Sword Emperor of the Astonishing Sky

"In addition..." Emperor Xiao looked at the densely packed tens of thousands of books and the names of the ministers in the memorial in his hand, and immediately said coldly: "The ascetics destroyed the inheritance of our Shenwu Kingdom, and so many ministers were bewitched. Many families are stubborn, so it’s time to deal with them.”

"Where is Zhuolian?"

Emperor Xiao shouted.

"I'm here!" Zhuo Lian took a step forward and knelt in the hall.

Emperor Xiao threw the memorial in his hand in front of Zhuo Lian: "You personally lead the Shenwu Sword Shenying camp and send this memorial to all the ministers in the court. As long as they sign, no matter their rank, no matter their title or prince, they will be executed with a trace; memorial All the families who have signed the name will be killed and severely punished!"

Zhuo Lian picked up the memorial and solemnly said: "I accept the decree!"

Upon hearing Emperor Xiao's words, half of the civil servants in the room turned pale with fright, and some even fainted from fright.

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

"I am wronged."

"I am all thinking about the Shenwu Kingdom."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, have mercy..."

A group of civil servants immediately began to mourn and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, Master Yang Cheng forced us to owe this."

"This is not our intention."

"It was Lord Yang Cheng who said that we would definitely lose in a battle with the Central Holy Kingdom. For the sake of our respective futures, he asked us to try our best to persuade His Majesty to make peace."

"This is not my original intention."

The ministers begged for mercy, but Yang Cheng knelt down in the palace in despair, stared at Emperor Xiao in shock, and asked in horror: "Your Majesty, Emperor Xiao, do you want to kill me?"

"I have made great contributions to Your Majesty. If Fengge Territory had not been for me, how could the Shenwu Kingdom have been conquered so easily?"

"Does Your Majesty want to kill the hero today?"

Yang Cheng yelled at Emperor Xiao in a hoarse voice.

Lin Bai chuckled and said: "Hero? Okay, I'll give you a decent way to die. You can commit suicide right now, and I'll keep your whole body!"

Yang Cheng glared at Lin Bai, and then said to Emperor Xiao: "Your Majesty, today I am about to die, and there is something I have to say to Your Majesty. Lord Sword has made great achievements in the army, and the entire army of Shenwu Kingdom They all only respect the orders of Prince Jian and Prince Chu, and this move... will sooner or later cause a catastrophe for Your Majesty."

"His Majesty!"

Yang Cheng knocked his head heavily on the ground, and blood flowed all over the ground.

But he is not dead yet, but is still showing his loyalty, hoping that Emperor Xiao can see his loyalty and spare his life.

Chu Jiangliu took a step forward: "Even when you are about to die, you are still biting the sword prince. Lord Yang Cheng, you really have a good tongue."

Yang Cheng blushed and shouted: "What I said is the truth, Lord Chu, isn't it right? Now in the army of Shenwu Kingdom, don't they regard Lord Sword as the most respected one? Don't they only obey your orders?"

Emperor Xiao sat silently on the dragon chair, looking at Yang Cheng trying his best to show his loyalty, he shook his head and said: "Yang Cheng, Lord Sword has given you a very honorable death, why don't you know how to cherish it? Why don't you still?" Where is Prince Panjiajian?"

"You said that everyone in the army respects Lord Sword, but you don't know how much blood Lord Sword has shed for the Shenwu Kingdom."

"The Legion is actually very simple. They only respect the strong."

"The blood that Lord Sword once shed for the Shenwu Kingdom is enough to deserve their respect."

"Prince Chu and Prince Sword are the backbone of the Shenwu Kingdom. Without them, I wouldn't be able to support this huge Shenwu Kingdom!"

"When Prince Sword is not in the imperial city and Prince Chu is leading the army on an expedition, I trust you in the same way in the court."

"I trust the National Master, because he will eventually give me some right advice at critical moments."

"Yang Cheng, I once trusted you, and even now that Lord Sword wants to kill you, I still trust you."

"But unfortunately... you betrayed my trust."

Yang Cheng looked at Xiao Emperor dumbfounded.

Emperor Xiao then said: "Yang Cheng, when the Shenwu Kingdom's army regained Fengge Territory, it was you who went to see Prince Chu. It was Prince Chu who recommended you to me and allowed me to meet you."

"So, Prince Chu is still your boss, paving a path to power for him."

"Later on, we regained Fengge Territory. You worked hard and achieved great results. I will worship you as the Imperial Censor."

"But in the past few years, I have not seen what you should do as a royal official. Instead, you have relied on your high position and authority to constantly recruit party members and officials both inside and outside the government. Anyone who obeys you, both inside and outside the government, Chang, anyone who goes against you will perish."

"Prince Chu has shown kindness to you, but you have repaid him with kindness. Over the past few years, can you remember that you have impeached Prince Chu fifteen times? It's not because Prince Chu has done anything wrong, but because Prince Chu has blocked your way. , you regarded him as a thorn in your side and wanted to kill him quickly."

"You impeached the King of Chu fifteen times. Nine times, you asked me to deprive the King of Chu of his military power. Three times, you asked me to execute the King of Chu. Three times, you wanted to throw the King of Chu into a prison."

"Today in the court, you falsely accused Prince Chu and Prince Jian without any real evidence, showing contempt for the court, being lawless and disrespectful!"

"Are you the one who impeaches the noble prince of the Shenwu Kingdom at your own discretion?"

"You are too presumptuous!"

"Collude with party members, despise the court, falsely accuse superior princes, collude with ascetics to destroy our country... All the above crimes must be punished!"

Yang Cheng shouted with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, even though I have made countless mistakes, I always think about the Shenwu Kingdom!"

Emperor Xiao said expressionlessly: "Then please go peacefully, Aiqing. I will not be implicated, and your family will be safe and sound. After Aiqing dies, I will order someone to bury you in a grand ceremony."

Yang Cheng shouted with all his strength: "Your Majesty!"

Emperor Xiao said coldly: "Push it out and kill it."

As soon as Zhuo Lian raised his hand, the soldiers from the Shenwu Sword Camp standing on both sides immediately walked out and dragged Yang Cheng out of the golden palace.

Seeing that Yang Cheng would definitely die today, he had no intention of resisting, because he knew very well that if he resisted in the court, his family would probably be killed together.

Yang Cheng couldn't help but closed his eyes, his face full of pain. He recalled the past few years. From the beginning, a bastard from a small family in Fengge Territory was looked down upon by everyone. Finally, he defected to the Shenwu Kingdom and led his family to rise and compete with Fengge. Song Yu, later he became more and more enjoying power and greedy for power.

So much so that in the court, whenever he heard any words that were unfavorable to him, he would immediately launch a counterattack and defeat his opponent at any cost.

Zhuo Lian cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, there are many ministers in this court who have signed the memorial. I wonder if I can deal with them now..."

Emperor Xiao nodded: "Let's begin."

"According to the decree!" Zhuo Lian nodded, spread out the memorial, and began to read: "Ning En, the doctor of the Yushiyuan..."

As the names were read one by one, the soldiers of the Shenwu Sword Camp dragged him out of the Golden Palace and beheaded him.

In an instant, there were hundreds of people missing among the civil servants in the Golden Palace, and half of the seats were empty.