Chapter 14: Catch them all

"Yo drink, the prince is very lively here!" Xiao Shunzi himself is surnamed Hong, with his sharp teeth, the ability to observe words and colors, followed the saint out of the palace a few times, and won the trust of the saint, at present he is also a big celebrity in front of the saint today, and it is rumored that he may succeed Gonggong Zheng in the future and become the future governor of the inner house.

At this moment, he was holding the holy order in his hand, and with a kind of wolf-like bravery, he swaggered into the gate of Prince Gong's mansion.

The housekeeper of the palace greeted him respectfully, and at the same time ordered someone to trot all the way to inform the prince.

Prince Gong wondered what kind of impression he had for eunuchs and subordinates, and he always felt that these eunuchs could not be regarded as a complete person because of the lack of parts in their bodies. Therefore, the vast majority of them should also suffer from varying degrees of psychopathology.

"What is this guy doing here now?" Prince Gong said as he walked out of the study with those confidants, after all, the person who came might represent his imperial brother.

Xiao Shunzi saw several important ministers of the court following Prince Gong, and a sneering smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.

"How many Shangshu lords are here? It's really hard for you, you go to the court to discuss politics during the day, and you have to go to the prince at night to order something. ”

Although the ministers of the DPRK and China were unhappy in their hearts, they did not dare to show it on their faces. Everyone only scolded secretly in their hearts: "What are you? It's nothing more than a dog in front of the Holy Top, and he dares to bark here?! Alas, forget it, as the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, and let him be rampant for a while, don't worry about him for the time being, but see how long he can run rampant! ”。

Xiao Shunzi glanced at the ministers of the DPRK and China, who were gradually quieting down, and slowly gathered here to see what was going on, coughed, cleared his throat and said loudly: "Prince Gong takes the order!" ”。

As he spoke, he shook the holy decree hidden behind him, and said loudly: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Prince Gong, as a relative of the emperor and the country, does not want to cooperate with the auxiliary government, and he is in the middle of the country, but he colludes with the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, forms a party for personal gain, and plots to usurp the rebellion, and the evidence is ironclad like ......a mountain."

With a "buzz", Prince Gong's ears roared, and he only saw the hateful little eunuch's mouth open and closed, but he couldn't hear what he was saying behind him. He turned his head in surprise and looked at the horrified expressions on the faces of the ministers around him, and the sweat welling up on everyone's forehead. He deeply suspected that it was a dream, yes, it must be a nightmare!

He wanted to wake up quickly, so he shouted angrily, "Someone! ”。

Before the words fell, the pro-guards of the "Boom" Royal Mansion and the house slaves of the courtyard all rushed up viciously with swords in their hands.

Xiao Shunzi Hong's father-in-law had a gloomy face, but he was not moved, but sneered with confidence: "Lord Wang, the little one persuades you to obediently tie your hands and arrest it, don't make senseless resistance!" ”。 As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a large group of samurai armed with spears and blades and armor poured in from outside the courtyard gate. Although these warriors were silent, they were imposing.

Thousands of crossbowmen with bowstrings appeared on the surrounding walls and rooftops, and the black-pressed arrows pointed directly at Prince Gong and the guards in the courtyard, waiting for an order to fire ten thousand arrows without hesitation.

Seeing this, Prince Gong's legs weakened and he sat down on the ground.

Xiao Shunzi smiled proudly and said to the ministers around him: "Ladies and gentlemen, since you are here, don't go, let's change places together, and you have to work hard to accompany Prince Gong and accompany him well!" You don't have to worry, I have greeted everyone in advance at the mansion, you just need to accompany the prince with peace of mind! ”。

Guan Yu and Li Jingcheng both changed into civilian clothes and went to the beggar gang meeting with hundreds of soldiers dressed in the same civilian clothes. In Guan Yu's words, it is to ask for a cup of wine to drink.

The location of the beggar gang meeting was chosen in Suizhou City, which was not too far from the Qingfeng Inn. When Guan Yu and his entourage entered the city gate, they felt that the streets and alleys here were full of people coming and going, and it was very lively. From time to time, beggars can be seen in rags or unkempt in the crowd.

"Brother Xian, as far as you know, how many people are there in this beggar gang? Why did the Great Qi court ignore its misdeeds? ”。 Guan Yu asked Li Jingcheng in a low voice.

"I don't know exactly how many people the beggars have. I only heard that Hu Tang Master said that their gang is all over the world, and I don't know if it's true or not. As for the Great Qi court, the beggar gang has never openly raised the banner to rebel, of course they ignored it, and I even suspect that many local officials support and connive at it, and use the hands of the beggar gang to seek their own personal interests! ”。 Li Jingcheng whispered close to Guan Yu's ear.

