amaotonovel Chapter 1401
Chapter 1401
Several prison guards immediately bowed respectfully to Zhao Feng, clasped their hands in front of him, and said, "Don't worry, boss! We're very skilled at this!"
"Hmm." Zhao Feng nodded, relieved that they were okay. He immediately turned and left, leaving Zhan Hui with a parting remark: "People... once something happens to them, they immediately lose their sense of direction. You guys... you're all the same, sigh!"
He didn't mean anything by it.
Instead, he felt that Zhan Hui and Zhang Yi were all the same, that they all believed they had connections and opportunities elsewhere. Although Zhan Hui had just been joking and teasing Zhang Yi, Zhu Shou, and Cao Xing, he was blinded by his own naiveté—could something go wrong with His Majesty's word? Who could save them?
……
Now let's talk about the Ministry of Personnel, one of the six ministries.
After Chen Zhou, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and other confidants and protégés of Zhan Hui had each gone their separate ways, they once again gathered in the Ministry of Personnel's office under the pretext of entrusting official business to them—this was less likely to be noticed than their actions outside the palace.
"How is it? Any news about Lan Yu and his group?" Chen Zhou closed the doors and windows of the office, his expression grave. He glanced at everyone and asked in a low voice, his tone full of anxiety.
On the one hand, he wanted to rescue his mentor, who was imprisoned, as soon as possible.
On the other hand, he also needed the Huaixi nobles as a weapon to cause trouble for Zhu Yunwen, preferably so that he would have no time to attend to the new policies, protect the gentry and scholars of the country, and of course, protect the privileges and interests of the early court officials.
However, he asked a question.
In return, everyone frowned and looked at each other with a mixture of guilt and curiosity.
Without exception, everyone here wore an expression that seemed to be waiting for someone to come out and give them the information they wanted, revealing the whereabouts and whereabouts of the nobles of Huaixi.
Unfortunately……
The nobles of Huaixi and their rebel generals were all thrown into the Alchemy Department by Zhu Yunwen to work as morticians. They searched and inquired around the Alchemy Department, but of course, no one could find out anything.
The crowd could only turn their heads left and right.
I look at you, you look at him, he looks at his…
Not a single person spoke.
The entire Ministry of Personnel fell into an eerie, deathly silence as Chen Zhou's voice faded.
For a while.
Chen Zhou, ever impatient, broke the silence, clapping his hands together: "Wait, who are you all looking at? Who are you waiting for? Haven't we already assigned people to search and investigate the area around the Alchemy Department?"
"Even if Lan Yu and the others were driven back by His Majesty's forces, they still have a place to go when they flee in the east, south, northwest, northeast... surely someone can find their trail?" After saying this, Chen Zhou was so angry at the situation that he laughed.
And how could everyone not understand the principle he was talking about?
If they had secretly searched everywhere, they should have found no clues at all!
Embarrassed, one of them gave a detailed report of his situation: "I was in charge of exploring the area south of the Alchemy Bureau, but I found no clues. Let's all discuss whether we might have overlooked something."
After these words were spoken, everyone else also reported their own situations truthfully:
“My men have secretly searched the southeast area, but they haven’t found anything.”
"That area to the west is too!"
"Hmm... the same applies to the north and south sides."
"East..."
And so, they quickly discovered something extremely strange: they had indeed checked each area individually, and hadn't missed a single location, but... the situation was that there was no trace of rebel activity in any area radiating outwards from the Alchemy Bureau!
The public housing fell silent once again.
Chen Zhou paced back and forth several times with his hands behind his back, then suddenly stopped, frowning as he looked at everyone: "How is this possible? Where did they go? Lan Yu and the other dukes and marquises, along with their elite generals and troops... where did they all go? So many people, such a grand and imposing group, this person..."
He stammered at this point, "This...this person...he needs somewhere to go, right?"
Bizarre! Outrageous!
Now, all that remained in everyone's mind was this absurd thought, and their expressions became anxious—if they couldn't find the person, what was the point of making any plans for the future?
At this moment, someone tentatively asked, "Gentlemen, do you think... what if... what if..."
He stammered, clearly wanting to say something but not daring to.
With the plan going awry, Chen Zhou was already unsettled, and now he said impatiently, "We've come this far, so just say what you have to say!"