I'm the villain in the book

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At that time, Wei Xianzhi only felt that he, the commander of the Xuanjing Division and the head of the Wei family, seemed to have failed too much.

But until now, when a larger force that had penetrated so deeply into the court surfaced, he realized that the power in Wei Changtian's hands was far more than that of Shuzhou and Freemasons.

Perhaps it is time to hand over the position of Patriarch...

Shaking his head, temporarily calming down his complicated emotions, Wei Xianzhi set his sights on an old man in purple clothes with a neck stuck not far away.

Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Gu Zisheng.

Currently the number one loyal minister of Ning Yongnian in the entire capital.

"Master Gu, are you sure you want to disobey His Royal Highness's will?"

Squinting his eyes, Wei Xianzhi asked directly: "You just need to answer yes or no."

"Hmph! Master Wei is really very proud!"

"Old man..."

It was obvious that Gu Zisheng was not stupid enough to answer the question directly, so he was ready to sneer first.

However, before he could finish his sentence, Wei Xianzhi suddenly swung his palm in full view of everyone.

In the next second, the wind of the palm was sharp, and it slammed on the crane in front of Gu Zisheng's chest in an instant!

"boom!"

Accompanied by a muffled sound, the latter vomited blood immediately, and flew backwards several feet away in response to the sound, and then fell to the ground like a broken sack.

The dull sound of landing echoed in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and blood splashed down, drawing a long bloodstain.

Gu Zisheng, who was at the end of the bloodstains, had no life left. Only his wide-eyed eyes showed his mood at the last moment before he died.

"..."

There was a burst of chills, and the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

"General Han."

As if doing a trivial thing, Wei Xianzhi turned his head to look at Han Zhao under everyone's gaze.

"Gu Zisheng not only shields the evil king, but also openly defies His Royal Highness, which is a heinous crime."

"Although the culprit has been executed now, the crime should implicate the nine clans."

"I can't get away for the time being, so please ask the general to take someone to Gu's house immediately."

"..."

"Lord Wei, don't worry, I will go to Gu's mansion now, and the thieves will definitely not be able to escape!"

Without hesitation, Han Zhao went straight to the palace gate after agreeing.

But at this moment, a terrified and angry voice suddenly sounded.

"Wei, Wei Xianzhi!"

"Do you know what you are doing!!"

"Master Gu is a first-rank member of my dynasty! You said you would kill him!!"

"Wait for the emperor to come back..."

"boom!!"

"..."

"General Han, and the Zuo family, please deal with it together."

"Hahahaha! Ben will know!"

Chapter 544

Amidst the loud laughter, Han Zhao strode out of the palace gate and walked away.

And it is estimated that it will not be long before the Gu family and the Zuo family will be completely wiped out.

Of course, the heirs of these two families must still be left outside the capital, and they will definitely live with the Wei family in the future.

But none of that matters now.

The most important thing is that Wei Xianzhi killed two people in a row in just a few tens of breaths, and the two people didn't even finish their conversation...

Looking at the two bloody corpses lying horizontally in the center of the hall, no one, standing or kneeling, made a sound.

As for Ruan Tianfu in the corner...

While thanking himself for kneeling in time, he was also extremely surprised.

It's not that he didn't think that Wei Xianzhi would make an example of others, but he really didn't expect the latter to be so decisive.

You must know that it is unrealistic to kill all those who oppose it.

After all, if more than 20 court officials died at once, then the forces behind these people would definitely not let it go, and once this matter got out, it would have a very bad impact on Ning Wenjun's "wind evaluation".

Everyone agrees, that's what everyone expects.

To kill all those who disagree is to seek power and usurp the throne through and through.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, it must be possible to kill as little as possible.

However, after all, Wei Xianzhi was a lunatic who led people around the palace...

For a while, Ruan Tianfu was not sure whether the commander of the Xuanjing Division would continue to kill.

The latter quickly gave the answer with practical actions.

"Master Sun, do you want to disobey His Highness?"

"You just have to answer yes and no."

"Wei, Wei Xianzhi, don't push people too much..."

"boom!!"

With a sharp palm, he turned to look at the other person.

"Master Mei, what about you?"

"I......"

"boom!!"

Close your palms and turn your head, another person.

"Master He, you..."

"what!!"

"I, I would like to assist Your Highness to ascend the throne!!"

"..."

When the number of corpses in the hall changed from two to four, and the servant of the Ministry of Punishment named He Zhang fell to his knees and yelled, Wei Xianzhi finally stopped his crazy actions.

