Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 212 Impeachment
Jia Qiang, who was wearing a python suit, stood at the front of the line of military attaches. Those in the same line with him were either princes or cabinet bachelors, and everyone was several years older than him.

But everyone in the court is convinced that he stands in this position. This is the trust he has built through his military exploits.

All the courtiers believed that any foreign enemy Daqian encountered could be easily dealt with by this one man.

As usual, Jia Qiang quietly listened to the courtiers reporting on their respective affairs.

"My ministers, is there anything else?" After the last courtier completed his regular affairs report, Emperor Jingwen looked at the ministers majestically and asked.

Just when the courtiers thought that today would be like before, retreating after Emperor Jingwen asked questions, Jia Qiang stepped out of the queue.

"I have a book to start with!" Jia Qiang held a piece of paper in her hands and said.

Emperor Jingwen was stunned. With Jia Qiang's status, if there was anything he really needed to do, he didn't have to go to court and could just explain it to him directly.

In fact, the matter of the court meeting has already been written, and the court meeting is mostly just a formality.

Emperor Jingwen signaled to Xia Shouzhong, and Xia Shouzhong walked to Jia Qiang's side and took the fold from Jia Qiang's hand.

"I impeach Zhen Yingjia, Zhen Yingyi and their sons for ignoring national laws, robbing people's lives, and robbing fields and industries in Jiangnan. I listed a total of forty-five cases. This happened in the past five or six years. It can be seen that the Zhen family has become a prominent figure in Jiangnan. Lawless, please put the country and the country first and find out the crimes of the Zhen family!" Jia Qiang said loudly when Xia Shouzhong presented the fold.

The whole hall was shocked. This was Jia Qiang's first impeachment, and it was also an extremely rare direct impeachment by a super-grade marquis and a first-grade military attache.

No one expected that Jia Qiang's impeachment was directed at the Zhen family.

Who is the Zhen family? It is a family protected by the Supreme Emperor.

A strange look appeared on Emperor Jingwen's face. He assigned people to investigate the Zhen family in Jiangnan. The information recently collected was not as extensive as the information in the booklet sent by Jia Qiang.

He looked at the booklet and saw that each case had a specific time and place, the relevant events, witnesses, etc. It could be said that with the booklet in his hand, he could confirm the case written in the booklet with just a little investigation.

"Zhen Yingjia is the president of Jinling Provincial Tirenyuan on imperial envoy. He can do things easily in Jiangnan. I'm afraid there is no misunderstanding!" An official stood up and said.

Jia Qiang turned her head and looked at the official coldly, with the murderous intent in her eyes unable to be concealed.

The official felt as if he was being targeted by a tiger, his body trembled involuntarily, and he finally sat down on the ground in a state of disbelief.

"I impeach this man for his disobedience in front of the palace, and he is not qualified to serve as an official in the court!" Jia Qiang was waiting for this official to lose his composure. When he saw the official sitting on the ground, he shouted loudly.

More than 200,000 people died in his hands. For any immortal, this many lives were enough to cause divine punishment.

But what he cultivates is magic power, which does not belong to the energy of this world, so he will not be noticed by this world.

With his powerful spirit, coupled with the killing intent of more than 200,000 lives, it may not be very effective against powerful people, but it can be said to be a spiritual weapon for ordinary people.

That is to say, he didn't want to kill anyone in the court, otherwise he would use all his murderous intent to scare the official to death.

Emperor Jingwen also wanted to touch the Zhen family, and officials who could speak for the Zhen family under such circumstances, needless to say, had a close relationship with the Zhen family.

"Drag him out, dismiss his official position, and hand him over to Dali Temple for investigation!" Emperor Jingwen waved his hands in disgust.

The guards in front of the palace came forward and dragged the official away.

To be honest, Jia Qiang's actions stunned the entire civil servants in the court.

If Jia Qiang used some words to confront this official, the officials in the court would be able to accept it, but Jia Qiang made the official lose his temper with just one look, and then used it to win over the official. This made the civil servants in the court Feeling Jia Qiang's dominance.

On the contrary, the military attache burst out laughing.

Jia Qiang's handling method was particularly in line with the habits of military attachés.

Emperor Jingwen's last sentence of handing over to Dali Temple for investigation also shows Emperor Jingwen's support for Jia Qiang.

Dali Temple is the territory of Jia Qiang's teacher and father-in-law. He offended Jia Qiang and was sent to Dali Temple. If he is a truly honest official, that's it. As long as there are some mistakes in his body, he may not be able to escape from Dali Temple.

Now, there might have been some officials who wanted to help the Zhen family, but seeing Jia Qiang's strength, they gave up the idea.

