After Shi Xing walked far away, another officer came to the side of the officer being questioned and whispered, "Nothing will happen, right? No one told us that the Minister of War would be coming. What if something happened? We won't be the unlucky ones, will we? "
"What are you afraid of? There's the Duke of England and the Duke of Dingguo. Above them is the Cabinet. Didn't Shi Butang go to the Cabinet?"
"But Shi Butang doesn't seem to know about this?"
"Who knows what the higher-ups are thinking? But if we don't do this, we'll all die without a burial place! Even if the sky falls, there'll be someone taller to hold it up. No one will blame us! At most, we'll hide our identities and run for our lives. Let's go! "
The two of them muttered for a while before heading in the direction of Dong 'an Gate.
Shi Xing and his entourage drove all the way to Dong 'an Gate, ready to enter the palace to find Shen Yicheng and ask him what he was planning to do. However, along the way, they encountered two or three groups of people heading in the direction of Dong' an Gate, which made Shi Xing more and more uneasy.
When they arrived at Dong 'an Gate, Shi Xing personally got off the carriage and walked to the door. He also found that the guards here were not from the Soaring Dragon Guards or the Warrior Battalion, but the soldiers from the capital camp. This made Shi Xing more and more uneasy, and the doubts in his heart deepened.
He asked the soldiers from the capital camp here, and the answer he got was that they had received orders from the Cabinet and the Imperial Army to change guards. There were no other orders, and he didn't know anything else. He asked Shi Xing to find someone else to ask.
"What is Shen Yicheng trying to do!"
Shi Xing was very angry. He boarded the carriage and asked his entourage to speed up to the Cabinet.
On the way to the Cabinet, Shi Xing also found some soldiers from the capital camp along the way. The closer they got to the Cabinet, the more soldiers there were. Shi Xing felt that his heart had never beat so fast before.
When they arrived at the Cabinet, Shi Xing was stopped by a group of soldiers and an officer.
"Are you Shi Butang?"
Shi Xing got off the carriage and looked at the well-equipped soldiers from the capital camp around him. He took a deep breath and said, "It's me!"
"The vice chief invites you in."
"The vice chief knows I'm coming?"
"This, I don't know, Shi Butang, please go in by yourself."
With that, the officer stepped aside.
Shi Xing nodded. "I'll go ask him now!"
"You, lead the way."
The officer assigned a soldier to lead the way for Shi Xing. Shi Xing's attendant wanted to follow but was stopped by the officer with his sword drawn.
"The second chief only ordered Shi Butang to enter!"
The attendant was startled and couldn't move. Shi Xing said angrily, "How dare you! This is my subordinate! How dare you point your sword at my subordinates?! "
"Please forgive me, Shi Butang. This is the second secretary's request!"
"Secondary support? What was he planning to do?! Rebellion?! Does he still care about me, the Minister of War?! "
Shi Xing's eyes widened in anger.
"Invite Shi Butang in. Shi Butang will know once he enters."
Shi Xing took a deep breath and said, "Okay! I'll go ask him! Wait for me here, don't follow me. "
The attendant hurriedly nodded.
Shi Xing turned and entered the Cabinet Duty Room.
When Shi Xing was far away, the officer suddenly made a move and slit the attendant's neck. The attendant fell to the ground with his eyes wide open. His eyes were filled with disbelief. Soon, he breathed his last and died of blood loss.
"Carry him away and find a place to clean him up."
The officer sheathed his sword and two soldiers were ordered to carry the attendant's body away.
Shi Xing ignored the soldiers in the courtyard and went straight into Shen Yicheng's room. He saw a circle of acquaintances sitting outside the room.
Minister of Personnel Tsai Kuo-chen, Minister of Revenue Zhao Shiqing, Minister of Works Yang Yikui, Duke of Dingguo Xu Wenbi, Duke of England Zhang Weixian, Marquis Zhenyuan Gu Chengguang, Marquis Yangwu Xue Shao, Marquis Yongkang Xu Wenwei, Marquis Ningyang Chen Yingzhao, Marquis Dingxi Jiang Jianyuan, and many other familiar and unfamiliar faces.
"You guys …"
Shi Xing was stunned.
He was really stunned when he saw so many people. When this group of people saw Shi Xing, some were shocked, some were sighing, and some were gloating.
"Why are you guys here?"
Shi Xing asked.
No one answered.
"I'm asking you guys why are you guys here!!"
Shi Xing roared at these people.
Someone reacted.
"Shi Butang, the vice chief is inside. If you have any questions, you can ask him!"
Xu Wenbi pointed to the closed door.
Shi Xing turned his head to look, then turned to look at Xu Wenbi's group. Taking a deep breath, he stepped forward and pushed the door open.
The moment he stepped in, he smelled the scent of blood.
Then he saw that in the room, there was a table. Shen Yicheng was sitting by the table, drinking and eating calmly. As for the other three people, to be precise, three people wearing official robes, they were either lying on the table or on the ground. Obviously, they were dead.
"Sit."
Shen Yicheng said faintly.
Shi Xing walked over with trembling legs and helped one of the people who had fallen on the table up. When he saw the face of the person, he let out an "Ah!" and let go of his hand. He couldn't help but take a few steps back, and the body fell softly.
Shi Xing fixed his eyes on the other two corpses, and then looked at Shen Yi, who was calmly eating and drinking. He frowned in disbelief and widened his eyes.
"Vice chief Shen, Shen Yicheng, what are you doing?"
Shi Xing felt that his mouth was trembling when he spoke. "Li Sheng, Bai Zhong, Lin Chao, the three eunuchs of the Imperial Stables. What … what are you doing? They are dead? You did this? "
Shen Yicheng drank a cup of wine and looked at Shi Xing.
"Isn't it obvious? They have vomited blood to this extent. Do you think they can still live? "
Shi Xing stared.
"You poisoned them?! Why?! "
"If I didn't do that, how could I get their tokens and transfer the troublesome people of the Soaring Dragon Guards away? They won't listen to the orders of the cabinet. No matter how I guided them, they wouldn't be flexible. People who don't know how to be flexible can't survive in a place like this. So, I helped them and sent them away. "
When he heard Shen Yicheng's indifferent tone, as if he was cutting melons and vegetables, Shi Xing immediately felt that he was dreaming.
"Am I dreaming? Cabinet Elder Shen, tell me, am I dreaming? "
"Won't you know if you pinch yourself?"
"Oh! Yes! Yes! "
Shi Xing nodded blankly. Then, he reached out and pinched his thigh hard. Suddenly, a piercing pain caused him to cry out involuntarily.
Then, he realized something that was a hundred times more terrifying than the pain.
"Did you really poison them to death?!"
He suddenly stood up and roared at Shen Yicheng, "What are you doing?! Shen Yicheng! Are you crazy?! Are you rebelling?! "
Shen Yicheng picked his ears.
"Don't shout so loudly. Although this old man's ears aren't good, it's not to the point where I can't hear what you're saying when I'm so close to you. Shouting so loudly, this old man's ears aren't good to begin with.
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