Not only them, but also some other courtiers, after reading the memorial, completely lost sympathy for the two people digging the hole, and even felt full of disgust towards Hou Sizhi and Wang Hongyi.
Burial of a living person, no matter what officials like them who want to advance in official career can think of, it is simply destroying humanity!
No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so angry. No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went straight to Xianyang alone without any officials. Then he ran back to Chang'an alone, ignoring the officials who rushed to see Xianyang.
The expressions on the faces of the two ministers of Zongzheng Temple and Taichang Temple were obviously not good at this time, especially when the memorial came into their hands and they read it, they felt that the entire court was On the street, many civil and military colleagues looked at them with strange eyes. This made them not only filled with embarrassment, but besides embarrassment, they wanted to die to prove to everyone that they were Innocent.
But in front of His Highness the Crown Prince, they did not dare to make a mistake, so after walking out of the Xuanzheng Hall, they walked behind the Crown Prince and apologized to His Highness.
There was no violent storm as expected, but the gentle comfort from His Highness the Crown Prince, which made the two of them even more filled with guilt and embarrassment.
"Tian'er is really cold. Just look at it. It is also a warning to the other ministers here. If anyone dares to submit such a memorial that goes against the laws of nature and human rights in the future, the end will only be more miserable than them. I wish you all the best. Everyone here guarantees it," Li Hong said with a smile.
Then the person next to him handed a spear to Li Hong, and Li Hong said lightly again: "Last night I made a bet with the princess to see if I could take care of the child alone. I tried it, but I really can't. It was so difficult. This night, I either wet the bed or had to poop, or I was hungry, or I was tossing in bed. As a result, I didn’t sleep well this night. I didn’t even have time to do my morning exercise, so I rushed to get up. Come on, now is the time, I’ll catch up on my morning exercise while I have time.”
After saying that, the ministers gave him a piece of open space in Nuo Da. Everyone also knew that since His Royal Highness was forced to practice martial arts by the Queen, especially since the conquest of Anxi, there has been no such exercise in the morning. There have been interruptions, no matter whether it was windy or rainy, he has never been interrupted even once.
But I don’t know why, from the morning practice of horizontal swords, I don’t know when, it turned into a spear in my hand now, and I have been practicing this spear for several years.
As for Ma Shan, the real weapon of the Tang cavalry, His Highness the Prince has never had his hands on it.
Pei Xingjian once asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, isn't the horse spear more useful and more lethal than the spear in horse fighting
But he didn't want to, His Royal Highness just rolled his eyelids and said lazily: "Pei Xingjian, do you really plan to let me, the prince of the East Palace, charge into the battle? Or do you plan to put me in the first row of the charge cavalry to help those behind you? The heavy cavalry is used as bait to lure away the enemy?”
Pei Xingjian listened to Li Hong's lukewarm sarcasm and had no choice but to rub his nose and walk away. He didn't blame anyone else but himself for not thinking carefully and running over to make himself uncomfortable.
His Royal Highness the Prince is on the battlefield, and he will be surrounded by Hua Meng and others. At this time, on the battlefield of lightning and stone fire, and guns and swords, if the five of them use horse guns to kill the enemy, then Hua Meng will His Royal Highness, who is protected by four people, will naturally have the horse in his hand as dispensable for fear of accidentally injuring Hua Meng and others, which will restrict His Royal Highness's ability to exert combat power as a five-man battle group.
And if you use a horizontal sword, it seems a little shorter, and its lethality is not as great as a horse sword on the cavalry battlefield. As a result, only the red tassel gun and the spear have become the only options.
However, His Royal Highness did not choose a more gorgeous gun with a red tassel, but chose a spear that seemed more simple and concise. After being tested in several wars, the spear became His Royal Highness's choice when going into battle to kill the enemy. Sharp weapon.
Even King Li Zhe of England, who is currently rushing from Anxi to Chang'an, gave up the horse and chose the spear as his horse warfare weapon due to the influence of His Royal Highness.
Li Hong, who seemed to be drinking tea leisurely in the Xuanzheng Hall, could not be happy no matter what. I think the ministers outside had already guessed that he had asked Hou Sizhi and Wang Hongyi to dig a hole, intending to bury them alive.
He had previously thought about whether such a cruel method was too inhumane, but when he thought that these two people actually came up with the idea of burying them alive in order to advance their career and please Father Long, he wanted to kill these two people again. The corpses were cut into thousands of pieces to serve as a warning to others, so as to completely cut them off. There were still people in the civil and military circles who had this idea.
The air pavilion behind the Xuanzheng Hall is now the place where Li Zhi and Wu Mei like to go most during their leisure time in winter.
