Ta da, da da...
After the hour passed, the dark clouds that originally obscured the scorching summer gradually dispersed. As the fast horses galloped, the oncoming dust mixed with heat made the people on the horses sweat like rain.
But Jia Cong always gritted his teeth and insisted on rushing to the capital. He interrogated Qian Kun in the palace before. Even though no conclusive evidence was found to prove that today's incident was ordered by the Dongping County Prince's Palace, judging from Qian Kun's reaction, the Qian family was indeed in Liaodong. There are arrangements.
Sure enough, there are all kings with different surnames who don’t care about the supreme position!
"The imperial golden order is here, get out of the way quickly!"
At Yong'an Gate, Jia Cong did not dismount but slowed down slightly. Holding the golden order high, he led Liu Xianglian and more than ten riders through quickly.
Fortunately, Beicheng was not like the crowds of vendors and pedestrians on the streets of Nancheng, so it was smooth sailing all the way to the Shenwu Gate in the northern section of the Forbidden City.
Jia Cong turned over and dismounted, wiped the sweat from his forehead, raised his hands and said to Liu Xianglian: "Brother Liu will follow me into the palace to see you. Uncle Eleven, please take these brothers to check in for a while."
When Liu Xianglian heard that she was going to the palace to see the emperor, she was at a loss.
"Should I go too?"
"Brother Liu is a witness!"
Jia Cong leaned close to Liu Xianglian's ear and whispered: "This opportunity must not be missed before it comes again. Brother Liu will seize this rare opportunity..."
Not much to say, today's libertine sentence from Princess Dongping Bai, even at this time, Liu Xianglian found it very harsh.
He is also a son of a prince. If he has no ambition in his heart, then what is the purpose of practicing such good martial arts in the winter, practicing in the summer, and practicing in the summer?
You must know that martial arts training is not something that poor people can support. Even the Liu family is relatively wealthy, but they spend most of their money on martial arts training.
Just as he was talking, Xia Shouzhong, who had received the news, came to greet him in person.
"General Jia Lang, you have a golden order in your hand, why don't you come directly to Qinzheng Hall?"
Jia Cong clasped his fists and said, "Of course things happen for a reason. Something happened in the palace, and the Queen Mother asked me to take people back to Beijing to report to His Majesty."
As he said this, he briefly introduced Liu Xianglian to Xia Shouzhong and said that it was about Liaodong. Xia Shouzhong immediately narrowed his eyes and walked quickly to the palace with Jia Cong and Liu Xianglian.
Liu Heng was in a good mood these days. After Lin Ruhai arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he inspected the prefectures of Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Not only did he confiscate property worth more than 17 million taels of silver from 12 illegal salt farms, but he also found extremely valuable items in Dinghaiwei, Ningbo Prefecture. A place suitable for drying salt.
He was so short of money. Wen Tongxuan, an old man, was fooling around in the Qinzheng Hall every day to borrow money from the inner treasury. He was so angry that he drew his sword and chopped off the old man.
However, the good mood disappeared instantly after hearing the news from Jia Cong. His niece was kidnapped by thieves less than twenty miles outside the capital, and the royal family was completely humiliated.
Dong Dong...
Liu Heng's fingers were tapping on the table, and the solemn atmosphere in the Qinzheng Hall made Liu Xianglian's legs weak when meeting him for the first time.
He felt that his heartbeat was accelerating with the tapping of the emperor's fingers. Fortunately, the silence was quickly interrupted.
Liu Heng was not as furious as he imagined, but instead laughed angrily: "My dear friend, go tell Cao Jiugong. Jia Cong, go to the capital camp quickly and tell your father, let him lead people to chase the thief, and be sure to bring my niece back safely."
Just as Jia Cong was about to take the order, he saw the emperor saying solemnly: "This matter concerns the dignity of the royal family. Don't act like a child. It doesn't matter how much revenge you want after you get it back. Remember, you must get it back!"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I understand the importance."
