Minister Gong looked up at Li Qiao, and the hatred in his eyes suddenly rose.
"It's all thanks to your Li Clan that I ended up like this."
He hated them!
Li Qiao naturally understood his feelings. "No matter what, Shilin killed someone!"
Haha. Minister Gong got up from the ground, straightened his back, and showed a disdainful expression. "Originally, as long as Li Cheng didn't say anything and suppressed this matter, I would definitely find a way to solve it, and it wouldn't be like this. But at the end of the day, your Li family has been loyal for generations. For the so-called justice, for the sake of being able to make a contribution in front of the King.
You didn't hesitate to push my Gong family into an abyss of suffering. I have been on the same side as your father in the court for many years. Now that we are in trouble, you abandoned the rook to save the king. This move is really vicious! "
He gritted his teeth as he spoke.
Li Qiao was very calm and said, "My father and I also persuaded Ah Cheng. We really didn't expect him to bring troops to your house to arrest people. But it has already happened, and Shilin also admitted to killing people. The only thing we can do now is to try our best to save Shilin's life."
"You Li family people don't need to shed crocodile tears!"
"Minister Gong, I know …"
"No need to say more. I just want to see the King now." Minister Gong interrupted him.
Li Qiao said helplessly, "You should know what the King is thinking. At this time, it is impossible for him to see you. You should go back first. When I find a chance, I will tell the King."
"No need! Since the King doesn't want to see me now, I will wait until he is willing to see me. "
Li Qiao had nothing to say.
In the end, he could only go in.
Inside the hall, King Huyi sat behind the imperial desk, frowning.
"How is it? Is he willing to leave? "
"I have tried to persuade him, but Minister Gong must see the King."
King Huyi snorted, and a trace of disappointment flashed across his face. "At first, I saw Shilin's talent, so I recruited him into the Hanlin Academy to be a civil servant. But I didn't expect him to kill people. "
Li Qiao didn't know what to say.
Minister Gong waited outside the door for the whole night.
The next day, when King Huyi woke up, he looked outside the hall.
Then he asked Li Qiao, who had been guarding him for the whole night, "Is he still here?"
Li Qiao bowed and replied, "Yes."
"Sigh, the people of the Gong Clan are really stubborn!"
"Your Majesty, why don't we … meet?"
Hmm?
King Huyi looked at him.
Li Qiao said, "He is the Prime Minister after all."
Hearing this, King Huyi's eyes darkened.
He pondered for a while.
After a while —
"Send him in."
He was finally willing to see her.
Li Qiao immediately asked the eunuch in the inner palace to pass the message.
Left Prime Minister Gong, who had been waiting outside the palace for the whole night, heard that the King was willing to see him, so he hurried in.
Li Qiao helped King Huyi out of the inner hall and sat behind the imperial desk.
Minister Gong immediately knelt down.
Lie prone on the ground.
With both hands on the ground, he said, "Your Majesty, it's my fault for not teaching the scholars properly, allowing the scholars to commit such a grave crime. I hope that Your Majesty will consider my many years of dedication to the court and spare the lives of the scholars."
The sound of begging echoed in the hall.
He didn't want to beat around the bush.
He went straight to the point.
King Huyi's complexion was a little better than usual. He looked at Minister Gong who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up first and talk."
"If Your Majesty doesn't agree, I will kneel and not get up."
"You don't have to say such words. You can't threaten me."
"I only beg Your Majesty to show mercy."
King Huyi was furious. "You know that he committed a capital crime, but you still came to me to beg?"
Minister Gong said, "Shilin has been obedient and sensible since he was a child. Normally, he wouldn't even kill a chicken. I believe that this time, he must have his reasons and difficulties. I beg Your Majesty to show mercy so that I can have someone to send me off when I return in a hundred years."
Kowtow!
It was indeed pitiful that no one would send him off.
Li Qiao looked at him from the side and sighed repeatedly.
King Huyi straightened his face, coughed twice, and said, "Well, tell me, why did he kill people? What difficulties did he have? "
"This …"
He couldn't say it.
Because Gong Shilin was unwilling to say the reason even if he was beaten to death.
"Since you can't say it, how can I help you? I am the King of Huyi, and countless eyes in the world are staring at me! As the saying goes, a life for a life. If I decree that Shilin be spared from death, where is the law? Where is the law? What will the people of the world think of me? "
They questioned him repeatedly!
It was really difficult!
It wasn't that Minister Gong was unreasonable, but the current situation didn't allow him to think so much.
He cried and complained, "Your Majesty, I only have this one son. If you want me to pay with my life, it's fine!"
"Enough." King Huyi scolded, "You are an important minister of the imperial court. You know the law very well! In short, do what you have to do. "
"No … Your Majesty …" Minister Gong's face suddenly turned pale, and he couldn't breathe. One hand tightly clutched the cloth in front of his chest.
"Someone, bring the Prime Minister out."
Two eunuchs stepped forward and dragged Minister Gong up from the ground.
He struggled a few times and suddenly vomited blood.
The eunuchs were frightened. "Prime Minister?"
Minister Gong had already fainted.
King Huyi immediately got up and asked Li Qiao to find an imperial doctor.
After the diagnosis, there was no serious problem.
Then, he sent Minister Gong back to his residence.
After this mess, King Huyi's body was also exhausted.
As soon as Li Qiao walked out of the inner hall, a eunuch hurried over.
He whispered in his ear, "The Ministry of Justice sent news that the Third Duke brought people to the prison last night and was going to take Gong Shilin away."
Uh!
That was terrible.
This was a prison break.
He asked, "And then?"
"Later on, for some unknown reason, they retreated."
"That's good."
"Are you going to tell the King about this?"
He immediately stopped him. "No! We must not let the King know. "
What would happen if he knew?
The eunuch nodded in agreement.
Li Qiao ordered, "Take good care of the King. I have to go out of the palace."
"Yes!"
Li Qiao hurried out of the palace.
He rushed home.
At this time, Marquis Pingyang was sitting in the hall with a heavy expression.
His hands were tightly holding the handle of the chair.
He looked outside.
Until Li Qiao returned to the residence.
He entered the hall with an anxious look. "Father."
"How is it?" Marquis Pingyang got up and asked him.
"The Emperor met Minister Gong."
"What's the result?"
Li Qiao told him everything.
Marquis Pingyang fell into deep thought.
He didn't speak for a long time.
Li Qiao was also anxious. "Father, what should we do now?"
Marquis Pingyang's face was solemn. He slowly took a few steps, turned his back to Li Qiao, and said, "Sometimes … we really need to abandon the rook to save the king."
Abandon the rook to save the king!
It was this sentence again.
Li Qiao seemed to understand something.
He was just not sure.
He asked carefully, "You mean …"
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