All of the candidates could hear the Crown Prince's order. Fang Zhengzhi, who was standing closer to the front, could not. However, he did not cry.
Was the right to participate in the court examinations important?
To many people, this was indeed a very important matter. However, to Fang Zhengzhi, it was something that did not matter much.
His main purpose in coming to the Southern Region was to take Yan Xiu away.
Now, Yan Xiu was standing next to him. As such, his right to participate in the examination meant that he could not take turns fighting Nangong Hao.
It was impossible for Fang Zhengzhi not to be affected by the loss of 40,000 soldiers. However, Fang Zhengzhi's main concern was not the loss of 40,000 soldiers. Instead, he was wondering why the Crown Prince would take such a huge risk to do such a thing.
Since ancient times, there had always been a crime in this world.
With regards to this, Fang Zhengzhi could only express his disdain. It was indeed a crime for him not to attend the announcement of the results. However, if this crime was really sufficient to disqualify him, then, it would be impossible for him to take over the Thunderous Lion Settlement and have 40,000 soldiers listen to his commands.
As for not reporting to the Crown Prince in advance and not reporting the results in time, it was almost equivalent to a groundless accusation.
To put it bluntly...
When Fang Zhengzhi entered the Southern Region, he didn't even know where the Crown Prince was. He had been caught by Princess Shan Yu's men. How could he possibly report to him?
Initially, Fang Zhengzhi thought that the Crown Prince's order meant that he was prepared to attack the Southern Region. He did not expect that the order was to disqualify him.
Regardless of whether the Crown Prince had the authority to do so...
Even if the Crown Prince had the authority to do so, would he have gone to the Icy Monkey Settlement just to disqualify Fang Zhengzhi?
If that was the case, wouldn't it have been faster to send the order to the Thunderous Lion Settlement before he entered the Icy Monkey Settlement?
Fang Zhengzhi had always known that the combat examinations were not as simple as they seemed. As such, winning or losing the combat examinations should not have been that important.
At the very least, it was not important to the overall situation of the Southern Region.
As such...
What was the Crown Prince trying to do?
Fang Zhengzhi had not met the Crown Prince many times. The first time they met was at Ping Yang Residence, and the second time was at the throne room. As such, he did not know what the Crown Prince was thinking.
However, no matter what, the Crown Prince's order was here. The 40,000 soldiers would naturally not listen to him. There was no meaning in continuing to force it or pretending not to hear it.
Fang Zhengzhi looked at Yan Xiu beside him.
Yan Xiu was also looking at Fang Zhengzhi. Fang Zhengzhi could see a faint anger in Yan Xiu's eyes. This anger came from his heart and was very obvious.
Fang Zhengzhi rarely saw such an expression on Yan Xiu's face. However, this time, Yan Xiu seemed to be angry.
Just as he was about to say something.
Yan Xiu had already opened his mouth.
"The Crown Prince does not have the right to disqualify a candidate from the combat examination, nor would he give such an order. Who are you?" Yan Xiu's tone was extremely cold as he stared intently at the messenger.
There was also a faint red light flickering in his eyes.
The Asura Path.
One of the six Rebirth Daos. Even though they were tens of meters away, they could still feel the chill from the depths of hell.
The messenger's expression froze as he took a step back. He knew how powerful Yan Xiu was, and he could feel Yan Xiu's murderous intent.
He was a messenger.
He was far more powerful than the average soldier. However, that did not mean that he could go up against Yan Xiu, who was in the pinnacle Heavenly Reflection State.
The messenger's forehead was beaded with sweat as he felt the chill. The Silver Dragon Token in his hand began to tremble.
Yan Xiu's actions attracted the attention of all of the candidates.
All of the candidates knew that Yan Xiu and Fang Zhengzhi had a close relationship. However, they did not think that Yan Xiu would offend the Crown Prince for Fang Zhengzhi.
This was what they thought.
However, in reality, this thought was wrong...
Yan Xiu did not look like he was joking. In reality, all of the candidates knew that Yan Xiu was not one to joke.
"I... I am the Crown Prince's messenger. Yan Xiu, this order was personally given by the Crown Prince. I have the Crown Prince's token as proof. Are you going to go against the order for Fang Zhengzhi?" Even though the messenger was not as powerful as Yan Xiu, he still had his pride.
After all, when he held the Silver Dragon Token, he represented the Crown Prince. He did not expect that the first person to go against him would not be Fang Zhengzhi, but Yan Xiu.
Even so, he did not believe that Yan Xiu would dare to openly oppose the Eastern Palace Crown Prince.
The messenger's voice was loud, almost as if he was trying to hide his fear. When Yan Xiu heard the messenger's words, his expression froze. His body began to glow with a red light.
"Is Yan Xiu really going against the Crown Prince for Fang Zhengzhi?"
"That's impossible! Yan Xiu's future is limitless! It would be a shame if he were to be destroyed like this! "
"Yan Xiu, don't be rash! The Crown Prince is only temporarily disqualifying Fang Zhengzhi. If Fang Zhengzhi goes to the Crown Prince now, he might still have a chance! "
All of the candidates tried to dissuade Yan Xiu when they saw his expression.
To them, it did not matter if Fang Zhengzhi was disqualified or not. However, if they could get Yan Xiu to owe them a favor...
That would be a huge help.
Of course, Fang Zhengzhi knew what Yan Xiu wanted to do. However, in reality, Yan Xiu's thought process was somewhat different from his own.
Of course...
If Yan Xiu was disqualified, Fang Zhengzhi would have done the same thing.
Just as he was about to speak to Yan Xiu, he saw a figure walk out from the army behind him. This was a soldier dressed in ordinary armor.
