All Heavens: From Joy of Life to The Great Feng Night Watchman

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Around noon, Wuxin received a report that the Black Riders' camp had been surrounded.

The patrolling scouts made no announcement whatsoever, and the Black Rider camp was quietly surrounded—something that had never happened before.

As soon as he stepped out of the camp gate, before he could even see his opponent, a rain of arrows that blotted out the sky rushed towards him!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Arrows rained down on the military camp like a storm, and screams filled the air!

Many soldiers who were still in their tents were shot dead through the tents.

After one volley of arrows, another volley followed!

Seeing that the most elite Black Riders were about to be shot dead before they could even mount their horses, Wuxin was furious.

"Black Riders, mount your horses and break through!"

The enemy's arrows rained down relentlessly; Wuxin had never seen an army waste so many arrows.

The Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, numbering ten thousand, surrounded one thousand men. Li Chang'an had given orders to minimize unnecessary casualties.

Moreover, in this kind of encirclement and annihilation battle, many arrows can be fired and then retrieved.

By the time the Black Riders reached Ye Wan, the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry had already unleashed a dozen volleys of arrows.

"Ye Wan, why are you attacking the Black Riders!"

Ye Wan beamed with joy when he saw that the Black Riders had lost two-thirds of their forces.

"By order of His Highness the Prince of Qin, the entire Supervisory Council is guilty of treason and shall be executed without exception!"

Even Wu Xin suspected he had misheard; was the Censorate, a vital national instrument, plotting a rebellion?

They even plotted a rebellion!

This happened so suddenly, without any warning.

"The Black Riders were appointed by His Majesty himself; how can His Highness Prince Qin condemn us!"

Ye Wan replied, "It wasn't possible before, but it's possible starting today."

"Snow Dragon Riders! Charge! Slaughter the Black Riders! Leave no one alive!"

Upon receiving the order, Ye Wan took the lead, and the white torrent rushed towards the remnants of the Black Cavalry like a sharp sword!

Although the Black Knight was commendable for his courage and displayed considerable bravery on several occasions.

However, faced with a huge disadvantage in numbers and equipment, after the first wave of three thousand Snow Dragon Riders charged through, only a few dozen Black Riders remained.

As Ye Wan led his men back, the official Black Riders of the Surveillance Bureau were completely wiped out.

"Collect the supplies, burn the corpses, and destroy the military camp!"

These legitimate Black Knights were set up to protect Chen Pingping and have been influenced by him for many years.

It was this Black Cavalry that made the long-distance raid to rescue Emperor Qing back then, so Li Chang'an was not at ease and directly incorporated them into his army.

However, the four thousand Black Riders that Chen Pingping secretly kept did not usually have contact with him. After the Supervisory Council was completely wiped out, it would be worth considering recruiting them.

Inside the Inspectorate.

Yan Bingyun, a young man from the Supervisory Council, was stunned by the madness and ruthlessness of the older generation.

Under Murong Yan's leadership, these people actually came up with a feasible plan.

Basically, it's the same steps that Murong Yan just mentioned, but each step has been broken down into more detail.

A plan was devised to completely disrupt Kyoto, and then take advantage of the chaos in the various government offices to rescue Chen Pingping and the other two.

Just as everyone had finished discussing their roles and were preparing for a big operation that night, a notification suddenly came from outside the door.

"This is bad! The Shadow Guards and the Garrison Commanders have surrounded the Surveillance Bureau!"

Upon hearing this news, the organizers and elderly people in the hall came out of their rooms and came to the square of the Overwatch Council.

Murong Yan saw three people, accompanied by Shadow Guards and soldiers, walk in through the main gate.

"Commander Qin, Commander Xing, and this commander... they all look unfamiliar!"

The newly appointed garrison commander, Qin Huan, is Qin Ye's second son.

After what happened this morning, the Qin family has completely sided with Li Chang'an.

Therefore, when Xing Yusen said that the Supervisory Council was going to rebel, Qin Heng arrived with 10,000 men without saying a word.

Because Qin Ye specifically instructed that Chen Pingping was finished!

Qin Heng didn't know if the Surveillance Bureau would rebel, but he knew that Li Chang'an was someone he couldn't afford to offend.

