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Chapter 759: Bloody Night in the Capital, Sikong is Caught
Outside Sikong Mansion, the night was as dark as ink and torches flickered.

The Jinyiwei's cavalrymen, armed with spears and ready for battle, surrounded the Sikong Mansion tightly.

Wang Ling rode on his horse with a stern expression, scanning the surroundings with sharp eyes.

Seeing Zhong Fu walking out of the mansion, Wang Ling smiled slightly and said, "Lord Sikong, I am sorry to bother you so late at night."

Zhong Fu snorted coldly and glared at Wang Ling, "Captain Wang, what do you mean by this? Why did you lead troops to surround my Sikong Mansion?"

Wang Ling bowed slightly and said in a deep voice: "I am here to arrest the rebels on the orders of the general."

"Rebels? Don't slander me!" Zhong Fu's eyes widened with anger, his voice trembling with anger, "I, Zhong Fu, am a high official and have been loyal to the Han Dynasty my whole life. When did I become a rebel?"

Wang Ling shook his head and said calmly, "Master Sikong, you may not have directly participated in the rebellion, but you secretly colluded with the princes, incited the students to protest, and attempted to overthrow the court. These are all established facts."

When Zhong Fu heard this, his face changed suddenly. He didn't expect that his plan would be discovered by Su Yao so quickly.

"You... you are slandering me!" Zhong Fu shouted angrily, "When did I collude with the princes and incite the students?"

Wang Ling smiled slightly, took out a secret letter from his arms, waved it in front of Zhong Fu's eyes and said:
"Zhong Sikong, you just sent someone to deliver this letter. I think you should know the contents of the letter better than anyone else, right?"

Zhong Fu widened his eyes as he looked at the secret letter, a feeling of despair rising in his heart.

How could this happen?

The secret letter that I just sent out was intercepted by the Royal Guards so quickly? !
"You...you actually dared to spy on the residences of the three ministers of the imperial court!"

The one who was frustrated was gritting his teeth, not realizing when he had become the target of suspicion.

Wang Ling just shook his head indifferently and said in a flat tone:

"Zhong Sikong, you don't think that what you did in the Sili Xiaowei prison was really so perfect, right?"

"You...what did you say?"

Zhong Fu's face turned pale in an instant. He widened his eyes and looked at Wang Ling in disbelief. He didn't expect that they had even figured out the case!

That’s right, the case in the Sili Xiaowei Prison has been solved.

When Su Yao reformed the military system and appointed Wang Ling to take charge, dividing the powers of the Sili Xiaowei with the Jinyiwei, Wang Ling immediately began to re-examine the case.

The so-called unsolved case was solved by the Royal Guards within a few days.

It turned out that the person who bribed the suicidal jailer Xiao Li was a retainer of the Zhong Mansion.

That man was not someone who was born with knowledge. It was impossible for him to accurately target only one person without knowing the inside story of the prison.

Therefore, long before the previous action, the man had held several banquets with the prison boss and jailers for various reasons.

It was at that dinner table that the guest of the Zhong Mansion discovered that Xiao Li was having difficulties in life, and the two of them were successfully connected.

The retainer thought he had done it perfectly, and Xiao Li committed suicide, leaving no evidence.

But in fact, this was not a difficult case to try. It was just that Huang Wan did not investigate the case further for fear of causing unrest in the court, and the people below covered up for each other and deliberately concealed important clues.

But the Jinyiwei people don’t have this concern.

After Wang Ling reiterated, he found that the prison boss and others seemed to be evasive in their words, so he immediately ordered them to perform a large-scale memory recovery technique.

Then, as expected, everything was explained.

However, after obtaining the confession and signature, Wang Ling did not directly arrest the retainer who hired the murderer.

He knew very well that without direct evidence, even if the real culprit was found, the matter could easily be shifted to the arbitrary behavior of that retainer, and it would be impossible to put the blame on Zhong Fu.

Therefore, Wang Ling monitored the whereabouts of the retainer while reporting to Su Yao secretly and then waited for the development of the situation in order to collect more and more direct evidence of Zhong Fu's crimes.

Finally, today, as Su Yao launched a counterattack, broke up the student demonstrations, and arrested the instigators, Sikong Zhongfu could no longer sit still. He actually wrote the letter inciting the princes to rebel and stamped it with his seal of the Three Dukes.

Wang Ling looked at Zhong Fu coldly, with a sneer on his face:
"Zhong Sikong, now the evidence is irrefutable, what else do you have to say?"

Zhong Fu's face was pale, his lips trembled slightly, and he was unable to speak for a moment.

Zhong Fu never expected that his carefully planned conspiracy would be so easily seen through by Su Yao, and that the other party also had such solid evidence. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down, but the fear and despair in his heart surged like a tide, making him unable to control himself.

"You...you can't do this to me!"

Zhong Fu finally spoke, but his voice was unusually hoarse:
"I am the Minister of Works, one of the Three Dukes! You, a mere General of the Central Army, have no right to arrest me and put me in jail!"

"I am wronged, I want to see the princess, let me see the princess!!!"

Zhong Fu realized that he was in a desperate situation, and even if he met the princess, it would be impossible to change his fate.

