The next morning at the time of application, Xiahou De came to the Prince of Qi's Mansion with the imperial edict and wanted to read it to King Zhushu of Qi.? ?
As Xiahou De walked towards Prince Qi's Mansion, he thought to himself: 'I have also heard people in Qingzhou say that Prince Qi is arrogant, but I never expected that he would be so arrogant and just send a servant to inform me to go to Prince Qi.
An edict from the palace.'
"Fortunately, the King of Qi will be replaced after today, and the people of Qingzhou finally don't have to endure such a cruel King of Qi."
Not long after, he had arrived at the gate of Prince Qi's Mansion. Just as he was about to lead the people inside, Jia Shiming stood up and said, "How is it possible that so many people can enter Prince Qi's Mansion? What do you think Prince Qi's Mansion is?"
Place! Only you can go in, the others are waiting at the door."
Xiahou De said: "That's all for the others, but these four people beside me were specially assigned to me by His Majesty. They are all high-level bodyguards. Why can't they enter Prince Qi's Mansion?"
Seeing his persistence, Jia Shiming said, "Then these four people can enter, but others are not allowed to enter Prince Qi's Mansion!"
Xiahou De immediately turned his head and gave some instructions, then walked in with four guards. A guard from Prince Qi's Mansion led the way. Xiahou De noticed that the guard's body was shaking slightly and his facial expression was very stiff. He thought to himself:
'Does he already know the content of the imperial edict? It can't be that he is sick. Patients cannot be on duty.'
Xiahou De followed the guard for a long time and was a little surprised: 'We have already reached the inner courtyard, why does King Qi want to receive the order in the inner courtyard? This is very disrespectful.'
After walking for a while, Xiahou De walked into a large hall. He looked around and saw dozens of guards in the hall. They all had fierce looks on their faces and held sword hilts in their hands. He immediately realized that something was wrong: after looking around for another week, he saw no one.
The man wearing the prince's attire asked sharply: "Where is the King of Qi? Why don't you come to receive the order?"
But no one in the hall answered.
Then Xiahou De suddenly heard a "clang" and looked back to find that the door of the main hall had been closed.
At the same time, just as he turned back, another voice sounded in front of him and said: "Take it down!"
After that, all the guards with knives around them rushed forward, and it was unclear whether they wanted to kill them or capture them alive.
Xiahou De was immediately frightened. He had never experienced such a situation, and had never thought of such a situation, so he completely stayed where he was.
When the four guards saw that there were so many people on the other side, they came directly brandishing knives and acted mercilessly. Although they had no idea why this was the case, they also knew that they were no longer physiological today.
Therefore, the four of them did not pay attention to protecting Xiahou De. They drew out their swords and fought with them.
The four of them were highly skilled in martial arts, but they could not defeat the four-handed hero with their fists, and they were quickly killed because they could not fight against the large number of people.
Xiahou De was still standing there blankly.
Lu Yuan asked someone to tie up Xiahou De, seize his imperial edict, and temporarily imprison him. He then took the forged imperial edict from another person, compared it carefully, and determined that there was basically no problem.
Ren said: "Now you can mobilize the troops of the three guards!"
Luo Ren said: "Let Niu Dabao and Jia Shiming follow me to mobilize troops from the three guards. They are the commanders of the center and right guards. I am just the commander of the left guard. It is better to let them go together."
Luo Ren was talking with a pair of dark circles under his eyes. Although he suggested sleeping last night, how could he possibly sleep after such a big thing happened? He was just tossing and turning in bed.
Not only him, but others also had dark circles under their eyes, and they were all listless, and some of them were still scared.
Luo Ren continued: "But the first thing to do now is not to mobilize troops to the Three Guards, but to arrest the patrolling censor Zeng Xinran!"
"In order not to be exposed immediately, we must have someone pretend to be an imperial envoy. But Zeng Xinran is obviously familiar with Xiahou De. It is absolutely impossible to hide it by finding someone to pretend to be, so Zeng Xinran must be arrested! Fortunately, others do not know the content of the imperial edict. Qi Wang Zhu
He has always been domineering, so it's not surprising that he would do something like this."
Lu Yuan suddenly realized: "I almost forgot about Zeng Xinran. I will immediately arrange for someone to catch Zeng Xinran."
Then he said harshly: "If he hadn't caused trouble for nothing, how would I have rebelled? Let's see if I don't cut him to pieces after I catch him!"
But Chen Lianyu said at this moment: "Keep him for now, he will be useful later." Then Chen Lianyu said the use.
Lu Yuan smiled and said: "You, Chen Lianyu, are more ruthless than me. Well, let's keep Zeng Xinran first! Let him live a few more days."
Then they worked separately, Luo Ren took Jia Shiming and Niu Dabao to Sanwei's station, and Lu Yuan led people to arrest Zeng Xinran.
A commander of the right guard, Tongzhi Chief Su, read the imperial edict carefully and said: "Your Majesty actually mobilized the three guards of King Qi again. It is really surprising."
Luo Ren said: "Who says it's not the case!"