Jia Cong clasped his fists and accepted the order. The emperor focused on Liu Xianglian again, pursed his lips and said, "Liu Xianglian..."
Liu Xianglian immediately bowed and said, "I'm here, little fellow."
"Liu Xianglian is loyal and loyal, and has been given to the Dragon Imperial Guard to test hundreds of households in Fusi, North Town."
Liu Heng seemed to be very satisfied with Liu Xianglian's cautious and prudent handling after the incident, and directly gave him the actual position of the sixth grade.
When Liu Xianglian was still confused, he said again: "Those three civilian righteous men have been given seventh-grade positions. It is up to you to lead them and contribute to the country. After learning the arts and martial arts, they will be in the emperor's family. They will always hang out in the city. What's the point?
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After Jia Cong and Liu Xianglian received the edict and left, Cao Jiugong, who received the summons, arrived belatedly.
As soon as he entered the door, he heard the emperor scolding him: "The Dragon Guards are blind and deaf. My niece was kidnapped by thieves in the capital, and the Dragon Guards didn't even hear the slightest news..."
Cao Jiugong didn't refute at all. It wasn't until the emperor's anger was almost gone that he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I think that regardless of whether this matter is really the fault of the Dongping County Prince's Palace, the Qian family cannot stay."
"One move can affect the whole body. Lingnan has not yet been calmed down, and Liaodong cannot be in chaos yet."
Regardless of whether what happened today was really the work of the Dongping Palace, the Qian family's disapproval has been clearly revealed, but now is not the right time to cut down the vassalage.
Liu Heng could only sigh and order: "Let people keep an eye on you. As long as the Qian family does not leave the capital, there will be no chaos in Liaodong. Also, quickly take people to the palace in the north of the city to bring back the queen mother. Then secretly take Qian Kun into custody." After being imprisoned, the Wei and Bai families were sent back to Prince Dongping's Mansion and told Qian Kang that they were not allowed to leave the palace until the matter was fully investigated."
This was almost a ban in disguise, and Cao Jiugong bowed down to accept the order. Liu Heng looked at Cao Jiugong who quickly exited the hall, and said to himself: "It's really strange. How come the demons and monsters that were hidden in the dark have escaped in the past two years? First it was the White Lotus Sect, the Holy Fire Guangming Sect, and then the Japanese pirates, Huo The family is also inexplicably preparing to flee to Lingnan to openly rebel. Now it’s even worse, even the Qian family can’t sit still..."
Xia Shouzhong hesitated again and again, then bowed and said: "Your Majesty, this old slave also feels that something is wrong. It is such a coincidence that it is incredible. It seems that someone is leading the feudal town to rebel step by step, forcing them to rebel. And everything is... In order to weaken the prestige of the emperor, first the important ministers of Liang Yuan were assassinated, and then the Japanese pirates invaded the capital. Your Majesty, there seems to be a pair of black hands behind these things."
"The Huo family is gone, and the Qian family is also on the table."
The more Liu Heng thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was too strange. After being silent for a long time, he ordered: "Big companion, please arrange for a reliable person to secretly keep an eye on the Beijing County Prince's Palace and the Xining County Prince's Palace. I always feel that it is either Shui Rong or Qi Wenhua."
After receiving the emperor's order, Jia She immediately selected a thousand elite cavalry. Under the guidance of Liu Xianglian, they found the traces of the thieves who had kidnapped Tu Siqi.
And with the assistance of the Dragon Guards, the group tracked through the dense forest to the west, and arrived at the foot of Shijing Mountain at nightfall. Jia She sent his scouts to the northwest to check, while the rest buried pots to make rice and rested temporarily.
Liu Xianglian put on the official uniform of the Hundred Households of the Dragon Guards, took three delighted ranger brothers, and left the capital with Jia She.
In addition to giving directions along the way, Liu Xianglian was always in a dazed state. He touched the official uniform on his body and felt extremely complicated.
"Brother Cong, am I going to be an official now?"
