Chapter 548 (1/2)

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One signal arrow brings for thousands of comrades in ardou's quiet night sky, no one kneof the IIn very little time, the Great Prince successfully controlled all of its powerThe 3,000 or so idou had beco the Royal Palace

At the same time, the Overwatch Council subordinates hidden in the darkness also saw this fireworkThey revealed thean to head toward each of their own locations

The street outside the Ministry of Justice was always dark and sinister, particularly in such a night as thisIn the silence, urgent footsteps suddenly rang out outside of itThe officials responsible for the night watch watched the movements on the street with astonishroup of people in official black robes was co toward the Ministry

The officials' faces were pale whiteThey i to wake the old uards behind the MinistryAs for themselves, they immediately retreated into the Ministry of Justice's hallThey knew that people wearing black official robes were men from the Overwatch CouncilThey were certainly not aout, the subordinates of the Ministry of Justice hurried to the rear of the MinistryEveryone knew that the prison in the Ministry was of the utmost importanceThe Crown Prince had locked up the officials who opposed his ascension hereAlthough these people were only criminals in the Ministry of Justice, once they were released into court, they would becoer had to be careful of

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There were notAfter a feretched cries and a moment of chaos, the 300 or so people from the Overwatch Council entered the depths of the Ministry of Justice and charged on to the large square

The bailiffs of the Ministry of Justice and prison guards were surrounded by Overwatch Council members in the centerThe disheveled head officer of the Ministry looked at this scene and felt his heart chill

The two sides had about the sa chanceHowever, the Minister, who, like the generals in the Imperial Army, did not return home and could only closely watch the people in prison, could not summon any will to resist

The black-clothed men held crossbows in their handsThey were Overwatch Councilofficials were terrified ofThis Minister knew that if the Overwatch Council acted so savagely, then Sir Fan juniorup a blood-soaked storht was still presentFan Xian's infamy further intimidated everyone's heartIn a situation without the Eldest Princess's power and aid, not roup

Further out in the Royal PalaceAfter being startled awake, he had clearly heard the sky-shaking roar that shot into the sky around the Royal Palace

He didn't know that was the actions of the I in the Royal Palace

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Dead bodies lay scattered on the groundThe leading official of the Overwatch Council looked with cold eyes at the surrounded Minister of JusticeEnunciating each word, he said, ”I a's military orders to release you all from prisonI'll have to trouble you, Minister, to hand them over”

Hand them over? No, this was a jailbreakThe Minister of Justice was treht one of his vice ministers had died mysteriously in this hallNo one kne he had diedThe Minister did not want to becoed spirit

If he surrendered, could he still live? The torch lit up the Minister of Justice's face strangely

As if guessing his thoughts, the leading Overwatch Council official stared into his eyes and said, ”The e as they recant and are truly regretful, bygones will be bygones”

The Minister of Justice laughed aardlyThey even had the eer's edictIt looked like the Duke of Danbo already controlled the Royal PalaceThere was still no news froIn the present situation, as he still bitterly holding out?

In a flash, he suddenly thought, What if the battle in the Royal Palace had not been resolved and Fan Xian had not taken the high ground? If he surrendered so easily like this, after the matter… Hoould he explain it to the Crown Prince and the Eldest Princess?

The Minister of Justice gritted his teethHis gaze flickered uncertainty

The Overwatch Council official watched hi with hiht handThe hundreds of Overwatch Council officials around him raised their crossbowsSo to attack the thick and heavy doors of the Ministry's prison

”On the count of three” The Overwatch Council official counted without any expression, ”Three, two…”

”Wait!” The Minister of Justice's daring was crushed by thisHe cried out in a raspy voice, ”Wait! I want Duke of Danbo's pro smile rose to the corner of the Overwatch Council official's lipsAt this critical h the Minister of Justice was scared out of his wits, he was not stupidHe knew that the e more than a waste of paperWhat could truly protect his life was the Com tio from his clothes and threw it over

The Minister of Justice picked it up and read through it by the faint light of the torchHe confirmed that it was indeed written in Sir Fan junior's own hand

No one knehen this document ritten and prepared, but it clearly stated that the Eldest Princess and Crown Prince had secretly colluded with Dongyi and Northern Qi assassins to kill the E MountainEach crime was clearly listedOn the back, it said that Yan Xiaoyi, the Governor of the Northern Expedition Camp, had been implicated in this rebellion and had already been killed by Fan Xian personally

The crime was not importantWhat the Minister of Justice cared about were the last wordsReading to the end, his expression finally warmed a littleThere were about 400 words in this so-called rebellion punishi+ng documentIn the last 100 words, it was clearly written that those who had been deceived by Li Chengqian would be fully forgiven as long as they were regretful and would work for the new ruler

The Minister of Justice's hands that held the docuer's seal on this document, but there was the Emperor's royal seal

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The Minister of Justice knew that, at this natureFurthermore, he trusted that Fan Xian was not a dishonest person

His face becae, but there were only the Ministry of Justice bailiffs with ashen faces standing guardHe dropped his head and knelt in front of the Overwatch Council officialIn a miserable voice, he said, ”I… admit my crimes”

Disarmed, bound, and leashed, all of the Ministry of Justice's martial poas controlled in a short aroup left the Minister some face and only re properly anyway

All kinds of knives, spears, and sticks were piled in a cornerAll of the officials in the Ministry of Justice had their arms bound behind their backs with the Overwatch Council's special ether with sturdy he to be fried in the famine years

These actions all appeared particularly familiar and were done quicklyThe Overwatch Council, from the very first day of its inception, had used these methods to deal with various yamen's in the country's vast machinery

It could not be said that the Minister of Justice was tidom were uselessIt had been many years since the terror of the Overwatch Council had rooted deeply into the hearts of every Qing Kingdom officialLike ere faced with a predator, when the officials were faced with this group of black-clothed people, they couldn't e to resist

The Overwatch Council, a terrifying secret service of the royal family, had become the sharpest knife in Fan Xian's hands since the E

While dealing with so affairs in the Ministry of Justice, the two heavy doors to the Ministry of Justice prison had long been openedThe officials of the Overwatch Council enteredMany hands helped out 40 to 50 officials, who appeared absolutely wretched