Chen Tang almost choked on the tea he hadn't swallowed.
"Ahem—So, this is the truth behind the Gong family's confiscation of property and extermination?" Looking at what Qi Shan said, Chen Tang felt that the Gong family was not really upright and innocent. "Knowing that Zheng Qiao was a traitor, you still let him go. Didn't you ever think that there would be a day when he would take revenge on you?"
Not everyone in this world will be grateful.
Zheng Qiao's experience in Xin State was a complete disgrace. He was weak at that time and had to make compromises. Now he is the ruler of Geng State. Once he has become powerful, the resentment in his heart has erupted like a volcano, and his dark history has become something that needs to be obliterated.
Qi Shan said: "Well, I don't know about this."
Chen Tang teased, “I thought the sir knew everything.”
Although it is a journey that starts with hell difficulty, Qi Shan, the "guiding NPC", is very dedicated and conscientious, and deserves five-star praise!
Qi Shan pretended to be surprised and said falsely, "I am honored to be thought of so highly by Mr. Shen."
Chen Tang: “…”
She couldn't compare to Qi Yuanliang in terms of shamelessness, so she lowered her head and tactically drank tea. Qi Shan secretly observed Shen Tang's reaction while drinking tea. He had always been curious about what the relationship between Shen Xiaolangjun and Gong was. When he heard that the source of the extermination of the Gong family came from Zheng Qiao's revenge, Shen Xiaolangjun was neither indignant nor disgusted, but calm, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
But how could this matter be unrelated
If Mr. Chen was cold and heartless, why would he rush around in the rain last night just for a fool he only met once
This person's reaction was completely beyond common sense and logic.
Because the Geng soldiers had not left yet, Chen Tang did not want to go out at this time to attract attention, so he asked the teahouse owner to add a pot of tea. The two of them continued to stay in the teahouse to kill time and inquire about the identities of the prisoners in the prison van.
The shopkeeper timidly turned his head, stole a glance at the soldiers outside the teahouse, and whispered in a pinched voice: "It is said that it was the Chief Censor..."
Chen Tang murmured in confusion and looked at Qi Shan again: "Chief Censor?"
Don't blame her for being illiterate. As a person with amnesia, she really doesn't know.
Qi Shan: "The surname of the Censor mentioned by the shopkeeper is 'Tian'?"
"It seems his surname is 'Tian'? Those soldiers were cursing and saying things like 'old thing surnamed Tian', 'so what about the Chief Censor' and so on." The shopkeeper didn't understand these things. Not to mention these high-ranking officials, even the old soldiers guarding the city gates could easily kill ordinary people like them. He poured a pot of tea for Chen Tang and sighed, "You two gentlemen should stop being curious, or you will lose your lives!"
When the countries Xin and Geng went to war, the people of the two countries were the ones most affected. The people of Geng were slightly better off, except that the taxes were half as heavy as before, which oppressed them to the point of suffocation, but at least they were not starving to death. The people of Xin were miserable.
The main battlefield between the two countries was in Xin State.
The people of Xin State not only had to be drained of their blood to provide military supplies and food for Xin State to fight, but they also had to face the burning, killing and looting by the soldiers of Geng State.
I thought there would be peace after the war, but who knew that the King of Geng country adhered to the principle of "not harming brothers" and indulged his subordinates who fought with him to conquer the world to do evil.
The people trembled when they saw the soldiers of Geng State.
Seeing that the two young men were handsome, the shopkeeper could not help but give them a reminder, lest the two young men should be reckless and lose their lives.
"Don't worry, we know what to do." Qi Shan smiled and accepted the shopkeeper's kindness. When the shopkeeper went to work somewhere else, the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a gloomy face. "The Chief Censor is the head of the Censorate, receiving memorials from ministers and supervising all officials."
Chen Tang had a similar thought: "So that means the Chief Censor has impeached Zheng Qiao quite a lot? He must have offended him quite a lot..."
