Shen Tang almost choked on the unswallowed tea.
"Ahem, cough, cough - So, this is the truth about the Gong family being confiscated and exterminated?" Looking at what Qi Shan said, Shen Tang felt that the Gong family was not honest and innocent, "Knowing that Zheng Qiao is a treacherous person, he still manipulated the tiger. After returning to the mountain, didn’t Gong think that one day he would take revenge?”
Not everyone in this world will repay kindness.
Zheng Qiao's experience in Xin State was completely humiliating. At that time, he was weak and had to compromise. Now, as the leader of the Geng Kingdom, he once developed and gained strength. The hatred in his heart was like a volcano erupting, and the dark history of the past became an existence that needed to be annihilated.
Qi Shan said: "Well, I don't know about that."
Shen Tang joked: "I thought sir knew everything."
Although it is a journey through hell difficulty, Qishan, the "guiding NPC", is very conscientious and deserves five stars!
Qishan pretended to be surprised.
"I am honored to be so highly regarded by Mr. Shen Xiaolang."
Shen Tang: "..."
She couldn't compare to Qi Yuanliang in terms of face, so she lowered her head and ate tea tactically. Qi Shan secretly observed Shen Tang's reaction while drinking tea - he had always been curious about the relationship between Shen Xiaolangjun and the Gong family. Having just heard that the source of the Gong family's extermination came from Zheng Qiao's revenge, Shen Xiaolangjun felt neither indignation nor hatred, just calmly, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
But how could this matter be irrelevant?
If Mr. Shen Xiaolang is ruthless, how could he run around on a rainy night for an idiot whom he only met once?
This person's reaction was completely beyond common logic.
Because the Geng soldiers had not left yet, Shen Tang did not want to go out and attract attention at this time, so he asked the tea shop owner to add a pot of tea. The two continued to stay in the tea shop to kill time and inquire about the identities of the prisoners in the prison car.
The shop owner looked back timidly, peeked at the soldiers outside the tea shop with his peripheral vision, and whispered in a low voice: "It is said that they are the family of Yu Shi Zhongcheng..."
Shen Tang murmured in confusion, then looked at Qi Shan: "Censor Zhongcheng?"
Don't blame her for being illiterate. As someone with amnesia, she really doesn't know.
Qi Shan: "Is the censor Zhongcheng mentioned by the store as surnamed 'Tian'?"
"It seems that the surname is 'Tian'? Those soldiers also cursed and cursed, 'Old man named Tian', 'What about the censor Zhongcheng' and so on." The store owner didn't understand this either, not to mention these high-ranking officials, even if they were just guards. The veterans at the city gate could easily kill common people like them. He added a pot of tea to Shen Tang and sighed, "You two gentlemen, you better stop being curious, lest you die!"
When Xin and Geng went to war, the people of the two countries were most affected. The people of Geng were slightly better off, except that the taxes were half as heavy as before, which oppressed them to the point of being unable to breathe. However, they could not starve to death, while the people of Xin were miserable. .
The main battlefield between the two countries is in Xin State.
The people of the Xin State not only had to drain their blood to provide military supplies and food for the Xin State to fight, but they also had to face the burning, killing and looting of the Geng State soldiers. I thought I would be able to calm down for a while after the war, but I didn't know that the leader of the Geng Kingdom adhered to the principle of "no loss to brothers" and allowed his subordinates who fought with him to do evil everywhere.
The people trembled when they saw the Geng soldiers.
Seeing that the two husbands were good-looking, the shopkeeper couldn't help but give them a warning, lest the two young men lose their lives recklessly.
"Don't worry, store, we are sensible." Qi Shan smiled and accepted the store's kindness. When the store went to work elsewhere, the smile on his face disappeared and was replaced by a gloomy look, "Yushi Zhongcheng is the chief of the Yushitai. Gongqing Zhangzou, picket all officials."
Shen Tang had a clear understanding: "So the censor Zhongcheng impeached Zheng Qiao? He must have offended people quite a lot..."
