Chapter 266 The Dispute over “Standpoint” (Part 1)
It was night, midnight.
The capital, Minglu Lane, Tao Mansion.
Figures of people were moving around in the huge mansion, and the two large lanterns in front of the gate were swaying dimly in the night wind.
Tao Songzhi, who was appointed Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, had fallen asleep at this time, but was suddenly awakened by a sudden scream outside the house.
"Bang!"
"Who are you? Do you know this is the Tao Mansion?"
"ah!!"
"Help! Help!"
“.”
"Master, what's wrong?"
The woman, who had just woken up from her sleep, grabbed the corner of the quilt tightly and asked Tao Songzhi in panic.
However, before her husband could answer, the door was suddenly kicked open, and then more than a dozen figures rushed into the room, each holding a shining long knife in their hands.
“You, you guys!”
When Tao Songzhi saw the peacock feathers tied to the hilt, his brain suddenly froze for a few seconds and he subconsciously exclaimed.
"You, you are the Flower Feather Guards! What are you going to do?!"
"Master Tao has good eyesight."
The leading captain of the Hualing Guard snorted coldly, waved his hand, and his men immediately surrounded the bed with their swords raised.
"Master Tao, since you have seen our identities, please get dressed and come with us!"
"I am just following orders, please don't make it difficult for me."
“.”
The wailing outside the house continued. Tao Songzhi protected the frightened woman behind him, but he himself had regained consciousness.
"good!"
"I can go with you, but you have to give me a reason first!"
"reason?"
The black-robed centurion sneered, "Master Tao, there is no reason."
"What?!"
Tao Song was stunned, and forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart and said three good words.
“Okay, okay!”
"I didn't expect the Wei family to be as lawless as ever!"
"That's how Wei Changtian led his men to surround Liu's residence and kill Prime Minister Liu without saying a word!"
"Are you going to do this again today?!"
“.”
It is only the beginning of April now, and the capital city is not very warm yet.
However, Tao Songzhi's face turned red, and his back was already soaked with sweat. It was unclear whether it was because of nervousness or anger.
The black-clad centurion standing opposite him was much calmer.
"Master Tao, did you make a mistake?"
"Half a year ago, our Hualing Guard was merged from the Xuanjing Division into the Metropolitan Censorate."
"So, when Lord Tao talked about the Wei family, I really didn't understand."
Censorate.
These three words suddenly made Tao Songzhi's body tremble.
Of course he knew that the Hualing Guard had already left the Xuanjing Division. He was just influenced by the preconceived idea that "this matter must be instigated by the Wei family" and was unable to come to his senses immediately.
Now that he was reminded by the other party, he finally realized one thing. Since the Hualing Guard has been incorporated into the Censorate, it means that the Censorate wants to arrest him.
But the Censorate said, "Okay, Master Tao, there's no need to guess anymore."
As if seeing through his thoughts, the black-robed centurion came closer and whispered sinisterly in Tao Songzhi's ear:
"We are here on the orders of the Emperor to arrest you."
“.”
Obeying the Emperor's order. Tao Songzhi's eyes widened, his eyes filled with fear and disbelief.
"No, impossible!"
"This, this is impossible!"
"Is it possible? You will know if you take a walk with me, sir?"
Shaking his head, the black-clad centurion finally lost his patience and stepped back two steps. The officers who were watching him eagerly immediately stepped forward and tied Tao Songzhi up tightly.
“Let me go!”
According to the Daning Code, officials of the fourth rank and above cannot be silenced, forced to kneel, or forced to confess by words or actions before they are convicted.
At the moment, this group of Flower Feather Guards obviously did not have the arrogance and domineering attitude that Wei Changtian had when he went to Zhang Mansion to kill the toad, so they just tied Tao Songzhi up and did not silence him.
"Let me go!"
"I want to see the Emperor!!"
"I want to see Liu Zhongchun!!!"
“.”
The screams filled with extreme fear rang in everyone's ears.
Tao Songzhi still feels that all this is not true and it must be a huge conspiracy set up by the Wei family.
It’s a pity that the Hualing Guard, or the Censorate, was indeed following Ning Yongnian’s orders, and the latter had no chance of meeting him.
As for the current head of the Liu family, the Minister of Personnel Liu Zhongchun, his current situation is even worse than that of Tao Songzhi.
Anhuamen Street, Liu Mansion.
If Wei Changtian were here at this moment, he would probably sigh, "It seems familiar."
The walls, roofs, gates, every room and courtyard... More than a thousand guards in red armor were spread throughout the Liu Mansion. Their unsheathed cold blades reflected the firelight, and angry shouts echoed everywhere.
"Abandon the sword! Kneel down!!"
"Everyone come out!"
"Get out! Everyone, get out!"
“.”
After more than half a year, a similar scene happened to them again. Everyone in the Liu family felt like they were in a dream.
But several obvious differences made them realize that they were not dreaming.
The last time the "team leader" was Wei Changtian, this time it was Wei Xianzhi.
Last time, the people who surrounded the palace were all officers from the Xuan Jing Division wearing tiger-dragon uniforms, but this time they were all red-armored imperial guards.
The last time it was Liu Yuanshan who came out to confront Wei Changtian, and this time it was Liu Zhongchun.
Compared with Liu Yuanshan, Liu Zhongchun's majestic aura of a "powerful person" is weaker.
Of course, this may also be related to the fact that he is now facing Wei Xianzhi, who also holds great power.
“.”
Corpses were strewn across the main hall, blood was all over the floor, and hundreds of torches lit up the huge room as bright as day.
Those who died were all the Liu family guards who "fought stubbornly", and some had their weapons removed and their acupoints pressed by the Royal Guards, and were now kneeling in rows outside the house.
Wei Xianzhi looked at Liu Zhongchun who was being held down by several guards, and suddenly waved his hand to signal them to let him go.
"yes!"
The person holding the imperial guard token was like the emperor himself, so no one dared to disobey the order. Several people immediately let go and stepped back, but their eyes were fixed on Liu Zhongchun.
"Lord Liu"
With his eyes narrowed, Wei Xianzhi's soft voice could be clearly heard in the room.
"Do you admit your guilt?"
"Know your guilt?"
Faced with the same emergency situation, Liu Zhongchun was obviously much calmer than Tao Songzhi and just shook his head slightly.
"Master Wei, I'm sorry I don't know what crime I have committed."
"Master Liu, I don't know if you are really confused or just pretending to be confused."
Wei Xianzhi was no pushover either. He took a stack of letters from a military officer next to him and threw it at Liu Zhongchun's feet.
"Look, this is all your good work."
“.”
This action was undoubtedly insulting, but Liu Zhongchun was neither annoyed nor angry. He just looked at Wei Xianzhi deeply, then bent down to pick up the letters and read them slowly one by one.
Wei Xianzhi knew that these letters were all false "evidence of treason", so he thought that after reading them, Liu Zhongchun would either argue vigorously and clamor to see the emperor, or become extremely angry and curse himself for framing him.
However, the latter's reaction was far beyond his expectations.
It's really, really peaceful.
(End of this chapter)
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