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Chapter 184 Defection

Facing Zhao Xiang on the Nine Dragon Chair and the many ministers in the hall alone, Zhao Jing was alone and was not afraid at all, "Oh? Then I really want to thank the emperor brother, but even if I don't kill me, I will definitely not let me stay in Jinling. Why not tell me how to place me?"

"As long as you ask Bai Yi to hand over the power of the Tiger Guard, my brother will naturally not kill you. At most, you will let you go to Yazhou to fish and live your life comfortably."

"It seems that the emperor has left me a way out, but I don't know how you will deal with the royal palace side by side?"

As soon as he heard the four words of side by side of the royal palace, Zhao Xiang's smile gradually became ferocious, "Of course, it was a fire. As for Dong Polu's daughter, since she came to Jinling, she would no longer have to travel back to Lingnan. I would find her a good family to marry, such as Puyang Zhen."

"It's the emperor's brother who is afraid that the princess will cause trouble when she returns to Lingnan, right? In fact, you don't need to say that she is so high-sounding. Who doesn't fear the Tiannan Bian Army, which is like a wolf and a tiger, but there are other people in the royal palace, besides the prince's mansion, what did these people do wrong and need to be burned to death?"

Zhao Xiang stroked the exquisite patterns of the Nine Dragon Chair and couldn't help but feel energetic, "Nothing for anything else, just because Zhao Qingyan lives there, not just shoulder to shoulder with the royal palace. After I ascended to the Great Treasure, the first thing I did was to send troops to flatten the Peach Blossom Valley and kill all those who were related to him."

"In the past, I just thought that the emperor was a little ambitious and eager for quick success and instant benefits. I didn't expect that I was so outrageous. Is this Jiulong Chair really so powerful?"

"Good brother, you will never understand the taste of this." Zhao Xiang stared at his eyes, "Now you can no longer pose any threat to me. If you don't want to die, just tell me honestly how to enter Taichu Palace."

"Actually, I've already said it very clearly. Can you fly in besides walking in?"

"You hear the sound of shouting and killing in the distance is getting smaller and smaller, which means that Xuanwu Camp has gradually disappeared, and the five thousand cavalry of Longxiang Camp has taken over Taichu Palace. If you really walk in through Tongji Gate, do you think of everyone in the hall as fools?"

Looking at the other party's proud expression of winning, Zhao Jing sighed: "Brother, if you walk down from the Nine Dragon Chair now, there may be room for maneuver, otherwise the only thing waiting for you is a different body and head."

"Where is the difference between the body and the head? My good brother, now Taichu Palace is mine, and Jinling is mine. It doesn't take a few days for the whole Nan Zhao to submit to his feet. You tell me that the difference between the body and the head is simply a mess of the world!"

"Did you still understand after seeing this volume of imperial edict on the ground?"

Zhao Xiang was of course confused about this strange imperial edict, but the cavalry in Taichu Palace and the basically invisible shouts of killing made him calm down. "It's just that you're just a mysterious thing. Now everything has been settled. Whether there is a will or what is written on it is no longer important."

"Brother, although you are talented, your self-righteous nature still costs you the price in the end." Zhao Jing looked up at the grand plaque on his head, "In fact, two days ago, I already knew your plan, which gate to enter the city, when to take action, etc., and I knew everything."

Puyang, who was standing not far away, laughed and said, "Fart! Only a few people know the details of the entire plan. Even Yan Ze only got the news this afternoon. You said you would have learned everything two days ago, and you are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue."

"As long as there is a master, there is a lackey. It's a very famous saying." Zhao Jing smiled and said, "There is no airtight wall in this world. All conspiracies and tricks will be revealed to the world in a certain period of time, right, Lord Pan?"

The sound of "Mr. Pan" shocked everyone in the hall because there was only one minister who was qualified to stand in the Jinhua Hall at this time.

Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue Pan Ning!

After hearing this, Pan Ning slowly walked behind Zhao Jing, and said calmly: "What Your Highness, the King of Wu said is right. There is no airtight wall in this world. Moreover, several people know this plan, which is a huge flaw in itself."

"It's you! Lu Bohao said before that you were both sides of your bones, but he didn't expect you to be a fence-bearer!" Zhao Xiang laughed furiously, "I asked myself how much benefit Zhao Jing has given you, so that you can give up the position of chief minister whom you are about to get."

"Treat me well? Have you been joking? Since you forced into the group, except for my incompetent son and you, Hu Tian and Hu Di, what benefits did my Pan family get over the years? Although I asked myself that my butt was not clean, it was just a piece of corruption. But Prince Pei, you not only regarded me as a dog in these years, but also regarded the Ministry of Revenue as an inexhaustible money bag. Before Nanyi detained the pass, if it weren't for the Prince of Wu to deal with it, I would have been killed by the nine clans because of the emptiness of the Ministry of Revenue."

When he heard the words, the rest of the Pei Wang Party sighed secretly. Although Pan Ning's position in the party was undoubtedly the one who made the most efforts and gained the least. Unlike Lu Bohao or others, he would always receive rewards from Zhao Xiang. I wonder if the money was all flowed out of Pan Ning. Can you still reward yourself? What's more, even if Zhao Xiang didn't give it to him, how many people would believe that Pan Ning's pocket was shriveled.

"I naturally know your efforts over the years, so I promised to become the new chief minister after officially assuming the throne and appoint Pan Yu as the Minister of Revenue. Your Pan family is still in charge of the world's money and food. Isn't this enough to comfort you?"

