Chapter 1339
Too much drama
Chapter 1339 Too much drama
"Hmm." The imperial guard nodded in response, then looked at the Prince of Ye, Madam Guan, Qi the Envoy, and the others, and said, "Everyone is asking when the execution will begin?"
Today, thousands of people will gather outside the gate of Wuyuan Garden because the truth of several cases has been revealed, and the criminals involved will be beheaded according to the law.
"Anyway, it's still early. Let's wait another hour or two, and execute the prisoner before dark." Qi Shitian said, then asked Guan Shuli, "What does the Prince of Ye think?"
Qin Xiaomi/Second Uncle Qin: "..." The Prince of Ye doesn't think so!
Seeing their identical expressions and eyes, Madam Guan couldn't help but laugh. Both uncle and nephew had a strange, childlike heart inside.
"Is the old lady alright?" Everyone was worried that her sudden laughter might have caused her to have a mental breakdown due to the events of the past few days, so they all asked her with concern.
"I'm fine, let's discuss business."
……
After discussing it further, the group left the house together and went to see Mr. Tong, asking him, "Mr. Tong, what have you thought about it? Do you want to change your decision?"
Uncle Qin then asked, "Or do you have any evidence to leave us? Don't worry, we will absolutely not use it within five years. Only after the Great Wei has recovered from the war, if your master still does not repent and continues to help the enemy plunder the life of Wei, will we present the evidence to deal with them."
Mr. Tong smiled and asked Uncle Qin with curiosity, "Qin Zhuang, you've had a life full of hardship and countless setbacks, how can you still maintain your innocence?"
Was the stimulation too much and he went crazy?
Speaking of this, Uncle Qin Er became very proud, pointing to Grandpa Qin and Qin Xiaomi: "Because I have a loving father and an exceptionally capable and wealthy niece. Before I even got home, my niece had already given our second branch of the family a share of the profits, allowing my husband and me to live a life of luxury!"
Without having to struggle to make a living, one can naturally be innocent and happy.
“You really are insane.” Mr. Tong was certain that Qin Zhuang was indeed ill, and then replied, “Stop dreaming. My master is not your Qin family. They have a whole set of methods to sever the real connections between their subordinates and them. Their subordinates have been arrested one after another, but it will not implicate my master.”
“It’s like…” The man surnamed Tong was no good. He looked at Uncle Qin and laughed, “It’s like you know you are a Refiner of the World and you have found many Refiners of the World, but you still don’t know who your counterpart is.”
"Damn it, you're insulting me again! Don't think I won't hit you!" Uncle Qin rolled up his sleeves angrily, but he really didn't dare to hit him. He was afraid that if he killed Mr. Tong, he wouldn't be able to take him out to explain the situation, and then they would have worked for nothing and suffered a huge loss.
Mr. Tong ignored Uncle Qin and looked at Madam Guan instead: "Great Wei is too young. There are many forces on this land that are older than Great Wei. Any one of them could severely damage Great Wei if it emerged, not to mention that they have learned the art of concealment."
"Now that Great Wei is seriously ill and facing external enemies, the best course of action is to let them continue to hide and let Great Wei first nurture itself to adulthood."
"You're deifying your master again and looking down on the Great Wei. You're asking for a beating. Don't you know we are all loyal subjects and subjects who serve His Majesty?!" Uncle Qin shouted again.
This was nonsense, so Mr. Tong ignored him and said only, "Any evidence I leave behind will not implicate my master; it can only help you take down some corrupt officials."
“Then we need it too. We’re short of money, and we can confiscate their property to supplement our military pay.” Uncle Qin had already prepared paper and pen and said, “Confess.”
"We can guarantee the safety of the women in your family and the women in your clan, and prevent them from being humiliated." Madam Guan gave him this promise: "This is His Majesty's favor to the women in consideration of the Empress, so we can help your family do it."
