Chapter 317 (1/2)
In the northeast, about 1,200 do City The snow fell heavier here, and snowflakes the size of goose feathers darted and drifted to the ground The streets and alleys of Shangjing looked as if they were covered by a layer of pure white wool Snow piled up on the roofs of the manors arm stoves Black eaves peaked beneath the white snow and the contrast appeared unusually beautiful
At the city gates, the palace, built against the mountain, could be seen in the distance The black eaves of the palace roofs were a deeper color than those of the people's private residences On the rew froradually weakened to icy creeks, and the stone paths beca Palace sees had happened in Northern Qi after su was, naturally, the assassination of the Provost of the Discipline Co the streets that night, Shang Shanhu, was still under house arrest at his manor, yet the court and palacedied, countless criainst him His family was destroyed and its hter, who had been a fa, had been able to disappear without a trace
The sudden death of Shen Zhong was a heavy blow for the Brocade Guards The already someeak special forces of the Northern Qi had been under lost one of their shrewdest leading figures, they were even weaker Even the eer spoke in a lower voice
Within a few htly anxious at heart No one
had stepped forward to take charge of this ya to deal with this Fortunately, a few days ago, the court had finally given a clear edict The young lu Te
According to the ru to take the position of Provost However, she was blocked by the young Emperor Since the imperial edict clearly ordered the Marquis' son to take the position, debate on the topic could not be avoided Who knew if this argumentative mother and son duo had finally co and compromise?
Today, the Brocade Guard ht out the fierceness and force of their heyday, and began to carry out their new duties
More than a hundred brown-clothed Brocade Guards surrounded Xiushui Street, letting the snowflakes fall on their bodies
Xiushui Street was not as ordinary as it appeared The storefronts on this street had deep backgrounds, particularly the seven stores in the dom The two countries were currently in their honey itself and shouldn't have been causing trouble
The develop the street, shopkeepers stood outside, rubbing their hands in the cold and nervously watched the Brocade Guards take away the wine seller This shop owner's surnaleaders of the South Kingdolass store, Shopkeeper Yu, held onto the old wooden door and asked in a shaky voice, ”How dare they take him away?”
The shop boy replied quietly, ”They say they found a large cache of goods in Jingnan There were no documents or even tax records The Brocade Guards followed that clue to Shangjing and dug out this shopkeeper Sheng”
Wind and snow dove toward thehter than the glass bottles behind shopkeeper Yu He watched orry the departing Brocade Guards He knew very well about the sinally a deal made by the Eldest Princess Northern Qi had always implicitly allowed it and enjoyed the benefits that lower prices brought Why did they sudden strike today?
In Shangjing's beautiful Royal Palace, the young Emperor was currently wrapped in warht to hiscarefully and with great concentration
The new Provost of the Discipline Commission, Wei Hua, looked at hi the courage to break into the Eht a few people… however, the Cui clan and Xinyang have given the court a lot of help up to this point It is not good in terer 's orders, those with status were released in the end”
The young emperor did not look at him, but the corners of his brows furrowed in annoyance ”Women,” he said, ”are soft-hearted Since we have already turned on them, why should past affections be considered?”
Wei Hua naturally did not dare to join the conversation as the EerThe Eaze remained on his book He continued, ”It is not io did we capture?”
”A lot” A trace of excitees were accurate The southern barbarians didn't think ould break the old rules They were caught
off-guard and suffered great losses”
He suddenly thought of so and hesitantly said, ”This matter is a bit absurd Even if Fan Xian had planned to rob the treasury with the Qing Kingdoive us such a valuable gift Given his current power in the Qing Kingdoo and not letting any of it come to the north”
The Emperor still didn't look at hi to ask ofis not a problees from the south, Fan Xian acted before we did The south shouldn't suspect that Your Majesty is working with hie of the situation Only…”
The Emperor suddenly put down the scroll in his hand heavily He narrowed his eyes at Wei Hua The warning in his eyes was very clear ”Only five people in the court know of this matter I don't want it to leak out because of you”
Wei Hua was terrified He prostrated hi, ”Rest assured, Your Majesty” Even though he was the son of Marquis Ning, in reality he was closer to the Ee of the Brocade Guards this tiive hirasp it
”Is the diplo?” the Ereat interest