It is said that Fang Mingxia held Chongzhen's hand summoning, which was the emperor's messenger, that is, Qincha, and should be greeted by Wuhu military and political officials, even if Chen Yue's own status was too valuable to go out to greet him, he would send a representative to welcome Fang Mingxia into the city.

However, he was worried that Li Guoying would be killed if he entered the city late, Fang Ming Xia Wuxin waited for the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate to go to report it, and broke into the city with Tiqi. And he held the emperor's holy decree, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city did not dare to stop it, so they could only fly to the government to know.

In the palace, the lobby of the Wuhu Mansion has been arranged overnight into a mourning hall mode, the black cloth curtain is hung on the lintel, and the two sides of the lintel are written with elegiac couplets, the upper link is "the soul supports the sun and the moon", and the lower link is "the liver and gallbladder reflect the river and mountain", which is the portrayal of Chen Jianghe's life.

In the middle of the lobby is a huge coffin, and the incense burner in front of the coffin is full of incense candles, and the green smoke is filled.

The civil and military officials of Wuhu City all gathered in the government to see off Chen Jianghe, the Marquis of Zhongyi.

On the side of the Pingnan Army, the major general soldiers of each battalion and battalion were headed by Wang Yin, and the deputy general of the Beijing battalion was headed by Chang Yanling, the marquis of Huaiyuan, including Zhang Yingxiang and Chang Deng, the commanders of the green battalion who had recently surrendered, as well as local officials such as the Wuhu prefect Tongzhi, who successively entered the lobby and knelt down to see off Chen Jianghe, and Chen Yue, who was dressed in filial piety clothes, answered as a family member.

Outside the lobby, Li Guoying, who was dressed in white single clothes, was tied to the pillars with a look of despair.

A soldier guarding the city rushed to the city, but was stopped by the guards at the gate of the palace, and after the guards asked, they entered the palace to report the news. After hearing this, He Lu, who was in charge of the affairs of the entire government, nodded and turned to Chen Yue's side.

"Master Hou, Fang Mingxia has entered the city with the holy decree." He Lu whispered in Chen Yue's ear.

At this time, he came with a holy decree, it must be to stop the killing of Li Guoying, Chen Yue's eyes shot an angry light.

"Let him in, I'll see how big a moth can be made!" Chen Yue snorted coldly.

He Lu nodded, turned around and went out to order.

Fang Mingxia was very anxious and angry, and when he entered the city, the guards did not dare to stop the envoy of the imperial court, but he was stopped outside the palace, even if he moved out of the identity of the envoy, it would be useless. The guards of the palace are all the elite of the Pingnan Army, and if there is no above, even the Qincha will not be released.

The elite of the Pingnan Army, which is full of 1,000 people, guards with guns and guns outside the palace, and is heavily guarded, and there are many soldiers gathered on the street outside the palace gate, which are the personal soldiers of the generals who entered the palace to pay tribute.

Fortunately, after not waiting long outside the mansion, Fang Mingxia and his entourage were allowed to leave and enter the mansion.

Stepping through the gate and flashing over the wall, Fang Mingxia saw Li Guoying tied to the pillar at a glance, so he was relieved, it was good that he was not killed.

Seeing Fang Mingxia suddenly appear, Li Guoying was ecstatic in his heart, and he made a "woo" sound in his mouth but couldn't speak, but something was stuffed in his mouth.

"There is an envoy from Qin, and Chen Yue, Marquis of Pingnan, came out to receive the order!" Fang Mingxia's entourage shouted loudly, reporting Fang Mingxia's identity at this time, but all that was waiting was the sudden gaze of the generals in the courtyard.

Looking at the black veil on the lintel of the lobby, looking at the couplets on both sides of the lintel, feeling the solemn and sad atmosphere in the courtyard and the indifferent attitude of the generals, Fang Mingxia couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, stopped the entourage from continuing to shout, and honestly waited under the corridor. This is Wuhu, this is the world of the Pingnan Army, in the midst of ten thousand armies, even if Fang Mingxia has the identity of the imperial court, he does not dare to be presumptuous.

