Chapter 190: Secret passage, secret passage!
Prime Minister Huo threw the heads in front of Prince An and prostrated himself on the ground with a grim look on his face.
Looking at the heads in front of him, Prince An's expression gradually became gloomy.
"Great! What a murderous move!"
"Check it for me. I want to know who did this!"
"I will cut him into pieces with my own hands!"
The furious Prince An changed from his usual calm demeanor and shouted angrily.
All the generals lowered their heads after hearing King An's angry roar.
He was afraid that his master would vent his anger on him.
"My Lord, please calm down."
"In my opinion, we should attack the city with all our strength!"
"If we keep delaying like this, we will run out of food and fodder."
Prime Minister Huo looked at the furious Prince An and said with a frown.
This is a thorny issue, although Prince An's army has a total of 140,000 troops.
However, they have consumed too much food!
The remaining food in the army can only supply them for three more days!
After listening to the words of his right-hand man, King An gradually calmed down his anger.
The whole person frowned tightly.
"Go and urge those states and counties that have come to us to send us food and fodder as soon as possible!"
"If we don't see their food within three days."
"Then I will use their heads to comfort the spirit of the late emperor in heaven!"
As Prince An's cold voice rang out, Huo Lian quickly dropped his head to the ground.
"I will obey your order!"
Just then, a general standing at the end walked out.
"Your Majesty, I have a plan that may work!"
Prince An, who was about to dismiss the generals, asked hurriedly when he heard this .
"What's the plan? Tell me about it."
"If it works, I will reward you handsomely!"
Seeing King An's expectant eyes, the general began to tell him his plan.
"Your Majesty, since our spies in the city have been eliminated."
"Then we will do the opposite and break into the city through the tunnel."
"This way, we can sneak into the city without being seen by the imperial guards."
"Secondly, we can find the granary of the imperial capital's defenders. In this way, we can directly burn their granary."
"Okay, then we will cooperate from inside and outside and directly open the gate of the imperial capital!"
After hearing the words of the general, King An nodded.
So , just like that, a plan targeting the imperial capital was finalized.
Just when Prince An decided to take action against the imperial capital, the regent in the palace was looking through the memorials submitted by the officials below.
The regent, who was flipping through the memorials in his hand, looked at them and his expression became increasingly uglier.
"What do these officials do for a living?!"
"It has only been a few days since I ascended the throne, and the treasury is already empty?"
The angry regent roared loudly and threw the memorial in his hand to the floor of the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I really don't know anything about this matter!"
Looking at the furious regent, Zhou Xuan, who was promoted to the Minister of Revenue, said tremblingly.
Zhou Xuan didn't dare to raise her head and could only bury her head deeply in the ground.
"Huh, what a fool you are!"
"I have so much trust in you, yet you use such despicable means to enrich yourself!"
"Do you still have the Emperor in your eyes?!"
Hearing Zhou Xuan's words, the Regent's rage grew instead of diminishing, and the pressure from his entire body instantly pressed towards Zhou Xuan who was lying on the ground.
Feeling the pressure from the Regent, Zhou Xuan didn't dare to breathe.
"Someone, bring us all the evidence of what Zhou Xuan and those beasts did!"
The Regent looked at Zhou Xuan lying on the ground, waved his hand, and called in several Jinyiwei.
I saw several Jinyiwei coming in holding a pile of memorials.
Then, he threw all the memorials in front of Zhou Xuan.
"Zhou Xuan!"
"Take a good look at these evidences. I am really disappointed in you."
After saying this, the Regent pounded his chest in grief.
"Hand over all your property and resign from your position!"
"You are an old man who follows me. I don't want to kill you."
"You, take care of yourself!"
As the Regent's helpless words fell, Zhou Xuan's tears instantly flowed down.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!"
However, the Regent had already walked out of the Imperial Study and disappeared into the Palace.
Zhou Xuan, with tears in her eyes, was left kneeling alone in the imperial study, crying loudly.
The news that Zhou Xuan voluntarily handed over her property and resigned from her official position soon reached Jiang Chen.
"Haha, sir, our plan finally succeeded!"
"Once Zhou Xuan falls, the Regent will lose a great helper in the court!"
Zhang Fei looked at the news sent back by the Embroidered Uniform Guard and said to Jiang Chen with joy on his face.
"Now is not the time for us to be happy. Zhou Xuan has fallen, but Jiang Haiping is still in the court."
"Although those officials will lose trust in the Regent, as long as Jiang Haiping is still here."
"These officials dare not oppose the Regent, so next, we must get rid of Jiang Haiping as well!"
Looking at the excited Zhang Fei, Jiang Chen said lightly.
The evidence against Zhou Xuan and those corrupt officials had all been prepared by Jiang Chen long ago.
Jiang Chen had been waiting for this opportunity since the first day Zhou Xuan became the Minister of Revenue.
And finally, just when the Regent discovered that the treasury was empty.
Jiang Chen presented these evidences.
It was these evidences that made the Regent completely lose his patience with Zhou Xuan.
"Okay, let's all go down!"
"I will also take some people to inspect the city defenses."
"Yes, sir."
After hearing Jiang Chen's instructions, Zhang Fei led a group of Jinyiwei and slowly left the Jiyuan Marquis Mansion.
After Zhang Fei left, Jiang Chen put on armor and took Han Zhong out of the mansion.
Accompanying Han Zhong and others, Jiang Chen first went to the Qingzi Camp’s base in the imperial capital.
After taking Han Zhong's thousand men with him, they headed directly towards the west gate.
When Jiang Chen and his men arrived at the west city gate, Du Mingyu was counting the battle damage with a group of his men.
After seeing Jiang Chen riding over, Du Mingyu handed over the matters in hand to the deputy general beside him.
"General Du Mingyu greets the Marquis!"
"Okay, get up now."
Although Jiang Chen had been named General Pingyuan by Regent He Jin, generals like Du Mingyu who had followed Jiang Chen for some time still liked to address him as "Marquis".
"Tell me, how many people were killed or injured?"
Jiang Chen dismounted, looked at Du Mingyu and asked about the damage.
"My Lord, during the day, the offensive of Prince An's army has weakened a lot."
"But dozens of our brothers still suffered minor injuries."
As he spoke, Du Mingyu walked up to Jiang Chen and took out the battle damage statistics he had just completed from his arms.
