Chapter 50: Gold Medal for Immunity

Xia Zhengqi's face showed a barely perceptible smugness.

Hehe, my precious daughter, today Daddy is going to interrogate Grand Tutor Jiang in front of all the civil and military officials.

"Who is kneeling?" Xia Zhengqi asked sharply.

"Jiang Rong." Grand Tutor Jiang, wearing prisoner uniform, knelt in the center of the Golden Throne Hall, his tone neither humble nor arrogant.

He raised his head calmly, brushed his messy hair, and revealed his face, his expression was surprisingly calm.

The powerful aura emanating from inside and outside seemed to be the same arrogant Grand Tutor Jiang before.

"Jiang Rong, we have found letters from your house showing your collusion with the officials in the court over the years, as well as the account books of corruption. Do you admit your guilt?"

Xia Zhengqi was a little angry when he saw his unrepentant look.

Jiang Rong's face was calm: "I am innocent, what crime can I admit?"

His tone was full of shamelessness.

"You..." Xia Zhengqi was choked with anger.

[You are worthy of being the number one villain in the book! ]

[After all, he is a treacherous and evil person who has attempted to usurp the throne. This aura, this courage, wow. ]

Xia Miaoyuan sat in Xia Zhengqi's arms and couldn't help but complain.

The officials standing below couldn't help but whisper to each other.

"Grand Tutor Jiang is really awesome!"

"As expected of Grand Tutor Jiang, he is not afraid at all!"

Seeing this, Xia Zhengqi's anger intensified. He shouted coldly: "Master Cui, in front of all the civil and military officials, you read out Jiang Rong's crimes."

Cui Lie stepped out, unfolded a stack of papers in his hand, and read aloud.

All the civil and military officials in the court listened attentively.

There were 12 charges in total, ranging from corruption and bribery, forming cliques for personal gain, to disregarding the law and oppressing the people. The number and severity of the charges were shocking.

Xia Zhengqi straightened up, his face dark, his voice full of unquestionable imperial majesty: "Jiang Rong, these twelve charges were all found in your house, and they were confessed by the relevant ministers."

"Now that there are witnesses and evidence, will you plead guilty?!"

Xia Zhengqi's eyes were red, and his eyes were cold and frightening.

"Hehehe!" Jiang Rong actually laughed heartily.

"Your Majesty, I have already explained in the Ministry of Justice that I am the descendant of a founding hero, and I only want to serve the country with all my heart."

"I have never done these corrupt and lawless things. These were all done by my eldest son Jiang Zhiyuan."

[Wow! What a ruthless person, old man Jiang! ]

Xia Miaoyuan couldn't help but complain.

Xia Zhengqi's face was horribly dark,

and he stared at Master Jiang fiercely, as if he wanted to eat him. Seeing this, all the civil and military officials in the court dropped their jaws in shock, and stared at Master Jiang blankly with their mouths open. Master Jiang

remained calm and continued, "I never thought that Jiang Zhiyuan would be so bold as to collude with the ministers in the court under my name, and even forged my handwriting to communicate with those ministers."

"If I am guilty, it is that I did not teach my son strictly, and raised my eldest son to be a greedy and law-breaking person!"

Master Jiang's tone was sonorous and powerful, as if he had full confidence in his heart.

People who didn't know the truth would definitely believe that he was just an innocent old man implicated by his son after hearing his words.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Lord Jiang is awesome!"

"Grand Master Jiang's courage is admirable!"

"Oh my god, Grand Master Jiang's words are really admirable!"

The ministers below couldn't help but discuss again.

Bang!

Xia Zhengqi grabbed the teacup at hand and slammed it in front of Grand Master Jiang.

The ministers shut up instantly.

"My people personally searched your villa and found 5 million taels of silver, 300,000 taels of gold, and dozens of boxes of jewelry and jade!"

"That villa was built by you ten years ago. You stay in the villa several times every year. Do you dare to say that the stolen silver in the villa has nothing to do with you?" Xia Zhengqi paused for every word, and his body trembled slightly because of excessive anger.

