Chapter 21: Alarming the Snake
"Your Majesty asked us to clear away the remnants of the Song people. How dare you ask His Highness the King of Shu what is his plan?" Yan Chenyu asked in a deep voice.
"Do what you should do, what else can you do?" Lu Xuanlou said casually.
Yan Chenyu was confused when he heard this and asked, "I would like to ask His Highness the King of Shu to make a clear statement."
"You send someone to make a noise first, and say that the remnants of the Song people assassinated me. My father was furious and ordered the Shenwuwei Guard to take action to completely eradicate the remnants of the Song people."
Lu Xuanlou said: "Then go to Daliang Mansion and ask Daliang Mansion to increase its efforts, search for Song Qingming's whereabouts, and strictly investigate the suspicious people entering and leaving Daliang City."
"Your Highness, the remnants of the Song people have disappeared for twenty years and are difficult to search. The time you take it, it is tantamount to alarm the snake. The remnants of the Song people are vigilant and may not show up. However, there is no way to investigate. How can His Highness the King of Shu be asked how he will handle his Majesty?"
Yan Chenyu frowned and said, obviously not agreeing with Lu Xuanlou's idea.
"The Great Wei has not valued the Song people's legacy for twenty years. Who knows what the Song people's legacy looks like after they have changed their names?"
Lu Xuanlou smiled and said, "As long as the Song people's remaining soldiers are not moved, it will be difficult for us to search, so I am just alerting the snake and making the Song people's remaining soldiers panic."
"If you feel uneasy, it will be difficult to calm down, so you will think about moving. Once the old man in the Song Dynasty makes moves, I don't believe that they can't leave any clues."
Lu Xuanlou said confidently: "As long as I let the king grasp the flaws of the Song people's remnants, follow the clues, and peel off the cocoons, I am afraid that I will not be able to capture all the Song people's remnants?"
Yan Chenyu took the order to leave, and Daliang Mansion moved with the flow. Countless guards rushed into Daliang City to search for the whereabouts of Song Qingming. They set up a checkpoint at the gate of Daliang City to check passers-by and business travelers. For a moment, the storm of cranes in Daliang City was terrified and people were panicked.
"The remnants of the Song people assassinated His Highness the King of Shu, in order to overthrow the country of the Great Wei and take the opportunity to restore the country."
"The assassin is named Song Qingming, and there is a portrait posted on the city gate. If someone finds his trace, he will report it to Daliang Mansion and His Majesty will give him the position of Thousand Houses."
With the help of Lu Xuanlou, Daliang City was full of rumors. The people of Daliang City believed it to be true. What kind of fear is there? Everyone is ready to rush and wander on the streets, swearing to find out whereabouts of Song Qingming and take the position of Qianhuhou.
"Master Qi, on the day of the assassination of His Highness the King of Shu, my neighbor went out at dusk and never returned late at night. His appearance is suspicious. It is very likely that he was the culprit of the assassination of His Highness the King of Shu."
"Master Qi Bing, on the day His Highness of the King of Shu was assassinated, Butcher Zhang returned home with blood late at night and did not go out for several days since then, which is extremely suspicious."
In front of the Daliang Prefecture Office, Song Jingzhe listened seriously to some people talking nonsense and recorded it on the case. Until the crowd dispersed, Song Jingzhe stood up and entered the government office and handed the record to Lu Xuanlou, who was talking to the Daliang Prefecture Order.
"When you go out at dusk and don't return late at night, you should be sleeping in the fireworks and willow alley at night; the butcher doesn't carry blood, is he still the butcher?"
Lu Xuanlou looked at it briefly, shook his head and said, "These people are just kidding me!"
"The ninth-rank official is easy to be a marquis, but it is difficult to find a marquis in thousands of households."
Zhou Zheng, the commander of Daliang Prefecture, smiled and said, "The Qianhu Hou, even the weak ministers are very moved, let alone ordinary people? It is inevitable that people will be volatile. Your Highness, the King of Shu, does not need to take it seriously."
"Then Lord Zhou must be careful to assist me in doing things. When I eliminate the remnants of the Song people, I will submit a report to my father and ask for the position of marquis of Thousand Houses for Lord Zhou."
