Volume 1 Chapter 25 The foreign ministers thank the king for his success

At this time, Da Sima finally saw the opportunity to step forward to mend the knife: "Yu Wang, the minister went to find it according to the address of the Xin City Lord to tell the tree guards, and used the method of smoking, and sure enough, he caught two hundred dead soldiers in the tunnels of the Tomb Mansion, so it can be proved that the Xin City Lord, was indeed abducted by the Great Tomb and was robbed to the mansion, fortunately, the Xin City Lord was wise and brave, and escaped from the heavens, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, and the ministers also checked, and their right back shoulder also had the same totem"

The wall fell and everyone pushed it, Wu Hai and the eleven guards poured bitter water one after another, testifying, Otsuka Jae sat on the ground, and the general trend was gone.

After listening to this pile of unwritten confessions, the ministers stepped forward one after another to accuse: "Wu Yong, the first king trusted you so much, but you cruelly killed the king so much, and you are not afraid of going to hell......"

Zizhao would say unhurriedly: "Da Sikou, tell me, how to deal with the matter of Otsuka Zai according to the law of the country?"

Dasi Kou Lu Wei, he is also sweating at this time, Otsuka Zai is guilty, but Otsuka Zai's power is not only in the court, if the snake does not die, the king will not be affected, but his judgment must not be affected, but at this time everyone is staring at him intently, to see what he said, who let him be in charge of the criminal law, he thought about it and said: "According to the law, the title should be abolished and sentenced to beheading"

Queen Wu spoke at this time: "Grand Priest, this matter has not yet been decided, how can you speak lightly?"

Lu Wei knew that this matter was not so simple, and the queen was there, how could Otsuka Zai fall easily, as soon as his legs were weak, he knelt down and said respectfully: "The lower officials listen to the queen's mother's teachings."

Queen Wu said unhurriedly: "How can a leather totem that I don't know where I got it as evidence, even if this evidence is useful, it is just a crime of lax restraint on subordinates, who can prove that this is an order from Otsuka Zai himself?"

Everyone knew that Queen Wu would forcibly quibble, but there was no evidence to prove that the assassination of the king was ordered by Dazai himself. It has always been only the master who makes a mistake and injures the slave, and if there is a slave who makes a mistake and injures the master, if there is no strong evidence, Otsuka Zai cannot be convicted.

"Thisβ€”" Lu was speechless for a moment.

"Queen" Zizhao warned Queen Wu fiercely, and at this moment, the queen still has to defend Otsuka Zai, and Zizhao is very disappointed.

Otsuka Zai got the queen's order, and immediately got up and argued: "Yes, yes, the king, the old minister has always been loyal, and these ministers really don't know, Wu Hai, you came to tell the king, did the old man ever order anyone to assassinate the king?"

Wu Hai trembled when he saw Otsuka Zai, and said tremblingly: "King, Otsuka Zai did not send a slave to assassinate the king, he only sent a slave to kidnap and rob the Xin City Lord, there are many witnesses to this, the king's guards and the Xin City Lord himself can prove it."

Wu Yong fell into despair again, and this matter was that he was too imprudent.

Queen Wu came to defend again: "Wu Hai, you are usually messing around with the little boy to make trouble, and your master just taught you a few more times." You have a grudge, Otsuka Zai and Xin Cheng don't know each other, how can they send someone to kidnap him, saying, is it just that you just want to be angry for your son, and send someone to rob Xin City Lord behind your back? β€³

That's a great thing! Wu Hai was stupid when he heard it, why is the queen's mother so powerful, how can he refute this, he can only beg: "King, the slave will never dare to lie, the dead man of the Tomb Mansion, if there is no token of the master, even the little boy will not be able to mobilize, let alone the small entourage of the slave."

Queen Wu scrambled again: "Where is the token now?"

Wu Hai replied: "After mentioning someone, I returned it to the master" Isn't he still there? He was killed a long time ago!

Queen Wu smiled: "In this way, the token is not in your hand, it is all your family's words, how to make a testimony?" The bold slave dared to bite the big mound of the dynasty, and immediately dragged it out and beheaded it."

Wu Hai heard it and kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy: "The king is around, the queen is around" The two guards came forward to pull him, and he was so frightened that his soul was not possessed.

Zizhao glanced at the queen and said, "Stop, this is the territory of the great priest, and what the queen said about arresting people doesn't count, right?"

Lu Wei hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Wang, according to the ministers, there is no physical evidence, and this witness is vague, why don't you adjourn the court today and retry it on another day?"

Zizhao has nothing to do at this time, the hole cards that should be shown are shown, if the court is adjourned today, it is estimated that it will be over, but he can't do nothing at all, when he is worried, Da Sima stepped forward to relieve the siege: "Qi Song King, I Dashang never allowed officials to raise dead soldiers on their own, six officials, in order to keep the house safe, can raise five people and below the dead, the minister in the Otsuka Zai Mansion found more than 200 dead soldiers, all of them martial arts are extremely high, if it is not for the minister to use the smoke first, and then there are soldiers and horses with him, and can not take these people, this is a great crime, Let the king decide."

Zizhao thought for a while and said: "Otsuka Zai is not effective in restraining the minions, it is true that the dead are kept in captivity, even if the king has never been assassinated, this is also a crime of complicity, read in Otsuka Zai has merit to the court, and he is the uncle of the country, the death penalty can be avoided, the third class is demoted, the punishment is one year, the affairs of the inner court are reluctant, the dead soldiers are filled with the army, and other related minions will not be forgiven."

Zizhao behaved like this, Otsuka Zai had nothing to say, and it was a blessing to pick up a life. Queen Wu didn't dare to do much more, today Da Sima Ke brought a lot of horses, and even she had to capsize.

