Xie Ming

Chapter 316: Scheming against Gao Jie
At the meeting in the inner hall of the Jinan Provincial Government Office, it seemed to Crown Prince Zhu Cilang that the plan had been premeditated in secret. He had been attacking the four towns' minds several times, hoping to find an opportunity to break through and get hold of something that might be used to punish the four townsmen. This would leave enough room for maneuver when he arrived in Nanjing in the near future to discuss merits and rewards!
As for Fengyang Gao Jie, he has become the easiest target in the hall because of the incident caused by Li Benshen, his nephew of Mingyue Tower in the morning!

When he was singled out by Zhu Cilang for seeking a secret love affair, he had his own plan. He thought that with his sweet words and a lot of persuasion, he could clear himself of the crime and leave a good impression in front of the prince.

After all, as he was thinking in his heart at the moment, Li Chengdong under his command had already accomplished the mission of serving the king. With this credit, Li Benshen would probably be safe!

Even if the prince was looking for trouble, he shouldn't keep pestering and making things difficult over such trivial matters!

Can!
Obviously, this guy's calculations ultimately resulted in the opposite of what he wanted!

"Well, Li Benshen?"

"Ah, the one in white from West City early in the morning?!" The prince pretended to be suddenly aware, and acted as if he was speaking casually and nonchalantly, changing the subject of Gao Jie's conversation!

"Ah, yes!" Gao Jie didn't know the details, but he thought the plan would work, so he smiled and agreed.

"what"

"Ah! That kid can't help but get beaten!"

"When General Xiao saw him killing people and raping women, he stepped forward to intervene and stop him!" As he was speaking, the prince suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Xiao Jingchuan who was standing behind his own seat.

"He, Xiao Lang, can only use three punches and two kicks, but your nephew's hands and feet are exhausted!" Yan Nei raised the corners of his mouth, with a smile that could not hide his mockery.

"However, the person is still alive. When the meeting here is over, you can take him back!" The prince said calmly.

But now, how could Gao Jie, who was sitting next to him, not be annoyed after hearing such words?
Almost immediately, he became furious!

He gritted his teeth and widened his eyes. The force of his hands pressing on the corner of the table increased several times. He almost lost control and started to fight!
Have a good moment!
He clenched his teeth and just managed to suppress his anger!

After all, due to his status as the crown prince, even if Gao Jie was extremely dissatisfied, he couldn't lose his temper at this moment!

This was their first meeting, and no matter how confused he was, he understood that the prince in front of him would be the emperor tomorrow!

It is definitely not a good deal to get angry and do bad things because of a nephew!

However, he could not touch the Crown Prince, but behind him, he would definitely not let Xiao Jingchuan, the culprit who personally killed Li Benshen, go so easily!
Then his eyes quickly turned, his angry eyes shifted his sight, and he stared at Xiao Lang with slightly narrowed eyes. It seemed that he had the intention to kill him!
How could his series of changes in facial expressions and gestures escape the prince's eyes!
“Ah, haha!”

"That's right! I didn't mention it just now!"

"This Xiao Lang! He is the general who was promoted by me in recent months. I think the generals in Jiangbei may not know him yet!"

The prince tilted his head, and Xiao Lang observed the courtesy and quickly stood up and bowed.

"His name is Xiao Jingchuan!"

"He is the former general of the Left Camp of the Shenji Camp in Beijing!"

"In the beginning, it was him who saw through Duke Zhu Chunchen's betrayal and surrendered to the enemy, and resolutely led the troops to rescue me and break out of the siege of the capital!"

"It's been a tough journey, overcoming many obstacles!"

"Since the situation in the southwest of the capital has changed, whether to fight or to stop, the military strategy is quite methodical!"

"You may not know this, but it has only been two months, but his name, Xiao Lang, has spread all over the Zhen and Bao areas!"

"What a talented general!" The prince intended to promote Xiao Lang in front of the four generals of Jiangbei in the hall.

"Haha, from now on wow!"

"You will inevitably have to fight against the enemy together in front of the battle line and defend the land and border!
"I hope you can work together to face the national crisis!" the prince suggested.

Upon hearing this, Huang, Liu and others nodded as a courtesy to keep things simple.

"Haha, your highness the crown prince is kind!"

"I have always been generous to those who are sincere and can do their work!"

"I am Xiao Jingchuan, a young general, and I have just arrived! Let me first pay my respects to all the seniors!"

"In the future, if there is anything inconsiderate, I hope you will forgive me! Please forgive me!" Xiao Jingchuan also responded in official language.

At this juncture, the others could still pretend to be friendly, but Gao Jie, because of what had just happened, did not look at them in a good mood.

"Oh?" "Xiao, what the hell is Xiao?!"

"Are you from the Capital's Divine Machine Camp?"

"How come we didn't know this before?!"

"When did a figure like you emerge in the capital? Huh?!" Gao Jie deliberately teased and ridiculed him, trying to make excuses and disgust the other person in order to show off his verbal pleasure!

"Eh?!"

"I'm talking to Brother Huang!"

"Aren't you Zeng Yan, the head of the Beijing garrison, the one you are most familiar with?!"

"You know most of the generals, deputy generals, and even lieutenant generals!"

“How?!”

"Do you have any impression of this handsome young man named Xiao who I saw earlier?!"

It would have been fine if Gao Jie had been chasing after him and teasing himself, but in such a situation, he actually wanted to provoke Huang Degong and drag him into the water just to vent his personal anger!

How could Huang Degong, who was sitting opposite him, not understand the hidden meaning behind his words?

So he cursed in his heart, rolled his eyes, and ignored it!

Looking at this situation, Gao Jie snorted coldly!

"Ah!"

"Okay! Brother Huang, don't talk!"

"It seems that they have had private contact. I am ignorant of my responsibilities!" Gao Jie spoke with sarcasm and indeed, he managed to lure Huang Gonggong into it!

"You!" Huang couldn't stand it any longer after hearing that, so he slapped the corner of the coffee table in front of him, puffed his beard and glared, then raised his hand and pointed over!

Seeing this, Gao Jie waved his hand and simply ended the argument.

Then he turned around and went to the prince again!

"Your Highness!"

"When the Jiangbei army and I arrived in Jinan, I immediately sent my capable general Li Chengdong to lead an army to the southwest of the capital without stopping, to serve the king!"

"Haha, we saw it just after we came in. The garrison troops you brought with you are all of the same standard as that killer's army!"

"I just don't know where Li Chengdong is now?!"

"Why didn't you arrive at the city with His Highness?!"

Gao Jie realized that the current situation in the hall was very unfavorable to him, so he quickly changed his mind and hurriedly raised his last move, hoping that Li Chengdong would come to help him out of his current embarrassing situation!
But at this moment, when Crown Prince Zhu Cilang heard this, he glanced away, pretended to drink tea, and fell silent!

This silence lasted for a long time.

Just wait until everyone is waiting eagerly!

Suddenly!

Zhu Cilang glanced again, and for the second time he looked towards Xiao Lang who was leaning sideways!

"hehe."

"Hey General Xiao!"

"You did it! You should tell the story!"

The prince tried to pass the buck and, in response to Li Chengdong's treatment, he began to rush to distance himself from the matter and refused to take responsibility!

(End of this chapter)