bookcurios Chapter 201 Don’t Hurt My Brother
Chapter 201 Don’t Hurt My Brother
"Someone, please give Prime Minister Lu a seat." Feng Jiuqing said in a calm voice.
Prime Minister Lu originally didn't want to sit down, but the soldiers of the Youyun Army were more polite. Not only did they bring him a stool, they also pressed him down on it.
Prime Minister Lu was so angry that his face turned red. He glared at Feng Jiuqing and cursed: "What's the difference between people like you and bandits!"
Feng Jiuqing pondered for a moment and said softly: "There is still a difference. If I were a bandit, I would definitely strip Prime Minister Lu of his gorgeous clothes. I think I could sell them for two taels of silver."
Prime Minister Lu was so angry that he was about to explode. This man was simply shameless! He was insulting to society!
He was wearing the finest brocade, which was worth at least a thousand taels of silver, but this soldier only sold it for two taels. What a blind and reckless man!
"You! You don't know what you're talking about!"
Prime Minister Lu kept breathing heavily, and his hands were shaking as he pointed at Feng Jiuqing.
Feng Jiuqing waved his hand and the Youyun Army shut Prime Minister Lu's mouth. He had important things to do and had no time to argue with his scumbag father.
Prime Minister Lu was almost fainted from the suffocation, and these soldiers actually used local materials to stuff his mouth with smelly socks. If he was able to speak now, he would have scolded Feng Jiuqing for three days and three nights!
Feng Jiuqing didn't pay much attention to what his men used to shut Prime Minister Lu's mouth, and thus the hatred was formed. In the following three years, whenever Prime Minister Lu got the chance, he would scold Feng Jiuqing.
Of course, whether he can scold or not depends on whether Feng Jiuqing is in a good mood. If he is in a good mood, Feng Jiuqing will let him jump around. If he is in a bad mood, then I'm sorry. Feng Jiuqing has one advantage, which is that he has a sharp tongue. He has never lost a verbal battle with others. So Prime Minister Lu often loses both his wife and his army.
The only brave Prime Minister Lu had his mouth blocked by Feng Jiuqing. Even though the others disliked Feng Jiuqing, they could only hold their breath and dared not speak.
Only the eldest prince knelt on the ground, looking at Feng Jiuqing with resentment, his lips swollen bigger than sausages in the twelfth lunar month. Even if he wanted to say something, he couldn't utter a word.
Feng Jiuqing glanced at the ministers who were standing there trembling, and asked someone to bring up a box filled with various account books and several letters written in blood.
Feng Jiuqing said calmly: "Everyone might as well take a look at these first."
The ministers did not dare to move, so the Youyun Army simply stuffed the account books and the blood letter into their hands.
At the same time, Ding Mao on the side said, "In the fifth year of Wen'an (the reign title after Prince Jing ascended the throne), 350 people in Xiaoli Village, Huai County, Beijing suburbs, were killed by the eldest prince's personal guards because they were unwilling to move out to give up land to the eldest prince Mo Yin to build Tingyun Villa. In the sixth year of Wen'an, Dongyuan County was hit by a flood. The eldest prince swallowed up 100,000 taels of silver and several stones of disaster relief grain, so that no one was left alive in Cangli County, Dongyuan County, and all died in the famine..."
The ministers watched and listened, and became more and more angry. Even Prime Minister Lu wanted to call the eldest prince a conscienceless beast!
The blood-letter written by the victims was full of tears and heartbreak. The eldest prince was living a life of luxury in the capital, while the victims in Dongyuan were lying dead all over the place.
Not only that, he also killed those righteous men who intended to go to Beijing to file a complaint. There are countless such examples.
The eldest prince glared at Feng Jiuqing. He had clearly suppressed all these things and clearly did not leave any evidence. How did this great general from the northern border find out all this?
They were just a bunch of lowly people, so he could just kill them. Even if Feng Jiuqing found out about this, what could he do? He was a legitimate son of the dragon, the legitimate eldest prince of Dayue. His mother was the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, and she was the concubine who entered the mansion when Prince Jing was in the palace.
He was completely different from the untouchables. He was born into a royal family and trampled them under his feet. In his eyes, the untouchables were no different from ants.
Feng Jiuqing ignored the eldest prince and just looked at the ministers and said casually: "My Lords, do you think that such an immoral, incompetent, cruel and bloodthirsty person is worthy of being the emperor of Dai Yue?"
The ministers looked at the silk book that recorded Mo Yin's numerous crimes and could not say a word against Feng Jiuqing, but they also could not admit what Feng Jiuqing said, otherwise Feng Jiuqing would be able to take advantage of the situation and ascend the throne, and they would be eternal sinners.
No one responded, and Feng Jiuqing didn't care. He knew these people's concerns, but he was not going to point out that he didn't want to be the emperor. Wasn't it interesting to see these people dare not speak out in front of him?
The princes were brought in front of Feng Jiuqing one by one. Feng Jiuqing looked at these people with boredom. Their clothes were disheveled and the big and small were crying together. It felt like they were in kindergarten.
"Is everyone here?"
Feng Jiuqing glanced at a eunuch casually, and the eunuch knelt on the ground with a bang, shaking and saying: "It's all here."
Feng Jiuqing glanced at Ding Mao, who bowed to Feng Jiuqing and said, "Marshal, there is still one missing, the deposed Crown Prince Mo Ling."
"Go and bring him here."
"Yes!"
Soon, several soldiers brought Mo Ling, who was crying and confused.
However, Feng Jiuqing had his head down and was playing with his sword, so he didn't see it. Besides, all the princes were crying, and Mo Ling was not one of them.
Prime Minister Lu's eyes widened. Feng Jiuqing was so cruel. He wanted to kill all the princes and leave Dai Yue without a successor!
He wanted to curse Feng Jiuqing, but his mouth was blocked and he couldn't say anything. He struggled frantically but was held down by the Youyun Army and could do nothing.
The other ministers had similar ideas to Prime Minister Lu. Especially after Feng Jiuqing blew on the sword in his hand and stood up, several ministers knelt on the ground and shouted: "General, the children are innocent. Please spare these immature princes!"
Feng Jiuqing turned a deaf ear to him and held the sword to each prince he passed by, and he would catch a crying baby. Instead of trying to comfort them, Feng Jiuqing deliberately brought the sword closer to the princes, and some of the timid ones fainted from fear.
A bunch of cowards, how can they be emperors without even this much courage? He didn't want to assist an emperor who only knew how to cry when encountering problems. It was tiring.
But others felt that Feng Jiuqing was looking for an easy target to attack so that he could start a killing spree.
Until Feng Jiuqing passed by King Nancheng, everyone was crying, except King Nancheng, who had a blank expression on his face. He just glanced at Feng Jiuqing indifferently, with no sadness or joy.
This guy is not bad. Feng Jiuqing deliberately put the blade of the sword on the neck of King Nancheng. King Nancheng didn't even blink, as if what Feng Jiuqing put was not a sword, but something ordinary and non-threatening.
He is very brave and remains calm even when a mountain collapses in front of him. He is a good material to be an emperor.
Just as Feng Jiuqing moved the sword away a little, a black head hit the armor in front of Feng Jiuqing like a cannonball.
"Don't hurt my brother!"
It sounded familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere before. Feng Jiuqing lowered his eyes but only saw a furry head.