A group of people killed them aggressively, and rushed them away. Wherever they passed, they naturally attracted the curious eyes of many drinkers and passers-by...
The father and son Meng Yiliang and Helagu, who were dressed in normal clothes, stood out among a group of armored soldiers of the Southern Border Army. Meng Yiliang felt that the probing eyes around him were stabbing him like needles, and he thought to himself: He will never forget this great humiliation!
After a stick of incense, Meng Yiliang was brought by Li Deguang to the Sun Yao Hall, while Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai were still sitting by the window talking.
Along the way, Meng Yiliang has calmed down his chaotic mood, and also thought about the reasons why Xiao Yi summoned him and captured the Helagu father and son, but he still had some doubts in his mind. There are many things: this An Yihou must have said something in front of the eldest son, trying to frame him.
Thinking about it, Meng Yiliang's heart calmed down a lot.
"The last general has met the prince and Lord Hou." Meng Yiliang respectfully saluted Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai, and said, "I don't know what is the important thing for the late general to come here?"
Xiao Yiliang glanced at Meng Yiliang lightly, and didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he called him by his name politely: "Meng Yiliang, I don't have time to go around with you, I just want to ask you a question, the three thousand horses sent by Dele Racecourse Who moved the horse, was it you, or the ancient family? Or someone else?"
really!
Meng Yiliang sneered in her heart, this Marquis An Yi knew that he could not escape the responsibility, so he tried to sow discord with the elder son, trying to "blame" the responsibility of the sick horse on himself.
Meng Yiliang made a shocked expression, and raised his voice: "My lord, you mean that someone secretly tampered with those sick horses?!"
As he said that, he changed his tone again, and complimented him emotionally: "My lord, since you questioned the general face to face, it means that you have a deep heart and a heart like a mirror, and you are definitely not someone who listens and believes. It has nothing to do with the late general... I also ask the young master to hand over this matter to the young general, and the late general will definitely find out the truth in order to repay the young master's trust." He clasped his fists gratefully and begged for his life.
Before he finished speaking, he heard bursts of high-pitched crowing of eagles from outside the house. The two eagles chirped one after another, as if they were singing and singing to make fun of Meng Yiliang.
At this moment, Xiao Si, who had bathed and changed his clothes, was leaning obliquely on a thick branch, looking at the double eagles flying in mid-air, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up almost invisible. My Han Yu is smart!
Xiao Yi's careless eyes showed a trace of impatience, "It seems that Old General Meng doesn't recognize him?" He slightly raised his eyebrows, and snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter if you recognize it or not... Come on! Old General Meng colluded with the enemy and judged the country." , be punished!"
As soon as the voice fell, Li Deguang came in with two tall and strong soldiers. The two soldiers clamped Meng Yiliang from left to right, and their movements were rude. It is said that it is one day and one place.
No matter how sophisticated Meng Yiliang was, he couldn't help panicking at this moment.
I knew that the son of the world was a bit surly and casual, but I didn't expect him to be so unreasonable, so I just said a few words, and wanted to convict him without evidence? !
"My lord, the last general refuses to accept!" He roared sternly, his whole body was a little hysterical, "The last general has never made a mistake, but you are so reckless about human life, are you afraid of losing the morale of the army?!"
Xiao Yi looked at Meng Yiliang, his eyes turned cold.
He hates this kind of stupid people the most. If he has the ability to do evil, why can't he admit it? !
Also, how many heroes can there be in this world, most of them are just bears!
"There are only three things, this prince said again, this prince's time is worth a thousand gold, and I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." Xiao Yi said unhurriedly, "You colluded with the ancient family and secretly drugged three thousand army horses. The prince has already found out everything. Prescribing medicine to a war horse in the army is tantamount to collaborating with the enemy... "
Collaboration? ! That is the crime of copying and beheading. Meng Yiliang's pupils shrank sharply, naturally he would not accept the charge, and denied it flatly: "The final general refuses to accept... The final general is loyal to the son, the prince, and the southern border army. He is absolutely loyal. The sun can learn from it. Sir, can you You can't act arbitrarily in this way just to protect Marquis An Yi, are you trying to chill the hearts of all the soldiers?"
What he meant was to reprimand Xiao Yi to cover up Guan Yubai, to use him as the scapegoat, and to kill him to make sure there is no proof.
He stared at Guan Yubai viciously, his fierce eyes seemed to want to kill someone, "Marquis An Yi, it's you, a treacherous villain, who bewitched my son!"
Xiao Yi also looked at Guan Yubai, raised his eyebrows, but there was a half-smile in his eyes, and he teased silently: Xiaobai, so you still have the potential to be a courtier? !
