Cheng Dong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "What's going on, explain it carefully." ”

The chamberlain swallowed his saliva and took two breaths before speaking: "General Cheng Nan's people arrived at Chengtianmen first, and as soon as they came up, they surrounded those troublesome ministers. Seeing this, several officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs had a quarrel with the forbidden army on the spot, saying that the Holy Tang Dynasty had never been so humiliated by hundreds of officials for more than 800 years, and that General Cheng Nan had to give an explanation. ”

General Cheng Nan was insulted by their words, and he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately ordered his subordinates to carry out his will, arrested more than a dozen officials who took the lead in arguing, and sentenced them to court rods in front of everyone. Unexpectedly, it's okay if you don't fight, but if you fight down, there are two or three old guys who can't bear the pain, and they just roll their eyes and scream and faint, and they are afraid that they will be worried about their lives. The onlookers also immediately blew up and began to push and fight with the forbidden army, and many people were beaten to the point of bleeding. ”

Cheng Dong frowned when he heard this: "Why is the third brother so reckless?" How should this mess end? ”

"I think it's good." Cheng Wen sneered: "The orders of the hundred officials of the court cane, only our own family can faithfully carry them out, and if we are others, I am afraid that we will have already disobeyed the yang and the yin." Inner servant, you go and tell Cheng Nan, let it go, the palace will support him in the back! ”

Cheng Dong hurriedly shouted to the waiter: "Wait! Niangniang, blindly using force to suppress is not a way, in the end, you must use both soft and hard. Think about it, if you offend all the civil and military officials, arrest or kill them all, how can the entire Holy Tang Imperial Court still operate? We can control the military power, but someone has to do the work of governing the world. ”

Cheng Wen looked at him: "What do you mean ......?"

"Let me go." Cheng Dong said helplessly: "Now that the fight has been fought, the courtiers also know that it is powerful, so Huairou should appease it and ease the matter." ”

Cheng Wen sneered: "No, it's too early, the arrogance of the other party has not been defeated, once it turns, the situation will only get worse." Big brother, you'd better not meddle in this matter, just let Cheng Nan and Cheng Bei deal with it. The court of the Holy Tang Dynasty is not only supported by these two hundred or so people, without them, the palace will still govern the country! ”

Queen Cheng Wen's attitude made the already very complicated and chaotic Chengtianmen even more cloudy.

Cheng Nan, the third elder of the Cheng family, received the support of the inner court, and he had no scruples about making a move, and directly ordered all the officials on the scene to be arrested, and they were punished in line. By the time his younger brother Cheng Bei arrived here with his troops, there was already a cry of pain outside Chengtian Gate.

Cheng Bei was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly stopped the forbidden soldiers, telling them not to continue the torture, and at the same time persuaded Cheng Nan to stop quickly, so as not to cause a big disaster.

Cheng Nan pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "I act according to orders, what can I do?" ”

Cheng Bei looked at the civil and military officials who were in messy robes, lying on the ground, and their buttocks and legs were beaten to bloody pieces, and asked with a stern expression: "Third brother, whose order are you serving?" ”

"Do you need to ask?" Cheng Nan responded: "Of course, it is the queen's will. ”

"Third brother, you are confused!" Cheng Bei said in a deep voice: "Sister is messing around, those of us who are brothers should try our best to persuade us, how can we follow her wishes and act arbitrarily in the imperial capital?" A group of rods and hundreds of officials, the world is shaken, even the emperor himself will not easily make such an order, as a harem, where does the power come from to act like this? ”

Hearing this, Cheng Nan immediately glared: "Fourth, be careful when you speak!" What does it mean to act arbitrarily? Do you have such an evaluation of the queen? Look at these bastard ministers in front of you who are not well-intentioned, surrounding Chengtianmen to slander the emperor and queen, shouldn't they be taught a lesson? If you want me to say, the fight is still light! ”

Cheng Bei glanced at him angrily: "Okay, you can fight and fight, you can keep more morality." Most of those people are civil officials, and their bodies are delicate, so don't make a good mess, and it will be even more difficult to clean up in the end. ”

"I've already died two, what are you afraid of?" Cheng Nan sneered.

"What?!" Cheng Bei couldn't help but be surprised: "Who died?" ”

Cheng Nan shook his head casually: "One is from Guozijian and the other is from Honglu Temple, I don't remember what the name is." There were still seven or eight lying there, and all of them were only half breathing. ”

Cheng Bei was so angry that he stomped his feet, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to go and rescue the wounded, saying that he couldn't kill anyone anymore. Cheng Nan grabbed him and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Enter the palace! See my sister! Cheng Bei hurriedly said: "She is cutting herself off from the world, and I must dissuade her." ”

Cheng Nan couldn't help but pull him to the side, and shouted, "Don't mess around!" Cheng Bei, you still don't understand? Our Cheng family has come this far, and there is no turning back! I might as well tell you, the eldest brother is in the palace now, just with his sister, and he has not shown up at this time, nor has he dissuaded him, what does it mean? It shows that the eldest brother has also accepted the queen's decision! ”

Cheng Bei was stunned for a moment, and looked at the other party in dismay: "Big brother agrees too?" How is this possible? ”

