Chapter 256: What a Lawless Gao Family!

After hearing Wu Mei's order, Ling Yaning did not hesitate, turned the carriage around, and headed towards the road he came from.

When they first returned to the noisy street, Wu Mei made Ling Yaning stop.

"Your Majesty, what happened to you just now?" Ling Yaning looked at Wu Mei with some concern.

"There's something not quite right there."

Wu Mei frowned.

She originally thought it would be an assassin targeting her.

But with such a smooth exit, Wu Mei felt that things were not as she thought.

Think for a moment.

Wu Mei suddenly picked up an embroidery bag and got out of the car.

Xi Zhou looked around and then Wu Mei walked up to an old man buying vegetables.

The old man looks very old, and even the old white hair on his head looks sparse, but few people ask about the vegetable stall in front of him.

Wu Mei took out a silver bean from her embroidery bag and handed it to the old man.

"Old man, can I ask you something?"

Seeing the silver beans handed over by Wu Mei, the old man quickly waved his hand.

"You can't use this much, you can't use this much. If you have anything to do, young man, just ask me."

After Wu Mei heard this, she glanced at Xi Zhou.

Then he put the silver beans on the old man's vegetable stall, pointed to the empty street just now, and continued to ask: "I accidentally walked a distance there just now, but what I saw was an empty street."

"My little brother is here for the first time in Zhaohuang City. I was afraid that I might have violated some taboos, so I wanted to ask you."

Seeing where Wu Mei was pointing, the old man's expression changed.

He quickly called Wu Mei to the back of the vegetable stall and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "That's the place bordering the Gao family. How dare you go there?"

"The Gao family, what is the Gao family?"

Ling Yaning's voice came from the side, seemingly curious, but full of pride.

After Wu Mei glared at her for the first time, Ling Yaning closed her mouth angrily.

"Ouch!" The old man patted his thigh with hatred.

"You dare to talk about the Gao family so loudly, are you going to die?"

"Do you know how to write the word "gao" for how high the sky is? That means the height of the Gao family!"

Seeing that the old man was so afraid of the Gao family, Wu Mei couldn't help but show curiosity.

"Old man, can you tell us in detail?"

Because someone was willing to gossip with him, the old man did not refuse.

He just glanced at the street where Wu Mei was pointing, and said slowly: "I'll tell you quietly, not long ago, tens of thousands of people died there!"

"What!"

Wu Mei subconsciously exclaimed, then covered her mouth in embarrassment.

"This Gao family has committed such evil deeds in Zhaohuang City. Isn't it possible that no one can cure him?"

[Your reputation of Dawu Dynasty -200]

[Your reputation of Dawu Dynasty -200]

At the same time, Gao Qiang, who was lying on the old man's chair and basking in the sun, looked a little baffled at his sudden decline in popularity.

What did he do to him who was so good?

On the other side, the conversation between the old man and Wu Mei continued.

After hearing what Wu Mei said, the old man chuckled.

"Young man, you don't know. Among the tens of thousands of people who died in the past few days, some of them were contributed by the current Lord of Zhaohuang City."

"At that time, all the city defense camps in the east, west, south, north and west were mobilized, and there was such a huge momentum."

Having said this, the old man clicked his tongue twice, seeming to be feeling something.

Ling Yaning was so angry that she almost wanted to take out her sword.

"The Gao family is so lawless, do they still have royal laws?"

"Wang Fa?"

The old man glanced at Ling Yaning.

"Who do you think died?"

"The person who died was the current King Huixian, who was granted the title of Holy Emperor. Now I heard that even the body was burned."

"Not only that, even the guard of Yuancheng Pass and the county guard of this county disappeared after offending the head of the Gao family."

Wu Mei clenched her fists as each word she heard from the old man's mouth was more shocking than the last.

Why does she, the powerful Empress Wu, not know a word about things that even a random commoner knows?

From this point of view, if she really continued to sit in that high hall, she might become blind with her eyes open.

Wu Mei actually doesn’t know who King Huixian is.

Judging from the more than 700 princes in this continent, it should also be the work of the three princes in the palace.

But even so, compared to the so-called King Huixian, her impression of the Gao family was actually worse.

"Dawu will not sit idly by and ignore such a domineering family that massacres tens of thousands of people."

After saying that, Wu Mei looked at the old man, bowed her hands and thanked him, and then returned to the carriage with Ling Yaning.

Entering the carriage, Wu Mei whispered: "It seems we don't have to go to Mingxian Pavilion tonight."

"Ling'er, how long will it take to mobilize troops from the nearest pass?"

Ling Yaning made an estimate and then reported back: "If there is a pass with sufficient troops, Xiaoshan Pass is the closest."

"The guard of Xiaoshan Pass is the Zhenshan Marquis conferred by the three princes in the palace, so you don't have to worry about the other party colluding with the Gao family."

"In this case, I will immediately write a letter and order Zhenshanhou to enter the city and capture the Gao family."

After writing the edict, Wu Mei was not in a hurry to send it out immediately.

Before that, the purpose of her private visit incognito had not been achieved.

It is different from the previous emperors of the Dawu Dynasty.

Compared to them, Wu Mei seemed a little rebellious.

The most rebellious part was Wu Mei's strange distrust of the three dukes in the palace.

Now that such a big thing happened in Zhaohuang City, it was still calm. Obviously, it was not just the credit of the Gao family.

As the victim, the three dukes in the palace seemed to have contributed to suppressing the storm.

This also made Wu Mei confirm something.

The three dukes in the palace concealed something from her, but she didn't know whether the things they concealed were much or little, big or small.

Thinking of this, her mind gradually calmed down, and Wu Mei temporarily put away the edict.

Once this edict was sent out, she would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the three dukes in the palace, and it would be difficult to find an opportunity to leave the palace alone.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

Ling Yaning had followed Wu Mei for so long, so she naturally saw Wu Mei's hesitation at the moment.

The next moment, Wu Mei gritted her teeth and said something that Ling Yaning didn't expect.

"Tonight, when the moon is dark and the wind is high, let's go and check on the Gao family."

At this moment, Ling Yaning really wanted to persuade Wu Mei that you are His Majesty, not a bandit, and there is no need to hide everything.

But hearing Wu Mei's unquestionable tone, she could only sigh and agree.

That night, two figures wrapped tightly in black cloth quietly touched the fence of the Gao family.

"The defense is so lax." Ling Yaning couldn't help but complain.

However, the next moment, Ling Yaning's ears moved, and he drew his sword and looked behind him.

Behind the two of them, a group of people dressed similarly to them were slowly walking out of the dark.