Zu An burst into sweat. Although he guessed that Chu Zhongtian said this deliberately to win people's trust, why did it sound so weird?
Ganqing has a close relationship with Xiaozhao, and his father-in-law sees it, but he doesn't say anything about it.
Others in the field were even more excited. During this time, Zu An's "love affair" had already spread to the streets. Everyone was shocked at first and then numb. But now they heard words like sisters. , everyone started to get excited again. After all, this is the fantasy of many men. Unexpectedly, some people actually realized it.
"Have you ever seen Miss Chu Er? I have. She has been a beauty since she was a child. Maybe she will be even more beautiful than her sister when she grows up."
"Miss Chu, Miss Chu, is serving the whole pot. Boy Zu An is really a lucky man."
"Not only that, there were rumors before that he was having an affair with Mrs. Chu. This time Mr. Chu was so angry that he wanted to expel him from the house. Maybe he discovered this."
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People were naturally enthusiastic about these sexy news and gossips, and the scene suddenly became noisy and discussed.
Chu Zhongtian's eyelids twitched. With his cultivation level, how could he not hear what those people said? He never expected that he would overact and cause such a misunderstanding.
But he can't explain such a thing. Should he come out and tell everyone that Zu An has nothing to do with my wife? But who would believe that? On the contrary, they will think that he is not asking for it, and the more he paints the darker the picture.
Thinking of this, he felt aggrieved.
Qin Wanru's face was also flushed. She didn't expect such an accident to happen, so she couldn't help but glare at Zu An angrily.
Zu An was overjoyed at this time, because he received a large number of anger points in the background, which almost exceeded 10,000 in the blink of an eye. It was obviously contributed by a lot of people out of envy and jealousy.
If there are good things like this in the future, please come more.
King Liang and Liu Yao hurriedly asked the Embroidered Clothes Messenger to take out the imperial edict and found that it was exactly what Chu Zhongtian said, requiring the Chu family to hand over their son-in-law Zu An. They immediately stared at the leader of the Embroidered Clothes Messenger with resentment.
The leader also got angry. After all, the imperial edict was formed based on the words he read. How could he know that there would be such a flaw.
The old man Liang Wang who had been in the court for a long time reacted quickly and immediately accused Chu Zhongtian sternly: "You dare to play word games in the imperial edict. This is deceiving the king and ignoring the emperor. His heart is to be punished!"
"I don't dare to accept the great title of Prince Liang," Chu Zhongtian said angrily, "We act strictly in accordance with the emperor's imperial edict, how can we call it bullying the emperor and ignoring the emperor?"
Jiang Luofu, who had been silent on the side, also spoke at this time: "Yes, what Mingyue Gong said is very reasonable. Now so many people have heard it, since Zu An is no longer the son-in-law of the Chu family, why should he ask the Chu family again?" It’s a bit unreasonable for people.”
Seeing that the principal took the lead, Xie Yi did not miss this good opportunity to win over the Chu family: "I also feel that it is unreasonable to press the Chu family again. Why don't I use my most capable agents to cooperate with the prince to search for Zu An everywhere?" ?”
"No need to thank you for your trouble." King Liang didn't know what his state of mind was.
Are you going to arrest Zu An? At this time, I don’t even know where Zu An has gone. How can I catch him? Besides, I didn’t even catch the Embroidered Clothes Messenger before, so I relied on a few of his agents to catch him!
He simply left Xie Yi aside, and then went to Liu Yao and Huang Huihong, the leader of the Embroidered Clothes Messenger, to discuss what to do now.
Liu Yao chuckled and said: "Since the emperor has sent the prince to handle this matter with full authority, I, the general, will naturally follow the prince's lead in everything."
King Liang cursed secretly, this old fox said nicely, didn't he clearly put all the responsibilities on me? He was so stupid that he didn't take into account the friendship of everyone spending the night together in the past two days... ahem, staying overnight at the Fairy Residence.
Prince Liang had no choice but to look at Huang Huihong on the side: "What do you think, Commander Huang?"
Huang Huihong said solemnly: "I don't care about the rest, but Zu An must be captured. This is a death order from the emperor. Otherwise, after returning to Beijing, not only us, but also you, the prince, will not be able to escape the blame."
Prince Liang's expression changed from gloomy to bright, and he was obviously undergoing a fierce psychological struggle.
After a while, he finally made up his mind and came to the Chu family and said loudly: "Since Zu An is no longer the Chu family's son-in-law, the clan execution clause in the imperial edict does not apply; it's just that the Chu family's move was to deceive the Holy One. Regarding the suspicion of covering up Zu An, let the emperor decide on the specific details at that time."
"Come on, arrest all the Chu family members and escort them back to Beijing starting today!"
