The guards, eunuchs, and palace maids standing outside were terrified.
Although no one knows what happened in the past few days, Emperor Rong Xian was in a good mood. But today's situation shows how angry Emperor Rong Xian is.
"How dare you do this!" Emperor Rong Xian gnashed his teeth in anger, "Don't let me know who did this, or I will tear this person into pieces."
Eunuch Wang spoke up at the right time to comfort him, "Your Majesty, please don't get angry. The villain's goal is to provoke people to get angry. If we get angry, we will be fooled by the villain and let his evil plan succeed."
"Humph!" Emperor Rong Xian snorted coldly, "Check the four kings and the noble families in the capital carefully for me. I want to see which family got the treasure first."
“Yes.”
It is said that good news never travels far, but bad news travels a thousand miles.
There is no impenetrable wall in the world. The news that Emperor Rong Xian obtained the treasure map but was fooled spread among the powerful people in Shangjing City.
Qin Palace
"Hahahaha. The emperor spent a lot of money this time, but the result is..."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Song Zhaoling really couldn't help it. He felt happy when he thought about the contents of the note.
I was depressed because I didn't get the treasure map before, but now I am very happy.
The gray-robed counselor also had a smile on his face, but he calmly advised, "Your Highness, calm down and don't laugh too loudly. If someone with ulterior motives hears it, I'm afraid the higher-ups will be unhappy."
Song Zhaoling nodded and smiled, saying unyieldingly, "Today, I have received a calligraphy work from a master calligrapher of the previous dynasty. I am very happy. Go and ask the kitchen to prepare a table of good wine and food. I want to drink to my heart's content today."
This treasure map was originally in his hands, but his men suffered heavy losses when faced with the siege from all sides.
Now that I heard that Emperor Rong Xian did not get the treasure, I felt quite angry.
Song Zhaoling looked at the gray-robed counselor, "My good brother has quietly sent out so many soldiers, but now his true colors have been exposed because of this fake treasure map. He has really lost both the wife and the soldiers. Hahahaha. Today is really a great day!"
The gray-robed counselor pondered and said, "Your Majesty, I have already found out about the extra group of people that King Wu brought with him. They seem to be a group of bandits from Xiling."
"Bandits?" Song Zhaoling pondered for a moment, his eyes narrowed slightly, "My good brother is really resourceful. Disguising his own private soldiers as bandits, what a calculated plan!"
The gray-robed counselor said, "Your Highness, I think King Wu's private soldiers are more than just the Xiling gang. I remember that there are many bandit dens around several counties near Shangjing City. If these bandits are all King Wu's men, I'm afraid that the only people in Shangjing City who can compete with them are the Royal Guards and the Garrison Army. If one of the Garrison Army or the Royal Guards surrenders to King Wu, the entire Shangjing City will be under King Wu's control. If he wants to rebel, it will be much easier than it is for us."
After listening to the gray-robed counselor's detailed analysis, Song Zhaoling's smile gradually faded and his brows furrowed. "It seems that tomorrow the king will report to the court and wipe out all the bandits around Shangjing City."
"Your Highness should talk to Prince Jing, Prince Yun and the others, especially Prince Yun."
The meaning is very clear. The people on King Yun's side are stupider, to put it bluntly. Otherwise, if they don't see the situation clearly and don't keep up with the team, and act as troublemakers, that would be bad.
As for Prince Jing, the gray-robed strategist was not worried at all. He must have realized that Prince Wu had made a big move. If they did not want Prince Wu to succeed in his death, they would certainly, like them, wipe out Prince Wu's private soldiers in advance.
"Your Highness, we should not delay at this time. I think we can send a group of people to keep an eye on those bandits to prevent them from escaping in advance. By then, we will not be able to find them even if we want to wipe them out."
Song Zhaoling nodded, "That makes sense. I will send people to suppress the bandits right away. It is a good deed for me to eliminate harm for the people. I will kill first and report later. I think the emperor will agree."
Just as the gray-robed strategist had expected, after the King of Wu realized that his men had failed, he thought that the surrounding bandits might be at risk of being exposed.
If he takes action now, wouldn't he be telling everyone that the bandits around Shangjing City are all his people? Then Emperor Rongxian will definitely not tolerate him.
The other three kings will definitely kill him as well.
If they are not allowed to leave, they will be besieged by Emperor Rong Xian and the other three kings.
The current situation is a dilemma.
After considering for a long time, Song Zhiyi decided to withdraw most of the people and leave some as living targets.
Unfortunately, he was too slow in making a decision.
After Prince Jing's men recognized that there were bandits wanted by the court among Prince Wu's men, the counselors in the rear analyzed the situation of the bandits around Shangjing City.
While the King of Qin was analyzing the pros and cons with his advisers; while Emperor Rongxian was furious about the humiliating note; while the King of Yun was still confused; while the King of Wu was still weighing the pros and cons, his people had already begun to act, and after some disguise, they began to encircle and suppress.
No, to be more precise, it is to surround but not destroy, waiting for others to arrive before taking action.
The main point is that everyone works together, does the dirty work together, and no one can escape.
The bandit den in Xishan was in chaos and all their routes of escape were blocked by forces from all sides.
"Boss, what should we do now?" The subordinates below looked panicked.
As the bandit leader, he was also panicking at this moment. The news had already been passed on, and he didn't know when the prince would send reinforcements.
A small thug ran into the meeting hall in panic, shouting, "Boss, this is bad. Our pigeons will be shot as soon as they fly out, and the information won't be delivered at all."
The leaders, big and small, in the meeting room looked terrified.
"What should I do?"
"What should we do now, sir?"
The second in command said in a deep voice: "This bandit suppression is definitely not simple. If it was the government suppressing the bandits, we would have received the news. This time there is no news, and there are too many people coming to suppress the bandits. They are not ordinary yamen runners. I am afraid that this time we are in great danger."
"What should I do?"
The boss had a gloomy expression on his face. He had actually noticed something unusual a long time ago and was afraid that their identities had been exposed.
He is King Wu's man, but the people under him are real bandits. They don't know the real reason at all. Now he can only abandon the rook to save the king.
He said in a deep voice to his panicked subordinates: "Brothers, today is a matter of life and death for our stronghold. The imperial court is cruel and forced us to go up the mountain and become bandits. Now they are suppressing the bandits under the slogan of justice, which is to force us to death."
"Since they won't let us live, then we will kill them all down the mountain and leave no one alive. We will avenge our parents, wives and children who have been bullied."
"Okay! The boss is right. Let's fight this group of people."
"Yes, fight them."
"kill!"
The shouts and cries of killing were deafening, and Xishan was destined to be a river of blood on this day.
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