As soon as Xu Chang appeared, seven or eight people rushed up the stairs crying and blocking his way.
"Sir, my son is hanging at the city gate. Please go and bring him back."
"Sir, my eldest son has been a guard in your mansion for six or seven years. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard. Please take him back. We will take him home and will definitely not cause any trouble to your mansion."
"The child is seriously injured and has been exposed to the scorching sun. He won't survive for much longer. Please, sir, please be merciful..."
Several guards at the Earl's Mansion were beaten to death by the Embroidered Uniform Guards. At this time, the gate was unattended, and the guards' families rushed straight to the gate.
Xu Chang retreated back in disgust. Just when he was about to ask someone to drive them away, he turned around and saw the corpses lying around not far away. He immediately shut up, as there was no one to shout at.
"Sir, you can't just watch the child being left at the city gate."
"Hurry up and bring him back...if it's too late, he'll die..."
The two women hugged Xu Chang's legs, one on each side, and cried.
Xu Chang feinted twice and was almost knocked down: "Let go, the emperor has summoned me to the palace. Can you bear the consequences of delaying the imperial decree?"
"Please, sir, save my son... I only have this one son..."
Wu Qiong's mother held on tightly and refused to let go.
"Let go. If you don't let go, don't blame me for being rude." Xu Chang tried hard to pull his legs free, but he couldn't move either foot.
Eunuch Li called out, "Sir."
"Someone come, someone come." Xu Chang shouted.
The steward had been following at the back. When he heard the shout, he hurried forward and bent down to pull the two women off the ground: "Hurry up, you're delaying His Majesty's business, or you'll lose your head."
"No... I'm not afraid... If my son dies, I won't live either. My Lord, please, please go to the city gate and save my son." Mother Wu was almost crazy.
The housekeeper couldn't pull it away.
In a moment, servants from the Earl's Mansion rushed in from the backyard. Three or five of them went up together and lifted up the two women.
"My son has been in your house for many years, you can't just ignore him..."
Xu Chang didn't want to pay attention, shook his clothes and walked towards the carriage at the door.
"Sir..."
Xu Hongwen stopped as he passed by them and said coldly, "Why are you begging us for help? We didn't hang him up there."
Mother Wu and several others were stunned and looked at Xu Hongwen.
"The man was abducted by the Eighth Prince's guards. If you want to find him, go find the Eighth Prince. It's no use begging us." Xu Hongwen raised his hand and pointed forward: "Go ask the Eighth Prince for help."
Upon hearing this, Wu's mother wiped away her tears and looked at Sang Zhi.
Everyone in the capital knew about the Eighth Prince, and no one dared to provoke him... The other family members were obviously frightened when they heard about the Eighth Prince, but Mother Wu was different. She broke free from the servant's restraint and stumbled towards Sang Zhi's carriage.
Sang Zhi and Ye Qianning were standing in front of the car, not paying attention to what was happening at the door until Xu Hongwen said something, and then Ye Qianning turned around to look.
"Regardless of where the powerful are, their usual tactic seems to be to shift the blame."
From the powerful to the common people, this kind of method can be seen everywhere.
I don't know where they get such a thick face.
"I can do that, too."
Sang Zhi smiled.
Ye Qianning raised his eyebrows with interest when he heard this: "Oh?"
As she spoke, Wu's mother had already run over and knelt on the ground. She took a few steps forward while kneeling, bowing her head and kowtowing repeatedly: "Eighth Prince, please let my son go. Your Highness, please have mercy on me. Your Highness, please have mercy on me."
Sang Zhi lowered his eyes and let the woman's head fall to pieces without saying a word. (End of this chapter)
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