Zhao Er was stopped by Yue Qilin's call to General Zhao, and carefully looked at the officials walking towards him.
"Could it be Yue Qilin, Brother Yue?"
Zhao Er asked.
Yue Qilin's eyes suddenly lit up. He laughed, walked over, grabbed Zhao Er's arm and said, "Haha, it is indeed General Zhao! Thank you for recognizing me, Lao Yue, we haven't seen each other for two years."
Zhao Er also laughed and said: "I wonder who is so majestic, it turns out to be you, an old guy!"
Although the two of them were not close friends when they were in the south, the friendship they developed on the battlefield could not be compared to fair-weather friends. Although they were not in the same camp when they were in the army, they still became close to each other after dozens of battles.
He is quite familiar. Zhao Er is known as the Little Tiger General in the army. He is dressed in white clothes and white armor and holds an iron gun in his hand. He is somewhat like the Tiger General Zhao Zilong.
And Yue Qilin gave him the nickname Erlangshen. He flew up and down with a three-pointed two-edged sword. He was indeed a rare opponent on the battlefield. But in terms of kung fu, he naturally couldn't beat Zhao Er. I remember the first time the two of them met.
At that time, it was because after a victory in the battle, both teams went to grab the food, grass and weapons of the Hou Zhou army, and they and their own people started fighting. Yue Qilin always dared to fight on the battlefield and was not afraid of anyone. He was afraid of Zhao.
Neither was convinced, so the two of them fought in front of thousands of soldiers.
The fight was hearty, and Yue Qilin was beaten by Zhao Er until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. However, Yue Qilin did not bear any grudge against Zhao Er. Instead, he greatly praised Zhao Er's kung fu. From then on, the two of them could be regarded as a non-fighting pair.
Unknown friends.
"What kind of prestige do I have? I was still following the General King... No, now it should be said that I am so happy when I am Prince Zhong. On the killing field, you come and I fight with swords and shadows, that's what I call prestige!"
Yue Qilin took Zhao Er's arm and sighed.
Zhao Er smiled and said: "The admiral of the Eighth Inspection Department, haha, isn't it more comfortable than fighting on the battlefield?"
Yue Qilin said: "It's so comfortable! If it weren't for Prince Zhong being imprisoned in the sky prison, our brothers were bullied in the south, and why would they come to this capital to become a bird admiral?"
Zhao Er laughed and said: "You still have that bad mouth, let's go, I will take you to see Prince Zhong!"
"What!"
Yue Qilin violently let go of Zhao Er, with a look of disbelief on his face. His hands could not help but tremble, and he stammered: "General... is Prince Zhong here?"
Zhao Er pulled him away and said, "Looking at your timid look, do you still have the courage of our Ling family army? The prince is right in front, don't you dare to go and see him?"
Yue Qilin was at a loss and said: "I'm afraid...I'm afraid that the prince will look down on my old Yue."
Zhao Er said as he walked: "Nonsense! Is our prince that kind of person?"
Yue Qilin was stunned for a moment, then slapped himself hard and said, "Look at my bad mouth. Your Majesty has a deep sense of loyalty and cares for us. How could he look down on me?"
At this time, Liu Lingzheng said to Hanasaburo: "Cut this prison car apart, and I will take away the man inside."
Hanasaburo responded and quickly walked to the front of the prison car. He grabbed the wooden sticks on both sides of the prison car with both hands, raised his qi in his Dantian, and struggled with his arms.
"open!"
The sturdy and heavy prison car drove away at the sound!
Hanasaburo actually used the strength of his arms to pull the prison car away. The wooden sticks scattered with a clatter, and Wang Xiaoniu's body immediately softened. Liu Ling stepped forward to support Wang Xiaoniu and pulled him away.
He picked him up from the prison car. He put his hand on Wang Xiaoniu's wrist for a moment, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"The last general, Yue Qilin, comes to see Prince Zhong!"
Yue Qilin adjusted his clothes and armor, then prostrated himself respectfully and sincerely, touching his head to the ground.
"Yue Qilin?"
