Chapter 25: Troops Crush the East Plains
The crown prince personally commanded, how dare Qin Wei slack off.
Therefore, Qin Wei and his subordinates also cheered up and paid close attention to Zhang Fu's every move.
Not to mention a pigeon with such an obvious goal.
The people in charge of investigating Zhang's Mansion are all forbidden soldiers who are one in a hundred, and it is not a problem to shoot a pigeon.
Qin Wei removed the letter written by Master Zhang to his colleagues in Dongyuan from the pigeon's leg.
"Collect this letter and the silver as physical evidence, and report it to the emperor truthfully!"
At present, Qin Wei is in charge of monitoring Lord Zhang in Beijing, and Prime Minister Liu Cheng is in charge of thoroughly investigating the accounts of the state treasury.
The most important thing is only Chen Mu.
"It's hard for my son to go to Dongyuan again."
Chen Xingtian personally handed Shang Fang's sword into Chen Mu's hand and patted him on the shoulder very solemnly.
And Li Biao followed Chen Mu as usual.
This time I went to Dongyuan again, and the situation was different.
The last time Chen Mu and Li Biao came to Dongyuan, they were on a private visit to Weifu, avoiding people's eyes and ears everywhere.
In order to avoid attracting attention, the two did not even dare to wear too good clothes, and the horses they rode were not as good as the mounts of ordinary soldiers.
Not to mention that they were chased and killed when they left Dongyuan, and the two of them tried their best to escape from Dongyuan, so they were not embarrassed.
But this time, Chen Mu had an army of 1,000 people behind him, all of them were well-armed troops.
And he himself also carried the sword of Shang Fang, which symbolized the supreme imperial power, on his back, and he appeared as the crown prince of the dynasty.
All right! I think who else dares to despise me Chen Mu this time!
As early as a few days before Chen Mu's army arrived, a holy decree from Chen Xingtian had already reached Dongyuan first.
"All officials are not allowed to leave the boundaries of the Eastern Plains, including the Qincha."
The officials of Dongyuan were puzzled by this decree.
But they weren't too worried.
After all, they had agreed with Lord Zhang in the capital early in the morning that if there was any movement in the emperor and the court, they would be notified at any time.
However, I have not received any news from Mr. Zhang recently, so several officials did not take this matter to heart.
They just stayed in their own places as they were ordered, and continued to pay the victims as much food as they wanted.
By the time the officials realized something was wrong, it was too late.
At that time, Chen Mu had already led the army to the boundary of the Eastern Plains.
The first county after entering Dongyuan was Yuping County, where Chen Mu had been to last time.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has personally brought Shang Fang's sword here, and he still won't let your county commander come out to greet him quickly?"
Li Biao stood at the door of the official mansion and shouted.
In fact, there was no need for Li Biao to scare them again, these officials at the door who had never seen anything of the world had already been stupid by the army behind Chen Mu.
Hearing Li Biao's roar, several people rushed into the county office with a crawl.
"Lord Qiyu! Yes...... Someone's coming! ”
The fat-brained county magistrate was resting on his chair when he was woken up by these officials and was very dissatisfied.
"What's the matter? Panicked, what a system! ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down! I also asked you to hurry out to meet you. ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
The officer jerked up from his chair.
"Say it again, who's coming?"
"His Royal Highness the Prince, I'm here with Shang Fang's sword, so you can hurry up and go out to greet you!"
At this time, the county order was completely panicked.
He hurriedly ran back to his room, put on his official uniform as fast as he could in his life, and then hurried to the door.
When he was going out, the county magistrate tripped over the threshold and fell hard.
He rushed to Chen Mu's horse in a panic, fell to his knees, kept kowtowing, and bowed low.
"Next...... Xiaguan, Yuping County...... Prefectural order, see His Royal Highness the Prince! ”
The appearance of resignation is similar to the flying thing that Chen Mu saw last time.
Looking at the groveling appearance of the county commander at this moment, Chen Mu only felt sick to his stomach.
"Yuping County."
"The lower official is here."
"Is the belt of your official uniform a little shorter?"
The county commander didn't even dare to raise his head, but just nodded vigorously.
"It's the lower official who has lost his honor, the lower official is guilty, and the lower official deserves to die."
Chen Mu sneered.
"Yes, you deserve to die, but that's not what you deserve to die."
"Didn't you say a few days ago that I don't have the qualifications to care how you wear an official uniform? Why did you change your face today? ”
The county commander was stunned.
"Xiaguan...... If you don't understand what you mean, please make it clear to His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
It's all said and done, and I don't understand, Chen Mu simply doesn't know how this kind of person is an official.
"Yuping County, look up and see who I am?"
But the county commander only raised his head quickly and then lowered it quickly, his tone full of disgusting flattery.
"The lower officials don't dare to raise their heads, if they offend the prince Tianyan......"
Chen Mu really didn't want to continue to consume with him, so he glanced at Li Biao on the side.
Li Biao immediately understood, took a step forward, and reached out to clamp the county order's fat chin fiercely.
"If you look up, you can look up, what so much nonsense!"
As he spoke, Li Biao slammed the head of the county order up.
"The lower officials are not ......"
Before the sentence "the lower officials don't dare" was finished, the county order had clearly seen Chen Mu's face.
"How is it, Lord Prefectural, do you remember me?"
Looking at the county order again, he has long lost the ability to speak.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who came to the lawsuit that day!
"Alright, it looks like you remember me." Chen Mu smiled easily, and Li Biao immediately let go of the county order's chin in disgust.
In fact, even Chen Mu was secretly frightened.
In this era when material resources are quite scarce, how many things do you have to eat to raise this fat body!
"Let me ask you, I heard that your county has embezzled the disaster relief grain money issued by the imperial court to the victims, and has also opened an official grain store here to sell sky-high grain prices, but is there such a thing?"
The cold sweat of the county commander had already wet the official uniform on his body, and even his voice began to tremble.
"I didn't ...... There is no ......"
"None? I see that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin! Chen Mu waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him immediately pounced on him and firmly held down the county order.
"Rip off that official uniform on him! He doesn't deserve to wear it! ”
"Yes!"
For the soldiers, it was easy to deal with such a bloated fat man.
Not to mention that the county order is already out of strength at this moment, and he doesn't even have the courage to stand up.
To put it mildly, the county order is no different from a pig to be slaughtered at this time.
Several soldiers rushed up and tore off the official uniform on the county commander's body.
Soon, there was only a close-fitting middle coat left on the county commander's body.
Without the cover of the hem of the uniform, the soldiers discovered another thing.