Chapter 132: 132 beheaded

Chapter 132: 132 beheaded

Chapter 132 Chapter 132 Beheaded

He cleared his throat and tried to say something nice for Qin Xuan, pretending that Qin Xuan was being coerced by Lin Guo.

Gu Jue glanced around half a circle indifferently, taking in everyone's thoughts. He didn't give General Cheng a chance to speak, and just asked: "What is the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and what is the crime of patricide?"

Each of these two crimes is a capital offense.

His voice was neither light nor heavy, but it struck the hearts of Mu Lin, General Cheng and others like a heavy hammer.

Their hearts all plummeted, falling into the bottomless abyss.

Not to mention the crime of patricide, if the crime of collaborating with the enemy is implemented, the consequences will be disastrous.

When the book is passed to the emperor, I am afraid that all the officials and generals in Nanyang will be washed. Everyone present is a close associate of the Nanyang King. In the eyes of the emperor, they are equal to the same crime. Even if he does not behead, the emperor will most likely be. They will lose their positions, demote their official titles, or exile them to remote mountains and remote places...

Their career and their family were all ruined!

Mu Lin, General Cheng and others looked at each other in confusion.

They are all generals of the Nanyang Army, and they can be said to be people on the same boat. Originally, this matter was Nanyang's household matter, and maybe it could be concealed, but Chen Wang Gu Jue was here.

This is a giant Buddha that even the emperor is afraid of!

Mu Lin looked at Qin Yao with a questioning look. Since Qin Yao could ask King Chen to come forward, he thought they had a personal relationship.

Qin Yao's fingers gently rubbed the lines on the unicorn jade pendant at his waist. After pondering for a moment, he said to Gu Jue: "Brother Ninth, this is Nanyang's housework, leave it to me."

Seeing that Qin Yao and Gu Jue were talking very casually, Mu Lin and others couldn't help exchanging glances with each other.

Their eyes followed Qin Yao's gaze to Gu Jue, including Qin Xuan.

Qin Xuan stared at the young man sitting side by side with Qin Yao in despair.

He looks like he is in his early twenties at most. He does not look like a scholar or a soldier. He has the character of a famous scholar in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. He is both elegant, frivolous, uninhibited, and willful. This contradictory temperament has no sense of violation. The earth appears in a person, as if nothing in the world can fall into his eyes.

He and Qin Yao sat together. Their temperaments were completely different, but they were so harmonious. They were like the sun and moon shining together, exuding indistinguishable light.

Mu Lin hurriedly said: "So good! So good!"

Others also nodded, looking at everyone in unison.

Only Qin Xuan felt chilled all over. Suddenly, the cold muddy water of the swamp seemed to spread to his nose, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Gu Jue casually sheathed the dagger in his hand, his eyes flashed, and he nodded and said, "Okay, then you can handle it yourself."

The two of them were laughing and talking, and there was a tacit understanding between them that didn't require words.

If from the beginning, Gu Jue said that Qin Xuan would be handed over to Qin Yao, some of these people would definitely be upset because of their own selfishness.

However, now, they first put Qin Xuan's collaborating with the enemy out in the open, making Mu Lin and others aware of the consequences of collaborating with the enemy, and then Qin Yao proposed that he handle it, and everyone agreed without saying a word.

Mu Lin and others were relieved when they heard this. On the one hand, they were grateful for Gu Jue's magnanimity, and on the other hand, they were also glad that Qin Yao had a good relationship with Gu Jue.

Qin Xuan jumped up from the ground, looking at Gu Jue and Qin Yao, his eyes widened and bloodshot.

These two people decided his fate in just a few words.

Qin Xuan pointed at the noses of Gu Jue and Qin Yao and said, "You... you are not qualified to decide my life or death! You are not qualified to judge me!"

He described it as crazy, and then said to Mu Lin and others: "Old General Mu, haven't you seen it yet? I was wrongly accused, and I was forced to plead guilty just now. In fact, all this is a conspiracy between my elder brother and this man !”

"You have all been fooled by them. They are the collaborators and treasoners!"

Qin Xuan became more and more excited, almost going crazy, and his mind was so confused that he lost his mind.

There was only one thought left in his mind: he couldn't plead guilty, he couldn't fall into Qin Yao's hands, Qin Yao would definitely not let him go easily!

