Chapter 414 You come and I come
At the west gate of Yanzi City, when a carriage with the word Lanling was driven over at lightning, the generals guarding the city gate were in a panic. The reason was very simple. The word Lanling has changed in a state of fear recently. In the past three days, Princess Huoshan, who is said to be the daughter of the late Prince of Lanling, did everything that made the officials, the people stunned.
The team that was facing forward was watching the carriage gradually slowing down, and stopped in front of him. Thinking that he had let Princess Huoshan enter the city a few days ago, he turned around and glanced at the heads hanging high in the city gate, and finally got up carefully. After bowing and saluting, he had not had time to speak, but heard an impatient voice coming from the car.
"Why did it stop? Is this Swallow City finally here?"
"Yes, the prince, has arrived."
The two words "Prince Prince" were heard, and the team was almost trembling. But in a flash, they realized that the princess' father was the late Prince Lanling. The person who spoke in the car heard the voice was extremely young and obviously not alone. He breathed a sigh of relief. But when the curtains of the car started, a bearded and unshaven and blood-covered poked out from inside. He could not tell the old haggard man, and he was a little confused.
"It's all the good things done by Yanzi City, the ghost Wuwei Captain, which made me unable to stop for a moment! Where is Princess Huoshan Xiao Qingqing and Wu Rong now? Hurry up and lead the way!"
Seeing that the man who was suspected to be a prince was so angry, the team was hesitating, and the driver was driving said, "My prince led the Qiushousi and rushed over from Xinle day and night under the emperor's order. In addition to the dispute between Wu Rong and Princess Huoshan, he also brought the Qiushousi to the Chaqiushi before inspection, which caused fraud to accept bribes for personal gain!"
Only then did the team realize that the person who came was Lanling Prince, but he had no relationship with the Princess Huoshan. He was the popular emperor's favorite minister and son-in-law Xiao Changgong, although the princess was dead, Xiao Changgong became even more prosperous! But before he could even show his respect, the unshaven Prince Lanling yawned.
"I just want to find a bed to sleep for three days and three nights now, so you'd better lead the way as soon as possible. I want to meet Xiao Qingqing and Wu Rong."
As soon as Yue Xiaosi finished speaking, he saw that the team's expression was obviously not right. He found that the person turned around and looked at the height of the city gate with some hesitation. He immediately looked up and found that the heads were very dark. He couldn't help but feel a little slack, and then he immediately asked, "Is Wu Rong dead?"
The team didn't expect that his action would make people see the clues, so they simply lowered their heads and said honestly: "Reporting to the prince, after sending it off with a joint memorial, Princess Huoshan directly beheaded Wu Rong with a sword, and said that she would bear all the responsibility, but later..." He stopped suddenly, as if he didn't know what to say next.
"Later she ran away?" Yue Xiaosi frowned and asked in response to his own way.
"Uh, I can't say that completely..." Although the team knew that the risk was very high, they still couldn't help but talk to Princess Huoshan, "The princess just thought it was troublesome, so she left six of the guards to help the other generals suppress the riots, counted Wu Rong's property, and deal with the imperial envoy in the court..."
To deal with the imperial envoy of the court, he was just by the way... Before he finished speaking, Yue Xiaosi suddenly raised his eyebrows: "How dare she search Wu Rong's property without an order?"
"No, no, no, those guards were just escorting the formation. At that time, many gentry and elders in the city witnessed together. Before leaving, the princess passed a message, and returned a lot of the land and property occupied by Wu Rong to the original owner, and then scattered the remaining part of the unownered to the military and civilians of the city, and said it was the emperor's will..."
This method of raising the tiger's skin to make a big banner seemed familiar. My father did it when he was young, he did it when he fought the younger generation of martial arts in the south, when he was a bandit in Beiyan, and after becoming a son-in-law of the emperor... This simple wisdom that the Yue family inherited from the lineage made him think of a boy almost intuitively.
He took a deep breath, pointed at the team and said, "Come in the car and report in detail what's going on!"
Although the team would never regard this as the favor of noble people for him and complained in his heart, he did not dare to resist such an order. He could only follow Yue Xiaosi on the bus with a bitter face. Another person was squeezed into the small carriage, which suddenly became even more cramped. The guard who had been a coachman on the road before and was still sleeping at this time wanted to get off the bus with sleepy eyes, but was kicked by Yue Xiaosi.
"Don't show off for me. Can you walk or ride a horse when you go down? Go to sleep well, I will take you two. If something goes wrong with you, who will protect me?" Seeing that the guard almost instinctively turned his head to look at Zhen Rong, and Zhen Rong, who had not cleaned up her appearance for several days, was a little unnaturally about to respond when Yue Xiaosi snorted.
"He is just half a pound against you. What can a tired soldier do? I'm not a secret that cannot be heard by others. You all stay well!" After scolding his subordinates, Yue Xiaosi looked at the obviously timid team and said, "Okay, let me talk about what happened these days!"
