From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 364

The moonlight was like water, and the soft light poured down, dyeing the earth with a layer of silver light.

The courtyard was surrounded by flowers and sycamore branches. When the night wind blew, the red flowers and green leaves were dancing.

The clean floor was laid very flat, and the eaves and tiles of the Afang Palace were ingenious, outlining a beautiful mentality in the clear sky.

It was beautiful here, and it should be a place where people sat at the table and drank to the moon.

However, in fact, this place is more like purgatory than Funiu Mountain. It is full of human evil, endless darkness and filth.

Silence.

Everyone was silent.

Whether it was the soldiers of the Five Army Camp in the distance, or Ye Qingying who was kneeling on the flower bed and vomiting, or the silent Virgin Mary standing behind Zhou Yuan with her eyebrows furrowed.

Zhou Yuan did not speak, but just kept looking at the sky, with bright stars and bright moon.

It is said that after the death of the saints of all dynasties, they will turn into stars in the sky, overlooking this land with a long history and blessing the people on this land.

Did they see all this? What kind of attitude do they hope their descendants will have to face the darkness and the filth of the world?

Heavy footsteps sounded, and Liu Fang strode over, his armor making a clanging sound as he moved.

As sonorous as his voice: "Marshal Jie! The nobles of the Yun family, the Fu family, etc. are here, but we stopped them outside. They are clamoring to see Marshal Jie."

Zhou Yuan stopped thinking.

He slowly turned his head and said calmly: "Okay, I'll go see them."

After speaking, he strode out.

Li Yu'an hurriedly followed and said anxiously: "The Yun family is the mother's family of Dajin. They have produced three queens and are also the mothers of three emperors."

"Not only does the family have a plaque written by Emperor Taizu, but also a red-lettered iron certificate and a gold medal of immunity from death."

Zhou Yuan did not respond, nor did he stop.

Li Yu'an continued: "When you were in Lin'an Prefecture, you were determined to change the world and save the people of the world. You can't let yourself fall because of this incident!"

"Zhou Yuan! You promised to help me restore my country! This time you recover the Central Plains, you will definitely be granted a title of nobility!"

"If you make such a big mistake, not only will you lose your title of nobility, I'm afraid you will lose your title of earl, and all your previous efforts will be wasted!"

"Zhou Yuan! Can you calm down a little! You are the one who wants to save the world! There is no need to destroy yourself for an Afang Palace!"

Zhou Yuan stopped, took a deep breath, and gritted his teeth and said: "Yes! I swore to save the people of the world!"

"And the victims in this Afang Palace, aren't they the people of the world? I, Zhou Yuan, turned a blind eye, no different from a beast, what's the point of talking about the righteousness of the country!"

Li Yu'an shouted: "I'm here! I'm here to kill!"

She hurriedly walked to Zhou Yuan, with pleading in her eyes, because she needed Zhou Yuan to rise, she needed this person to help her restore her country!

She couldn't just watch Zhou Yuan fall!

"I'll kill him! I have plenty of ways!"

Li Yu'an swallowed her saliva, grabbed Zhou Yuan's hand, and panted: "I know you are angry, and so am I. Leave these families to me to kill. I have plenty of ways to torture them. I will make them want to live or die."

Zhou Yuan shook his head slowly, his eyes firm.

"Why!"

Li Yu'an was also a little broken, and couldn't help but shouting: "Why on earth! I'm not asking you to lose your humanity and let them go! I'm not asking you to go against your conscience! I just asked you not to do it yourself, just let me kill!"

"Why do you always ignore it when there is a better way to get the same result?"

"It was the same when we were in Shenjing. If it wasn't for the military exercise, you would have put yourself in trouble in the court. Are you going to repeat the same mistake now?"

"So, when will you... Can really dominate the court and the country!"

She stopped in front of Zhou Yuan and gritted her teeth and said, "Do you know that others call you crazy? If you don't plead for the five military camps, you will be a first-class earl! If you don't kill officials in court, you should be a third-class marquis after the military exercise!"

"Recover the Central Plains, you will be at least a third-class duke!"

"Now that there have been several twists and turns, if you kill the Yun family, you can't even keep the earldom!"

"Why! Why don't you let me do it!"

Zhou Yuan shouted: "Because it's fair!"

Li Yu'an's figure was shocked, and he looked at Zhou Yuan in horror.

In the distance, Ye Qingying raised her head and looked at this side in confusion.

Zhou Yuan said word by word: "In addition to hatred, there is also justice!"

"They have committed a crime! They should be killed! But you can't kill them! And Zhang Bailong can't kill them!"

"Kill them according to the laws of Dajin! This is justice!"

"Those poor victims, they don't just want their enemies to die, they also hope that there will be justice in this world, and hope that the court will stand on their side and make decisions for them."

"In addition to the victims, the people of Dajin also needJustice needs an answer, an answer from the court to darkness! "

"An answer about justice and light."

"If the court cannot represent justice and light, but is represented by others, what is the court for? What should the people believe in in the future?"

Li Yu'an stared at Zhou Yuan, and a huge wave of emotions rose in her heart. She understood, so she slowly stepped aside.

On the other side, Ye Qingying stood up at some point, wiped her tears with her sleeves, and walked silently behind Zhou Yuan.

"Liu Fang."

