From the west, more than a thousand armored soldiers came on horseback and surrounded the inn. The waiter, barefoot and wearing pajamas, squeezed out of the crowd and arrived in front of shopkeeper Liu.
Looking at Long Chen, the waiter said: "Shopkeeper, the prefect is here."
Seeing the officers and soldiers from the Prefecture's Mansion arriving, shopkeeper Liu cried and shouted: "Master Taishou, the murderer is here..."
The first general, wearing fine armor and holding a wild goose feather sword, rode up to Long Chen.
The empress has already boarded the carriage, and Yingfeng is standing outside.
The general glanced at the inn. More than 30 people were killed on the spot. The windows on the second floor of the inn were smashed. Huangfu Yao's body was on the ground, his clothes soaked in blood.
"Sir, it's them, it's them who kill..."
Shopkeeper Liu ran to the general's horse, pointed at Long Chen and complained bitterly.
The general looked at Long Chen coldly, suddenly pulled out the Yanling knife, and chopped off shopkeeper Liu's head with a swing of the knife.
The head rolled off his neck, and blood spurted out from the broken neck, dripping onto the general's armor.
After killing shopkeeper Liu with one blow, the general looked at Long Chen coldly, then turned to look at Yingfeng.
When he saw Yingfeng, the general thought to himself: No wonder Huangfu Yao died here. It turns out there was a peerless beauty.
Yingfeng's appearance amazed the general, who knew that Huangfu Yao was a lustful person.
For Yingfeng, it is normal to die here.
When the general looked over, Yingfeng glanced back coldly, and her cold and domineering temperament made the general slightly withdraw his gaze.
"How dare you commit murder!"
The general's Yanling sword was pointed at Long Chen, and there were a few drops of blood on the back of the sword.
Long Chen laughed and said: "I remember that the governor here is Huangfu Zhao, let him come over!"
Facing more than a thousand soldiers, Long Chen actually didn't panic at all. The general wondered if Long Chen was a powerful person.
He has never seen Long Chen, so he doesn't recognize him.
"Who are you?"
The general asked coldly.
As soon as Long Chen raised his hand, the wild goose feather knife in the general's hand flew up and pierced the doorpost of the inn.
The general was shocked. The Yan Ling Dao in his hand actually flew away like that?
The general was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, and the soldiers behind him all drew their swords.
Long Chen said coldly: "Find Huangfu Zhao!"
The general did not dare to neglect and hurriedly returned to his horse. The soldiers continued to surround Long Chen.
After a while, the general opened the way, and a few elite cavalrymen escorted an elegant-looking man in.
This person is none other than the prefect Huangfu Zhao.
"Sir, it's him!"
The general pointed at Long Chen, his eyes filled with fear.
The moment Huangfu Zhao saw Long Chen, he was so frightened that he fell off his horse.
The guards immediately stepped forward to help, but Huangfu Zhao stopped. He immediately crawled forward and shouted to Long Chen: "I don't know that the regent is coming. If I miss the chance to greet him from afar, I will be punished by death!"
Regent?
The general immediately understood who the man in front of him was!
The general rolled his saddle and dismounted from his horse, knelt in front of Long Chen and kowtowed, shouting: "The last general deserves to die, please spare your life, Prince Regent!"
The prefect and the general knelt down, and the surrounding soldiers were confused and didn't know what was happening.
"Prince Regent? Is this man the Prince Regent?"
Finally, someone reacted and understood who the person in front of them was.
The soldiers dropped their weapons one after another and half-knelt on the ground to apologize.
Long Chen looked coldly at Huangfu Zhao who was crying and said: "Whether you should die or not is not up to me, you go ask the Holy One!"
Huangfu Zhao was very angry when he heard that his nephew Huangfu Yao was killed for robbing a girl.
Huangfu Yao had been robbing women for more than a day or two. No one had ever dared to resist, and this time he was actually killed.
Huangfu Zhao was extremely angry and led his soldiers to the inn.
