The black convoy was surrounded by dots of torches that illuminate the official road. However, the convoy was too long. Even if the Dazhou City government office had already poured out, the thirteen yamen masters from Kyoto, led by the three inner court fathers-in-law, could only cut it off. There was no way to surround the entire convoy, but these officials kept their eyes on the court prisoner, and they were not worried that this bloody man with his wife and belt would disappear from everyone's eyes.
However, no one dared to rush forward and grab Gundam, because everyone felt a little strange. The person holding the court prisoner was obviously not an ordinary person, and the official uniform he was wearing was familiar to everyone.
The most critical thing is this long black convoy. Although the style of the carriages looks very ordinary, the convoy of more than thirty carriages is not a sight that can be seen anytime and anywhere. No matter how stupid a person is, he can guess that there must be some big shots in the convoy.
The officials of the thirteenth yamen of the Ministry of Punishment spat secretly, saying that they were unlucky. They never thought that outside the remote city of Dazhou, a group of them had just had the best luck and finally caught the court criminals who had been under investigation by the court for a long time. He also bumped into such a strange convoy.
The officials of the Ministry of Punishment were not panicked. Although they didn't know the identity of the train convoy for the time being, they were acting under the orders of the middle school. Even if there are princes and nobles in the black convoy, it is impossible for the other party to make irresponsible remarks on the court's arrest of criminals.
Three father-in-laws of the inner court came out of the crowd surrounded by torches. The old eunuch in the head squinted his eyes, looking at this strange convoy, and at the imperial convicts covered in blood, who were lying on the flat ground in front of the carriage. On the ground, several people in black official uniforms seemed to be treating him, while the dumb woman with a pale face was holding the child, looking at the prisoner very nervously.
The inner court master narrowed his eyes, his nose twitched slightly, and felt a bit of surprise and uneasiness, because he easily recognized the strength of the people in the convoy wearing black official uniforms.
After some fighting, although Gao Da bravely rushed to the official road and seriously injured two inner court masters, he himself was at the end of his battle. Obviously, he wanted to protect the woman behind him and the child in his arms, and there were many more roads on his body. Wounds that shouldn't have appeared.
The inner court master who presided over the apprehension was also churning with energy and blood in his body, and he couldn't calm down for a while. He looked at the convoy in front of him and frowned slightly. Naturally, the inner court would not act too arrogantly, he was just a little scared.
As a master of the inner court and under the orders of the emperor, even if this train team is really a team of the Overwatch Council, he has nothing to be afraid of. The problem is that he doesn't know the rank of this train team in the Overwatch Council. What's more important is that the criminal arrested by the imperial court today is Tiger Guard Gundam, and this person was Lord Xiao Fan's trusted guard back then. After discovering this, if Mr. Fan is in this train...
The eunuch took a deep breath, walked forward slowly under the light of the torch, and whispered to the pure black carriage on the official road: "He Qigan of the inner court ordered to arrest the criminals. "
He didn't ask the identity of the team first, but revealed his identity and purpose first. In this way, if there were any changes in the black team, the inner court would also stop first.
The masters of the thirteenth yamen of the Ministry of Punishment also gradually saw something was wrong, and they were no longer as confident as before, but scattered around the carriage vigilantly. But the sergeants of the Dazhou City government office were puzzled. These men from Kyoto all had eyes on the top of their heads, and no one would take half a step back even in the face of the tiger-like imperial criminal. How could he be so cautious in the face of this black convoy
"A prisoner?" The Overwatch Council official who was squatting next to Gao Gao to take care of his injuries suddenly frowned. Hearing the words of the inner court eunuch, a flash of extremely complicated emotions suddenly flashed in his eyes, looking at the unconscious Gao Da, murmured to himself in a low voice: "It turns out that you also slipped away back then."
The inner court eunuch did not get a response, but it was within his expectation. The Overwatch Council has always acted in a secretive manner, but once confronted with several major officials in the court, it is extremely arrogant and domineering. Although the inner court has the function of supervising the Overwatch Council in name, under the deliberate connivance of Chen Pingping and Fan Xian, the two deans before and after, the Overwatch Council is not very afraid of the inner court.
"I don't know which adult in the courtyard is in the convoy. Is there something important?" The inner court eunuch lowered his eyes and said indifferently: "Please, my lord, hand over this prisoner to the inner court."
There are more than thirty carriages, and I don’t know how many officials, spies or important things they carry. If it is not a particularly important person in the protection courtyard, it will be eligible for the Overwatch Council to allocate more than thirty special strange carriages. He is in charge of an extremely important task. Although this eunuch is a master of the inner court, he is unwilling to affect the affairs of the Overwatch Council, especially because he is a little afraid that his luck will be extremely bad. I met Master Xiao Fan outside the city.
