Demon Lord Gets Married

Chapter 263 - Group Pinch

When Yin Xu returned to the manor, he did not see Teng Yu. Instead, he met with a few men dressed like scholars.

The leader was already an old man in his sixties. Seeing Yin Xu not only did not bow, but he also snorted with an ugly expression.

Yin Xu had seen some of these people before, but he remembered that they treated him quite well previously, so why would they treat him as their enemy when they heard the order to grant marriage?

“Seventh Young Master, why don't you think about it for your highness?” When the old man spoke, he immediately charged forward.

Yin Xu originally did not want to bother with them, but after hearing this he stopped and asked: “What do you think?”

“Your Highness has great talent. In the future, you will definitely become an enlightened master, but because of you, you ruined the life of everyone under the heavens. Aren't you ashamed?”

“Wait! What do you mean by ‘because of me, I ruined the life of the world'? Could it be that with me here, he's no longer an enlightened master? And his talent disappears? “

The old man was so angry that his chest was moving up and down as he pointed at Yin Xu and lectured him, “If Your Highness wants to marry you, then it's fine if he wants to marry a man, but the imperial edict says that he can't have any sons in this lifetime.

“It's also his business to cut off all descendants. If he doesn't have any objections, then why are you in such a hurry?”

“How can I not be anxious? We, the people, have been diligently planning for His Highness, and seeing that his success is at hand, but because all of your efforts have been in vain, this old one's life can be considered to have gone to waste! “

“Why did it go to waste? “It's good that you don't have a son. Having more sons is also troublesome.” Yin Xu shrugged his shoulders, not caring in the slightest.

Seeing that the old man was about to collapse while clutching his chest, Yin Xu then laughed, “Aren't you guys leaving? Then quickly, you guys won't be able to see the situation clearly.

“You …”

“What about me? “Don't think that just because you're old this young master doesn't dare to beat me up.” Yin Xu gestured with his fist, immediately scaring everyone away.

The old man suddenly turned around, knelt on the ground and wailed, “Your Highness, you must open your eyes and see. For such an ignorant disaster, you made a mistake, you will regret it! You will definitely regret it! “

Han Sen immediately got people to stop him from talking, and quickly brought him away, if he continued to make a ruckus like this, perhaps even the people outside would hear about it.

Yin Xu curled his lips, and watched them leave. He had a burst of anger in his heart, and was prepared to settle the score with Teng Yu.

Just as he turned a corner, he saw Teng Yu leaning on a pillar of the corridor, smiling at him.

Yin Xu passed through the flower garden with both hands on the fence as he jumped, and the moment he landed, he was carried by Teng Yu.

“I thought you were going to kill those people on the spot.” Teng Yu rested his chin on Yin Xu's shoulder, a stern look flashed past his eyes.

“Am I really that stupid?” Yin Xu was obviously brooding over the disaster of being scolded as senseless.

He had lived for thousands of years, and this was the first time he had not retaliated even after being scolded at. Even he himself couldn't help but to admire such magnanimity.

“How could that be? My wife is the most sensible person. Even if you kill them all on the spot, you will still take care of it. “

“Since they are going to die anyway, let them live for two more days.”

Teng Yu raised his eyebrows, “How do you know that I plan to … Kill those people? “

Yin Xu rolled his eyes, “Am I that stupid?” If he couldn't even guess at this, then he would have wasted his two lives.

Teng Yu smirked, apologized, then settled the matters within the palace.

Although the Dark Guard had already sent the news back, he still wanted to hear it from Yin Xu's own mouth, especially to know what he had done in the palace. Although there was only a slight error in the results of the autopsy today, it had changed the situation by quite a bit.

Yin Xu laughed mischievously as he whispered something into Teng Yu's ear. Then, he raised his eyebrows and waited for him to praise.

If it was before, even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be bothered to do such a roundabout approach. This was all thanks to his good master, Teng Yu.

Before nightfall, a little story of “Marshal Huo killing to silence” quietly flowed out of the capital. It was vividly described, as if it were personally witnessed.

There weren't many people who believed him, but this didn't stop this little joke from becoming a topic of discussion after the meal.

When Han Qing came to report the news, he had even told them that the two of them were staying at a teahouse to drink tea together, so when they heard the news, they followed the route and inferred. One of them, who did not know how to push forward, was certain that the real culprit was Marshal Huo.

His close friend did not agree with him anymore. First, he fiercely retorted, and then he started to fight. When he was pulled apart, the two of them were beaten black and blue, both shouting that they were dead set on each other.

There was more than one case of this, but the citizens of the entire capital seemed to have been mobilized. Everyone was waiting for further development, there were even some who ran to the Huo Mansion gate to kneel down, begging the marshal to explain himself and clear the suspicion.

The night was not over, and in the morning, there was yet another wave of officials impeaching Huo Zhengquan. The reason was all sorts of things, even he had married a woman from a different race and had become a target of public criticism.

