Sun Zhiming's face was ashen, and his body trembled as he picked up the letter that Deng Mingxin had tossed over.
Around them, everyone had a mocking look on their faces.
"Lad, betrayal depends on the person. Deng gongzi doesn't dare to offend the Wang Clan, but do you think that he can't deal with you? "
"This is the consequence of not knowing when to back down."
…
The crowd sneered coldly. They already knew that Deng Mingxin had written a letter to his father, Deng Zhou, to remove Sun Zhiming's father from his position.
An assistant minister of the Bureau of Personnel wasn't a high position in the royal court, but it was more than enough to wipe out a mere Sun Clan.
Sun Zhiming's fate was sealed.
Hearing the ridicule from the crowd, Sun Zhiming's face turned even paler. With trembling hands, Sun Zhiming opened the letter.
Upon seeing the first line, Sun Zhiming was taken aback. He raised his head in disbelief and glanced at Deng Mingxin.
"What are you looking at? You're only regretting now? It's too late! "
Deng Mingxin sneered.
Sun Zhiming didn't argue, but his expression was indescribably bizarre. Picking up the letter, Sun Zhiming continued reading.
Initially, Sun Zhiming's face was as pale as a corpse. But slowly, his lips began to move, and as he read the contents of the letter, his face grew redder and redder.
By the end of the letter, Sun Zhiming's eyes were brimming with excitement.
"Deng Mingxin! This is what they mean by karma! Take this letter and read it yourself! "
Sun Zhiming abruptly stood up and threw the letter in front of Deng Mingxin. It was as if a thousand jin had been removed from his body.
"Lad, have you gone mad? How dare you speak to Deng gongzi in such a manner! "
Beside Deng Mingxin, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old arrogant youth could not help but rebuke angrily.
"Deng gongzi, we'll teach him a lesson for you."
Another young man spoke up, dissatisfied with Sun Zhiming's attitude.
"Hmph, I can't be bothered to argue with you. Take a good look at this letter. Deng Mingxin, even though you've threatened me time and time again, I won't hold it against you. You're on your own in the future! "
After saying those words, Sun Zhiming turned around and left. His aura was completely different from before.
"Impudent!"
Those who followed Deng Mingxin in flew into a rage, enraged by Sun Zhiming's rude behavior.
However, as the person involved and the protagonist of the whole thing, Deng Mingxin had an extremely bad feeling.
He had known Sun Zhiming for more than a day or two, and he had a deep understanding of the latter's character. Sun Zhiming was a person who was capable of everything except acting and lying.
Furthermore, Sun Zhiming's attitude was completely different from before. It was simply too bizarre.
"What's going on? … "
Deng Mingxin knew something was amiss. He frowned deeply. Almost subconsciously, Deng Mingxin bent down and picked up the letter that Sun Zhiming had tossed to the ground with deep doubt in his eyes.
"Bastard:
Get over here right now! "
When he saw the first line of the letter, Deng Mingxin felt as if he had been struck by lightning from the heavens. He was completely stunned.
"This is impossible!"
Deng Mingxin's face turned pale and his eyes widened in disbelief. Flipping open the letter, Deng Mingxin hurriedly scanned through it.
In the blink of an eye, Deng Mingxin's face turned from pale to deathly pale. His lips trembled and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
"Impossible … This is impossible!"
Deng Mingxin stared in the direction that Sun Zhiming had left with a nervous expression. His body trembled uncontrollably, and his arrogance from before was replaced by fear.
"No, I can do it. I want to see gongzi. I want to see gongzi! "
Deng Ming Xin seemed to have lost his soul. He abruptly turned his head around and hastily rushed in another direction. He didn't even notice that the letter had fallen from his fingers.
"What's wrong with Deng gongzi?"
The crowd stared at one another, unable to comprehend what was going on. They were still waiting for Deng Mingxin to give the order to stop Sun Zhiming so that they could teach him a lesson.
Who would have thought that Deng Mingxin would run off first, as though he had lost his soul.
"Look at what's written on the letter!"
One of the men bent down and picked up the letter that Deng Mingxin had dropped. A group of people immediately gathered around.
"Re … fired? Deng Mingxin's father has been fired from the Bureau of Personnel? "
"How is that possible?"
"Didn't Deng Mingxin say that he was going to fire Sun Zhiming's father yesterday?"
…
The crowd stared at one another in dismay. Looking at the letter in their hands, none of them could say a word. With the mystery revealed, the crowd finally understood why Deng Mingxin had left in such a hurry, and why Sun Zhiming was so confident all of a sudden.
Just that, wasn't this reversal a little too drastic?
A moment ago, Deng Mingxin was still intending to deal with Sun Zhiming's father. But in the next moment, his father was fired, and it had only been a single day.
"… Isn't this a little too fast?"
One of the men exclaimed, his voice filled with shock. An assistant minister of the Bureau of Personnel wasn't a high-ranking official, and it couldn't be compared to nobles, ministers, or prestigious clans. However, it wasn't a minor official either.
To fire an assistant minister wasn't something that a single person could do. At the very least, it would require the approval of several people. Under normal circumstances, even if the upper echelons wanted to fire an assistant minister, it would take at least half a month.
Yet, Deng Mingxin was able to get it approved in a single day. What kind of speed was this?
It was no wonder Deng Mingxin's father was so furious in the letter that the first word he said was' beast '. He must have realized that the problem lay with Deng Mingxin.