There was silence.

Mu Lin and others looked at Qin Xuan with almost pity, as if to say, are you crazy? ! He actually said that King Chen was treason!

Qin Xuan also felt that he was going crazy. He didn't understand how he could be convicted of treason and patricide even though Qin Yao and the others had not produced any substantial evidence.

Gu Jue smiled.

His laughter was soft and inaudible, but the contradiction was so clear that it made the hearts of everyone present tremble.

Gu Jue seemed to have heard some joke and whispered: "You said that this king is treason?!"

This king? ! Qin Xuan's heart also trembled.

The other party calls himself the king, which means he has the title of king.

Do they have such a young prince in Daqi?

Several of the emperor's princes have not yet been crowned kings. No, it should be said that the second prince is only fifteen years old. He is definitely not the young man in front of him. So, is he the emperor's brother...

Wait, Ninth Brother? !

"Nine..." Qin Xuan muttered unconsciously, feeling a thunderclap pass through his heart, and suddenly his mind brightened.

Chen Wang Gu Jue is ranked ninth.

Only King Chen could easily capture Mu Lin and the others. The strange soldiers he saw when he entered the camp were also under King Chen.

Only King Chen could convict himself without clear evidence.

"You are King Chen..." Qin Xuan knelt down softly, as if his energy had been sucked away, and he felt that his eyes were filled with darkness.

Therefore, it was King Chen who rescued Qin Yao, so Qin Yao was able to escape from his pursuit.

Qin Xuan's fists were clenched together so tightly that his joints creaked and turned white.

He looked at Gu Jue in disbelief, still unable to accept this reality, and murmured: "It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this..."

King Chen should not have saved Qin Yao, nor should he have appeared here.

Shouldn't King Chen be trapped in the capital? !

Qin Yao looked at the ferocious-looking Qin Xuan, and he seemed surprisingly calm.

When the incident first happened, when he found out that the murderer of his father was his brother, he was confused. He asked himself again and again, why did Qin Xuan do this, why did he go to this point?

During the days when he was recuperating in the capital, watching Gu Jue's every step, he realized that there were not so many "whys" in this life.

Some people are born unworthy of being human.

Qin Yao rubbed the unicorn jade pendant at his waist twice more.

Seven years ago, before he left Nanyang, his father gave each of them a jade pendant, one of which was Qi and one was Lin.

Qilin is a benevolent beast.

The father hopes that they can be like Qilin and become people with outstanding talents and both political integrity and talent.

At that time, Qin Xuan, who was not yet eight years old, asked innocently: "Father, my eldest brother is the heir, so I will be his deputy. Can you make me a general?"

Qin Xuan now probably doesn't remember what he said.

Qin Yao let go of the jade pendant engraved with a qi and said: "Those who collaborate with the enemy and treason will die."

Mu Lin and others were shocked at first, but quickly calmed down, looked at each other, and felt that this was the best.

No matter what, Qin Xuan, as the second son of the royal family, is always a source of treason. Even if he hides it now, what if it comes out in the future?

Now Nanyang has dealt with Qin Xuan first, and there is no evidence to prove it. Even if the emperor knows about it, no one can interrogate him, and there is no way to go into details, so he can only let it go.

General Cheng struggled in his heart for a while, feeling that this was a good time to separate himself from Qin Xuan.

He was the first to speak out: "What the prince said is absolutely true, those who collaborate with the enemy and treason will die."

Following that, the other two veterans also responded.

Qin Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at this scene with a ferocious face and thought to himself: Qin Yao really wants his life! Moreover, these people all wanted him to die.

Amid the echoes, Qin Yao calmly announced: "Then I will sentence Qin Xuan to be executed immediately in front of the camp."

"Then let's do it in the name of killing my father." Gu Jue said calmly, "Others... I and everyone here just know."

All the generals burst into tears after hearing this. They expressed their gratitude to Gu Jue with each word, praising him for his profound sense of justice, his foresight and so on.

Qin Xuan's eyes were filled with cobweb-like bloodshot eyes, and his heart was completely cold.

Before today, he thought that his life was about to reach its peak, and that he was only one step away from the title of King of Nanyang.