From the beginning to the end, Guan Yubai was always calm and breezy, drinking tea on his own, as if Meng Yiliang was just a clown, and it seemed that Meng Yiliang's words were not worthy of his ears at all.
"Master, you..."
Meng Yiliang still wanted to yell, but this time, Xiao Yi was completely impatient, interrupted him directly, and directly ordered: "Drag on, one hundred sticks."
One hundred military sticks is a heavy punishment. You must know that if every stick is implemented, ordinary people can hardly scream after thirty military sticks; When hitting the tenth stick again, the person is already exhaling more air and less inhaling.
Meng Yi's conscience sank, her face turned pale, and then she heard Xiao Yi continue to order: "Also, seal the Guna Mansion, take down all the members of the Guna House, and temporarily detain them!"
"Yes, my son." Li Deguang accepted the order respectfully, and then waved his hand to signal the two soldiers to take Meng Yiliang away.
The two soldiers immediately dragged the unwilling Meng Yiliang out of the study...
"Let go of General Ben!"
Now, Meng Yiliang was really anxious and scared this time, he never thought that the son of the world would not care about his reputation at all, he would not care about being the person left by the old prince, he would go his own way, and even execute himself.
One hundred batons!
He has been in the army for decades, what will happen to a hundred army sticks, he knows best, but even a young man with a strong blood may not be able to bear the hundred army sticks.
After the execution of the sentence, even if he was lucky enough to survive, it would be useless!
His expression was full of panic and despair, and while struggling with all his strength, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Let go of this general!...Old prince, you have a spirit in the sky. It is really unreasonable for the son to treat the veteran like this!" It's chilling...”
His voice grew farther and farther away as he was dragged away, ending in a horrific scream.
"Snapped-"
"Snapped-"
"..."
The two executioners swung their military sticks while reporting the number.
The two army sticks crossed and struck down, and every time the thick sticks were swung down, there was a whistling wind.
In embarrassment, Meng Yiliang was firmly pressed to the ground by two soldiers, and his pants were pulled down, revealing his shriveled buttocks. The dull sound of the stick hitting his flesh was intertwined with his screams.
Meng Yiliang only felt the pain in his heart, and the chilly feeling on his buttocks brought him a great humiliation, which made him angry, hated and ashamed, and wished he could pass out now...
This scream, which was shriller than the previous one, naturally spread to the Sunshine Palace, Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai spoke as if they had never heard of it, as if two leisurely tea drinkers were sitting in a tea room drinking tea and discussing the Tao.
But this tranquility hadn't lasted a cup of tea before it was destroyed by a rush of footsteps.
A tall soldier of the Xuanjia Army walked in quickly, with a dignified expression, clasped his fists at the two of them and said: "My lord, Lord Hou, the soldiers of the third battalion under General Meng learned that he was captured by your order, my lord. The crowd was furious, the three battalions mutinied, and a group of generals from the battalion came to the palace to plead for him, and now they are waiting outside the gate of Xuyang."
Meng Yiliang was a second-rank general who was awarded the title of military merit during the Nanwang period of the old town. In southern Xinjiang, his military rank was only slightly inferior to that of Tian He. He had a total of three battalions and 10,000 people under his command. All of them could be said to be his confidantes trained by himself. .
Nanliang now has a total of 50,000 soldiers stationed in southern Xinjiang. Once these three battalions mutiny, it may cause turmoil in the military camp and even destabilize Nanliang.
However, facing such a severe situation, Xiao Yi's face showed no anxiety, instead he raised his eyebrows with interest and said: "Xiao Bai, let's go out and see the excitement."
Xuyang Gate is the innermost palace gate of the Nanliang Palace, without the approval of Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai, no one can easily step through this gate.
Guan Yubai smiled lightly, got up and said, "Let's go get some air."
The two walked out of the Sunshine Hall while talking, and walked forward in a leisurely manner.
Xiao Siyi, who was originally on the eaves, saw Guan Yubai coming out, immediately jumped down from above, and followed Guan Yubai lightly, like his shadow.
After leaving the Riyao Palace, Meng Yiliang's screams became clearer and sharper. He must have seen Xiao Yi, and shouted again: "My son... lord... ah!"
Soon they were overwhelmed by a loud counting sound:
"Seventeen!"
"eighteen!"
"..."
The Sunrise Gate is directly facing the Sunshine Palace, and the distance between the two is only a hundred feet away. Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai can see dozens of generals of the Southern Border Army gathered outside the Sunrise Gate at a glance. Hundreds of households were about to arrive, and their faces were full of righteous indignation. They whispered to each other, looked at Meng Yiliang who was being tortured for a while, and turned to Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai for a while.
