As the King of Yue and Mo Xihe reached a consensus, the tense atmosphere at the scene finally calmed down, and all the imperial doctors breathed a sigh of relief. At least their own safety was guaranteed. As for King Cao Li Renxiao, he was even more low-key at this time. Naturally, it was impossible to compete with the two at this time.
After the King of Yue glanced at him, he ordered as a matter of course: "Second brother, please stay in the palace and take good care of your father. And you, you must take good care of your father. If anything goes wrong, be careful that I will kill you." !" Amid the hurried responses from the imperial doctors, he and Mo Chihe walked out of the door hand in hand. He Lian Mingtang's followers were guarding the door, not allowing anyone to leave.
Now that they had made up their mind and formed an alliance, the King of Yue and the others immediately showed their resolute side. They immediately walked out of the palace and announced to the waiting ministers that the emperor was seriously ill and unable to govern and entrusted everything to them. King Yu Yue and Mo Chihe announced all their lies.
At this time, the officials outside the palace had already gotten wind of the incident and knew that the attack on the prince was closely related to the King of Yue. They also knew that the King of Yue had colluded with the Helian family and the Xifeng family. Seeing him speak like this, some people immediately jumped. He came out to question and object: "This matter is of great importance, and I cannot take your two words at face value. We want to see the emperor, and the emperor will issue an order..."
"Yes, please ask the imperial guards to open the palace door and let me enter the palace to meet the emperor!" Soon many ministers echoed, although the voice was not very loud, there were many people, and hundreds of people were waiting here. More than thirty people among the remaining people stood up.
The King of Yue squinted his eyes and glanced at these people, his disdain was palpable, just because these people who stood up were all from the prince's party, and most of them were Han officials. He had no intention of paying attention to these people, and just hummed: "What this king said is my father's will. Why, do you want to resist it? My father is seriously ill and what he wants now is to rest and recuperate." , conditioning the dragon body, how can I be disturbed by you? Leave it alone, if you dare to talk nonsense again, you will be severely punished for the crime of conspiracy!"
"The words of the King of Yue are wrong. The emperor is concerned about the safety of our Xia Kingdom, how can he be so careless..." An official wanted to step forward to argue a few words, but was interrupted by the impatient King of Yue with his hand: "Come here, take him." Take it down for me and charge him with conspiracy!"
Following his order, the wolf-like officers of the Forbidden Army rushed forward and grabbed the minister who was still waiting to argue and pushed him to the ground. He immediately frightened other officials who still wanted to speak. The ground trembled, and it was only then that they realized that the situation was very bad. It seemed that the King of Yue had already decided to take control of the situation!
At this time, Mo Tsihe seemed to have no sense of existence, just quietly watching the King of Yue show off his power. Only when some officials in front looked at him ready to make a move, he shook his head slightly to indicate that they should not move rashly. Judging from the performance of the King of Yue today, he really feels that this is an ideal candidate for the king of the Xia Kingdom. Anyway, he has no greater ambitions. As long as things can continue as before, the interests of the Party clan and his own people are not harmed. .
The king of Yue killed the chicken to scare the monkeys, which really frightened everyone present, and Mo Xihe's silence gave enough signals, so more than a hundred officials guarding the palace gate
No longer daring to say any more questions, everyone quickly accepted the order and dispersed.
Only then did King Yue let out a long sigh of relief. He was actually quite nervous just now. Once all the officials in front of him voiced their opposition, even he couldn't bear the pressure. He couldn't really convict all these officials outside, could he
After calming down, he looked gratefully at Mo Qihe beside him: "Thank you very much Ning Ling for helping me!" Although the other party didn't say a word, silence can be regarded as a kind of support, otherwise once he takes the lead, the result will be difficult to say. . Later, in order to show respect and gratitude, he asked the other party: "What do Ning Ling think we are going to do next?"
"I can still help the prince a little with matters in the court, at least to calm the officials. But the most important thing now is the people in the city. The prince must get people to appease the people as soon as possible. There are also those rumors that have been spread before. It must be calmed down as soon as possible." Mochihe looked at him and said: "This matter must not be difficult for the prince. After all, Ugulu Yake has a deep friendship with you."
In fact, one of the key points in Moshahe's final choice to cooperate with the King of Yue was knowing that there was already an alliance between Uguruya and the King of Yue. This relatively low-key privy councilor in the court gave him a very high status in the Xingzhou city army. As long as he passed down his words, most of the 100,000 troops in the city would obey the orders. Plus, with the forbidden army in hand, the King of Yue could really do what he said. To control the life and death of the entire city's officials and people.