However, in just one stick of incense, he fell from the top to the bottom.

It was clearly midsummer in June, but Qin Xuan felt as if the surroundings had lost their temperature, as if it was a cold winter.

The air seemed frozen.

Qin Xuan was really scared now.

He shouted excitedly: "No!"

"I am the second young master of the Nanyang Palace. I am not someone you can deal with privately."

"I want to face the Holy Spirit. I was wronged!"

Qin Xuan's voice became louder and sharper, as if roaring from the throat of a wild beast.

It was a good thing that he didn't say this. As soon as he said it, Mu Lin was still hesitant, but now the trace of hesitation disappeared.

How could this collaboration with the enemy be brought before the emperor?

Finally, King Chen made good friends with Qin Yao and was willing to keep this matter private. Qin Xuan was too ignorant.

That's right, he can do such unforgettable things as collaborating with the enemy and killing his father, so how can he know the seriousness of it!

His living will only harm them, and I don't know what else he can do!

Qin Xuan can't stay.

Mu Lin gritted his teeth and told himself that the Nanyang Army must cut off its tail to survive and dig out the pus and blood before it can be reborn.

He also nodded and said: "Master, you are right! This matter must be decided immediately."

While speaking, he stood up, bowed and clasped his fists towards Qin Yao, expressing his respect and submission.

General Cheng and the other two veterans also stood up, all bowing and clasping their fists.

"I want to see the emperor! I want to go to Beijing!" Qin Xuan shouted hysterically, his chest heaving violently, and his whole person looked crazy, like a madman.

Qin Yao can no longer see Qin Xuan in his eyes. To him, Qin Xuan is already a dead person.

He high-fived his hands twice, and the next moment, two tall, mighty and capable soldiers entered the camp.

The two of them restrained the crazy Qin Xuan from left to right, and dragged him out roughly and forcefully.

Qin Xuan was still roaring and struggling repeatedly, asking them to let him go. However, his little strength was so weak under the hold of these two powerful and powerful soldiers.

After a while, Qin Xuan was escorted to the square in front of the central tent. Above, the military flag representing the Nanyang Army was flying in the air, making a hunting sound.

One of the soldiers kicked Qin Xuan **** the calf.

Qin Xuan groaned and staggered to his knees, facing the flag of the Nanyang Army.

The movement here also alarmed other people in the camp.

The other soldiers in the camp also heard the sound and came over like waves.

Seeing Qin Xuan being escorted and kneeling on the ground, these soldiers were all confused. They didn't know what happened.

Mu Lin and others walked out surrounded by Qin Yao, attracting the attention of all the soldiers.

They all also saw Qin Yao sitting in a wheelchair. Suddenly, the crowd was in an uproar, and it was more lively than before.

Some people whispered to each other in twos and threes; some pointed at Qin Yao and Qin Xuan; and some couldn't help but walked in the direction of Mu Lin. "Old General Mu," a middle-aged soldier with a majestic figure walked towards Mu Lin, Qin Yao and others, clasped his fists and asked, "What on earth is going on?"

Mu Lin did not answer immediately, but just said: "I will explain later."

In the eyes of all the soldiers, Mu Lin strode up to the banner of the Nanyang Army and announced loudly: "Fellow soldiers of Nanyang County, please listen to me."

"Today we have found out the truth about the prince's death. The real culprit who killed the prince was not the prince, but the second son Qin Xuan."

"Qin Xuan was unfilial and committed patricide. The evidence is conclusive and his crime is unforgivable. He will be sentenced to death in accordance with the law!"

Mu Lin's voice was high-pitched and impassioned, spreading to every corner of the square and clearly reaching the ears of the soldiers present.

All these soldiers were stunned, and the square fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers in the square began to boil again, like boiling water.

Mu Lin had been in Nanyang for decades and was very prestigious in the army. Everyone knew that he was loyal to the King of Nanyang and had followed him through life and death. When he said this, the soldiers naturally believed him.

Three or four young men under twenty came out of the crowd with complicated expressions. One of the young men with narrow eyes couldn't help but confirm to Mu Lin: "Old General Mu, everything you said is true, right? ?”

These young generals all grew up playing with Qin Yao when they were young, until Qin Yao went to the capital to be a proton at the age of eleven.

