"Quickly mobilize your troops! Surround the magistrate!"
Lu Deguang shouted impatiently.
"Master, don't be impatient," Li Yong quickly held him down, "What's the big deal that I can't let my slave hear?"
"There must be something wrong with Ye Yongjia. Although there is no basis, I must kill him now! There is no benefit in keeping him!" He stood up again and was about to call someone to mobilize the soldiers from the Governor's Office, but Li Yong knelt down. , stopped in front of him and advised: "Master, listen to my plan first!"
"Okay! Go ahead!" Lu Deguang waved his hand angrily and sat down again.
"Master, listen to me. As the second-in-command of a state, if you kill him without any reason, I'm afraid your accumulated reputation..."
When Lu Deguang heard this, his previous anger was greatly reduced, and he had to nod calmly: "You really understand me!"
Li Yong was relieved.
"But!"
Li Yong woke up suddenly after hearing his roar and looked at him in fear.
"But I won't let him go easily!" Lu Deguang pointed at Li Yong, "You, I can trust you, you go and mobilize the soldiers from the Inspection Department, surround the prefect, and put him under house arrest. I listen to you now , I won’t kill him; but when I raise my army, I won’t give a fuck about my reputation! When you hear the cannons outside, you can go into the house and kill him, do you understand?!”
Seeing that Lu Deguang was in a rage again, Li Yong was afraid that if he protected Ye Yongjia again, he would be suspicious, so he had no choice but to agree honestly: "Yes."
The soldiers surrounded the prefecture inside and outside, and the people gathered in the street, crowded and noisy.
Li Yong walked through the crowd, and the eyes of the people turned to him one after another.
"Tongzhi has been ill recently. He was afraid that people waiting to come would disturb his spirit, so the prefect arranged for troops to come."
Then, he looked straight ahead and entered between the two stone lions and under the Yamen's plaque.
He walked into the compound. There were many spears and halberds all around, and the air-conditioning was overwhelming, but the soldiers immediately put away their weapons and said "good" to him in unison. Li Yong ignored him and maintained his due dignity. He walked to the second hall, and the soldiers on both sides opened two ajar doors for him. He walked in, and the door behind them closed without a sound. There were soldiers standing even in the hall, and only one study room was locked.
"Opened the study room."
"yes!"
The soldier standing at the study door took out the key from his bag and opened the study door.
"Please come in."
Li Yong opened the door and saw Ye Yongjia sitting there bored, staring at the yellowed paper window.
"Ye Tinglong." Li Yong closed the door.
Ye Yongjia didn't look back, "What are you doing here? You should be waiting for the government soldiers to arrive like me."
"There's news."
Only then did Ye Yongjia look over with vigour.
"The imperial court sent troops from the capital and sent 800 forbidden troops. The leader of the forbidden troops, Shi Xiu Shen, marched day and night. They will arrive in Chenzhou in a few days."
"When is Magistrate Lu going to start the uprising?"
"Exactly four days." Li Yong added, "This is the longest I can delay for you."
Ye Yongjia bit his lower lip: "Really?"
"Then we have to leave everything to fate..." He closed his eyes and muttered something again.
"You go." Ye Yongjia said.
Li Yong turned around and went out, closing the door gently.
Ye Yongjia then opened his eyes, looked through the paper window, and saw Li Yong walking along the window.
He stood up suddenly, took the pen from the inkstone, and pulled out a piece of white paper. When he was about to write, he suddenly realized that there was no ink in the inkstone, so he hurriedly went to the bookcase and rummaged through it, but there was no ink ingot. He turned around to knock on the door. As soon as he put his hand on the door panel, he thought again and did not dare to ask the soldiers for it, so he sat on a chair and was stunned for a long time. Then he had an idea and took the knife from the knife rest. The sword came and carved a few small words on the side of the bookcase:
'Four days away'.
Therefore, he would not forget to carve words here every day. If soldiers from outside brought food to him, he would often ask: "Is there any discussion outside?" Some of them just ignored it, and some just ignored it. Reply to the previous sentence 'No'.
Li Yong didn't know why he didn't come to visit him. When he looked at the inscription again, he saw that it was "one day away", which made him feel on pins and needles.
He couldn't sleep until midnight. Although he couldn't see the weather and couldn't read, which made the narrow study even more suffocating, it was still better than falling asleep without knowing anything.
He suffered like this until the paper windows were illuminated, and he didn't hear a single noisy cry. After a while, the soldiers brought breakfast as usual. Ye Yongjia was frightened and asked him softly: "Is there any discussion outside?" At this time, he wanted to look at the man and say the word "yes".
"No." Jun Bing's cold reply turned his fear and expectation into cold air.
"good."
The man went out and locked the door.
He stretched his neck and smiled bitterly, knowing that he was not going to die soon. He also thought that the soldiers from the imperial court might arrive today, but then he thought again, how could there be such a coincidence in the world!
He shook his head. Do you still remember the date? He was destined to die anyway.
Ye Yongjia was too lazy to carve it.
It doesn't matter if it's engraved, otherwise there won't even be a so-called 'suicide note' or 'relic' before death.
So, driven by boredom, he drew out the sword.
He still listened carefully, but this time he heard the sound of cannons announcing his end.
I don’t know when it will sound.
boom!
A loud noise, like an explosion of artillery, shook Chenzhou inside and outside.
"Grandma, can you hear the edict coming this time? You haven't opened the door yet!"
The hoarse voice came from a bearded man. Although he was not fat, his body was full of strong meat. He was a little short, but he still looked very brave when standing on a tall horse. The eyebrows seemed to be coated with a large layer of ink, so thick that they even covered the eyes. But once his eyes were revealed, there was a gangster air and a hint of cunning. He was surrounded by a dozen well-armored elite teams, and there were several groups of soldiers mounting artillery in front of him. On the gentle hills on the east and west sides, there were also clouds of cavalry standing on them, looking at Huaining's moat.
This person is Xiu Shen, the imperial secretary of the capital, whose words are Mingzhen. As for this official, he is the leader of the imperial army of this dynasty, and he is called "in charge of the imperial military". To put it simply, they are all called Si Jin. There are four people in this official position, and except for worship, there is no need for consultation with Zhongshu Province, and all decisions are made by the emperor alone. For more than a hundred years, it has been in the hands of his relatives and descendants, but because Liu Zhennian was afraid that the emperor would seize power, he chose him, an unimportant person, as the governor.
"Shi Sijin, they still haven't spoken." One person stepped forward and reported.
"Damn it," Shi Xiushen looked at the large moat, "such a small place has a moat! Send artificial rafts and continue to surround us. It seems that we will be late for dinner..."
"Keep bombing me!" He shouted to the artillerymen in front, and the sound of cannons continued, and a small hole was instantly blown into the city wall.
