Chapter 20: The Early Imperial Court

"Bang-" Liu Hong angrily smashed everything that could be smashed in front of him: "A group of wine bags and rice bags, call the general for me!" It's been three days and no one has been found, what are the soldiers and horses of the Han doing to eat? ”

The little yellow door quietly retreated, and told the others to go everywhere to report the news.

In fact, the streets and alleys of Luoyang City were plastered with such notices overnight, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was captured as a hostage and held hostage by a group of old demons from Montenegro.

"General, look at this notice!" The housekeeper He Ren was standing in front of He Jin.

"Have you heard of this group of mountain bandits near Luoyang? Send more soldiers and horses to investigate, dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, I think they are impatient. Did the two gangs of assassins have a result? Who have you been in contact with? He Jin said murderously, the crown prince Liu Xie is his nephew, and his sister has been crying and crying to ask for someone for him these days, and he is almost upset.

"General, according to the news from the palace, the Ten Standing Servants Zhang Rang and his gang had a meeting the night before the prince went out of the city to hunt, and someone once went out of the palace once; There is also the fact that Wang Guifei has recently met unknown characters in the palace. Our people in Luoyang City have already locked two footholds, and they did not move before receiving the news from the prince, but only carried out surveillance. However, just now I have asked people to ask if these two groups had a movement last night, and it will pay off in a moment! ”

He Ren told He Jin everything he had inquired about in the past few days.

"Smack-if it's really inseparable from these geldings, and that king slut, if my nephew has three long and two short, I will definitely wave my army into the palace and break them into pieces! And don't touch these two groups for the time being, I can't let go of a fly even if I keep an eye on it! No, I need to go into the palace and see my sister! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, running into a small yellow door.

"Participate in the general, Your Majesty urgently recruits the general into the palace to discuss major matters." The little yellow door bowed down in front of He Jin.

"Father-in-law, please get up! He Ren looked at the seat-" He Jin hurriedly got up and helped up the little yellow door.

"General, it doesn't have to be like this!" Xiao Huangmen was flattered and said.

"Father-in-law, what is Your Majesty looking for me?" The general said with a smile.

"General, it's His Royal Highness the Prince's business, and please enter the palace quickly! I'll go back first, and don't delay! Xiao Huangmen got up and was about to leave.

"Father-in-law, wait a minute, He Ren will go to the account room and get ten gold for this father-in-law, help me send my father-in-law out of the house, I will clean up a little and enter the palace immediately!"

"Father-in-law, please—" He Ren walked out with the little yellow door.

"Come out! - After listening to it for so long, what do you think? He Jin suddenly muttered to himself.

"General, in my opinion, the assassination of the crown prince must be related to the ten permanent servants and the princess; No matter from any point of view, if the crown prince is unfortunately assassinated, the most likely to become the prince must be the second prince Liu Bian, Wang Guifei has always confused His Majesty is this wishful thinking, fortunately, His Majesty does not have the mind to abolish the long and young; In the court, you and the ten permanent servants and other people are in the same situation, and the other civil and military ministers are all waiting and seeing, and the crown prince will succeed to the throne smoothly, and your power will be further enhanced, on the contrary, the power of the eunuchs will be hit or compressed, and you are not happy in your heart, you can convene a soldier and horse to destroy them, and it is easy to destroy them. Combined with the above reasons, it must be Wang Guifei and the ten permanent servants who want the prince's life. As for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince being held hostage, it means that the killers they sent have failed, the Prince and Zhou Yu just happened to fall into the hands of a group of mountain bandits, and the mountain bandits only need money and food, and the general only needs to agree to their request to rescue His Royal Highness the Prince! We will win this game, and then we will start to liquidate the killers and bandits. The money and grain finally spared a circle and returned to the general! There will definitely be people who use the dignity of the royal family to obstruct the general from saving the prince and forcing the general to send troops! Can the general think about how to deal with it? Behind He Jin, a young literati slowly explained the ins and outs of this matter.

"Well-you analyzed it well, sure enough, it's the ghost of the gelding dog and the king slut, and I'll clean them up when I find the prince back! Whoever dares to stop me in the court, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, will ask the sword in his hand! His grandmother, it's the other way around! He Jin pondered for a while, and suddenly scolded loudly.

"General, don't be impatient! You are now not only a general, but also the uncle of His Royal Highness the Prince, and if others don't take the prince seriously, you can't! First of all, you must protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as an uncle, and persuade His Majesty to redeem the Prince, just say that you would rather give all the money and food. Only in this way will all people be convinced, and His Majesty will be pleased! The young scribe continued.

"Okay—that's it!" He Jin weighed the pros and cons, decided to follow the advice of the scribe, and hurriedly got up and rushed to the palace!

The ten permanent servants in the palace, Yuan Kui, Yuan Feng, Wang Yun, Cai Yi and other civil and military ministers all stayed in Liu Hong's imperial study.

Now there are two points of view, one is that the Han Dynasty is rich in millions of soldiers from all over the world, and it is not a problem to sweep away the old demon of Montenegro, only if he is scared can he obediently send the prince back, and kill a hundred so that these bandits will not dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head in the future; On the other hand, for the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he first gave some money and food to redeem it, and then went to clean up the bandits.

Then one side retorted that it was to send soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the old demon of Montenegro, so that the other party would give in and send out the prince, if the other party came to the net and broke the jade and burned, the life of His Royal Highness the prince would be difficult to protect. The other side also has a reason to refute that it is already a joke that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the dignified Han Dynasty was held hostage by a bandit and a rogue, and then sent money and food to the bandits, which does not mean that our court is afraid of their bandits, what is the prestige of the Han Dynasty? Where's the face?

The quarrel between the two sides became more and more intense, and Liu Hong's face became worse and worse, and he had reached the zero point where he was about to break out.

"Your Majesty, the general asks to see you!" Xiao Huangmen ran in to see the imperial study like a vegetable market, and said in a paused voice.

"Announce him in!" Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief and said steadily.

"Weichen He Jin See Your Majesty, long live long live long live!" He Jin came in and knelt down to pay homage to Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven.

"General, why are you so late?" Liu Hong asked with an unkind face, his son was kicked around as a sacrifice, and He Jin, as his own uncle, was actually the last to come, it seems that he has to come today to make an example of chickens and monkeys!

"Back to Your Majesty! Weichen is preparing money and food. He Jin saw that Liu Hong's tone was a little wrong, and hurriedly said.

"How do you think the prince's matter should be resolved?" Hearing that He Jin had prepared money and food, Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, at least he didn't want his son to be torn up by bandits. Even though he is the ninety-five supreme of the Han Dynasty, he is also the father of a child.

"Your Majesty, whoever says anything today? The ministers have to save the prince first, he is not only the prince of the Han Dynasty, but also my nephew, but also a child! He Jin said as he spoke, and suddenly burst into tears, wiping his tears and continuing: "Your Majesty, all the money and grain ministers are out, as long as Your Majesty nods, I think that one dares to disagree!" ”

"Well—a good uncle! I'm right! The money and food are taken from the treasury, but I want to see the full prince and a happy ending for me! ”