Chief Su continued: "Actually, if Your Majesty doesn't want His Highness to stay in the fiefdom, you can just send His Highness King Qi to the north alone. Why bother with King Qi's three guards every time?"
Another said: "Who says otherwise."
Luo Ren said with a smile: "Don't complain. Since the imperial court has issued a decree, you must comply with it. Go and tell each Thousand Households and Hundred Households this matter as soon as possible. Hurry up!"
Chief Su said a little strangely: "The time stipulated in the imperial edict is so ample, why are you in a hurry? Brother Luo, are you in such a hurry to go to the front line? Swords have no eyes!"
"Also, although the three guards are not fully staffed now, there are still more than 30,000 people. How can they be so easily mobilized?"
Luo Ren also realized that his tone just now was a little anxious. Fortunately, he had gained everyone's trust, otherwise he might have aroused suspicion.
Luo Renqiang smiled and said: "I have never been to the north, and I have never seen the Mongols! So I want to see them earlier. And we, the third-rank officials, are not so easy to die in battle."
Chief Su retracted his doubts at this time and said: "It is true that no third-grade officer has been killed since the battle of Mobei under the command of General Lan in the 21st year of Hongwu. There is no need to worry too much."
Luo Ren was worried that he would reveal his secret if he continued talking, so he said: "His Royal Highness, King Qi, has something to do with me. I will go back to the city first. Remember to tell a few thousand households."
Chief Su said: "I know! I won't forget it." Then he said enviously: "His Royal Highness King Qi really values you."
Luo Ren smiled bitterly in his heart, but still said on the surface: "No way, you just call me casually." Then he chatted for a few more words with Chief Su and others, left Sanwei's yamen, leaving Niu Dabao and Jia Shiming behind.
here.
However, although Jia Shiming and Niu Dabao did not leave, they had a very bad reputation among the three guards. When they were in front of His Highness King Qi, Chief Su and others would give him some face, but when they were not in front of Zhu Su, they were not at all
He didn't even give any face to Niu Dabao and Jia Shiming.
Although Niu Dabao and Jia Shiming were very depressed about this and had slandered Zhu Shu several times, Zhu Shu was not an idiot. Although he was a little lewd and violent, he also knew that Luo Ren alone could not control the three guards.
Therefore, he had never slept with the wife of a general with a rank of Qianhu or above, and as long as Chief Su and others did not embarrass Niu Dabao and Jia Shiming in front of him, he would not care. Anyway, Niu Dabao and Jia Shiming were just his lackeys.
So now Chief Su and others didn't care at all whether Niu Dabao and Jia Shiming were there, and directly began to order the soldiers to call all the thousands of households to prepare to inform them of the matter. In the process, they completely regarded Niu Dabao and Jia Shiming as nothing.
Niu Dabao and Jia Shiming were both ashamed and annoyed, but this kind of thing had happened several times, and they could see such a situation happening in front of them and get angry and quarrel on the spot.
And today, the two of them are more confident. Jia Shiming secretly thought in his heart: "I'll drag you into the water and see if you still dare to treat me like this! I will definitely give you a good look when the time comes!" But he didn't think about it.
In the long run, these people who can fight will be much more useful than him in the future.
Jia Shiming secretly thought to himself and left after finishing. They would only be humiliating themselves by continuing to stay here, so they might as well leave.
Chief Su didn't care at all that the two of them were gone. Instead, he said to the others: "These two bastards are gone."
In the backyard of the Qingzhou government office, Tan Zhiwen, the current prefect of Qingzhou, is practicing calligraphy. It is said that today, the 29th, is the announcement day, and he should receive the petitions from the people in the lobby.
But in Qingzhou, small matters as big as sesame seeds are handled by the county magistrate, and slightly larger matters involve Prince Qi's Mansion. He dare not take care of matters involving Prince Qi's Mansion, so over time no one comes to the government office to complain, and the magistrate has no petition.
It was brought over, so Tan Zhiwen sat in the lobby for a while in the morning and then went back to the backyard.
Tan Zhiwen finished copying a piece of calligraphy and was about to comment on it when a government servant ran in and said: "Sir! Your Excellency!"
Tan Zhiwen asked angrily: "What's the matter? Don't you see I'm busy here?"
The yamen servant ran up to him and said, "Sir, Prince Qi's palace suddenly dispatched and captured Zeng Xinran, the patrolling censor."
Tan Zhiwen stopped writing and said: "Prince Qi's palace will arrest him sooner or later. Why arrest him now?" Naturally, the government officials did not dare to speak.
Tan Zhiwen thought for a while and said: "Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore, no matter what the reason is! But I still have to write a memorial and tell the court that the inspection censor Zeng Xinran has been arrested and taken to Prince Qi's mansion."
The Yamen servant bravely said, "Sir, why don't you negotiate with Prince Qi's Mansion? At least you know the reason why Prince Qi's Mansion arrests people."
Tan Zhiwen glared at him and said: "My lord, I need you to direct my work! Get down and don't be an eyesore here!"
The yamen servant secretly despised Tan Zhiwen for being a softie, but he did not dare to disobey Tan Zhiwen's order and go down.