After a while, He Lu walked out of the hall and stood in front of the corridor, "The Marquis of Pingnan has invited the imperial court. ”

didn't come out to greet him, and he had to go in by himself, Fang Mingxia was stunned for a while, and he had to enter honestly. When the dozen or so retinues he brought were about to follow in, He Lu waved his hand, and Chen Yan and some guards stopped them under the steps.

"What does that mean?" Fang Mingxia looked at He Lu coldly.

"Master Hou will only let you in alone." He Lu said expressionlessly.

Fang Ming Xia Leng snorted, and could only enter the lobby alone.

As soon as you enter the lobby, you will see the huge word "Dian" in the middle of the lobby and the black coffin in the hall. The two guards came over and couldn't help but tie a strip of black cloth around Fang Mingxia's waist.

"I came here on behalf of the emperor, can I wait for me to pass on the holy decree and then give a salute to the Marquis of Zhongyi?" Fang Mingxia looked at Chen Yue, who was kneeling on the side of the coffin, and discussed with He Lu beside him.

"Master Hou said, if you don't want to, go back, and you don't need to pass on any holy decrees." He Lu said coldly.

Fang Mingxia was helpless, so he had to kneel under the hall and salute Chen Jianghe.

After kowtowing to incense, Fang Mingxia stood up and faced Chen Yue, "Pingnanhou, is it possible to pass on the decree now?" ”

Chen Yue stood up, walked in front of Fang Mingxia, and nodded, "Let's start." ”

There was no incense table, no bathing and changing clothes, and no kneeling with all his men, so Chen Yue knelt on the ground alone. Looking at the coffin in the hall, Fang Mingxia didn't dare to make more requests, and took out the holy decree and began to read it.

Chongzhen's will was very simple, that is, Chen Yue released Li Guoying and was escorted by Fang Mingxia to Nanjing for trial.

"The death of the Marquis of Zhongyi, the lower officials are very sad, and the Marquis of Pingnan, you want to mourn and change. Can you hand Li Guoying over to me now? Fang Mingxia handed over the holy decree to Chen Yue and said.

Chen Yue shook his head, "No." ”

No way? Fang Mingxia's face sank, "Pingnanhou, do you want to resist the decree?" ”

Chen Yue looked at the edict in his hand, and then stretched out his hand to hand it back, "I'm not resisting the decree, but refusing to accept this holy decree." ”

Oh, refusing to accept is not a protest? Fang Mingxia was almost speechless.

"Pingnanhou, I know that you are too sad, but you also have to think clearly, this holy decree was written by His Majesty himself, think about the consequences of refusing to accept the holy decree." Fang Mingxia persuaded, and there was a threat in his words.

"I don't want to disobey the decree, but because it is not lawful." Chen Yue looked at Fang Mingxia calmly, and said lightly: "According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, all holy decrees need to be drafted by the cabinet, signed by the scholars, and then handed over to the celebrant for sealing. There is only the seal of the celebrant on this decree, but it is not signed by a few scholars, but it is a central decree, and Benhou has the right to refuse to accept it. ”

Yes! Fang Mingxia was so shocked that he opened his mouth, he never expected that Chen Yue would come up with this reason to refuse to accept the holy decree.

In order to quickly return to Wuhu to rescue Li Guoying, the request was in a hurry, and this holy decree was only written by Chongzhen himself, and did not go through the process of the cabinet, which is the so-called middle decree. But refusing to accept the decree has always been the work of civil officials, you Chen Yue is a noble military general, what do you learn from civil officials?

Wang Yin on the side showed a smile on his face, he had always been afraid that Chen Yue would do irrational things under his grief, and now it seemed that Chen Yue had sobered up a lot after a night.