Vol 2 Chapter 189 (2/2)
With another swing of the blade, another head fell, another streaushed, another wave of exclauished There were three executioners in total and soon all sixteen officials had been beheaded, leaving behind their bodies and pools of blood
With the fall of each head, the crowd becarew louder With the final head, the cheers were enough to shake the heavens! The rain clouds began to part, as if startled by the noise
A few bailiffs of the capital’s court tried to find the head of the first executed official, but failed in doing so
Mo darted out from the crowd In its mouth, between its sharp teeth was the official's head As it looked around, its eyes gave out a chilling light
One of the bailiffs struck the dog’s hindquarter with the scabbard of his saber Barking out in pain, the dog dropped the head and ran off into the rain
Days later, so else happened The Director of the Ministry of Justice was found guilty of taking bribes The Overwatch Council discovered a certain aal ite to the royal court, Han Zhias dee in Yizhou With this demotion, Director Han fell from first rank to seventh
Situated far in the south, Yizhou was a sweltering place Director Han Zhiould probably never return to the capital again
Censor Guo Zheng of the Imperial Censorate didn’t seem to be too effected on the surface, but the court still found a reason to send hinan was filled with agents from the Overwatch Council It was only a matter of time before they made their ether and descend into unrest, however Partly, this was due to the Prime Minister, and also because the Overwatch Council had solid evidence Besides all of this, the punishments weren’t too severe This event was a heavy blow to the Council
All of the officials knew that the Council had done it out of revenge It was revenge in response to the time Commissioner Fan Xian visited the Ministry of Justice
Revenge and counter-revenge; control and counter-control; all until a silent equilibriu’s political circles for decades That hile the revenge of the Council and Prime Minister had tolerantly stopped at a certain li and the empress would come so quickly
The scholar froho did not take part in the civil service examination due to the death of his elderly father He had always been close to the Guo fa news reached hi sentenced to death and having all of his assets seized, He Zongwei’s dear friend Guo Baokun was nowhere to be found What enraged He Zongwei even more was the fact that the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace did nothing to intervene!
The woround She was theof Wu Bo'an Wu B'oan was an advisor planted in the Pried the second son of the Lin family to conspire with Northern Qi and have Fan Xian killed on Niulan Street, only to suffer a terrible death arape vines
Wu Bo'an had indirectly caused the death of Lin Ruofu’s only normal son So naturally, Lin Ruofu, as the Prime Minister, hated Wu Bo'an Despite Wu Bo'an’s death, the Wu household still had a lot of property in Shandong The officials there were pupils of the Prime Minister Under the Prime Minister’s wishes, those officials tormented the Wu family In only half a year, they took away much of their money And Wu Bo'an’s own son was imprisoned for no reason and tortured to death
This , although illiterate, still knew the Prime Minister was too powerful for the Wu household to resist But her son’s unjust death drove her to come to the capital to accuse the Pri outside the city, this poor Lady Wu ”coincidentally”Lady Wu’s story, he knew those responsible for what had happened to her could not be allowed to escape punish he would find a way to enact justice
After entering the capital, He Zongwei used his teacher’s name and helped Lady Wu settle momentarily at the manor of an old censor Recently, ently questioned Lady Wu regarding the details of her tragedy
He Zongatched it all with indifference, only sht He assured her that officials in the royal court were taking action; the Priarden of the old censor was soarden rocks with just a hint of pride on his face As he destroyed his secret letter froht about what the political circles would be like if the Priht about the Prie—Minister Fan and the so madam of the Fan household He felt a bit of heat in his heart