Chapter 54: Buried alive
Jin Sui hurriedly asked Han Xing: "What's going on?"
Han Xing was also worried: "This was sent to my subordinate by Cheng Zhubo. When Cheng Zhubo entered Yanzhou City, did something happen to him?"
Hei Hu was so anxious that he jumped up and down, and said loudly: "It must be Li Zhoumu who detained the person!"
Jin Sui's head instantly became filled with blood, and he raised his arm and shouted: "Brothers, it is very likely that Cheng Zhubo has been detained by that bastard Li Heng!"
"Are you willing to go with me to rescue Cheng Zhubo?"
All the soldiers who came upon hearing the news shouted, "We are willing!"
"Go save Cheng Zhubo!"
"Smash the governor's mansion!"
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Jin Sui said loudly: "Li Heng is different from Jiang Nansheng. Today, you will follow me to rescue people. If we are convicted by the court, we can only escape to the outside of the pass."
"Are you still willing?"
The soldiers were stunned at first, not because they were afraid, but because they did not expect that the prince would be willing to do this for Cheng Zhubo!
A thought arose in my mind: if I were the one being detained, would the prince also rescue me without hesitation?
Black Tiger was the first to respond: "As long as I follow the prince, I'm willing to go anywhere!"
Instead, the calmest person now was Cheng Wei Zhubo. He pulled Jin Sui and said, "No, Your Majesty! If you lead soldiers into Yanzhou City like this, it will be suspected of rebellion!"
"Let me ask Li Zhoumu first. If we can avoid using force, then we should do so."
Jin Sui asked anxiously, "When you find out, what if Cheng Zhubo is tortured to death?"
What if Li Heng also knows the methods I used to torture Huo Zian? Han Xing was already telling people to prepare horses. Huo Zian in the wounded camp heard the news and felt incredible.
This fake King Li is really bold! Is her purpose to incite the border troops to become enemies with Yanzhou?
When the border camp was in a commotion, several fast horses came galloping over. They were the soldiers who had accompanied Cheng Zhubo to Yanzhou to buy supplies.
They dismounted and knelt before Jin Sui: "My Lord, please save Master Cheng!"
Jin Sui said angrily: "Don't worry, I will bring people to Li Heng's house and rescue Cheng Zhubo!"
Unexpectedly, her answer stunned the people kneeling on the ground, and they hurriedly explained: "No, Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with Li Zhoumu."
After listening to the explanations of several people, Jin Sui, Han Xing, and Wei Zhubo all glared at Hei Hu and said, "If something important happens in the future, you should keep your mouth shut!"
Heihu feels aggrieved. I was just making a guess, but you all believed it.
Cheng Yu was indeed detained, but the people who detained him had nothing to do with the officials. They were the Zheng family, a noble family in Yanzhou.
According to the soldiers, the old man of the Zheng family passed away and the funeral will be held today. I don't know what news Cheng Zhubo heard.
He was so angry that he entered the Zheng family with a sword in hand and was detained.
It sounded like it was Cheng Yu's fault. As for what old grudges he had with the Zheng family, no one knew.
Wei Zhubo only knew that Cheng Yu was a Jinshi six years ago and came from a prominent family. Logically, he should be an official in the capital.
I don't know why, but he was a chief clerk at the border of Yan. Two years ago, some members of the Cheng family came to see him, but I haven't seen any of his relatives and friends come in the past few years.
Jin Sui hurriedly asked the officer, "Did Master Cheng say anything?"
The soldier was so anxious that he almost cried: "He asked us to give the resignation letter to the prince, and then, then he asked us to treat him as dead."
Jin Sui analyzed the matter calmly and finally decided: "Since it has nothing to do with Li Zhoumu, this matter cannot be made a big deal."
"Han Xing, pick thirty brothers with good skills and follow me to the Zheng family to ask for the person."
He then said to Wei Zhubo: "You have been working hard to look after the house. If we are not back tomorrow morning, please inform Li Zhoumu."
"By the way, bring the man named Huo with you before you go."
Jin Sui has space as a trump card, and believes that there is no problem in saving everyone's lives. He is just worried that his identity will be exposed in Yanzhou City and implicate the Black Feather Camp.
