Chapter 42 The Prime Minister's Mansion 1
"Bold, you dare to fight the idea of this princess! You're sinning! Before Ruoli could speak, Quiet shouted. I! Wuji made a big red face and was speechless for a while. Ruoli hurriedly played a round: "Jing'er must not be unreasonable, Wuji is my friend, and he is also good for you!" Accompany the courtesy, don't play tricks! ”
Quietly blinked and said with a smile: "Brother Wuji, I was joking with you just now, don't take it to heart!" I'm sorry, Jing'er gave her brother a sinner! ”
"The little princess doesn't want to be like this, the little people are afraid!" Mowgli hurriedly returned the salute.
At the gate of the palace, the torches shone like day.
A young man in a blue official robe and a black veil rode on a horse. Look at the people who come by. "Ruiwang Chitose, the lower officials have been waiting here for a long time!" said the youth officer.
Mowgli made a business and left with the catchers.
Ruoli put down the silence. Bow your hand: "How do you call Brother Ren?" "Don't dare, under the surname Zhang, the word Kang!" The commander of the Sanpin Imperial Guard, and the commander of the Internal Guard Mansion. ”
"Could it be that he is the son of the famous prime minister, the little Meng of the capital tastes Zhang Kang?" Ruoli said. "Lord Wang, Miao praised! I'm really ashamed that my little name can still be mentioned by the dignified King Rui! After Zhang Kang finished speaking, he turned over and dismounted.
"This time, I got a secret report that the prince was building Blackwater City and had a rebellious move. My father-in-law asks for the withdrawal of the investigation! And asked the prince to go back to Beijing to face the saint to explain the situation. Zhang Kang said.
"Since someone is the first to make a statement, please bring witnesses to Beijing to testify!" Ruoli said.
"Huh! Then you don't have to. If there must be a witness, I will not let him remain in the world! Zhang Kang sneered. Then he waved his hand, "Seal the door!" Put rockets! "The door is blocked.
Countless feathered arrows with flames flew to the house, in the courtyard, in the woods, and on the haystack. When it was a flamboyance, the fire was blazing. Smoke billowed from the air.
"Listen, brothers, when we came, the Rui King's Mansion had already been burned down in the fire. There is no trace of Rui Wangye. The person who sent it had also set fire to it and fled. The facts are falsely accused! Brothers, you may be willing to testify! Zhang Kang said loudly.
A group of internal guards replied in unison: "I am willing to listen to the general's orders!" The prince is innocent! ”
Ruoli was moved to bow deeply to everyone, "The great kindness of all brothers, if there is no return." When things subsided, Xiao Wang set up a big feast and invited the brothers to eat for three days and three nights! ”
Everyone laughed. Zhang Kang also smiled and said: "On behalf of my brothers, I received the love of the prince!" After speaking, Zhang Kang called a carriage. Please get in the car with the little princess, and we will go back to Beijing to face the saint together! ”
Before getting into the car, he quietly knelt on his knees and kowtowed to everyone. Zhang Kang hurriedly helped her up and returned the salute.
Quietly: "On behalf of the prince and father, mother, General Xie Gaoyi, thank you uncles for your success!" Everyone sighed. Zhang Kang hurriedly helped the two to get into the car.
Along the way, Zhang Kang and Ruoli sat on the front of the car, chatting happily and not feeling bored.
"Brother Kang, how did you do the internal guard?" Ruoli asked him. "I first served in your grandfather's army, and later was promoted to adjutant general because of my military merits. My father was transferred to the capital as the prime minister, and became the governor of the five armies, and later changed to the commander of the internal guard government. Zhang Kang said.
"I see, but if you help me, you are against your father. Why is that? ”
"My father is the prime minister, but what he does is not what an important minister of the court should do!" Zhang Kang said sadly. "I persuaded him many times. Estimate"
Silence is a pistachio that amuses the guards.
"This uncle, what does the internal guard do?" Quiet poked her head out of the car and asked Zhang Kang.
"Back to the princess, the internal guard is an army under the direct command of the emperor!" Zhang Kang said.
"That's amazing! Did the inner guard go to war? Quietly asked.
"Internal guards generally don't fight!" Zhang Kang said.
"Then you don't have to fight, do you have to study and take exams?" She asked again.
"No reading and no exams!" Zhang Kang said.
"That's good, there's a lot of playtime every day." She thinks it's a pretty good career.
The guards are happy and silly.
She suddenly remembered something, turned her head sideways and said to Ruoli: "Ruoli, when the time comes, let my young master also be an internal guard." It's good to be an official without taking exams! ”
Outside the car, there was a burst of laughter. Everyone has been completely upset by her.
Bianzhou City, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the root of the imperial city. The walls are tall and majestic. The moat goes around the city. Suspension bridges span and connect traffic inside and outside the city.
The carriage drove across the suspension bridge. The guards at the city gate came to investigate: "Where did this lord come from?" Zhang Kang took out the gold medal and shook it.
When the guards saw it, they flashed aside in fright and hurriedly let them go.
Entering the city gate, it is like entering a world of drunkenness and materialism. The streets are wide and lined with shops of all kinds.
In the market, there is a lot of people. Laughter, shouting, scolding, chaos. Quietly lying in the window of the carriage, watching, his eyes were glazed.
