"The Ran Mansion is too dangerous. I kindly ask that everyone be captured on the day of the funeral and questioned one by one. Your Majesty does not need to come in person." Yang Lue said with concern.
Li Yue shook his head, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs? Do I still have to hide in the capital of Daliang? If they don't see me in person, how can they reveal their lies? I want to see how many people, bulls, ghosts, and snakes are in Yecheng. "
Things that cannot be seen in the light can always hide in the corner.
With the current strength of Daliang, there is no need to fear them.
Yang Lue was still a little worried, "The thieves have dirty tricks. If they hurt Your Majesty..."
"Do you really think I am a weak scholar? Don't worry, I will take precautions." Li Yue took a long sword.
Mountains of swords and seas of blood have come here, so there is no reason to be afraid of them.
Of course, preparations must be made.
Li Yue wore a piece of soft armor next to his body, then a layer of fine armor, and then put on a leather cloak. The attendants who accompanied him were all the backbone of the school affairs office, and they also wore double armor. There were crossbows hidden in the leather cloaks. .
The Su Guards are always on standby.
A large number of informants were deployed around the Ran Mansion in advance, and there were also several capable school officers in the Ran Mansion who penetrated into the middle and lower levels of the enemy.
They dared to start an uprising in Yecheng. Li Yue could only admire their courage.
But this is a crazy era, full of all kinds of people with unbridled ideas. There is nothing that can't be done, only things you can't think of.
Back then, Ma Qiu was planning to poison Fu Hong and use his personal "prestige" to annex the Fu family, but he was chopped into pieces...
After all preparations were made, Li Yue rushed to Ran Mansion with his troops.
Although the Ran family is no longer powerful, it is extremely wealthy. Ran Zhi is just a county prince, but his treatment is regulated by the royal nobility. Except that he cannot build palaces or wear crowns, the expenses in the mansion are almost the same as those of the royal family.
There are more than 700 people in the palace alone.
The luxury of the mansion is unparalleled in Yecheng.
There are pavilions, pavilions, vermilion towers, green bricks and green tiles, shaded by bamboos, and the area is no less than that of a small palace.
Even many of the servants in the mansion were wearing silk and satin.
As soon as Li Yue arrived, Ran Zhi led Jiang Qian, Miao Song, Song Bin and other people to greet him, "I respectfully welcome your Majesty."
Chang Wei did not come to avoid suspicion.
Other court officials and dignitaries were busy with government affairs, so they left after paying homage in a hurry.
There was an undercurrent surging in Yecheng, and many people had already smelled something strange, and they hid wherever they could.
Even Liu Yi, who once wore a pair of trousers with Jiang Qian and Miao Song, stayed out of the matter.
Their relationship has become increasingly tense in the past two years. Six months ago, Liu Yi openly contradicted Jiang Gan in the court over trivial matters, which made him unable to step down and the two sides were completely at odds.
Li Yue looked at Ran Zhi, who was wearing sackcloth and mourning. His appearance had a bit of Ran Min's, but his eyes were smaller and he was timid. His aura was far different. "Mrs. Wei is also a strange woman. It's a pity that the year is not holidaying. Now, Leaving him is really a misfortune for the people of the country."
Ran Zhi had a sad look on his face, but his little eyes were wandering everywhere, "My mother... was kind and compassionate by nature. It was not God's failure to make the year off, but God's failure to make her beautiful, so she died in depression."
"Oh? What's so frustrating about Madam?" Li Yue could hear the resentment and unwillingness in his words.
"There is nothing gloomy. It's just that my mother has repeatedly told me to be loyal to His Majesty and to think of all the people in the world." Ran Zhi's little eyes flashed.
This was said in a hollow voice, without any emotion in it, but rather like Ran Zhi's sarcasm and self-deprecation.
Li Yue said meaningfully: "If your wise nephew remembers your teachings, he will benefit from it throughout his life."
I went to the battlefield with Ran Min back then and had a lot of affection for each other, so calling him "nephew" is not an offense.
