Chapter 187: Unrelated
Qing Mu smiled: "Okay! The back is tight, and I lost the one I didn't look for! ”
Qing Lun looked at the two people walking in front of him, muttered speechlessly, and could only helplessly hold the reins of the two horses, followed them directly, and slowly walked into Yuecheng.
Qing Lun followed them into a grand mansion, tied the horse to the stable, and then came out to look around the mansion, and was greatly surprised, and asked: "Qing Mu, where did you find such a mansion, I am afraid that it is not much better than the general's mansion!" ”
Qing Mu smiled: "Brother, then guess?" ”
Qing Lun was stunned and shook his head, "How can my brother guess that in Yuecheng Mansion, Qing Mu is only afraid that you have no acquaintances, could it be that this is the residence arranged by Lord Yuecheng Thorn Shi?" ”
"If this is the case, it will definitely not be able to live, and if it reaches His Majesty's ears, I am afraid that something will happen again!"
Qing Mu smiled faintly, "Brother! You can rest assured, Qing Mu guarantees that it has nothing to do with Lord Thorn Shi! ”
Qing Lun suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "Qing Mu, you tell my brother honestly, who was that person last night?" ”
"Hmmm! Do you remember Liangcheng, father? Qing Mu asked rhetorically. Qing Lun nodded slowly, "Qing Mu is saying that that person is Feng Jingyu!" ”
Qing Mu affirmed: "It's him!" At that time, the crown prince asked him to temporarily avoid Dashiguo, but unfortunately he was arrested by Wang Lin, the retinue of King Yun, and was imprisoned in King Yun's mansion, and later escaped because King Yun went south to Jiangnan. ”
"I see! So what did he do when he took you away? Qing Lun was suspicious again, so he asked.
Qing Mu smiled peacefully, "It's nothing, it's just reminiscing about the old days and straightening out the ins and outs of some things!" ”
"Oops! It's just a reminiscence, do you know that your reminiscence has messed up my brother's entire military camp, and all the soldiers have been looking for you all night! Qing Lun said a little angrily.
"Humph! Brother, what are you still saying! If it weren't for the fact that your soldiers were all rice buckets, how could you let unknown people into the camp! Qing Mu immediately asked rhetorically.
Qing Lun was speechless again, Qing Mu lowered his head and smiled, pulled Hong Luo, who was snickering next to him, and went straight to his own room, leaving him alone in the scorching sun for deep reflection.
Qing Lun thought about Qing Mu's words just now, and didn't react for a long time, thinking of the incident here, it was indeed caused by his own negligence, and he was a little deeply remorseful, and secretly made up his mind that he would never allow this kind of thing to happen again in the future.
However, now it seems that he is very lucky, but he has met someone he knows well, and the other party has never been half malicious.
In this way, the night's worries are a little superfluous, however, when something happens, people's first reaction is often to think of the worst, this is a general who has lived on horseback all year round, the unique idea of being prepared for danger in times of peace, right?
However, blindly optimistic optimism is not very desirable, if everything is blindly optimistic, there is no sense of crisis at all, but I am afraid that after the disaster comes, it will not be able to accept such a blow, and it will never recover.
Therefore, Qing Lun reminds himself all the time that he must always take the worst into account, which may be the reason why Qing Mu often says that he is antique and dull!
But for the sake of the whole palace and for this sister, why not?
Soon after, the brigade had entered the city, and Hong Luo specially went to lead them to the official residence here, which was extremely luxurious and huge, not to mention three thousand soldiers and horses, even if tens of thousands of troops were afraid that it would be more than enough.
Qinglun arranged for the right compound for the officers and soldiers to stay, and asked to send elites to patrol the mansion in peacetime, especially to protect the safety of Qincha.
After Qing Mu arrived in Yuecheng, on the second day, he sent an urgent report to the capital for 500 li in the name of Qincha, so that the emperor would know that they had arrived safely, so as to arrange the distribution of grain.
Second, it is also to report what he has seen and heard along the way to the emperor truthfully.
Shen Feng, the master of Yuecheng Assassin Shi, heard that an army had entered the city, and rushed to hear the news the next day, but was stopped by the guards.
