His eyes immediately turned red as he pointed at Jia Lian and shouted angrily.
He didn't mention a word about him hiring someone to kill Jia Lian, and even said that he had no grievances or enmity with Jia Lian.
"Hehe, no grudges? Lord Niu is right. We have no grudges against each other. However, today, the Saint was on a private tour in Jingshui Pavilion. You sent someone to assassinate the Saint and committed such a heinous crime. The Saint was furious and ordered the execution of Lord Niu's entire family.”
"Lord Niu, Lord Niu, this is your own sin. This official is also acting according to the imperial edict.”
Since Niu Jizong had said that he had no enmity with him, he would naturally let Niu Jizong understand.
Hearing Jia Lian's words, Niu Jizong's eyes instantly widened, and he almost gasped in shock.
He hired a murderer to kill Jia Lian, but he didn't expect the Emperor to be with Jia Lian.
The person he hired to assassinate Jia Lian, but the Emperor was with Jia Lian. Wasn't this the same as assassinating the Emperor and rebelling?
At this moment, Niu Jizong completely understood. The endless regret in his heart made him want to cut himself into eight pieces.
He wondered why he had agreed to stand up for the various families.
Now that his family and his nine clans were gone, the other families were fine, and Jia Lian was even more fine.
"Lord Niu, although I don't know why you rebelled and assassinated the Saint, but…I have protected Your Majesty and made great contributions. Perhaps the Saint will give me a reward during tomorrow's morning court session.”
"However, as a subject, it is my duty to protect my master. If the Saint rewards me, I will feel guilty!”
Jia Lian looked at the stunned Niu Jizong and pretended to be confused, but he did not say anything and started talking to Niu Jizong.
Others might not know what Jia Lian meant, but Niu Jizong definitely knew what he meant.
Jia Lian's words were telling Niu Jizong that he was thankful for the assassination. He didn't succeed in killing him, but he gave him a chance to make a contribution.
I'm not dead, but I'm getting better and better. Your whole family is going to die.
"You…you…"
Hearing Jia Lian's shameless words, Niu Jizong's originally pale face instantly turned red with anger. He pointed at Jia Lian, trembling, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
After spitting out this mouthful of blood, Niu Jizong's spirit instantly became dispirited, and the strength in his entire body seemed to have been sucked dry.
"I…I want to meet…meet the Saint. I…I didn't rebel…I…I didn't assassinate the Saint.”
Niu Jizong laid on the ground and said weakly.
"Humph! He still wanted to see His Majesty? If he told you that the Saint was furious after committing such a heinous crime, could it be that you wanted to see the Saint assassinate you?”
Hearing Niu Jizong's request, how could Jia Lian let Niu Jizong go see the Emperor!
Thus, his expression changed as he pointed at Niu Jizong who was lying on the ground and shouted.
The Imperial Army soldiers who had followed Jia Lian in were originally expressionless, but after hearing Jia Lian's words, their expressions turned even colder.
He looked at Niu Jizong, who was filled with killing intent.
"No…Pfft…"
Niu Jizong, who was slandered by Jia Lian, used his last bit of strength to roar again and spat out another mouthful of blood. After spitting out this mouthful of blood, Niu Jizong's eyes widened as he lay on the ground without moving.
Niu Jizong died with grievances.
"Daren is dead!"
An Imperial Army soldier hurriedly squatted down to check and confirmed that Niu Jizong was dead before reporting to Jia Lian.
" What is the decree of the Sage?!"
Jia Lian's lips curled into an imperceptible smile, then he put his hands behind his back and pretended to be serious as he asked the Imperial Army.
"Niu Jizong of the Defender Duke's Public House killed nine generations.”
The Imperial Army did not understand Jia Lian's meaning, but they still saluted and replied.
"That's right, exterminating all nine clans means that all nine clans will be beheaded, and Niu Jizong naturally won't be able to escape.
Similarly, Niu Jizong was the culprit behind the rebellion and assassination of the Saints.”
"Even if Niu Jizong dies, we can't let him go and bring him to Caishikou for execution. Even if he dies, we have to chop off his head.”
With his hands behind his back, Jia Lian told the imperial guards about the Emperor's decree and then directly ordered Niu Jizong's corpse to be pulled to the market and beheaded.
This time, Jia Lian was really angry. He was originally a petty and vengeful person.
He had already sent someone to kill him. How could he not take revenge?
"Yes, sir!"
Hearing Jia Lian's words, the ten or so imperial guards felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so they bowed to Jia Lian and agreed.
Seeing this, Jia Lian turned around and left.
…
"What's going on?"
"I'm not sure. It should be that the Duke's estate has committed some unforgivable crime.”
"I think it's possible, but the huge Duke Zhenguo's Public House is gone just like that. It's really…Sigh, what a pity!”
"Who says so? Such a wealthy and dignified family is gone just like that.”
"There must be a reason for everything!"
"What's there to pity? It would be great if it didn't happen. Over the years, the Duke's estate has done so many outrageous things.
This is the sage's wisdom."
"That's right, that's right. Some time ago, this Duke Zhenguo's Public House's First Uncle Niu Jizong took a fancy to my cousin's husband's family heirloom and wanted to buy it at a low price. My cousin's husband's family refused no matter what. Later…
Later, their entire family was exterminated overnight, and their family heirloom was gone. After that, the Shuntian government office investigated for a while and left it unsettled.”
"I also heard about it. Do you know about the Li Village outside the city? The village was so prosperous. Later, all the land in the village was forcefully confiscated. I heard that many people from the Li Village were killed at that time. In the end, they forcefully occupied the fertile land of the Li Village.”
"What? He's so inhumane. He really deserves to die!”
"There's actually such bullsh * t in the capital of the Son of Heaven? Why haven't I heard of it before?”
"Heard? Who dared to say it? If you said it today, you might lose your life tomorrow. If you didn't lose your life, there would be street ruffians coming to your house every day to make trouble.”
"They are really evil beasts. The Duke's estate is no good. The heavens have really opened their eyes!”
Outside the Duke's Public House…countless commoners stood far away as they watched the Imperial Army surround the Duke's Public House. The Imperial Army continued to capture and tie up the Duke's masters as they walked towards the entrance of the market.
Some looked rare, some felt pity, and some felt hatred.
Only when someone saw that the Duke's estate was finished did they have the courage to mention the wicked things that the Duke's estate had done.
When the commoners heard this, they all revealed angry expressions and started cursing.
He picked up a fat dead rat from the ground and threw it at the masters of the Duke's Public House.
With one person taking the lead, the commoners started to throw things away.
There were also many who accidentally injured the Imperial Army escorts.
"Stop, all of you. Arrest whoever is thrown away.”
One of the soldiers couldn't help but roar at the commoners.
Upon hearing the threat, the commoners finally stopped.
Some of them turned around and ran, afraid that they would be caught.
…
"Which one is this?"
In the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, Jia Lian's eyes lit up when he saw a woman with an oval face, big eyes, supple skin, and slender charm.
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