Chapter 664: The Green Dragon Runs Away!
Seeing that the official was in such a hurry, Zhu Qing felt that something was wrong. It is said that most of the degraded criminals will be neglected, no matter how many high-ranking and powerful people he has before, how many great achievements, once he is demoted, he will fall into Pingyang, and then transfer to the hands of uninteresting magistrates, not to mention that he will kill the mighty stick first. However, this station was incomprehensible about Zhu Qing's arrival, not only did he settle down, but he also hurriedly sent someone to ask the chief envoy, which was by no means an ordinary procedure.
After thinking about it, Zhu Qing beckoned the two guards to come forward, and whispered a few words in their ears, and the two guards were surprised, "Huh? We're gone, what are you going to do? ”
Zhu Qing motioned for the two of them to be quiet, so as not to be heard by the officers and soldiers outside, and replied in a pressured voice, "I think something is wrong, Lao Tzu is going to flee this time, since the two brothers have completed their tasks, hand over the official letter to the guards, and leave the place of right and wrong quickly, lest I affect the two of them." ”
"Since you and I are already brothers, we need to explain it clearly to the envoy, so that they will not bully others in the future." The two guards were still puzzled.
Zhu Qing had no choice but to sigh, "Why are the two brothers so stubborn? If you two don't leave, how can I get out? In the end, isn't the envoy to blame you both? You leave quickly, not only to help me Zhu Qing, but also to help yourself. ”
When the two guards heard this, they had an epiphany, glanced at each other, nodded, and hugged their fists at Zhu Qing, "In this case, we will leave first, Brother Zhu, take care of yourself." ”
"Take care!"
The two guards said goodbye to Zhu Qing, walked out of the camp tent with the official letter, handed it to the guards, and pretended to shout, "People, we have brought it, this is an official letter from the imperial court, when the envoy comes, you hand it over to him, we will stay soon, we need to rush back as soon as possible to resume our lives." Leave! ”
The guard took the official letter, but he was a little nervous, and wanted to stop the two guards forward, "Hey, why don't you wait for the envoy to arrive, and you hand it over to him yourself?" ”
"Just a prisoner, you took the official letter and brought it with you to hand over the errand, what do you want us to wait for him? Shangguan still has important things to explain, how can we delay? Leave! The tone of the two guards was quite blunt, and they were escorts sent by the imperial court, and the local soldiers were not easy to stop, so they had to watch the two leave. Anyway, the prisoner is in the tent, and the official letter is in his hand.
The guard took the official letter, looked at the departing escort officer, and glanced back at the tent uneasily, and saw that Zhu Qing was still there, so he was also relieved, and even a little villainous, "Hmph!" What to drag? Hasn't it fallen into the hands of our grandfather? ”
After some anger, the guard shouted again, transferred several soldiers from the barracks next to him, and ordered, "This is an important prisoner of the chief envoy, you all keep an eye on me, don't have an accident!" ”
The camp side strengthened the strict defense, but the barracks side also hurried over.
Hearing that Zhu Qing had arrived, the chief envoy did not dare to slack off at all, and personally sent someone to chase after Governor Lu, who had just left. At this time, the chief envoy was rushing to the camp reporting point with Governor Lu and his entourage.
But they never expected that when they opened the door, it would be empty!
Governor Lu glared at the envoy angrily, the envoy's face changed greatly, and he turned around and asked the guard, "What the hell is going on?" What about people! ”
"This ...... It's still there! ......" The guard was already trembling and confused.
"Where is the escort? Ask him to ask. Governor Lu reminded.
"Why don't you go soon?" The chief envoy said anxiously.
But the guards didn't move, and shook their heads again and again with a bitter face, "Go back, the escort officer has gone back, this is the official letter they left, saying that they should go back quickly to restore their lives." ”
The chief envoy pulled over the official letter and opened it to see that it was true, but where did the prisoner go?!
"Hey, Rice Bucket! I can't even look at a prisoner! Why don't you hurry up and find it?! The chief envoy was annoyed and angry, and shouted.
The guards and the others had to nod their heads again and again, and were about to look for them, but they were stopped by Governor Lu, "Slow! ”
"My lord, this is ......," the envoy wondered.
"If Qinglong wants to run, you can't catch up, Fang Cairen is in the tent, they can't stand it, let alone go to find it now?" Governor Lu explained.
"That'...... How is it good? The envoy looked dazed.
Governor Lu paced a few steps in the tent, glanced at the master book beside him, the two made eye contact, and after a moment, the master book replied, "Why don't you post an arrest warrant and arrest the prisoners in the whole city?" ”
"This ...... Is this appropriate? The chief envoy hesitated, after all, Governor Lu had asked him to take special care of Qinglong before, and now that people had just arrived at their territory, it would be enough if they sent someone to arrest them secretly, but once the arrest warrant was issued, I am afraid that Zhu Qing would be guilty of adding to the crime, which is not like what Governor Lu wanted to protect Zhu Qing before.
