2050 Anti-thieves, play big
"Close the city gates, close the city gates quickly, we can't let the prisoners escape."
The deputy general who escorted Emperor Nanling to the capital in place of Feng Liyou secretly cursed his bad luck. He thought it was the most honorable thing, but he didn't expect it to turn out like this.
The deputy general dismounted and immediately gave orders. The soldiers outside the city reacted quickly and closed the city gate. The men in black and Emperor Nanling were a step late and could only watch the city gate being closed.
"What should we do?" Emperor Nanling was panicked, his legs went weak, and he almost fell to the ground. The man in black holding him said to comfort him: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will take you out even if I die."
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will protect you with my life." After Emperor Nanling was rescued, the man in black immediately withdrew his attacks and protected Emperor Nanling in the middle, using his own flesh and blood to block wave after wave of attacks for Emperor Nanling.
Emperor Nanling did not see his men fighting bloody battles and dying in front of him. All he saw was the desire to escape...
The man in black who had been holding Emperor Nanling, protected him behind him, took out an iron claw from the bag at his side, and threw it hard onto the city wall...
With a click, the iron claw got stuck under the city wall. The man in black tried to pull it, and after making sure that the iron claw could bear his weight, he immediately carried Emperor Nanling on his back and jumped up.
"Your Majesty, I am sorry for my rudeness." The man in black suddenly jumped and hung in the middle with Emperor Nanling. The man in black continued to climb up and was about to reach the top of the city wall, but at this moment, a group of people also dressed in black suddenly appeared on the city wall.
Emperor Nanling thought that reinforcements had arrived, but he didn't expect that the first thing these men in black did was to cut off the hooks hanging on the city wall.
"Ah..." Emperor Nanling and the man in black fell down at the same time. At the moment of falling, the man in black flipped over and lay underneath, serving as a cushion for Emperor Nanling.
"Hmph..." The man in black on the city wall sneered and moved his wrist. With a whoosh, a beam of silver light flew down from the city wall and flew towards the Emperor of Nanling...
The black-clad men who were rescuing Emperor Nanling rushed to try to knock away the dart, but they were too busy to take care of themselves. Even if they used their bodies to block it, they couldn't get through. They could only watch helplessly as the dart sank into Emperor Nanling's throat...
With a "puff", Emperor Nanling opened his eyes and breathed his last unwillingly. When he fell, he bounced a little.
"The emperor is dead, avenge him." Someone said this, and the man in black hacked at the Dongling soldiers like crazy, making it clear that he was determined to fight to the death.
"Little prince, save the little prince." The warriors who came to rescue Emperor Nanling saw the little prince being protected by the concubine. Their eyes lit up and they rushed towards Concubine Wang. The concubine's eyes lit up and a glimmer of hope ignited, but she soon fell into deeper despair...
The man in black standing on the city wall suddenly jumped down, and blocked the way of the Nanling assassins in an instant. They clashed with swords and each of them attacked fiercely and each move was deadly.
"Who are you?" The Nanling warriors became more and more frightened as the fight went on. The person who attacked was definitely not ordinary. Each and every move was a deadly move, even more terrifying than these warriors.
The murderous men in black were as cold-blooded as Zuo An. They didn't even raise their eyelids, let alone answer. While the other party was questioning them, they killed them with a single knife.
With the help of the men in black, the Dongling soldiers quickly stabilized the situation, but a group of black-clad men were fighting each other, and the Dongling soldiers didn't know whether the other side was an enemy or a friend, so they could only take them all down.
"You can leave now." Feng Qingchen dropped the cup, turned around and walked out, Zuo An quickly followed...
The men in black who appeared later came suddenly and left even more suddenly without any warning. They merged into the crowd in full view of everyone and ran towards the city.
“Quick, chase!” Dongling soldiers immediately chased after him. They saw the man in black hiding here and there, and finally disappeared near the Taibao Mansion…
"This?" The soldiers didn't dare to chase anymore and could only look at their superiors silently.
Not to mention that this officer was just a small leader, even the commander of the imperial guards would not dare to break into the residence of the Three Dukes easily. He gritted his teeth and had the street cordoned off, then went to ask his superiors for instructions.
Since this matter concerned the death of Emperor Nanling, no one dared to neglect it, and the matter was quickly brought to the palace for His Majesty's decision.
The Ninth Prince and all the officials in the palace were waiting for the army to offer prisoners and for Emperor Nanling to submit a letter of surrender. However, they received the news that Emperor Nanling had died, and the murderer finally disappeared near the Taibao Mansion. This...
"Your Majesty, I am innocent." The treasurer walked out trembling, a look of panic flashing across his face which was covered with memorials. Having been immersed in officialdom for many years, he knew that this matter must be unusual. It was too coincidental. He would not believe it if someone said it was not directed at him.
"I believe you." The Ninth Prince responded straightforwardly, "But the country has its own laws and the family has its own rules. The murderer is nowhere to be found near the Taibao Mansion, so we must search to prevent the murderer from causing chaos and hurting the women in the mansion."
Without waiting for anyone else to speak, the Ninth Prince ordered a street closure and search, determined to find the criminal and send all the captured people in black to the Blood-Clothed Guards. He wanted to know who was the mastermind behind this.
The Ninth Prince cut the Gordian knot without giving the ministers a chance to speak, and settled the matter. As for the army's surrender of captives, the Emperor of Nanling was already dead, so it had to be cancelled, and the letter of surrender would be presented by the young prince.
“Your Majesty, I…” The prime minister had just opened his mouth when he saw the Ninth Prince stand up, saying “Dismiss the court” and then disappearing…
“Emperor…”
Now not only the Taibao, but the other three also became uneasy. They wanted to make one last gamble and were ready to speak in the palace about Feng Qingchen's infidelity and the fact that the eldest prince was not the emperor's biological son. However, they didn't even have the chance to speak.
What should I do now?
The three ministers and the prime minister looked at each other in bewilderment, their backs dripping with sweat. When the wind blew, they shivered with cold. Their brains, which were immersed in the center of power, also woke up, but it was too late...
The one who took action was Feng Qingchen instead of the Ninth Prince. Feng Qingchen did not put the crime of poisoning Naibao on the three ministers and the prime minister as the Ninth Prince and Wang Jinling had planned, but instead gave them a more serious crime - collusion with Nanling, treason, and killing the Emperor of Nanling to silence him!
Although Feng Qingchen guessed that the wet nurse's conspiracy with the baby was not necessarily ordered by Madam Min, Feng Qingchen still did not think of clearing Madam Min's name and letting someone else take the blame.
Regardless of whether this was done by Madam Min or not, it could only be done by Madam Min. She wanted to make the Ninth Prince remember for the rest of his life that his mother wanted to kill his son!
"Why?" The Ninth Prince asked Feng Qingchen as soon as he came back from court.
Why don't you discuss it with him beforehand? He won't disagree.
Feng Qingchen had just entered the palace, still wearing her casual clothes outside the palace. She ignored the Ninth Prince's dark face and said with a bright face, "Don't you think this charge is better? It's too far-fetched to say that the Third Duke and the Prime Minister poisoned and murdered Naibao."
"The risk is too great and it is easy to reveal flaws." It is a fact that Naibao was poisoned, and it is relatively easy to verify. The Ninth Prince and Wang Jinling chose to use this charge because they calculated that San Gong would have a hard time defending himself and could quickly convict him.
If it is treason, it will be quite troublesome to investigate. It will be impossible to convict the three officials and the prime minister in a short period of time, and it may even allow them to turn the tables.
"But I've already done it, what should I do?" Feng Qingchen spread his hands, looking innocent...