Fu Zhan and Song Hong opposed the arrest of Fan Chong and other former members of the Red Eyebrow Army, and believed that it would not be too late to arrest Fan Chong and others after a thorough investigation was done to confirm that Fan Chong and others had indeed committed treason.
But obviously, the two of them didn't understand Liu Xiu, and they didn't know what Liu Xiu was thinking or worrying about.
Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said, "I already know Fu Situ and Song Sikong's remonstrance. If there is nothing else, you two can just stand down!" Liu Xiu didn't show his displeasure deliberately, but there was no trace of it on his face.
Smiling, the cool hall suddenly made people feel chilly.
Fu Zhan and Song Hong were not fools, so they could naturally feel the low pressure at the scene. They looked at each other, kowtowed to Liu Xiu, and said cautiously: "Wei Chen, please retire!"
Liu Xiu nodded, then lowered his eyes and looked at the memorial again. After Fu Zhan and Song Hong had left for a while, Liu Xiucai put down the memorial and said quietly: "Zhonghua, Junwen, understands my heart deeply!"
Zhang Kun brought a pot of hot water, made a cup of tea for Liu Xiu, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, General You and Zhi Jinwu have been following Your Majesty for many years. General You and Zhi Jinwu naturally know who Your Majesty likes and dislikes.
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Liu Xiu happily nodded, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea. Zhang Kun continued: "Although Fu Situ and Song Sikong do not understand the holy will, they are also loyal to Your Majesty and the Han Dynasty!"
"So, they have to continue to be retained." Fu Zhan and Song Hong are not easy to use for Liu Xiu, but now it is not easy to find more suitable candidates to replace them.
Liu Xiu put down the tea cup and said to Zhang Kun: "Bring me the silk edict!"
Zhang Kun bowed and took a silk edict from the side. Liu Xiu picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, pondered for a moment, and wrote a secret edict in a swipe.
This secret edict was written to Jia Fu and Fu An, telling them to arrest Fan Chong, Xu Xuan, and Xie Lu, and after the thieves were pacified, they could be beheaded immediately without being detained.
After writing the secret edict, Liu Xiu handed it to Zhang Kun and asked him to deliver it personally to Jia Fu and Fu An.
Zhang Kun took the order and left the palace. He went to Jia's mansion. Fu An happened to be here, and he and Jia Fu were discussing the specific steps to arrest Fan Chong and others.
Seeing that Jia Fu and Fu An were both there, Zhang Kun smiled, took out the silk imperial edict from his sleeve, handed it to them, and said: "This slave is here on your Majesty's order, and has made a special trip to deliver a secret edict to Zhi Jinwu and Guang Luxun!
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Jia Fu and Fu An looked stern, took the edict respectfully, and began to read it carefully.
After reading it, Fu An took out the fire seal and burned the edict. Seeing that Fu An had burned the secret edict cleanly, Zhang Kun smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Jin Wu, Guang Luxun, I will resign!"
"Zhang Ye!" Fu An called him, took out a few turtle coins from his pocket, stuffed them into Zhang Kun's hand, and said with a smile: "I'd like to trouble Zhang Ye to make a special trip, and I'll give Zhang Ye a little money for tea."
Don’t despise it.”
"This...how can you be so embarrassed? This servant is under your Majesty's orders..."
"Although my brother is well-read in poetry and books, his temperament is too pedantic and he does not know how to adapt. It is inevitable that he will offend Your Majesty. I hope Zhang Ye can say a few kind words for my brother when Your Majesty is angry."
This is not the first time that Fu An has attacked Zhang Kun, and Zhang Kun did not say good things to Fu Zhan in front of Liu Xiu for no reason.
Zhang Kun did not make any more excuses, bowed deeply to Fu An, and said, "I would like to thank Guang Luxun."
"Zhang Ye, walk slowly."
"Easy to say, easy to say!" Zhang Kun said goodbye cheerfully. After he left, Jia Fu looked at Fu An strangely and said, "You are just a eunuch, why should Brother Fu be so flattering to you?"
Fu An said meaningfully: "Don't underestimate Zhang Ye, the person closest to Your Majesty now is him." The people around the emperor are inseparable from the world all day long, how can they not be close to each other?
Jia Fu thought about it and felt that this was also true. Fu An sighed: "I am not afraid of anything, but my elder brother..."
When Fu Zhan was mentioned, Fu An couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly. In his opinion, the eldest brother was more than enough to be a local prefect, but sitting in the position of Da Situ, given his personality, was really not suitable.
The eldest Situ must both inherit the previous and connect the lower. He must be adaptable, good at figuring out the holy will, and be versatile, but all of these are things that the eldest brother does not possess.
Looking at Fu An with a melancholy look on his face, Jia Fu laughed loudly, patted his arm and said, "Okay, Brother Fu, let's continue talking about the red-browed thief!"
Fu An shook his head and smiled, and continued to discuss with Jia Fu how to capture Fan Chong and others.
Although Fan Chong, Xu Xuan and others have all been disbanded and returned to their fields, their influence is still there, and the remnants of the Red Eyebrows still exist. If the operation fails and they escape, there may be a huge disturbance!
Therefore, in this operation, either we don't take action, or we must capture the person on the spot.
Jia Fu and Fu An discussed it for a while, and they decided that Jia Fu would capture Fan Chong himself, and his subordinates would capture Feng An and others, while Fu An would capture Xu Xuan personally, and his subordinates would capture Xie Lu and others.
People from all walks of life will take action on time at midnight tonight, without giving the Red Eyebrow Army the time and opportunity to inform each other.
The matter was settled in this way. Speaking of Jia Fu, after half of Haishi, that is, around 10:30 in the evening, he personally led an elite garrison of 500 people to Fan Chong's mansion.
