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Fan Xian said anxiously, "Father, something terrible is going to happen to the Surveillance Bureau!"
Fan Jian said expressionlessly, "Those old men are Chen Pingping's longtime comrades-in-arms. Can you control them?"
"Do you really think that just because Chen Pingping put you in the position of Director, you can control the Supervisory Council in just over two years?"
"Do you think His Majesty doesn't know that Chen Pingping has cultivated the Supervisory Council into his own force, or does Li Chang'an not know?"
"No need to say anything more, let's go back to the manor!"
Thus, Fan Xian was placed under house arrest by Fan Jian in the Fan residence and was no longer allowed to go to the Supervisory Council.
Inside the Oversight Council.
Yan Bingyun, the host of the four halls, had not yet received any news from the palace, but a shadow appeared in his hall.
"Shadow, you're back?"
Li Chang'an released Shadow as agreed, and announced to the public that Shadow had escaped from prison.
However, because the shadow's loyalty was not high, Li Chang'an directly hit him with the Life and Death Talisman.
"Yan Bingyun, come with me, I have something for you."
After speaking, Shadow turned and left, and Yan Bingyun immediately followed. Unexpectedly, Shadow arrived at the door of Chen Pingping's room.
The shadow unlocked the room and quickly walked to the bookshelf, where it found a file.
"You are Sean's grandson. Chen Pingping was arrested for assassinating Emperor Qing and executed by slow slicing three days later."
After speaking, Shadow left, leaving Yan Bingyun alone in Chen Pingping's room.
Yan Bingyun had no time to be surprised, because the file in front of him was the one he had been looking for.
After opening it, he quickly browsed through it and then memorized it all.
Afterwards, he habitually locked the door and nervously returned to his room.
Because Emperor Qing was concerned about Xiao En's matter, Chen Pingping had to keep the files; otherwise, they would have been destroyed long ago.
He could see it clearly; he wasn't from Nanqing, he really was Sean's grandson!
He was in a state of great turmoil, but the news of Chen Pingping's execution by slow slicing was even more shocking!
Dean Chen is His Majesty's old friend of many years and has made great contributions to the country. Why would he go back to assassinate Emperor Qing?
The turmoil in his heart had barely subsided when he heard the noise outside.
"Something bad is going to happen!"
"The Dean actually attempted to assassinate His Majesty!"
"The dean has been arrested and thrown into the Kyoto Prefecture jail!"
"King Li Chang'an of Qin is a Grandmaster!"
"The Dean's assassination attempt was thwarted by the King of Qin, and the Dean, Professor Fei, and Shadow were all sentenced to death by a thousand cuts!"
"How could this be? Why would the Dean try to assassinate His Majesty!"
"Lingchi! How could it be so cruel!"
……
As the noise grew louder, Yan Bingyun also came out of the room to check the situation.
"Don't panic, everyone return to the main hall. Feel free to do as you please in the courtyard!"
The speaker was Murong Yan, a highly respected elder in the courtyard and its headmaster. This old man's seniority was comparable to that of Chen Pingping.
Because he was a staunch supporter of Chen Pingping, he was very supportive of Chen Pingping's efforts to help Fan Xian.
But now that Chen Pingping and Fan Xian are both gone, this old man has become the backbone of the Supervisory Council.
"Go and inform all the organizers to come to the main hall immediately for a meeting!"
Before long, the heads of the eight departments gathered in the hall.
The deputy heads of the first, third, fifth, and sixth offices came, while the organizers of the other offices also came.
Everyone present was a direct descendant of Chen Pingping, except for Yan Bingyun, who had just learned about his origins and was feeling complicated.
"what happened?"
Is the news true?
"Who is spreading rumors!"
Murong Yan had become the leader of these people, and he suppressed the noise in the hall.
"Please don't panic, everyone. We have received reliable information from one place."
"Dean Chen used the divine weapon left behind by Miss Ye to assassinate His Majesty, but was stopped by Prince Qin, and has been imprisoned in the Kyoto Prefecture prison."
Murong Yan recounted the news she had received, and everyone fell into a brief silence. Everyone believed the words of this most senior elder.
"More than a dozen ministers witnessed this firsthand, and it is absolutely true. Gentlemen, we should come up with a plan."
After a brief silence, someone asked, "Is the King of Qin a Grandmaster?"
Murong Yan said, "It's absolutely true. He blocked the Dean's divine weapon with his true energy."
The news has been confirmed, and discontent is spreading rapidly.
"It seems His Majesty is going to take action against this dilapidated courtyard of ours!"
"If you want to incriminate yourself, why bother?"
"Besides assassinating the emperor and committing treason, what other crime could bring down the dean!"
"The dean dedicated his life to the country, yet he met such an end!"
"Perhaps he was forced into this by the King of Qin!"
At this moment, Murong Yan slowly said, "The Dean entered the palace with a memorial impeaching the Prince of Qin."
Before the group had finished their discussion, the hall door was suddenly flung open, and dozens of highly senior officials from the Censorate stormed in angrily.
"What are you still discussing?"
"Dean Chen is going to be executed by slow slicing in three days, and he's not even trying to save people!"
"The King of Qin is a grandmaster, not a god!"
"We're only rescuing the old dean, not assassinating the King of Qin!"
"Murong Yan, you've been with the dean for over a decade, tell me what to do!"
……
After another round of noise, Murong Yan finally managed to calm these veterans down.
They sat in the main hall, listening to the discussions of the organizers.
Yan Bingyun frowned. Murong Yan's decision to have these people stay already demonstrated his attitude.
These people who broke in were a group of people who were loyal to Chen Pingping.
As expected, Murong Yan addressed the crowd, saying, "Everyone here was mentored and trained by Dean Chen."
"The dean has led us through countless life-and-death situations for over ten years. Can you really bear to watch him be torn to pieces?!"
The third deputy director, who is also Fan Xian's senior brother, said, "The dean and teacher have worked hard for the Qing Kingdom their whole lives. This ending is unfair!"
The other organizers basically shared the same idea.
Everyone was indignant about the fate of Chen Pingping and the other two, and suggested that they be rescued.
Seeing that everyone's attitude was similar, Murong Yan said, "Gentlemen, we are from the Daqing Surveillance Bureau!"
"With the combined efforts of eight parties, rescuing someone in Kyoto should be quite easy!"
"One faction has people hidden in every key government office, and there must be other backup plans in four other places as well!"
"The Eighth Bureau should immediately incite trouble at the Imperial Academy, using any pretext, to throw the capital into chaos."
"Three places have poisoned and contaminated the water sources inside Kyoto, forcing Kyoto to open its gates tomorrow!"
"With fires breaking out all over Kyoto, it's easy to save just a few people with our efforts."
Yan Bingyun felt a chill in her heart, only then realizing the vicious nature of the old man from the Supervisory Council.
"Poisoning the water supply in Kyoto? How many innocent people would that harm?"
Upon hearing Yan Bingyun's words, an old man immediately shouted, "As long as everyone can make up their minds! Our Oversight Council has the ability to turn Kyoto into a deserted city!"
"If the dean can survive, what does it matter if hundreds of thousands die?"
Chapter 160 Bloodbath at the Surveillance Bureau! The Regent of Daqing! (33)
Black Cavalry Barracks on the outskirts of Beijing.
The Black Riders here refer to the one thousand Black Riders permitted to exist within the established ranks.
Jing Ge, the deputy commander of the Black Riders, has been killed by Ye Wan at the border of Kyoto Road.
The leader of the Black Riders was named Wuxin. Like Jing Ge, he was only twenty years old, but he already possessed the strength of a peak eighth-rank cultivator.