Thinking of the powerful curses just now, which made people fully appreciate the charm of the art of language, it was strange that Zheng Qiao would let this family go.
Qishan sighed: "It's not just as simple as offending..."
"What else did the censor named Tian Zhongcheng do?"
"I heard that the censor Zhongcheng has a very upright character. He follows the law and avoids everything. No matter if you are a nobleman or someone else, if he catches you, he will impeach you. Naturally, Zheng Qiao will not be missed. Ever since Zheng Qiao became the favorite of the king of the Xin Kingdom, the Yushi Zhongcheng has been the most scolded among the officials. He even used his horse to block Zheng Qiao's way to court and cursed him in front of the people..."
Shen Tang said: "Don't give me any face?"
Qi Shan: "No. After that, in the capital, from the officials to the common people, who didn't know what Zheng Qiao relied on to get to power? After Zheng Qiao returned to the country, the censor Zhongcheng was also the one who opposed the most fiercely, asserting that if this was allowed When the son returns to the country, he will return to the mountain with a tiger, and there will be endless troubles. He has made nineteen memorials in a row begging the leader of the Xin Kingdom to execute Zheng Qiao..."
When Shen Tang heard this, he already guessed what happened to Yushi Zhongcheng's family.
"Once Zheng Qiao turned around, the Censor Zhongcheng's family... no, the whole family was in trouble..."
After all, Gong helped Zheng Qiao, but he also ended up dead and dismissed, let alone Yushi Zhongcheng.
Qishan said, "No more."
"Are there any other grievances?"
"Before Zheng Qiao returned to the country, Yushi Zhongcheng called on his disciples and family members who were officials in the court to petition the king of the Xin Kingdom to execute Zheng Qiao. The king was also forced to put Zheng Qiao to death... He also had objections to Zheng Qiao and had murderous intentions. of……"
I heard that the memorial has been written and is just waiting to be sent out.
It's just that Zheng Qiao got the information in advance by a clever move, almost eliminated the crisis, and fled back to Geng Kingdom overnight.
If the news had been received any later, he would have been dead.
Shen Tang: "..."
What should I say?
"This story tells us that to cut weeds, we need to get rid of the roots. We should take action in advance when we can to avoid long nights and dreams."
Qishan's mouth twitched slightly as he listened to Shen Tang's serious "learn a lesson", but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Just as he took a sip of tea, he heard the prisoner's cry of blood coming from outside the teahouse, followed by the prisoner's tearful curse: "It's too much to bully others! It's too much to bully others! Zheng Qiao, you are such a rich person. How dare you do this for such a priceless fortune - how dare you!"
Shen Tang turned to look outside the tea shop.
"What happened again?"
Qi Shan stood up and walked to the door of the tea shop to inquire in a low voice. After a while, he came back with a cold face and a chilling aura: "Zheng Qiao couldn't find the national seal of the Xin Kingdom for a long time. He got impatient and ordered the leader of the Xin Kingdom to lead his old ministers to formally surrender..."
Shen Tang was surprised: "I thought I had surrendered..."
Qishan said: "There is still one more ceremony to do. Zheng Qiao values this the most."
"Isn't it normal to surrender when you lose? Why do those prisoners react so emotionally? That prisoner was beaten to death but he didn't beg for mercy or cry. He cried like this for such a certain thing..."
There must be something hidden in it.
Qi Shan clenched his hands hanging by his sides, his throat rolled, and his voice trembled slightly. He closed his eyes tightly and then opened them again, and said calmly: "The national seal could not be found for a long time. Zheng Qiao was furious and forced the leader of the Xin Kingdom to give the throne to the only queen under his knees..."
Shen Tang asked with his eyes: "Then?"
He was humiliated by changing his name to "Chongtai" and forced to give up his position to Wang Ji. Zheng Qiaosao did a lot of tricks.
Qishan's expression was complicated: "Then Wang Ji will perform the ceremony of binding the jade in front of her face, exposing her [body], leading all the officials to surrender, and surrender..."
Shen Tang: "..."
