RPAGF Chapter 276 The Day of Execution
Chapter 276 The Day of Execution
Only after venting her anger did Helian Roujia calm down.
"It shouldn't be like this. Emperor Yuanwu would never fall out with our Northern Wing over the Gao and Qiao clans. Northern Wing was defeated in the war because we were careless. If a war really breaks out, the Yuan Dynasty may not win again. Once a war breaks out, only the common people will suffer. This is what Emperor Yuanwu least wants to see."
"But Emperor Yuanwu's attitude tonight was really too arrogant. Why is he so abnormal? Where does he get the confidence from?"
Helian Roujia had countless doubts in her mind, so she called a confidant to investigate all the recent events in the capital.
She also wanted to find out the whereabouts of the Qiao family's gold and whether it had fallen into the hands of Emperor Yuanwu.
In the dead of night, in the imperial study, Emperor Yuanwu listened to the report from the secret guards, frowning tightly, "We have been searching for so long, but we haven't found any clues about the gold. Could it be that it really disappeared out of thin air?"
In the past few years, in order to build roads and improve people's livelihood, he allocated a lot of money from the national treasury. Now the treasury is empty, and he urgently needs the money from the Qiao family's treasury.
Although things like sugar and chili peppers could bring a lot of profits to the Yuan Dynasty, these profits needed time to accumulate before they could earn money comparable to the Qiao family's treasury.
"How could such good gold disappear?"
The secret guard Lao Jin repeated his guess again and again: "Your Majesty, Prince Pingshan and Princess Pingshan have been to Xuzhou City and Shuicheng. Not long after they arrived at those two places, the gold disappeared. I guess this matter must be related to them."
"Are you saying that they have some magic that can make gold disappear?" Emperor Yuanwu narrowed his eyes slightly.
Lao Jin lowered his head and said, "The world is so vast, and there are countless strange people and things. Your Majesty, I think it is necessary to investigate thoroughly."
"No need!" Emperor Yuanwu waved his hand. "Let alone the fact that the gold could not have been taken by the couple, even if it was, it doesn't matter. They are our family. It is much better for the gold to fall into the hands of our family than into the hands of outsiders."
"Your Majesty, you trust Prince Pingshan too much. Even if he is your nephew, you..."
"You don't understand." Emperor Yuanwu interrupted Lao Jin: "It's not just because of his identity, the most important thing is that he is a good boy. Everyone will betray me, but he won't."
Emperor Yuanwu closed his eyes and said to Lao Jin, "There's no need to investigate the couple. Look for other clues."
"As ordered!"
Lao Jin retreated and sighed secretly before leaving.
Your Majesty's trust in Prince Pingshan exceeds that of anyone else.
They have only known each other for a short time, why does Your Majesty trust King Pingshan so much?
Although he was very puzzled, Lao Jin was still very obedient and did not investigate Xiao Jamel Xiao and Ye Tang privately.
In the imperial study, Emperor Yuanwu took out a painting, which included him, Nangong Yan, Gao Yi, and his sister Gongsun Qingyin.
"Sister, brother-in-law, your son is outstanding."
The next day, Ye Tang got up before dawn.
Seeing Jamel Xiao sleeping soundly, she didn’t have the heart to disturb him.
After washing up, Ye Tang ran around the palace, and then practiced horse riding, archery and various weapons.
When the exercise was finished, it was completely light. Ye Tang was soaked in sweat and was about to go back to the yard to take a shower. When he turned around, he saw Gui Dao sitting on the eaves not far away.
"Has my great uncle recovered his martial arts skills?" Ye Tang raised his eyebrows.
Gui Dao said indifferently: "I am not your great uncle."
Ye Tang smiled lightly: "Where is your uncle going?"
Ghost Blade didn't say anything.
Ye Tang suddenly screamed, "Dad, you're here just in time. My great uncle is trying to escape. Hurry up and catch him."
Gui Dao subconsciously turned around and found no one behind him.
"You are such a cunning girl!" He turned around angrily and saw a big black panther pouncing towards him.
