Chapter 1183 Sentenced
Ambition, the Zhao family naturally has it, otherwise, in the past few decades, they would not have worked so hard to give birth to so many offspring in order to enrich the Zhao family's heirs.
Don't you just want to strengthen the power of the Zhao family, and don't trust outsiders?
People in your own family are safer than outsiders.
Moreover, in the past few decades, they have painstakingly collected thousands of orphans and abandoned children from all over the country. As long as they have talent for martial arts, even if only 20% of them are, they will keep them and provide them with food and accommodation. Teach them martial arts and train them to become dead warriors.
As for those who have no talent in martial arts, they will send them to work as waiters to earn money.
The Zhao family did not dare to make big moves in the capital, or even open a shop. However, in places other than the capital, the Zhao family opened countless casinos, brothels and pawn shops.
Casinos, brothels, pawn shops, these are the most profitable businesses and the quickest way to make money.
The Zhao family has an abundance of heirs, but what they lack is money. The Zhao family needs a lot of money to cultivate their own power.
Forty years have passed, and the Zhao family has secretly cultivated a large number of dead soldiers, as many as a thousand, all of whom are under the control of the Zhao family.
A large number of them were dispersed in casinos and brothels across the country to supervise the security of the shops. Only a small number of them were transferred into the capital to assassinate the Chu family and his son.
It's a pity that the assassination failed. The Chu family and his son are still alive and well, but hundreds of Zhao family's dead soldiers died and many were arrested.
When he thought that this loss was all caused by him listening to Prince Xiao's bewitchment, the second master of the Zhao family hated Prince Xiao's mansion with a deep hatred. He wished he could pull him out, eat his flesh, drink his blood, and gnaw him. His bones.
Just because of his coaxing, the Zhao family's decades-long calculations suddenly came to nothing and completely collapsed. I'm afraid there will never be a chance to turn around.
"Why are you arguing? Damn, I regret it now. What did you do in the first place?" The official saw that he had pulled him several times, but Mr. Zhao didn't let go. He drew out his sword angrily and stabbed his hand.
Mr. Zhao Er was angry, but his subconscious reaction was still there. After he sensed the danger, he immediately loosened his wrist and took a few steps back.
Prince Xiao laughed contemptuously, "Zhao Laoer, don't blame anyone. Just a few people from your Zhao family still want to take revenge. Even a spit from the Chu family army can drown you. You have this One day is also a matter of morning and evening.”
"Bah... If you hadn't coaxed us by saying that the emperor would not survive and the Zhao family had to fight for the merit of serving the dragon if they wanted to stand in the court again, our Zhao family would not be so anxious to attack the Chu family and his son."< br>
Mr. Zhao Er believed that the assassination attempt by the Zhao family's dead men would fail because they were too anxious and did not plan well. Otherwise, if he recalled all the more than a thousand dead men of the Zhao family and carefully planned the assassination, he would not believe it. , he has more than a thousand dead soldiers, but he still can't kill the Chu family father and son?
Prince Xiao snorted, closed his eyes, and continued to sit upright, ignoring Master Zhao.
Because there were so many Zhao family members, the dozen or so empty cells were filled in an instant, and Mr. Zhao happened to be locked up next door to Prince Xiao.
Mr. Zhao Er was angry, so he started scolding Prince Xiao. At first, Prince Xiao kept calm and ignored him. Later, Mr. Zhao Er became more and more rude when he scolded him. When Xiao Guozhang saw that his father ignored him, he He couldn't help it anymore and retorted. As a result, the cell became lively and became a scolding scene for Mr. Zhao Er and Mr. Xiao.
Amidst the scolding, the two men also exposed each other's background. Even Xiao Guozhang went to the Zhao family and fell in love with a granddaughter of the Zhao family who had just grown hair. He wanted to kill the madman's original wife and marry the Zhao family's granddaughter as his heir. Mr. Zhao Er talked about everything that happened in the room. "Okay, you beast, what was your original idea? My daughter is not dead yet, and you are already thinking about marrying your stepmother. You beast, you have wasted all the years my daughter has been with you and taken care of you conscientiously. I didn’t expect that you, a heartless person, would want to kill her when she went crazy.”
Just after Mr. Zhao Er muttered, a roar erupted from the cell opposite.
It turned out that someone was also imprisoned across the street, and they were members of the He family of Xiao Guozhang's father-in-law. After hearing what Mr. Zhao Er said, Mr. He felt that the He family was also being used by Xiao Guozhang. Otherwise, how could he be in He's house at the same time? He promised that he would never divorce his wife and would take care of his crazy daughter for the rest of his life. At the same time, he expressed to the Zhao family that he wanted to marry the Zhao family's granddaughter as his stepmother, in order to consolidate the relationship between the Xiao family and the Zhao family.
Therefore, the people from the He family also yelled at the Xiao family. As a result, the cell became lively, and the officials did not know whether they had received the news in advance or what, but they ignored them.
Just when the three families were scolding each other the most fiercely, the second prince and the emperor walked in slowly.
The second prince smiled like an old fox, "Your Majesty, now there is no need for us to interrogate them. The crimes they spit out are enough to chop their heads off or send them into exile for three thousand miles."
"Well, Uncle Er Wang has a good idea." Then he asked the Minister of Punishment behind him, "Have you written it all down?"
"Reporting to the Emperor, I have written down everything without missing a word." The Minister of Punishment bowed respectfully.
Suddenly, the noisy sky prison immediately fell into silence, and the few big men who had been noisy just now were blushing, but now they were paralyzed in the prison, with pale faces.
The next day, the emperor issued several imperial edicts early in the morning.
The Xiao family was sentenced, Prince Xiao and Zhang Guozhang were beheaded on the spot, the female family members were expelled from the capital, and the other male heirs were exiled for three thousand miles.
The He family was sentenced and the male heirs were exiled for three thousand miles. The female family members were also expelled from the capital and were forbidden to set foot in the capital for eternity.
As for the Zhao family, whether they were male or female, they were all sentenced to be beheaded in public.
The reason why the emperor did not give the Zhao family a chance to survive was because the Zhao family, regardless of gender, had all learned martial arts. The emperor did not want to keep such a cancer, and he could not keep it. If he stayed, there would be endless troubles.
Not only that, even the married women of the Zhao family were all captured by the emperor and beheaded in public along with the Zhao family.
As for the Zhao family's casinos and brothels across the country, they were very secretive. The emperor sent people to investigate the entire Zhao family, but could not find any trace of horses.
The emperor was sitting in the Jinluan Hall, glaring at the civil and military officials below with a gloomy face, and said, "Check, keep checking, I don't believe it. The Zhao family can raise hundreds of people just by renting from a few villages and shops." Dead soldier? ”
"Also, there is another eldest son of the Zhao family. He has not been arrested yet. There is no dead body or alive. I suspect that the eldest son of the Zhao family is the person behind the Zhao family who cultivated dead soldiers. You must investigate carefully and be sure to Catch this guy.”
(End of chapter)