Liu Ling handed Wang Xiaoniu to Huasanlang, walked over and pulled Yue Qilin up, looked at it carefully and then laughed: "I was wondering which master is here, it turns out it's you, old guy!"
Yue Qilin was already in his forties, much older than Liu Ling. Liu Ling called him an old guy. Yue Qilin was not annoyed but felt happy from the bottom of his heart. He couldn't suppress his excitement. This man was fighting on the battlefield.
Countless times, the brave man actually had tears in his eyes. In the past two years in Taiyuan, although he knew that Liu Ling was imprisoned in a sky jail, he was not allowed to visit him at all due to his status. He spent countless money to manage everything.
He was turned away. However, after Liu Ling came out of the prison, he did several great things in a row and was promoted to prince, the first person under the emperor. He did not dare to visit him again.
After all, given his status, it is still difficult to meet Liu Ling.
How could he not be excited when he heard that Liu Ling still remembered him and didn't change his title? No matter how small the Northern Han Dynasty was, Liu Ling was still a prince. He was worth more than ten thousand people, and it had been two years.
Yue Qilin was really touched that Liu Ling could still recognize him at a glance and was still so affectionate despite having never met him before.
"My lord... I will miss you in the end!"
Yue Qilin couldn't help but wiped away his tears and said.
Liu Ling took his hand and said: "You are the admiral of the Eighth Inspection Department. The Yamen of the Eighth Inspection Department is only a stick of incense walking away from my palace. You can come and see me at any time, but
You old guy have never been here even once."
Yue Qilin said: "My lord, I know that you are busy and state affairs are complicated, so I don't dare to disturb you rashly."
Liu Ling said: "Bullshit, you have been an admiral in the capital for two years, why do you start talking nonsense? I remember that you, an old guy, would spit out bad words when you open or close your mouth. When you were in the south, you dared to point at Sun Yat-sen."
Xuandao called him a turtle son of a bitch who dared to rush and kill among thousands of troops, why didn't he dare to enter my palace?"
Yue Qilin smiled coquettishly. Although the past events Liu Ling mentioned only happened two or three years ago, they now feel as if they were a lifetime ago.
"I said Yue Qilin, you and the officers from the Eighth Inspection Department are here to arrest me?"
Liu Ling glanced at the group of red-clad guards behind Yue Qilin and joked.
Yue Qilin quickly lowered his head and said: "How dare you be rude to the prince? It's just that someone reported that... hundreds of men in black killed officials from the Ministry of Justice and abducted prisoners on death row, so the general rushed here with his people.
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When Liu Ling heard this, she couldn't laugh or cry immediately. This rumor was too deformed.
Just as he was about to speak, suddenly there was another commotion at the street corner in front of him. Liu Ling looked up and saw a group of dark cavalry rushing over, their swords unsheathed and guns charging forward, and they were pressing towards this side in an attack formation. This street
There were hundreds of civilians crowded on the mountain. If the cavalry rushed over like this, countless civilians would definitely be injured. Liu Ling's face changed color slightly when he saw it. This leading general had gone too far!
"Kill me! Don't leave the bad guy!"
A shout came from the cavalry in the distance, and then hundreds of cavalry roared and rushed over. It seemed that not only did they not care about the life and death of the people, but they even had no scruples about the officers of the Eight Inspection Department. The fully armored cavalry were so
If it rushes, I don't know how many people will be trampled to death.
Liu Ling's eyes widened. He picked up a thigh-thick piece of wood and reached out to grab it. He spun the piece of wood in a circle and slammed it toward the leading cavalry! The piece of wood was spinning.
He went straight towards the leading knight with a gust of wind, and with this throw he actually threw the log dozens of meters away and hit the cavalryman on the chest! With a bang, the cavalryman was directly hit from the horse's back by the log.
Come down!
The cavalry landed and immediately blocked the momentum of the cavalry's attack. In order to avoid trampling the cavalry who landed, other people stepped aside one after another. As a result, they collided in a series, and many cavalry fell off their horses.
