1597 Who doesn't have a few annoying relatives?
The Xie family had never expected that the counterattack from the Ninth Prince and the Wang family would be so swift. They had never expected that the Ninth Prince would not care about the Emperor's life at all.
What they didn't expect was that the Wang family actually had evidence of their Xie family's treason and had been holding it in their hands until this moment.
If the evidence had been revealed earlier, the Xie family could still have struggled a bit, saying that it was fabricated and framed by the Wang family, but now the Xie family has no way to refute it.
The Xie family has the guts to force the emperor to abdicate, so what's treason? Not to mention that the evidence itself is true, even if it is all fabricated, people will believe it is true.
The Xie family and Prince Zhou were just unlucky, and their plans were ruined by the Ninth Prince at a critical moment. Lan Jingyang simply deserved it. He had schemed against the Ninth Prince so many times, so how could the Ninth Prince let go of the people he had planted in Dongling...
As the chief commander of the Blood Robe Guard, Lu Shaolin was definitely not clean. It took the Ninth Prince Uncle a long time to get him down. When he suspected that Lu Shaolin had a relationship with Lan Jingyang, the Ninth Prince Uncle had people investigate Lu Shaolin.
After spending more than half a year, the Ninth Prince's people finally collected enough witnesses and material evidence. As soon as the opportunity arose, the Ninth Prince took the person to the Shuntian Prefecture Prison.
Shuntian Prefecture Yi tried the case according to the rules, and presented witnesses and material evidence one by one. Looking at the bloody cases, even though Shuntian Prefecture Yi had been in officialdom for many years, he couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.
The Blood-Robed Guards were supposed to deal with disobedient officials for the Emperor, and to arrest some officials who were inconvenient to arrest, but...
The Blood-Clothed Guards took advantage of this loophole and, over the years, have used their special status to suppress opponents for some powerful families and exploit the common people.
In order to seize thousands of acres of fertile land, they falsely accused a wealthy businessman named Shen of being a remnant of the previous dynasty, and massacred the entire Shenjia Village, not even sparing women and babies.
In order to satisfy the selfish desires of a certain duke, dozens of young men were killed and tortured to the point where they were no longer human, and even their families were implicated.
In order to make way for the children of the rich and powerful, dozens of poor students were killed, either by cutting off their limbs or throwing them into the illegal mines.
In order to satisfy the perverted desires of some bigwigs, they captured the families of prisoners in jail and raped them.
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The prison of the Blood-Cloth Guards is not a prison, it is hell, a hell on earth built with the blood and lives of innocent people.
Over the years, countless innocent people have died at the hands of the Blood-Clothed Guards, and countless young men and women have been brutally murdered by them.
"How can you do this?" Shuntianfu Yi admitted that he was not an honest or good official, but he really could not do these things.
"Beasts, you Blood Robe Guards are simply beasts."
"You scumbag, having an official like you is a disgrace to Dongling."
"Lu Shaolin, the numerous crimes you have committed are shameful. It is not a pity for a person like you to die a hundred times."
Shuntian Prefecture Yi lost his authority for the first time in court and started cursing, but the officers present did not think that Prefecture Yi had done anything wrong. If they did not have that power, they would have also wanted to step forward and spit at Lu Shaolin.
This scumbag has ruined the reputation of Dongling officials. Although these officials are not clean, they usually take, block, and ask for things, but compared with Lu Shaolin, they are nothing.
Lu Shaolin had a heavy shackle on his upper body and was forced to kneel on the ground by the officers. He said nothing, no matter what Shuntian Prefecture asked him or said, he remained silent and was very tough.
The people of Shuntian Prefecture were so angry that they wanted to use the Blood-Clothed Guards' severe punishment on Lu Shaolin to see if he could still hold on.
But Shuntianfu Yi knew that he couldn't do that. Lu Shaolin's case involved too many people. If he investigated too harshly, or if Lu Shaolin revealed too much, it would be a trouble for everyone.
The only person Shuntianfu Yi wants to take action against now is Lu Shaolin, but Lu Shaolin just refuses to plead guilty. In addition, there is pressure from people Lu Shaolin once helped, and many people are watching this case. Even if Shuntianfu Yi wants to, he cannot sentence Lu Shaolin immediately.
Lu Shaolin was an expert at torture and interrogation. Shuntianfu Yi could not gain any advantage in Lu Shaolin's hands. The case was dragged on and there seemed no possibility of closing it in a short time.
Lu Shaolin is dragging his feet like this. Does he think that at this point, he can still get out alive?
Yes……
Even at this point, Lu Shaolin still believed that he could get out alive. His master had already sent him a message, asking him to hold on, and Dong Lingjiu would soon compromise and let him go.
His master is none other than Lan Jingyang...
After Lan Jingyang came back from Beiling, he rested for a while. He also carefully thought about the previous failures. After realizing his own shortcomings, Lan Jingyang was silent for a while.
When he was sure that he could face the Ninth Uncle again, he went to Dongling.
As soon as Lan Jingyang arrived in Dongling, he prepared to contact Lu Shaolin, but found out that Lu Shaolin had been captured by the Ninth Prince and locked up.
Lan Jingyang did not take any action, but wrote a letter to his aunt who was far away in Xuanyue Palace.
Lan Jingyang used strong words and asked his aunt to protect Lu Shaolin at all costs. In order to protect Lu Shaolin's existence, he even threatened his aunt to tell Dong Lingjiu about her existence.
The reason why Lan Jingyang did this, besides because he valued Lu Shaolin, was more importantly because he wanted his aunt to see his sharp claws and let her understand that he, Lan Jingyang, was not a fool and would not be so easy to fool.
He didn't believe at all the words his aunt said to coax him.
What does it mean to let Dong Lingjiu conquer the country, and then force Dong Lingjiu to hand it over after the country is unified, and then let him succeed to the throne?
What do you mean by "this kingdom will be his sooner or later" and tell him not to worry...
I really don't know if my aunt is too naive or too smart. She actually thought that Lan Jingyang would believe such stupid words.
Asking Dong Lingjiu to give up his kingdom? Why did Auntie do that? Where did she get the confidence from?
Just because she is Dong Lingjiu's biological mother?
There is no way Dong Lingjiu would listen to his biological mother who has no compassion at all.
With her aunt's connections and power, she is not qualified to fight with Dong Lingjiu. How can she have the confidence to make Dong Lingjiu compromise, listen to her, and hand over the kingdom to her?
When Dong Lingjiu dies without an heir, the throne will fall on him?
Did my aunt really think that he had become stupid after studying in the Jixia Academy? Let's not talk about whether Dong Lingjiu would have an heir. Even if there was no heir, the throne would not necessarily fall on him.
Dong Lingjiu was not much older than him, and maybe even if he died, Dong Lingjiu would still be alive. By then, even if Dong Lingjiu had no heir, it would not be his turn to sit on the throne, at most he would be his son.
The son being the emperor and being the emperor are two completely different concepts. His aunt wanted the Lan family to be the emperor, but Lan Jingyang wanted himself to be the emperor, so...
Aunt, I am destined not to follow the path you have arranged. In this matter, you must compromise and force your good son to bow his head to me.
Half a month had passed, and Guo Baoji and the Valley Master had not arrived yet. However, the letter sent from Liancheng at full speed landed in the hands of the Ninth Prince.
There were only two words on the letter: "Save Lu."