For the sake of the Zhen family, not only did it offend Jia Qiang, but it was not worth involving herself.

The most important thing is that it is not a good thing to offend Jia Qiang. Jia Qiang's revengeful mentality is really too strong.

At this time, most of the courtiers in the court understood why Jia Qiang wanted to deal with the Zhen family.

The Prince of Beijing's family was exterminated, and Princess Beijing was sent to the cold palace. This prevented Jia Qiang from taking revenge on Princess Beijing, and thus extended this hatred to Princess Beijing's natal family, the Zhen family.

Some courtiers even thought of some legends about Jia Qiang. When Jia Qiang was in Jiangnan, she had a feud with the third master of the Zhen family. Later, the third master and his wife of the Zhen family died inexplicably. Afterwards, the Zhen family paid a price to reconcile with Jia Qiang.

In addition, the Mada Salt Merchant instigated an attack on the daughter of Lin Ruhai, the then salt inspector, and the Madan Salt Merchant was assassinated afterwards.

Every incident shows that Jia Qiang must take revenge and use ruthless methods.

"Dear ministers, do you have any objections to the Zhen family's affairs?" Emperor Jingwen asked calmly.

None of the courtiers stood up and remained silent.

"Okay, since all the ministers have agreed to investigate the Zhen family, I will discuss it with the Supreme Emperor before making a decision!" Emperor Jingwen nodded.

At this time, Emperor Jingwen strongly hoped to have the power to make decisions with a single word. Unfortunately, he had the Supreme Emperor above him, which made him, the emperor, constrained and unable to exert his power at all.

However, this time he used some tricks and invited the entire court to speak to the Supreme Emperor. Thinking about it, even if the Supreme Emperor wanted to protect the Zhen family, he could not completely ignore the opinions of the court officials.

In the Daming Palace, the Supreme Emperor listened to the report of the young eunuch. His eyes were slightly closed, and his face did not show any expression of joy, anger, sorrow or joy.

Even if he heard that Jia Qiang impeached the Zhen family, he was not surprised at all.

"Okay, step back!" After hearing what happened in the court, the Supreme Emperor waved his hand and ordered.

The little eunuch left Daming Palace backwards.

"That boy is just like me back then, he won't suffer any losses!" The Supreme Emperor shook his head and said.

"Master, you were much more ruthless than Jia Hou back then!" Dai Quan said with a smile.

"Greetings and grudges are all the passion of youth. Now that I am old, I just miss my old feelings, but that boy still refuses to give up!" The Supreme Emperor said helplessly.

"Master, do you want to invite Marquis Jia to the palace? You can give him some advice in person!" Dai Quan suggested.

"He did not go into the palace to kill the second girl of the Zhen family, and since he was willing to let Shui Rong stay, he has given me face. Let him go with the Zhen family's affairs. You immediately send someone to Jinling to pick up the old concubine. Enter the Jinling Palace and let her retire there!" the Supreme Emperor ordered with a sigh. The only thing the Emperor cared about about the Zhen family was the old concubine. He didn't care whether the others died or not.

Putting the old concubine and Jia Qiang together, he prefers Jia Qiang because he feels he owes Jia Qiang the most. In addition, he thinks Jia Qiang is the most like him, from bravery to personality.

Dai Quan trembled in his heart. Only today did he truly understand Jia Qiang's position in the heart of the Supreme Emperor.

In the cabinet, Jia Qiang handled the papers assigned to her according to the rules.

Bachelors Tian and Deng, as well as the other cabinet bachelors, looked at him from time to time.

In the past, they had only seen the gentle Jia Qiang. Although Jia Qiang had repeatedly made military exploits and was rumored to have killed countless people, they had not seen Jia Qiang's strong side before.

Today's court meeting allowed them to see the real Jia Qiang and feel the oppression of the famous general up close.

Even two cabinet ministers could not make a court official lose his manners with just one look.

"Jiahou, there is an old concubine in the Zhen family. The Emperor will not allow anyone to touch the Zhen family!" During the break, Academician Tian found Jia Qiang and reminded him softly.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhongtang, for informing me. If the Zhen family doesn't have the old concubine, can they move?" Jia Qiang thanked and asked with a smile.

"The old concubine is old, but I heard that your body and bones are not bad. You are still young. If you wait a few more years, you still have a chance!" Academician Tian did not hear the meaning of Jia Qiang's words, thinking that Jia Qiang was persuaded. He replied with a smile.

Jia Qiang refilled tea for Grand Scholar Tian. He learned a lot about the ability to handle state affairs from the two cabinet bachelors. He treated both cabinet bachelors as disciples.

