Chang Sheng rode slowly on horseback, all the way from Tianlao to Taiyang Road. While he was still thinking about Tianlao, he realized that there were countless forbidden troops in the city at this moment.
She knew that she was afraid something might happen again
"drive!"
He raised his riding whip and hurried back to the house.
As soon as I arrived at Taiyang Road, I found that Taiyang Road was brightly lit, and countless soldiers holding torches surrounded the entire Taiyang Road.
"stop!"
The soldiers holding torches stretched out their hands to stop Chang Sheng. Chang Sheng took a closer look and found that the clothes of these soldiers were completely different from those of the Forbidden Army or Taiyang Mansion soldiers.
"What's wrong?"
When the soldiers saw her delicate appearance and expensive blue dress, they thought she was a lady from an official family.
"Tonight Taiyang Road is under martial law. All those who come in and out must report their identities. If there are people waiting around, please leave quickly!"
There was murderous intent in the soldier's tone, and his momentum was not weaker than that of the Imperial Guards.
Chang Sheng became more and more frightened
"Which battalion are you from? I've never seen you in the capital."
The soldier looked grim and uttered a few words
"Chuan Feng Camp!"
"What!"
Chang Sheng lost her voice and went to Chuanfeng Camp. She had never heard of this military camp, but the name immediately reminded her of a person, the Prime Minister, Zhao Chuanfeng!
"You are the king's people."
Chang Sheng said coldly
"What is the Prime Minister planning to do!"
When the soldiers saw Chang Sheng being aggressive, they were naturally not someone to be trifled with, so they shouted angrily.
"If you want to come in, tell me your identity!"
Immediately, the soldiers behind him felt the killing intent in the soldier's tone, and they all pulled out the swords at their waists and pointed them at Chang Sheng.
Although Chang Sheng was not afraid of them, she had too many doubts in her mind at the moment, so she immediately showed the city lord's order
"Chang Sheng, the Lord of Taiyang City."
Although those soldiers were not in the capital, they naturally knew the name of the Lord of Honghua City, and they all knelt down immediately.
"I don't know if the city lord is coming back to his home. Damn it, let him go!"
At this moment, the soldiers made way for Chang Sheng to move forward. Chang Sheng couldn't care about these people at this moment. He rode his horse to go back to his house, but he didn't go a few feet when the soldier behind him shouted.
"Lord City Lord, I'm afraid the city is not peaceful these days. If there's nothing important, don't leave the house."
When Chang Sheng heard this, he just glanced at him, his face as cold as frost.
When she returned to the house, the first thing she did was to find Yan Sihai.
"Old Yan!"
"Here it is."
But she didn't expect that Lao Yan had been waiting for her in the lobby for a long time.
Chang Sheng hurried to the lobby, and before Yan Sihai could speak, he asked
"There is a group of people outside, they say they are from Chuanfeng Camp, what's going on?"
Yan Sihai looked at her solemnly and said
"Not long after I arrived, I went to investigate. It should be the troops stationed outside the city by the Prime Minister. For some reason, they suddenly blocked the Taiyang Road."
Chang Sheng heard this and wanted to go out.
"I'll go ask the Prime Minister."
Yan Sihai stopped her by calling her
"Don't bother. I just stopped by the Prime Minister's Mansion and he is not there."
Chang Sheng said
"Then where can he be? What does he want to do by blocking this Taiyang Road!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she realized that where else could he be at this moment, he could only be in the palace.
Yan Sihai probably guessed this a long time ago and said
"It's probably going to change."
Chang Sheng doesn’t quite believe this.
"The Prime Minister is not a man obsessed with power."
Yan Sihai sneered
"Knowing people but not their hearts, you may not be able to tell it in normal times. Now that you have lost your rightful position in the world, as the person closest to that position, how can you not be tempted."
Chang Sheng shook his head, as if he still didn't want to believe it.
Yan Sihai said again
"If we didn't have this intention, what would happen to Chuanfeng Camp?"
But at this moment, there were knocks on the door. Not long after, Xiao Taohua ran into the lobby and said breathlessly.
"City Lord, all the adults living on Taiyang Road outside are coming to ask to see you!"
Chang Sheng's eyes froze. She didn't have much contact with the officials on weekdays. At this moment, people came to her in the middle of the night. It seemed that they had guessed that something had happened.
"Let them in."
Chang Sheng said.
But it didn't take long for her to regret it. When a group of disheveled officials saw her, they fell to their knees on the ground with tears and runny noses. They looked so miserable and miserable, as if they were all mourning for their heirs.
"Lord City Lord, please save us..."
He kept kowtowing on the ground. This scene really shocked Chang Sheng.
"Everyone, please get up quickly. What is this?"
All in all, these old men were finally appeased.
When many officials sat down one by one, Chang Sheng discovered that the two leaders were actually Tu Yan, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of War, and Ruan Chengdong, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments. Also sitting down were the adults from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Husbandry.
Chang Sheng sighed secretly, this battle is really not small.
But I saw that Ruan Chengdong, who was crying and shouting just now, sat down now with a flattering look on his face, and showed a bitter look when he spoke.
"Lord City Lord, you don't know that Prince Xiang is very ambitious. Not to mention raising an army privately, while we are still sleeping, he actually took advantage of the saint's absence to surround Taiyang Dao. What do you think he wants to do? , it is clear that he wants to trap hundreds of officials so that he can take advantage of it and rise to power."
