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Wang Kaitai turned his head, looking at the distant An Zheng with an unpleasant expression. He still did not know what had happened, but he saw a floor full of corpses in Quad Hall. They were in a mess, especially the last few that were killed, their heads were all chopped off by An Zheng.
Wang Kaitai turned around and looked at the pale-faced Xu Luan: "What exactly happened? Why did An Zheng attack the Quad Hall? "
Xu Luan then became clear-headed and rubbed his head as he roughly explained what had happened.
After hearing that the people of the Quad Hall accepted the money and killed the people of the Heavenly Awakening Sect, Wang Kaitai's anger rose up all of a sudden. Why did the Ministry of War recruit you beasts! "
A person not far away muttered in a low voice, "Who wouldn't it be for the money? It's just a matter of the martial arts world, what does it count as?"
Wang Kaitai took a step forward, and with a step over ten meters, he grabbed onto that person's clothes, and used his one arm to raise that person up high: "Let me tell you, after entering the Ministry of War's door, you are all people of the Ministry of War, and even if you die, you are also ghosts of the Ministry of War. When I promised you that I would let bygones be bygones, you should have known what you were doing in exchange for that! Looking at your attitudes, An Zheng still hasn't killed enough, I'll add one more! "
He fiercely pressed down, and that person's head crashed into the ground. That person's head directly exploded into smithereens.
Wang Kaitai casually threw the corpse aside: "From today onwards, everyone here will belong to me. Take me to the barracks at first light and train myself. If one doesn't accept it, I'll kill one. If all of you are unwilling, then I will kill all of you. "
He turned around and said, "Go and bring a group of cavalrymen over, bring these bastards to my army camp and have them assigned to the Commander Qianji. Kill anyone who dares to disobey!"
His janitor immediately called for reinforcements, and those people were completely terrified, all of them becoming silent, no one daring to speak anymore.
"Come back with me!"
Wang Kaitai glared at Xu Luan and walked away.
An hour later, Minister of War, who had just fallen asleep after toiling for an entire day and night, was awoken. He knew that his subordinates all knew what to do. If not for some big incident, it would not have disturbed his rest time during the day. Compared to the Hao Pingan of the past, Chen Zaiyan was lacking in some sense. However, this person's greatest strength was diligence, a diligence that almost no one could compare to.
From the time he had become a Minister of War, he had not slept more than four hours a day.
When Chen Zaiyan put on his clothes and walked out of the room, Wang Kaitai, Fang Daozhi, Xu Luan and the newly appointed Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of War Ma Ziwei were already waiting for him in the living room.
"What happened?"
Chen Zaiyan walked out quickly. When he sat on the chair, he had already made himself completely sober.
After raising Chen Zaiyan to Minister of War, he immediately promoted Hao Pingan's student, was originally the Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of War, but he did not give the Empress Dowager Su Qing Wen any time to react. Thus, until now, the King of Yan's control over the Ministry of War was still very stable.
Wang Kaitai recounted the matters of the Quad Hall, going into details as much as possible.
Chen Zaiyan frowned as he listened, his expression turning cold: "Quad Hall was even personally built by Lao Shang Shu, and had sent many generals to the battlefield, but these people are all born in the wild, and most people do not follow orders. Even on the battlefield, defying orders was not uncommon. When the Lao Shang Shu was around, they would personally look at the Quad Hall, but the people there did not dare to cause a ruckus. The one who will be held responsible is me. After Lao Shang Shu left, I had not found the time to manage Quad Hall's affairs.
Xu Luan knelt down, "lower official has failed in his duty, please punish me."
Chen Zaiyan shook his head, "You have too many things. The relationship between the Ministry of War and the Martial Arts Academy is entirely dependent on you, so how could you possibly have time to care about the Quad Hall? It was my carelessness that had indeed forgotten about Quad Hall. "
Wang Kaitai said: "This matter needs to be dealt with quickly, we must not leak out any information, if anyone finds out about this, Ministry of War will not be able to take it."
Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of War Ma Ziwei said, "General Wang's consideration is correct. The empress dowager is keeping an eye on our Ministry of War, once this matter is known by the empress dowager's people, they will immediately make a big fuss about it. Gather up the prisoners, bandits, and those who don't have a good background. Those people by the empress dowager's side can even join our Ministry of War in an attempt to rebel. If we don't handle this matter well, I'm afraid it will be hard to deal with it. "
Fang Daozhi said: "Originally, I planned to send these people onto the battlefield as soon as possible, but I never thought that after Tie Liuhuo went to the borders of the You Kingdom, the You Kingdom would suddenly shrink back and change from normal. Although the battle was still going on, the situation was still stable and there was no chance for them to send these people away. In the past, it was usually the frontlines that sent people to increase their military strength, so it was convenient for them to send these people over. "Since the beginning of the year, there has been no surge in troops to the border, so these people have been idle."
Chen Zaiyan frowned and thought for a good while: "After locking these people up in the army camp, General Wang has thought it through carefully. "None of them must show their faces, or else all of us will be found guilty of the crime of forming a private camp and rallying people to rebel against us."
Wang Kaitai said: "Fortunately it's night, if it was during the day, this event would have already blown up."
Chen Zaiyan nodded: "How are things at Quad Hall?"
Wang Kaitai said: "Let me think, I can't leave a single person alive, I'll take away all of them. The smell of blood was so strong that the dogs could smell it. Before I came, I had already sent people to the Jushang Yard, telling Zhuang Feifei to come there immediately. "
Just as he was speaking, Zhuang Feifei who was dressed in a man's attire walked in quickly from outside: "Greetings Master Shang Shu, Minister, and all generals."
Chen Zaiyan waved his hand, "At a time like this, there's no need to be so courteous. Sit down first. Do you know what happened? "
Zhuang Feifei did not sit down, but stood at the side and replied, "Your subordinate knows about it. I heard about it from the General Wang s on the way, so I thought of a few countermeasures, but I don't know if they can be used."
Chen Zaiyan said: "Go ahead."
Zhuang Feifei organized his words and said: "This subordinate thinks that not a single person from Quad Hall can be left alive."
Wang Kaitai said: "I have already brought everyone to the barracks to be strictly guarded."
Zhuang Feifei shook his head: "What I mean is that it's not that no one can stay in the Sacred Hall, it's that no one can live."
Chen Zaiyan's expression suddenly changed, "That's hundreds of lives."
Zhuang Feifei said: "This subordinate knows that those were several hundred lives, but if this matter were to be leaked out, and the empress dowager finds out, how many lives would that be? The empress dowager's people could completely say that the Ministry of War was trying to rebel. A large group of fugitives were gathered, if this wasn't rebellion, then what was? Rebellion against this crime ? The entire Ministry of War would probably become hell. Please forgive this subordinate for speaking bluntly ? None of the generals present who were aware of the situation could escape Master Shang Shu. The crime of conspiring against others must involve all nine clans. If everyone is included, how many people will die? "
With that said, no one spoke. They looked at each other, unable to refute.
Zhuang Feifei said: "This matter, will never end, and will definitely be thrown into chaos. My lords are kind and do not wish to kill me, but at this moment, my lords are kind and cruel to more people. "
After the house had been quiet for a long time, Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of War Ma Ziwei said to Chen Zaiyan: "Regarding this matter, let's do as Zhuang Feifei says, let's ? I can't afford it. "
Chen Zaiyan looked at Wang Kaitai, and Wang Kaitai looked at Fang Daozhi. The two of them nodded after exchanging glances: "Alright then, I'll bring out everyone when I get back later, and kill them afterwards."
