vrcanaries Chapter 129 Cruelty
Chapter 129 Cruelty
They did take action against the prince.
But this matter was only known to him, Cheng'er, and the Queen.
Song Chuchu actually knew it too!
Lord Ji felt all the hairs on his body stand up. His eyes were like those of an old wolf that was ready to eat people at any time, with a cruel light in his eyes, and he was grinding his teeth and sucking blood at his prey.
Without hesitation, he immediately grabbed Song Chuchu's neck with his right hand: "Tell me! How do you know all this?!"
Song Chuchu was having trouble breathing, her face visibly purple. "I, I told you I was reborn! We both experienced this in our previous lives. Not only do I know, but Lu Xuan knows it too! She was the daughter-in-law of the Marquis's Mansion in her previous life, and she knows more secrets of the Marquis' Mansion than I do!"
Her voice was unclear, her body was struggling, and she kept hitting Lord Ji's arm with her hands.
Lord Ji's grip was very strong, and Song Chuchu knew she had to buy time: "If you strangle me to death, I guarantee that the secret of the Marquisate will spread throughout the capital tomorrow!"
"If you don't believe me, just try it. When Lu Xuan takes over, you'll know what it means to be completely defenseless!"
Lord Ji Hou suddenly turned his head and stared at her. Seeing her face turn purple, he hesitated for a few moments before suddenly letting go of her hand.
Her body suddenly relaxed, and Song Chuchu instantly fell to the ground, gasping for air.
Lord Ji stood up and looked down at her condescendingly: "Are you negotiating terms with me?"
She gently stroked her neck which was pinched and felt relieved for a long time before she finally felt alive again.
"That's right!" Song Chuchu raised her head. "I know the Marquis thinks I'm dangerous, but I'm the Marquis' daughter-in-law after all, and I'm sincere to the Prince! You've always disliked me, so do you think I've betrayed you?"
She pondered for a moment: "Let someone take good care of me and let me recover from my injuries. Then I will tell you whether Ji Tang can become the queen in the future and how the third prince will treat the Marquis' Mansion in the future!"
Lord Ji Hou turned his head and looked at her for a long time, suppressing the anger deep in his heart. After a long time, he finally threw his sword to the ground, threw his robe and walked out of the main hall.
Leaving behind a cold and distant figure.
The door to the main hall finally opened.
That's not a door, it's the mouth of death.
Looking at the sunlight shining into the house from outside, Song Chuchu finally felt like she was back to the world.
She slowly got up from the ground and found that the wound on her body caused by the whip the day before had just opened again. However, her instinct for survival made her ignore the pain.
Blood flowed down her back, seeped through her shirt, and dripped from the hem, gathering into a wet red pool on the ground.
Her heart slowly fell back to its original place, and her body felt a piercing pain.
She dragged her broken body step by step and slowly walked back to Qingjingyuan.
After Lord Ji walked out of the main hall, he immediately called out Jie Zi.
"Find a way to kill Lu Xuan!"
His eyes were like two murky pools, emitting a poisonous chill.
Jiezi's brows furrowed, and he suddenly raised his head: "My Lord, is this Princess Jin?"
Lord Ji hummed indifferently: "She is a huge threat to the Marquis' Mansion. This person cannot be kept!"
"Not right!" Jiezi unexpectedly ignored his command. "I've already sent my men to kill someone once before. That time, they used the extremely rare Hua-eating poison, and they were able to detect it!"
Lord Ji was shocked: "Has he already killed once?!"
"When did this happen?"
Mustard: "About five or six days ago!"
A bad premonition suddenly flashed through Lord Ji's mind.
He immediately turned around hurriedly, "Prepare the carriage!"
He has to go to the prison and ask the boss immediately!
Thunderstorms are most common in summer.
This time was no exception. It was a sunny day just now, but suddenly dark clouds covered the sky and loud thunders were heard one after another.
The wind was howling and the rain was pouring down harder than a bucket, stinging my hands and causing pain.
Lord Ji's carriage could not move forward when it reached Xuanwu Street. Due to the strong wind and heavy rain, there was too much water on the street. The stalls on the road were also blown down by the wind and rain, and the street was completely rotten.
