This happened so suddenly that no one could react for a moment.
Jia Yuan, who had been prepared for a long time, had a flash of understanding in his eyes, but there was a look of panic on his face. He hurriedly struggled and threw himself aside. This way, he avoided the fatal knife.
Despite this, the arm was still stabbed by the knife, and blood spattered out, dyeing everyone's eyes red.
"There's an assassin!"
"Quick, protect the imperial envoy!"
"Don't run! Catch him!"
As soon as the knife hit the ground and blood splashed down, everyone was stunned at first, and then they reacted. The imperial envoy's soldiers immediately drew their swords, but instead of rushing to capture the assassin, they immediately formed a circle to protect the imperial envoy.
of safety.
This is right, this is what the imperial court requires, and if the imperial envoy is killed, the surrounding soldiers will all be executed regardless of the situation.
But the yamen officer immediately pounced on him.
The officials and the people watching not far away were all stunned at this time. Except for the sounds of arresting the assassins, the scene was eerily silent.
This is in front of an imperial envoy, in front of these people, killing people and silencing them in full view of everyone!
How arrogant!
How arrogant!
Huang Liangping was also stunned. His face, which was originally calm, could no longer hold his expression, and his eyes widened: "This, this, what is going on?"
The imperial envoy Luo Pei's anger suddenly broke out. Seeing that Huang Liangping still looked innocent, he was so angry that he pointed at Huang Liangping and yelled: "Huang Liangping, how dare you instruct people to kill the suffering master?!"
These words were like a bucket of cold water being poured down from his head, making Huang Liangping shiver.
He immediately woke up and denied it repeatedly: "It's not me, it's not me! The Imperial Envoy knows it well! I am innocent and I have always been in front of you, how could I send someone to kill him!"
"Sir, the assassin has been caught by us!" At this time, an official of the Imperial Envoy stepped forward to report, only to see the desperate government servants pounce on him, including many masters. Although Yao Ping resisted repeatedly, he was quickly shot down.
He picked up the short knife, and several iron rulers were smashed down. He screamed, but his legs were broken.
"Let someone go and see if he is Huang Liangping's person." Luo Pei glanced at Huang Liangping. In fact, when he calmed down, he didn't think Huang Liangping was so stupid. However, this was a rare good opportunity, and he was cold at the moment.
Order.
Immediately, someone took several government officials and went to identify him.
These yamen servants are all on errands for the prefect Huang Liangping. Although they are not close friends, they often interact with the servants of the prefect's residence and know everyone around the prefect. Although they are reluctant at this moment, the imperial envoy has spoken and they can only be forced to
Walk over and recognize the person.
When I got closer, I saw that the young man who was being pushed to the ground by several people and was still struggling was not Yao Ping, a servant of the Huang Mansion. Who else could he be?
"Do you know him?" The officer asked immediately when he saw that the faces of several government officials changed, and added: "This is someone who intends to assassinate the imperial envoy, you must not deceive him!"
Don't say that you are not a confidant, but you are a close confidant. You don't dare to panic at this time. After all, if you ask, you will know that several government servants feel that they can't take on the responsibility and look sad.
"Recognize, recognize!"
"Tell me! Who is it? Someone from the Yamen?"
At this time, it was impossible not to tell the truth. Immediately, a yamen servant replied in a low voice: "He is Yao Ping, a servant in the magistrate's house. He was a steward before and was later raped. As far as we know, in the house
It’s been three years now.”
In fact, Yao Ping has been following Huang Liangping for much longer than three years, but it has indeed been three years since he appeared in front of others.
After hearing this, the officials couldn't help but feel numb. This was something that had never happened since the founding of this dynasty, so they had no choice but to come back and report the truth to Luo Pei.
"So, he is indeed a servant of the Huang Mansion, and he has been following Huang Liangping for three years?" After hearing this, Luo Pei's face immediately became gloomy, he looked at Huang Liangping and sneered: "Master Huang, what else do you have now?
Can you talk?"
These words are full of ridicule.
Without waiting for Huang Liangping to explain, he said sternly: "Come here, get my king's order flag again!"
The attendant immediately held the flag of the king's order in front of Luo Pei. Luo Pei took it with both hands and said to Huang Liangping: "I now use the flag of the king's order to represent the Holy Will and remove Huang Liangping from his official title as the prefect and take him to the government office to await trial!
"
Don't look at the fact that Huang Liangping has no authority under the same banner of king's order. The last time he was just suspended, Huang Liangping still has a degree of freedom. Even if he is under house arrest, he still has to speak well. Unlike now, he has directly removed his official title, not even a little bit.
No face was given to him, and Huang Liangping was regarded as a key criminal and taken into custody.
It can be said that the attitude is no longer towards colleagues.
Unlike the last time he struggled when he was suspended, this time Huang Liangping had a sullen face and stood motionless, not even refuting. Seeing the soldiers who encountered something serious, he rushed forward and knocked off his black gauze hat with one sweep, and then two
The man grabbed his arm and led him directly to the government office.
"Jia Yuan, please go back with me and stay in my residence to avoid being assassinated again." Luo Pei ordered. Seeing that Jia Yuan thanked him repeatedly and was injured again, he specially asked someone to move the oxcart.
A car was provided for Jia Yuan to sit in, and they left here together.
Luo Pei was riding an ox cart.
Pulled by two strong oxen, the speed is slower than that of a horse-drawn carriage, but it is more stable and safer.
Not only in the Zheng Dynasty, but also in the previous dynasty, aristocratic families actually preferred riding ox-carts instead of horse-drawn carriages.
The bullock cart represents status.
There were people guarding the oxcart on both sides, in front and on the left and right. The crowd in the distance had dispersed at this time, and no one dared to follow the imperial envoy's team.
At this time, even if there were people outside, they were still in the same boat, so Luo Pei was sitting on the bullock cart, his expression had recovered, and he no longer had an angry look on his face, but was thinking deeply.
The oxcart compartment was quite large and covered with thick mats. There was another person sitting opposite Luo Pei, it was Liu Zhan. Liu Zhan's expression was also a bit strange. When he was about to speak, Luo Pei spoke first.
"You want to say that there is something fishy about this, right?"
"Yes." Liu Zhan stroked his beard and muttered: "This is not like what Huang Liangping did."
Of course it was not Huang Liangping's fault, Luo Pei thought to himself, Huang Liangping's official profile had been read over and over again.
He was a second-ranked Jinshi who entered the Hanlin Academy, but seemed to be involved in the prince's case and was sent to the county magistrate. He traveled several times in officialdom. Later, he joined the King of Qi and became a magistrate, with the possibility of being promoted to the provincial level.
Although this person is vicious and ruthless, he is also talented and capable. Not only is there no benefit to doing something, but it will also cause great disaster immediately. How could Huang Liangping instruct someone to do it?
Thinking of Huang Liangping's shocked expression just now and his attitude of admitting his guilt without saying a word, it seemed that Huang Liangping had been tricked.
Thinking of the lawsuit that Jia Yuan presented to him, Luo Pei felt more and more that there might be a deeper hand behind this matter.
"Who is it? Who is taking action? It's so vicious. It's going to kill Huang Liangping."