Phi-Fic Chapter 133: Become the Minister of Justice (14)
Chapter 133: Become the Minister of Justice (14)
Time comes the next day.
The bell of the Chen hour rang slowly, and the court hall was filled with ministers.
Song Chengze arrived at the court hall very early. Today he specially changed into formal dress and came to the scene wearing a crown with eleven tassels on his head.
When the ministers saw Song Chengze dressed so formally, they all looked at each other. It seemed that something big was going to happen today!
Song Chengze set his sights on the position of the Minister of Justice. Xie Lang had not arrived yet, so there was no one in that position.
Seeing this, Song Chengze couldn't help but sneer: "Our Minister of Justice is really so powerful that she makes all the officials wait for her."
Everyone knew that the prince was mocking Xie Lang, but they didn't dare to respond. You know, the last person who said something bad about Xie Lang had grass five meters high on his grave.
At this moment, Xie Lang appeared outside the hall. The minister who was the first to react trembled all over, and then bowed in the direction of Xie Lang: "This humble official greets Minister Xu."
As soon as the voice fell, there was the sound of all the ministers in the audience saluting with an extremely respectful attitude. Seeing this, Song Chengze couldn't help but clench his fists.
When he came in, the ministers' greetings were very perfunctory. Now that Xie Lang was here, they were all extremely respectful.
However, thinking that today was the day Xie Lang would die, he was not so angry anymore.
Xie Lang had already walked into the queue at this time, and the puppet emperor also arrived.
After everyone has paid their respects.
"Reporting to the Emperor, I have something to report."
Song Chengze stepped out first and reported to the puppet emperor that he would kill Xie Lang to pieces today.
"If you have anything important to say, please speak later." The puppet emperor shouted directly, then turned his gaze to Xie Lang and said slowly: "Lord Xu."
Xie Lang stepped out and took out a list from his sleeve as he did in every other court meeting.
According to Xie Lang's practice in the past few months, before each court meeting, Xie Lang would execute the entire clan of a minister, and turn a dozen ministers into human pigs to liven up the atmosphere.
Therefore, before attending court every time, the ministers would leave a suicide note to their families, because they did not know whether they would be able to come back alive.
When the ministers saw the list in Xie Lang's hand, they all became nervous, and Song Chengze snorted coldly because what he was about to say was blocked by the puppet emperor.
Looking at Xie Lang, he thought, it doesn't matter if he keeps showing off for a while.
"The Prince's Grand Tutor Zeng Yi bullies his neighbors, disrespects the laws of the country, and colludes with treacherous officials, so he should be executed along with his entire clan." Xie Lang's extremely calm voice echoed throughout the entire hall, and because the hall was too empty, it caused waves of echoes.
Zeng Yi's face changed drastically when he heard this. He didn't expect that he would be the one to be executed along with his entire clan today. However, he was not a man who would resign himself to his fate. He shouted to Song Chengze, "Prince, save me! Prince, save me!!!"
Song Chengze's fists turned white at this moment. Over the past few months, Xie Lang had killed countless officials from his faction.
Last time he was the Grand Tutor, this time he is the Guardian.
Next time, it will be him, the prince.
But fortunately, he has evidence of Xie Lang's guilt today, so he gave Zeng Yi a reassuring look. After Xie Lang falls today, he will rescue Zeng Yi.
After Zeng Yi was pulled away, the officials present all breathed a sigh of relief.
They were glad that it was not someone else who was killed along with his entire clan this time, but soon their heartbeats began to speed up again.
Because next Xie Lang has another list, a list of people who will be turned into human pigs.
As expected, Xie Lang read out a few more names: "Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Li Si, Imperial Censor Wang Wu, General of Chariots and Cavalry Lu Wang... These people pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed, embezzled the national treasury, committed illegal acts, and committed heinous crimes. They should be made into human pigs to serve as a warning to others."
After Xie Lang finished reading out the names, eunuchs brought in large wine jars and placed them on the left and right sides of the hall. The officials who were close to the wine jars felt a chill in their hearts and their scalps went numb.
Then a team of Shenlong Guards rushed in and picked out the official whose name Xie Lang read out from the queue. For a moment, wailing sounds were heard everywhere.
The officials whose names were not called breathed a sigh of relief and lived another day.
Xie Lang noticed everyone's reactions. She was good at creating panic.
Death is not the most terrifying thing, the most terrifying thing is the process of waiting for death.
Since these people have humiliated Xu Yingqing to varying degrees in their previous lives, this is the price they pay in this life.
What followed was a bloody scene, with those officials who were caught begging for mercy and sobbing.
But no matter how miserable they were, no one pleaded for them, and other officials who were not named remained silent.
The atmosphere in the hall was very depressing.
The Shenlong Guards skillfully cut off the hands and feet of the officials whose names were called out, and then threw them into wine jars. In order to prevent them from making any sound, their vocal cords were also destroyed so that they could not make any sound at all.
After this process, the ministers who witnessed it all broke out in cold sweat, with sweat soaking their backs.
Looking at Xie Lang, there was extreme panic in his eyes.
At this time, Xie Lang looked at Song Chengze, half smiling, and said, "Your Highness, what did you want to report before?"
Although he was smiling, the smile looked so fake that it was scary.
"Xu Yingqing, do you know that you have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor?"
Song Chengze sneered at Xie Lang. He seemed to have already seen the scene of Xie Lang kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy. That scene must be wonderful.
"Oh, so what?" Xie Lang asked back nonchalantly, as if Song Chengze's questioning had no lethality to her at all.
Faced with Xie Lang's indifferent look, Song Chengze couldn't bear it any longer.
"Father, you have been deceived by her. We have all been deceived by her." Song Chengze pointed at Xie Lang and shouted at the puppet emperor: "Xu Yingqing is actually a woman, a complete woman."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the ministers were shocked and looked towards Xie Lang.
They never expected that the King of Hell who was suppressing them to the point where they couldn't even breathe, was actually a woman.
Xie Lang looked at Song Chengze indifferently, his eyes did not change at all.
At this moment, Song Chengze clapped his hands, and then a figure walked out of the hall.
This person is Xu Guanghai.
Xu Guanghai was only a sixth-rank official and was not qualified to participate in court meetings.
Only officials of the fifth rank and above are qualified to enter the court hall, but there are exceptions. Xu Guanghai was brought in by the prince, so he was waiting outside the hall just now.
At this moment, he walked in and saw the wine jars on both sides of the hall and the blood remaining on the ground. He was so frightened that his hands and feet became limp.
If this wasn't the court hall, he might have been paralyzed on the ground out of fear.
Is this a court meeting? This is hell!
However, he still walked tremblingly to the center of the hall, saluted to the puppet emperor and the prince, and then cried, "Your Majesty, I am guilty. Xu Yingqing is my daughter. In order to become an official, she forged her identity and participated in the imperial examinations. She also threatened me, her father."
"Now she has disguised herself as a man and sneaked into the court, fabricating charges, killing loyal officials, and causing countless deaths. As her father, I did not stop her, so I am guilty."