northernbook Chapter 187: Both people died, and there was a culprit!
Chapter 187: Both people died, and there was a culprit!
A hint of fear finally appeared in Qin Yuan's pupils.
A kind of terrified fear, mixed with anxiety and humiliation!
Puff!
A head as big as a watermelon rolled down, and the prince’s blood splattered in the Weiyang Palace!
The brave and heroic Qin Yuan died like an ant.
Clang.
Sima Tu threw away his steel knife and gasped for air. It would be dangerous to kill a prince with his own hands no matter what the reason was.
Outside the Weiyang Palace, the ministers looked terrified and there was deathly silence!
They all saw the cold light of the knife, and Sima Tu killed the assassin Lao Jiu.
In the palace.
It seemed as if everything was quiet.
Once Qin Yuan died, there would be no more traitors, but Qin Yun still felt a sense of uneasiness! It was just intuition, but I couldn't explain it.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to take this responsibility for you to prove my determination. Please do not be suspicious!"
"I, Sima Tu, have absolutely no intention of rebelling."
Qin Yun looked at him and said calmly, "I have seen the determination of the Grand Commander. It seems that you and the Ninth Prince are not birds of a feather. You have done a good job."
After saying that, he turned around and changed the subject.
"However, before the matter between you and the fugitive Wang Min is thoroughly investigated, you should not leave the imperial capital. Write a personal letter to Xiliang to explain the matter."
Geek!
Sima Tu was horrified!
Beneath his timid disguise, a gradually sinister heart was awakening.
The provincial governors are not allowed to leave the imperial capital. What does this mean?
After using him, do you still want to kill him?
In an instant, he bared his fangs and said dully, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to do this. If the 300,000 soldiers of Xiliang cannot see me, I'm afraid there will be trouble."
"Since I have also taken the blame for killing my brother, Your Majesty, it would be better for you to let him go!"
His tone was threatening. With Xiliang's 300,000 troops, he was fully confident!
Your Majesty, don’t dare to move yourself!
boom!
Qin Yun was angry!
Snapped!
He turned around and slapped Sima Tu hard on the face, roaring, "You bastard, who do you think you are? How dare you threaten me!"
"Huh?! I'm asking you a question!"
"So what if you have 300,000 troops? Are you blatantly trying to gain power over others?"
Qin Yun was furious. He grabbed Sima Tu by the collar with one hand and his eyes were able to kill people!
Sima Tu's face was swollen from being slapped, but he quickly suppressed his anger and resentment, and said with twinkling eyes: "Your Majesty, I dare not."
"It's just that your majesty's behavior is really disheartening!"
"I hate your ancestors for eighteen generations!"
Snapped!
Qin Yun slapped him again with his backhand, making a loud slapping sound!
The commander-in-chief of the Xiliang army, who commanded 300,000 troops, was like an ant kneeling at his feet.
"Believe it or not, I will kill you immediately!"
Sima Tu's nose bled, his tiger body trembled slightly, and his palms as big as a palm leaf clenched tightly. He was so scared that he dared not speak.
"Your Majesty, you cannot kill him." Old Feng appeared at some point and whispered a reminder in Qin Yun's ear.
"Once he dies, Xiliang might really riot!"
The voice was serious.
Qin Yun naturally understood this principle. At the beginning, he just wanted to put him under house arrest and sideline him, and then make plans after the Xiliang Sima family was completely destroyed.
"Come here, take the Grand Commander down to sober him up, take good care of him, and make sure nothing goes wrong!"
"Yes!"
Many imperial guards rushed in and carried Sima Tu away.
Sima Tu looked back, with reluctance, anger, and fear in his eyes!
He was a very cunning man, but people of this age would be cautious and ultimately did not dare to confront the emperor head-on, but he was also confident that the emperor would not dare to do anything more.
"Alas, this governor should not have come to the imperial capital."
"This Wang Min has misled me!"
He was filled with regret and walked away into the darkness.
What Sima Tu didn't know was that he had already walked into the range of the Grim Reaper's scythe!
Qin Yun took a deep breath, looked at the bloody Weiyang Palace, and said calmly: "Have someone clean it up, and the New Year's Eve banquet will go on as usual!"
"Yes!"
Soon, eunuchs and palace maids rushed in with their heads lowered, washing away the blood and cleaning up the ruins.
Half an hour later, the brightly lit Weiyang Palace returned to life.
However, everyone sitting there was terrified and couldn't calm down.
Qin Yun glanced at everyone coldly and said indifferently: "Xiliang Grand Commander Sima Tu was implicated in treason and was pointed out by Lao Jiu. He was so angry that he killed Lao Jiu."