When they heard that Qin Yao had killed his father, they felt unbelievable.

The Qin Yao they knew was not such a person!

Before Mu Lin could answer, another young man with a square face said excitedly: "Let me just say, it's definitely not the prince. How could the prince kill the prince!"

"That's right!"

"The prince has always been aboveboard!"

The other two young generals also echoed incessantly, with high spirits.

"Your Majesty, are your legs okay?"

"The second young master actually framed the fault on the prince, it is really hateful!"

These young generals all surrounded Qin Yao. Some asked about Qin Yao's injured leg, and some asked how Qin Yao escaped from danger. Their voices were quickly suppressed by the voices of other soldiers from behind.

When the surrounding soldiers looked at Qin Xuan who was kneeling on the ground, they all looked excited and angry.

At one time, many of them thought that Qin Xuan had the prince's demeanor when he was young, that he was better than the crown prince Qin Yao, and that he was more suitable to be the crown prince, but reality slapped them hard.

Some soldiers recalled their previous accusations against Qin Yao and felt a little ashamed and did not dare to look directly into Qin Yao's eyes.

At this moment, when they looked at Qin Xuan again, they felt that the second young master looked disgusting.

Soon, a tall executioner with a long knife came, with a cold face and a **** murderous aura all over his body.

Qin Xuan watched the executioner approaching gradually, his limbs felt cold and slightly numb.

The cold light on the long knife reflected in his pupils.

Qin Xuan panicked even more, his mind was in chaos, and he shouted: "It wasn't me! It wasn't me who killed my father!"

"It was Qin Yao who colluded with King Chen to harm me!"

“…”

The soldiers present were confused.

The prince colluded with King Chen? !

The other soldiers looked at each other, wondering what Qin Xuan was talking about.

"Brother Xuan! Brother Xuan!"

At this moment, a sharp and anxious female voice came from the direction of the entrance of the camp, and the voice was getting closer and closer.

The gathered soldiers automatically separated and saw a beautiful woman in her mid-thirties and wearing a purple bra trotting towards them.

The woman's forehead was covered with sweat, her expression was hurried, and her beauty was pale.

"princess!"

"The princess is here!"

The other soldiers became commotion again, shouting one after another.

Princess Nanyang quickly walked to Qin Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her son was safe.

When Qin Xuan saw Princess Nanyang, he seemed to be looking at a savior and shouted: "Mother, please save me! They are going to kill me!"

"Brother Xuan, don't be afraid," Princess Nanyang looked at her second son distressedly, and comforted her softly, "With my mother and concubine here, no one can do anything to you."

She quickly looked around, her eyes shot towards Qin Yao like arrows, she raised her head and shouted angrily: "Qin Yao, what are you going to do? It's not enough to kill your father, do you also want to kill your brother?"

"You are simply inhumane and heartless! Brother Xuan is your blood brother!"

"If you dare to kill your brother, you should also kill me, the mother-in-law."

Princess Nanyang glared fiercely at Qin Yao who was two or three feet away, her eyes as deep as ink.

His eldest son was not close to her. When he was a child in Nanyang, he was raised by his grandfather. Later, after his grandfather passed away, he went to the capital again and has not been back for so many years. He is always separated from himself. Like layers.

Princess Nanyang protected Qin Xuan behind her like a female animal protecting her cubs.

Qin Xuan grabbed her left hand and murmured: "Mother, concubine, save me, it was not me...it was not me who killed the father."

Qin Xuan's eyes flickered, and he hid half of his face behind Princess Nanyang, staring at Qin Yao in the wheelchair, his heart surging.

Qin Yao stared deeply at the mother and son in front of them. They had a deep love for each other, as if he was just an outsider.

"Mother, it was Qin Xuan who killed my father." Qin Yao said calmly.

The mother-in-law has favored her second brother since she was a child, and Qin Yao has long been used to it.

Everyone is close and distant, and so is mother and child.

Mu Lin also took two steps forward and said, "Princess, it was indeed the second young master who killed the prince."

General Cheng and others also echoed.

Princess Nanyang frowned even more tightly, expressing excitement.

She didn't believe it at all and said hysterically: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"How could Brother Xuan kill his father?"

