Chapter 400: The Way of Life is the Way of Death

The main hall of the Qianqing Palace is covered with gold bricks, and the Xiangcheng Lu Mu brick kiln that fired these gold bricks once got the reputation of the imperial kiln. On weekdays, Baoding Hou Mengying only felt exquisite even if he glimpsed these gold bricks, but now kneeling on this gold brick, he felt a chill slowly climb up from the bottom to the top, and his hands were a little stiff after a while.

"Do you know why I left Meng Xian alive?"

Four days had passed since that terrifying questioning, but when she heard such a question at this time, Meng Ying still couldn't help but be shocked. Thinking that his father was named the Marquis of Baoding because of his meritorious service in Baoding, and now that he is only the second generation, he must not let this title be cut off on himself, he hurriedly settled down and said: "I am the emperor's grace from heaven and earth." ”

"Bullshit!"

Zhu Di snorted heavily, and then said coldly: "Your father has been conscientious all his life, and you have always been cautious, I just want to save face for your Meng family for the sake of your father and son!" Jiaozhi is now an eventful time, some civil officials are not in the hands of thieves, some military attaches die in front of the battle, people die every day, and they are dead a hundred! ”

This is undoubtedly a blatant saying that Meng Xian is going to die, however, Meng Ying was still grateful after being stunned, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him. After all, compared to execution on the execution ground, dying on the battlefield is always a better name, and he can also hold his head up among his colleagues in the future. Thinking that in the past few days, the families of several rebellious criminals have been confiscated and enslaved, but Meng Xian's family members have been preserved, and he can't help but increase his strength even more, and his forehead is bruised.

"Okay, I don't want to kowtow, you won't make a sound even if you knock this gold brick to death!"

After drinking impatiently, Zhu Di called Meng Ying up, and immediately ordered: "I know that you used to be sick and rarely took care of the affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, but now that the matter has passed, what should you do, don't learn the way of worrying and ridiculing, I don't like it!" Your eldest son, well, is Meng Jun, I took him with me last time I went to the western suburbs of Jingying, and it's not bad. If the children of meritorious heroes stay in a place like Jingshi, their interest is always limited, if you are willing to give him up, let him go to Xuanfu to experience three years! ”

Meng Ying has always valued his eldest son the most, but because he values it, he has always suppressed Meng Jun's rise in the Left Army Governor's Mansion, because he is afraid that his son will be bewitched by others and take the evil path with too much utilitarianism. However, as he gradually understood his son's nature, the original worry was gone, but what he had to worry about was that Meng Jun was too indifferent to the future and lost his enterprising spirit. At this time, in the face of such an assignment by the emperor, he was overjoyed, and the initial fear and insecurity dissipated without a trace, and hurriedly thanked and agreed.

Due to the fear of the plant, the Baoding Marquis Mansion has been shrouded in a gloomy fog since four days ago, and this day Meng Ying was summoned to the palace to make the upper and lower levels panic, Mrs. Lu simply went to the Buddhist hall to recite the scriptures, even Meng Jun was not good at this time to go to the Zuojun Governor's Mansion without heart and lungs, so he had to turn around at home.

He was bored and saw bitter faces everywhere, so he simply went to the house to instruct his son Meng Ang to write, and he couldn't help but think of the proposal that Zhang Qing had said about Zhang Yue last time. I thought that several families had children, and it was good to go to school and study together, but now that such a thing has happened, the parents are aware, although they will not blame Zhang Yue, but who knows if anyone will complain secretly? Now his wife is also a little embarrassed at home, and it seems that it is difficult for him to send his son to his brother-in-law in the future.

Five-year-old Meng Ang was born with a tiger's head, and at this time, he finished writing a notebook one by one, and showed it to Meng Jun as if showing off, and saw that the praise was with some perfunctory energy, he muttered unhappily: "Dad is like this, mother is also like this, everyone is listless, boring!" ”

"Brother Ang, you must know that adults are very troublesome." Meng Jun was used to seeing his father Meng Ying's serious face when he was a child, so he didn't like to make a straight face in front of his son, so he smiled and flicked it on Meng Ang's forehead, "Everyone is thinking about life and death, but you are thinking about whether it is interesting or boring, this is the difference." If you can understand the sad faces of everyone, it means that you have grown up. ”

"I know, isn't it just a rebellion by grandpa!"

Although he didn't have a serious smile with his son just now, at this moment, Meng Jun's face suddenly became gloomy. He snatched the brush from Meng Ang's hand and asked in a deep voice, "Who said it to you!" ”

Seeing his father's sudden appearance of a rare positive color, Meng Ang suddenly hesitated, and after a while, he said: "It was Zhou's mother who said it, she said that the eldest grandfather was harmed by the third uncle, and she also said that she didn't know what relatives were to help cover up, and she didn't care about her feelings for her own wealth, and she looked down on this kind of person the most." Yesterday I saw my mother crying secretly......"

