Su Yao has never been the type to vent his anger on innocent people, but now Yuan Zijian is determined to keep it a secret. Since he is determined to hide the fact that Wei Desheng is his brother-in-law, it is conceivable that he must have more secrets. If he refuses to tell the truth, then we can only try to see if he cares about his wife and children.
Yuan Zijian's wife and children were soon brought to the scene.
Mrs. Yuan looked haggard, and she was holding a little girl of only two or three years old in her arms.
The little girl was frightened and couldn't stop crying. She held Mrs. Yuan's chest with tears in her eyes and refused to let go. Her crying was so loud that it shook the earth. There was also a little boy of seven or eight years old following Mrs. Yuan, his little face full of fear and terror.
Yuan Zijian's neck veins popped up when he saw his lovely wife and young son. He jumped up and shouted at Su Yao and the others, "Everyone is responsible for his own actions. My wife and children are innocent. Even the imperial court would not use torture like this! You can't try me like this!"
Su Yao sneered.
Xiao Heng also looked at him coldly: "Does Lord Yuan care about the laws and regulations of the court?"
If that were true, he would not have done such a rebellious thing. But when the time came, he was still talking about the imperial court. It was really ridiculous and absurd.
Xiao Heng glanced at the trembling mother and her two children, raised his eyebrows and looked at Yuan Zijian: "You may not know that when the news of your assassination of the imperial envoy was reported back, the emperor was furious and has granted me the power to make the final decision on the matter."
Yuan Zijian's face suddenly turned pale.
Xiao Heng raised his hand, and a group of Jinyiweis pinned down Madam Yuan and her two children.
The child was frightened and burst into tears.
The little boy also called for his mother in fear.
Mrs. Yuan cried out loudly, holding her child tightly, and tried to grab the little boy with one hand. Yuan Zijian's eyes almost popped out of his head, and he choked up and shouted to the little boy: "Akang, you are a big boy now, you should know that you have to protect your mother and sister..."
The little boy looked bewildered. He pursed his lips at his father and tears started to flow.
Su Yao frowned and called out to Sansheng.
Sansheng is Xiao Heng's most capable guard. He is not inferior to Sanjiu. Therefore, when Su Yao spoke, he immediately responded enthusiastically.
"No need to torture." Su Yao gave the order with a stern face. Seeing Sansheng was stunned, she repeated it again. Sansheng quickly released the man. The boy named Yuan Kang was thrown to the ground and was suddenly even more at a loss. He was just a child after all. Although his father had always told him to be strong, he could not resist his childish nature and cried in fear.
Even though he was so scared, he only called for his mother and didn't even look at Yuan Zijian.
Xiao Heng looked at Su Yao and frowned slightly. He immediately understood what Su Yao meant. How could Yuan Zijian really care about his wife and children? Anyone who really took his wife and children seriously would not say something earth-shattering at this critical moment, but actually do nothing. He kept saying that his son should be strong, but why didn't he tell the truth? Instead, he watched his wife and children being tortured coldly
Yuan Zijian doesn't really care about his wife and children.
The appearance he had put on before was just to paralyze them. In fact, he was just stalling for time.
Thinking of this, Xiao Heng no longer had any patience for Yuan Zijian.
It is no exaggeration to call a person who doesn't even care about his wife, children and the elderly a beast.
He raised his eyebrows and helped Yuan Kang up: "Did you figure it out?"
Yuan Zijian stared at Xiao Heng with a sinister look. The blood on the corner of his mouth had not yet dried, but he was still very eloquent: "Your Highness, if you have anything to say, come to me. Don't take it out on my child. He is just a child! Even the imperial court will not kill underage children!"
Xiao Heng let out a click of his tongue and swung the folding fan in his hand towards Yuan Zijian with a snap. Yuan Zijian fell to the ground with a thud and a big bump suddenly appeared on his forehead. He hurriedly got up and saw four big bright characters on the folding fan, which read "Whoever provokes me will die".
He thought that this prince was really ridiculous.
How could it be so easy to kill him now
As long as they try to get something out of his mouth, he will be fine.
Why take the child to be tortured? Even if he really went there, he would not be afraid.
He felt confident and simply collapsed on the ground without moving.
Madam Yuan held the weak child in her arms and knelt down in front of Xiao Heng and Su Yao. She looked haggard and her hair was disheveled. She said, "Your Highness, although Yuan Zijian and I are husband and wife, I don't know what he did outside. He doesn't care about us. Your Highness can ask him. We were also in the capital before, but he only brought us to Zhaotong a month ago."
Su Yao clicked his tongue in his heart, becoming more and more disdainful.
In the final analysis, these despicable men were only taken in for the sake of safety.
It's not for them to enjoy, I just want it to be useful when it comes in handy.
Xiao Heng also reacted immediately. He hummed and said, "Madam Yuan, this kind of person is not worth it. You should get up with the child."
He is not a murderer. It is obvious that Yuan Zijian is using Madam Yuan and Yuan Kang as shields. They are not fools. As long as they have a little bit of brains, they will never go along with Yuan Zijian. In this case, they are just women and children. He asked someone to take Madam Yuan away.
Madam Yuan bowed, without even looking at Yuan Zijian, and said softly to Xiao Heng, "Your Highness, I am a woman and he doesn't like me. He married me only because of his parents' orders, so I don't know anything about him. But there is one thing that may help Your Highness. Some time ago, he received a businessman from the south, who was called... Qin Feng, and he used to be the manager of Juhai Manor."
That was all she knew.
Yuan Zijian didn't care about her and the children's life or death. Instead, it was Xiao Heng and Su Yao who gave them a way out. She had completely given up on Yuan Zijian and didn't think there was any need for her to help him hide these things.
Yuan Zijian didn't think so. He just felt extremely angry. He thought this woman was too ungrateful and unvirtuous! She actually dared to betray her husband!
"You bitch! What nonsense are you talking about!? You bitch, I'm going to divorce you!" His face flushed, staring at her like an angry lion: "You will not die well! Look at your children, they will hate you for the rest of their lives!"
One Hundred and Forty-Seven: Blocking Arrows