Kong Wenmin was right. This time, Dai Jingfeng would have received a report sooner or later. Ma Zhiming was also involved. The Jinyiwei and the Imperial Guards had been confronting each other for so many years, and this time they finally got the chance. Naturally, they would not let it go and would report the matter to the emperor. Fang Zuotang, the fourth-rank prefect of Ningguta, could not stay out of it. A handwritten report had to be written and sent to the capital, because with the Queen Mother's token, his report naturally had a tendency. So it was inevitable that he would offend the Jinyiwei.
Fang Zuotang took a sip of tea in silence and sighed, "Back then, I was fed up with the petty intrigues of the capital, so I asked for permission to leave the capital and come to Ningguta. It was a place where I could have some peace and quiet. In the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed, and I didn't expect that I would be dragged into it again when I'm old."
"Sir Fang, as long as you wear this official uniform, you have never left this undercurrent." Kong Wenmin said. While taking a sip of tea, he suddenly said, "Pang Yi was forced to take out the Queen Mother's token. I wonder if His Majesty knows that the Queen Mother is so protective of the deposed prince? What does His Majesty think of the deposed prince?"
"I have no idea what His Majesty thinks about the deposed Crown Prince, but His Majesty has obviously acquiesced to the Queen Mother's actions, otherwise Pang Yi would not have dared to directly write to the capital to request an order to resign." Fang Zuotang said, he flicked his finger on the table lightly, then suddenly looked at Kong Wenjie and said, "Wenjie, bring the Jiang brothers here now and lock them up in the prefectural prison. Remember that this matter must not be spread outside Ningguta! Not a single Jiang brother can be left behind!"
"Yes! I obey your command!" Kong Wenjie bowed and accepted the order. He then took his men to arrest the person. However, not long after, Kong Wenjie came back.
"What's wrong?" Fang Zuotang and Kong Wenmin looked at Kong Wenjie at the same time.
"The people... have all been sent here. General Pang just handed them over to me and then left," Kong Wenjie seemed to be hesitant to speak. He pursed his lips, then stepped aside and pointed to the door. "Sir, you should come and see for yourself."
Fang Zuotang and Kong Wenmin were startled at first, then walked over together, only to see seven men from the Jiang family kneeling in front of the door. Each of them was covered in blood and tied tightly with hemp ropes. Each of them had a handkerchief stuffed into their mouths. At this moment, each of them had a pale face and was kneeling half-dead. In addition, there was a bundle of...
Frozen arms.
For a moment, Fang Zuotang felt his blood boiling and he hurriedly retreated behind the door. He retched into the spittoon behind the door for a long time, but nothing came out. His face looked extremely ugly.
"Sir, please drink some water and rinse your mouth first..." Kong Wenmin hurriedly brought a cup of tea for Fang Zuotang to rinse his mouth.
Fang Zuotang drank more than half a cup of tea and finally felt better. However, his face was still very ugly. He wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief and shook his head at Kong Wenmin: "Take the person away quickly."
"Where is that bundle of...arms?" Kong Wenmin asked.
"Throw it away!" Fang Zuotang frowned suddenly, "Throw it far away!"
"Yes, I obey your command." Kong Wenmin bowed and agreed, and followed Kong Wenjie out.
"Brother, what do you think that Guard Pang meant by this?" After sending the Jiang brothers to prison, Kong Wenjie couldn't help but ask Kong Wenmin, "He didn't even think about the situation the deposed crown prince is in now. He actually dared to openly challenge the prefect! Isn't this overestimating his own abilities?"
"He is challenging the prefect," Kong Wenmin said in a deep voice, looking at the gray sky, "He is clearly trying to show goodwill to us again."
"To show goodwill?" Kong Wenjie looked suspicious. "Brother, how can you tell that he is showing goodwill to us? How come I can't see it at all?"
"He has the Queen Mother's token on him, so what if he killed all the Jiang brothers? But he didn't kill them. He just took an arm from each of them as a lesson, so as to save the adults from having to report to the Ministry of Justice. Moreover, after he learned from us that the Jiang brothers had dealings with the capital, he must have vaguely guessed the identities of the Jiang brothers, so he sent everyone here at the first time to prevent the news from leaking out, saving us a lot of trouble. He understood everything at once, this is the wonderful thing," Kong Wenmin said slowly, curling his lips, "This brother Pang is really a smart man, interesting, interesting."
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