"Say no more!"

Meng Jun was immediately furious, stood up and hugged Meng Ang, and then hurried out of the house. All the way to his mother's small Buddha hall, he didn't care about the obstruction of the two girls outside, and went straight in, and didn't let go of Meng Ang until the innermost. Mrs. Lu, who was chanting Buddha, didn't expect Meng Jun to come in like this, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Brother Ang, repeat what you just said to grandma."

Mrs. Lu couldn't figure out which play the children and grandchildren were singing here, and it wasn't until Meng Ang relayed the words just now that she understood. Turning the rosary in her hand, she hesitated for a moment. Logically speaking, this kind of rebellion, Hugh said that it was Zhang Yue, that is, her husband knew, if he couldn't persuade him, he would only be the first to denounce - hiding from relatives is an ordinary crime, but the rebellion is not among them-not to mention that Zhang Yue is not the first, but just happened to handle it. Emotionally speaking, Meng Xian is just that, but the children of the Meng family are all liked by her, and now because of this matter, how can she hold her head up in this life?

"The Zhou family has been in the house for many years, so I can't imagine such a broken mouth...... She's old, send her back to retire. She sighed as she spoke, and then said lightly, "I know that your daughter-in-law has been wronged in the past few days, but how can such a big thing be possible without a little rebound in the family?" Take the moment as an example, I don't know if your father is a blessing or a curse when he enters the palace, and now my heart is also up and down, let alone others! ”

"But don't forget, mother, the emperor is already extrajudicial, and the family complains a little bit about me, and the wind has passed when I hear it, but Sister-in-law Zhou's words are not just excessive, but if you don't say it well, it's resentment!" Meng Jun's face was solemn at this moment, and he no longer had the careless look he used to have, "Whether it's my father or me, I don't have much thought about the future, it's enough to keep the lintel of Baoding Hou from falling, because of this, I can't be careless at this juncture." The younger brothers and sisters of the eldest uncle's family can take care of them more in the future, and take them over, but the rules have to be reiterated, otherwise it will cause trouble for the family! ”

Like Meng Ying, Mrs. Lu has always felt that Meng Jun is too tranquil and careless, but now hearing him say such an unprecedented, she couldn't help but be a little surprised after thinking for a moment. Just as he was about to answer, a voice suddenly came from outside the Buddhist hall.

"Madam, young master, the master is back, and he is coming this way!"

After getting such a news, Mrs. Lu immediately recited the Buddha, Meng Jun hurriedly helped her to go outside, and Meng Ang, who had just listened to it for a long time but didn't understand anything, jumped up and followed behind. When the three of them left the Buddhist hall and went to the courtyard, they happened to see Meng Ying coming in. Compared with the depression when she went out in the morning, Meng Ying was full of energy at this time, but the bruised marks on her forehead looked shocking.

"Master, ...... you"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Meng Ying drove all the subordinates away, and then said what happened to the face saint in a few words, and sighed at the end, "If it weren't for the big face of the old man who has gone, I'm afraid we won't be able to avoid this pass, but the emperor also took a fancy to Jun'er, this is really a thousand joys!" Madam, the family is too bad these days, we should clean it up, otherwise if we let the family sue a grievance, it will really cause trouble! ”

Glancing at Meng Jun, Mrs. Lu immediately lost her initial hesitation, and said with a smile: "Jun'er also told me this just now, I will go to the small council hall later." Thankfully, it's finally over! ”

Compared with the joy of his parents, Meng Jun was more fortunate at this time. If the emperor didn't look at his late grandfather's face and took the Baoding Marquis's ticket, I'm afraid that it will be a different situation now, right? He and his wife Zhang Qing are certainly harmonious, but if it comes to that point, even if he is able to keep his wife under those gossips?

One person has ascended to heaven, and one person may also implicate countless people if he goes against the Tao, and he is really happy and defeated!

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the fourth archway in the west of the Beijing division is crowded with people. In the past, outsiders were most interested in the wooden archway painted with gold paint on the third floor of the four pillars, but at this time, no one looked at the two words "Yiyi" on the top of the big bucket. Although the condemned prisoners are all after the autumn, but the ordinary executions are all inconsequential people, where is it so sensational as this killing of eunuchs? The people in the front row can resist the push of the people behind, and the people in the back are desperately squeezing forward, while standing on tiptoe and desperately looking ahead, lest they miss the ghost knife killing.