Your Marshal Huo is not related to the barbarians, why did you marry a woman from a different race? Aren't you worried about being cut down by your pillow in the middle of the night? There was definitely a problem here.

They all said that Huo Zhengquan doted on this foreign wife, and Yin Xu began to feel that the rumors were wrong. In the days he was in the Huo Mansion, he rarely saw Mrs. Huo, even if he only saw the two of them nodding at each other.

However, when he saw the face of the impeached official swollen by Huo Zhengquan, he believed it.

No matter what accusation it was previously, Huo Zhengquan would always listen with a straight face. He would rarely even explain himself, he was so relaxed, in the end, when it came to his wife, he attacked first before he could even say anything.

“No matter what, this marshal's wife is still a first-class lady. How can you allow others to insult her like this?” Huo Zhengquan bellowed, “Although Madame is from a different race, she is not from the Northern Barbarians. She is just a female from a small country in the Western Regions.

“You are also officials who have gone through layers and layers of hard work to get elected. Don't tell me that you are so sloppy when dealing with matters on a daily basis? How can you be an official when you speak lies with your eyes wide open? “

As soon as he finished speaking, someone stepped forward to denounce the officials who had made the report. They immediately turned the situation around, with everything from ‘robbing the civilian daughter' to ‘accepting bribes' to ‘doting on and exterminating the wife'.

The plaintiff became the defendant, in a state of disarray, full of recriminations against each other.

Officials who were able to stand at the Chengde Hall were of high rank, so who dared to say that they didn't do evil things on a normal day? Who dared to say that they didn't have a single cent in their pockets?

The emperor was so angry that his face contorted as he listened to these ugly stories. “Enough! “All of you, shut up!”

The main hall suddenly quieted down. The officials all lowered their heads, looking extremely ashamed.

Of course, there were also officials among them who were interested in watching the show. After all, not everyone was hot-headed enough to impeach the Marshal Huo, and not everyone was willing to stand up and help at this critical juncture.

Without the emperor's label of “forming a clique”, their career had come to an end.

The emperor felt a headache coming on. He pointed to a man wearing a blue robe and asked, “You, were you the one who impeached the Marshal Huo in the past?”

The official's body trembled as he knelt on the ground, trembling. “Yes …” “It's this old official!”

“Alright, let's do it one by one. Since you all said that there's evidence, then go and find it for me to see. We'll start with you!”

The official remembered Yun Heran's words and said with his head lowered, “Your Majesty, the evidence must be in the Huo Family. Please pass down an order to search the Marshal Huo's Residence!”

“Hiss …” Many people took in a breath of cold air. How could the Marshal Huo Palace be searched so easily? Even if he did not find any evidence, it would cause his Huo Family to lose face.

“Is this what you call evidence? You mean let me look for it myself? Just because of a single empty word of yours? ” The Emperor didn't expect these people to be so useless that they didn't even know how to speak.

“No …” No, not empty words! Your Majesty, please forgive my apologies. This humble subject has evidence that this is a letter sent between Marshal Huo and the Northern Barbarians' general. This humble subject thinks that it would be more believable if I could find this letter from the Marshal's Mansion. “

The emperor's eyes flickered. “Hand over your evidence first. We have our own opinions on what to do!”

When that official handed over a letter, many people's expressions changed.

“There really is one …”

“Impossible …”

“Most likely, it's fake …”

“He dares? “That is the crime of deceiving the monarch …”

The officials discussed in hushed tones as they secretly glanced at the emperor's expression, trying to see through him.

Yin Xu and Teng Yu exchanged glances, and seeing that the other party was shaking his head at him with a calm expression, he decided to continue watching the show.

Then, he had Chief Minister Qu pass the letter down for everyone to pass around. He even went to find Huo Zhengquan's former Advice Letter and had the Wen Pavilion Grand Scholar check his handwriting.

“Reporting to Your Majesty, the handwriting is ninety percent similar. It should be from the same person, but there are quite a few people in this world who can imitate handwriting.” With a little conscience, the Grand Scholar Wen Jiabao added the following sentence.

Yin Xu still had a little impression of this scholar, he seemed to be the one who had enmity with Yun Family, so it wasn't hard to understand that he was willing to stand on Huo Family's side.

“Don't tell me that even the same handwriting can't be used as evidence? Then wouldn't anyone dare to casually write letters to the enemy to sell their country? In any case, it can be said that someone wrote it on behalf of someone. “

The emperor's hand grasped the handle of the dragon throne as he calmly asked, “Do you know of any extraordinary person in this world that is adept in this way?”

“This… This humble subject does not know. ” The man bowed his head and answered.

“Since you do not know, then there is no way to use it as evidence to refute. However, we will not make a decision based on a piece of paper and send our people to search through Huo Mansion, does Huo Aiqing have any objections?”

Huo Zhengquan would naturally not retort, “This subject has no objections.”