Because he ran too quickly, Lu Shizhou was slightly panting, and his tone was a little trembling.

Fortunately, his voice was sharp enough that everyone in front of the Privy Council could hear it.

Guo Congyi and Wang Yan heard the edict of the Son of Heaven read by Lu Shizhou, and they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, they should not have this mentality, because this holy decree is not good news for the Beijing army, a top-to-bottom investigation is about to begin, I don't know how many heads will land, and the Son of Heaven will definitely not miss this opportunity, and will inevitably further adjust the pattern of the Beijing army.

It's just that there are priorities, compared to Lu Shen, a frontier barbarian who is about to attack, the will of the Son of Heaven is not unacceptable, after all, there is still room for maneuver in the imperial court investigation, who would be like Lu Shen to flip the table at every turn?

The question is, will Lu Shen accept this will?

In front of everyone's eyes, Lu Shen returned and dismounted, and then a thousand cavalry "swooped" off their horses and lined up in place, their movements were neat and uniform, like a thousand iron spears standing on the street.

Guo Congyi and Wang Yan glanced at each other, and they could see a strong sense of vigilance and fear in each other's eyes.

The seemingly simple actions of the cavalry not only show that they are strong and neat, but more importantly, Lu Shen did not open his mouth at all, and this cavalry seemed to regard the commander's actions as the highest order, without any hesitation or delay.

The two military giants secretly thought to themselves that if they faced each other on the battlefield, the 10,000 Beijing troops might not be able to take down the 1,000 cavalry around Lu Shen.

At this moment, a feeling of fear quietly emerged in the hearts of the two of them, if it weren't for the timely arrival of the Son of Heaven's holy decree, wouldn't there be a river of blood in front of the door of the Privy Council today?

Lu Shen walked forward, came to Lu Shizhou, bowed and said, "The minister's order." ”

After he straightened up, Lu Shizhou hurriedly handed over the holy decree respectfully, and said humbly: "Lu Hou, Your Majesty is very worried about your safety. ”

"Thank you for your Majesty's concern."

Lu Shen took the holy decree and immediately glanced at the great eunuch lightly.

He didn't show any inappropriate emotions, but Lu Shi Zhou Pingsheng only learned the skill of observing words and feelings, and at this moment, looking at the indifferent eyes of the young marquis, he suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he didn't know where this uneasiness came from.

At this moment, two important ministers walked forward.

As the right-hand man of the Son of Heaven, Xue Nanting and Qin Zheng rarely appear outside the palace at the same time, and today it is naturally because the Son of Heaven is worried that Lu Shizhou will not be able to persuade Lu Shen because he is not enough, so he specially sent the two of them.

Sure enough, Xue Nanting looked Lu Shen up and down with concern, and then said in a deep voice: "It's okay if the person is fine." You can rest assured that the imperial court will thoroughly investigate this case and give you a satisfactory explanation. ”

Lu Shen has always had a good impression of this right minister, but at this moment, he said coldly: "Xue Xiang, I have six personal soldiers who died on Qingfeng Street. ”

Xue Nanting's heart froze, of course he understood the weight of this sentence, and he also realized that the confrontation in front of the Privy Council was not a deliberate gesture by Lu Shen.

Lu Shen continued: "I and my soldiers fought bravely on the frontier, even if we died on the battlefield, we will not resent the imperial court, because the enemy in the north wants to cross our bodies and invade the people behind us, and we fight with the enemy to protect the territory and the people, and it is also glory to die in battle." However, today at the foot of the Son of Heaven in the capital, I have six brothers who died under the cold arrow behind my back, if I can't give them an explanation, how can I, Lu Shen, be worthy of being a human being? ”

Xue Nanting raised his eyes to look at Lu Shen and the more than a thousand soldiers behind him, feeling the extremely strong aura of grief and indignation, took a deep breath and said loudly: "This official promised you in front of everyone that the blood debt must be paid in blood. ”

Lu looked at him steadily, and then bowed.

Qin Zheng also walked over, but he was the first to salute, and said ashamedly: "Lu Hou, the Warp Weaving Division failed to detect this conspiracy in time, and failed to provide timely assistance after the incident, Qin hereby apologizes to you." ”

In fact, when Lu Shen entered Beijing for the first time two years ago, the Warp Weaving Division arranged for someone to accompany him to protect him when he went out, so in the assassination of Xiliu Lane, the swordsmen of the Warp Weaving Division rushed to help Lu Shen in time. This time, Lu Shen entered Beijing as the marquis and the commander of the Beijing camp, and he was accompanied by a large number of elite soldiers at any time, and it was inappropriate for the Warp Weaving Department to send someone to follow him secretly.

In addition, the Warp Weaving Division has recently sent a lot of capable forces to Chengzhou, and Yang Jingxuan has taken a group of elites to follow Hou Yu to Taiping Prefecture, which is naturally not as thorough as before.

Lu Shen looked at the warp weaver who was deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven, and there was a little more indescribable meaning in his eyes, and he bowed his head slightly: "Lord Tiju doesn't have to blame himself. Today's assassination happened suddenly, and no one has the ability to predict the future, and although I am extremely angry, I will not bite people like a mad dog. ”

If Guo Congyi and Wang Yan heard these words, the two would definitely scold together.

Qin Zheng vaguely heard a bit of strange meaning, but it was not a suitable place for a long conversation at the moment, and immediately said: "Your Majesty knows that you are not injured, so you can relax and let the cavalry go back first, so as not to shake the hearts of the people in Beijing." ”

Lu Shen immediately turned his head to look at Qin Zilong, who stepped forward quickly, and listened to Lu Shen's order: "Bring the corpses of those six people." ”

"Obey!" Qin Zilong responded loudly.