"...Thank you." Mr. Tong recalled the fate of the women in those families after the Grand Secretary Jin and his men confiscated their property during the Ningkang era.
But the master never helped those women, and even got involved in them. He agreed with Qin Xiaomi's words... Emperor Wuxing was indeed better than the master.
But Emperor Wuxing had done him no favors; it was his master who had shown him kindness, provided him with food, and given him wealth, so he had to repay that kindness.
"Alright, stop dawdling and hurry up and tell us all your secrets, or who will we ask after you're gone?" Uncle Qin urged.
Mr. Tong looked at Uncle Qin with pity: "After this battle, if you are still alive, then find a famous doctor to see you. You are really sick, so don't hide your illness and avoid seeking medical treatment."
...After stopping and starting, it took Mr. Tong more than half an hour to finish explaining what he wanted to say.
Some evidence located in the capital city was also quickly retrieved by messengers.
"Finally finished. I'm exhausted, being a left-handed person." Uncle Qin shook his left hand, his face and hands covered in ink from writing.
Qi the angel and Guan the clerk, however, were spotless, without a trace of ink.
"Mr. Tong, please have a meal." Madam Guan had a table of hot food brought over, twelve dishes, but they were small portions: "Even if you don't have an appetite, try more. I wish you a satisfying meal."
"...Madam, you've gone to so much trouble. I'll definitely try them all." Mr. Tong's eyes welled up with tears. He knew that Madam Guan understood him.
So he tasted every dish, hoping to truly achieve a satisfying meal. His favorite was: "Pickled taro stems and taro paste. They tasted good and were easy to eat."
Because of the torture, he had to endure excruciating pain to speak, but the two foods were easy to eat as they could be swallowed without chewing.
I am reminded of the story of how powerful and wealthy families wrote books claiming that taro and potatoes were highly poisonous and unsuitable for cultivation in the north, which led to the absence of taro and potatoes as staple foods in the north for over a thousand years.
"The land of Wei is rich in talent and resources, but the people are evil."
There's too much drama; I've wasted too much time playing along with his act. The imperial guards are coming to urge us: "Prince Ye, the people at the Wu Garden gate have been causing trouble several times, asking when the criminal will be executed? They're also asking where the prisoner Tong is? Was he tortured to death by the imperial guards at the second gate?!"
"Coming right away, tell them to wait a few more quarters of an hour," said Clerk Guan.
"Yes." The imperial guard left to inform the outside world of the news so that Commander Wei and his men could appease the crowd at the entrance of Wu Garden.
Mr. Tong didn't linger any longer and, supported by the imperial guards, left the room.
But after entering the courtyard, he stopped, looked at everyone, and asked, "The powerful families are evil, the royal family is evil, the court is evil, then who is good?"
"When I was young, I thought I would be loyal to the imperial family and the court; later I was loyal to my master, but I only realized on my deathbed that they were not good people."
"Then, to whom should these outstanding individuals and people of ambition pledge their allegiance so that they can truly help this world? I want an answer so that I can die in peace."
I have to say, this thing is really dramatic; it's about to die and it's still adding drama to its life.
Neither the clerk, Uncle Qin, nor even Grandpa Qin could answer this question for him.
Qi Tianshi quickly replied, "Your Majesty has been kind to me, so naturally I am loyal to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty is right."
Eunuchs truly are the emperor's lackeys, bah!
"One-sided." Mr. Tong was very dissatisfied.
"You're about to die, why are you still asking these pointless questions and wasting everyone's time? Can't you just hurry up and die?" Uncle Qin complained.
But Mr. Tong was stubborn and insisted on getting to the bottom of it.
"I can answer your question to some extent." Qin Xiaomi from the modern era said: "The answer to this question is actually very simple. Just as Qi Tianshi often says, people are good and bad, kind and evil, in a cycle of yin and yang. The same person and thing in this world is inherently good and bad, but as long as the number of good increases, the number of evil decreases, and the world will become better."
(End of this chapter)