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Chapter 223 Yang Ting and Xie Qian: Fake news! Fake imperial edict! A fight between trapped beasts! An open split in the capital!

Bad news!
This is definitely bad news!
In an instant, tens of thousands of eyes, like knives, all fell on Xie Qian and Yang Tinghe.

This imperial edict ruthlessly shattered the lies woven by Yang Ting and them.

"Rebellious ministers and traitors!"

"Xie Qian and Yang Tinghe are indeed traitors!"

"God has mercy on us! Your Majesty is wise! Yang Ting and the others are truly traitors!"

"Someone, come! Quickly! Arrest Yang Ting and the others! They have already committed treason, and His Majesty has ordered the extermination of all nine generations of their clan!"

At this moment, the first ones to react were not the soldiers from the Nine Frontiers.

Rather, it was the officials at the city gate who were forced into a corner by Yang Tinghe.

The officials around Jiao Fang seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw at this moment, and their mood instantly rose from hell to the clouds. After they realized what was happening, they hurriedly shouted at the soldiers to arrest Xie Qian and Yang Tinghe!
Pfft!

Xie Qian's legs went limp and he held onto the city wall, staring at Zheng Ji with a pale face, and yelled in a hurry.

"Fake imperial edict!"

"Fake imperial edict! Zheng Ji! The one you passed on was a fake imperial edict!"

"We didn't blow up the Emperor Taizong's mausoleum at all! Your Majesty hasn't investigated it thoroughly, so how can you accuse us of treason?"

Although the bad news came somewhat suddenly and the matter was thoroughly confirmed, but... Xie Qian and the others had already committed treason, and now... they naturally had to prove and defend themselves.

"We are going to be exterminated..."

"How could we be exterminated?"

The other group was the Changling Guard soldiers who had just hurried over.

Chen Zhong, the commander of Changling Guard, shouted directly: "Quiet! Quiet! Anyone who makes a commotion again will be executed immediately!"

"Changling Guards, keep a close eye on everyone! No one, don't move!"

Hundreds of Changling guards rushed over and immediately drew their swords and pointed them at the ministers who had shouted the loudest.

The faces of Jiao Fang and others suddenly became extremely ugly.

Even Xu Pengju, Zhu Feng and others noticed that Chen Zhong was on guard against them.

As a result, they didn't even notice when the Changling Guards arrived.

There was no way. They really did not expect that this imperial edict would be so murderous.

Changlingwei's reaction was so quick.

"Chen Zhong, what do you want to do? What do you mean?"

Minister of Revenue Han Wen, Minister of War Wang Qiong and others have already realized that something is wrong.

"Chen Zhong, calm down first!"

Yang Tinghe finally reacted and quickly called Chen Zhong.

"Calm down! Lord Yang, how can I calm down! Now we are guarding the ancestral tomb well! If we are to be exterminated..."

"More than 4,000 of our brothers were exterminated. What a joke!"

Chen Zhong naturally couldn't remain calm. He couldn't have imagined that Zhu Houzhao was so cruel that he actually wanted to wipe out their Changlingwei clan!
Wasn't he just a little careless?
"Fake news! This is fake news! It must be that Prince Xing forced His Majesty to issue an order! Come, kill this guy who dared to falsely pass on the imperial decree!"

"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"

He immediately gave the order and wanted to kill the person to silence him.

But... at this moment, the Changling guards were only concerned with guarding against everyone, and the arrows were still in the hands of the soldiers defending the city.

Faced with this situation, how could they dare to shoot arrows?

"Haha! You bunch of traitors, go ahead and kill them!"

"I'm standing right here, come and kill me!"

Zheng Ji also saw the commotion on the city wall. Although he was in his sixties, he was not afraid of the situation at all!
"Everyone shall punish the traitors!"

"Your Majesty's decree has arrived. Eliminate the thieves right here!"

"Nine frontier soldiers, listen up! Protect President Zheng!"

Wang Xun and others also reacted quickly and immediately sent people to hold up shields in front of Zheng Ji and others.

This time, their actions became completely legitimate, and it was naturally impossible for them to let Zheng Ji die so easily.

They still want to whitewash themselves!

“No need… I’ll stand right here! I want to see if these traitors dare to kill me!?”

Zheng Ji instead crossed the human wall again and walked forward.

"Come on! Xie Qian, Yang Tinghe, kill me!"

"Then let the world see who is the traitor and who will be cursed for eternity!"

Zheng Ji was naturally not afraid and continued to shout.

"Traitor! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The soldiers from the nine frontiers shouted in unison again, and their morale reached its peak.

In contrast, the people in the capital city on the city wall... were caught up in all kinds of suspicion and doubt. The soldiers and officials looked at Yang Tinghe and others in confusion.

"This...what exactly is going on?"

Yan Song, Cui Xian and others had lost their minds and were completely unaware of their current situation.

However, they were fortunate enough to be in the scene of such great changes. Besides fear and confusion, they actually felt an unstoppable excitement in their hearts.

How will the situation develop next?
Are the high and mighty Prime Ministers really traitors?

