Chapter Twenty-Three: Encounter with Bandits

Uncle Guo took a quick look at the emperor's reaction, and the emperor was expressionless. He knew that www.biquge.info the prime minister wanted to bite back, but since the emperor didn't say anything, there was no need for him to refute it, so he didn't answer the question and looked at the prime minister.

The prime minister still did not give up, and asked: "Doesn't Uncle Wei know about Guanyin's crime? The emperor hates this kind of person the most, and colluding with him is also a capital crime." ”

Uncle Guo snorted, "Collusion, where did Prime Minister Cao Cheng go." If a letter is collusion, the 300 inferior military jackets must be a conspiracy. ”

The prime minister didn't react to the logic of this sentence for a while, and didn't answer. The emperor picked up the fold and slammed it on the table, "Okay, the two of you are both important ministers in the court, and you are also the right-hand men of the formation, but you don't stop fighting all day long. This is the end of the matter, and there is no need to argue any more. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Father-in-law Zuo, "You immediately go and inform Jingzhao Mansion to arrest people, and you can do whatever you need to do according to the law." ”

Gong Zuo set off immediately after receiving the decree, and as soon as he walked out of the main hall, he was stopped by the emperor and said: "Pass the word of the formation, and limit the Jingzhao Mansion to arrest Guanyin within one year." If you can't do it, the position of Jingzhao Mansion Yin is ready to be given to capable people. ”

When Uncle Guo heard this, he hurriedly called out to the emperor, and the emperor sighed, showed a very helpless expression and said: "I know that this Lord Shui is your protΓ©gΓ©, and he is just not a loyal minister, but if you look at how long it has been, you can't even catch a thief." ”

Uncle Guo wanted to explain, and opened his mouth, "Uncle Guo don't worry, some people just put more pressure on him, the more capable they are, and wait for the good news with the array." ”

After speaking, he got up and asked the two of them to go to the side hall, and the two of them looked at each other and followed. The emperor went to get the chessboard, and sent a decree to the imperial dining room, and two dishes that the prime minister and the uncle loved to eat were added for lunch and dinner. After saying that, he looked at the two of them and asked them what they liked to eat.

The two of them said in unison: "Listen to the emperor's arrangement." The emperor paused and shook his hand, and the little eunuch left. The prime minister glanced at Uncle Guo, he knew very well in his heart that the emperor didn't believe who the two of them were.

After Yiyun's report on the first day, Jingzhao Mansion was ready, and a few catchers had been guarding near Zhu's Mansion, for fear that Master Yang would suddenly leave the capital and pounce on him.

After receiving the order, they immediately rushed into Zhu's mansion to arrest people, and Steward Zhu reported to Lord Zhu after understanding the situation. But until Master Yang was taken out of the house, Master Zhu did not show up.

When Master Yang was arrested and returned to Jingzhao Mansion, Zhou Zhutou happened to be there, and he suddenly became diligent and wanted to go to the palace gate to report, but was stopped by Lord Shui and said: "After dark, you go on this trip again, and report to the palace that the people have been arrested." ”

Zhou Zhutou was stunned for a moment, and felt that this was the time to perform, and Jingzhao Mansion would catch people so quickly because of its high efficiency.

Master Shui shook his head and said, "You are still too young to hold your breath, and there are some things that you don't need to show." What's more, no matter how efficient this matter is, it will take a lot of time to get notice, arrange manpower, and go to the Shilang Mansion of the Criminal Department to arrest people. ”

Zhou Zhutou nodded, looked at the adult with his mouth open, and waited for him to continue. "Think about it, this is something reported by Guanyin, and the government has just received an order from the palace. We have nothing to do with Guanyin, so it's impossible to know anything in advance. ”

Zhou Zhutou suddenly smashed his head, thinking about it, although it was a letter from the head catcher, but we couldn't tell the emperor that we already knew.

After dark, Father-in-law Zuo walked up to the emperor and whispered a few words. The emperor looked at the chessboard and said, "Uncle Guo, you said that if this chess game goes on further, does the prime minister have any hope of winning?"