Ran Zhi remained silent.
Li Yue took his hand and walked into the inner hall together.
There were people kneeling inside and outside the hall, all wearing linen and wearing mourning, and prostrate themselves. A few female relatives were crying in front of the door.
Everything looked perfectly normal.
But as soon as Li Yue glanced at it, he discovered a lot of strange things.
These people wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety are extremely stiff, giving the impression that they are like leopards with their heads hunched tight, ready to jump up and hurt people at any time.
The body becomes stiff and tense only when a person is on guard, and a person's hostility may not be concealed.
How can two or three hundred people cover it up?
If there is hostility, murderous intent will arise.
It can be said that Li Yue has been hunting all his life. His hands are covered with blood. He has eaten the Hongmen Banquet several times and is very familiar with the scene in front of him.
Ran Zhi is too young to play this with himself.
Yang Lue, Zhang Zhuer, Lu Qing and others also noticed the abnormality and stood in front of them.
Li Yue patted Yang Lue on the shoulder, walked through the kneeling crowd with his head held high, and walked straight into the inner hall.
Two rows of white wax were lit in the hall, with a coffin sandwiched between them, and a memorial tablet erected above it. On the memorial tablet were written in small letters "Mrs. Dong of the State of Wei".
Li Yue looked at the memorial tablet and observed silence for a while.
Ran Zhi followed closely, bringing in a gust of cold wind, and the candle flames flickered out.
"Your Majesty..." Ran Zhi seemed to hesitate.
"In the presence of Mrs. Wei's funeral, my nephew may wish to speak out if he has anything to say." Li Yue sat directly on the soft mat that had been prepared.
Yang Lue and others followed him around, their eyes as bright as a torch.
And at this moment, the people wearing linen and mourning inside and outside the hall slowly raised their heads, and the murderous look in their eyes could no longer be concealed.
Seeing how calm Li Yue was, at the critical moment, Ran Zhi swallowed, "Chen...chen..."
"How can a man be hesitant and hesitant in his actions?" Li Yue stared at him.
Ran Min killed the Shi family like a pig or a dog, but Ran Zhi hesitated.
Ran Zhi was caught off guard by launching an attack so quickly. He was confused and had cold sweat on his forehead. How could such a person succeed?
"Chen...chen..."
"Kneel down." Li Yue shouted coldly.
Ran Zhi's whole body trembled, and due to the power, his legs bent and were suddenly pulled by a pair of hands.
Jiang Gan and Miao Song stood up, "Your Majesty——"
"I'll give you another chance, kneel down!" Li Yue directly interrupted the two of them talking nonsense and stared at Ran Zhi. As long as he knelt down and confessed, there is still a chance for things to turn around.
At least life can be saved.
Under the huge pressure, Ran Zhi opened and closed his mouth, and looked back at Jiang Qian.
"Your Majesty is so majestic, but at least three-thirds of the world in Daliang belongs to the Ran family. Your Majesty treats the old master like this, doesn't it make the world feel cold?" Jiang Qian, as Ran Min's former subordinate, is much more courageous.
"Without me, the grass on your graves would be three feet high. Now you just eat my food and drink my food without thinking of my kindness. You actually have the nerve to talk nonsense here. Just by yourself, you can stop Murong Ke." Is Murong Chui's army ready?"
This rhetoric is worthless.
When Ran Min was captured alive, Yecheng's food supply and troops were depleted, and without Li Yue leading the Black Cloud Army to the north, I don't know how many people would have died.
If Li Yue hadn't been delivering food, everyone in Yecheng would have eaten each other long ago.
"Are you Jiang Gan and Miao Song the same?" Li Yue mocked these two people mercilessly.
Their faces turned green and red, but they didn't say a word.
Ran Zhi's legs were bent again, but they were holding him up and couldn't kneel down.
"Hmph, since Your Majesty has thrown himself into a trap, don't blame me..." Jiang Gan's eyes turned red.
(End of chapter)
