Unexpectedly, as soon as the shouting words came out of her mouth, Yan Mingzhu pulled out the long whip around her waist.
The whip made a snapping sound in the air, like a poisonous snake, and wrapped around the waist of Ma Zhifu's bucket in the blink of an eye, pulling him whole body!
Before Magistrate Ma could even scream, Qi Jue stretched out his long legs and kicked him in the stomach.
With a bang, he kicked him to the ground and crushed his face with his feet.
"Jizhou Tong sentenced Lu Yu, and the house was flooded. The whole house was buried in a sea of fire, and no one survived. Is it you who did it?"
Magistrate Ma's pupils shrank and he immediately denied: "I...I don't know what you are talking about! Release your feet quickly, or I will kill you!"
"A gold mine was discovered in the Xishan Mountains of Jizhou Mountains. According to the laws of Jokhang, all mineral deposits found in the territory of Jokhang belong to the imperial court. But as the prefect of Jizhou, when a gold mine is discovered,
Instead of reporting it to the imperial court, they sent people to mine it privately. This alone is enough to destroy your nine tribes."
When Magistrate Ma heard the word "gold mine", his body was already trembling.
How is it possible? He and the people above him were so secretive about the gold mine. How did this person discover it?
Moreover, he not only knew about the gold mine, but also about Lu Tongpan. What was the origin of this man?
"Who are you? If you attack an official of the imperial court, let alone whether I will be punished for the crime of the nine tribes, I will take your head first!"
Qi Jue sneered disdainfully, "You are just a small fourth-grade prefect, but you dare to shout in front of me. I killed a minister of household affairs without even blinking an eye. An ant like you is nothing."
Something."
After His Royal Highness King Dingbei defeated Xiyue and returned to the court, he directly broke into the house of Guo Xiang, the former Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, and killed him with a sword on the grounds that Guo Xiang had delayed the military flight.
Such famous deeds were not only spread throughout the Manchu capital, but also other states and counties.
Even if Magistrate Ma had never met Qi Jue before, he now knew his identity after hearing these words and the fact that he called himself the king.
"You...you are King Dingbei..."
At this moment, Magistrate Ma still dares to be arrogant. All he can do is beg for mercy: "Your Highness, King Dingbei, have mercy on you! Your Highness, have mercy on you! This must be a misunderstanding, Xianguan... Xianguan really doesn't know that there is a gold mine in Lingxi Mountain."
,
Even if I borrow a hundred courages from me, I would not dare to hide the gold mine secretly. There must be... someone must be framing me, please investigate!"
Oh, this Magistrate Ma, who speaks human words to people and lies to ghosts, really doesn't shed tears until he sees the coffin.
Qi Jue threw the accusation directly on his face.
"That's not what the men you sent to guard the gold mine said. They spit out all the dirty things you did."
Magistrate Ma saw a hint of cruelty in his eyes when he saw the crime.
Damn it, when exactly did King Dingbei arrive in Jizhou, and how did he break through the protection of Lingxi and Shanxi without anyone noticing, invade the gold mining area, and get those people to confess.
What's even more frightening is that such a big change happened, and he didn't even receive any news about it.
No wonder people who have come into contact with Qi Jue call him the Living King of Hell. This man comes and goes without a trace, and his every move is fatal. It is really terrifying!
"Your Highness, this... this is a false accusation. Your Majesty is just a... a small prefect. How dare you risk the destruction of nine tribes to hide gold mines secretly? Someone must want to drag your Majesty into trouble. Your Majesty
, I am unjustly accused..."
Qi Jue said lightly: "You are right, this is indeed not a risk that a young prefect like you dares to take."
Magistrate Ma thought Qi Jue believed what he said, and he despised King Dingbei for being nothing more than this. He was so stupid, but he was so groveling on the outside.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely go all out to uncover the person behind the hidden gold mine. Please give me a few days..."
Before he finished speaking, he was coldly interrupted: "I'll give you a few days so that you can send someone to inform your superiors, right?"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I don't understand what you are talking about..."
Obviously, Qi Jue has no patience to play word games with this idiot here. He has always done things vigorously and resolutely.
"My time is precious. I will give you a quarter of an hour to explain clearly the people behind the scenes and what you are planning."
Magistrate Ma also tried to pretend not to know, "Xiaguan...Xiaguan really doesn't know anything..."
"three."
"Your Highness, everything I said is true!"
"two."
"If you make even half a lie, your subordinate will die a miserable death!"
"one."
"Your Majesty...ah!"
Before Magistrate Ma finished speaking, he saw a flash of white light, and the next second, a soft sword penetrated directly through the back of Magistrate Ma's hand!
The hilt of the sword was held in Qi Jue's hand.
He held the sword very casually, with a condescending contempt for the ants he stepped on the ground, just like the King of Hell appearing in this world.
"It's a pity that you don't know the people behind the scenes. Since you don't know anything, why do you think you need to live? It should be your honor for me to personally send you on your way."
Magistrate Ma was so frightened that he almost screamed: "I... I am the fourth-grade magistrate of Jizhou, and an official of the imperial court! Even you, the prince, cannot kill me without obeying the law!"
Qi Jue even laughed.
"Let alone a small prefect, even my royal brothers, if they fall into my hands, I will definitely kill them."
While speaking, Qi Jue drew out his long sword, and this time, the sword was directed directly at Magistrate Ma's eyeballs!
"I...I said! I will say anything! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
He is such a useless person. He was so frightened that he did anything.
Qi Jue withdrew his soft sword and kicked Ma Zhifu over with his foot.
Magistrate Ma was like a turtle, lying on the ground shivering.
"Yes... it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's order. He ordered his subordinates to block the news about the gold mine, and sent people to secretly dig the gold mine and remove all the gold inside.
But...but Xianguan himself did not hide any gold at all. All the gold mines he dug out were quickly sent to the imperial capital and handed over to the hands of His Highness the Crown Prince. Every word of what Xianguan said was true. Your Highness, spare your life! Your Highness, spare your life.
ah!"
It was indeed the prince's fault.
In fact, after Qi Jue found out that there was a ghost in the Jizhou magistrate, he guessed that it had something to do with the prince.
Because this Magistrate Ma was the disciple of Prime Minister Pei, and the prince was the nephew of Prime Minister Pei, and his teacher asked him to do it, Magistrate Ma naturally did not dare to disobey him.
"Where is the prince's handwriting? Please bring it up."