mesbooks Chapter 279 Huai Jin Establishes His Authority
Chapter 279 Huai Jin Establishes His Authority
Zhao Huaijin's scolding made Shangguan Li lower his head in shame. He was careless and was almost blinded by the acting of these three people.
The prince is right. How can there be so many unintentional things? Those who are truly loyal to the Great Saint Dynasty and the Pang Family Army should report it as soon as someone tempts them with silver.
Zhao Huaijin stood up, took the sword and said in a deep voice.
"Awu, take these three to the training ground. Shangguan Li, gather all the brothers together. I want to establish my authority today."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After hearing Zhao Huaijin's order, the three people kneeling below fell to the ground with expressions of fear on their faces.
Awu stepped forward and grabbed one of them, then carried the three out. Seeing that there was still one left, Shangguan Li called another soldier and carried him to the parade ground.
The sky was gloomy, as if it was about to press down. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in black armor gathered densely on the wide parade ground. They were arranged in neat and uniform lines, forming a spectacular sea of people.
Zhao Huaijin was wearing silver-white armor with a sword hanging beside him. He walked calmly to the platform. He stood as straight as a pine tree and stood steadily.
Zhao Huaijin glanced at the soldiers below the stage, took a deep breath, and then spoke to the people below the stage in a strong voice.
"Comrades, soldiers! There are traitors in our Pang family army. The bandits from Dongyue used them to poison our food in an attempt to kill us! Today, these three traitors were caught by me, and I will execute them in front of everyone! Come on, bring these traitors up!"
Zhao Huaijin's voice was clear and loud. Even though there were hundreds of thousands of troops under him, they could hear Zhao Huaijin's words clearly.
Everyone looked towards the platform at the same time, and saw three soldiers escorting three young men in plain clothes up there. Each of them kicked the three men, forcing them to kneel down facing the soldiers.
Zhao Huaijin stepped forward, grabbed one of the men by the hair and forced him to raise his head to face the soldiers, and said in a deep voice.
"Everyone, take a look and remember this man's face! This is the brother who accompanies us through thick and thin. Now, for a hundred taels of silver, he wants to poison all of our hundreds of thousands of soldiers. He is simply despicable!"
Everyone at the scene listened quietly and no one dared to make a sound. Everyone was intimidated by Zhao Huaijin's aura.
On weekdays, Zhao Huaijin treated everyone kindly and without any airs. He would often just pick up his bowl and eat and drink with everyone.
Therefore, everyone's impression of Zhao Huaijin is that he is kind and friendly, and only today did they officially see the majestic side of this prince.
After Zhao Huaijin finished speaking, he threw the man back, then drew the sword from the scabbard and held it high. At this time, the three traitors began to kneel down and beg for mercy, crying and confessing.
"Your Majesty, we were wrong. Please give us another chance. We will never dare to do it again."
"Your Majesty, we have been with the army for many years. Even if we have not made any contributions, we have worked hard. Let us use our merits to atone for our sins."
"Yes, Your Majesty. We are the pillars of our families. We have old people and young children. If we die, what will happen to our old people and children?"
"Please give us another chance, my lord..."
Zhao Huaijin listened to what the three men said but was not moved at all. He snorted coldly and scolded.
"You kowtowed and admitted your mistakes today because you were discovered, but I don't think you really realize your mistakes. There are some mistakes that cannot be made."
"We really know we are wrong. Please, Your Majesty, please have mercy on us..."
"No, you didn't realize your mistake because you knew you were going to die soon."
After Zhao Huaijin finished speaking, he raised his sword and chopped off the heads of the three men.
As the heads of the three men fell to the ground, their bodies also tilted to one side, and the platform suddenly became a river of blood. The soldiers who were close to them couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Zhao Huaijin chopped off the heads of the three people without blinking an eye. This action did have a deterrent effect. At this moment, no one dared to think of betraying, and this was exactly the effect Zhao Huaijin wanted.
A few days later, Madam Yan's medicine delivery team arrived at the northern border, and along with the medicine came a handwritten letter from Song Qingwan to Zhao Huaijin.
Zhao Huaijin stuffed the letter into his arms as if it were a treasure and gave instructions.
"You guys, carry the medicine to the warehouse where the grain is stored, and make sure to dissolve all the grain."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After arranging everything, Zhao Huaijin couldn't wait to return to his tent. Awu curled his lips in disdain behind him.
I knew that the princess' letter was more important than the imperial edict. Look, it made the man who was alone in the empty room very happy.
This time, Song Qingwan's letter did not contain any serious matters. It was entirely about her longing for Zhao Huaijin, and she even wrote a love poem at the end.
"Looking at the sky at dawn and the clouds at dusk, I think of you when I walk and when I sit down."
Zhao Huaijin was a little surprised. He knew that Song Qingwan never wrote these things. Song Qingwan said that she couldn't write poetry at all. She could only write and had some knowledge of medicine.
Of course, Zhao Huaijin knew that Song Qingwan was being modest. Song Qingwan's medical skills could be called the best in the world.
As for the fact that she couldn't compose poetry, Song Qingwan was telling the truth. She hadn't learned much classical Chinese in modern times, and she didn't need to do it in her daily life because it wasn't tested in the college entrance examination!
Although she had traveled to this imaginary dynasty, Song Qingwan didn't want to borrow other people's poems to show off, so she told Zhao Huaijin directly that she couldn't do it.
This time, he had been separated from Zhao Huaijin for a long time, and for the first time in his life, he copied someone else's poem to express his longing for her.
Zhao Huaijin didn't know that these lines of poetry were so beautiful to read, and he was certain that these poems must have been written by Song Qingwan for him.
Thinking of this, the prince who was alone in the empty room smiled foolishly. He even imagined that Song Qingwan had racked her brains all night long to write a love poem for him.
...Well, Song Qingwan didn’t know all this and she certainly wouldn’t be able to guess it.
Only after the issue of poisonous military rations was completely resolved did Song Qingwan finally relax.
She thought of the other contents in the letter between Grand Tutor Zhong and Tuoba Jun, and felt a chill at the mere thought of it.
It turns out that the Zhong family's ambition is not just to become the number one family in the Great Sage Realm. Their purpose is indeed to help Zhao Yujun ascend to the throne, but they want him to be a puppet emperor and keep the power firmly in the hands of the Zhong family.
The purpose of cooperating with Tuoba Jun was to destroy the original framework of the Great Saint Dynasty and replace it with his own people. For this purpose, Grand Tutor Zhong did not hesitate to sell out many important military intelligence and national defense deployments of the Great Saint Dynasty.
Song Qingwan didn't know how much of this information was accurate, and how much Tuoba Jun knew and mastered.
This all needs to be verified one by one.
After the Zhong family was suppressed for some time, Song Chengfeng took advantage of this force to get a little bit better.
As for the position of Prime Minister Song Chengfeng, the eldest princess once thought about dismissing him directly, but there was no good candidate at the moment, so she ignored him.
But in Song Chengfeng's view, this was a sign that the eldest princess wanted to restore the Song family, so he began to show off.