"Thank you, Your Majesty." The group got up.
Lü Fang was sent to the Imperial Hospital.
The eunuch on duty this time was Liu Jin.
The eunuch in red lightly waved his whisk: "My esteemed ministers, His Majesty has something to say."
Everyone stood with their hands clasped in front of them.
Empress Qian Renxue slowly rose from the dragon throne: "Grand Secretary Pang Hao, despite holding a high position, has not thought of his own wrongdoings, but instead colluded with foreign powers and funded rebels, intending to plunge the Great Xia Dynasty into peril."
Everyone present understood.
Although many people know that Pang Hao colluded with various states, funded the rebels, and even leaked all the information from the court to the rebels.
However, hearing it from Empress Qian Renxue's mouth still shocked everyone.
Jiang Tian walked down the steps.
"With war raging across the city, what are you doing here causing trouble?"
Feng Huoliancheng propped himself up and sat up.
His hands and legs were all smashed.
The white bones bulged out from the bits of meat.
"It was that bastard Pang Hao who told me to kill His Majesty with my own hands. He promised to give me five million taels of silver if I succeeded."
Feng Huo Lian Cheng then used his already broken arm to point at Wan Li, the Nine Gates Admiral: "Pang Hao also said that this Nine Gates Admiral doesn't do his job properly."
"Let me kill His Majesty today, then kill the Commander of the Nine Gates and seize military power."
"Pang Hao said that after I finish these two things, I will be his founding father."
"He will give me an extra two million taels of silver and put me in charge of the defense of the capital."
When Wanli, the Nine Gates Admiral, heard this, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
However, he couldn't lash out at that moment.
"You bastard, you're someone else, yet you want to get money from the Great Xia Dynasty."
"You like money, don't you?"
With war raging across the city, who would dare say they like money?
"What's burning in this bronze cauldron isn't oil, it's silver."
After Jiang Tian finished speaking, he ordered someone to bring a ladder, climb to the top of the copper roof, and check if the silver inside had melted.
A eunuch brought a ladder and placed it on the bronze cauldron.
He looked down and saw that the silver inside the bronze cauldron had melted.
This enormous bronze cauldron is filled with rippling water.
The eunuch quickly slid down the ladder.
The wooden ladder had been in contact with the copper roof for too long and had caught fire.
Several eunuchs quickly brought water to extinguish the fire on the ladder.
“You like silver, then you can be with silver.” Jiang Tian waved to Li Yuanba.
Li Yuanba quickly ran over.
"My lord, what are your orders?"
"Throw this guy into the bronze cauldron and let him burn with the silver."
Li Yuanba threw two 400-jin (200 catties) bronze hammers onto the main hall of the palace with two loud bangs.
The entire palace hall seemed to be shaking.
The palace floor tiles were smashed and cracked in countless places.
Li Yuanba carried the Beacon Fire City in one hand.
The city was engulfed in flames and terrified, so they kept begging for mercy.
"Spare me! Spare me, hero!"
"I was wrong, I will never dare to do anything reckless again."
"You bastard, you made my stomach hurt and killed so many people. It's an injustice if you don't die."
Li Yuanba simply tossed the Beacon Fire City aside.
With a whoosh, Feng Huo Liancheng's body traced a graceful arc in the air before falling directly into the bronze cauldron.
Inside the bronze cauldron, the scalding hot silver had already turned into a liquid state.
After falling into the city of Feng Huo, he picked up countless silver coins.
After these silver coins were picked up, they fell to the ground and quickly cooled, turning into pieces of glittering silver.
Inside, the flames of war raged and screamed incessantly.
Soon, a flame ignited from inside the bronze cauldron.
The screams of agony echoed through the city amidst the rising flames.
The flames burned for the time it takes to brew half a cup of tea before slowly dying down.
The flames went out, and a plume of black smoke rose up.
The screams of agony from the city engulfed in flames abruptly ceased.
Everyone present was terrified at the sight, unsure of what to do.
"Add more firewood to the bottom and let it burn a little longer," Jiang Tian ordered loudly, looking at the eunuchs.
"Yes..." The eunuch brought over several bundles of firewood and placed them under the bronze cauldron.
As black smoke rose, it slowly dissipated after a while.
Jiang Tian estimated that Feng Huo Liancheng's body had been burned away.
He walked towards Pang Hao.
“Lord Pang, you dog! As a Grand Secretary, a high-ranking official, you do not think about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, but instead only think about committing treason.”
"Tell me how to deal with you."
Pang Hao was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.
Pang Hao was speechless; the air was thick with the stench of urine and feces.
Hearing the screams of "Beacon Fire Connects the City," this guy was so terrified that he soiled himself.
"Your Majesty, killing Pang Hao like this is too lenient on him." Jiang Tian turned around and glanced at Green Land Thousand Blades Snow.
"Lord Jiang, Pang Hao has committed heinous crimes. As for how to deal with him, I leave it entirely to you."
Jiang Tian nodded. He decided that the entire family had to be executed, and the perpetrators had to be slowly tortured to death. He also had to confiscate all the money from the man's bank account.
Jiang Tian walked up to Pang Hao and patted his somewhat fat face: "Lord Pang, your life and death are in my hands. You can see His Majesty's attitude towards me."
Pang Hao nodded, his terrified eyes looking at Jiang Tian as if he were seeing the Grim Reaper.
"I can save your life with a single word, or I can kill you instantly with another, and your death will be more tragic than the flames of war."
Pang Hao gasped for breath: "My lord, just tell me what you want, and I promise I'll give it to you."
“I have elderly parents to care for, young children to raise, and my parents who are 50 years old in between… I can’t take care of them now. All I want to do now is live. I just want to survive.”
Pang Hao's speech has become completely incoherent.
"Give me the money." Jiang Tian stretched out his hand, rubbing his right thumb and forefinger together.
"How much money do we need?" Pang Hao thought things had taken a turn for the better.
"How much do you think you're worth?"
"To be honest, I have ten million taels of silver in my family, and other things are worth another five million taels. I'll give you all this money, and you can spare my life."
This guy meant there were still 15 million taels of silver. Jiang Tian immediately held up five fingers: "I'll let you go. You have to get me 50 million taels of silver within two days, otherwise, your fate will be even worse than that of Feng Huo Lian Cheng."
"Don't even think about running away. You should understand that you can't escape."
Pang Hao had already broken down by that day.
"Alright, take the huge man away. I have other matters to deal with."
Two imperial guards forced Pang Hao to walk down.
The crowd watched as the Imperial Guards dragged Pang Hao down the road.
Wherever Pang Hao went, he left a long trail of blood on the ground.
It looks like this guy lost a lot of blood.
Minister of War Chen Ping'an stepped forward: "Your Majesty, according to reports from the scout cavalry, the rebel Zhang Xianzhong has gathered multiple rebel armies and is heading towards the capital."
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