At night, the silence in the prefect's palace was even worse than before.
The blood inside and outside the palace has been cleared away, but there are obviously too few guards and waiters inside and outside the palace walls. Even if they are as busy as spinning tops, they can't make the palace look more popular.
In the main hall, the new eunuch discussed important matters with the six important ministers, and then asked Gao Shixian to come out. Only Qianxue and the young female Tao were left. He had to wait at the door and wait to be summoned at any time, except for some waiters who would trot over from time to time to press down. The voice asked some questions, but there wasn't much movement.
He seemed to be standing there calmly, but his mind was quickly recalling all the things and details that had happened that day. He was thinking a lot. Suddenly, another person approached him. He turned around and saw that it was Cao Man. .
Cao Man looked around carefully and then said in a voice that only Gao Shixian could hear, "Father, I have something important to tell you."
Gao Shixian glanced at the still bright lights in the hall, tilted his head towards one side of the hall, and the two of them walked to a secluded corner in tacit agreement, "If you have anything to say, tell me quickly. My foster father will only follow the prefect tonight." The Lord is never far away from me, and I don’t have much time.”
Cao Man looked around again before carefully taking out a blood-stained letter from his arms and handing it over, "Father, this is the letter that Cao Shiqing gave me in the daytime before he died, saying You must hand it over to the prefect personally, you see..."
Gao Shixian looked serious, took the envelope and read it several times and asked, "Have you read the contents of this letter?"
Cao Man shook his head quickly, "Absolutely not!"
Gao Shixian glanced at him and nodded. He clicked his long nails and opened the envelope under Cao Man's shocked gaze. He took out the letter and read it quickly, and then took out the fire certificate he carried with him. Set fire to burn the letter! !
"There has never been a letter like this in this world, do you understand?" Gao Shixian threw the ashes of the completely burned letter aside indifferently, letting it scatter in the wind. He glanced sideways at Cao Man and said, "Return Yes, there is someone who may see or hear you taking this letter during the day...please tell me."
Cao Man broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, nodded quickly and said something, and then left with Gao Shixian's comfort.
Gao Shixian didn't care at all before returning to the main hall and continued to stay there with an expressionless face.
It's like nothing happened.
It was late at night before a group of six important ministers left the prefect's palace under the escort of blood cavalry.
Luochuan asked Gao Shixian to bring some food, and he, Qianxue and the young female Taoist sat on the wide steps in front of the main hall of the prefect's palace and ate.
"When I was in Zhongjing City, my whole childhood was contained in the small courtyard. Outside the courtyard wall was the largest human city that I could never visit in my lifetime. What was inside the courtyard wall was my home," Luo Chuan said on the side Chewing a particularly tough cake, while looking at the empty palace square in front of him, he thought to himself that it would be nice to play football here, "Now that I have returned to Licheng, the entire Li County has become The big home that Siqi wanted, but I feel that Li City and the prefect's palace are not as reassuring as the small courtyard in Zhongjing City. The walls of the palace here are towering, and the walls of Li City are thick, and the guardian The army exceeds 10,000, and the six armies of the four directions are 300,000, and this is still the case.”
The young woman ate quietly, as if she didn't hear anything.
Qianxue took the topic and smiled, "If I hadn't gone to Zhongjing City and you were still there now, would you still think that small courtyard is safe enough?"
"Of course," Luo Chuan raised his chin and said, "If I become the only proton who has not left Zhongjing City after the new emperor ascends the throne, why can't the little emperor give me a serious and nice official position? Maybe you have to introduce me to a young princess and recruit me as your consort." His words did not make the two women laugh. Instead, he laughed so much that he laughed hard. When he had laughed enough, he looked up to the north, "Zhongjing City, It’s a place where the people in the city can still do whatever they want even when the enemy is at war. Nine hundred years have made the people there forget what war is.”
