Chapter 9 The lord of this county is the prince
Bidding farewell to Xu Yang, Jiuhuang came out of the prison of Dali Temple, and as soon as he walked to the door of the prison, he met Zhou Xiong, who had been communicated by the officers and soldiers.
Zhou Xiong was at home and was entering a critical moment with his concubine, but he was disturbed by the housekeeper and said that the officers and soldiers of the government were looking for him urgently.
Zhou Xiong knew that the government was guarding his henchmen, and they came to the Zhou Mansion to look for themselves so late, and when they came out to tell them, Zhou Xiong couldn't imagine what they would do when they came to the Zhou Mansion to find themselves.
didn't have time to take care of his beloved concubine who was looking dissatisfied with his begging, Zhou Xiong hurriedly got up, put his clothes on his body at will, and came to the front of the mansion.
From the words of the officers and soldiers, it was learned that Jiuhuang broke into Dali Temple alone at night, and Zhou Xiong hurriedly followed the officers and soldiers towards the prison of Dali Temple.
As soon as he arrived at the door of the prison, he saw Jiuhuang coming out of the prison, Zhou Xiong greeted him with a smile on his face, and said: "The lord of Jiuhuang is really bored, and he came to the Dali Temple of Xiaguan so late." ”
The secret words in Zhou Xiong's words made Jiuhuang's heart wrinkle good-looking eyebrows, she was already distressed because she didn't know the reason for Xu Yang's greed for ink, but she didn't expect Zhou Xiong to say so in front of her.
"That's not as good as Lord Zhou, serving the Celestial Empire like this is actually a blessing for my emperor in the Celestial Empire, it's so late, Lord Zhou didn't even put on the court clothes and came to inspect it, it's really hard."
Looking at Zhou Xiong's clothes that he had put on indiscriminately, Jiuhuang felt that he must have been called up from the bed by the officers and soldiers.
Zhou Xiong heard Jiuhuang's words, his face was blue for a while, white for a while, and finally turned red, he glanced at the clothes on his body, and coughed softly unnaturally, but before he could speak, Jiuhuang's voice came from the front again.
"Also, has Lord Zhou forgotten that the lord of this county has been canonized as the prince by the emperor, and the lord has always called the king the lord of the county, is it saying that the emperor has done something wrong, and he will not recognize the prince canonized by the emperor?"
Jiuhuang's words had just fallen, and Zhou Xiong, who heard Jiuhuang's words, was already so frightened that he knelt on the ground.
"King Jing forgives the sin, the lower official doesn't mean this, the county lord, no, the prince is the emperor's own prince, how can the lower official think that the emperor's approach is wrong?"
Zhou Xiong's heart was trembling, he didn't expect that Jiuhuang was just a woman, but she had such a mind and could pit him on this. In his heart, he thought about what Jiuhuang said just now, which was saying that he despised the emperor's authority and ignored the emperor's authority, if this matter was spread out.
Jiuhuang listened to Zhou Xiong's words, glanced at Zhou Xiong who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Lord Zhou, is this torturing this king?" Lord Zhou is an important minister of the Celestial Empire, Shaoqing of Dali Temple in the fourth grade, the person you kneel should be the emperor, but Lord Zhou is kneeling at the door of this prison to kneel to the king, how much does Lord Zhou hate this king in his heart? ”
Zhou Xiong, who had not yet recovered from Jiuhuang's previous words, was once again so frightened by Jiuhuang that sweat broke out on his forehead, and he couldn't help but scold the officers and soldiers who called him hundreds of times in his heart.
Unexpectedly, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, who did not dare to offend in front of everyone, would be frightened twice by Jiuhuang in a moment's effort.
"King Jing misunderstood, this is not what Xia Guan meant; It's getting late, I wonder if the prince wants to go home? Xia Guan Hao sent someone to escort the prince all the way back to the house. "Now in Zhou Xiong's heart, the only thing he wants is to let Jiuhuang leave quickly.
When Jiuhuang heard Zhou Xiong's words, he knew in his heart that Zhou Xiong would not mention his breaking into the prison for a while, and he also knew that Zhou Xiong's words gave him a good step down, so that he could leave the prison smoothly.
"There's no need to send someone to escort you, the king can go back to his house by himself, and Lord Zhou should go back and rest in peace."
After finishing speaking, Jiuhuang no longer lingered here, stepped past Zhou Xiong, who was still kneeling on the ground, and walked in the direction of Xufu.
It wasn't until Jiuhuang's figure was no longer visible that Zhou Xiong stood up under the support of the officers and soldiers.
Without the coercion given to him by Jiuhuang, and without Jiuhuang's words disturbing his mind in his mind, Zhou Xiong then remembered why he came to prison.
It's just that now Jiuhuang's figure has disappeared in the prison, and it is impossible to bring someone to chase him over, and his heart is full of chagrin.
He didn't forget what a little guy with the Taishi talisman came to him tonight to find him, and no one was allowed to visit Xu Yang, but now that Jiuhuang has visited Xu Yang, he hasn't kept Jiuhuang yet, so how can he explain to Taishi Yang?
Or is it that you are out of it now? Zhou Xiong couldn't help but think in his heart. Yang Jin's words he didn't do, and now he has offended Jiuhuang again, Zhou Xiong knows that neither of them is someone he can offend.