"Yue Qilin! Take your people with me!"
Liu Ling shouted and then strode towards the cavalry.
Seeing that Liu Ling was still domineering, Yue Qilin's eyes lit up and he seemed to have regained the feeling of being on the battlefield again. He shouted and led the officers of the Eighth Inspection Department to follow Liu Ling and walked over. The officers followed.
Behind Liu Ling, everyone held out their chests and raised their heads with extraordinary momentum.
At this time, the cavalry separated on both sides, and an official without armor came forward on horseback. He saw Liu Ling far away, and his expression suddenly changed. He jumped off the horse and walked a few steps to flirt with him.
Rob fell to his knees.
"Sima Lu, the Minister of Punishment, came to see Prince Zhong."
This man is none other than Sima Lu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishments. He is known in the court as a man of uprightness and selflessness. This man is about forty years old, fair-faced and beardless. He looks gentle but has a heart of steel. This person who is in charge of the Ministry of Punishments has always had a good reputation.
, there has never been any negative information. Under his management, the Ministry of Punishment is the most serious among the six departments, and its people are honest and upright, and their life style is frugal and rigorous. At the same time, they have developed dozens of torture instruments, which is even more frightening.
The tenth one is a cool official like Zhang Tang.
"Sima Lu, you came very quickly."
Liu Ling asked coldly.
Sima Lu touched his head to the ground and replied: "Your Majesty, my subordinates received news from Admiral Yue of the Eighth Inspection Department. They did not dare to delay and immediately brought the cavalry from the Gyeonggi Camp sent by the Prince to the Criminal Department."
He raised his head and looked, but didn't see any culprits and then asked: "The official got the news that there were masked robbers intercepting the prison car. The officers of the death penalty department rushed over immediately. I didn't expect that you, the prince, came first. I just didn't know."
…Where is the thief?”
Liu Ling laughed, pointed at his nose and said, "The person you call a thief is standing right in front of you!"
Sima Lu's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he kowtowed vigorously and said: "I don't dare to do this. Your Majesty's merits are in the Qianqiu State. How can he be a thief?"
Liu Ling said coldly: "Sima Lu, the cases handled by your Criminal Department are very good!"
He waved his hand and said: "Huasanlang, bring Wang Xiaoniu up."
Huasanlang immediately walked over quickly holding the still unconscious Wang Xiaoniu. Liu Ling pointed at Wang Xiaoniu and asked Sima Lu: "Sima Lu, do you recognize this person?"
Sima Lu knelt on the ground and did not dare to get up. He raised his head and looked at Wang Xiaoniu carefully but did not recognize him, so he answered truthfully: "Your Majesty, I don't know this person."
Liu Ling pointed at Wang Xiaoniu and said: "This man's name is Wang Xiaoniu. He is a soldier from the Gyeonggi Camp. He was a man of merit when he put down the prince's rebellion. It can be said that without this person, it would be difficult to put down the rebellion. This person has great influence on the country and the country."
How come you were caught by your criminal department and deemed a traitor by your criminal department for your meritorious service!?"
Hearing this, Sima Lu trembled violently and kowtowed again: "The crime of lowering an official is worthy of death. The case of rebellion has been closed. This is the last batch of death row prisoners who deserve to be executed for their crimes. These prisoners did not personally go to the official position."
But if there are any omissions, the lower official will not be able to absolve himself of the blame."
Liu Ling asked coldly: "Who is presiding over the interrogation of these prisoners?"
Sima Lu replied: "It was Fan Yun, the head of the Criminal Department, who presided over the trial. The subordinate read the transcript of the confession and saw that there were no doubts, so he issued the approval."
Liu Ling sneered and said: "Fan Yun? You are really confused!"
Sima Lu said: "Your Majesty, I cannot escape my involvement in this matter. But please give me a chance. If Wang Xiaoniu is not a rebel, then there are probably innocent people among the other death row prisoners. Please give me a few days."
I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Liu Ling did not expect that Sima Lu would take the initiative to ask for a thorough investigation of the case, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused. (To be continued)