"Today, just looking at the reactions of those important ministers, I think you should stay in Li City for a few more days. Managing an entire Li County is different from governing a mere Cangyan. You don't give a clear stance on many things. people
If you don’t dare to really make your own decisions, then things still won’t work.” Qianxue pointed to the guards patrolling the wall of the palace not far away, “Just like this prefect’s palace, it would never be like this on the wall in the past. There were only a few people on patrol, but they were short of too many manpower due to this disaster. However, even if Gao Shixian knew that such an action would cause a huge hole in the overall defense of the prefect's palace, he did not dare to recruit more men in private, and could only maintain the status quo. , if the official system of Li County is like this, can you go north with peace of mind? "
"Yes, I have to," Luo Chuan said resolutely, "Now that I am here with my troops, I have to rely on the blood in the courtyard to conquer the city. This kind of thing can shock people for a while but not for a lifetime. I don't have time to do this. My ancestors and fathers slowly got in touch with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Moreover, my father and I are different. He hopes to sit away from the city for a long time and rule the world, but I don't want to do this. The current era does not allow me to do this, so from now on From the beginning, I must give the Lijun court a clear attitude, that is, the throne of the prefect of Luochuan is not in Li city, but on the back of the war horse. Wherever my war horse goes, there is the prefect's palace. Those who are like I don't care at all about the things that everyone in the world attaches importance to, such as the enthronement ceremony, but I absolutely care about things that even the humblest officials don't necessarily care about, such as the people's lack of food. Therefore, I can take responsibility and do what they should do. Those who make decisions will have a bigger stage, and those who cannot bear the responsibility, are uninformed and dare not make decisions will have to leave the chair under their butts, this is inevitable."
He finished the last piece of cake in his hand, stood up and walked out for a few steps, then patted the dirt on his cloak behind him, "These things can't be said by me just sitting on the throne in the palace of the prefect of Licheng and talking about them. Once you open your mouth, there are countless others waiting to refute you. Countless human righteousness is thrown at you. I am not confident that I can definitely speak to them. Especially when you have to make people willingly follow your wishes, it is too difficult. So, just put these Putting everything aside and following the old rules, nothing will go wrong. When the news of the overwhelming situation in the northern battlefield reaches Licheng and I return to Licheng with the power of victory, they will do whatever I tell them to do. ."
Qianxue thought for a while, then nodded, "It makes sense, but the premise of everything is that you have to win the series of battles in the north."
"I don't know if I can win them all, and I don't know whether I will take the initiative strategically or get stuck in the quagmire. All of this depends on the subsequent reactions of all parties. It's like playing chess, where there is back and forth. The result, but I am very curious and looking forward to it." Luo Chuan's eyes were bright. He raised his hand, made a fist, and then released it again. "A few months ago, I was the most insignificant little character in the eyes of the world. Now, , I can make everyone in the world look at me, but what about in a few months?"
Qianxue shook her head and did not respond to his words. Instead, she turned and looked in the direction of the harem, "If you want to leave tomorrow, you should go to the harem to meet him tonight."
Luochuan was silent for a moment and nodded, but didn't say much, because he saw the palace gate open, and the old coachman Luo Jiang led a group of coalition generals striding in.
Luo Jiang and others walked to the steps, knelt down on one knee and performed a military salute, "I pay my respects to the Grand Administrator!"
"Everyone, get up," Luo Chuan said as he walked down the steps and came to everyone, "How is it? How is the situation in the city?"
Luo Jiangdao, "Today's battle only encountered desperate resistance from some rebels near the north and south city gates. The outcome was no doubt. Except for a few surrenders who were gathered together and taken to military camps, the rest of the rebels were not alive. The rebel general Lu Yinbao did not know where he was. He died in the mansion, but his body was not found. The military camps at the east and west gates surrendered under the leadership of two captains from the city garrison, and are now here."
As he spoke, he asked Shen Jun to escort the two men who were tightly tied with ropes at the back of the team to kneel down in front of Luo Chuan.
"My lord, spare your life. Two of my subordinates were deceived by the traitor general Lu Yinbao. It was not until the lord led the Lijun Qingqi across the city that they learned of the plot. So they decisively returned to the city today and led the garrison to surrender." "My lord, the prefect, is aware that both of my subordinates come from military families and have been loyal to the prefect and to Lijun for generations, but they have never rebelled..." The older of the two burst into tears.
