Chapter 424: Tell the Son of Heaven
Northern Yan Nanjing City.
Among the capitals of Northern Yan, the big city that can be regarded as closest to Southern Wu has nothing to do with the Nanjing that Yue Qianqiu knows. Because of the sudden arrival of the Emperor of Northern Yan and his personal soldiers, it showed a busy and chaotic situation.
However, the emperor who rushed to the city with his 800 relatives did not mean to let someone clean up the palace in the city and move in immediately. Instead, he directly requisitioned the Beppu, which King Xiao Jingxian of Jin, had no taboo at all, and was not afraid of anyone taking the opportunity to assassinate him.
Even the servants in the Beppu who had already learned that Xiao Jingxian had defected and guarded Nanjing immediately acted, and after being imprisoned, he just threw it to Qiu Shusi to deal with it. On the way, he had already sent an order not to touch Xiao Jingxian's property and slaves in various places, but not to let those slaves go out casually and wait for Qiu Shusi to identify them.
Although Yue Xiaosi, who was temporarily in charge of Qiu Sai, learned that Xiao Jingxian had only been here once in the past few years, he claimed that since Nanjing City was too close to Gu'an, since Xiao Jingxian could raise the flag of rebellion in Gu'an, it would be very difficult to say whether he would make trouble in Nanjing. Therefore, he ignored the servants of Beppu who had been imprisoned and were busy cleaning the entire city.
These were nothing to the civil and military officials stationed in Nanjing. However, they, who tried hard to persuade the emperor to move out of the King of Jin, but did not achieve any results, soon witnessed an unprecedented strange story.
Because Yue Xiaosi, who was under the name of Lanling County Prince Xiao Changgong, broke in in person late the night after the emperor lived in Beppu, and under the escort of a group of emperors, he carried the emperor out of Beppu and sent it to the Nanjing General's mansion. It was only half a day before the Nanjing General was forced to vacate the house by him half-believingly.
Afterwards, the emperor learned that the fire was simply set by his son-in-law himself. After lit the cigarette, the wheat straw was burned out and it was destroyed! The emperor, in a rage, immediately ordered the imperial guards to escort the brave man over, but heard a fallacy.
"So many adults in Nanjing advised each other, but the emperor ignored it. I really had no choice but to make this bad decision. When I was in Beijing, the gunpowder depot suddenly exploded in the middle of the night, and the sound shook the sky. The emperor was not there, so I didn't understand it, but I never wanted to take this risk again. What if Xiao Jingxian buried a bunch of those things in the villa and directly bombarded you into the sky?"
"Shut up! I don't need you to teach you a lesson!"
Seeing that the emperor's face had not yet calmed down, his eyes had obviously calmed down. He said very barely: "I know that the fact of setting fire is bold, but I really can't think of any other way, so I can only make this worst. If the emperor wants to blame me, I will blame me. The mansion of Nanjing General Xiao Fengming is absolutely safe. Please stay safe..."
Before he could finish his words, the emperor was too lazy to argue with this guy.
"Tell Xiao Fengming that he would not need to dispatch troops and generals to gather thousands or tens of thousands of troops to capture Gu'an City. I will take people to set off tomorrow. If Xiao Jingxian really thought that he would block the surrounding paths of the two bandits, and the little troops in Gu'an, setting up an encirclement to completely eat my eight hundred elite troops, I will let him know what it means to defeat each one!"
Yue Xiaosi didn't expect the emperor to leave so soon, and subconsciously wanted to persuade him. But when he saw the eyes that were full of murderous intent, he couldn't help but feel awesome in his heart, and he turned around and left in a deep voice. But just as he arrived at the door, he heard a guard's voice coming from outside: "Emperor, there are people who escaped from Gu'an City..."
"I remember the emperor said a long time ago that none of the wastes who escaped were scared and frightened!"
Yue Xiaosi opened the door as if he was sharing his worries for the king, but the guards outside hurriedly lowered their heads and reported: "Reported to the Prince of Lanling, a group of rough men in rags came, claiming to be carrying goods in Gu'an City. They did not come on horseback, but walked on their legs for three days and two nights, and only slept for two hours a day, and then they arrived here. Zhen Rong, the mansion...
After hearing the first half, Yue Xiaosi was puzzled and wondered when those guys who claimed to be the emperor's personal army were so easy to talk to. When he heard it at the end, he realized that Zhen Rong had become a good person again, so he coughed and said, "So it's that little guy who meddled in other people's business again. Don't worry, I'll go and see them."
Before he finished speaking, the emperor's voice came from behind him: "No need, go to Xiao Fengming's place to pass the message and ask Zhen Rong to bring someone in. I want to ask in person!"
Yue Xiaosi turned around and a perfect surprise appeared on his face. Then he lowered his head and responded under the emperor's stern eyes, and then walked out quickly. When he arrived at the gate, he saw a group of guards surrounded more than a dozen ragged stout men. There seemed to be a cart pulled by a donkey in the middle. He couldn't help but move slightly between his eyebrows, but then he looked unseen and came straight to Zhen Rong.
