Chapter 249: Sophistry

"Xue Pan conspired to assassinate King Yan. All participants will be killed without mercy!"

Xu Lie shouted loudly at this time. read

In just an instant, most of the rich men who had conspired with Xue Pan were killed or injured, and Xue Pan also retreated under the attack of the guards.

Xue Pan said sternly: "King Yan, you are really stupid. Now that I have found out that this is a conspiracy, I didn't expect you to come anyway. Since you came to my door, you can't blame me."

"If I don't come, how can you rebels show up? But now that I'm here, how can I not be prepared?" Zhao Xu sneered.

"Come at me and kill!"

Before he could finish his words, he heard shouts of killing coming from outside the yard.

Chang Wei led the ambush troops and rushed out from the foot of the mountain.

Xue Pan's expression suddenly changed.

Obviously, he thought wrong. King Yan had already made preparations in advance.

This time, it was not them who wanted to kill King Yan, but King Yan who wanted to kill them.

"Ding."

"when."

"kill!"

"..."

The assassin couldn't rush in, and the battle in the yard immediately became one-sided.

Xue Pan and Zhu Rong only brought more than thirty children from their families.

Most of them were killed or injured under the encirclement and suppression by Yanwei and the palace guards.

Moreover, Lu Ran apparently came to his senses, and he also led the Lu family children and servants in the yard to join the battle.

While fighting with the children of the Xue family, Lu Ran scolded and scolded him: "Xue Pan, you beast, I was kind enough to help you connect, but you harmed me like this. Today I will capture you with my own hands and hand you over to His Highness."

While shouting, Lu Ran kept moving his hands.

After killing a Xue family member with the cooperation of two servants, Lu Ran ran directly towards Xue Pan.

At this moment, Xue Pan was no longer as proud as before, and his eyes were filled with fear.

The ambush failed.

After a few more breaths, the last Xue family member fell under the sword of the palace guard.

Xu Lie and Lu Ran forced Xue Pan at the same time and surrounded him.

Zhao Xuan was sitting at the head of the banquet, leisurely drinking the wine in his glass.

After drinking the last drop of wine, Xu Lie escorted Xue Pan to him.

"Kneel down!" Xu Lie shouted.

Two guards, one on the left and one on the right, grabbed Xue Pan's arms and kicked his legs. Xue Pan immediately fell to his knees.

At the same time, the sound of fighting outside the yard became smaller and smaller.

In less than half an hour, Chang Wei led a group of soldiers into the courtyard.

"Your Highness, all the assassins have been killed, and a small number have escaped. The cavalry at the foot of the mountain will continue to encircle and suppress them." Chang Wei looked at Xue Pan who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes full of anger.

Zhao Xu nodded and looked at Xue Pan, "Did Yuan Li instruct you to do this?"

"So what? If not, so what? In short, our wealthy clan and you, King Yan, are at odds with each other. If I die today, there will be other wealthy clans who will kill you in the future. They will not stop until death!" Xue Pan shouted.

Zhao Xu laughed heartily when he heard this, and said: "In this case, I want to see what other abilities you have!"

After saying that, he gave Xu Lie a look.

Xu Lie raised the long knife high in his hand and suddenly dropped it, causing a head to roll off.

"Your Highness, why don't you subject them to a strict interrogation, make them confess the Yuan family's plot, and sue them in court?" Lu Ran's heart trembled, and he paused for a while before asking.

"If it was useful to impeach Yuan Li in the court, Yuan Li would have died during the Yanzhou Rebellion." Zhao Xu said.

Lu Ran nodded, then thought of something, his face turned pale, and he knelt down, "Your Highness, I deserve to die, but my Lu family really has nothing to do with this matter, and after our Lu family handed over the property and disbanded the private soldiers, we will no longer have any relationship with Yan." Other wealthy people in the state wear a pair of pants.”

"Get up, I know what's going on." Zhao Xu stood up.

The three servants of the Lu family who just broke out were from Yanwei.

He knew very well what the Lu family had done and what they had not done.

