After saying these words, Li Mu turned around and left Zhou's house.
After he left, several figures walked out of the back hall.
Zhou Xiong looked at Zhou Chen who came out coldly and asked: "Is what Li Mu said true?"
Zhou Chen nodded and said fearfully: "But when I hired the killer, I didn't reveal the slightest bit of identity!"
Zhou Xiong sat on the chair and said feebly: "How much control does he still have about the Zhou family..."
Apart from what is visible on the surface, most of the battles in the court are invisible on the surface. These secret battles are full of blood and filth and cannot be shown to others at all.
These dirty things are inevitable for the Xiao family and the Zhou family. Once they are exposed and investigated seriously, there is no doubt that the fate of those officials in the old party today will be the fate of some people in the new party.
Zhou Chuandao: "I guess Li Mu is deceiving us. Even the old party has no evidence about those things. How could Li Mu know about them?"
Zhou Xiong looked at him and asked, "What if?"
He looked at Zhou Chuan and said, "Even if he doesn't have any more clues, your son can be sent to death for just one assassination charge."
Zhou Chen shivered, hugged Zhou Chuan's thigh, and said in fear: "Dad, I don't want to die, I am your son, you have to save me..."
Snapped!
Zhou Chuan slapped him away with a sullen face and said nothing.
Li Mu's request to let Zhou Chen and the New Party go was that he, Zhou Chuan, should ask for military confinement and distribution. The place where the soldiers were exiled and distributed was either a demon country or a ghost land. Any criminal who went to that kind of place would have a narrow escape from death? Even
Ten deaths but no life? This traitor? Wants him to die...
At this time, Zhou Chuan for the first time had the idea of regretting giving birth to this son.
At this time, a figure slowly walked in from outside.
Zhou Xiong stood up and said, "Brother..."
Zhou Jing said: "I know everything."
Zhou Xiong thought for a while and asked: "Brother, can you figure out whether Li Mu is bluffing or not? Does he really have any leverage over us?"
Zhou Jing shook his head and said: "He has a magic weapon that can shield the secrets of heaven? It can't be counted as anything related to him? Even if there is no such thing? It may not be counted as these."
Zhou Xiong sat back down again and said angrily: "Then what should we do now?"
What if Li Mu came to Zhou's house and made lies without any basis? There was a 90% chance that he was bluffing? But he pointed out the secret things Zhou Chen had done, which made Zhou Xiong feel unsure.
If what Li Mu said was true, then they would have to give up on Zhou Chuan and end up being exiled to the army and escaped death.
If he doesn't follow what Li Mu said? Zhou Chen will die? Not only that? It's possible? Other officials of the New Party will also be implicated. If Li Mu really has the handle on them...
Within the scope allowed by the law? Li Mu can do whatever he wants. This is something everyone in Shendu has realized now.
The Xiao royal family was so arrogant that they could even force Gong Qingjun to side, but in the end, they had to watch as more than twenty old party officials fell to the ground, and even Nanyang County Prince was unable to save them.
Once Li Mu makes the evidence in his possession public, the new party may follow in the footsteps of the old party.
If Zhou Chuan doesn't leave, Zhou Chen will die, and he may have to catch more people.
Zhou Chuan asked himself to be assigned, and from the four brothers of the Zhou family, there were only three left.
This is a dilemma decision, and only the head of the family, Zhou Jing, is qualified to make it.
In the hall, everyone's eyes were looking at Zhou Jing.
Zhou Chuan couldn't help but said: "Even if Li Mu really has a handle on us, can we trust what he says? What if he goes back on his word..."
Zhou Jing looked at him and said, "No matter what the third brother decides, the Zhou family agrees."
Zhou Chuan's voice gradually became quieter, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
If the eldest brother is not threatened by Li Mu, he will be told clearly that the Zhou family will not agree to Li Mu's request if they are not threatened by others.
In addition, any decision he makes actually points to another choice.
Sacrifice him in exchange for the stability of the Zhou family and the new party.
It turned out that he, like the Prince of Nanyang County, had also become an abandoned son.
Zhou Chuan took a deep breath and said, "Just do what Li Mu said, for the sake of the Zhou family, the new party, and our great cause..."
Zhou Jing was silent for a moment and said: "My family will prepare some things for you so that you can have enough self-protection. When the time comes, you can return to the capital of gods."
Zhou Chuan clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "Thank you, brother."
…
The third among the four brothers of the Zhou family, Zhou Chuan, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, had a troubled conscience because of the frame-up of Li Yi. Although he had been pardoned from the death penalty by the death penalty medal, he still asked for a job, left the capital of God, and became the successor.