"I have already detained Sima Tu."
"As for Lao Jiu, he is dead and gone. I will not pursue any further matters. The Ministry of Rites will start the funeral tomorrow."
hiss~
Many ministers gasped.
Your Majesty, this is a brilliant move!
Not only did he kill the Ninth Prince, but he also dealt with the Xiliang Grand Commander who had his own army and was very powerful. However, he did it without bloodshed and with solid reasons. His strategy was ruthless and accurate, no worse than any other emperor!
Many ministers were trembling with fear and did not dare to look at Qin Yun.
I was filled with awe and secretly thought that I would never become an enemy of His Majesty in this lifetime!
"Everyone, do you have any comments?" Qin Yun looked around.
All the civil and military officials bowed their heads, not daring to object.
Even Wei Zheng did not jump out to speak, because the Ninth Prince and Sima Tu had indeed committed serious crimes and deserved to be killed!
What he cared about was the affairs of Concubine Dou Ji.
It is inappropriate for your majesty to act so recklessly. Wei Zheng thought about it and was about to speak.
A sound caused the Weiyang Palace to explode!
At the same time, this New Year's Eve party was declared completely over by this sentence!
The imperial guards rushed over, their faces extremely pale!
The voice trembled.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
"The Xiliang Grand Commander, Sima Tu, was sentenced to death by a false imperial decree..."
Clap!
Xiao Jian, the wine glass in Gu Chuntang's hand broke and his face changed drastically!
And all the ministers felt suffocated!
The frontier minister died at the New Year's Eve banquet and was unable to leave the palace. What would the 300,000 troops of Xiliang think?
House arrest and death are two different concepts.
Qin Yun's brain buzzed, and then Qin Yuan's curse before his death flashed in his ears.
He said, you are not a winner, absolutely not a winner!
"Ah!" Qin Yun reacted instantly, roared loudly, and overturned the table with a bang, furious.
"Fell into a trap!"
"You bastard, someone is behind this and has plotted against me. Who is it?"
"Who will benefit from the death of Sima Tu and Lao Jiu?!"
He glanced at the ministers below with anger and sharpness.
Many ministers did not dare to look up, as they were extremely cautious.
Qin Yun's face looked extremely ugly. He felt something was wrong. He always felt that there was an invisible hand pushing the New Year's Eve banquet forward.
"What on earth is going on? Why would Sima Tu be sentenced to death?"
The imperial guard turned pale and trembled as he said, "It was two imperial guards who appeared out of nowhere, holding your gilded waist badge and sneaking up to the Grand Commander."
"Then he was forced to drink the poisoned wine."
"The whole process happened very quickly, and then the two of them committed suicide one after another. It was only then that I realized something was wrong."
"We rushed to rescue him, but the Grand Commander was already vomiting blood and couldn't speak."
Waist badge!
There was a hint of coldness in Qin Yun's eyes. Wang Min had stolen a piece from Pei Yao and used it to escape from the palace.
Could it be her?
"Asshole! Take me to see it now!"
Qin Yun rushed out, leaving his ministers behind, his face looking grim and ugly.
It feels bad to be used as a gun by others, and now that Sima Tu is dead, there is even more trouble.
He keenly suspected that everything behind this, as well as the deaths of the Ninth Prince and Sima Tu, was actually a conspiracy!
A side hall, right next to the Three Provinces Pavilion.
Sima Tu's body was lying here.
The imperial physician knelt down and reported in fear, "Your Majesty, I have tried my best. Commander Sima drank the poisonous drug Crane's Beak. He died instantly. Even the Golden Immortal was powerless to save him!"
Qin Yun took a look at the corpse with a blue face and blood spitting out of its mouth, and his brows furrowed!
In the blink of an eye, a general with an army of 300,000 men died?
He gritted his teeth!
"Wang Min!"
"It must be her doing."
"I am afraid that the world will not be in chaos. Sooner or later, I will catch you and skin you alive!"
"Mr. Feng, go quickly and send the Royal Guards to search the imperial capital and arrest any suspicious persons!"
"Wang Min is probably in the imperial capital!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Old Feng left anxiously, knowing that this matter involved too many things!
Half an hour later!
In the imperial study, the lights were still on, and the atmosphere was solemn and depressing.
All of Qin Yun's trusted ministers were here, and they did not leave the palace, with a look of deep worry on their faces.
Once Sima Tu dies, things will definitely change in Xiliang!
"Your Majesty, Sima Tu has two sons. The one who is in charge of the Xiliang region now is the eldest son, Sima Zong."
"In my humble opinion, we must go all out and send troops immediately overnight to execute him!" Xiao Jian's eyes revealed a murderous and cruel look.