The Overwatch Council official who had been squatting next to Gundam stood up slowly, facing the dazzling light of the torch, squinted at the inner court expert, and after a long silence, he suddenly said, "I am the second division of the Overwatch Council. Deputy host. Please show me your will."
The inner court eunuch's temple on his forehead suddenly throbbed hotly. He didn't expect that the Overwatch Council official would want to see the edict he carried with him when his party revealed their identities.
The Overwatch Council is not afraid of the Inner Court, and the Inner Court will naturally not be afraid of the Overwatch Council. What they are afraid of is only the two deans before and after the Overwatch Council, because the weight of these two deans in front of His Majesty the Emperor is greater than that of the entire Inner Court combined. In their daily interactions, the inner court was polite to the Overwatch Council, and the Overwatch Council was unwilling to offend the inner court.
In today's situation, the official of the Overwatch Council actually said such a sentence, which seemed incomparably domineering, which made the inner court eunuch's heart tremble. This is very different from the usual style of the Overwatch Council. Could it be that the team really...
"Young master is in the convoy, please allow this old slave to go forward and pay his respects." The inner court eunuch gritted his teeth. Although the Overwatch Council was powerful, he was not very afraid, but he was afraid that Mr. Fan was really in the convoy. Otherwise, why is this official so indifferent and stubborn.
"The dean is working in Dongyi City." The Overwatch Council official frowned and glanced at him, as if he didn't expect the other party to start probing so soon, and said indifferently: "Since everyone is working for the imperial court, I want to Look at your badge, what's the problem?"
Hearing that Fan Xian was not in the convoy, the eunuch's heart suddenly calmed down. Although the Overwatch Council is terrifying, it is His Majesty's secret service after all, and they never have the guts to stop the inner court from doing things.
"When is it necessary to report to the Overwatch Council when doing business in the inner court?" The face of the inner court eunuch gradually darkened, and he said in a rustling voice, "Come here, take this court prisoner into custody!"
After issuing this order, his eyes moved to the face of the deputy head of the second office, his eyes seemed to be real, with the intention of intimidating the other party. At this time, the inner court is leading the thirteen yamen to handle affairs. If the Overwatch Council insists on intervening, what is the difference between rebellion and rebellion
For more than a year, he was sent by His Majesty to the subordinates of He Dashi, and pursued Gundam in the mountains and fields of Qing Kingdom endlessly. He never returned to the capital, so he didn't know much about the Overwatch Council's intelligence. I just know that Mr. Fan has been busy with the surrender of Dongyi City, but I don't know who might be in this black convoy.
Several masters from the thirteen yamen of the Criminal Ministry looked at each other, and they all saw the vigilance and anxiety in each other's eyes. At this time, they naturally knew that all the officials in the convoy were officials from the Overwatch Council. They had an innate feeling of fear and resistance towards the officials from the Overwatch Council, the six ministries and three temples of the imperial court. They didn't dare to confront the Overwatch Council head-on, but today they were working for the court, and with countless eyes watching, the bloody prisoner was lying among the officials of the Overwatch Council. Their confidence was much stronger than in the past.
The officials of the Ministry of Punishment moved slowly and steadily, leaning towards the carriage. The officials of the Overwatch Council beside the car did not move. It seemed that they also felt that it was not worthwhile to turn against the entire inner court and the Ministry of Punishment for the sake of an imperial court.
The surrounding people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Seeing that several officials from the Ministry of Punishment had already walked up to Huwei Gundam, took out the shackles, and when they were about to put on the shackles, the official of the Overwatch Council who had been meditating and frowning Suddenly he opened his mouth and said, "It's still wrong. If you say it's the imperial court's criminal, is it the imperial court's criminal? You are the eunuch of the inner court, not the minister of Dali Temple."
Then, he waved his hand.
Chi Chi several times of cold light, the Overwatch Council officials surrounding Gundam still put their hands behind their backs and did not move at all. However, from the darkness around the carriage, like a gust of wind, a few swordsmen rushed over. Suddenly he drew his sword and placed it across the necks of those officials from the Ministry of Punishment.
The faces of the officials of the Ministry of Punishment suddenly turned pale. They have been cautious all the time, but they never imagined that in the seemingly distant darkness around the official road illuminated by torches, there are actually such powerful masters hidden, and they were restrained by the opponent without even making a move !
