northernbook Chapter 123: A Plan to Sow Dissension
Chapter 123: A Plan to Sow Dissension
The wife ran towards the minister as fast as she could, then raised her hand and slapped him hard in the face.
The slap made the minister dizzy and see stars. She shouted angrily: "You bastard, which important person did you offend outside? You actually brought such a big trouble to our family!"
The minister covered his face and grimaced in pain, but he did not dare to resist at all. He just looked sad and said aggrievedly: "Madam, I have always been conscientious, how could I possibly offend some important person?" As he spoke, his tears flowed down like a flood breaking through a dam.
The minister looked very embarrassed at the moment, with red palm prints on his face, and tears and snot all over his face. He sobbed and explained that he had always been honest and had never offended anyone.
However, the wife did not believe the minister's words. She stared at the minister with wide eyes and asked sternly: "Then tell me, why would someone come to our house and want to kill our family? Are they just bored and have nothing to do?" The minister was speechless and could only sob and cry, unable to say a word.
"Ma'am, I really don't know!"
"Pa! You're still quibbling!" The minister was slapped again.
"Madam, even if you beat me to death, I don't know who I have offended!"
"Pah! You're going to tell me or not!"
"Madam, I don't know, what can I say..."
"They are a mob that challenge the emperor's authority. They ask me to force His Majesty to abolish the official selection system tomorrow."
"Otherwise, everyone in our family will lose their heads!"
"Pa pa pa! You must tell the truth to His Majesty tomorrow! Otherwise, our whole family will die!"
"Pah pah pah! Got it?"
The sound of slapping spread throughout the yard. The servants lowered their heads, wanting to look but not daring to, and vaguely felt that their faces seemed to hurt!
Another mansion.
The son of a minister was pulled out of his bed in a brothel by a group of men in black, and taken naked to the minister's mansion.
Afterwards, they hung the man on a tree and beat drums and gongs: "What a shameless person! So-and-so's son is lingering among the flowers!"
"Seven women in one night!"
"Is it the distortion of human nature or the corruption of morality?"
"The son of an official appointed by the imperial court is actually a playboy. How pathetic and hateful!"
The minister hadn't even put on his clothes when he ran out to see his precious son being hung naked on a tree and humiliated. He was so angry that he fainted.
When he woke up again, his family members were all in the hands of the men in black, with a large, shiny machete on each of their necks. Even he himself was not surprised that if he tilted his head slightly, his head would fall off.
The minister was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he cried, "My lords, please let my son go."
"I only have one precious baby! If he dies, I won't be able to live anymore! Wuuuuu!"
As he cried, the knife on his neck moved closer to his neck, almost drawing blood.
The minister was frightened and burst into tears. His heart was broken when he saw his son struggling to beg for help.
"I'll do anything if you let my son go! Please!"
The man in black roared, "Are you willing to do anything?"
The minister was so frightened that he forgot to cry and nodded dully.
"Well, the current system of selecting officials..."
"Woo woo woo, I agree, I approve, please let me go!"
The man in black snorted, took away the knife from his neck, and said casually, "No wonder Master Li said you were afraid of death! It turns out you really are afraid of death!"
"Master Li?"
"What did he tell you? Did you kidnap an adult as well!"
The man in black laughed loudly: "Yes, we kidnapped Lord Li, and Lord Li betrayed you in order to save his life!"
"He said you were useless and that death would be the end of it all, so he asked us to come over and kill you and then let him go!"
"By the way, he was the one who told us which brothel your son stayed at, saving us the trouble of searching!"
Upon hearing this, the minister immediately clenched his fists and scolded Lord Li.
The man in black realized that his goal had been achieved, and then he said, "How about this, if you give us evidence against someone, we will spare your life and your son's life!"
The minister agreed repeatedly and gave up all the people he had associated with in order to save his life. In order to please the man in black, he even exaggerated the story.
The man in black was very satisfied. He patted the minister's chubby face and sneered, "Oh, he is a smart guy!"
"Don't say a word to the emperor when you go to court tomorrow! Otherwise, I will come after you again!"
"By the way, if you can force the emperor to abolish the current official selection system, I will give you a hundred taels of gold!"
"I also want to be an official. Only if the official selection system is abolished, I will have the opportunity to enter the court. Commoners like me can only realize the dream of entering the court by relying on my own strength!"
No matter what the man in black said, the minister nodded rapidly, fearing that if he nodded a second later, his head would fall to the ground.
"If there weren't so many imperial guards in the palace, I would have brought people into the palace and put a knife to the old emperor!" The man in black sneered and said to the minister with cold eyes, as if the minister was the old emperor he was talking about.
"Sir, you must serve me well tomorrow, otherwise your whole family will die!" There was a cold light flashing in the black-clothed man's eyes, and his voice was low and cold.
The cold tone made the minister feel a chill going up his spine, and he shuddered involuntarily.
The man in black held a sharp sword in his hand, and the sword flashed coldly on the minister's neck, as if the sword would pierce the minister's throat in the next second!
"Yes, yes! I'll do it, as long as you don't kill us!"
"Tomorrow, I will bring people to put pressure on the emperor. This official selection system must be abolished!"
The man in black nodded to the two men in black standing guard over his son, and one of the men chopped off the body, causing the minister's son to fall naked to the ground whimpering.
The minister was so heartbroken when he saw this. If there wasn't a sword on his neck, he would have rushed over to comfort his beloved son!
When the men in black saw that their goal had been achieved, they looked at each other and left under the cover of night.
This group of men in black went to the homes of all the ministers in the court who opposed the abolition of the official selection system and intimidated them in the same way.
Whether it is effective or not, we will have to wait and see tomorrow.
Tufu's Mansion.
"Sir, the mission has been accomplished. Whether it will be effective or not will depend on tomorrow!"
"Sir, will they agree verbally, but will they say something else tomorrow?"
"Will they doubt your Majesty's identity?"
Ji Yanchen stood tall with his hands behind his back, his expression a little unclear under the candlelight. He turned around and said with a smile: "They don't have the guts!"
"They don't dare to take risks for the sake of their family's lives."
"Just wait till tomorrow."
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