Chapter 430 No
Yue Niang was panicking, but Jin Ye was sitting there calmly and steadily.
However, this calmness did not last for even a cup of tea as it was broken by a message that came right after.
"Master, it's bad. The Ministry of Justice has just issued a notice that the Duke will be executed. He has been dragged out this afternoon and is being transported to Caishikou. Many people in Kyoto have gone to watch."
Mr. Jin's personal attendant came running back from outside , panting, before he could finish his words. Mr. Jin stood up, stepped forward, grabbed the attendant's collar with his big hand, and glared at him angrily, "What did you say?"
The attendant gasped, "The Duke is going to be beheaded."
Mr. Jin pushed the man away. The man who was so steady just now rushed out with anger. Yue Niang was so frightened that she hurriedly followed him.
The streets were already crowded with people.
The time for the execution of Duke Xue was set for one hour later, and he was now being paraded through the streets. Countless people on the street cursed at his prison cart, and threw rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, and dirt at it.
Duke Xue had been tortured for a long time before. His body was covered in blood and scars. He sat slumped in the carriage, waiting for the last moment of his life.
Suddenly, his red and swollen eyelids twitched, and he saw a figure in the crowd.
The chief escort of Weiyuan Escort Agency.
His son.
Duke Xue was stunned at first, as if he took a moment to react and finally confirmed that this was his son, and then he shook his head violently at him.
Duke Xue wanted to say: I haven’t confessed anything, don’t be fooled.
But his mouth was blocked and he couldn't speak. He could only shake his head frantically and signal with his eyes.
However, Mr. Jin was a little far away from him, and he couldn't see clearly what kind of look was conveyed by his eyes, which were almost unable to open, under his red and swollen eyelids.
I could see clearly the crazy shaking of his head, but I only understood one meaning: Don't save me, don't act rashly.
Yue Niang stood beside Master Jin with red eyes and said anxiously, "Master, let's save him. If we don't, the Duke will really be executed."
Grandpa Jin clenched his fists tightly , standing in the crowd, looking at the old man in the prison van. Once upon a time, he was so glorious, but now he was huddled in that small space, hunched over and ragged. Grandpa Jin felt as if his heart had been bitten by some beast.
This man, whom he had never called father, devoted his entire life to his career.
What he values most is the secret trade route he established in the northwest.
That was his life's work and the business empire he built.
Mr. Jin looked at Duke Xue, clenched his fists, his temples throbbing: Don't worry, I can't save your life, but I will definitely protect your hard work.
Yue Niang was still urging Mr. Jin to save Duke Xue, but Mr. Jin suddenly turned around and left the crowd, striding away with a frosty face.
As soon as he left, he was unaware that two groups of people were chasing him.
There are people who are Rongque all the way and people who are Moduo all the way.
Su Qingqing's bedroom.
Jixiang stood in front of Su Qingqing with a look of admiration on his face, and handed her a cup of milk at just the right temperature, "Master is really amazing, first interrogating Duke Xue, then spreading false information, then sending in the Su family army, and finally beheading him as a warning to the public, which directly broke down all the defenses in Mr. Jin's heart.
He left the execution ground on the spot, went back to pack up, and headed straight to the northwest.
Our people are following behind, and with him leading the way, we won’t have any trouble finding the secret passage.”
Su Qingqing drank the milk in small sips, "The reason why he believed us so easily is not because of my good calculation, but mainly because Xiao Yu stayed in the northwest and did not come back, which made him feel uneasy.
Who is Xiao Yu? He was originally a concubine of the Rong'an Marquis's mansion.
A bastard who is not liked by anyone suddenly overthrows his family. How terrible is this person? Mr. Jin will feel uneasy just thinking about it.
Xiao Yu stayed in the northwest, his base was in the northwest. To him, this was like a barrel of gunpowder. How could he not be afraid!
What's more, the one who stayed with Xiao Yu was the illegitimate son of the Minister of Rites. He knew how outstanding the illegitimate son of the Xu family was in the past. Back then, the Minister of Rites' father favored this illegitimate son the most. Isn't it possible that this illegitimate son knows something?
He has something on his mind, so he will naturally feel uneasy and will speculate more.
In the northwest, we can transport grain out smoothly. Wouldn't he think of Muchuan?
This person, the saying that a thief is always guilty is not without reason. "
Jixiang looked at Su Qingqing with a smile, "So, the master left Xiao Yu in the northwest for this reason?"
Su Qingqing shook her head. "I didn't think so much at the time. I kept Xiao Yu just to let him lead the team over there. Who would have thought that there would be such progress in Kyoto? It seems like they had laid the groundwork in advance."
Su Qingqing smiled and drank the whole bowl of milk.
Jixiang took the empty bowl and said with a smile: "When this matter is settled, we will make it public. By then, everyone in the court will be afraid of the queen, and they will definitely think that the queen is very wise."
Su Qingqing smiled and said, "Do I need it?"
Jixiang stuck out his tongue and said, "Yes, if the Queen stands there now, who wouldn't be afraid?"
Su Qingqing teased her, "Yes, I'm afraid I'll give birth suddenly."
auspicious:……
The master and servant were talking excitedly here, but someone was very angry.
Mo Duo sat in Yingliu House, looking at her with a bad face.
Yingliu didn't expect that he would find here. Before Moduo came in, Yingliu was playing chess with a young man from a noble family. The young man was a chess fan and had no other hobbies except playing chess.
Su Qingqing has always wanted to start a girls' school. Although she never explicitly mentioned how or when to start it, Yingliu has always kept this matter in mind.
To run a school, especially a girls' school, it is nothing more than playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and kung fu. As a girl from the Broken Red Tower, she is naturally not qualified to teach girls from respectable families, but she also wants to contribute.
So before Su Qingqing said anything, she started to do it secretly.
Yingliu was planning to build a good relationship with the chess-loving young man who was accompanying her. As long as she felt that he was trustworthy, she would send him to Su Qingqing's school to be a teacher when the time was right.
As a result, the two of them were so engrossed in playing chess and concentrating on it when Moduo came.
In fact, there was nothing excessive about the scene. It was just that the angle at which Moduo came in was wrong. At first glance, it looked like the young man was kissing Yingliu.
Mo Duo stood there with a dark face like a huge Buddha, which scared the young man at that time, and he thought that this man was the one who kept Ying Liu.
He knew the rules of Suihonglou: once the girls were kept by a sponsor, they could no longer accompany anyone else.
This young man was not like those playboys. He was a serious man who came just to play chess. Ying Liu was afraid that he would be scared and would not come, so she ignored Mo Duo at that time and took people to see him off personally.
The young master was appeased, but Ying Liu was a little overwhelmed when she returned to face Moduo.