After the Prince of Nanyang County and others were beheaded, another major event attracted people's attention.
When they framed Li Yizhi's case, several of them were sentenced to death, and later they were all pardoned with death-free medals.
People thought this would be the end, but they didn't expect that it was just the beginning.
Xiao Yun, Prince of Nanyang County, and Gao Hong, brother of Concubine Gao, were pardoned with gold medals for conspiring to frame a court official. They were sent to the execution ground for other crimes and ultimately could not escape death.
Although Zhou Chuan is not dead, the crime of being sentenced to death is actually not much different from the deferred execution of the death penalty. It is just that he will die later.
So far, all the principals and accomplices in Li Yi's case have paid the price of death.
The other three fish that slipped through the net, Marquis Zhongyong, Marquis Ping'an, and Marquis Yongding, disappeared overnight in the city of God after hearing that they had witnessed these things.
Someone once saw them leaving the capital city with their families on the night before Prince Nanyang was executed.
Li Mansion.
After Li Mu heard these things, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
He held Li Qing in his arms and whispered in her ear: "It's all over..."
Li Qing remained silent, but not long after, a wet mark appeared on Li Mu's chest.
The grievances of the Li family were finally redressed after fourteen years, and those who had inflicted suffering on them finally faced a belated trial fourteen years later.
There were some things that Li Qing was carrying in his heart that he could not completely let go of until this moment.
Li Mu hugged her. After a while, when he looked down, he realized that Li Qing in his arms had fallen asleep.
He carefully carried her back to the room, put her on the bed, kissed her forehead gently, and exited the room.
Zhou Chuan had already asked for his own assignment, and Li Mu had no intention of continuing to fight to the death with the Zhou family.
Firstly, he had no leverage against the Zhou family. If he could deceive them once, he might not be able to deceive them a second time. Secondly, two of the four brothers of the Zhou family had already fallen into the hands of Li Mu, and Zhou Chu had died.
With his hands, if he continues to push aggressively, he might be driven to the point of jumping over the wall.
The most important point is that he must consider the Queen.
After all, it was the family that gave birth to her and raised her. Even if this family had betrayed her and let her watch the Zhou family be destroyed at the hands of Li Mu, it was still a kind of torture for her.
It only took him less than a year to go from an unknown little official to where he is today, feared by both the old and new parties.
In less than a year, God has undergone many changes.
When Li Mu walked on the street, he no longer saw numb faces. The people's straight backs, smart eyes, and smiles from the bottom of their hearts all showed that the city of God today is no longer the God of the past.
All.
An old woman on crutches was walking on the street and accidentally fell down. A pair of boys and girls passing by quickly picked her up and helped her to the roadside to rest.
The old woman rested for a while, then picked up her cane and walked slowly on the street. When she reached the corner, she saw a ragged beggar in the corner. She thought about it, took out a few copper coins from her sleeve, and threw them to the street.
In the beggar's bowl.
The beggar bowed gratefully, took two pennies, and bought a bun from a bun shop on the street. He saw the clerk from the shop next door struggling to move a box onto the carriage. He held the bun in his mouth and put it on the carriage.
He held the handle in front of him and lifted the box onto the carriage.
The clerk took a breath and was about to thank him when he realized that there was no one behind the box. At this time, a man in green shirt came over from the opposite side and asked: "Brother, may I ask where to go to Ruyi Building?"
The clerk smiled and said: "I happen to have to go to the Ruyi Building to do some work, so you can follow me."
The man thanked him and followed the man to Ruyi Building. He happened to see a pair of paper kites belonging to a boy and a girl hanging on a tree. The two of them stood under the tree in a hurry. The man jumped up and easily took off the kites with a smile.
He handed it to the boy and girl and said, "Go and put it in the open space over there..."
Along the way, Li Mu was greeted warmly by the people. Thinking of the divine capital half a year ago, he could clearly feel the changes here.
Those who can feel this change are not only Li Mu, but also the people of Shendu.
In the past, there was no good or evil, no right and wrong in the city of Gods, and it was chaotic and dark.
Until more than half a year ago, a ray of light shone in this darkness.
From then on, good and evil were regulated in the gods, and right and wrong were clearly defined. Officials and dignitaries who broke the law were guilty of the same crime as the common people. No matter whether they were dandies, academy students, or important officials in the court, the dignitaries of the gods, or even the children of the royal family, could no longer trample on the law at will.
, fish and meat common people.
This light brought the people from the darkness into the sunshine.
Looking at the figure walking slowly down the street, countless people showed reverence.