"I do stay in the other courtyard every year, but the stolen silver in the other courtyard is not mine. Your Majesty, just ask Jiang Zhiyuan about this." After

saying this, Grand Tutor Jiang curled his lips proudly, and his expression seemed to say, if you have the ability, just wake Jiang Zhiyuan up.

"You! Do you think you can get away with it by denying it like this?" The veins on Xia Zhengqi's forehead were throbbing.

"Even if you don't plead guilty, if I want, I can also kill all the members of your Jiang family, leaving no one alive!"

[Dad, are you going to do something big? ]

Xia Miaoyuan was shocked to see Xia Zhengqi's expression.

The civil and military officials in the court were so scared that they lowered their eyes and stood still, not daring to move.

They have been with Emperor Mingxi for many years, but they have never seen him so angry.

Jiang Rong straightened up, stretched out his hands, bowed diagonally upwards and said: "Your Majesty, be careful with your words, the Jiang family has a gold medal that can

exempt you from death!" "Back then, Emperor Taizu remembered my father's meritorious service in saving the emperor and gave the Jiang family a gold medal that can exempt you from death."

"With this gold medal, as long as it is not the crime of regicide, you can be exempted from death!"

[What? Gold medal that can exempt you from death! ]

Xia Miaoyuan's eyes widened in surprise, staring at Master Jiang.

[Help! This plot is wrong! When did the Jiang family get a gold medal that can exempt you from death? ]

Xia Zhengqi's face was also full of confusion.

"Does Daxia still have a gold medal that can exempt you from death?"

"Have you heard of the gold medal that can exempt you from death?"

The ministers began to discuss again.

"I have never heard of Emperor Taizu giving a death-free gold medal to any meritorious official. Jiang Rong, don't talk nonsense." Xia Zhengqi suppressed his emotions.

Master Jiang stroked his beard and said, "When Emperor Taizu was still alive, he made a death-free gold medal, but he did not announce who it was given to. It was done in secret."

"And he gave it to my Jiang family."

While the court officials were discussing, the great scholar Yan Wenjing stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I know a thing or two about this golden medal of immunity from death."

Yan Wenjing was over 70 years old and was a founding minister of Daxia, so he knew a lot about Daxia's past.

"Okay, Yan Aiqing, you tell me about it." Xia Zhengqi nodded to Yan Wenjing. "

I remember that during the reign of Emperor Taizu, a golden medal of immunity from death was indeed made."

"At that time, Emperor Taizu was planning to reward each of the founding heroes with one, but this matter was not finalized."

Xia Miaoyuan nodded when he heard this, and couldn't help but recall the contents of the book.

[The book does say that Emperor Taizu of Daxia, that is, my great grandfather, made a golden medal of immunity from death during his lifetime. 】

"Later, he ordered the craftsmen to make a sample first." Yan Wenjing paused and continued.

"But in the end, the whereabouts of this gold medal of immunity from death became a mystery. Until Taizu passed away, the world did not know the whereabouts of this gold medal."

"Whether the gold medal is still kept in the palace or was secretly awarded to someone by Taizu, no one knows."

Yan Wenjing finished the story of the gold medal of immunity from death and silently returned to the line.

【Yes, it is written in the book that after this sample of the gold medal of immunity from death was made, Taiye took it and thought over it again, hesitating whether to give one to each meritorious official. 】

Xia Miaoyuan added while listening to Yan Wenjing's narration.

【He was hesitant, and suddenly one day, the gold medal of immunity from death was lost. 】

【The disappearance of the death-free gold medal was a shocking event and a disgrace to the royal family. 】

【The grandfather did not dare to make it public and asked his secret guards to investigate quietly. However, he passed away before he could find it. 】

【The whereabouts of the death-free gold medal became a mystery. 】

Xia Zhengqi listened carefully to his daughter's voice and frowned.

【In fact, it was the remnants of the Liang Kingdom who stole the death-free gold medal. 】

【Later, the crown prince of the Liang Kingdom made a big fuss about the death-free gold medal. 】

【But how did the death-free gold medal end up in the hands of the Jiang family? Is old man Jiang making it up? 】