If they were the ones who failed today, they wouldn’t even have the chance to kneel down.
So Su Rong didn't feel anything. If he had any feelings about Qin Zhengtong's miserable appearance, it was just that he should be more cautious in the future and never fall into such a situation.
He thought so, let alone Tang Yuan.
These past few days have been the most difficult and embarrassing time for Tang Yuan. He had never suffered such hardship since he was a child. He had to hide from place to place every day. In order to save his life, he even lived in a cave. Moreover, he witnessed with his own eyes how the people who took him in were torn apart by those officials.
He now wished that Tan Zheng and these parasites would die faster.
Qin Zhengtong knew what was going on. His hands were shaking badly, his whole body was shaking uncontrollably, and he kowtowed and begged for mercy with dull eyes.
Xiao Heng walked up to him and looked down at him, speaking in a flat tone: "Qin Zhengtong, you are a Jinshi in the third year of Yuanfeng. Most of those who came to this point with you in the same class as you are now the magistrate of a prefecture. For example, Mr. Chen, your close friend, was not as good as you. He was only a county magistrate, but he died a worthy death. He wrote a letter to impeach the prefect of Huizhou, and those people united to strangle him. But what about you? Do you still remember how you made the same oath in front of the Confucius Temple when you parted ways with him? You said you wanted to be a good official, but what do you look like now?"
Tan Zhengtong felt dizzy and his vision went dark.
These vows he made with his best friend had long been forgotten with the passage of time. If Xiao Heng hadn't mentioned them, he would have forgotten them long ago.
What's more, this was just an ignorant joke made when he had not yet entered the officialdom. How could Xiao Heng know
Chu was crying softly beside him, and her crying made his scalp tingle and his heart become more flustered.
Xiao Heng looked at him coldly: "Your wife has worked hard for you all her life and spent all her energy. You once promised to treat her well, but you didn't do it. You are unfaithful as a minister and unrighteous as a husband. Do you deserve to study?"
Every word is heart-wrenching.
Tan Zhengtong is not someone like Lord Yuan who is determined to kill Xiao Heng. This can be seen from the fact that he is not very active in the search and lets Lord Yuan make all the decisions. He does not have the heart or courage to really kill His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Therefore, when Xiao Heng said this, these words were like tearing off his face and throwing it to the ground and stepping on it.
For some people, if you want to really deal with them, you don't have to kill them, just like Qin Zhengtong. Death is still a good choice for him. After all, it is a shame.
If you want to save face, you have to use other methods to break his defenses instead of threatening his life at every turn.
Tan Zhengtong was so ashamed that he knelt on the ground and couldn't utter a word. Chu Shi was sobbing quietly beside him. Things had come to this point, and she knew very well in her heart that as long as Tan Zhengtong died, she would never have a good life.
Xiao Heng ignored them and waved his hand to have Qin Zhengtong taken away first.
After a while, the doctor that Chu Yongcheng had invited also arrived. He came over to examine Lord Yuan. After bandaging his wound, he said that he could still be saved, but he would need to rest for a while before recovering.
Xiao Heng hummed, raised an eyebrow and looked at the uneasy Chu Yongcheng, then turned around and handed over the task of guarding Mr. Yuan to him: "If he commits suicide, I will only cause trouble for you!"
From then on, Chu Yongcheng dared not even close his eyes all day long. He just stared at Lord Yuan, fearing that he would really die from depression.
Now my sister can no longer be the prefect's wife, and the whole family will have to suffer from Tan Zhengtong. I finally see that His Highness' attitude has improved a little, so shouldn't I seize the opportunity
After finishing the business here, Xiao Heng went to the prefect's signing room to talk with Song Xiangyu and the others.
The prefectural government office is now under the control of the people brought by Song Xiangyu. As soon as he sat down, he said, "Before I entered the city, I received news from the three provinces. He said that he was ordered by His Highness to go to Qujing to find Commander Qi. After I heard that His Highness had a plan to sneak into the prefectural government office, I considered the situation and took him to Qujing to move the three thousand people that Lord Qi had brought. Fortunately, we brought enough three thousand people, otherwise, we might not be able to enter the city smoothly to His Highness."
What a dangerous journey this is! Song Xiangyu saw with his own eyes how thrilling and exciting this journey was. The officers and soldiers who searched for the assassins were in teams. If they encountered anyone who could not prove their identity, they would be strangled. Such means made even Song Xiangyu, who had rushed out of the sea of blood and corpses, feel numb on his scalp. He was extremely worried about Xiao Heng.
Fortunately, Xiao Heng was really smart. Under such intensive searches and pursuits, he was able to hide until now and even sneaked into the prefectural government office.
Song Xiangyu felt comforted and thought that since he was able to teach Xiao Heng, his life was worth it.
Tang Yuan nodded and said, "It's a good thing that you guys came in time, if you were any slower, we would have died here. These guys really wanted to kill us. We roughly calculated that the casualties were probably over 40."
Speaking of this, Tang Yuan felt a little uncomfortable, because one of them was his nephew.
Even Su Rong couldn't help but lower his eyes.
Fortunately, this sadness will only last for a while. Now there are still a lot of things to deal with. It's time to go home and feel sad. Tang Yuan asked Song Xiangyu: "What's the situation in the capital? In our situation, there is really no way to send a letter out. Sending a signal doesn't work, and sending people out has not succeeded. Even the three provinces must have suffered a lot before they can sneak out."
Before the three provinces, many people had sacrificed their lives in the attempt to send the message out, and they were all living lives.
This blood debt must be repaid.
When Song Xiangyu heard them asking about the situation in the capital, he told them how he heard the news in the enclosure, how furious Emperor Yuanfeng was, and how he asked for permission to come. He then said, "Your Majesty did not believe the nonsense in the memorial, and he sent me here at full speed without any delay, just to prevent some people from pretending to build a plank road and secretly attacking Chencang. Now I think it's fortunate that Your Majesty is wise."
At this point, Song Xiangyu could no longer suppress the anger on his face. He sneered several times and said, "The tyrant and the evil queen deserve their death! Even if they are the descendants of Queen Chi, what is there to hate about Your Majesty? If you need to seek revenge, you should only seek revenge on the person who actually deposed Queen Chi!"
One hundred and thirty-two: Shame