Shen Feng had received a secret report from the DPRK and China earlier, and Qin, who was ordered to provide disaster relief, was about to arrive in Yuecheng, but he didn't know the specific itinerary, so he was not easy to arrange to greet him.
Qing Mu and the others did not want to publicize this time when they went out of Beijing, so after Qin Cha and his guards arrived in Yuecheng, the local officials did not know it.
In this way, for several days, Qing Mu was closed to the guests, but in fact, she was waiting for the military rations in the capital. Three days later, Qing Mu felt that he should meet these local officials according to the situation of sending guards to investigate.
On this day, Qing Mu and Qing Lun went to the government to learn about the specific situation and walked in the streets and alleys of Yuecheng.
Suddenly found that since they entered the city, the refugees seemed to have poured into Yuecheng after hearing the news, Qing Mu raised his eyes and looked, under the eaves of the city wall, simple shacks were set up everywhere, piled up with slightly shabby luggage, crowded with refugees with yellow faces and thin muscles.
Most of the shops have closed, the price of food has skyrocketed, and the pancakes that you can buy with a copper plate now cost a tael of silver.
Qing Mu saw such a desolate Yuecheng, and his heart was extremely emotional. Suddenly, not far ahead, there was a noisy shouting that something had happened, and I saw a well-dressed man dressed as a prince arguing with the people on the street.
Intrigued, she decided to go over and take a look. And Qing Lun didn't say anything when he saw her, he walked straight forward, and saw that a group of people in front of him seemed to be arguing, he was afraid that Qing Mu would be in danger, so he immediately ordered his cronies and guards to follow.
"The son of the world fell off the horse, and the son of the world fell off the horse!" A man who looked like a domestic servant shouted.
The people around the onlookers, someone said: "Who is this, you are so bold, you don't want to live, and the prince of the Assassin Mansion dares to hurt you!" ”
"Humph! If there is a mistake in my family, your whole family will not survive, do you hear? A general-looking man scolded loudly.
The person known as the son of the world was helped up by the two generals, looked at the stall owner who was kneeling on the ground, and was angry: "Dare to set up a stall here, and cause the son of the world to fall off the horse!" ”
As he spoke, he stepped forward and punched and kicked the stall owner.
The generals next to him have persuaded: "The son of the world is angry, the son of the world is angry!" Don't be angry! Several generals grabbed the son who was about to rush forward one after another.
The son, who was known as the prince of the world, kicked the stall owner on the ground a few times, and scolded: "you!" Then he pointed to the generals: "I tell you!" If there is still one person alive in their family in the afternoon, you can watch it for me! ”
The house slaves next to him replied: "Yes! Be! Be! ”
When Qing Mu saw this scene, he was furious, and he was about to step forward to teach this son a lesson, but was pulled by Qing Lun, who had just rushed over.
Qing Lun whispered: "Qing Mu, we just arrived in Yuecheng, we are not familiar with any situation here, let's take a look and say, this prince is the son of an official eunuch, I heard the people just now, it seems that what kind of assassin Shi Gongzi?" ”
"The son of Lord Thorn? Isn't that Shen Feng's son? Qing Mu pondered for a moment and said.
Qing Lun nodded: "I think it should be!" Let's see! ”
After a while, after the prince was helped away by the general, everyone dispersed, and some people advised: "Your family should flee for your life!" If you offend this Heavenly Demon King in Yuecheng, if you don't run for your life, how can you still have your life! ”
Qing Lun glanced at Qing Mu, who was still indignant, "Let's go, go to the Yuecheng Mansion and have a look!" ”
Qing Mu nodded, but did not speak, and continued to walk towards the mansion with Qing Lun and his own soldiers, thinking about the scene just now, is this son really Shen Feng's son.
If this is the case, I am afraid that the history of the assassin in Yuecheng is not a good official, but I am afraid that it is the existence of the local emperor, let's take a look at it first, thinking about this, I secretly made up my mind, today I will hide the name of the Qincha first, and see what kind of virtue this assassin Shi is.
She looked at the guard next to her, motioned for him to bow her head, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear, and the guard nodded slowly.