The literati and scholars gathered on the tall buildings around the execution ground, all discussing this rare grand occasion. Some said that this situation was no less than the execution of Ji Gang Ling Chi in the past, some said that the emperor finally woke up and exterminated the eunuch, some whispered about the situation of breaking down and taking people everywhere that night, and some people sneered a few times.

"If it were me at that time, it might not be worse than Zhang Yuanjie!"

In this noisy situation, the three people sitting at a table next to the window railing did not say a word. Wan Shijie and Xia Ji were originally the ones who liked to talk the most, but Fang Jing was depressed, and it was difficult for the two of them to say anything. Although the Fang family brothers finally gave their minds that day, Fang Rui insisted on refusing to reveal his current situation, and in the end he still left. As a result, the Jingshi was ploughed by Jinyiwei and Dongchang as if ploughing the ground, but Fang Jing was still interested in watching the killing.

"This seat that is worth at most a dozen dollars on weekdays is going to be sold today, it's really black-hearted!"

Wan Shijie pursed his lips dissatisfiedly, and then saw the three prisoner carts coming from below, so he kept silent. Seeing that the crowd next to him threw countless rotten vegetable leaves and peels towards the three immortal old eunuchs, he snorted lightly again: "Huang Yan, a eunuch, has obtained countless pearls and gems, as well as thousands of taels of gold and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, he deserves to die!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he heard a low muttering from the side: "Will the eldest brother be like this in the future?" ”

Xia Ji was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to be relieved for a while, and immediately looked at Wan Shijie. Dare to love this little guy who came to watch the execution today not to distract himself, nor to be curious, but to think about this? Thinking of the guy who couldn't wake up after scolding, Wanshijie only felt the itchy teeth of hatred, and he didn't know that he had scolded thousands of times in his heart. Just as the three prisoners were being carried to the execution ground one by one, there was a sudden thumping sound on the stairs, followed by several strong men, and in a short time, an old man and a young man appeared upstairs.

"Oh my God!"

Wan Shijie recognized the two people over there at a glance, couldn't help but moan, and pulled La Shaji's sleeve with his hand, so he took his friend and his scalp tingling together. However, what they didn't expect even more was that because the large square table upstairs was already occupied by everyone except for them, the guy actually led people over here. For a while, Wan Shijie and Xia Ji almost hurriedly dragged the ignorant Fang Jing, and they didn't know what expression to show on their faces.

Zhu Ning followed Zhu Di over, and when he saw the three people here, he understood that they recognized his business. Feeling that the older one of them was a little kind, she couldn't help but look at it twice, but she couldn't remember it, so she put it aside. And Zhu Di glanced at the two of them and recognized Xia Ji, who was now staying in the museum. He vaguely remembered that Zhang Yue was friendly with his people, and couldn't help frowning.

"The execution is so beautiful, it's rare to take a day off and actually come out to watch the excitement? Where is the reader's heart? ”

"Lord Huang, the children at home are curious, so let's accompany him to take a look." Wan Shijie saw Zhu Ning sit down on Zhu Di's left, and the guy had been driven away by a few strong men, but he didn't dare to behave too much, "Scholars talk about benevolence and righteousness without seeing blood, and when the matter comes, it will inevitably be a little less bloody and decisive, so the child wants to watch the excitement, and we can't stop him." ”

Zhu Di looked at Fang Jing for a moment and then said succinctly: "Sit." ”

Seeing that Fang Jing was still stunned, Wan Shijie hurriedly pulled him up and sat down in the lowest seat. Seeing that only the seat on the right hand side was vacated, Xia Ji could only scold Wanshijie in his heart for not being righteous, and then sat down hard. At this moment, a loud shout sounded outside.

"Three o'clock in the afternoon, open the knife!"

For a time, countless people set their eyes on the execution ground, and Zhu Di was no exception. When he saw the flash of blood, his face did not change at all, and it was only when he heard the tsunami-like cheers of the onlookers that his face turned cold. Although he made up his mind to kill in Youshunmen that night, he hesitated for a long time after that, who would have thought that the old thing would be greedy for so many things, and even dare to hide the Korean tribute privately, it was the second Ji Gang!

Thinking of this, he casually said to a middle-aged man standing behind him: "Since these three old men are dead, the prisoners on your side should also be tortured enough, and they will be killed together after three days, and no one will be left." ”

Expecting this to be the end, Yuan Yi bowed slightly with an expressionless face, and glanced at the pool of blood on the execution ground. Even if the emperor is favored, once he gets carried away and makes a mistake, it will end like this, and this lesson will definitely be firmly remembered by him.