Chapter 42: Wrong

On the night of August twenty-nine in the twenty-seventh year of Jing'an, in Shengjing City, East Yulin Lane.

Here are the mansions of most of the powerful people in the capital, including the Taishi Mansion, the two huge stone lions crouching in front of the tall mansion of vermilion lacquered wood, as if they came to life in the hazy night, quietly waiting for their prey, and its hideous silhouette was faintly visible in the darkness.

When the curfew was already in place, the city was long gone, and it was extremely silent, except for the occasional sound of the street outside, and the barking of dogs in the distance, but soon the silence was broken by the chaotic and hurried footsteps and the clattering of iron armor, and the hazy night was illuminated as bright as day by the blazing torches.

A group of soldiers dressed in black cloaks appeared in front of the master's mansion with torches, all of them wearing heavy armor and hanging dragon swords from their waists, this is the forbidden army guarding the entire imperial city, all of them are elite people with a hundred, no matter what happens on weekdays, at most a team of dozens of people is dispatched, but tonight, it seems that nearly a thousand people have come.

The soldier with torches split the two sides, and there was a large avenue in the middle, and with the sound of heavy horses' hooves, a tall figure rode his horse from the dim darkness in the distance, and he walked to the gate of the Taishi's Mansion and stopped, raised one hand, and said in a deep voice:

"The A-shaped battalion will not move in place, the other battalions will scatter, surround the Taishi Mansion and give me a group, no one will be allowed to let go, if there is anyone who tries to escape, it will be killed!"

"Yes!" the uniform voice came from the mouths of the soldiers, and then the large battalions dispersed in an orderly manner, surrounding the Taishi Mansion.

At this time, the people in the house seemed to hear the noise outside, and opened the door slightly and poked their heads out to check it.

Soon, the lights in the house were lit up one by one, and the complaints of the people and the loud scolding of the master could be faintly heard, and the door of the house was creaked open, and a rich middle-aged man in a brown robe walked out with a group of house slaves, but when he saw the heavily armored forbidden army in front of the house gate and the commander of the forbidden army on horseback, the anger in his stomach disappeared instantly, leaving only a look of panic.

"Alas, isn't this the commander of Mengda, why did you come out on business so late? Could it be that there are some lawless people in the capital who have run nearby? "The big butler dragged his fat body to Meng Yi's horse, barely bowed and saluted, as the butler of the Taishi Mansion, he naturally has seen the world, the so-called Prime Minister's Concierge Seven Rank Officials, this Taishi Mansion comes and goes are some of the four grades or more, and the official positions of the ordinary six or seven grades are not in his eyes, but at this time he is facing the commander of the forbidden army, the official residence is the second grade, the most important thing is that this is the master who holds the military power, even his master is not willing to offend.

Meng Yi didn't bother to pay attention to such inflammatory subordinates, he waved his hand and said loudly:

"Take them all down for me, the others will go in with me, all the people in the house will be arrested, not a single one will be let go, and if there is any resistance, the law will be rectified on the spot!"

After speaking, he turned over and dismounted, took his Qinghong sword and walked directly towards the mansion, followed by the soldiers of the Jiazi battalion, a group of mermaids rushed in, and the chief butler and several servants were pressed to the ground, dazed and at a loss.

This night is destined to be not peaceful for the Taishi Mansion, and even for the entire East Yulin Lane is a sleepless night, the dignified prince and the prince, deeply trusted by the dead King Ning, and now he is a red man in front of the emperor, during this period of time, the officials of the DPRK and China squeezed their heads and wanted to visit in person, almost stepping on the threshold of the Taishi Mansion, but overnight, there was a big chaos, although no one knew what happened, but listening to its movements, I am afraid that it is not a trivial matter.

Early in the morning of the second day, someone saw that the gate of Taishi's Mansion was closed, and a seal had been pasted on it, and it could be vaguely seen from the crack in the door, and it was a mess inside, where was yesterday's magnificence.

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After Meng Yi arrested the people of the palace and the upper and lower levels of the house, the interrogation began overnight, and in the prison of the forbidden army yamen, he met with the Tai Zhongyuan alone for the first time, and it was also the first time to face this old man who defected from the south with a completely different attitude.

From beginning to end, Yutai Zhongyuan behaved very calmly, maybe he had already thought of such a day, he was a greedy person who was afraid of death, otherwise he would not have chosen to betray for the first time when he thought that the Southern Dynasty was about to collapse, in his life, it was naturally better to live than anything else, but at this moment, he was suddenly not afraid, but felt extremely relaxed, when he decided to defect from the south, the guilt in his heart made him unable to sleep all day, the old prince pulled him to drink and play chess, The image of holding his young son and laughing heartily lingered in his mind, and now, he could finally stop feeling guilty, because what he should have paid has been repaid, and what he should have done has been done.

After being silent for a long time, Tantai Zhongyuan said in a hoarse voice:

"Please bring a word to the little prince for me, just say, every time I go to Beijing to see him over the years, and hear him affectionately call me Shibo, I feel happy from the bottom of my heart, and I am even happier than my own son calling him father. ”

Meng Yi looked at the old man in front of him with some complexity, and he didn't feel good in his heart, after all, this person was the same master as him, but now he wanted to betray the other party with his own hands, which was even more uncomfortable than slashing him twice.

"Anything else?" Meng Yi asked with a secret sigh.

Tantai Zhongyuan shook his head slightly, leaned his back against the cold prison wall, closed his eyes and said:

"There is no need to say anything else, the prince naturally understands, maybe he had already thought of this scene at this time long before he asked me to enter Beijing, so it would be superfluous to say anything. ”

Meng Yi was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice:

"Do you think that today's arrest of you was arranged by the prince?"

Tantai Zhongyuan opened his eyes, his face puzzled, as if to say, isn't it?

"Maybe the prince once thought so, but he didn't give me such an order in the end, he is not as cold-blooded and ruthless as you think, and he also cares about the friendship between you in his heart. It's just that we, as courtiers, have to think about the master, and for the sake of the prince's hegemony, I can only make decisions on my own, so it's exactly my intention to arrest you, if you want to blame, just blame me. Meng Yi said in a flat voice, and after speaking, he turned around and left directly.

Alone in the prison, Yutai Zhongyuan stood for a long time, after all, he couldn't cry, he looked up to the sky and sighed:

"Lord Wang! The old minister is guilty! The old minister is wrong!