Chapter 645: Count the counts

Chapter 645: Count the counts

   Chapter 645

People from the Ministry of Rites and Ministry of Engineering were the first to visit the mausoleum, and they had already begun preparations at the beginning of Yinshi. When the remaining officials and the concubine's clan drove with them, arrangements were made everywhere.

  The holy driver led the officials to the altar. The man stood on the east side and the woman stood on the west side, welcoming the gods together.

  The sound of drums and bells came out of the mausoleum for the first time, and the soldiers of the Forbidden Army guarding at the foot of Lingshan could also hear the echoes faintly.

   Ji Xiu personally led people to guard under the mountain. Hearing the ringing of bells, he subconsciously raised his head and looked towards the sky, trying to judge the time by the sun.

  However, the sky is chaotic, and the clouds are densely covered, lowering the sky.

   Seeing this surging phenomenon, Ji Xiu silently squeezed the long knife around his waist.

   is today.

  ……

  In front of the mausoleum, the sacrificial matters are proceeding in an orderly manner.

  Tao Fu Jiang reverently read the sacrificial text, and there was a sound of elegant music. Nearly two hundred dancers with cicada crowns and blue sleeves surrounded the altar, moving with ritual music. The oversized sleeves were turned in the wind, drawing a solemn and somewhat mysterious arc.

  The deacons wearing Xuanbian deep clothing stood on the right side of the altar, praising, Si Zun, holding silk, holding jue, and Si Xi, each fulfilling their duties.

  Welcome to the gods, it is to entertain the food, it is for the first offering-this process should have been done by the emperor, and because Emperor Qingming was not able to support his body, he gave the prince the responsibility for it.

  The prince offered wine in front of the sacrifice table, and offered the fruits for food, and each cup was pushed forward in turn, as the cousin offered to the ancestor.

  After entering the restaurant, you need to kneel and worship. From the right position, to the coordinating position, and then to each position, you need to kneel and pray three times.

  This is the first offer.

  Half of the ritual process, Xu Mingyi stood under the corridor and glanced at the boy with gray lips and strong self-support, and his heart arose.

  His Royal Highness's body seemed to be worse.

  She had given some prescriptions for conditioning before, but now it seems that they are not very effective.

  Or is also tired of recent things, and even the best prescription is useless.

   Although this child is young, he is much stronger than his father.

  But this sense of responsibility is a huge drag on his body.

  The whole ceremony came down, and within two hours, the prince had to bow down for nearly two hundred times.

  The wind in early spring is chilly, and the thin body of the boy is almost unsteady in the cold wind.

  But the boy can always feel it, a cold look has never left him.

  He has been tight, but he is almost unable to maintain this tightness.

   Next to him was Emperor Qingming, who was followed by an imperial physician, sitting on a car chair in a diadem suit, with a thin blanket on his legs, under a beaded crown, and a pair of sickly sunken eyes that were cloudy and cloudy.

  "Burning the sacrificial text, Su silk——" The voice of the praiser was loud and long.

  The prince feels a little relieved, and he is finally done.

  He did not shame the royal family, nor did he cause trouble to the adults such as Xie Shoufu.

  Before the altar, the tongue of fire in the copper basin swallowed the sacrificial text and silk silk.

  This is the gift to the gods, and the last sacrifice is made, and the process of sacrifice is completed.

  However, at this moment, the boy turned to the west and bowed first after giving up his main position.

  Seeing this, the expressions of the officials around changed slightly.

  For a while, no one spoke.

When the boy finished his last ceremony, the commendor was about to declare the "respect", but suddenly he heard a sneer: "The prince's worship has messed up the order of things, why is no one of Aiqing reminded me? Haven't seen it before?-When did my Daqing ritual system be abandoned and neglected to this point!"

  The prince's face suddenly became paler.

  He is out of order?

  Yes, it seems to be messed up...

  The sacrificial ritual system is not a trifle. He practiced repeatedly in the East Palace for more than ten days, but it was still...

  He is so stupid!

And he once heard the Taifu said that in the previous dynasty, there was a prince who had messed up the order of kneeling when he was worshipping the ancestors. —

  He is not afraid of being punished!

  But he can’t get rid of them!

Thinking of this, and met those eyes full of chill and coercion, the boy was a little flustered for a while, and hurriedly knelt down, confessed his mistake, please punish: Please be punished by the emperor."

  At this time, under the eyes of everyone, we must stabilize the situation. Even if he is punished, it does not matter, but it must not break the deployment of the adults these days.

  He can’t let Xie Shoufu speak for him to intercede for him, so that he can borrow questions from his father and emperor and anger other people!

  At this moment, there is only one thought in the mind of the boy who is extremely self-blaming.

