Chapter 180 One Night (3)
At midnight, the lights in the Tingwei Mansion were also brightly lit. Lu Fengning, the new Tingwei Shaofu, was reprimanded by the Queen for the riots in the city during the day. He was not prepared to return to the house at night, but chose to stay at the Tingwei Mansion. He was also afraid that something was going to happen in the city at night. There were only a few hundred yamen servants in the Tingwei Mansion, and he could not take into account the guards of the entire Luoyang City.
Lu Fengning sat in the main hall of the Tingwei Mansion, holding a map of the locations of Luoyang City wherever he set up a checkpoint in various places. Although the pictures in his hand were full of incompleteness, this was also the most detailed map of Luoyang City. With this picture, he at least understood that if something happened in the place, which part of the people needed to be mobilized to maintain public order and quell the riots. Although Lu Fengning was born and raised in Luoyang, he used to think that he knew the inside and outside of Luoyang City. It was not until he was transferred to the position of Tingwei Shaofu that he knew how big Luoyang City was. More than 90% of the streets and yard areas had not been to him personally.
"...The battalion of soldiers who have entered the city are stationed near Wuyuan Temple in the city. Your Majesty has ordered that our Tingwei Mansion will not be allowed to get close to each other. There are sentry detectives from this battalion of soldiers and horses everywhere around Wuyuan Temple. It seems that even if something happens to this part, it has nothing to do with the Tingwei Mansion."
The person responsible for summarizing and sorting out the left leader of the Tingwei Mansion Sui Tong. Sui Tong was in his forties and worked in the Tingwei Mansion for more than ten years. He was very familiar with the operations of the Tingwei Mansion. After Lu Fengning took office as the Tingwei Mansion, he transferred Sui Tong to his side for appointment. Although Sui Tong was only the left leader, his status was faintly the second in command of the Tingwei Mansion.
"No, I still have to check it out." Lu Fengning looked at the location of Wuyuan Temple marked on the map. It was in the East Outer City of Luoyang, not far from the city gate. He felt that there must be something strange about this army entering the city, but he was not sure.
"But your Majesty..." Sui Tong hesitated a little.
"So what about Your Majesty? The situation is tense now. Now there is a battalion of unknown troops entering the city. We shouldn't be more cautious?" Lu Fengning said coldly, "Just just call some people to check what happens. I will take care of it."
"Yes." Sui Tong responded, but he felt a little dissatisfied. The Lu Shao Mansion in front of him was a little too self-righteous.
Previously, Lu Fengning took the Tingwei Mansion to search the residences of many court officials in the city, and found some fugitives. His Majesty praised him without prosecution. Sui Tongying thought that it was probably because of this that Lu Fengning is a little too self-righteous now. Although the Tingwei Mansion is responsible for the security of the capital, some things cannot be touched, one is the garrison of the palace, and the other is the banned by the Queen. Lu Fengning is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers and dares to provoke anything.
Sui Tong was about to go down and arranged to find someone to investigate the soldiers and horses of this battalion, but suddenly there were many people coming into the main gate of the Tingwei Mansion. Sui Tong had already walked to the entrance of the main hall and saw the people at the entrance of the courtyard. He was startled at first. If the rioters took the opportunity to attack the Tingwei Mansion, and the Tingwei Mansion's yamen sent outside, they would be a little caught off guard. Sui Tong was still wondering why the people guarding the gate didn't even make any noise. So many people rushed in. When he saw clearly that Lin Zhan, the right supervisor of the Tingwei Mansion, he breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that it was the Tingwei Mansion's own people who came back.
"Lin Youjian, you are..."
Sui Tong watched Lin Zhan bring many people outside the main hall of the Tingwei Mansion. He felt that Lin Zhan seemed to be a little murderous intent today. Sui Tong felt that it was not good, and suddenly two people jumped out from behind Lin Zhan and pressed him down directly. Sui Tong was a civil servant after all, and he was not very capable. He was about to shout but his mouth was blocked, and finally he only made a "whip".
"Sui Zuoling, are you still outside? What's the matter?" Lu Fengning's voice came from the main hall.
As soon as Lu Fengning finished speaking, Lin Zhan had already brought people into the main hall of Tingwei Mansion. The huge main hall was only Lu Fengning. When Lu Fengning saw Lin Zhan bringing people, he felt that the visitor was not good, but he still couldn't figure out why Lin Zhan wanted to bring people back.
"Liang Youjian? You don't have to be on duty tonight, why are you still here? You still bring so many people?" Lu Fengning carefully looked at the group of vicious people in front of him and said, "What happened in the city?"
"Take it!" Lin Zhan shouted, and a few people rushed up to take Lu Fengning.
Although Lu Fengning is a child of a noble family and has practiced kung fu for several days, his kung fu is ordinary, and he is caught off guard. Without struggling for a few times, he is already pressed on the table. Lu Fengning shouted coldly: "Lin Youjian...what are you doing? Will you rebel?"
"It's Lu Shaofu that you want to rebel. Lu Shaofu colluded with the Xianbei people, and now the conspiracy has been exposed. We are just ordered to arrest him..." Lin Zhan shouted.
"Nonsense!" If Lu Fengning hadn't been pressed by someone, she would have come out to fight Lin Zhan's life. This was a vain thing.
However, Lin Zhan no longer gave him a chance to defend himself. As a result, Lu Fengning was blocked and tied up with a gauntlet. He was pushed to a wet and narrow place. He could feel that he was no longer the Tingwei Shaofu, but a prisoner of Tingweifu.
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Before the middle of the night, it was midnight. The General Office of the Luoyang City Guard Office, the Chief Commander Zhou Che, had sorted out the matter at hand and was about to leave.
"It's finally done. I'll be scolded by Mei Niang when I go back."
Mei Niang is Zhou Che's wife. Zhou Che himself has no great ability. Apart from being the grandson of the Zhou family, he is knowledgeable. Because he had a few days of going to the army and had experience of "joining the army", the queen transferred him to the commander of the escort. For this reason, the outside world criticized him a lot because he "joined the army". He came back a few days after he was sick on the road, and the army was just going to suppress bandits. His journey to join the army was not very smooth.
Zhou Che went out and looked around. It was pitch black outside. He was still a little uncomfortable when he came out of the bright spot. He originally thought that the guard officer would wait for him with lanterns outside, but now it seems that he can only go out in the dark.
"Maybe it's too late, and I'm going to sleep." Zhou Che yawned, and he was a little tired himself.
Although the position of the escort chief lieutenant in Luoyang City Defense, he should always stick to his post at such an important moment. But he returned home every day to rest, which was a bit different from the tense atmosphere at the escort. Zhou Che could not set an example, and even the people below had their opinions.
Zhou Che originally wanted to go in and find a lantern to light it up, but when he thought it was not far from the door, it would be okay to just walk out like this.
Zhou Che looked at the dark sky and walked a few steps forward, as if he heard the sound of the wind sounding behind him. He suddenly felt a little creepy because Zhou Che was still very brave and didn't dare to walk alone at night.
"It's okay, Mei Niang said that she was just scaring herself." Zhou Che tried to encourage herself and walked a few steps forward. Suddenly, she felt that she was hit hard behind her back. She immediately staggered forward and was tripped by someone. She fell to the ground with a few hands behind her back. He pressed him again, and he wanted to shout again, but it was useless.
Chapter completed!