1497 Death For The Whole Family (1/2)

He still had not come back home. Luckily, he would stay connected with Gu Xijiu once every two days to give her peace of mind.

She took a look at the moon. It was the fifteenth of the month. He had not been in touch for the past two days. Even if he did not plan on coming home, he would definitely talk to her via directed audio.

She returned to the house but decided to skip her meditation, as she was concerned that Di Fuyi would want to speak to her. If she insisted on meditating, she would inevitably be distracted anyway. It would not bring any good to her practice. To her surprise, she did not receive any news from Di Fuyi after waiting for him all night long.

Throughout the night, she tried to connect to his amulet so many times, but none of her attempts made it through. Di Fuyi must have turned off his amulet. Whenever he decided to turn it off, he must be doing something extremely dangerous that required his full attention. He must not be distracted even for a split second. Therefore, Gu Xijiu decided to stop looking for him, as she was concerned that her interruption might disrupt him.

In his letter, Di Fuyi once said that the Tianmo Jade [1] that had been placed in Tianju Hall was no ordinary one. It seemed mystical, which did not belong to their world. Neither did it look like Long Fan's creation. Presumably, there might be another power hidden behind the scenes. The purpose of his departure was to investigate the curious case.

Di Fuyi's investigation was a secret mission. No one else knew about it except Gu Xijiu. To prevent any leakage of information, Di Fuyi would avoid telling her anything about the progress of his investigation. He would only tell her not to worry and ease her mind.

He seemed to be in a rush every time they spoke to each other. Their conversations would usually end after a few words. There would not be any passionate exchange of affection. The main point was to let each other know that both were safe and sound.

Gu Xijiu waited the whole night, but no call came through. Suddenly, one did! It was from Baili Ce. ”Xijiu, I have bad news! Your family has been arrested by the Feixing Kingdom for charges claiming that your family has secretly conspired against the kingdom. They have been imprisoned and soon, the day after tomorrow, they will all be publicly executed.”

Gu Xijiu was in utter shock. The first person that she thought of was Rong Jialuo. He must be out of his mind to imprison her family.

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The entire Feixing Kingdom thought the same about their king. He must have gone insane.

Although Gu Xietian was not a good husband in his marriage, he was indeed an exceptional general that was hard to come by. Throughout the years, he had been fighting north and south on many difficult fronts in the name of Feixing Kingdom. Indeed, he had also achieved many notable merits won in battle. To the ordinary people, his supreme dedication to the kingdom was comparable to that of General Yue Fei from the Song Dynasty.

Previously, he was not a supporter of the crown prince. However, for the sake of his daughter, he sought to protect Rong Jialuo and secured his throne. After Rong Jialuo's ascention to the throne as the new king, he served the king with utmost loyalty and scrupulously abided by his duty.

Lately, however, he was unhappy with Rong Jialuo's warlike policy by exhausting all resources to build up his military power, so he decided to resign from power and return home to enjoy his retirement. He claimed that his health condition would no longer enable his service, thus shutting himself away from the world. Despite his resignation, he remained a great hero to the people.

To everyone's surprise, the great hero would end up being convicted of treason. His entire family had been arrested and would soon be punished with the cruelest punishment of all – the punishment of body dismemberment and death.

The punishment of body dismemberment and death was sentenced to the entire family. The members involved would include his two daughters and their husbands.

They had a huge family with a total of more than 300 members, including the servants. Even the infants were not excluded. They were not even three years old.

Early in the morning, the streets were already filled with huge crowds of people. Almost everyone came out. First in the line were the officers and soldiers to lead the way. Behind was a queue of wooden prison wagons. Each wagon could hold a prisoner's body within its space, leaving only his or her head out from the confinement.

However, as the number of prisoners was too many to handle, each wagon was now filled with seven or eight people. Packed like sardines, people of all sizes were forced to squeeze in the tiny space. Each of them was chained with a pair of heavy shackles; even the children were not excused.