Emperor Qingming’s voice was sullen and mocking: "You must know that it is not I who will punish you, but Xie’s ancestral system will punish you... The reason why you are wrong is because you have no respect for the ancestors and ancestors in your heart. !"

  Jie Shoufu's face darkened.

   came up to be deducted for such a serious crime, and the punishment will certainly not go lighter!

  The emperor really wants to deal with the prince...

  Otherwise, how can I be so sick that I can still stare at the prince without blinking!

  This is deliberately to pick out the wrong place. Even if the prince has never made the wrong order, he can certainly pick out other shortcomings.

Although the ritual system is unbreakable, we must also consider the actual situation-this time the prince commemorating the ancestors on behalf of the emperor was unexpected. , It is extremely rare. What's more, the emperor's intention is definitely not to be correct, but to use this to express his highness!

  Thinking about the possible troublesome consequences of this incident, he was about to stand out now, but was caught by the arm of Taifu Jiang beside him.

  Jie Shoufu turned his head, and saw the old man shook his head slightly, motioned him with his eyes to watch the change temporarily.

  Young people, don’t be too impatient.

Tai Fu Jiang's overly calm expression even reminded Xie Shoufu of the old monk who got up early and knocked Muyu.

  "Yes, I know my fault, please my father to punish me." The prince's figure was lowered a bit, his forehead touched on the cold hard stone brick.

"Of course you should be punished--" Emperor Qingming clenched the armrest of the car seat tightly, almost gritted his teeth: "Your charge is not just for disrespect of the ancestors! Today, I will treat you in front of the ancestors and ancestors. The crimes of unfaithfulness, unfilial piety, and injustice came one after another!"

  The prince stiffened, and there was still undercurrent surging around him.

  Ji Dong, who was also in the entourage, heard this, and was also apprehensive.

  Unfaithful and unfilial, rebellious?

  Punishing the prince on such a crime, the emperor is clearly...they saved the heart of being a waste reserve!

  Looking at the appearance of the emperor, it is clear that he will be alive in a few days. How can he still be so tossed when he is coming?

  And His Royal Highness is obviously unable to bear the toss, but don’t end up with the father and the son. There is not one left...!

  Jie Shoufu couldn't listen anymore, and stood up with a tight face.

  But someone stepped forward faster than him——

  The Mingxiao was listed. When he came to the side of Emperor Qingming, Su Rong asked: “It is better to let the minister count down the crimes on your behalf, so that the adults can judge one or two.”

  Qingming Emperor Qingming’s blood was surging, and there was a cloud of cough in his throat. It was when his breathing was particularly difficult, he said: "Okay...I will let Mingqing publicize his crime on behalf of me!"

  Under the gaze of everyone, the back of the Ming effect was straight, stepping over the white marble steps, and standing beside the prince before coming to the divine case.

  Jie Shoufu was stopped by Taifu Jiang again.

   "Shu Ming, don't be restless..." Jiang Taifu's voice was extremely low, and his eyes were fixed on Ming Xiaozhi. The intuition under the experience told him that things might not be as simple as they seem to be.

  It is okay to express an opinion, but it is also necessary to see the whole picture before making a judgment.

Xie Shoufu frowned and looked at Ming Xiaozhi.

  He wants to see how confused this surname Ming can be--

  The emperor is crazy ill, is the other party going crazy too?

   Under the gaze one after another, Ming Xiaozhi opened his mouth, his voice faltered, and his face was full of coldness.

   "Poison killing of the emperor's father, colluding with officials to usurp the throne, this is the first crime!"

  The officials all changed when they heard the words.

  Poison to kill the father...

  The crime of killing the king? !

  Not only cabinet officials were present, but other ministers, who suddenly heard this and couldn't help but speculate.

  Resolve the first assistant's anger and anti-laugh.

  He used to think that the surname Ming was a bit more rigid and pedantic, and his original intention was not selfish, otherwise he would not be able to allow it to this day——

  At the moment, this is obviously stupid and bad!

Looking at the other party again, his eyes are already extremely cold: "You publicly declare that His Royal Highness has poisoned His Majesty, such a felony, is there any evidence?! If you are just speculating, you are framing the prince, who has the heart of chaotic politics, and you should be cut according to the law. !"

   "I am the evidence!"

Emperor Qingming stretched out his slightly trembling fingers towards the prince: "...It was the healers he had found, who changed my prescriptions and moved their hands and feet in my medicines, so that I would not be sick for a long time! This rebellious collusion The cabinet officials are under house arrest and want to poison me in the Hall of Nourishing the Heart!"

  Solved the first assistant did not back down: "Even if you are your majesty, you must emphasize evidence!"