Thinking of the powerful curse just now that made people fully appreciate the charm of language art, how could Zheng Qiao let this family go
Qi Shan sighed: "It's more than just an offense..."
"What else did that Tian Yushi Zhongcheng do?"
"I heard that the Chief Censor has a very straightforward and explosive personality. He follows the law and recommends people without any hesitation. No matter if you are a noble or someone else, if he finds something wrong with you, he will impeach you. Of course, he will not leave Zheng Qiao out. Ever since Zheng Qiao became the favorite of the King of Xin, the Chief Censor has been the one who scolded him the most harshly among all the officials. He even rode his horse to block Zheng Qiao's way to court and scolded him in front of the people."
Chen Tang said: "You don't give me any face at all?"
Qi Shan: "No. After that, everyone in the capital, from the officials to the common people, knew how Zheng Qiao got to the top. When Zheng Qiao returned to the country, the Chief Censor was the most opposed. He said that if he was allowed to return, it would be like letting a tiger go back to the mountain, which would cause endless troubles. He made nineteen memorials to the king of Xin State, begging him to execute Zheng Qiao."
Chen Tang had guessed what would happen to the Yushi Zhongcheng family after hearing this. She said, "Once Zheng Qiao turns over, the Yushi Zhongcheng family... no, the entire family will have a hard time..."
After all, Gong had helped Zheng Qiao, but she ended up being either killed or exiled, not to mention the position of Chief Censor.
Qi Shan said, “More than that.”
"Any other grudges?"
"Before Zheng Qiao returned to his country, the Chief Censor called on his students and family members who were officials in the court to petition the King of Xin to execute Zheng Qiao. The King was also under pressure and... He also had a grudge against Zheng Qiao and wanted to kill him..."
I heard that the imperial edict has been written and is just waiting to be issued.
However, Zheng Qiaoqi was one step ahead and learned the intelligence in advance. He narrowly avoided the crisis and fled back to Geng Kingdom overnight.
If he had received the message any later, he would have been dead.
Chen Tang: “…”
What should I say
"This story tells us that we should root out the weeds and kill them while they are still growing. We should act in advance to avoid more trouble later."
Qi Shan listened to Chen Tang's serious "lesson learned" and his mouth twitched slightly, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Just as he took a sip of tea, he heard the prisoner's blood-sobbing wails coming from outside the teahouse, followed by the prisoner's crying curses: "This is too much! This is too much! Zheng Qiao, you are a flatterer who is worth a lot of money, how dare you do this - how dare you!"
Chen Tang turned his head and looked outside the teahouse.
"What happened again?"
Qi Shan stood up and walked to the door of the teahouse to inquire in a low voice. After a while, he came back with a cold face and a chilling aura: "Zheng Qiao ordered the King of Xin to lead his old ministers to formally surrender..."
Chen Tang was surprised: "I thought he had surrendered..."
"There's still a ceremony missing, and Zheng Qiao values this the most."
"But if you lose, you surrender. Isn't that normal? The Xin Kingdom has been destroyed, and the outcome has been decided. Why did the prisoner react so emotionally? The prisoner was beaten half to death but he remained strong and didn't beg for mercy or cry. But he cried like this over something that was set in stone..."
There must be something hidden behind this.
Qi Shan clenched his hands at his sides, his throat rolling, his voice trembling slightly. He closed his eyes tightly and then opened them again, saying calmly: "The national seal has been missing for a long time, Zheng Qiao was furious, and forced the king of Xin to abdicate to his only princess..."
Chen Tang asked with his eyes: "Then?"
Not only did he change his name to "Chongtai" to humiliate others, but he also forced people to abdicate their position to Wang Ji. Zheng Qiao is a fox, and he did a lot of tricks.
Qi Shan had a complicated expression and continued, "... Then the princess will perform the ritual of tying her face and holding a jade disk in her mouth, and then she will lead all the officials in mourning clothes and the coffin in surrender..."
Chen Tang: “…”