King Wu took the prime minister, the captain and the officials on duty in the palace, and hurried to the palace gate.

In the distance, he saw a carriage coming, not fast, but followed by many onlookers, laughing and cheering.

These voices were all directed at Xiao Tingliang, the Duke of Liangcheng, and as his elder brother, King Wu blushed a little.

A while ago, the prime minister suggested that the title of Duke of Liangcheng be cut off, saying that keeping such a scourge by his side would become the emperor's handle to cut the domain last night, and Qiao Guo and Dongping Guo were lessons from the past.

But King Wu did not agree, although Xiao Tingliang acted nonsense, he was his own brother and the youngest son of the old queen mother, if he cut his title, the old lady alone would not be able to explain it. Secondly, the prime minister has a grudge against Xiao Tingliang, this suggestion has the flavor of a communiqué's personal vendetta, the most important thing for the monarch is to check and balance his subordinates, of course, it is impossible for the prime minister to succeed in his "treacherous scheme".

But now it seems that Xiao Tingliang really got into trouble.

King Wu asked the city gate official in a deep voice: "Did Ye Yunyang say that why did he have a conflict with the Duke of Liangcheng and Yicheng?"

"It doesn't seem to be ......" The city gate official shook his head, but he suddenly remembered Ye Yunyang's words, and said: "The humble duty remembered, he said that the little Yicheng was disrespectful to him, and the lowly official once stopped him at the city gate, and he was also crowned with the crime of yelling at him, so the humble judgment must be that the Yicheng did disrespectful behavior towards him, so he will ......"

"The widow knows. King Wu said impatiently, and the city gate official stepped aside with a very good look.

Chen Shilai, who was driving the car, saw King Wu wearing a dragon suit, and said with some surprise: "Childe, you really guessed right, King Wu really greeted him very politely." ”

Ye Yunyang said with a smile: "He was afraid that I was here to cut the domain, and before he figured out my true purpose, he had no other choice than to be polite." ”

A few minutes later, the carriage stopped more than ten meters away in front of the palace gate, because it was surrounded by guards with weapons, the common people did not dare to get too close, but no one left, they continued to watch, all of them looked like they were ready to watch the play.

King Wu's face is slightly red, as the king of a country, he is a person who pays attention to words and deeds, and this is the first time he has experienced such a scene.

Chen Shilai waited for the carriage to stop and shouted loudly: "Lord Ye Yunyang, the commander of Nanshan County, General Fulin, and the patrol envoy of the coast guard, Lord Ye Yunyang, meet His Royal Highness King Wu." ”

King Wu gritted his teeth, and said in his heart This is called a visit? There is a string of people tied to the back of the carriage, obviously it is Xingshi who is asking for sin, what he said is so high-sounding, is it interesting?

Even if he was not convinced in his heart, he had to show the bearing that a king of a country should have, and he said with a smile: "The prince of Nanshan County is the favorite of His Majesty the Emperor, and he can come to the country in person to make the state of Wu flourish. ”

The prime minister, the lieutenant and a group of officials echoed one after another, and Ye Yunyang lifted the curtain and poked his head out to make a surprised look: "How embarrassing is this...... His Royal Highness the King came in person and killed the lower officials. ”

King Wu's face darkened, and he said in his heart that it was you who threatened to kill someone every extra minute you waited, but now you are saying it in front of everyone, you are so thick-skinned!

He jumped out of the car and bowed his hand to King Wu: "Ye Yunyang, the prince of Nanshan County, paid a visit to His Royal Highness King Wu, and His Royal Highness personally went out of the palace to greet him, and the face of this official is really not small." ”

King Wu snorted: "The Duke of Nanshan County is polite, the widow just doesn't want his subjects to die in front of the palace gate, I heard that the Duke of Liangcheng and Beiyi Cheng provoked the Duke of Nanshan County, but is there such a thing?"

Although King Wu's tone was quite polite, it also showed the meaning of Xingshi's questioning.

Ye Yunyang knew that if he couldn't give a convincing reason, King Wu and his men would not give up.

"Then let my entourage explain why. Of course, Ye Yunyang will not explain himself, and he must put it when it is time to put it up.

Chen Shilai jumped out of the car, walked over with his chin raised, pointed his nostrils at Wu Wang and others, and showed the arrogance that the dog's legs should have to the fullest, and said: "Everyone, last night I and the Duke of Nanshan County arrived at the North Post of Wu Kingdom, originally we did not plan to spend the night there, I heard that the Sifang Inn of Wu Country is hospitable and the reception specifications are higher than other places, so I decided to go and see it at will." ”

This is very interesting, praising the high reception standard of Wu Guoyi Station, which is too high for the other party to indicate another point: We chose to live in Beiyi to give Wu Guo face and give you the opportunity to express yourself.

"But!" Chen Shilai changed his words and said angrily: "I handed over Lord Ye's official certificate to the post guard, and the post man not only did not go out to greet us, but hung us at the gate, is this the proper way of hospitality?

King Wu looked at the post man behind the carriage, the post man was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head, he knew very well that where was this, and the content behind it was even more terrible.

Although Chen Shilai came from a humble background, he has a very flexible brain and knows how to stand on the moral height, as long as he takes advantage of the reason, no matter what he says next, it is reasonable.

He continued: "We lords have been hung at the door for a long time, and the post man finally came out, but he did not come to meet us at all, but turned a blind eye, rushed past our carriage, and greeted another group of people, the Liangcheng Gong who was tied to the back. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at the people and asked: "Everyone said, is it the Nanshan County Gongda of the emperor's Qinfeng, or the Liangcheng Gongda, I am from the Han Dynasty, I don't know the title of Wu State, and I ask the villagers to solve their doubts, what kind of title is the Liangcheng Gong?"