"How could it be?" Cheng Nan said viciously: "Since the second brother died in the hands of Li Jiangyao, the Cheng family has only two choices left. Or, it becomes fish on someone's chopping board and is left to be slaughtered; Or, a vigorous counterattack, revenge for the second brother, and earn back this breath for the Cheng family! Now that the emperor's dragon body is weak, it is a good time for my sister to take power, and our brother must be with her and advance and retreat together in order to be invincible! ”

Cheng Bei finally understood what the other party meant, and said in surprise: "This ...... Isn't this tantamount to rebellion? ”

Cheng Nan turned his head to look around, and then said in a deep voice: "What rebellion?" My sister represents the emperor, represents the imperial power and the court of the Holy Tang Dynasty, and these Li Jiangyao's henchmen in front of her are rebels! You must not be a woman's kindness, and in the end you will regret it! ”

Cheng Bei was silent, and after being silent for a long time, he raised his head and said, "No matter how far I go, I will definitely support my sister and be loyal to the family." But for now, the ministers can't be tortured anymore. Third brother, we have military power in our hands, they can't turn the sky at all, so there is no need to kill the killer, what do you say? ”

Cheng Nan glanced at him coldly: "You mean, just forget it?" ”

"Be forgiving and forgiving," Cheng Bei pleaded for the officials: "Beat them, warn them, and blow them away." In the future, my sister will preside over the overall situation, and these people will be used in many places. ”

Cheng Nan thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "That's okay, anyway, these guys won't be able to stand, and it's very boring to fight any longer, I'll give you enough face today." Go and let your people chase them away! ”

Seeing that he finally relented, Cheng Bei hurriedly agreed, and ordered his subordinates to let the soldiers support the injured officials to return home and heal their injuries. The bodies of the two Guozijian and the ministers of Honglu Temple, who were killed on the spot, were temporarily transported to the forbidden army camp and parked, waiting for the next instructions of the inner court.

Although the turmoil outside the imperial capital Chengtianmen finally ended with the violent suppression of Empress Cheng Wen, a more violent political backlash followed.

Overnight, the news that more than 200 court officials had been humiliated and beaten quickly spread throughout Gyeonggi and beyond, and the royal family, ministers, scholars, and ordinary people were all shocked by this extreme measure.

Even if everyone was skeptical of the rumors that "the emperor was under house arrest and the queen was in power without authorization", but now, everyone has no hesitation: this is definitely not Li Bing's style of acting, and it is impossible for the long-suffering emperor to be so rash and reckless and unreasonable.

At the beginning, the wedding of the seventh princess was raided by a master of poisonous soldiers, and so many important ministers died, Li Bing only closed the city overnight and imposed martial law, but he did not dare to let the forbidden army harass hundreds of officials and arrest and beat people at will.

This time, people are finally convinced: the queen usurped the throne and rebelled!

All kinds of discussions are loud again, and even more, they have already begun to plan to save King Qin. For a time, the undercurrent in the imperial capital was surging and treacherous, and the situation was tense to the extreme.

However, at this time, a bypassing the special decree of Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, Shangshu Province, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Mansion suddenly promulgated: Cheng Dong, the Duke of Zhenguo, was promoted to four levels in a row and served as the chief general of the forbidden army; Yulin Zhonglang will Cheng Nan and go to Luoyi to take over the White Tiger Army; Yun Lu Du Lieutenant and Qian Niu prepared to go to Yanzhou to reorganize the local forces and form a new Long Knife Corps.

The Cheng family, the Cheng family of Cheng Qianli, the founding father of the Holy Tang Dynasty, and the Cheng family of the current queen Cheng Wen, are about to control the nearly 400,000 army of the imperial dynasty in the blink of an eye.

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"Lord Ouyang, I've kept you waiting, Niangniang is calling you in now."

"There is Father-in-law Lao."

Ouyang Lin tidied up his wingless head, smoothed his official uniform, and then followed behind the chamberlain and walked into Fengyi Palace.

Cheng Wen sat high in the middle, and when Ouyang Lin finished saluting according to the rules, she smiled and said movingly: "Lord Ouyang has worked hard to investigate the case recently. I heard that you also went to Xin Zhongshu's hometown for this purpose, how about it? What's the catch? ”

Ouyang Lin replied: "Back to Niangniang, after investigation, Weichen has a general grasp of the poisoning case of His Majesty, but some of the core evidence needs to be further examined, so it can't be said that there is any real gain at the moment." ”

Cheng Wen glanced at him meaningfully, as if asking casually: "In this way, it's not far from the truth being revealed, right?" ”

Ouyang Lin smiled confidently: "So to speak. ”

Cheng Wen is not like her brother Cheng Dong, worried that the truth of Li Bing's poisoning will be found out by Ouyang Lin, for her, the core of the meaning of power does not lie in legitimacy, but in absolute control

As long as the political power and military power are concentrated in one hand, how big a wave can the little Ouyang Lin make?

Thinking of this, Cheng Wen smiled faintly and said: "You can go and investigate the case, the good news that this palace is waiting for you is." Lord Ouyang, there have been rumors about the imperial capital recently, and this palace wants to ask you, what do you think about this? ”