Gaojia Hotel
This is an old shop not far from the prison. It has more than a dozen rooms. It has been rented out for a long time. With the official documents from the council, all the arrested women were carried out from the prison on oxcarts. They were covered with blood and some There was blood on several thighs, and the whole body was almost naked.
The waiter and the boss turned pale with fright. The boss was still calm and stood guard at the door. When he saw someone carrying someone over, he hurriedly came up to greet him. He only glanced at it and gave way to the store, saying: "This is a big sin. There are some things on this person." Do not use cold or scalding water on injuries, I have ordered all to use warm water."
"There are also several wives from my family and my buddy who came to take care of me."
"Jinchuang Medicine is also prepared."
Pei Ziyun nodded: "You are considerate and careful. Clean these people first. Don't use your medicine. We will bring it ourselves."
"Also, the prefect is ruined. Keep your mouth shut. This thing alone is worth a reward." He took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it away.
The boss took it and saw that it was five taels of official silver. He immediately bowed: "Please don't worry, young master, we won't say a word. I will break the legs of anyone who chews his tongue!"
The girl had been silent, wearing a veil, and her face was so pale that people dared not look at her. At this time, she brought some girls in. These girls all had bright eyes and white teeth but looked sad. Not long after they entered, there were faint sounds of crying.
Buckets of warm water were carried in and out, but everything came out full of filth and stench. After a long time, the girl came out.
"How is it?" Pei Ziyun asked.
"Everything has been cleaned, and the lochia has been removed from the body. Now the person is fine. There are a few serious fractures, which may leave some minor inconveniences."
"Also, they all have traces of violation, many times." As she said that, the girl's face turned pale.
"It is inevitable for women to go to prison. Now that the prefects have fallen, it will not be difficult for these prison officials and jailers to liquidate them. They can just pursue them one by one."
"Including the prefect, I have to ruin my fortune and bring harm to my family, so I can kill him as a warning to others." Pei Ziyun said calmly, but his eyebrows trembled slightly, showing that he was not calm.
The official law is like a furnace, and there is no power or fame. In this society, people are killed like grass without being heard.
Prince Lu's Mansion
The eunuch led a few guards and went straight into Prince Lu's Mansion. An offering table had been prepared in Prince Lu's Mansion. King Lu knelt on the ground and listened to the announcement of the decree.
"The decree says: I respectfully accept the mandate of heaven and it is appropriate to build a vassal branch to screen the royal family. I will ask the king of Lu County to lead the Qinzhou Jiedu envoy to his vassal town. I admire this!"
King Lu fell to the ground and listened, feeling the blood in her chest surging, and her whole body boiling. She didn't know whether it was joy or pain. After reading, her face burst into tears, and she fell to the ground, choking with sobs: "My son... I accept the order to thank... Thank you!" "
The eunuch stepped forward and handed over the imperial edict. King Lu took it with trembling hands. He heard the eunuch sigh: "Your Majesty has spoken, and King Lu will leave immediately without saying goodbye."
After listening to the emperor's instructions, King Lu collapsed on the ground. She could not get up for a while, but she just shouted heartbreakingly: "Father!"
King Lu's cry was so emotional that it was heartbreaking to hear. The eunuch sighed: "Your Majesty, this is His Majesty's will. You can't disobey it. Just pack it up quickly. He said he was going to leave immediately. He must leave today, even if he is five miles away from the city. , otherwise it would be disrespectful.”
"Yes, I accept the order." King Lu choked with tears as he accepted the order.
After sending the eunuch out, King Lu called Eunuch Liao: "Get ready to leave the capital immediately!"
It was said that this matter had been prepared for a long time. Apart from the items given by the emperor, he took almost no other furniture with him. He only had 300 guards in black clothes and 500 family members and servants before going out.
Many people gathered in front of Prince Lu's house, talking about vassalage. Some servants or secret servants were among them. Seeing King Lu packing his luggage and leaving, they all talked about it. Some people sighed: "Prince Lu wants vassalage, the prince is great." Victory, the dust has settled!”
King Lu traveled all the way without anyone stopping him until he reached the city gate.
King Lu looked back at the tall city walls, bustling streets, and crowds of people watching. There were only a few people coming to see him off at this time.
"After leaving the capital, yesterday's prosperity is no longer there!" Although King Lu had prepared for it and knew that the reason for joining the vassal was for strategy, but when he looked back, his heart ached and he couldn't stop his tears, so he knelt down and raised his clothes to the imperial city. , cried loudly: "My son is gone, father, take care of yourself."
The lively motorcade fell silent instantly.
Several children also got out of the car under the guidance of the concubine and saluted towards the imperial city: "Grandpa, grandsons and granddaughters, farewell."
The child didn't feel nervous or sad yet, but when he left to say goodbye, he suddenly felt inexplicably sad and started to cry.
tower
As the prince watched, a eunuch stepped forward and whispered: "Prince, the news from Master Pei is that King Lu will be kept in the capital. Why did the prince not only refuse to stay, but let King Lu leave like this?"
After listening to the words of the father-in-law in front of him, the prince was silent for a moment and said: "We are brothers after all. Why leave him to fight with each other in the capital? Even if the vassal is the father's wish, I can't help it. And since ancient times, the prince has been vassal. This is the system." , I think King Lu will be able to defend one side when he goes to Qinzhou."
Having said that, King Lu finally left, and the prince secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that a big stone had been removed.
Royal Palace·Study
A eunuch came in, glanced at the emperor, and saw that the emperor didn't even look here. He just criticized the book and knelt silently in the corner.
