After I was reborn, I was scumbag

Chapter 44

Different from the civil servants standing aside, the generals just stood there silently when they heard the question from Emperor Liang, without saying a word.

The voices of civil servants around him recommending generals continued, but Emperor Liang's expression became more and more ugly.

"Dear dears, is it possible that there are so many capable ministers and good generals in our Great Liang, and none of them is willing to take the initiative to ask for orders and lead troops to suppress the rebellion in Lingnan?"

After a lengthy silence, I don't know who knelt down first and begged for orders: "Your Majesty, please make an order to retry the case of Prince Pingxihou!"

A short sentence, but it was like a boulder being thrown into the water, causing waves in an instant.

The generals who had been buried in silence all this time knelt down one after another, and said loudly: "The minister seconded the proposal!"

"Your Majesty, please retry the case of Prince Pingxihou!"

Emperor Daliang's face turned pale a little bit, as if the majesty of the lion king had been provoked, and his eyes were full of burning anger.

"I'm just asking who of you is willing to lead the army to suppress the rebellion! All you gentlemen, what do you mean by this?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers are unwilling to lead the army. It's just that the Marquis of Pingxi fought for Daliang all his life, and the son also led troops to defeat Wei in the northwest. Now that the case of the son collaborating with the enemy is full of doubts, I implore your majesty to order a retrial of the case." case!"

Shao Guan lowered his head, listening to the voice of seconding in his ears, half of his heart was the joy of this turnaround, and the other half was a complicated feeling with unknown reasons.

It's hard to tell whether it's because of the father's current hysteria, his indifference to the fourth prince, or because of the people along the city who were affected by the Lingnan Army's rebellion.

"Quiet!" Emperor Liang slapped the table, and finally managed to stop most of the kneeling courtiers pleading for their lives.

He looked at Shao Guan, who was kneeling in the center with downcast eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Guan Er, Prince Pingxi Hou was your servant before, what do you think this case should be?" ?”

When Shao Guan heard the question, he slowly raised his face, and his pitch-black peach blossom eyes looked at Emperor Liang without fear, but what he saw in the eyes of the aged emperor was only the desire for the dignity of the emperor.

Whether he scolded him for defending Murong Xing before, or shifted most of the blame to the fourth prince today, his father, after all, was doing it for the sake of the so-called emperor's face and the dignity of the Tian family.

As for whether Murong Xing is collaborating with the enemy and treason, whether Pingxihou Mansion has monopolized military power, these have become secondary things.

Shao Guan breathed out lightly, and under the watchful eyes of all the officials, he replied loudly: "Report to the emperor, and the sons and ministers seconded! Please order the emperor to retry the case!"

"Okay! What a retrial of this case!" Emperor Daliang smiled back in anger, and his eyes towards Shao Guan have lost warmth, "If I don't order a retrial, are you going to watch Lingnan Army come to Chang'an? ,Um?!"

The courtiers below still maintained the posture of kneeling and kowtowing, and no one responded to the words of Emperor Liang.

It was hard to tell how long it took before an extremely tired voice sounded like a wounded lion on the high platform dragon chair.

"It is my will that the fourth prince, Shao Ting, neglected his duties when he was in charge of the case of Pingxihou Shizi, and has now been demoted to the county king. This case is in charge of the eldest prince, and the three divisions will be organized to rejoin the trial..."

As soon as he came to court, Shao Guan didn't care to talk to the ministers, so he went straight to the prison with the order just issued by Emperor Liang.

Seeing the hurried appearance of the young man in the apricot-yellow robe, the guarding jailer hurriedly opened the gate of the prison.

"I've seen His Royal Highness——Your Highness is here, isn't it?"

"Father has a decree to retrial the case of Pingxihou Shizi. Murong Shizi is no longer a death row prisoner, so naturally he should not continue to stay in the prison." Shao Guan clenched the hand holding the imperial decree, and asked in a deep voice, "My son Where is it being held, why don't you take the orphan there quickly?"

"Your Highness, please."

Shao Guan hurried all the way, completely ignoring the royal etiquette he had cultivated since he was a child. After seeing the prison cell at the end, he took a few steps to the railing.

Murong Xing was sitting on the simple wooden bed, the bloodstains from the whip on his body almost stained the plain white prison uniform, the dazzling scarlet instantly dazzled Shao Guan's eyes.

"Murong Xing!"

Shao Guan snatched the key from the jailer and immediately opened the cell door. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Murong Xing open his eyes. When he saw him, his long and narrow phoenix eyes flashed a trace of blank surprise.

"Your Highness?" Murong Xing coughed a few times, looking at Shao Guan's worried and distressed face, his phoenix eyes sank slightly, "The prison is dirty, Your Highness, don't come here."

The whip wounds on his body looked terrible, but the guards in charge of guarding him in the prison were all arranged by Yuan Qiong, and they were very measured in their actions.It's just that the flesh was injured, and after recuperating for a month and a half, there will be a few scars at most, and it will never hurt the muscles and bones.

Murong Xing watched the young man not far away resisting the urge to come over to help him, clenching his teeth and standing there waiting for him, the burning wound on his body suddenly numb and lost all consciousness.

"Father made a decree to retry the case of the son, and now Gu will lead the son out of the prison."

While Shao Guan was talking, his eyes were firmly locked on Murong Xing.

"I... Gu has already found the imperial physician, and ordered someone to report to Pingxihou's Mansion. The prince is seriously injured. First, go to the East Palace with Gu to ask the imperial physician to look at the wound, okay?"

Murong Xing hooked his lips, and from the corner of his eyes, he had already seen the gestures made by Yuan Qiong's jailer.He moved slowly towards Shaoguan, deliberately letting his movements affect the wound, and the coagulated blood was carried by the fresh blood to flow straight down.

"I'm sorry... I'm late." Shao Guan's eyes were covered with bright red blood, and his heart that was relaxed at first sank back into the abyss after seeing Murong Xing like this.

He helped Murong Xing's arm in a panic, and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Can you hold on? If you can't hold on, just lean on me..."

"I can hold on." Murong Xing used his sleeves to cover up, and held the boy's slightly trembling palm with his backhand. The moment he stepped out of the prison, he narrowed his phoenix eyes to adjust to the bright skylight on the street.

It's just that his dark eyes were not illuminated by the sunlight, instead they became darker and colder.

What rings in my ears is the voice of the Lingnan army attacking and looting all the way; it is the laughing and cursing of the teenagers beside me in countless nights and days; A pale emptiness.

"Why did Your Majesty suddenly order to retry the case? It's His Highness..."

Shao Guan helped Murong Xing into the carriage, and after closing the curtain, he immediately took out the handkerchief to wipe the young man's dirty and handsome face, his voice was slightly hoarse.

"It was the Lingnan Army who killed the commander-in-chief and rebelled. Father wanted the generals in the court to lead the troops to put down the rebellion, but the generals all remembered the old favor of Lord Pingxi and asked for a retrial. After the father investigated the fourth prince, And made this decree."

Murong Xing nodded, and suddenly reached out and pulled the handkerchief in Shao Guan's hand: "I made His Highness worry, it's because I'm sorry for His Highness."