"I didn't see the prince that day." Jian Xun blurted out a retort.
He was so confused that he subconsciously felt that he could not tell his uncle about meeting Xiu Yun.
Xiu Yun was sent to Xuan Qing Temple that day because he was sent to Xuan Qing Temple by the boss behind Zui Feng Tower. Jian Xun died a long time ago.
With Xiu Yun's intelligence, wouldn't he know that Xuan Qing Temple is a dangerous place? None of the Qinggui who were sent away in the past came back alive. How could Xiu Yun not guess the clues?
Jian Xun frowned, and inadvertently thought of Xiu Yun asking him during the night tour in Jiangcheng if he could give himself a break.
Xiuyun seems to have long been determined to die.
As soon as this thought came out, Jian Xun felt as if his heart was tightly grasped by a big hand, and it felt extremely sour.
Thinking of this, Jian Xun no longer had the mind to think about whether he had met the prince before, or he subconsciously told himself not to think too deeply, as if he looked too deeply, something beyond his psychological expectations would happen.
He knew that if Xiuyun hadn't taken the initiative to tell him about his past, any prying on his own initiative would be disrespectful to the other party.
No matter what the facts were, he could not cross the line hastily.
Jian Xun pursed his lips, not wanting to talk about this topic again.
Marquis Jingxuan's heart skipped a beat when he saw his expression.
He may know himself better than Jian Xun. It's obvious that he has thought of something, but he doesn't want to tell him.
Marquis Jingxuan felt sad in his heart. He still couldn't understand why his good nephew fell into trouble twice in the past month.
Now he probably can only barely rank third in Jian Xun's place. There is his beloved in front of him, and the prince who has a deep relationship with him is second. The third place must be due to his kindness in raising Jian Xun.
Marquis Jingxuan felt sad for a while.
Jian Xun has been very stubborn since he was a child. When he was young, he said that he wanted to give up literature and join the martial arts. He was stunned to have a cold war with him and fainted in the corridor for three days on a hunger strike. Marquis Jingxuan finally compromised.
Marquis Jingxuan asked him the reason several times, but Jian Xun refused to tell him, so he had a cold war with him for many years.
Marquis Jingxuan had always been unable to do anything about Jian Xun. His nostalgia for his old friend had turned into helplessness, so he could only advise: "Xun'er, no matter how much fate you have with the prince, both of you will not last long."
Jian Xun's face was stunned, and he opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
Finally, after a moment of silence, he murmured: "I understand."
Marquis Jingxuan was still worried. He didn't expect that he, half of his feet in the ground, would encounter such a difficult thing. I have never felt so tired.
After much thought, he realized that even though he knew that the Crown Prince was indeed a talented person, he still should advise Jian Xun: "His Royal Highness the Prince's errands should be done well, and you can leave once you can handle your lover's affairs. If you really want someone, It's not too late to go to Southern Xinjiang as an official."
Jian Xun's eyes flickered, why did he feel awkward hearing his uncle's words? He just responded without hesitation, then said that he was busy completing the mission of His Highness the Crown Prince, and turned around gone.
Marquis Jingxuan looked at his back and let out a long sigh. Then he looked at the rice paper in his hand and felt that the sleepiness that was always entangled in him and tormenting him had dissipated a little.
If all his worries are settled, maybe he will have a chance to have a good sleep. I hope his old friend will not think that he is late.
It seemed that it only took one night, or maybe a few days. In short, by the time the powerful people in Jiangcheng came to their senses, terrible changes had already happened one after another.
Those who had collaborated with him in Xuan Qing Temple disappeared or died suddenly. By the time the news was delivered to them, it was already too late to escape.
The imperial guards raided several houses in a swaggering manner. With the prince's imperial order and the warrants from Pei Yan, this group of people showed no mercy. They had also served in the capital, so they were familiar with this kind of thing.
After all, although Emperor Jiaxing was not a cruel and unkind tyrant, there were many high-ranking officials and marquis who made mistakes over the years, and there were many bloody times in the capital.
The banditry in Xishan has wasted too many nursing homes. Today, few Jiangcheng families can resist. The prince came down with the force of thunder, so fast that these people had no time to react.
The street where the aristocratic family lived was almost cleared out in just half a day. There were endless cries and angry voices in the villages, but under the deterrence of the royal waistbands and sharp spear points of the imperial guards, the sounds slowly disappeared again.
Those who confess will not be killed, and those who resist will be punished on the spot.
The items found by each house were placed on the carriages on the street, and the onlookers only dared to watch from a distance and talk quietly.
"What's going on? What did these people do?"
"Don't you know? Marquis Jingxuan wrote a love letter to the prince. Most of the powerful families in Jiangcheng participated in the massacre at Xuan Qingguan. What they did was against the will of heaven. , the prince was furious and punished these people one by one according to the laws of Daqi."
"Have you heard that many of the missing people in Jiangcheng were taken away by Xuan Qingguan, and they used torture and killing methods in Xuanqing Guan to seek wealth? Seeking power... But the most important thing is that this behavior harms the national destiny of Daqi! As the future prince, how can the prince sit idly by and ignore it!"
