Wen Cheng met Yang Yong's honor guard halfway through, and saw that the whole team was strict, waving the flag, Yu Wencheng did not dare to collide, and hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and shouted loudly on one side: "Weichen Wanrong County Order to meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Stop!" A knight in front shouted, and the entire marching team "stepped on" several times, and suddenly stood still, and a voice came from the middle: "It turned out to be the Wanrong County Order, lead the way ahead." ”

"Yes!" Although Yu Wencheng listened to the voice as if it was a little familiar, he didn't dare to think about it, got on the horse again, and led the way in the direction of the county government.

When I arrived at the county government, it was already dark, and the entire county government was full of lanterns to welcome the arrival of the prince.

The county is in charge of the clerk and the prison, the county lieutenant is in charge of the security and theft, the county lieutenant is two people, the household Cao and the law Cao, there is only one person in the middle county and the lower county, Wanrong is only the middle county, so there is only one person in the county and the county lieutenant, Wanrong County is surnamed Huang Mingliang, over sixty years old, and is already dying, the county lieutenant is surnamed Miao Mingmeng, but he is a man in his thirties, his muscles are tight, and he knows that Kong Wu is powerful at a glance.

Seeing the prince's guard of honor coming, Huang Liang and Miao Meng also hurriedly knelt down to salute, but the treatment of the two of them was much worse than that of Yu Wencheng, and the prince's guards ignored them and entered the county government directly from them.

Seeing that the prince's honor guard had completely entered the county government, Huang Liang and Miao Meng hurriedly got up, looked at each other and smiled bitterly, but they were helpless, the status of the two was too different, and the prince should ignore them.

Huang Liang is old, and he knelt for a while just now, and his legs were already slightly numb. This time he suddenly stumbled, and Miao Meng hurriedly supported him: "Lord Huang, be careful." ”

Huang Liang hurriedly bowed his hand to Miao Meng: "Thank you Lord Miao, if it weren't for Lord Miao's help, the old decay would have to wrestle." ”

Miao Meng smiled: "You and I are colleagues, as we should." But he lowered his voice and said: "Lord Huang, do you think that this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to Wanrong County, is it a curse or a blessing?" ”

Although Miao Meng seems to have developed limbs, he is not a stupid person. He is responsible for public security as a county lieutenant, arresting thieves, and his position is extremely important, Yu Wencheng wanted to change to his own heart several times but couldn't find the opportunity, so he had to cut the post of county lieutenant to the weakest, Wanrong's public security has always been good, Miao Meng can't find a reason to expand the authority of the county lieutenant. had to take refuge in Yu Wencheng, and Yu Wencheng reluctantly tolerated him.

As for Huang Liang, he is still a native of Wanrong, and he has been in the county government for decades, from a small official to a county lieutenant. It can be said that he has a deep foundation, although Yu Wencheng is strong, it is not easy to move him, and Huang Liang also knows the reason for being an official. is willing to be a wooden man and ignores everything in the position of the county leader. It looks like he's eating and waiting to die, if it's in another county. People like Huang Liang have long been dismissed from their posts and investigated. In Vang Vieng County, it is in line with Yu Wencheng's requirements, although he has no rights. The location is very secure.

Huang Liang rolled his cloudy eyes: "Lord Miao, what are you talking about, the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is naturally a blessing for Wanrong County." ”

Miao Meng couldn't help but scold: "Old slippery head." "They are in the bureau, naturally know that the county order Yu Wencheng is very wrong, especially Miao Meng, vaguely knew that there were soldiers and horses hidden in the valley, but first, there was no evidence, and second, he wanted to sue him and had no way, offended Yu Wencheng, carelessly, he was a small county lieutenant and died without a place to be buried, and now the prince suddenly drove to Wanrong County without saying hello, even if the prince did not see that there was a problem in Wanrong County, in case Yu Wencheng had a bad intention, at that time he followed Yu Wencheng or not, thinking of this, Miao Meng shuddered.

"You two hurry up, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has summoned you."

The two hurriedly looked up, and saw a group of ten sergeants walking in their direction, it was the prince's escort who had just passed, and it was one of the guards who was talking to them.

"Yes!" The two didn't dare to slack off, and they didn't care about whether it was a blessing or a curse, and hurriedly walked towards the inner hall of the county government.