"It's you, you deliberately put the blame on your second brother."

Princess Nanyang's voice became more and more shrill and high-pitched. She felt that people like Mu Lin had been subdued by Qin Yao, so they were confusing right and wrong.

As she spoke, she took another step forward, protecting Qin Xuan behind her like a solid shield.

The prince is dead, and she can no longer lose Xuan'er.

Qin Xuan felt relieved when he heard this: With his mother and concubine here, Qin Yao can't do anything to him! The mother-in-law will definitely protect him.

"Mother, are you really sure that Qin Xuan is innocent?" Qin Yao asked with a half-smile.

His sharp eyes seemed to be able to see through all the secrets in her heart.

Qin Xuan has been raised under the knees of his mother and concubine since he was a child. He knows his son better than his mother. Even if his mother and concubine did not suspect that Qin Xuan killed his father before, but things have developed to this point, could it be said that the mother and concubine really did not realize that Qin Xuan was at all Is there something wrong with it? !

She just didn't want to look directly at it.

Qin Yao's gaze was like adding fuel to the fire, and Princess Nanyang suddenly felt a burning fire in her heart, burning her to the point of losing her mind.

"Of course your brother is innocent!"

"You killed your father, you should be the one who dies!"

Just because of Qin Yao, the prince is dead and Qin Xuan is going to die too...

Princess Nanyang's originally beautiful face looked a little ferocious because of hatred, her eyes were about to split, her eyes were filled with hatred, and she wanted to rush forward and tear Qin Yao to pieces.

At this moment, in her eyes, Qin Yao was not her son, but an enemy, an enemy who wanted to kill her son.

Qin Xuan held Princess Nanyang's hand harder and thought to himself: Yes, the person who deserves to die should be Qin Yao!

His eyes were as sinister as an owl, and there was a murderous intent in his eyes.

Qin Yao: "..."

Facing this murderous mother and son, Qin Yao's face remained unchanged. His dark pupils shrank violently in an instant, and his eyes were fixed on Princess Nanyang's face.

After a moment, his eyes returned to calmness.

Killing for life is a matter of course.

He didn't say anything more and directly ordered: "Women are not allowed to enter the military camp without permission. Someone comes and asks the princess to leave."

Qin Yao gave an order, and the restless soldiers around him calmed down, like a mirror-like lake.

Two cold-looking Northern Army soldiers took a few steps forward, walked up to Princess Nanyang, and said lukewarmly: "Princess, please!"

"How dare you!" Princess Nanyang raised her chin high, "I want to see... how presumptuous!"

Before she could finish her words, she heard a scream like a slaughtered pig accompanied by a strange "click" sound. Qin Xuan's right wrist holding the princess's hand was unjointed, and his right palm hung down. Weird angle.

The two soldiers grabbed Princess Nanyang mercilessly and dragged her out.

The nuns and maids accompanying the princess shouted excitedly:

"Bold, you actually attack the princess!"

"stop!"

"Let go of the princess!"

“…”

Several female voices gradually faded away, and finally nothing could be heard.

The square was silent except for the sound of the military flag flying in mid-air.

Qin Xuan's heart suddenly hit the bottom again, and his whole body felt cold. He held his dislocated right hand with his left hand.

His bun was half loose, and some hair fell down randomly, covering less than half of his face.

He shouted excitedly to Qin Yao: "Qin Yao, you despicable villain, if you have the ability, you can fight with me with a real sword and a real gun!"

"You are just pretending to be powerful, relying on King Chen!"

His eyes became as red as a wild beast, his face was ferocious, and he stared at Qin Yao fiercely, wishing he could eat his flesh and drink his blood.

In contrast, Qin Yao was calm and relaxed.

Qin Xuan was kneeling and Qin Yao was sitting. When he lowered his head and looked down at Qin Xuan who was two feet away, he couldn't help but feel a bit condescending.

"Competition?" Qin Yao smiled sarcastically, "You are not qualified!"

"..." Qin Xuan's eyes were widened and his expression was extremely ugly.

Qin Xuan announced quietly: "Qin Xuan killed his father and shall be executed for the crime!"

"Execution."

As he finished speaking, the bearded executioner raised the butcher knife in his hand high, and the cold blade shone in the sun.

(End of chapter)