Chapter 920: Bloodshed Incident

As soon as these three words were spoken, the whole group was shocked.

Good heavens, they had forgotten about this person!

That's right!

Recently, their Southern Faction had become a bit arrogant and had actually overlooked this person. And looking back at this trip south, this Vice Minister Liu had been following Queen Inhyeon the whole time, following Li Xuanya the whole time!

Could all of this

really be something he stirred up?

Li Hang stood up abruptly, his eyes gleaming: "This Vice Minister Liu must die!"

"Correct!"

"We absolutely cannot let him continue to live!"

Zhang Xuan, however, remained silent.

He was different from these people of the Southern Faction; he was actually a fence-sitter, and just a few days ago, Jin Wanji had approached him.

:

He had brought him another message from Vice Minister Liu.

It made him realize that this Vice Minister Liu was definitely not a simple character. That day, Zhang Xuan had still been quite dismissive, because he felt that the court politics had already fallen into the hands of the Southern Faction, and Queen Inhyeon had even been forced to go into exile; how much could the situation really change?

But it had only been a few days.

Just these few days.

Observe the changes quietly.

Well then.

From watching from the sidelines, to watching the fire from the other shore, and finally to observing the changes quietly.

Kill him!

Suddenly.

This thought flashed through Zhang Xuan's mind as well. He really disliked this feeling of being manipulated by others.

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse immediately.

Observe the changes quietly.

He gave a bitter laugh in his heart.

"Also,"

Li Hang took a deep breath, his eyes filled with intense murderous intent: "On one hand, we must kill Vice Minister Liu, and on the other hand, we cannot let this book continue to wreak havoc."

Everyone was shaken to the core.

"How do we kill him?"

"No matter how we kill him, we cannot let him continue to live!"

The few of them finally made up their minds.

"Your Majesty,"

Cui Xishan looked at Li Tun, who had not slept all night, feeling a bit of heartache.

"What the official means is—"

"Increase the intensity of the control!"

"Yes!"

However,

these past few days, she had been sleeping here with Li Tun.

She saw Li Tun's exhaustion entirely in her eyes, and coupled with the current situation in the Li Dynasty, which was confusing, intricate, full of deceit, and mutual antagonism, he had not slept for three consecutive days.

Li Tun took a deep breath and waved his hand: "Let the Mandarin be alone for a while."

"Yes."

Cui Xishan sighed and walked away gracefully. Previously, Cui Xishan was nothing more than a maid, but she had suddenly relied on her beauty to reach the rank of Lady of Virtue. To say she had no ambition would be a lie; who wouldn't want to be the mother of the world?

Cui Xishan suddenly felt that her ambition had completely vanished over these past few days. If gaining power meant losing happiness and freedom, then what was the point of a person's life?

"The Lady of Virtue is back!"

"Your Ladyship!"

Is this what it means to be an emperor?

Is this what the inner palace is?

Is this truly the power over the world and the absolute authority that everyone yearns for?

How many people can truly get ahead?

In the entire inner palace, with over several thousand people, how many grow old and withered with white hair without ever even getting a glimpse of the King?

Seeing the excitement in their eyes, she wanted to say something, but the words did not come out.

After Cui Xishan was conferred the title of Lady of Virtue, she also received her own palace. Seeing her return, a group of maids who had been prepared for a long time were all incomparably excited. These young, rather attractive girls—were they not just like her, lying dormant in the inner palace, waiting for the day they could be favored by the King?

Nevertheless.

she gave a bitter laugh in her heart.

"Your Ladyship, how exactly did you meet the King!"

"Your Ladyship, I see how the King favors you; perhaps one day you will reach the position of Queen!"

"Oh, don't talk nonsense about this!"

For those who could never leave once they entered the palace gates, perhaps the only hope for living was their longing for the future. Thinking of this, she chuckled: "You sisters have worked hard."

Seeing that the Lady of Virtue was actually so approachable, the group of maids were all very happy.

"Your Ladyship, you are so beautiful!"

This made her feel even more exhausted.

"Your Highness, you haven't eaten yet."

Just as she returned to her own palace, someone brought over exquisite food.

A group of maids served Cui Xishan.

Cui Xishan's face was calm.

She knew that as her status rose, there would naturally be people sent by Zhang Yuzhen around her, as well as some jealous concubines; she had to try to get used to all of this, face all of this, and challenge all of this.

"Seize them!"

"Over here!"

Cui Xishan looked up at the eunuch who had delivered the food, then smiled slightly.

She suddenly realized why the King had let her return.

But she still lowered her head without hesitation and began to eat.

Looking at the clothes on this lad, one could tell that his family background was likely not very good. Nowadays, a copy of the third volume of the Xie Clan's Southern Expedition Records could sell for seventy taels of silver in Hancheng! He would rather die than lose this book!

"This brat can really run!"

"Over here!"

"Don't let him get away! Stop!"

The black-market book trade within the borders of Hancheng was still in full swing.

The one the government soldiers were catching this time was a young lad; the book he was shielding in his arms at this moment had already been torn, but he still could not bear to throw it away.

High-pressure suppression!

The atmosphere had begun to grow tense.

Li Tun's silence allowed the Southerner Party to become unscrupulous.

As for the government soldiers, they had already received orders to escalate!

Escalate the crackdown!

No one was allowed to read this book, no one was allowed to buy or sell this book, and no one was even allowed to discuss this book!

"Don't come any closer, if you come any closer, I'll jump!"

At this moment, the lad had already climbed onto a city wall, his face full of panic.

"You come down, come down!"

The people of the entire society actually did not realize it at this time.

Because of such a book, the Li Dynasty would trigger a "Literary Inquisition" that would make everyone turn pale at the mention of it in the future!

And the beginning of this Literary Inquisition started with this lad who did not know where he had picked up this book.

At this time, more and more passersby also gathered here.

"This is too much!"

"It's just a book, why force him so hard!"

"Hand over the book, we won't arrest you!"

"Lad, it's dangerous over there!"

The government soldiers panicked as well.

Having received the support of so many people, the young man suddenly felt confident.

The government soldiers looked at each other in dismay.

There were more and more people, and the verbal attacks were becoming increasingly disadvantageous to them!

"You government soldiers, this is outrageous! Is it a crime for a child to want to read?"

A group of people were extremely angry and filled with righteous indignation.

"Don't come over, if you come over, I'm really going to jump!"

The Commandant leading the team said earnestly.

"Bullshit!"

"Who stipulated that people aren't allowed to read books?"

It had to be resolved quickly!

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if it dragged on.

"Young man, you haven't done anything wrong; I reckon you don't even know how to read, listen to me, throw the book down, and we won't hold you responsible for anything!"

The government soldiers walked up step by step.

The young man's expression changed drastically: "If you come any closer..."

Originally, he had thought about holding out for a while longer, and if it really didn't work, he would throw the book down.

"You tell us, what content in the Xie Clan's Southern Expedition Records is taboo?"

"Exactly!"

The group of men, women, old, and young onlookers cursed even louder.

Consequently.

In front of everyone's eyes, he fell backward, and from this distance of several dozen meters, his head hit the ground first.

The scene can be imagined.

However.

History is just that strange.

On this city wall, a brick had aged; when he stepped back, he didn't notice it, stepped on it, and immediately stepped into thin air.

Fresh blood stained the tattered book in his hand.

The scene fell abruptly silent.

The government soldiers' faces turned deathly pale.

It's over!

They seemed to sense that the anger of the commoners nearby had already begun to slowly soar, waiting only to be unleashed!