bullyxtreme Chapter 261 The Sick and Vicious Soldier and His Iron-Blooded and Cold-Faced General 40
Chapter 261 The Sick and Vicious Soldier and His Iron-Blooded and Cold-Faced General 40
After the man carrying the old lady walked away, the house suddenly became quiet.
Everyone's looks were complicated, and some even thought that what had just happened might have been just a dream.
Jiang Yunye originally just wanted to call for help, hoping that his grandmother would reduce the punishment on his father and uncle for their sake, but he didn't expect to overhear such a huge secret.
After a long while, everyone's eyes fell on the calmest person in the house. Everyone opened their mouths, and finally it was Jiang's father who asked, "Xiao Ci, how did you... know all this?"
Ji Bai: "There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. My grandmother did these things. Even if she killed all the people involved, there would still be clues left."
Everyone looked at him and didn't want to describe the details. They fell silent and didn't know what to say.
Just at this moment, the servant came to report.
"The censor is here to visit."
As soon as he finished speaking, a man who was dressed simply but still strong walked in quickly. When he saw the people in the room, he was stunned for a moment, and then said to Jiang's father: "Sir Jiang, I am in a hurry to visit you because of some private matters. Please speak further, Sir Jiang."
Father Jiang also heard something and asked, "Could it be that His Majesty has woken up..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the censor: "Master Jiang, please speak further."
Since it was a matter concerning the imperial palace, Jiang's father did not dare to be negligent any longer and quickly waved his hand to dismiss everyone.
When leaving the house, 818 looked back at the hurried censor, then turned to look at the boss beside him and asked: [Boss, is the plot advanced? ]
Ji Bai responded calmly: [Now the emperor has a good reason to imprison all the people in the general's mansion. If the assassin at the banquet cannot be found in a few days, all the faults will be pushed onto the general's mansion, and a gimmick of rebellion will be created to execute the nine clans of the general's mansion.]
818 shook his butt and asked anxiously: [What should we do next? ]
Ji Bai paused for a moment, then slowly replied: [Go to jail.]
818: [Ah?]
.........
During dinner, Jiang's father's expression became noticeably more serious, but facing the reminder from the Censor, he himself didn't know what to do.
If it were in the past, he might have asked the eldest lady, but...
Only today did he realize that the eldest lady had never wanted to make life easy for the people in the general's mansion.
Unable to find a way to deal with the situation, he subconsciously looked at Ji Bai, who was eating quietly with an indifferent expression, and his heart unconsciously calmed down.
He put down his bowl and chopsticks and spoke tentatively, "Xiao Ci, there was a letter from the palace saying that His Majesty had already woken up this morning and is now investigating the assassin at the dinner a few days ago. Given His Majesty's attitude towards us, what should we do?"
Ji Bai lowered his eyes, picked up some food and said, "Finish this meal well."
Father Jiang was slightly stunned, and after a while he asked, "Do you mean that you want us to take it one step at a time?"
Ji Bai raised his eyelids and said calmly: "No, because this is the best meal in recent times."
As soon as he finished speaking, a large group of people suddenly rushed into the general's mansion, and chaos suddenly broke out outside the house.
Jiang's father's pupils constricted, and he quickly stood up to see what was happening outside, but before he stepped out of the door, two rows of soldiers surrounded him and blocked the door.
Ji Bai calmly took a bite of the food. 818 beside him had already filled his cheeks with food, but he still held two pieces of bone meat in his hands. He shed tears and said vaguely: [Wow, in the next world, I must go to a world where I can eat delicious food every day! ]
A man dressed like a father-in-law came over and opened the yellow scroll. Seeing this, Jiang's father knelt down immediately. The next second, a sharp voice sounded, as if it could be transmitted to every corner of the general's mansion:
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: The guilty minister Jiang Tianzheng carried out an assassination at a dinner a few days ago. He thought he had concealed his crime and was at ease in the capital. After I woke up, the Privy Council investigated your crimes one by one and secretly collected the arrows in the General's Mansion. We found an arrow that was used for the dinner! I am furious and immediately issue an edict, ordering the boat to convey the eunuch Li Gonggong and others to rush to the General's Mansion. All the people in the General's Mansion should be arrested and put in jail! Interrogate their crimes and execute them in the autumn! No mistakes, I decree--!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang's father's legs and feet instantly weakened and he fell to the ground. He looked at the eunuch holding the yellow scroll with shocked eyes and shouted repeatedly: "Your Majesty, it's unjust! Your Majesty, my heart is clear, the sun and the moon can bear witness to it, and I swear solemnly, and heaven and earth know it! I absolutely have no intention of rebelling and assassinating Your Majesty, please be clear about it!"
Eunuch Li looked down at him with a cold expression, "Master Jiang, please accept the order."
Father Jiang was still crying out that he was wronged, and Eunuch Li asked impatiently, "Does Lord Jiang want to disobey the emperor's order?"
"Master Jiang, I advise you to think it over carefully. His Majesty is just going to put everyone in the general's mansion in jail. If you disobey his order, you will be punished with immediate death!"
Father Jiang was stunned for a moment, and after a long pause, he took the imperial edict with trembling hands: "Minister, accept the order."
Eunuch Li withdrew his gaze with satisfaction, then turned his head and said to the soldiers behind him: "Go, arrest everyone in the general's mansion and put them in jail. Don't let any of them go, otherwise I will hold you accountable!"
"Yes!"
The people in the room were too frightened to speak. Jiang Yunjun looked at Ji Bai, who was still calm, with a pale face, and asked with a trembling voice: "Xiao Ci, we...we...His Majesty must have been wronged..."
She was halfway through her words when she suddenly remembered what Jiang Yunci had said to her during the day.
Your Majesty did not wrongly accuse them, but...he originally wanted to kill the General's Mansion.
Suddenly, the soldier outside the door rushed in, his face stern and without any emotion, and said: "Please follow us."
Everyone subconsciously looked at Ji Bai, as if he was their backbone.
Ji Bai drank the last mouthful of soup, then slowly stood up and followed them out of the general's mansion.
Seeing this, everyone hurriedly followed.
Everyone suddenly understood one thing today.
Their Majesty, to whom they had been taught to be loyal since childhood, might have never trusted them from the beginning. It could even be said that he had been plotting the downfall of the General's Mansion for a long time.
Too many things happened today that made their minds a mess. The beliefs they had always held were torn apart by the very people they had been loyal to for so many years. They were filled with grief and indignation, but the loyalty engraved in their bones still prevented them from resisting.