I hope to return to the country

The autumn wind is bleak, and it is almost early winter.

The birthday of the new emperor is approaching. To celebrate the festivities, the streets and alleys are full of red lights and colorful silks. Even the exterior walls of the shops are repainted. It's a bit dilapidated, but as far as the eye can see, it's like a fire cooking oil, a beautiful scene of peace and prosperity.

But that's just what it looks like.

Although the scenery is beautiful, there are very few people.

There are so many streets, empty and crowded with pedestrians, every house is closed for fear of causing trouble, only the shops of goods are still open, but the business is deserted, and it is not possible to welcome a customer for half a day, if it is not because of The government issued an order not to strike the market, I'm afraid they would have closed their doors long ago.

The source of all this was Luo Yuelin's confidant, Huang Cheng, the new commander of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division.

These days, he led people to copy the homes of several officials who had written to impeach Luo Yuelin on the charge of treason. The relatives, old friends and Qingke disciples implicated by these officials were all arrested and put in prison. .

In addition, countless spies were sent out to spy on the news in restaurants, restaurants, firework alleys, and lecture schools. Anyone who talked about Luo Yuelin and Zhaixinglou would be taken away in shackles on the spot, and so would his wife and children. If one of them doesn't fall, all of them will be arrested and imprisoned, and they will be sold directly into slavery without ransom and heavy money, and you won't even be allowed to cry out for injustice.

All of a sudden, except for those dignitaries from aristocratic families who are still safe, everyone in the capital is in danger. Unless it is absolutely necessary, they dare not go outside for more, lest they say something wrong and catastrophe will happen.

At first, it was not that no one reported these matters to the emperor, but the emperor only gave a few words of instruction to Huang Cheng to handle the case fairly and strictly, not to wrong the innocent, and had no intention of stopping it at all, but Huang Cheng agreed face to face. Alright, in a blink of an eye, those who performed the performance will be imprisoned together the next day, and the harsh torture will make people frightened.

So in the end, there will never be a memorial on this matter on the emperor's imperial platform.

"Commander, all the properties of the Chen family have been registered, please take a look."

In front of a house on the East Avenue of the capital, Huang Chengzheng was sitting on a tall horse, watching the soldiers coming in and out carrying things and escorting prisoners. He casually took the thick booklet from the person next to him, and flipped through it casually. A few pages later, he sneered again and again.

"Chen Juanwen, a small member of the household department, Wailang, has accumulated such a rich family property. It seems that the case of the crown prince's military salary is much more lucrative than we imagined."

The people around quickly echoed and flattered.

"What the commander said is that it's all thanks to your perceptiveness that a cunning person like Chen Juanwen can't escape the law. In order to share the worries of His Majesty and Lord Luo, you have worked so hard to sleep through the night, and you have worked so hard. I really admire you." , in the future, I will definitely use the command to make the horse lead the horse and follow the lead, and be loyal."

This flattery was not very clever, but Huang Cheng still listened very well.

As a little person who climbed up from the bottom, he used to be the only one who nodded and bowed to others to make amends, but now the feng shui has changed, and now he is finally standing on a high place and watching others wagging their heads and tails like a pug. This tone is really comfortable, he Of course, you can't get tired of watching or listening.

It wasn't until the person next to him was flattering and obedient, even talking dry, that Huang Cheng lazily waved his hand and gave him a sideways glance.

"Do you remember what I asked you to do?"

"Remember, remember!"

The man nodded quickly, and took out a few prepared letters from his sleeve.

"This is all correspondence between Chen Juanwen and the staff members of the Eastern Palace. There are many ironclad evidences in which the crown prince colluded with the Ministry of Households to pay for empty wages. They will be written in the confession at that time. Together with the account book, Chen Juanwen will draw the charge. The Eastern Palace will not be able to do anything." Denied."

"very good."

Huang Cheng closed the roster in his hand and casually threw it to that person.

