The official government office in Linzhou is Lu Palace. The palace is not as good as the imperial palace, but it is much taller and thicker than other government offices.
Even the thick walls cannot block the noise in the city.
Cries and shouts broke through the doors and windows.
"You can lock me up in the city." Han Xu sat in the hall and looked at Zhongli, "Do you want to lock up all the people?"
Zhongli only said: "Don't worry, sir, there are a few thieves not to be afraid of. We can defend Linzhou City."
Han Xu looked at him: "Who are we you are talking about? Why on earth are you trapping me in Linzhou?"
Is it Li Mingyu or that Xiao Qi?
He knew that whether Li Mingyu or Xiao Qi from Henan Province, they were not sincere in being friendly with him, they were just using him to fight for power, but now that the world is not at peace, it is too hasty to kill the donkey!
Han Xu, who was calm no matter what happened, couldn't hide his sadness when he looked at Zhongli.
Not long after Linzhou City was surrounded, he discovered that as the lord of a city, he could detect subtle changes, let alone such a big thing as cutting off trade routes and closing the territory.
What shocked him even more was that it was Zhongli who arranged all this.
Inside are his eyes and hands. Suddenly, his hands and eyes are gone, and he becomes blind and crippled. There is nothing he can do.
I didn't expect, I didn't expect that any loyal and righteous person in this world would change...
"When did you join them?" he asked.
He asked this question many times.
Zhongli did not avoid his eyes as before, and only said: "Sir, my duty is to protect your safety, and it has not changed from the beginning to the end."
Han Xu sneered: "My safety is not protected by you soldiers and horses, but by the unarmed people."
He pointed outside.
"If you cannot protect the safety of the people, then I will not be safe either."
Someone hurriedly came in from outside: "Master Li, the steward asked you... to ask Master Han to come out."
Zhongli frowned: "No need for Mr. Han to come forward, right?"
The visitor glanced at Han Xu, lowered his head and said: "Guan Ye said that if we can't defend the city, the casualties will be too great, or..."
He didn't say the rest of the words. Zhongli knew very well that it must be because Han Xu was not worthy of being buried with the whole city.
Han Xu laughed when he heard this: "It seems that he is not crazy yet, and he knows what is important and what is minor."
He stood up, straightened his official robe and walked out. This time Zhongli did not stop him and followed him.
The courtyard outside the hall was filled with guards, layer upon layer of armored weapons.
Han Xu looked at this scene and said: "The last time I was surrounded by so many soldiers was when I went to Yingchen to meet Yu Fei in Nishui Valley."
He looked inside.
At that time, Zhongli was alone to protect each other, fighting his way through thousands of troops and never leaving.
Zhongli raised his hand to signal to the guards outside, and the guards all moved out of the way.
Han Xu didn't speak anymore and walked stridingly.
Even though the cries and shouts were loud, the order implemented for more than a year prevented Linzhou City from falling into chaos. When the people gathered on the street saw the soldiers and horses galloping, they immediately gave way.
"It's Mr. Han!"
"Master Han! Master Han!"
Han Xu kept his eyes straight and galloped on his horse without saying a word to comfort the people, but the people seemed to have taken reassurance and shed tears for joy.
Standing on the city wall and watching the middle-aged American officials speeding towards him, the old man rubbed his ears.
"Won't this cause trouble for the lady?" Osmanthus asked.
The old manager cheered: "What kind of trouble can a Han Xu cause? What kind of bad reputation can he bring to the young lady?"
If you want to win a young lady off, you don't have to rely on beating her.
He turned to look at the surging troops and horses outside the city.
"Miss is waiting for them to fight."
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Han Xu didn't ask who was besieging the city, and Zhongli and others didn't tell him, so when he heard Han Xu's cries of confession and stood on the city gate and saw the guard's Long You Road and the banner with the word "Xiang", Han Xu
Very surprised.
"Xiang Yun!" he shouted, "Are you going to rebel?"