The inner court expert slowly raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and narrowed his pupils slightly. Looking at the movement in front of him and the swordsmen covered in black, he couldn't help but feel a bit of chill. The killer of the Sixth Division of the Overwatch Council really lived up to his reputation.
However, he was not afraid at all, and looked at the deputy director of the second division and said indifferently: "It seems that this lord also knows the identity of this prisoner, and knows that he was Dean Fan's confidant..."
What is to punish the heart, this is to punish the heart. At this time, hundreds of people were listening to these words, and no one could kill everyone. As long as the Overwatch Council prevents the inner court from arresting this prisoner today, the rumors on Fan Xian will naturally come to an end. Pass to Kyoto.
The official of the Overwatch Council lowered his head slightly, and after a moment of contemplation, he said: "Dead old eunuch, I don't care what you say, but you say that you are acting according to orders, and I will see your badge. You have to show it to me, otherwise I say you are a bandit in the city of disaster, what can you say?"
After saying this, a sneer appeared on the corner of the official's lips, appearing extremely cold and confident.
The magistrate of Dazhou standing behind everyone is the most senior official in terms of rank, but he knows that this matter is very strange, and it involves the Supervisory Yuan, the middle secretary under the door, the inner court and the Ministry of punishment, and he is a small prefecture. How could he dare to stay in the middle of the matter, just listening to the phrase "bandit", Zhizhou couldn't help laughing bitterly, the people of the Overwatch Council were really shameless and ruthless, in front of so many court officials, they dared to accuse the father-in-law of the inner court as a bandit.
The capture of Gundam and Wang Qinian was originally a secret matter that He Zongwei carried out secretly. He wanted to hide this matter until the end, so that once the conflict between His Majesty and Fan Xian broke out, there would be no chance of turning it around. So he naturally did not advance the matter. To report to His Majesty, of course it is impossible to have any handwriting written by His Majesty, and he dared not let Fan Xian's powerful subordinates know his plan, so all actions were carried out in secret, and there was not even a sea arrest document from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
If Gundam or Wang Qinian were caught, it would be easy to complete these procedures afterwards. However, the official of the Overwatch Council was really poisonous, and he immediately saw the problem. Forced to the foot of the mountain.
The eunuch of the inner court was silent for a moment, he couldn't come up with His Majesty's order or the arrest document from the Ministry of Punishment, but it was even more impossible for him to watch Gundam, the court prisoner, slip away from his eyes.
"Our family's identity is naturally witnessed by the lords of the Ministry of Punishment, and all the lords of the Ministry of Punishment have tokens on their bodies." The inner court eunuch turned the matter indifferently, "We want to arrest people at this time, if the Overwatch Council wants to stop , might as well kill us all."
As soon as these words came out, the entire official road became quiet, and a chilling and stern atmosphere began to pervade the crowd. It seems nervous, but in fact the eunuchs in the inner court are at ease. Presumably, the officials in the motorcade of the Overwatch Council have already known the identity of Tiger Guard Gundam in the shortest time. Of course they know the relationship between Gundam and their headmaster. Did they find out what the imperial court wanted to do with this matter, but they certainly wouldn't let the inner court people catch Gundam so easily.
The problem is that the inner court and the Ministry of Punishment had to arrest Gundam back to the capital before the Overwatch Council passed the information on to Fan Xian, so they had to be tough, because the inner court eunuch believed that no matter how tough the Overwatch Council was, they would not dare to celebrate here. In the mountains of the country, kill all the people here.
The eunuch believed that the Overwatch Council convoy of more than 30 vehicles must have the strength to kill all of them, but he also believed that if the Overwatch Council did not want to rebel, it would naturally be impossible to use such a ruthless hand.
So he walked towards Gundam indifferently and slowly.
The Overwatch Council official turned sideways and looked at him coldly from the corner of his eye, as if he was still thinking about how to deal with the current situation. If it were any other season, this official would have come up with countless shady ideas at this time, suffocating the people in the inner court and the Ministry of punishment to eat shit. Aware of the hidden risks in this matter, and the possibility of involving Mr. Tisi, the official's mood was agitated, but he didn't come up with a decisive idea for a while.
No one got off the carriage, and all the officials and spies of the Overwatch Council, including the six swordsmen hiding in the darkness, were waiting for his words.
And he didn't speak until the inner court eunuch came to Gundam's side.
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At this moment, a burst of noise suddenly broke the tranquility and chill outside Dazhou City, and a burst of women's laughter and noise suddenly resounded through the night sky. Just like the fox fairy story told in the storybook novel, the quiet long night suddenly turned into a paradise for outing.
