December of the first year of Jingkang of the Song Dynasty.

Chang'an Prefecture, Imperial Palace, Chongzheng Hall.

King Zhao Gou of Xiangyang, Yue He and Yue Fei entered the hall with the title of "Chongzheng Hall", but no matter how you look, it looks shabby and dilapidated.

Compared with the two Chongzheng Halls in Kaifeng Prefecture, the Chongzheng Hall that Zhao Huan now has is very small in area, so he can't squeeze in a few people. In addition to the three "suspects" who confronted the hall, they are the official Zhao Huan, the official Zhao Wei, the King of Yue, the Grand Priest Cai You, the Young Priest Geng Nanzhong, the Priest of the Priest Council, the Chief of the Priest Council, the Tongzhi Priest Council, the Minister of the Priest Council, the Minister of the Dali Temple, Qin Hui, the Chief of the Censorate of the Hanlin Scholar Zhang Jun, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Chen Dong, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Chen, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Chen, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Chen, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Chen, and a few small yellow gates and several imperial guards (the imperial guards), and a Niu Gao who acted as a witness. There were about twenty people in total.

Among them, Zhao Huan, Zhao Wei and Zhao Gou were all sitting, while the others were standing in the hall. This arrangement made Zhao Gou feel much more at ease. He was sitting, Yue He and Yue Fei were standing. This shows that he was a witness, Yue He and Yue Fei were a criminal...

"Yue Fei." Zhao Huan pointed Yue Fei's name.

"I'm here."

"I ask you, have you led your troops to attack the Kang Prince's Mansion in Xiangyang between September 10th and September 25th?"

"Your Majesty, I did not lead my troops to attack, otherwise the Kang Palace would have been defeated by me. I only led my troops to surround the Kang Palace, and set fire to each other 200 steps away from the guards of the Kang Palace."

"Emperor brother, Yue Fei deceived the king. He clearly led his troops to besiege his brother's palace!" Zhao Gou shouted loudly.

Zhao Huan asked: "Brother Jiu, do you say that Yue Fei led his troops to besiege the royal palace? Why didn't he break it?"

"It was my brother who ordered Niu Gao to fight to the death to protect the royal palace and survive..."

"Is that so? Who can testify?"

"Niu Gao, the escort camp of the royal palace, can testify."

"Niu Gao, is there any such thing?"

Niu Gao, who looked loyal and honest, immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the King of Xiangyang did order his ministers to resist, and he also asked his ministers to pass on their orders to the troops of Xiangyang Prefecture to obey the orders of the royal prefecture."

"Brother Jiu, what Niu Gao said is the truth?"

"That's right," said Zhao Gou, "but the Xiangyang army did not listen to my brother. Yue Fei's troops were particularly hateful. They attacked the royal palace for more than ten days, so they asked the emperor's brother to punish him!"

"Yue Fei!" Zhao Huan's tone had already sunk, "Why did you surround the Xiangyang Prince's Mansion for more than ten days?"

"Report to Your Majesty," said Yue Fei, "I am following the will of the Supreme Emperor and ask King Kang to come to the Supreme Palace to meet. Not only does King Kang not want to enter the Supreme Palace, he also instructs guards to build a fortress to resist, which is really unfair!"

"All nonsense!" Zhao Gou was angry, "Emperor brother, this thief Yue Fei is completely nonsense. My brother was besieged for more than ten days, and the king of the mansion kept making gunshots. Even if I wanted to see my father, I would not be able to leave the mansion!"

"If the king leaves the mansion, who dares to fire a gun?" Yue Fei asked back.

"Nonsense, if I leave the mansion, I will be beaten to death by you!"

"Who dares to kill the king without the Supreme Decree?"

Zhao Huan coughed, and Zhao Gou and Yue Fei stopped talking.

"Yue Fei, you said it was the Supreme Lord's order, so why did you withdraw your troops and return to the camp later?"

"It is also the will of the Supreme Lord," said Yue Fei, "The Supreme Lord has the power to control the army of Jingchu, and I am just following the orders."