Zhuang Feifei said: "It is not that this subordinate is heartless, it seems that the military camp is safe, but people have eyes and mouth too, how many people are there in Ministry of War? It cannot be ruled out that Her Majesty's men were installed in the barracks. With so many people, if one of them had been Her Majesty's eyes, he would have found a way to find out what happened if the cavalry had brought those people into the battalion. "
She looked at Wang Kaitai, "General, please go right now and bring him back to the Quad Hall. Arrange for the Commander Qianji to make a move and kill every person that enters the door. After that, the corpses would be packed in Jushang Yard's carriage all night, and they would leave the city at dawn. This subordinate has already arranged for the helpers of the Jushang Yard to enter the Quad Hall at daybreak. I told them that this is the shop that the Jushang Yard had just bought. "
Wang Kaitai nodded his head: "Then let's do it, Commander Qianji can completely trust you, and leave this matter to Commander Qianji."
Chen Zaiyan said: "Since it has already been decided, then let us not delay any further. Zhuang Feifei, you can go arrange things for Jushang Yard. Wang Kaitai, you can go arrange things for Quad Hall. "
Zhuang Feifei said: "This subordinate has already made the arrangements, after Commander Qianji is done, Jushang Yard's shop assistant will be able to enter."
Wang Kaitai said: "My janitor will clean up the courtyard overnight."
Zhuang Feifei said: "Tomorrow morning, Jushang Yard's carriage will be leaving the capital, no one will doubt it."
Chen Zaiyan acknowledged: "Before dawn, I need to finish everything."
Wang Kaitai got up, "Then I'll go do my things first."
Fang Daozhi also stood up. "I'll go with you."
The two of them bade farewell to Chen Zaiyan and walked out of the Ministry of War, shoulder to shoulder. These two were the pillars of the Ministry of War. Without the two of them, perhaps the Ministry of War would have already been in chaos. As long as the military power of the capital's garrison was in their hands, the Ministry of War would be safe. But if this matter were to spread out, most likely none of the people from Ministry of War would be able to survive.
At this time, Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of War Ma Ziwei suddenly asked: "Then... How was An Zheng of the Heavenly Awakening Sect to deal with it? This matter has arisen because of him. If it is not properly arranged, I am afraid it will be a source of disaster. "
Zhuang Feifei's heart trembled, she understood the meaning of Ma Ziwei's words, and could not help but feel regret. If it were not for the fact that he said that he wanted to get rid of the people of Quad Hall, Ma Ziwei would not have thought to make a move on An Zheng.
Without waiting for Chen Zaiyan to speak, Zhuang Feifei immediately replied: "An Zheng will not have any problems, I can guarantee that."
Ma Ziwei squinted as he looked at Zhuang Feifei, "I believe in your loyalty, but what guarantee do you have? With your mouth, or with your life? Zhuang Feifei, even if you use your head as a guarantee, leaving An Zheng behind will not let people feel at ease. "
He looked at Chen Zaiyan, "Master, since things have gotten to this point, since we have already begun, why don't we just get rid of them. Once all of us are dead, then who in the court can contend against the empress dowager? Who can uphold the authority of the King? The people of Quad Hall can die, and An Zheng can die too, but we cannot die. If the people from the Ministry of War were to die, the King would lose everything. "
Chen Zaiyan's face kept changing, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Let's put aside the matter with An Zheng for now. Lao Shang Shu has a whole new level of respect for him.
Ma Ziwei opened his mouth, and then waved his hand: "For this matter, do it in advance, you will personally go to the Quad Hall to watch over it."
Ma Ziwei sighed, stood up and said goodbye.
Zhuang Feifei cupped his fists and said: "Then, this subordinate will take his leave too."
Chen Zaiyan nodded, then asked: "How is the Conference City?"
Zhuang Feifei answered with a calm expression: "It's already much better than before. Teacher has seen it, he said that he might wake up soon."
Chen Zaiyan said: "You... Be careful what the Empress Mother may do. It would be safer to send the Meet out of the capital ? You go first, I'll go rest for a while, and then I'll go to court. "
Zhuang Feifei lowered his head: "This subordinate will take his leave."
She left the Ministry of War and got into a carriage. "Elder Mister, are we going home?"
Zhuang Feifei shook his head. "No, to the Heavenly Awakening Sect."