Zhou Yuan's voice returned to calm.

Liu Fang half-knelt down and said loudly: "I am here! Please give me your orders, General Jie! "

The blood in his heart was burning, which was a feeling he had never experienced in the Fifth Army Camp.

He finally felt the weight of his armor, which was heavy, but made him feel honored.

Zhou Yuan said: "Bring the 10,000 troops of the Fifth Army Camp into the city, and surround the six major families including the Yun Family and the Fu Family in batches. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Those who violate the order... will be killed without mercy!"

Liu Fang shouted: "I obey your order!"

Zhou Yuan strode out, walked out of the Afang Palace, and saw Yun Xiansheng and other old men coming aggressively.

The old man of the Yun Family immediately shouted: "Boy surnamed Zhou, are you so bold that you dare to raid my Afang Palace!"

"My Yun Family has been away from politics for a long time and specializes in business. Even His Majesty has never blamed us. It's your turn to come here to show off your power!"

Zhou Yuan's eyes were cold, and he just said slowly: "Deng Su. "

Deng Su hurried over and saluted, saying, "I am here."

Zhou Yuan said, "Go and get the Emperor's Sword bestowed by His Majesty!"

"Yes!"

When the heads of the families heard this, they retreated in fear.

Yun Xiansheng sneered, "Oh, the Imperial Envoy is so good that he wants to scare us with the Emperor's Sword. What crime have we committed?"

"Is it a crime to open a brothel in the Central Plains of the Great Jin?"

Zhou Yuan said calmly with a blank expression, "Yun Xiansheng, you are a noble of the Great Jin, and you have been blessed by the Emperor and the court for generations. Instead of thinking about repaying your country, you are causing trouble for one side. Do you think that this Central Plains is not under the jurisdiction of the laws of the Great Jin?"

Yun Xiansheng said, "The Imperial Envoy must speak with evidence. How can I, Yun Xiansheng, cause trouble for one side just by doing a small business? If you insist on making false accusations, don't blame me for sending a letter to the emperor to punish you for framing the emperor's relatives."

Zhou Yuan said: "Thirteen years ago, the late emperor selected beauties, and you were the selection envoy of the Central Plains. You selected 4,600 beauties, but only sent 1,800 to the capital."

"The remaining 2,800 were kept in the Afang Palace by you, abused and humiliated, and sold to make a huge amount of money for you."

"Using the name of the late emperor to kidnap and sell women is the first crime."

"Harming women for customers to play with, violating human ethics and going against the principles of heaven and human nature is the second crime."

"Killing more than a thousand beauties and burying their bodies in the apricot forest outside the city is the third crime."

"Occupying land, forcing buying and selling, and hiring thugs to kill 47 households and 319 civilians is the fourth crime. ”

“Selling private salt, colluding with officials, suppressing dissidents, and killing 24 merchants, this is the fifth crime.”

Yun Xiansheng’s face has turned pale. Where did he find these old stories? How did he know so clearly!

He raised his voice and shouted: “Zhou Yuan! My Yun family has been passed down for 400 years. His Majesty Taizu personally wrote down his virtue. How can you be tarnished like this!”

“If you can’t produce evidence today, Yun will go to the Golden Palace and ask for justice when he sees His Majesty!”

Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth and said: “What a justice! You Yun Xiansheng still know the word justice in your heart! You Yun Xiansheng still know that there is His Majesty in Dajin!”

“For what you have done, it is not too much to die ten thousand times!”

Deng Su strode over, holding a gilded long sword in both hands, and shouted: “Sir, the emperor’s sword has arrived! "

Zhou Yuan picked up the long sword and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise and knows the corruption of the Central Plains, so he appointed me as the Grand Commander of the Central Plains to manage the military and political affairs of the Central Plains. This emperor's sword can be used at your convenience. You can kill first and then report, and kill the treacherous!"

"Now the Yun family has committed a heinous crime. The inner court has irrefutable evidence. I will kill the entire Yun family according to the law!"

"Come on! Catch him!"

The soldiers of the five military camps roared and rushed directly towards Yun Xiansheng.

"Zhou Yuan! You are crazy!"

Yun Xiansheng roared, "You want to arrest me with just a few words! I don't know where you made up these stories! I don't accept it!"

Zhou Yuan said sternly, "Catch him!"

"Who dares!"

Yun Xiansheng took out a gold medal from his arms, held it high, and shouted, "Here is the gold medal of immunity from death granted by His Majesty Taizu! Who dares to touch me! "

Zhou Yuan grinned, holding the Emperor's Sword and strode towards him, his eyes full of murderous intent!

Yun Xiansheng kept retreating, his face pale, and he even stuttered: "Zhou Yuan, you, you dare? You dare to touch the golden medal of immunity from death? This is treason! You will be executed with all your clans!"

Zhou Yuan grinned: "You always thought you were safe, you always thought you were still the local emperor of the Central Plains!"

"Yun Xiansheng, today I will tell you that those who do evil will die by themselves. You have committed so many evil deeds that you should have fallen into the eighteenth level of hell!"

The sword flashed, and Zhou Yuan directly cut off Yun Xiansheng's right hand!

"Ah!"

The golden medal of immunity from death fell to the ground with a heavy sound.

Li Yu'an closed her eyes and sighed faintly.

This sword, God knows how much it will cost!