"Killing...!" A shout suddenly appeared in the crowd, and the people who were still waiting to enter the city quickly stood up and looked at the place where the shout came from. The crowd was crowded, and the people gathered in front of the small tea stall retreated one after another, as if to avoid hiding.
Like the god of plague, he ran away from that small tea stall.
Meng Ji and Changshi accompanied Wen Dang and led a group of officials from Shu County to the west gate. Wen Dang frowned: "What's going on? Who transferred these soldiers to the city gate? Who gave the order?"
Meng Ji coughed: "Prefect, I feel that Su Shiyu has made great contributions to the court this time. As a colleague, we should be more lively. Only in this way can we match Su Shiyu's contribution. It is good to have these soldiers to maintain order!"
Changshi sneered and said: "The great achievements made by Su Shidu and the private deployment of county soldiers do not seem to have anything to do with it. As far as I know, according to the court laws, only the prefect has the right to dispatch troops. Meng Changshi did not notify the prefect.
, you can easily transfer the county soldiers to the city gate, does this seem a little inappropriate?"
The sound of murder reached the ears of several people. Wen Dang was shocked, and hurriedly separated and moved forward. Meng Ji and Chang Shi behind him glared at each other, and ignored the quarrel, and hurriedly followed. A leader of the team hurriedly ran away
He came over and knelt down in front of a few people: "Chang Shi, it's not good, someone killed the soldiers and rebelled!"
"Who is so bold and doesn't take it down yet?" Meng Ji was furious: "Today is the day to welcome Su Shi. There are assassins here. This is too arrogant. We immediately send people to check one by one. If there are any suspicious elements,
Rectify the law on the spot!"
The commander loudly agreed and turned around to carry out the order, completely ignoring Wen Dang and Chang Shi.
"Stop!" Chang Shi glanced at Wen Dang and immediately stopped him. He turned to Meng Ji and said, "Meng Changshi, the prefect is here. You shouldn't have the final say on how to handle this matter, right?"
Meng Jidao: "As the governor of Shu County, I am responsible for the security of Shu County. I don't need the eunuch's orders to do this. I know how to do it!"
"Only public officials are responsible for the security of Shu County. Now these people are county soldiers and it seems they are not under your control!"
"Captain Tang is not here, so I will do it for you for the time being. Could it be that Chang Biejia thinks I have other intentions?"
"Hahaha, that's hard to say!"
"That's enough!" Wen Dang's face turned green. How could he not know what was going on between Meng Ji and Tang Meng. Tang Meng was away all year round, and Meng Ji had actually controlled the county soldiers in Chengdu for a long time. He was planning to welcome Su Ren today.
Under the guise of pulling out the county soldiers, firstly, he wanted to show off his strength and let a few people see it. If he was pushed into a hurry, he would not hesitate to fight to the death. Secondly, he wanted to give the people of Chengdu an illusion, that is
Su Ren relied on his connections with the Wen Party to dominate Chengdu.
"Where is your captain?" Wen Dang looked at the chief.
The chief quickly looked at Meng Ji, and when he saw that Meng Ji had no expression, he said: "Report to the prefect, the captain has already led people to catch the assassin!"
Several people were talking. After a while of scolding and screaming, a dozen heavily armed county soldiers escorted an old man and walked out of the crowd. The old man was already lame, with blood on his face.
His arm fell to his side, it must have been broken, and he was still being held by two soldiers. Behind the old man, the captain in chain armor was full of anger, followed by two soldiers, carrying a corpse.
"Chang Shi, this old guy actually stabbed a county soldier to death. The general thought that he should be killed on the spot as a warning to others!" The captain didn't even look at the literary party or ordinary affairs, and only saluted Meng Ji.
Meng Ji smiled slightly and coughed: "Ahem! Wang Xiaowei, the prefect is still not saluting here?"
Lieutenant Wang rolled his eyes before saluting Wen Dang, but he ended up hastily, without any respect at all.
