Cheng Beile lost his arrogance and knelt on the ground like a sick chicken listening to Emperor Tongzhi's orders. He was a little uneasy because he didn't know the outcome of the battle in the Forbidden City!
According to previous inferences, our side should have won the battle today, but why did the imperial guards in front of them not have the dejection of losers at all?
Each and every one of them was arrogant, as if they were the victors!
But that's not right. If Ama failed, then he should be here to get the lock instead of delivering the decree, right? Could it be said that it was a tie?
This tie is even more difficult to guess. How did the two parties bargain? Do I still have to return this money? It hurts, it hurts so much!
Ermao said calmly, "According to the instructions of the Lord Long Live, I already know the case here in Bajiao Liulijing! Manshun stole the palace treasures and money and sold them, which is really a heinous crime!"
"Order Ma Ming, the imperial guard, to immediately bring Manshun back to the palace for interrogation!"
"All the gold and silver treasures in Bajiao Liulijing will be temporarily stored in the Jiumen Admiral's Office as evidence. Prince Chun Yixuan will preside over this case... bestow upon you!"
"Okay, help Lord Beile get up... let Lord Beile take the soldiers and brothers of the Nine Admirals back. Since the Nine Admirals have stolen the stolen goods, let them take care of it for a few days!"
“Let’s talk about it after the case is over!”
Er Mao smiled and helped Cheng Beile up, "Master Beile! You led the team to raid this den of thieves today. This is a great achievement. Lord Long Live, I will keep it in mind. I will definitely give you a big reward in the future..."
"Now take the evidence and leave! You must hand over Manshun to me immediately!"
Cheng Beilewan never thought that the final bargaining in the palace would result in such a result. The little emperor didn't want money but only people?
"Ah... ah... send the money to the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion? Did I hear that right..."
"You heard that right, Master Beile, hurry up and do your errands!"
"No! Chief Ermao, are you trying to frame me? Does the Emperor really want people without money?"
Er Mao could no longer suppress his anger and his face darkened, "Cheng Beile, what do you mean? You also got the money, why didn't you obey the imperial edict?"
"Whether Manshun is guilty or not, whether he is killed or chopped into pieces, he is still Lord Long Live's person! He must be personally tried by Lord Long Live!"
"People... are more valuable than money!" Er Mao said this last sentence with almost gritted silver teeth. The officers and soldiers of the Royal Forest Army were extremely excited when they heard this sentence.
This is an emperor worth following. At the critical moment, he doesn't need 600,000 taels of silver, but he still has to save people. Only by treating his subordinates in this way is it worth their lives!
If Long Live Lord can treat Manshun like this today, then he can treat us officers and soldiers like this in the future!
"Dare you refuse to obey the imperial edict?" The Three Treasures suddenly jumped out and pointed at Cheng Beile's nose and yelled!
With the Three Treasures taking the lead, the rifles in the hands of the rest of the Imperial Guards clattered, and there was a loud crash of firearms. After that, hundreds of people shouted in unison, "Dare you refuse to obey the imperial edict?"
"Don't dare, don't dare... let him go now... quickly lift Manshun out from below! Haha... I'll leave first then, see you later, Director Ermao!"
Cheng Beile didn't want to face the scene after Manshun was carried out. He waved his hand and a group of soldiers from the Nine Admirals escorted him to the silver car!
Five large carts returned fully loaded, surrounded by a group of nine-door admiral soldiers who looked like plague chickens. Forced by two rows of bayonets, they fled towards the inner city.
At this time, there was a noise from the Bajiao Liuli Well. Several people were carefully carrying a bloody man out of the hole. He was now standing at the bottom of the dry well!
"Excuse me...put down the ropes and door panels from above...we will send the people up there for you!"
"What's wrong with people?" Ermao shouted while lying at the mouth of the well.
"I passed out... Sir, please don't delay. Please send us the rope and door panel quickly..."
"Hurry up...send the door panel and rope..." Ermao waved quickly.
The rope and the door panel were both ready-made, and they were quickly moved down. The unconscious Manshun was tied to the door panel. When Manshun, covered in blood, was pulled up to the wellhead, everyone present was stunned!
Manshun was one of the four eunuch supervisors who followed the young emperor abroad. Although she was ranked fourth, she was already the leader among all the eunuchs and maids!
These are all the bodyguards of Lord Long Live, and they have a very close relationship with Ma Ming and other guards. They have established a deep friendship in the past five years without looking up at each other!
I never expected that yesterday I was chatting with Manshun, but what I saw today was a half-dead person!
Manshun was lying on the door panel with his eyes closed. There were fish-eye scars all over his sides. Some of the scars had formed and then burst, and blood was flowing continuously.
His body was covered with scars from whipping, and he was completely motionless, not knowing whether he was alive or dead!
Er Mao rushed over and shouted, "Manshun! Manshun!" He stretched out his hand to check his breathing, "You're still breathing... Send him to the doctor immediately, hurry up!"
"Fuck...fuck...you bastard, how dare you torture the chief executive with such a big deal of effort? How brave you are!"
Er Mao, who was always shocked, was so angry, not to mention the other men, Ma Ming, took out his pistol and fired two shots into the sky. "Brothers from the platoon... chase me back and arrest Zai Cheng!"
That Sanbao held the mouth of the well with his hands, jumped and cursed in the street, and even spat into it, "Bah... you little bastards... none of you can even hope to survive!"
"Come on! Fill up the mouth of this well! Bury all the bastards down there alive!"
This frightened the soldiers of the Nine Admirals at the mouth of the well. Two soldiers knelt at the mouth of the well and kowtowed, "Grandpa, have mercy on me! Grandpa of the Royal Forest Army, have mercy on me..."
"We are all following orders, it's not our fault! Every wrongdoer has his own debtor, so please raise your hand and spare us little ants!"
The three treasures were so angry that they didn't care who followed whom. They picked up the engineering shovel and threw two shovels of soil down.
At this time, Ermao suddenly shouted, "Don't move! No one can make mistakes without orders! We can't cause any more trouble for His Majesty today!"
Er Mao's chest heaved violently, and he was also furious at Zai Cheng's audacity. "We... we have received the people according to the order, and the rest is not what we should do!"
"Go...go back and give the order!"
"Director! Did our people die in vain? Did Supervisor Manshun get beaten in vain?" A group of soldiers were dissatisfied and indignant.
"Shut up! How is the new army trained? Have you forgotten to obey orders and command? Who said our people will die in vain? Get beaten in vain? Who told you?"
"Go back to Capital City! With the support of Long Live Lord, what are you afraid of?"
After Ermao and the others had finished their troubles, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. When Zai Chun heard the news that Man Shun had returned to the palace, he became furious.
"This loser, let him come to see me right away! He is so careless about this little thing. How can he reveal his identity by asking him to check the accounts? He is a waste..."
Da Sixi knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zai Chun with a thud, "Long live my Lord! Man Shun can't make it through, he's in Nansan Institute now!"
