Chapter 88: Spitting Blood

The entire Zhou Mansion was blown away.

Smoke and dust filled the air, and rubble flew everywhere. Many people subconsciously covered their heads.

Fortunately, they were far enough away, and the explosion only made a few noises in their ears, and no innocent people were injured.

The Zhou Mansion had become a ruin, with houses collapsed and the ground sunken.

Ling Fengxun waited until the explosion was completely over and the gunpowder burned out before he led his men in.

The second prince's expression froze.

"Let's go and take a look."

He pursed his lips, followed Ling Fengxun with his hands behind his back, and drove straight in to the center of the explosion.

He saw a deep pit here.

There was a secret hidden under the main courtyard. There was a very solid dark room.

Because of the power of the gunpowder explosion, a hole was blown out on the top of the dark room, and all the scenes inside were revealed.

There were countless gold, silver and jewelry placed in it.

There were so many neatly packed boxes that some places could not fit them all. Even the second prince was stunned when he saw it.

"So many?"

Ling Fengxun's eyes dimmed slightly when he saw this scene.

He said, "Move it out and put it at the door."

"Yes."

The guards of the palace began to move things down.

Boxes of silver were carried out from inside by the guards and then placed at the door.

An Yunxi was relieved to see that her guess was correct.

She was really afraid that her memory was wrong, so that Ling Fengxun missed the target and made a mess.

Fortunately, Ling Fengxun had investigated in advance, so the action would be safer.

Seeing those gold, silver and jewelry, the countless people who were watching the incident outside were also shocked.

Their eyes changed when they looked at Zhou Cheng.

A guard walked over and took out the thing stuffed in Zhou Cheng's mouth.

But Zhou Cheng couldn't explain it at all, his lips trembled, and his whole body was covered with cold sweat.

"Sir Zhou, aren't you honest and upright?"

Someone suddenly asked.

Zhou Cheng saw the extremely angry eyes of the people around him.

"Yes, don't you understand the suffering of the people and are willing to stand up for them?"

"Don't you want justice? Where is justice?"

Zhou Cheng couldn't explain.

He couldn't say a word more.

His eyes were full of panic, and he wanted to bury his head in the ground.

Suddenly, someone came out with a rotten egg.

The rotten egg hung on the face of the man, and slowly flowed down along his eyebrows.

The foul smell spread, but it aroused the anger of the people around him.

When watching more and more gold, silver and jewelry being moved out, the anger of countless people was completely ignited, and all kinds of stones, rotten vegetable leaves, and rotten eggs swarmed in.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Cheng was beaten to a bloody mess.

The guards of the palace watched coldly, no one tried to stop him, and some even thought that he deserved it.

By the time all the gold and silver were moved out, almost half an hour had passed. Seeing that things were almost done, Ling Fengxun came out and announced Zhou Cheng's crime.

"Zhou Cheng is unforgivable for corruption, perverting the law, deceiving the emperor, and slandering the king. From today on, he will be demoted from his post and sentenced to death. The rest of the Zhou family will be confiscated and exiled!"

The voice of the Regent King resounded in everyone's ears.

Suddenly, someone knelt down in his direction.

"Long live the Regent King!"

"The Regent King has arrested the corrupt official and tried him, which is really a great pleasure for the people!"

"The Regent King is wise and powerful!"

Countless shouts became more and more.

Bringing down Zhou Cheng, a corrupt official who hid so deeply, was enough for Ling Fengyan to gain a lot of prestige.

His reputation as a tyrant was originally spread maliciously by Zhou Cheng and others. Now that Zhou Cheng was executed, it was natural to completely clear the stigma that was originally pinned on Ling Fengyan's head.

Ling Fengyan felt the change in the attitude of the people around him.

From pure fear at the beginning, it turned into awe.

There was still fear, but there was an additional emotion called respect, which made him feel a little incredible.

An Yunxi, who was hiding in the carriage, saw this scene and couldn't help but smile.

His eyes were crescent-shaped.

What Ling Fengxun did this time can win a lot of people's support. Those who accomplish great things must have the support of the people. From now on, she will clear the name of His Royal Highness Prince Xie!

She also knows a lot of corrupt officials.

It's just right to take advantage of this momentum and directly wipe them out.

In this way, the name of the Regent King will surely be famous all over the world, and everyone will know it.

In the palace, Emperor Beiling smashed an exquisite glass cup in one go.

His eyes were cold, his fingers clenched into fists, and his face was full of anger.

"Damn it, how did the Regent King know that there was a silver vault hidden under the Zhou family?"

Although the silver was embezzled by Zhou Cheng.

But he secretly acquiesced to it.

It was equivalent to the private money of him, the emperor.

Because the vault had been specially modified, people could only enter but not exit.

If they wanted to take out all the money inside, there was only one way to do it.

That was to blow up the vault directly!

Eunuch Wu lowered his head and whispered, "Maybe there are spies from the Regent in the palace."

Emperor Beiling's eyes turned cold and he suddenly looked at Eunuch Wu.

"It's you, isn't it?"

Eunuch Wu's legs went limp and he knelt on the ground.

"I know nothing, Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

Emperor Beiling smiled.

"I'm just trying to scare you, why are you so nervous? I know you don't know about this."

When the treasury was built, very few people knew about it.

All the craftsmen were executed.

Only some people who transported the silver were still alive, but they were all kept together and it was absolutely impossible for them to leak any information.

This matter is a bit difficult to deal with.

Emperor Beiling suddenly realized that his plan was being quietly destroyed.

For example, his assassination plan that day.

If Ling Fengxun came to the palace alone, he would surely be ambushed on the way. Without any guards, Ling Fengxun would be seriously injured even if he didn't die when facing the five most powerful assassins in his hands.

But Ying Feng and others suddenly appeared for unknown reasons and resisted the sneak attack of the assassins of the palace.

As a result, his plan failed completely.

Emperor Beiling couldn't help coughing again, and the fishy-sweet taste made people feel a little disgusted.

He wiped the corner of his mouth and felt that his life was already in a countdown.

Before he died, he must take back all the power from the royal family!

He sat back on the dragon chair and reached out to take the imperial edict beside him. He picked up the pen and was thinking about what he was going to write on it when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and vomited blood again.

Eunuch Wu was terrified, his face was horrified and panicked, then he got up from the ground and shouted to the outside: "The emperor is vomiting blood, call the doctor, call the doctor quickly!"