Chapter 703: Hongmen Banquet
"Dashuai!"
There was a call from outside.
"Wait a minute."
Qu Tutong wiped the horizontal knife out of the sheath, then put the knife into the sheath and hung it on his waist. This is a beautiful horizontal sword, given by the emperor.
Putting the hat on the table, he opened the door.
The family outside the door bowed, "Handsome, the guests have arrived." ”
The guests have arrived, and it's time to put an end to it all. "Go tell everybody, I'll be there soon."
Although the Qutu Mansion in Liaodong City was not as luxurious as the two mansions in Xijing and Luoyang City, it also covered a very large area, and when he walked through the corridor, he saw that the moonlight was very good tonight.
In the house, the family members are standing everywhere in full spirit.
The place of the banquet is in the front hall, where there is a very large hall, and a large courtyard, at this time it is just autumn, and you can also enjoy the moon while drinking at night.
When passing through the courtyard gate leading to the front hall, there were several people standing at the door, namely his generals Sang Xianhe and Yao Junsu, in addition to his two sons Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan.
"Dashuai, you're all ready." Sang Xianhe told him that he and Yao Junsu were both Qu Tu's old henchmen, and they were also the Yingyang Lang generals in Liucheng County earlier, and they had never had any contact with Luo Cheng's descendants of the Left Fifth Army, and most of them were from Guanzhong Generals, and they looked down on Luo Cheng and his subordinates from Shandong.
Although Qu Tutong's ancestors were Kumoxi, his ancestors had already defected to the Central Plains, so he could be regarded as a general.
He said to a few people, "I have received great favor from the country and served the two masters, and Your Majesty has been very generous to me, and I betrayed it in times of difficulty with the court's favor, how can I escape the national disaster?" Today, you will join me in slaying thieves! ”
Several generals were very moved, and they clenched their fists and beat their chests together, "Don't let those Shandong people betray!" ”
He reached out and patted a few people on the shoulder, then said a few more words to his two sons, and walked into the front yard.
"Marshal Qutu has arrived!"
A housekeeper shouted into the hall, and the guests all stood up to greet them.
Qu Tutong walked in and saw that not only Feng Deyi and Li Baiyao were here, but also Hou Mo Chen Yi, Wei Zheng, Luo Cunxiao, and Luo Shixin had also arrived, in addition, Cheng Yanjin, Shan Xiongxin, Huang Junhan, and Zhai Rang, Luo Cheng's henchmen had also arrived, and on the other side, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and many other county and county civil officials were also there.
"I am over 60 years old, and I didn't want to hold this banquet, but I take this opportunity to gather with you."
Fang Xuanling said with a smile, "Deputy Marshal Qu Tu's body is so tough, even if he lives another twenty years, there is no problem." ”
Qu Tutong's tone became serious, "Today, most of our Andong Dao civil and military attachés have arrived, but Marshal Luo Cheng has been missing recently. ”
Luo Cunxiao snorted, "Dashuai has important things to do, so leave for a while." ”
Feng Deyi said dissatisfiedly, "Luo Cheng, as the marshal of Andong Dao, even if there is something, he should explain it to everyone, at the very least, he should also temporarily hand over the seal letter to Deputy Marshal Qu Tu for safekeeping, otherwise, if it is urgent, wouldn't it be a mess?" ”
Observing the envoy Li Baiyao asked the fourth child directly, "Dare to ask Luo Taishou, where did the handsome go, why hasn't he seen anyone for so long?" He stared at the fourth child, "How did I hear that Luo Shuai ran to Mo Nan and said that it was a secret Marshal Luo Siye?" May I ask what kind of important thing it is, why do you have to go all the way to the Monan Secret Society? ”
The fourth child is wearing an official robe today, and the beard on his face has just been trimmed, "Isn't it Lord Qu Tu's birthday banquet today, why do I think this is a Hongmen banquet?" ”
Qu Tutong said, "Luo Cheng is not here, then the town will be left behind by me, the deputy marshal, for the time being, General Cunxiao, you still tell everyone, where did Luo Shuai go, and what happened?" ”
The fourth smiled and stared at Qu Tutong, "What does this mean, Deputy Marshal?" ”
"Ben Shuai just has something to say, and there are rumors that Luo Cheng went to Mo Nan to secretly Luo Siye, saying that they are ready to plot a rebellion!"
