When Emperor Canglan, who was sitting on the dragon throne, heard Han Jiulin's words, he didn't even believe a word of them.
Meng Haoran is a confidant prince that he cultivated with his own hands. He is the biggest backer behind Meng Haoran. What reason would he have for choosing to rebel?
Emperor Canglan was confident that even if all the princes in the world rebelled against him, Meng Haoran would never commit a crime of rebellion.
"Han Jiulin, you accuse Feihonghou of committing rebellion, do you have any evidence?
If there is no evidence, you have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor again. If you have several crimes stacked up, you should be punished!"
A prince who had always been friends with Meng Haoran stared at Han Jiulin and said coldly.
Han Jiulin bowed his hands to Emperor Canglan, and then said:
"According to His Majesty's imperial decree, I sent troops south to suppress the sect's rebellion. I have already captured more than 20 rebels from the Shenxiang Sect, including the master of Qingyun Hall, one of the eight masters of the Shenxiang Sect, and the direct disciple of Gongye Menglan, the head of the Shenxiang Sect.
An Rujing."
"Just when I was escorting these rebels to Baizhou City, with the intention of bringing them back to the imperial capital to be punished by Your Majesty, Feihonghou Meng Haoran let them all go because he was jealous of me for having done this!"
"These rebellions are all due to the deep hatred towards our Qinglong Palace and the Canglan Empire. If we let the tiger return to the mountain now, it will definitely bring disaster to the empire in the future. How is Meng Haoran's move different from treason?"
Fei Xinghou said: "Han Jiulin, although you said it with certainty, you are only telling one side of the story, which is not worthy of belief! But Feihong Hou was killed by you in broad daylight in his own mansion, and the entire Feihong Hou Mansion was reduced to ruins.
One person survived, but this is an ironclad fact!"
Han Jiulin said: "Who said I was telling the truth?
Many soldiers from the Nakong Cavalry Battalion and Shenwu Xuanxiang Cavalry Battalion, as well as the 100,000 troops guarding Baizhou City, can all testify for me!"
Emperor Canglan's eyes were sharper than those of an eagle, and he stared at Han Jiulin and asked sternly:
"Han Jiulin, even if Meng Haoran really lets go of the rebels of Shenxiang Sect, as the right general of the imperial army, you should first report this situation to the army commander, King Tianxuan. After finding out the facts, Tianxuan
The king will naturally punish Meng Haoran according to military law."
"But you went against common sense and chased Meng Haoran all the way back to the Imperial Capital from the Heavenly Domain, and killed everyone in the Feihonghou Mansion. What on earth were you trying to cover up?
What is the truth?"
Han Jiulin lowered his head, biting his teeth almost to pieces, and then spoke angrily:
"Just because Meng Haoran was discovered by his disciple Meng Yuqing when he committed the crime of rebellion. Although Meng Yuqing was a subordinate of Feihonghou Mansion, he was upright by nature and did not want to join forces with Meng Haoran. Therefore, Meng Haoran, the old thief, was angry and killed
Then they killed people and silenced them, even destroying Meng Yuqing’s body and leaving no trace of it!”
"And I...I! I am in love with Meng Yuqing. When I was exposing Meng Haoran's crime, the old thief got carried away and revealed everything, intending to kill me too.
And kill people and silence them.”
"But he didn't expect that my current cultivation level has far exceeded his expectations. Since this old thief can't kill me, I will naturally avenge Yuqing at all costs!"
Although Han Jiulin did not want to mention Qin Linxi in front of everyone, his motives were only established after he revealed this.
As soon as Han Jiulin said this, there was naturally an uproar in the hall.
After Huangfu Zhirou saw Han Jiulin telling all the truth word by word through gritted teeth, he immediately understood why Han Jiulin had such a deathly look in his eyes when he was at the palace gate.
For some reason, Huangfu Zhirou was not as angry as she had imagined at this moment. Instead, she felt as sad as Han Jiulin in her heart. She felt that her mood had never been so close to that of Han Jiulin.
Upon hearing this, Marquis Fuhai immediately stepped forward, then bowed to Emperor Canglan, and then spoke:
"Although Han Jiulin made a big mistake this time, he did it for a reason. It was for the safety of the Canglan Empire and his beloved woman. Please forgive his life for the sake of his sincerity."
Fu Haihou is the number one master under the Giant Spirit King. Since he has spoken out, he has already explained the Giant Spirit King's attitude towards protecting Han Jiulin. The princes who stand on the Giant Spirit King's side naturally understood and stepped forward one after another to protect Han Jiulin.
say:
"Nowadays, the bloodthirsty demon sect is coming fiercely, and the masters of the major demon sects have been gathering towards the imperial capital. Now is the time for our Canglan Empire to employ people, and young men with outstanding talents like Han Jiulin will definitely be able to make meritorious deeds in the future. Your Majesty, please help.
Open up!"
"Yes, the Qinglong Palace has made countless military exploits for our Canglan Empire over the past millennium. Although Han Jiulin acted recklessly, he was only thinking about the empire. Please be aware of it."
Emperor Canglan glanced at the princes in front of him. No matter how conclusive they said, his murderous intention towards Han Jiulin could not diminish even a little bit.
Emperor Canglan said: "Han Jiulin despised the imperial power and had no regard for national laws. He broke into Feihonghou's mansion and brutally killed Feihonghou. If this villain is not severely punished, wouldn't it mean that the national laws of our Canglan Empire are child's play?
?”
Han Jiulin naturally knew that Emperor Canglan would never let him go so easily, so he took out a jade token from the Qiankun Gourd, stared at Emperor Canglan and spoke again:
"The Master entrusted the Master's Order to me before he left, so that I could imprison the emperor and kill the guilty ministers. However, Meng Haoran, a thief who allowed his clan to rebel without permission, and then killed Meng Yuqing to silence her after his deeds were exposed, is already guilty of this crime.
Be punished!"
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't despise the imperial power. On the contrary, it is in order to safeguard the imperial power and uphold the national law that I took action to kill Meng Haoran, a thief!"
Han Jiulin knew that he had already become a serious problem for Emperor Canglan, and after this incident, the dog emperor would definitely use all means to deal with him. Since he holds the Master's Order, why should he bow to him now?
Anyway, no matter what, this dog emperor can't let him go, nor can he let Qinglong Palace go.
Today, I want to kill his majesty, and at the same time, I am also making my position clear to the Giant Spirit King.
Seeing this situation, the Giant Spirit King naturally understood the situation, and then stepped forward and spoke loudly:
"I almost forgot that Han Jiulin has been holding the Master's Order in his hand as a gift from the Master. Those who hold the Master's Order can go to the deposed emperor and kill the traitors. Han Jiulin does have the power to deal with traitors like Meng Haoran easily."
Emperor Canglan was so angry that his heart and lungs were burning with anger. He wished he could immediately order Han Jiulin to withdraw and behead him in public.
But he knew very well that ignoring Confucius' order and insisting on punishing Han Jiulin was tantamount to contempt for Confucius, the ancestor of the Huangfu family who had protected the Canglan Empire for more than three hundred years. This would definitely allow the Giant Spirit King to seize his leverage.
Therefore, no matter how angry the Canglan Empire is in its heart at the moment, it can never break out for a while and can only swallow this bad breath.