"Jixia Learning Palace attempted to assassinate me and attempted to rebel!”
"According to the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, all nine clans will be executed!"
"Seal the academy for me!"
"All of you are to be escorted to the execution ground of the Supreme Court.”
Ying Ziye didn't allow any explanation and gave the order.
"Your Highness, I'm innocent!"
"These assassins have nothing to do with our Jixia Learning Palace!”
"Someone must have framed you. Your Highness, please investigate!”
Hearing this, Yan Qingyuan was so frightened that his face turned pale. He quickly cupped his hands and begged for mercy.
"Since you said you were wronged, then how about this? This young master will give you a chance to prove your innocence!”
Ying Ziye smiled faintly and stopped.
"How do you prove it?"
The eyes of the Grand Scholar Yan Qingyuan, who did not have much hope, lit up upon hearing his words.
"If you can produce five million gold in four hours, you can prove the innocence of the academy!”
"At that time, this Young Master will release all these people!”
"If you can't prove your innocence, then don't blame me for being impolite. All of you will be punished for treason!”
"When the time comes, just wait to collect the corpses of these disciples!”
"Oh, by the way, tell the parents of these students to come to the execution ground of the Provincial Court to claim their corpses in 2 hours!”
"Remember, don't wait for the deadline!"
After Ying Ziye finished speaking, he ordered his men to release Yan Qingyuan. Then, he escorted hundreds of people to the execution ground.
"You…you are a bandit!"
After all the soldiers had left, the old man dared to stomp his feet and curse.
What self-proving innocence? This was clearly robbery!
However, if he could use five million taels of gold to exchange for the people in the academy, it seemed to be worth it!
In any case, the scholarly faction wouldn't fork out this sum of money!
He could only let the parents of the disciples pay!
These people were either nobles or aristocrats. With so many families gathering five million, it was just a piece of cake!
Thinking of this, he quickly found some helpers and went to deliver the letter from house to house.
……
"Ninth Highness, this is…?"
After looting Zhao Gao's home, Meng Yi had returned to the Yamen of the Supreme Court and found 200 - 300 people lying on the ground.
These people were all wearing Confucian robes and seemed to be disciples of the school.
"These are the people from Jixia Learning Palace. If no one sends five million taels of gold in four hours, kill them all!”
Ying Ziye said lightly with a teasing expression.
"Kill them all?"
"This…I'm afraid this isn't appropriate?”
"The disciples of Jixia Learning Palace are not only descendants of nobles, but many of them are also descendants of officials!”
"If there is no conclusive evidence or reason to prove that they have committed a capital crime, if we kill them, the matter will be blown up!”
Meng Yi looked at the three hundred plus scholarly disciples and shook his head with a bitter smile.
He could raid Zhao Gao's house!
Firstly, this guy did assassinate the prince. Secondly, he did it under Ying Ziye's orders.
And Ying Ziye had the right to act first and report later!
Therefore, he did not feel any pressure!
But he didn't dare to kill so many scholarly disciples, and most of them were officials!
As the dean of the Supreme Court, he was in charge of the criminal law. He could never break the law!
Not to mention that he couldn't do it himself, even if His Majesty knew, he wouldn't let him off easily!
"The six assassins were dressed in Confucian robes, and there were even Jixia Learning Palace disciples 'waist tokens hanging from their waists!”
"Is this evidence enough?"
"As for the crime…it's very simple. Assassinating a prince and attempting to rebel!”
"This is a serious crime of extermination. Just killing these three hundred people is considered letting them off easy!”
Ying Ziye patted him on the shoulder, then lowered his voice and said,""Don't worry, I'm only after money. Jixia Learning Palace will send the gold over on time!”
"Your Highness, you mean…to use these six corpses to extort money from those aristocrats?”
Meng Yi, who was in a dilemma just now, could not help but light up when he heard what he said.
You should have said so earlier!
Wasn't it just acting?
Who didn't know how to do this!
You made me have a false alarm!
"That's right!"
Ying Ziye nodded. Then, his expression became serious and he said seriously,""However, if those aristocrats refuse to give money, they will still have to be killed!”
"I understand!"
Meng Yi nodded. Then, as if he had thought of something, he changed the topic and continued,"Oh right, I found a lot of good things in Zhao Gao's courtyard. Your Highness, do you want to bring them back to take a look?”
"What good stuff?"
"There's a list of the men of sacrifice that Zhao Gao trained, as well as a list of the other officials of the imperial court that he colluded with!”
"Alright then! Send it to my residence!"
……
"Everyone is here. That's great!”
In a luxurious mansion's reception hall, a room was filled with people.
They were either nobles or officials of the imperial court.
When Yan Qingyuan entered, he could not help but secretly heave a sigh of relief.
He only needed to make a trip. He did not need to go to every house to deliver the news.
"Disciple greets Martial Uncle Yan…!"
Yan Qingyuan seemed to have a very high seniority, and all the nobles present stood up and bowed.
"Alright! It's done!"
"No need for formalities!"
"Something happened, something big happened!”
The old man waved his hand and said anxiously.
"Senior Brother, what happened?"
Chun Yuyue frowned and asked nervously.
Today was not his day!
First, Zhao Gao threatened him with a letter, forcing him to shamelessly borrow a million taels of gold from his disciples.
Following that, his residence was surrounded, and his family members were only allowed to enter and not leave.
Not only that, that kid Ying Ziye also forced the officials in the court to collect taxes from the rich.
Otherwise, they would be executed in two months!
He had no choice but to gather the nobles in the city and some close officials in the court to discuss countermeasures.
Not long after the discussion, he did not expect his senior brother to come again.
He said something big the moment he came!
The current him was like a frightened bird. When he heard that something had happened, his scalp went numb!
"Just now, the Ninth Prince led his troops into the academy and captured all the disciples!”
"He said that there were assassins who wanted to assassinate him. These assassins were dressed in Confucian robes and had the waist tokens of the disciples of Jixia Learning Palace hanging on their waists!”
"He insisted that our school was the mastermind behind the scenes and captured everyone to the execution ground!”
"After four hours, they will all be executed!”
Yan Qingyuan sighed with an angry expression.
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