Chapter 400: Near Death (Part II)
As soon as Kou Zhun's voice fell, Chen Ao thought, Liu Dongquan, Liu Dongquan, you have been against Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu has repeatedly endured. This time you want to put Lao Tzu to death, but don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind!
Chen Ao had just narrowly escaped his life, and when he was excited, he suddenly mustered up his strength and said to Zhao Heng: "Your Majesty! Liu Dongquan is the scum of the Imperial City Division, and his words are not to be believed at all!"
Zhao Heng asked, "How do you say this?"
Chen Ao said: "Your Majesty doesn't know anything. At the beginning, Weichen was ordered to be transferred to Haixian, and Liu Dongquan was ordered to go to Haixian County to investigate the matter of the Salt Gang. At that time, he found me and forced me to meddle in the affairs of the Salt Gang with the respect of the county order to make profits for him. And when the minister did not obey, he sent someone to throw me into the salt field, and wanted to kill the minister and god without knowing it by the hand of the salt gang. If it weren't for the great order of the minister, I wouldn't have been able to see Your Majesty now!"
Zhao Heng's face changed: "There is still such a thing?"
"That's right! The Salt Gang has made huge profits, and Liu Dongquan is inevitably red-eyed. Later, I was lucky enough to become the helmsman of the Salt Gang, and Liu Dongquan found me again and forced me to give him 10% of the profits of the Salt Gang, otherwise he would condemn me and the Salt Gang as thieves. I knew I couldn't fight him, so I had to obey him. Then Liu Dongquan bribed the state government, saying that my salt gang sincerely returned to the imperial court. In fact, the minister has already had the heart of obedience, so why should he interfere. It's just that the ministers later paid taxes, and half of them had to go into Liu Dongquan's pocket!"
Chen Ao put all the charges on Liu Dongquan's head, anyway, now that Liu Dongquan is not here, he can't confront him.
Zhao Heng's face gradually became difficult to look at, and he suddenly glared at Fang Baishi, and said angrily: "Fang Baishi, your subordinates have done such a thing, do you know?"
Fang Baishi had long been displeased with Liu Dongquan. Since that time, Liu Dongquan wanted to compete for merit in the court, and without consulting him, he told the news of Chen Ao's entry into Beijing. Fang Baishi knew that this person's motives were impure and very problematic. Liu Dongquan has already committed a taboo in officialdom, where will Fang Baishi speak for him?
He even wanted to fall into the well, so he said: "Your Majesty, Liu Dongquan is narrow-minded and the city is extremely deep. Although Wei Chen was a little suspicious of his behavior, he just had no evidence and could not rashly review the officials of the imperial court. But...... Liu Dongquan has strong martial arts, strong wrists, and his ability to do things is still very good!"
Fang Baishi's last sentence seemed to add to the snake, but it stepped on Liu Dongquan heavily. Everyone knows that a person with outstanding ability but bad intentions is far more dangerous than a person with mediocre ability.
Sure enough, Zhao Heng's face became more and more gloomy. Kou Zhun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, no matter what Liu Dongquan is, he has some evidence after all. Why don't you summon him into the palace, just ask!"
Zhao Heng nodded and said, "It's okay." Fang Baishi, where are Liu Dongquan's others now?"
Fang Baishi thought for a moment and said, "Commander Liu disappeared early this morning. Missing with him, there are also a group of his henchmen!"
Kou Zhun said: "Presumably, Commander Liu is going to arrest the rebels." That's just right, as long as the fugitive is caught, everything will fall into place!"
When he spoke, his eyes glared at Chen Ao, which made Chen Ao's heart jump. Chen Ao thought, it seems that he really has a grudge against him.
But Chen Ao felt very puzzled, and even a little aggrieved. I have always respected this historical celebrity, why did I offend him?
Just thinking about it, another little eunuch came in and reported to Zhao Hengyu, saying that the forbidden army fighting the fire in the city had arrested dozens of warriors who were fighting in the streets, and he didn't know what to do with it, so he asked the emperor to decide.
As soon as Chen Ao heard the words of the little eunuch, he guessed that it must be Qin Lang and the others who failed to escape when they set the fire. He didn't know that Murong Ao actually had a heart for him, and he also arranged for Nangong Jun to set fire, which caused an encounter between the two parties. Chen Ao only thought that his own person had been arrested, and he was very anxious, and he didn't dare to show it too obviously, so as not to be seen by Kou Zhun.
