Chapter 77: The City God Temple Incident
"What's wrong?" Situ's red eyes flashed.
"There are a few guards outside, not from the people brought by His Highness! It seems that there are others in this temple!"
Jiang Hong thought for a moment and said categorically.
"Deputy Commander Jiang, are you thinking too much? This temple is so big, where are there others?"
Situ Chi deliberately looked around and said puzzledly.
"Haven't Your Highness seen anyone else?" Jiang Hong still felt that something was wrong.
"No, except for this king and the people brought by this king, there is no one else!"
Situ Chi continued to pretend to be confused.
Jiang Hong pondered for a while, and arched his hand: "Your Highness, for the sake of your safety, your subordinates think it is better to search this City God Temple!
Situ Chi frowned slightly, but still nodded and said, "What you said is right, then you can search it!"
Seeing Situ Chi's answer, Jiang Hong immediately waved his hand, and the Imperial Forest Army scattered in all directions, and began to search inside and out.
Moments later, the Guards reported back that no suspicious person had been found.
Jiang Hong was confused for a while, could it be that he was thinking too much?
Just as he was about to turn around and retreat, he suddenly saw the cloth curtain shaking slightly under the offering table behind Situ Chi, he immediately pulled out his sword, rushed forward with an arrow step, ripped Situ Chi away, raised his right hand, and cut the curtain in two with a brush!
After the curtain fell, Wu Yong, the head of the household who was hiding with his hands and head under the table, was revealed!
"Bold! Who are you? How dare you hide under the offering table while His Royal Highness Cheng is here!
Jiang Hong's long sword shook, and he was about to stab Wu Yong!
Seeing this scene, Situ Chi hurriedly shouted, "Where is the villain, don't come out soon!"
Wu Yong rolled out with a roll, and said in a loud voice: "Deputy Commander Jiang, don't do it, don't do it!
Wu Yong lowered his hands and revealed his face. Jiang Hong was taken aback when he saw it!
"Lord Wu, why are you?"
"Uh, hehe! Yes, it's the official!" Wu Yong showed an ugly smile.
Jiang Hong put away the sword and said with a strange expression: "I said Lord Wu, you don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing?
"Uh, this, this, this official is just idle and has nothing to do, come to the City God Temple to worship!"
Wu Yong's reason is really far-fetched and makes people laugh. Jiang Hong has experienced such people and things, so naturally he will not believe his words. So he looked him up and down a few times and said, "Lord Wu, I advise you to tell the truth! Otherwise, I will report this matter to the emperor!"
A second-class official went to the dilapidated City God Temple in the middle of the night to worship, saying that there was no other purpose, who would believe it?
"Don't, don't!" Wu Yong hurriedly stepped forward and said hurriedly: "This official is indeed not lying, Deputy Commander Jiang, this is a trivial matter, why should you alarm the emperor!"
Originally, Wu Yongguan was much older than Jiang Hong, but now that he was holding the pigtails, he couldn't be arrogant no matter how big he was. At this moment, I don't know how to justify!
"Little things?" Jiang Hong sneered. "Is the safety of His Royal Highness King Cheng also a trivial matter? Lord Wu, you still tell the truth! Otherwise, don't blame Jiang Hong for not being merciful and escorting you to the main hall to ask the emperor to decide!"
"His Royal Highness King Cheng! Ask His Highness to be gracious! Save His Majesty's life! His Majesty just wants to do something for His Highness, please save His Majesty for the sake of His Majesty's sincerity!"
Wu Yong couldn't argue, but he suddenly knelt down in front of King Cheng Situ and begged!
Situ Chi frowned and took a step back.
Seeing this, Jiang Hong immediately turned to Situ Chi suspiciously, and arched his hand: "Your Highness, looking at the situation, do you know the purpose of Lord Wu coming here?"
Situ Chi looked at Wu Yong, sighed slightly, and said to Jiang Hong: "I have heard that Deputy Commander Jiang is upright, so this king will not hide this matter from you! In fact, Lord Wu Yong has shown goodwill to this king before, and has also sent people to give gifts several times, but this king knows that his father and the emperor taboo courtiers and princes to form a party for personal gain, so he never pretends to the people who come to the door! Who knows that Lord Wu is so attentive, he must have found out that this king came to the City God Temple, so he hid it and asked for a look!"
