Chapter 209: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
Dongfang Lie followed Tie Mucang into the sedan chair, and about two teas, the sedan chair had arrived in front of the palace gate.
After Dongfang Lie got out of the sedan chair, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the door.
"Today, King Ming ascends the throne, and no one else is allowed to enter without King Ming's token." Dongfang Lie didn't say much, but turned his head to look at Tie Mucang.
"Keep your dog's eyes open, don't you know General Ben?" Tie Mucang roared angrily, so frightened that the guards guarding the palace gate hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.
"General Temu, forgive your sins. How can the little ones not know your reason, but King Ming has already explained that outsiders are not allowed to enter today. The leader of the guards said with a look of embarrassment.
"Fart! Alien? Who are the outsiders? Tie Mucang pointed at Dongfang Lie and continued,
"Let me tell you, he's my ninth aunt, not an outsider. You don't know the relationship between General Ben and King Ming. She is my ninth aunt, and King Ming is naturally a family. ”
"Yes, yes, General Tiemu has a point." Several guards were so frightened that they nodded in agreement. Seeing this, Tie Mucang's originally gloomy face eased a lot.
"General Tiemu, your ninth aunt doesn't ......" Seeing Dongfang Lie walking towards the palace gate unscrupulously, the leader of the guards just wanted to stop again, but when he suddenly saw Tiemucang's fierce face, he shrank his neck in fright, and he didn't dare to say a word more.
At that moment, Tie Mucang and Dongfang Lie swaggered into the palace gate. After the two of them walked away, several guards slowly got up from the ground, and when they saw the leader of the guards crying with a sad face, the others hurriedly persuaded: "Boss, forget it." General Tiemu is King Ming's brother, if he is offended now, we can't eat and walk around now, so it's better to let his ninth aunt in. King Ming may not punish us for the sake of General Temu's face. The leader of the guards sighed and said, "That's all there is to it for now." After entering the palace gate, Tie Mucang very enthusiastically introduced the surrounding scenes and things to Dongfang Lie, Dongfang Lie's expression was faint, and he was completely interested.
He couldn't help but laugh in his heart: he has lived in the palace of Nanyue for nearly twenty years, and he is much more familiar with the grass and trees here than Tie Mucang, and now this man has introduced him for him, which is really ridiculous.
Seeing that Dongfang Lie was still the appearance of a vice ice beauty, Tie Mucang didn't mind, and his enthusiasm for Dongfang Lie's introduction did not diminish in the slightest.
The place of the enthronement ceremony is located at the Taimiao Temple. When I arrived at the Taimiao, there were already many officials standing there.
When everyone saw Tie Mucang, they all came over to greet with smiles on their faces.
"General Tiemu is here!" The officials came over and nodded, when they saw the purple clothes beside Tie Mucang
When she was "woman", a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
"General Tiemu, I don't know who this ......" Facing the various inquiring eyes of the officials, Dongfang Lie's expression remained unchanged, and the noble temperament exuded from his body made everyone dare not underestimate him.
Tie Mucang suddenly introduced proudly: "Colleagues, this Cuihua girl will soon be the ninth aunt of this general, and the Japanese general will invite you to come over to drink the wedding wine." As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned at first, and then began to compliment Tiemu Canglai, either praising Aunt Jiu's appearance, or praising Aunt Jiu's temperament, and picking out good things to say.
Tie Mucang was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. In fact, other officials couldn't help but sigh in their hearts while complimenting: You must know that when you ascend the throne today, only those officials who have taken refuge in him can enter and leave the palace, and now General Tiemu has brought an aunt, which is really shocking.
At this moment, there was a cold light hidden in the depths of Dongfang Lie's eyes, and he glanced at these officials standing in front of him, and a sneer curled up at the corner of his lips.
According to the news that Shui Ningyan brought back last night, this time Dongfang Xu adopted the method of coercion and temptation to all the officials of the imperial court, and those who were obedient to Dongfang Xu appeared intact at the enthronement ceremony today, and those officials who were noble and unwilling to be loyal to Dongfang Xu have been imprisoned in the prison.
With Dongfang Xu's rebellion this time, he can also purge those scum in the court. At the moment, Dongfang Lie felt that this time Dongfang Xu made a mess, and it was not good at all.
At this time, for some reason, the officials suddenly felt an inexplicable chill sweeping across their backs, and they didn't know what was going on at all.
Tie Mu Cang and Dongfang Xu are brothers, the so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, the officials who have been in the officialdom for many years have never forgotten the relationship with Tie Mu Cang, so for a time Tie Mu Cang was entangled by everyone and could not be separated at all.
Dongfang Lie saw that Tiemu Cang couldn't take care of himself, so he quietly slipped away while he was unprepared. Tie Mucang didn't know it at all, and still chatted with the officials present until the palace attendant suddenly shouted
"King Ming has arrived", and everyone stopped talking.
"Weichen see King Ming."
"Get up." Dongfang Xu, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, walked over and waved his hand.
