Luo Zhongjun was fooled and asked in a hoarse voice.
"Leng Yi, is it His Majesty who wants to kill me?”
Leng Yi shook his head expressionlessly.
"It's not His Majesty who wants to kill you! You're the one who's courting death, and you even want to drag your entire family down with you. The Empire's criminal law clearly states that those who rebel will be sentenced to death! Family members are not allowed to join the army and apply for public office within three generations. Those who collude with foreign enemies to rebel will be punished by one degree and their three families will be exterminated!”
"You know your own crimes. The three tribes are set in stone. There's no room for excuses!”
What?
Hearing this, the Luo family members behind Luo Zhong Jun were dumbfounded and directly collapsed to the ground in fear.
Was the family leader plotting a rebellion or colluding with Great Qin's mortal enemy, Great Britain?
The members of the Luo family, who were kept in the dark, were in despair. They sat on the ground and wailed.
Husband and wife are birds in the same forest, flying separately when disaster comes.
In the face of a life and death crisis, other than Luo Zhongjun's wife who remained silent, a few concubines began to blame Luo Zhongjun for rebelling.
"Why? Why did the family head rebel? This is a great crime of extermination!"
" I'm innocent, General Leng. We're all innocent. Luo Zhongjun's rebellion was his fault. Please tell His Majesty not to implicate us…"
"General Leng, I report that there is a secret room in Luo Zhongjun's bedroom. There should be evidence of him colluding with the enemy! Your Majesty, please have mercy and don't implicate me!”
B * tch, you're courting death!
Seeing his favorite concubine betray him, Luo Zhongjun was furious. He pulled out his pistol and was about to pull the trigger.
Bang!
The Black Ice Platform's Special Task Force soldiers who had their eyes on Luo Zhong Jun immediately opened fire.
The bullet shattered their wrists and the pistol fell to the ground. The soldiers rushed forward and pressed Luo Zhongjun and his son to the ground, handcuffing them.
In order to prevent herself from biting her tongue to commit suicide, she even stuffed a cotton cloth into her mouth.
Leng Yi walked up to the concubine and asked softly,""You really know about the secret chamber?"
"I know!"
The concubine quivered and quickly told him everything she knew.
"Last year, when I was cleaning Luo Zhongjun's bedroom, I accidentally found a secret office. I opened it and took a look. There was a radio and a safe. General Leng, you can go and take a look.”
"Very good, you have done a meritorious deed."
Leng Yi's poker face revealed a slightly sinister smile, making the Luo family shudder. They were so scared that they did not even dare to breathe loudly.
"Don't worry, if you're not lying, I will ask His Majesty the Emperor to pardon you.”
The concubine was overjoyed and knelt on the ground to kowtow crazily.
"Thank you, General Leng. I'll lead the way for you. The secret chamber's mechanism shouldn't have changed.”
"Yes, Yang Bing, take a team and follow her to the secret room. Collect all the evidence and seal it in a box.”
Yes!
A major stood at attention and responded. Under Luo Zhong Jun's desperate gaze, he led a team of soldiers behind the concubine to the bedroom on the second floor.
Not long after, Yang Bing came down with a high-power radio in his hand. More than ten soldiers were carrying two safety deposit boxes with great difficulty.
Judging from their flushed faces, the safe must be very heavy.
Bang!
The safe hit the ground with a dull thud, and the wooden floor shattered.
Leng Yi looked at Luo Zhong Jun and asked with interest,""Marquis Luo, are you going to tell me the password, or should I cut it open?”
At this point, Luo Zhongjun knew that he could not escape death. He simply gave up struggling and closed his eyes to pretend to be dead.
It was just that what he was unwilling to accept was that after being smart all his life, he actually suffered a huge setback here at Leng Yi's place.
Just now, Leng Yi said that he knew how to contact Great Britain. He must have been bluffing. He definitely had no conclusive evidence.
I miscalculated. Why should I confess?
Luo Zhongjun lowered his head in despair. His face was pale and haggard, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
"You won't tell me, right?"
Seeing that Luo Zhongjun was ignoring him, Leng Yi was not angry. He waved his hand and called the lockpicking expert from the Black Ice Platform over.
"Ghosthand, is it okay to open this safe?”
"No problem. Commander, watch carefully. It will open in three minutes at most.”
Ghosthand was a short and handsome young man. Before he entered the Black Ice Platform, he was a famous thief and was nicknamed Ghosthand.
Because the lockpicking skill was passed down in his family, there was no safe or lock that he could not open.
Ghosthand looked at the safe, took out a tool, and inserted it into the keyhole. He tilted his head and listened while turning it.
Kacha!
With a crisp sound, Ghosthand casually grabbed the handle and pulled open the safe.
Leng Yi had thought that there would be gold, silver, jewelry, or something in the safe, but there were only a few old sandalwood boxes and a document bag.
He took out a box and opened it. What greeted his eyes was a red letter and iron coupon. It was the possession talisman that Emperor Gaozu, Qin Xiao, had given to the Luo family.
Unfortunately, this red letter and iron coupons might not be able to save the Luo family, because Emperor Gaozu had set a rule that if the descendants of the founding heroes who held the red letter and iron coupons betrayed the country, they would be killed without mercy.
Putting down the red letter, Leng Yi took out a document bag and opened it. Inside were letters in English.
Alright, irrefutable evidence, Luo Zhongjun has been sentenced to death!
"Arrest all of them and bring them to the Dark Prison for strict interrogation. We must pry open the main culprit's mouth before tomorrow night!”
Yes!
……
In the evening, as the Luo family was raided by the Black Ice Platform for treason and the entire family was arrested and thrown into the dark prison, Xianyang was in an uproar. The officials of both the military and political circles were even more anxious, afraid of being affected.
This was because the Luo family was the fourth largest political family after the Zhou family, Chen family, and Li family of Xianyang. Ever since the establishment of the Great Qin Empire, they had been prosperous and had produced many military and political officials.
Especially in the early 20th century, the second son of the Luo family, Luo Zhongjun, was the Deputy Prime Minister, while the eldest son, Luo Zhongyi, was the leader of the navy faction. He was the Navy Marshal, the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Qin Royal Navy, and the Commander of the Alliance Squadron.
Unfortunately, the headstrong Luo Zhongyi had not only harmed Great Qin but also destroyed the Luo family.
Now that Luo Zhongjun had betrayed the country, there was a high chance that his entire family would be executed. Those who had once relied on the Luo family were all trembling in fear. They prayed that this bastard would not bite people randomly, and they also prayed to the gods and ancestors that the Emperor would not implicate the innocent.
The commoners did not think too much about it and happily clapped their hands. They scolded the Luo family for being a traitor who had colluded with Great Qin's mortal enemy, Great Britain, to rebel. They really deserved to die!
In the palace, Qin Zhen leaned back on the leather chair and closed his eyes to rest. Leng Yi reported the details of today's arrest in detail.
"Your Majesty, according to the name list that I found in Luo Zhongjun's safe, I have arrested all of his accomplices. There are a total of 322 main criminals and 8439 family members. All three armed forces are involved. The main criminals are the deputy chief of staff of the navy, Li An, and the commander of the third army, Chen Mingzhan.”
Oh my, the Li and Chen families are all involved?
Qin Zhen opened his eyes in shock.
The four great clans had always been a great threat that he wanted to uproot the most but could not.
Now that the opportunity had come, the Luo family was destined to be exterminated. The Chen family and the Li family could not let it go either. They would take this opportunity to capture all the old nobles in one fell swoop.
"Interrogate. Find evidence of the Li and Chen families 'crimes and arrest them immediately!”
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