"Of course I have evidence!" Emperor Qingming looked straight at Jie Shoufu, his gaze seemed to regard him as a dying person: "Emperor Zheng, several people have already detected poison in my medicine, and they are born in Before today, my words could not reach the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart. You control the government and plot wrongdoing... Today, I will liquidate all of you chaos and thieves together!"

   Hearing that a poison was detected in the medicine, Jie Shoufu and others all looked at the doctor Zheng carefully.

   "..." Grand Doctor Zheng was too panic.

  That, like everyone else, he himself just learned about it!

  He has been tested for drugs!

  The other two imperial doctors also felt completely unprepared-the emperor had a scene with them in advance?

  However, the emperor said that he had been poisoned. Then there must be some and no charges for this crime. How can they dare to say the second thing in public at this time?

  If you say that the only thing you can do, it seems to be silent.

  At this moment, several imperial physicians did not dare to look at the boy kneeling under the divine case.

  Because they know very well in their hearts that this is not the son killing the father, but the father killing the son.

  The king wants the minister to die, the father wants the son to die...

  Everyone all around understood the purpose of this crime. Since ancient times, the killing of the king has been the most serious crime, and no crime can get past it.

  Once you sit firmly, not to mention the position of the prince, your life is hard to protect...

   "My son has never had the heart to murder his father!" The prince raised his head, his eyes full of tears, and his voice choked with a firmness that was rare in the past.

  At this time, almost no one noticed the Ming Yushi standing there, his expression unchanged, as if he hadn't heard these words in his ears.

  He continued--

   "Take advantage of his brother’s offensive, murdering a pregnant brother’s wife and killing him, this is the second crime!"

  It suddenly became silent all around.

   Perplexed and confused, many strange and inquiring eyes fell on Ming Yushi's face.

  The younger brother of the prince...

  Where did the younger brother and wife come from?

  This is all crazy talk!

  "..." The first person who changed his face was Emperor Qingming. His body became stiff almost instantly, and his breathing hard heart jumped wildly.

  He looked at Ming Xiaozhi standing there in disbelief, and couldn’t understand what was going on for a while, why the other party suddenly uttered such a sentence!

  He has no time to think about it!

   immediately said: “Mingqing is afraid that she is a little delirious today, come, take him down to rest!”

  Officials have been surprised.

  There are no fools.

  Especially the older people who still have an impression of the old things that happened in King Yan’s Mansion 19 years ago, and they have all reacted by this time.

  The complexion of the first assistant and the assistant has changed a little.

  The words of Mingxiaozhi continued, his neck straightened, and his voice became louder and louder.

   "He has repeatedly attacked King Yan and used the Purple Star Sect as a cover to assassinate King Yan when he left Beijing. This is the third crime!"

  "Putting eyeliner in Princess Jingrong’s mansion, trying to kill the princess without success, this is the fourth crime!"

   "Killing your father, killing brothers and feet, how should this crime be liquidated!"

  Ming Yushi looked like a knife, and raised his hand in the direction of Emperor Qingming.

   Vibrated all around, like shaking mountains and rivers.

  "...It's ridiculous! It's ridiculous! I know, you...even you were bought by the prince! You are the same thing as the cabinet messengers! Wolves!"

Emperor Ming leaned his hands on both sides of the car seat, his face was extremely excited, trying to struggle to get up, and said with a trembling: "Are you all deaf! Why don't you bring this madman down! Wang Tong, where's Wang Tong?! Give me. Take this person down!"

   was also watching the show...No, Wang Tong, who was also shocked by this sudden reversal, reluctantly recovered, bowed to answer "Yes", and rushed forward immediately with a group of guards.

   "Hold on!"

  On the west side of the altar, among the concubines and clan families, a very clear and powerful voice suddenly sounded.

  "The palace can testify, the words and sentences of the Ming Yushi are true—"

   Emperor Qingming turned his head abruptly and looked at where the sound was coming from.

  Respect...

   is respectful!

  The princess Jingrong, wearing a cyan sacrificial dress, walked out of the crowd, with a wide coat swaying behind her, her body was straight and her face was awe-inspiring.

  The voices were shocked all around.

  Such a respectful princess, there is still half of the innocent and silly appearance in the past!

  Looking at the person walking towards him, Ming Yushi's eyes were inexplicably hot.

  It’s been too long since he had seen such a highness.

  "Take them all to me!" Emperor Qingming's face was blue, and his lips were trembling.

  He can’t, he can’t let these people ruin everything about him!

  Wang Tong bit his scalp and stepped forward, but saw that the prince who had been kneeling there slowly got up with his palms on his hands, and then his face was white and stood in front of Ming Yushi.

  (End of this chapter)