Chapter 141 Friend of the Prime Minister——Yuan Hongdao.

As soon as these words were spoken, all the prisoners on the stage, who had been silent as death, began to cry.

Some regretted, some cursed.

In contrast, the people in the audience had expressions of excitement on their faces that lingered for a long time, their hands were clapping until they were red, they cheered continuously, and they pressed forward one after another, wanting to see it more clearly.

This kind of excitement is not common.

As the executioners spat on their hands, they sprayed a mouthful of liquor on the ghost-head sword, wiped the rain from their faces, drew their swords and roared, and the swords flashed several times, and more than a dozen heads fell off.

All that could be heard was the sound of the iron knife hitting bones and the sound of the head colliding with the wooden platform.

The blood spurted out like a fountain.

This scene that made people's adrenaline surge made the onlookers take a step back unconsciously. There was only a moment of silence, and then the audience became more excited and applauded!
The rain, mixed with blood, flowed to their feet.

But everyone was so excited that no one cared about the wet shoes.
In this way, it took four rounds before all the numerous criminal officials were killed one by one!
. . . . . .

The Minister of Rites Guo Youzhi died.

Their homes were searched and their families were exiled or worse.

Leaving with him were Guo Zheng, the Censor of the Censorate, Han Zhiwei, the Minister of Justice, and a group of officials from the Princess's faction.

The Qing court reached a new balance in this constant tug of war and mutual devouring - that was the balance that Emperor Qing hoped for.

The young man who looked like a scholar who walked out earlier was He Zongwei, who had made things difficult for Fan Xian with Guo Baokun at the beginning.

The woman was the wife of Wu Bo'an, who appeared and died in the Lin Gong case.

Wu Bo'an was the eldest princess's man. He was ordered to go undercover in the prime minister's residence, but he instigated the second son of the prime minister, Lin Gong, to assassinate Fan Xian in Niulan Street and was killed in the courtyard at the foot of Cangshan Mountain.

Over the past six months, the two have had an extremely hard time.

Not to mention He Zongwei, even that woman was plundered and tortured by countless disciples of Lin Xiang after her husband's death, causing her family to be broken up. Her only son with her late husband was also imprisoned for no reason and tortured to death.

In her opinion, all this was instructed by Prime Minister Lin.

After all, her husband killed Lin Xiang's son, so she would naturally retaliate. But her son was innocent!

She was so angry that even though she knew the Prime Minister was powerful, she still wanted to seek justice for her son. Thinking of this, she simply made up her mind and wanted to go to Kyoto to file a complaint!

And who is He Zongwei?
He was a clever man. After hearing about this matter, he felt that there was a lot of potential in this matter. So he happened to meet the woman and promised to seek justice for her.

By now, he had relied on all the connections he had in Kyoto to report everything to a mysterious person.

Less than five days later, countless imperial censors collectively wrote a letter accusing the then prime minister Lin Ruofu of robbing others of their property, setting up a private torture chamber, and taking human lives.

This resulted in Wu Bo'an's son dying tragically in prison.

Not only that, he also sent assassins to wipe out the root of the problem, and assassinated He Zongwei and Wu Bo'an's wife in the street when they came to Kyoto to report the news.

If he hadn't been rescued by the second prince who was passing by for fun, even this only witness would have died.

The cruelty of each of these incidents is appalling!
The direction of public opinion changed unconsciously and gradually became unfavorable to the prime minister Lin Ruofu.

The court of Qing Kingdom gradually became very interesting and intriguing in this storm! ······
The prime minister’s residence, the Lin Mansion.

"If I wanted to take action against Wu Bo'an's family, how could I let that woman enter the capital alive? How could the means of revenge later be so simple!"

Lin Ruofu is over fifty years old and has passed the age of knowing the destiny.

Now, in the mansion, many affairs were in turmoil, and his frown could not be calmed for a long time. He became haggard and old, no longer as vigorous as he was in his youth.

"Perhaps those disciples guessed what the Prime Minister was thinking and acted in this way." Yuan Hongdao's expression was indifferent, even a little wooden. He frowned slightly and responded absentmindedly.

"Haha, are you trying to guess my thoughts?" Lin Ruofu laughed angrily, his expression amused, his eyes fixed on Yuan Hongdao and never left, "Does it take a risk on your career to guess my thoughts, and do you need to kill the person? Do you need to assassinate the witness in the street to eliminate future troubles?"

"Your Majesty is right. This method is very despicable. In essence, it all depends on your Majesty's attitude."

"hehe!"

Lin Ruofu smiled slightly, stood up, looked directly at Yuan Hongdao, and spoke slowly after a long while: "I'm afraid that's what Your Majesty is thinking. Let me take over and wait for the next generation, hahaha!"

Yuan Hongdao stood aside respectfully, remaining silent and not responding.

"You arranged for people to do all these things?"

Yuan Hongdao was about to say something else, but Lin Ruofu just waved his hand coldly to stop him and looked at him quietly.

The room suddenly became quiet. After a long while, Yuan Hongdao replied in a low voice: "Not bad."

"how so?"

Lin Ruofu was puzzled.

He and Yuan Hongdao had come a long way, from being a commoner to being the head of an official. They had known each other for half a lifetime and could be considered the closest people who understood each other best.

He trusted Yuan Hongdao very much.

Thinking back to the past, I had proposed more than once to help Yuan Hongdao enter the official career. With Yuan Hongdao's own ability, it would not be surprising if he sat in his current position one day. However, all of this was rejected by Yuan Hongdao.

This is also the reason why Lin Ruofu trusts Yuan Hongdao so much.

After all, if a person spends half his life helping another person, the other person will indeed be grateful. Moreover, I was still a commoner at that time. If Yuan Hongdao was sent by someone else, what would he want from me?

"I promised someone that I would help him get you out of power when he needs it."

Yuan Hongdao sighed suddenly, looking at the familiar study, and said softly: "I have been hiding beside you for so many years, just for this day. I originally thought that if the Prime Minister didn't find out, I would return home with him, and we could play chess together for a while before dying."

"But now, I can't do that."

Lin Ruofu raised the corner of his mouth as if thinking of that day, and shook his head slightly: "Are you the eldest princess's man?"

Yuan Hongdao remained silent, which made his old friend, who had been with him for so many years, feel strange.

Lin Ruofu couldn't see through it. He didn't understand what his old friend was thinking, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he sighed and said, "Tomorrow I will go to the palace to resign to His Majesty."

Yuan Hongdao's head hung even lower.

As for who sent him, does it matter?
(End of this chapter)