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This time, Li Xing was invited by the Son of Heaven to come to the capital to witness the execution of three traitorous ministers.

Since this time he killed people according to Li Zhi's recital, and the government and the opposition were unanimously aware of the reason, the Son of Heaven simply invited Li Zhi to send someone to observe and see clearly. When Li Zhi's people take a closer look at how the three traitors died, it is estimated that there will be no more dissatisfaction. Because of the suspicion of the monarchs and ministers caused by the attack on Tianjin by the Guan Ning army, it will also disappear.

Li Zhi received the holy decree of the Son of Heaven and originally wanted to come by himself, but Zheng Kaicheng and Zhong Feng were unwilling to let Li Zhi leave Tianjin and go to the capital. The capital is the territory of the civil officials, and they are worried that the civil officials will ambush the assassins in the capital to assassinate Li Zhi, or play other tricks, in short, it is not safe.

Li Zhi thought about it for a while, and finally sent his younger brother Li Xing to arrive.

Li Xing's current official position is the governor of the Houjun Governor's Office, the chief soldier of Tianjin, and he is also a well-known figure. The Son of Heaven did not despise Li Xing, and sent Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, to Chaoyang Gate to greet Li Xing.

Entering the city from Chaoyang Gate, Li Xing's flag attracted the attention of the people of the capital.

There are also many literate people in the capital. When some literate people saw the banner of the "Tianjin General Army," they were very curious -- the news of the defeat of the Guanning army by the Tianjin Jinguo Gong had recently spread all over the capital, and the strength of the Tianjin army shocked the people of the world, and the people were very interested in the officials in Tianjin.

The Tianjin General Army was previously Li Zhi's official position. Li Zhi went to Beijing several times to praise his achievements, and the people in the capital still remembered Li Zhi's official position and banner. However, at this time, there was a younger general behind the banner of the Tianjin General Army, who looked a little similar to Li Zhi. The people were very curious, and they asked around to find out that this was Li Zhi's younger brother.

It seems that the Li family in Tianjin is a tiger general. There is the Tianjin Li family guarding this Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is as solid as a rock.

There are really a lot of people who come to see Li Zhi's younger brother, Lu Jiude took Li Xing all the way to the west of the city, and finally needed to send eunuchs to clear the road to advance.

Of course, there were also some children of the gentry who mixed in the crowd and looked at Li Xing's team coldly. There are even some officials' children who know that Li Xing came to witness the execution of three high-ranking officials in Donglin this time, and they are even more bitter.

Li Xing passed by a street lined with taverns, and saw that on the platform on the second floor of the tavern, the children of the rich family looked at him coldly. There are many children of the gentry in the capital, and the influence of civil officials here is indeed very large.

Li Xing followed Lu Jiude all the way to Fusi, Jinyi Weibei Town, and entered the Imperial Prison.

In a spacious hall inside the Imperial Prison, the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, was already sitting there waiting. Seeing Li Xing coming in, Wang Chengen smiled and said, "Our family has seen the second general again!" ”

Li Xing arched his hand and said, "Don't come to the prince's house. ”

Wang Chengen sat on the chair and nodded, and introduced others to Li Xing. Jin Yiwei's commander Luo Yangxing and Zhang Xin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, were already present. That Luo Yangxing is an active person, and when he saw Li Xing, he quickly stood up and said hello, and patted Li Xing on the shoulder. And that Zhang Xin seemed to hate Li Xing very much, sitting on the chair with a straight face, unwilling to say a word.

The crowd, headed by Wang Chengen, sat on both sides. Li Xing is the protagonist of the day, and he is arranged to sit on the left hand side of Wang Chengen.

After a while, several brocade guards brought in three death row prisoners from their cells. Zhou Yanru, Zheng Sanjun and Liu Zongzhou were tied behind their backs, and Yuguan entered the hall. The prison was a very bad place, "inaccessible to fire and water, and full of plagues." The three of them were imprisoned in the edict for ten days, their hair was disheveled, their clothes were sour, and they were very embarrassed.

