Bang!
A warrior flew backwards, knocked down a wall, and was immediately engulfed by the noisy smoke and dust.
Chen Ke felt distressed. This was his family's yard. If the wall collapsed, wouldn't they have to pay to repair it?
He looked past the warriors and servants lying on the ground screaming, and looked at the old man standing on the steps trembling.
Chen Ke strode forward, kicking down several warriors who tried to sneak attack him along the way, and came to the old man in gorgeous clothes.
"Duke Chen, for your age, please follow me obediently!"
"Okay, okay, I'll go with you!"
Duke Chen's skinny body trembled like a quail. He nodded hurriedly and followed Chen Ke obediently.
Hundreds of warriors guarding the courtyard were knocked to the ground by this kid. With his old arms and legs, how could he withstand the torture?
Isn't it said that the young man of the Chen family is a good-for-nothing second-generation rich kid? How could he be so powerful?
Not only is it powerful, but it's also very violent. It's simply a monster!
If I had known that Chen Baiwang had such a violent son, I would have returned the house to him. Why is he making such a fuss now?
However, when Duke Chen walked out of the gate and came to the carriage, he suddenly realized that there might be some misunderstanding in his understanding of the word "violent".
Five bloody people were hanging on the back of the carriage!
Five people were lying on the ground, their faces unrecognizable, and their identities could only be determined from their tattered clothes.
Duke Chen's face turned pale as he looked at Chen Ke in horror, saying in a trembling voice, "Chen boy, we were from the same family five hundred years ago. You can't treat me like this!"
Chen Ke said helplessly, "Then you can just follow me, right?"
"Okay, okay!" Duke Chen nodded hurriedly, fearing that Chen Ke would change his mind. He took the initiative to stretch out his hands and let Chen Ke tie his hands.
After Chen Ke was tied up, Tie Niu shouted "Gee", and the carriage started again and drove out of the alley.
Duke Chen had his hands tied by ropes and was walking quickly behind the carriage, barely able to keep up.
He listened to the screams coming from all around him and the five bloody men rolling on the ground. While he was horrified, he also developed a strong sense of superiority.
Hehe, boys, you keep saying that I am immortal and useless, but how would you know that the greatest use is the uselessness?
The carriage left the alley and entered the wide street.
Duke Chen held his head high and chest out, with a smile on his face, and even had time to greet passers-by who were glancing at him.
Chen Ke looked at this scene with a mixture of laughter and tears. This old man was quite interesting and had a really big heart!
The seventh, the eighth, the ninth.
Just as Chen Ke was hanging the tenth exiled nobleman on the back of a carriage and parading him through the streets, the civil and military officials in the meeting hall of the Great Xia Palace were already arguing fiercely.
"Your Majesty, Chen Ke is incredibly audacious. Not only did he trespass into a private residence, he also openly committed violence and even paraded a group of dignitaries through the streets. He must be severely punished, absolutely!"
"Your Majesty, there have been strict orders in the Imperial City prohibiting the use of horses on important thoroughfares. Chen Ke has blatantly violated the ban, and we must punish him severely to convince the people!"
"Your Majesty, even if Chen Ke is a secret agent of the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, he cannot disregard the laws of the country and seek revenge for personal gain. This matter must be thoroughly investigated!"
"Your Majesty, please send someone to stop Chen Ke immediately. If you delay any longer, my relative will probably be dragged to death!"
The ministers were outraged and emotional. Many of them knelt on the ground and tearfully demanded that Chen Ke be severely punished.
Above the main hall, the king of the Great Xia Dynasty, Xia Yuncheng, was wearing a golden dragon robe and sitting on the dragon throne with a gloomy expression.
Punishing Chen Ke is no problem, he has long intended to deal with Chen Ke.
But he was wondering in his heart, could it be that Chen Ke was so bold because he was condoned or even tacitly approved by some people?
He had already had a lot of unpleasantness with his abdicated father because of the Qin Princess matter. Could it be that his father was so angry that the Chen family was neglected and bullied that he supported Chen Ke behind the scenes?
If that was the case, he would have to be careful.
In more than a year since he ascended the throne, Xia Yuncheng has successfully regained most of the power, but there are still some key departments that are not under his control.
For example, the two most mysterious and powerful organizations in the Great Xia Palace, Milongxuan and Yinlongge, are headed by old men from the time of the retired emperor.
This is not because the emperor is greedy for power, but because these two departments are too important, and Xia Yuncheng has not yet cultivated enough talents and confidants to take over these two departments.
While Xia Yuncheng was having a headache, he was also blaming those exiled dignitaries in his heart.
The Chen family gave you the house for free without charging rent, which was already very kind of them. Why did you occupy the house and not return it, and even attack and injure people from the Chen family?
Also, those yamen officials are going too far. Even people in the imperial palace have heard about Chen Ke's complaint. Can't you do something about it?
Chen Ke had no one to turn to for help, and as he was young at heart, of course he would do something extraordinary.
To put it bluntly, I was forced to do this by you.
Now, you are all shouting for severe punishment and speaking righteously, and you are forcing me again?
What were you doing so far?
And those who are fanning the flames behind the exiled dignitaries, are they idiots?
Do they really think that Chen Ke is just an uneducated second-generation rich kid, a poor student who can be controlled by anyone?
Chen Ke broke through five dragon gates in the Shenlong Mansion of the Daxia Academy within three days. How could such a genius be so easy to bully?
But this is not their fault. Not to mention them, even he himself was shocked speechless when he learned that Chen Ke had passed five levels of the dragon gate in three days.
If it was someone else other than Principal Lu Changfeng who told him these things, Xia Yuncheng would have to punish him for deceiving the emperor.
It's not easy. It's not easy.
Xia Yuncheng sat on the dragon throne, frowning. He looked at an old eunuch standing solemnly at the bottom of the steps and asked gently, "Eunuch Ma, have you verified Chen Ke's identity?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the hall suddenly returned to silence and everyone looked towards Eunuch Ma.
Eunuch Ma had completely white hair and beard, was dressed in black, and had a hunched, frail body. He stood in the shadows, like an invisible presence.
However, no one in the court dared to underestimate this inconspicuous eunuch. It was this inconspicuous eunuch who controlled the empire's largest spy organization, the Hidden Dragon Pavilion!
Eunuch Ma raised his head, his cloudy eyes looking at Xia Yuncheng, and bowed, saying,
"Your Majesty, the Hidden Dragon Order held by Chen Ke has been confirmed to be authentic. We cannot rule out the possibility that it is Chen Ke who was recruited by Shuzhou. I have already sent people to Shuzhou to verify it."
A civil official standing in the front row snorted coldly,
"Eunuch Ma, the Hidden Dragon Pavilion is becoming more and more presumptuous. A nobody can use your token to run rampant in the capital, harming the powerful. Don't you deserve an explanation for us?!"