Outside the Salt Transport Government Office, there are many people, lying, kneeling, and standing.
Zhu Xiaochen hid in the crowd of onlookers and watched the guards of the Zhengsi Yamen dragging away the corpses on the ground one by one.
"These damn thieves actually wanted to harm Master Mei, so well done!"
"Hey, Mr. Mei is such a good official, how come someone wants to harm him? Do you really have no conscience at all?"
"Did you hear that there were four to five hundred criminals who went there this time! Fortunately, Lord Mei's son led a group of Taoist priests to kill these thieves. I heard that there was a whole pool of blood in the government office!"
"You're talking nonsense! My uncle, as you know, is a well-known manure man. He has always carried manure and water for the government. I just came from his house and he told me what happened there. The gangsters killed him. At that time, my uncle was carrying excrement and water out. Good guy, more than a thousand masked men in black suddenly appeared, killing everyone on sight, as if they were crazy. Who is Mr. Mei? He is from the Capital City Guan. Little Temple Master, the dream disciple of Emperor Zhenwu, I heard from my uncle that Mr. Mei saw the villains coming like a tide, so he used an "immortal fixation" to pin the villains to the ground and unable to move. Since these villains could not move, naturally I watched helplessly as I was being chopped up like a melon by the government soldiers."
"Is it true?"
"It's absolutely true! When has I, Jia Laoshi, ever tricked anyone?"
Zhu Xiaochen couldn't help but feel a little upset when he heard the discussion. "Look at the people kneeling on the ground praying. This Mei Siyuan is very popular among the people. I think he is a good official. But since I promised His Highness the Crown Prince to kill him, I can no longer hesitate!" Thinking of this, my heart skipped a beat. Withdrew from the crowd and prepared to take advantage of the chaos to sneak into the Government Office.
"Mr. Zhu, you are here! You are so easy to find!" Mu Ji Congyi just squeezed out of the crowd and called Zhu Xiaochen in a low voice from a distance.
"Mu Jie, what are you doing here? Are you still afraid that I can't do this?" Zhu Xiaochen's face turned dark and he said coldly.
Mu Jue was stunned and replied: "I can't say much about this matter. The young master wants you to go back, so don't do that. Just follow me back to see the young master!"
"It turns out that after the Rui Mansion failed, he really didn't trust me anymore." Zhu Xiaochen looked miserable and thought to himself.
"Mr. Zhu, just follow me to see the young master! I was ordered to come out to find you for more than two hours." Mu Ye was walking forward, but when he saw that Mu Ye did not follow, he turned around and urged.
Zhu Xiaochen came to his senses and followed quickly.
Not long after Zhu and Mu left, a group of elite riders stopped in front of the crowd, looking at the blood on the ground and looking at each other.
"Mr. Lin, aren't we too late?" The burly man on horseback turned his head and asked the man at the head of the team.
The man was lean and tall, with a strong martial aura in every move he made. His face was dark, he looked forward, and said slowly: "Don't guess, you'll find out when you get in!" After that, he urged his horse to move quickly.
"Boom! Boom!" Two hundred iron hooves stamped on the ground, making a sonorous and powerful sound.
Mei Siyuan was visiting the injured soldiers in the wing when he suddenly heard Gu Yiqing shouting loudly. That voice was actually filled with deep joy.
"My lord! My lord!"
"My lord is here!" Fu Zhen responded.
After a while, Fu Chun ran over with a smile on his face, "Sir! Someone is here!"
Mei Siyuan didn't hear clearly and frowned: "What's coming? Who's coming?"
"Sir, someone is coming from the capital! Someone is coming from the capital!" Fu Zun swallowed hard and continued, "The emperor sent a team of guards over to protect you full-time!"
"Oh, there is such a thing!" Mei Siyuan was startled, said a few words to the wounded, and hurried to the main hall. Behind him, the guards hugged each other tightly and began to cry, "Haisheng, Xiaoxian, why didn't you resist for half a day?"
"Lin Jueming, the lieutenant of the lower official Shenshao camp, has met Lord Mei!" Seeing Mei Siyuan approaching, the sophisticated man bowed and saluted.
