Transcendent Ember

Chapter 42 The Emperor
"Zhang Jichuan, right? Come with us!"

In the early morning, several senior soldiers in uniform, accompanied by the vice principal Zang Fei, came to the open class classroom of Yujing University and were about to take Zhang Jichuan away.

Director Darcy in the classroom next to him appeared and said in a flat tone: "I'll go with you."

Several soldiers frowned.

One of them said firmly: "Master Darcy, Your Excellency the Duke only asked us to take Zhang Jichuan with us, but did not invite you to accompany us. Don't make things difficult for us."

Director Darcy's tone remained unchanged: "I exploded the 'Qianlong's Ahu Spear'. To testify, I am more suitable than Teacher Zhang Jichuan. Needless to say, let's lead the way."

Teacher Luo Jieni, Teacher Xin Mei, Teacher Liu Jun, Bai Xin, Liang Yuan, Zhou Xinyi, Mao Rongrong
A group of teachers and students from the Department of Archeology showed up. Teacher Luo Jieni stared at the soldiers and said in a bad tone: "It is agreed that Teacher Zhang Jichuan will testify. If you dare to harm Teacher Zhang Jichuan, don't blame us for being rude."

The eyes of several soldiers turned cold, and they looked at Mr. Luo Jieni with murderous eyes.

"Shut up!" Zang Fei stepped forward and scolded, "Don't be rude to the envoy of His Excellency the Duke."

After reprimanding, Zang Fei looked at Zhang Jichuan, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhang Jichuan, go to the palace and just pick up the relevant things you know and talk about it. Don't mention a word if it's superfluous."

Zang Fei was a little surprised when I cared about Zhang Jichuan so much.

He and Director Darcy followed a few soldiers to Platinum Lane, and saw exquisite and gorgeous carriages, each of which was heavily guarded, representing a high-ranking official and aristocrat.

The flags that Zhang Jichuan saw were Duke Li Luo, Minister of Supervision, Duke Huaimin Qin, Minister of Finance, Marquis Zhou Chang, Minister of Commerce, Marquis Renault, Minister of Punishment, Gu Wen, Minister of Education, Duke Yangxuan, Minister of Industry, Marquis Fengwen Nuogu, Minister of Military Affairs, and Minister of Information. Lord Payne Schwann...

There were nearly a hundred nobles and officials in total, among which Qin Huaimin, the Minister of Finance, was the most ostentatious, and a large group of people followed the carriage.

In addition, he also saw the pickets headed by Yuan Xiao, as well as Master Wusu and Master Ma Delin who came to cheer for him.

The two masters had their own cars, but Yuan Xiao and the other prosecutors could only stand.

Master Wusu greeted Zhang Jichuan and Director Daxi to get into the car.

A soldier went to the leading carriage and said respectfully, "Your Excellency, Zhang Jichuan has already brought it. Master Darcy insists on coming together."

In the car, Li Luo's voice without emotion came from: "Understood."

Buson next to the carriage said: "Your Excellency, so far, everyone has arrived except the Minister of Agriculture, Earl Jiang Heng, who said he was sick."

Li Luo said disdainfully: "Hmph, that coward Jiang Heng, one more is not much, and one less is quite a lot. No need to wait, let's enter the palace!"

The luxurious lineup of carriages started and slowly drove to the palace.

In the car, Master Ma Delin said in amazement: "In Yujing for so many years, this is the first time I have seen these nobles work so hard together."

Master Wusu said: "Although they usually fight to the death, when facing the emperor, everyone's position is the same, and the emperor will never be allowed to get out of control."

Director Darcy looked at Zhang Jichuan and said, "Mr. Zhang Jichuan, don't say anything else except what you saw for a while. Their main target is the emperor, so they shouldn't have any extra thoughts to deal with you. Even if there is an emergency, the Minister of Education Gu Wenhui spoke for you."

Zhang Jichuan took a deep breath, and asked in surprise, "Minister of Education, Gu Wen?"

Director Darcy nodded, and said: "Gu Wen is the only one who has become an important minister of the country as a commoner, but he has a wife who was born in a down-and-out nobleman, so people often regard him as a nobleman, and he is collectively called the Nine Great Nobles with the rest of the nobles. .

"Gu Wen is the Minister of Education and the boss of our principal. Originally, with his character, he wouldn't come to join in the fun. It was the principal who called him personally to escort you."

"Principal!" Zhang Jichuan suddenly felt flattered, and his heart warmed.

He has not been in Yujing University for a long time, but many teachers and students in the school already regard him as one of their own.

At this time, there was a burst of yelling from the front, Zhang Jichuan lifted the car window to look, and saw that the palace had arrived, and the guards guarding the palace wanted to go forward to inquire, but were whipped by Li Luo's groom.

"Don't you have eyes?" Li Luo's groom scolded, "How dare the Duke's car stop him?"

"This..." Zhang Jichuan was dumbfounded, and looked at the three masters next to him, "I heard that the emperor was emptied, but don't these nobles even have the most superficial respect for the emperor?"

Master Wusu, the oldest, shook his head and said: "The nobles represented by Li Luo are all old-fashioned nobles. Since their fathers and even grandpas, they have emptied the previous emperor. The emperor is to them , it’s just a symbol, how can you respect it?”