After Qing Mu finished speaking, he patted him on the shoulder with his hand, "Go ahead!" I'm waiting for you with General Qing in the palace! ”
"Yes! My lord! The guard replied, and as soon as his voice fell, he turned and walked straight to the cloth village next to him.
Qing Lun looked at all this in front of him, and asked strangely in his heart, "Qing Mu, what do you let the guards do?" ”
Qing Mu shook his head, "Keep it secret now!" Brother, as soon as we enter the government, we will say that we are here to complain, not to show our identity, to see what this assassin Shi Da, the local parent official, can do! ”
"Qingmu, are you going to try him?" Qing Lun asked in surprise.
"Of course! If that son just now is the son of Lord Assassin, I'm afraid that this Lord Assassin is definitely not so simple, he is either a corrupt official or a local tyrant! Qing Mu nodded affirmatively.
Qinglun shook his head: "I don't think so!" Maybe that person is just a trick! ”
"Don't guess, let's go, let's take a look." Qing Mu said, after she finished speaking, she continued to walk towards the mansion, Qing Lun didn't say anything more, and let the soldiers follow closely.
It didn't take long for the two of them to enter the palace and were led to the side hall, where the officials saw that Qing Mu and Qing Lun were well-dressed, and the guards followed, probably because they had a great background, so they respectfully let them rest in the side hall and ordered their subordinates to serve hot tea.
Qing Mu and the two sat in the side hall, after a few cups of tea, they still didn't see Lord Thorn Shi appear, Qing Mu got up and paced around, irritable: "Half an hour has passed, Lord Thorn Shi hasn't come out yet, what a big shelf!" ”
Qinglun: "Qingmu, don't be impatient!" It's all here, so let's wait a little longer! ”
At this moment, "dong dong dong", a series of drums sounded, and the Yuecheng Mansion was bustling and chaotic.
I just heard a shout: "Who's beating the drum!" ”
"Report to the prince, it's a poor sour show who is beating the drum and shouting grievances!" A headcatcher replied.
"Poor Xiucai? That doesn't seem to be any good, blow away to the official! The man said again.
"Yes, Lord Wang, just look at it!" The head catcher replied, and after speaking, he walked straight to the outside of the yamen.
Qing Mu nodded secretly, and his heart was right, this person known as the prince is probably Shen Feng, the assassin of Yuecheng, and he is indeed a straw bag.
Thinking of this, she immediately got up and walked outside the mansion, Qing Lun was stunned, and immediately ordered her own soldiers to follow, and she also followed Qing Mu out of the mansion closely.
As soon as Qing Mu stood still, he saw that his own soldiers were arguing with the person who looked like a head catcher, saying that there was a grievance to be done, but the head catcher was: "There is no silver, and there is no wrong, give Lao Tzu a roll!" ”
"Wait!" Qing Mu shouted.
The head catcher looked at the few people opposite, who were the same people who had just entered the mansion, and said, "What, do you still have to take care of the affairs of your own officials?" ”
Qing Muleng: "A small head catcher dares to be so arrogant and domineering, bullying the people, no wonder Yuecheng was affected by the disaster, and the people's grievances are boiling, it turns out that you moths are the ghosts!" ”
"Woohoo! Who are you? Dare to teach this official a lesson, this official only has the right to teach a lesson, how old are you! A woman, dare to teach me a lesson, see if you don't want to live anymore! ”
The head catcher said arrogantly, said, looked around, and shouted: "Come on, blast these few people who don't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth out of the mansion!" ”
"Yes! Qin catches the head! All the officials replied one after another, and after speaking, the officials rushed forward, and they were about to make a move.
Qing Lun jumped in front of Qing Mu and shouted: "I see who dares!" ”
Qing Mu patted Qing Lun lightly and calmly: "Captain Wang, return to the team!" ”
The guard who pretended to beat the drum just now glanced at Qing Mu and hurriedly replied: "Yes!" My lord! ”
The officials were a little flustered, and some people said: "Captain? ”
Qin Zhutou didn't seem to be right, so he stepped forward and asked, "May I ask how many people are called?" I have offended a lot just now, please forgive me! ”
"Humph! How offended! I'm afraid that I'm used to it in the fish and meat town, so it's not so easy to change! Qing Mu said angrily.