"Stop! Stop everyone!"

"Shut up!"

"Shut up!"

"Chen Zhong, tell your Changling Guards to lay down their weapons!"

Yang Tinghe finally yelled again, and even rushed to Chen Zhong, snatched his knife and threw it out of the city wall.

Bang!

The knife fell.

The soldiers from the nine borders also stopped shouting, and everyone's eyes were once again focused on Yang Tinghe.

"Zheng Ji! You keep saying that we are treasoning! Blowing up the Emperor Taizong's mausoleum, and even wanting to exterminate all nine of our clans... exterminate the clan of Changlingwei! I don't want to say anything else! I just want to ask one question, was the imperial edict in your hand issued by His Majesty or Prince Xing? Is His Majesty still alive?"

"Your imperial edict! When did it come from Jinling?"

"I absolutely do not believe that His Majesty would issue such an imperial decree!"

Yang Tinghe was able to think quickly and seemed to have found a way out of the impasse in a flash.

Of course, the way to break the impasse is to announce that the imperial edict brought by Zheng Ji is fake news!
There is no difference between what Chen Zhong said.

But his question hit the nail on the head.

Was the imperial edict issued by Zhu Houzhao or Zhu Youlang?

"Haha, now... what, Yang Tinghe, do you still want to fight like a trapped beast? Or even... do you want to drag everyone into the rebellion, go further and further down the wrong path, and wipe out your northern officialdom in one fell swoop?"

As soon as he asked the question, Zheng Ji knew what he was planning. He sneered and directly transferred the conflict back into their own ranks.

After hearing these words, all the civil and military officials and everyone looked at Yang Tinghe unkindly again.

"Zheng Ji! Don't spread rumors to confuse the public! I will only answer your questions directly!"

"Is he still alive, Your Majesty?"

Yang Tinghe didn't fall for it and insisted on asking again.

"Evil intentions! Wolf ambitions! Yang Tinghe, oh Yang Tinghe, you are also the teacher of His Majesty, and you are also a great scholar of the dynasty... Even if it was really Prince Xing who coerced His Majesty, would he really dare to kill the king?"

"Your Majesty, of course he is alive and well!"

"He's not missing! He's not sick either!"

"He is in perfect health!"

This also implied something to Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen, and also ruthlessly exposed Yang Tinghe's little thoughts.

"Good! Your Majesty is fine... I am relieved!"

"Then Zheng Ji, answer me another question. When did you send this imperial edict?"

Yang Tinghe wanted to nitpick this detail: "Your Majesty, without any investigation, how can you conclude that we colluded with the Changling Guards to blow up the Emperor Taizong's Mausoleum? What evidence does he have?"

Expected it!
It turned out to be this.

Zheng Ji sneered again, looking at Yang Tinghe, Han Wen and others, and said directly: "It doesn't matter if I tell you! My eyes are the evidence! If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself!" "Xie Qian, Yang Tinghe, His Majesty's decree was issued the day after you blew up the imperial mausoleum. His Majesty ordered me to set out! I have been traveling day and night, and I can't wait to expose the behavior of you traitors. For twenty days, I didn't dare to rest for a moment!"

"I am afraid that you, a bunch of traitors, will deceive the people! Deceive the whole world!"

"the next day……"

When this key information came out, Yang Tinghe, Xie Qian, Han Wen, Wang Qiong and others were confused.

"Fake news! Zheng Ji! How dare you spread a false imperial edict! The news of the bombing of Emperor Taizong's mausoleum would take three days to reach Nanjing at the earliest! And you still have the nerve to say that you would arrive the next day! What else could this imperial edict be if it wasn't something you made up on the spot based on the news you heard along the way?"

"Zheng Ji! You are so brave! How dare you forge an imperial decree!"

"Wang Xun! Are you really that bad? You actually dared to hire someone to falsely convey the imperial edict in order to plunder for three days and three nights after breaking into the city!"

"Don't listen to him! This imperial decree is absolutely fake! Even if we are treasonous... why would His Majesty declare that Changling Guards are treasonous! He is trying to stir up internal strife among us!"

"Let us disrupt our formation so they can break into the city!"

Xie Qian finally seized this last chance and fought to the end with reason!

"what?"

"We faked the imperial edict?"

Wang Xun and the soldiers from the nine frontiers were stunned. This really was a case of sitting at home and committing a crime of rebellion being punished by heaven.

Have these cabinet officials completely disregarded their dignity in order to muddy the waters?

Do they have the brains to do this? Is it necessary?

"It's unbelievable! What Elder Xie said makes sense! Lord Wang, Lord Han, as well as Pengju and Zhu Feng... Look, their statements are contradictory!"

Zhang Sheng also rushed back and immediately understood the situation. He knew that Zheng Ji and the others' words were no longer important. What was important was to gain the trust of Han Wen, Wang Qiong and the others. He quickly concluded, "This is a blatant false imperial decree!"

"We must not fall into their divisive tactics!"

As soon as the words "separation plan" were uttered, Wang Qiong, Han Wen, Jiao Fang and others hesitated again.