Chang Shi said angrily: "The brave Wang Kui treated the prefect so slowly, do you know your guilt?"
"The general was ordered to perform military duties at the west gate of the city. He is wearing armor and cannot perform the ceremony properly. Please ask the prefect to atone for his sins!"
Wen Dang suppressed his anger and pointed at Old Man Zhang: "What's going on?"
Wang Kui said: "Reporting to the prefect, this man had evil intentions. He stole the soldiers' weapons, killed the county soldiers in public, and threatened to rebel. Everyone onlookers could see clearly. He also showed his dissatisfaction with Su Shi. He was guilty of a heinous crime and deserved to be punished.
Ask to chop!"
Chang Shi frowned and turned to look at Meng Ji: "What does this matter have to do with Su Shifu?"
Wang Kui said: "Su Shifeng is a hero of our Shu County. He has made great contributions to the court, recovered the Yuanshan bandits, and disrupted the Qiang people. In addition to threatening the surrounding areas of our Shu County, he was rewarded by the court. This person unexpectedly expressed dissatisfaction. This is a sign of dissatisfaction with the imperial court."
The imperial court's contempt is disrespectful to Su Shipu. As the captain of Shu County, it is my duty to deal with this person!"
Old man Zhang had long since lost his anger and pride, and knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "Prefect, I am not dissatisfied at all. I just have some complaints about the city sealing gate. As for the Su Shipu, I have never seen him before.
, how dare you be disrespectful?"
Wang Kui kicked Old Man Zhang to the ground: "You are so bold and unruly, and you are so messy, I will kill you now!"
"Wait a minute!" Wen Dang quickly stopped and looked at Wang Kui: "Wang Xiaowei, we will discuss this later. Let me ask you first, who ordered you to block the west gate, and who ordered you to mobilize county soldiers. Here,
Welcome Su Shipu?"
Wang Kui was stunned, looked at Meng Ji, and said: "On the order of Chang Shi!"
Meng Ji secretly yelled something bad and was about to interrupt. Wen Dang was the first to say: "Okay, do you have the troop transfer documents or military symbols?"
"This..." Wang Kui suddenly became silent.
Meng Ji hurriedly said: "Prefect, we are here to greet Su Shi. There has been a murder case. Since the murderer has been caught and so many people have seen it, the murderer should be beheaded as a warning to others!"
Wen Dang turned around and glared at Meng Ji. His eyes were sharp, not at all gentle and calm. Meng Ji couldn't help but shrink back. Wen Dang turned his head and stared at Wang Kui. Wang Kui kept mumbling for a long time without saying anything.
He just kept looking at Meng Ji, hoping that he could save him. Unfortunately, Meng Ji lowered his head and remained silent.
Chang Shi smiled and said: "According to our laws of the Han Dynasty, there are no documents or symbols for mobilizing troops, and mobilizing more than fifty soldiers is regarded as treason. I took a quick look and found that there are no less than a hundred soldiers from the county outside the west gate. Wang Kui is treason, so he will be arrested immediately."
Down!"
The county soldiers following Wang Kui were stunned on the spot for a moment, not knowing where to go. Chang Shi waited for a while and saw no one moved. Knowing that the matter could not be delayed for a long time, he reached out and pulled the corner of Lai Fu's clothes. Lai Fu understood, and from
Wen Dang flashed out from behind and headed straight for Wang Kui.
"Ouch!" Wang Kui drew out his sword and pointed it at Laifu: "Who dares? Brothers, Wen Dang and Chang Shi are going to kill us. These two colluded with the bandits and captured them quickly. Anyone who dares to resist will be shot!
"
Chang Shi shouted: "Who dares to move? Wang Kui is plotting rebellion. Do you want to rebel too?"
The county soldiers were overwhelmed by the arguments from both sides and neither dared to surround nor retreat. However, a few of Wang Kui's confidants leaned close to Wang Kui and tried to block Laifu, but their skills were completely different from Laifu's.
