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Mei Changsu asked, "Xia Jiang is about to die. He was the one who started everything we went through. Do you want to see him before he dies?"

Zhou Chen said: "Actually, I don't have any feelings for this old guy, but if you want to see him, I can accompany you. But are you planning to stimulate him severely before he dies?"

Mei Changsu did not deny it: "After being suppressed for so many years, facing this one of the culprits, I still have something to say."

"Okay, I'll accompany you."

"Thank you."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "With our relationship, you still need to thank me? That's too polite. When you are leaving, just call me. I will be there whenever you call."

Mei Changsu did not stay for dinner. He took Fei Liu away while it was still daylight. Zhou Chen clearly felt that Mei Changsu's footsteps were much lighter than before.

He understood Mei Changsu's psychology. Although the last step had not been completed yet, now that it had reached this point, the pressure in Mei Changsu's heart had been relieved to some extent.

This is a good thing. The more work you do, the more injuries you will suffer. What Mei Changsu needs most now is rest, not worrying.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 862: Old Case, Xia Jiang's Death

"Xiao Chen, our emperor has issued an order to give Xia Jiang poisoned wine, and no one else is allowed to have contact with him. It seems that our plan has succeeded. He has no patience with Xia Jiang anymore, and he didn't even give him a chance to meet and let him explain himself."

The next morning, Mei Changsu came to find Zhou Chen again and told him the news he had heard.

Emperor Liang ordered Gao Zhan to prepare poisoned wine and sentence Xia Jiang to death. Although it was done in secret, as long as there were people in the palace who investigated carefully with a purpose, they would still be able to find clues.

"Not accepting meetings, not listening to the braids, this is indeed the old man's character."

Zhou Chen was not surprised after listening to Mei Changsu's narration. Instead, he mocked Emperor Liang.

Emperor Liang treated Xia Jiang the same way he had treated Prince Qi and the Red Flame Army, not giving him any chance to defend himself.

"really."

Mei Changsu agreed with Zhou Chen's evaluation of Emperor Liang. In the eyes of both of them, the current Emperor Liang had long been an enemy, a foe, someone they despised.

"I have already told Jingyan that I want to meet Xia Jiang. Jingyan thought I wanted to ask about the Chiyan case for him, so he agreed without hesitation. This matter will be carried out by Eunuch Gao. Eunuch Gao is an old man in the palace, and he will definitely give Jingyan and Aunt Jing some face."

Zhou Chen nodded and said, "Just make the arrangements. Xia Jiang, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever faced him before. It would be too easy for him to die from the poisoned wine. We must make him suffer a little when the time comes."

"Why would you do that when you are dying?"

Zhou Chen rolled his eyes at Mei Changsu and said, "I think you are just not sincere. Do you think I am someone else? You are probably gloating over someone else's misfortune right now."

Mei Changsu smiled bitterly. He did want to target Xia Jiang and wanted Xia Jiang to die, but he didn't really feel gloating.

Because the death of Xia Jiang alone cannot defeat the 70,000 Red Flame Army, the entire Lin family and Prince Qi's lineage.

"Eunuch Gao is already preparing. He has specially left us some time, so we have to go to the prison now."

"Prince Jing is coming with us too?"

"Just like last time, he will be listening nearby. If he shows up, Xia Jiang will probably not give in easily."

Zhou Chen said: "Okay, let's set off now."

Riding in Mei Changsu's carriage, the two of them soon arrived at the Heavenly Prison.

Prince Jing and the Minister of Justice were already waiting at the gate of the Ministry of Justice's Heavenly Prison. Although Cai Quan did not participate in the fight for the throne, he clearly favored Prince Jing, Xiao Jingyan. So if Prince Jing wanted to do anything, he would turn a blind eye within his authority.

"Mr. Chen is here too?"

Xiao Jingyan was very surprised to see Zhou Chen coming with Mei Changsu. He didn't understand why Mei Changsu brought Zhou Chen with him.

"Your Highness Prince Jing." Zhou Chen called.

Mei Changsu explained, "Your Highness Prince Jing, I invited Brother Yu to come this time. Xia Jiang is different from Xie Yu. He is very tough. Brother Yu is a veteran in the martial arts world. Maybe his methods can be effective against Xia Jiang."

Xiao Jingyan was just surprised, but after listening to Mei Changsu's explanation, he didn't ask any more questions.

"Let's go in. Eunuch Gao only gave us half an hour."

Although he had already learned from Xie Yu that it was Xia Jiang and Xie Yu who had teamed up to frame him, Xie Yu had not previously told him the reason why Xia Jiang did so. He guessed that it might be because he had once suggested to Prince Qi to abolish the Xuan Jing Division.

But whether it was this or not, he still wanted to know more truth from Xia Jiang.

Led by Xiao Jingyan and Cai Quan, they walked into the Sky Prison. There were few jailers to be seen along the way, and it was obvious that they had been informed in advance.

