Seeing Du Laihua's disheveled appearance, Xiao Luomu laughed and said, "Brother, Lord Du wanted you to become a commoner and forced you to resign from your official post. But what can you do now? His Majesty has appointed you as General Longxiang. Will you accept this imperial decree?"
Xiao Luofeng paused, his anger rising, and said, "Luo Mu is right!"
Xiao Luofeng immediately knelt down and said loudly, "Your Excellency, I dare not accept this imperial edict without the Marquis of Yanxi's permission!"
The brothers' antics completely baffled their father-in-law. Being a young and inexperienced man, he looked around and said, "What...what's going on here?"
"Your Excellency is unaware of this!"
Xiao Luomu was more eloquent than Xiao Luofeng. At this moment, Xiao Luomu spoke up, "Before the imperial edict arrived, Marquis Yanxi forced my brother to resign from his position as the city garrison commander."
"Why is that?" the eunuch asked suspiciously. "Why doesn't the Marquis use a talent like General Longxiang? Has he made some mistake?"
Xiao Luomu nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, we made the mistake of making people jealous of our talents!"
Hiss!!!
Upon hearing this, not only the father-in-law, but even Zhao Cheng gasped in shock.
You, Xiao Luomu, really know how to seize every opportunity and kill without shedding blood!
Being jealous of talent and ability is not a big mistake in itself, but the fact that the target of this jealousy and envy is Xiao Luofeng is just asking for trouble.
I want to bestow great honors upon talented individuals, yet you want to demote him? (仟仟尛哾)
What's wrong?
Questioning my judgment?
The eunuch's face darkened. He nodded slightly to Du Laihua and said, "Greetings, Marquis Yanxi. This servant is conveying an imperial edict. What is Your Excellency's opinion?"
Zhao Cheng's eyelids twitched, and he glanced at the young eunuch again, thinking to himself that this man was no pushover either!
His Majesty's imperial edict actually asked Du Laihua what he thought.
This is a trap for Du Laihua!
satisfy?
Or are you dissatisfied?
No matter how I answer, it's wrong!
Xiao Luofeng looked serious, seemingly not understanding the deeper meaning of those words, but Xiao Luomu and Xu An both looked at Du Laihua with strange smiles, clearly understanding their father-in-law's intention.
Zhao Cheng was very satisfied with their reaction.
This is truly the Fourth Young Master of Yanchuan!
"This is impossible!!"
To everyone's surprise, Du Laihua was neither satisfied nor dissatisfied; instead, he flew into a rage, shouting, "This imperial edict must be fake!!!"
After speaking, Du Laihua tightened his grip on his sword and thrust it directly at Xiao Luofeng.
Earlier, when Du Laihua went mad, Zhao Cheng instructed Zhao Wu to protect Xiao Luofeng. Zhao Wu reacted extremely quickly, raising his foot to kick the sword out of Du Laihua's hand with his toe, and then punching Du Laihua to the ground with a backhand punch.
Although Zhao Wu's rescue was timely, everyone present was still shocked. No one expected that things would develop to this point, and that Du Laihua would still be so relentless.
This is a manifestation of an inability to accept reality.
I'll step on you, I'll suppress you, and I'm about to succeed.
But you soared to great heights, leaving me utterly crushed beneath your feet.
So,
Let's fight to the death!
Zhao Cheng analyzed Du Laihua's psychology, and that's roughly what he was thinking.
As expected, Du Laihua failed to do it himself and fell to the ground, shouting, "Release the arrows!!"
The archers outside the courtroom were closer and vaguely heard the imperial edict, but none of them made a move. However, the crossbowmen lying in ambush on the roof heard the order and those who reacted quickly immediately released their arrows.
Whoosh whoosh! ! !
The three fastest arrows flew out, but people only saw a dark figure leap over the roof, intercept the three arrows, and then sweep his sword horizontally, causing the archers on the roof facing the court to fall down.
The dark figure then stood still on the roof.
Seeing him, Zhao Cheng's group was relieved.
Star fruit branches.
Seeing that Yang Taozhi was alone, a shadow fell over Zhao Cheng's heart.
It seems the murderer hasn't been caught.
He's a master!
Almost at the same time that the starfruit branch appeared, a group of garrison soldiers leaped up from behind the crossbowmen on the roof and pinned them down.
At the same time, Huang Zhen, clad in full armor, strode in and roared, "The imperial edict has arrived, as if His Majesty himself were here! How dare you defy him? You deserve death!!!"
Huang Zhen walked with a steady gait and an imposing presence, showing no signs of having recovered from a serious illness.
He was full of confidence in the garrison. As he walked toward the court, he didn't even glance back at the roof to check the situation. Instead, he went straight to Xiao Luofeng and bowed, saying, "Prefect Huang Zhen of Qingdong City pays respects to General Longxiang!"
"What is the governor doing?!" Xiao Luofeng hurried to Fuhuang Town.
Huang Zhen, however, did not get up, and said sternly, "I fell ill at the wrong time, and I am ashamed beyond measure!"
"Your Excellency!" Xiao Luofeng exclaimed anxiously, "If you continue like this, you'll be making me feel terrible!"
Huang Zhen stopped there, straightened his back, nodded to the imperial eunuch who was delivering the decree, and then glared angrily at Du Laihua.
"Lord Du! Are you ordering your men to fire arrows now to kill the eunuch who came to deliver the imperial decree?!"
Du Laihua froze, his voice trembling, his mind in a state of madness. He cried out, "They castrated your son! You should have come with me and killed them!!!"
Ignoring Du Laihua's words, Huang Zhen said sternly, "Did you order the arrows to be fired to kill General Longxiang?"
"Are they going to shoot the son of the Marquis of Qingdong?!"
"Are they going to shoot the young prime minister?!"
"Are you trying to kill the sacred authority of my Great Jing Dynasty?!"
Du Laihua was completely stunned by Huang Zhen's relentless questioning and collapsed to the ground once again.
Huang Zhen stood up and shouted, "Guards! Send Marquis Yanxi and his entourage back to the Marquis's residence for strict guard, awaiting His Majesty's decision!"
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