Volume 1, Chapter 130: The Emperor Convicts, Yang Wudi Returns to Beijing
5 days later, Beijing.
Yue Shenqiang, wearing shackles and even with iron chains on his feet, entered the Golden Palace with his head held high.
Crash, crash.
With every step he took, the chain touched the ground, making an unpleasant sound.
The sword-wielding guards around wanted to come over to stop them, but when they met Yue Shenqiang's cold eyes, they immediately retreated.
At this moment, the Emperor of the Great Zhou was sitting on the dragon throne. He was extremely happy these two days because after taking the Changchun Pill, he felt that his body functions had suddenly returned to his youth.
Normally he did not attend court, but today he made an exception and came, not because the Emperor of the Great Zhou was busy with government affairs.
But now that his kidneys were no longer weak, the first thing he had to do was to recruit beautiful women in the Great Zhou to enrich his harem.
Now that you have the health you want and still have hundreds of years to live, of course you should enjoy yourself while you can!
But just as he sat on the dragon throne and discussed the matter with his ministers, he saw Yue Shenqiang breaking into the hall.
"presumptuous!"
The Great Zhou Emperor slammed the dragon table and roared at Yue Shenqiang below: "How can you come to the palace without my summons?"
Yue Shenqiang stared coldly at the Great Zhou Emperor above him, and said word by word: "I came here only to ask one question, what crime have I committed?"
"I have expanded the territory for the Great Zhou, and I have guarded the border for the Great Zhou, day after day, for decades."
"Sometimes I can't even go home for two or three years."
"I, Yue Shenqiang, only want to ask the emperor one question: why does the emperor treat me like this?"
"What on earth did I, Yue Shenqiang, do to anger the heavens and the people?"
Every word of Yue Shenqiang was like a sharp knife stabbing into the hearts of civil and military officials.
The civil officials all lowered their heads and dared not look at Yue Shenqiang. After all, they felt guilty.
The generals gritted their teeth, clenched their fists, and glared at the Emperor of Zhou.
When the Emperor of the Great Zhou saw Yue Shenqiang questioning him like this, he was so angry that he slammed the table, pointed at Yue Shenqiang and cursed: "I say you are guilty, so you are guilty!"
Yue Shenqiang clenched his fists and said, "If you say he is guilty, then he is guilty!"
At this time, General Cao Changqiu sighed and said, "General Yue, the reason why our emperor wants to convict you is actually so that he can obtain an immortality pill, so that he can keep his youthful appearance forever and live another 300 years."
So shameful! ....All the civil and military officials sighed in their hearts.
The dignified Emperor of the Great Zhou actually wanted to frame a meritorious official just for a pill of Changchun!
They were all embarrassed to say this, so how should this be recorded in history books?
They all felt that the historian would have a headache.
Yue Shenqiang's eyes widened in disbelief, and then he laughed:
"So this is the reason why the emperor wants to punish me?"
“How ridiculous!”
"Do you know how many soldiers are buried in foreign lands, and how many soldiers have fought bloody battles for the Great Zhou?"
"We were about to destroy the Northern Liang Dynasty, but I didn't expect you, Your Majesty, to order us to withdraw!"
"And they're going to put me in jail!"
"It is indeed the imperial family that is the most ruthless!"
Yue Shenqiang's voice was filled with grief and indignation. Finally, he took off his helmet with a dejected look and put it directly on the ground.
He looked at the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty with a chill in his heart, then looked around at the civil and military officials in the court, and said sadly: "As the saying goes, if the king orders his subjects to die, the subjects have to die!"
"In that case, I, Yue, will leave myself to the emperor's disposal!"
After Yue Shenqiang finished speaking, he stood up, turned around and left.
There is no need to say more, humans and dogs simply do not have a common language.
Why waste your breath?
"Asshole! Asshole!"
The Emperor of the Great Zhou pounded the table and cursed angrily. He was in a very good mood today because he was going to select a concubine. But he didn't expect that Yue Shenqiang would give him such a blow.
If this matter were to get out, how would people all over the world view him?
The Emperor of Great Zhou immediately ordered the Ministry of Justice to investigate his corruption and abuse of power. How is your investigation going?