The team only then realized that the other two in the car were probably guards, but they didn't have time to think about it, so they had to explain everything they knew in detail. When he heard him mention Princess Huoshan Xiao Qingqing and the vicious little maid who was about eleven or twelve years old and fierce, Yue Xiao Si's face became extraordinary and strange.
Originally, this was just suspicion, but when he heard that the princess was still carrying a thin eunuch, who was often led by the little maid, his doubts suddenly became convinced. While he had a hilarious impulse, he also understood Xiao Jingxian's intention.
As long as the emperor does not come here in person, ordinary people will never have such outrageous associations. But he is different. He and Yue Qianqiu are actually father and son, even if the father and son have very few opportunities to get along and communicate. And he and Xiao Jingxian were once nominal allies and know each other much more than what ordinary people think.
What's more, bold guessing and careful verification are his usual style.
The upstart of the dynasty, now the Prince of Lanling, who is now in charge of the Qiushou Department, has arrived. Yanzi City, which has already skipped for a long time, has naturally fallen into a big turmoil again.
Xiao Changgong visited the Centennial Inn, saw the smashed lobby, and visited the injured shopkeeper who was so flattered that his smile was even worse than his bitter face; inspected the military camp where Princess Huoshan was seized by Xiao Qingqing in a few seconds; retracing the little maid who Princess Huoshan dragged Wu Rong out of the deepest direction...
He finally stood in the place where Wu Rong was beheaded by a sword, and the blood stains had not faded yet, and was silent for a long time.
Zhen Rong was with him from beginning to end. Although the road was bumpy, he was so tired. Under the influence of Ning Shenxiang, he slept in a daze in the carriage for a long time, so he could still accompany Yue Xiaosi.
The two real guards of the royal palace were sent by Yue Xiaosi to rest well.
At this moment, he was shocked by the powerful and nobles in Beiyan to take human life, but suddenly he heard Yue Xiaosi say without looking back.
"Come on, take a look at this thing."
Zhen Rong took the thick thing hesitantly, and then realized that it was the previous commentary of Yanzicheng's report to the emperor. He expanded it and glanced at him and realized that this was Wuwei lieutenant Wu Rong, the captain of Yanzicheng before impeachment. He immediately put away the casualness at the beginning and read it carefully again. This time, he finally took a light breath.
“This is really…”
"You are bold, extremely guilty, and you are unrepentant... You don't need to say these words that criticize Wu Rong. I know he must be dead, otherwise you won't be able to hear the sound of firecrackers everywhere in the city at this time." Yue Xiaosi turned his head and looked at Zhen Rong, and asked with a smile, "I just ask you, do you see any other name?"
At this moment, there were only two of them. Whether it was the county magistrate of Yanzi City or other civil and military officials, no one dared to rashly approach the famous Lanling County Prince Xiao Changgong, who had recently become famous. Therefore, Yue Xiaosi was not worried that anyone would listen to the conversation between them. At this time, when he saw Zhen Rong being confused at first, he buried his head in the review of the memorial, including handwriting and signature, he couldn't help but smile.
If Yue Qianqiu could stay and help him, that would be the most ideal. The boy taught by the old man himself was in line with him from his ideas to his actions, but Emperor Beiyan had to use that move to cut off the possibility of Yue Qianqiu's stay.
It has been speculated that it is the little prince of Beiyan, so how can he be his son?
Moreover, the grandson who had worked hard to teach was cheaper than Beiyan. The old man who was still in Jinling might be drowned by countless spits. No matter how powerful the methods and the strong reputation of the past were, they could not suppress the public's words, and even the emperor could not favor them.
On the contrary, Zhen Rong's choice was really ideal. What's more, Zhen Rong's previous actions, including his neither humble nor arrogant attitude in front of the Emperor of Northern Yan, and his stubborn but sincere personality, were easier to be accepted by the people of Northern Yan than the cunning Yue Qianqiu.
When he saw Zhen Rong finally raised his head again, he asked with a smile: "What did you see?"
Zhen Rong hesitated for a moment and finally said softly: "This Princess Huoshan feels that she is deliberately looking for trouble. Or rather, she has known the situation in Yanzi City for a long time and knows that Wu Wei Captain Wu Rong has a bad record. She is just for this person."
Yue Xiaosi's smile froze on his face, and then sighed: "You still have to say this? You... are so scheming!"
But that's true. Can someone be tricked into joining the heroes? Can someone be tricked into being by Yue Qianqiu?
However, even if there is any risk, the little Si of Xiao has to continue. He hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and took the memorial back from Zhen Rong, and splashed it on his head, and said lightly: "Don't you think that Xiao Qingqing and her little maid's style look like two people?"
Zhen Rong frowned and thoughtful at first, then her face froze. Then she followed, but her face was full of disbelief. Finally, her face turned pale little by little.
Chapter completed!