The mansion of the county magistrate.
The old man stood in the courtyard in plain clothes and glared angrily.
The woman in red and her son stood at the door of the small courtyard, unable to move forward or retreat.
Especially Luo Yun, who could not make a sound when hearing the old man's questioning.
The smile on the woman in red's face grew colder, "Gongsun Cuo, Meng Fanxing treats each other with courtesy. Don't push yourself too far. Think more about the entire Gongsun family behind you. You're already so old, so why do you have to act out of emotion?"
When she saw that the old man didn't speak, her expression softened a little, "You were Yun'er's first teacher when he was young, and you taught him to put the foundation of the Luo family first and the people of Li County first. Now, The Luo family has once again reached the intersection of old and new. Why don't you step forward again and help your young student ascend to the position of prefect, so that the Luo family and the Gongsun family can continue their relationship as monarchs and ministers for another hundred years. Wouldn't it be that the Enyin family benefits future generations? What a great thing?"
The old man said nothing.
The woman in red continued, "Today, Li County is suffering from external and internal troubles. The Western Yi troops are blocking the border with Xigu Pass. The Cangyan army is isolated and helpless. The Nan Yi troops are advancing on the southern battlefield. The armies of Taiming and Baitong dare not slack off day and night. Even the Gan Yuan Army in the north had friction with the Yongchang Army for some unknown reason. At such a critical moment, my husband's body failed to support him. Without an owner in Li City, the entire Li County was leaderless, and there was endless chaos inside and outside the court. If someone who is familiar with the affairs of Lijun cannot be chosen to succeed him as soon as possible, not only the hundreds of years of Luo family's foundation may be destroyed, but also tens of millions of people in Lijun will be destroyed. The disaster more than ten years ago is especially close to our eyes. , if today’s matter cannot be resolved as soon as possible, a bigger disaster is not far away!”
The old man finally raised his eyelids and looked at the woman in red and said, "Madam's analysis is correct, so if you want Li County to be at peace as soon as possible and Li City to have an upright new master as soon as possible, you should follow the wishes of the Grand Administrator and welcome the eldest son as soon as possible. Luochuan returns to Li County to take the throne, otherwise extraneous matters will arise. How would Madam know that the 300,000 troops of generals from six directions in Li County and tens of millions of people can return home?"
The woman in red squinted her eyes and said, "My husband was harmed by a monster. He died young and it is already a tragedy for Lijun. Now that he is unconscious and is bewitched by a traitor and abandoning his ancestral teachings, it is even more difficult for Lijun!" Since Lord Jun Cheng is a veteran of two dynasties, does he know that all the prefects had to serve as supervisors of the Licheng garrison before taking the throne? My Yun'er was granted the position of supervisor of the Licheng garrison when her husband was awake. Now my husband is unconscious. The Qing Dynasty actually appointed someone else to succeed him. Is there any doubt about the wisdom of the county magistrate?
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She didn't wait for the old man to respond before saying decisively, "There must be a traitor behind this matter. Since Yun'er is the supervisor of Li City's garrison, it is right for him to recruit the garrison into the city to serve the king, eradicate the traitors, and let Li County and Li City return to the right path!"
"Madam, you think the armies of the six directions and millions of people can be bullied?" the old man sneered, "If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, if the words are not right, the things will not be done, if the things are not done, the rituals and music will not flourish, and if the rituals and music are not flourishing, the punishment will not be appropriate. He looked at Luo Yun and said slowly, "Second Young Master, do you still remember this sentence that you memorized when you were a child? Do you still remember that I once taught you, what should you do to those who are rebellious?!"
"Gongsuncuo!" the woman in red yelled angrily, and several people dressed as palace guards behind her pulled out their swords with a "choking" sound, but she waved their hands to stop her. After taking a deep breath, she still suppressed her anger and spoke as calmly as possible. He said, "I have sent people to recover the previous edict of the prefect, and the matter of leaving the city will be settled in Licheng. As the governor of the county, you can draft another edict and send it to the Sifang government and the six military camps, and then Early tomorrow morning, I will gather all the ministers to go to the prefect's palace to pay homage to the new master! In this way, I will put all the blame in the past aside. From now on, you will still be the county magistrate who is less than one person in Lijun and more than ten thousand people, and the Gongsun family will still be the first in Lijun in the next hundred years. A powerful family, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" the old man asked with a smile.
