Repugnant gateway 2, p.18
Repugnant Gateway 2, page 18
The hall was a secret, so even the generals of the military did not know all of it. Amongst these people, only Wang Kaitai and Fang Daozhi knew the truth.
"Go back."
Wang Kaitai sighed: "You all do not know about this matter, and master has no choice but to do so. "If it wasn't related to the life and death of more people, how could the Lord come up with such a method …"
He still wanted to say something, but was pulled by Fang Daozhi. None of the people in the room could be sure if there was any from the Empress Dowager, so it was a little over the top. The incident at the Four Corners' Hall happened last night, so it was obvious that it was known to Prime Minister Su Mao before daybreak. If Chen Zaiyan had not changed his strategy, the army would have been forced into a passive position.
None of the generals were willing to leave, waiting for Chen Zaiyan to give an explanation.
Chen Zaiyan laughed bitterly, but he could not say anything.
In the end, these generals were still persuaded by Wang Kaitai and him, but when they left, their gazes were all filled with hatred. No one could replace Hao Pingan in their hearts. What Hao Pingan had done for the army in his entire life, made them admire him.
Even after everyone had left, Chen Zaiyan's expression still did not ease: "This matter is a little strange. There are only a few people who know about this, how did this news get out?"
Wang Kaitai said: "I was careless, if we did not bring everyone into the army camp, the news would not have leaked out so quickly."
Fang Daozhi curled his lips: "I'm afraid it has nothing to do with you, even if you brought him into the army camp and were seen by the people from the empress dowager's camp, would they want to find out what happened? Therefore, it is impossible for this matter to be leaked out by someone who has insufficient status. "
Wang Kaitai looked at Chen Zaiyan: "What do we do now? "Although the King intends to delay them, once the empress dowager puts pressure on them, they will soon begin their investigation of the military."
Chen Zaiyan said: "I have thought of almost everything, that's why I asked the King to postpone the assembly for two hours. After the Fanggu's gates opened, I sent people to send away the Old Shang Shu's family members immediately. There were six teams, but all six teams were fake, so it didn't matter if the empress dowager's people caught up to them. The Old President's family is actually still in the city. "
He did not tell them, so Wang Kaitai and Fang Daozhi did not ask either. This was a secret, and the fewer people who know, the better. If the Old President's family were to fall into the hands of the empress dowager, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Chen Zaiyan said, "Fortunately, the people from the Four Corners Hall all died last night, so even if the empress dowager wanted to investigate, she wouldn't be able to find anything. Zhuang Feifei had already transferred people that the Zaocang trusted to enter the Four Great Hall overnight, pretending to be the people from the Four Great Hall. These people all confessed, saying that the Old Shang Shu wanted them to earn money as mercenaries, but other than that, they did not know anything else.
He only had slightly more than two hours' time, yet he had actually managed to arrange everything he could think of.
Wang Kaitai said: "If this matter was not leaked out by someone whose status is not high enough, then who else could it be?"
Chen Zaiyan shook his head: "At that time, no one present could be easily suspected, because if they were to become suspicious, it would be a disaster for the military. The distrust between our own people is even more terrifying than the methods of the enemy. "
Fang Daozhi: "Then we can't pretend that nothing happened. There's actually a person …"
Chen Zaiyan waved his hand: "Don't say it!"
Fang Daozhi was startled for a moment, and then, he sighed: "Forget it, since master has thought of it as well, then I won't say."
Chen Zaiyan said: "Now, help me think about it, what else did you leave out, I'm afraid not long later, the people from the palace will come in to investigate. Now, there was another piece of good news. The King did not hand this matter over to the other yamen, but sent someone from the palace instead. The ones in charge of this matter are Li Changlu, who is by the side of the empress dowager, and An Chengli, who is by the side of the King.
Fang Daozhi asked, "Wasn't An Chengli the one that the empress dowager arranged for the King?"
Chen Zaiyan said, "This is probably the wrong move that the empress dowager took. She would never have thought that An Chengli would stand on the empress dowager's side."
At the same time.
Heavenly Awakening Sect.
The spirit shed had already been set up. Hundreds of men dressed in plain white clothes were lined up on both sides.
"Gold Three has no family, but we are all his family."
An Zheng looked at Jin San Ling who was quietly lying inside the spirit shed: "When I brought him out of Fringe City, I said that we would do great things together. I swear, from today onwards, no one will leave Heavenly Awakening Sect ever again. "
He spoke incoherently. It was an indescribable sadness.
"Logically speaking, it would take three days for the funeral to take place."
An Zheng said: "I accept the condolences of my friends and relatives, but Gold Three Token's friends are all here now, so we should let him rest in peace early."
The eight burly men carried the coffin over and then placed Jin Three Command's corpse into the coffin. They carried the coffin onto the carriage, and the group silently followed behind the carriage as they left Heavenly Awakening Sect.
An Zheng muttered to himself while walking beside the spirit carriage: "Brother Jin, you have left, I hope that your spirit in heaven can protect more people who are still alive, and let those who shouldn't be in trouble be safe forever."
