Clack!
Footsteps echoed through the gloomy prison. While The Eagle was auctioning off the spirit vein and stirring up a frenzy, Wang Chong had a visitor.
His clothes were as white as snow, his expression cold, and he wore the insignia of the Chamberlain of Dependencies. It was an old acquaintance of Wang Chong's.
"Wang Chong, just what are you doing?"
Zheng Chenzhou slowly walked up to the bars. Through the bars, he gazed at the cross-legged figure of Wang Chong.
"Lord Zheng, are you not going to help the Hu suppress the Han?"
Wang Chong did not even raise his head, his voice unperturbed.
Hearing Wang Chong's mocking voice, Zheng Chenzhou's face flushed with anger.
"Wang Chong! Don't get too pleased! Do you think you can still leave? The Wang Clan is powerful, but it can't control our Chamberlain of Dependencies! "
"I never said that the Wang Clan could interfere here. Wasn't that what you said?"
Wang Chong indifferently said.
"You!"
Zheng Chenzhou angrily snorted and fiercely swung his sleeve.
"Wang Chong, you're the one who delivered this chance to me! In broad daylight, you actually dared to kill someone in the capital. Does your Wang Clan still have any laws? "
Wang Chong's eyes flashed, and for the first time, he did not immediately retort.
"… There are some things that must be done. You don't understand, and I don't blame you. In the future, you will understand just what you said today. "
"Hmph, a life for a life. A country has its laws and a clan has its rules. If the Son of Heaven breaks the law, he will be punished the same way as the common people!" Let me tell you, Wang Chong, no matter how powerful your Wang Clan is, I will make sure you go through prison! "
Zheng Chenzhou harshly said.
In the entire capital, Wang Chong was at the top of the blacklist of the Chamberlain of Dependencies. If there was one person in the capital that the Chamberlain of Dependencies hated to the bone, it was undoubtedly Wang Chong!
However, Wang Chong was no ordinary scion of an aristocratic family, nor was he so rash. Thus, even after so long, the Chamberlain of Dependencies had been unable to do anything to him.
If he didn't seize the opportunity this time, then it would be very difficult to get him in in the future.
Wang Chong was silent. It was rare that he didn't continue.
"I do hope that your wish will come true. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that you won't be able to restrain me."
Wang Chong said indifferently, and his voice revealed a trace of sadness.
"Humph! Wang Chong, don't think that we don't know what you've done outside. Let me tell you, even if your Wang Clan sells the spirit vein, no matter how much money you get, it's still useless. "
Zheng Chenzhou sneered.
"So, everything is for this?"
Wang Chong suddenly raised his head and sneered, his eyes blazing like torches.
Zheng Chenzhou's expression froze, and he was momentarily speechless.
"Hmph, I don't know what you're talking about."
Zheng Chenzhou coldly said, but his gaze subconsciously shifted to the side, not daring to meet Wang Chong's gaze.
"Heh, when did the buying and selling of the capital become so important to the Chamberlain of Dependencies? What, The Eagle must have sold a lot of spirit veins, right? Even the Chamberlain of Dependencies can't sit still. Did he send you to test me? "
Wang Chong grinned.
Although he was smirking, Wang Chong's eyes were sharp and profound, seeming to pierce through one's heart. Although Zheng Chenzhou was much older than Wang Chong, in front of this teenager, he was still embarrassed. It was like he was naked and had no secrets, making him feel very uncomfortable.
The fact that The Eagle was selling spirit veins in the capital naturally could not be hidden from the Chamberlain of Dependencies. Given the amount of trouble Wang Chong had caused and the degree of threat he posed to the Chamberlain of Dependencies, how could the Chamberlain of Dependencies not guard against him and pay attention to him?
It could be said that no strange move by Wang Chong could be hidden from the Chamberlain of Dependencies!
Given the status and influence of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, it had never treated a teenager with such importance.
However, when considering the trouble Wang Chong had caused for the Chamberlain of Dependencies, whether it was the Regional Commanders incident, the Prince Ouzan incident, or this time …
No one in the Chamberlain of Dependencies, including Zheng Chenzhou, felt that this was a minor matter. He was only a teenager, but he had already stirred up so much trouble. If he got a little older, it would be even worse.
If they did not think of a way to deal with Wang Chong, lock him in prison, and resolve this' problem ', who knew how much trouble he would cause in the future?
"Hmph! Wang Chong, don't get too cocky! The Court of Judicial Review and the Chamberlain of Dependencies are about to come to an agreement. When that time comes, I want to see how you'll be able to laugh! "
Zheng Chenzhou fiercely flung his sleeves, angrily storming away.
"The Court of Judicial Review and the Chamberlain of Dependencies …"
Wang Chong stared at Zheng Chenzhou's back in a daze. After a long while, he gave a long sigh.
No matter how the Court of Judicial Review and the Chamberlain of Dependencies planned to deal with him, it was no longer important. Because a massive storm was about to sweep through the empire.
"Boom!"
The news from the southwest came much faster than Wang Chong had imagined. On the second day after Zheng Chenzhou left his prison, a piece of news shook the empire.
In the southwest, the King of the Mengshe Zhao Empire, Gelofeng, had personally attacked Taige City on the southwest border. Jiange Governor Zhang Qiantuo had committed suicide, and the entire city had been almost completely destroyed!
And this had happened more than half a month ago. Gelofeng had sealed off the news, so not even the nearby Annan Protectorate headquarters knew of it.
Only when Mengshe Zhao's army had completely withdrawn did the traveling merchants discover this tragedy.
The entire empire was shaken by this news. Everyone in the Imperial Court was so shocked that they couldn't speak.
Bang!
A palm slammed heavily on the table, causing the palm to turn red, and the table was almost cracked.
"Bastard! Has Gelofeng gone mad? How dare he, how dare he attack a city of the Tang Dynasty!! "
The person who said this was not someone from the Ministry of War, but an imperial censor of the court. Zhang Fei's hair and beard stood on end, his face bristling with rage.
"Absurd! What has the Annan Protectorate headquarters been doing? The Imperial Court hasn't lacked silver or grain for so many years, but they were told to do something like this? In the entirety of the southwest, at such a close distance, they didn't even know that a city had been breached! "
"Is Gelofeng rebelling?! The Tang Dynasty has treated him well, but he dares to bite the hand that fed him and attack the Tang Dynasty! "
"Immediately send out the army and exterminate Gelofeng!"
"Mengshe Zhao's people are too impudent!"
… …
Whether civil or military officials, the Bureau of Revenue, the Bureau of Personnel, or even a few offices that normally had nothing to do with the military, all of them were enraged by Gelofeng.
Some of the officials from the Bureau of Military Personnel had even petitioned the Imperial Court.
'Victory and defeat are commonplace for a soldier.' The Tang Dynasty had been founded nearly three hundred years ago, surrounded by great powers. This sort of war was not unheard of in the past.
The Andong Protectorate, the Anxi Protectorate, Longxi, Beiting … it had happened in all of them. But the nature of this incident was completely different.
Although it had happened before, it had never reached this scale. And there had never been a situation where an existence on Gelofeng's level had personally attacked the borders of the Tang Dynasty!
The southwest border had been peaceful for several decades, and the Tang Dynasty and Mengshe Zhao had always been at peace. And unlike the other powers around it, the Tang Dynasty had provided Mengshe Zhao with much assistance.
The writing, language, culture, and court of the two countries were identical.
If the Tang dynasty was the teacher, then Mengshe Zhao was the student. But this time, the student had disobeyed the teacher and breached a city of the Tang Dynasty, even causing the death of a Tang dynasty governor.
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