After receiving the good news that the Great Qi Kyoto was occupied by the Chu army, the Great Chu Emperor Liu Qian was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

At the fastest speed, he summoned the soldiers and horses who stayed in Pingzhou, and escorted himself to Dadu immediately. Along the way, they kept going, racing against time, and finally stepped into their own capital.

When he came to the capital, it was already dusk, and Liu Qian could not hide his excitement. It was rumored that Guan Yu, the king of the north, would come to meet him quickly.

Guan Yu was also quite surprised that the imperial brother had arrived at an almost magical speed. But since the imperial brother gave an order, he didn't dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly ran out of the city gate with a team of guards under him.

When the two met, Liu Qian's face was ruddy, he laughed and couldn't close his mouth, stretched out his arms and patted Guan Yu's shoulders affectionately, and praised him very much.

Immediately afterwards, he urged Guan Yutou to lead the way, and he wanted to enter the palace overnight.

Along the way, Guan Yu briefly introduced the current situation of Dadu and the disposal of the internal personnel of the palace. Liu Qian's eyes lit up, and he shook his head again and again.

He turned his head and said to Mao Zhong, who was following closely behind and missing an arm: "The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace will all be driven out tomorrow, and it is inevitable that some of these people will be desperate and loyal to the evil slaves of the previous dynasty, so they have to guard against it!" Concubines, wait for the widows to look at them one by one before making a decision. ”

He turned his face to Guan Yu and said, "Sixth brother, tomorrow all the courtiers of the former dynasty will be arrested and imprisoned, and everyone who can be killed will be killed!" As the saying goes, once a son of heaven is a courtier, not to mention that these wine bags and rice bags are all ministers of the dead country, and they are unlucky. After your second brother comes here, let him choose the best and the best for the widow again. ”

Guan Yu was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he didn't want to say anything, so he had to nod.

The doors of the palace, which had been deep and peaceful, were wide open and brightly lit, as if opening its arms to its new owner.

The group surrounded Liu Qian and took the lead in coming to the main hall where the emperor and the courtiers of the previous dynasty were discussing. It is very spacious and bright, and several vermilion pillars that cannot be surrounded by two or three people stand tall in the sky. In the open space in the middle, even if two hundred civil and military generals stand at the same time, it is more than enough, and it will not look crowded at all.

Seeing that the saint was in high spirits, he smiled. Immediately afterwards, Mao Zhong, the commander of the Praetorian Guard who had risked his life to protect the holy car, was also very happy in his heart, running before and after, completely ignoring the fatigue of the journey, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his head for a while.

"Good boy, this is the legendary Jinluan Palace, right? The pillars were too tall, but there was enough space. Mao Zhong only looked around, amazed, and didn't care about his feet, he had already walked in front of Liu Qian.

Liu Qian's face was displeased, but in front of everyone, it was not good to attack immediately. What's more, Mao Zhong once saved him with his life and was loyal. So he just gritted his teeth and shook his well-defined broom brow.

Mao Zhong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took three steps and two steps to take the first step and came to the wide dragon chair throne.

Mao Zhong first lowered his head and bent down with one sleeve to wipe it back and forth a few times, and then he suddenly had a whim, or which tendon in his brain was tied to the wrong string.

Taking advantage of the emperor's happiness, he planned to make a joke with everyone to make the saint even happier.

I saw him turn around and sit firmly on the dragon chair, raise his only arm, and pretend to be serious and said, "Zhong Aiqing is exempt from courtesy." ”

The crowd who was walking forward burst into laughter.

Mao Zhong turned his face to look at Liu Qian and said: "Your Majesty, this dragon chair is wide enough, but I tried it for you, it is too hard, and it will be much more comfortable to add a cushion to you." ”

No one noticed: Liu Qian didn't have any smile on his face from beginning to end.

At this moment, his face was even more pale, and he raised two broom eyebrows in anger, and shouted: "Bold fanatics, deceive the king!" Come on, take him down for me immediately, pull him out and behead him! ”。

The crowd was stunned. Liu Qian turned around angrily and said, "Are you all deaf?" Who dares to resist the decree and disrespect?! ”。

Mao Zhong was dumbfounded, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic.

Liu Qian was unmoved, turned around and stood with his hands in his hands.

Mao Zhong's two original subordinates had no choice but to rush forward and push Mao Zhong to the ground.

Mao Zhong set his begging eyes on Guan Yu, the king of Dingbei, because in addition to the Great Chu Emperor here, he was the highest official of the Dingbei prince, not to mention that he and the saint were still sworn brothers.

Guan Yu sighed lightly, and persuaded Liu Qian after saluting: "Holy Lord, remembering Mao Zhong's first offense, besides, it is an unintentional move, and spare his life, punish him heavily, and teach him a good lesson." ”

Seeing that the prince of Dingbei had spoken, everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded for Mao Zhong together.

Liu Qian still stood with his hands in his hands without looking back, and snorted coldly in his nose: "Wait for you to be polite and flat, from this moment on, those who dare to intercede for him will be guilty of the same crime!" ”。

Everyone fell silent, and the original festive atmosphere above the main hall instantly dropped to freezing point.

Everyone looked at each other for a moment, then reluctantly got up, lowered their hands and lowered their heads to the side.

Mao Zhong also failed to save his head in the end.

That night, Liu Qian stayed in the palace of the former Great Qi Emperor.

Accompanying Liu Qian from Pingzhou, there were also a few eunuchs around him. They were very conscientious, and the next day before dawn they got up and looked around, and cleaned the courtyard and hall one by one.

One of the little eunuchs in charge of cleaning the Jinluan Treasure Hall froze as he walked in front of the dragon chair, rubbing his eyes vigorously and staring in amazement at the golden, soft and unidentified object entrenched on the dragon chair. That's right, it must be human!

The little eunuch reported to the old eunuch in a head-to-head manner, and the head of this eunuch was really experienced and not chaotic in the face of danger.

He first ordered the eunuchs not to make a noise, and then ordered someone to quietly clean up the mass of flying outside the sky, and at the same time scraped a small lump to preserve the evidence, so that the case could be solved in time in the future.

The eunuchs were all silent, because one person had died in the dragon chair last night, if this matter was known to the Holy Lord, there was no telling how many more people would die! The head cut-off knife is even more uncertain about who it will fall on.

After thinking about it, the old eunuch found an accompanying physician who was close to him and could be trusted. In front of him, he opened a small, tightly wrapped paper bag.

The Imperial Doctor was stunned, he couldn't believe that what appeared in front of him was a golden lump of Yoneda Gong.

He raised his head and narrowed his eyes, and asked in a low voice with a displeased expression, "Father-in-law, what do you mean by this?" ”。

The old man eagerly whispered in his ear: "You and I have a deep friendship, so I dare to tell you: this is evidence of crime, please come to see what clues can be found in it." ”

When the imperial physician saw that the eunuch's face was sincere, not like a prank, he also became serious, played with a small stick, and sniffed it closely, and almost picked up a piece and put it in his mouth to taste it.

Suddenly, there was a light in his eyes, and he whispered excitedly, "There is!" ”。 (To be continued in this chapter)