Zhao Heng hesitated for a moment, as if he was thinking about how to deal with these rebels. Seeing that the emperor was hesitating, Kou Zhun only thought that he wanted to shield Chen Ao again, so he said loudly: "Since Your Majesty has personally interrogated a group of assassins here, let's just try it to the end and get to the bottom of the matter!"
Zhao Heng nodded and said, "It's okay." He told the little eunuch to go and bring them in.
After a while, a group of forbidden soldiers escorted the prisoners into Miyagi. These forbidden troops were troops stationed around Bianjing and never entered the palace. Seeing that the forbidden soldiers in the palace city were all bright and bright, they were all envious, and their pace slowed down. Only the officer at the front, who looked like a commander, was a little nervous at the thought of having to face the saint later.
Chen Ao was in a nervous mood and was thinking about how to deal with this tricky matter. As soon as I looked up, I saw two people walking outside the palace gate. One of them was an officer in leather armor, and the one next to him was actually Liu Dongquan!
I saw that Liu Dongquan was wearing a cloak, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, the corners of his nostrils and mouth were broken, and the blood stains dried up and condensed on his face. The clothes on his body were also scratched several times, full of blood stains and smoke marks.
Seeing his respectful face, although Chen Ao was in a nervous mood, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. His smile attracted everyone else to watch, and they were all amused by Liu Dongquan's appearance.
It turned out that Liu Dongquan rushed to the fire scene and was preparing to arrest Chen Ao's men. Who knew that I happened to run into Chen Ao's people, Nangong Jun's people, and the inexplicable martial arts knights. Liu Dongquan was afraid that Chen Ao's people would take the opportunity to escape, so he showed his identity and rushed into the battle group. The people of the Salt Gang and Nangong Jun were all jealous of the Imperial City Division, and when they saw Liu Dongquan rushing in, they all thought that only by solving the people of the Imperial City Division first would they have a way to live.
So in this way, Liu Dongquan became the target of everyone and was attacked by one pass. If it weren't for his strong martial arts, I'm afraid that he would have to sacrifice his life to go to the country today!
As soon as Liu Dongquan went up to the hall, he saluted Zhao Heng, and when he looked up, he saw Chen Ao looking at him with a smile on his face. He was angry, thinking to himself that he was so embarrassed, it was all caused by this person. Isn't it ironic that he is still swaggering above the palace now?
Liu Dongquan was angry, and couldn't help shouting: "Bold rebel, dare to be rampant!"
He shouted, stepped a little, and rushed towards Chen Ao. The people in the temple were fighting before, but it was only a war of words. In front of Zhao Heng, who dared to make a move? No one expected that Liu Dongquan would be red-eyed and would not be able to control himself.
Kou Zhun's heart sank, and he secretly scolded a stupid!
Liu Dongquan had just taken two steps, and there was a flower in front of him, only to feel that his chest hit a stone wall, and his breath dispersed. He looked at it, and it turned out to be Fang Baishi blocking in front of him, pressing one hand on his chest. Before Fang Baishi could use his internal strength, he had already made Liu Dongquan have nothing to do.
Fang Baishi was able to fight Su Zhuo back then, and his martial arts were naturally far above Liu Dongquan. But he hasn't done it for many years, and the reason why Liu Dongquan dares to make some small moves behind his back is that he doesn't know what Fang Baishi's strength is.
Seeing Fang Baishi blocking the way, Chen Ao hid behind and grinned, and Liu Dongquan was even more angry. He shouted, "Master Fang, wait for me to take down this little thief!" he said, raising his hand to spread Fang Baishi's arm.
Who knew that Fang Baishi's arm was like iron casting, and he didn't move at all. Fang Baishi snorted coldly and said, "Bold fanatics, do you dare to do it in front of Your Majesty!"
As soon as the words fell, he vomited his inner strength. Liu Dongquan only felt a scorching internal energy coming from his chest, which flowed all over his body in an instant. Liu Dongquan's knees weakened, and he didn't have any strength, so he knelt down in front of Zhao Heng all of a sudden.