Chang Shengdao
"Not to mention that the Prime Minister's rebellion has not yet been concluded. Even if it is true, you can just be your own officials. The Prime Minister can still kill you. Even if he takes that position, he still needs hundreds of officials to assist him. Politics.”
Tu Yan let out a long sigh and felt heartbroken.
"Lord City Lord, we are loyal to the saint. How can we serve the two masters before the saint leaves?"
Yan Sihai on the side was sneering again and again, looking at the sanctimony of these people, mocking them.
"That's hard to say. As the saying goes, once the emperor has one minister, the world will really change its masters. I'm afraid you can disband and return to your fields earlier, and you won't get the reputation of one minister and two masters."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the officials in the lobby changed.
Ruan Chengdong laughed dryly, knowing that his little thoughts had been exposed, so he couldn't pretend anymore.
"No matter what, Lord City Lord, you cannot let the Prime Minister usurp power and seize the throne."
Chang Sheng looked at this group of people carefully. They were all people who usually did not deal with the Prime Minister. Naturally, she was afraid that the Prime Minister would really rise to power. None of the officials she had always admired came, such as General Kuang.
Laughing in my heart, I said
"You guys look up to my little sister. I'm just trapped here. How can I stop the Prime Minister?"
When Ruan Chengdong heard this, he thought Chang Sheng was shaken and said flatteringly
"Now everyone is trapped here. General Kuang and Master Tu hold military power but are unable to mobilize them. We are even more powerless. For this plan, only the Lord of the City has a very high prestige in the world. , can mobilize the Jianghu people scattered in the city, if the city lord is willing to take action, everything will be worry-free."
Chang Sheng suddenly smiled playfully and looked at everyone
"Speaking of which, why didn't I see General Kuang?"
Ruan Chengdong looks a little ugly
"General Kuang relies on himself as a hero, so he refuses to join us."
Chang Sheng thought for a while and then said
"I know what you are thinking, but the Prime Minister's rebellion is just everyone's guess. This matter still needs to be corroborated. Everyone will go back today and let me think about it again."
After Tu Yan and Ruan Chengdong heard this, they said anxiously
"Lord City Lord, things are changing rapidly now. If we wait any longer, I'm afraid it will be too late by tomorrow."
Yan Sihai stood in front of Chang Sheng and looked at the two of them indifferently.
"Don't push yourself too far!"
The two were afraid, so they had to give up and led the officials away angrily.
After everyone left, Chang Sheng asked
"Old Yan, you still think that King Xiang will rebel."
Yan Sihai was silent for a moment and nodded.
"Even if he rebels, it has nothing to do with you. Just do things according to your rhythm. As long as I am here, Lao Yan, no one can do anything to you."
Chang Sheng was noncommittal.
"No matter what, just in case, Lao Yan, you'd better contact the Jianghu people in the city and ask them to be prepared."
Yan Sihai nodded and walked out of the lobby to the backyard. He took out a small bottle from his arms and gently pulled out the stopper. Countless glowing fireflies could be seen running out and scattering from the sky above the yard.
On the same day, there was no snow state.
The quasi-emperor's mansion was burned into ruins.
In a courtyard, birds sang softly on the branches of burnt willow branches. In the pond next to the tree, the water surface was as calm as a mirror.
But at the next moment, the calm water surface suddenly appeared with tiny ripples, spreading outward in circles. Then, the willow tree on the side swayed slightly, frightening away the birds on the tree.
The sound of footsteps came from outside the courtyard.
"right here."
A human voice appeared.
Immediately afterwards, an old man led a group of men in black into the courtyard.
"That night, a young man knocked me out, put on my clothes, and took away my dick. I was still thinking, it's hard to beat me up these days."
"Hey, when I woke up, I found that my clothes had been changed. The clothes were smooth to the touch. It looked like they belonged to a rich family. I don't know why they wanted to steal my clothes."
The old man led the people and talked while walking.
The leader of the men in black said
"How do you know this place?"
The old man was a chatterbox, so he interrupted him and continued.
"Don't listen to me in a hurry. When I woke up and was lying on the street, I found a fire in Gu's Mansion, so I ran here. As a result, I met an acquaintance from the City Lord's Mansion and asked me why I was a young man on duty last night. I thought at that time that the young man was pretending to be me, and the fire in the Gu Mansion might have something to do with him."
"Then I sneaked into the Gu Mansion at night when no one was around, thinking that this young man must be planning something when he ran into the Gu Mansion."
The leading man in black sneered.
"You are quite brave, and you are not afraid of another fire in the Gu Mansion that will burn you down."
The old man smiled
"This Gu's Mansion was a quasi-emperor's palace back then. How could there be no treasures? It's just that there is a lot of evil inside, and no one dares to enter on weekdays. This rich young man who goes to such great lengths to find something must be a big treasure. I don't think so. Is it because the ghost has lost his mind?"
The man in black is too lazy to listen to his nonsense
"Then what."
The old man walked to the pond, pointed to the ground and said
"Then I searched for a long time and found my clothes thrown by the pond. I thought that the young man must have found the treasure here, but I searched for a long time and still couldn't find it."
The man in black slowly stepped forward and kept looking at the entire yard. After looking for a long time, he didn't see anything. He frowned and muttered to himself.
"There's nothing."
Suddenly a subordinate behind him said
"Will it be in the pond?"
The head of the man in black's eyes lit up and he looked at the old man behind him.
“When you find your clothes, are they dry or wet.”
The old man said immediately
"It's wet. It's almost dry, but it's really wet."
The leader in black laughed loudly
"I see."