"This is so! His Royal Highness is really dedicated to Daqi, and the prosperity of Daqi is just around the corner."
As the commander of the escort battalion, Shen San stood on the street and took charge of the overall situation.
He had excellent ears and could easily hear the discussions of the people behind him.
At this moment, he had to admire Pei Yan for the first time. This person not only read more vitriol than him, but also had two skills in terms of resourcefulness.
The so-called "Xuanqingguan massacre harmed the national destiny of Daqi" was proposed by Pei Yan. Based on Daqi law alone, Xuanqingguan's account book could only sentence those whose names were left to have their heads exposed to the public, but these people used cruel and inhumane methods To make money, there is no evidence for many old things in the past, but how can these thieves let go so easily.
Several crimes were punished at the same time, plus one of damaging the national destiny, which resulted in today's grand scene of Jiangcheng aristocratic families having their homes confiscated and exiled.
Another advantage of "damaging the fate of the country" is that the prince has already dealt with Jiangcheng in advance, and has written a memorial about Jiangcheng later. The prince is also famous for his lessons.
After all, the prince himself is a benchmark related to the national destiny. Isn't it reasonable for the prince to care about the national destiny?
Shen San was counting with a list in his hand. With the help of the Royal Forest Army, the names on it were decreasing at an extremely fast speed.
The memorial was rushed to the capital a few days ago. The prince had an order and it must be delivered to the imperial court as quickly as possible. The prince sentenced the Jiangcheng family to confiscation of their homes and exile. It was just that it was difficult for this team of imperial guards to "exile", so they could only The palace was temporarily enclosed, a seal was affixed to the door of the palace, and the imperial guards guarded it tightly.
The internal layout of Jiangcheng really saves them a lot of trouble. The rich and powerful people from aristocratic families basically live in the most prosperous street. As long as this street is blocked, nothing will go wrong in a short time.
Most of the thieves in other places are businessmen, and a few restaurant owners are all extremely rich and have not committed many crimes. They are the first group of people who disappeared and died suddenly.
Shen Sanyi raised his hand and crossed out another name.
"Commander, all the Liu family on the west side of the street have been killed."
"The Feng family has been sealed, and a few of the outsiders have been captured by the guard camp."
"The guards of the Wu family resisted and were killed on the spot by the imperial guards."
There was a steady stream of news . After putting it all together in Shen San's hands until nightfall, there were only a few names left in the list in his hand.
He looked at the three words "Jiang Xingsong" on the list and couldn't help but lick his back teeth.
When it comes to who has committed the most crimes in Jiangcheng, Jiang Xingsong, the Marquis, bears the brunt.
However, the prince deliberately forced Jiang Xingsong to show his last trump card and did not put Jiang Xingsong's arrest first.
It was not handed over to Shen San. Shen San really wanted to grab the top spot, but it was a pity.
The guard camp first secretly eliminated the forces involved in the Jiang family, and then arrested the direct descendants of the Jiang family. Now there are not many left in the Jiang family's mansion. Jiang Xingsong is the polished commander of the direct line of the Jiang family, and Jiang Xingsong is now like a trapped animal.
But that won't do. If Jiang Xingsong doesn't leave the Jiang family, how can we see what other tricks he has up his sleeve.
Shen San raised his hand to summon a colleague next to him and asked, "Is there any movement over at the Jiang family?"
"No, Commander, isn't Jiang Xingsong scared?"
Shen San snorted coldly: "Then let's help give him a hand."
As the night grew darker, Jian Xun stood on the roof of the main house of the Jiang family, quietly waiting for Jiang Xingsong to jump over the wall.
Shen San sent him a message, saying that Jiang Xingsong would definitely take action tonight, and that the guard camp would open a hole in the blockade to allow Jiang Xingsong to slip out smoothly.
Jian Xun quietly turned over two tiles without making any sound, and the dim light of the candlelight in the main hall below shone through.
Seeing so many people around and the street being tightly closed, Jiang Xingsong already knew that the prince had broken his promise, and now he was like an ant on a hot pot, pacing around anxiously.
"Madman! Ning Yuan is a madman!" Jiang Xingsong called the prince by his name and cursed.
He never thought that after knowing the identity of the first empress, the prince would dare to attack the Jiang family and be so unscrupulous. Did he really think that he would not tell the world about the prince's impure blood? !
He really didn't dare.
That day, he came to negotiate with evidence just to make the prince fearful. Who would have thought that the prince would not accept any soft words and would kill all the Jiang family's influence with just one move.
Jiang Xingsong's silver teeth were almost broken, but he was trapped in the house and had no way to deal with it for a while.
The guest next to him sighed softly, thinking that the prince's methods and temperament were not much different from those of Pei Sangong, who was famous for his wisdom in the world.