"Wang Chong! It's him! It's definitely him! Only he has the ability to do this! "
Someone suddenly exclaimed.
As soon as those words were spoken, the surroundings immediately fell silent.
To fire an assistant minister of the Bureau of Personnel in a single day wasn't something an ordinary person could do. But there was one person who could do it — Wang Chong.
It was rumored that during the Consort Taizhen incident, Wang Chong had single-handedly helped The King of Song reverse the situation and return to the royal court. As such, he was highly regarded by The King of Song. On top of that, Wang Chong's Big Uncle Wang Gen was an influential official in the royal court.
With the two of them working together, it wouldn't be too difficult for them to remove an assistant minister of the Bureau of Personnel.
On top of that, Wang Chong had the motive to help Sun Zhiming deal with Deng Mingxin. There was no mistaking this point.
However, not only did the crowd not feel relieved, their hearts felt heavy, as though a mountain was pressing down on them.
If Wang Chong could make use of his clan's influence to deal with Deng Mingxin easily, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to deal with them.
"The House of Ministers and Generals isn't something that ordinary people can afford to offend!"
At this moment, everyone felt a deep sense of apprehension.
…
"Deng Mingxin, don't you think that it's a little too late for you to think of me now?"
On Azure Dragon Peak, Zheng Xuan flung his sleeves and flung Deng Mingxin's hands away with a livid face.
Dressed in a black robe, Zheng Xuan had a delicate face, and he looked to be in his late teens. But very few people knew that he was the student leader of King Qi's Kunwu Training Camp.
Zheng Xuan had contributed greatly to the Turks and Goguryeons, and it was due to this that he managed to gather quite a bit of influence. However, not many people were aware of this point.
"Gongzi, you have to save me! I only did this because I didn't want to trouble gongzi. I didn't expect this to happen! "
Kneeling on the floor, Deng Mingxin was on the verge of tears.
"Zheng gongzi, you are King Qi's subordinate. I'll have to trouble you to plead with King Qi.
"Bastard! What are you saying? Who do you think King Qi is? Do you think that he will listen to your orders? "
Zheng Xuan's face immediately darkened.
Deng Mingxin's face immediately warped. He knew that he had misspoken. However, it was no longer up to him.
"Zheng gongzi, no matter what, you have to think of a way to help me. I'm only doing this in order to deal with Wang Chong and vent King Qi's anger! "
Understanding the severity of the situation, Deng Mingxin immediately changed his words. The reason why he had dealt with Sun Zhiming was purely because he didn't want to lose this subordinate who was easy to control and had great potential.
However, this didn't stop him from pushing everything onto Wang Chong.
"There's no need to say anymore. I can't help you. You should leave! "
Zheng Xuan said mercilessly.
Deng Mingxin's face warped again and again. In the end, his face turned ashen and he nearly collapsed to the ground. Zheng Xuan was his final straw to deal with Wang Chong. He didn't expect Zheng Xuan to reject him as well.
Deng Mingxin's lips trembled as he tried to explain himself. However, before he could say anything, Zheng Xuan had already turned his head away. It was clear that he wasn't willing to listen to him anymore.
Zheng Xuan's face was completely devoid of blood, and his eyes were filled with despair. He didn't think that Zheng Xuan would reject him as well.
His final hope had been dashed.
Staggering, Deng Mingxin stood up from the ground as if he had lost his soul. Then, he began to walk down the mountain.
"Gongzi, are we really not going to help him?"
Seeing Deng Mingxin's dispirited back, an intelligent youth beside Zheng Xuan couldn't help but ask.
"You're muddle-headed. If I could help him, would I not? It's not that I don't want to help him, but there's no one else who can. "
Zheng Xuan took a deep breath, but his complexion was still awful.
"The assistant minister of the Bureau of Personnel isn't a minor official. If we want to take him down, we'll need both the King of Song and the Wang Clan's Wang Gen to make a move. Right now, unless King Qi is willing to completely fall out with the King of Song and Wang Gen for Deng Zhou. Otherwise, there would be no way to turn this around. "
"The King of Song has been reinstated, and now is the time for him to be proud. Think about it, if King Qi were to risk falling out with the King of Song for the sake of a deposed Deng Zhou, what would King Qi do? Would it be worth it?
"If Deng Mingxin had told me about this matter earlier, there might still be hope. Now that the dust has settled, not even King Qi can do anything about it. "
Zheng Xuan's eyes shone with deep wisdom, completely different from how he acted before Deng Mingxin.
Deng Mingxin thought that Zheng Xuan was unwilling to help him, but he didn't know that Zheng Xuan had already weighed the pros and cons and knew that this matter couldn't be helped.
"But if we abandon Deng Mingxin so soon after coming to our side, if others were to learn of this, they would probably be disappointed!"
The seemingly intelligent young man said, revealing the true worry in his heart with a single sentence.
"Sigh, this is also something that vexes me!"
Zheng Xuan's face darkened.
"Previously, when Zhou Zhang instructed me to deal with Wang Chong, I was still thinking of keeping the peace and avoiding him if possible. But now, it seems like I can't avoid him anymore. He's pissing on my neck. "
As Zheng Xuan spoke, his fists were clenched tightly, and his complexion was awful. Wang Chong's slap was a slap to Deng Mingxin's face, but it was also a slap to Zheng Xuan's face.
"Wang Chong, you chose this yourself. Don't blame me for this! "
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