Chapter 481: Swear to avenge this!

The truth finally came to light, it turned out to be a misunderstanding.

The illegitimate daughter of the Zhu family was not favored on weekdays, so she seldom appeared in public. This time, the illegitimate daughter was engaged to the son of General Wei, but she was taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives and made a big fuss about it.

Now, General Wei has finally made things clear and cleared the names of the Wei and Zhu families.

There was silence in the court.

Prime Minister Cui Yuan silently glanced at everyone, then walked out of the room and bowed to the emperor. Just as he was about to speak, his face turned pale and he fell on his back.

Fortunately, several officials nearby were quick to support the old prime minister, otherwise the prime minister in his sixties would have fallen heavily to the ground.

“Choi Sang, Choi Sang!”

Someone shouted twice, and Mr. Cui’s face turned pale and he fainted, unconscious.

Pei Huang, who was standing on the left, immediately understood what was going on. He first glanced at the emperor on the throne, then gritted his teeth and shouted, “Prime Minister Cui has fainted. Call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician!”

“Today’s meeting ends here. We will discuss the rest the next day!”

After saying that, he stepped out of the crowd and went straight to the emperor’s presence, but he did not dare to step onto the steps. He could only look at the emperor from below.

The emperor, who had remained silent throughout the entire time, also saw Pei Huang. He gritted his teeth and slowly stood up, but he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the eunuch next to him supported him, otherwise he might have really fallen down, which would have been really embarrassing.

After the emperor came down from the imperial steps, Pei Huang stepped forward to support him, and at the same time lowered his voice and said: “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must hold back, you must hold back!”

Emperor Wu Yuancheng’s face turned pale, tears almost flowed from his eyes, and his whole body couldn’t stop shaking slightly: “In the two hundred years of the Wu family, there has never been such a thing, never such a thing…”

Pei Huang took a deep breath, looked back at the two young eunuchs beside him, and signaled them with his eyes to leave. He supported the emperor and walked towards the bedroom, saying as he walked: “Your Majesty, this thief is arrogant, and he will be punished by heaven!”

“Please be patient for now. Sooner or later, you will be able to avenge today’s vengeance!”

The two of them came to the emperor’s bedroom. His Majesty had no strength left in his body. After finally sitting down, he looked at Pei Huang and gritted his teeth and said, “You are bullying me too much! You are bullying me too much! Sanlang will now send letters to all the states and counties in the world in my name, calling on all the righteous men in the world to fight against this thief!”

Pei Huang knew that he was just saying this in anger, and immediately followed his words and said, “Your Majesty, at this time, any document leaving the capital will not escape their eyes.”

“You have to be patient.”

Pei Sanlang clenched his fist and said, “The Zhu family does have two daughters.”

The emperor had to admit this matter no matter how reluctant he was. If he didn’t, he would have to admit that the woman who was about to enter the palace was snatched away by the Wei family.

At that time, not only would there be no buffer space between him and the Wei family, but he, as the emperor, would no longer have any face left after his woman was snatched away by someone else.

And now, at least, at least we can still give an explanation to the outside world.

The emperor shed tears and said, “Among all the civil and military officials in the court, except for Lord Du, few people have come out to speak for me and the court.”

“Sanlang, can you try to save Du Qing?”

Pei Huang sighed and said, “Your Majesty, I will go to see Prime Minister Cui in a moment. At this time, he is the only one who has the ability to mediate.”

“it is good.”

His Majesty the Emperor sat on the dragon bed in a daze for a long time before he sighed: “My job as an emperor is really boring.”

“Sanlang, go out and tell the outsiders that I am ill. Starting today, all court affairs, both major and minor, will be decided by the Political Affairs Hall and the court officials.”

Pei Huang lowered his head and sighed.

“I obey your command.”

After speaking a few more words with the emperor, he hurriedly left the palace and went around lobbying, hoping to make the matter less serious.

Although Pei Sanlang did not have the talent to assist the king, he could after all be regarded as the emperor’s assistant outside the palace. After his repeated efforts, the situation was finally eased.

However, the Minister of Rites Du Ting, who took the lead in slandering the general, and a group of important civil servants could not escape the disaster of war. After being convicted by the three courts, they were sentenced to beheading.

The rest of the “accomplices” were mostly sentenced to exile.

In the end, seventeen people were beheaded and hundreds were exiled.

In fact, the reason for this result has not much to do with Pei Huang, but mainly because the other two generals had a slightly softer attitude if Wei Quanzhong had made the decision himself.

I’m afraid that all those who stood on Du Ting’s side at the court meeting that day could not escape this knife.