The people around him heard him talking to himself, but no one understood the meaning behind his words.
The funeral procession majestically left the Heavenly Awakening Sect and headed outside the city. The people on the street stopped and began whispering among themselves about whose family this was all about. Some people recognized that it was the Heavenly Awakening Sect's party. Although they did not know who had passed on, those who had received help from the Heavenly Awakening Sect began to silently join the funeral procession. By the time they reached the city gate, the group had already reached over a thousand people.
After the people of the Heavenly Awakening Sect had arrived, the people of the surrounding area had all received their help. Sometimes gratitude was silent, just like the people who walked silently behind the line. They did not know who left Heavenly Awakening Sect, but they were willing to join in to send them off.
The inspection at the city gates was very tight, and of course the empress dowager's men were watching every door. The sudden disappearance of the family members of the Ministry of War's Elder, Hao Pingan, infuriated the empress dowager. She ordered them to search for these people as soon as possible, so all the powers that belonged to the empress dowager were almost all out of the capital.
At the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city and the empress dowager's side separated into two distinct groups.
Although Swallow King Mu Changyan did not order the Ministry of Justice to participate in this matter, the people from the Ministry of Justice had received the orders from the empress dowager, so they called out all their manpower. The officials of the Ministry of Justice, dressed in their official uniform, were checking everyone who had left the city closely while the soldiers guarding the city watched on coldly from the sidelines.
"Halt!"
An officer from the Board of Justice walked over and stopped the funeral procession. He frowned as he looked at An Zheng and the others, "Where are you from? "What are you doing?"
Du Shoushou, who was walking right at the front, said angrily, "Can't you see it for yourself?"
The official said, "If Grandpa asks you, you must answer."
Du Shoushou looked at him and replied slowly: "Reporting to my master, my family has passed away. I sent them out of the city."
The official said, "Everyone is subject to investigation, and those who are sent to be buried are no exception."
With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen officials at the entrance gathered around him and began to observe him one by one. Hao Pingan did not have many family members, including the old lady who was still alive and his wife. Hao Pingan's only son worked in the city, so there were only these two women in the capital. Because the journey was very long, Hao Pingan's son had yet to rush back from outside. According to the route, no matter how fast he was, he would need to walk nearly a month before he could arrive. Not even twenty days had passed since Hao Pingan passed away.
There were no suspects in the team, so no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find anything.
The official from before walked to the front of the hearse and looked at it carefully. There was nothing else on the hearse other than a coffin.
"Open the coffin and let me have a look!"
He waved his hand. "I have to see the dead before I can leave the city."
Du Shoushou grabbed the official's clothes: "Do you want to die? Let me tell you, this skin of yours is not worth a single cent in my eyes. I have ten thousand ways to kill you. If you dare to touch a coffin and disturb my brother's corpse, I'll make you die a horrible death. "
The official was obviously shocked by Du Shoushou. He wanted to struggle free, but was unable to free himself, "You … What are you doing! Attacking an officer in broad daylight, do you not want to live anymore! "
Du Shoushou angrily said: "Are you f * * king still human? If your family dies and someone tries to pry open the coffin, will you let them go? Are you going to let me go?! "
The official was so scared that his face turned pale, "This is …" No one could resist the strict orders of the imperial government. I'm warning you, if you keep doing this, I'll pull out my blade. "
Du Shoushou said: "I guarantee that if you can't pull out the knife, you will die."
The other officials rushed up, wanting to make a move, but the guards of the city recognized An Zheng, knew that An Zheng was a soldier from the army, so the guards rushed up and surrounded the officials. Originally, those officials did not have much confidence. With the hundreds of big men of Heavenly Awakening Sect holding in their flames, they already felt scared. The moment the city guards appeared, they all knew that this matter was beyond their capabilities.
"Let them see."
An Zheng walked over, and coldly looked at the official: "Remember every word that I said to you today … The moment you opened the coffin, almost everyone present entered the coffin. "
The official trembled in fear and waved his hand, "Let's go, let's go. It's not like I'm making things difficult for you. It's the imperial court's strict order … If a person dies, that means he is too big to care about the consequences. "
An Zheng looked at him and walked forward. The funeral procession set off once again, but there were more and more people watching.
Not long after the group left the city, a team of more than a hundred Tippers of the Board of Justice caught up to them.
The Titian Cavalry of the Ministry of Justice was extremely elite. Only in major cases would the Ministry of Justice mobilize the Titian Cavalry.
The reason for this was because these cavalrymen were all wearing red official robes and red cloaks. When they dashed forward, it was as if flames were engulfing them.
"Board of Punishments' Tidy Cavalry Investigates the Case, the frontlines in front, stop!"
Someone from the Titian Cavalry shouted loudly. Over a hundred cavalrymen roared as they circled around the fields on the side of the road to stand in front of the funeral procession.
"All of you, stop and accept my investigation!"
