Huang Liangping pondered and looked at the sky. Cold raindrops continued to fall. He saw Luo Pei looking at him with a sinister smile. He stood up, flicked his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "I am the prefect. I am in charge of the affairs of the prefecture. I am honest and aboveboard. There is no need to avoid things that cannot be said, and please ask the Imperial Envoy to get to the bottom of it!"
Luo Pei comforted him with "good intentions": "I am also willing to believe Mr. Huang. The evidence submitted by Jia Yuan will be known to be true or false upon investigation. This case will not drag on for too long."
"Sir Huang, there is no need to worry about matters in the county. Before the case is concluded, I will urge the officials of Shuanghua Mansion to handle their duties seriously. Mr. Huang can also take this opportunity to take a good rest for a few days. After all, you seem to be in poor health recently. Not very good?"
It sounds nice, but he just wants to take advantage of the opportunity to seize his own power!
In fact, if he is aboveboard, seizing power doesn't matter much. In the final analysis, Luo Pei is just an imperial envoy to control the river. He has the power of Shuanghua Mansion. If he is not justified, he will not be able to take it for long.
It's just that Huang Liangping has something in his heart, so he naturally refuses to give in.
"There have been a lot of floods recently. Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, will be busy with river control. How can you have time to deal with the affairs of Shuanghua Mansion? This is also a flood-affected area. Floods are a big deal, and river control is a top priority!"
"It's never sunny at the moment, and people are panicking. The dams need to pay more attention at all times. If something goes wrong, I can't hide behind closed doors!"
"If something goes wrong then, who is responsible?"
"Even if this matter comes before the emperor, the official will defend himself like this. In this special period, just for such a trivial matter, the official should be kept behind closed doors to avoid suspicion?"
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, please forgive me for the difficulty in obeying my order!"
"So, Mr. Huang is unwilling to avoid suspicion?" Luo Pei's smile slowly faded and he asked coldly.
Huang Liangping frowned and replied: "Please forgive me for not obeying my order!"
"Okay, okay, it seems that you don't recognize me as the imperial envoy without asking for the king's order!" Luo Pei nodded, suddenly turned around and sternly said to his attendants: "Come here, please ask the king for the flag sign and raise the flag!"
"The king's flag? This is second only to Shang Fang's sword. Although it does not have the right to kill first and then report later, it can still remove officials."
"Luo Pei is decisive in his actions."
In the crowd, Su Ziji's spirit was slightly shaken, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. The officer and his soldiers came in, and presented a black golden dragon flag to the case. Luo Pei Gong knelt three times and kowtowed nine times.
Seeing Luo Pei asking for the king's order flag, Huang Liangping had to kneel down and was shocked: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"
After Luo Pei kowtowed, he held the imperial flag in both hands, stood up, and faced Huang Liangping: "Master Huang, this is the imperial envoy's flag, which was given by the emperor before my imperial envoy left! Since Mr. Huang, you are unwilling to close the door to avoid suspicion, that imperial envoy I have no choice but to use this royal flag to suspend your authority!"
"So, the Imperial Envoy must dismiss me from my position?" Huang Liangping looked at Luo Pei coldly and asked.
Luo Pei said calmly: "I just want Mr. Huang to avoid suspicion. Mr. Huang must think so, and I can't do anything about it."
"Now, are you following the order or not?"
Under the centralized system, the death penalty was controlled by the imperial court. Execution of the death penalty without the emperor's decree was unauthorized killing and a serious crime. In fact, the king's order of flags did not have the right to kill. The scope of execution on the spot without asking for an order was limited to repeat offenders and the killing of three members of the family. If the number is higher, soldiers will flee, rob prisons and kill officials, etc.
Using this to kill an official is also a good killing in itself.
But if the prefect refuses to obey the order, he is disobeying the order and despising the emperor, and killing him by force is justifiable.
Su Ziji could see clearly from the door. Faced with Luo Pei's pressure, Huang Liangping clenched his fists.
"Does Huang Liangping dare to resist the imperial envoy in public?"
