Born in an ancient peasant family, the peasant girl became famous all over the world

Chapter 353: If I don't kill him, why keep him alive?

Jiang Yue solved a problem today, which made her feel a little relieved.

Suddenly I thought of something.

His Majesty only told her to do business, but he never mentioned allocating funds to her.

She thought that she would ask His Majesty for money at the morning court tomorrow.

How can one do things for others and pay for them at the same time? Although Jiang Yue received a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, that was her personal property.

Besides, doesn't it cost money to set up the general's mansion? The wages of the servants, food, clothing, and other expenses all cost money.

Before asking His Majesty, she thought about going to see the Minister of Justice, Lord Wen first.

...The Ministry of Justice Prison.

Zhao Chong was wearing prison clothes, facing the prison door and the walls, feeling hopeless.

He was wondering when his royal brother would send him to the guillotine.

In the cell opposite were the two Beiyan men from yesterday.

Facing the mocking looks from the two, he sneered:

"I don't care who's behind you, you can't succeed!"

The two sturdy men sat casually in the dark cage, feeling uncomfortable.

One of them just raised his eyebrows slightly and said,

"Fourth Prince, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle. Sooner or later, this world will belong to us, Northern Yan."

They were also very upset.

Originally, they had only ordered their assassins to shoot and kill their own people who had escaped yesterday.

But he never expected that the man actually had three more women as helpers. And it turned out that the Minister of Justice was cheating and deliberately released fake spies to lure them into the trap.

There was no way to take the bait and all he could do was run for his life.

They also told the two assassins in advance that if there was no hope of escape, they would give Zhao Chongzheng away.

This was the unanimous statement of all of them, and that is why what happened yesterday happened.

And they only discovered yesterday that their whereabouts were known to Zhao Chongzheng, who also brought Jiang Yue with him to capture them yesterday.

If they had known earlier, they would have definitely moved to another place.

Unfortunately, they were a step too late yesterday and failed to escape successfully, and were captured by Jiang Yue.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be suffering this humiliation in this dungeon right now.

As for Jiang Yue, they couldn't wait to kill her.

It’s not about what happened yesterday, but also about the previous border battle.

"Dream on!" Zhao Chongzheng's mind was in a mess. He didn't understand why he became a scapegoat.

But now, he figured it out.

The person behind the scenes needed a scapegoat, and he became the unlucky one.

After thinking about it, he smiled again.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. I advise you two to think carefully about how you will die later."

"It's you who's going to die, Your Highness the Fourth Prince." Another Beiyan man frowned, and the next moment, he heard the cell door being opened from the outside.

It was Jiang Yue who was taken to prison under the guidance of the jailer.

As soon as Jiang Yue entered, she walked straight towards Zhao Chongzheng.

The moment Zhao Chong saw Jiang Yue, he wanted to step forward, but after taking a step, he turned his head away.

"What are you doing here? Aren't you afraid of being implicated by me?"

Jiang Yue was the first person to visit him since he was imprisoned.

But the person he missed so much never came.

"Your Highness, I still say the same thing, those who are innocent will be innocent." Jiang Yue came here to ask about something.

"Have you ever sold your jade pendant to anyone else?"

"Why is this question again? You want to punish someone with a jade pendant? Ridiculous!"

"There are so many jade pendants that look the same in this world." Zhao Chongzheng said lightly.

"I know!" A Beiyan man in the nearby cell said, "He gave his jade pendant to the tea-making girl."

After being reminded by that person, Zhao Chongzheng just realized that it was his fault that he failed to kill the woman personally yesterday.

"She deserves it too!"

It would have been fine if the jade pendant had not been mentioned. As soon as it was mentioned, Zhao Chongzheng's face turned bitter.

He failed to fall in love with her, and was instead heartbroken by his brother's random matchmaking, which resulted in his jade pendant being returned to him.

This matter is really not very glorious to talk about.

Jiang Yue: "Your Highness, please think about it again."

Looking at Jiang Yue's inquiring eyes, Zhao Chongzheng shook his head and said:

"That jade pendant..." In the past, Zhao Chongzheng was not a person who was overly sentimental. His preferences had never been very specific, and he would get bored of them once the novelty wore off.

But there is only one person who makes him obsessed.

"I once gave it to Miss Zeng as a token of love, but she later returned it to me. I felt upset when I saw it, so I just..."

"Who did you give it to?" Jiang Yue asked again.

When she heard this, she began to think about it.

But if you just think about it, Miss Zeng is gentle, virtuous, and generous, and Lord Zeng is an honest official and the father-in-law of Your Majesty, so this doesn't make sense.

But it didn't stop her from having a lot of thoughts running through her mind.

Zhao Chongzheng: "I just gave it to the woman in the teahouse."

"What did I say? I didn't expect that the dignified Prince Donglin would be so hypocritical!" The man from Beiyan still couldn't help but tease.

They were like flies that disturbed people, which made Zhao Chongzheng too disgusted.

He looked at Jiang Yue angrily:

"Jiang Yue, if you don't kill this kind of person, why do you keep him alive?"

"Quick, kill them!"

Jiang Yue thought to herself that this matter needed to be decided by His Majesty.

She followed Zhao Chongzheng's gaze,

"Let me ask you one last question. Did the Fourth Prince really collude with you Beiyan to commit the crime?"

"It's absolutely true." said another Beiyan man.

Another person echoed: "Even if you kill us, this is still true."

After that, he paused and looked towards the dark corner of the cell.

"If you kill us, you won't be able to find the other accomplices of the Fourth Prince. For example, the young general beside the Fourth Prince is also one of the masterminds!"

Jiang Yue said coldly: "Sowing discord!"

"Such a person actually wanted to mess with my Donglin court. He should have been killed yesterday!"

Zhao Chongzheng laughed out loud:

"Hahaha, this is so funny, my brother, you actually believed the slander and locked me up in this dark place. I wonder how these Northern Yan barbarians are laughing at you behind your back. They just used a little trick to mess up the court of Donglin."

The Northern Yan people sneered and said contemptuously: "Kill me, guess, will your Majesty punish you?"

"When will my thoughts be controlled by you?" Zhao Chongxiu appeared in the sky prison in plain clothes.

That's right, he heard all of Jiang Yue's questions just now.

The person following beside him was none other than the Minister of Justice, Wen Liang.

"Your Majesty, I have long heard of your great name." The big man from Northern Yan curled his lips sideways. Even though he was a prisoner at the moment, he did not seem to be at a disadvantage in terms of momentum.

Another person continued: "The court of Donglin has long been in disarray!"

Zhao Chongzheng was furious: "Royal brother!"

"Don't be impatient." Zhao Chongxiu looked towards the prison. Every second look at these two people made him feel extremely disgusted.

Then he gave Wen Liang an order:

"Lingchi, right now!"

After he finished speaking, Zhao Chongzheng laughed uncontrollably.

This is the first time I realized how majestic my brother was when he gave orders.

And those two men from Beiyan could no longer be so arrogant.