Zhang Jichuan felt a little sympathy for the emperor Hu Jing for no reason, but then he thought that Hu Jing might be the one who almost killed him three times, and this sympathy was quickly thrown out of the sky by him.

The palace guards took a whip and stepped aside in disgrace, while the carriages of the nobles and ministers drove into the palace majestically.

"The imperial palace in this world is very grand..."

The palace is not high as a whole, and it emphasizes solemnity and grandeur.But this solemnity is completely destroyed by the costumes and props that can be seen everywhere...

"Here...is there still a production crew filming in the palace?" Zhang Jichuan was dumbfounded, seeing several production crews with a lot of equipment set up to shoot in full swing, and the shouting voices of the field workers rushed over like mountains and seas.

Even though the crew lowered their voices after seeing the carriages of the nobles and ministers, the sound of the equipment running was still very loud.

Zhang Jichuan had an illusion for a moment: Could this be a film and television city?

He has a sense of déjà vu like dreaming back to before time travel.

"Humph!"

Disdainful and contemptuous voices came from the carriages of several ministers, and the carriages drove past proudly.

Even Director Darcy was a little unbelievable: "It's said that Hu Jing hangs out with actors all day long, it's really..."

"How can there be a country like this!" Master Ma Delin was heartbroken.

Master Wusu said with emotion: "Perhaps Hu Jing would rather live in the drama, in which he can still be a real emperor..."

Soon, Zhang Jichuan met the emperor Hu Jing.

He is a middle-aged man with a big belly and his body has been hollowed out by wine. He has two cloudy eyes surrounded by dark circles, blurred eyes, sick look, and greasy skin...

Zhang Jichuan almost immediately drew an unequal sign between him and the mysterious murderer.

When everyone arrived, Hu Jing was "discussing art" with two beautiful actresses, and he was very unhappy when he was "invited" out.

"Yo!" Hu Jing smiled contemptuously when he saw the crowd, and slumped down on a large chair with a mocking face, "Aren't these my 'subjects'? What wind blows you to the palace here?"

Hu Jing sneered and said, "What? In this palace, apart from the 'power' that has been emptied, what else do you value? Or..."

Hu Jing's gaze became desolate: "You guys have finally had enough acting and come to have a showdown with me?"

"His Majesty!"

Hu Jing didn't intend to grant a seat, but Li Luo and other ministers consciously found a place to sit down, and the two sides ignored each other very tacitly.Zhang Jichuan, Yuan Xiao and others stood obediently.

After sitting down, Li Luo spoke with a blank expression on his face, "I'm here because of a case, and I hope His Majesty will cooperate."

"A case?" Hu Jing grabbed the wine bottle and took a sip, then said with a smile, "I'm locked up in this palace, I can't go anywhere, how can I know what the case is? You don't have to go through the motions, just do what you want .”

Qin Huaimin, Minister of Finance, said: "Your Majesty has a lot of grievances against us!"

Hu Jing stared at him for a while: "It's Qin Huaimin? Wait until the day you are dismissed by his subordinates, come and talk to me about your grievances!"

Qin Huaimin's eyes flickered.

"The emperor is tantamount to acquiescing to harbor resentment..." A thought flashed in Zhang Jichuan's mind.

"So Your Majesty is unwilling to reconcile, and silently accumulates strength, ready to give me a blockbuster?" Minister of Commerce Zhou Chang answered.

"Store power?" Hu Jing was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed with a sense of desolation, "Every move I have is monitored by you, what kind of power should I accumulate? How should I accumulate power?"

The Minister of Industry, Yang Xuan, said sadly: "For example, to hide from everyone, become a powerful extraordinary creature, and then wait for an opportunity to retaliate. Your Majesty, am I right?"

"Extraordinary creature?"

Having said that, Hu Jing waved his hand: "Forget it, there was a word in Civilization last season called 'unnecessary', you came with a purpose, no matter what I say, you probably won't believe it. Forget it , Forget it, do as you please, do whatever you like, I am too lazy to explain to you."

The nobles, ministers and their allies looked at each other and frowned. The emperor's almost giving up attitude made them feel powerless.

But now that he has come to this point, it is absolutely impossible to stop here. Li Luo gave Busen a look, and the latter understood, and waved to Yuan Xiao who was standing in the back row.

Yuan Xiao took a deep breath, walked forward with heavy steps, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, my subordinate is Yuan Xiao from the Yujing Police Bureau. I have a few questions for you."

Hu Jing glanced at Yuan Xiao, then looked away, and said to Li Luo and the others: "Why, do you still think that humiliating me is not enough? Let such a lowly person interrogate me?"

Yuan Xiao was dumbfounded.

Li Luo said indifferently: "Your Majesty, this case is of great importance. Please answer the prosecutor's question truthfully."

"I don't!" Hu Jing suddenly raised his voice, his eyes widened, and he said sharply, "I said, you can do whatever you want, but you can't humiliate me like this.

"I am the king of a country, and I will never accept such humiliation, unless...unless you depose me today!"

　Happy Friday everyone????
　　
　
(End of this chapter)