"Get up," Luo Chuan raised his hand, then went behind the two of them to help them untie the rope, and then made the two of them kneel down in emotion, "Father left suddenly, how can there be so many long-planned
Of course, I believe in your loyalty, otherwise why would this be the case, but... no matter what the reason is, you have violated the biggest taboo in the world. I will not touch your family, nor will I want you. For the lives of both of you, cooperate with Luo Pi to reorganize the team, even if you two will make up for it. "
The two of them didn't say anything after hearing this, they just kept kowtowing.
Only then did Luo Chuan look at the four people behind Luo Jiang. They were the young heroes sent from all battlefields in the coalition. They were all as tall as mountains. "You have all made great contributions to suppressing the rebellion. The rewards from the Military Affairs Office will soon be announced." It will be sent to you. When you leave the city and Luo Pi completes the reorganization of the army, you will quickly return to the original station. The next time we meet will be on the battlefield you are most familiar with." He looked to the north and only felt He felt proud and proud, "I want to see who among the four of you and those people in the north can be my champion!"
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All the young generals saluted together and shouted, "I will definitely live up to the expectations of the Grand Administrator!"
After Luo Chuan encouraged himself a few more times, the young generals retreated. When only he, Luo Jiang, Qian Xue and the young female were left here, he sighed and said, "I still have to see him. "
Luo Jiang nodded and said, "The harem is already under control, and everyone from the ANBU has arrived. Except for a few rats who escaped early due to misfortune, all the other uncertain ones that should be cleaned up... have been cleaned up." "
Luo Chuan stood up and called Gao Shixian to lead the way, and he and Luo Jiang and others walked to the harem under the protection of a group of blood knights.
The harem of the Prefect's Palace occupies a huge area, and the various courtyards seem to be closely connected with each other. Anyway, when Luo Chuan walks there for the first time, he will feel like entering a maze, but now at least half of the courtyards are in the harem. There was no light anymore, and the intrigues and other things that had been staged here seemed to have sunk into history along with this incident.
Gao Shixian finally led everyone to stop at the entrance of a huge courtyard closely guarded by nearly a hundred guards and waiters. Luo Chuan gave a few instructions, and everyone, including Gao Shixian and a group of blood knights, stayed outside the courtyard. Only Luochuan, Luo Jiang, Qianxue and the young female Taoist entered it.
It was very dark in the courtyard. Only a faint light from the lights in the central hall shone through the door. The door was open, as if waiting for the family members returning at night, and they were not worried about the intrusion of the cold air.
Luo Chuan walked into the hall and saw a young man with chapped lips and dull eyes sitting alone on a chair facing the door. He didn't even look at the people who came in. He was just in a daze and depressed.
Luo Chuan did not approach him, but stood in the middle of the hall and looked at him silently for a long time.
It wasn't until the young man finally raised his head and looked at him with a smile that Luo Chuan slowly spoke, "My father begged me in the letter he gave me to give you peace and wealth for the rest of your life."
The young man sneered and murmured, "He probably really regards peace and wealth as a gift. Isn't that what he promised you when you came back from the city? He also asked me to take care of you. Now that I want to come... .." He sneered and did not continue speaking.
Luo Chuan continued expressionlessly, "This is the only request in the long letter he gave me, so I agreed," he paused for a while before continuing, "But the premise is that, at least for the next few years, You have to follow my arrangements."
The young man lowered his head to look at the floor with a very faint smile, "My father is gone, and my mother...is gone too. Now I only have you as my brother in this world. The guard leader at the door said, you want I should be grateful if you don't kill me, let alone just follow your arrangements? Listen, I have to listen, even if you make me kneel on the ground and kowtow to you like a dog now... I still have to listen! !”
Luo Chuan clenched his fists, but still made his voice sound the same as before. He said the word "good", turned around and took two steps before stopping, "You are sixteen years old this year, your parents are gone, you It's sad. I can understand it, but my parents died when I was three years old. Can you understand it? You hate everything now, but is everything caused by me now? You can hate it, but you have to understand that you should hate it. Who should you hate? At least, you should hate like a man from the Luo family!"
He strode away, leaving only one sentence, "Uncle Jiang will take you to Ganyuan after the matter in Licheng is settled. You are right about what you said, I am your brother, you have to listen to me!" "
