Chapter 1078: Killing Brothers

In front of the Jinyang Palace, the banned wine and drinks found in various places were continuously delivered and piled up in the square in front of the palace. The wine and drinks were either in wine jars or in leather bags, and the wine utensils of various materials and styles were dazzling.

After seeing this scene, Gao Yang's face turned livid. He had been tortured by abstinence from wine and meat during this period, but he did not expect that in this Jinyang Palace, right under his nose, there were so many people who violated his ban, privately stored wine and drinks, and drank excessively!

Such lip service naturally made the superiors dissatisfied, especially Gao Yang, a monarch who had a strong desire for control, even more unbearable. Now these banned materials and people placed in front of the palace are like slaps on his face, making him extremely angry, and his eyes flashed with murderous light!

Some of the guards who were brought here didn't care at first. After all, it was well known that the emperor was addicted to alcohol, so what was the big deal if they secretly kept some alcohol? As long as they didn't get drunk and delay their work while on duty, it was a harmless little thing.

But as more and more prohibited people were brought here, these people gradually panicked. They didn't even need to look up, they could already feel the emperor's surging anger in front of the bedroom.

When Xu Xianxiu was brought here, he became nervous after seeing this scene, and his eyes were flying around thinking about how to save himself.

At this time, with the emperor's order, a general who stored the most alcohol in Jinyang Palace was beheaded on the spot. The tragic scene of the knife falling and blood gushing out shocked everyone present and made them all silent, with cold sweat on their foreheads.

Xu Xianxiu was even more panicked after seeing this. If he secretly kept a bucket of wine, he would be beheaded on the spot, and the wine found in his tent was more than a bucket! If he was really punished according to this crime, he would probably lose his life today!

The soldiers executed the soldiers one by one according to the amount of wine they found. The first to be beheaded were a few ordinary soldiers. It was obvious that these soldiers were pushed out by their own leaders to take the blame, otherwise how could ordinary soldiers bring so much wine into the palace?

But Xu Xianxiu was unlucky because his tent was searched while he was on duty, and he was arrested immediately, so he had no time to cover up and find someone to take the blame.

Seeing the executioner getting closer and closer to him, he couldn't help sweating on his forehead. After thinking and weighing the pros and cons, he knelt down and shouted loudly: "I want to see the Supreme, I want to see the Supreme! There is a case of rebellion to report, I beg the Supreme to summon me to report the matter and expose the crime!"

After hearing this, Liu Taozhi and other imperial guards beside him did not dare to neglect it. While taking Xu Xianxiu away from here, they hurried into the palace to report the matter.

At this time, Gao Yang was so angry at those greedy and desperate guys that his head hurt. He had already retreated to the palace to rest. After hearing Liu Taozhi's report, his eyes flashed, and he stood up from the couch and said in a deep voice: "Quickly call the people into the palace!"

Not long after, Xu Xianxiu was dragged into the palace. After taking a look at the emperor sitting in the palace, he bowed deeply to the ground and said in a hurry: "Your Majesty, I was on duty this night. When I was inspecting the palace, I saw some officials slandering people..."

In order to survive, he didn't care whether he would offend too many people at this moment, and hurriedly summoned the emperor who had been sitting in the palace. He described the scene of Houmo Chen Jingui and others discussing the matter, and then bowed his head and said: "These people are disrespectful and flatter the King of Shangdang. They said that the reason why the battle on the front line is not favorable this time is because the court does not use the right people. If the King of Shangdang leads the troops to fight, the bandits will not be afraid..."

Listening to Xu Xianxiu's report, Gao Yang's face turned extremely pale. Before the man finished speaking, he slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Quickly capture the bandits and bring them to the front of the palace!"

So Liu Taozhi and others were busy again, and soon they arrested all the people who slandered people and things that Xu Xianxiu had told them to do. This matter is much more serious than the previous search for illegal drinking, so the illegal people who were concentrated in front of the palace were transferred to other palaces for detention, and only these few people were tied up in the square in front of the palace.

When these people saw Xu Xianxiu following the emperor out of the hall, their faces changed. Some of the smarter ones kowtowed and apologized: "I am guilty. I made a mistake and said something disrespectful..."

Gao Yang's face became more and more ugly when he heard the impatient confession, but he still raised his hand to signal Xu Xianxiu to come forward and confront these people one by one. After listening to their confessions, he pieced together the previous conversation.

Hearing these people praising Shangdang Wang Gao Huan and mocking him for not being as heroic as before, Gao Yang became even more furious. He raised his hand and asked Liu Taozhi to hand him a horse lance. He strode forward with the lance and stabbed the chest and abdomen of a nobleman in front of him with the horse lance. He shouted angrily: "You dare to discuss the heavens, do you see how sharp this lance is!"

Everyone was so scared that they burst into tears when they saw their companion die on the spot. Hou Mochen Jingui also kowtowed repeatedly and said: "I beg Your Majesty to pity my father and brother for their bravery for the country. My father guarded the border and my brother died for the country..."

