It was only at this moment that Li Ling realized that something was wrong.
He had the title of Little Zhuge, and his intelligence was naturally not inferior to others.
Everything that had just happened seemed sudden, but many details were very strange.
The biggest anomaly was the supervisor named Xiao Feng. He could have killed the fatuous ruler, so why did he drop the ball at the critical moment and miss the target?
Thinking of this, Li Ling looked in the direction of "Xiao Feng" and realized that Feng Xiao had already disappeared.
Li Ling was shocked!
He immediately understood that this was a trap.
That "Xiao Feng" was not a student from the directorate at all. He might be someone the fatuous ruler found to sing a double act!
Thinking of this, Li Ling felt his scalp tingle.
If his guess was correct, then the fatuous ruler was too vicious.
He could even think of such a vicious scheme?
Didn't his father say that Zhao Zheng was muddle-headed and incompetent?
"Ah!"
A scream from afar interrupted Li Ling's thoughts.
It was a student who had lost his mind due to fear. He wanted to escape, but he was slashed in the back by a barbarian from the East Chamber and immediately fell to the ground.
"Be obedient. If you dare to resist and escape, kill them immediately!”
The East Chamber native said fiercely.
Many students were so scared that they were trembling. Some of the timid ones even started to pee their pants.
"Zhou Yan, it's all your fault. You called me here. If anything happens to me, I'll definitely make your Zhou family restless!”
"Zeng Ping 'an, didn't you say that we're just here to go through the motions and boost our momentum? Now you've caused us all to suffer!"
"Brother Li, you asked me to come. What should I do now? You should make a decision…"
The students began to blame each other.
They could not be blamed for this.
Who would have thought that they would enter a sinkhole and lose their lives, never to be able to get up again!
Who could accept such an outcome? Who didn't feel wronged?
At this time, no one blamed the Emperor anymore.
The emperor was assassinated and they were seen as rebels. What was wrong with that?
If they wanted to blame someone, they could only blame a "pig teammate" among them who had screwed them over.
The censors were no better than the students!
All of them were shirking responsibility, and they were just short of making a move.
When Li Ling saw this, his expression turned ugly.
He knew that his plan of using the students to force the abdication had completely failed.
And he had even sacrificed himself!
Now, Li Ling could only pray that Guard General Miao would be more powerful. It would be best if the entire city was thrown into chaos. Only then would the Li family have a chance to turn the tables.
However, what Li Ling did not know was that Guard General Miao, who had placed all his hopes on him, was now in even greater trouble than him. His situation was even worse…
……
At the west gate of the capital.
The main camp of the capital camp guarding the capital was located outside the western gate.
Defending General Miao was dressed in military attire, sitting in the commander's tent, waiting for good news.
Thinking about what was about to happen, Guard General Miao felt a little anxious.
Next, he was going to bet his career and life on wealth!
He won.
Even if he followed the dragon's merit, he would be promoted to an official position, and it would not be a problem for him to have a wife and children.
And once he lost.
He would probably end up with his entire family exterminated!
In fact, Guard General Miao was also very helpless. If he had a choice, he would naturally want to be more stable.
It was also quite good to be a garrison general of the capital camp.
However, Li Yan had evidence of him taking credit for killing a good man back then. If he did not cooperate with Li Ling, he would die when Li Yan gave him up.
Since it was a dead end, he might as well take a gamble!!
Just as General Miao was letting his imagination run wild, a soldier came to report,"
"Report! General, there's news from the city that a large number of students and censors are sitting in front of the Donghua Gate of the Imperial City and crying in the palace!”
Hearing this news, General Miao suddenly stood up.
Li Ling made his move.
Next.
It was his turn to go on stage.
"Pass on the order, beat the drum and gather all the soldiers at the drill ground!"”
"Understood!"
The soldier obeyed and immediately left.
Guard General Miao took a deep breath, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and walked out of the commander's tent with a dark expression.
By the time Defender Miao arrived at the drill ground, the 20,000 soldiers had already gathered.
He had been the garrison general of the capital camp for many years and naturally controlled the capital camp. The soldiers would generally listen to his orders.
Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Guard General Miao walked to the high platform and began to mobilize.
"Soldiers, this general has just received news that the national treasury is tight. The remaining silver has been divided up by the lords in the court. As for the salary owed to our soldiers, I'm afraid we won't be able to pay it out again!”
As soon as he said this, the soldiers below instantly exploded!
"What is it? Why aren't you giving out the silver?"
"I haven't eaten my fill for half a year. If we don't give out the silver soon, are we going to starve to death?”
"We work for them, but they don't even give us food to eat? How preposterous!"
"Those corrupt officials are too much!”
……
The soldiers discussed animatedly.
Everyone's face was filled with anger.
Seeing this, Guard General Miao smiled in satisfaction.
Of course, he was just fooling the soldiers.
Seeing that the anger of the soldiers had been successfully aroused, Guard General Miao shouted,"Soldiers, I also heard that just this morning, the emperor investigated many corrupt officials and seized tens of millions of taels of silver. However, the emperor has moved all this money into the palace.”
Hearing this, the soldiers became even angrier.
Tens of millions of taels of silver, just a small fraction of it would be enough for them to eat, but the Emperor didn't give it?
Such a fatuous ruler was not worth risking his life for.
"Soldiers, being a soldier and getting paid is a matter of course. We guard the capital and do work that puts our lives on the line, but the Emperor and the officials in the court don't even give us enough to eat.”
As soon as General Miao finished speaking, all the soldiers on the drill ground shouted angrily,""This is outrageous!"
"Our salary is the money we earn by risking our lives, but the Imperial Court has already delayed it for more than half a year. You all have parents, wives, and children in your families. Are you willing to watch your families starve to death?”
The soldiers who had accumulated countless grievances immediately shouted,"No! He wasn't willing! I'm not willing!"
"Alright, since that's the case, follow me into the city. I'll take you to tell the Emperor and the officials in the court that we want the salary and we have families to feed! You can't let us bleed and die without giving us food. Do you dare?”
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The third chapter.
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