It might even implicate their family members.
"You've already arrested these people from the Imperial Medical Academy, the Ministry of Works, and the Censorate. Unauthorized detention of high-ranking officials is a serious crime, punishable by death. Do you think they'll let you off the hook?"
These idiots are utterly hopeless; a few words from Jiang Yimian are enough to turn them against each other. They're a bunch of useless trash.
If those people hadn't yet arrived, why would he need to use them?
Seeing that things were not going well, Zhou Shiwen realized that many people were looking at him with anger in their eyes. He immediately hid behind Qi Shang and shouted, "Hurry up and do it! This bitch is just an ordinary commoner. What can you believe in what she says? If you help her today, you will be the ones who die tomorrow."
You all know in your hearts what you have done over the years; every single one of them is a capital offense.
We're all in this together now; nobody can escape. Let's fight.
Hearing this, the ripples that had finally stirred in the hearts of the city guards gradually subsided.
Yes, this man is just an ordinary citizen. How can his words be taken seriously? Today, they have kidnapped officials from the Ministry of Works and the Censorate. That alone is enough to make them suffer.
If we kill all these people here today, the common people will only think that we are arresting wanted criminals, and the people in the imperial court will think the same. No one will know the truth.
Despite thinking this, everyone still felt that the knife in their hands was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and their steps were as heavy as if they were filled with lead.
Over the years, they had helped Zhou Shiwen stop the disaster victims from entering the city, but at that time Zhou Shiwen said that the disaster victims had a plague and that if they rashly entered the city, everyone would die.
In retrospect, they didn't do anything; it was all just orders from Zhou Shiwen. Rank is everything, and who would dare to actually refute anything?
Now, Zhou Shiwen wants to kill so many court officials, including General Wei. Are they sure they want to follow him down this wrong path?
There's still a chance to stop now, a chance to change things.
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