First, he used the banditry in Xishan to eliminate the power of the Jiangcheng family, and then refused to appoint a guard general in the name of no one to capture the bandit leader. The garrison camp was still scattered and divided into separate camps. Finally, he shot accurately and ruthlessly, directly cutting off the main artery of the Jiangcheng family.
——Powerless. At this time, the customer only had this comment.
They were fooled from beginning to end.
But he didn't dare to say that in front of Jiang Xingsong unless he was desperate.
The retainer lowered his eyes and said: "Master Marquis, for the present plan, I can only go to that person to ask for help."
Jiang Xingsong paused, seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly showed an expression of one who would survive the disaster.
"You're right. Only he can save me. With his protection, even the prince can't do anything to me!" Jiang Xingsong murmured, with a burst of ecstasy on his face.
He turned his head sharply: "You! Escort this prince out."
The doorman's face froze, he didn't expect that he would have to pay for his advice, so he smiled bitterly.
Jian Xun looked confused on the roof. He didn't know that there was anyone in Jiangcheng who could protect Jiang Xingsong's life under the crown prince?
While Jian Xun was thinking for a moment, the master and servant dressed up in disguise, changed into the coarse linen clothes of the person below them, and carefully slipped out through the back door.
The guests were all ready to make a temporary escape, but they didn't expect that the guards were a little lax tonight, and the two of them slipped out without alerting the guards.
Jiang Xingsong's eyes turned red and he couldn't suppress his smile. He ran towards the city gate in a hurry, not realizing that there was a tail behind him.
Jian Xun followed the two men and finally stopped on the roofs of several super-standard high-rise buildings that were almost connected together next to the city gate tower.
The place was heavily guarded. After seeing Jiang Xingsong's waistband, the guard at the door let them in and led them all the way to a room on the top floor.
Jian Xun repeated his old trick, lifted up bricks and tiles and watched.
A middle-aged man sat at the top of the room and met Jiang Xingsong.
Jiang Xingsong said in a panic: "Mr. Liang! Save my life, and I will repay you in the future."
The middle-aged man's face was pale and beardless, and his voice was slightly shrill: "Master Hou, it's not that the family doesn't want to save you, but you also know that, Prince Even if you have an order, you have to obey it."
Jiang Xingsong's expression looked like he had eaten a fly, "His Royal Highness must have been deceived by a traitor to do these things. As a close minister, how could you not advise the prince? ?"
"The Ye family has been away from the capital for more than twenty years, but there is only one thing that will never be forgotten. His Highness the Crown Prince will be the future crown prince of Daqi. People like the Ye family must act according to His Highness's orders." The middle-aged man picked up his hand. He took a slow sip from the tea cup he was served with a mocking look on his face.
"Master Marquis, you don't think that you are threatening His Highness with the late Queen's secrets, and the Jay family doesn't know anything, right?" Jiang Xingsong's
expression suddenly turned pale, and he couldn't help but think of the various instructions his grandfather gave to the descendants of the Jiang family when he was still alive. The secrets related to the late empress were going to die in the Jiang family. It was his father who took it upon himself to leave the former empress's household registration list as a handle. This was the last insurance for the Jiang family.
But he didn't expect that the person in front of him had known about the existence of the evidence for a long time and had even sent people to keep an eye on it.
Jiang Xingsong's eyes were about to burst, he was shocked and angry, and he suddenly said without hesitation: "Liang Fan, you castrated dog! Don't think it's great to take care of Zuifeng Tower today! Without the help of the Jiang family, Zuifeng Tower would not be what it is today." The prosperity of the city allows you to spend a lot of money every year to please your superiors?!"
Liang Fan's face darkened. He had held a high position in Jiangcheng for many years. How could anyone dare to talk to him like this? He sneered, with a raised voice. It looked even weirder: "Jiang family? Who is the Jiang family! Do you still think that the Jiang family was working for today? If the old marquis hadn't said that the Jiang family would withdraw from the court and only develop in Jiangcheng, the Jiang family would have been eradicated long ago. Now that the Jiang family has no prince and no superior, the Jiang family should be slaughtered!"
Jiang Xingsong's face turned green and white. He didn't expect that this gelding was so good at doing things. He had no intention of giving the Jiang family a way to survive!
The Jiang family now has only two choices, one is to confess to the prince, have their home confiscated, beheaded, and exiled, or the other is, as Liang Fan said, to die tragically and silently under the emperor's secret order.
"You...you..." Before Jiang Xingsong could finish his sentence, Liang Fan raised his hand and with a "whoosh" sound, a sleeve arrow was inserted into Jiang Xingsong's neck.
Jiang Xingsong could no longer make a sound, and fell into a pool of blood after a few breaths.
Jian Xun was on the roof, looking at Jiang Xingsong's body lying in a pool of blood, with a surprised expression on his face.
Zui Feng Tower, the first building of Daqi that is crazy about making money in Jiangcheng, the person behind the scenes is actually the current Holy Emperor.
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The building near the city gate tower was mentioned in Chapter 7.
The boss behind Zui Feng Tower is not simple and also has foreshadowing 0v0