by Zhi Bai
Mu Changyan said in a cold voice, "Explain this matter in front of all these ministers."
Ma Ziwei already knew that he would not be able to escape this calamity, but Mu Changyan had already promised him, and let his family go. Of course, he also knew how vicious the empress dowager's actions were. There was no way for him to turn back now.
Kneeling there, Su Zong told the story of how he accepted the bribes of the dead man and came back to frame Chen Zaiyan.
At this point, Su Mao already knew that he could no longer rely on himself to turn the situation around. Just the Gao Clan alone was enough to scare the courtiers to death. Now that Mu Changyan gave these people a way out, saying that the Gao Family was from the Youguo, these people would naturally go down the steps. Mu Changyan's intentions were clear. As long as the Gao Family fell, he would let bygones be bygones. As long as the Gao family fell, all the evidence against these officials would be gone. They weren't idiots. They knew what to choose.
"Great King!"
Su Mao struggled to say in the end, "This subject feels that this matter is extremely important, so I'll have to ask the empress dowager to decide."
Mu Changyan shouted angrily: "Gu Jue is the Swallow King!"
Just then, a group of people escorted Empress Dowager Su in. The Empress Dowager Su had a face full of arrogance. As she walked, she said: "Of course you are Swallow King, or did I send someone to take you back before you ascended the throne of Swallow King."
When the courtiers saw that the Empress Dowager Su had arrived, they all turned their heads and knelt before him. "We pay our respects to the empress dowager."
Empress Dowager Su flung her sleeves coldly. "Your Majesty, you must be tired, right? I can see that you look really bad. I think we'll end this matter here and let the Ministry of Justice investigate this matter tomorrow. The King's body was too heavy, he couldn't be angered to death by these trash. All of you … Assist the King to return to the East Warm Pavilion to rest. "
She walked to the bottom of the throne, looked at Mu Changyan and said: "Look at how angry the King is."
The two experts of Embroidery Palace, Lu Tianhui and Zhao Ziyan walked towards the throne with large strides. "Your highness, please return to the palace to rest."
Mu Changyan said angrily: "What are you doing!"
The Empress Dowager Su said, "Great King, you have lost your composure … You are the ruler of a nation, yet you do not distinguish between right and wrong. At the mercy of a few petty people, they shook the very foundation of the great swallow. Even though I am a woman, I cannot sit by and watch you destroy the mountains and rivers of great swallow. I'll say it again, you are tired and need to go back and rest. "
Mu Changyan sneered: "I had thought that you would think of something, but it turns out that it's just a falling out."
Empress Dowager Su said, "Looks like the King is really sick, to actually begin to speak nonsense. Why don't you send the King back, are you all fools?! "
Lu Tianhui and Zhao Ziya went up to grab Mu Changyan's hand. Mu Changyan's own cultivation level was actually not low, but he was still not a match for Lu Tianhui and Zhao Zishan. Moreover, the people the empress dowager had brought with her were all experts. Furthermore, outside the Extreme Heaven Palace, the so-called State of Zhao envoys were all present.
When they came that day, Mu Changyan already noticed that something was amiss. How could these so called envoys all be cultivators, and how could each of them have a high cultivation realm? To put it plainly, these hundreds of people were helpers that Empress Dowager Su had called for from the State of Zhao. Furthermore, these few hundred people were not officials from the State of Zhao, they were martial artists that the Empress Dowager Su had recruited from the martial arts world.
Although the guards of the Tiantong Palace were all Mu Changyan's men, these young cultivators were simply no match for the experts of the Embroidery Palace. The few Tiantong Palace guards who were protecting Mu Changyan had not even made a move when they were already crippled by Lu Tianhui. The two men walked in front of Mu Changyan with an evil grin on their faces, "Great King, we have to see when we get sick. We can't delay this any longer. This subject invites the King to go back and rest. The imperial physician of the Imperial Physician will treat him later. "
Mu Changyan laughed coldly, "I'm afraid you will have to kill Gu Du, just like when you poisoned the previous crown prince!"
