kvmb Chapter 404 If you do too much injustice, you will die.
Chapter 404 If you do too much injustice, you will die.
Lord Kang didn't look at Sheng Junyi, but only at the token.
In an instant, his expression completely collapsed.
Only two words came to mind: It's over.
Then, with his eyes closed and a steely resolve, he willingly offered his neck to the tip of the knife.
However, Lu Yangyang would not let him have his way. The moment he moved, she put away the blade, raised her elbow and dislocated his jaw. With her other hand, she reached around his back and pushed him to the ground. "Lord Kang, don't rush to commit suicide. You've confessed all the crimes you need to confess. It's your time to commit suicide."
Sheng Junyi raised his hand, and the people behind him immediately stepped forward, pulled Lord Kang up and restrained him, and dragged him out along with the other salt merchants present.
Lu Yangyang had the maids find clothes for the children, and after taking Xiao Qi's hand and leading them out of the room, she removed the blindfold from their eyes.
The children had just experienced a disaster; several of them were whipped and bruised beyond recognition, but at this moment, standing outside the room, staring at the dazzling lights before them, they were still stunned.
The room behind them was sealed off.
Sheng Junyi walked to Lu Yangyang's side, and suddenly fireworks lit up the sky in the distance, exploding in mid-air and illuminating the entire night sky.
“This is a signal from the Salt Gang. The Salt Gang is going to be in chaos tonight, all thanks to you,” Sheng Junyi said.
Lu Yangyang: "...Those who commit many unrighteous acts will surely perish."
She looked up at Sheng Junyi: "Prince Rong has really come?"
Sheng Junyi handed the token to her: "It's genuine."
Lu Yangyang was a little confused. Wasn't this too much of a coincidence?
Sheng Junyi chuckled, unable to resist giving her a light tap on the back of the head. "Now you know how dangerous today was?"
Lu Yangyang still didn't quite understand.
Sheng Junyi explained to her, "His Majesty sent Prince Rong to Jiangnan in person as an imperial envoy to reorganize the salt administration in Jiangnan. However, this matter is a secret and has not been revealed. Prince Rong just arrived in Jiangnan today. The first person he wants to see is Jiang Jiange, the Governor-General of Jiangnan, and the second person is Kang Xinwen, the salt official in charge of Jiangnan Prefecture."
"The guards here are so tight, which shows that the person hiding here is very important. I just didn't expect that person to be Kang Xinwen. I investigated him after I came to Jiangnan Prefecture and saw him from afar. I glanced at him when I was hiding behind the screen just now and he looked familiar, but I couldn't remember who he was. I only remembered who he was after you left."
"After I remembered who he was, I immediately went to Prince Rong and sent elite troops to surround the Wine Fairy Courtyard. So you are really lucky today. If Governor Jiang had been in charge today, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly. There are too many things to consider in Governor Jiang's position, but Prince Rong has it much easier. He has the imperial sword and represents His Majesty. Even Duke Xiao can't do anything about it."
Lu Yangyang really didn't expect that Sheng Junyi would discover, just like her, that Lord Kang, the salt commissioner of the prefecture, was doing such a despicable thing in a brothel. It was simply outrageous!
However... Prince Rong's visit to Jiangnan Prefecture was probably not for the purpose of reorganizing the salt administration.
The case of the Ningxian salt mine was sealed in Ningxian, and it didn't even implicate Lord Kang. This shows that those in the capital, including His Majesty, had reached a consensus on the matter and decided to close the case completely.
If that's the case, why would His Majesty specifically send Prince Rong to Jiangnan, and even send him there secretly?
There is only one reason.
His Majesty does not believe that His Highness is dead, so Prince Rong's purpose in coming to Jiangnan Prefecture was not to reorganize the salt administration, but rather to secretly search for His Highness under the guise of reorganizing the salt administration.
And then, coincidentally, they stumbled upon Lord Kang, the salt official, colluding with the salt gang tonight to commit such a heinous act.
So Sheng Junyi took advantage of Prince Rong's pretext of rectifying the salt administration and led his men to arrest Lord Kang in the act. Prince Rong dealt with Lord Kang, so the trip was worthwhile. It also served as a warning to the Xiao family of Duke Xiao, without hindering him from secretly looking for someone. It was a win-win situation.
Why should we give the Xiao family, the Duke of Xiao, a warning?
After His Highness was deposed, the Third Prince was the most likely candidate for Crown Prince. At this critical juncture, if the Third Prince were to marry Cheng Ruoxue, it would be an open attempt to consolidate the Cheng family's military power, something His Majesty would absolutely not allow. However, if Cheng Ruoxue were to marry the heir of the Duke of Xiao, it would mean that the Third Prince would indirectly form a marriage alliance with the Cheng family through the Xiao family.
This relationship can move forward or backward; it's somewhere in the middle, and Your Majesty has no reason to stop it.
But will His Majesty allow the Third Prince and the Xiao family to engage in such petty actions?
Of course not, so they secretly sent Prince Rong to Jiangnan Prefecture under the pretext of rectifying the salt administration to investigate Kang Xinwen, the brother-in-law of Duke Xiao. It would be best if they found something wrong, but if they didn't, it would still serve as a warning.
Every step was meticulously planned.
Even if they hadn't happened to stumble upon Lord Kang's scandalous affair tonight, Lord Kang would still have been caught off guard and investigated by Prince Rong.
After recognizing Lord Kang, Sheng Junyi understood his intentions and acted decisively, using them to eliminate Lord Kang through Prince Rong.
This also completely resolved her crisis tonight.
After figuring out the details, Lu Yangyang gasped. It was indeed a coincidence, but not an absolute coincidence.
She was wrong; her thinking was too simplistic.
Lu Yangyang sincerely apologized to Sheng Junyi: "I'm sorry, I was indeed reckless tonight. I was only thinking about the many things in the world, some of which are permissible and some of which are not, but I didn't realize that behind power are spider webs, intricate and intertwined. If I'm not careful, I will be swallowed up by a poisonous spider."
Sheng Junyi hadn't expected her to admit her mistakes, and smiled faintly: "If I were to give you another chance to choose, would you still save her?"
Lu Yangyang thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll tell you first that I've discovered something's wrong with that person, and then I'll go and rescue him."
Sheng Junyi chuckled: "Then shouldn't I be glad that we were on the same wavelength tonight?"
Lu Yangyang: "..."
I hate to admit it, but it really was a coincidence.
However, she suddenly remembered something that Sheng Junyi probably didn't know. The fact that His Majesty had sent Prince Rong to reorganize the salt administration, as Sheng Junyi had discerned, was likely intended as a warning to the Third Prince, mostly because of Lord Kang's status and the Third Prince's current predicament.
But she did remember that Sheng Junyi and Cheng Ruoxue had a date on the boat by the lake in the garden of Qing'an Prince's Mansion.
“I just heard something from Lord Kang,” Lu Yangyang said carefully, “The heir of the Duke of Xiao remarried after his wife’s death. His new wife is the eldest daughter of General Cheng, Cheng Ruoxue.”
"What did you say?" Sheng Junyi's smiling face suddenly froze.
"Sister Ruoxue has become the second wife of the Duke of Xiao's heir, and they will be getting married soon."