The two of them had just walked a few steps, and there was a shouting sound behind them, as well as the squeak of the gate, Miao Meng turned his head to see that the original team of prince guards had replaced the county officials at the gate, and the original gatekeeper was driven aside, and the gate of the county government was slowly closing.

How is this like closing the door and beating the dog, Miao Meng suddenly had this thought in his heart, and hurriedly shook his head, dispelled this thought, and followed closely behind Huang Liang.

In the inner courtyard, a huge oil candle was lit, illuminating the entire inner courtyard as bright as day, the original servants in the entire inner courtyard had been driven outside by Yang Yong's personal soldiers, only Yu Wencheng remained in the courtyard, however, as soon as he saw the three people walking down in the carriage, Yu Wencheng was stunned, the male in the three was heroic, and the female land was extremely beautiful, of course this was not the reason why Yu Wencheng was shocked, his hand trembled and pointed to Yang Yong: "You are Li Gongzi?" ”

"Bold, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came out, and he didn't kneel yet." The guards on both sides shouted loudly.

Yu Wencheng's mind was blank, his legs were weak and he knelt down, his heart was terrified, and he read repeatedly: How can Li Gongzi be the prince, how can Li Gongzi be the prince?

"Yu Wencheng, you are so bold, you secretly conceal the country's taxes, support private soldiers, and connive at your son to commit murder and evil, you say, what crime should you be!"

was said so, Yu Wencheng

went out and stood up from the ground, although he couldn't help but tremble his legs, he said: "Since Your Highness knows it, you shouldn't throw yourself into the net, this county has sent people into the mountains to transfer troops, as long as the army arrives, with only a hundred people in His Highness, I'm afraid it won't be able to protect His Highness's safety." ”

Everyone looked at Yuwen Chengdu silently, and there was a clear meaning in their eyes to look at idiots, the army in the valley has been trapped, the other party can't shrink out, two hundred people are no different from three hundred people guarding, at the moment the prince only brings a hundred people over, and the remaining two hundred people can naturally defend the valley, Yuwencheng wants to rely on the army in the valley to save him, which is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Yu Wencheng saw everyone's reactions, and felt inappropriate in his heart, but he didn't know what was wrong, and was about to say it again, when Huang Liang and Miao Meng had arrived, his heart moved, and he shouted loudly: "Miao County Lieutenant, this person is pretending to be the prince, you hurry out of the mansion and summon the county government soldiers to take him down." ”

Miao Meng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Yang Yong suspiciously, but Huang Liang didn't think about it at all, and took the lead in kneeling down: "Weichen Wanrong County Cheng Huang Liang see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Miao Meng also reacted immediately, remembering the situation when the guards took over the mansion just now. Hurriedly knelt down and shouted loudly: "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince." "Regardless of whether the prince in front of him is true or not, now that the other party has controlled the whole mansion, if he resists, he will only have a dead end.

Looking at these two people, a hint of surprise flashed in Yang Yong's eyes, seeing that their reaction seemed to be that they were not in the same league as Yu Wencheng, although it was a little strange, it was a good thing for the current situation, although Yu Wencheng was arrested by force without much effort. However, if there is no one to help, in the event of a riot in the city, a hundred men will not be enough to deal with it, but with the help of the local officials, things will be much easier.

"This palace asks you, Yuwen Cheng is secretly accumulating private soldiers and deducting national taxes. Have you ever participated in instructing private soldiers to pretend to be bandits and kill innocents? Yang Yong said that he didn't feel his tone after speaking.

The two were taken aback: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the lowly rank and others really don't know, and I hope His Highness will take a closer look." ”

Liu Hu strode in from outside, carrying a man with a white silk tied to his body, and threw the person to the ground. The man groaned, and blood suddenly oozed from his body: "Your Highness, this fugitive is in the mansion." This time he finally didn't escape. ”

Yang Yong breathed a sigh of relief, if this person escaped, it would be a trouble after all. captured the best, and instructed Liu Hu: "Go." Take everyone in Yu Wencheng's family into custody. ”

"Yes."