"What a sinister and vicious plot to sow discord!"

"Wang Xun, you deserve to die! You can't break through the city gate, and you actually use such a despicable strategy to sow discord!"

"Minister Wang, Minister Han, Minister Jiao, I almost fell for their scheme to sow discord!"

Chen Zhong also suddenly realized that he was really impulsive just now and almost caused a big mistake, which ruined the situation of distrust. He quickly apologized to Wang Qiong, Han Wen and others.

"What are you all still standing there for? Who told you to point the knife at your own people?"

After reacting quickly, he scolded the Changling Guards.

The Changling guards were stunned, and then... they quickly put away their swords.

The tense situation on the city wall seemed to be resolved because of their clumsy performance.

"Great! Wang Xun! Your intentions are so sinister!"

"Zheng Ji! You old bastard, when did you collude with the people from Jiubian?"

Xu Pengju came to his senses instantly: "Soldiers, listen up, shoot! Shoot this guy who falsely conveyed the imperial edict! We can't fall for their divisive tactics!"

"Yes! Soldiers, take up your swords! We should unite against the enemy! We must not fall into the enemy's divisive tactics!"

Zhu Feng also took the opportunity to give orders, then drew his sword and instantly moved away from Chen Zhong, Xie Qian, Yang Tinghe, Zhang Sheng and others. They did not feel relieved until the soldiers defending the city picked up their weapons again.

"Now it seems... this is indeed a sinister plot to sow discord!"

Wang Qiong looked at Yang Tinghe deeply and immediately listened to the advice.

"Zheng Ji... When did you become King Xing's man? Is he really safe, Your Majesty?"

"Also... do you, the Southern Cabinet, really want to get rid of our Northern Cabinet as soon as possible?"

Han Wen also came to his senses and carefully moved closer to Xu Pengju and the others, pointing their guns outward.

"It's so sinister! So sinister!"

“We almost got fooled!”

"Fortunately, the Prime Minister is wise!"

Jiao Fang and others shouted even louder, and while shouting, they subconsciously quickly moved away from Changling Guard.

Apparently...

There were no fools among those present, and everyone knew that a gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall.

Although what Yang Tinghe and the others said made sense, Chen Zhong’s performance just now... has already proved something.

If they can't see it, they are really fools.

Naturally, in the current situation, they can only appear to be united against the outside world.

Faced with the reactions of Wang Qiong, Han Wen and others, Yang Tinghe, Xie Qian, Chen Zhong and others naturally looked gloomy, knowing that they had been suspected.

"Haha...alright, alright! You guys are good at talking and you're tough, right?"

How could Zheng Ji, an old fox, not see that this was a delaying tactic of Han Wen and his men? Some officials in the capital finally came to their senses.

"The imperial decree has arrived... As for whether it is true or not, open the door!"

"I am willing to help you determine whether the imperial edict is true or false!"

Having said that, Zheng Ji stepped forward again, wanting to tear their fragile situation apart again.

"Whoosh!"

"Old man! Stop right there!"

"We will never fall for your counter-espionage scheme!"

An arrow was inserted directly into the air about ten meters away from Zheng Ji's steps. Xu Pengju put away his bow and arrow and threatened fiercely!

"Zheng Ji, we don't believe your words!"

"For the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital..."

"We need to discuss this with the Prime Minister and the others first."

Wang Qiong also hurriedly tried to comfort him, even with a pleading look in her eyes...

"Haha! All right! Just go and discuss it..."

Zheng Ji was happy, he had received the signal.

"My Lord Prime Minister... given the current situation, I think we need to discuss it." Han Wen also took the opportunity to look at Yang Tinghe again.

"It's time to have a good discussion."

Yang Tinghe nodded: "Chen Zhong, have someone guard this city gate well!"

"Yes!"

Chen Zhong quickly took the order and immediately arranged for several hundred Xiaoling guards to take up arms.

Xie Qian, Yang Tinghe, Zhang Sheng and others, escorted by Chen Zhong, went down the city gate from the right.

"Young Marquis, the city gate is up to you."

Han Wen also looked at Xu Pengju, and then gestured to Zhu Feng.

"No problem, leave this to me!"

Xu Pengju said quickly.

Zhu Feng also nodded, and followed Han Wen, Wang Qiong and the others down the city gate from the left...

then……

After both sides left the city gate.

"Minister Han, Minister Wang...see you at Fengtian Palace!"

"Well, Prime Minister, see you in Fengtian Palace!"

The two sides greeted each other and left with their teams.

And at this moment...

Their departure was so distinct that Yan Song and Cui Xin on the city wall could see it clearly.

Then... on the city wall, they felt the tension between the soldiers defending the city and the Xiaoling Guards.

After the boss left, both sides stopped pretending.

They all stare at each other's movements!
"So, what is this all about..."

Xu Pengju couldn't help but look up at the sky and felt that dark clouds were covering the capital.

He also turned his head and saw that the soldiers from the nine borders respectfully invited Zheng Ji to the army.

A violent storm is obviously coming!
　Second update!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)