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Xu Zheng looked at Lu Songli, and Lu Songli nodded slightly.
So Xu Zheng stepped forward and said, “Deputy Commander Sheng, could you please ask them to move aside and make way for us? We need a path to leave, okay?”
They were about to set off today, they needed to leave early to reach their lodging on time. Because the road ahead was covered in ice and snow, finding a place to stay was particularly important.
Sheng Huaixing saw that the people from the Xie and Zhao families had surrounded the exit, and the people from the Qin family couldn’t get out. He had to step forward and command, “Those who will leave, go to the right side, those who will enter, go in from my left side.”
Among the Xie clan members, there were a few individuals, as well as the three brothers from the Zhao family, all with darkened expressions.
The three brothers from the Qin family glanced at each other, then automatically positioned themselves on the outer side, protecting the women and children on the inner side. The spacing between the three of them was also quite interesting, allowing them to watch out for each other.
Seeing this, Sheng Huaixing also sent five or six imperial guards to the Qin family’s side, fearing that the Xie and Zhao families might take advantage of the situation and cause harm when passing by each other.
Seeing this, the Xie clan members and the Zhao family members could only obediently walk inside.
When Qin Heng passed by Sheng Huaixing, he whispered a thank you.
“Lu Songli, you’ve brought this disaster upon our Xie family, you deserve to die!”
“Go to hell!”
Spit!
As they passed by, an irate old woman from the Xie clan cursed at them, and even spat at them. Lu Songli was their primary target.
Xie Zhan lowered his eyes and remained silent. This was the anger of the clan members. If not vented outward, it would turn inward. Moreover, the decision-makers of the family had to be infallible. Any mistakes could only be attributed to others. Otherwise, a family head with significant decision-making errors would be difficult to lead.
Seeing Qin Sheng, who was barred by spit, Lu Songli’s eyes turned cold. “Xie Zhan, are you allowing your clan members to behave like this?”
Faced with Lu Songli’s questioning, Xie Zhan only lightly reprimanded the few women, “That’s enough, don’t do this again, what kind of behavior is this?” And that was it.
Lu Songli: Fine, very well.
Just as Lu Desheng arrived, he witnessed this scene. Fortunately, his son-in-law acted swiftly and shielded his daughter, preventing her from being hit by the dirty stuff. But even so, he was furious.
“The damn Xie family! If you can’t even shit properly, you blame others? You’ve ended up in this situation today entirely because of your own actions! And you have the nerve to blame others?”
The woman who had spat earlier retorted, “Your daughter admitted it was her who caused us harm!”
Is my daughter that foolish? Lu Desheng thought to himself.
“She just said she won another round,” Sheng Huaixing was speechless.
Got it! “So, when my daughter wins and you get evicted, you can’t accept it? Look at you all, only capable of scheming against others and causing trouble. If others fight back, it’s wrong? Why does the Xie clan think so highly of themselves?”
“In terms of abilities, the one most to blame for your current situation should be the head of the Xie family. Who else but your incompetent family head? Who let your family down? Who couldn’t measure up to others and lost?”
“From a moral standpoint, even if what happened to you was caused by my daughter, you should blame your young master the most! If your Xie family hadn’t been two-faced and betrayed their trust, wouldn’t you be spared this disaster today?”
“In the end, you just can’t handle losing! You pretend to be a great family, I spit on you!”
Lu Desheng unleashed a barrage of insults, leaving the Xie clan members unable to lift their heads.
“And you Zhao family, what right do you have…”
The Xie clan members wanted to retort, saying ‘It was the Empress Dowager who granted the marriage, our family head couldn’t do anything about it.’ But seeing that Lu Desheng had already turned his attention to berating the Zhao family, they thought to themselves, forget it, forget it, let’s not say anything, don’t provoke him again.
On the Qin family’s side, seeing Little Six’s father-in-law unleashing a verbal assault, they felt a sense of satisfaction. They had been spat on by those women earlier, and they were also angry, but they couldn’t beat them up, so they were feeling suffocated. Now, Little Six’s father-in-law had vented their anger for them, it felt so good.
Sheng Huaixing and the others also looked at Lu Desheng with admiration as he bombarded the Zhao family with insults. My goodness, this guy’s eloquence is truly amazing, he’s been scolding for so long, and he hasn’t repeated any words. Is this the reason why he was favored by the late emperor?
On the other side, Lu Songli allowed her father to continue his performance.
Lu Songli grabbed a handful of snow and wiped the dirt off her husband’s clothes. Being imprisoned, she didn’t even have a handkerchief.
Lu Songli’s face was grim, but her anger was simmering inside. Fortunately, he was tall, and the old Xie woman was short, so her spit only landed on his chest, not his face.
Actually, with Qin Sheng’s usual skills, he wouldn’t have been spat on by those people. But today, he was carrying a lot of luggage, and he was wearing handcuffs and shackles, plus the limitations of the location, and Lu Songli was holding onto Qin Jia, leaving him little room to maneuver. In order to protect the two of them, he was inevitably spat on.
Qin Sheng said, “Let me do it myself.” The snow was too cold, it was freezing his hands, and the spit was too disgusting.
“Lord Wang, Deputy Commander Sheng, where is Lord Wu Chunyu?” Lu Songli asked.