Uncle Guo laughed a few times and said: "The prime minister is absent-minded, if the emperor hadn't deliberately let him, he would have lost a long time ago." The emperor patted his legs and glanced outside, "It's not early, this plate, that's it, let's disperse." After saying that, he waved his hand at them, and the two men saluted and withdrew.

It was already dark, and Uncle Guo looked at the moon and shouted to the prime minister, saying: "Prime Minister Cao, tonight the wind is clear and the moon is bright, let's let our respective carriages go back first, take a walk in the moonlight, and talk about how it is." ”

The prime minister gritted his teeth and turned around and said, "If Uncle Guo has this Yaxing, please take a step ahead." After speaking, he quickened his pace.

He understood that Yang Yuanwai must have been caught by Jingzhao Mansion, but he didn't expect that he hadn't left the capital for so many days. However, he is a smart man, and the family is still looking forward to Lord Zhu taking care of him, so he should not confess himself and Lord Zhu. Although it was not affected this time, Guanyin's revenge was recorded.

After the prime minister returned to the house, the housekeeper hurriedly ran over, and his face was very unsightly. "What's the matter? someone from the Zhu Mansion is here?" asked the prime minister.

The housekeeper paused for a moment, not knowing about Master Yang's arrest, and replied, "Zhu Mansion, is it related to Zhu Mansion that Lord Yang came back so late?" The prime minister nodded and asked him to tell him what happened first.

"Master Meng is here, and he is waiting for you in the hall, goods...... Lost. After the butler finished speaking, the prime minister suddenly stopped, staring at him, unbelievable, the butler lowered his head and whispered that he was robbed by bandits outside the city.

The prime minister hurried to the hall and saw a man with a blue nose and swollen face kneeling in the middle, and Master Meng standing beside him.

When Master Meng saw the prime minister come in and salute, he called out to his brother-in-law, and then kicked the kneeling man and asked him to explain the ins and outs of the matter.

Early in the morning, he took the eight family members of the Meng Mansion and rushed to the capital from the west of the city with the birthday gift prepared by the Meng Mansion for the prime minister. In a place only a dozen kilometers away from the capital, a group of robbers suddenly appeared, and more than 20 people surrounded them.

He knew that he would definitely not be able to fight hard, in order to be able to deliver goods into Beijing smoothly, he revealed his identity and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, please raise your hand and give way to it, this is the birthday gift that our lord prepared for the prime minister." Things are not valuable, but we are afraid that we will not be able to catch up with the prime minister's birthday if we re-prepare. ”

As he spoke, he took out fifty taels of silver and threw it out, "These fifty taels should be regarded as wine money, make way for us, thank you." ”

Several robbers saw the silver move, and the leader at the front was the eldest brother, kicked the silver and said, "You send it to Hanako, let me tell you, what we are waiting for is the prime minister's birthday gift." After speaking, he raised his knife, "Brothers, it seems that this product is more valuable." ”

Suddenly, a person was squeezed out from the back of the team and said to the eldest brother: "Big brother, the prime minister is still not easy to offend, these fifty taels can be saved a little to survive the winter, brothers, ......." Before he finished speaking, he was kicked by another person and sat on the ground, "An Cheng, get out of the way." An Cheng looked up at the second master and didn't dare to say anything more.

After the eldest brother picked him up, he looked at the other side and said, "If this goods have been dedicated to the prime minister, and in the hands of the prime minister, we naturally dare not move." But now it's your master's, I'm sorry, please prepare a new one. ”

As soon as the words fell, the second master raised his knife and shouted: "Brothers, now that it is winter, do you want to hug the woman on the hot kang head, drink wine and eat meat, or do you want to hug your brother on the cold kang head to keep warm and gnaw on the bark of the tree?"

A weak voice in the procession: "I want women, I want meat." Then everyone shouted together, and the second boss took the lead and rushed out.