Chapter 1203 You Are so Shameless
Now Cheng Guangda has left the gate of the imperial city and returned to his Beiya forbidden army camp.
In Kong Yingda's view, this was Cheng Guangda's final choice.
Now that Cheng Guangda and himself have given up, it means that Zhao Chen now doesn't have any helpers.
At least that's the case in Chang'an City.
With only Zhao Chen's few people, no matter how powerful Zhao Chen was, it would be useless in front of him, Kong Yingda.
Some ministers saw that Kong Yingda was so confident and heard that Cheng Guangda's Beiya imperial army had withdrawn.
In my heart, I thought that now was the moment for Kong Yingda to gain power.
They were already a little wavering, but now they were even thinking about clinging to Kong Yingda.
"Kong Zhongshu is right, just Zhao Chen himself, even if there are a few more, what will happen?"
"It's just a few more unjust ghosts." Some officials flattered Kong Yingda.
"Shilang Zhang is right. In the past, Zhao Chen just took advantage of Your Majesty's favor and trust in him. Otherwise, he would have been killed by us long ago based on the evil he did in the court."
"It's a good thing he didn't come into the Imperial City today. If he did, we could take advantage of this opportunity to kill him directly."
"It can be regarded as avenging His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness the Crown Prince will be happy when the time comes."
"As Kong Zhongshu said, I am now worried that Zhao Chen has not sneaked into the imperial city, otherwise...hehe!" Another official next to him spoke.
His face was full of sarcasm and his mouth was full of obscene words.
"It's a good thing that Zhao Chen doesn't have the guts. If he really doesn't care about life and death, then we have to be a favor and send him on his way."
"Haha, it's true."
"Compared to us here, there should be many people who want to see Zhao Chen die."
"It's ridiculous that they even said that Zhao Chen is the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. A country boy who appeared out of nowhere, got some luck, and wants to subvert the country of the Tang Dynasty. He doesn't know whether to live or die."
"Kong Zhongshu, my official is thinking that once things happen here, Kong Zhongshu can send people to Wannian County to dig up all the graves of Zhao Chen's parents of the eighteenth generation and whip the corpses to serve as a warning to others."
In the hall of the Zhongshu Yamen Office, the officials gave advice one after another.
Just like Gao Shilian and other veterans who were partial to Zhao Chen, they didn't say a word at this moment.
Everyone knows that questioning or even rebuking Kong Yingda at this moment will not change anything.
Once something happens to Zhao Chen, nothing can be restored.
Digging up the graves of ancestors, how much hatred does it take to do such a thing that is despised by everyone in the world?
And the official who spoke like this just now has absolutely no humanity at all.
Kong Yingda's mood became better and better, so many people followed him, although many of them were forced by the current situation.
But as long as they can continue to control it, these people who are forced by the current situation will have to keep pretending.
After today, all efforts will be made to capture Zhao Chen and find Li Tai.
After Zhao Chen was dealt with and all the remaining forces of Zhao Chen were eliminated, it was the time when Li Tai ascended the throne as emperor in Chang'an.
As for the emperor who is far away on the front line, why not stay with Zhao Chen? Let him go with Zhao Chen when the time comes!
This is what Kong Yingda thinks.
Kong Yingda, who was immersed in the flattery of the officials, smiled and saw a group of eunuchs and maids coming outside to deliver dishes, waving to the officials.
"Everyone, today is a happy day. I asked the people from Shangshi Bureau to make some delicious food. Please enjoy it."
"In the future, I and the prince will still need your help to jointly contribute to the Tang Dynasty." Kong Yingda said with a smile.
Everyone looked towards the door.
Then I saw a group of soldiers guarding
Walking over here with the dishes.
Although they had never seen such a formation, everyone just thought that Kong Yingda was worried about his own safety.
So have soldiers around you at all times.
Even if you are escorting the dishes, they are also protected by soldiers.
Everyone laughed secretly in their hearts that Kong Yingda was afraid of death, but their faces showed no emotion.
"Kong Zhongshu is indeed different from us. Even the people who serve the dishes use the soldiers around him. No wonder Kong Zhongshu can succeed." Gao Shilian suddenly spoke, causing the entire hall to become silent in an instant.
Kong Yingda looked a little gloomy.
Why couldn't he hear the irony in Gao Shilian's words?
Don't you just want to say that Kong Yingda is afraid of death?
If Gao Shilian was not the uncle of Empress Changsun and the uncle of the prince, if Li Tai ascended the throne as emperor, it would be best to need the support of veterans such as Gao Shilian.
Otherwise, Gao Shilian's head will become the sacrifice at today's banquet.
All the officials were stunned for a moment.
They all secretly said that Gao Shilian was ignorant of current affairs and would seek death at this time.
"What Gao Jijiu said makes sense. I'm a little afraid of death now, so I arranged for a sergeant to protect me."
"But after killing Zhao Chen, I won't need these." Kong Yingda looked at Gao Shilian with a smile.
He also knew that Gao Shilian had a good relationship with Zhao Chen and had had several contacts with Zhao Chen before.
If Gao Shilian said such words at this moment, how could he, Kong Yingda, not fight back?
Gao Shilian stopped talking and turned away with a gloomy face.
The soldiers began to serve the dishes, and each delicacy was placed in front of the officials' respective tables.
After a while, dozens of tables were filled with fine wines and delicacies.
The night was already falling. After Cheng Chumo shaved off his beard, as long as he didn't speak, it would be difficult for others to discover his true identity.
a crowd
After the soldiers had delivered the delicacies and wine, they stood behind the officials.
Zhao Chen and others were also hiding among the crowd, carefully observing the movements around them.
There are dozens of officials in the hall, all of whom are imprisoned in the imperial city of rank five or above.
Except for some generals, the rest were powerless civil servants.
Zhao Chen was also surrounded by dozens of Imperial City soldiers, all of whom were holding weapons and wearing armor.
Kong Yingda was twenty steps away from Zhao Chen. If he suddenly got angry and attacked Kong Yingda.
Zhao Chen was worried that he would be stopped by the soldiers around Kong Yingda.
If he just killed Kong Yingda, it would be easy, but what Zhao Chen needed was to take down Kong Yingda alive.
If someone blocks him and he can't kill him, he might let someone run away.
At that time, it really fell short.
The most important thing now is that he can get a little closer to Kong Yingda, and then capture him on the spot within a short distance.
But, how can we get close to Kong Yingda in such a public place?
"Kong Zhongshu, you are Zhongshu Ling, and you don't even have anyone to pour wine. In the future, you will pour wine for Kong Zhongshu." Su BuTong stood up suddenly, making everyone look over.
The officials thought they were despicable enough and had thrown aside their so-called dignity.
However, at this moment, I heard Su Butong's flattering words.
As a military commander, he actually offered to pour wine for civil servants and was willing to do the work of an attendant.
It really refreshed everyone’s outlook.
"Su Bu BuTong, you are so shameless. You have lost all the dignity of a military commander." Gao Shilian scolded angrily, with a sullen look on his face.
Su BuTong turned around, looked at Gao Shilian, and sneered: "Gao Jijiu, you should take care of yourself. Why are you interfering in my general's affairs?"
"Do you believe that this general will put you in prison and torture you severely?"