, and the ferocious look on his face had not faded away. Even his official robes were stained with flesh and blood at some point, and he was filled with the aura of blood.
Xiao Cheng nodded and said in a deep voice:
"Everyone who has been confessed and involved will be arrested once verified. There is no need to worry!"
Xiao Cheng appointed the three people from Zhidu who were recorded in history as cruel officials. He wanted to use harsh methods to arrest all the people involved in this matter, so as to relieve the resentment in his heart and also to frighten hundreds of families.
people.
When Zhao Yu heard this, his expression became even more excited, he cupped his fists and shouted:
"Your Majesty, please rest assured!"
"Take me to see our teacher Mingzhe." Xiao Cheng said again.
Hearing this, Zhi Du quickly responded and took Xiao Cheng to the deepest cell.
Compared to the fleshy mold lake next door, which was full of fishy stench, this cell seemed a little unusual.
Shi Mingzhe was not tied to the torture rack, nor was he tortured. He just sat cross-legged by himself, his face looking very gloomy.
Xiao Cheng quickly walked into the cell, and the imperial guards accompanying him brought a chair from somewhere and placed it behind Xiao Cheng.
Xiao Cheng flicked his cloak and immediately sat on the chair. He looked at Shi Mingzhe in front of him with interest, touched his chin and said:
"Confucianism is a contemporary guide for the industry, is it a wise teacher?"
When Shi Mingzhe heard this, he raised his head slightly and looked at Xiao Cheng with his cloudy and red eyes.
"His Majesty Yun Huang?"
Xiao Cheng raised his head slightly and continued:
"Your brother, is he called Shi Mingyi? Haha, you brothers look quite similar!"
"How can we be different from the same mother and brother?" Shi Mingzhe said solemnly.
Although he had always said that he had done so much in order to expand the influence of Confucianism on the Yun Kingdom court. But in the final analysis, he insisted on disturbing the situation for a big reason, and it was because of himself
My brother died in the hands of Xiao Cheng...
"It's just that I underestimated His Majesty the Yun Emperor's control over Zhongqing City. I thought that after His Majesty left the capital, he could do something to cause chaos in the Yun Kingdom... But I didn't expect that the plan had been carefully hidden.
But it still fell into His Majesty's eyes without any secret." Shi Mingzhe said in a low tone.
Shi Mingzhe's method this time took a lot of thought and tricks, and also implicated the Yang family of the Anning Marquis' mansion, the Ma family of the Yizhou mansion, etc., in an attempt to lead the matter into a harem battle.
But Shi Mingzhe has always been under Xiao Cheng's sight from the beginning, whether it was raising gold and silver or mobilizing manpower. Although these hidden methods restrained all the government offices in Beijing at the beginning, they had no effect in the end.
Instead, it wastes energy.
When Xiao Cheng heard this, his brows moved slightly, then he changed the subject and said:
"By the way, I, Dayun, have secretly reported that Qufu Academy, Dean Meng Honglang has already set off to come to my Dayun in person. You should know what this means!"
Qufu Academy is called an academy, but it is actually where the Confucian gate is located. The president of the academy, Meng Honglang, is the head of the contemporary Confucian family.
The head of the Confucian family came to the Yun Kingdom in person, obviously because he did not want to have any conflict with the Yun Kingdom, so he could only come to clean up the mess left by Shi Mingzhe and preserve the foundation of Confucianism in the Yun Kingdom.
After all, the Yun Kingdom is no longer the small border country it once was. Now the Yun Kingdom is extremely powerful and overwhelming, and it has already unified the Central Plains. How could the Confucians give up the Yun Kingdom so easily and cling to the Xia Kingdom to perish together?
?
At this time, after hearing what Xiao Cheng said, Shi Mingzhe couldn't help but smile.
He knew that Meng Honglang's personal visit to Yun State meant that he would bear all the blame for the turmoil in Zhongqing City. However, this was also what he wanted, so he naturally couldn't help but smile at this time.