The incident involving the daughter of the Zhu family lasted for more than half a month in the capital, and it was not until the twelfth lunar month that the rumors died down a little.

At this time, the entire court was silent about General Wei’s family.

It was also at this time that Pei Zhang, who had gone on a “business trip” to Jiangnan, finally returned to the capital.

He went all the way back to Pei Mansion, but did not see his third brother. He could only talk to his uncle Cui Qi.

It was not until the night that he finally waited for Pei Huang to return to the mansion. Pei Zhang hurried to the front yard to greet him and bowed his head to Pei Huang and said, “Third Brother.”

Seeing Pei Zhang, Pei Huang, who already had two big dark circles under his eyes, finally had some more spirit in his eyes. He pulled Pei Zhang to sit in his study and asked, “What did you gain from this trip to Jiangnan?”

Pei Zhang had been hanging out with Pei Huang since he was a child, and now Pei Huang had almost become the backbone of the Pei family in the capital, so he naturally did not dare to hide anything and told Li Yun everything about his conversation. Hearing that Li Yun was willing to follow the call to serve the king, Pei Huang’s expression eased a little.

However, after hearing Li Yun’s plan to “kill members of the royal family”, Pei Huang’s face turned ugly again.

“Vicious.”

He closed his eyes and gave his assessment.

Pei Zhang looked at Pei Huang, thought for a moment, and said, “Third brother, when I came back today, I heard from my uncle what happened in the capital during this period. Things have come to this, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

Pei Huang nodded, forcing a smile on his face and said, “I’m just busying myself.”

After the two brothers chatted for a long time, there was a light knock on the study door, and the voice of the Pei family servant came from outside: “Young Master.”

Pei Huang frowned, walked to the door and opened it, and said coldly: “Didn’t I tell you not to disturb me easily when I’m in the study?”

The servant quickly lowered his head and said, “Sir, something has happened.”

Pei Huang frowned again.

“what’s up?”

“I wish my family members died.”

The servant said with his head lowered.

“Dead? How did they die? How many people died?”

The servant lowered his head and swallowed his saliva: “All dead.”

“A group of assassins came to the house and spared no one. Nearly 40 people in the Zhu family, including the servants, were killed.”

“The Jingzhao Prefecture is still investigating who the murderer is.”

Even Pei Huang was stunned where he stood. He didn’t say anything for a long time. After a long time, he waved his hand and signaled the servants to retreat.

“I see.”

Pei Zhang also heard the conversation between the two. Standing behind Pei Huang, he was also horrified: “Third brother, who did this? Could it be the Wei family?”

Pei Huang shook his head slightly: “Wei Quanzhong has no motive to attack the Zhu family. He only has face if the Zhu family lives peacefully.”

“Either some forces in the capital are upset, or…”

Pei Huang silently looked in the direction of the imperial palace, sighed slightly, did not continue speaking, but turned his head and patted Pei Zhang on the shoulder.

“Old Six, find an opportunity to go back to your hometown in Hedong.”

“Bring along everyone you can from home.”

Pei Zhang frowned: “Third brother, you…”

“Listen to Third Brother.”

Pei Huang rubbed his brows and smiled bitterly: “I can’t see clearly what the capital will look like tomorrow.”

…………

At the end of the second year of Zhaoding, the news that Shangshu Du was beheaded in the capital finally reached Jiangdong and Jinling.

After hearing the news, the current Jinling Yin Duqian fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

When I woke up afterwards, I fainted several times from crying.

Du He, the third son of the Du family, also heard the news soon and burst into tears.

Even Li Yun hung a white banner in Li Garden, built a cenotaph for Du Shangshu outside the city of Jinling, and held a funeral for Du Shangshu in Jinling.

On the day of the funeral, almost all of Li Yun’s civil and military officials who were near Nanjing were present.

Du Qian knelt in front of the coffin. Apart from bowing in return, he did not move at all, like a wooden man.

After Li Yun saluted, he squatted beside Du Qian and sighed, “Brother Du, Minister Du died for his loyalty and was an incredible hero. Don’t be too sad. Minister Du’s spirit in heaven would not want to see you so sad.”

Du Qian looked up at Li Yun, then lowered his head again, tears streaming down his face: “My father, my father…”

He could no longer speak and just lowered his head and cried.

Li Yun added some paper money to the brazier, sighed, and whispered: “The Wei family father and son’s work will naturally be punished in the future.”

“Brother Du, don’t worry. One day, you and I will go to Guanzhong together. Then we will capture them and avenge Brother Du.”

Du Qian wiped his tears with his sleeve and said through gritted teeth.

“If I don’t take this revenge, I swear I won’t be a human being!”

(End of this chapter)