The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Chapter 176: I Have Got Myself Into a Trouble

Just as Jiang Fan was leaving Bingzhou, the capital also received urgent military intelligence. This was the first military intelligence Jiang Fan reported to Emperor Yan after defeating the Bingzhou bandits.

In addition to the military intelligence received by Emperor Yan, Chu Yan'er also received the military intelligence sent back by Jiang Fan.

Ye Ren also received the military intelligence. The moment they received it, they all looked at the information in their hands in astonishment, thinking they had seen it wrong.

Ye Ren's hands were shaking, his blood was boiling, and he almost vomited blood on the spot. He had finally promised the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun good things and asked them to take action against Jiang Fan.

Although they couldn't steal the food and supplies, they could kill Jiang Fan. But who would have thought that Jiang Fan, with only 2,000 soldiers providing food and supplies, could defeat and route 10,000 bandits.

Not only that, now the entire Lianyun Eighteen Villages are terrified at the mention of Fan. They also compare the White Robe Army to the Army of Death. The saying "Thousands of troops avoid the white robes" is enough to explain everything!

He thought the information was wrong. After all, it was too impossible.

In more than ten days, how could a forage army with such weak combat power possibly fight against nearly ten thousand bandits! And there were also five hundred civilians dragging them down!

But the facts were before him, and he had no choice but to believe it. After all, the men he sent out would not dare to send back false military intelligence.

Now he has a vague feeling that he is going to be in trouble!

After all, all the way when Jiang Fan was out, their Morning Post, apart from praising him at the beginning, kept belittling and slandering him afterwards, and even led the rhythm.

But Jiang Fan has now launched such a counterattack, which is simply rubbing the face of the Morning Post on the ground.

Now he just hoped that Jiang Fan would not make any moves. He even hoped that Jiang Fan would not think about what happened in the capital.

As long as he suppresses the matter temporarily and waits for the Morning Post to gain a firm foothold, it won't matter if the matter is exposed again!

But he had a good idea. The Morning Post printed an extra edition of the Morning Post that day and gave it away for free.

After Chu Yan'er received the news, she knew it was time for them to fight back. If they didn't take action now, when would they? They had endured for so long, and finally the time had come!

The news reported in the morning paper was that when Jiang Fan was marching to Bingzhou with 2,000 grain soldiers and 500 civilian laborers, they were attacked by 10,000 bandits from Lianyunzhai.

The Eighth Prince, relying on two thousand grain soldiers, five hundred civilian laborers, and two hundred white-robed light cavalry, defeated the ten thousand-strong army of Lianyunzhai, killing more than five thousand enemies, with only a hundred casualties of his own.

As soon as the news came out, the entire capital city was in an uproar, and everyone was shocked by the news.

How is it possible that two thousand soldiers with no combat effectiveness and five hundred civilians who had almost no power to resist killed five thousand enemies!

All the people didn't believe it at first, and Ye Ren secretly found someone to lead the trend and raise doubts.

Suddenly, the whole capital was in an uproar over this matter, and everyone went to the Morning Post to ask for an explanation.

Some people even said that the Morning Post was whitewashing Jiang Fan and lying about military intelligence.

The morning newspaper was immediately denounced! The people were even more angry at the Eighth Prince!

However, when the news spread from heaven and earth that it was true, the people in the capital finally calmed down a lot.

After all, Heaven and Earth has always been fair and impartial in this matter, so the people believe in them, but there are still doubts everywhere.

Ye Ren took this opportunity to spread rumors that the Morning Post was immoral and had spread military intelligence indiscriminately in order to whitewash Jiang Fan.

Ye Ren and others instinctively thought that Jiang Fan was not in the capital and did not know what was happening there. They were lucky enough to think that Jiang Fan should not have reported any military intelligence back.

Therefore, they wanted to set the pace first. Even if Jiang Fan really reported back military intelligence, they could solve it by saying that this matter was unbelievable and their doubts were reasonable.

As a result, the morning newspaper run by Ye Ren and others spared no effort to spread rumors, hoping to take this opportunity to completely discredit the morning newspaper and Jiang Fan.

But at this moment, after receiving the news, Emperor Yan smiled coldly and sent out the military intelligence he had received in the name of the court.

When the people saw that the imperial court acknowledged the incident as true, they began to believe it.

Everyone's attitude towards Jiang Fan suddenly changed.

They were all praising Jiang Fan for his prowess, worthy of being the god they recognized.

Although they were still unhappy about Jiang Fan's embezzlement of food and grass, what happened to him this time made them feel hopeful about him again.

After all, how could one not be shocked and admired by a man who could train 2,000 incompetent soldiers to defeat the notorious Lianyun Eighteen Village bandits? !

Just at this moment, the Morning Post spoke again.

He directly reported the truth about why Jiang Fan sent the grain and fodder to Huaining County and why he troubled the grain and fodder soldiers and civilians on the way.

The so-called embezzlement of food and grass was to travel light. Jiang Fan had already sent people to the front to purchase food and grass, and had already transported them to Jinzhou, so as to avoid bothering the food and grass soldiers and civilians.

That was to train the grain and forage troops and civilian laborers so that they would have enough combat effectiveness, and the result was obviously good. Didn't you see the terrifying combat effectiveness displayed by the grain and forage troops when Bingzhou fought against the bandit army?

This is the result of training all the way.

With the clarification in the morning paper, the people immediately believed more that what Jiang Fan did was not to embezzle food and grass, nor was he a psychopath who wanted to abuse and retaliate against the food and grass soldiers and civilians.

After all, the facts are there before their eyes, so of course they believe the Morning Post.

Jiang Fan's prestige, after a period of decline, instantly reached its peak again.

At the same time, rumors began to spread among the people that those who published the morning newspaper wanted to deliberately discredit the Eighth Prince in order to frame him.

As a result, the people reacted and immediately began to boycott the morning paper. After all, the morning paper was obviously inferior to the morning paper in terms of content and reporting.

Not to mention, apart from praising Jiang Fan at the beginning, the rest of the time was almost all about belittling and slandering him, and leading the rhythm.

Of course, there were many smart people among the people. They quickly realized that the morning newspaper was published by several princes. They were fighting with Jiang Fan for the throne, so they would definitely discredit and belittle the Eighth Prince.

Therefore, their smear campaign against Jiang Fan became even more solidified, and the people who had reacted would no longer be fooled by the morning paper!

The protest against the Morning Post happened immediately. Not even a single copy of the Morning Post could be sold.

Those businesses that advertised in the morning newspapers also suffered the wrath of the people and could not sell their goods.

Some people even went to the store to smash and destroy things, causing the business to suffer heavy losses.

Even those businesses that had already claimed that they would place advertisements in the morning paper were implicated. Suddenly, all businesses that had anything to do with the morning paper were in mourning.

As a result, not only did the people block the door of the Morning News every day to demand an explanation, but the merchants also went directly to Ye Ren’s residence.

They kept asking them to pay compensation. After all, the contract was clearly written. Not only did they not close the door, but they also asked them to pay compensation for the losses they caused. Do you admit it?

Because you reported the distorted facts earlier and led the trend to harm the Eighth Prince, causing them to be implicated, you have to compensate!

The noise blocked Ye Ren from leaving the mansion. In the crowd, Chu Yan'er, two little girls, and a group of guards stood on the outskirts of the crowd.

That’s right, they also came to ask for compensation because several clothing stores, cloth shops, and grocery stores were their businesses.

Since Ye Ren wanted to find excitement, Chu Yan'er certainly didn't mind helping her! Forty times the compensation, the three stores were worth 540,000 taels of compensation. Don't miss it!