I thought that the person would escape overnight, but I didn't expect that he was still in the inn.
Seeing that the person was still there, Huangfu Zhao was thinking about how to take revenge and how to kill the murderer's entire family and bury him with him.
Huangfu Zhao would never have imagined that he would meet Long Chen this time.
When Huangfu Yao snatched a woman, he actually got it on Long Chen's head. Huangfu Zhao felt like he was struck by thunder.
The woman who snatched Long Chen was crazy enough, but she never expected that the empress would actually be here.
In other words, the woman Huangfu Yao likes...is not Long Chen's, but the empress herself!
Huangfu Zhao froze and slowly raised his head to look at the carriage.
I saw Yingfeng slowly opening the car curtain, and the empress was sitting inside with a cold gaze.
Seeing the empress, the general immediately kowtowed and said: "I will finally pay my respects to the Holy Majesty!" Bayi Chinese website
The surrounding soldiers knelt down one after another and shouted to pay homage to the Holy One.
To besiege the empress with armor and soldiers is a grave crime of beheading.
The empress said coldly: "As the saying goes, great treachery may seem like loyalty, and great deceit may seem like faith. I have experienced this."
"Both the government and the public have said that you, Huangfu Zhao, are well-known for your scholarly reputation and are upright and love the people. I didn't expect that you would go rampant in the countryside, rob the women of the people, and oppress the good people."
"Today, the idea actually came to my head!"
Huangfu Zhao's reputation in the court has always been very good, and they all say that he is a good official with integrity and moral character. His ancestors have cultivated and studied for generations and are worthy of reuse.
I didn't expect it to be so dirty behind the scenes.
Huangfu burst into tears and worshiped: "The humble minister is not strict in running the family, fails to control the naughty nephew, and collides with the holy driver. The crime deserves death!"
Huangfu Zhao avoided the important task and put all the blame on his nephew Huangfu Yao. He only took the blame for lax management of the family.
But seriously speaking, his nephew's control actually has nothing to do with him.
"You are not strict in running the family? Then what does it mean if you privately mobilize troops to besiege the imperial chariot?"
Yingfeng couldn't stand it and scolded her harshly.
The general next to him was trembling.
There are strict regulations on the mobilization of troops and horses. Unless more than 10 troops and horses are mobilized from the front or rear, it must be reported to the Ministry of War for approval, otherwise it will be a private transfer of troops and horses.
Huangfu Zhao mobilized a thousand people at once, which was against the rules.
The soldiers who came with him were also guilty of treason.
The soldiers were right in front of him, so Huangfu Zhao couldn't deny it, so he just kowtowed and apologized: "I'm a humble minister, please have mercy on me, Your Majesty!"
The empress looked at Huangfu Zhao coldly and said, "You have the nerve to say mercy!"
The car curtain fell, Yingfeng drew his sword, and beheaded Huangfu Zhao on the spot.
The general kneeling next to him was trembling with fear.
"You are also an accessory to the private deployment of soldiers and horses. Take the soldiers back and go to the capital to accept the crime yourself."
Long Chen said coldly.
The general thought he would be beheaded on the spot, but he did not expect to escape. He immediately kowtowed and said, "Thank you, the regent! I will go back to accept my punishment now!"
He stood up tremblingly, and just as the general was about to leave, Long Chen said again: "The Huangfu family has committed extremely heinous crimes. Regardless of men, women, age or child, all of them must be escorted to the capital!"
The general was overjoyed when he heard this.
Long Chen arranged an errand for him, which was an opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
"The end will be done well!"
Long Chen nodded, and the general immediately led his troops to retreat, and first went to Huangfu Yaozhuangzi to raid his home.
After the people left, the waiter was left sitting on the ground shivering.
He was the one who filed the complaint, and he actually filed a complaint against the Empress and Long Chen.
Long Chen ignored the waiter and said to the empress: "Continue on your way."
The empress responded, and Yingfeng drove the carriage to continue walking south.