"Eat the king's salary and loyalty to the king. Even if he does not have the position of a thousand-household marquis, the ministers should do their best to help His Highness eliminate the remnants of the Song people."
Zhou Zheng shook his head and said, "If this thorn can eliminate the remnants of the Song people, the Shenwuwei should be the first to be the best, and the Shu King should be the second to be the second to be the best. How could Zhou Zheng do this?"
Listening to the two of them, Song Jingzhe felt stormy. Since Song Qingming assassinated Lu Xuanlou, he knew that with the character of the Emperor Lu Qi of the Great Wei Dynasty, he would never give up easily, but he did not expect that Lu Qi was so domineering that he wanted to kill all the Song people.
"No, this news must be transmitted back to Song, and the master will decide."
Just as Song Jingzhe was thinking about it, Lu Xuanlou handed back the recording swords to him. Song Jingzhe reached out to take them, but Lu Xuanlou saw his hands covered with calluses.
"Is this..." Lu Xuanlou asked the Daliang Mansion Order and said.
"The villain Song Cheng is a documentary from Daliang Mansion, so he will take some copying work." Song Jingzhe replied.
"The word is good."
Lu Xuanlou said: "But since it is a clerk, it is also a scholar. Where do the calluses come from your hands?"
"This person was originally from Song."
Lu Xuanlou frowned immediately, and Zhou Zheng quickly explained: "Your Highness doesn't know that in the battle to destroy Song, the twelve guards general Han Zhi killed him too hard, and nine out of ten houses in the Song Dynasty were empty; after the destruction of Song, the great Wei clans moved and divided the land of Song County. There were many Song people leaving their hometowns, and Song Cheng was one of them."
"After Song Cheng came to Daliang after going through twists and turns, he became a prison guard of Daliang Mansion. When I saw that he was good at writing, I asked him to do a document and be more relaxed."
Zhou Zheng sighed and said, "After the demise of the Song State, the Song people were Wei people. The people in the Song Dynasty were in dire straits and heat. Your Majesty felt guilty in his heart. He would make up for the people of Song County. We, the people below, could also help each other.
"Please rest assured that this person has always been peaceful and will never have any entanglements with the remnants of the Song people."
"Since my assassination, my father ordered me to eliminate the remnants of the Song people. I was afraid of talking about Song. This time, I was the king who was full of weapons and scared myself."
Although Lu Xuanlou still had some doubts in his heart when Zhou Zheng spoke, he didn't ask much.
"Understand, understand!"
Zhou Zheng asked: "Your Highness, how should these records be handled?"
"Some things cannot be taken seriously, nor can they be taken seriously."
Lu Xuanlou said with a slight silence, "The people of Song Dynasty are extremely vicious and want to subvert the country of our Great Wei, and I cannot let this king take it lightly. Therefore, I think I would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go. What if Lord Zhou wants?"
"This act is brutal and not done by the wise king. Your Majesty will not agree." Zhou Zheng flatly refused, and he also saw that it was purely nonsense, how could he take it seriously?
"So, this is not the meaning of the father, but the meaning of the king and Lord Zhou."
Lu Xuanlou said: "So Lord Zhou does not need to ask his father to ask the emperor. He immediately asked the guards of Daliang Prefecture to imprison the suspicious person and wait for the deceased."
After Lu Xuanlou left, Zhou Zheng did not dare to be negligent. He immediately entered the palace and met Emperor Wei, stating the pros and cons, but was told by Emperor Wei: "I have already put the King of Shu in full responsibility for this matter. What does the King of Shu say, you will do what you do, no need to ask me."
"Your Majesty, why are you so confused today? I think it was the remnants of the Song people who assassinated the King of Shu, which completely angered Your Majesty."
After returning from the palace, Zhou Zheng sighed, but the emperor was unable to do anything, so he had to let the guards of Daliang Prefecture be dispatched. The prison of Daliang Prefecture was crowded with people, and the sound of injustice in the Daliang Prefecture office was heard, and Zhou Zheng was also busy.
Chapter completed!