This is also the reason why Academician Tian would give him a heads up. Otherwise, who would persuade him for no reason.

Academician Tian did not know Jia Qiang's status with the Emperor, let alone the orders the Emperor had given.

As usual, Jia Qiang handled the papers skillfully and listened to the guidance of the two cabinet bachelors.

When he returned to the mansion, he went directly into the study and informed Jade that no one should disturb him tonight.

As for the safety of the study, it was guarded by four 100% loyal warriors. There was no need to worry about anyone breaking in. He informed Jade to prevent Lin Daiyu or a few others from coming to him.

After entering the study, Jia Qiang left the study through the back window and followed a deserted alleyway to the wall.

He easily climbed over the wall and left Jiahou Mansion.

The reason for doing this was that he did not want the palace spies staying in the mansion to discover his departure.

As soon as he left Jiahou's mansion, he summoned Jia Gong. Jia Gong rode on the divine war horse, while he sat on the back half of the divine war horse.

At this moment, the sky was slightly dark, and the divine war horse used most of its speed, flying at a speed under the sonic boom.

At this speed, even if someone wanted to discover him, they couldn't do it. The speed was too fast, and the darkness gave him the best cover.

When they arrived at the city wall of the capital, the divine war horse didn't even slow down and crossed the wall easily in just two clicks.

After leaving the capital, Jia Gong no longer had any scruples, and the divine war horse went at full speed, heading towards Jinling at a speed of 468 meters per second.

There was an air blast behind the divine war horse in the darkness. It was the sonic boom effect caused by the horse's speed exceeding the speed of sound.

The divine war horse ignored rivers, mountains, and steep cliffs. At this speed, inertia could be used to pass through them. No matter how wide the water surface was, the divine war horse carried the two of them as if they were walking on flat ground.

From the capital to Jinling, the straight-line distance is almost 1,800 miles, and the divine war horse took less than half an hour to get there.

He found the Zhen family with ease, and he was extremely familiar with the Zhen family.

He had gone to Zhen's house to assassinate the third master of Zhen's house, but this time he had no intention of entering Zhen's house.

The person who came forward was Jia Gong. Jia Gong was wearing a 'Psychic Jewel', which prevented him from having any extraordinary aura. Coupled with his active restraint of aura, he was able to prevent the slightest aura from leaking out in a short period of time.

He flew over the wall of the Zhen Mansion. Due to what happened that year, the Zhen family raised more fierce dogs in the mansion.

Unfortunately, there was no breath leaking from Jia Gong's body, and even a dog's nose couldn't smell his breath.

He was extremely fast, and after climbing over several walls, he arrived at the place where the old lady lived.

The old concubine is old and has already fallen asleep now.

The group of maids taking care of the old concubine were currently resting in the outer room except for one person who was sitting beside the old concubine's bed and dozing off.

The Zhen family took very good care of the old concubine. They knew very well that the old concubine was the pillar of the Zhen family.

Jia Gong's figure was like a ghost, and he came to the old concubine's bed. He put his hand on the old concubine's heart, and a trace of death energy overflowed and entered the old concubine's body.

The summoned object is an undead creature whose body is filled with death energy.

A little bit of death energy is extremely poisonous to ordinary people, let alone an old lady of her age.

The old concubine was still sleeping, and her heart was aging rapidly as if it had been decades. After just a few breaths, her heart could no longer bear it and stopped beating.

Jia Gong stepped back slightly and disappeared into the room.

With an agility of 219 points, his movements are extremely flexible and light.

He climbed over the wall to find Jia Qiang, and summoned a divine war horse to return the same way.

It took less than an hour from the time Jia Qiang left Jiahou Mansion in the capital to the time she returned to the study of Jiahou Mansion.

No one would have thought that he had the ability to cross nearly two thousand miles in a short time.

Jia Qiang returned to the study, opened the door of the study, and sat in Huifang Garden for a while. He did this to let the spies in the mansion see him and prove that he had never left the mansion.

In the old concubine's room in the Zhen Mansion, the little maid nodded gently, as if she was about to fall asleep.

The little maid was used to this kind of life. At a certain time, she regained her energy, stood up and came to the old concubine's side, ready to serve the old concubine at night.

But for some reason, the old concubine who used to wake up at this time remained motionless.

Until the little maid's scream came from the old concubine's room, and then everyone in the Zhen Mansion woke up and rushed over.

"The old concubine collapsed!" Screams made everyone in the Zhen Mansion understand what happened. After Zhen Yingjia heard the news, her whole body went limp and collapsed to the ground.

(End of this chapter)