There were more and more onlookers around, and everyone applauded, and today someone was finally able to clean up this group of people.
Qing Lun stepped forward and shouted: "Just because you are a small head catcher, you are not qualified to know the identity of the adult, and immediately let Shen Feng, the assassin of Yuecheng, come to meet the adult!" ”
When Qin Zhutou heard this, the other party called Lord Assassin Shi by name, knowing that it might be a big deal, he didn't dare to slack off, so he let all the officials retreat one after another, and he quickly ran into the mansion and reported to Lord Assassin Shi.
Qing Mu smiled faintly, "Let's go, let's go in and meet this Lord Thorn." Qing Lun nodded, waved his hand, and the soldiers followed the two into the mansion compound.
When Shen Feng heard the news, he secretly screamed in his heart, it may be that Lord Qincha has arrived, if so, what he did just now may have been seen by him, he was a little frightened, and he didn't dare to slack off anymore, so he immediately straightened his clothes and quickly walked towards the courtyard of the mansion.
Qing Mu glanced back at Qing Lun and said, "Brother, I'm right, right?" This Shen Feng is so stylish, and his son is so arrogant and domineering, it seems that this time Qing Mu is going to use the power to act cheaply! ”
"I really can't imagine that a small Yuecheng would have such officials, and now the people are living in dire straits, as a local parent official, they don't even want to provide disaster relief, but want to collect benefits from the complainant!" Qing Lun shook his head as he spoke.
At this moment, a middle-aged man in an official uniform walked out of the main entrance of the lobby, Qing Mu glared at him, and coldly: "You are Shen Feng, the assassin of Yuecheng?" ”
The man stepped forward and said, "The next official is Shen Feng, I don't know why you came to Yuecheng?" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare! It's just my guard, I just said that I wanted to avenge my grievances, but I don't know why you want to blow him away, what does this mean? What is the matter with the contemptible people listening to the head catcher of your yamen say that silver, silver? Qing Mu asked pretending not to know.
"Oh, it's all to blame for the lax discipline of the officials, and please don't blame the two adults. After the dismissal, he must be strictly disciplined, and he will never be again next time! Shen Feng replied.
"Next time? Dare to have a next time! Hum! Qing Mu said angrily.
"Bold! A little girl, dare to speak to Lord Thorn Shi like this, take it down for me! Qin Zhutou said angrily.
Qinglun shouted: "I see who dares!" I don't think you know who's standing in front of you, do you? If you knew her identity, I'm afraid you wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous! ”
Qin Zhutou was disdainful: "A woman, is it still some kind of princess, county lord or something!" Ha ha! I've seen a lot of this official, it's not a big deal! ”
"Oops! Who is this? Dare to be so arrogant in Yuecheng Mansion! The man dressed as a boy in the downtown area walked out.
Shen Feng hurriedly scolded: "Long'er, don't be rude!" ”
"Dad, these people are bullied, can you still bear it!" The prince continued.
Captain Wang couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Bold! Dare to be presumptuous in front of Lord Chincha, take it down for me! ”
The pro-soldiers were about to move forward to arrest them, Qing Lun waved his hand, turned to look at Shen Feng, and said, "Okay!" General Ben will tell you that this woman is the emperor's own Lord Qincha, who patrolled the hunt on behalf of the heavens and came to the sixteen states in the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief! ”
When Shen Feng heard this, he was flustered, pounced, fell to his knees, and said tremblingly: "The lower official doesn't know...... I don't know that Lord Qincha has arrived, and I have missed the distance, so please forgive me! ”
Qin Zhutou and all the officials saw Lord Thorn Shi kneeling, and they were all frightened, and knelt down: "The subordinates don't know that Lord Qin Cha has arrived, don't blame the rude just now!" ”
"Oops! He said that Qincha is Qincha, it is Qincha! How could Chincha-sama be a woman? What a joke! ”
Captain Wang was very angry and scolded: "Gentleman, I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin!" Take it for me! ”
The soldiers replied one after another: "Yes! ”
Qing Lun was about to stop him again, but Qing Mu gave him a look, leaned close to his ear, and whispered: "Let's give him a dismount, you don't care, I think this Captain Wang is very loyal." ”
In an instant, Shen Long, the son of Lord Assassin Shi, was escorted up by his own soldiers, and Shen Feng panicked: "The child is rude, please don't blame Lord Qincha!" ”
Qing Lun shook his head, "That's it! General Ben just said, you may not be convinced, think that Qin Cha is impersonating! Then let you see the Divine Decree! ”
As he spoke, he took out the holy decree from his sleeve and read it aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: In ancient times, the holy king ruled the world by virtue of virtuous ministers, Zhou and Zhao, and there were Yan Ying, Baili Xi, and Sun Shuao; Han has Xiao He and Cao Shen continued. The ministers are upright, and the world is governed. ”
I think of the middle of the court, worrying about Zhou County, the provincial government officials do not know what to do, and the lower lining strips are not known, and even the people's livelihood is closed. The sixteen states in the south of the Yangtze River are in the national vein, and the position is particularly important.