"I see!"
Jiang Hong suddenly realized, glanced at Wu Yong's face that hung down in shame, and suddenly a trace of disdain rose.
Another faint official who tries to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix!
After believing Jiang Hong's words, Situ Chi suddenly bowed his hand to Jiang Hong and said: "Deputy Commander Jiang, this king has a reluctant request, I hope Deputy Commander Jiang can agree!"
Seeing that Situ Chi was so humble, Jiang Hong hurriedly bowed and returned the salute.
"His Royal Highness King Cheng, just say anything about it!
"Although Lord Wu has the intention to cling to it, this king has no intention of containing it, and this king thinks that after this incident, Lord Wu will be able to sincerely reflect on it! Therefore, this king wants to ask Deputy Commander Jiang to give this king a face, and spare Lord Wu this time! The princess often told this king before her death that she should have a benevolent heart and be forgiving and forgiving. coincides with the princess one hundred and seventh, even if this king asks Deputy Commander Jiang for personal favors on behalf of the princess!"
Situ Chi's words were extremely sincere, mixed with a little respect for Princess Cheng Dugu Tianyue, which made Jiang Hong also shaken.
He pondered for a while, and then nodded: "Okay! For the sake of His Royal Highness King Cheng and the late princess, I won't report it at this time! But after Lord Wu goes back, you have to do it yourself, don't concentrate on the camp again, and finally end up being scolded by future generations!"
Jiang Hong spoke without being polite at all, but he also had this qualification. Although his official rank is not high, he is a pivotal figure in the imperial city.
In addition to the forbidden army commanding Baili City, only he and another deputy commander, Luo Chong, have the highest positions, and they can mobilize 30,000 forbidden troops with a wave of their hands. Such a right, not to mention Wu Yong, even King Situ Chi has to be afraid of three points!
"Yes, yes! Deputy Commander Jiang said yes! This official must reflect on it, thank you Deputy Commander Jiang for raising your noble hand!"
Wu Yong is also a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and he doesn't care that Jiang Hong's rank is lower than him, so he hurriedly thanked him.
"Since it's okay here, then the subordinates will retire first! His Royal Highness Chengwang, there are many fish and dragons outside, it's better to go back to the house early!"
Jiang Hong arched his hand to Situ Chi and sincerely persuaded him.
"There is a reminder from Deputy Commander Lao Jiang!" Situ Chi pretended to be grateful and returned the salute.
"Resignation!"
Jiang Hong waved his hand and left the City God Temple with the hundred forbidden soldiers.
After Jiang Hong left, Situ Chi's original kind face immediately turned into gloomy anger.
"If it weren't for the wit of this king, I would have been ruined by you today!"
Seeing that Situ Chi's face immediately changed, Wu Yong hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied with a look of injustice: "Your Majesty is really wronged! Your Majesty doesn't know that someone will pretend to be His Highness to deliver a letter! And there is no flaw in imitation! Your Highness, there must be someone behind this who is deliberately framed, please become His Royal Highness Mingjian!"
"Deliberately framed? Hmph, you caused trouble yourself, and you still want to push it on to others? Wu Yong, you idiot!"
Situ's red eyes were cold, and he scolded angrily.
"What does Your Highness mean by this?" Wu Yong looked dazed.
"You are holding on to Min Hao, the prefect of Xuanfu, above the court, and even your father and emperor are impatient, you still don't know how to accept it when you see it! It's okay now, right? You've been targeted! If this matter gets out, don't talk about you, even this king will be implicated! This time it's really capsized in the gutter!"
The more Situ Chi spoke, the more angry he became, and he couldn't wait to kick this Wu Yong a few more times. When I went out this time, I originally wanted to see who was making trouble behind my back, but I didn't expect it to be this result!
When he finds out who is behind all this, he must dismantle him!
"It's time for Your Highness to go home!"