"Mediating on other people's business, do you think you are still a disciple of Qingcheng? Or a member of the Southern Dynasties' mission? Why don't you know how to be more at ease when you become a cavalry slave? Do you just want to die like this?" Yue Xiaosi scolded and raised his foot and kicked him, but he retracted his strength when he touched Zhen Rong's shin and glared at him, "The emperor asked you to bring someone who can talk to him, be careful when you speak to me! I will go to find Xiao Fengming now, and no one pleads for you when you have something wrong!"
Zhen Rong found that the foot was coming with great force but was powerless. He just left a footprint on the hem of his clothes and pants, and knew that this was more of a reminder. He quickly responded that when he saw Yue Xiaosi say something, he took the reins handed over by the person next to him, turned over and left. He calmed down his emotions and then came to everyone.
The words of Yue Xiaosi just now were heard by everyone in the Liqi Gang, and Li Lier, who was lying on the cart, would not miss any words. When he learned that the young man who was not driven away by the guards just now was actually a Wu person. Some of the rough men looked angry, and some didn't know what expressions to show, while Li Lier was a little surprised.
Before Zhen Rong could speak, he took the initiative to say, "Brother, I can barely be considered the leader. Please take me to see the emperor."
"Gangmaster, you have any injuries on your body, so I'll go!"
"No, brother, I'll go..."
"Shut up! When you see the emperor, you know what you say? Help me up, I'm not dead yet, and I can walk!"
Seeing that Li Lier had to struggle to get out of the car, but even walked in a vain way, Zhen Rong pondered for a moment and said, "Since it is inconvenient, I'd better support one more person. If the emperor pursues the matter, I will take the responsibility."
Zhen Rong was so easy to talk to. Whether it was the person who was very hostile to him just now, he was not sure that he should be grateful for his previous care. Or the person who hated him because he was from Nan Wu, they all felt that this young man was indeed kind and gentle. At that moment, everyone recommended a smart tall man to support Li Li'er, watching them follow Zhen Rong in.
Thinking of the companions who had scattered into the countryside and waited for news after leaving the city, the rest of them couldn't help but have high hopes for Li Li'er's visit. They left Gu'an City with anger and rushed to Nanjing day and night, just thinking that maybe they could make a way besides breathing?
However, when Li Li'er, who was highly anticipated, was searched over and over again through the heavily guarded courtyard and finally came to the emperor. As soon as he touched the two gazes of the middle-aged man in the main seat, he showed a look of fear, and involuntarily kneeling down with his knees, as if he didn't know how to speak.
He couldn't help but sigh in a secret sigh when he saw his companion holding him in kneeling on the ground faster than he did, and he didn't dare to let out his vigor.
If he was really just a rough man who worked hard, he would be so happy that he would turn around and be crazy.
At this time, from the corner of his eyes, he saw Zhen Rong, who brought them in, knelt down on one knee and saluted, then quietly retreated to the side, nodding to him slightly, with a little encouragement in his eyes. It was not until this time that he began to speak.
"Emperor, Caomin... Caomin has important matters about Gu'an City!" He pretended to be a little stuttering, and after he raised his head slightly, he bit his tongue hard, and then continued, "Camin Li Lier, has brought a large number of hard-working men in Gu'an City, formed a strength gang to take on the strength to carry cargo and other things to make a living, and has their own territory with the other three gangs. But now the three gangs have defected to the King of Jin, so the King of Jin not only has local soldiers, but also at least hundreds of accomplices with good martial arts!"
The emperor's eyes immediately froze, and then asked indifferently: "You came to see me specifically for such trivial news?"
Li Li'er saw the emperor's coldness and impatientness, so she simply took it aside and pulled her clothes apart, revealing clear and visible wounds.
"Because there were many merchants in the past, there were often disputes, the strength of the grass-roots gang, and there were three other small gangs who were not masters, but they often fought and saw blood in the past. Although they were not as good as the serious army, they could indeed fight! Yue Qianqiu swept all the gangs in the city for several days in a row, intending to subdue everyone to fight against the imperial soldiers who came to conquer..."
He paused, then lowered his head and said, "Caomin is not good at learning skills, and he can't beat him. He almost lost his life. The other brothers came to the door with resentment and forced him to die. Yue Qianqiu came out to save my life. Caomin was unwilling to rebel with the King of Jin because of his life-saving grace. He said he didn't want to help King of Jin and got out, and asked someone from the other three gangs to talk. Caomin knew that he couldn't stay there, so he ran out with his strength to help the brothers!"
It was not until Li Li'er said that she was beaten like this by Yue Qianqiu that the emperor was a little moved.
He pushed the handrail and stood up and walked to the other side. Seeing the four guards accompanying the room immediately stepped forward a few steps, one by one, and Zhen Rong walked closer without hesitation. He knew that the former was afraid of being assassinated, and the latter was also afraid of being assassinated, but he was afraid of such a situation to implicate Xiao Changgong, so he showed a hint of laughter.
When he met the thick man who was originally hunched over, he immediately straightened his spine. The purple scars on his chest were clearly visible. The emperor actually reached out and pressed several places. After pressing it on his chest, he heard a whimpering cry of pain. He frowned and asked, "That boy broke your bones?"
Chapter completed!