When they arrived at Xia Jiang's cell, Cai Quan tactfully retreated. Prince Jing walked to the empty cell next to him, while Mei Changsu and Zhou Chen walked towards the cell where Xia Jiang was.

The jailer opened the lock of the cell, let Mei Changsu and Zhou Chen go in, and then the jailer left quickly.

Xia Jiang, whose hands and feet were shackled, slowly raised his head when he heard the sound.

He was arrested years ago, so he has been locked up here for a long time. After such a long time, he has become disheveled and dirty. It was only because he was once the head of Xuan Jing Division that the jailer was cautious. Otherwise, his end would have been even worse.

The black hair on his head was gone, replaced by long gray and white hair, as messy as a chicken coop.

Xia Jiang raised his head and saw Mei Changsu and Zhou Chen, with a strong murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"Mei Changsu!"

He had been locked up here for so long that he had already figured out that the reason he ended up in this situation was all because of Mei Changsu.

"Mei Changsu, how dare you come here? Are you here to laugh at me?"

Xia Jiang struggled to stand up and wanted to rush towards Mei Changsu, but he was unable to move after just two steps, and the shackles made a clanking sound.

Facing Xia Jiang's angry questioning, Mei Changsu remained calm with a smile on his face.

"Why don't I dare to come here? You are right, I am here to laugh at you. You think you are the smartest person in the capital. You have been locked up here for such a long time. Have you figured out how you lost to me?"

Xia Jiang took a deep breath and suppressed the anger and murderous intent in his heart.

"I admit that I underestimated you. Jiang Zuo Mei Lang, the talented scholar, is indeed worthy of his reputation."

"It seems that Mr. Xia still has some magnanimity. You are right. You really underestimated me and didn't regard me as a real opponent. That's why you were defeated by my blow and didn't even have the chance to turn around, just like Xie Yu back then."

"To be honest, based on my understanding of Lord Xia, I always thought that dealing with Lord Xia would be much more difficult than dealing with Xie Yu. But I didn't expect that Lord Xia's arrogance gave me the opportunity to easily defeat you. So Lord Xia, I came here to thank you."

Zhou Chen who was standing next to him twitched his mouth. This kid is so naughty. Look, is he talking like a human? Didn’t he see that Lord Xia’s eyes were wide open.

Without the blessing of his identity and the torment he had experienced during this period, Xia Jiang could no longer remain calm as he used to.

"Mei Changsu."

Mei Changsu chuckled and said, "Okay, let's stop talking about the topic of ridicule for now. Mr. Xia, do you have anything to ask me when you see me?"

Xia Jiang's face turned ugly, but he still asked in the end.

"How do you know that Wei Zheng is in the Dali Temple? Only Xia Chun and I know about this. He will never betray me."

He thought about this problem for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He knew something went wrong, but he couldn't figure out the specific reason.

Mei Changsu seemed to have guessed that he was going to ask this question.

"I can only tell you one thing about this question. This is what my best brother once told me. If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself."

"Once you do something, it will definitely leave traces. Through the traces, you can naturally find the cause."

It sounded reasonable, but Xia Jiang said nothing and his expression became even gloomier.

He felt that Mei Changsu was deliberately making fun of him.

"Mei Changsu, I've been locked up here for such a long time and you never came. But you came today. It seems like something happened outside that I don't know about, right?"

"Xia Shouzun is worthy of being Xia Shouzun. He guessed it right the first time. Then Xia Shouzun, guess again. Why did I come to you?"

Lord Xia stared at Mei Changsu for a long time, then frowned and looked at Zhou Chen, stunned for a while.

"Prince Jing, it was Prince Jing who asked you to come to me."

"Guessed it right."

Mei Changsu did not deny it.

Xia Jiang snorted coldly, "I knew it was him. Although nothing happened between him and me, I know he once admired and followed Prince Qi. So many years have passed, and coupled with what happened to Xie Yu before, he must also know that Prince Qi and the Chiyan traitor had something to do with me. He asked you to come and test my opinion, right?"

"So what if it is, so what if it isn't?" Mei Changsu didn't show the slightest bit of strange expression.

Xia Jiang said unhappily: "Prince Qi is a traitor, and the Red Flame Army is even more of a traitor. I followed the orders of His Majesty to investigate and eliminate them. I am a meritorious official..."

Mei Changsu's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes began to grow colder.

"Xia Shouzun is really good at confusing right and wrong. Since you mentioned Xie Yu, you must understand that we have already learned the truth from Xie Yu. You are still pretending to be a loyal minister and a meritorious official. To be honest, I really admire your shamelessness, Xia Shouzun."

The muscles on Xia Jiang's face twitched a few times, showing that he was not calm at the moment.

"Xie Yu, this idiot."

Mei Changsu said: "Xie Yu didn't tell the whole story, but I made a hypothesis based on what he said. Lord Xia might as well listen to it and see if I'm right."

"Hmph." Xia Jiang just snorted coldly.

