"So... what's going on with your feet?"
"What happened again in Mingzhou?"
"You kid, could it be that you went fishing and got scratched by a stone?"
Facing the emperor's inquiry, Xin Ciying told everything about the attack on Mingzhou Port.
Originally, in order to take care of the emperor's mood, he had exaggerated the performance of the Infantry Division, but he didn't want the emperor to still look indignant after hearing this:
"You mean, there are only 300 of them in total, 270 of them are left in Shanghai Pu, and the rest dare to go to Mingzhou Port?"
He nodded with difficulty. He didn't know whether the emperor was angry at the contempt of these people, or whether he was angry because Song Jun allowed these people to be so contemptuous.
"Official family, I heard from the thief that Shanghai Pu..."
Liu Bang waved his hand: "Don't worry about Shanghai Puqi, Yue Fei and Zhang Jun have both gone."
The news of Yue Fei's arrival in Lin'an reached Mingzhou together with the news of Princess Roufu, so the old man was not surprised.
Instead, the emperor asked him to intervene in the military affairs of the Huaihe River... This was truly unprecedented for the Zhao family, who guarded generals as well as thieves.
Seeing that the little lady was still in front of the mountain gate... They didn't know what happened inside. Liu Bang was overjoyed. He had only done business with Wang Chan among those in the palace, and he always carried the rain... He was not You can never force yourself to be a disciple.
If I could talk to this person about my true feelings...
hey-hey.
Seeing the emperor's silly smile, Xin Ciying swallowed back the words that came to his lips, but if he didn't say them out, the other two infantry commanders and imperial guards quit.
The emperor supported the old gentleman, and the two of them just followed behind, exchanged glances with each other, and then knelt in front of the emperor together.
"What's going on here?"
Liu Bang actually didn't like such a big gift, especially the soldiers who were always more likely to kneel down than the students.
This made him dislike it even more.
"I'm presumptuous! But what I said today must be said. I hope the officials will take pity on me and listen to what I say from the bottom of my heart!"
After looking at Chen Miaochang and then at the two of them, he finally stopped and said, "Go on, stand up and speak."
"I obeyed the military order and went to Mingzhou with the old gentleman on an errand. I did it right, and a dozen brothers died. These things are my duty, and I shouldn't say anything else."
"But when the thieves attacked, the magistrate of Mingzhou closed the city gates and prevented the merchants and people who fled from the port from entering the city... Anyone who knew the merchants in the city was asked to use baskets and ropes to pull them up to the top of the city. But more Many……"
The two told them honestly what happened in Mingzhou City... But to be honest, this was not the reason why they dared to speak in front of the emperor today.
The most important thing is because of Xin Ciying.
"The old gentleman was hooked by the thief and injured his foot. The magistrate of Mingzhou refused to allow him to enter the city because it was dark and could not recognize people... The official said that it is not because he left his post without authorization. In fact, he is in Mingzhou and no one is treating him!"
"We know Mr. Su's character. If he hadn't gone first with a sword... Guan Guan, this Mingzhou City would have ended up like Shanghai Pu!"
Liu Bang didn't speak. He looked at Xin Ciying. The old man was obviously a little embarrassed.
Seeing him squatting down, the three of them were so frightened that they had to follow suit again. Fortunately, after the emperor said "shut up" just now, he whispered two words:
"do not move."
Slowly pulling off the blue cloth wrapped around his feet... Some of the shallowly injured areas had scabs formed, and Liu Bang could clearly feel that the old man's feet were shaking slightly.
Afraid of pain, Liu Bang's movements were extremely slow... so gentle, it was just like that when a father held his child for the first time.
After almost half a stick of incense, Xin Ciying's feet were all exposed in front of him.
From the ankle down, there was a large gash... If it had been opened on a person's body, he would have died long ago.
The skin around the wound has turned purple... According to Liu Bang's limited experience in treating wounds, this foot...
The emperor lowered his head and happened to see a group of ants forming a straight line, running back and forth.
"Call Zhao Mi."
"Official family?"
None of the three heard his voice clearly, so Xin Ciying couldn't help but shout in a low voice.
"I said, call me Zhao Mi!"
He suddenly stood up: "No matter where he is, no matter what he is doing, I want to see his people before I come out of the temple!"
"Otherwise, let him find a place for himself, and let it be his grave!"
These words were frightening, and the two Imperial Guards from the Infantry Division hurriedly bowed to the emperor, and then ran out quickly.
This speed is a bit faster than when I met the golden man in Mingzhou Port yesterday.
He helped Xin Ciying aside: "You wait first."
After saying that, without caring about anything else, he turned around and went back to the temple.
The group of people kept observing the outside. If the emperor did not leave, they did not dare to leave.
Now seeing Zhao Guan's family rushing over again, I wonder what this Jie and Zhou lord who almost killed the prime minister himself just now wants to do.
Qin Hui's eyes had long since lost color. He was like a fox pretending to be next to a tiger, but someone revealed that the tiger was actually made of paper.
And the person who exposed him happened to be the person he least wanted to let know the truth.
Liu Bang looked at him and reached out to him.
"The official family..."
"Official!"
Qin Hui suddenly cried, holding the emperor's hand with both hands, for fear that he would disappear.
"You said that idea came from Fan Tongxian, the prefect of Mingzhou, right?"
After thinking for a moment, Prime Minister Qin hurriedly replied: "It's Fan Tong, it's Fan Tong."
The idea mentioned by the emperor was to seize the military power of the three generals.
The military power of the Song Dynasty was subordinate to the three yamen, which was the Privy Council. The three yamen had the power to control troops but had no power to send them. On the contrary, the Privy Council had the power to send troops but had no power to control them.
Fan Tong's idea was very simple. Let Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei transform from marshals who each led an army to officials sitting in the Privy Council.
In this way, the three of them had absolutely no reason to refuse.
Liu Bang also agreed and would do it this way.
Now that Prime Minister Qin saw the emperor asking him this question, and thought that he had to rely on himself to obtain military power, his heart gradually became excited again.
"The envoy from the Kingdom of Jin will arrive tomorrow, right?"
"Yes, yes, we can get to Gaoting first around noon tomorrow!"
"I understand."
Liu Bang gently pulled his hand away, and just as he was about to go out, he turned back and asked:
"How long will it take to get to Mingzhou now?"
Qin Hui didn't know what the emperor wanted to do. The letter Fan Tong sent yesterday was still in his hand... He was afraid that this man would be so successful that he would be divided into his own holy family members, so he delayed submitting it.
But now...
After hesitating for a moment, he replied: "It's only a day's journey by water."
There was already a noise outside, and Zhao Mi and the people from the Infantry Division had arrived outside the mountain gate.
Liu Bang didn't look at Qin Hui again and strode out.
"Official family."
Seeing him dressed up, Liu Bang showed no expression at all: "You know everything."
"I...have heard about it."
"You know what to do, right?"
Zhao Dushi was extremely determined: "I know."
"Find me a pair of armor too."
At this time, Zhao Mi did not agree immediately: "The official family, I can just go, you..."
"Ask someone to prepare the boat, I won't tell you a second time!"
After saying this, he carried Xin Ciying on his back and walked out without looking back.
It was only after leaving the mountain gate that he seemed to remember something and looked sideways at the little nun.
He smiled more lewdly... and more tenderly than Lin Yifei before:
"Would you like to take a boat ride?"
(End of chapter)