Everyone's ears were pricked up, and their mood became tense. How could there be so many women suddenly in the middle of the night
Immediately afterwards, the eyes of these people straightened up. They never imagined that one day, no, one night, they would see so many beauties at the same time!
Numerous beautiful daughters with skirts of various colors, as beautiful as the wind, with a romantic figure and different makeup, rushed from the rear of the convoy to the chilling arena. They seemed unaware of the tense atmosphere in front of them. Among them, they are still talking lively about the boredom of the journey, whose rouge has been stained with ashes.
The way back to my hometown seems to be quite long. After sitting in the car for so long, I feel a little anxious and want to squat in the grass, but none of the savage men in the courtyard are as knowledgeable as Mr. Fan, and they don't say stop and go. , The convoy finally stopped, but no one came to help my little hand. This car... is very good.
Everyone stared at this scene dumbfounded, and felt that they had fallen into an unreal environment, especially those officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice who were at the front looked at this scene, as if they had seen a ghost.
The old eunuch in the inner court who walked to Gao Da's side with a calm face suddenly jumped up and stood up suddenly. Looking at these beautiful women, he suddenly thought of the well-known garden in Kyoto.
Then he saw a pure black wheelchair being carried off from the pure black carriage.
In the wheelchair sat an old lame man with a woolen blanket over his knees. The old cripple looked at the head eunuch, and said in a hoarse and slightly high-pitched voice, "Why did you stop for so long? It seems that if you don't become the head of this Lao Shizi, your words won't be as effective as that boy."
The inner court master looked at Chen Pingping like a ghost, and couldn't figure out why this old man suddenly appeared outside the city of Dazhou. His knees trembled subconsciously, and his whole body and mind were occupied by a kind of fear.
He knew that he had made the biggest mistake. He just thought that if Master Xiao Fan was not in the convoy, no one in the entire Overwatch Council would dare to directly challenge the authority represented by the inner court. But... in the convoy.
With a puff, he knelt down, bowed his head deeply, and said respectfully: "This old servant has seen Mr. Dean."
All the officers and soldiers who were dumbstruck immediately guessed the identity of the old lame man. The ten years of Qing's majesty suppressed them so much that they did not dare to take any action, they knelt down straight on the ground, including the prefect of Dazhou, without exception.
On both sides of the official road, densely packed officials knelt on the ground, facing the old cripple beside the carriage. Chen Pingping looked around with a calm expression, suddenly clenched her fists and coughed twice, with an inexplicable emotion flashing in her eyes, she murmured to herself: "Yezi is right, Qiaoqiao's mother really gave birth to Qiaoqiao."
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The Imperial Palace in Kyoto four days ago. The entire majestic palace was shrouded in the light sunshine in late summer and early autumn, and it was clear and peaceful. The Qing Kingdom was in the midst of great joy, from His Majesty to the traffickers and pawns, the body exuded a fresh and charming upward aura from the inside out. The cool palace in the past seems to have changed, and those spots of light moving slowly on the Tai Chi Hall all look so naughty.
The only place where the taste has not changed is the Imperial Study Room. There is a heater in winter and an ice storage basin in summer. The four seasons are like spring. The lack of change is boring. The owner of the Imperial Study Room, His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Qing Kingdom, is just such a terrifying figure who has remained unchanged for decades.
"People from the Ministry of Punishment should have arrived in Dazhou and find time to deal with this matter." His Majesty the Emperor put down the teacup indifferently. At this time, the First Prince had already arrived in Dongyi City and began to deal with the rebellion in the Xiaoliang Kingdom. The secret report had just been sent back to the capital by Fan Xian. It shouldn't be difficult to deal with small matters in Dongyi City.
"Scholar He put in a lot of effort." Eunuch Yao looked at his nose and his heart, and said something very ordinary.
Although the words are common, the reality is unusual. Although He Zongwei has always wanted to have a good relationship with the chief eunuchs in the palace, and invested a lot of enthusiasm and money in the process, for some reason, the respect and love for Fan Xian from the eunuchs and maids in the palace comes from the bottom of their hearts. There has been no transfer.
Eunuch Yao's words undoubtedly stabbed Master He's sword secretly, but Emperor Qing didn't move, he just smiled slightly and said: "He Zongwei is also afraid of death. But that man named Gao Da has lived so long, I've given An Zhi enough face, although... he doesn't seem to know that the traitor is still alive."
Eunuch Yao suddenly said in a trembling voice: "The old principal will pass by Dazhou in three days, please give your majesty a holy judgment."
"Let me think about it again." Emperor Qing's eyes suddenly flashed a trace of fatigue and bewilderment, and he said slowly.