Swire Overlord

224 The First Drop of Blood
In Kyoto, there are many rumors about the fourth prince. There are more than 100 rumors, and the content is divided into three categories. The first category is bullying men and women, bullying others, and murdering for money... The second category is collusion Officials, filling their pockets, corrupting the law...the third category is colluding with many city lords, intending to rebel, and having an affair with the emperor's concubines...

The 180 different rumors of guilt were divided into three categories, and they swept through the entire empire at the speed of a gust of wind.Within three days, 180 crimes were known to everyone.

As the fourth prince involved in this matter, he did not respond or even clarify. In his opinion, these rumors will disappear within a few days. This kind of thing has happened before. He does not need to come forward to clarify the rumors. Self-defeating.Now all his thoughts are on the Ninth Prince and Zhao Yufan. If the two of them join forces, it will be a big threat.

Many people fail because they underestimate the crisis they think can be easily resolved. The Fourth Prince underestimated the power of rumors. By the time he wakes up, it will be too late.

The time when the fourth prince woke up was eight o'clock in the morning, but before eight o'clock, a group of important imperial officials headed by the eldest prince and the ninth prince had already rushed to the palace and asked the emperor to deal with the matter seriously. , gathered tens of thousands of people, and strongly demanded that the emperor handle it impartially and execute the four princes.

Inside the palace, the great emperor Tang Yang remained silent, and dozens of imperial courtiers knelt below him. They strongly demanded that the fourth prince be punished, and each of them held evidence of the crime committed by the fourth prince.

There were 180 rumors in Kyoto, but now there is solid evidence, they are no longer rumors, but facts.

The evidence in the hands of the ministers is well-founded and extremely true. Even the emperor Tang Yang is unwilling to believe it, but the evidence is right in front of him, and he can’t believe it. What annoys him the most is that the fourth prince has an affair with one of his concubines. What a shame.

"It's unreasonable! Someone, pull Liu Xintong out and behead him!" The emperor Tang Yang roared, and sentenced the concubine who had slept with him, that is, the concubine who had an affair with the fourth prince.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the west gate of the capital, at the gate of the city. The concubine Liu Xintong was executed here. She shouted "injustice" and was beheaded by the executioner. People's scalps were numb, and bursts of chills filled the hearts of the people. They were so frightened that they stepped back a few steps, not daring to look into those eyes.

The already tense atmosphere became more intense after the death of the concubine.

The fourth prince dressed in a panic and rushed to the palace.As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, he was stopped by soldiers.

"Go away, blind your dog eyes, don't you know who I am?"

The fourth prince scolded angrily, his pupils were faintly bloodshot, and the guard behind him drew his sword forward, staring angrily at the soldiers.

The soldier had no choice but to smile wryly: "Fourth Prince, don't embarrass the villain. This is the emperor's order. I dare not obey."

"Father, Father's order?" The fourth prince stared at the soldier in disbelief, shaking his head more and more violently, "How is it possible, how is it possible, how is it possible that Father will not see me, no, I want to kneel here When will my father agree to see me, I'll get up." After talking to himself for a while, he looked at the motionless soldier and shouted, "What are you looking at? Go tell my father quickly, and say that he won't see you for a day, and I'll be there soon." Can't afford it."

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When Zhao Yufan woke up, the fourth prince had already been reduced to a pauper by the emperor. He didn't care about the changes in the capital, because what he cared about was not the fourth prince, but Xia Mo'er. As long as Xia Mo'er was fine, he could be at ease.

Yuanyuan and Zhang Qing accompanied him for lunch, and the Ninth Prince was busy with various matters.

"Have you heard? The Ninth Prince has now taken over all the affairs under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Prince." Yuanyuan stared at Zhao Yufan, and said, "It is said that the reason why the Emperor can let the Ninth Prince handle these matters is because the Ninth Prince has a close relationship with you. "

Zhao Yufan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and didn't make any response.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Yuanyuan curled her lips and continued, "For the sake of your good relationship with the Ninth Prince, Zhang Qing and I are also going to help him."

Frowning, Zhao Yufan glanced at the two of them, picked up a bamboo shoot with his chopsticks, grinned and said, "No, if you want to help me, just take care of Xia Mo'er."

Immediately, Yuanyuan and Zhang Qing heard something unusual from Zhao Yufan's mouth, and they thought in their hearts, could Xia Mo'er have something to do with the accident of the Fourth Prince?Or is it related to Zhao Yufan and Xia Mo'er?
Soon, the shrewd Yuanyuan found clues, but he didn't know what Zhao Yufan and Xia Mo'er did, "Hey, what did you two do?" He stared at Zhao Yufan curiously, eagerly thinking Knowing the secret, "We are brothers, you won't trust me, will you?"

"It's because I'm a brother, so I didn't tell you." Zhao Yufan stood up, stretched his waist, looked out the window with a smile, and suddenly asked, "There must be something abnormal in the army in Kyoto, right?"

As for the military, Zhang Qing knew better. Hearing Zhao Yufan's question, he asked curiously, "How do you know?" Seeing that Zhao Yufan was still silent, he couldn't help guessing, "How do I feel, you planned everything? ?”

Shrugging slightly, Zhao Yufan walked out and said, "How is it possible, the fourth prince and I have no grievances or enmities."

Hearing his words, Yuanyuan and Zhang Qing showed wry smiles at the same time, Zhao Yufan and the fourth prince were not innocent, at least the fourth prince hated Zhao Yufan to death.

As night fell quietly, Kyoto became extremely quiet, and every household stayed behind closed doors, as if something big was about to happen.

Zhao Yufan, Yuanyuan, and Zhang Qing stood on a high tower, looking into the distance, with the majestic imperial palace in front of them, and the city gate of Kyoto behind them. From their position, they could almost see most of the streets of Kyoto.

In the night, thick smog rose from outside the capital. From a distance, it looked like a tumbling black dragon. The black dragon was getting closer and closer, and was about to approach the gate of Kyoto.At this moment, groups of soldiers emerged from the residence of the Fourth Prince, not only from the residence of the Fourth Prince, but also from many places in the capital, groups of soldiers emerged, gathering towards the palace.

Twelve minutes later, nearly [-] soldiers gathered at the four gates of the imperial city, and then launched an attack. When they launched the attack, the gate of the capital city was also attacked by more than [-] soldiers. At the same time, there was a fight in the palace .

The bloody night just kicked off.

Under the moonlight, on top of the high tower, the three of Zhao Yufan stood facing the wind, looking at the beleaguered palace, a chill appeared inexplicably in their bodies.

(End of this chapter)