My Cultivation Starting from Archery

"Clang!"

Gao Bo knew he was no match, so he simply threw his knife down, "General Chen, don't put it so harshly. We are just purifying the royal side, removing these treacherous officials to restore our Great Sheng Dynasty to a thriving universe!"

"You've come at the right time!"
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"Join us, and it will be a great credit."

"Sorry, Mr. Gao."

Chen Sansi said indifferently, "I'm not clear who is causing the trouble, and I haven't received any military orders. Let me figure out the situation first. Someone, take these gentlemen down to rest!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Kang and others immediately came forward and escorted Yan Maoxing and Gao Bo away.

"My lord!"

Xia Cong looked at the scene in front of him, his face anxious, "My lord, who is rebelling? We need to protect His Majesty!"

"How would I know who is rebelling?"

Chen Sansi ordered, "Don't act rashly. Try to clarify the situation first. I'll also go and see, and act according to my orders!"

"Yes!"

"..."

Having given his instructions,

Chen Sansi hurriedly approached the palace alone.

On the way,

he saw Jian Yuanbo and Meng Quji, two Martial Saints, clashing in a battle that could shatter mountains and split the earth. Besides them, not far away, two figures hurriedly escorted an elderly, frail man.

Yan Liang!

Quite the commotion.

Chen Sansi ignored them and took the opportunity to slip inside the palace amid the chaos.

...

"Boom—"

Jiang Yuanbo and Meng Quji had fought hundreds of rounds, both suffering injuries, and it was difficult to determine a winner if they continued.

"Stop!"

"Stop it!"

"Don't fight anymore!"

"..."

Yan Liang coughed as he walked over.

"Mr. Yan!"

Meng Quji's eyes were bloodshot, "Nothing you say matters!"

"Ergou!"

Yan Liang stamped his foot, "Can you listen to me for a moment! Commander Jiang, you stop too!"

"Whizz!"

Jiang Yuanbo sheathed his sword.

The two maintained their distance, both regulating their condition.

"Ergou, come here!"

Only then did Yan Liang slowly approach, pulling him aside to a corner, "You have always been loyal to the court, so why are you doing this? Because of the ten days in Yunzhou?"

"Exactly!"

Meng Quji replied, "Everything I have is given by the court, and I am willing to serve the court! But... the person I serve, he cannot stab us in the back!"

"So, you joined Gao Bo and others in conspiring to rebel?!"

Yan Liang, aged and frail, had to pause for breath halfway through each sentence, "Ergou! We won't discuss who planned the ten days in Yunzhou right now, but I will tell you one thing!"

"Do you really think that Gao Bo and his group had no chance to stop everything from happening?"

"You..."

Meng Quji was stunned, "Elder Yan, what do you mean? The ten days in Yunzhou, the Crown Prince had no idea! Otherwise, how could he have allowed it to happen!"

"Initially, they might not have known, but later on, they definitely became aware, and the reason why they didn't stop it is simple..."

Yan Liang lowered his voice, "Because it was evidence, evidence used to bring me down! If they succeeded tonight, they would be seen as the righteous party, and we would be condemned no matter how we are treated; their victory would be thorough!"

"What?!"

Meng Quji couldn't believe it, "Mr. Gao and the others didn't stop it initially, just to use the so-called evidence, letting so many brothers die in vain at the borders of Yunzhou?"

"It's an effective strategy, isn't it?"

Yan Liang emphasized, "Isn't it because of this incident that you decided to turn and join them? Without you, a Martial Saint, how much fewer chances would they have?"

"Impossible!"

Meng Quji said.

"What's so impossible?!"

Yan Liang spoke earnestly, "Ergou, when I was young I was just like you, charging ahead for new policies! But later I realized, many things are not for us to decide individually!"

"If you want to secure a position in the court, you must think of every possible method!"

"Gao Bo and his group claim to be upright scholars, but in reality? They are just using the name of integrity to malign us and occupy the moral high ground! The things they do behind the scenes, how clean can they be?"

"I'm telling you this to persuade you to step back now! A Martial Saint's life is precious, if you stop now, I might still be able to spare your life, and at worst, your family won't be implicated!"

"I don't believe it, I need to find out for myself!"

"Bang—"

Meng Quji suddenly moved, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Elder Yan!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yuanbo exclaimed angrily, "Weren't you supposed to persuade him to surrender? Why did you let him escape? What if he breaches the sleeping chamber, and something happens to His Majesty?"

"I have already successfully persuaded him."

Yan Liang sat down slowly with the help of a servant.

"What?"

Jiang Yuanbo stared in the direction Meng Quji had left, "What do you mean?"

"I understand Ergou, his involvement with Gao Bo and others was merely to seek an explanation. If that explanation no longer exists, he also..."

As he spoke, a sinister look flashed across Yan Liang's cloudy, aged eyes, "might as well be dead."

...

The sleeping chamber.

"All this commotion?"

Chen Sansi hadn't yet approached when he heard the "rumble and roar" inside the sleeping chamber, it was like an explosion, with part of the palace collapsing. It was more than just "Candlelight Axe Shadows"; it was like two armies clashing.

He dared not go any closer but instead found a nearby tree to climb and used the Qi Observation Skill to make sure he would not be noticed. Then, he began to observe the battle inside through the gaps in the sleeping chamber.

"What's going on?"