By then, with Huo Tiqi from the Duwei Mansion as a witness, even if someone says she is fake, she will become real.
When Jinsui and his thirty brothers arrived outside Yanzhou City, it was already afternoon. They were originally going to go into the city to visit Zheng's family.
Another brother who followed Cheng Yu into the city stayed behind to pick him up and hurriedly told them that the person was at the Zheng family's ancestral tomb.
Jin Sui and his party hurried to the Zheng family mausoleum. On the way, they heard the man say that when Old Master Zheng was buried, he wanted a concubine to be buried with him.
It was when Chief Clerk Cheng heard this that he rushed to the Zheng family with his sword in hand like a madman.
Jin Sui's heart was moved, and she asked hurriedly, "Does Master Cheng know that concubine?"
The soldiers shook their heads and said, "I don't know. I have never heard Cheng Zhubo talk about his past."
Jin Sui then asked Han Xing, "The imperial court has long abolished the system of burying people alive with the dead. How could the nobles of Yan be so arrogant that they dared to break the law and bury living people with the dead?"
Han Xing sighed softly on horseback: "This kind of thing is not reported by the people and not investigated by the officials. In Yandi, the nobles have more power than the officials of the court."
Jinsui suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart, this fire is in the blood of the Chinese people.
Damn it, we, the flower-growing people, have liberated our serfs for so many years, and you dare to bury people alive! She is the fake King Li, and her soul is still the fake daughter of the county magistrate. Her real identity is that of a Chinese child, a low-class citizen.
So her empathy was not with the nobles and dignitaries, but with the poor people at the bottom of society.
After all, Cheng Yu had a past relationship with that concubine, which was why he was so angry.
Or did he do this simply because he couldn't stand the nobles' disregard for human life?
No matter which one it is, Jinsui supports him!
When we arrived at the mausoleum on horseback, we could hear the sound of suona from afar. A group of monks and Taoists were performing a ritual, and yellow paper and white talismans were flying like snowflakes.
Many servants were kneeling on the ground crying, and a group of noble sons in mourning clothes were easy to identify in the crowd.
Cheng Zhubo was easier to recognize. Several warriors in hemp clothes were holding him down with sticks. His clothes were stained with blood and he looked like a beast imprisoned in a cage.
He let out a desperate roar unwillingly.
And the direction he was looking in, where the bloody hand was reaching out to, was an extremely luxurious tomb, the door of which had not yet been closed.
A woman in white was gagged and pushed into the tomb door by two strong women.
Then, the tomb door was pushed by several strong men and was about to close.
This scene made Jin Sui's eyes tear up. The monk was chanting the sutra for rebirth, but he allowed the powerful to push a poor woman into the fire pit.
The Taoist priest chanted the purification spell, but still turned a blind eye.
Those men and women watched this brutal farce as if they were looking at animals, grass, or a play.
That woman is still alive.
Jinsui yelled, “Stop it!”
In an instant, horses neighed and people roared, and thirty people followed her and rushed into the cemetery.
Han Xing went to rescue Cheng Yu, while Hei Hu kicked down the group of strong men and used his body to block the door that was about to close.
The Zheng family was shocked. One of them rushed out of the crowd and shouted, "Who dares to disturb our Zheng family's funeral? Zheng Pengpeng, the head of the Zheng family, is here. Tell me your name!"
Jin Sui spat heavily on the ground and cursed:
"Damn it, I hate people called Peng Peng the most in my life!"
"You have a face full of wrinkles and a double-character name, isn't that disgusting?"
A young soldier beside him asked, "Why does the prince hate Peng Peng?"
Jin Sui laughed and scolded: "The last one named Peng Peng extorted eight thousand taels of silver from me! This one named Peng Peng is ugly and bad, and it's disgusting just to look at him!"
Zheng Pengpeng was extremely furious. Looking at the person who came and listening to the conversation, it was not difficult to guess that this person was King Li.
My Zheng family has never offended you, but why did you bring people to make a scene at the funeral and humiliate the head of this family? My dear children, celebrate National Day! Happy holidays!
(End of this chapter)
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