Chapter 363: The Dumb Eats Coptis chinensis, the Second Brilliant Move (Ch 363)

【Inside the Imperial Palace.】
【Chen Huaixin looked at the information in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.】
[The commander and the chief were both a little confused.]
[They have been waiting for Chen Huaixin’s orders these days, preparing to take the next step, but apart from spreading rumors and observing the movements of those officials, there are no new tasks.]
[“Your Majesty, do you need us to go…”]
【“No need.”】
【Chen Huaixin smiled and shook his head.】
[“This is my intention.”]
[“The time has come for everyone to be in danger. Don’t worry about the assassination. It’s not the right time yet.”]
[“Temporarily withhold the information about the first victim. If there are similar cases again, investigate thoroughly to make sure the murderer has not left Chang’an. Otherwise, arrest them and put them to the Ministry of Justice. The rest of the information will be filed and stored for other uses.”]
[After hearing Chen Huaixin’s arrangement, the two of them did as he said, even though they didn’t understand.]
【The situation continues to develop.】
[Some officials were assassinated one after another, but they were not taken seriously by the court. ]
[If this continues, the situation will be bad. ]
[Those officials from well-off families who were very stable could not help but start to get nervous.]
【It means increasing protection and security measures for the government and the court. 】
[But even so, it still cannot stop those outsiders from targeting. ]
[Even if someone manages to escape the assassination, they will still live in the shadow. ]
【They are alive not because they are safe, but because they are lucky. 】
【The Jingzhao Prefecture will strictly investigate and deal with this matter.】
[Every time we tried to conduct an in-depth investigation into the assassinated officials, we were blocked.]
[Either providing intelligence or deliberately concealing the facts.]
[I had no choice but to give up. 】
【And those officials were filled with sorrow. 】
[It’s not that they don’t want to say it, but that they can’t say it. ]
[Because they all had a dark history of colluding with each other and selling out information. If I reveal all of this, wouldn’t that be a waste of my life?]
【So I would rather not report it to the police than continue to investigate further. 】
[Of course, this is only part of it…]
【What really frightened them was the attitude of the imperial court. 】
【Chen Huaixin did not ask.】
[He continued to attend court when he should, and continued to arrange for those who should fill the vacancies. He promoted and appointed people who were his confidants, and he was almost the last to arrange for new people to take up their posts. ]
[If this continues, something terrible might happen. ]
[They don’t believe that Chen Huaixin didn’t hear it.]
[I don’t believe that the National Security Bureau has done nothing.]
[When I checked them before, they were always accurate, but now they are suddenly silent, as if they admit that they are incompetent. No one would believe this. ]
[But even if Chen Huaixin openly ignored them, there was nothing he could do. ]
[Now I can only swallow my bitterness and cannot express it. ]
[You will pay for what you have done sooner or later. 】
[They have committed evil before, and now they should pay for it. ]
[Chen Huaixin arrested those outsiders who were supposed to be colluding with them, but instead pinned the crime on them, attracting anger and diverting the blame. This is a messy account that will only lead to losses no matter how you look at it.]
…
“This is the second step you mentioned.”
Ji Qingluo nodded with satisfaction.
During the deduction, Chen Huaixin once spoke frankly to his future self.
The so-called isolation is only the first step, and the second and third steps will continue.
It was just as the other party said.
Those officials were purged and retaliated against, and even if they did not die, they lost half their lives.
This unpredictable situation is simply devastating.
At the same time, it was also a brilliant move by Chen Huaixin to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and there was not even a single person who cried out for injustice.
He who brings trouble upon himself will suffer the consequences.
They knew the reasons very well, so how dare they make a fuss about colluding with foreign enemies?
Wang Qianhe glanced at the officials from the aristocratic families in the corner.
At this time, those people had strange looks in their eyes and looked at each other in bewilderment.
Some of them hold high positions, and some occupy important posts in the imperial court. They have lived with a treasure trove in their hands for so many years, but now they suddenly see that the future situation is so bad that they feel uneasy.
It can be seen that he was indeed frightened by Chen Huaixin’s actions.
They were even afraid that their current empress would learn it as well.
Although they have not yet colluded with foreign enemies to sell out the country, the use of such imperial tactics is too terrifying.
There isn’t even room for adjustment.
Once the plan is laid out, you are forced to accept it.
It’s really too frustrating…
Think about Duke Xing again, he is extremely unlucky.
At this time, Wang Qianhe and the others smiled. What Chen Huaixin did was to give a warning to those ambitious people today so that they would not act rashly.
If you continue to be stubborn, the outcome will only be worse.
“In my opinion, this second step is not yet complete.”
Guo Baoyi suddenly spoke.
“The so-called mind game is to calculate people’s hearts and use plans. If we simply scare them, it would be an exaggeration.”
For a moment, everyone didn’t understand what the other party meant.
…
[Officials also began to communicate secretly.]
Now they have to come up with an idea.
[“Now those foreign spies and assassins have come to our door, and it’s clear that they want to kill us.”]
[“This is outrageous. Are we still afraid of them? At worst, we can just start fighting. We have been here for many years. How can we tolerate these scoundrels being so arrogant?”]
[“Alas, don’t make a big deal out of it. We are the target of Chen Huaixin in the first place. If we find out something wrong, won’t we be sticking our necks out for him to chop off?”]
[“You can’t be so cowardly! If you stick your head out, you’ll get hurt. If you hide your head, you’ll get hurt too.”]
[“Are we going to live in fear for the rest of our lives?”]
[“There is no point in saying more. The only person in the country that can intervene in this matter is His Majesty’s National Security Department.”]
[“Yes, but the court’s attitude is so awkward…Are they really going to ask us to confess our crimes? What about the Nine Clans?”]
[“Don’t worry about those trivial things for now. The most urgent thing is to survive. Don’t you think Chen Huaixin is killing someone with a borrowed knife?”]
[“So what if he figured it out? Why don’t you go to the palace and report him?”]
[“Maybe we can find a suitable person to discuss the plan. The law cannot hold everyone responsible. Maybe there will be a chance for a turnaround.”]
【The next day.】
【The Mansion of Duke Xing. 】
【“Why are you here!”】
[Xing Guogong, who had just finished washing up, was preparing to eat breakfast with dark circles under his eyes, but he heard that someone came to visit him. ]
[After seeing these familiar faces in the reception hall, I felt bad. ]
【These are troubled times. 】
[I was so worried that I didn’t sleep the whole night. ]
[Those Roman assassins actually sent someone to poison his family not long ago. It’s simply outrageous. ]
[Now that these officials who are linked to my miserable fate have come to me, isn’t this giving them an advantage? ]
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