"Go away," Xianzong told Yu Xiaoxiao to get out. He could mess with whoever he wanted, as long as this guy didn't mess with him.
Yu Xiaoxiao asked Master Fenglin: "Do you want to come with me?"
Xianzong said: "I still have something to say to the young master, you can go away alone."
Thinking about the important things she had not yet completed, Yu Xiaoxiao "left".
Seeing Yu Xiaoxiao "leave" so decisively, Xianzong looked towards the table, and then the emperor understood. There were only some stewed dishes left on the table. He said, why did his daughter just leave like that? She had eaten everything she was supposed to eat, so how could she not leave?
Seeing Emperor Xianzong sighing, Young Master Gu asked, "Your Majesty, will you write a letter to the head of the Jiang family?"
Xianzong looked at Gu Xingnuo and said, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
Gu Xingnuo whispered, "Emperor Shunyuan has become increasingly suspicious of the Jiang family in recent years. I'm sure the Jiang family has had a hard time these years. Your Majesty's letter will make the relationship between the Jiang family and Emperor Shunyuan even more tense. There is no way to retreat. I think the Jiang family will inevitably choose to fight to the death."
Xianzong looked at his prime minister. This is not inevitable, it is necessary, right? There are thousands of people in the Jiang family. It is impossible to let them accept their fate and die.
Junior Master Fenglin said at this time: "What the Prime Minister means is that no matter whether Gui Ning is willing or not, the emperor should detain Gui Ning in Fengtian and write a letter to make Emperor Shunyuan believe that Gui Ning is colluding with the Jiang family to rebel?"
Gu Xingnuo asked Emperor Xianzong, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Xianzong moved his mouth but said nothing. They talked about rebellion in front of him, the emperor. These two really did it!
Seeing that Emperor Xianzong remained silent, Gu Xingnuo seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then Young Master Gu knelt down in front of Emperor Xianzong and said, "Your Majesty, I am loyal to Your Majesty, I..."
"Get up," Xianzong didn't wait for Young Master Gu to finish his words of loyalty, he stretched out his hand to support Young Master Gu and said, "I know you are loyal." If he wants to rebel, he should see if he has the ability to beat his daughter, right?
Gu Xingnuo stood up and asked Emperor Xianzong, "What does the emperor mean?"
Xianzong thought for a moment and whispered, "How about this, I'll write this letter first. If you don't want to go home, I'll send this letter to Xuanwu."
Master Fenglin said, "Should we send someone to let the Jiang family know first so they can prepare?"
Xianzong pointed at Gu Xingnuo and said, "You go and arrange this."
"I obey your order," Gu Xingnuo said.
Gui Ning, who was bathing in the Taiqing Pool, suddenly shuddered. He looked around and saw that there was no one around and no wind. Prince Gui Wu sighed. Was he just imagining something after the disaster? (Prince Gui Wu, you are in a wolf's den now! o(╯□╰)o)
Xianzong, Gu Xingnuo and Junior Master Fenglin discussed matters in the side hall for about two incense sticks of time. Then someone from the Military Department came to report that the family of Hong Qihui, the Minister of War, was blocked by people from the Military Department in a small inn in the east city.
"Your Majesty, I will go and take a look right away," Gu Xingnuo immediately asked Emperor Xianzong for permission.
Xianzong said: "No, I will go there myself."
Gu Xingnuo was puzzled and asked, "Your Majesty, you want to go in person for such a small matter?"
Xianzong walked out of the palace and said, "No need to say more."
Master Fenglin said to Master Gu, "Then let's go and take a look together."
When Emperor Xianzong brought Gu Xingnuo and Master Fenglin to the small inn in the east of the city, the inn had already been surrounded by people from the Military Department. Because Emperor Xianzong was coming, this not-so-big street was completely closed off. The doors and windows of every household on the street were closed, and there was not a single pedestrian to be seen.
The commander-in-chief of the Bingmasi, General Zhou Qian, came to the front of Emperor Xianzong's carriage and knelt down to pay his respects to him.
Xianzong looked at Zhou Qian and saw that General Zhou looked uneasy, so he asked, "Did you let Hong Qihui die?"
Zhou Qian knocked his head to the ground and said, "I am guilty of death."
Xianzong raised his hand and said, "Stand up."
Zhou Qian stood up and bowed his head.
Gu Xingnuo asked, "Was it suicide?"
Zhou Qian said, "Yes."
Xianzong walked into the inn with a cold face.
The owner and waiters of the inn were forced to kneel outside the door, with their heads pressed to the ground and cloth stuffed in their mouths. They knew that the emperor was coming, but they could neither see his face nor plead for justice.
The inn is not big, with only two courtyards. The house is low and dark, and there has been no sunlight for a long time, so there is a musty smell in the lobby which looks quite spacious.
Zhou Qian led Xianzong and his party into the second courtyard, which almost filled the entire yard. The neatly arranged corpses made Xianzong stop in front of the gate.
Zhou Qian reported to Emperor Xianzong: "Hong Qihui's four sons and their servants were guarding the three entrances of the inn and fighting with me. I led my men to capture them and entered the backyard, only to find that the family had committed suicide by taking poison."
Xianzong asked, "What about the fourth son of the Hong family who was arrested?"
Zhou Qian bowed his head and said, "It was my incompetence that I failed to discover the poison hidden between their teeth. The four sons of the Hong family and the servants all committed suicide by taking poison."
Xianzong said nothing more. He walked to the corpse room in the yard and stopped in front of the bodies of the two children.
The two little boys, no more than three years old, had purple faces and dried blood all over their orifices. It was impossible for such young children to take the poison themselves, so they must have been fed the poison by an adult. One of the boys even had a piece of flesh missing from the corner of his mouth, and perhaps the boy struggled when the poison was given to him.
"This family is really cruel," Xianzong sighed.
Gu Xingnuo said: "Your Majesty, since everyone is dead, I ask Your Majesty to return to the palace."
Xianzong asked, "Have you counted the number of people? Are there any fish that were missed?"
Zhou Qian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, all the members of the Hong family are here, a total of thirty-seven people."
Xianzong asked Gu Xingnuo again: "Why did Hong Qihui choose this place?"
Young Master Gu said, "This place is close to the city gate, with many houses and crisscrossing alleys. It's a good place to hide."
Xianzong nodded and said to Zhou Qian, "Send the people in this inn to the Dali Temple and let me have a thorough interrogation."
Zhou Qian bowed and accepted the order.
Xianzong looked down at the two little corpses at his feet and said with regret: "What a pity. If I had known this would happen, why would I have come to this world?"
Young Master Gu Xing asked, "Your Majesty, the bodies of the Hong family?"
Xianzong gritted his teeth and said, "Hang these corpses on the four gates for me. I want people to know that those who follow Mo Wen will be punished by me."
Zhou Qian asked, "What about the bodies of these two children?"
"Who gave them the surname Hong?" Xianzong said.
This meant that the corpse would also be hung for public display. Zhou Qian accepted the order and said, "I understand."
"Hong Qihui is there," Gu Xingnuo pointed at one of the corpses and whispered to Xianzong.
Xianzong took a cold look and said, "All nine clans that captured him will be executed by me."
At this time when it is either you or me, Xianzong will not show mercy to those who follow Mo Wen. He also understands that the abbot Mo Wen must have the same idea.
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