"No, he doesn't dare. It doesn't matter if there is no king's order flag. With the king's order flag, Luo Pei has suspended Huang Liangping's prefectural power, and it is still within his authority. Even the governor can't stop him."
"As long as Huang Liangping is not stupid, he will endure it for the time being."
When thinking this way, Huang Liangpingguo in the hall gritted his teeth after his expression changed: "Since the imperial envoy has taken out the royal flag, and although the subordinate is unwilling, he does not dare to resist, these two palaces will be handed over to him for the time being. Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy... But if something happens, Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, it will all be your fault!"
Su Ziji didn't bother to look at Huang Liangping's harsh words.
He glanced at the wild Taoist, who immediately understood what Su Ziji meant, and the two squeezed out of the crowd one after the other.
It wasn't until they were farther away that they held up their umbrellas again.
Raindrops pattered on the umbrella. Under the umbrella, the wild Taoist's voice was low, with a little regret.
"I didn't expect that he would just let the imperial envoy handle it. It was an advantage for him."
If he resisted in court, he would be punished immediately. But now that Huang Liangping has given up, he can only be temporarily detained.
The wild Taoist sighed: "This is not dismissal, but just suspension pending impeachment, right?"
Although Huang Liangping was a ruthless character, they had expected it a long time ago. They even knew that if they wanted to completely overthrow Huang Liangping, they would not be able to do so just by relying on Jia Yuan. They had also prepared a plan, but they still felt a little regretful at the moment.
"It's true that he is just suspended pending impeachment." Su Ziji looked at the rain and fog in the distance and said in a low voice: "Moreover, the imperial envoy's move is unjust and unjust. Huang Liangping's backstage will definitely come to rescue quickly."
Colluding with the demon clan, Huang Liangping, the prefect, has been involved and has been detained for a long time. Luo Pei may not be able to find out the secret from Huang Liangping.
It is impossible not to save the people behind Huang Liangping.
It was a difficult task for imperial envoy Luo Pei to torture Huang Liangping to death. After all, Luo Pei had no strength in fighting a chicken, and he only led more than a dozen soldiers. He was able to capture Huang Liangping with just one sentence, and he was just relying on the power of the system. .
If Luo Pei breaks the rules, he could die no matter what.
But for Su Ziji and the wild Taoist, there was nothing they could do. They immediately motioned to the wild Taoist to talk while walking.
There were passers-by hurriedly behind him. The wild Taoist was talking to Su Ziji and observing the surroundings secretly. His voice was very low. No one could have imagined that it was them who took charge of the yamen.
"Huang Liangping was cruel and ruthless. When he was young, he had a good relationship with Huang Yuankong, a member of his clan, and called him his uncle. But when he became successful, Huang Yuankong in turn called himself his nephew, and Huang Liangping reluctantly let him go."
"In the same year of Huang Liangping, Cui Xun was named Cui Xun. Cui Xun's servant ran into his carriage. He sentenced the servant to death in the name of attacking an official. He also sent someone to arrest Cui Xun and asked him why he didn't come to visit him. I tied myself up and gave him twenty canes before I stopped."
"It can be seen that this person is mean and ungrateful, and he will not let him go even if he is young or of the same clan."
"But as an official, Huang Liangping was the best at figuring out his superiors' intentions, and he executed them vigorously and resolutely. If the superior officer said one, he would add three, making sure to satisfy the superior officer. Therefore, he was too harsh and violent, and many people fled."
"Huang Liangping still doesn't take it seriously. Metaphorically speaking, this is holding wheat in one's hands, and what is left is the chaff, leaving behind the full wheat."
"For the sake of the imperial court (Shangguan), why would I hesitate to slander (minor people)?"
Speaking of this, Su Ziji couldn't help but sigh with emotion. This is loyalty. As long as you are loyal, what's the harm in having a rougher style?
Who doesn't appreciate this kind of subordinate? If you don’t appreciate it, you may not be an official, or you may be pretentious and arrogant!