Just as he was about to ask something more, Wei Siming, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
Situ Chi's heart sank slightly, he knew that Wei Siming must have noticed something abnormal, so he immediately said to Wu Yong: "Okay! This place is not suitable for a long time, let's leave first!"
"Yes!" Wu Yong nodded hurriedly, arched his hand to Situ Chi, and hurried out of the temple gate.
Situ Chi also took Wei Siming and the others to leave the City God Temple in a hurry.
Soon after they left, a group of people from the city who had heard the news arrived here.
"This old city god temple has been abandoned for a long time, why is it suddenly brightly lit today?"
"Isn't it the manifestation of Lord Chenghuang?"
"Really, I saw it just now, it seems to be a spark, has anyone been here?"
"How is it possible? In the middle of the night, how can anyone come to worship the Buddha at this time?"
"yes, it's impossible!!"
"I think it's the manifestation of the City God!"
"Yes, yes, let's clean up tomorrow!"
There are many opinions, and people are deeply puzzled by this strange situation.
And just as people were talking, several figures in the crowd quietly turned away.
Early the next morning, Dugu Tiannan, who was in Dugu Mansion, received a letter from Min Qingrou again, and there were only four words on the letter: Everything is ready.
Dugu Qiannan's heart sank, he couldn't imagine that Min Qingrou would get things done so quickly. You must know that this King Situ Chi is not a simple commodity, and it is really not easy to let him fall into a trap.
and the cunning Wu Yong, I don't know how he fell for Min Qingrou?
I was still suspicious in my heart, but on the way to the court, I had already heard the courtiers talking about it.
It is said that the old city god temple suddenly happened last night, and the lights were bright in the middle of the night, and it also caused many people to watch. Some say that the city god has appeared, some say that someone is playing tricks behind his back, and some say that they saw the officials of the DPRK and China go to the city god temple, in short, it was a lot of uproar.
Dugu Qiannan couldn't help but admire this Rou Concubine Niangniang, who was strategizing, and she was not bad at all.
Although she is in the palace of the King of Qi, everything that can be calculated seems to be seen with her own eyes, this Roufei Niangniang is really an extraordinary person.
With the heated discussions of the courtiers, Dugu is even more inclined to the south
It's good to deal with.
During the court meeting, someone really brought up the matter, and it was none other than Fang Zheng, the imperial historian of the capital.
"Qi Sheng, the minister thinks that the matter of the City God Temple is a trick on someone, and I implore the Holy Lord to investigate it thoroughly!"
"Fang Zheng, how do you know that someone is playing tricks? Hmph, according to me, it's you who are tricking the mysteries, right?"
Situ Sheng sat on the main hall, glanced at Fang Zheng obliquely, and snorted lightly.
"The minister is wronged! It is not that the minister is playing tricks, but the minister watched the stars last night, and saw that the purple stars were dim, but the Taijie stars were faintly tilted, and the minister concluded that someone must be secretly playing tricks in the court, trying to stir up the uneasiness of the court!"
Fang Zheng is neither humble nor arrogant, and states it word by word.
"Then do you mean that there are people in the DPRK and China who are stirring up the situation? Do you want to bring up the old matter again and say that there are people in the DPRK and China who have formed a party for personal gain?"
Situ Sheng disagreed with Fang Zheng's rhetoric.
This guy, he is not Qin Tianjian, he actually talked to him about the stars!
"Back to the emperor, the minister didn't mean that! The minister just felt that the incident in the City God Temple happened so strangely, and he caught up with the Tai Rank Star Slope, if this has nothing to do with it, if it has a relationship, it is a big deal!"
"Don't you be here to alarm me!"
Situ Sheng glared at Fang Zheng, and the more he talked, the more it looked like something was going on! Could it be that he thought he would really believe his nonsense? This Fang Zheng didn't have a few words of truth in his mouth at all!
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Fang said is extremely true, and the emperor should thoroughly investigate this matter, so as not to let someone with a heart take advantage of the loophole, make the dynasty corrupt, and the court uneasy!"
As soon as Situ Sheng's voice fell, under the main hall, a clear male voice sounded, and everyone followed the prestige, this person was actually the left deputy envoy Dugu Qiannan, who had just taken office!