In the crowd, Li Qitian frowned and looked at Zuo Jinwei suspiciously.
Zuo Jinwei was the Minister of War and the commander-in-chief of the Tiger Army. He had a large number of soldiers under his command. It was inevitable that he would want to monopolize power.
However, would Zuo Jinwei have the guts to frame Pang Zhixi for his own personal gain?
At this moment, Li Qitian didn't know who he should believe.
Meanwhile, Qin Yining was still trying his best to make Zuo Jinwei the scapegoat.
"Master Zuo, you said that you wanted me to recommend my father before recommending the County King of Yan. Now that I see how you are behaving, let's forget about it. My father is a man of honor and does not want to be associated with villains!"
If Zuo Jinwei still didn't realize that he had been tricked, then he would really be a fool.
He was so angry that he stomped his feet and pointed at Qin Yining's nose. "You are slandering me! Where did you come from? How dare you pretend to be someone from the Yan dynasty! How dare you make such irresponsible remarks! When did I do such a thing? I did not save you at all! "
Qin Yining frowned at her yelling. He turned around and looked at the people from the Yan dynasty who had been rescued by the Tiger Army. He did not say anything.
However, her unyielding attitude was telling everyone that Zuo Jinwei was lying!
Qi Ru had been watching the show for a long time and understood that Zuo Jinwei had set a trap for Your Majesty.
He went up to check the carriage angrily and did not see Pang Xiao. He confirmed loudly, "Did you search carefully? Prince Zhongshun is not in the group? "
"Yes, Master!"
A few young men in the Tiger Army who were close to Pang Xiao and had the opportunity to enter Jinghu Wei understood.
One of them muttered in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft. "This is strange. Prince Zhongshun has removed his Tiger Tally. I heard that he is sick. He should be recuperating in the Prince's Mansion. Why are you in the army? "
"That's right. Is Master Zuo confused?"
Master Zuo was indeed confused.
He couldn't figure out why a man would disappear. When he got on the bus, he was still a big man. When he got off the bus, he had turned into this delicate little lady in front of him!
The hair on his back stood on end, and cold sweat slid down his forehead.
There were only two contents in his secret report. The first one was about participating in Pang Zhixi's private mobilization of troops. The second one was about participating in Pang Zhixi's false imperial edict.
Right now, the twenty thousand Tiger Army soldiers were blocked outside the door by the Divine Arms Battalion, the Five Armies Battalion, the Three Thousand Armies Battalion, and the ten thousand Dragon Stallion Army soldiers. Furthermore, even the Minister of Justice had brought people over to say that they could only leave and not enter. From this, one could see that this huge change was arranged by Your Majesty.
The reason why His Majesty made such arrangements was because he believed in his secret report. He planned to use the mistake of Dusk's Dawn to capture him in front of everyone.
But in reality, things had gone completely off track for some reason.
Pang Zhixi had disappeared! Your Majesty had messed up this matter. Would he swallow him alive?
In the crowd, Li Qitian's frown deepened.
Ji Zeyu, on the other hand, was sizing up Qin Yining for the first time.
A lady in her boudoir was actually able to speak reasonably in public without showing any fear. She was able to completely remove Pang Zhixi's responsibility and throw the blame to someone else.
This lady was indeed not simple.
Everyone had their own thoughts. The Tiger Army was fine. Due to the strict military rules, they were not allowed to whisper when they were in formation. Thus, no one spoke at this moment.
However, the surrounding commoners did not care about this. Everyone gathered in groups of three to five and discussed endlessly. They were all guessing if Your Majesty wanted to get rid of Pang Zhixi.
Some people with political insight even guessed if Your Majesty wanted to get rid of the people who contributed to the founding of the country.
When Li Qitian heard these discussions, it was like a slap to his face. He was not a fatuous ruler. He was a wise ruler. He would never do something like putting away the bow after the birds were done, at least not on the surface. This was because he would not allow the history books to record him in such an unsightly manner.
However, with the discussions around him, the commoners' various guesses became more and more intense. It was as if he had already done something wrong!
All of this was caused by that bastard surnamed Zuo's secret report!
Just as the situation was in a deadlock, a voice suddenly came from the city gate.
Then, someone announced loudly, "Prince Zhongshun has arrived!"
When everyone heard this, they all looked in the direction of the city gate.
They saw a carriage coming out of the city. The carriage had a vermillion wheel and an ornate roof with swaying tassels. It was the standard of a prince.
When the carriage came close, Huzi, who was sitting on the shaft, jumped down and lifted the curtain.
Pang Xiao, who was wearing a thick fur coat, came out of the carriage with a pale face. He covered his mouth and coughed a few times.
Zuo Jinwei stared at Pang Xiao as if he had seen a ghost.
This person … Could it be that this person knows Mao Mountain magic?
Some time ago, he saw that he was seriously ill in the military camp. Now that he had returned to the capital, he could not find him among the troops. Yet, he came out of the city!
Qi Rugang frowned and went forward to greet him, "Greetings, Wang Ye."
Everyone else also bowed, "Greetings, Wang Ye."
Pang Xiao waved his hand and coughed twice before saying, "There's no need to be so polite. This King heard that someone falsely accused This King of secretly mobilizing troops. They also said that This King took 20,000 soldiers to the Dayan border and lied to Official Zuo that I was following an imperial order?"
"This …" More and more sweat appeared on Zuo Jinwei's forehead.
"Is it because This King has a good temper that Official Zuo thinks he's a soft persimmon to be bullied? This King has been ill for many days and has been recuperating in his residence. How dare you accuse This King of secretly mobilizing troops and plotting a rebellion? Your Majesty took pity on me for working so hard and ordered me to rest. The Tiger Tally is not in my hands. How can I mobilize troops?! "
"Besides, I've been recuperating in my residence these days. Yet, you say that I'm far away at the Dayan border and that I'm following an imperial order to train troops? This is the biggest joke in the world! "
Pang Xiao pointed at Qi Rugang, "Official Qi, before you order people to act, please do a thorough investigation first! Don't you know where the Prince Zhongshun's residence is? If you found out about Official Zuo's report and suspected This King, wouldn't you have gone to his residence to investigate? Do you need to gather so many people to surround him and make a fool of yourself?! "
Qi Rugang's face turned red when he heard Pang Xiao's words. He thought to himself that he didn't do it, but Your Majesty did it!
But he could only take the blame for Your Majesty.
Li Qitian, who was in the crowd, was fuming with anger, but there was nothing he could do.
He really regretted that he thought it was a sure thing. Why didn't he search the Prince Zhongshun's residence?
If he had evidence that Pang Xiao wasn't in the residence, would he still be so arrogant?
But on second thought, Li Qitian began to wonder whether it was Pang Xiao who led the troops or Zuo Jinwei who framed Pang Xiao because he wanted to monopolize the power.
Li Qitian was naturally suspicious. Now that something like this had happened, he didn't know who to trust.
At this time, except for the people in disguise, Pang Xiao had the highest rank of nobility.
Pang Xiao coughed a few more times and ordered, "Open the gate and let people through as usual. Don't block the way here and delay the people's lives. In addition, arrange for the posthouse to accommodate the people who came from afar in Dayan. "
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