Fang Zhengzhi was slightly confused.
Fang Zhengzhi was not the only one. All of the candidates were confused as well.
It was rather strange for an ordinary soldier to walk out from the army. Moreover, he was walking out from the army so openly at a time like this.
However, this soldier did walk out from the army.
Moreover, he was walking towards the messenger quickly, step by step.
"Stop right there!" The messenger was also a little confused when he saw this strange scene. Or rather, he had a bad feeling about this.
Of course, the soldier did not stop. Instead, he continued walking towards the messenger step by step.
This caused all of the candidates and the 50,000 soldiers behind Fang Zhengzhi to be slightly taken aback.
This was because they suddenly thought of a problem. The messenger still had the Silver Dragon Token in his hands. If the identity of this soldier in front of them was...
"Take him down!" The messenger raised the Silver Dragon Token in his hand and issued an order to the 1,000 soldiers surrounding Nangong Hao.
"Roger!" When the 1,000 soldiers heard the order, they immediately turned around and surrounded the soldier.
At this moment, the soldier took off the helmet on his head. Then, he took off the armor on his body piece by piece.
It didn't take long before a black outfit was revealed.
What was different from ordinary warrior attire was that there was a golden stone pillar embroidered on the chest of this warrior attire. There was also a word clearly engraved on the stone pillar.
"Suppression!"
...
"It's the Stabilization Constabulary!"
"Xing Qingsui!"
"What is he doing here?!"
All of the candidates finally saw the true face of the "soldier". However, this made them even more confused.
Xing Qingsui of the Stabilization Constabulary was hiding in Fang Zhengzhi's army?
What was going on?
All of the candidates turned to look at Fang Zhengzhi.
Fang Zhengzhi also looked at Xing Qingsui, who was dressed in black. He remembered...
Xing Qingsui did not participate in the combat examinations.
If that was the case, why was he in the Southern Region? Furthermore, why was he in his army?
Most importantly...
He was hiding his identity? Wasn't this what he was best at doing?
All of the soldiers stopped in their tracks. They all saw the golden symbol on Xing Qingsui's chest.
That was the symbol of the Great Xia Dynasty!
It was the symbol of the Stabilization Constabulary, the leader of the 13 Constabularies.
To the soldiers, the Stabilisation Constabulary was the symbol of the Great Xia Dynasty. Of course, this was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that Xing Qingsui was holding a token in his hand.
It was a token made from pure gold. Unlike the Crown Prince's Silver Dragon Token, this token had a golden dragon on it. Furthermore, there was a word on it.
"Sage!"
Fang Zhengzhi also saw that token. He remembered that he had a similar token. That was the token that Emperor Lin Mubai had given him to the Ministry of Rites.
The only difference was that Fang Zhengzhi kept his token in his pocket.
Xing Qingsui raised the token in his hand. The moment he raised it, the soldiers charging towards him stopped in their tracks.
"I didn't know that the token could be used like this?" Fang Zhengzhi was pleasantly surprised. However, his surprise did not last long.
He knew that he could use the token like Xing Qingsui did.
However...
What would happen after that?
Would he be charged with falsifying the Emperor's edict?
It was not worth it.
"I only have one question for you. Did the Crown Prince write it down when he was issuing the edict?" Xing Qingsui's footsteps were as steady as his sword. He walked step by step towards the messenger, finally stopping three steps away from the messenger. The golden token in his hand glowed brightly.
The messenger looked at the golden token in Xing Qingsui's hand, then at the golden symbol on Xing Qingsui's chest. His back was drenched in cold sweat.
Did he just give the order to capture Xing Qingsui?
"Young... Young Master Xing, the Crown Prince gave a verbal order. He did not write it down!" The messenger replied quickly, his voice trembling.
"I understand. Men, take down this messenger!" Xing Qingsui nodded and ordered.
"Fake Crown Prince's edict?"
"How is that possible?"
"Did Xing Qingsui make a mistake? What is he trying to do?"
All of the candidates were stunned when they heard Xing Qingsui's words. After all, everyone knew that a mere messenger would not dare to fake the Crown Prince's edict.
That did not make sense at all!
Of course, the main reason why they did not want to accept this was because if the Crown Prince's edict was fake...
It was as if they had fallen back into their original situation.
This was a little like the ups and downs of life. Happiness came too quickly, but it also left too quickly.
"Young Master Xing, did you make a mistake? This is the Crown Prince's edict, I... I would not dare to fake it. Everything I said was what the Crown Prince said. Not a single word... "
"Cut the crap, take him down!" Xing Qingsui did not wait for the messenger to finish. He ordered the 1,000 soldiers in front of him.
"Yes sir!" A thousand soldiers immediately responded. Very quickly, four soldiers walked out and arrived in front of the messenger in just a few strides. Then, they directly dragged the messenger off his horse and took him away.
It had to be said that this was an extremely dramatic change.
From the moment Xing Qingsui appeared, to the moment Xing Qingsui gave the order to be taken down, to the moment Xing Qingsui gave the order to take the messenger down, everything happened too quickly.
Of course...
This proved that my token is bigger than yours. As such, your token is useless!
Xing Qingsui was just like that. Simple, direct and quick. He did not waste any time talking to the messenger before making his decision.
However, all of the candidates were suspicious of this decision.
Even though Xing Qingsui was the heir to the Stabilization Constabulary, he would not have the guts to go against the Crown Prince's edict.
If that was the case, why would Xing Qingsui risk offending the Crown Prince to do such a thing? What was his motive?
Most importantly, why was Xing Qingsui among Fang Zhengzhi's soldiers? When did he sneak into Fang Zhengzhi's army?
They could not understand.
All of the candidates looked at each other in confusion.
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