The people replied in unison: "Liangcheng County Duke, third-class title." ”

Chen Shilai looked extremely surprised: "County duke, is he only a third-class lord?"

In the Han Empire, the title was divided into ten levels, and each level was divided into three classes, namely, the first class was hereditary, wearing a purple and gold pattern official uniform, and the title, fief and privileges could be passed on to the children and grandchildren; the second class was an ordinary title, wearing a gold pattern official uniform, and the title could not be hereditary; the third level was the title of the princes and kings, wearing silver official uniforms, in addition to not being hereditary, they also had to pay national taxes, which was much worse than the second class of lords.

Because the third-class lord is sealed by the princes and kings, this kind of person can be regarded as a nest at most, and is not recognized by the Han nobles at all.

The county duke ranks eighth among the tenth-class titles, the county duke ranks sixth, and the third-class county duke is 108,000 miles away from the first-class county tolerance.

Chen Shilai continued to perform: "Then I don't understand, my lord's title is much higher than that of the Duke of Liangcheng, why did Yi Cheng turn to slap him? I always thought he was the Duke of the Kingdom, but I didn't expect it to be just a small third-level county duke, is Yi Cheng's eyes blind?"

The prime minister and the captain looked at Yicheng, and Yicheng had the heart to die.

Taiwei whispered: "Obviously, that guy wants to take the opportunity to befriend Xiao Tingliang and deliberately treat Nanshan County Duke slowly, just to show that he is a good dog, and if he gets Xiao Tingliang's favor, he can get the opportunity to be promoted." ”

The prime minister nodded and agreed: "Lord Taiwei's analysis is right, Yi Cheng thinks that in the one acre and three points of land in Wu State, he can ignore the Han officials, and at the same time curry favor with the nobles of his own country, he is really smart but is mistaken by cleverness." ”

King Wu's face became ugly, he had reason to believe that there was a follow-up, if he just waited for Ye Yunyang and taught the post and the post pawn to clean up, how could Xiao Tingliang be involved.

Sure enough, Chen's next words confirmed his thoughts.

"We adults are broad-minded people, and although we have been treated slowly, we have forgiven what we have done in line with the rule of the guest, and we have not been angry even if we have been arranged to eat at the most ordinary table. You know, Liangcheng Gong and they were invited into the most luxurious room. Chen Shilai said in a sonorous tone: "However, when the food was served, all kinds of delicacies were brought into the room, and we only had three kinds of rotten vegetables and a pot of soup that was clearer than water. ”

The onlookers took their duties one after another, and King Wu's face turned pale.

Ye Yunyang took a step forward and said: "The rest of the matter is still the official, Yi Cheng is not only arrogant, but also admitted to changing the reception specifications without permission, and the official can't look past it, so he gave him a slap." May I ask His Royal Highness King Wu, is this official's approach reasonable?"

King Wu said in a deep voice: "This king ordered to treat past officials favorably, in order to show that this king attaches great importance to the officials who come and go, a little post man privately changed the reception specifications, not to mention a slap, even if it is a slap in the face, even if it is a break of his leg, it is reasonable!"

Ye Yunyang smiled: "In this way, I was right to beat him, this is something that His Royal Highness King Wu personally admitted, please remember." However, after the official beat him, the Liangcheng Duke quit and rushed out with a group of people to beat me, may I ask King Wu, what should I do in this situation?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Chen Shilai.

Chen Shilai understood, took out his official certificate to show everyone, and said loudly: "My lord is the inspection envoy of His Majesty the Emperor, and he was ordered to go to the northern coast. ”

In this way, Ye Yunyang once again stood at the height of morality, it was Xiao Tingliang and his subordinates who beat the court officials, and the court officials rose up to resist.

The cold sweat on King Wu's face, and his slow treatment of court officials has made him very faceless, who would have thought that his younger brother who was making trouble would be so bold as to beat the officials.

If it is placed in normal times, this is not a big deal, and it can be solved by apologizing to others in the face of his own monarch. But now on the cusp of cutting the feudal domain, the emperor is making a difficult choice, I don't know which country to attack, who jumped out at this time, it is definitely in the emperor's arms, and I feel sorry for God if I don't start.

The fate of Qiao Guo and Dongping Guo is vivid, and King Wu has reason to believe that Ye Yunyang's official who is an inspector is simply a gimmick, and the real purpose of his trip is Wu Guo.

Ye Yunyang saw King Wu's reaction and knew that the other party had been fooled, so he snorted coldly: "This official has no choice but to choose legitimate defense, clean up these things that don't know whether they are dead or alive, and then send them to King Wu for evaluation." Your Highness, what do you say?"

King Wu chuckled in his heart, he thought that Ye Yunyang would use this matter as a handle, and the most important thing at the moment was to eliminate this handle, so he said without thinking: "Beiyi Yi looks at people with dogs, treats imperial officials slowly, and immediately executes them to make an example!"

Yi Cheng fainted directly, although he realized that he was in trouble, but he didn't expect it to be a major crime to kill his head.

Looking at Xiao Tingliang again, his face was extremely white, and it was his turn next.

King Wu continued expressionlessly: "Xiao Tingliang, the Duke of Liangcheng, as the brother of the widow, usually causes trouble, and now he has committed the crime of beating the court officials, and he will be punished for several crimes, cut off his title and demoted to the common people, and expel him from the royal clan, which will take effect!"