This time, the Yan Guard members of his Lu family were exposed. One was to kill Xue Pan and others, and the other was caught off guard.

Another thing is to remind Dong Yang and Lu Sanjia again.

The palace has been keeping an eye on them. Don't think of collaborating with other wealthy families in Yanzhou to harm him in order to restore the previous power.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Lu Ran said carefully.

Now he hates Xue Pan. Even though he was not involved in this matter, he was used after all.

In the future, he will be pointed at his spine and gossiped about.

When Lu Ran was upset, Zhao Xu glanced at the corpses on the ground, turned around, walked out of the villa, and walked towards Yancheng.

When passing through the woods in front of Zhangshan Village, he met Qinshan.

The assassins lurking here were obviously eliminated by Qin Shan.

"Your Highness, please take a look." Qin Shan pointed to a pit on the road.

Zhao Xu glanced and saw a wooden barrel inside, with a fuse extending from the barrel into the woods.

Obviously the barrel contained gunpowder.

"Yuan Li used gunpowder to attack His Highness last time, and he used it again this time." Chang Wei lifted the barrel from the pit and dumped it. It was indeed black gunpowder.

Zhao Xu felt a chill running down his spine.

This time, it was thanks to the people of Zhangshan Village and Yanwei that otherwise he could escape the assassination in the Villa, but he might not be able to escape this second assassination.

In the future, he will continue to increase investment in Yanwei to make his intelligence agency stronger.

"It's disrespectful to come back without reciprocating, and I will retaliate." Zhao Xu's eyes narrowed.

Since Yuan Li wants to play with him, he will accompany him to the end.

Return to the palace.

Zhao Xu called Liu Fu and asked him to take some silver from the treasury to reward the people of Zhangshan Village.

This incident made him more certain of one thing.

Since he fought against the powerful families and divided the land, the contradiction between him and the powerful families has been irreconcilable.

After all, this is an essential contradiction.

If he stands on the side of the people, it is impossible for the powerful families to agree.

In this case, he must stand on the side of the people more firmly in the future.

Always put the interests of the people first.

Trying to please both sides will only end up being a nobody on both sides.

After explaining Liu Fu, he continued: "Chang Wei, you will lead the troops to Ping County and Liao County immediately, take over the county soldiers of the two counties, and at the same time clear out the powerful families who participated in this assassination."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei clasped his fists in response and turned away with big strides.

Liu Fu was excited when he heard this: "Now Pingjun and Liaojun will be formally under the jurisdiction of the government office, just like Shanggu County."

He suddenly thought of something and frowned, "Just clearing out the nobles in the two counties will leave the officialdom empty."

"I'm afraid this is also part of Yuan Li's plan. Whether the assassination of this king succeeds or not, he will always win." Zhao Xu thought about it and snorted softly.

...

Fanyang.

In just one day, the news of the failed assassination reached back.

Yuan's mansion.

Yuan Li looked at the three black-clad warriors who had escaped by chance, his face gloomy.

"I underestimated the King of Yan. He was able to get the news in advance. I'm afraid there are many spies of the King of Yan in Fanyang City." Yuan Li narrowed his eyes.

After thinking for a while, he waved his hand to let the warriors leave and asked someone to call Yuan Feng, the governor of Yanzhou.

This Yuan Feng was his third brother. After he was demoted, Yuan Feng was pushed to the position of governor.

But in fact, Yuan Feng was just his puppet.

Soon, Yuan Feng came over.

Yuan Li said: "From today on, you must strictly check the people entering and leaving Fanyang. If there are any suspicious people, arrest them immediately. It is better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let one go, because they may be the spies of King Yan."

"Yes, brother!" Yuan Feng replied.

Originally, he was just a person who lived a life of idleness and waited for death in the Yuan family. It was Yuan Li's intention to push him to the position of governor.

Naturally, he did not dare to disobey Yuan Li's order.

"And..." Yuan Li rolled his eyes and whispered to Yuan Feng again.

Yuan Feng smiled evilly and turned away.