latelenovela Chapter 348: Make a feint to the east and attack in the west, destroy the whole family!
Chapter 348: Make a feint to the east and attack in the west, destroy the whole family!
"Patriarch Huangfu, please come in!"
At the gate of Huangfu Mansion.
Ling Haoran acted very businesslike and did not give Huangfu father and son any time to think.
Huangfu Yang frowned: "Lord Ling, it was clearly these unruly people who caused trouble tonight, why did they insist that my father and I go to the Ministry of Justice?"
Ling Haoran said calmly: "If there is a disturbance, both parties must go to the Ministry of Justice. Moreover, your Huangfu family arrested people without authorization and even injured civilians. This matter must be clarified."
He looked up at the sky and continued, "Don't worry, I won't keep you too long. At most an hour. As long as the matter is clear, I will let you go back."
Huangfu Yang wanted to say something, but Huangfu Gao said calmly: "Okay, I'll give you this face."
Ling Haoran waved his right hand and returned to the Ministry of Justice with the Huangfu father and son, the Huangfu family guards, and a group of civilians.
When he arrived at the Ministry of Justice, Ling Haoran acted completely impartially and first went to the court to find out the reason for the incident.
After understanding what happened, Ling Haoran believed that both parties were at fault and finally decided to release both parties without pursuing any charges. However, the Huangfu family had to pay for the medical expenses of the injured people.
By the time everything was done, an hour had passed.
Ling Haoran asked the people to leave first, then walked up to Huangfu and his son and bowed, "Thank you for your cooperation."
Huangfu Yang snorted coldly: "Can we go back now?"
Ling Haoran stretched out his hand and gestured: "Of course!"
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a Huangfu guard came to report: "Master, it's bad, something happened!"
Huangfu Gao frowned: "It just happened, why are you so flustered?"
The guard quickly said, "The Chen family, Zhou family, Ming family, and Li family were... wiped out by the King of Chu and his men."
"Destroy... destroy the whole clan?"
Huangfu Gao's eyes widened in disbelief: "The four families have a lot of people, how could they be wiped out?"
The guards were nervous: "The soldiers of the Chu Palace are too powerful. They have crossbows and shoot arrows at the same time, like thousands of arrows. They wiped out a family in two quarters of an hour.
Then they did the same thing, and in less than two hours they wiped out four families."
Huangfu Gao reacted.
No wonder Ling Haoran insisted on coming to the Ministry of Justice. This was clearly a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
I was careless for a moment and gave Chu Ning the opportunity.
While thinking, Huangfu Yang became furious, grabbed the guard's collar, and said viciously: "Why didn't you come to report earlier?"
The guard looked at Ling Haoran with a terrified look on his face and whispered, "I came to the Ministry of Justice a long time ago, but was stopped by the guards of the Ministry of Justice. They said that during the court session, no one was allowed to stop us."
Huangfu Yang's face changed drastically. He pushed the guard away, turned around and stared at Ling Haoran: "Okay, you actually cooperated with the King of Chu to target the aristocratic families!"
Ling Haoran said calmly, "I don't like what Patriarch Huangfu said. I am just fulfilling my duties as the Minister of Revenue tonight. How can I cooperate with His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu?"
This light question made Huangfu Yang break down on the spot.
"Tonight is the evil plot of you and the King of Chu!"
Huangfu Yang roared in anger, his eyes bloodshot, staring at Ling Haoran: "Do you, the Ling family, want to die?"
"court death?"
A light laugh came from outside the hall: "I think it is your Huangfu family who is seeking death!"
Everyone was stunned, and then a figure walked into the hall.
He was wearing a purple royal robe, and there was a hint of amusement on his handsome face. Who else could it be but Chu Ning?
"Greetings to His Majesty the King of Chu!" Ling Haoran took the lead in bowing.
Huangfu and his son looked at each other and had to follow suit and salute.
Chu Ning glanced at Ling Haoran and chuckled, "Thank you, Master Ling, for tonight."
This sentence undoubtedly confirmed that Ling Haoran's actions tonight were in cooperation with the Chu Palace.
Huangfu Gao narrowed his eyes, and a hint of coldness flashed across them.
Huangfu Yang's face changed drastically, staring at Ling Haoran with hatred: "Okay, okay, your Ling family has really stood on the opposite side!"
Ling Haoran appeared extremely cold on the surface, but he was secretly complaining in his heart.
The King of Chu was indeed cunning. With just one sentence, he made the Ling family completely stand on the opposite side of the aristocratic families. This left the Ling family, who wanted to bet on both sides, with no way out and they could only follow the King of Chu to the end.
As expected of the King of Chu, he is indeed powerful. No wonder he had the courage to take down the four great families tonight.
While thinking, the corners of King Chu's mouth slightly raised, staring at Huangfu Yang and said with a smile: "It seems that the head of the Huangfu family is very dissatisfied."
Huangfu Yang clenched his hands tightly, gritted his teeth and said coldly: "King Chu, you killed a member of the aristocratic family without authorization. I will report you to His Majesty!"
"Father, let's go!"
With such a big thing happening, we must go back as soon as possible to stabilize the other families, otherwise the morale of the people will be low and they will surely be defeated one by one by Chu Ning.
Huangfu Gao also understood this, and immediately bowed to Chu Ning, then turned and left.
But when they passed by Chu Ning, Chu Ning stretched out his hand to stop them and said calmly: "Did the king let you go?"
Huangfu Gao's cloudy eyes suddenly opened, staring at Chu Ning, and said in a deep voice: "Why, His Royal Highness Prince Chu still wants to take over my Huangfu family?"
Chu Ning laughed: "Let me show you something first, Ran Ming, bring it up!"
The tall Ran Ming held four cloth bags in each hand. Blood kept oozing out of the bags, and the pungent smell of blood was nauseating.
The Huangfu father and son, who had experienced this once, suddenly changed their expressions.
But before they could open their mouths, Ran Ming threw the cloth bag over, and four heads rolled out.
"Ah... yes... these are the heads of the four family heads."
Huangfu Yang's face changed drastically. He stared at the still bleeding head with shock on his face.
Even the experienced Huangfu Gao looked incredulous at this moment.
Although he knew that the four families were wiped out, he couldn't believe that Chu Ning dared to kill even these four family heads.
"King Chu, what do you mean?"
Huangfu Gao realized the seriousness of the matter and stared at Chu Ning: "If you kill them, aren't you afraid of His Majesty's punishment? Aren't you afraid of all the noble families joining forces? Aren't you afraid that the foundation of the Great Chu will be destroyed?"
The three consecutive questions made Chu Ning laugh out loud.
The laughter was heard far away, making the Huangfu family father and son look stunned and confused.
After a long while, Chu Ning stared at them with a playful look on his face: "Since I dare to take action, I will naturally not worry so much!
Besides, do you think that since I dare to kill them, this matter will end here?"
Huangfu Gao was shocked: "You...what do you mean by that?"
Chu Ning's face changed, and a fierce look appeared on his face: "Huangfu Gao, you ordered the other four family heads to set fire to the palace and tried to murder me. People who despise the imperial power like this, killing them is not enough to appease the public anger, and not killing them is not enough to protect the imperial power!"
"Someone, kill Huangfu and his son on the spot!"
As soon as these words were spoken, not only did Huangfu father and son's faces change drastically, even Ling Haoran looked surprised.
At this moment, Ran Ming drew out the sword from his waist with a ferocious look on his face: "Prepare to die!"
Huangfu Gao was shocked and angry: "If you dare to kill me, my Huangfu family and other aristocratic families will never let you go!"
At this moment, he could only bet that Chu Ning was trying to scare him.