The emperor was looking at a document, which was about Yue Bai, the governor of Anji Prefecture. He couldn't help but ponder. He had some impressions of Yue Bai. He followed the imperial government's affairs closely, reclaimed wasteland, and supported mulberry spinning. He was rated as excellent last time. Why did this happen
While he was pondering, the emperor suddenly felt tired. He stopped and stood up. He walked a few steps. Feeling upset, he went back and leaned gently on the chair. He took a wet towel and put it on his forehead to relieve his fatigue.
After a while, the emperor handed the wet towel to the young eunuch, turned to the people below and said, "Where is Prince Lu? Ahem."
The eunuch who knelt just now reported: "Your Majesty, Prince Lu has arrived at the city gate. He knelt down and cried to say goodbye. All the princesses and princesses of the emperor cried bitterly to say goodbye."
After hearing the news, the emperor picked up his pen, his hand trembled suddenly and became stained: "How unreasonable!"
I don't know if he was scolding the minister or Zhezi. The eunuch trembled and knelt on the ground. There was silence in the study, and the depressed man couldn't breathe.
After a long silence, the emperor coughed. The eunuch raised his head slightly and saw a little tear falling from the corner of the emperor's eye.
The eunuch understood that His Majesty was actually reluctant to send King Lu out of the capital, but he had no choice but to do so.
Thinking back to the time when His Majesty ruled the country, whenever there was any injustice, and all the injustices were killed, I felt a sense of sadness at the end of the day.
The emperor came to his senses at this time, pretended to be impatient, and commented on the document: "This man is so heartless and crazy, there is no need for further trials, he will be put to death immediately. The guerrilla general Gao Shunyi died, and he was awarded the posthumous title of the fourth-rank general Zhaoyi."
It seemed that he was reprimanding the zhezi. After approving it, he turned to the eunuch and said, "Go and send the zhezi to the cabinet immediately and draft the decree for posthumous donation!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuch stepped forward, took the fold, and withdrew.
"You also retreat!" Seeing everyone retreating, the emperor looked exhausted, leaned on his chair, threw his pen on the ground, and burst into tears.
Near the capital, it was very overcast, with thick clouds in the sky. The carriages on the official road had been deployed, and the carriages of the oxcarts were tightly wrapped in oilcloth. The walking black guards with swords and armors jingled, and the pedestrians on the side of the road were far away. When they saw it, they all avoided it and boldly stretched their necks to look.
King Lu was sitting in the car, and Eunuch Liao was feeding her some ginseng and meat slices porridge. King Lu was still a little thin and could not eat greasy meat.
"Your Highness, it's really hard on you." Mr. Liao said as he was feeding.
King Lu still had some unspeakable feelings. After taking a bite, she waved her hand to say no, looked at the window and said, "What does this little crime count for?"
The bullock cart kept moving forward, getting farther and farther away from the capital, and gradually disappeared. King Lu suddenly felt that his body was empty, as if he had lost something important, and as if he had got rid of some pressure. A feeling of panic rose in his heart. , King Lu raised his head, his expression changed: "As for the inn, are you ready?"
Xie Chengdong, who was sitting on one side, said in a deep voice: "We are all prepared. We are just waiting for the arrival of the prince to implement it. - Your Majesty, your health is still weak, and you have traveled a long distance. You can't work too hard and sleep for a while." Will you?"
After hearing this, King Lu leaned against the car, closed his eyes and rested. Xie Chengdong and Eunuch Liao looked at each other, got out of the car quietly, and moved to the back seat.
Eunuch Liao came over to talk. At this time, a guard in black hurriedly rode forward. Eunuch Liao stretched out his hand to take the note, unfolded it, and was shocked.
"Yue Bai, the prefect of Anji Prefecture, was reported by the counselor to assassinate the guerrilla general? The evidence is solid. The emperor was in a bad mood and ordered him to be executed immediately?" Eunuch Liao read out in a low voice, with surprise.
"This Pei Ziyun's counterattack is really fast and fierce. This method is similar to the method used to deal with King Lu. It is extremely powerful and will hit with one hit." Xie Chengdong said coldly: "A prefect was defeated in just a few rounds. It seems that the prince He was the mastermind and was not wrong."
"What should we do now?" Eunuch Liao asked.
Xie Chengdong snorted coldly: "The most important thing now is that Prince Lu will become a vassal. However, the prince is now the king of the county. He only allocated 5,000 troops to the government, which is not enough."
"The most important thing now is to restore the prince and take charge of the three palaces, so that we will be difficult to shake!" Xie Chengdong said: "Since the emperor has given instructions for this Yue Bai, no one can save him."
"Even if we don't approve it, we can't make trouble at this time."
"As for Pei Ziyun, we can't conflict with him. We just need to monitor his whereabouts closely!"
"Okay, if you have Mr. Xie, our family will be relieved. We will discuss the specific matters when His Highness wakes up." Liao Gong said, looking back at the carriage where Prince Yilu was, got up and went out: "I'm going to sleep too. After a while, it’s been too hard these days.”
"Eunuch, just go." Seeing that Eunuch Liao was gone and no one was around, Xie Chengdong showed a hint of fatigue. Yue Bai, the prefect of Anji Prefecture, was actually a pawn crossing the river. Although the trouble he was looking for was not accomplished, his goal was achieved - It was confirmed that Pei Ziyun was indeed the prince's mastermind, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
"Pei Ziyun, you are not only capable in writing and Taoism, but you are also well versed in strategy?"
(End of chapter)