The Empress Dowager Su said angrily: "Nonsense, the King's illness is too severe, why aren't you inviting the King back to the Eastern Warm Pavilion?!"
In these four years, in order to dispel the poison in his body, Mu Changyan's bloodline power had been damaged, and his cultivation was no longer as strong as it was before. Even in his former peak, he was not a match for Lu Tianhui or Zhao Ziya. Now, even though those two people did not make a move, they had already suppressed all of his Cultivation Power secretly, so he did not even have the strength to resist.
Mu Changyan looked at An Zheng with difficulty, begging for help in his eyes.
An Zheng sighed, holding onto the blade by his waist.
Just then, a familiar voice sounded by An Zheng's ear, "Idiot, what does this have to do with you? The Swallow men are courting death, let them die. Those two are real experts of the Captive Stage, even if you have some heaven defying things, is it worth it to take the risk and attack? Perhaps there was someone behind the empress dowager who didn't even give you the chance to take out those treasures. If I were you, I would stand here and watch. "
That was Chen Shaobai's voice, right beside An Zheng's ears.
He must have carried that black oil-paper umbrella again, with a yaksha painted on it. Standing there, he watched coldly from the sidelines.
An Zheng remembered that not long ago, Chen Shaobai had said when he left the tavern, "No matter what, I'm on your side."
He smiled, stretched lazily and gripped the blade. "Don't say it, it really has something to do with me."
He heard Chen Shaobai sigh. "Idiot, you can beat him?"
An Zheng shrugged his shoulders, unsheathed his blade, and said: "Try it."
Then, he heard Chen Shaobai say in a hateful tone, "Are you f * cking an idiot?"
An Zheng cut in three parts: "Sometimes... "Yes."
Chen Shaobai was slightly angry: "You still want me to help you."
Then, the blade in An Zheng's hand suddenly flew out by itself, flying towards General Su Zong who was standing at the side as if it had eyes for him. Not knowing why, Su Zong grabbed the long blade. This useless person actually held a knife in his hand and shouted, "Kill him!"
An Zheng saw that Su Zong's eyes were red, and he looked lifeless.
Su Zong grabbed his blade and rushed towards Mu Changyan, his blade slashing down.
Mu Changyan actually did not dodge, and used the blade to slash onto Mu Changyan's shoulder.
Blood flowed freely.
Chapter 214 - Plunging a Large Hole
An Zheng did not know what method Chen Shaobai used, but he knew what Chen Shaobai had done.
Su Zong's slash had completely stunned Empress Dowager Su.
That's right, the blade had landed on Mu Changyan's body, but to Empress Dowager Su, the damage was much greater.
When the blade cut down, not only was Empress Dowager Su stunned, everyone was stunned.
The two experts of Embroidery Palace, Lu Tianhui and Zhao Zishan, looked at each other, then turned to look at Empress Dowager Su at the same time. The meaning of their eyes were... What should he do?
And it was at this time that Chen Shaobai heard Chen Shaobai's voice once again: "Idiot, why don't you shout."
An Zheng was startled for a moment. "What are you shouting for?"
Chen Shaobai's tone was a little helpless as he said, "Call for protection."
Then, An Zheng felt someone push at his back, and he rushed forward fiercely. An Zheng took the opportunity to call for protection, and then kicked Su Zong off the platform.
The kick was especially vicious. Su Zong somersaulted and fell, landing on his four limbs, and his face was covered in blood. However, he did not know what was wrong with him. He struggled to get up, and pointed at Mu Changyan while cursing, "I want to kill you! So what if I took Youguo's money? You are only a puppet of the Empress Dowager, a dog of the Empress Dowager! Sooner or later, great swallow will not be your Mu Family's, but the empress dowager's! "
Empress Dowager Su looked at Su Zong who had gone mad, his face contorted into a sinister state.
She suddenly took a step forward and drew her long blade from the waist of a nearby guard, chopping down with her blade. The long blade slashed out a beam of light, slicing Su Zong from his skull all the way to his crotch, splitting him in half.
Everyone was stunned.
Empress Dowager Su's slash was really ruthless.
Everyone's heart spasmed. Some even thought that if they were useless, would the empress dowager be caught off guard even faster when she slashed down?
