That night, while Zhao Hongrun and Yan Yong were drinking and eating, they asked the latter about the specific matters about the original murder case. [＜{?＜?〔
Generally speaking, the facts told by Yan Yong are almost consistent with those told by Peng Yi, the magistrate of Yanling County.
But Yan Yong still doesn't know the exact cause.
According to what he said, he only knew that Wang Chen, Zhao Chengxun, Zhao Chengtang and others went out hunting one day. When they came back, they were so angry that they not only summoned two guards to go to Yanling County, but also dragged them to Anling County.
soldiers.
"The lower official has nothing to do about this matter. As a county lieutenant, Wang Han can mobilize the county soldiers regardless of whether the lower official agrees or not..."
Yan Yong was quite helpless when he mentioned this matter.
Logically speaking, the county magistrate should be the head of a county, but he is such a magistrate that even he feels useless. No matter big or small, it depends on the faces of the nobles in the city. How can he be a dignified county magistrate?
It's a dog kept by the nobles in the city.
That night, Yan Yong poured out all the grievances he had accumulated in his heart for several years and became extremely drunk.
Looking at his helpless look, Zhao Hongrun unconsciously thought of Ma Qian, the former magistrate of Yangxia County.
Whether it was Ma Qian or Yan Yong, their experiences made Zhao Hongrun deeply aware of the fact that the local government had no deterrent effect.
This is not good, this is not good!
Late at night, Zhao Hongrun stood in the small garden of the county government office, looking up at the bright moon in the sky.
At this moment, he had realized that he had been tricked by Shangshushe of the Ministry of Rites: Why did the Ministry of Rites ask him to go south to resolve the conflicts between the people of Anling and Yanling counties? It was clearly because the Ministry of Rites was afraid of the Wang and Zhao families in Anling.
, it was not easy to do it on his own, so when he, Zhao Hongrun, left Daliang to escape the rumors, he left this hot-button matter to him.
It is very likely that Du You had the tacit approval of Zhao Hongrun's father, Emperor Wei, in this matter.
After pondering for a while, Zhao Hongrun grinned a few times and murmured: "Since you asked me to take action, I believe the Ministry of Rites has also prepared for the worst, right?"
After chuckling twice, Zhao Hongrun stretched out his hand and patted it three times.
"Pah, pah, pah."
After three rounds of applause, several Green Crows emerged from the darkness on the side and knelt down in front of Zhao Hongrun.
"Go to Shangshui County and ask Wu Ji to mobilize five thousand Shang navy soldiers."
Several Green Crows clasped their fists and disappeared into the darkness again quietly.
Why mobilize the merchant navy?
This time it was not that Zhao Hongrun believed in Qu Cheng, but the problem was that the people of Anling and Yanling counties did have conflicts. Therefore, mobilizing Yanling troops would only intensify the resentment and hatred of the Anling Wei people towards the Yanling people.
On the other hand, although the Shangshui Army was originally from Chu, because Shangshui and Anling were far apart, they usually did not mess with each other, so the situation was relatively better.
Of course, the safest option would be to ask the Dangshan Army or the Junshui Army currently stationed in Fenxing fortress. Unfortunately, Zhao Hongrun did not have the authority to mobilize these two armies unless he wrote to his father for instructions.
Of course, the most important reason is that Zhao Hongrun is worried that the Dangshan Army or the Junshui Army will lose control at a critical moment. After all, the people he has to deal with this time are the nobles in Anling City. Bailiba and Sima An may not all obey him.
Zhao Hongrun's orders may in turn persuade him and stop him, so in comparison, they are not as smooth as the Shang Shui Army who completely obeyed his orders.
That night, Zhao Hongrun thought for a while about his plan on how to deal with the nobles in the city, and then fell asleep early.
Unexpectedly, he was woken up by Wei Jiao early in the morning the next day.
The latter's face was full of shock.
"Your Highness, it's bad, something happened..."
"What?" Zhao Hongrun, who had just woken up, was confused and couldn't hear clearly what Wei Jiao was mumbling. He slapped his face several times to wake himself up completely, and then said to Wei Jiao: "Speak slowly, what's wrong?
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I saw Wei Jiao pause for a moment, organize his words, and then said in a hurry: "The civilians in the city are rioting... The news that the Qingya people came back from inquired about it, saying that many rice shops in the city were all closed today. And there was a rumor.
information,
It is said that His Highness emptied the county warehouses for the sake of the refugees outside the city, resulting in Anling County having no rice to sell... At this moment, people in the city were panicking, and some people even instigated the common people in the city to gather outside the county government office to denounce His Highness for not caring.
people……"
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Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Interesting, it seems that the Wang family is planning to attack me... This is a really good move."
Wei Jiao heard this and said impatiently: "Your Highness, what time has it been? Are you still in the mood to joke?"
Glancing at Wei Jiao's anxious look, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said: "Wei Jiao, your talent is even better than Shen Yu's, but there is only one thing you cannot compare to Shen Yu, and that is stability... If it were Shen Yu.
, he will know that this kind of little plan will not work in front of me."
Hearing this, Wei Jiao was slightly startled and asked in surprise: "Your Highness, do you have a solution?"
"Solve it?" Zhao Hongrun snorted and said coldly: "If the Wang family uses such a small trick against me, I will make him suffer the consequences!"