"Otherwise, I will exterminate your three tribes, from the old to the children, not a single one will be left behind." The woman in red pointed at the pine coffin in the yard with a cold tone, "Just this mere coffin is enough to hold several people." ?!”
The old man laughed loudly. He stretched out a finger and pointed at the woman in red and Luo Yun behind her with great disdain. "Meng Fanxing, if you want to kill me, this old man, you can come and kill me. If you want to destroy my Gongsun family, just come and kill me." The three tribes can also go to Ganyuan and give it a try. Luo Yun, if your mother kills her husband first, and you kill the teacher later, you mother and son will probably be able to leave their names in history, hahaha..."
He suddenly took out a blue jade seal from his arms that was no bigger than a palm, and smashed the front of the seal on the stone steps in front of him, smashing a corner of the seal into countless pieces, "You don't have the governor's seal, so just I want to use my seal to deceive the people of the world. Now that the seal of the governor is gone, whose name are you going to use to forge the edict of the prefect?! Luo Yun! You are disloyal to usurp the throne and forge the edict, and you are unfilial to disobey your ancestors. , Killing the teacher is unkind, and fooling the world is unjust. What should a person who is so unfaithful, filial, benevolent, and unjust do?! What should he do?!"
The woman in red was furious. After much hesitation, she said coldly, "Kill him!"
"No!" Luo Yun, who was hiding behind the woman in red but was already horrified by the scolding by the old man in front of him, grabbed the woman in red's sleeve and said, "Does mother really want me to be the one to kill the teacher?! "
"The Point Guard Is Here"
"Kill the division commander?!" the woman in red threw away Luo Yun's hand and said angrily, "Since ancient times, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If you become the prefect, who can say that you killed the division commander?! People who cannot be used by you What's the point of keeping him? It's better to kill him, lest he confuse the officials and cause endless trouble!"
Luo Yun stared at the face of the woman in red, dumbfounded.
Two palace guards on the other side had already stepped forward and pushed the old man to the ground. The old man was still laughing, "Hahaha... Confused the ministers? I have already written the faces of your mother and son in the letter." All the important officials inside and outside the court, if you have the ability, kill all the ministers in Li County, if you have the ability, just...!!"
The sound stopped suddenly, blood spattered, and an old human head rolled in front of the woman in red and Luo Yun, with a smile on his face and a look that refused to rest in peace! !
Luo Yun seemed to be frightened and took two steps back. He was held up by a palace guard to prevent him from falling. He looked at the bloody head and quickly looked away as if he was electrocuted. His heart was beating wildly and his mind was racing. There was a blank inside.
On the other side, the woman in red had already walked to the corner of the Chancellor's seal that had fallen off and picked it up. After looking at it several times, she asked a palace guard who was always with her, "Can it still be repaired?"
The palace guard took the seal in his hand and looked at it for a moment, then shook his head and said, "The seal is seriously damaged, and repairing it is not something that can be done in a short while. However, you can find a jade craftsman in the city to make a copy overnight. Although there must be some differences from the original, at this time, how can outsiders have the opportunity to be more truthful about this kind of thing?"
The woman in red nodded and said, "Invite all the jade craftsmen in the city to the palace as soon as possible. Not only must we imitate the seal of the governor, but we must also try to make the seal of the prefect who has disappeared. In addition, He had to dig three feet into the ground to find those tiger talismans. He had used them not long ago and they should still be in the prefect's palace." She looked at Luo Yun, who was slightly lost, and frowned slightly. "Wait until everyone leaves the city to court. I have paid homage to the new master, and the ten edicts have been spread throughout the country, and no one... can stop Yun'er from becoming the prefect of Li County..."