Zhao Huan said: "But I have already appointed King Kang as King of Xiangyang, Deputy Marshal of the World, Ambassador of Jinghu and Jiangnan Xuanfu. Do you know?"

"I know." Yue Fei said.

"Then why don't you listen to the orders of King Xiangyang?" Zhao Huan asked, "Brother Jiu, have you ever given orders to Yue Fei?"

Zhao Gou replied, "I'm off, I'm off, but he doesn't listen to me!"

Yue Fei looked at Zhao Gou with a smug expression. In addition to contempt, he was also a little pitiful in his eyes. Then he bowed to Zhao Huan, "This filial dynasty ruled the world, and Your Majesty is the most filial king. How could he seize the power of the Supreme? Your Majesty was named King of Xiangyang, Deputy Marshal of the World, Jinghu, and Jiangnan Xuanfu Ambassador to share the worries and labors, and it is definitely not to seize the power of the Supreme. Therefore, if the Supreme himself does not hand over the power, I will listen to the Supreme!"

Zhao Huan turned his head and looked at Zhao Gou with a dim look, "Ninth brother, has your father handed over the power to you in person?"

"No, no..." Zhao Gou said, "He, he left by himself..."

Yue He suddenly burst into tears, "The Supreme Lord left for you, this disobedient! All the generals in Xiangyang said that they would use cannons to bombard the royal palace. The Supreme Lord did not want the father and son to kill each other, so he avoided Chengdu..."

"You, you, you are talking nonsense!" Zhao Gou stood up suddenly, pointed at Yue He and cursed, "You rebel minister dared to alienate the flesh and blood of the Tian family. I deserve to die!"

"Zhao Gou!" Zhao Huan shouted, his tone was already quite unkind.

Zhao Gou's mind skipped a beat and turned his head to look at his brother. He saw that Zhao Huan's face was full of murderous aura and his eyes were so dreadful.

What does this mean? Who is he going to kill? He won’t kill himself, right?

"Qin Hui!" Zhao Huan looked away and turned to Qin Hui, "You said."

"Your Majesty," Qin Hui replied, "I have confirmed after the open and secret investigation of Xiangyang that everything Yue He and Yue Fei said is true!"

What!? Zhao Gou suddenly felt cold from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.

Qin Hui turned out to be a traitor!

He wants to betray himself!

"Emperor brother, Qin Hui is a treacherous minister..."

Zhao Huan snorted coldly, ignored Qin Hui, but asked Li Guang, the minister of Dali Temple, "Li Guang, tell me."

"Your Majesty," Li Guang replied, "Since Yue He and Yue Fei acted according to the will of the Supreme Emperor, there was no fault. As for the King of Xiangyang, although he was ordered, he did not let him seize the power of the Supreme Emperor in the imperial edict.

So... the King of Xiangyang is indeed unfilial and disobedient!"

"Li Guang, you are talking nonsense. The Lone King is a filial son..." Zhao Gou already felt like a disaster was coming.

Today's trial seems to be not the one who tried Yuehe and Yue Fei, but he was the one who tried himself! No wonder the old King Yue of the sect was also here...

Zhao Huan asked King Yue Zhao Wei at this time, "Uncle Emperor, what do you think?"

Zhao Wei bowed to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, the King of Xiangyang is indeed disobedient and unfilial! He should be punished!"

After hearing the emperor's verdict, Zhao Gou's calves became soft and his butt sat on the ground, his whole body trembling, and he couldn't say a word.

Zhao Huan nodded, "Then let's dismiss the prince and his chief positions first and take them to the clan's house for supervision."

"Unforgive! Unjust..." When several emperors brought him to take over the people, Zhao Gou, who was tall and strong, didn't even have the strength to struggle, but just called "unjust".

Seeing that his younger brother was taken away, Zhao Huan changed into a smile and said to Yue He, Yue Fei and Niu Gao: "Two Yue Qings, Niu Qing, you are loyal to your duties and are a model of martial artists in this dynasty. It's great! I will ask the Ministry of War and the Privy Council to discuss the merits for you, so you can go back to the inn to rest first."

