Chapter 74 You old geezer
Gao Minglang's expression changed drastically, and his gaze towards Wei Jingchen became as if it were poisoned.
Wei Jingchen didn't seem to care, and simply smiled, "Lord Gao, the whole court knows that you took the blame for Minister Qi."
The fact that they dared to attack you now means they've seen through your plans. Since we're all in the same boat, why not choose to cooperate?
"What qualifications do you have to talk to me about cooperation?"
"There's no point in keeping secrets; they want to wipe you all out."
But with so many people knowing this secret, how can she possibly kill them all? You should keep a backup plan.
Wasn't it all to make them wary and dare not touch you? Besides, now that you've already broken ties...
You'll keep this a secret forever. Leaving aside whether Luo Qing and the others will protect you in the future...
Anyway, you're of no use to us, so we definitely won't save you anymore.
Wei Jingchen explained it very clearly.
Their decision to rescue people clearly stemmed from their belief that the Gao family was useful to them.
The Gao family is incapable of protecting themselves; what they need from the secrets the Gao family possesses is mutually beneficial.
Gao Minglang's expression changed repeatedly, his gaze shifting back and forth between the Wei father and son.
"Everyone in the capital says that the young master of the Wei family is gentle and refined, a true gentleman. I think he's nothing special. He's not as honest as those good-for-nothings from the Xu family."
Yun Zhao: ?
"Don't think I won't beat you up just because my uncle isn't here!"
Gao Minglang looked at Yun Zhao with amusement, "Do you think I'm afraid of a child like you?"
"I'm now the personal disciple of the former Valley Master of Medicine King Valley. You better watch out, or I'll tell my master not to save your family!"
Yun Zhao threatened him with a sinister look on his face.
Seeing his surprised expression, Yang Jingyan nodded in agreement.
"Yun Zhao has indeed become Elder Pei of Medicine King Valley's apprentice, and Xian Pingyan, the young master of the Xian family, can only be Yun Zhao's junior brother."
Junior brother?
Gao Minglang was completely stunned.
Didn't Xian Pingyan already become Pei Jishi's disciple?
When the Xian brothers became Pei Jishi's disciples, Yun Zhao probably hadn't even been born yet.
Yun Zhao rolled her eyes at him and said angrily, "Brother Jingchen, I think they probably don't know anything at all."
The Empress might be hiring someone to kill us, and just taking his family along as well. Let's go.
"Don't waste time, let's not save them anymore, we won't save them even if it means death!"
"Zhao Zhao is right. We won't save anyone from now on, since it's not us who will die!"
Following Yun Zhao's words, Wei Jingchen turned around and was about to leave with her.
"etc!"
Gao Minglang subconsciously asked the person to stay.
"I know a lot of things, but I will only tell you about this corruption case."
If he really told everyone everything, he really wouldn't survive!
"Listen first."
"Those who want to kill me are probably from the Qi family. It's hard to say whether the Empress knows about this."
The Qi family colluded with some nobles in the capital to embezzle funds, all of which were used to pave the way for the Second Prince.
I've been doing this kind of work for the Qi family for many years. Some time ago, Minister Qi told me...
The Prince of Jin likely sensed something was amiss, which is why he came to Jiangnan to audit the accounts ahead of schedule.
Minister Qi asked me to find a way to clean up the accounts, but no one expected that before spring even arrived...
The Jiangnan region experienced dozens of days of heavy rain, coupled with last winter's blizzard and this year's snowmelt, causing the poorly constructed dikes to give way.
The death toll was too high. The Empress could have suppressed it, but somehow...
Before we could even process the evidence of embezzlement, the matter reached the Emperor's ears. The Qi family had no choice but to push you and me out to take the blame.
This matter was never handled cleanly, so everyone could see that the Vice Minister of Works was just taking the blame.
As for Wei Mingde, the Minister of Revenue, he was a miser and had already offended many people.
This time I was implicated, so I'll take the opportunity to eliminate them all.
However, the Prince of Jin was not originally on their list of targets.
"The Qi family pushed you out to cover up their corruption and then dragged me down with them, which is understandable. But why drag the Prince of Jin down with them?"
Wei Mingde was puzzled.
The Prince of Jin was a recognized wise ruler. Originally, he was just pushing someone out to take the blame, and there were many officials in the same industry who could make a fuss about it.
It was precisely because of the Prince of Jin that the people began to suspect that there was something wrong with this corruption case.
Furthermore, when the Prince of Jin's home was searched, there were almost no valuables left, which directly confirmed that he had been wrongly accused of being a corrupt official.
Isn't this a losing proposition?
"Prince Jin..."
Gao Minglang looked at Yun Zhao, only to find her staring at him intently.
For some reason, perhaps because her eyes were too clear, Gao Minglang felt a little guilty and subconsciously looked away.
“The Prince of Jin was an accident. He wasn’t originally one of our candidates. We don’t know why he became the key figure in this case.”
Gao Minglang was not entirely innocent in the embezzlement case, but the matter of framing Prince Jin was clearly not done by their side.
Yun Zhao frowned involuntarily.
Throughout the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, who else could have followed the Empress's scheme and framed Prince Jin?
Who else could it be but Emperor Yunqi?
The emperor was her father's elder brother, but he had already ascended the throne and was firmly in power.
She simply couldn't understand why the emperor would want to kill her father, a prince who had no military power.
“If you want to overturn the verdict, I am your only witness, and I also have physical evidence with my father-in-law.”
With his intelligence, once he learns of my predicament, he will definitely try to move the evidence. If I die, you will get nothing.
The charge of embezzlement will forever remain on your heads! You must guarantee that not a single member of the Gao family will be spared!
Gao Minglang knew he couldn't protect his family. Since both the Wei and Xu families wanted to overturn the case, they had to ensure his survival!
This old man has quite a few ideas.
Yun Zhao felt somewhat disgusted, but had no choice but to find a way to protect him.
Before the Wei father and son could speak, a hidden arrow shot from not far away!
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Wei Jingchen immediately kicked Gao Minglang in the back of the knee with lightning speed.
"ah!"
Gao Minglang yelled and fell to the ground.
The sharp arrow grazed past his side, startling him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"careful!"
Yang Jingyan was also startled and hurriedly pulled the person back.
Zhu Tao reacted quickly and led his team to charge forward.
"Close the city gates and protect the master!"
They had a plan in place to prevent chaos at the city gates and the refugees from taking the opportunity to rush into the city.
If anything goes wrong, the city gates will be closed immediately.
"Boom!"
The city gates slammed shut, and the refugees screamed in terror.
The officers used their shields to block Yang Jingyan and his men, and slowly retreated.
Gao Minglang scrambled back, but Wei Mingde grabbed him and pulled him back.
"Don't run around!"
After a while, the arrows stopped, and the entire city gate was in chaos.
Several assassins were seen dragging a person out of the woods.
Upon closer inspection, the group realized that the person the assassin was dragging was none other than the insane Old Madam Xu!
"The Xu family! If you don't want your mother to die a horrible death, you'd better surrender!"
As the assassin's voice came through, Yun Zhao thought these assassins might not be very smart.
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