When Xiang Yun saw him, he stopped the shouts of the guards and stepped forward under the protection of a group of shield soldiers: "Han Xu, please plead guilty!"
Han Xu frowned: "What crime am I guilty of?"
Xiang Yun said: "Han Xu, the late emperor was assassinated in Songzhou. Prime Minister Cui and the three princes were all dead. In the deep palace, under layers of guards, assassins can still sneak in. Han Xu, you installed this Songzhou city.
Your Majesty also trusts you the most. Who else can let the assassin sneak in silently except you?"
He said so much, but Han Xu actually didn't hear it. After hearing the first sentence, his ears buzzed, the world was spinning, and everything in front of him could no longer be heard or seen.
The late emperor? How could the late emperor be assassinated in Songzhou? The late emperor had died in the capital a long time ago. Didn’t the emperor enter the capital safely? Where did the late emperor come from? Who was the emperor who entered the capital?
Songzhou was assassinated, Prime Minister Cui and the three princes died.
He just isolated himself from the world in Linzhou for a year, how come the world has changed?
Han Xu grabbed the city wall and looked under the city gate.
"Xiang Yun." He yelled with all his strength, "You are here, what are you talking about?"
Xiang Yun said: "Master Han, please stop making excuses. Don't you know why Mrs. Chu was granted the title of First Marquis, Regent and Supervisor of the country?"
Lady of Chu State, First Marquis, Regent and Supervisor of the Country, First Emperor, Songzhou, assassinated, Cui Zheng, and the three princes all died. These words were swirling in Han Xu's mind, and he understood them all without Xiang Yun saying anything.
He looked at Osmanthus fragrans, Zhongli, who was standing behind him.
Seal Linzhou City, seal Linzhou City, it turned out to be for this...
"Her!" he said. As soon as he opened his mouth, a mouthful of blood spurted out and he fell forward...
Zhongli stepped forward and helped him to prevent him from falling off the wall.
Xiang Yun asked under the city gate: "Han Xu, do you know your crime?"
Han Xu, who fainted, did not answer. The old manager rushed over and shouted on his behalf: "Captain Xiang! Han Xu pleads guilty!"
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The old man's opening was somewhat unexpected to Xiang Yun, but it didn't matter.
Xiang Yun looked at the old steward at the city gate: "Since you have confessed, why don't you open the city gate and arrest him without mercy?"
The old guard said at the city gate: "Captain Xiang, it is precisely because Han Xu is guilty that Governor Li ordered us to guard him here."
He pointed at the city gate and shouted coldly.
"Are you calling now to rescue Han Xu? Unless he dies in battle, we will not hand over the criminal Han Xu to you!"
Behind him, a group of guards raised their weapons and shouted in unison.
"Swear to the death not to let the guilty officer go!"
"Swear to the death not to let the guilty officer go!"
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Xiang Yun frowned and looked at the gate of Linzhou City. Of course he knew that Han Xu was imprisoned in Linzhou City, and the entire Linzhou City was sealed off. The city was also guarded by soldiers and horses from Jiannan Road. He guessed that this was the order of the empress, because Han Xu
Xu is a straight minister...
"What kind of minister are you?" After hearing that Xiang Yun said that he was not here to rescue Han Xu, but wanted to clear up the misunderstanding, Lao Guan came out of the city gate alone, sat in front of Xiang Yun and sneered, "I have become the queen's subordinate a long time ago.
, who in the whole of Daxia doesn’t know.”
Xiang Yun indeed knew about the gossip between Han Xu and Mrs. Chu that children could have an affair, but for Han Xu, even if a deity descended to earth, he would not be involved in regicide.
The old manager lowered his voice to Xiang Yun: "Of course he doesn't know. It's the Marquis who has been hiding it from him and taking advantage of him. Do you know why he went to Songzhou?"
Xiang Yun said: "It was suggested by Prime Minister Cui."
The old manager sneered and waved his hand: "Brother Yun, if you are not with Han Xu, you are not as clear as we are."