Fan Chong's home was in the Xicheng District of Luoyang, a fairly small house. When they were approaching Fan Chong's home, Jia Fu ordered his team to move slowly. Five hundred elite troops were quietly ambush in the alleys on both sides of Fan Chong's residence.
Time passed by, and Jia Fu stood in the shadow of the alley, waiting patiently. When it was almost midnight, a patrol came from the street. When passing by the alley, the leader suddenly felt
Something is wrong.
He held the torch high and looked into the alley. It was so dark that he couldn't see anything.
When he tentatively walked in, he looked up and was frightened. He saw that the dark alley was filled with people, wearing helmets and armor, filled with murderous intent.
The captain of the patrol trembled in fright, opened his mouth wide, and was about to scream when the cold sword was placed on his shoulder, causing him to suppress the scream immediately.
Jia Fu, holding a sword, walked out of the shadows, tapped his shoulder gently with the blade of his sword, and whispered: "You have nothing to do here, continue patrolling!"
The captain took a closer look and was shocked again. Just as he was about to kneel down and salute, Jia Fu said impatiently: "Let's go!"
The patrols in Luoyang City are all affiliated with the Beijing Guards Army. Their highest boss is Zhijinwu Jiafu. How can the patrol captain not know him?
After listening to Jia Fu's words, the captain did not dare to take a breath, bowed and saluted, and staggered out of the alley.
Looking at the back of the captain and the patrolmen leaving quickly, Jia Fu raised the corner of his mouth and muttered in his heart: He is quite alert! He is indeed the soldier brought out by Jia Fu!
Finally, when it was midnight, Jia Fu waved to the people around him, and all the soldiers took off the ropes they were carrying. An iron claw was tied to one end of the rope. They all threw the iron claws out and hung them on the top of the courtyard wall.
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Immediately afterwards, people grabbed the rope and climbed up the wall like civet cats.
These soldiers, who were experienced and experienced, did not jump into the courtyard rashly. Instead, they first took out a small stone and bounced it on the stone ground in the courtyard, making a soft crackling sound. This is called throwing stones to ask for directions.
After a while, when there was no sound in the courtyard, people clung to the wall and jumped into the courtyard one after another. Before taking action, Jia Fu had already made it clear that there was no need to leave anyone alive.
The soldiers who entered the courtyard drew their swords from their ribs and ran inside with rapid strides.
Fan Chong's mansion also had guards. Hearing the rumble of footsteps, the two guards who were sitting in the corridor and taking a nap were immediately awakened. The two looked at each other, each holding the hilt of their sword, looking for the sound.
go.
They were walking out through a small arch, while Jia Fu and others were walking in from outside the arch. The two sides happened to bump into each other at the arch.
Seeing the sudden appearance of many soldiers in front of them, the two guards were shocked and exclaimed subconsciously: "You——"
As soon as they started talking, Jia Fu stabbed one of the guards in the chest with his sword. Before the other guard could fall to the ground, he quickly drew out his sword and swung it to the side, without even looking at the other guard.
Clearly, his throat has been torn open by the edge of the sword.
With lightning speed, he killed two guards in succession. Jia Fu waved his hand, and the soldiers behind swarmed into the arch. This was a courtyard. People entered the courtyard and kicked open the doors of each room one after another.
He rushed in with his long sword.
In an instant, people's exclamations came from all the rooms almost at the same time. Listening to the voices, there were men and women, old and young.
Jia Fu didn't stay in this courtyard for long, and Fan Chong didn't live here either. He strode across the courtyard and continued walking inside.
Inside the courtyard was a small garden. Jia Fu walked into the garden and stopped. He squinted his eyes and looked around.
Sand, sand, sand! Following the sound of footsteps, four guards in black slowly walked out from the shadows around the garden. They all held shining swords in their hands and stared at Jia Fu without blinking.
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Jia Fu raised the corners of his mouth and said with a sneer: "It turns out there are masters hiding in the palace, and they are indeed planning to rebel!"
The four guards in black didn't say any more nonsense. They walked up to Jia Fu and thrust their four swords forward to separate the four vital parts of Jia Fu's body.
Jia Fu snorted coldly, kicked his feet hard on the ground, and swept his whole body backwards.
The two swords in front were dodged by him, and when the two swords in the back were about to stab him, Jia Fu quickly swung his swords to both sides, clang, clang! With two crisp sounds, the other two swords
It was also bounced away.
The two men in black were so shocked that their wrists were sore and numb, and their mouths stung. Jia Fu shouted loudly and rushed back with his sword. He swept out his sword and slashed at the waists of the two men in black.
One of them did not dare to resist the sharp edge and retreated. The other one had no time to dodge and could only grit his teeth and catch Jia Fu's heavy sword.
Cang! There was another crisp sound, and the sword in the man's hand flew sideways. The tiger's mouth was cracked open by the shock, and blood oozed out.
The man in black staggered back. Jia Fu stepped forward, raised his sword and cut off the opponent's neck with a single blow.
Among the four men in black, in the blink of an eye, one of them had lost his head. Seeing this, the expressions of the other three men in black suddenly changed.
One of the men in black gritted his teeth and asked: "Jia Fu, when did my Fan Mansion offend you? Why did you do this to my Fan Mansion?"
Jia Fu held his sword and walked towards the three men in black. At the same time, he said coldly: "Why don't you ask the King of Hell?!" As he spoke, he shouted and swung his sword to attack the three men.
Even if he didn't use the square halberd and only used the sword, Jia Fu's martial arts skills were not diminished at all. With one against three, not only did he not lose, but he also forced the three men in black to retreat continuously.