Soon. Dozens of servants and women came out from the rear crying, and saw Yu Wencheng standing aside. A middle-aged woman who still had charm snatched it out: "Master, master, what crime have we committed, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to do this to us?" ”

Yu Wencheng's face trembled, and he shouted loudly: "The officials are not guilty, they are fake." ”

Cui Shi was stunned, there were still people who dared to pretend to be the prince, she suddenly raised her toes, pointed to the guards around her and shouted: "Who are you, you know the Boling Cui family, if you offend the Cui family, no matter where you run, it is useless." ”

Everyone had a smile on their faces, they didn't expect there to be such a stupid woman, Yang Yong waved his hand: "Escort them all." ”

Cui Shi still wanted to scold, the guards had stretched out the cold and shining weapons in front of her, Cui Shi finally knew the reason not to eat the loss in front of him, shut his mouth, Yu Wencheng did not resist, the guards locked Yu Wencheng and his wife and dozens of servants in several rooms side by side, and two teams took turns to be on duty outside.

Liu Hu looked at Huang Liang and Miao Meng, who were still kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Your Highness, how to deal with these two people?" ”

This series of changes made Huang Liang and Miao Meng both worried, and when they heard Liu Hu's words, the two hurriedly shouted injustice. Huang Liang leaned on the old and betrayed the old: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Weichen people are old and faint, and they have long been ignorant of their official affairs, Yuwencheng is rebellious, and the Weichen does not know, and there is a crime of negligence, I hope His Royal Highness will be aware of it." ”

"Yes, yes, Weichen is also guilty of negligence, I hope His Highness will be aware of it." Miao Meng also hurriedly joined on the side.

"The crime of losing the sacrifice, to put it lightly, the county zun privately raised 2,000 troops, intending to rebel, the two of you are officials second only to the county zun, if you don't know anything, who can pass over."

Both of them were surprised, although they knew some things about Yu Wencheng, but they really didn't know that Yu Wencheng actually privately raised 2,000 troops, not to mention a county, even a state can't afford to raise 2,000 troops, some big states have more than 10,000 troops, most of them are registered government soldiers, in addition to a small amount of money and food during training, the government does not need to pay at all, and even when fighting, government soldiers also need to bring their own horses and weapons.

And Yu Wencheng actually raised two thousand recruits, which requires a lot of financial and material support, Yu Wencheng flashed all kinds of unreasonable things one by one, but although they found that it was inappropriate, in order to protect themselves, they didn't dare to meddle in their own affairs, and now who can believe that they are innocent, the faces of the two of them are decadent, and they rise and fall: "Weichen is guilty, please punish His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Seeing that the two of them were almost kneading, Yang Yong looked at Lu Mulin, saw Lu Mulin nodding, knowing that Lu Mulin also agreed with his opinion, Yang Yong's voice turned gentle: "Being able to train 2,000 soldiers is definitely not something that Yu Wencheng can do alone, otherwise the source of troops alone is a problem, if you can assist the palace and capture the rest of the people behind the scenes, it can be regarded as a great achievement, and the palace can intercede with the emperor and forgive you for the crime of not seeking, how about it?" ”

Two people

At a glance, there was joy in their eyes, just now the two of them thought that they would definitely die, and they would definitely escape from death: "Thank you, Your Highness, Weichen is willing to make meritorious contributions." ”

"Very good, the first thing you have to do is to pass the news of the palace to Wanrong to Zhang Xu in the name of the county government, and the palace will send another order for Zhang Xu to come to Wanrong to visit, remember. It can only be said to the outside world that the county lord is busy receiving the palace, and he is flawless in the county affairs, and he is not allowed to leak a word about Yu Wencheng. ”

"Honorable Order!"

"Okay, you go down, Yu Wencheng was arrested, in order to prevent Yu Wencheng from slipping through the net, the two of you must not be without guards, this palace will send two guards to each of you, and. When you go back, you can bring your local family to the county government, so that it will be safer. ”

"Yes, thank you for your concern." The two knew that this was a disguised house arrest for their family, but they were not disgusted, this was a normal move, after all, it was impossible for them to immediately clear up their relationship with Yuwen Chengdi.

With Huang Liang and Miao Meng, two people came forward. The next day, Wanrong County did not find out that the original county had been detained, and the city was in order, but the big families in the city wanted to go to the county government to meet His Royal Highness the Prince, but they were rejected one by one, which made everyone regret.