"Mr. Lin, you are so polite. Please sit down!" Mei Siyuan said in return. The Shenshao Ying is the emperor's personal guard and has always been responsible for the royal guard. The Shenshao Ying Lieutenant is a military general of the fifth rank. Emperor Yonghua sent a fifth-grade military general to lead people to protect him, which made Mei Siyuan's heart surge.
"Lord Mei, I have a letter written by the emperor here for you." Lin Jueming took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Mei Siyuan with both hands.
Mei Siyuan bowed deeply and raised his hands above his head. Lin Jueming put the envelope in his hands.
Mei Siyuan took the letter and saw that the wax paint was intact and there were no words or stamps on both sides, so he removed the paint and took out the letterhead. Only three lines of powerful characters come into view:
Mei Qing's contribution lies in the country and the people. I will not allow you to make any mistakes.
Fifty people from the Shenshao Battalion are specially assigned to guard you, and they will stay with you day and night.
Now that the salt crisis has been resolved, I will celebrate your success at the Taihe Hall.
The lower left is the imperial seal treasure of Emperor Yonghua.
After Mei Siyuan read it, he couldn't help himself. His hands shook slightly and tears couldn't stop falling. He sighed in his heart: "The emperor still knows what Siyuan did after all!"
"Lord Mei, the Emperor has also issued an explicit edict to He Houtang, the Chief Secretary of Anxian County, and Guo Zimu, the General of Anxian County. He has appointed you as the chief official of Anxian, and all civil and military affairs in the county will be under your control. I think the edict will arrive in the next two or three days. "After hearing this, Mei Siyuan felt even more grateful for the emperor's kindness, and immediately knelt down to thank him.
"Master Lin and his party have come a long way and are already exhausted. Please go to the side room to rest first!" Once everything was explained, Mei Siyuan said to Lin Jueming.
"That's fine!" Lin Jueming said. After finishing his words, he went outside the hall and shouted: "Line up two teams, one team is on duty, and the other team follows the arrangements of the steward of the mansion and goes to the wing to rest!"
It turned out that there were forty-nine people standing outside the hall. They had not made the slightest sound before, so Mei Siyuan did not notice it. The forty-nine people lined up outside the hall quickly divided into two teams. The first team followed the steward of the mansion and went to the wing, while the other team quickly dispersed and disappeared into the mansion.
"As expected of the Emperor's personal guard, they are extremely sophisticated!" Gu Yiqing murmured to the side.
As soon as they entered the inconspicuous courtyard, the sound of door slamming was heard.
"Mr. Zhu, the young master is inside, please go on your own!" Mu Ye stopped outside the courtyard and said to Zhu Xiaochen.
"Is this Mr. Zhu? Please come in!" Duan Muyu's brisk voice came from inside.
After Zhu Xiaochen heard this, he turned around, straightened up his appearance, and walked in quickly.
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince!" Zhu Xiaochen bowed and said.
"Mr. Zhu, please take a seat!" Duan Muyu's face was gentle and showed no sign of anger, which made Zhu Xiaochen feel puzzled.
"Sir, please drink hot tea! This is our country's 'Qingkou Tea', please!" Duan Muyu poured tea for Zhu Xiaochen and said with a gesture of invitation.
Zhu Xiaochen bowed and thanked him, took the cup with both hands and drank the tea in one gulp. Still unaware, he heard Duan Muyu say in a clear voice: "I suddenly called Mr. Zhu back, please don't blame me."
"I don't dare!" Zhu Xiaochen hurriedly bowed and replied.
"There are three sudden reasons for this. First, we are not the only ones who want to kill Mei Siyuan, so it is better to let them kill each other. Second, Emperor Dahua sent a team of imperial guards from the capital to protect Mei Siyuan. We have arrived at the Yanyun Government Office. The combat power of this pair of guards is extraordinary and must not be underestimated. Third: In the middle of last night, Mei Siyuan's son suddenly rushed back and brought with him a group of Taoist priests who were not weak in martial arts." Duanmu Jade said lightly.
"Mei Siyuan's son?" Zhu Xiaochen asked, not knowing why Duanmuyu put this item at the end.
Duanmu Yu had just finished drinking the tea, then slowly put down the teacup and said slowly: "He is the young man you met at the General's Mansion in the capital that night."
When Zhu Xiaochen heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said after a while: "It's him."