The Minister of Justice had an ugly look on his face. He didn't want to frame Yue Shenqiang because this matter would definitely be recorded in history books.
Whoever takes the lead in doing this will surely be struck by lightning, and his descendants will be scolded so much that they cannot even raise their heads.
Therefore, he directly ordered the destruction of the evidence that was intended to frame Yue Shenqiang.
If someone really wants to frame Yue Shenqiang, then let the emperor do it himself.
He didn't want to take the blame, so he immediately shirked the responsibility:
"I have conducted a thorough investigation for 10 days and 10 nights. General Yue is as clean as water and has never been involved in corruption or abuse of power!"
"Moreover, the Yue family also loves the people like their own children and has never oppressed the people."
"As for what the emperor said, after verification by this minister, it is completely false!"
"If the emperor wants to sentence Yue Shenqiang to death, then please issue an imperial decree!"
"But if the emperor wants to frame General Yue, I will not be able to do so!"
As he said this, the Minister of Justice bowed to the Emperor of the Great Zhou, as if to say, "We are not the same kind of people."
It seems like he is a loyal minister who disdains to associate with a tyrant.
This made the Emperor of the Great Zhou very angry. He had thought that these people would definitely stand with him, but he didn't expect that they would turn against him at this time.
He grabbed another teacup on the table and wanted to smash it directly on the Minister of Justice's face, but the Minister of Justice was also a veteran and immediately dodged when he saw the emperor's posture.
With a bang, the teacup fell to the ground and shattered.
The civil officials pretended not to see anything, and the military generals cursed in their hearts, saying, "It serves him right!"
The Great Zhou Emperor was so angry that he stood up and walked around the dragon case for several times. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Come here, find the eunuch from the Ministry of Punishment. I don't believe that you can't make up the crime of Yue Shenqiang!"
The generals gasped.
What is the Ministry of Punishment?
They were a group of eunuchs who specialized in punishing people inside the palace.
These people would only obey the emperor's orders.
Only then will they be cruel and vicious!
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
General Cao Changqiu quickly advised, what a joke, if the people from the Ministry of Punishment were allowed to take action, Yue Shenqiang would be worse off than dead.
"I have made up my mind, so don't say any more!"
The Emperor of the Great Zhou flicked his sleeves and gave a wink to the eunuch beside him, who then sent someone to the Ministry of Punishment to convey his order.
Just when the emperor was about to leave court.
Someone outside reported, "Your Majesty, Marshal Yang Wudi has returned to the capital to report on his duties and has now entered the Imperial City. Should we summon him?"
Yang Wudi is back too?
When he heard the name Yang Wudi, the Emperor of the Great Zhou thought of the 400,000 taels of silver.
If you use silver to select concubines,
How many beautiful women can you choose?
Unfortunately, all of it was given to the soldiers and civilians.
"Okay, okay, bring him in for me!"
The Emperor of the Great Zhou thought to himself, today is a really good day, he got rid of both people in one go!
When Yang Wudi, who was outside, entered the hall, his face looked extremely ugly, because he saw Yue Shenqiang, who had disheveled hair and a shackle around his neck.
When he greeted Yue Shenjiang, Yue Shenjiang just said two words to him, "Be careful!"
Just these two words made Yang Wudi seem to understand everything.
Then he inquired a little more and soon found out about Yue Shenqiang. After all, this matter could no longer be concealed.
So when Yang Wudi led Yang Paifeng and Yang Tianbao into the Golden Palace, the first thing he said was to point at the Great Zhou Emperor and angrily curse: "Stupid ruler! Tyrant!"
"We are fighting the enemy at the front, but the emperor is deliberately framing his loyal ministers. How can you face your ancestors?"
When the Emperor of Zhou heard this, he became furious.
"Okay, okay, I didn't seek revenge on you, but you still come to slander me!"
"Someone, arrest Yang Wudi as well!"
"Lock him up with Yue Shenqiang and hand them all over to the Ministry of Punishment for execution!"
"If they don't confess their crimes of corruption and abuse of power, I will use severe punishment on them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards in front of the palace came over, took off the helmet on Yang Wudi's head, and dragged Yang Wudi out.
Yang Wudi continued to curse angrily: "You tyrant, you will get your retribution sooner or later!"
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