Chapter 582: Wang Jian seeks death, unwilling to implicate the family

Wang Jian had just walked into the study when he fell to his knees with a thud before Made Ying Zheng.

Ever since he had aged, he had received Made Ying Zheng's grace, allowing him not to kneel when seeing Made Ying Zheng.

After all, there were not many old generals as aged as him.

This was also Made Ying Zheng's grace toward their Wang family.

Wang Jian had not knelt before Made Ying Zheng for many years, but this time he knelt with a resounding thud.

A heavy sound even came from the ground.

But Eunuch Zhuo, who was nearby, felt his expression move involuntarily when he heard this sound.

As a eunuch, he knew this kind of pain all too well.

But seeing that the expression of the old General Wang before him had not changed, Eunuch Zhuo looked at the old General Wang with involuntary admiration.

"Please, Your Majesty, grant me death."

"My son Wang Ben has committed such a wrong, and I no longer have the face to live in this world."

"Let me personally atone for his sins."

Wang Jian knelt heavily on the ground, his head knocking against the floor.

A low voice rang out, accompanied by heavy knocking sounds.

In just a few breaths, Wang Jian's forehead was already bright red.

Mottled bloodstains even appeared on the ground.

Made Ying Zheng watched all this in silence.

From the moment he learned that Wang Ben had chosen to rebel, he had not intended to let the Wang family off.

Since Wang Ben chose to rebel, Wang Jian must have participated in it as well.

Made Ying Zheng had never expected that Wang Jian had not participated in it at all.

Even more, he had appeared at the scene of the rebellion and personally beheaded Wang Ben.

Upon learning the news, Made Ying Zheng's heart was also exceptionally complex.

Looking at the mottled white hair on Wang Jian's temples.

Thinking that this aged old general below had been fighting for the Qin State for decades.

He could have originally enjoyed his old age happily.

Yet he did not expect such a thing to happen in his later years.

Made Ying Zheng did not speak, and Wang Jian did not stop his knocking action.

The thumping sounds,

still echoed throughout the entire study.

Prince Fusu and Watching Zhang Han both looked at Wang Jian with complex expressions.

The two of them now also did not know how to deal with the old General Wang.

If one were to speak of merit, the old General Wang could indeed be counted among the top tier in the entire Great Qin.

But what Wang Ben did was, after all, the crime of rebellion.

Rebellion was a crime that would implicate the nine generations of one's family.

But Wang Ben was personally beheaded by the old General Wang.

The news had likely already spread out.

If His Majesty truly disregarded his reputation and beheaded the old General Wang as well,

I fear that group of historians below would once again spread rumors of His Majesty's cruelty.

Watching Zhang Han's heart was somewhat complex.

Although Prince Fusu had words he wanted to say, after thinking about it, he still kept his mouth shut.

He had not forgotten the question he asked Made Ying Zheng before Wang Jian arrived, and the answer Made Ying Zheng gave him.

Feng Quji and Li Zhen, who followed behind Wang Jian, looked at all this with pale faces.

The two of them now clearly knew that all of this was a trap set by Made Ying Zheng.

Hu Hai had likely already failed long ago.

But because of Wang Jian's previous threat, both of them dared not leave.

Feng Quji's gaze flickered several times.

He had been pondering how to distance himself from tonight's events.

Looking at Li Zhen, who was shivering beside him, Feng Quji had an idea in his heart.

"Wang Jian, I have always considered myself not unkind to your Wang family."

"Your son truly had a heart higher than the heavens and even intended to rebel."

"By crime, your Wang family should be executed to the nine generations."

Made Ying Zheng spoke.

The moment he spoke, the atmosphere in the entire room instantly became a few degrees more oppressive.

Everyone could hear the anger hidden in Made Ying Zheng's tone.

There was no place that could tolerate the existence of rebels in its country.

Throughout history and across the world, there were few who attempted to rebel and failed who had good results.

Wang Jian's heart sank once again.

"I beg Your Majesty to grant me death."

"I also know that the Wang family has committed such a wrong, and there is absolutely no reason to be forgiven."

Wang Jian said calmly.

What he sought by coming before Made Ying Zheng today was to preserve the final reputation for the Wang family.

He no longer cared about death.

He had lived to this age, and it was enough.

His son was already dead, and the bloodline of their Wang family had been severed cleanly.

The glory and wealth before his eyes were like passing clouds.

Wang Jian's heart was dead, more than anything else.

He cared about nothing.

But the Wang family was, after all, a vast family; if it were execution to the nine generations, I fear thousands of people would have to die.

Even if Wang Jian did not consider himself, he had to consider those clansmen...

The entire Wang family only had their branch doing relatively well; if because of their branch, the entire family...

Wang Jian felt that even if he died, he would have no face to face the ancestors of the Wang family.

Made Ying Zheng's gaze fell straight onto Wang Jian.

He could naturally see the intention to seek death in Wang Jian's eyes.

"Your Majesty."

"The old General Wang has spent his whole life fighting for Great Qin."

"Even if there is no merit, there is hard work."

"I ask Your Majesty to look at this point and spare the old General Wang's life."

Watching Zhang Han, who was beside him, suddenly stood out and said to Made Ying Zheng.

As a military general, although Wang Jian had a conflict of interest with him as well.

But Wang Jian was mainly responsible for the military aspect, while he, Watching Zhang Han, besides leading troops in battle, was mainly responsible for the Imperial Guards by Made Ying Zheng's side.

So, in the end, the conflict of interest between the two was not as intense as that between Wang Jian and Meng Tian. ===== CHAPTER 584 =====