Li Ting continued to address the crowd: "Those who have been sold into servitude and have taken money from criminals and committed wrongdoings, all evidence of their crimes should be preserved and transferred to the Dali Temple along with the criminals. In addition, take my imperial edict and demand that the Dali Temple expedite the process."
The guards placed the gold and silver jewelry that did not belong to the Li family on the ground and sorted them one by one.
Which ones belong to Qiushuang House, which ones belong to Aunt Mu, and which ones belong to Qiufeng?
There's another box.
A young guard noticed that the pattern on the box was not the kind of pattern commonly used in the Southern Chen Kingdom, and reported this to Li Ting.
Li Ting, carrying Li Xingran, limped closer to the box.
In an instant, a servant kneeling on the ground stood up and stabbed at Li Ting with a dagger.
Although Li Ting is lame, his martial arts skills are still among the best in Nan Chen Kingdom.
Li Ting held Li Xingran in one arm, and with a quick movement of the other, knocked the dagger from the servant's hand. Then, with his non-crippled leg, he kicked the servant's knee hard.
The servant could not bear it and knelt down.
The guards quickly stepped forward and dragged the servant away.
In the Southern Chen Kingdom, attempting to assassinate one's master in public is a crime punishable by collective punishment. The kneeling servants dare not utter a sound now.
Li Ting ordered his guards to take the servant to the Dali Temple for judgment.
"Ugh, Father, please don't open this box! It contains a lightning bolt from the Great Yue Kingdom. The mechanism is in the switch on this box. If it's opened, our entire courtyard will be reduced to ashes."
Those who could hear Li Xingran's thoughts remained outwardly calm, but inwardly they were terrified.
When did the Great Yue Kingdom create such a powerful thing? The Southern Chen Kingdom didn't even hear a whisper about it!
Li Ting carefully examined the box and instructed the nearby guards to place it in the room. Xu Ningyou was most skilled at solving mechanisms, a skill known only to Li Ting. To the outside world, Xu Ningyou was merely the young lady of the Qianji Sect, with only a slight understanding of martial arts. In reality, Xu Ningyou's status and position in the martial arts world were terrifying.
Looking at the gold, silver, and jade artifacts found in the room of Aunt Mu and her two sons, Li Ting asked, "The three of you, is there anything else you need to explain?"
A fierce glint appeared in Aunt Namu's eyes, followed by hatred. "Bah! Confess? I only regret that I was too slow and didn't poison your entire Li family."
Qiu Feng was held down by the guards, struggling to break free. "Li Ting, you killed my entire clan, murdered my father, and left my mother and me homeless. We finally made it to the capital and entered the Li family. It's a pity that our secret was exposed, otherwise I would have used your head as a sacrifice for my Tiele people!"
"Oh? The Tiele tribe! I defeated the Tiele tribe twenty years ago, and the entire tribe was captured by me. Why didn't you come to avenge yourselves then, but only now, twenty years later? Besides, you're only a teenager now, how can you harbor such deep hatred for me? Don't you even want to ask what horrific things your tribesmen have done?"
"If I told you that the Tiele people kill, drink human blood, and eat human flesh, would you still want to avenge them?"
“I don’t care what they did, all I know is that you made me homeless and made me lose my father.”
"Qiu Feng, are you brainless? You're eighteen years old this year, and I defeated the Tiele tribe twenty years ago."
"Besides, those prisoners eventually settled in prosperous villages on the northwestern border, and they should be doing quite well now! I don't know where your hatred comes from?"
Li Ting no longer wanted to defend himself. Even the emperor had no right to judge his merits and demerits; history would leave him a record of justice.
Li Ting waved his hand and the guards dragged Aunt Mu and Qiu Shuang away.
With the Crown Prince present today, there are some methods we can't let him see.
The guards knew how to get the three men to talk.
This hatred must have been deliberately instigated by someone. Otherwise, how could the Tiele people, living in a civilized and prosperous place, possibly hate him?
"Liu Fu, those whose crimes don't warrant death, take their indentures and sell them to where they belong! The farther away from the capital, the better. According to Nanchen law, have the words that need to be engraved tattooed on their faces. As for the servants who have already released their indentures, have Leng Feng deal with them. In short, the Li family can no longer tolerate them."
The maid who was still looking at Li Ting with infatuated eyes was unaware that she was also about to face a terrible disaster.
Because of the kitchen incident, any servants who were dishonest or who had gossiped were dismissed.
That maid always liked to gossip about Xu Ningyou, saying that Xu Ningyou was not good enough for Master Li, and so on.
Now, she was sold off along with the others. Liu Fu instructed the matchmaker to sell the maid as far away as possible, preferably to a place where she could never return to the capital.
In addition, there was Fu Qing's family. Early in the morning, Liu Fu was instructed to pack their luggage and move them to the City God Temple area, which was ten streets away from the Li family.
Li Ting also sent several guards to keep watch around.
Fu Qing refused to leave and made a scene for a while until Li Ting threw the letters Fu Qing had exchanged with someone in her face, which finally calmed her down.
She received a letter from a mysterious person and a large sum of gold, which is why she returned to the capital, settled in the Li family, and did this.
Fu Qing was desperately short of money; she simply couldn't get used to a life of poverty. Since her husband's death, her in-laws had cut off her support. She was clueless about household affairs, and her money dwindled with each passing day. Just then, her lifeline appeared.
Without thinking, she agreed to do it.
It's just asking someone to cook a soup. It's not like it's killing anyone. And you can get such a big benefit. Only a fool wouldn't do it.
Li Ting looked at the gardener Chen Tongyi. This man could not be kept alive, but he could not be killed at the moment either.
What should we do?
Li Ting carefully observed Chen Tongyi, a member of a collateral branch of the royal family of the Great Yue Kingdom.
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