Jia Cong handed a bowl of broth to Liu Xianglian and said with a smile: "Brother Liu is even more heroic after wearing this official uniform. As your majesty said, Brother Liu and the three brothers are good at martial arts and are good at martial arts." Isn’t the market wasted in vain?”
"The Liu family's nephew..."
Jia She suddenly came over. Liu Xianglian quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hands, stood up and bowed down: "Greetings, uncle."
The other three people also stood up and worshiped: "Greetings to Uncle Rong En!"
"Sit down and talk."
Jia She handed the dried meat in his hand to the little fat man and asked him to grind his teeth, and talked with Liu Xianglian and others around the campfire.
He did not ask about Tu Siqi's robbery. Instead, he asked the four people about the situation of the rangers in the capital. After Jia Cong had finished chewing a piece of dried meat, Jia She said with deep meaning: "When this is over, Erlang will have more contact with your knight-errant friends. The knights use force to break the ban. Since you have obtained the official status, then We should pay more attention to the security of the capital."
Jia Cong held the dried meat and looked up curiously. Master Pardon smiled and patted Liu Xianglian's shoulder, got up and went to the deputy general's side.
Liu Xianglian didn't react for a long time and asked in confusion: "Brother Cong, what does Shibo mean by this?"
"Didn't Second Brother Liu just say that? The games in Jingzhong have either joined the wealthy families and served as guests, or they have wandered around the streets and worked for the gangs. There are not many righteous men like the three brothers."
Jia Cong thought about it for a while.
He explained to Liu Xianglian and the three confused people: "What my father means is that Brother Liu is famous, so we might as well try to bring these righteous people to the government."
The imperial court put a lot of effort into encircling and suppressing professional rebels such as the White Lotus Sect and the Holy Fire Guangming Sect, but the results can be said to be unsatisfactory.
It would be better to use the rangers who are wandering around the world. This can be considered as giving these rangers with good martial arts a good future and solving the problem of knights using martial arts to violate the prohibition.
Secondly, sometimes it is more convenient to leave it to these rangers to do things that are difficult to do in person. Such as spying on intelligence, such as assassination...
Liu Xianglian has been suppressed by Duke Li's government for a long time, and her character is more delicate and thoughtful. Jia Cong only gave a rough outline, and he has already started to make various speculations.
He didn't even close his eyes until the midnight scout found out where the thief was hiding.
After listening to the scout's report, Jia She divided the team into three, led it all by himself, led by his deputy, and finally handed it over to Jia Cong and Liu Xianglian, and quickly rushed towards a mountain col to the west.
Wang Si is no longer called Wang Si now, he already has a new name Wang Zanghai. And he was not a pirate at first. In fact, he was a man placed by Shui Rong's father, the old King Beijing, in the south of the Yangtze River in his early years.
About eight years ago, he received an order to lurk under the command of Wang Chenghai, the King of the Three Seas. This lurking lasted for seven or eight years.
Now he has taken the third position under the King of the Three Seas, and has nearly 10,000 sons under his command.
As time went by, Wang Si's status became higher and higher, and his loyalty to the Beijing County Prince's Palace had long since disappeared.
How can a man live under others for a long time? Last year, according to Shui Rong's order, he took advantage of the Huo family's collusion with Japanese pirates to disrupt the capital, and returned to Beizhili with his sons.
Of course, he ostensibly followed Shui Xiong's orders. In fact, his purpose was not to work for Shui Rong, but to follow the order of Wang Chenghai, the King of the Three Seas, and prepare to contact the court.
Therefore, as soon as he landed, he took his son and went straight without any harm to the people. He even paid for food and grass and hid it in Yanshan Mountain to wait for the opportunity.
If you want to get an official position, you will kill people and set fires, and you will be rewarded.
Wang Chenghai had this thought, and in fact Wang Si also had this thought.
Wang Si respectfully sent away the people sent by Shuirong. After turning around, he sneered and said to his confidants: "I think the officers and soldiers have already seen the traces we left. Let brothers pay attention. Don't take action when you encounter the officers and soldiers. Hide it and wait for my orders!"
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