The King of Yue no longer showed weakness at this time, and immediately nodded and said: "As Ning Ling said, I will go to meet with the Privy Council immediately and ask him to send troops to suppress the whole city as soon as possible to appease the people. In addition, some people with ulterior motives should Those who are caught must still be caught!”
"Of course, let's meet again before dark." Mo Xiahe was also a decisive person. He nodded to the other party immediately, and then quickly left the palace with his men. The next thing he had to do was to gather together his disciples, old officials, etc., and unite all the people who could be united to build momentum for the King of Yue to take power. As for how many people will die after this storm, and how the emperor will react when he wakes up, he can't care about it now.
The turmoil caused by the accident did indeed come very quickly and violently. The two men came out of the palace just before noon. After noon, the soldiers and horses originally guarding the city and the military camp were quickly mobilized. Those who had been posted on the streets The secret messages were quickly confiscated by them, and those who dared to spread rumors at will have been charged with conspiracy and other crimes. Then, all the gates in the capital, which were already closed, were sent extra manpower, and no one without a specific warrant could approach them. The city gate is half a step away.
At the same time, many Han officials in the city were purged and arrested. All kinds of groundless and specious charges were placed on them, and they were quickly locked up. In just half a day, nearly a hundred Han officials, big and small, were arrested and thrown into prison. This caused panic among the people, and the Han people in the city huddled in their homes and did not even dare to open the door.
The turmoil did not gradually subside until the sky darkened. Then someone beat gongs along the street and started to spread the word: "People have heard it true. Yesterday, there was a big change in the city. Someone set fire to kill people outside the palace. Now the court has investigated You must understand that all this is caused by Song spies colluding with Han officials in the city. In order to ensure the stability of Xingzhou City, the officials
The government has arrested a large number of suspicious persons... There is another main murderer, Sun Qianli, who is more than 20 years old, has a slim face and a tall build. He is still on the run. Anyone who sees his whereabouts and reports it to the government will receive a reward of 10,000 taels! "
The King of Yue, who had already taken control of the situation, finally understood and was able to free up his hands to let people search the city for Sun Tu. The King of Yue hated this guy who had tricked him so much and forced him to take desperate risks, so this time it was necessary to find him and kill him.
Tonight, due to time constraints and in order to appease people's hearts, it is difficult to search the whole city. If his whereabouts are still not found tomorrow, the King of Yue will have the soldiers and horses in the city go from house to house to search for Sun Tu's whereabouts. In addition to retaliating and venting his anger, he also wanted to know what Sun Tu's real purpose was and who he belonged to. Was he really a spy sent by the Liao Kingdom to disrupt the Xia Kingdom as he had guessed before
To find out this, the first thing the King of Yue had to find was Xi Fengchang, who had the deepest contact with Sun Tu. At this time, Xi Fengchang was standing in front of the King of Yue with a face full of anxiety. He no longer had the affectionate energy as before, and even had a hint of fear: "King of Yue... why did you take my eldest brother down?" Not long ago, he had received news from home that his eldest brother Xi Fengyun had been captured by people sent by the King of Yue. This made him even more frightened because of the disappearance of Sun Tu and the continuous changes in the city. stand up.
His faint eyes fell on this young man, and the King of Yue sighed softly. Among the four promising sons of Xi Feng Ye Chang, Xi Feng Chang in front of him was the most upright. But it is precisely because of his character that I think of him differently.
After a moment, King Yue smiled and said: "You don't have to be nervous. I know who you are. Although Xi Fengyun has committed a serious crime, I believe you are innocent. Sit down and talk first."
"My eldest brother has committed a serious crime, how is this possible?" Xi Fengchang did not sit down as he was told, but asked in disbelief with his eyes widened.
"Did you know that Xi Fengyun had actually colluded with King Cao a long time ago? Did you know that he sent people to intercept the guards at Zhongshu Ling's house after they left your residence a few days ago? Aren’t these considered serious crimes?”
"Ah? This... how is this possible..." Xi Fengchang exclaimed again, obviously unable to accept this statement for the moment.
"Think about it carefully. There were only a few people who knew the itinerary of the escorts that day. Since they are not from the Prince's faction, who else would have the ability and courage to do such a thing?"
Xi Fengchang frowned and thought about it carefully, and soon his expression changed. After all, he is not a fool. At this time, he has already thought of some of the flaws in the past. For example, the eldest brother had intended to let Sun Qianli go back with the guards. I am afraid that he had the intention to eradicate them all at that time! If he hadn't saved Sun Qianli later, I'm afraid even he would have been poisoned...
After struggling to accept such a terrible truth, Xi Fengchang asked anxiously: "Uncle Yue Wang, why did you ask me to come here? Is it for Qianli? He... He really did those things ?" Until this moment, he still couldn't believe that Sun Tu would do those things behind his back!