Chapter 343: Speaking of Gossip, Everyone Loves!
He thought for a moment and asked, "You said that the third prince's disciple just left the city...... Just dead? ”
The subordinate was a man in his twenties, with a somewhat lively temperament, and he couldn't help but say a few more words when he heard the master's question.
"Yes, Your Highness! It's so amazing that no one will believe it. The doorman of the third prince took a carriage out of the county seat, and for some reason, a weasel suddenly jumped out of the roadside and bit the horse's neck.
The horse was frightened, and ran wildly, and finally stopped at the edge of the moat, and everyone thought it was all right, but the doorman of the third prince threw out of the window and fell into the moat.
"The moat was full of mud and very few stones. But his head hit a stone, and he bled a lot, and he couldn't be saved when he was sent to the hospital. ”
After that, he was afraid that his master would not believe it, after all, it was too bizarre, so he added two more sentences.
"This matter has spread throughout Tai'an County, and everyone says that the disciples of the three princes have done things that lack virtue, and Wong Tai Sin is doing the right thing for the sky!"
Wong tai sin?
The sixth prince frowned, and his subordinates' hearts jumped, and they immediately went back to make up for it.
"Your Highness, you also know that the people of the Northland believe in this...... The subordinates also think it's too much of a coincidence......"
The sixth prince waved his hand and ordered, "You go down, this matter is over, and this guest doesn't need to be traced anymore." ”
"Yes, Your Highness." The subordinate immediately saluted and retreated.
As a result, as soon as he left the house, he was pulled by Kiko and the rest of the personal guards......
The subordinates of the six princes really didn't lie, and the fact that people drowned in the moat was indeed rumored in Tai'an County.
Some people say that they saw the stranger drowned, his eyes bulging out, and his tongue sticking out!
Some people say that Wong Tai Sin is doing the right thing for heaven, teaching wicked people from other lands, and even listing all kinds of bad deeds of the drowned ghost.
Some people even say that outsiders come to grab business, and when they were in the restaurant, they inquired about the cashmere business, but they didn't expect to die on the road. Maybe God can't see it, protect Tai'an, and don't let outsiders rob the cashmere business!
In short, there is everything to say, and the whole Tai'an is like boiling water in a pot, and even such a major event as the emperor taking the nobles to the palace has been completely covered.
And the people who knew the identity of the drowned ghost were no more than five people in the entire city.
One of them is the county magistrate, Tai'an is his territory, and it is definitely not difficult to investigate clearly.
For this reason, Steward Min was also called for questioning.
Of course, Steward Min couldn't tell the truth, only said how the man said and did in the restaurant, and he encountered an accident after leaving the city, and the meaning in and out of his words was that the man came to rob the cashmere business.
The county magistrate also felt that this matter was too much of a coincidence, but no matter how capable the Tai family was, they couldn't make the weasel harmful!
The Tai family is lucky, and everything can turn evil into good fortune, such as selling cashmere clothes and pants weaving in advance, but the Tai family is still ordinary people, not fairies and monsters!
If the responsibility must be divided, it is also the unique business of the three princes who coveted cashmere clothes and pants, and finally suffered retribution.
Now that someone is dead, it has nothing to do with the Tai family, and it has nothing to do with Tai'an County!
Not to mention that the county commander coaxed himself clearly, only said that the third prince led people all the way to the border, and he didn't know that his right-hand man had gone to find the Lord of Yama to report!
The covenant meeting between the Great Wei and the grassland was made a few years ago. Now that the emperor has arrived, but no one has come to the grassland, he must send someone to ask clearly.
Naturally, these noble people will not come forward, so they can only make the border army enter the grassland.
And that's what he did!
Of course, behind the scenes, he also took another errand, which was to probe the details of the border army.
For so many years, the imperial court has not placed people in the border army, but most of them have been pushed to the edge, or even directly "killed in battle"!
So that in the end, no one dared to come to the border army, so the household department and the military department made it difficult in every way in terms of military rations and weapons, because they were afraid that the border army would continue to grow, and in the end it became a threat.
For the owner, it is common sense to guard the door of the dog and prevent the dog from biting the owner, and there is nothing wrong with it!
And as a dog, loyalty is first-class and important, the master can beat and scold, but the dog is not allowed to bare his teeth!
Now, he is carrying a dog beating stick to test the dog's loyalty!
The third prince carried his chin all the way and came to the border pass triumphantly, but he was a little annoyed when he didn't see the general leading someone to greet him.
The entourage official directly found the errand officer guarding the border pass, and opened his mouth to scold, "The Third Highness has arrived, what about the people in the border army?" Why don't you come and kneel to greet you? ”
The officer guarding the border pass was courteous and respectful, and directly knelt down and kowtowed to the third prince, and responded with a crying face, "Your Royal Highness forgives your sins, it's not that our general didn't come to greet you, it's really that something big happened in the camp today." Originally, I thought that it was cleaned up, and His Highness would come over tomorrow to receive it. Where did you think of ......?"
Event?
Clean?
The third prince was excited at that time, thinking that he had caught the handle of the border army, and immediately ordered everyone to hurry and go straight to the military camp of the border army!
At the same time, a tall platform had been erected outside the barracks of the border army, and dozens of prisoners were tied up on the platform.
The soldiers of the Judge Advocate General's Department acted as executioners, each holding a half-foot-wide ghost-headed knife in their arms, murderous!
The general took the generals and lieutenants to sit behind the high platform, looking coldly into the distance, until the convoy of the three princes slowly approached, until the high platform was four or five feet away.
"Your Highness, come out and have a look! Frontier Army...... The border army seems to be killing! The attendant sitting on the wheel, his voice was trembling, and he was stumbling!
Homicide?
The third prince hurriedly pushed open the door, held the little eunuch's hand, and stood directly at the door of the car.
Stand tall and see far.
The people tied up on the high platform, the generals with cold faces, all met the eyes of the three princes.
He frowned, a little hesitant to protect these people first, and see if he could find the handle of the border army from them.
But before he could speak, two soldiers were already standing in front of the drums on both sides of the platform.
"Knock, knock, knock......" The drum beat from sparse to dense, like spring thunder, cleaved in everyone's hearts again and again.
The third prince and the others subconsciously stopped moving, guessing what the border army was going to do.
Finally waiting for the drum to end, the third prince took a deep breath and was about to scold the generals of the border army to come over and kowtow, intending to take the lead in the first place.
As a result, He Xiong suddenly stood up and shouted loudly, "I have tens of thousands of border troops guarding the border passes, drinking wind and sleeping in the snow, lining up with flags, throwing my head and spilling blood, guarding the Great Wei and the people, never afraid of hardship, never afraid of sacrifice!"
"For so many years, whoever sends troops will be victorious and victorious, and they will be powerless to resist everywhere. But there are still people who try to challenge the majesty of our border army and the bottom line of our Great Wei.
"The people tied up on the stage today are the meticulous work sent to the border in various places throughout the year, as well as the ferocious horse bandits on the grassland!
"Whatever their purpose, they are now our prisoners, and they should pay the price for their recklessness and arrogance!"
With that, he took a few steps back and waved his hand heavily, "Execution!" ”