Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower novel Chapter 804

Chapter 804: Nan Family Trial and Result (2)

"Nan Shu Cheng is involved in tax evasion and failure to report his real income. There are some misappropriate handling of…."

"Official Nan also colluded with the other kingdoms and leaked information. Based on the testimony of Concubine Xin and the pieces of evidence found, it could be seen that the Official had long leaked out some confidential state matters to other kingdoms. This action is nothing short of betrayal!"

"Nan Shu Cheng also obtained funds illegally by using the funds that are supposed for the tax in order to obtain more…."

"Qu Family had already been caught for killing the innocents and dragged some people inside."

"There are a lot of drugs found in Nan Shu Cheng's Residence. We believed that he had used them in order to falsify the truth of the matter. Many of these drugs are used in order to cause weakness, which will make his target weaker and unable to resist."

Many reports were piling up.

Each and every single one of them was putting Nan Shu Cheng in a tight spot. It was as if everything that had happened in the past few years were dug on the spot, leaving him bare without any chance to cover it all up.

Even things that he didn't know were brought up.

It was to the point that Nan Shu Cheng wanted to faint.

He wanted to yell that these were all false, but looking at the eyes the officials gave him, he knew that the pieces of evidence were already conclusive. There was no need for this trial to happen in the first place.

Beside him, Qu Fei Jiao was not any better. She was shocked speechless when she heard about what had happened to her family. Especially when they dug out the matter from so many years ago.

The two of them were both pinned on the ground by the guards, so they couldn't move.

Nan Shu Cheng closed his eyes in despair, knowing that he would never be able to get away. He looked at his father, who was standing at the side without any expression on his face.

It was clear.

Old Master Nan gave up on him.

Nan Shu Cheng thought that it would be fine if he just did things little by little and covered many things from what he was doing. But he never thought that everything would be shown in front of others like this.

He felt lost.

The other officials were also doing tricks here and there in order to be able to keep their position. Whose hands were actually very clean? Hadn't they all dip in this poisonous pool for a long time?

However, he knew that Nan Family was not the only one facing this problem.

He had attended the other families' trial, and the result was devastating. Those who were deeply and directly involved will be sentenced to death, and those with some slight relationship would be punished according to their involvement.

Some were punished with prison, some with labor, and some with money, but they all suffered and had to pay the price.

Even then, Emperor Yang Zhou couldn't possibly eliminate all the officials in the kingdom. If he were to do that, the kingdom wouldn't be able to move forward because there was no one who could work.

Nan Shu Cheng closed his eyes.

He knew this was his end.

There was still unwillingness from deep within his heart, but what could he do when he was already in this position?

He tried to run away but only ended up being beaten up, and his men were killed. The Imperial Guards would never let him escape because they were ordered to bring him to the trial today.

There were also many officials on the sidelines.

They were all watching his joke.

Nan Shu Cheng felt utterly humiliated as someone who had been high above and had his eyes on the sky. His dignity was completely trampled in front of these officials whom he always looked down on.

Yet, he couldn't do anything.

Qu Fei Jiao felt worse.

As a woman, she was never involved in whatever her brother was doing. So when she heard about the entire Qu Family getting executed yesterday, she was terrified. She didn't want to get implicated.

She was praying, burning incense, and hoping from the bottom of her heart that she would not be implicated with Qu Family as a married daughter. She didn't attend the trial, so she didn't know the specifics and hoped that no one was trying to pour the dirty water on her when her family members were trialed.

Though, Qu Fei Jiao knew that the chance was low.

She was not stupid enough not to know the true face of her family members. Each and every one of them was selfish. She herself was included, and the only reason why her father agreed for her to get married to Nan Shu Cheng back then was because he wanted her to get Nan Shu Cheng's affection.

Her starting point as a concubine might be low, but Qu Fei Jiao had many servants who would help her to be able to gain Nan Shu Cheng's affection. Schemes and tricks were used constantly until she could pull Nan Shu Cheng to her side.