The Titian Commandant looked at An Zheng and the others and cupped his fists: "I am truly sorry, I should not have disturbed the dead. However, the Ministry of Justice ordered me to do so, forgive me for offending you."
This man looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. He had a handsome face and was one of the tougher types of handsome men. In addition to his powerful military uniform, he had an imposing manner.
"Are you An Zheng from the Martial Academy?"
The lieutenant jumped down from his horse, "I am the lieutenant of the Board of Justice, Tan Taiche. I have been ordered to investigate a case and have offended you."
Seeing that the man was being so polite, An Zheng cupped his fists and replied, "Greetings, Lieutenant."
Tan Taiche asked: "May I ask who is the victim?"
An Zheng answered: "A brother of mine from the sect accidentally died when he was sparring with someone."
In a competition between cultivators, a dead person was unavoidable. Therefore, the Board of Justice basically didn't care about matters between cultivators. The State of Yan had a special yamen that was responsible for supervising the case of cultivators, called the Sect Supervisor Division. They directly belonged to the Tiantong Palace, and did not belong to any yamen to exercise restraint. As a result, the Ministry of Justice was too lazy to interfere in the matter of cultivators competing against each other to injure the dead. However, Tan Taiche was unable to resist the strict orders from the empress dowager. Although he did not have any good impression of the empress dowager, he knew that he should not disturb a dead person.
"Excuse me, can I see the dead man?"
Tan Taiche said apologetically: "I know this is very excessive, but I have no choice."
An Zheng shook his head and replied with two words, "No."
Chapter 125 - Deception
This was the first time Tan Taiche met someone who would directly tell the Board of Justice no in an investigation, and this person looked to be only around fifteen or sixteen years old. Of course, Tan Taiche had heard of An Zheng before, but in the entire Fanggu, the number of people who had never heard of An Zheng could be counted on one hand. Even the somewhat lonely palace maids in the Tiantong Palace would mention that An Zheng, Feng Xiuyang and another extraordinary youth had appeared in the capital.
was originally not considered a particularly handsome person, but in their fantasies, An Zheng was just a beautiful young master with elegant clothes.
Ever since An Zheng had struck the target with General Ying Yang's Pear Wood Bow of the Broken Cliffs, the rumors about An Zheng had become even more mysterious. Some people even said that An Zheng was a genius that was rarely seen in a hundred years.
Tan Taiche was not a girl, he was also a genius, so he understood how difficult it was for An Zheng to become famous. He knew many of the rumors about An Zheng. Honestly speaking, he was very interested in this youth. Including when An Zheng went into the capital, he annihilated the generous intermediaries, taught the rascals a lesson, and defeated Ding Shengxia and Lang Jing. He even went out of his way to understand the rugged and generous deeds that the people of the Heavenly Awakening Sect had done in the capital.
Tan Taiche had even thought that this was something that he could only do when he was young.
When they were young, who had never dreamed of such a thing? So he had a very good impression of An Zheng. Even though An Zheng saw that he could not say the word "no" in all seriousness, Tan Taiche still did not get angry.
"I understand."
Tan Taiche remained silent for a while, before speaking in a gentle tone, "If it were me, I might have given the same answer. But that's just a assumption that I see it from your point of view. "As a lieutenant of the Ministry of Justice, I still have to stand from my own point of view to handle this case."
An Zheng asked: "So?"
Tan Taiche said: "So, if you insist on doing this, I can only follow the rules of the Ministry of Justice."
An Zheng said: "So the so called convention is to use force?"
Tan Taiche replied seriously, "The Ministry of Justice is the imperial court's law enforcement office, so the word 'force' you said is exactly what the Ministry of Justice needs to do to investigate cases."
An Zheng asked: Is that why they are dead?
Tan Taiche fell silent once again, obviously thinking carefully about this question, "If … You don't resist, of course you don't. You are a disciple of the Martial Arts Academy, and you might even become a pillar of great swallow in the future, so of course I won't do anything to you. But what about your men? If they were to fight, there would inevitably be casualties. There's one thing I need to clarify... If one of my men accidentally killed your man, that's normal. And if your men accidentally kill my men, the consequences will be even worse. "
"According to the laws of the great swallow, killing an officer of the Board of Justice is a serious crime."
An Zheng seemed to have pondered for a good while, then nodded: "So for my people, I must agree."
Tan Taiche cupped his fists, "Although the Ministry of Justice is a law enforcement office that is violent, I do not like to force others to do things for me. Especially since you're not breaking the law. "That's why I waited so patiently for you to agree. I hope you can understand."
An Zheng did not say anything else. He turned around, walked to the spirit carriage, lifted his robe and knelt down: "Brother San Ling, it is my incompetence. After you die, you will even be disturbed by others."
The people of Heavenly Awakening Sect were speechless, while the people at the back of the group were getting more and more dissatisfied. They began to push forward, forcing the Tee Cavalry in front of them to continuously retreat.
Tilly and the other riders drew their swords, but the indignant citizens did not pay any attention to them. All of them stood in a row hand in hand, like a sturdy dam that blocked off Tidy's advance.