Today, the people of our dynasty are in the midst of disasters, and the disasters of the sky are unavoidable, but I am a great country with many talents, and the current princess of the palace, Qing Mu, is specially promoted to be the ambassador of the sixteen states in the south of the Yangtze River, and all the important military and political affairs in the south of the Yangtze River are promoted to relieve the disaster and save the people from suffering.
"On behalf of me, I patrol and hunt, observe the people's feelings, rectify the rule of officials, act cheaply, and bow to my relatives wherever I go. Chin this! ”
Shen Feng had cold sweat on his forehead, wiped it with his sleeve, and knelt down: "The lower official receives the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
Shen Long, who was still arrogant and domineering just now, was immediately frightened when he heard the holy decree, and those disrespectful words just now came from his mouth.
Hurriedly slammed and knelt on the ground, "I don't know if it's the Qin messenger coming, please forgive me!" The disrespectful words to you just now are my unintentional mistake! ”
"Humph! The official only said once, the family on the street just now, you better not touch a single hair of them, otherwise the official will let your head fall to the ground! Qing Mu shouted angrily.
Shen Feng stepped forward and knelt: "Xiao'er doesn't dare!" The lower officials must reprimand him fiercely, and please don't be angry! ”
"Good! I'll forgive you today! ”
Qing Mu said lightly, after speaking, he turned around and glanced at the relatives, and said: "Captain Wang, immediately follow Lord Shen, pack up all the account books and documents of Yuecheng Mansion in recent years and bring them back to the Qi family compound, and the official will personally check Lord Shen's political achievements!" ”
"Yes! My lord! Captain Wang bowed, turned around and glanced at Lord Thorn Shi who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Let's go!" Thorn History! ”
Shen Feng was shocked, he didn't expect this, thinking that Qin Cha was just coming to relieve the disaster, and he shouldn't check his political achievements, so he didn't deal with it in the relevant account books.
Now I don't know what to do, so I got up and took a step forward: "My lord! It's better to send it to the house in person from tomorrow, and it will also save this captain from the hard work! ”
"No need! The captain of this school is physically strong, how dare he bother Lord Shi with such a trivial matter! Captain Wang replied.
Qinglun: "Yes, let's lead the way." ”
Shen Feng had no choice but to lead Captain Wang and his own soldiers to get the account book. Qing Mu glanced at Shen Long, who was kneeling on the ground, and was angry: "Usually, do you bully the common people like this?" ”
"It's not! No! The villain doesn't dare! Shen Feng replied tremblingly.
Qing Mu snorted, and said: "Today, this official will let you go, if there is anything about you that reaches my ears, you can do it yourself!" As soon as the words fell, he turned around angrily and walked straight out of the mansion.
The people who were watching at the gate of the mansion saw that the Shen father and son, who were usually powerful and blessed, were now governed by this woman, and they knelt down and bowed down one after another: "It's really the king of the blue sky!" Lord Qingtian! ”
Someone in the crowd: "What Qingtian Great Prince?" It is clearly a fairy in the heavens and earths, this is the Bodhisattva who has sent a messenger to save our poor people! ”