Not only because the greenhouse-like pavilions in the sky can provide a more natural and comfortable warmth, but also because Nuoda is like a huge palace, with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants planted on every floor. Looking across Chang'an, they are all. Although it is withered and yellow, the pavilion in the sky is full of green and colorful flowers, filled with all kinds of flowers that make people happy.
Even the peonies that Wu Mei loves the most are spread all over the entire floor. Peony flowers of various colors are vying to bloom beautifully, with a quiet, leisurely laziness and brightness in the winter, making people follow those The flowers began to bloom together.
Sitting on the top floor of the castle in the air, the whole city of Chang'an seems to be stepped on. The sense of superiority and power of overlooking all living beings makes the old couple who are already in "semi-retired" enjoy the afternoon here and remember their past. Old things and past Yunyan were taken out to reminisce. During this period in Ganye Temple, these three words were always on Li Zhi's lips, as if he was recalling the beautiful past when the two of them first met and their relationship began.
"What are you doing?" Wu Mei asked absently, putting down the warm tea cup in her hand and looking at the two people in front of Xuanzheng Hall, where their steaming heads were digging and digging.
"Li Hong doesn't really want to be a tyrant, does he? Does he plan to bury these two people alive?" Li Zhi took a deep breath, wondering whether Li Hong was becoming more and more violent. Deeper.
"It's something that goes against the laws of nature and human rights. I'm afraid Li Hong will completely exterminate the ministers who have such thoughts. This trend seems to be alien to these two people, but who knows if other people will also have this mentality." What's your idea? It's just that it was a little later than these two people and didn't say it out," Wu Mei said lazily, still seeming to be absent-minded.
In her opinion, Li Hong's treatment of these two people seemed a bit too merciful. If the proposal of these two people was really accepted by the royal family, who knows whether the royal family would be humiliated by it in the future. In the historian's writing, again How will the Tang Dynasty be recorded at this time
Li Hong clasped his hands and walked out again, this time from the steps of Xuanzheng Hall, and walked directly to Hou Sizhi and Wang Hongyi not far ahead.
The two of them watched Li Hong approaching slowly, and immediately crawled out from the deep pit that almost reached his neck, using both hands and feet, and then knelt down not far in front of Li Hong, and began to cry and repent. of their guilt.
Looking at Hou Sizhi and Wang Hongyi who were kneeling on the ground, unable to tell the difference between their noses and tears, with steam rising from their heads, Li Hong walked around the two people unmoved, walked to the pit and took a look, freezing. The loess is like a stone in the cold winter, and your feet feel numb when you stand on it.
But having said that, these two deep pits not far apart were dug quite well. Even the sides of the pit walls were treated quite smoothly. There were still some residual soil clods left at the bottom of the pit, which will not be dug out in the future. But it was enough to bury the two of them.
Looking at the ministers who were still standing at the railing at the entrance of Xuanzheng Hall behind him, Li Hong didn't think he needed to warn those ministers. They had already read the memorial, and they naturally knew the cause and effect of the matter. Therefore, they were buried at the moment. Anything you say in front of these two people is just nonsense, and it is far less effective than dealing with them directly and simply, which can have a greater deterrent effect.
"Jump down by yourself." Li Hong said calmly.
"Your Highness, I forgive you. I know I was wrong. I should not have given such advice that goes against the laws of nature and human rights..." Hou Sizhi and Wang Hongyi had blood streaming down their foreheads, but they still seemed to be unaware of the pain and faced Li. Hong kowtowed vigorously, his forehead touching the bluestone, making a heart-shaking thumping sound.
"Take it off."
Seeing the two of them being dragged into the pit by Hua Meng and others, Li Hong squatted in front of the pit. Ever since he became the crown prince, especially after he was in prison, basically he had never dealt with any of his ministers in this way, so at this moment, Looking at Hou Sizhi and Wang Hongyi whose faces were full of blood and tears, Li Hong even couldn't figure out what the purpose of people living in the world was. What is a human being
Hou Sizhi and Wang Hongyi's crying and begging for mercy did not stop His Royal Highness, and shovel after shovel of loess began to cover their feet.
As the wails became weaker and weaker, the blood-stained faces of Hou Sizhi and Wang Hongyi became numb, and the loess began to bury their knees, then their thighs, and between their chests and abdomen.
The cold wind froze the blood on their faces, and the dirt covered their cheeks, making their cheeks look like ghosts emerging from hell, making people afraid to look directly at them.
The two people who had given up begging for mercy were left with only their lips muttering feebly. The only eyes that were not stained by soil and blood were weak and desperate. They didn't care about the shovel after shovel, and the soil gradually covered them. their chests.
"Three days, if you can survive in this cold wind for three days, I will let you go back to spend the first day."
(End of chapter)