The ministers had no reason to refute, so they saluted again, and said in unison: "The king is wise, the king is ten thousand years!" β€³

The guards stepped forward to escort these slaves who had been sentenced to death, and these slaves were all like ashes, and they were dragged by others one by one, Xin suddenly stood up and said: "King, the foreign minister has a reluctant feeling"

Zizhao said: "Lord Xincheng, please speak"

Xin said sullenly: "Even if Otsuka Zai, no, at this time, I will call Uncle Guo, even if Uncle Guo does not admit to sending people to kidnap foreign ministers, then the foreign ministers and Uncle Guo will not necessarily have a grudge, but have a grudge against these people, let them die like this, and the foreign minister is unwilling."

Zizhao said with a smile: "What does the city lord of Xin think, just say that there is no defense"

Xin pretended to be fierce and said: "The main thing in this city is to let them become my slaves, life and death are up to me, let them know that sometimes life is better than death, dare to break ground on the head of the city lord, that is a fly into the toilet to find death one by one"

These words are domineering, but Zizhao can't help but have the urge to laugh, and the ministers also looked at Xin strangely, using the assassin who assassinated her as a minion, what did she think?

Zizhao smiled and said, "Do you think the request made by the Lord of Xin City is feasible?"

Perhaps Da Sima understood Xin's intentions, and he said: "King, anyway, they are all useless minions, and life and death are not a big deal, it is better for the king to give Xin City Lord a personal favor, and he also has a reputation as a good friend between the two states, why not do it?" β€³

The ministers thought about it too, and echoed: "The ministers have no opinion, let the king decide."

Zi Zhao smiled and said: "The lonely king will give all these eleven minions to the city lord of Xin, may our two families be more friendly, kiss and kiss" When he said this, Zi Zhao did not forget to hand Xin an autumn wave, and the city lord of Xin almost lost his temper, after she escaped Zi Zhao's hot eyes, she bowed and said: "The minister thanks the king for his success, that is, the minister will retire"

Before Zizhao could react, Xin recruited Xing'er and Xiangzai and escorted these eleven people away, fortunately, these people were handcuffed, there was no need to be afraid of them fighting back, and Wu Hai had picked up another life, and he was very grateful to this Xin City Lord, he had a premonition that he would be this girl's minion, and sure enough, his premonition was very accurate.

It was easy to enter the palace and difficult to get out of the palace, and sure enough, Xin took these people, and he couldn't get out of the palace without a token, so he was stopped within the palace walls.

Zizhao sent Shugen to follow him, and soon followed, and saluted Xin: "Madam, the king asked the minions to take the lady to live in the Yinhua Palace, and these minions were handed over to the minions for training first, and then handed over to the lady when they were obedient, so as to ensure the safety of the lady."

Xin nodded and followed the roots, she wanted to get out of the palace, I'm afraid she could only sneak around.

In the Hall of Respect for the Dharma, Otsuka Zai was removed from the mound Zai suit in public, and changed into the clothes of the third-class lord, which looked yellow and green, much better than the heavy dark red Tsukazai, but he was used to the heaviness, he touched the belt on his waist, looked up at Queen Wu, and thought: "Granddaughter, whether my uncle can turn over again depends on you"

Queen Wu didn't understand her uncle's eyes, so she could only cast a reassuring look, Zizhao pretended not to see this, and continued: "Palace defense is the top priority, there is no suitable candidate for a while, and the lonely one will temporarily take it by himself, please send Gan Wu to help the widow, and make him a great commander in front of the palace!" β€³

When Da Sima heard this, he immediately replied: "Thank you, King"

When Queen Wu heard this, she immediately objected: "Your Majesty, this move is inappropriate, right?"

Gan Wu is the son of Gan Pan, if there are two fathers and sons, one is in charge of the inner court, and the other is in charge of soldiers and horses, isn't it easy to rebel?

Zizhao knew what the queen wanted, but he could only bet that Gan Pan was loyal to Uncle Wang and himself, he smiled and said: "The queen has worked hard in the past two years, in this way, the husband and wife are of the same heart, in the future, the taxes of the big business will be distributed by Lonely, and the queen can only take care of the harem."

"Your Majesty!" Queen E shouted hysterically, "Is this going to divide her power?" What did she do wrong?

Zizhao saw Queen Wu like this, he also felt that he was in a hurry, if the queen was forced to rebel, the economic lifeline of Dashang could not be saved, he didn't care about these before, but since he wrote the outline of the city strategy for Xin'er, he felt that if the country is rich and the people are strong, agriculture and mulberry, and the economy, they cannot be underestimated.

He thought for a while and said: "Queen, Lone doesn't want to divide your authority, but the taxes of the big merchants are related to national affairs, such as agriculture and mulberry water control, infrastructure and road conditions, smelting weapons, digging all kinds of mines, each of which is related to the national fortune, can not be decided by the queen alone, the queen manages the harem with peace of mind, the palace is still the same as before, Lone will not reduce a shell coin, Lone will be crowned the queen as the high priest of the Shang Dynasty, the main sacrifice matters and agricultural mulberry management, Lone will build Simu Ding for the queen, so that the queen's name will remain through the ages, admired by all generations, I only hope that the queen and Gu will build a prosperous and powerful Dashang kingdom, is the queen willing? β€œ

Zizhao said that he also affectionately stretched out his hand in front of the queen, Queen Wu was originally very angry, but after listening to Zizhao's words, her heart gradually softened to a mess, and she didn't hear anything else, only heard Zizhao to build Simu Ding for her, so that her name would remain for eternity, admired by all generations, her hand on Zizhao's hand, and the smile was called a tender water: "Wu'er is willing!"