Chapter 448 Survive
Every word Huo Gannian said was true, but Nan Lijun didn't believe it at all. He sent people to search the Huo Mansion overnight, and found a lot of evidence of the Huo gang's rebellion.
Whether this evidence is true or false seems to no longer matter.
Under Wu Yanguan's fierce advice and the so-called "general account settlement", Nan Lijun was originally embarrassed, but finally nodded and agreed to the result of the crime against Huo Gannian and others with an expression of "having to do it":
On Huo Gannian's crimes of treason and disrespect;
Second, he deceived the emperor, spied on the palace, plotted evil, controlled the government and blocked the channels of speech;
Third, on the arrogance of taking credit for oneself and disregarding the authority of Heaven...
There are 29 capital crimes and 176 detailed descriptions.
To the point of ordering Nanlijun to greet him at the palace gate during the triumphal ceremony, which was an affront to the majesty of heaven; to condone Yunchen beating Prince Xiyan in the street and not allow the censors to impeach him;
Even small matters like what disrespectful words Huo Gan said on what date in what month would be settled and all old and new accounts would be written clearly in the imperial edict.
Even the Siyun Shengcai Road, which Huo Gannian built with his own money during the correspondence between them after they broke up, was accused of "using privilege to disrupt people's livelihood."
Yun Chen's eradication of the black market was also seen as an outrageous act of usurpation under the protection of Huo Gannian.
Not to mention that in the past few months, the Huo Gang has been digging a canal and preparing for the wedding of "Huo Yun".
Even though everyone knew that Huo Gannian had already purchased and demolished the houses of the people along the canal at ten times the market price, the charge still included one of "disturbing people's livelihood."
The charges were numerous, even more than those for Ni Kun's execution.
Civil and military officials stood in the Yong'an Hall and listened to this. A small number of them expressed their understanding. After all, Huo Gannian had been too arrogant since returning to Beijing.
Most people believed that it was okay for a hero who saved the entire country to be a little arrogant, but the time span of the evidence incriminating him was extremely long. He had actually started secretly collecting it when Huo Gannian and Yun Chen were still fighting on the battlefield. It was really shocking, heavy, and disheartening...
The chaos of the night had left everyone exhausted from worry and worry. No one had the energy to stand up and defend Huo Gannian, but they all saw clearly:
Isn’t the scene before my eyes exactly the same as when I tried to kill Ni Kun that year?
Innocence is also guilt. It's that simple.
Whoever dares to stand up and speak a fair word will be the next Huo Gannian.
All the officials bowed their heads in silence, while the passionate voice of Wu Yanguan's condemnation echoed throughout the hall.
Finally, Wu Yanguan's throat was sore from reading, and he read out the final execution result with a hoarse voice:
"According to the laws of the Nan Kingdom, the culprit Huo Gannian is sentenced to death and torture by slicing. His accomplices Yun Chen, Yun Wang, Duan Jie, Fu Lin, Rong Yi, and Luo Dongdong are sentenced to death and torture by being torn apart by a chariot. All those implicated will be sentenced to capital punishment. All three clans of the above-mentioned criminals will be implicated, and their execution will take place in three days!"
After the words fell, Huo Gannian, though pale, remained upright, neither kneeling to accept the accusation nor begging for mercy. No civil or military official kowtowed to the "Emperor's Wise and Enlightened Power."
Seeing this, Nan Lijun was a little unhappy. With a look, Wu Yanguan immediately ordered Su Zhengyang to bring Yun Chen and others to the main hall.
Nan Lijun wanted to see with her own eyes the expressions of the others. When they knew that they were going to be tortured to death and their entire family would be implicated, would they kneel down at her feet and cry bitterly?
Unfortunately, Nan Lijun still miscalculated.
Yun Chen and others were escorted to the main hall, where their heavy shackles hammered against the ground steadily and forcefully, without any haste.
Yun Chen walked over slowly, still wearing the tattered and damaged official uniform of Prime Minister Wu, and stood side by side with Huo Gannian.
As they looked at each other, Huo Gannian's guilt and sorrow, Yun Chen's trust in the moist eyes... thousands of words were gathered in their eyes, and there was no need to say anything more.