Of course, Zhao Huan did not mean to deal with Yue He, Yue Fei, and Niu Gao. Because the three of them were simply acting under Zhao Huan's secret edict... The one Zhao Huan wanted to deal with was Zhao Ji and Zhao Gou!

Yes, including Zhao Gou, who is harmless to humans and animals!

Now Zhao Kai, who was promoted to the emperor in Jiangning, has emerged. Zhao Huan doesn’t want another Zhao Gou who was promoted to the emperor in Xiangyang. Even if Jingchu really needs a prince to take charge, Zhao Huan will not let his younger brother stay in Xiangyang.

Because he has a son! He now has three sons! In addition to being the prince, there are two others that can be released. How can a son be more relieved than a younger brother?

In addition, Zhao Ji wanted to feud Nanyang and built royal palaces for many sons and established subordinate officials. Now there is no Nanyang to be enthroned, but these sons still have subordinate officials for the royal palace, and they are very restless! It just happened to use Zhao Gou's life to suppress them!

...

This is a heavy snowy day, and it is the 16th day of the first lunar month of the second year of Jingkang.

Zhao Gou, who spent the New Year and the Spring Festival in the Zongren Mansion, was wearing a cloth coat and cotton jacket, and was sitting in a tattered pavilion in the back garden of the Zongren Mansion watching the snow.

There is also a wooden plaque hanging on the pavilion with three big characters "Fengbo Pavilion".

Zhao Gou had a broken expression on his face, his eyes were dull, and he just muttered to himself: "Where is the fault of the Lone King? Where is the fault?"

A middle-aged man in his forties stood behind Zhao Gou and sighed and replied: "Brother Jiu, you shouldn't be reincarnated in the imperial family! This is a mistake!

The second mistake is that you shouldn’t have any inappropriate thoughts about power!”

Those who talked to Zhao Ji were naturally Zhao Wei, the affairs of the sect’s family.

After Zhao Wei said this, he waved to the outside of the pavilion. A few eunuchs and Yu immediately took them in. Three of them were holding trays in their hands, with white silk, wine pot, wine glass, and daggers in them.

These things were prepared for Zhao Gou!

White silk can be hung on it or used by warriors to strangle him to death.

Inside the wine pot is a top-notch crane red, so Zhao Gou can taste it one or two.

Daggers can be used to cut wrists, wipe necks, and cut abdomen... If Zhao Gou is not afraid of pain.

"Brother Jiu, you have read the edict for the death penalty... I don't want to do this, but the official is determined. Why don't you think about it while enjoying the snow? "

Is the crane red top to make fun of it?

Zhao Gou cried with a wow, knelt in front of Zhao Wei, "Fourth Uncle, please, go and talk to the government again, let me depose me as a commoner, even if you have a lifelong ban..."

Zhao Wei sighed, "Brother Ninth, I said it, and I beg you too... But your third brother has become emperor in Jiangning!"

Zhao Gou hated him, what does that guy Zhao Kai’s pronouncement have to do with him? It’s not that he wants him to pronounce him as emperor. Zhao Huan couldn’t take Zhao Kai, so he vented his anger. What’s the matter?

"Brother Ninth," Zhao Wei said again, "Why don't you use white silk? The best Shu silk is thin and smooth, and is a tribute from Chengdu Prefecture. Most people can't use it!"

Most people don’t hang themselves... Zhao Gou just shook his head.

"Post with a knife?" Zhao Wei frowned, looking like he was so painful, "That hurts!"

"Don't want a knife..." Zhao Gou was willing to use a knife? He just cried and begged, "Just let me see the emperor again, just..."

Zhao Wei shook his head, "It's useless... I went to ask with your twelfth uncle, but it's useless. Oh, I'd better choose for you.

Just use white silk to strait your hands and feet!”

"Here!"

An expert with imperial equipment responded immediately. He immediately pressed Zhao Gou, who was crying, wrapped his three-foot white silk around his neck, and pulled hard on both sides... Zhao Gou Zun!

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