"Chaozhong case? Are you talking about us?" The fat man looked at Nanfeng in fear.
Nanfeng frowned and nodded. The bronze bell in the ruined temple was indeed a court bell from the Han Dynasty. However, the incident happened so suddenly that he couldn't figure it out for a moment. How could this incident alarm the imperial court? Not only did the imperial court alarm, the imperial court also sent The imperial guards came to take him into custody. The so-called "detention" meant that he was taken from here to somewhere else. Needless to say, he must be taken to the capital Chang'an.
"What to do?" The fat man hurriedly asked for advice.
After thinking anxiously, Nanfeng shook his head, "What else can we do? We can't escape, so we can only follow them."
While the two were talking, the cell leader was also talking to the Imperial Guards outside the door. He wanted to keep the Imperial Guards out and come in to pick up the person himself, but the Commander Zuo of the Imperial Guards refused and insisted on doing it in person.
The prison boss had no choice but to let them in and take them to their room.
The prisoner stayed in his own room. The cell leader was a little embarrassed and explained, "Well, well, Lord Governor has passed the court. Lord Ji will be reinstated to his post soon, so he will live here temporarily."
A total of three people came in from the Royal Forest Army. The leader was a young general in his early thirties. He didn’t care about why the two of them lived in the jailer’s room. After entering, they first confirmed their identities. “They are the parties involved in the Yu County Chao Zhong case.” man of?"
"Yes, yes." The prison boss nodded repeatedly, and Nanfeng and Fatty also nodded.
"Are there any other accomplices?" Commander Zuo asked the cell leader.
The prison boss shook his head and waved his hands, "No more, no more."
In addition to a gold medal, Commander Zuo also had a document in his hand. He threw the document towards the cell leader and said, "This is the arraignment document from Dali Temple." After saying this, he winked at the two followers, who stepped forward to urge him. He asked Nanfeng and Fatty to dress neatly, and then escorted them out of the prison.
After going out, Nanfeng discovered that there was a group of imperial guards outside the door. They must have been in their thirties or forties, with tall mounts and bright armor.
"Find a prison car and load the prisoners. I will go to the treasury to meet General Bai first." Commander Zuo ordered. After saying this, he got on his horse and rode west with two of his cronies.
The person who took over returned to the prison and asked the cell leader for a prison car. He didn't know whether the cell leader was too presumptuous and wanted the two to be locked up together, or he was stingy about the carriage and horses and only gave him a prison car, so the two of them got together. Being locked up in one place.
"Brother, where did you come from?" The fat man approached the mounted soldiers outside the prison car with a shy face.
"Who is your brother? If you dare to make noise again, I will punish you." The soldier scolded loudly.
The fat man didn't dare to speak anymore, but he also achieved his goal. The two grew up in Chang'an, and the accent of Chang'an was naturally recognizable.
There were cavalry guards on both sides of the prison car, and the two could not talk freely. They walked a few streets west and arrived at the county government treasury. They saw a dozen carriages parked at the door of the treasury, one of which was an eight-horse carriage. The big cart contained the bronze bell, which had been wrapped tightly at this time. The other carriages were equipped with the ten bronze tripods.
At this time, the loading of the carriage has been completed, and the soldiers are wrapping the copper tripods on the carriage. Master Zhou and others stood at the door of the treasury, their expressions were very ugly. This matter had nothing to do with them, but the cooked duck flew away, and ten thousand Two pieces of gold.
The Imperial Guards were all talented men who could be selected from thousands of places. They were powerful and agile. They quickly wrapped up the bronze tripods. A middle-aged general in his forties waved his right hand and said, "Let's set off."
This person should be the General Bai mentioned by Commander Zuo. As soon as this person gave the order, the team immediately set off. Although they were in a busy city, the horses were running fast, smoke was billowing, and the villagers were hiding. In a short time, they left the Gongjun city and headed towards Go straight east to the avenue.
The two of them were originally sitting in the prison car, but the carriage bumped as they galloped. They could only squat in the prison car holding on to the wooden pillars of the prison cage. Fortunately, although they were uncomfortable, they were able to talk and talk under the cover of the sound of horse hooves.
"Why did they take us to Chang'an?" The fat man was very worried.
"Question." Nanfeng pursed his lips at the carriages driving in front, "There are people in the court who know the goods and guessed that these things have a great origin. They escorted us to Chang'an to ask for details."
The fat man let out a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Seeing Fatty's expression, Nanfeng couldn't bear to hit him. In fact, things were not as optimistic as Fatty thought. It was easy to see from the expressions of these imperial guards that the imperial court attached great importance to this matter. They kept the bronze bells and tripods tightly when they were on their way. package, this shows that they do not want anyone to see these artifacts. The two are parties and insiders, and they are likely to be silenced after questioning.
"Quickly think about what we should say when we go to Chang'an. Decide on it first so that you won't say something different later." Fatty said.