A moment later, the bodies of the five master assassins and the leader of the dead soldiers, Meng Xuan, appeared in front of the two important ministers, and Lu Shen said indifferently: "Lord Tiju, the dozens of heads in front of the Privy Council are of little value, so I will leave it to Guo Shumi to investigate slowly." The identities of these six people are obviously different, except for the leader of the dead man, the other five people should be reckless. I will now hand over these six corpses to the Warp Weaving Division, you can use ice cubes to preserve the corpses, and then according to the appearance and figure of these six people, I don't believe that no one in the huge capital has seen them. ”

Qin Zheng glanced at the six corpses and nodded, "Okay, the Warp Weaving Division will not let you down." ”

Lu Shen raised his tone and shouted: "Ye Jitang, Liu Yin!" ”

The two cavalry generals immediately responded: "The last general! ”

Lu Shen looked at Qin Zheng and said, "Take the troops back to the camp!" ”

"Obey!"

The two young generals responded brazenly, and then slowly left Shengwu Street with a thousand cavalry, and withdrew towards the camp in the northeast corner of Yongjia South City.

This scene made the big and small officials and sword-wielding soldiers in front of the Privy Council feel a chill in their hearts.

Qin Zheng said again: "Lu Hou-"

This time, Lu Shen simply interrupted him directly, with a little tiredness between his eyebrows and eyes, and his tone was slightly low: "Right Minister, Lord Tiju, I want to take the body of my dead brother back home, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Qin Zheng was slightly stunned, he originally wanted Lu Shen to enter the palace face saint, after all, this assassination case was just the beginning, and there were many things that needed to be planned in advance.

Xue Nanting looked at Lu Shen's face and said dryly: "Naturally, you can." Qin Tiju, troublesome to send a team of swordsmen to accompany him to protect, if Shanyang Hou goes out recently, the swordsmen have to follow, and I hope Shanyang Hou will not mind. ”

Lu Shen said lightly: "Thank you for your concern, I won't mind." ”

He bowed to the two of them and walked towards the end of the long street, Wei Chigui, Lin Xi, Qin Zilong and other personal soldiers and the carriage hurriedly followed, and at the corner of the long street, more than 100 personal soldiers left by Lu Shen in the Hou Mansion were already waiting solemnly.

Looking at his slightly cold back, Xue Nanting and Qin Zheng glanced at each other, and immediately said, "Shanyang Hou is a man of temperament, give him a little time to calm down." ”

Qin Zheng's face had returned to normal, and he responded: "Xue Xiang's words are reasonable. ”

About half an hour later, the Marquis of Shanyang's mansion, on the inner floor.

The space here was spacious, and even if nearly 200 pro-soldiers stood in, it would not be crowded, but at this moment some pro-soldiers stood in the outer corridor, because there were six small wooden platforms piled up in the center of the inner lawn.

Six of their own soldiers, who had died heroically, lay on it.

Wei Chigui and Lin Xi stood relatively far away, feeling the sad aura in the air, and their expressions were very solemn.

As Lu Shen said to Xue Nanting before, if you face the enemy on the battlefield, it is an honor to die for your family and country, but if you die under the cold arrow of the so-called "own people", this will undoubtedly make people extremely angry.

The soldiers solemnly looked at their comrades lying on the wooden platform, as well as the generals standing in front of the wooden platform.

Lu Shen walked closer and looked over one by one, his voice was slightly hoarse: "Qin Zilong." ”

"The last general!"

Qin Zilong stepped forward.

Lu Shen said: "These brothers each receive a pension of five hundred taels, and if you send a message back to Guangling, the silver must be sent to the homes of these brothers and handed over to their parents, wives and children." ”

Qin Zilong's face turned red, and he said loudly: "Obey!" ”

Lu Shen continued: "Inform the families of these brothers that their parents are supported by the Lu family, if the wife wants to remarry, the Lu family is responsible for the dowry, and the children are raised by the Lu family. If someone in the family wants to find a job, the Lu family business is always open to them. If they want to do some business on their own, as long as they are in Huaizhou, the Lu family guarantees that they will not be oppressed by the government or harassed by the green-skinned scoundrels. ”

Qin Zilong roared with grief and gratitude: "Obey the order! ”

Lu Shen looked at the six people who were sleeping forever in front of him, took the torch from Qin Zilong's hand, and then stepped forward to light the six wooden platforms in turn.

The flames grew rapidly, and soon became a raging fire.

Under the reflection of the sunset and the fire, Lu Shen turned to look at the soldiers standing around him, and said slowly: "I won't hide it from you, I can't confirm who is the mastermind behind the scenes. Fang Cai Youxiang and the Weaving Department told me that the imperial court would definitely find out. I decided to give them a little time, and it would be best if it could be resolved, because I didn't want you to sacrifice yourself in such a pointless affair. ”

The soldiers stared at him without blinking.

Lu Shen took a step forward and raised his tone slightly: "But I can promise you that no matter who the murderer is, I will not let him go." Whether he is a powerful person of those high-ranking families, or a general who leads thousands of troops in the army, even if he is a noble prince of the Heavenly Family, as long as they stretch out their hands, I will definitely make him pay the price of blood. ”

He looked around at everyone around him and said word for word: "If you break this oath, heaven and earth will not tolerate it." ”

He was greeted by the unusually neat, low, but majestic voices of nearly two hundred people.

"Blood debt and blood payment!"

(End of chapter)