On the same level, he would be knocked down by Laifu in a few strokes.
Wang Kui wanted to say more, Laifu was already approaching. He struck directly at Wang Kui's chest and abdomen with a move. Wang Kui couldn't resist it, so he ducked away and tried to get into the crowd. As expected, Laifu moved faster and kicked the sword out of Wang Kui's hand.
He punched Wang Kui in the lower abdomen and knocked Wang Kui to the ground. This hand calmed the whole crowd, and those county soldiers who still wanted to come up to help quickly stopped and lowered their heads.
Changshi let out a long breath and looked at Wen Dang. Wen Dang remained silent from beginning to end. Only then did he help Old Man Zhang up and ordered someone to find a medical officer to treat Old Man Zhang's injuries.
Wang Kui shouted: "Meng Changshi, save me! Meng Changshi..."
Meng Ji lowered his head and gritted his teeth. A good plan was executed by an incompetent person, and he was blinded. He thought that Wang Kui could restrain his county soldiers and turn the tide at the critical moment, but he didn't expect to be subdued so easily. He was so worried.
Then he greeted Wang Kui's eight generations of ancestors.
"Meng, you son of a bitch, I worked hard for you, but you didn't say a word. I'm blind, and I won't let you go even if I die!" Wang Kui saw that Meng Ji had no intention of saving him, so he
He yelled: "You wanted me to arouse the people's resentment against Su Ren and make the prefect make a fool of himself. You did all this..."
Meng Ji became anxious and quickly knelt down and said: "The prefect clearly noticed that the lower official only asked Wang Kui to bring more than a dozen county soldiers to help maintain order at the city gate. He did not ask him to block the city gate. Even if the lower official had a hundred heads, he would not dare to do it.
Such evil!"
"Meng, you cross the river and destroy the bridge! Prefect Mingjian, Meng Ji has repeatedly won over the county soldiers in recent years..."
"Pa!" Laifu hit Wang Kui on the back of the head with a palm. Wang Kui's voice disappeared immediately and he lay limply on the ground. Meng Ji let out a long breath and calmed down a little.
Chang Shi glanced at Wen Dang, and then ordered Wang Kui to be taken away. The county soldiers were brought back by the military commander, and some officials were left to appease the people, and then he followed Wen Dang back. Along the way, Wen Dang was in a very unhappy mood.
Well, the imperial court had just issued a decree to praise the officials of Shu County, and something like this happened immediately. Although Meng Ji was the mastermind, as the prefect of Shu County, he Wen Dang could not escape his involvement.
Seeing Wen Dang's bad expression, Changshi said: "Teacher, this is also a good thing. The county soldiers have been controlled by Meng Ji and Tang Meng for so many years. After this incident, we can just take this opportunity to gather the county soldiers and get rid of Meng Meng."
An arm of Ji."
"It's not that simple!" Wen Dang shook his head slightly: "Since Meng Ji can do this, he naturally has such considerations. He is just testing."
"Does he really want to rebel?"
"Since Meng Bi was sent back after Tang Meng cut out his tongue, haven't you noticed that Meng Ji has become more careless? No one knows what he can do for a man who is not afraid of anything." Wen Dang thought for a moment.
: "It can be seen from this incident that we have no control over the county soldiers. If we hadn't taken action suddenly today, maybe none of us would be able to escape. It's time to rectify the county soldiers."
Changshi nodded: "Yes! As a prefect, the teacher cannot control the military power of Shu County. It is completely unimaginable. Since Tang Meng has surrendered to Su Ren, why doesn't the teacher call Tang Meng back? At least he is still the captain of Shu County."
Wen Dang laughed: "Su Ren and Tang Meng have interests, but we don't have the capital to make Tang Meng obedient. Hey! Doesn't the big Shu County have people who can organize an army?"
"Eh?" Changshi suddenly shouted: "When the teacher said this, I remembered something. I wonder if Su Ren's caravan guards are so brave, can Su Ren..." (To be continued)