Nine Princes Struggle for the Throne: The Mad Prince

Chapter 142 The King of Wu is executed, and two of the nine kings are gone (End of Chapter 3)

The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue could not hold on for long.

After he finally confessed everything he knew, Qin Wu immediately sent people to collect evidence.

Before long, the guards brought the evidence.

After reviewing the evidence, Qin Wu got up and walked out of the dungeon.

"Let's see the Left Vice Minister off on his way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Wu's figure disappeared into the dungeon.

In the following days, officials in the capital were arrested one after another because of the King of Wu.

Not long after, all of these people were exterminated and their families were wiped out.

Of course, only the men in their family were killed; the women were all secretly sent to brothels.

It became a tool for Qin Wu to make money.

This is Qin Wu's most ruthless trait: even if someone dies, he will extract the last bit of value from them.

Of course, making money is only secondary.

For seven consecutive days.

Qin Wu could be said to have slaughtered countless people in the capital, leaving everyone in the court terrified.

They witnessed Qin Wu's methods once again.

That was truly ruthless.

After resolving everything, Qin Wu took the evidence he had uncovered and went directly to the palace to hand it over to the Emperor of Eastern Qin.

Upon seeing this evidence, the Emperor of Eastern Qin immediately issued an order.

He was stripped of his title as King of Wu, demoted to a commoner, and sentenced to death on a chosen day.

All of Wu King's followers were exterminated, their families confiscated, and none escaped.

It can be said that this time, the entire lineage of the King of Wu was completely eliminated.

The other princes were also intimidated and probably wouldn't dare to make any further moves in the short term.

Qin Wu achieved his goal.

The day of departure is fast approaching.

"Your Highness, everything is ready."

"The northern barbarians are in chaos, and the two wise kings on the left and right have joined forces to fight against the barbarian king."

The guards reported the latest situation to Qin Wu.

Especially intelligence on the Northern Barbarians.

Now that the two wise kings of the Northern Barbarians have joined forces, even though the Barbarian King has three Grandmaster-level experts.

It is almost impossible to eliminate the two wise kings in a short period of time.

This was mainly due to the characteristics of the Northern Barbarians. The Northern Barbarians were vast, but sparsely populated, which is why the two wise kings wanted to hide.

It's not something that can be found in a short time.

Therefore, the only thing we can do now is to annihilate the armies of the two wise kings.

However, due to the constant conquests of Jubei City over the years, the Barbarian King no longer had a large army left to conquer Jubei City.

If it weren't for the two Grandmaster-level experts personally leading their troops, the Barbarian King's army would have been no match for the two Wise Kings.

However, the two wise kings were not stupid; how could they possibly confront the barbarian army, which had a Grandmaster in charge?

The result was that the two sides attacked each other, throwing the entire grassland into chaos.

"Very well, the Barbarian King must be having a tough time right now, right?"

Qin Wu said with a smile.

"Yes, the grasslands are not suitable for cultivation. The barbarian king is running out of food supplies. He wants to capture the two wise kings as quickly as possible. Otherwise, once the food supplies run out, he will have no choice but to give up and send his army back to the royal court."

"That's what the guard said."

Previously, they could secretly purchase grain and fodder from merchants of the Western Zhou and Eastern Qin dynasties.

But now that the roads between the two countries are cut off, he has no way of buying food from the people of those two countries.

Even if we could buy it, we couldn't send it back; it would probably be intercepted on the way by the two wise kings.

"Continue to monitor and report back as needed."

After Qin Wu finished speaking, he gestured for the guards to leave.

He then arrived at the map of the Northern Barbarians and began to make continuous deployments and adjustments.

If the northern barbarians saw this map, they would be utterly astonished; the records on it are incredibly detailed.

He probably understands the Northern Barbarians better than 90% of them.

Time passed slowly, and Qin Wu's side was also ready. The entire army was assembled and waiting for the appointed time.

Qin Wu would then lead his troops into battle.

This matter could no longer be concealed, and no one expected that the war with the Southern Qi had only ended a few months ago.

The Divine Martial King was about to lead his troops into battle again, this time to conquer the Northern Barbarians.

When the news spread, the princes finally understood why the Ministry of Works had been acting so mysteriously lately.

He finally understood why his father had secretly summoned so many craftsmen and why the Ministry of Works had secretly transported goods to the northern border.

Those things are probably all military equipment.

He finally understood why the King of Wu had directly angered the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works after the fire caused them heavy losses.

It turns out that their father was planning to start another national war to destroy the Northern Barbarians.

Burning down the Ministry of Works would be tantamount to ruining their father's grand plan; how could their father not be furious?

If it were them, they would also be angry.

As it turned out, the King of Wu himself was not clean, which directly led to his current predicament.

When Consort Liu received the news, she was helpless. Faced with such a situation, even if she wanted to save the Prince of Wu, it would be impossible.

They could only watch helplessly as the King of Wu was executed.

Of course, she did not believe that the burning of the Ministry of Works was the work of the King of Wu, so she sent people to investigate secretly.

She wanted to find out who was behind it all; once she found out, she was determined to avenge the King of Wu.

However, she probably won't get her wish. Qin Wu has been planning this for so long, how could he possibly leave her any clues? Moreover, he was in charge of investigating the matter of the King of Wu, and he has cleaned up all the clues.

The death of the King of Wu can only be considered a wasted death.

From this point on, two of the nine kings of Eastern Qin had departed.

Of course, before King Wu died, King Qin Wu went to see him and told him the whole truth, but it was too late, and King Wu could only die unwillingly.

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