He raised his hand with difficulty and wiped the dust from her cheek that was stuck during the fight. She also held his hand tightly in response.
As the two men moved, the iron chains on their wrists rattled, sounding particularly sad.
Yun Chen originally didn't understand why the situation had come to this point, but on the way to escort her here, Su Zhengyang said in a deep voice:
Perhaps it has always been difficult for those who are so successful that they threaten their ruler to survive.
She understood everything at once, including the monarch's fear and Huo Gannian's resistance, and she also had a premonition of the ending she would face.
She was not afraid. As long as she could die with her Anian, she was not afraid of anything.
Looking at Yun Wang behind Yun Chen, although he is a weak scholar, he has a calm and indifferent demeanor, which makes people sigh. He is worthy of being the son of the Horse King of Youzhou.
The others, Duan Jie, Fu Lin, Rong Yi and Luo Dongdong, also stood straight with their heads slightly raised. After listening to the charges and the results of the execution repeated by Wu Yanguan, they didn't even frown.
Rong Yi was even a little impatient and asked the other party to read faster so as not to delay him from going downstairs to have a drink with his brother Rong Jiang.
They were all men who crawled out of the sea of blood and mountains of corpses, fighting bravely to defend the country's borders time and time again, and not one of them showed any fear.
From the perspective of all the civil and military officials, they felt so much admiration and heartache that they couldn't help but secretly want to shed tears.
But in Nanlijun's opinion, each of them is as arrogant as Huo Gannian, and they are all lunatics who despise the emperor!
Nan Lijun pretended to cry for half a day, her face was stiff, but she still suppressed her inner unhappiness and continued to cry:
"You are all great contributors to my Nan Kingdom... my loyal ministers... Why would you betray me like this? Wu Yanguan, they were simply deceived and took the wrong path. Can't you give them another chance? How about this? Whoever is willing to step forward and expose Huo Gannian's crimes, I will reduce his sentence by one level, okay?"
Censor Wu immediately knelt down and shouted "Your Majesty is merciful," praising Nan Lijun for his wisdom.
The other civil and military officials looked at this and felt as uncomfortable as if they had eaten a fly.
The Wu guy is not a good person, he is a treacherous and treacherous person. Nan Lijun's acting is too poor.
Although he had clearly made up his mind to execute Yun Chen and others, he still put on a show of leniency, trying to let Huo Gannian experience the feeling of being "betrayed by everyone" before he died.
Nan Lijun wanted to see these fierce warriors bow down to her instead of Huo Gannian.
Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to her.
The hall was awkwardly quiet. Nan Lijun felt bored and waved his hand with a grim expression, ending the show.
…
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This chaos was thrilling and bizarre, but it actually happened very quickly.
From the killing of King Xiyan to the departure of all civil and military officials, everything took only three hours, and the sky was still dark.
Huo Gannian, Yun Chen and seven others were taken back to the Sky Prison, each in a cell, separated by a three-meter-thick wall and locked with the strongest and heaviest iron door.
There are four imperial guards guarding the door of each cell, and the posture is so tight that even a god with wings cannot escape.
Su Zhengyang watched Huo Gannian calmly walk into the cell, sit cross-legged, and close his eyes to rest.
The other people also entered without changing their expressions. Some made their own straw beds, and some took a deep sleep.
Yun Chen even "went to the prison for the second time" and dug out the quilt as if he was familiar with the place. As soon as he entered, he called out to him:
"Hey, Su Zhengyang, bring me something to eat. I'm so hungry."
Su Zhengyang was shocked by the fact that these people did not take their impending death seriously at all, and he was helpless but more impressed by them.
Although the situation has become extremely serious and many eyes are staring at this place, Su Zhengyang still ordered people to prepare seven tables of food and medicine, and move them one by one to the door of Yun Chen and others' cells.
Noticing that there was still wine on the table, Su Zhengyang quickly ordered people to remove it. He didn't want these old men to get drunk and cause trouble.
With the martial arts skills of these guys, if they really get drunk and go crazy, even if they are locked up, they will definitely cause a huge mess and make him pay for it.