"My father and brother are loyal, but you are the only unfilial one. Why don't you die!"

It would have been better if Gao Yang hadn't said this. After hearing Houmochen Jingui's begging for mercy, Gao Yang became even more angry. He turned around and stepped forward, and directly swung his spear to cut off Houmochen Jingui's limbs. His body crawled on the ground, wailing and wriggling. After more than a quarter of an hour, he finally smashed his sternum with a horse spear and died.

As for the remaining few people, none of them were spared. They were all killed by Gao Yang in front of the palace.

After beating and killing all these people, Gao Yang was still furious. He immediately ordered Xu Xianxiu, who reported the rebellion, to be appointed as the general of the right guard, and led the imperial guards to distribute the corpses of these disciples to their families, and controlled their families to investigate whether they were involved in the rebellion.

The ignorant discussion of these people not only greatly hurt Gao Yang's self-esteem and angered him, but also made him think of Shangdang King Gao Huan who had been imprisoned long ago.

So Gao Yang led a group of imperial guards and went straight to the northern palace of Jinyang Palace where Gao Huan was imprisoned.

Last year, Shangdang King Gao Huan led his army to attack the invading Turks and successfully repelled the Turkish army. This was a great achievement. As a result, not long after that, Li Boshan of the Western Wei led his troops to defeat the Turks in the south of Yinshan Mountain and captured and killed the Turkic Khan Mugan.

This naturally made the Northern Qi's record with the Turks pale in comparison. In addition, Gao Yang himself was already dissatisfied with Shangdang King Gao Huan, so he imprisoned him for his ulterior motives and condoning the Turks, and has been imprisoned ever since.

Imprisoned with Gao Huan was his elder brother, Gao Huan's third son, Yong'an King Gao Jun. Gao Jun and Gao Yang had a long-standing grudge. Previously, Gao Jun relied on his clan status to make many offensive remarks to Gao Yang and even met with ministers such as Yang Yin in private. As a result of all these things, Gao Yang also imprisoned him together with Gao Huan.

The northern palace of Jinyang Palace where the two were imprisoned was dark day and night, and they ate, slept, and urinated in an iron cage. The environment was extremely bad.

When Gao Yang arrived here, the guards outside rushed in to greet him, and the two kings who were still sleeping were also awakened. When they learned that the emperor came to see them, they all cried and begged for mercy: "Please spare my life! I am willing to be your slave forever..."

Gao Yang ordered the two iron cages to be moved out of the cell. Seeing the two brothers who had been imprisoned for a long time and had already become ghosts, there was no mercy on his face.

He first came to the cage where Shangdang Wang Gao Huan was, and looked at this poor fellow who was full of vigor and vitality before but now hunched like a mole, and sneered: "Aqi, do you know that there are thieves invading the country? A warrior in front of the palace suggested to me that you can be a general, and it is not difficult to lead the army to defeat the enemy. I wonder if you have such confidence!"

"I have confidence! No matter who invades, as long as my brother orders me to lead the troops to fight, I will never refuse and fight to the death! As long as I am still alive, I will never let the thieves harm my family!"

Gao Huan thought he was going to be freed, but after hearing this, he kowtowed repeatedly in the cage, gritting his teeth and glaring, trying to prove that he was still brave and useful.

Gao Yang laughed when he heard this, and then he saw his nephew Gao Changgong in the imperial guards. He raised his hand and called Gao Changgong to come closer, pointed at Gao Huan in the iron cage, and asked Gao Changgong: "In your opinion, should I use the King of Shangdang or kill him?"

Gao Changgong had seen the emperor's madness in front of the bedroom, so he knew that he was not here to use the King of Shangdang. When he heard this question, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he knelt on the ground and answered with a trembling voice : "The foundation of the country is the Supreme! The Supreme commands all the ministers, and the thieves are incapable of being enemies. There is absolutely no reason to make a minister who can defeat the enemy! As for whether the King of Shangdang is used or abandoned, it all depends on the Supreme!"

After hearing this, Gao Yang chuckled twice, bent down and stroked Gao Changgong's head, and said in a gentle tone: "This is quite insightful. It can be seen that he is really grown up. Bring this to ask for use in the future."

While speaking, he directly took off his sword and handed it to Gao Changgong's arms, then waved his hand to signal him to retreat. When he turned his eyes to the two brothers in the cage again, his eyes became cold again, and he immediately ordered Liu Taozhi and other guards to go forward and stab the iron cage.

Driven by the desire to survive, the two people in the cage actually moved in the narrow space of the cage, firmly grasped the long spear that was inserted into the cage, and even broke the long spear. After being tortured for such a long time, he still has such arm strength, which shows that he is really brave.

However, this scene made Gao Yang even more angry. Since the spear stabbing could not kill them, he simply ordered people to throw torches into the cage and burn the two men to death in it, and then he left happily.

Gao Changgong in the team saw this cruel scene of brothers killing each other, and his heart was immediately horrified. He was originally happy to get the sword rewarded by the emperor, but now he felt that the sword was as hot as burning charcoal!