Dozens of stagecoaches galloped out of the four gates. The entire Wanrong County Ground Station was suddenly empty, it was the prince's edict issued to the surrounding counties and state capitals, and the edict could be reached in one day. And to Hedong County, Shangdang County. The edicts of the three places in Puzhou were only three or five days old.

"What, the crown prince is in Vang Vieng?"

Zhang continued. Yuwen. When Liang Shiyan and the three of them received Yang Yong's edict, they all said the same thing. Zhang Xu laughed first: "Providence helps me to wait for success, this Taishou will rush to Wanrong immediately, as long as the prince is in his hands, and then assassinate Yang Jian, the Great Sui World will wait for us." ”

His staff frowned: "My lord, since the crown prince is already in Wanrong, Yu Wencheng can detain the prince immediately, why didn't he see Yu Wencheng's letter." ”

Zhang Xu hesitated: "Maybe there was a delay on the road." ”

Before Zhang Xu could finish speaking, a servant walked in: "Report, my lord, Wanrong has a letter." ”

"Quick, send the letter to this officer."

"Yes."

As soon as the servant sent the letter, Zhang Xu tore it impatiently, and after reading it at a glance, he immediately smiled: "The hundreds of guards brought by Prince Yuwen Chengdao are all elite, he is afraid that he will accidentally let the prince escape, so he does not dare to act rashly and let this official go over to preside over the overall situation." ”

The staff snorted lightly: "I'm afraid that Yu Wencheng is afraid of death, the prince is only three hundred guards out of Beijing, no matter how elite he is, how can he break out of the encirclement of two thousand troops." ”

Zhang Xu said disapprerovingly: "Whether he is afraid of death or really worried that the prince will escape, as long as the official arrives in Wanrong, everything can be over." ”

The staff thought about it and bowed to Zhang Xu: "In this way, congratulations to the lord first." ”

Zhang Xu laughed and shouted outside: "Come on, prepare the horse, the official will go to Vang Vieng immediately." ”

In less than half an hour, Zhang Xu handed over the affairs of Hedong County to his deputy, and immediately set off in the direction of Wanrong on a fast horse with the support of dozens of generals.

At the same time, Lu Mulin also took a letter in his hand and handed it to Yang Yong to read, and it was Liang Shiyan's nephew Pei Tong who presented the secret report: "Your Highness, Liang Shiyan is really involved." ”

Yang Yong hurriedly finished reading the secret report translated by Lu Mulin, immediately rolled the letter into a ball, and said fiercely: "Damn, Puzhou is so poor, Liang Shiyan can train a thousand cavalry in his hands, after returning to Chang'an, he must suggest to his father that the private soldiers of the generals in various places must be strictly investigated, otherwise there will be no peace in all parts of the Great Sui." ”

Lu Mulin said softly: "Your Highness, this matter must be cautious. ”

After the Jin Dynasty crossed to the south, in order to resist the rebellious army, the entrenchments around the country have formed villages to protect themselves, this is the origin of the private soldiers of the Gaomen lords in various places, although the Great Sui unified the north, almost all the Gaomen lords still have private soldiers, but it will not be like Liang Shiyan, Yuwencheng so much, after all, it takes money to raise soldiers, and the number of people is too easy to cause the suspicion of the Son of Heaven, but if the prince really plays to the emperor and asks the gate lords to disband the family private soldiers, I am afraid that the high-gate lords everywhere will be offended.

Yang Yong barely suppressed his anger: "Aiqing, don't worry, this palace will not take the liberty of proposing." ”

Lu Mulin was relieved, Liang Shiyan didn't know that his betrayal had been revealed, and after receiving Yang Yong's edict, he sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity, if Cangtou is not sent to Luoyang now, he will definitely be able to capture the prince." ”

Liang Wu was beside Liang Shiyan, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "Father, Wanrong belongs to Hedong County, Zhang Xu and we are allies, the crown prince falls into his hands, isn't it the same, why sigh." ”

Liang Shiyan glanced at his youngest son and shook his head: "Idiot, how could the prince fall into the hands of Zhang Xu be the same as falling into our hands." ”

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