Chapter 310 The deceased rest in peace, the living strive forward

Ministry of Justice.

Qiao Hongyu was being whipped. The jailer stopped the blood whip and walked out. She finally had some free time and closed her eyes to rest. But within a few seconds, the cell door opened again.

She opened her eyes.

In a daze, I saw Song Wang.

"Song Wang! Just kill me!"

Song Wang pushed Xu Ji in and said calmly, "Look who he is."

"Godfather!" Qiao Hongyu was stunned. She called out subconsciously, but she saw her godfather's face was grim. He said nothing, but looked around with a gloomy look. "What did you do to him?"

Jiusu asked: "Do you want to know?"

Qiao Hongyu hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded: "I want to."

Jiusu took out the pain-relieving powder and, with the help of Jiang Jing, sprinkled it directly into Xu Ji's mouth.

"This time the dosage is small, so the pain will only last for a while."

Xu Ji covered his chest with his hands. Having experienced the pain once before, he was mentally prepared. He bent over, sweat dripping onto the ground. In a trance, he seemed to see himself ascending the throne.

…

Think about it again.

He and Qiao Hongyu were tied to wooden chairs.

"If you want to kill me or chop me up, just use all your strength!"

Opposite him, there were many people sitting. It was obvious that they were the children of people he had killed, and they were now seeking revenge.

Xu Ji smiled sinisterly and said, "You two must be Yang Cai'er and Qiu Man, right? Madam Yang and Madam Qiu are so beautiful. I really want to touch their hands again."

Qiu Man couldn't help but shed tears.

"You are worse than an animal! Don't you dare slander my mother!"

Yang Caier's face was also full of hatred, but fortunately she had candy, so she didn't faint.

Song Wang asked: "They had no grudge against you, why did you kill them so cruelly?"

Xu Ji knew he was doomed, but he couldn't let these kids off easy. He said, "They deserve death. Song Wang, huh? Your mother was the first one I chose, but she didn't want to marry me. So I had no choice but to kill her. Your father saw it and rushed over to fight me. What could I do? I had to kill them both."

Bang!

The man's anger hit the table, and the wooden table instantly broke into pieces.

Song Wang scolded him: "If you don't respect the deceased again, I will punish you severely!"

"Come on." Xu Ji laughed sinisterly again. "I'm just a worthless life. You can kill me if you want. I have many sons, and they all have royal blood. One day, my descendants will become emperor and kill your entire family!"

Jiusu asked: "You are indeed a worthless life, the late emperor gave the answer."

Xu Ji's smile froze, and the day when his father forced him to hang himself resurfaced in his mind. He angrily said, "What do you know? Now that I'm alive, the throne should be mine."

Jiusu retorted: "The late emperor didn't acknowledge it, so the throne is not yours after all. Are you killing innocent people just to vent your anger?"

"You're the brainless one!" Xu Ji glared at her fiercely, but afraid that she would get really angry and feed him more pain powder, he said, "If my father won't let me be the emperor of Xu State, then I will establish my own sect and become the founding emperor."

Qiu Man's eyes were red: "What does that have to do with my mother!"

Xu Ji said, "To be an emperor, one must have a noble lady to match him. I don't have a suitable empress or concubine, so I can only choose from suitable wives. Unfortunately, none of them obeyed, so I had no choice but to kill them."

For his own selfish desires, he killed so many people and destroyed so many families.

No one can accept such a result.

"Ahhh! I'll kill you!"

Qiu Man pulled out the hidden dagger and rushed towards Xu Ji. Surprisingly, until the dagger pierced Xu Ji's shoulder, listening to the man's screams, Song Wang walked forward slowly.

He held Qiu Man's wrist.

"You are still young. It's not worth it to kill him."

Qiu Man raised her tear-stained face stubbornly: "It's worth it for those two children."

Song Wang snapped his fingers. There was a doctor in the prison, and the doctor gave Xu Ji a simple treatment to stop the bleeding.

"Xu State has its own laws. Believe me, I will not let him escape this time. He will pay a heavy price for his evil deeds. I will use everything I have learned in my life to make him suffer day and night."

Qiu Man nodded.

This is also done to protect her.

After all, she was not a serious official appointed by the court, nor was she a member of the Ministry of Justice.

Xu Ji gritted his teeth and said, "Sir Song, are you really going to let her hurt the prisoner like this? The laws of Qi don't allow private harm. How can you write this wound on my chest in secret?"

The Minister paused and looked at the Lord.

Song Wang said: "Write it as it is."

The Minister dipped a brush in ink, his hands moving without slowing down, and he slowly read: "When Lord Song was interrogating a prisoner, the prisoner asked to be untied. In a moment of inattention, the prisoner tried to escape. In the attempt to capture the prisoner, he accidentally injured him..."

Xu Ji: “???”

Qiao Hongyu cursed, "You bunch of bastards! You bastards! Quickly release me and my adoptive father, or my brother will come for revenge and kill you all!"

This incense stick of interrogation.

It was something she hadn't expected.

Her adoptive father turned out to be the son of the late emperor. If his mission was accomplished, wouldn't she be able to fly to the top and become a phoenix?

Jiusu stood up: "Everything is clear now, let's leave the Ministry of Justice first."

Especially Yang Cai'er, she was in a bad mood. She sent the man back to the Yang Mansion and told Lord Yang Xu about Xu Ji's motive for committing the crime.

Yang Xu felt a pang of sadness in his heart and held onto the red pillar beside him, feeling dizzy.

Sometimes he didn't dare to recall the past, thinking about how his wife died right after giving birth to Cai'er. As a grown man, he would often cry late at night, and his elders also wanted him to take a concubine.

But he looked at the beautiful women and the colorful flowers.

And the daughter said: Daddy, don’t you want mommy anymore?

He had no other thoughts.

"I'm fine. I just recalled some past events. After all these years, the hatred in my heart hasn't dissipated at all, and the longing for you has never lessened. Now that the truth is out, everything is clear... I'm at a loss, as if I'm in a fog, not knowing where to go."

Jiusu said, "May the deceased rest in peace, and the living strive for progress. Sir Yang, please tell Madam Yang this good news."

Soon, Xu Ji confessed all his crimes.

The yamen runners posted the charges on the streets and alleys.

At night, countless families suffering were burning paper in the yard. The whole city of Shengjing was illuminated by these stars. Looking up at the sky from the ground, there were twinkling stars. Looking down from the sky, there were flickering fires.

Qiu Shishu took his two daughters and threw the paper into the brazier.

"If you need anything down there, tell me in a dream and I'll burn it for you."

Qiu Ying and Qiu Man knelt on the ground. Qiu Ying closed her eyes and imagined the sweet and soft warm embrace of her mother. Her mother had been very kind to her since she was a child.

Qiu Man frantically threw paper into the basin, choking with sobs, "Mom, have you been reincarnated? If you have, remember to grow up well and eat well. You will become the most beautiful girl, and you will definitely meet a good man. If one is not enough, then two, three... Anyway, you must be happy!"

Qiu Shishu felt sad and broke down crying.

After a long time, she finally managed to utter, "...your daughter is right. You should open your eyes and find a good man, someone like me who is young, handsome, and reliable."

The paper was burning in the basin.

Song Wang's eyes were blurred with tears. He raised the corners of his mouth and put away the brazier. He looked up at the sky and took a sip of wine: "Dad, Mom, don't worry about me."