"Ah!" The ghost knife rolled down from the eaves and fell onto the grass.
The black panther leaped down and stepped on his back with one paw.
"You damn leopard, let me go!" Gui Dao struggled, seemingly very angry, but actually he had no strength.
Seeing Xiao Qi easily subdued the ghost knife, Ye Tang laughed: "It turns out that you haven't recovered your martial arts, you are just pretending!"
"Uncle, don't even think about running away. Here you have food and drink, and there's a big cat to keep you company. You're so carefree!"
Ye Tang clapped his hands, and two guards came over immediately and carried the ghost knife away.
"Uncle, although you are not allowed to go out, you can walk around the palace and enjoy the good wine and food."
She asked someone to prepare a big bowl of mutton noodles for Gui Dao.
"You must have never eaten this noodle. Try it and see if you like it." Ye Tang smiled brightly.
It was obviously a lovely face, but it made Gui Dao feel a little itchy.
"I don't like mutton. Don't even think about trying to please me with food. I will never acknowledge you as my niece or granddaughter... Ugh!"
Ye Tang picked up a handful of noodles with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.
It was so hot that he spat it out: "It burned me to death."
He was about to get angry when he suddenly smelled a fragrance.
He licked it with his tongue, then took a look at the mutton noodles, snatched the chopsticks from Ye Tang, and took bite after bite, eating faster and faster. After a while, he had eaten up all the noodles, meat and soup.
"It smells so good! My dear niece, give me another bowl." Gui Dao smiled ingratiatingly.
Ye Tang curled his lips.
……
The North Wing delegation was angry early in the morning.
"There is no breakfast today? Does the Yuan Dynasty know how to entertain guests?" Lei Zhenhao smashed the dried meat in his hand to the ground.
The deputy general beside him said angrily: "General, Emperor Yuanwu is too much of a bully. He doesn't even treat us as guests."
Lei Zhenhao's eyes were sinister: "He regards us as enemies."
He took a deep breath and asked his deputy general, "Forget it. I am too lazy to argue with Emperor Yuanwu. Since he won't give me food, I will go outside to buy it."
He took the two people out of the post station and came to a busy street where there were many vendors selling breakfast in the morning.
Lei Zhenhao smelled a strange fragrance.
He followed the smell to the door of a mutton noodle restaurant, and as soon as he entered, he attracted the attention of everyone in the restaurant.
"Give me three bowls of mutton noodles." Lei Zhenhao shouted as he looked at the words on the menu.
The waiter who was serving flour to the customer immediately replied: "Sold out!"
Lei Zhenhao and the other two: "..."
They went to another breakfast shop, and the shopkeeper and waiters saw what they were wearing and said with a smile, "All sold out."
I went to seven or eight stores but couldn't buy anything to eat.
Even the street vendors wouldn't sell anything to them.
"How ridiculous!" Lei Zhenhao was so angry that his stomach growled.
"General, the people of the capital are targeting us, the people of the Northern Wing." The deputy general was furious.
Lei Zhenhao also realized that the people in the capital dared to be so arrogant, probably because of Emperor Yuanwu's instructions.
Extremely abominable.
A fragrance wafted over again, and Lei Zhenhao and the other two couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
"Follow this general."
The three men came to an alley, sneaked into a house, stole three pieces of clothing, dressed up as Yuan Dynasty people, and went to buy breakfast in a swagger.
Finally bought the mutton noodles.
Take a taste.
Hmm, Xiang is confused!
When they returned to the post station, they bought a lot of food to take back.
For two consecutive days, the North Wing delegation was very well behaved. Apart from going out to the capital to buy food, they did not take any special actions.
It was not until this day, when the direct descendants of the Gao and Qiao clans were taken to the Meridian Gate for execution, that Helian Roujia and Lei Zhenhao went out together and came to the Meridian Gate.
Ye Tang and Xiao Jingxuan sat in the carriage at the position with the best view, looking at Gao Yi and his group kneeling on the execution platform with great interest.
Gao Yi lowered his head, making it impossible to see his face.
His thin and old body seemed like it would fall down at the slightest breeze.