C56 (1/2)

In the throne room, Wang Mang's sharp eyes swept across the crowd of His Highness' officials. He noticed that after Chen Chong said those words, all of their expressions changed. It seemed that many of the rules he had set back then had been violated by them!

The laws of the Great New Kingdom had indeed made it clear that local officials and officials serving in the imperial court could recruit brave men to protect their own houses and feudal fiefs. This was also a clear rule regarding the number of people to be recruited!

Although there were clear rules, a lot of people came over the limit to recruit brave villagers. It had to be known that the birds were secretly living, not to mention these fat and oily officials. Almost everyone was afraid of death, and their families had a bunch of evil slaves to watch over them.

In fact, this was a private secret that everyone had made public. As the emperor, he had kept an eye out for the truth. Originally, everyone had known about this matter, but they had never thought that this disciple would impeach Chen Chong.

This was a complete slap to the face, and it was the face of a group of people. Just look at those ashen-faced people. Half of them were in the court!

After Chen Chong said this, Wang Mang's face darkened. He was a suspicious person; back then, he did not take Chen Chong down when Wang Shisheng and the rest had impeached Chen Chong. Instead, he sent a personal attendant to give Chen Chong a beating.

It could be said that in Wang Mang's heart, everyone was the target of suspicion. He didn't believe anyone's words; the Emperor's technique lay in the balance of power, and since Chen Chong was now a target of public criticism, he would definitely put up a desperate resistance. And when he was ready to fight to the death, he would pull even more people out as a scapegoat!

This was exactly what Wang Mang wanted. It could be said that the person Chen Chong was leaning on right now was Wang Mang, and it was Wang Mang who intentionally let him live.

At that time, no matter what, he would behead Chen Chong. If Wang Mang was able to topple Chen Chong, then he would be promoted to a higher rank. If he could not topple Chen Chong, then he, the emperor, would use the crimes listed out by Wang Sheng to kill Chen Chong! Wang Shisheng would be sent to the frontier.

However, his current plan had changed. He was planning to use Chen Chong, the one who was on the verge of death, to create a storm in the imperial court. Chen Chong was just a fuse, and the direction and destructive power of this storm was ultimately decided by him, the current emperor!

Not only would he not kill Chen Chong, but he would also give Chen Chong some benefits. For someone who was about to die, if you gave him a little favor, he would definitely do everything he could to help you with something, and the effect would definitely exceed his expectations!

”Disciple Wang!” Is what Chen Chong said true?! ” When Wang Mang sternly questioned Wang Shusheng, he couldn't help but shiver. After that, he was actually scared to the point of wetting his pants by Wang Mang's scolding!

Seeing the urine stain on Wang Shishi's body, Wang Mang said even more harshly, ”It seems Chen Chong's words are true! You actually dare to defy my orders and gather more village men. I think you are the one who wants to rebel! Someone! First, we shall imprison this disciple of our King and send him to prison, so that he can be released in the future! ”

As soon as Wang Mang's words left his mouth, four silver-armored bodyguards rushed out from the two sides of the hall and pushed down Wang Shishi, then pulled off his official hat and stripped off his uniform. In an instant, Wang Shishi looked like a madman with unkempt hair and disheveled clothes!

Of the four guards, two of them were accepting Disciple Wang's imperial robes and hat, while the other two were dragging him away like a dead dog towards the exit of the hall. Disciple Wang didn't come back to his senses until they had almost dragged him out of the hall. This old official is innocent! Your Majesty! ”Chen Chong is the one with ill intentions, Your Majesty …”