The guards raised their whips to disperse the crowd on the road. The carriage moved slowly. At this time, the Prime Minister's family came to Zhang Kang's side and said: "The Prime Minister has summoned his life, please ask the prince to escort the prisoner to the Prime Minister's Mansion to take care of him, and the Prime Minister will interrogate him personally!" ”
"That's not going to work! I'm going to take the prince to face the saint! Please Your Majesty the Emperor! Zhang Kang firmly disagreed.
The home will take two steps back. With a wave of his hand, he shouted: "Take it for me!" "There are more than 100 soldiers in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and more than 20 internal guards are surrounded. Both sides pull their swords and prepare for a life-and-death match! Pedestrians fled and shops closed. The market fell silent!
Ruoli jumped down from the carriage and stopped the horse team of the inner guards.
"The affection of the brothers, Zhao Ruo received it. This life may not be able to repay, if there is an afterlife, it should be a grass ring! After Ruoli finished speaking, he calmly walked towards the Xiangfu soldiers. Quiet also jumped out of the carriage and ran over.
The two teams were silently deadlocked. Ruoli arched his hand to the soldiers, "You don't have to fight for my life, let the brothers fight for life and death!" Lead the way ahead, and I'll go to visit the prime minister! ”
And they put their swords into their sheaths. Follow Ruoli and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion. "Didn't you say that the internal guards don't fight? This is not almost a fight! Quietly took Ruoli's hand and muttered.
She looked back at the Prime Minister's family and said, "This uncle with an iron hat, why are you fighting with Uncle Zhang Kang?" ”
The family will be amused by her: "If he doesn't listen to his father, I'm going to beat him!" Quietly said: "This is a bad statement, the so-called, as a minister, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both!" Uncle Zhang Kang is the emperor's general, and he has to listen to the emperor. How could it be wrong? "Home will be speechless.
"It makes sense, what the little princess said makes sense!" One of the soldiers couldn't help but speak. Everyone agreed. The general was anxious: "Who are you guys!" ”
Arrived at the Prime Minister's House. The guards took their leave and left. If he left and quiet, he was imprisoned in the private prison of the Prime Minister's Mansion. A private cell is an empty room. A straw mat was thrown on the ground.
Ruoli sat on the mat and lay quietly in his arms. "Why didn't they let us see the Emperor?" Quiet asked. "Because they're afraid I'll tell the truth." Ruoli said.
"That prime minister is a villain, isn't he?" Quiet asked. Ruoli said: "He used to be a general and could fight habitually, so he was a good person at that time!" But with more and more power. Especially after becoming a prime minister, it's like a different person. Bullying the weak, fighting for power and profit! ”
While the two were talking, a few people moved a chair in. A burly middle-aged man walked in and sat on a chair. He wore a red court robe. He wears a gold crown on his head, a jade belt around his waist, and a pair of thick-soled combat boots. A big black face, a pair of very divine single phoenix eyes, a big nose and a wide mouth, and a long beard fluttering on the chest.
He smiled. "Young Lord, has you always been good?" He said coldly. "Thanks to the great prime minister, it's okay!"
"After your grandfather died, your father, the king, asked for his own title and left the title and title to you. As usual, observe the feast of your courtiers. But you've done something rebellious! Woe to you and your parents and brothers! Zhang Yulong said.
Ruoli smiled, "The prime minister's words are wrong!" I am a little king in a corner of peace, with no power, no soldiers, and I am not even a rich man. The manor was set on fire, the servants fled, and there was not even a person to put out the fire! Is this what adults say about the great rebellion? ”
Zhang Yulong was speechless for a while. After being silent for a while, he said: "Although I have no evidence, if someone raises it, it will not be for no reason!" Did you do anything in Blackwater? Honestly, don't play tricks on me! ”
"Xiangye, I'll answer you in two words: no!" Ruoli said. "You're amazing, you're hard-mouthed, aren't you? Come on, go to the punishment! Zhang Yulong shouted. Several big men broke in with a bunch of torture instruments. There are boards, sticks, tiger chairs, everything is available.
"Stop!" A coquettish shout suppressed the fierce gods and evil spirits in the room. Zhang Yulong saw a little girl in a brocade robe, standing in front of him with horizontal eyebrows! "Prime Minister, you lynched and tortured the Lord of the State, do you know what kind of crime this is?" Silence shouted. "What crime?" He asked.
"As the prime minister of a country, if you don't know the laws of your country, won't you be ridiculed by the world!" Quiet pointed to his nose and said. Ruoli cold sweat is down. "Jing'er, don't say it again!" He wanted to stop. "Let her speak, I'll listen!" Zhang Yulong looked at the little girl in front of him and said with a smile.
"The laws of the Great Wei clearly stipulate that those who lynch and kill the royal family are regarded as complicity in rebellion! Zhu Jiu Clan! The first evil is late! The prime minister wouldn't think about it, and he would beat my husband even if he didn't care about it, right? Quiet said.
"Hahaha! In this Great Wei Dynasty, where is the knife to kill me? Zhang Yulong said with a laugh.
Quietly said: "Heaven is clear! You are in power, and no one seems to be able to hurt you. But the old things of the previous dynasty, the prime minister won't be ignorant, right? The ministers of the past dynasties, which one is not calling for wind and rain, and the power is overwhelming the world? But in the end, not all of them abandoned their corpses in the wild, and they were scolded by the world! ”
Zhang Yulong looked at her and froze. A few evil slaves next to her rushed up to arrest her. Ruoli held Tranquility in his arms, ready to fight to the death. Zhang Yulong shouted: "Dog minions, get out of here!" Who made you offend the princess! Get lost! ”
The slaves were frightened and withdrew.