"Rebellion will definitely not happen, but those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are black. Princess Ninth has been very close to this lunatic Jin Feng since autumn. No one knows what she will do!"
Goatee reminded: "Anyway, after entering, no one can talk nonsense, especially Mr. Xu, control your big mouth!"
If it were normal times, Fatty Xu would definitely not give in when Goatee scolded him like this in public.
But at this time, he also knew that the situation was serious and nodded repeatedly.
A group of dignitaries were taken to a separate courtyard. The soldiers ignored them and stood aside, leaving the dignitaries to hang out in the yard.
It dried for more than half an hour.
Just when the patience of the dignitaries was about to be worn away, the Ninth Princess finally appeared with Jin Feng and others.
"Sir, you have said that you will be lenient if you confess. I will give you one last chance. If you plead guilty now, I can spare your life!"
"Sparing us alive? Why, is His Highness still planning to kill us?"
"Your Highness, why are you taking the initiative to plead guilty? What crime have we committed?"
"Yes, His Highness is really good at joking!"
In the hearts of Fatty Xu and others, the Ninth Princess treated them just like eunuchs, and beating them to vent their anger was the most serious consequence.
I never thought that the Ninth Princess would dare to kill them.
Even after seeing the miserable state of the eunuch, the powerful people still thought so.
Because there are rules among the powerful, and they represent their respective families. If the Ninth Princess beats them, it can be regarded as breaking up with the family behind them.
As for killing, it's a situation where there is no end in sight.
There are more than a dozen dignitaries present. If the Ninth Princess kills them, the entire Dakang court will be shaken.
The Ninth Princess is well-known for her calmness and wisdom in the circles of the powerful, and she has been working hard to maintain the stability of Daekang over the years.
Unless you have a crazy brain, you would make such an unwise choice!
So the dignitaries agreed that the Ninth Princess was scaring them.
Goatee's heart, which was originally worried, also relaxed slightly.
In his opinion, it was a sign of guilty conscience for the Ninth Princess to do this.
"I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."
The Ninth Princess sighed, shook her head and said: "Since you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, then I will help you! Bring people in!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers rushed into the courtyard with a group of people.
Seeing this group of people, the faces of the dignitaries suddenly turned pale.
Including the previously confident goatee.
This group of people are white gloves trained by various families.
It is also through them that the powerful command the bandits remotely.
Although there are other people between White Gloves and the bandits, now that the Ninth Princess has found this group of people, she can find the remaining people.
Goatee finally understood at this time.
The Ninth Princess was not deliberately leaving them alone before, but was waiting for Qing Xinyao to catch these people.
"Can we talk now?"
The Ninth Princess looked at the sweaty dignitaries and sneered: "If you tell me now, I will leave you with a complete body!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Goatee scratched his neck and said, "We don't know what His Highness wants us to say!"
Until now, he was still lucky, thinking that the Ninth Princess would not dare to kill them at will.
But colluding with bandits was a capital crime. He was really worried that some people would be frightened by the Ninth Princess, so he gave up all of them at once.
It was all over then.
"It seems that Mr. Zhou still doesn't give up! Very good, then I will let you give up!"
The Ninth Princess said and winked at Qing Mulan.
Qing Mulan shouted outside, and two soldiers came in carrying a basket.
Wow!
Letters were poured out of the basket and scattered on the ground.
When they saw the envelope, many powerful people were so frightened that they sat down on the ground.
These are the letters exchanged between them and White Gloves, which can be used as evidence to prove that they secretly controlled the bandits.
Thinking of this, the dignitaries turned their heads and glared at their white gloves.
In order to prevent forgery, the letters have the imprints left by each family.
According to the rules, these letters must be destroyed immediately after reading them.
Now that it has fallen into the hands of the Ninth Princess, it means that their white gloves did not follow the rules and hid the letter privately.
As for why he hid it? Obviously, it was to prevent him from being killed by various families.
The white gloves even handed over the letter, so they must have reached some kind of deal with the Ninth Princess.
Then the next step must be to testify and identify them.
Coupled with the letters, all the personal and material evidence came together!
"Now I will give you another chance."
The Ninth Princess said: "Whoever is willing to take the initiative to hand over the hoarded food, I will have someone collect the body for you. Otherwise, the body will be hung outside the city and will be despised by the people forever!"
"The hanging corpse outside the city?!"
The rich and powerful were all frightened.
Hanging a corpse outside the city is a more severe punishment than beheading.
This sentence would only be given if the crime was so heinous that it would not be enough to kill someone who would not offend the people.
In the feudal era, not only the common people were superstitious, but also the powerful.
If the corpse is hung outside the city, it will definitely be reviled by the people forever. If not, it will be written into the history books, and it will really be infamy for thousands of years.
According to the folk saying in Dakang, even if such a person dies, he cannot be reincarnated and will have to endure endless suffering in the eighteen levels of hell forever.
"You should know my methods. Even if you die, I can still get the food you have hoarded!"
Princess Ninth said again: "So, this is your last chance!"
The Ninth Princess's tone has always been very calm, but the words she spoke were more biting than the cold wind.
"Your Highness, you can't do this!"
Goatee still wanted to resist: "We all have great honors and are officials of the imperial court. Our ancestors have also made great contributions to the great prosperity. You can't kill us!"
"You still have the nerve to say that you are an official of the imperial court, and you have the nerve to say that you have fame? Would an official of the imperial court harm the people like this? Are the sage books you read when you were taking the imperial examination just to make you prey on the common people and make a fortune from disasters?"
The anger of Princess Ninth was also ignited by the goatee, and she shouted angrily: "Your ancestors have made great contributions to Dakang, but has Dakang ever treated you badly? It has given you glory for generations, but what happened to you? Is this how you repay Dakang and the royal family?"
If you do something so outrageous and outrageous, the common people will blame it on the imperial court and my royal family! Do you deserve the trust my father has placed in you?"
"Then His Majesty should punish us personally, not a princess!"
Goatee is still arguing.
"The disaster situation in Sichuan and Sichuan is critical and the matter is of great importance. I can only act first and then report it. I will naturally explain it to my father afterward!"
The Ninth Princess said: "What you have to do now is to choose quickly, whether to hang the corpse outside the city or hand over the food!"
"I won't hand over the food. Kill me if you dare!"
Goatee is still betting that Princess Ninth dare not kill him.
Unfortunately, he made a wrong bet.
"Since you want to die, I will grant your wish!"
The Ninth Princess said coldly: "Qin'er, kill me!"
Qin'er pulled out the black knife and walked towards Goatee.
"you dare……"
As soon as Goatee said two words, he felt a sudden chill on his neck, and then the surrounding scenes started to spin.
The next second, his consciousness was like dust on the ground, blown away by the strong wind and fell into silence.
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