"The prisoner ran away, Zhang Bang was arrested, it is justified, what's wrong?" Governor Lu saw that the chief envoy hesitated, so he reprimanded him.
The chief envoy nodded again and again, "The lower official is stupid, so the lower official will do it." The chief envoy flattered on the surface, but he was already unhappy in his heart, and he couldn't help but curse secretly: You are the one who takes care of people, and now it is you who want to arrest people with great fanfare, what ......
But scolding and scolding, this matter has to be followed, not to mention the order of the governor, even if something happens, it is not his turn to be a small envoy.
According to Governor Lu's intentions, the chief envoy immediately asked people to write an arrest warrant, and then sent someone to the door of the street corner of the whole city to post it, and the whole city arrested Zhu Qing.
Seeing this, Governor Lu glanced at the main bookkeeper, and then temporarily left the station and returned to the Lu Mansion.
"Is it true that except for the green dragon, no one can stop the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan?" On the way home, Governor Lu asked the master again, this was the third time he had asked this question.
When he returned to the mainland and learned that Zhang Qincha and the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan were old friends, he could beware of the revenge of the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan. Regardless of whether Zhang Qincha's death had anything to do with him, the key was that he was worried that he would not have time to explain, and his life had been taken away by the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan. For this reason, the master bookkeeper offered a plan to find Zhu Qing to help. This is also the reason why Governor Lu rushed to the conscription station as soon as he returned to the house, no one knows when the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan will arrive, when they will start, prepare early, and always be more steady.
"The adult has asked Zai three times, and the answer below remains the same. We asked the chief envoy to post the arrest warrant with great fanfare, just to lure Qinglong into the bait, he has a characteristic, solving troubles often starts from key points, and now in this territory, issuing or revoking the arrest warrant, it is up to you to have the final say, if the estimate is good, Qinglong should visit Lu Mansion tonight. "The master book is indeed a person who understands, and he is quite knowledgeable, there are not many people who can find out Zhu Qing's rules, and the master book can understand a thing or two, which should be summarized from the incident of Zhu Qing attacking Shengjing and saving Beijing.
Governor Lu nodded slightly after hearing this, but the sadness on his face still did not dissipate, "I hope so." He sighed lightly, suddenly glared at the master bookkeeper, and said cautiously, "I am not alone in this realm, don't forget that there is also Governor Wu, and I, the governor, may be set aside by others at any time......"
When the master heard this, he was speechless. Governor Wu and Governor Lu have always been at odds, and the two are fighting openly and secretly for the right to speak locally. There is also a key point, Governor Wu is a member of the Relatives Party, and Governor Lu is a member of Sheng Tianyue, as for Zhang Qincha, who had an accident, he is a member of the Qingliu Party.
When the people of the three factions get mixed together, it is inevitable that something will happen, but the reason why there is such a big trouble this time is obviously beyond the expectations of the Qingliu Party, and even now only Zhu Qing knows about Zhang Qincha's murder.
This looks like a local struggle, but in fact it is the epitome of the struggle between the ruling and opposition parties, after Zhu Qing was demoted, Zhang Qincha was plotted again, there was a turmoil within Jinyiwei, and the Qingliu Party faced another severe test.
"Let's go. Don't mention him, hurry back to the house and take precautions, whether Qinglong comes back or not, we can't be careless. I'm worried that I'm not having a good time during the Mid-Autumn Festival......" Governor Lu watched his men be silent for a while, then smiled bitterly and returned home.
As soon as the arrest warrant was posted, it caused an uproar in Guangxi, and in the evening, the news of Qinglong's escape spread far and wide, and as the crowd walked to various places, I believe that the capital and Kaifeng will soon know, and I don't know what will happen at that time.
At dusk, the market gradually quieted down, but because the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, people do not go to bed early, and gather together in groups in the courtyard on the street to enjoy the cool and chat.
However, the content of people's chats tonight is different from the past, most of them are talking about Zhu Qing, and the strange thing is that in the past, when the government posted arrest warrants, every family was quite cautious, and even closed their doors early, optimistic about their children...... Of course, I was afraid of being harmed by those prisoners who ran out. However, Zhu Qing did not cause panic among the people this time, but people talked about it with relish, and a question that most people couldn't understand was: How could a famous hero like Zhu Qing be dismissed and demoted? !
After all, the prestige of Qinglong has spread all over the north and south of the general, and the land reform has gradually penetrated into the lives of the people, which has become the people's recognition of Zhu Qing, they don't believe that such a person would betray the imperial court, because of pity, so they are fearless.
Even some children are upset for the Qinglong hero in their hearts. However, in this realm, it has not yet reached the point of casual talk, they were quickly stopped by the adults, the so-called disaster comes from the mouth, they even dare to deal with a general, let alone a child?
From people's discussions, it can be seen that Zhu Qing's mass base is still good, as for in the eyes of the local government, who is he? Zhu Qing decided to ask in person.
Zhu Qing pretended to dress up, took advantage of the night, walked the streets and alleys, and really blended into the Lu Mansion!