Sheng Huaixing was quite willing to cooperate with her, “You’re looking for him?”
Lu Songli nodded, “Yes, last time he wanted to use force to recover the money the Qin family spent on the wedding, he even wanted to use torture and force confessions. Now, there’s a lucrative opportunity in front of him, if he puts in some effort, he can earn a great merit, he can’t miss this chance.”
Sheng Huaixing understood, she was suggesting that Wu Chunyu take action against the Xie and Zhao families.
“I’m afraid such merit is not easy to obtain.”
Lu Songli said, “Deputy Commander Sheng, you don’t understand. Lord Wu even wants to squeeze dry the Qin family, a bone without any meat. The Xie family is extremely wealthy, with generations of accumulated wealth, could there be more than just the wealth that’s visible? Ask, force them, if they’re stubborn, just torture them, as long as they loosen their lips, dig out something from their rat holes, maybe it’s enough to support a city. As the saying goes, saving one life is better than building seven pagodas. Whether it’s Lord Wu or the people from the Da Li Temple, they should all be diligent.”
Everyone: …
That makes sense!
Sheng Huaixing shook his head internally, striking while the iron is hot, Lu Songli really never forgets to kick her enemies while they’re down.
Her serious demeanor while urging them to torture people, if he didn’t know that she was doing this for revenge against the Xie family, he almost believed that she was genuinely concerned with Wu Chunyu’s performance evaluation.
Wang Yuan beside him also quietly took a step back, this Lu Songli was truly ruthless, she had brought down the Xie and Zhao families, had them stripped of their titles and exiled, and she still wasn’t done with them.
“My daughter is right, this matter will be investigated by this Censor. When he wanted to torture the Qin family, he claimed to be wholeheartedly serving the new Emperor. If he doesn’t put in effort or show concern for this matter, then this Censor will seriously suspect that he has colluded with the Xie and Zhao families!”
While Lu Songli and Sheng Huaixing were talking, Lu Desheng had gradually stopped speaking. He had scolded the Zhao family enough, there was no point in continuing. So he came over and happened to pick up where his daughter left off.
Lu Desheng’s meaning was clear: you, Wu Chunyu, had to earn this credit, whether you wanted to or not.
Earlier, the Qin family had clearly said that they had spent a lot of useless money on the wedding, but you still wanted to torture them to extract more money. The Xie and Zhao families clearly still had wealth, possibly even a lot of it, but you didn’t bother to extract it. If you are going to discriminate, I will be angry.
Wu Chunyu arrived and heard these words, almost fainting from anger. “Lu Desheng, don’t slander me!”
“I am not. Seriously, if you discriminate, I will really report you.”
He dared to threaten him? Wu Chunyu was furious. “Lu Desheng, the new emperor is in power now. A new emperor, a new official, understand? You still think it’s like when the previous emperor was in power?”
This guy still wanted to report him. He had the merit of following the dragon. Did he not understand?
Lu Desheng was not afraid. He and his daughter had analyzed it. In the short term, the new emperor should not touch him. Because the previous emperor went crazy with killing when he died, and the new emperor ascended the throne and dealt with the Xie and Zhao families, making the current atmosphere a bit tense.
As long as he didn’t cross the new emperor’s bottom line, he would be fine. Moreover, the new emperor wanted to recover the death token from their family, so he should at least give some face, right?
Wu Chunyu’s statement about a new emperor, a new official was correct, but there was also a saying, “For three years without changing the ways of his father, it can be considered filial piety.” You, the new emperor, cannot immediately eliminate your father’s favorite officials. Besides, he is not a major threat.
“If you don’t interrogate the Xie and Zhao families, I will report you. I will present this injustice to the new emperor. And I will tell the emperor that you have a second heart!”
Wu Chunyu was about to go crazy. He couldn’t afford to provoke him. He almost gritted his teeth and said, “Interrogate, I will interrogate them properly!” Zhao Wenkuan, you previously suggested that I could torture and interrogate the Qin family to extract their hidden wealth. Now I am applying your suggestion to your Zhao family and the Xie family. You should understand, right?
This time, Sheng Huixing also took a step back, bumping into Wang Yuan. The two looked at each other, both seeing the same fear in the other’s eyes. This father and daughter duo from the Lu family were cooperating too well. If Lu Songli was the one who was adding insult to injury, then Lu Desheng was the one who was aiding and abetting! The father and daughter were in cahoots! No wonder the Xie and Zhao families fell so hard this time.
Xie Zhan’s face was ashen, and the faces of the Xie family members and the Zhao family members were all very bad. But because the situation was clearly unfavorable, they didn’t say anything more. However, Xie Zhan knew that they were going to suffer some physical pain.
At this time, the jailers urged the Xie and Zhao family members to enter the prison.
Xie Zhan took one last look at Lu Songli, his eyes flashing with a kind of flame that seemed to devour people.
Lu Songli calmly met his gaze.
You, Xie Zhan, don’t want to establish an enemy and let your family members direct all the hatred towards them? You want to turn internal conflicts into external conflicts, but it depends on whether I agree!
Now the choice is given to your Xie family, do you want money or people?
Originally, seeing his exile was already a difficult mode, she didn’t plan to do anything else. But he insisted on provoking her! Then don’t blame her for personally turning the difficult mode into hell mode. Xie Zhan, enjoy yourself!