"If you say rebellion, you will rebel?" The fourth asked rhetorically.
Seeing that the fourth child refused to let go, Qu Tutong swept his eyes across the hall, and no longer argued with him like this, but directly took out the holy decree.
"This is an edict sent by His Majesty, and when the angel read the edict, the envoy Feng pacified and the envoy Li Guanguan were also on the spot."
Fang Xuanling stepped forward to check the holy decree, "This is indeed a holy decree issued by the emperor, and there is a jade seal in it and the signature and seal of the prime ministers of the three provinces, there is no fake." ”
Qu Tutong said to Fang Xuanling, "I also ask Fang Taishou to read out the will to everyone on his behalf." ”
Fang Xuanling stretched out his hand to open it.
"Wait!"
The fourth screamed and stopped him.
"I also have something here, I want to ask Mrs. Fang to read it."
As he spoke, the fourth child also pulled out a scroll from his sleeve.
Du Ruhui on the side took it.
Open and be surprised.
"Du Taishou, read it to everyone."
"Cen Wenwen, the chief secretary of the Yamen, and Yan Shigu, the judge of the Yamen, were appeased and reported, saying that Feng Deyi, the appeasement envoy, and Li Baiyao, the observer envoy, accepted bribes from Yuan Taizuo together with Qu Tutong, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, colluded with the Yuan family, betrayed information to them, and communicated with outsiders!"
Feng Deyi was furious.
"Cen text!"
Cen Wenwen is the secretary in charge of the pacification envoy yamen, and he is also Feng Deyi's confidant and his protégé. The Cen family has been a scholar of the Southern Dynasty for generations, his grandfather was an official to the Southern Liang Ministry of Shangshu, and his father later entered the Sui as a servant of the Yu Department, and was imprisoned because he was framed. His father's unjust imprisonment was revealed, and he was well-known.
And Feng Deyi used to be Yang Su's confidant, and he was appreciated by him, and married his niece to him, and later Yang Su died, and he mixed with Yu Shiji and became Yu Shiji's confidant.
When Feng Deyi was a member of the Inner History House, Cen Wenwen also entered the Inner History Province, which was appreciated by him, and later Cen worshipped him as a teacher, and he also took a very fancy to this student, and came to Liaodong as a pacification envoy, and specially got him to be the secretary.
Unexpectedly, now this proud protégé actually accused him of colluding with the Goguryeo people.
Cen Wenwen was in the hall, but he was very calm in the face of Feng Deyi's angry shouting.
"I just reported what I knew."
The fourth child smiled and said to Du Ruhui, "Du Taishou, you have to hand over this document to Marshal Qu Tu for inspection, there is solid evidence on it." ”
Qu Tutong didn't answer, didn't look at it, just said coldly, "Do you want to frame us as a thief, and then take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents?" Luo Cunxiao, you finally can't help it? ”
He said to Fang Xuanling, "Please Fang Taishou immediately read the edict, from this moment on, I will be ordered by the emperor to take over the post of commander of the loyal military army of Andong Dao, and I will be ordered to arrest Luo Cheng, Luo Cunxiaohou, Mo Chenyi, Wei Zheng and others who conspired to rebel!" ”
The fourth child took two steps forward with a smile, and snatched the edict in Fang Xuanling's hand, "Colluding with foreign thieves, and trying to steal military power, don't think about it!" ”
"Luo Laosi, you are so rampant, come here, block the mansion, and take down these arrogant rebels!"
Sang Xianhe and Yao Junsu rushed in with a large group of personal soldiers holding spears and surrounded everyone in the hall.
"Take them down!" Feng Deyi shouted on the side.
Sang Xianhe drew his sword out of the sheath, but turned around and inserted a sword into Yao Junsu's waist and ribs, Yao Junsu snorted, the weapon in his hand slipped from his weak hand, and fell to the ground.
This sudden change shocked everyone in the hall.
And at the same time as Sang Xianhe made a move, dozens of the sergeants behind him also stabbed their spears at the people around him, and in an instant, more than a dozen people fell.
Sang Xianhe stepped forward, and the long sword was pressed against the chest of the old boss.
"Why?" Qu Tutong asked.
Sang Xianhe was silent.
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