Xiao Cheng glanced at the smile that couldn't help but appear on his face, and the corners of his mouth also curved, and he said:
"So, I have ordered that all the disciples of Confucianism, Legalism, and Ming Dynasty who are involved should be arrested within five days..."
"Torture them severely, severely, regardless of life or death!" Xiao Cheng's voice was cold, and he said harshly word by word.
When Shi Mingzhe heard this, his eyes shrank slightly.
Although he has not received any severe torture in the past few days, he has been in the Dali Temple cell for the past few days, and he is already aware of the methods of Zhidu and the others.
With Xiao Cheng's order to torture severely and "regardless of life or death", Zhidu and the other two people would no longer have any scruples. After using such methods, even if those who were captured could survive, they would only be able to survive.
I'm afraid it will be completely destroyed!
As long as he thinks that after this incident, all the core Confucian disciples in Zhongqing City of Yun State have been lost, and the people of hundreds of schools of thought have been hated by them, and Confucianism has lost its momentum in the Yun State court, Shi Mingzhe's heart will be
It was a throbbing pain.
After a moment of silence, Shi Mingzhe raised his head slightly and said in a trembling voice:
"Your Majesty, Emperor Yun, with such cruel methods, aren't you afraid that hundreds of families will be alienated from you?"
Xiao Cheng sneered and said:
"Departure from morality? If you dare to use my wife and children in the harem, you should have thought of your fate today... Moreover, as long as the power of my country, Dayun, does not decline, what will your Confucianism do? There are hundreds of schools in the world, and there are so many scholars without you.
Confucianism, can the sky still fall?"
When Confucianism used the harem layout, Xiao Cheng was destined to be furious this time. Just like when Hai Rui was assassinated, if he didn't suppress it severely at this time, he didn't know how much time and energy would be wasted on this matter in the future!
Xiao Cheng's words made Shi Mingzhe speechless.
There are so many scholars in the world, and there are countless people who want to become officials. And besides those core disciples, how could the rest of the ordinary Confucian scholars give up their ambitions and become officials just because of this incident?
Shiyun country?
Xiao Cheng looked at Shi Mingzhe's expression ashen and silent, stood up a little boredly, then narrowed his eyes slightly, suddenly looked at Shi Mingzhe, and warned:
"By the way, let me remind you. Your life will be used to deter hundreds of forces! So you can't die before I let you die! After all, you don't want me to implicate all the Confucianists in my anger.
Disciple..."
Confucianism is the most powerful and influential school among hundreds of schools of thought. And Mingzhe, his teacher, is a contemporary Confucian leader and the second-largest figure in Confucianism, and his weight is quite important!
Using his life, along with Ji Fang, Gongsun Song, and a group of core Confucian disciples, would be enough to frighten hundreds of schools and make them settle down!
When Shi Mingzhe heard this, his face showed bitterness, he nodded silently and said:
"I know, it will be as your Majesty wishes!"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he sneered, and then stood up and left surrounded by everyone.
After Xiao Cheng left, countless soldiers and horses were once again mobilized throughout Zhongqing City to search every household in the capital. The momentum was so great that people couldn't help but panic.
Many scholars from hundreds of schools who had gone into hiding were captured and taken to the cells of Dali Temple. The other disciples from various schools were okay, they were only punished for the crime of disturbing the capital, and received a small punishment but a large punishment.
Confucian students, especially those core disciples involved in this incident, were all tortured, regardless of life or death.
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
The wails in the prison of Dali Temple spread throughout the streets day and night. Every day, corpses that were tortured to death and covered with flesh and blood and had no human shape were cleared out of the Dali Temple.
Pedestrians and common people who passed by saw this situation and heard the constant wailing in the prison, and they all shuddered with fear on their faces. As a result, the Dali Temple prison cell became a human prison comparable to the Dongchang and Sticky Rod Prisons.