Seeing what Su Zhengyang was worried about, Rong Yi applied medicine and bandaged several shallow wounds while smiling:
"Don't worry, Commander Su. We are well behaved and won't cause you any trouble."
Luo Dongdong also lay on the thin straw couch, shifted his buttocks, adjusted to a comfortable position, and said, "Yes, we are lovers."
"You are not a 'good man,'" Fu Lin said, his tone teasing: "You can't count as 'two', at most you can count as 'one'."
"Hahahaha——" several people burst into laughter.
Yun Chen almost spit out the rice in his mouth and cursed with a smile:
"Behave yourself! Watch out for Luo Dongdong complaining to the King of Hell, or he'll pull out your tongues!"
Looking at those people eating, drinking, chatting and laughing without any care in their hearts, Su Zhengyang felt indescribably uncomfortable.
He knew that almost no one regarded Nan Lijun as the monarch in their hearts, so they were not sad at all for being wronged. For them, being able to die for their brothers and comrades and die together was a blessing in life.
But Su Zhengyang still couldn't help but sigh:
"Ah, you really aren't afraid at all?"
"What are you afraid of?" Duan Jie folded his hands behind his head and lay on the couch, legs crossed. "There are no Black Scale Cavalry here. We have walls on all sides, food and water, and you are guarding us. It's much better than a battlefield."
"Then don't you want to find a way to survive? Find a way to defend yourself!" Su Zhengyang said again.
"What do you think?" Yun Chen chewed the rice in his mouth. "A Nian did kill King Xi Yan, and we did fight against the Imperial Guards. It's not unfair."
When Yun Chen slammed the table and got angry, Rong Yi and the others became interested and started a heated discussion:
"Fuck, Boss, that move of yours was so cool! It was as fast as lightning!"
"I didn't even see anything clearly, and the boss disappeared. His agility and power are always so cool!"
"Keep your voice down. Don't disturb General Yun while he's eating, and don't disturb me while I'm sleeping. I need a nap!"
"It's already this late, why are you still sleeping?"
"Why sleep so long when you are alive? You will sleep forever after you die!"
"Ha ha ha ha--"
Several people were chattering happily. Su Zhengyang sighed in his heart that it was the eunuchs who were anxious. The execution was to be carried out in three days, and these gentlemen were still here to complain instead of finding ways to survive.
Unable to bear it any longer, Su Zhengyang frowned and shouted:
"You're not afraid of death! But what about your families?! Three clans will be implicated! Father, brother, mother, son, wife! And uncles, aunts, and grandparents! What will happen to them?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire cell fell silent.
Even the most fearless hero will always have a weak spot that is hard to touch:
family.
It would be one thing to die alone, but I have to implicate my family as well. Just thinking about it makes my heart ache.
Many people are heartbroken, but they just try not to think about it.
Seeing that his words were effective, Su Zhengyang decided to add fuel to the fire. He asked Duan Jie, "What about your wife and children?" and Rong Yi, "How do you survive with so many wives and concubines?" Finally, he glanced at Yun Chen and Yun Wang, who had remained silent and not participated in the conversation.
"The Yun family, young and old, dozens of people! What did they do wrong to deserve being implicated like this? Is this worthy of the spirit of General Yun Zhongjun in heaven?!"
After Su Zhengyang finished speaking, no one spoke.
Duan Jie wrapped himself tightly in the dirty and smelly thin blanket, looking like he was going to sleep.
Rong Yi cursed, "What a fucking kill of the fun," and turned over.
Luo Dongdong wiped away his tears and wanted to say, "My father has never been to Kyoto City in his life. He has been farming all his life and has never been to school. How would he know what the three tribes are?" In the end, he didn't say anything.
Yun Chen slowly put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands, his eyes red, and looked in the direction of Huo Gannian across the thick wall and deep corridor.
"We prosper together and suffer together. Our lives are tied together," she said.
Su Zhengyang said anxiously, "That's right! So the most urgent thing is to find a way to survive! If you can survive, your family members can all survive!"
Su Zhengyang wanted to continue to persuade him, but at this moment, a palace servant came running over and interrupted him:
"Commander Su, the Emperor has ordered Yun Chen to be brought in for questioning!"
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