Chapter 5 The Stubbornness of the Traveler
From the beginning, Fei Zhong knew he was doomed! This scheme was riddled with loopholes! He had assumed the king would give him full responsibility for the matter, and if so, he would have made it a murder case! Queen Jiang would have to confess even if she didn't want to! But he hadn't expected the king to interrogate him in the middle of the court! In that situation, how could he keep his little scheme secret?
"Um?"
Li Qing snorted softly, like a tiger waking up, and the entire hall was moved. Li Qing slowly sat up straight, looked at Fei Zhong and said, "My dear Fei, what's going on? Will you explain?"
"Your Majesty, this villain is accusing me!"
Fei Zhong's voice was extremely trembling as he spoke.
"I didn't! I didn't frame him!"
Now that he had confessed, Jiang Huan no longer had any concerns. He simply shouted, "I was originally his family's guard. It was him! He let me into Zhaixing Tower, told me to assassinate His Majesty, and deliberately framed Queen Jiang after I was arrested! He promised to give me a thousand taels of gold after the assassination, so that I could live a wealthy life from now on!"
"Thief, thief! How dare you speak nonsense!? Your Majesty, execute this thief immediately! To serve as a warning to others!"
Fei Zhong, who was kneeling on the ground, just turned around and pointed at Jiang Huan and yelled.
"Your Majesty! I hid the thousand taels of gold under a large tree in the garden where I live! Your Majesty, please send someone to dig it up! Your Majesty! Everything I said is true! Fei Zhong, the traitor, is the mastermind! Your Majesty, spare my life! Spare my life!"
When Jiang Huan heard Fei Zhong's words, his eyes turned red with anger and he yelled without caring about anything.
"Tell someone to dig."
Li Qing had the grace and dignity of an emperor and raised his finger calmly.
"promise!"
Two guards immediately responded and left the hall.
Fei Zhong, at this moment, completely collapsed on the ground and couldn't even kneel.
As for Shang Rong, Bigan, Huang Feihu, and many other court officials, they looked at each other, with a gleam of brilliance in their eyes.
Your Majesty is still the same overbearing and arrogant Majesty, but at this moment, Your Majesty seems to have regained the wisdom he had when he first ascended the throne!
It was obvious that he had made the decision long ago, so he asked all the ministers to come and watch the ceremony!
Is it true, Your Majesty, that as the Shang Xiang said, it does not fly for three years without singing, and then when it flies, it soars into the sky. And when it sings, it makes a stunning sound?
"Ding, the ministers have their hearts set on something. The Great Shang's national fortune has increased by three points, and the distributable points have increased by one point."
Li Qing tilted his head slightly, supported himself with one hand, and leaned on the imperial chair like a bear. Suddenly, he heard the pleasant system prompt sound in his ear, and immediately, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
After a cup of tea, two guards came back with a cloth bag. They just dumped it on the ground, and golden cakes weighing more than a hundred pounds fell all over the ground.
After seeing the gold, everything was settled.
Fei Zhong was completely paralyzed, his face as pale as paper!
Jiang Huan shouted, "Your Majesty! This is the evidence Fei Zhong gave me! Your Majesty! Spare my life! Spare my life!"
Li Qing just waved his hand and said, "Roast it."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Fei Zhong. Although his voice was soft, it was as cold as the coldest days of winter. "Eunuch Fei, I believe I have treated you well. Why did you try to assassinate me? Why did you frame my first wife, Jiang Shi?"
"Your Majesty! I am guilty! I deserve to die!"
Accompanied by Jiang Huan's shrill screams and the stench of barbecue that echoed throughout the hall, Fei Zhong, with feces and urine flowing all over his body, lay on the ground and kowtowed, admitting his guilt.
"Ding, the ministers have achieved their wish, their resentment has subsided, and the fortune of the Great Shang has increased a little."
Li Qing, who was sitting high above, heard the system's prompt sound again in his ears.
Li Qing's lips curled up slightly, his expression still cold and indifferent, his domineering aura exposed. He simply asked calmly: "Eunuch Fei, you haven't answered my question yet!"
Fei Zhong collapsed to the ground, his entire body stank of feces and urine. He was completely terrified by Li Qing's domineering aura and could only speak incessantly, "It was Empress Su! It was Empress Su! It was she who had me frame Empress Jiang so that she could take the throne after His Majesty deposed her!"
"She is indeed a witch!"
"Hmph! My guess was correct! Fei Zhong may be treacherous, but he's just a dog. How could he be so ruthless as to dare to assassinate Your Majesty? It must have been instigated by that witch!"
For a moment, the ministers in the hall were furious, especially Shang Rong, who stepped forward, bowed to Li Qing, and shouted, "Your Majesty! This evil woman is harming the country! Now that the evidence is irrefutable, Su Daji must be brought to the hall and tortured to death with burnings! This will be a token of our gratitude to the world!"
"What the Shang Xiang said is absolutely right!"
"That's just the way it should be!"
"Your Majesty! The witch must be killed!"
Shang Rong's words instantly ignited the anger in the hearts of the ministers. It was that witch who had bewitched the king, causing him to indulge in promiscuity all day long, neglecting state affairs, and even becoming dizzy and unable to distinguish right from wrong! She even murdered loyal and honest people!
Everything is because of the witch!
Now, this evil woman actually dared to collude with treacherous ministers and try to frame the queen. She deserves to die even more!
There was a cry of killing.
"Ding, Inspire Unity Mission. The host has two options. The first is to kill Daji, which will increase the national fortune by ten points. The second is to ignore her, which will reduce the national fortune by one point."
The ministers below were furious, and the system's prompt sound rang in Li Qing's ears. At the same time, a projection page appeared in front of him with two options: kill Daji and ignore her.
Faced with these two options, Li Qing hesitated for a moment.
Killing Daji will earn you ten points of national fortune!
The Shang Dynasty today is plagued by internal and external troubles, and the world is in turmoil. Various foreign races are ready to make moves. Master Wen has been leading his troops to fight and suppress them all year round. Inside, the Western Zhou Dynasty has harbored rebellious intentions and has been dormant for a hundred years. It has become too powerful to be eliminated. Although it is a vassal state, its national strength is not even slightly inferior to that of the Shang Dynasty!
As long as Daji dies, the country's fortune will immediately rise by ten points, and the whole world will be encouraged and morale will be high!
But Li Qing tilted his head slightly, sat sideways on the imperial chair, and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up.
So domineering!
Sure enough, the noisy shouting and killing sounds in the hall gradually faded away.
Li Qing thought to himself, "When I traveled through time, all I had in mind was Daji! And you guys, you want me to kill her right away? No way! Since I'm King Zhou, there's no way I can kill her! At worst, I'll work hard and love the people, and make up for the country's fortune from other places!"
Thinking of this, Li Qing sat up straight and said indifferently: "Daji is possessed by a demon and wants to harm Queen Jiang. This crime is not small, but considering that she serves me all day long, even if she has no merit, she has worked hard. I will not kill her and will just banish her to the cold palace."
"My king! The witch deserves to be killed!"
When Shang Rong heard this, his upright character suddenly burst out and he shouted at Li Qing.
"Whether or not to kill is up to me!"
Li Qing suddenly stood up, his voice like thunder, shaking the entire court slightly. Then, without waiting for Shang Rong to say anything, he shouted, "Divide Fei Zhong into five pieces! Dismiss the court!"
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and turned away.
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