After Ying Ziyun finished speaking, he gestured for Meng Yi to come closer to him. Wang Yi was confused, but he still lowered his body and approached Ying Ziyun.
"Don't worry, I only want the seven million gold taels. I won't take these people's lives!”
"I believe that Jixia Learning Palace will be able to gather enough people to redeem the hostages within two hours.”
Hearing Ying Ziyun's words, the serious Meng Yi smiled.
This was just a show. He thought he was going to ignore the law and kill the innocent!
"Your Highness is planning to use the corpses of these assassins to get a sum of money from those nobles!”
Ying Ziyun nodded, but then he solemnly ordered,"If Jixia Learning Palace doesn't come to redeem them, then these Confucian scholars will still be killed!”
"Yes!" Meng Yi cupped his fists.
"Young Master, when I was searching Zhao Gao's mansion, I saw something very useful in the western courtyard."”
"Especially since there are two lists there. One of them has the names of those men of sacrifice, and the other has the names of the officials in the court who colluded with Zhao Gao!”
When Ying Ziyun heard this, he realized that he had gained a lot!
"Send someone to send two lists to my residence!”
……
At this moment, a very luxurious and spacious banquet hall was filled with people.
Moreover, these people all had extraordinary identities. They were all wealthy merchants or powerful officials.
At this moment, Yan Qingyuan pushed open the door and entered. After sweeping his gaze around, he let out a long sigh.
"With everyone here, things are easy to handle. This old man doesn't have to run anymore!”
At this moment, all the rich and powerful people in the banquet hall stood up and bowed to Yan Qingyuan.
His seniority was extremely high, so he could accept these courtesies.
However, Yan Qing Yuan hurriedly waved his hand." Everyone, please don't bother with the ceremony for now. There's something important!"”
Seeing this, Chunyu Yue had an ominous feeling.
To Chunyu Yue, nothing seemed to be going well today.
First of all, he had wanted to split the one million gold taels with Zhao Gao, each paying half.
However, he didn't expect Zhao Gao to have something on him and force him to pay all his money. It could be said that he had bled a lot!
Later on, Chun Yu Yue's residence was heavily surrounded by the Qin army. Ying Ziyun forced him to implement a new law or his entire family would be beheaded.
It was because of these things that Chunyu Yue organized this banquet.
They had gathered many nobles and officials in the court to discuss a way to deal with the situation.
The banquet had just begun, and they hadn't even gotten to the main topic when Yan Qingyuan barged in.
The moment he opened his mouth, he knew that something bad was going to happen…
Hearing these words, Chun Yu Yue felt uncomfortable all over.
At this moment, Yan Qingyuan also opened his mouth and braced himself.
"I was lecturing at Jixia Learning Palace when the Ninth Prince suddenly barged in and captured all the Confucian scholars!”
"They also took out the corpses of a few assassins and found the token of Jixia Learning Palace on them!”
"That's why they insisted that Jixia Learning Palace was an assassination attempt and intended to rebel. They took all the Confucian scholars to the execution ground and beheaded them two hours later!”
Yan Qingyuan had just said this when everyone present exploded.
Most of their children were in Jixia Learning Palace!
Seeing the agitated crowd, Yan Qingyuan quickly calmed them down.
"Everyone, calm down and listen to me. There's still a chance!”
"When the Ninth Prince escorted them to the execution ground, he left a message.”
"As long as you can gather seven million taels of gold within two hours, you will be able to prove that Jixia Learning Palace is innocent, and all the Confucian scholars will be released!”
"How can this old man have so much money? Isn't this clearly making things difficult for people?”
Yan Qingyuan's words were enough.
Those who were indignant let out a long sigh after hearing this. Wasn't it just money? As long as they killed their children, anything was fine.
Chunyu Yue naturally saw through the crux of the matter, so he immediately cursed.
"This kid clearly made up a crime out of thin air. His goal is to blackmail us!”
"Using our children to extort money is really a despicable act!”
"There are so many of us. I don't believe he dares to kill all of us!”
"Everyone, wait a moment. I'll ask them to release him now!”
His words made many people feel a little more at ease.
After all, with Chun Yu Le personally taking action, in addition to the fact that they were the sons of the family, they did not commit any major crimes.
As for the accusation of assassinating the prince, there was not enough evidence, so it should be possible to let him go.
"My lord! My lord! Something happened again!"
At this moment, Chunyu Yue's butler rushed in anxiously!
Chunyu Yue, who was already scared out of his wits, was furious when he saw someone reporting bad news!
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