As a member of the emperor's faction, he certainly knew that the emperor had long wanted to seize the opportunity to take back the two cash cows of salt and iron run by the Chu family, so he seized this opportunity and captured the entire Chu family to the capital, which naturally solved the problem.
That way, even if Zu An is not caught in the end, he can still take credit for his crime.
"What!" The Chu family became anxious upon hearing the news, and many people even secretly held their weapons.
At this time, Xie Yi coughed lightly and said, "My lord, I'm afraid there's something wrong with this. Forcibly arresting a duke's family in the capital like this will definitely cause uproar both inside and outside the court."
King Liang said coldly: "I will be solely responsible for any consequences!"
Then he looked at the people of the Chu family aside: "Why, do you still want to resist? Do you want the Embroidered Clothes Envoy to ask for the imperial edict again? But in your current state, I'm afraid you don't need to ask for the imperial edict. With me and General Liu, I'm afraid It can be easily suppressed.”
When he said this, he deliberately glanced at Xie Yi and Jiang Luofu who were standing aside. Apparently, half of what he said was also meant for them.
As expected, both Xie Yi and Jiang Luofu frowned and said nothing more.
It's just the King of Liang and Liu Yao. The key is that the messenger of embroidered clothes can act on behalf of the emperor. If the imperial edict is requested again, no one here can bear it.
Soon a group of forbidden troops went to arrest the Chu family. All kinds of hoarse and heart-breaking cries rang out in the Chu mansion. It was the wife who couldn't let go of her husband, the son who couldn't let go of his father, and the old mother who couldn't let go of her son...
"Master?" Everyone else looked at Chu Zhongtian. It was obvious that he needed to make the decision in this situation.
Chu Zhongtian's expression changed several times. He looked at his wife beside him and saw encouragement and trust in her eyes. He took a deep breath and said slowly: "The ancestors of the Chu family established their family with martial arts.
The disciples have always only died in battle, and I have never heard of anyone surrendering and then being slaughtered. Rather than going to the capital and becoming a prisoner and being humiliated at the hands of Zaoli, it is better to fight vigorously. Those of the Chu family who are willing to fight with me, raise their swords. "
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" All the Chu family members drew their weapons. Obviously, they were unwilling to be caught and taken to the capital like this.
King Liang was furious: "Are you going to rebel?"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the forbidden troops pointed their spears and knives at the Chu family members.
"Ah~" Seeing the battle between the two sides approaching, the people around were in chaos. They came to eat melons, but they didn't want to lose their lives here.
Xie Yi was so anxious that his head was covered with sweat. He kept wiping and trying to persuade each other: "No, it won't come to this. Duke Mingyue, calm down, Prince Liang, calm down. Principal Jiang, hurry up and persuade me."
Jiang Luofu opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything after all. She knew exactly what was waiting for the Chu family after they were captured in the capital, and she really couldn't say anything to persuade them.
But now, a group of remnants of the Chu family are in conflict and basically have no chance of winning.
Seeing that the situation on the court was about to get tense, a voice suddenly sounded: "Wait a minute!"
It was nothing more than Prince Liang and others. The Chu family and Jiang Luofu all shuddered and turned their heads to look to the other side.
Zu An had already taken off his mask and revealed his true face, and slowly walked out of the crowd: "It's me you want to arrest, why bother others!"
"Azu!" Seeing him coming out, Qin Wanru was angry and anxious. Now that the matter has come to this, what's the use of him coming out?
It would be better to take Chu Chuyan far away and rescue Xiaozhao and Youzhao.
Zu An smiled apologetically at the Chu and his wife: "Since you have expelled me from the Chu family, please forgive me for not being polite."
He also didn't want to implicate the Chu family, so the cleaner the relationship between the two parties, the better.
Then he turned to look at Liang Wang and others: "It's me you want to arrest, come on."
King Liang chuckled and said, "I didn't expect you to be quite brave, not bad!"
In the final analysis, his main purpose in dealing with the Chu family was to force Zu An to show up. Now that his goal has been achieved, there is no need to embarrass the Chu family anymore.
After all, a head-on conflict with the Chu family resulted in large-scale bloodshed, and it was difficult for him to predict the subsequent consequences.
"Azu, it's better to fight side by side with us than to die." Chu Zhongtian knew that he had run away, but suddenly appeared. After all, it was for the Chu family. With his character, how could he sit back and watch the other party sacrifice for him? ?
Zu An smiled slightly: "I have nothing to do with the Chu family now. I won't bother Mingyue. And I won't die. After all, the "Phoenix Nirvana Sutra" is in my hands. How can the emperor kill me easily before he gets it? Woolen cloth?"
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The yellow, gray and red color of the costume in this chapter was provided by a famous family. I am not sure whether the name of this costume has been used before.
Also, that’s it for today. I’ll sort out the plot and make it up tomorrow.
