"What did you say~? Turkic spies attacked the post house at night, and His Royal Highness the King of Wei was kidnapped by them~?"
In Taiyuan, in the back hall of Bingzhou Governor's Mansion, Wang Liaoyuan was sitting at the table, anxiously waiting for news about the government officials who went to the city to look for Wang Kui. Unexpectedly, such "bad news" came. Wang Liaoyuan was arrested on the spot. He stood up in shock.
Yes, this news was bad news for him, or for the entire officialdom of Taiyuan. The person who came to deliver the message to him was none other than the Yamen of the Governor's Office who was following Feng Captou. Feng Captou had previously The troops led by Tou met Li Junxian and others on the way, so Feng Baotou took the initiative to ask for help and opened the way in front. Of course, during the process of opening the road, Feng Baotou did not forget to ask people to go back to the governor's office to report the news first. Let Wang Liaoyuan think of countermeasures in advance, or be mentally prepared!
"Yes... that's it. Moreover, Fang Junjun and the others will escort Zhao Deyan here immediately. It is said that Baiqi and Baiqi Commander are also accompanying him!"
Seeing Wang Liaoyuan's ugly face, the yamen officer said cautiously.
"It's over! It's all over!"
Wang Liaoyuan's face was pale, and using the words "like mourning for a concubine" to describe him now is really not an exaggeration at all. A middle-aged man dressed as a scribe standing beside him spoke out to console him:
"My lord, don't be too pessimistic. The four gates of Taiyuan City are now closed. Not even a fly can fly out, let alone a human being! Now that Zhao Deyan has fallen into the hands of Fang Canjun, even if those Turkic spies captured His Highness , they don’t dare to do anything to His Highness! And they can’t get out of Taiyuan City! In this way, we still have a chance to rescue His Highness!
In addition, His Highness was kidnapped by the Imperial Guards. Even if the Holy One blames you afterwards, he cannot be blamed on you! Your Excellency, you have been in charge of this party for these years. Although you have not made any great achievements, you have also made no small mistakes. Wu believes that the Holy One will not be too harsh on you because of this... "
"Shut up~!"
The first half of what the middle-aged scribe said sounded like that, but the second half of what he said became more and more troubling. Wang Liaoyuan couldn't help but interrupt:
"Since I am the governor of a state, I have the responsibility to protect the people of the area. Now that something happened to the majestic King of Wei in the place under my rule, how can I escape the responsibility? Besides, except for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the King of Wei is the most important person. You are Your Majesty's favorite prince. If something happens to His Majesty in Taiyuan City, I am afraid that no one in the officialdom of Taiyuan City will be exempt from blame!
The most important thing now is to find a way to rescue His Highness, rather than shirk responsibility here. Since the Turkic spies were able to kidnap King Wei from the hands of the Forbidden Army, it means that the Forbidden Army must have suffered heavy losses tonight. At this time, the blame will be passed on to the Forbidden Army. , this makes the soldiers bleed and suffer injustice, and my conscience is uneasy! "
Although Wang Liaoyuan is a conservative official, he may be a bit pedantic and stubborn at times, but he still has a bit of scholarly spirit and a sense of justice!
"What the Governor said is that Wu made a mistake~!"
The middle-aged scribe was so scolded by Wang Liaoyuan's words that he blushed, and he repeatedly handed over his hands and accused him.
Wang Liaoyuan was about to say something when a burst of noise came from the front yard of the Governor's Mansion. He was moved in his heart and said in a deep voice: "It should be Fang Shengjun and the others. Let's go! Follow me to the front yard!"
"yes!"
Several people in the room responded, and then followed Wang Liaoyuan towards the front yard.
"Prince Governor..."
When I came to the front yard, I saw a group of people holding torches, and there were many sergeants standing outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion. These people were holding torches, and they were all standing ready, guarding the Governor's Mansion airtight! Seeing Governor Wang bringing his people over, Fang Gongteng and General Li stepped forward to clasp their fists.
"Fang Canjun, General Li!"
Wang Liaoyuan returned the salute with his hand, then he looked at the middle-aged man behind Li Junxian whose arm was held down by the sergeant, and got straight to the point:
"I have roughly heard about the situation at the post house. Our top priority now is to keep Zhao Deyan under close guard to prevent his accomplices from coming to rob people; secondly, we need to find the hiding place of the Turkic spies and try to Do everything possible to rescue His Highness; thirdly, I remember that the teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy brought telegraph machines with them when they went north this time. The situation in Taiyuan City tonight needs to be transmitted back to Chang'an by telegraph machine as soon as possible. For such a big event, we need to ask for help. Your Majesty, please make your decision early!"
It's different to be mentally prepared in advance. As soon as Wang Liaoyuan came up, he told all the urgent matters that could be arranged at the moment. Li Junxian heard this and nodded:
"Prefect Wang has thought carefully, just do what Prefect Wang said!"
Fang Gongteng also nodded and said: "The general has no objection!"
Seeing that the two of them raised no objections, Wang Liaoyuan directly ordered Feng Captou beside him: "Feng Captou, you go and take Zhao Deyan into the cell, and send people to guard him strictly. There must be no mistakes! In addition, immediately recall the daytime shift For the yamen who are resting at night, the governor's office and prison cells will be on heightened alert tonight, and no one will be allowed to rest!"
The yamen servants of the governor's office basically work in "two shifts", because there can't be no one on duty at night, right? However, in general, there are much more government officials on duty during the day than at night. Wang Liaoyuan urgently recalled these people to the governor's office, which can be regarded as greatly strengthening the defense of the governor's office and preventing Turkic spies from taking advantage of the opportunity. Zhao Deyan was kidnapped from prison.
"I obey the order! Make arrangements immediately!"
Feng Baotou clasped his fists, turned and left.
Fang Gongteng clasped his fists and said, "Prefect Wang, I want to leave a thousand elite troops to garrison the governor's mansion to prevent thieves from plundering the prison. I wonder what the prefect Wang wants?"
During the Tang Dynasty, various states and counties were basically separated from military and political affairs. As the largest official in a state, the governor was only responsible for government affairs and had no power to mobilize troops. Unless there was a war, in which case he could handle both military and political matters! Therefore, even though the situation was urgent, Wang Liaoyuan did not take the initiative to order Fang Gongteng to do anything.
Hearing this, Wang Liaoyuan nodded and said: "That's the best!"
After that, he looked at Li Junxian and asked: "General Li, I'm afraid I can only leave the task of tracking down the hiding place of the Turkic spies to you. I don't know..."
In terms of official rank, he did not have the authority to directly order Li Junxian, so he could only use a discussion tone.
Li Junxian waved his hand and said: "There is no need to worry, Governor Wang, about this. The general has sent people to secretly follow the group of Turkic spies. I believe there will be news soon!"
"well!"
Wang Liaoyuan nodded with satisfaction, then his face darkened and he said: "Over there at the post house... I'm afraid there will be heavy losses tonight, regarding the use of the academy's telegraph machine to send intelligence back to Chang'an... "
Li Junxian said in a deep voice: "Leave this matter to me! I just want to stop by to check on Brother Dugu's injury. Governor Wang needs to strengthen the guard here and interrogate Zhao Deyan overnight to see if he can get out of here. I asked you some useful information from your mouth!"
"good!"
Wang Liaoyuan nodded in agreement.
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