The huge hall of Xuan Shi was very solemn at this time. All the ministers were looking at their noses and noses and their hearts. They didn't know what they were thinking. What was different were the female family members of the Yan family, who looked anxiously and expectantly outside the hall door, waiting With the appearance of Yan Chu.
The current king of Zhou was originally the one who was the least valued among all the princes of the former emperor, but who knew that some other princes attacked and framed each other in order to fight for the throne, and in the end not many survived. The unmotivated and aloof son became the emperor.
When he was still a prince, King Zhou had only one concubine, which is the current queen. King Zhou had a gentle personality, but the queen had a strong personality. When King Zhou was not favored, and any of his brothers could bully him, it was at that time His princess protected him, so he respected and cared for her very much.
After being on the throne for many years, in the harem of King Zhou, apart from the queen, there were only two or three women sent from other countries. Princesses are descended from queens.
In terms of heirs, the children of King Zhou are rare among the three royal families.
The first prince was crowned as a prince when he was born, so he had a princess concubine, but there was only one daughter under his knees for the time being, and she was born to a side concubine. The second prince was three years younger than the first prince, and the queen was already looking for a candidate for the second concubine. I don't know whose girl can have this honor.
On an occasion like today, the two princes and two princesses were present. When Yan Chu was carried in, his eyes quickly looked around the Xuanshi hall.
"Little Tiger."
Those guards were probably afraid that Yan Chu's bloodied appearance would frighten Mrs. Yan, as well as the noble princesses and princes in the proclamation hall, so they specially changed him into a clean white prison uniform before carrying him in. After wiping his face, hands and feet, and brushing out his messy hair, he looked a lot tidier, at least not as miserable as he was in the cell just now.
But even so, in the eyes of bystanders, he should have suffered a lot. If he didn't suffer any crimes, would the dignified young master of the Yan family army need a few guards to carry him in
Those present are all human beings, and they are much harder to fool than ordinary people. In the eyes of some of them, this matter is absolutely inseparable from Zhou Wang who is sitting on the dragon chair and looking at Yan Chu with regret. Open the relationship.
The cunning rabbit is a dead dog. In the past, there were frequent wars and disputes among the countries. The Zhou Dynasty needed men from the Yan family. Now that the war is settled, the Yan family, which enjoys a high reputation among the people, has become a thorn in the emperor's eyes.
Now because of this incident, Old General Yan was already plagued by old diseases, and he was even more angry and bloody, and died suddenly, while General Yan was imprisoned, and the Yan family's good reputation was ruined within a few days.
The emperor's scheming, the emperor who was considered too weak in their hearts before, has grown to this point a long time ago
People only believe in the most reasonable guesses that they have guessed. Anyway, it is true that the king of Zhou is responsible now. They are ministers. The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. What can they do for General Yan? However, there is a feeling of sadness when the rabbit dies and the fox dies.
Mrs. Yan San looked at her son with stubble and pale face, and couldn't help calling out, why was her son brought in by those guards, but his legs and feet were injured
The clean clothes tightly covered the wound on her body, even though she was anxious, she couldn't see anything.
"Long live my emperor, long live."
At this time, Yan Chu's hands and feet were all broken, and he was unable to perform the courtier's ceremony at all. After he was placed in the center of the palace by several guards, he knelt down in the palace with their help. .
King Zhou didn't care about this etiquette. He looked at the child who he had always valued, and was even the most satisfactory future son-in-law in his mind, and said with heartache.
"A few days ago, your grandmother, mother, and several aunts knelt outside the palace for a long time and couldn't afford to plead for you. They asked me to retry the case. I see that your ancestors made countless contributions to the Zhou Dynasty. You were also my great Zhou. Loyal and loyal general, today, I convened the third division to rejoin the trial, I ask you, is it you who ordered the attack on the Ming country?"
"Yes."
Yan Chu knelt in the center of the hall. After he finished saying this word, there was a little commotion in the hall.
This is also what everyone can't understand the most. Well, there is no imperial edict. Where did Yan Chu have the courage to order the attack on Ming? .
"Then the letters found from your tent that had an affair with Jiang Guo were all written by you?" King Zhou continued to ask.
"no."
Yan Chu's voice still maintained a steady tone, shaking his head and answering.
"Then these physical evidences, could it be that someone deliberately framed you?" The prince asked before King Zhou could speak.
"Yes."
Yan Chu didn't know exactly what happened, but it was obvious that it had to be this time.
"I found out the private correspondence between me and Jiang Guo from my camp account. May I ask the prince, will someone leave such things in the camp in a big way when they go out to march and fight, waiting for others to search? What's more, what good is it for me to take refuge in Jiang Guo?"
There are too many things that Yan Chu doesn't know right now, he can only use this time to ask more questions from everyone.
"Sophistry, if you didn't have an affair with Jiang Guo, then why did you attack Ming State? It's not because you want our Da Zhou and Ming to suffer as the letter said, and then let Jiang Guo, the real master behind you Sit back and reap the rewards."
Prince Jue has always disliked Yan Chu. In his opinion, he is the prince of Zhou, and he should be the best one in Zhou. However, the existence of Yan Chu has robbed him of the limelight. His father would often praise this person in front of him, which made him feel frustrated.
This time, it was the other party who handed over the handle himself. Breaking his tendons is a small punishment, and he will become a useless person in the future. Even if he is really framed this time, so what, he is destined to never be the same Yan as before. Little General, he can also wake up from his nightmare.
Prince Jue looked at Yan Chu viciously, thinking about how he looked when he came in just now, it seemed that his people had done the job.
"Your Majesty, ministers, what do you think of the current situation?"
