After much hesitation, Helian Chen had no choice but to change the subject. "Your Highness, news has come from Hexian New City that another group of criminals has been exiled to Yuezhou."
"The officers and soldiers escorting the prisoner have taken him to the prefectural government office, and they are probably processing the handover procedures right now."
Helian Jue raised an eyebrow. "Whose unlucky bastard is it this time?"
Helian Jue has become somewhat numb to the constant stream of prisoners being exiled from the capital.
"They are not aristocratic families, but a few poor families who depend on aristocratic families."
"Oh, right, there are also real prisoners!"
In fact, in ancient times, most of the criminals who were exiled were those who had committed heinous crimes.
The number of victims who become cannon fodder in power struggles is actually not very large.
It's just that the recent fierce struggle between the sages and the aristocratic families has led to the arrival of so many "noble people" in places like Yuezhou.
"What kind of prisoner? Someone who committed crimes, murder, or robbery?"
Upon hearing that the prisoners were real, Helian Jue lost even more interest.
He just said it casually.
Helian Chen thought about it seriously for a moment and replied, "There are unfilial sons, criminals who harm their clansmen, and tomb raiders!"
Tomb raiders?
Helian Jue was stunned. They were just tomb raiders.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, unauthorized tomb raiding was a capital offense.
If they were caught, they would almost always be beheaded.
However, there are exceptions.
By paying a ransom or having secret connections, one can always escape death.
But while the death penalty may be avoided, punishment is inevitable.
Exile for three thousand miles is practically the same as a death sentence!
Helian Jue suddenly remembered what A Yuan had once told him, and his eyes lit up...
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