A forty-year-old general with a mustache stepped forward, clasped his fists to salute Xiao Yi, and said in a plausible voice: "My lord, the last general waits until I hear that my lord ordered General Meng to take care of the sick horse." Take it down, but the generals thought that this matter had nothing to do with Old General Meng, the three thousand troops were chosen by Marquis An Yi, even if the son wanted to ask for a crime, he should go to Marquis An Yi."
Another young lieutenant clasped his fists and said, "Yes, my lord, please be careful. You can't pass the crime of Marquis An Yi on to old General Meng. It's really unfair!"
The generals in the rear echoed each other, and the general raised his chin slightly, and his tone became more and more tough: "Please also follow the army's morale, release old general Meng, and severely punish An Yihou, otherwise it will really make me feel like I'm going to die." The 10,000 soldiers of the third battalion are chilled, and we have no choice but to ask ourselves to disarm and return to the field!"
The other generals nodded frequently, and their emotions became agitated.
All of them are full of righteous indignation, like a group of flaming flames.
These words are aggressive, with a momentum of forcing the palace, the situation is about to explode!
Meng Yiliang, who was pressed on the execution bench, showed a trace of relief on his face. Although it was not his wish to make such a fuss, Meng Yiliang believed that the son of the world would definitely agree! Otherwise, even the son of the world would not be able to bear the heavy responsibility of the mutiny of the third battalion! Once the military camp is in chaos, the prince will even take away his position as the son of the prince if he starts to question him!
The priority of this matter, the son of the world should understand!
However, before Meng Yiliang could let go of his heart completely, he heard Xiao Yi slowly say: "Those who make trouble in the military camp will be dealt with by military law!"
Decisive and decisive, there is no room for negotiation.
The faces of the dozens of generals froze, and the ginseng showed even more anger, and said forcefully: "My lord, the last general will not accept! The superior should convince others with reason. My lord, you are so arbitrary, how can you convince others..."
Xiao Yi's expression turned cold instantly, and he interrupted the other party in a cold voice: "Those who disobey orders will be killed without mercy."
This time, he only gave six words.
When he suppressed his smile, his demeanor changed drastically, as if he had suddenly changed from a playboy to a warrior.
He made a gesture, and the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army who were guarding nearby immediately stepped out and surrounded the generals from both sides. A tall general directly pulled out the saber at his waist without politeness.
brush-
I saw a flash of silver knife light, and the gleaming blade pierced the general's abdomen with lightning speed. The tip of the knife pierced through the back waist, and it was stained with blood from the silver, and the blood dripped from the tip of the blade. dripping...
The general didn't expect that the other party would dare to take his own life, so he didn't take precautions at all, but at this moment, the piercing feeling in his belly reminded him of this cruel reality. His mouth moved, but he couldn't speak at all, and his round eyes were filled with despair.
The dozen or so soldiers around looked at the scene in disbelief, while the hundred general smiled coldly, turned the blade directly, and then came out from the side of his waist, his body slowly stiffened look up...
Everyone could almost clearly hear the sound of bones breaking and flesh being cut open. In the next instant, bright red blood splashed from the wound on the side of his waist, splashing on the face, robe, and surroundings of the general. On several soldiers who were close.
The dozens of generals seemed to be dumb, and they all kept silent.
Their faces are not very good-looking, the blood has faded, and the eyes filled with fear are full of doubts.
How bold!
It's really courageous, a little general will do it as soon as he says he wants to do it, and he will kill a general directly. If the other party dares to do it, it is of course because he has the support of the son behind him.
Since he dared to kill one, he dared to kill the rest of them. Anyway, killing one is killing, and killing all of them is nothing more than dozens of lives.
The young lieutenant looked at the general who was dying, then at the general with a bit of evil in his eyes, and then at the elder son Xiao Yi who was smiling but not smiling, his heart felt chilly.
These people are all under Meng Yiliang's command, so they are not familiar with Shi Ziye, they used to hear about Shi Ziye's deeds, they only knew that Shi Ziye was invincible on the battlefield, but they didn't know him.
It wasn't until this moment that they really realized that the prince in front of them, who held the military power with illustrious military exploits, was not their incomparably noble prince.
Although King Zhennan is the most honorable person in southern Xinjiang, in fact, since the old prince passed away, most of the real power in the Southern Border Army has been dispersed in the hands of the generals. Although King Zhennan has military power, he has no power at all. How come he has been on the battlefield, and his authority in the army is not even comparable to that of a few generals. But Shizi is completely different...
yes!
