Even if you die, you still smell the fragrance of pride

Single willow tree.

This is a particularly realistic place name. A long time ago, there was only one willow tree in this place, so it was called Du Liu. Later, war broke out and there were very few people coming to this place. I don’t know if it was man-made or natural, but a place grew up.

The clusters of willow trees formed a willow forest. Later, the Holy Dynasty was established. The Holy Emperor entered the palace and looked at this place. He thought of countless "rebels" who died under the butcher's knife of the Ji family.

The so-called "rebellion" is all the heroic brothers and sisters who overthrew the Ji family's regime with him. Therefore, the Holy Emperor changed the place name to be called the Yinghun Tomb.

But in addition to the East and West Markets, Chang'an does need a execution ground, a execution ground that can be seen by officials in the palace and can serve as a deterrent effect.

In the end, the Holy Emperor cut down this willow forest and left only a larger willow tree at the edge of the Hero Soul Tomb. So, the execution ground where the old is not old and the new is not new is the only willow tree that reappears in the world.

Looking at the imperial city, the vision is broad. If you encounter a typical criminal, the Holy Emperor will also organize some officials to take a look at the consequences of committing crimes and corruption and abuse of power.

Any officials who can be "invited" to the city wall by the Holy Emperor will have problems in one aspect.

The Holy Emperor invited them over to shock them, and the meaning was self-evident.

Today, the one who was invited was the veteran General Fan Yuqi who had been idle for many years and the Holy Emperor's in-laws.

The Holy Emperor stood at the top of the city without saying a word, while Fan Yuqi stood at the back of his right.

"Brother Fan, we are in-laws soon. What should we do after standing there?" A smile appeared on the Holy Emperor's face, but no matter how he looked, he felt it was false.

Fan Yuqi lowered his head and immediately knelt down at the feet of the Holy Emperor, just like when he was praying for the Holy Emperor to give him a way out.

His voice was a little hoarse, and strangely, on this day when his daughter was getting married, she was actually wearing a white dress.

Fan Yuqi buried his head deeply, and said with a trembling trembling respectfully: "How dare the Caomin stand side by side with the emperor?"

However, no matter how he pretended that the word "caomin" biting a bit hard, he still couldn't escape the Holy Emperor's ears.

The Holy Emperor turned his back to him, smiled slightly, and looked at Du Liushu.

...

Xue Zhengwu walked under the big willow tree with Chai Xintong. No, to be precise, it should be more escort.

There was a square execution ground under the willow tree, and the position of the prison officer was blocked by the shadow cast by the willow tree.

Xue Zhengwu glanced at Chai Xintong, who was about the same age as his son, shook his head, and finally bowed and said, "Mr. Chai, you have a life, you have to obey and offend me."

Perhaps because of drinking some wine, Chai Xintong's cheeks were slightly red. He shook his head and said, "You have to follow the order, how can you offend me?"

Xue Zhengwu looked at the sun, looked at the hourglass, and left Chai Xintong in the center of the execution ground.

"It's still a moment before noon, is the executioner ready?"

The adjutant looked at Chai Xintong with some concern. After all, the prisoner did not have any torture instruments on him, not to mention that this man defeated Jiang Jingyan, the Jiang family in the martial arts examination. You should know that the Jiang family behind Jiang Jingyan was in ancient times.

But he has produced a saint!

"Why are you stunned? Ask you!" Xue Zhengwu snorted coldly, and the adjutant came to his senses and said respectfully: "After the words of sir, the executioner has been found long ago. He is sharpening the knife behind the willow tree.

It should be almost done.”

Xue Zhengwu nodded, said "Yes", and quietly waited for the arrival of time.

After a while, a big man beard walked to the execution ground with a knife in one hand. He was wearing a red jacket. As soon as he walked, the breast hair and fat on his chest swayed up and down.

He looked at Chai Xintong, who was relatively thin compared to him, and stood behind Chai Xintong without saying a word.

And some people were surrounded.

However, they were all ordinary people, and they pointed at Chai Xintong in an unknown way, discussing why this young man who looked kind-looking was on the execution ground.

Some days ago, people who read the notice would also explain the reasons to them.

"The sin of deceiving the monarch?"

"It's impossible, this kid looks honest."

"Have you heard a word? People should not behave like appearance."

A slight commotion came around, and Xu Changan, who was outside the crowd, took out a bow and a few arrows from the haystack. His straw hat was pressed down very low, and he stood in front of the tree stump, with a horse tied beside him.

...

"Brother Fan, you can't get up and take a look. It's not in vain that you've worn the plain dress for him."

Fan Yuqi gritted his teeth, his eyes turned red, and he stood up.

His white hair was a little messy and charmed his eyes. The old man walked towards the edge of the city wall step by step and looked down.

The sun escaped from the cage of dark clouds and shone on Chai Xintong's face, a little hot and a little dazzling.