Mu Changyan's shoulder was still bleeding, but he was smiling.
Empress Dowager Su snorted coldly and turned around to leave. "Carry this fellow who caused trouble out to chop into pieces to feed the dogs!"
A few Embroidery Palace guards rushed over, grabbed the two corpses on the ground and dragged them out. Two bloody marks were left on the floor of the Grand Heavenly Temple, shocking to the eye. When the Empress Mother left, the people she had brought with her had no choice but to follow. Just a moment ago, Empress Dowager Su clearly wanted to imprison Swallow King, but with Su Zong's blade, Empress Dowager Su could no longer continue to try and show off.
Mu Changyan glanced at An Zheng, and said softly. "Well done."
An Zheng was startled, he shook his head, thinking that it was not me, but someone had already helped Mu Changyan to bandage his wound.
After a while, an order came from the Tiantong Palace that the troop transfer general Fang Daozhi, who was a fourth stage Ying Yang, along with the Thousand Chance field officer, should bring Su Zong's family back to prison. At the same time, the eight hundred Light Cavalry of the Military Department began to search the entire city for the people from the Gao Clan.
Inside the Eastern Warm Pavilion, An Zheng stood to the side and raised his head to look at the sky outside the window, while thinking about what exactly did Chen Shaobai want to do? He couldn't understand, if Chen Shaobai didn't say it himself, he might never be able to understand it.
"It's all thanks to you today."
Mu Changyan said: "If you did not cause Su Zong to go crazy, it would be difficult for me to take care of the situation today. No matter how strong the empress dowager was, she didn't dare to continue to act tough in front of all the civil and military officials. What she wanted was to take the throne of Gu Gu, the mountain of the Mu Clan. She also needed the courtiers to be her dogs, so she had to retreat from the court for a while. I almost lost today's battle. "
An Zheng said: "It's all planned by the King."
Mu Changyan curled his lips, "Bullshit! His words weren't sincere … If Gu Tian could really plan things out, what was the point of things like this? Right, the Gao family isn't that easy to concede. The empress dowager won't give in either. What do you think they'll do? "
An Zheng thought for a while and said, "It's very likely that the empress dowager will send someone to contact the Gao Family and ask them to get rid of you …" If you die, then the Gao family will still be safe. As for the Empress, of course, it had nothing to do with her. "I'm afraid that the Gao Clan's experts will take action soon."
Mu Changyan nodded his head: "Gu He, how about you come and have a try?"
An Zheng did not understand. "What competition?"
Mu Changyan said: "Before tonight, the entire Gao Family will come out. If Gu Qishao was not wrong, they would pretend to be assassins from the Youguo and kill their way into the Tiantong Palace. As for the empress dowager, she would think of a way to transfer away all the guards in the Tiantong Palace. They only had one night's worth of time, because tomorrow, they would be able to mobilize the city's garrison to annihilate the Gao Clan. Gu Long had already given his orders today, but it was hard for Fang Daozhi to cry by himself. Of the troops in the capital, there aren't many that Fang Daozhi can move. "
"But even if Her Majesty delays it, she can only delay it for one night. Tomorrow, the army could not stay put, otherwise it would be disobeying the king's orders. Solitary Snow will deal with the Gao Family's counterattack, but you … Go and pull out the casinos of the Gao family in the capital. I'll give you one last thing: I won't die tonight, so no matter how many casinos you pull tomorrow, all of them will belong to you. "
An Zheng acknowledged, "What a huge attraction..."
Mu Changyan said: "People in the martial arts world, aren't they addicted to stealing territory? Within the Gao Clan's territory, you can rob as much of it as you want. As for whether or not you can defend them in the future, that's none of your business. "
An Zheng took a deep breath, "Has the King overestimated my Heavenly Awakening Sect?"