Nanfeng nodded. The incident happened suddenly and he needed to calm down and think carefully.
After the incident, the county government sent officials to investigate the matter. The officials reported the investigation results to the county government. If they were still in Yu County, the county government would hold them accountable, but by then the fat man had already run away with him. You can't close the case if you come to the county government, but too many people died in the previous incident. According to the law of the court, the county government should report the matter, at least to let the superiors know what happened below.
This is just a routine report, not a murder instruction. It is not the emperor's turn to personally witness such things. In other words, someone discovered the clues through Gongjun's reports and informed the emperor, so the emperor sent out the Royal Forest Army.
The person who discovered the clues should know the magic of formations, otherwise he would not have discovered anything fishy about the bronze bells and tripods. Furthermore, this person should be an important minister around the emperor. You must know that this person only discovered the doubts through reports, and did not Having seen the real thing with one's own eyes and relying only on one's own guesses, the emperor was able to send out the Royal Guards. This was not something ordinary people could do.
It is unknown who this person is, but there are two people who are more likely. One is Long Yunzi, the headmaster of Yuqing. This person knows the magic of formations and is also an important minister around the emperor. There is also Grand Sima Li Shangqin, whose cousin is Li Chaozong of Ziguang Pavilion. Although Li Chaozong is a man of martial arts, he should also know some metaphysics, and Dali Temple is also under Li Shangqin's jurisdiction.
No matter which one of them was behind the scenes, it was a huge disaster for him. He caused Long Yunzi's beloved disciple Yan Yinzi to lose two fingers. Long Yunzi hated him and gnashed his teeth. Not to mention Li Chaozong, he disturbed other people's good things. This is the hatred of seizing his wife. If it falls into the hands of Li Shangqin, it is no different than falling into the hands of Li Chaozong. He is dead.
However, another possibility cannot be ruled out, that is, the people behind the scenes are not these two people. If this is the case, then there is still a glimmer of hope. The premise is to deal with it properly, neither making the other party feel that their words are untrue, nor making the other party feel that they are not true. People know too much.
After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that the idea of the two agents was quite reliable, and they said they would go to suppress the bandits. And he had indeed told Zhang Zhong before when he was deploying troops that he would go to suppress the bandits.
He only said that he encountered a monster while suppressing bandits. At a critical moment, he led the crowd to attack and kill the monster. He was also seriously injured and was in a coma for more than a month.
This theory is not rigorous. In fact, as long as the superiors are willing to investigate, the white dog transformed into a ferocious beast and fought with the wolf monster that day, and the Puhua Tianzun asked the master of the Shenxiao Thunder Academy from the sky where the matter was. These cannot be hidden from the discerning people, and the secrets can easily be revealed.
But now that the matter has come to this, we can only take a gamble. Yu County is far away from the imperial court, and it takes a long time to go back and forth. I bet that the person behind the scenes will not go to Yu County to find out the truth after getting the bronze tripod and bell.
However, although this matter is dangerous, it is only for him. The fat man is not dangerous. The fat man can explain that the previous incident was not clear and it was all his fault. The fat man has a fat head and big ears, and he is indeed a corpse. He looks like a corrupt official, so it is very credible to say that he knows nothing. Even if he is really unlucky in the end, the fat man can still say that he is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva. Foguang Temple and Baosheng Temple had fought for him before. This matter can withstand verification. Although the Western Wei Emperor believed in Taoism, he also believed in Buddhism. It was impossible to really The reincarnated Bodhisattva clicked.
Before noon, everyone got on the road and galloped all the way. The horses did not feel tired, but the horses pulling the cart were foaming at the mouth and sneezing repeatedly. Seeing this, the leading general ordered the war horses to replace the inferior horses pulling the cart, and led a part of the imperial army. The escort went first, and the other guardsmen rode behind on inferior horses.
"It's really terrible. Are you in such a hurry to be reincarnated?" The fat man was confused.
The fat man still had some spiritual energy cultivation, but Nanfeng had no spiritual energy at this time, and he felt even more uncomfortable. His internal organs were surging, and he didn't even dare to speak.
At Shenshi, we rushed to the post station, unloaded the cart and war horses, replaced them with the post station horses, rested for half an hour, and set off north again.
There are inns every few hundred miles, and when they arrive at the inns, they change horses, only the horses that pull the carriages. The horses ridden by the imperial guards have extraordinary endurance, and they still have enough energy to run thousands of miles.
Traveling all the way, at dawn on the third day, Chang'an could be seen in the distance. At this time, the forest guards who had previously switched to inferior horses had also switched back to their own horses and quickly followed up.
"Look, Chang'an is ahead." The fat man pointed to the north.
Nanfeng's vitality had not recovered. The journey was bumpy and he only had half a life left. Hearing the fat man's words, he smiled bitterly and shook his head. Chang'an was indeed his hometown, but the two of them did not return home with honor, but were captured...