The person who retreated quietly was immediately blocked by the guards behind him.
The guard's hand was already on the hilt of the sword.
The officials who wanted to escape were frightened and dared not act rashly again.
The official from the Ministry of Justice sneered: "Huh, but the Prime Minister also received the emperor's order.
Are you planning to disobey my orders, my Lords?"
After hearing this, the officials under the prince were finally frightened.
They really couldn't understand why the emperor suddenly wanted to investigate them strictly?
Could it be that something he did was exposed?
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like that.
If someone was investigating them, they would have been informed long ago.
They arrested people without any warning at all.
The more I don't understand the reason for investigating them, the more uncertain I feel.
"Let's go! If you don't cooperate, don't blame me for using violence!"
Seeing that there was no way to escape, he had no choice but to obey.
One official tried to make a final effort, pleading, "Since we are officials in the same dynasty, could you please send someone to notify His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
I will definitely reward you generously."
"Don't think that the Crown Prince will protect you from what you have done. If it violates the laws of the court, you must be severely punished.
Don't even think about dragging His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into this, or even the Emperor will not forgive you."
When the official from the Ministry of Justice finished speaking, his eyes became extremely sharp.
It's like a knife stabbing directly into the other person's heart.
The officer who asked for help was trembling with fear.
He knew that even the prince might not be able to save them.
He was so scared that he was shaking all over and almost collapsed to the ground.
The guards had no choice but to drive them on and take them all to the Ministry of Justice prison.
In order to protect the reputation of the third prince and the crown prince, Shangguan Qi personally supervised the trial.
The evidence provided by the local rich men was thrown in front of several officials, which immediately frightened them paralyzed.
Suddenly, he realized that the reason for interrogating them must be related to the road construction.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for such a coincidence to happen.
Things that happened so long ago were suddenly revealed again.
It's obviously targeting people like them!
Moreover, even the emperor was alarmed behind the scenes, and he dealt with them just to make an example of them.
After these officials figured everything out, they immediately regretted it.
If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have participated in blocking the road construction.
Anyone who has any connection with the wealthy families who refuse to sell their land will be punished for some reason.
However, these people are not too stupid. They have figured out that they want to deal with them as a warning to others but do not want to investigate the crown prince and the third prince.
In order to save his family's lives, he had to take all the blame on himself.
I would rather die than give up the people above me.
The entire interrogation process went smoothly.
After seeing the evidence, they confessed everything they had done before.
Shangguan Qi put them in jail and also arrested the wealthy families who opposed the road construction.
After the trial, all the judgments were made quickly, and the other party’s property was successfully confiscated. Those who should be killed were killed, and those who should be exiled were exiled.
In less than a day, dozens of cases were tried clearly.
The number of people arrested exceeded a thousand.
Anyone who pays attention will surely notice that after these people were arrested, there are no more fields that would hinder road construction.
The Third Prince's men all suffered the same fate, and no one escaped.
By the time the Crown Prince and the Third Prince received the news, the case had already been resolved.
The two were shocked.
After spending enormous energy and effort to fight against Li Ye, not only did he fail completely, but he also lost dozens of capable men.
This time, even for the two of them, the losses were not small, and even their foundation was shaken.
Let’s get together quickly to discuss countermeasures.
The third prince was obviously a little flustered.
Many of his officials were arrested, and his power was severely damaged.
If he fails to protect these officials, he may even lose the qualification to compete for the throne.
"What is going on here, and why are these officials being dealt with so suddenly?
Even if they made a mistake, they would have to go through a trial by three judges or even be interrogated by the emperor himself.
How is it possible to sentence them all so quickly?"
The third prince asked hurriedly.
The prince was apparently more informed and had already obtained a list of all the arrested officials.
His losses were equally great.
In particular, almost all the officials under the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice were arrested.
"Needless to say, this must be Li Ye's doing! I never thought his methods would be so cruel.
In order to build the road and get those fields, they had to eliminate all the people."
The prince gnashed his teeth in hatred.
The Third Prince was shocked: "Even if it is related to the road construction, it would not be easy to find evidence of crimes committed by so many officials, right?
How on earth did he do that?”
The prince slammed his hand on the table in anger and said bitterly, "Is there even any need to say this? It must be because they are too dirty and it's easy for them to be caught.
It's a pity that I still look down on them like that.
They are just idiots who will do anything for a little profit.
The key is to take the money and leave evidence."
The Third Prince was even more anxious: "What should we do? Not only have we lost so many of our men, but I'm afraid we won't be able to stop the road construction anymore."
The key point is that if this matter gets out, Li Ye will be left with only us.
I'm afraid more officials will turn to his side, which would be very disadvantageous to us."
"Looks like we have no choice but to resort to the last resort! Arrange some people to cause trouble there.
Find reasons to conflict with the people who are working, and it would be best if you could kill as many people as possible and make the situation as big as possible.
In addition, some people were sent to secretly poison their food.
Poison them all to death, and see who will dare to work for him."
The prince has gone a little crazy.
The loss this time was so great that he had lost his mind.
If the road construction cannot be stopped, Li Ye will make another great contribution.
I'm afraid he will lose his position as crown prince.
"It seems that this is the only way! We must not let Li Ye accomplish this.
However, if too many people die and the matter becomes too serious, the higher authorities will definitely conduct a thorough investigation.
What if they find out about us?"
"Even though it's risky, I can't afford to worry about it.
Don't use our visible people.
Find someone else to arrange it!
Even if something happens, we can’t be traced back to us!"
The prince said!
"Okay, I still have some assassins who have shown up in the capital before.
I'll arrange for these people to do it." The Third Prince replied.
"I still have some manpower available, let's use them all!
This time, we must succeed and not fail."
After the prince finished speaking, anger flashed across his face: "What on earth is Shi Wushuang doing? I told him to return to the capital as soon as possible, but he still hasn't appeared.
If he were here, it would save us a lot of trouble."
"Who said it wasn't? Just send a few disciples from Yunlu Pavilion to do it, and it will be easy." The third prince said angrily.
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