As soon as the three of them knelt on the ground, Zhang Xin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, almost cried. He walked up with red eyes and bowed to Liu Zongzhou and the others.

"Sangong has suffered! I'm incompetent and can't save the three! ”

Although Liu Zongzhou's face was dirty and haggard, he was still as calm as ever. He glanced at Zhang Xin and said, "Jing Zhi's words are wrong! Liu Zongzhou is sixty years old this year, and he has already enjoyed enough glory and wealth. Now Liu Zongzhou died for the people of the world, and he died well. ”

"Wake up the corporal people in the world with the death of the three of us, and let the corporal in the world know that the world of the scholar doctor is in danger, and Liu Zongzhou will die without regret."

Li Xing felt very ridiculous when he heard this, laughed, and looked at Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen didn't dare to laugh at the civil officials like the Li family in Tianjin, and when he saw Li Xing looking at him at this time, he was a little embarrassed, and took a sip of tea from his teacup.

Zhang Xin bowed to the three death row prisoners and sighed.

Luo Yangxing looked at it and felt that it was almost there, and clapped his hands. A brocade-clothed man walked out with a plate with three cups of poisoned wine on it.

Luo Yangxing wanted to slap Li Xing's meaning, stood up and arched his hand and said, "The chief military officer personally gave these three people a poisonous bar!" ”

Li Xing was a little proud when he heard this, and looked at Wang Chengen with a smile. He patted the hem of his official uniform and stood up and walked in front of the three of them.

Zhou Yanru looked at Li Xing in disbelief, and asked, "Are you Li Zhi's younger brother Li Xing?" ”

Li Xing laughed, turned to Luo Yangxing and said, "This death row prisoner has good eyesight!" ”

Luo Yangxing looked at Li Xing awkwardly and smiled reluctantly.

Seeing Li Xing's teasing demeanor, Zhou Yanru closed his eyes and said, "It turned out to be the future prince, Zhou Yanru is in prison, and he can't salute the prince." ”

Hearing this, Wang Chengen's face changed.

Zhou Yanru meant that Li Zhi would rebel sooner or later, and when Li Zhi became the emperor, Li Xing would be the prince. Wang Chengen came to see the execution, and when he turned around, he would definitely report the last words of the three death row prisoners to the Son of Heaven. This Zhou Yanru was dying, and he did not forget to provoke the relationship between Li Zhi and the Son of Heaven.

Li Xing also understood Zhou Yanru's words, and scolded the thief. He stuffed the poisonous wine into Zhou Yanru's hand and shouted: "The thief kills the talent, don't talk too much, let's go on the road." ”

Zhou Yanru took the bronze wine cup and sighed.

"I knew what happened today, why did I listen to Zhang Tianru's instigation and come out to be the prime minister?" After a pause, Zhou Yanru sighed again: "It's a pity that there is a champion." ”

Zhou Yanru was born as a champion, and he felt a little self-pity before he died.

After saying this, Zhou Yanru raised his head and drank the poisonous wine.

And it was filled with the red of the crane's crown, which was a poison of great poison. As soon as Zhou Yanru put down the wine glass, he felt his esophagus burn violently. He endured the sharp pain in his esophagus with his eyes closed, but suddenly he was blindfolded again, and tears flowed uncontrollably. Then, after a little tea, he coughed violently.

Coughing and coughing, Zhou Yanru coughed up pieces of blood mist and came out. The former cabinet chief assistant no longer had a trace of dignity in front of the poison, and desperately stretched his hand into his throat, as if he couldn't breathe.

After a few sharp breaths, dark red blood flowed from the corners of Zhou Yanru's mouth, and he lost control of his body. He fell to the ground and convulsed. After convulsions for dozens of times, Zhou Yanru didn't move anymore and died on the blue brick floor.