"Shooted to death by... random arrows." The prisoner lowered his head. The mastermind was dead, so why were their accomplices talking so hard.
King Mu looked at the guard beside him, who shook his head slightly. The bodies had been simply disposed of, and there was no way to verify who they were.
King Mu leaned forward slightly and asked the prisoners kneeling in the hall: "Do you have anything else to say? Without me, the sentence will be pronounced."
He has other things to do during this trip. A group of little thieves are not worth his time.
The others remained silent, but it was still the prisoner who spoke out. He hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, if I confess my other accomplices, can you spare my life?"
"Hu Cheng!" The prisoners around him glared angrily. Someone tried to pounce on him, but was easily subdued by the guards behind him.
"Tell me and listen." King Mu placed his hands on the table like cattail leaf fans and leaned back.
The prisoner named Hu Cheng hurriedly said: "Mr. Situ still has several accomplices who did not participate in the assassination. They are hiding in the Fei County Spring Appreciation Courtyard... By the way! The previous assassination of Mr. Mu was carried out by one of the murderers named Wanru.
for!"
Musu's ears perked up.
"Oh? There is another matter." Mu Wangrao was interested and waved his hand: "Ajiu, please lead a few people to arrest this person."
"General, take your orders." The guards behind him bowed their hands and obeyed the order. Their armor rustled as they walked, and he and several guards left through the back door.
"Does anyone else have anything to add?" King Mu asked again, but when no one answered, he continued: "If not, then put them in prison."
The yamen officers took the rest of the prisoners away, leaving only Hu Cheng alone.
After waiting for a short time, a group of guards came back from the office in a hurry, dragging three people behind them.
There were one man and two women. The man was dressed as a beggar, and his sideburns were gray with age. One woman was wearing a pink skirt, and the other had a cold expression. The three were escorted to the hall.
"A bunch of thieves. I asked you to find the murderer, but how did you catch the girl?" King Mu cursed.
The guard's face remained unchanged and he answered with his hands raised: "Back to your lord, the girl in the pink skirt is Wanru, and the other two are her accomplices."
"Is there such a thing?" King Mu looked at the three of them and said to Mu Su: "My dear, go and see if this is the person who assassinated you."
No need for him to say anything, Mu Su had already stood up and walked towards the three of them.
Those bright eyes that were once full of coldness, full of avoidance, or full of shyness are now filled with a layer of lifelessness and have no focus.
Mu Su circled around Wanru a few times, then suddenly realized and pointed at her: "It's you——"
As if in response, his eyes became somewhat focused and fell on Mu Su.
King Mu leaned forward and asked, "Is this person the one who assassinated you that day?"
Mu Su turned around and stood beside the girl in the pink skirt.
"Go back to your lord, I don't know this person."
Those impressive eyes gradually regained their luster, and Wanru stared up at the young man next to her.
"Seriously?" King Mu was confused.
"really."
"really?"
"really."
Bang——
King Mu slapped his palm on the table again, causing everyone to jump in shock.
"Hu Cheng, what's your explanation?"
Hu Cheng quickly kowtowed, even breaking his head and did not stop. While kowtowing, he shouted: "I don't know! But I dare to guarantee my life, they are my accomplices!"
"Yes, I am one of the masterminds." At this moment, the cold woman suddenly admitted frankly.
King Mu was now curious: "Why do you want to assassinate me?"
The woman replied: "It's not an assassination, it's a matter of dying to show your ambition. Your Majesty, you travel around the army all the year round. Naturally, you don't know how rotten the Lin Dynasty has become. There was a severe drought last year, and the 500,000 taels of silver allocated by the imperial court to Sizhou were destroyed."
After layers of exploitation, in the end
There are only 5,000 taels left. The imperial tax is 30%, but these corrupt officials dare to collect 70% or more and divide it with the local nobles. Even a small county government in Feixian County dares to steal tens of thousands of taels of silver in a year. The officials protect each other.
, the people have no way to complain."
"It's not me, don't talk nonsense." Mu Su waved his hands repeatedly.
The woman glanced at it and said calmly: "This Lord Mu is an exception, but good officials like this are rare in Lin Chao. We are willing to die just to tell you, the prince. This time it is us, next time..."
"That's tens of millions of people in the Lin Dynasty."
King Mu pondered, he was in a superior position, and all he could see was the prosperous Bingjing and the orderly army. As for these people at the lowest level...he couldn't see those people who were clinging to Lin Chao's body to suck blood.
Ying's noble family would not let him see it either.
He asked the officials below: "Do you know about this?"
Seeing the prince looking at him, Mr. Liu sweated even more, and did not dare to stumble and said: "Yes... there should be some."
I talked about offending the nobles, not the prince.
"I have something to say, please listen carefully."
But at this moment, Mu Su stood up and invisibly came to the rescue of Mr. Liu.
Under the gaze of everyone, Mu Su had a sad look on his face, his head slightly raised, as if he was looking at the horizon through the eaves.
"Now in the Lin Dynasty, in the temples, rotten wood is used as an official. Between the palaces and the emperors, animals and beasts eat their salary. As a result, the wolf-hearted people are raging in the dynasty, and the servile and servile people are in power. As a result, the country has become a ruin, and the people are suffering from misery.
.”
"Speak humanly." King Mu shouted.
"Tsk." Mu Su felt that his extraordinary intelligence was incompatible with such a warrior whose head was full of muscles. He said impatiently: "There must be injustice in arresting and beheading all the civil and military officials in the dynasty. There must be injustice in beheading every other person.
Something slipped through the net.”
"Our Lin country has really reached such a stage..." King Mu muttered to himself, and then said to others: "Let's not talk about it for now. Let's talk about how to deal with these assassins who 'serve the country and the people'.
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Mr. Liu flattered him: "These scoundrels are so bold that they dare to assassinate you, the prince. They should kill everyone in their house to serve as a warning to others!"
King Mu had a dark face and was very confused: "Is it too heavy? After all, they have good intentions..."
What is this? Could it be that King Mu wants to plead for them?
Mr. Liu asked cautiously: "This... what do you think?"
King Mu shouted angrily: "I am asking you!"
No one said anything.
King Mu sighed: "That's all, let's escort these people to Zhizhou Mansion and let the boy handle it. He is an outsider, and I don't think he has that troublesome... subjective consciousness."
King Mu used the new words he got from Mu Su, and he used the words correctly, but he was not as brainless as he appeared.
Feng Jianzhang wondered: "The prince is talking about Mr. Li Xianyuan, who came from the Shang Dynasty and was named an imperial envoy by the emperor?"
"You know that too?"
"There are many people in the world who don't know Mr. Li's poems that scare ghosts and gods. It's a pity that authentic works are rare, otherwise I would have to spend all my money to get a pair."
King Mu waved his hand and made the decision.
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