Chapter 89

"The bandits within the passes have grown powerful and have broken into Chang'an; our Great Ming has not a single soldier left inside the passes. What should be done?"

The corner of Su Qiao's mouth twitched slightly.

"I... I don't know."

Through this series of questions from Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang,

Su Qiao had roughly figured it out.

This old Zhu must have gathered a few people in the palace to while away the time simulating the fate of the Great Ming.

However, this had nothing to do with Su Qiao.

It was hard enough just securing an execution after autumn.

If I agree and accidentally earn merit, what if you reduce my sentence to life imprisonment?!

You, old Zhu, have such a bizarre temper.

I dare not stir up trouble anymore.

Just waiting honestly for the autumn execution suits me just fine.

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang stared fixedly at Su Qiao, gritting his teeth, wishing he could drag Su Qiao out and behead him right now.

But on the other side, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian was already in dire straits.

Ultimately, the Zhu family's realm was slightly more important.

Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang stared fixedly at Su Qiao and gritted his teeth, saying,

"You had better truly not know!"

With that, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang walked out of the Imperial Prison on his own.

Only Su Qiao, dazed in the Imperial Prison, and a crowd of prisoners remained.

Little did they know,

at this moment, when the crowd of convicted officials looked at Su Qiao, their faces were already filled with starry-eyed admiration.

Since the founding of the Great Ming,

the only person who could speak to His Majesty like this was Su Qiao!

The last person to contradict Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang was the Crown Prince Yiwen.

But even the Crown Prince Yiwen, after contradicting him, would run away; several times he had angered old Zhu so much that the old man chased him out of the Imperial City wielding a sword.

"Your Majesty, he... he just left?"

"Holy crap, Lord Su, you are my idol!"

"Is this what Lord Su called '666'?!"

"Cut the nonsense, Lord Su; how exactly did the fourth young lady of the Liu family suffer such a bitter fate?"

"No way; if I don't figure this out tonight, I won't be able to sleep."

"..."

85, Su Qiao: I genuinely don't know!

Su Qiao glanced at the crowd before him and was just about to speak

when Commander Commander Jiang Huang walked in from outside the Imperial Prison with a gloomy expression.

"Su Qiao! You are rashly discussing the sovereign!"

Su Qiao pondered for a moment, then looked at Commander Commander Jiang Huang seriously and asked,

"Lord Commander Commander Jiang, how does the Great Ming Code punish rashly discussing the sovereign?"

"Public execution."

Su Qiao nodded thoughtfully and said,

"Mm, I am indeed rashly discussing the sovereign."

Commander Commander Jiang Huang: "..."

Just as Commander Commander Jiang Huang was rendered speechless, Su Qiao looked at him with a mischievous smile and asked,

"Could it be that Director Commander Commander Jiang is not curious about how the fourth young lady Liu suffered such a bitter fate?"

Commander Commander Jiang Huang stated decisively,

"This Director is not curious! Stop spouting nonsense!"

Su Qiao looked at Commander Commander Jiang Huang helplessly with a bitter smile and said,

"Very well, Director Commander Commander Jiang, continue your fishing expedition; what do you want to ask?"

The corner of Commander Commander Jiang Huang's mouth twitched slightly.

You know I'm here to fish for information, but must you be like this?

Commander Commander Jiang Huang coughed awkwardly twice and asked in a low voice,

"Ahem, Lord Su, you are making it impossible for this Director to continue questioning."

Su Qiao glanced at Commander Commander Jiang Huang with disdain and said scornfully,

"Sigh, Director Commander Commander Jiang, this is as good as you'll ever get; you'll never eat four dishes in your entire life."

"You!"

Su Qiao shrugged helplessly, looking at Commander Commander Jiang Huang as if he were a fool.

Commander Commander Jiang Huang nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

I am the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

The supreme boss of the Imperial Prison!

And you speak to me like this?!

Su Qiao did not notice in the slightest that after seeing him, the surrounding convicted officials immediately revealed looks of shock and envy.

Being an orphan is so satisfying!

Unlike them, who still have to worry about their nine clans.

If I didn't have nine clans to worry about,

I'd probably be teasing Commander Commander Jiang Huang alongside Su Qiao right now.

Su Qiao sat alone on a pile of straw.

He lifted the bowl of water before him and sighed,

"Director Commander Commander Jiang, if you had asked nicely, I might have been in such a good mood that I would have told you."

Upon hearing this, Commander Commander Jiang Huang immediately flew into a rage, glaring at Su Qiao as he cursed furiously,

"You brat, do you really think I dare not kill..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Commander Commander Jiang Huang finally realized what Su Qiao was saying.

"Wait, do you truly have a method to wipe out the bandits within the passes without losing a single soldier?"

Su Qiao snorted coldly and said,

"Is that difficult?"

In an instant, the entire Imperial Prison fell into dead silence.

This included Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang, who was crouching outside the prison eavesdropping; he was already so angry his teeth itched.

"Did you see that? I told you this kid has a method!"

"He simply doesn't take me seriously!"

Inside the Imperial Prison, Commander Commander Jiang Huang stared at Su Qiao, dumbfounded.

"You... wait, His Majesty just asked you, so why didn't you speak up?!"

Su Qiao clicked his tongue and said,

"Doesn't His Majesty know best that I truly don't know?"

Commander Commander Jiang Huang nodded woodenly.

"Exactly, and then what?"

"I genuinely don't know."

Dead silence reigned both inside and outside the Imperial Prison.

Whether prisoners or jailers, nearly everyone stood frozen in place.

The crowd didn't even know what words to use to describe Su Qiao.

Unparalleled courage?

Astounding genius?!