This call to Brother Yun was referring to decades of friendship. Xiang Yun's face softened slightly and he said, "Master Guan, please tell me."
The old manager took out a stack of letters: "These are the private messages between Han Xu and the queen."
Xiang Yun stretched out his hand to take it, but the old manager held it down again and chose one of the letters for him: "This is enough for you. The others are too ugly to look at."
Xiang Yun took it and opened it according to the words, and read the letter with the burning torch. The old manager here was very happy: "It was Cui Zheng who suggested it. Cui Zheng suggested it. He went to ask the queen first, and the queen made a fuss for him to come to Henan Province.
, and asked him to leave Henan Road to her. Tsk tsk, isn’t the empress unwilling to leave the capital, so why is she suddenly willing to come to Songzhou to see His Majesty? Tsk tsk.”
Accompanied by his tut-tutting and verbal hints, Xiang Yun finished reading the letter to Han Xu from the Marquis, who was still the wife of the State of Chu at that time. She was charming and silly, fierce and angry, and specified that he would only leave the capital if he wanted to go to Henan Province.
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Literally speaking, he was worried about losing power after leaving the capital, so he wanted to control the surrounding areas. At that time, the assassination incident at the Songzhou Night Banquet had not happened. Looking back now, the words made by the daughter full of paper are very chilling.
"Since Mingyu knew it, why didn't he report it!" He said solemnly, "Master Guan, it is a major crime to commit treason. If you don't report the knowledge, you are an accomplice!"
The old man jumped up and said, "I'm talking about Xiang Yun. At that time, how could we have thought that the queen would do such a thing! Mr. Mingyu is a child, what does he know!"
He pointed at Xiang Yun.
"We, Mingyu, have always opposed His Majesty's return to Beijing. We keep saying it's dangerous. Is it useful? Does anyone listen? We even got scolded by Han Xu!"
"You are now going to point out that Mr. Mingyu is an accomplice?"
He stared at Xiang Yun.
"Captain Xiang, what do you mean?"
Governor Xiang...Xiang Yun sighed softly: "Master Guan, call the Governor and you'll be gone."
The old manager pooh-poohed at him and sneered: "Captain Xiang has a new man, so of course we, like us, have become outsiders."
Xiang Yun knew that he was talking about Qishan, so he did not pick up the topic and asked instead: "Since you knew it back then, you should have said hello to me."
The old officer crossed his arms and looked at him: "What can Governor Xiang do if he knows about it? With Governor Xiang's wisdom, you would have guessed it as soon as the late emperor died, right? It has been a year since the late emperor died, didn't Governor Xiang just come?"
He let out a long breath, feeling a little sad.
"At that time, our young master was in charge of the outer security of Songzhou. A rebel assassin sneaked in. He was guilty of a serious crime. At that time, the queen was in front of the late emperor's body and wanted to question the young master. What could he do?"
"Despite this, he still gave us an order to imprison Han Xu, a sinner, in Linzhou."
"We, the young master, are under the command of the queen, enduring the humiliation and waiting to be dispatched, waiting!"
When he said this, he looked at Xiang Yun and raised his hand to wipe his beard.
"Captain Xiang, if you hadn't told Han Xu to plead guilty, we would have fought you tooth and nail!"
Xiang Yun was silent for a moment and said: "Mingyu did a great job, but I was too worried and timid, and only now did I dare to ask the guilty queen."
The old manager let out a heavy breath: "It's up to you to say this today, and we can rest assured. You can take Han Xu."
As he spoke, he thought of something again and took out a letter.
"Oh, this, the eldest lady just wrote you a letter. I haven't had time to send it yet. You just happened to come over, but just take a look at it. In fact, I'm not asking for your help. I just want to remind you that there is a new person.
Forget the old man."
He patted the letter into Xiang Yun's hand, turned around and left.
Xiang Yun took his hand.
"Master Guan," he said, "clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as old."
The old manager looked back at him.
Xiang Yun shook his hand heavily and said, "Please come with me, Jiannan Road and Longyou Road."