Mu Changyan laughed loudly, "Of course not, your Heavenly Awakening Sect's several hundred people are obviously not a match for the Gao Family. However, just like today, once the Gao Family's matter exploded, there would be people following them. One wants to kill him, the other two want to kill him … Your Heavenly Awakening Sect started to fight with the Gao Family for territory, and the government did not interfere, in the eyes of the other martial world forces, what kind of signal was that? So as soon as you start, someone else will do the same. Gu You're actually worried that you won't be able to snatch much from us in the end. "
"Tonight is a natural moat for the Gao Family. Even if they were willing to risk their lives, they would still cross the natural moat to kill Gu Gu, while you guys would go to his back yard and set fire to it. "In the end, it will be all over the Gao Family's territory."
Mu Changyan laid down and looked at the wound on his shoulder: "Then let's see who's lucky."
An Zheng took out something from his sleeves and handed it over to Mu Changyan: "I hope the King is injured."
Mu Changyan took a look and discovered that it was a folded wine flag.
He hesitated for a moment before accepting the wine flag, "Alright then, this thing was originally given to Ye Yun and Xiao Qi Dao to save their lives. Previously, I had to go through countless hardships to get them to come here. They didn't use it, but it was time for me to use it. "
An Zheng asked: "May I ask... Whose sword intent was on the wine banner? "
Mu Changyan said: "You are the one who pulled the flag."
An Zheng was startled for a moment. "Fang Zhiji?"
Mu Changyan replied: Back then, when I was talking casually, I promised that I wouldn't use this sword intent to kill anyone. It was only to protect myself, so he agreed. He said that he had spent a year's worth of his cultivation just thinking about the wine flag … Ha ha-ha ha, why did I forget about such a good thing. "With this wine flag, I shall sit by the window and enjoy the wine and the moon tonight."
He raised his hand and stuck the flag of wine in the window, "Go, success or failure, you will always be tied to me. Being alone in this place can attract as many people as you want. You can dig as many people as you want in the outside world.
Not knowing why, Daxi Shenghuang's appearance suddenly appeared in An Zheng's mind... Then, it was as if his heart was blocked by a rock, making him unable to vent his anger.
When the who was covered in pain dragged his exhausted body out of the Tiantong Palace, he felt that there were at least a hundred people around him who wanted to kill him. The outside of the Tiantong Palace was like a net, and the moment he came out of the Tiantong Palace, he was immediately thrown into the net.
"Don't worry, no one will dare to make the first move."
Chen Shaobai's voice once again appeared beside An Zheng, like a ghost.
"Right now, everything is as
quiet as it was before the raging waves. Right now, everyone was holding onto a thread and no one dared to make the first move. The moment they did, the thread would be broken and there would be no meaning in killing everyone beforehand. Furthermore … Although you have just been promoted to the position of Deputy Commander of the imperial guards, it is still not enough for them to take action first for you. "
An Zheng seemed to be talking to himself as he said, "Is your home selling umbrellas?"
Chen Shaobai: "I accept the wholesale and retail business."
An Zheng: "How much?"
Chen Shaobai: "As long as it's An Zheng, I will tell the truth."
An Zheng, "Scram …"
Chen Shaobai: "Ungrateful and ungrateful, you are still so popular now, and it's still me who is helping you."
An Zheng: "Envy me so much that you can do it yourself."
Chen Shaobai: "I still enjoy the feeling of being praised as a red person. That's the boss, okay? A popular person like you, it's easy to tell that you are a laborer … Mu Changyan told you to go steal territory, but you didn't seem to be very happy about it. If it were anyone else, they would have long since pounced on him. As long as Mu Changyan lets go of this hole, no matter how rich and powerful the Gao Family is, a lot of people would want to take advantage of them. "
An Zheng: "People will die."
Chen Shaobai: "Stop bullshitting … You should think so. The more territory you take, the more benefits you get from it are your friends. And are there more rules within the territory you control? "
An Zheng: "You don't have to say it, since you said it like that, I have a lot of motivation."
Chen Shaobai: "Even more bullsh * t, I can see now that your ambition is not small at all. Even if I didn't say so, you'd just go home and shout for someone to take a knife and charge up. "
An Zheng: "It's not that I'm slow, it's not that I don't want to snatch territory, but I'm thinking about how to snatch it. What should I do after I get it?"
"What do you want to do?"