klisemfg Chapter 162 Cold Sweat
Chapter 162 Cold Sweat
Several people drew their knives and looked at Gu Mufeng vigilantly.
"Cut off his legs and see if he dares to act arrogantly again!"
The officer who was kicked over looked at the three men fiercely and raised his knife as if to chop at them.
"stop!"
Magistrate Yang arrived quickly, and as soon as he arrived, he saw the officers and soldiers in his own mansion holding up their swords and preparing to kill people. How could it look like to kill someone with swords in public!
"grown ups!"
Seeing the officers and soldiers kneeling down and calling out "Master", the others quickly followed suit and knelt down.
"Greetings, His Excellency the Prefect!"
Only the three people standing there were conspicuous.
"Did they kill my nephew?"
"Yes, sir, it's these three thieves! How dare they refuse to kneel before the prefect!"
As the officers and soldiers spoke, they prepared to come over and kick the three men to their knees.
Gu Mufeng turned around and looked at Magistrate Yang with cold eyes and a bad expression.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Ning!"
Magistrate Yang was originally anxious to check on his nephew's body, and had no intention of lingering on. After all, it was just a capital crime, so what difference did it make whether he knelt or not?
But the moment Gu Mufeng turned around, he was glad that he realized something was wrong and turned back, otherwise it might not be just his nephew who died today.
His knees softened involuntarily and his voice trembled. How could he have alarmed this great god?
"What is His Royal Highness Prince Ning? Why pretend to be anyone else but His Royal Highness Prince Ning and do this again?"
The officers and soldiers who had previously laughed at the three of them didn't notice who was shouting and blurted out disdainful words.
When he saw that it was his own prefect kneeling down and looking at him grimly, he suddenly felt a chill on his back. If the prefect had knelt down, could he really be His Royal Highness Prince Ning?
"Your Highness Prince Ning, please forgive me! I was blind and didn't recognize the real man~~~"
"Shut up! Magistrate Yang, take your men and go back to the court to talk."
"Yes!"
Someone came up immediately to untie him. Tang Ning looked at him with some admiration. Perhaps it was because she had come into contact with too many unreliable people in the palace before, so she had always been somewhat dismissive of the imperial power. Now, it seemed like he was really awesome!
Gu Mufeng’s status is so impressive, so as his princess, wouldn’t I be pretty impressive too?
From now on, you won’t have to fight anywhere. You can just use your identity to suppress others. It’s exciting just thinking about it!
Having little power and no military force has always been her weakness. Next time she goes out, she will ask Gu Mufeng to assign her one or two secret guards so that she won't have to hide in space when something happens.
Tang Ning followed Gu Mufeng obediently. Although she couldn't act like a lady from a noble family, she didn't want to embarrass him.
No, what's with her sudden low self-esteem? Why is she so low self-esteem?
Tang Ning was supposed to be arrogant and domineering. Thinking of this, she immediately held her head high and walked like a crab.
Gu Mufeng, who knew her psychology well, smiled silently.
"I didn't know His Royal Highness Prince Ning was coming to visit. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. Please forgive me!"
Along the way, the prefect was trying every way to get close to the emperor, and he didn't even care about his own nephew's death.
Prefect Yang knew very well that if this matter was handled well, he would still be the prefect, but if it was not handled well, his career as an official might be over.
Now that my nephew is dead, we should handle the matter impartially and do what needs to be done. Even if he is sentenced to death, what can a dead person do to him?
"I was taking the princess out for a trip and passed by Haishi. I came to see the property she had previously invested in here. I didn't expect to encounter such a terrible thing, so I couldn't help but intervene. Now I find out that it was actually the nephew of Governor Yang."
Gu Mufeng spoke gently as he took Tang Ning's hand. In public, Tang Ning felt a little embarrassed and wanted to pull back, but Gu Mufeng held her tightly, not giving her a chance to resist.
"Oh? The princess has some property in Hai City? I wonder which shop it is? I'll have someone take care of it to avoid neglecting some insignificant things."
The two of them chatted casually along the way, with no sign of previous unpleasantness.
Just as they were about to approach the mansion, Old Madam Yang rushed over from afar and burst into tears, rushing to the end of the team and wailing loudly:
"My grandson! Why did you die so early? How could you live alone, leaving me?"
He must be really sad, his body is shaking with anxiety.
As he spoke, he lifted the white cloth covering the body. The moment he lifted it, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
"Hurry up and send the old lady back to the mansion, quickly, and ask the doctor to take a look."
Magistrate Yang breathed a sigh of relief. For the first time, he felt that he was unfilial. Fortunately, he fainted early, otherwise he would have said something unpleasant. Losing face was not a big deal, but he was afraid of offending the prince.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. My mother is old and has encountered such a thing. I am a little overwhelmed for a while."
"I understand!"
The murderer Gu Mufeng smiled and nodded, leaving Tang Ning stunned.
"By the way, Princess Ning hasn't told me yet, where is your property in Hai City?"
"The one your nephew took."
The air was suddenly quiet. It was the first time Tangning had seen someone's expression change in an instant, from flattery to resentment, then to disgust, and finally back to respect again.
It would be a waste of talent for Magistrate Yang not to perform face-changing.
"My son was ignorant and offended the princess. Please consider that my nephew is gone and don't bother with him anymore. My Yang family will compensate the princess for the silver she lost."
Tang Ning nodded, indicating that she agreed, but she just hoped that when they discussed the matter later, Governor Yang would still say such tough words.
"Prefect Yang, please wait and see how this case is judged."
Upon learning that her beloved grandson was dead and would be put on trial, Mrs. Yang, who had just woken up, climbed up from the hospital bed again.
"Hurry up, go call the eldest brother's wife and help me go to the court. I want to see how this man named Yang will judge his deceased nephew."
"Yes, Madam is already waiting outside the door."
"Then hurry up!"
"Yes!"
The maids hurriedly helped the old lady out. Old Lady Yang was usually in good health. If she hadn't been so sad before, she wouldn't have fainted.
"Let's go to the court, I'll watch the boss make the decision!"
Madam Yang explained anxiously:
"Mother, my husband sent someone back to tell me that the Qing army robbed Princess Ning's shop and used the passenger boat they stole as a prostitute, forcing women of good character into prostitution and resulting in many deaths..."
Madam Yang was furious and slapped him.
"Nonsense! Yang Xihan wants to get promoted and make money, but he's trying to climb up by stepping on his nephew's corpse. That doesn't make sense. He's throwing all the filth and stench on my Qing Army!"
Old Lady Yang simply thought that Prefect Yang wanted to perform well in front of Prince Ning in order to have a smooth career.
But Magistrate Yang in the court was sweating profusely.
Upon hearing that Prince Ning had come to punish Young Master Yang, who deserved to be put to death, those victims who had nowhere to seek justice came forward one after another.