"What?! A prince was attacked?!"
Cao Yan's eyes went wide, and he shuddered with fright.
"It wasn't an assassination attempt."
"It was murder. When I got there, dozens of men had trussed him up like a piglet and were about to burn him alive!"
At Hu Zun's words, Cao Yan froze for a moment, then burned with fury.
You damned dogs!
The emperor had only just put me in charge of this matter, and here you were playing at burning princes alive?!
Cao Yan could even imagine what would have happened if they had succeeded. Wouldn't the emperor's fury have burned him to death along with them?
Now overwhelmed by fear at what might have happened, Cao Yan looked gratefully at Hu Zun beside him.
"Thank goodness General Hu was here. Otherwise, I truly don't know what this would have turned into... Thank you, Grand General, thank you!"
Hu Zun was actually in quite a good mood.
Indeed, General Hu had rendered another great service this time.
After his arrest, Gongsha Hong had begun snapping at everyone he could to preserve his clan as much as possible.
The situation now was different from before. In the past, Gongsha Hong would have had nothing to fear even if his deeds came to light. Someone at court would have spoken for him, while those locally who traded with him would have done everything they could to get him off.
At most, he would simply have moved elsewhere to continue serving as an official.
But now? The emperor had learned of it, and even his three clans might not escape destruction. Everyone had seen clearly what had happened to those corrupt officials before.
Gongsha Hong also knew that these people would never help him and would instead dump everything on his head, so