Guan Yu nodded lightly and sighed: "Since ancient times, there have been gusts of yin wind, and then there will be demons. The courtiers of the Great Qi all have their own ghosts, and the yang is contrary to the yin, and the greed for personal gain will make the world complain and the people will not have a good life. It is an irrefutable truth that man-made disasters are always worse than natural disasters. ”

Li Jingcheng glanced up at Guan Yu and said with a slight smile: "The longer I get along with Brother Guan, the more you make me unable to believe that you are the kind of coarse person who can't read big words in your mouth!" ”。

Guan Yu grinned and said: "I'm really telling you the truth, I don't know a lot of the handwriting you write now, most of it is blind guessing." Believe it or not! ”。

At this time, a scout who was investigating in front returned, walked quickly to Guan Yu's side, and whispered softly in his ear. Guan Yu nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "Lord Qincha and I took these hundreds of brothers to take the first step and go there to join in the fun. Hurry out of the city and tell the brothers in ambush outside the city that you will quickly enter the city and annihilate the thieves in one fell swoop! ”。

Turning around, he smiled at Li Jingcheng with a relaxed expression: "I've found out the place where the beggars gathered, might as well I and the virtuous brother go in to find out?" Then you will look at the look in my eyes and act on your own. ”

After a few corners, we came to the front of a tall mansion, which was crowded with young beggars with sticks and clubs guarding the door.

Guan Yu was not in a hurry to enter, but first stood not far away to observe. He noticed that everyone who could enter the gate showed a name tag of the same style, and with a roll of his eyes, he motioned for everyone behind him to step aside and wait, and he plunged into the crowd.

After a short while, there was a sudden fierce noise in front of the mansion.

An elder of the beggar gang in the courtyard couldn't help frowning when he heard this: Who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to come to my beggar gang meeting to make trouble unreasonably, isn't this looking for death? He carried a whistle stick in his hand, led a few big-shouldered thugs with round waists, and jumped out of the courtyard with an arrow step. He walked over to the noisy crowd.

"You little rabbits, you don't even know Lao Tzu anymore? When I joined the beggars, you were still wearing fucking open crotch pants! ”。 A thin, half-grown old man with a slightly curled beard and slightly gray sideburns scolded angrily, and at the same time rolled up his arms and sleeves, ready to teach the young offspring in front of him a lesson.

The elder who had just jumped out of the courtyard was stunned, stepped forward a few steps and hugged his fists and said, "Isn't this the Wei Hall Master of the Heshan Hall?" I haven't seen you in years, how are you? Why do you lose your temper so much at your juniors? ”。

The thin half-grown old man clenched his fists and arched his hand: "Ma Protector, I really haven't met for many years, don't come unharmed." These boys prevented us from entering the meeting. You said that we came all the way and were turned away, can you not be angry? ”。

Ma Protector Faqi said: "There are entry cards issued in advance to all halls, why should they stop them? ”。

The half-grown old man's face turned red, and he sneered: "I'm ashamed, I touched it when I entered the city gate, and the name of our big gang of people is still in my arms." But when I first started, I rummaged through my whole body, but I couldn't find a single one! ”。

Ma Protector had no choice but to turn around and say to the juniors holding the sticks: "This Wei Hall Master is my old acquaintance, you just let them all in, I will be responsible for any problems." ”

At this time, Guan Yu appeared out of nowhere, and quietly stuffed a large stack of names to a personal soldier behind him and said, "Give these to the brothers behind, and you will follow me to blend in now." ”

On the steps of the room, Hall Master Wei was holding the arm of the horse protector and talking affectionately, Guan Yu led Li Jingcheng and dozens of brothers to mix in the crowd and bowed their heads and blended into the gate.

When I entered the door, I saw that the courtyard was crowded with people and noisy.

Guan Yu looked around, and whispered to Li Jingcheng with a smile: "The people who can come in to participate in the conference are all figures with heads and faces in the beggar gang, what a rare opportunity!" Ending them in a nest not only gave a bad breath for the virtuous brother, but also completely disintegrated the beggar gang. ”

Li Jingcheng smiled and nodded, and was about to answer, when Guan Yu's shoulder was suddenly gently patted, and he quickly turned around to look. What appeared in front of him was a large square face, the man had deep wrinkles on his forehead, and his face was suspicious.

"This brother, which cousin are you, why are you so faced?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Jingcheng, who had thin skin and tender meat, and said, "Is this also a brother in our gang?" I feel like I've never met before! ”。

Guan Yu replied calmly: "Oh, we came with the Wei Hall Master of Heshan Hall, the younger brother actually just joined the gang not long ago, I begged the Hall Master to bring me here, just to make friends with seniors who have strength and qualifications like you, so as to promote me and other juniors." As for this one, he is a distant relative of mine who is interested in joining our beggars. ”

The square face was extremely helpful when he heard this, and nodded and smiled again and again.