Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1448

Chapter 1448: Chapter 1443: Covering Up Shame

But in the end, Hancheng Prince died protecting the coastal people, and no matter what, he couldn’t be left with such a fate. So the butcher wanted to go to the Dongyi Kingdom to secretly retrieve Hancheng Prince’s body, lest the Dongyi Kingdom really chop up Hancheng Prince’s body and feed it to the dogs!

Who would have known, the government office sent officers to arrest him, and the butcher accidentally injured an officer while escaping drunk. The government, fearing that the butcher might really steal Hancheng Prince’s body and provoke a war between the two countries, directly killed the butcher in jail!

"How did Hancheng Prince die protecting the Zhou envoy and fishermen, yet even those naval soldiers couldn’t return? Now, Hancheng Prince’s body is held by Dongyi, but the so-called mighty Zhou doesn’t dare to demand it?" The woman knelt at the government office door, holding a bloody petition high, hysterically crying, "Dongyi has warned... if the Emperor of Zhou doesn’t claim it, they’ll chop up Hancheng Prince’s body and feed it to the dogs. What a great humiliation! The Emperor dares not ask for Hancheng Prince’s body! The court is afraid of conflict and dares not ask for it. We the people are willing to go retrieve Hancheng Prince’s body ourselves, is that wrong? Why must we die in jail for it?"

The onlooking citizens heard the woman’s cries, thought of Hancheng Prince who died for the fishermen and led all the naval soldiers to their deaths, then about the cowardice of the Zhou court, and were instantly furious.

Among the onlookers, someone shouted towards the tightly shut government office door, "What is this Dongyi Kingdom? Back in Daliang, they were a tail-wagging, begging dog, a vassal state of Daliang, constantly watching Daliang’s expressions, not daring to make a sound. Why is the Emperor of Zhou so afraid of Dongyi Kingdom now? Isn’t Zhou said to be even stronger? Why so afraid of war?"

"As an Emperor, won’t you risk yourself for a prince of a different surname and go to the coast to demand the body from Dongyi? We the people can understand that." Another slightly educated person stood to the right where there were fewer people, loudly questioning the officials blocking the government office door, "But why does the Emperor care so much about gambling on national affairs, to the point of not daring to retrieve the body of a prince who died for the people, and not allowing the people to spontaneously retrieve it? So afraid of offending that tiny Dongyi Kingdom, so afraid of conflict? County Magistrate, if you don’t want to incite public anger, please come out and give us an explanation!"

"Yes! Give us an explanation!" The citizens shouted loudly.

"Let the County Magistrate come out!"

"We must retrieve Hancheng Prince’s body! Must give justice to the righteous man who went to retrieve Hancheng Prince’s body!"

"Yes! County Magistrate, come out and promise us! We must retrieve Hancheng Prince’s body! Give justice to the righteous man!"

The woman, seeing this, continued to cry loudly as taught by the four scholars, "My husband was killed just because he said he wanted to steal back Hancheng Prince’s body who died for the people. Is there no place for the people’s voices in this world? The naval soldiers who died for the country and the people... are their lives so worthless? Such a country... even sees the clear and loving naval soldiers who swore to protect the nation as ants, if they win the gamble... will they care for us the common people?"

Inside the county office, the County Magistrate heard the woman’s words, his eyes widened, clenched his teeth, knowing the situation couldn’t continue like this. If this woman continued causing trouble, there would be no way to control it later, he told the officials, "Quick! Quickly drag that unruly woman ringing the drum away and lock her up!" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"These words... absolutely aren’t something a woman could say alone! There must be someone behind her!" The County Magistrate’s fingers trembled slightly, he turned to his advisor and said, "It’s possible, the person behind this killed the butcher, framed it, intentionally trying to incite today’s conflict!"

The advisor was also tense, then looked at the County Magistrate and said, "My lord, immediately send someone to seek aid from the Bai family army! I’m afraid soon someone might incite the unruly citizens to cause trouble!"

The County Magistrate nodded, "Quick! Quickly send someone!"

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