Chapter 362: Falsehood
Even though Uncle Qiu hadn't said anything yet, King Kaoshan couldn't resist his imagination. He was now frantically imagining the current situation of the Xia family in Stone Village.
They were originally a noble family in the capital, but were exiled. What would they experience on the road of exile and what good would they leave behind?
I guess they are not in good health right now. I guess they must be sick, so they can't get away for the time being.
Well, in that case, he would be magnanimous and forgive them temporarily.
Besides, even if they were given ten times the courage, I don’t think they would dare to disobey the order!
"In that case, I will condescend to follow you on this journey. But if you dare to deceive me, watch out for your heads!"
King Kaoshan thought that since he had the hostage in his hand, he had nothing to fear.
"Oh, my Lord, even if you gave us ten courages, we wouldn't dare to deceive you! Please, please!"
Uncle Qiu led the way very tactfully, thinking in his heart, what the old lady said was indeed right, this King Kaoshan is indeed a brainless idiot!
I'm afraid the dog emperor didn't tell him that he sent people to assassinate the Xia family and the Prince of Zhennan, right?
I don’t even know what happened to those people!
This brainless King of Patron must have been kept in the dark and was used as a gun by Emperor Shun Kang.
Ouyang Xiu wanted to stop it, but King Kaoshan would not listen to him at all.
But as long as he thought that if something happened to King Kaoshan here, he would definitely have an unshirkable responsibility, Ouyang Xiu finally gritted his teeth and followed with an uneasy mentality.
Uncle Qiu took everyone back.
The journey was very smooth, and they brought King Kaoshan and his men directly to Xia Chengsheng and his wife without any obstruction.
Xia Chengsheng and Liu Youran were sitting in the living room of the Xia family drinking tea. Both of them had white hair, looked energetic, and had dignified and bright eyes. They didn't look like they were seriously ill and bedridden at all.
Even if Kaoshan Wang was a fool, he knew at this time that he had been cheated.
But he didn't think Xia Chengsheng and Liu Youran dared to do anything to him. No matter what, he was still a member of the Xuanyuan royal family and he came here on behalf of the royal family.
If something really happened to him here, they would not be able to live in peace. Besides, he still had hostages in his hands, unless they really didn't want to take the lives of those loyal servants.
"Xia Chengsheng, Xia Liushi, do you admit your guilt?"
Xia Chengsheng and Liu Youran didn't even bother to get up, let alone pour them tea.
Hearing his question, Xia Chengsheng sneered: "I don't know what crime I have committed."
Seeing that the two men showed no remorse, King Kaoshan shouted angrily: "How dare you! The royal family remembers the merits of your ancestors and asked you to come here to reflect on your mistakes, not to enjoy yourself. What you are doing now is deceiving the emperor."
"Even if we are deceiving the king, so what!"
Xia Chengsheng looked cold and just glanced away.
"You don't think that our Xia family will obey your orders, do you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of all the people who came with King Kaoshan changed.
Someone in the group couldn't help but ask, "Xia Chengsheng, what do you mean by that? Thunder and rain are all grace from the emperor. Are you really resentful of the emperor? You followed the traitor Prince Zhennan in rebellion, and the emperor, out of old friendship, spared your entire family's lives. This is a great favor, and he has been merciful enough to you!"
"Not only are you ungrateful for the Emperor's grace, you're actually stationing troops in Stone Village. How bold of you! If the Emperor knew about this, he would be so disheartened. Even if he had ten heads, they wouldn't be enough to chop off!"
Uncle Qiu changed his humble and honest appearance outside and kicked the person who was shouting the loudest to the ground.
"You bastard, show some respect to me, or I'll kick you to death."
Xia Chengsheng and Liu Youran did not stop Uncle Qiu, as if they had heard a joke?
"Mercy, what a mercy!"
If Xing'er hadn't been there, would their family have survived? I'm afraid they would have been reduced to a pile of bones long ago.
But there is no point in telling them this. These people are just dogs around Emperor Shun Kang. Even if you tell them, they will only say that it is the Xia family's own fault.
He smiled coldly: "Then tell me, why did Emperor Shun Kang call you here? If you are here to yell at me, then there is no need for that!"
King Kaoshan suppressed his anger and said, "Xia Chengsheng, kneel down and accept the order!"
Seeing that Xia Chengsheng and Liu Youran didn't even move, let alone kneel down, he could only angrily unfold the imperial edict.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that the Xia family, already guilty, harbored a criminal during their exile, a crime unforgivable. I hereby order you to escort Xia Xing'er, the daughter of the Xia family, back to the capital to await the Emperor's judgment. Your merits will be used to atone for your crimes. This is my decree!"
Xia Chengsheng and Liu Youran now understood. It turned out that Emperor Shunkang had this in mind. They were afraid that some news had been passed back from Shitou Village, and he suspected Xing'er.
But it’s already this late and the imperial edict has only just come down. Isn’t it too late?
The dog emperor actually wants them to hand over their daughter. What kind of dream is he having?
"I wonder what crime my daughter has committed?"
Liu Youran wanted to know what reasons they could come up with.
King Kaoshan closed the imperial edict, looked at them, and said, "While on her way to exile, your daughter killed a postman and an official. An examination has confirmed that they all died at her hands. Her crime is inexcusable!"
Liu Youran found this ridiculous: "If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext!"
Although those two people did die at Xing'er's hands, it was impossible to find out more than a year later.
In other words, they wanted to find a random excuse to pin it on Xing'er and punish her!
"Instead of pinning this crime on us, why not just say that we killed the thousands of secret guards he sent? Why doesn't he use this as a reason to punish us? Is it because he's afraid of the shame of speaking it out?"
Uncle Qiu's face changed when he heard this. He really didn't expect that the Xia family had experienced such a thrilling experience on the road to exile.
He immediately glared at King Kaoshan fiercely. There was really no good person among the people of the Xuanyuan royal family!
Pooh!
I almost forgot that their son-in-law is also a member of the Xuanyuan royal family, and so are those two masters!
He really couldn't kill them all with one blow, at least these three were still good!
Their master and second young master had both fought on the battlefield, and it was such a waste of their blood.
"You are lying! The royal family is so merciful! Since they have sentenced you to exile, how could they possibly do something so unnecessary? If they really wanted to kill you, they wouldn't just sentence you to exile!"
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