Yan Bingyun recognized the Shadow Guard commander, whom even Murong Yan didn't recognize, instantly.

"Teng Zijing, you're still alive!"

Teng Zijing politely cupped his hands in greeting, "Young Master Yan, I was once tricked into joining the Supervisory Council."

I was working under you back then, but I was later rescued by Prince Yong.

With the collapse of the Supervisory Board today, Teng can finally reveal his true colors!

At that moment, a fleeting afterimage appeared in the room where the organizers had just been.

The afterimage stopped beside Qin Heng and then handed him several pieces of paper.

Murong Yan exclaimed in shock and anger, "Wang Qinian, you've been hiding in the main hall of the Surveillance Bureau all this time!"

Wang Qinian chuckled and said, "I've truly seen something new today. The Oversight Council is really ruthless!"

“Your Highness told me before that you were going to rebel, but I thought at most it would be a prison break.”

"It seems that I underestimated your Supervisory Bureau!"

When Qin Heng saw the paper Wang Qinian handed him, he felt like a robber meeting his grandfather.

"They instigated trouble at the Imperial Academy and secretly poisoned the water supply in the capital; they're a bunch of lunatics!"

In the original novel, when Chen Pingping was executed by slow slicing, Yan Bingyun had most of the old men who were loyal to Chen Pingping transferred away beforehand.

However, even under those circumstances, this rescue plan was still proposed.

Now that things have happened so suddenly, and Chen Pingping's staunch supporters are still in the hospital, it's not surprising that they want to formally put this plan into practice.

Qin Heng immediately said to the several adjutants behind him, "Send orders to all armies: the Supervisory Council is plotting a rebellion; not a single person is allowed to leave!"

He then handed two more sheets of paper to the messenger, saying, "Present this evidence to His Majesty and the Prince of Qin immediately!"

Qin Heng knew very well that from today onwards, there would be two suns in the sky over Daqing.

If the emperor's successor is a Grandmaster, is he still an ordinary successor?

Just then, Shadow suddenly led six swordsmen into the plaza.

Murong Yan exclaimed in surprise, "Shadow! Weren't you captured by the King of Qin?"

Wang Qinian cursed at Murong Yan, "You old bastard, Shadow has now abandoned darkness and embraced the light."

"His Highness the King of Qin said that as long as Shadow fully assists in suppressing the rebellion, he will be pardoned!"

With the appearance of the six swordsmen, officials from various places also appeared in the square.

Apart from the fact that all the Black Knights from Division Five are dead, the Swordsmen from Division Six are behind the Shadow.

Among the swordsmen behind the shadow, one exclaimed in surprise, "Lord Shadow, how could you betray the Dean!"

Once one person took the lead, more than a dozen people immediately spoke up.

The Shadow Guards and the Guardians just watched, and more and more people dared to doubt and curse the Shadows.

Of the more than two hundred swordsmen, fifty or sixty spoke up.

However, most people remained silent.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed beneath the shadowy robe, and a long sword moved through the crowd like a ghost.

With a series of hissing sounds, the throats of all those who had spoken earlier were slit.

"The rest of you, if you want to live, follow me and kill!"

After giving the order, Shadow led the swordsmen to attack the officials of the Supervisory Council.

The organizers, including Murong Yan, and Chen Pingping's die-hard supporters also drew their swords and shouted insults.

"Shadow, the dean has always treated you well, yet you repay kindness with enmity!"

"Brothers of the Oversight Council, let's fight the traitors to the death!"

"Kill them! Kill all the traitors!"

In the blink of an eye, four or five hundred people engaged in a fierce battle in the square and in the corridors of the Overwatch Council!

Fei Jie's disciples from the Third Division were ruthless in dealing with traitors from the Supervisory Council; with a flick of their sleeves, they could conjure up all sorts of poisons.

Many highly skilled swordsmen were killed by poison before they even got close!

Wang Qinian poked Teng Zijing with his finger, "Go and deal with those who released the poison."

"Otherwise, the swordsmen will die too quickly, and the two sides will never finish fighting."

Wang Qinian was speaking loudly in a whisper, which aroused righteous indignation among the officials in charge of the Oversight Council.