Chapter 154 General's Mansion 25
Chapter 154 General's Mansion 25
Upon hearing this, the beggars around him immediately started to move: "Uncle, you've asked the right person. We followed him the whole time and saw the whole process!"
"speak!"
Zhou Leping listened to a young beggar who was quite eloquent, and began to talk about his family:
Let's first talk about Zhou Leping, the culprit of the Zhou family's extermination. He was a devil since he was a child! He was not afraid of anyone, whether it was teasing cats or beating dogs. Let's talk about the second master of the Gu family, who was such a good person, but he was beaten up by him.
This bad habit is innate and cannot be changed. The Zhou family is really unlucky to have him. Speaking of General Zhou, he is a well-known figure! He guarded the border for decades, but unfortunately he was injured in the leg by the villain and had to retire from the battlefield.
It doesn't matter if he retreats, his kid has gone up. General Zhou gave him a lot of warnings! But this villain just turned a deaf ear to them. For example, when he was in the northern border, he ignored the advice of his superior Gu Song and insisted on leading his troops out of the city. Now, more than a thousand soldiers who followed him have not returned. All of them died. But this beast, not only did he not feel guilty for his arrogance, but he lived a shameless life. He surrendered directly to Da Qi. Not only that, he also handed over all our military secrets.
This is not the end. This guy had an affair with Prince Ning's daughter Princess Anhe in his early years. But the princess had severed ties with him long ago. This beast actually bullied Prince Ning who was unaware of the situation and used this friendship to threaten Prince Ning.
Princess Anhe is in the palace now, and she is not living a normal life. If there is another scandal, how can she live? For the sake of his daughter, King Ning had no choice but to agree to this guy's unreasonable request and steal the military secrets of Ning'an Pass and give them to Zhou Leping. This bastard Zhou handed them over to Da Qi, and it is said that he even became a high-ranking official.
Fortunately, Lord Gu was very observant and saw the mystery, so he arrested Prince Ning and his entourage. Poor Princess Anhe was burned to death with her father.
This son of the Zhou family has no sense of propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame. He betrayed his master for fame and collusion with foreign countries. He is really guilty of a heinous crime. Originally, he was sentenced to death with the execution of nine generations of his clan. However, our Majesty is kind and, considering General Zhou's hard work and great contributions in guarding the border, he was only sentenced to tattooing, confiscation of property and exile.
I will always remember how miserable General Zhou looked at that time, wearing prison uniform, shackles, and paraded along the street with his hands tied.
The words "treacherous" and "evil" were tattooed on his face. But he was not the treacherous one, General Zhou was innocent. He had been a soldier for half his life, but he didn't expect to end up like this.
At that time, I felt very sad when I saw General Zhou limping towards the city gate. He was a loyal minister and a righteous man, but he never expected that his descendants would suffer the consequences.
And Madam Zhou, she is a kind person who can't be found in the whole capital. She often gives alms and porridge, and is a living bodhisattva in our hearts. She is the kindest noblewoman, and she always smiles even when she treats us. But what? Because of Zhou Leping, this noblewoman will end up with her family broken up.
Such a kind face, but words were carved on it. She was a living Bodhisattva, how could she be the bad one? The couple leaned against each other like this and were dragged through the streets to be paraded for public display.
The people of our capital city still know good and evil, and did not insult General Zhou too much. They cursed their son the most, who was a traitor and sold out his country for fame. But General Zhou was kind-hearted. He had been harmed by his disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust son, but he still kept defending his son. Mrs. Zhou cried out that she was wronged.
It's ridiculous. The battle report has already been transmitted and His Majesty's decree has already been issued. Could the deaths of more than a thousand soldiers be faked?
There were many relatives of soldiers in the capital, and they hated those who sold out their masters for fame and fortune. Seeing the couple like this, their sympathy for them disappeared instantly, and they threw piles of rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at them.
Some even poured out the swill buckets and chamber pots in the house. But even so, General Zhou did not change his words and kept saying that his son was wronged!
But how could they convince the families of more than a thousand soldiers with just the two of them? Someone immediately demanded that the couple pay with their lives.
General Zhou said: "My Zhou family is full of loyal and brave people who have never betrayed their master. My son Zhou Leping has fought bloody battles for three years and escaped death many times. Now his life or death is uncertain, how can you hastily convict him based on the words of the traitors without giving him a chance to defend himself. Today, I, Zhou, would like to thank the emperor for his grace with my death, and I beg Your Majesty to give my Zhou family a chance to prove ourselves. I beg Your Majesty to find Zhou Leping and give him a chance to appeal!"
After saying this, General Zhou resolutely crashed into the city wall, and blood splattered on the spot. After seeing the general's death, Mrs. Zhou also followed him.
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