Chapter 249 - 249 Man-made Trouble?
249 Man-made Trouble?
“In for a penny, in for a pound?!” Pei Zhaoyue looked at Madam Wei in confusion, since Pei Zhaoyue didn’t quite understand what she meant.
Madam Wei suppressed her anger and tried her best to maintain a calm smile as she explained to Pei Zhaoyue carefully, “Kill those people, as well as the guards who are escorting them back to the capital!”
“Will this work?!” Madam Wei’s words didn’t get a response from Pei Zhaoyue, but it frightened the old consort. Her subordinates had already made a huge mistake!
If they killed them along with those soldiers now…
“Don’t worry, Madam. The mountain rock has collapsed and hit many passers-by! Most of them are women from families who came to the banquet this time.
Therefore, Gu Erlang is busy saving people at this moment. He definitely won’t have the spare time to interrogate your soldiers.
This is our only chance to turn the tables! Otherwise, when Gu Erlang really sends them to the Imperial City’s government office, even if we rush over to ask for them, after a few rejections, they will have already gotten the information they want!
Consort, just as Madam Pei said just now, if the truth is exposed, Madam Pei can push the blame to the general, but what will you do?!
“Duke Huai Yang’s ministry is really just a figurehead now!”
Madam Wei turned to look at the old consort. Her tone was still gentle, but her eyes were cold.
No matter how dissatisfied she was, for her own sake, nothing could happen to Madam Pei! Therefore, if she could hide this matter, it would naturally be the best. But if she couldn’t hide it…
Someone had to be the scapegoat for the public to vent their anger!
Lu Ze mobilized people extremely quickly. In addition, the people on the mountain were not that thorough, so not that many rocks fell. After some effort, they finally dug out all the people buried below!
Although they had tried their best, more than ten people still lost their lives in this made-made disaster!
Lu Ze’s expression darkened when he heard Su Le’s report. The next moment, when an update came, he could no longer suppress his anger.
“Were they planning to silence us?!” When Lin Suisui heard this information, she broke out in a cold sweat. However, she was just as angry as Lu Ze. “So many people were injured and killed here, but they don’t feel guilty at all. Instead, they’re still trying to shirk responsibility!
“Do they really think that by killing those insiders, their sins will never be known?!”
“Let’s go back to the city first.” Lu Ze turned around and supported Lin Suisui. Then, he raised his hand slightly and patted her back to calm her down as he coaxed slowly, “You’ve had a long day. No matter what you have in mind, you have to wait until we get back!”
Lu Ze seemed to have expected this. Therefore, he had arranged for two teams of personal guards to escort the criminals back to the Imperial City’s government office in advance. One escort team was in the open, and the other was in the dark.
Although the other party had thought of seizing this opportunity to silence them, they had prepared too rashly. Although they had sent people over, most of them were useless. They were enough to intimidate ordinary people, but they were no match against Lu Ze’s personal guards!
Not only did they fail to kill a single person, but four to five of them were even captured alive and detained in the Imperial City’s government office overnight.
The people were from Duke Huai Yang’s ministry, so as soon as this matter happened, the first one to find out was naturally the old consort. She immediately fainted from fear. When the maidservants beside her finally woke her up, the first thing she said was to arrange for someone to send a letter to the general’s residence.
However, it was already late at night. After the person who sent the letter arrived at the entrance of the General’s Mansion, he waited for the entire night. He was only allowed to enter the house the next morning to report. However, in the chaotic government office, everyone had already been interrogated!
Even the evidence was placed on Lu Ze’s table.
“Pei Zhaoyue is crazy!” When Lin Suisui saw the report Lu Ze had given her, she slapped the table.
She guessed that this incident was a set up for her!
However, she originally thought that Pei Zhaoyue just planned to embarrass her at the flower appreciation banquet in the plum garden. She didn’t expect Pei Zhaoyue to have such a vicious idea in mind!
If it weren’t for the fact that she didn’t want to go to begin with, if it weren’t for the fact that those evil people were incompetent and failed to succeed, the consequences…
“I can’t take this lying down!” Lin Suisui clenched her fists and gritted her teeth as she said, “Her plan killed more than ten innocent people, and 20 to 30 people were seriously injured!
Just to vent her anger, she jeopardized the lives of so many innocent people! Even killing her would be letting her off too easy!”
“Then don’t accept it. How about I accompany you to vent your anger?!” Lu Ze reached out and rubbed the top of Lin Suisui’s head as he suggested gently, “Let’s go to Duke Huai Yang’s ministry first.”
Whether it was the people who blew up the snow on the mountain to create an avalanche or the people who killed their companions on the way, they were all the soldiers of Duke Huai Yang’s ministry.” Lu Ze walked to the table and took out a few confession letters for Lin Suisui to see. “It’s written clearly!
“Although it’s not convenient to announce this matter to the public now, in private, you can teach them a lesson!”
“Why can’t we announce it to the public?!” Lin Suisui frowned and looked at Lu Ze in confusion. “They did such a heartless thing. Why do we have to care about their reputation?!”
“Because it’s not time to completely overthrow the general who stabilizes the north, Gao Xuwei! Besides, you have to preserve Pei Qian’s dignity.” Lu Ze looked at Lin Suisui as he explained the reason to her in detail. “After all, Duke Huai Yang has saved the previous emperor. Now, there are only these two women left in Duke Huai Yang’s ministry!
If this matter really blew up, it would definitely affect the former emperor’s reputation!
Therefore, this matter could only be temporarily covered up and treated as an avalanche!
But don’t worry, this is only temporary!
When the time is right, I will definitely make them pay the price and suffer the punishment they deserve!”
“I understand, but don’t give them the death penalty. Let them live through their punishment!” Lin Suisui said. After she thought about it for a moment, it wasn’t difficult for her to understand the current situation. It was fine as long as they would eventually be punished!
“By the way, we have to compensate the dead and injured this time! These two families have to pay heavy compensation!”