"Thank you, King Ming." After everyone got up, Dongfang Xu's eagle-like eyes quickly glanced around, and then frowned.
"Brother Tiemu, I heard that you brought Aunt Nine over, why didn't you see her?" I could hardly hear the ups and downs of Dongfang Xu's tone, but it made people feel a majesty that was difficult to ignore.
Tie Mucang's heart was suddenly shocked, and his eyes hurriedly searched around, and sure enough, he didn't see the purple figure.
"King Ming forgives the sin, blame Weichen for taking the ninth aunt into the palace without permission, and then take care of it unfavorably, please forgive King Ming." Tie Mucang hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.
Dongfang Xu stood in place for a long time without speaking, his eyes were slightly constricted, thoughtful. For a moment, it was as if there was only one person.
Everyone has their own agenda. Tie Mucang only felt that the man in bright yellow clothes in front of him looked so unfamiliar.
They used to call each other brothers and sisters, but now the expression on his face is so indifferent, and the tone of his voice is so cold.
He suddenly sighed in his heart. Hey, it's really a companion like a tiger. At this moment, those officials saw that King Ming still had no intention of letting Tiemu Cang get up, so they speculated in their hearts that King Ming saw that Tiemu Cang's merits were high, so they wanted to take this opportunity to seize Tie Mucang's military power.
As soon as I thought about it, the more people thought about it, the more they felt that it was like this. However, most people chose to remain silent, but there were also people who were eager for quick success and wanted to curry favor in front of King Ming.
As a result, several officials changed their attitude towards Tiemu Cangfeng just now, and instead denounced him.
"General Tiemu, you are really, today is the big day for King Ming to ascend the throne, if someone with a heart takes the opportunity to get in, how can this be good?"
"That's right, General Tiemu, you can't rely on the respect of King Ming, just do nonsense!"
"General Tiemu, you didn't take King Ming in your eyes at all, it's really a big rebellion."
"General Tiemu, this official really doubts your intentions, I really don't know if you and Dongfang Lie are in the same group." …… Seeing that the few officials who saw the wind and made the rudder speak more and more outrageously.
Tie Mu Cang's eyes suddenly cracked, and he glanced at Dongfang Xu, and found that the other party's expression still had not changed, and his heart was simply cold at the moment.
Originally, he thought that this brother who worshiped him would trust him and speak for him, but he didn't expect him to be wrong.
Perhaps the words of those officials just now are the voice of this worshipping brother. Thinking of this, the corners of his lips couldn't help but hook up a mocking arc.
He didn't know the examples of those high-ranking masters in history and the release of military power with a glass of wine, he just thought that his brotherhood was a special case, but after all, he was wrong.
Tie Mucang suddenly became disgusted with the dark strife of officialdom.
"King Ming, General Tiemu is so rude, he didn't take you in the slightest, you can't spare it!"
"King Ming, General Tiemu has made such a big mistake, it will be difficult to convince the public if he is not punished."
"Yes, General Tiemu simply didn't take you seriously." …… Listening to several officials rushing to instigate King Ming to condemn him, Tie Mucang's eyes only had contempt and disdain.
After a while, I only heard Dongfang Xu say in a deep voice: "Someone!" Immediately, a few guards came from the side.
Dongfang Xu made a look, and the guards immediately understood. A few officials who had just fallen into the well of Tiemu suddenly felt proud.
Tiemu Cang's position is high and powerful, so he is cleaned up by King Ming, so they will have one less competitor in the future.
The wishful thinking in his heart crackled, and who expected that the next moment the guards would come to their side and take them down directly.
The officials were suddenly startled, their faces were at a loss, and even Tie Mucang's face was full of surprise.
Mingwang: What does this mean? Isn't he supposed to be the one to be punished? How could the guards take down these officials?
After a few officials came back to their senses, they immediately roared at the guards who captured them: "Bold, what King Ming asked you to take is Tiemucang, you are so reasonable to this official?" The guards did not stop, so the few officials who were captured immediately looked at Dongfang Xu with a look of help.
Dongfang Xu glared at a few people angrily, and said coldly word by word: "Bold, General Tiemu is my brother, how can you slander him and provoke the relationship between the two of us?" As soon as these words came out, all the people present were stunned, just now it seemed that King Ming himself was dissatisfied with General Tiemu, why did such an accident suddenly happen?
Tie Mucang was also slightly stunned, but he soon figured out the truth. It turned out that everything just now was predicted by King Ming in advance, King Ming just reminded him not to forget his identity, in addition, it was also because the time was not ripe, even if King Ming wanted to get rid of him, but for a new king who had just ascended the throne, executing his own brother at this juncture really made the people of Nanyue feel cold, not to mention that King Ming was able to sit on the throne this time, he was definitely indispensable.
Clever as Ming, King Ming naturally wouldn't do anything to him. Thinking of this, Tie Mucang secretly sighed in his heart that the other party's trick to kill chickens and monkeys was really good.
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