"Your Highness Pei, if it were a few years ago, I would have followed you without hesitation. But after meeting the king side by side and peeking out some of the inside stories of that year, I realized that it doesn't matter how big an official you are. What's important is to do things against the right person and save the lives of the whole family."

Zhao Xiang asked in a cold voice: "What do you mean?"

"Zhao Gen, I believe you have never forgotten what Zhao Gen said in the Jinhua Palace at that time." Pan Ning said loudly: "The empress was the biological mother of Prince Pei, Concubine Lin, so Zhao Gen hated Prince Pei to the core. As for why His Majesty had not enthroned the Eastern Palace for so many years, he just missed someone and protected someone. After understanding these, I was shocked and more afraid. If I really followed Prince Pei, you would be killed, then the only thing waiting for the Pan family was to be destroyed."

"Brother, when Concubine Lin did such a bad thing, his father did not send you out of Jinling. It can be seen that he was still thinking about his flesh and blood. However, you did not have the awareness of being a minister. He actually hurt his father and Nan Zhao like your mother. Don't you feel a little ashamed?"

"Shame? For this Nine Dragon Chair, I can do anything. Even if I kill my father, I will not frown!" Zhao Xiang had lost his patience at this time, "Come on, take down the two rebels in front of the palace!"

Although the ministers in the palace were shocked by Zhao Jing to see through the entire plan, they were really puzzled. Logically speaking, when they were at a very disadvantage, the most important thing they needed was to save their lives and leave Jinling. Not only Zhao Jing entered the dragon's and tiger's den alone, but even Pan Ning seemed to be lard.

But Zhao Xiang's orders seemed to sink into the sea, and no soldiers from Longxiang Camp came in for a long time.

"Emperor, since Longxiang Camp has not come, why would you answer a few questions?" Zhao Jing asked himself without waiting for the other party to answer: "First, as the direct descendant of the emperor's brother, I wonder how many people do you know in addition to the chief general Yan Ze? Second, after you entered the Taichu Palace, have you ever seen an extremely important person here, Li Jian, the commander of the Jinwu Guard? Third, after such a big disturbance, why did Shoufu Xiao not come to Jinhua Palace?"

These questions are just trivial matters for Zhao Xiang. As the son of Emperor Ling of Pei, the Southern Zhao Dynasty, why should you go to Longxiang camp to make friends with generals outside of mastering Yan Ze? At this time, he had led his troops to attack Taichu Palace. Li Jian’s death, whether he was still alive or not, and the movements of Xiao Shoufu are no longer something that needs to be considered.

"What do you mean?"

"I just want to cool down my brother's boiling blood. I have the last question, why has the emperor's order been so long, but there are still no soldiers from Longxiang Camp to take me and Lord Pan down?"

Puyang looked at Zhao Jing with a smile on his face, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. He quickly stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Longxiang Camp obeys the order! Take Zhao Jing and Pan Ning quickly, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

Still no response.

"Tiger Guard Camp obeys the order! Surround the hall, anyone dares to take a step and kill it in an instant."

Zhao Jing's order was so abrupt and irrelevant, but all the people in the Pei royal party, including Zhao Xiang, were all raised to their throats. They saw that after this order, a large number of soldiers appeared on the steps outside the hall.

"You! How did you bring the Huwei Camp into Taichu Palace!" Puyang Zhen was shocked and frightened.

"At the hour of Hai Hai tonight, Puyang Zhen led 200 good men from Prince Pei's Mansion to raid the Taiping Gate Barracks. Because of the curfew in Jinling these few days, your actions are unaware of it. When you seize the Taiping Gate with the power of thunder, you will release the signal. The Longxiang Camp, which is ambushing outside the gate, enters Jinling as quickly as possible. With unexpected surprises and 30,000 well-trained soldiers, you will definitely be able to take Jinling in your hands. This is your plan for the emperor."

Looking at the strange soldiers waiting outside the hall, Zhao Xiang's hands and feet were a little cold, but he still insisted on calming down: "Yes, even if you play tricks to bring the Hu Guard into Taichu Palace, all the soldiers of Longxiang Camp are in Jinling City. At this time, the shouts of killing no longer exist. I believe that Yan Ze will lead people to take over Taichu Palace without a moment."

"Puyang Zhen, I actually want to ask you why you should take a shortcut to Prince Pei's Mansion after seeing the cavalry entering the city?"

Puyang Zhen did not answer when he heard this. He could not say that he wanted to always guard Zhao Xiang to show his first position.

"No matter what abacus you have in your mind, you did not enter the Taichu Palace with the cavalry, and you did not see the breaking of Tongji Gate with your own eyes. This is a fact." Zhao Jing's smile remained, "So this is your biggest flaw. Even I didn't expect things to go so well."

"Impossible! I saw Deputy General Yan Ze lead the cavalry into Taiping Gate with his own eyes." Puyang Zhen tried hard to calm himself down.

"Indeed, the cavalry of Longxiang Camp did enter Jinling, but when your Puyang commander was anxious to take credit, Huangquan, who had been ambushing for a long time, had closed the Taiping Gate and blocked the infantry of Longxiang Camp outside the city. As for the five thousand cavalry, it is very likely that the entire army would be wiped out at this time. The previous shouts of killing mean nothing else, but the last roar of the five thousand cavalry."

"As for me, I had already sent the Huwei Camp to Taichu Palace as early as the Yin hour today. All the soldiers you saw when you stepped in were Huwei Camp, the blood on the ground and the corpses of Jinwu Guard were just a play performed by Commander Li and me."
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