After that, he stepped out of the guest room after getting dressed, clapped his hands and called several Qingya people, and whispered a few words to them.
Wei Jiao, who was standing by, heard what he said very clearly, with a look of surprise and admiration on his face.
At this time, outside the county government office, just as Wei Jiao said, it was really filled with civilians from the county.
I saw these civilians all looking excited and eager to rush into the county government office. Although they kept complaining, their tone clearly wanted Zhao Hongrun, Prince Su, to come forward and give them an explanation.
After about a stick of incense, the door of the county government opened with a creak, and Zhao Hongrun, accompanied by the five clan guards Wei Jiao, Lu Mu, Zhou Pu, Chu Heng, Mu Qing, and the deputy general of the Yanling Army, Yan Mo, stepped out.
Entered the county government.
In an instant, the people's voices were loud, and they rushed towards Zhao Hongrun and others like a tide.
"Everyone, everyone."
Zhao Hongrun walked towards the crowd, waved his hand and said: "If you have anything to say, please say it one by one. It's such a mess that I can't hear a word."
After hearing this, the crowd around them calmed down a little, or one of them shouted angrily: "Your Highness, King Su, would you like to order people to empty the rice in the county warehouse to help the refugees outside the city?"
"Who said that? It was made out of nothing." Zhao Hongrun said lightly.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone asked again: "If His Highness Prince Su has not emptied the county warehouse of rice, why is there no food in Anling County? All the grain shops in the city are closed one by one?"
Zhao Hongrun wanted to explain clearly, but unfortunately, the people followed suit. Especially when he was in a state of excitement, even if he told the truth, these people would not listen.
After all, I believe that many of these people are people recruited by the Wang family to deliberately instigate the common people.
No, before Zhao Hongrun could explain, several people raised their arms and shouted: "Everyone, King Su is obviously a swindler! ... If he hadn't moved away the rice in the county warehouse, where would the rice and grain come from?"
Giving porridge to refugees?... King Su is trying to starve the people of my county to death!"
After hearing this, the people immediately became resentful. I believe that if Zhao Hongrun had not been of high status, the civilians who were instigated would have rushed up and tore him into pieces.
But at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared from the crowd, holding a bright sharp blade, and when the sect guards were not paying attention, he stabbed Zhao Hongrun in the waist.
Suddenly, blood burst out from Zhao Hongrun's waist.
In an instant, there was silence all around, and all the civilians subconsciously closed their mouths with horrified expressions on their faces.
But at this time, the murderer was seen pulling back and scolding fiercely: "Zhao Run, this is what you will get if you go against my family, the Anling Wang family!"
After that, the murderer squeezed through the crowd and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
At this time, Wei Jiao seemed to have woken up and shouted loudly: "Your Highness! Your Highness?"
However, at this time, Zhao Hongrun had fallen into a pool of blood and was unconscious.
Seeing this, Wei Jiao's face was filled with anger, and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Come here, call the Yanling Army! Call the Shang Navy Army! The whole city is under martial law, arrest the murderer, and any suspects, arrest first and question later!"
Hearing this shout, the people in the whole street woke up from a dream and fled in all directions, fearing that they would be implicated.
joke!
To assassinate King Su? This is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the family!
In an instant, no one was left in the entire street. Everyone was in danger. They didn't bother to question Zhao Hongrun. They had already fled home and hid.
Seeing this, all the sect guards laughed and carried the unconscious Zhao Hongrun to the government office.
As soon as he arrived at the government office and closed the door, Zhao Hongrun, who was obviously unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes, untied his clothes, and took out a blood bag hidden in his waist. When he looked carefully, he saw a bloody pig urine bag.
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"Ah, that's disgusting. It looks like I can't wear this dress anymore..."
While he was talking, a figure flashed next to him. It was no one else, but the murderer who had just "assassinated" Zhao Hongrun in public.
"Well done, Duan Pei." Zhao Hongrun said to the hidden thief who was originally the leader of Duan Tower in Yangxia and is now one of the leaders of the Blue Crows.
Duan Pei laughed bitterly, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said: "Your Highness, I hope you won't let me do this kind of thing in the future. I am always worried, for fear of stabbing in the wrong place...if I am not careful.
I have hurt His Highness, and I cannot atone for my sin even if I die."
"Hahaha." Zhao Hongrun laughed, then turned to Wei Jiao and Yan Mo and said: "Wei Jiao, Yan Mo, take the five hundred Yanling soldiers to destroy the Wang family's mansion, and
The Wang family is in the city
After smashing all the shops... and then sealing them up on suspicion of assassinating the king." After that, he snorted coldly and said coldly: "If you use this kind of underhanded trick to deal with me, I will be punished.
Let him reap the consequences!"
Wei Jiao and Yan Mo looked at each other and laughed conspiratorially.
"Yes!... Don't worry, Your Highness, we will smash them one by one!"
What?
Didn't your Wang family send anyone to assassinate His Highness King Su?
Ha, thousands of people in the whole street watched with their own eyes the murderer assassinated His Royal Highness Prince Su, and heard with their own ears that the murderer declared himself a member of the Wang family. How could this be false?
His Highness King Su?
Sorry, His Royal Highness King Su was seriously injured and is recuperating in the county government office.