Mei Changsu ignored him and continued, "Everything that happened back then was caused by Lord Xia. However, Lord Xia wanted to deal with Prince Qi and the Red Flame Army because Prince Qi proposed to Your Majesty that he wanted to abolish the Xuanjing Division, but Lord Xia found out about it. So Lord Xia, in order to protect his own position, selfishly..."

After hearing what Mei Changsu said, Xia Jiang could no longer remain calm and suddenly shouted.

"No, you are wrong. All of this is caused by Prince Qi. It is because of his selfishness. The Xuan Jing Division is the most important department in Daliang. He actually wants to abolish the Xuan Jing Division. His behavior is against the laws of our ancestors. He is..."

"What is it?"

Mei Changsu suddenly interrupted Xia Jiang's roar and said loudly: "You still want to push the blame on Prince Qi. As far as I know, Prince Qi once mentioned the problems of Xuan Jing Division to His Majesty, but he did not say that Xuan Jing Division must be abolished. He just felt that Xuan Jing Division was too cold and domineering under your leadership, and wanted to make some changes."

"This was just a proposal, and there were no specific rules. But you held a grudge because of your own selfishness. It wasn't until the war between the Red Flame Army and the Great Yu Imperial Army that year that you had the opportunity. So you used Li Zhongxin to forge a letter from Nie Feng asking for help, and staged a bloody incident in which Prince Qi and the Red Flame Army conspired for rebellion."

"Xia Jiang, you are the cause of all this. For your own selfish reasons, you killed Prince Qi, persecuted 70,000 Red Flame Army soldiers, and caused rivers of blood to flow in Daliang, with millions of corpses lying on the ground. You are the culprit."

It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that there were millions of people killed in the unjust case back then, but the number of people who died because of this incident was at least hundreds of thousands, which is really horrifying.

Xia Jiang seemed to be stunned by Mei Changsu's retort. It took him a long time to react.

"Who are you? Even Prince Jing couldn't know so much about what happened back then. Who are you?" Xia Jiang asked loudly.

After Mei Changsu roared angrily, he quickly calmed down.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that what I say should be the truth."

Xia Jiang denied it flatly: "Prince Qi and the traitor Chiyan are both traitors. This is a fact confirmed by His Majesty. What about Prince Jing? Does he dare to talk about this in front of His Majesty? He is just a prince who will do anything to get the position of Crown Prince."

"maybe."

Mei Changsu responded nonchalantly. Looking at Xia Jiang in front of him, he suddenly lost the pleasure of revenge in his heart. Perhaps to him, Xia Jiang was just one of his targets, not the person he hated the most.

"But no matter whether His Royal Highness Prince Jing can fulfill his wish in the future, but Mr. Xia, I'm afraid you only have today."

Xia Jiang's expression suddenly changed when he heard this: "What do you mean?"

Mei Changsu turned to Zhou Chen and said, "Time is running out. Do you have anything to say?"

Zhou Chen said: "Since we are here, we must say something and do something."

As he said that, he walked in front of Xia Jiang.

Xia Jiang looked at Zhou Chen in confusion and said coldly, "I know you, Gongzi Yu who is on the Langya Master List and the Young Master List, what do you want to do?"

Zhou Chen grinned and said, "Xia Jiang, before I saw you, I really thought of many kinds of punishments to torture you, old dog. But now that I see you, I suddenly feel disappointed. You used to be the most cunning hawk dog by His Majesty's side, but now you have become a useless dog. It's really sad."

"I kill you!"

Being insulted in person by a 'small' gangster, Xia Jiang roared angrily, and his shackles rattled, but he couldn't get close to Zhou Chen at all.

Zhou Chen was not frightened. Instead, he took a step forward, moved closer to Xia Jiang, and asked in a low voice.

"Do you know why I hate you so much and want to torture you?"

"The reason is very simple. Let me tell you a secret. My name is not Chen Yu. My real name is Zhou Chen."

Xia Jiang's pupils shrank, and a person suddenly appeared in his mind. Then he widened his eyes and looked at Zhou Chen in disbelief.

"You are……"

The next moment, he found that he could not make a sound, because Zhou Chen suddenly threw something into his mouth and then gestured at his neck.

"Uh, uh..."

Facing Xia Jiang's horrified and unbelievable eyes, Zhou Chen slowly said: "You are right, I am the person you think I am. I have climbed out of hell and avenged you. First it was Xie Yu, then you, and finally it was him..."

"Uh, uh..."

Xia Jiang could only make a hoarse voice and could no longer speak normally. He was going to die anyway, so Zhou Chen directly damaged his vocal cords, making it impossible for him to reveal his identity even if he knew it.

Zhou Chen's words really frightened Xia Jiang. Who was Zhou Chen? He was the one who died in the battle of Meiling. He saw Zhou Chen's "corpse" and cards with his own eyes. How could Zhou Chen survive?

More importantly, he had seen the young Zhou Chen many times, and he was sure that he had no resemblance to the Zhou Chen in front of him. How could the person in front of him be Zhou Chen?