Mo Junyang turned the tables almost without effort.
Yan Xu was scared out of wits and didn’t know why he became an underdog even though he had gained the upper hand earlier. He knelt in front of Mo Junyang and cried sadly, starting to repent.
“Your Excellency, please spare me. I was brainless only for a moment, and I didn’t want to take your life. Please spare my life. I beg you.”
Yan Xu kowtowed with clear sounds, and only judging from the sounds, people knew that he admitted his fault “sincerely”, which could make others feel cold on the backs.
Unfortunately, after he did everything, the repentance was useless, and nobody would feel sad for him.
All people watched coldly and waited to see how Yan Xu would die.
Yan Xu cried his heart out. If he weren’t afraid that he would be kicked away by Mo Junyang, he must have rushed to the imperial envoy and hugged his thigh. Fortunately, he didn’t do that. O
Shi Qingxue’s head popped out of Mo Junyang’s arms and she looked the father and daughter up and down curiously. Then she couldn’t help but ask, “What is so important?”Was it so important that Ye Zhirong cared more about the stuff than his daughter after he saw her?Ye Zhirong turned ghastly pale and knelt in front of Mo Junyang, kowtowing hard. “I am incapable. I thought that I had the evidence against Yan Xu who took bribes, bended the law and did harm to the common people, yet my disobedient daughter lost it in the end. I am guilty.”Ye Zhirong had hidden himself everywhere in the past. Although he lived a poor life, he was confident and thought that he would defeat Yan Xu someday.However, when this day came, he found that what he could rely on was missing, so he was desperate.Mo Junyang calmly listened to Ye Zhirong’s regret and sorrow. After a long time, he looked up and gave Wei Ziye a hint with the eye
Yan Xu showed a sinister and complacent smile, as if he were not afraid of Ye Zhirong confronting Tian Ping.Ye Zhirong had known Yan Xu for so long, so he certainly understood the hidden meaning of Yan Xu’s expression. He looked terrible at once and shouted at Yan Xu, “Where did you hide Tian Ping?”Yan Xu responded, “Anybody has two legs. How can I decide where he wants to go?“But if you want to find him, it will probably be difficult, Lord Ye.”Ye Zhirong thought that he had known Yan Xu’s weakness, yet at the critical moment, he was irritated by Yan Xu unexpectedly. He was so angry that he stomped and almost cursed Yan Xu regardless of his manners.Fortunately, at last, Ye Zhirong restrained his urge to beat Yan Xu and begged Mo Junyang again, “Your Excellency, Tian Ping is the key witness to prove that Yan Xu victimized the common people. I hope that you can capture him as soon as possible. Otherwise...”
Tian Ping looked at Mo Junyang who was indifferent and then at Yan Xu who had lost the momentum of an official. He swallowed desperately and wanted to shake his head to temporize, while he suddenly heard Mo Junyang’s distant voice. “I just want the truth.”Tian Ping’s words were stuck in his throat and he didn’t dare to say it but had to hold back.He admitted that he was cowardly, yet under Mo Junyang’s cold glance, he had forgotten all he had measured and confessed everything while trembling.“Your Excellency, the porridge with dead people’s flesh was made by Lord Wu’s people. Lord Yan just provided porridge with the identity of the magistrate in the places Lord Wu had chosen in advance...”Tian Ping incoherently spoke out the ulterior transactions of Yan Xu and Wu Xiong.In fact, Tian Ping deserved to be Yan Xu’s trusted subordinate, and he was clear about Yan Xu and Wu Xiong’s dirty deals.Altho
Mo Junyang had thousands of kinds of explanations on his mind, and he could speak out thousands of reasons for each to convince Shi Qingxue.He had just known that Wu Xiong worked for Mo Junhao, or he didn’t speak it out earlier because he had no solid evidence, or there were a lot of things involved and he didn’t find the truth of many things.As long as he mentioned all kinds of reasons, he could mix the spurious with the genuine.However, he didn’t say anything in the end, nor could he meet Shi Qingxue’s questioning eyes.Shi Qingxue didn’t want to act like before. She would let it pass if Mo Junyang was unwilling to tell her in the past.She was determined to know the truth about this matter.She even wondered involuntarily if Mo Junyang knew something else about Mo Junhao but didn’t tell her as he kept this information about Mo Junhao from her.Such a conjecture was too horrible an
Meeting Shi Qingxue’s questioning face, Mo Junyang let the cat out of the bag at once. He confessed, “In fact, Shen Luo and Zichao have come.”Shi Qingxue showed that she was enlightened and understood why Yan Xu had sent so many people to assassinate Mo Junyang but failed soon.Wei Zichao must have brought many people from the capital and hid them, so Yan Xu couldn’t act recklessly even if he wanted to.Shi Qingxue pursed her lips and then asked, “Did they tell you that Wu Xiong works for Mo Junhao and provided him with food and money for his rebellion?”Mo Junyang nodded. “It explained the whereabouts of the disaster relief money and food sent from the imperial court, but we got the news late. When Zichao and the others went to intercept Wu Xiong today, he had fled, and the county chief Yin Liangzhi was left.”“What did he say?” Shi Qingxue asked anxiously.“A dead body and a letter with blood. Wh
“Wait a moment!”In the beginning, Shi Qingxue was stunned by this imperial edict. Seeing that Yan Xu grinned from ear to ear, she finally couldn’t help but put on a dark face and stop it.She stared at the imperial edict in the eunuch Zhang You’s hand coldly, while the flames of fury in her eyes almost became real and burnt the imperial edict.All people’s reactions were obvious, and she couldn’t deceive herself to think that she misheard it, yet with the words in the imperial edict, she would rather mishear it.Otherwise, Yan Xu did something evil that made everybody’s hair stand on end, and it was not too much to sentence him to death for one thousand times. How could he be spared?“No way. There must be something wrong.”Shi Qingxue anxiously grabbed the imperial edict from Zhang You and read the words in it one by one for three times. They were the same as what he had read, but she still couldn
Zhang You was rendered speechless after hearing Mo Junyang’s words. His face turned red, livid and pale, and the colors were enough to open a dyeing workshop.Mo Junyang smiled and asked, “Lord Zhang, what else do you want to say?”Zhang You shook his head repeatedly and answered quickly, “No. I listen to you, whatever you say, Your Excellency.”Compared with his life, loyalty was nothing.Mo Junyang nodded with satisfaction.However, Shi Qingxue was worried. “He agreed, but what if he changes his mind after going back?”It was Zhang You’s mouth. What he would say in front of the emperor in the end was up to him.Shi Qingxue didn’t believe that Zhang You would listen to them so easily.Zhang You hurriedly lowered his head to conceal the emotions in his eyes and defended himself with certainty rapidly. “I will listen to you, Your Excellency. I don’t dare to disobey you. Plea
Shi Qingxue turned to Mo Junyang and hesitated for a moment. Then she said, “I won’t go back to the capital. I will take a shortcut and go to the northern border. You...”“I will go with you.” Mo Junyang interrupted Shi Qingxue and mentioned his decision.Shen Luo goggled. “Are you crazy?”Shi Qingxue didn’t have a title. She came to Jiangzhou just like to have a travel.When she acted willfully, others couldn’t find a way to attack her effectively even if they wanted to say something.However, Mo Junyang was different. He was an imperial envoy appointed by Mo Junyu to solve the case in Jiangzhou.After he solved the case, he should return to the capital to report back.Moreover, they had cheated at Yan Xu’s case. It was possible that they couldn’t hide it from Mo Junyu, but they wouldn’t be exposed.It was a sensitive period, and the only thing that Mo Junyang could and sh