One is the prince of the Celestial Empire, and the other is the prince who is being favored, Zhou Xiong doesn't know how to choose.
After Jiuhuang came out of Dali Temple, he returned to Xu Mansion and reported his safety to the Ling family, and then left Xu Mansion in a hurry and rushed towards the army camp stationed outside the capital city.
At that time, in the mansion of the third prince, Zhao Xuan had been sending people to investigate the cause of this time since he heard that Xu Yang had been impeached and imprisoned.
"How's it going, have you found out anything?" Zhao Xuan asked the personal guards beside him.
When the guard heard Zhao Xuan's question, he said to Zhao Xuan what he had found in the past few hours: "The person who impeached has not yet found out who it is, but Xu Yang's greed for ink is indeed as the master guessed, and it was framed by others. ”
Xu Yang didn't decree that he was greedy for ink, Zhao Xuan knew when he heard about it that Xu Yang was greedy for ink.
Although he has not cared about the affairs of the court over the years, and has not appeared in the court, Zhao Xuan still has heard of Xu Yang.
A refugee who is willing to use his only belongings to hand over to the imperial court but rescue the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, such a person Zhao Xuan does not believe that he will be greedy for the people's ink.
"However, my subordinates have found a clue that Xu Yang's greed for ink came from Jiangnan."
The guards told Zhao Xuan the last bit of information they knew.
After Zhao Xuanwe heard the guard's words, he was surprised in his heart: "From Jiangnan? Are you sure there's nothing wrong with this clue? ”
When the guard heard this, he nodded and said, "That's right, the subordinates did find out about the Jiangnan side, but they suddenly broke off." ”
Zhao Xuan fell into silence after hearing the guard's affirmative words again.
It wasn't until a long time later that Zhao Xuan's words rang in the ears of the guards again.
"What's the situation on the Jiuhuang County Lord's side?"
Zhao Xuan wanted to know that after encountering such an incident, Jiuhuang, who was Xu Yang's righteous daughter, Xu Yang ran from Shangjing to Yuzhou to send tips to Jiuhuang despite being thousands of miles away, what would she do after Xu Yang encountered this matter now?
"After learning that Xu Yang was imprisoned in Dali Temple for his greed for ink, the lord of Jiuhuang went to the outside of the city after breaking into the prison of Dali Temple at night."
Jiuhuang broke into Dali Temple at night Zhao Xuan could still understand Jiuhuang's intention to do this, but he just wanted Xu Yang to ask about the reason for the greed for ink. But what happened when she went out of the city after that? Zhao Xuan couldn't help but wonder in his heart.
"Do you know where the county lord went out of the city?"
"The subordinates have sent people to follow the county lord, but the county lord has strong martial arts, in order to prevent the county lord from discovering our people, our people can only follow the Jiuhuang county lord from a distance, but according to the news from the people who followed the county lord, the direction of the county lord is the border army camp stationed outside the city."
The guards said Jiuhuang's behavior, and Zhao Xuan couldn't figure out what Jiuhuang was going to do.
"When the county lord returns to Xu's mansion, send someone to send me a name card to congratulate the county lord on his ascension to the king." Zhao Xuan thought about Jiuhuang's intention in doing this in his heart, and said to the guards beside him.
The guards heard Zhao Xuan's words and responded.
And here, Jiuhuang rode a horse all the way out of Shangjing City, and after half an hour, he came to the outside of the military camp of the border army stationed outside Shangjing City.
As soon as Jiuhuang's figure arrived at the gate of the barracks, he was discovered by the soldiers guarding the gate, and then greeted him and said, "County Lord"
For the soldiers of the army, Jiuhuang always has a special feeling, perhaps because this is a soldier who has fought with her and lived and died together.
Seeing the soldier who greeted him, Jiuhuang smiled back, and then asked, "I'm looking for a soldier named Baili, do you know where he is?" ”
Baili has been following the army since he was rescued by Zhao Xuan in the desert, after recovering from his injuries. Because this time in the matter of taking Batu, Baili had a record, and Jiuhuang also fulfilled her original promise and asked for a decree in front of the emperor to eliminate Baili Liukou's identity.
Subsequently, Baili followed the few brothers who were still alive, and after removing the title of rogue on his body, he was willing to follow Jiuhuang all the time, and he was willing to follow Jiuhuang to stay in the military camp.
The soldier heard Jiuhuang's words, and then called to the soldier who was patrolling the barracks not far away: "Baili, the county lord of Jiuhuang is looking for you." ”
Baili, who was patrolling, suddenly heard the voice of the soldiers, his body was stunned, and he looked towards the gate of the barracks.
Jiuhuang also knew the location of Baili under the soldier's words, and then walked over.
Without waiting for the patrol leader to salute Jiuhuang, Jiuhuang's voice sounded, saying, "I took it away for a hundred miles, and I will go back and tell your general." ”
Without looking to see how the patrol general would react after hearing her words, Jiuhuang left the barracks with Baili, who was still stunned, after saying this.
After taking Baili out, Jiuhuang didn't explain a word, and directly said what was the purpose of bringing him out, and said, "Do you understand?" ”
Baili thought about the information he heard in his mind, and finally nodded, and said, "I understand what the county lord means, and the county lord will let me check this matter." ”
Jiuhuang nodded, and then admonished: "Remember, this matter is too important, you must be careful." ”