Early morning.
In the Great Ming Imperial Palace.
All the officials were holding morning court in the throne room.
After the morning court session, the Emperor summoned Cao Zhengchun from the East Chamber, Qing Long from the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Yu Huatian from the West Chamber, and Zhu Bujue from the Dragon Guard Mountain Villa.
The few of them were in the throne room and it was very quiet.
No one took the initiative to speak.
They knew very well that the mysterious assassin had been massacring the assassins from the East Chamber in the capital for the past few days. It had caused a huge commotion.
If anyone spoke first, they would definitely be questioned continuously.
Instead of asking for trouble, it was better to keep quiet.
As the victim, Cao Zhengchun was furious.
He muttered in his heart, These guys can't wait to see me make a fool of myself. Now, their wish has come true!
The Emperor looked at the people below and said,""Why are you all so silent? Don't you understand why I summoned you to this throne room?”
Zhu ignored him and cupped his hands." We are too stupid to guess Your Majesty's thoughts. Please enlighten us."”
Cao Zhengchun saw that Zhu Buguan was the first to speak, so he took the opportunity to break the awkwardness. He cupped his hands and said,"Your Majesty, the Divine Marquis is right. We are stupid, please explain.”
Pa!
At this moment, the Emperor slammed the table and stood up.
"Cao Zhengchun, you still have the face to ask this one to explain. Don't tell me you don't know what happened in the capital yesterday?"”
Cao Zhengchun quickly bent down.
"Please calm down, Your Majesty!"
The Emperor's anger still hadn't dissipated.
He said," This is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the foot of the Son of Heaven. Someone actually dared to kill an official of the court under my eyes. Even if he is a eunuch, he is still a part of the Ming Dynasty."”
"Isn't it the same as slapping my face by doing this?”
"How did you manage to be the Great Supervisor of the East Chamber?”
The Emperor was furious. Although Cao Zhengchun was usually insufferably arrogant, he still did what he should when facing the Emperor.
He knelt on the ground and lowered his head.
The Emperor took a look and a hint of delight flashed in his eyes.
Over the years, Cao Zhengchun had been expanding his power ever since he became the Governor of the East Chamber. He had also secretly colluded with many sects in the martial arts world.
It had already exceeded the scope of responsibility of the East Chamber.
He has the intention of rebellion.
Now that he had such an opportunity, would the Emperor not take the opportunity to suppress Cao Zhengchun?
After that, the Emperor reprimanded the Brocade Guard, West Hall, and others.
As for the Brocade Guard, the Emperor knew that the Azure Dragon was loyal.
He was just deliberately scolding the Azure Dragon and putting on an act.
In the dark, he still let the Green Dragon search for treasures in the martial arts world in peace and cultivate the power of the Embroidered Uniform Guards as a backup army for the emperor.
As for the matter in the capital, the Brocade Guard did not need to intervene.
This was the so-called saying, one to the face, one to the back.
Cao Zhengchun cupped his hands and said," Your Majesty, the East Military Hall has been disturbed by those people. They have lost thousands of people. The East Military Hall is not as strong as before."”
"I beg the emperor to let the Dragon Guarding Mountain Villa assist the East Chamber in dealing with these hateful fellows.”
Zhu ignored Cao Zhengchun and sneered.
He knew very well that Cao Zhengchun was trying to drag him down with him.
In Cao Zhengchun's opinion, if the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa offended Murong Chong, they would be severely injured.
As long as they could make the other party lose, they would not be polite to each other.
Who knew that Zhu Budian would agree without hesitation.
"Eunuch Cao is right. The Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa should join in and eliminate these guys as soon as possible."”
The Emperor nodded in agreement.
After leaving the throne room, Cao Zhengchun was furious and worried.
He muttered,"The emperor's little brat, you actually dare to use this matter to suppress me. I, Cao Zhengchun, am not that easy to bully."”
On the way back to the headquarters of the East Chamber, Cao Zhengchun felt that something was wrong.
What was Murong Chong's motive for bringing people to kill his branch?
If it was for revenge, the headquarters of the East Chamber should be his ultimate goal.
He had killed the branch because he wanted to nibble away at the East Military Hall's power bit by bit and eventually isolate the East Military Hall's headquarters.
He had left the East Hall alone and helpless.
Thinking of this, Cao Zhengchun couldn't help but quicken his pace back to the headquarters.
He had just returned to the main hall of the headquarters.
Cao Zhengchun heard the news of another branch being destroyed.
He was even more determined that he had to be more vigilant, or else the East Hall would be defeated by Murong Chong.
At that time, he, Cao Zhengchun, would become the laughing stock of the world.
" Send out the news," Cao Zhengchun said." Order all the subordinates in the branches to return to the headquarters. Tell Wei Zhongxian and Liu Xi to come back as soon as possible and guard the headquarters."”
"Also, the entire headquarters will be on full alert from now on.”
The people below saw Cao Zhengchun's serious expression.
He did not dare to delay any longer.
He ran all the way out to convey the order.
At dusk, Murong Chong and the others appeared near the headquarters of the East Chamber.
The Xunfeng's bee flew back and circled around the Xunfeng.
Xunfeng frowned and said," Master, the headquarters of the East Hall has entered a state of full alert. All the passes are strictly guarded. What should we do?"”
"Liu Xi, have you returned to the headquarters?"
"They've already returned, and there's still Wei Zhongxian!"”
Murong Chong sneered.
Since they have entered a state of full alert, I will break them down one by one, starting with Liu Xi.
The reason why Murong Villa was besieged by Jia Jingzhong and his men was because of Liu Xi.
Therefore, Murong Chong wanted to kill Liu Xi first.
"So what if they are on full alert? They can't possibly be on full alert 24/7," Murong Chong said.”
"Let's start with Liu Xi!"
Then, Murong Chong turned into an afterimage and dashed forward!
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