"Noon has arrived! Behead!"

Seeing Xue Zhengwu throwing out the token, Fan Yuqi, who was above the city, breathed a sigh of relief.

Chai Xintong closed her eyes, but the scene of blood splattering three feet away did not appear.

Chai Xintong slowly opened her eyes and glanced at Xue Zhengwu and the executioner behind her in confusion.

The executioner looked at Xue Zhengwu and frowned.

Executioner is an unlucky industry. It not only requires strength and strong body, but also courage.

Generally speaking, executioners are also the loneliest profession. They are all widowed, widowed, orphans, and have no relatives around them. If they have children and grandchildren and have a beautiful wife in the family, who would be willing to do this business?

He was not afraid of Xue Zhengwu, nor did he care about his official power.

"Sir, don't let him kneel down, will I kill me?" As he said that, he was about to throw the big knife that had been stained with blood.

Xue Zhengwu looked at Chai Xintong, who shook his head slightly.

"The kneeling is because I made a mistake. I, Mr. Chai, only kneels on my parents and kings and teaches my teachers. Who else can make me kneel? I am worthy of heaven and earth, and I am open and honest. But this time I am received by others He was framed and fell into disgrace. As a result, I, Chai, also recognized it. But I, Chai, think I was wrong, so why did I kneel down!"

Chai Xintong said, looking at the golden and white figure above the imperial city.

Xue Zhengwu also glanced there, and seeing that there was no instructions, his nervous heart also relaxed. He was really afraid that a good man carrying Mr. Guan’s mask and riding a horse with a knife just now rushed out.

He sighed and said sternly to the adjutant: "Before noon, put a high platform out! Let the executioner stand up and kill!"

...

On the city wall, the Holy Emperor looked at this scene, his eyes narrowed, and then he smiled slightly.

"What a great man who deserves the heaven and the earth. I want to protect Ichiji, but I have no evidence!"

Then he narrowed his eyes and patted Fan Yuqi on the shoulder.

"Brother Fan, are you a little stupid about Chai Xintong? You use such a stupid method to assassinate me?"

Fan Yuqi's body shook and could only say, "Maybe he hated the Holy Emperor to the core?"

The Holy Emperor shook his head and laughed: "Why did he hate me? Could it be that I have taken his military power?"

As soon as this said, Fan Yuqi trembled all over and big beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure fell on the city wall.

Although Chang'an is banned from flying, the rules will also change when their strength reaches a certain level.

The young master took the ruler and glanced at Fan Yuqi, then looked at the Holy Emperor.

"I want to invite you to have tea!"

The Holy Emperor glanced at the direction of the willow tree. Many soldiers were building high platforms with wooden blocks, while the young man in prison clothes stood safely.

The Holy Emperor shook his head and said, "I always thought you would have a tacit understanding with me, but I didn't expect that you would come at the last moment."

The young master stared at the Holy Emperor without saying anything.

The Holy Emperor smiled, and waved his sleeves and ordered: "General Dong, take good care of Mr. Fan!"

After saying that, he turned into a long rainbow and headed towards the Ganlong Hall. The young master glanced at it

After seeing Fan Yuqi for a glance, Fan Yuqi was like falling into an ice cellar, and it turned into a long rainbow, and disappeared.

In the Ganlong Hall, the Holy Emperor looked at the young master.

"It seems that you have arranged someone and are ready to save Chai Xintong."

The young master shook his head.

"Otherwise I can't imagine the reason for you to do this. If Chai Xintong dies, the people behind the scenes will definitely not be able to help jump out. At that time, the emperor will easily find a way to help him rehabilitate, and even You can also call him a righteous man. Your Confucius Temple has soared, and I have also pulled out a cancer. Why don’t we have a win-win situation?"

The young master said lightly: "My Master Temple is upright and does not need to use this method. My Master Temple just wants to give scholars all over the world a bright world, and does not need to use these methods."

The Holy Emperor glanced at him and mocked, "So he sent someone to rob the Dharma field?"

The young master shook his head again.

The Holy Emperor stood there in a daze. He knew that the young master would not lie. He said there was no arrangement, so he would not arrange it.

He closed his eyes and read the matter from the front to the back in his mind. He suddenly realized a problem and could only sigh deeply.

"So it's the boy from the Xu family!"

"But do you think Xu Chang'an can figure it out? He raised his mouth and lobbled around. There was no evidence. Even if they walked out of Du Liushu, he and Xu Chang'an could not get out of Chang'an City. Then I will see how you explain to me to Confucius Temple!" The Holy Emperor waved his sleeves and said in a very strong tone.

The young master smiled and said, "You are wrong again. First, I don't need to explain to anyone in the Confucius Temple; second, this is the choice between Chai Xintong and Xu Changan. I think Xu Changan is right. No matter how bad the situation is, We have to give it a try, maybe there will be a turning point?"
To be continued...