Yan Chu didn't answer the prince's question, but instead asked King Zhou and several ministers.
"Now the world is peaceful, the people live in peace, and it is a great good."
The king of Zhou was afraid of going to war. Once a war is fought, it means that he is likely to be defeated. He has seen the tragedy of the royal family when those small countries were destroyed. He only wants to be a successful king. Hands were ruined.
"Ming and Jiang have been conquering all over the past few years, and their national strength has been almost exhausted. These years, they have begun to recuperate, which is a good thing for our Great Zhou. At least within 20 years, there is no need to worry about wars."
The prime minister stepped forward. He is a civil servant. Like King Zhou, he is also a faction that doesn't like war.
"Twenty years, not twenty years, at most ten years, Ming and Jiang have a vast territory, as long as they are given enough time, military strength, food, and military salary, they can recover to 60 to 70% of the peak period of national strength. , Zhou, which is in the middle of the two countries, must be their first target, just like Chu, Qiang, Qi and other countries before."
Yan Chu didn't agree with their views. He didn't know whether Yuan Chen had the same views when he started the war against Ming, but the most important thing now is to exonerate himself.
"Rather than having no power to resist at that time, it is better to take advantage of the emptiness of Ming's national power and attack it unprepared to fight for that chance of survival."
Among the Three Kingdoms, Zhou has the smallest territory and the weakest national strength, but fortunately, they have not experienced as many wars as Ming and Jiang in the past few decades. The other party has so many territories, all of which were captured. Now that the troops are exhausted, The treasury is empty, but it is almost the same as Zhou Guo.
"Nonsense, this is just your own conjecture. In fact, Ming and Jiang have no intention of going to war with me. On the contrary, Jiang has sent envoys to my Da Zhou to propose marriage. In a few days, the eldest princess will be with me. The king and relatives of the Jiang country will become the future queen of the Jiang country."
The prince sneered and refuted Yan Chu's words, now that the world is stable, how can there be wars? The essence of the existence is that the Yan family has no value of existence if they can't fight, and they deliberately provoked the incident.
"Since, as the crown prince said, Jiang Guo is committed to forming an alliance with me, the Great Zhou, so what is the so-called collusion between Jiang Guo and me in an attempt to overthrow the Great Zhou?"
Yan Chu glanced at the girl who was standing behind the screen and couldn't see clearly, and lowered her eyes.
The emperor of the Jiang Kingdom is already fifty-three this year, and there are countless concubines in the harem. The empress alone has served three terms.
"you-"
The prince opened his mouth, suddenly he didn't know what to say, he said that anyway, it was not his own sister who married, even if Jiang Guo had bad intentions, he didn't care
"What a eloquent and eloquent little general Yan."
The second prince looked at his first brother in disgust, but of course this look did not attract the attention of others.
"No matter how coincidental you are, you can't make up for it. You caused my Dazhou to lose a whole ten cities, and my Dazhou's 30,000 soldiers died because of you." He accused Yan Chu with righteous words, His face was full of regret.
"If it wasn't for someone's deliberate framing, I'm afraid it would be Da Ming who lost ten cities now, not me, Da Zhou." Although Yan Chu's face was haggard and weak, when he said these words, his aura was very strong and domineering .
He is now betting that if the original body is not treasonous, since he volunteered to fight this battle, he has absolute confidence that he can win.
Both the crown prince and the second prince were devastated. Thinking about it now, it seems that they were not overwhelmed in the battle ahead. On the contrary, they won more times than Ming. Cong discovered the evidence of Yan Chu's treason, and joined forces with his cronies to imprison the other party. Without a general on the battlefield, the situation suddenly became one-sided. He had to surrender and surrender ten cities as an apology.
Thinking about it now, if Yan Chu was allowed to fight at that time, what would it be like
Looking at the thoughtful expressions of everyone around him, Yan Chu knew that he had made the right bet. The moment he relaxed, the pain in his hands, ankles and body immediately overwhelmed him.
It really hurts him beep-beep-beep, when this world ends, he must apply to 007 for mental compensation, he swears.
But those people didn't think about this question for too long. The Ming country is so big, how could they have been able to fight? In the past, it was so tiring to fight against small countries like Chu and Qiang, but those small countries are now Part of the Ming and Jiang kingdoms.
Besides, isn't it about treason? If he really colludes with Jiang Guo, even if he fights with Ming Guo, it will only consume the respective strengths of the two countries.
If Yan Chu wanted to prove that he was really thinking about the state of Zhou, he would have to be cleared of the crime of treason first, but even so, he was convicted of sending troops rashly.
"Father, why don't you bring up those letters. If General Yan refuses to admit his crime of treason, then let him prove it himself." Behind the screen, a slightly cold voice sounded.
Based on his poor memory, Yan Chu must have said that it was the eldest princess who spoke.
"Come on, give him those letters."
King Zhou didn't have any hope for this. Not only he had read these letters, but also the old lady of the Yan family. If it wasn't for the fact that they were exactly the same as Yan Chu's notes, he wouldn't have been convicted so quickly.
Even if you let him see it now, what can you see
Those letters were still very well preserved, Yan Chu couldn't touch those letters directly, but he could check them up close.
To be honest, just based on some of his writing habits in the memory of the other party, even he has to admit that if this letter was really imitated by someone, the person who imitated must be a talented person. It's a pity that there is no instrument to identify handwriting now, and the only thing I can rely on is my own naked eyes.
Yan Chuzai carefully asked the person holding the letter paper to spread out the paper one by one in front of him. From the first to the last, he couldn't find any flaws.
He frowned, and when he was about to read it again from the beginning, his brows suddenly relaxed, and his expression relaxed a lot.