His eyes calmly scanned the rest of the people who were still standing one by one, his eyes didn't seem to be looking at a living thing, but more like looking at the meat on the chopping board.

Although he didn't ask another question, wherever he looked, within three breaths, the people looked at would all tremble and kneel without exception.

Everyone understood that Wei Xianzhi couldn't kill them all, but they also knew that killing four and five didn't make much difference for the former.

Obviously, no one wants to be that fifth body...

Just like that, when the last person knelt down tremblingly and shouted "I would like to assist His Highness to ascend the throne" with a trembling mouth, there was no one standing in the hall except Wei Xianzhi and Ning Wenjun.

Turning his head to look at Ning Wenjun, who looked a little pale but also a little excited, Wei Xianzhi stepped forward, turned around, and knelt down facing the former as well.

He shook his sleeves, then cupped his hands to his forehead, and shouted in a deep voice:

"Use martial arts to bring about chaos, and use virtue to bring about peace!"

"We implore Your Highness to ascend the throne immediately!"

"Your Highness, Wanmo, please decline it!"

......

......

For an emperor who seized the world through "abnormal" means, he generally had to go through a process of "three speeches and three concessions" before he ascended the throne.

That is, a minister had to persuade him three times, and he himself refused three times, and then "reluctantly" agreed the last time, and ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

Obviously, the purpose of this process is to make up some face for these "dishonestly named" emperors.

To put it more bluntly, it is-

If he is decent, you make him decent; if he is not decent, you make him decent.

For Ning Wenjun, he must be in an "unseemly" situation, after all, his father is not dead yet.

But the current situation could not prevent him from going through the process of "whitewashing" such as "three words and three concessions", so Ning Wenjun immediately accepted the request of the "officials" and transformed from a prince to an emperor.

Of course, the change of identity is still short of a grand enthronement ceremony.

The ancients attached great importance to ceremonies, so no matter what you say, this grand ceremony is indispensable.

And although the preparations for the grand ceremony will take a few days at the earliest, the "propaganda" work can be carried out first.

Thus, the "Beijing News", which has been established for a year and has almost monopolized public opinion, began to play its real role.

......

It was only half an hour after the early morning ended.

The warehouse of Chunshen Bookstore’s head office in Beijing was opened, and the newspapers stacked inside were delivered to every household for free like snowflakes.

The semicolons of each state were also doing the same thing at almost the same time, and immediately spread everything that happened in the capital to the 36 states of Daning.

These newspapers had already been printed two days ago, and they not only published the original text of Ning Wenjun's "speech" today, but also attached a "judgment document" of Dali Temple against Ning Yongnian.

Um......

Strictly speaking, although the first page of the "Da Ning Law" states that "the emperor breaks the law and the common people are the same crime", but in terms of the system, the only person who can judge the emperor is the emperor himself, not even the "Supreme Law" Dali Temple.

But after all, newspapers are for the common people to read, and no one cares whether the system is compliant or not.

The common people only know that Dali Temple is the place where all major cases are judged. With this "official endorsement", the content in the newspaper will naturally become much more credible.

so......

Is Ning Yongnian the real culprit of the incident in Yuanzhou City?

The Xu family rebelled, and Ning Yuke was forced to rebel?

Also, it turned out that Ning Wenjun ordered the Wei family to rebel?

In the narrative tone of the "Beijing News", Ning Yongnian was naturally portrayed as a sinister and cunning tyrant who would ignore the common people.

And Ning Wenjun is a good prince who hates evil like hatred and kills relatives righteously.

As for the Wei family... of course it is a powerful helper to help Ning Wenjun to do justice for the sky.

The above three points, except that the statement about Ning Yongnian is basically in line with the facts, the other two points are undoubtedly very outrageous.

But ordinary people are simply unable to distinguish these.

In their view, the "Beijing News", which has brought them all kinds of latest news in the past year, is the most reliable information channel, at least much more credible than those rumors in the market.

Therefore, in less than half a day, the whole Daning was completely boiling.

After all, the fact that the emperor changed overnight is so shocking that most people wouldn't believe it was true if they hadn't heard it from the newspaper reader himself...

"Sir! We just arrived! Didn't hear what you just said!"

"You read it again!"

"Yes sir! Read it again!"

"..."

Extreme East, Qingzhou Prefecture.

A teahouse named "Sanrunju" is located in a small town not far from the sea, and most of the people who come and go are fishermen living nearby.

Hearing that something big happened, these fishermen stopped fishing at sea today, and ran to the town with all their brains, wanting to hear what kind of big thing happened.