Jiezi wiped the water off his face. He couldn't open his eyes despite the strong wind and heavy rain.
He shouted to Lord Ji in the carriage, "Lord, we can't go any further. Let's wait until the rain stops!"
The sound of rain coming from the carriage roof was louder than the sound of chestnuts being shelled. Lord Ji was annoyed. "Go to the front and ask the person in charge to move the things off the ground!"
In fact, Jiezi was a little reluctant.
Lord Jihou sat in the spacious carriage, his sleeves not wet at all.
But he was outside the whole time, and the rain was so heavy that it was difficult for him to breathe and open his eyes, and his clothes were already soaked.
Although he is a killer, he is not one of those poor killers who have to live in the open air.
Instead, he followed the old man and was also a killer who lived a life of luxury.
But he still replied: "Well, my lord, please wait here for a moment!"
At this moment, two people were sitting in the attic on Xuanwu Street, looking down at all this.
It was Jiang Xing and Lu Xuan.
They were also blocked by the roadblocks on Xuanwu Street after the heavy rain, but they were blocked at the other end, so they had to wait for people in this attic.
An hour ago, Jiang Xing not only received the evidence documents of Ji Cheng selling official positions and taking human lives, but also received the news that the old man from Huangzhou had arrived in Beijing.
This old man was involved in a case that played a decisive role in bringing down the Ji family.
Therefore, the purpose of today is to confirm that this old man can prove that Ji Cheng is harming people and can tell the truth. Then they will have a way to force the emperor to issue an order to completely overthrow Ji Cheng and even the Ji family.
Otherwise, he and Lu Xuan would only face assassinations or revenge from the Ji family again and again!
After a while, a pleasant female voice came: "Princess!"
Lu Xuan turned his head and saw Xu Shu, whom he had not seen for many days.
"Sister Xu, you should have waited for me at the palace. Why did you come here?"
Xu Shu smiled brightly: "The princess came to me today, there must be something she can use me for. I finally have a place to use my skills. I am so happy!"
Sang Luo went to help Xu Shu wipe the water off her outer robe and served her a pot of hot tea.
Lu Xuan handed the evidence in Jiang Xing's hand to Xu Shu. "This is evidence that Master Ji Cheng of the Marquisate is buying and selling official positions, killing innocent people, and levying heavy taxes. The Ji family has connections everywhere, even the emperor has to side with them. If we hand this over to the government, it will be difficult to accomplish, and there's a high probability that the officials will protect each other and the matter will be left unresolved!"
"I'm looking for Sister Xu because I hope you can write down the evidence. You have a lot of children under your control, and they know the little beggars. Let those little beggars spread the news!"
"Only by stirring up unrest among the people can we force the emperor to give an answer!"
After reading the document, Xu Shu was so angry that his eyes were about to spit fire.
"This Ji family is truly inhuman! They've killed so many people, and yet they've even collected a trove of gold! This is all the hard-earned money of the people of Daliang!"
Lu Xuan smiled, but was still angry in his heart.
Not only was she angry, she also felt weird and confused.
In her previous life, she had been married to Ji Bozhou, so of course she knew what life was like in the Marquis' Mansion.
Although he also lived a life of luxury, Lord Ji's style was far from that of a high-ranking official, at least not as rich and arrogant as that of the Duke's Mansion.
But in fact, the total wealth of the Ji family in gold is many times more than that of the Duke's Mansion.
But she was also puzzled, because even in the previous life, the Ji family had never used this gold.
Why hide it and not spend it?
Is it for the Third Prince's future use, in case of emergency?
Xu Shu finished reading the document and memorized it in his mind.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw Xuan Ge coming upstairs with an old man.
Mr. Yuan is hunched over and skinny, his face is dark and yellow from long-term exposure to the sun, but he looks surprisingly energetic.
Because it was raining heavily outside, he rolled up his trouser legs, revealing a pair of deformed bow legs with hideous and bulging blue veins.
Xu Shu exclaimed, "Uncle Yuan?!"
Lu Xuan turned around in surprise: "Do you know each other?"