Xuanxia

Chapter 974: Tailwind? Headwind?

The looks that the officials in the meeting hall gave Yue Heng clearly said "Are you kidding me?"

A group of civil servants, a group of civil servants who would get dizzy after standing for too long in court. Who the hell would believe you if you said they defeated and subdued these gangsters?

But that's what they said, what can you do?
These officials were in tatters, their hair was disheveled, and many of them were covered in blood - although no one knew whose blood it was, they looked like they had just experienced a life-and-death battle. Now they were escorting a group of people, so who could not recognize them?

You don't admit it, which means that what these cabinet scholars, the vice ministers of the six ministries, and other court officials say are all lies?

Then you have evidence?

You have no evidence, so what they say is naturally true.

"How dare you! These thieves are so bold!"

Gu Jinchen was the first to react, and he said angrily: "The Censorate will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly!"

"Master Gu is seriously injured now, so don't worry about it." Li Jingzhe also reacted and smiled indifferently: "Let's leave this matter to Mingjian Pavilion."

Then, without waiting for others to react, he stood up first and said loudly: "All the secret envoys of the Secret Sword Pavilion, listen to my orders!"

"My subordinate is here!"

Outside the door, the responses of a group of secret envoys were heard.

Gu Jinchen's face changed!
Who doesn't know that Mingjian Pavilion and Yue Heng are in the same group? This Yue man lives in Mingjian Pavilion! If we let them investigate, how can they catch him?

But he couldn't even open his mouth... The moment Li Jingzhe stood up, a chilling feeling loomed over him. Not to mention opening his mouth, he couldn't even move a finger!

"Go immediately and investigate the stabbing of the masters!" Li Jingzhe didn't even look at Gu Jinchen, and ordered in a deep voice: "Leave a team behind to interrogate!"

"Yes!"

The secret envoys responded loudly, and then a large group of them left the door of the council hall with heavy footsteps. A small group of people walked into the council hall and respectfully and quickly took over the assassins from the officials.

These officials walked leisurely and smilingly to the empty chairs that belonged to them and sat down one after another.

It was not until this moment that the eerie feeling that had fallen on Gu Jinchen dissipated.

He looked at Li Jingzhe deeply, then turned his gaze to Yuan Ye, who gave him a silent and calm shake of his head.

Inside the room, the officials from the aristocratic families looked extremely unhappy, and some even wanted to get up and leave.

"Everyone, why are you so restless?"

Yue Heng glanced at them and smiled, "Don't worry, the bad guys have been subdued. Commander Li and Mingjian Pavilion are here, so they can't get in."

Upon hearing this, the officials from the aristocratic families looked even uglier.

It was obvious that they knew the inside story, and these assassins were of course sent out by them!

but……

The meaning of Yue Heng's words was very clear.

The person has been captured and Mingjian Pavilion has also taken control of this place. If you want to leave now, it's too late.

If these assassins really revealed something...

Many people's faces turned gloomy, and the atmosphere in the room instantly became cold. Li Jingzhe even narrowed his eyes and quietly reached for the hilt of the knife with his right hand.

"Ouch, ouch..."

At this moment, Yan Yidong suddenly murmured in a dreamy voice: "What are you doing? Why are you making so much noise?"

Yue Heng paused. He looked at Yan Yidong and bowed respectfully: "Sir Prime Minister, we were assassinated on the way here."

Yan Yidonggang rubbed his eyes and slowly woke up, just like an ordinary old man waking up from an afternoon nap, and listened to Yue Heng's concise account of the whole story.

"That's it."

After hearing this, he smiled and turned to look at Yuan Ye: "Master Yuan, then we are quite lucky. We have saved a lot of trouble."

"Haha...yes." Yuan Ye clearly didn't quite understand what Yan Yidonggang meant and gave a dry smile.

"How about this."

Yan Yidong waved his hand and said, "How can you try a criminal in the cabinet meeting room? Don't do this. I'm old and can't stand seeing blood... Li Jingzhe, have your people take them away, take them away, and try them slowly later."

Yuan Ye, Gu Jinchen, and the officials from the aristocratic families all had their eyes lit up!
As long as it is not judged right now and here, things will turn around!

Yue Heng and the royalist officials were slightly stunned.

Of course they trusted Yan Yidong. After all, when the capital was in turmoil, it was this Lord Yan who took the lead and calmed down the chaos.

However, the opponent has the knife at his neck, and now he finally has the chance to counterattack, why not take advantage of the victory and pursue the enemy?
Yue Heng frowned slightly and looked at Yan Yidong.

If Xuanmeng had not intervened in this incident, they would have probably died long ago.

Xuanmeng not only sent Wu Yan and Murong Xuan to protect him, but also sent many martial arts masters to protect other officials. At the moment when the assassinations broke out, a group of Xuanmeng masters took action and saved the officials.

But now Gu Jinchen was assassinated, and the assassin was a gangster. The entire martial arts world was almost ruled by the Xuan League. The position of the Xuan League suddenly became very embarrassing. Exposing them rashly would only make things more complicated. That's why Yue Heng thought of what happened just now.

Use the assassins' strength to counter their own, and use the power of Mingjian Pavilion to intimidate the officials from the aristocratic families present. As long as Li Jingzhe can get something out of these assassins on the spot, the officials from the aristocratic families will definitely suffer a great loss!
But why did Yan Yidong interrupt at such a critical moment?
Yue Heng said nothing and lowered his head quietly.

He believed that there must be a reason why Lord Yan did this.

"Well... Lord Yan is absolutely right."

Yuan Ye stroked his beard, not letting anyone know that he was "relieved". He replied calmly and steadily, "It's just that these assassins are so arrogant that they dared to sneak into the capital and assassinate in broad daylight. I'm afraid... they have accomplices."

"I think we should issue an order to seal the city gates and impose a curfew! Find all the accomplices of these assassins!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Jinchen immediately smiled and said, "Master Yuan is right... This matter cannot be delayed. I am afraid that Mingjian Pavilion is too busy to handle it. In my opinion, it is better to ask the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Justice to help."

As soon as he said this, officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Justice immediately responded. It was obvious that they were also from aristocratic families.

Hearing this, Yue Heng frowned.

What is this for? Are you trying to take advantage of this to attack dissidents?

"Ha ha……"

Yan Yidong smiled indifferently and said, "Just do as Lord Yuan wishes."

There was a strange flash in Yuanye's eyes.

He knew the old man in front of him too well. Yan Yidonggang seemed to be more idle and indifferent than anyone else, but it was this old man who, over the past few decades, with the pervasive infiltration of the aristocratic families into the court, had managed to develop another force in the court!
Three years ago in the capital, with just one sentence, he gathered together countless masters of both the black and white worlds in the capital and drove away the forces of King Xishuo!

When this kind of person does something, you always have to figure out what he is planning in the next few steps.

But the situation is now extremely bad. If it were before, Yuan Ye would never have rashly proposed suggestions such as "closing the city and imposing a curfew", but now, he can't care about these.

"Okay, everyone, the situation is serious, let's not stay here."

Yuan Ye only hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said in a deep voice: "Please ask Mingjian Pavilion to protect you all and take you back to the palace. Commander Li, please personally supervise this case. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of War will block the capital and arrest the rebel assassins. The other government offices will cooperate!"

(End of this chapter)