They overlooked one point, the most important point, the power of the son of the world in the southern border army is unmatched!
Especially those soldiers who followed him to conquer Baiyue and conquered Nanliang, they were even more obedient to him.
Therefore, the son of the world is not afraid of their threats at all!
Even if their three battalions add up to 10,000 people!
Not only these soldiers hesitated, but even Meng Yiliang himself was shocked. In his mind, there was only one sentence lingering: How dare he? !
"This son does not allow anyone to comment on what he does." Xiao Yi's smile did not change, and his tone was still casual as usual, but this time no one dared to ignore every word in his words, "If there is any noise, kill No pardon!"
Guan Yubai smiled slightly. The most taboo thing about a mutiny in the military camp is the indecision of those in power, which will only lead to being hijacked by the "military spirit" in the end. Just like the emperor is now "hijacked" by the officials and dare not establish a prince...
The young lieutenant swallowed, hesitated and said again: "My son..."
Xiao Yi looked at him with a smile, and his smile was even brighter, but the young captain suddenly fell silent and dared not speak any more. He believed that if he said one more word, Shizi's butcher's knife would be on his neck.
There was silence all around, only the sound of reprimands and counting.
"Forty-six."
"forty seven."
"Forty eight."
"..."
When the soldiers counted to "fifty", Xiao Yi raised his hand and made a gesture, and the two executing soldiers stopped immediately.
At this time, Meng Yiliang had shouted so much that his voice was hoarse, and he was almost unable to make a sound. The blood and sweat on his back were mixed together, causing a burning pain. He already felt that his body was not his own, leaving only pain, breathing It is even weaker, with less air intake and more air output.
Seeing that the executioner stopped, Meng Yiliang and the young lieutenant had a spark of hope in their eyes, and they both said in their hearts: Could it be that the son of the world just wants to show them off
Xiao Yi took a few steps forward, looked down at Meng Yiliang whose eyes were wandering, and said with a curved mouth, "In an autumn hunt more than three years ago, there was an outbreak of horse plague in the Hunting Palace area at the foot of Shenlong Mountain. , the horse plague was transmitted from sick horses to humans, and then from humans to each other. From this, the epidemic spread rapidly, almost more terrible than smallpox, but anyone who contracted the disease was a dead end, and hundreds of people died because of it. After discovering the symptomatic medicine and catching the culprit behind the scenes, the epidemic may have been completely out of control, corpses are everywhere, and ten rooms are empty!"
Meng Yi's conscience sank, and she faintly felt an ominous premonition. The son of the world would never mention the horse plague more than three years ago to him for no reason. Could it be that... Meng Yiliang hardly dared to think about it.
What Meng Yiliang thought of, the other soldiers not far away also thought of it, and they were all in shock.
"The culprit is the Changdi people. They deliberately used horse plague to try to spread the disease to the emperor and destroy our country." Xiao Yi continued, "The three thousand war horses purchased from Dele's house this time, are on the way. I got this kind of 'horse plague'. Old General Meng, who gave you the white marble hooked cloud pattern lamp in your mansion, where did the Liangxi Racecourse under your name come from, and you hid it in the box on the wall of your study. What happened to the 50,000 taels of silver bill?!"
After a pause, Xiao Yi sighed and said again: "Old General Meng, the Gu family is really generous! Since they have money and nowhere to spend it, why don't they come to honor this son?"
The more Meng Yiliang heard it, the more frightened she became. How could the Master know all these secret things? ! Also, although he let the ancient family prescribe medicine to the horse, but Helagu said that the medicine will only make the horse suffer from a moderate disease... How could it be horse plague? Or is it horse sickness that is contagious to humans? !
He, he was actually deceived by Helagu? !
Thinking about it, Meng Yiliang trembled slightly, but now, if he admits it, it will be a dead end, and even drag the whole family down.
Meng Yiliang could only grit his teeth and said weakly: "My lord, you have misunderstood the general too deeply..."
The eyes of the soldiers who came to plead for orders moved back and forth between the two of them. Although they were all Meng Yiliang's confidantes, only two or three of them knew about such a secret matter, and the others were more hesitant. Naturally, they wanted to Believe in Meng Yiliang, but Shi Ziye speaks eloquently...
Xiao Yi looked down at Meng Yiliang with a half-smile, and said, "Old General Meng, I don't know what benefits the royal family of Nanliang has promised you. You want to use our entire army of 50,000 people to be buried with you?"
Every word seemed to be falling out of ice, the surrounding soldiers held their breath nervously, a gust of wind blew in their faces, sending the strong smell of blood to the tip of everyone's noses...