However, he still wanted to struggle, to buy time, in short, he could not just surrender like that. As one of the three officials who had experienced many hardships, Zhong Fu knew that if he was sent to prison for such a crime, what awaited him would be the end of his life.

However, Wang Ling just sneered at his request:
"Zhong Sikong, you overestimate your status."

"General Su Yao now controls the two capitals and is feared by the world. Although Her Royal Highness the Princess is the regent, all matters are decided by the general."

"We, the Jinyiwei, arrest and adjudicate, investigate the three ministers and try the common people. This is our duty."

"You have committed such a serious crime, and you still want to disturb Her Royal Highness the Princess? You are simply wishful thinking!"

"Let me tell you, I am only talking nonsense to you because I respect your status as a high official. If you know what to do, you should come with me and explain your accomplices. Then the general may show some leniency and allow you to retire and return home."

"If you don't know the current situation and insist on resisting and interfering with the Jinyiwei's investigation, then your family will be exterminated and your entire clan will be wiped out!"

"You bunch of running dogs, you shall not die haplessly!"

Faced with Wang Ling's persuasion to surrender, Zhong Fu not only did not surrender, but instead roared, swung his sword and led the servants to resist.

The four big words "confiscation of property and extermination of the clan" obviously stimulated him.

Having witnessed countless coups d'état and power struggles in the capital, Zhong Fu did not believe that he would be forgiven and would surely suffer unimaginable torture and humiliation.

In this case, why not fight to the death? Killing one will cover the loss, and killing two will make a huge profit. It would be even better if it can stimulate other noble families and ministers in the capital to rise up together.

So, Zhong Fu gritted his teeth, his eyes turned red, and with a wave of the sword in his hand, he ordered the most brave and warlike servants and guests around him to rush madly towards Wang Ling who was nearby.

The two men had just been facing each other not far from each other. With this sudden attack, Zhong Fu thought that he had a great chance to directly behead this evil lackey of Su.

After all, as a minister who can establish his own government, he has many talented and ambitious people under his command.

The first retainer who rushed forward was the swordsman who had been famous in the Luoyang area several years ago.

Looking at the hero's agile back, Zhong Fu held his breath and concentrated for a moment.

He seemed to see the moment when Wang Ling was stabbed with the knife.

As long as he killed the enemy general, he might have a chance to escape from the city in the chaos and flee to the distant princes in order to make a comeback.

However, facing Zhong Fu's desperate counterattack, Wang Ling just snorted coldly: "Don't overestimate your own abilities!"

Wang Ling didn't even move, and the Jinyiwei cavalry around him immediately took action. They held long spears in their hands, formed a battle formation, and blocked his way with spears and halberds like a forest.

Although Wang Ling did not know martial arts, he had fought so many battles with Su Yao, and he knew very well that no matter how powerful those heroes were, how could they be compared with the Jinyiwei warriors who had been baptized by war for a long time?
Sure enough, although the swordsman's body was as fast as the wind and the long sword in his hand was flashing with cold light, he could not get close to the Jinyiwei's gun formation.

Each time, he found a gap through his agility, and before he could get in, several spears would stab out at the same time, forcing him to retreat again and again.

After this happened three times, the hero and the servants of the Zhong Mansion behind him were forced into a corner. One of them had several bloody holes on his body and fell down powerlessly.

"Hmph, with just this little ability, you dare to take up your sword and rebel?" Wang Ling sneered, his eyes full of disdain.

When Zhong Fu saw this, his face turned pale. He didn't expect that the retainers he had carefully selected would be so vulnerable.

But he had no way to retreat, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to command his servants to charge forward.

"Go! Kill him!" Zhong Fu roared, his eyes red, as if he had lost his mind.

However, the Jinyiwei's cavalry were well-trained. They held spears and formed a tight formation, like an indestructible wall of steel, and blocked Zhong Fu's servants one by one.

Although these servants are numerous, most of them are ordinary people who have not received rigorous training. They are no match for these battle-hardened Jinyiwei.

After a while, Zhong Fu's servants fell one after another, leaving only him and a few of his close associates still resisting stubbornly.

"Zhong Fu, you are already at the end of your rope, why bother to struggle in vain?" Wang Ling shouted loudly, his voice echoing in the night sky.

Zhong Fu was breathing heavily, his eyes filled with hatred and unwillingness.

"Su Yao, you traitor! I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!" He roared and swung his sword towards Wang Ling again.

However, this time, Wang Ling did not give him any chance.

He waved his hand lightly, and the Jinyiwei behind him immediately rushed forward and surrounded Zhong Fu.

"Take him away!" Wang Ling ordered coldly.

The Jinyiwei immediately stepped forward, subdued Zhong Fu and his family and confidants, and put them in shackles.

As the soldiers went away, the fire outside the Sikong Mansion gradually went out. Except for a small number of soldiers who stayed behind to seal off the place, only silence and blood were left.

Soon, the rumors of the bloody night in Sikong Mansion awakened the residents of Luoyang City.

The quick capture of Zhong Fu also caused a huge shock inside and outside the government.
(End of this chapter)