He hadn't even completed the task of becoming a famous person in the future.
"Hmph, let's return to the palace first."
The Emperor's heart was filled with anger. He snorted coldly as he heard the sounds of fighting outside gradually die down. He immediately ordered him to return to the palace.
This time, the Emperor was truly furious. He would definitely kill Niu Jizong's entire family. If anyone dared to plead for mercy this time, he would not leave any mercy and would also punish them for the same crime.
Not even Old Lady Zhen.
Just like that, the Emperor angrily brought Jia Lian and Liu Wen back to the Imperial Palace with the rest of the Imperial Guards escorting them.
What happened at Jingshui Tower also spread like wildfire throughout the entire capital.
After the Shuntian Prefecture yamen and the Jingdou army sealed off Jingshui Tower and discovered the waist tokens and swords of the imperial guards among the many corpses, the capital military governor Wang Xifeng and the Shuntian prefect felt their legs go weak.
After giving the order to lock down the entire capital city to hunt down the assassin, the two of them rushed to the Imperial Palace.
They dared to go to the palace to see if the emperor was alright and to apologize for the assassination.
Letting the assassin commit a crime in the capital was their crime of dereliction of duty.
If he was slow to apologize and was blamed, the sin would not be small.
After all, how could the emperor be in a good mood now that he was assassinated?
It was just that this news was sealed very quickly. No one knew that the incident at Jingshui Tower was an assassination attempt on the Emperor.
And Niu Jizong in the Duke's Public House was still beautiful.
He almost couldn't sit still and went to take a look personally. Niu Jizong was waiting for the news of Jia Lian's death to inform everyone.
…
"Zhen went on a private patrol in plain clothes. First Uncle Niu Jizong actually dared to rebel and send people to rob and kill Zhen.
The imperial edict was issued to exterminate Niu Jizong's entire family. The Minister of Personnel, Jia Lian, led three thousand imperial guards to take charge of this matter, and the capital's main camp, Shuntian Prefecture's yamen, fully cooperated.”
The Emperor was still wearing a majestic dragon robe in the Yin and Yang Palace of the Imperial Palace.
The palm-printed eunuch stood beside him, while Jia Lian and Liu Wen stood beside him. Wang Ziteng and Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate knelt below.
Hearing the Emperor's decree, Wang Ziteng's expression changed drastically. He did not expect Niu Jizong to dare to do such a treasonous thing.
He actually wanted to kill the emperor.
This time, not only did he lose his entire family's lives, but he also had to lose his entire nine clans.
What was the meaning of killing nine clans? Apart from his own three clans, his three clans with his wife and even his relatives who were not related to him would all die together.
The relationship between Granny Liu and Rong Mansion was obvious.
If the Rong Mansion was exterminated, the ancestors of Granny Liu and her family, who were connected to the Wang family, would not be able to escape. Even the Wang family and the Xue family would not be able to escape.
Fortunately, the Rong Mansion and Niu Jizong's family were only acquaintances and did not have any real relatives.
Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be able to escape this time.
"Minister Jia Lian receives the decree!"
After hearing this, Jia Lian stood up and saluted the Emperor.
…
"The one in front is Xue Pan of the Xue family in Jinling.”
At the same time, the Ministry of Justice officers who were rushing to Jinling encountered the Xue family's convoy on the way.
Looking at the luxurious Xue family convoy that was like a long dragon with a Xue flag hanging on it, the head of the Ministry of Justice asked loudly.
"That's right!"
Xue Pan was riding a tall horse with a cloak draped over his shoulders. Seeing so many soldiers greeting him, he felt a sense of pride and admitted it without thinking.
"Come on, arrest the criminal Xue Pan and surround the Xue family's convoy.”
Upon hearing that it was Xue Pan, the Ministry of Justice's doctor immediately rejoiced and immediately ordered Xue Pan to be arrested and then ordered the Xue family's convoy to be surrounded.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Do you know who I am?”
Xue Pan's expression changed drastically upon seeing this. Then, he roared angrily at the Ministry of Justice officers who were arresting him.
This imposing manner clearly did not put the Ministry of Justice officers in his eyes.
"Xue Pan, the Sage has an order to arrest you. If you resist, don't be merciless under our blades.”
The Ministry of Justice doctor who gave the order was furious when he saw how arrogant Xue Pan was and how he didn't even put the Ministry of Justice in his eyes.
He pointed at Xue Pan and threatened.
Xue Pan was a tyrant in Jinling, but in front of the Ministry of Justice, he was just a little brother.
The Ministry of Justice was one of the six ministries with great power. There were not many people in the Great Jin who did not dare to give the Ministry of Justice face.
After all, no one could guarantee that they would not be arrested and sent to the Ministry of Justice one day.
"You…"
Xue Pan was furious when he heard the words of the Ministry of Justice doctor. However, at this moment, the officers and soldiers had surrounded him with knives. It looked as if he would die under the knife if he said anything more.
"Madam, Young Lady…it's the officers from the Ministry of Justice who want to arrest me.”
A servant hurriedly ran to Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai's carriage and knelt down to report to them in panic.
"What? Why did the Ministry of Justice arrest Pan 'er?”
Listening to the servant's report, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai's expressions changed drastically when they realized that something was wrong outside.
Aunt Xue felt as if her heart had been slapped when she heard that her precious son was about to be captured by the Ministry of Justice.
"Mother, let's go and see what's going on. Could it be that we caught the wrong person?”
Xue Baochai grabbed Aunt Xue's sleeve with a pale face.
Thinking that the matter of Xue Pan killing someone in Jinling had just been resolved, Xue Baochai was afraid that Xue Pan's killing incident had been exposed.
After saying this, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai hurriedly got off the carriage and rushed towards the Board of Punishments doctor.
"I don't know what crime my Pan 'er has committed to make the Board of Punishments send such a large number of people.”
Xue Baochai calmed herself down and asked the Board of Punishments.
"The Xue family received the imperial favor and Xue Pan was given the position of the Internal Affairs Department's money and grain. Instead of returning to the court and His Majesty, he embezzled nearly four million taels of silver from the Internal Affairs Department.
Now that the evidence was conclusive, the Saint was furious and ordered Xue Pan to be arrested and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Justice.”
"Order the Xue family to make up for the embezzled funds.
If you owe a penny, your family will be exterminated.”
Faced with Xue Baochai's inquiry, the Board of Punishments doctor did not hide anything and directly announced the imperial edict.
Aunt Xue almost fainted when she heard the imperial edict read out by the doctor of the Ministry of Justice.
Xue Baochai's body shook in disbelief.
"Milord, is there a misunderstanding? Our Xue Clan has been deeply indebted to the Emperor for generations. How could we do such a treasonous thing? Moreover, we know best whether our Xue Clan has done such a thing.”
"Our family heads are all in Jinling. We wouldn't dare to do that.”
Xue Baochai's voice trembled as she forced herself to remain calm as she pleaded for justice.
They had never done such a thing before, nor did they dare to do it.
Now, he was told that he had embezzled nearly four million taels of silver, which was almost half a year's worth of tax revenue from the national treasury of Dajin.
The Xue family did not dare to admit this crime.
"Hmph, the evidence is conclusive. The Sage has already issued a decree.
It's already good enough that the Xue Family was attacked. For example, Eunuch Tong, the money and grain manager of the Internal Affairs Department, had his family raided and exterminated. At the same time, the Jing Family of the Imperial Merchant had also been exiled.”
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