"Lu Rong, you are successful in doing things. You are a good seedling. I will transfer you to the Bingma Division to be a deputy in the future, so that you can save yourself from being idle in the household department. In the future, you will follow me to make meritorious deeds. You dogs look at people The low-ranking colleagues in the officialdom will all use poles to curry favor with you."

The man named Lu Rong was overjoyed when he heard the words, he quickly got off his horse and knelt on the ground and bowed, with a look of gratitude.

"Thank you for the promotion of the Commander! The Commander is the reborn parent of the official, and I will do my best to run errands for you in the future, and I will go through fire and water until I die!"

He hadn't finished his eloquent flattery when Chen Juanwen yelled loudly from the gate of the Chen family.

"Lu Rong! You despicable and shameless villain! In order to please Huang Cheng, you actually framed me like this? I have been with you for many years and treated you well. I am blind! Just wait, Your Highness the Crown Prince If you come back, none of you dogs and that sycophant surnamed Luo will be able to escape, and they will all die without a place to bury you! You..."

"Are you all dead!"

Lu Rong, who was lying on the ground, straightened up angrily and hastily, and shouted at the soldiers who escorted Chen Juanwen: "Quickly shut his mouth and drag him down, lest the commander's ears be stained with obscenities! All get a good meal!"

These soldiers are all soldiers and horses, so naturally they are not something that Lu Rong, a small official of the household department, can scold. Their faces are a little ugly at the moment, and their movements of scuffling and gagging are a bit slow.

Huang Cheng glanced at them and said something lazily.

"Didn't you hear what Fushi Lu said? It seems that you really want to be punished."

Deputy Lu?

The little soldiers were startled, and immediately realized that Lu Rong had Huang Cheng's blue eyes, and had been promoted to their superior officer, so he hurriedly bowed to Huang Cheng and Lu Rong, saluted and made amends, and rushed Chen Juanwen Pressing his head to the ground, he stuffed his mouth full with the soil from the flowerpot next to him, bound his hands and feet and dragged him out the door like an animal.

"and many more."

Seeing that Chen Juanwen was about to be dragged into the prison car, Huang Cheng suddenly made a noise, rode his horse unsteadily to him, looked down at the embarrassed Chen Juanwen, and pulled the corners of his mouth with a smirk.

"For Mr. Chen's integrity, I'll let you in on some news."

He leaned slightly on the horseback, his voice lowered a bit, and the malice in his eyes poured out, almost drowning Chen Juanwen alive.

"His Royal Highness is afraid that he will never come back. You are the only ones who will die without a burial place, and we and Lord Luo will live well, be prosperous and rich, and be high above you. In the mud, I can't turn over for the rest of my life, hahaha..."

The veins on Chen Juanwen's face bulged and turned red. He was obviously furious and struggling like crazy. His posture seemed to want to rush up and fight Huang Cheng desperately. The soldiers who escorted him beat him like raindrops. It was urgent and heavy, and someone even pulled out the scabbard directly, trying to give him something powerful to make him more honest.

"Okay, pull it down, pull it down!"

Lu Rong waved his hands in disgust.

"How decent is it on the street, don't stain the eyes of our commander!"

"Yes, yes, yes." The soldiers hurriedly agreed, dragged Chen Juanwen vigorously and threw them into the prison cart, and escorted them away together with the rest of the Chen family.

"Commander!"

A man galloped over on a fast horse from a distance, came to Huang Cheng's side and cupped his hands and said: "There are refugees outside the city making troubles, and the city gate officials can't stop them."

"Sun Qingjiang is such a waste that he can't even guard a city gate well."

Huang Cheng snorted coldly from his nose.

"If it wasn't for his previous contribution in escorting him, His Majesty is kind, this upright official, I think he has achieved success."

"The commander said yes."

Lu Rong approached and said: "Relying on his old achievements and having some relationship with the East Palace, Sun Qingjiang doesn't pay much attention to you. I don't think it's better for you to go outside the city gate to watch the excitement and jokes, and come back tomorrow." There is a copy of San Na’s surname Sun, which is well-founded in the court, and he will no longer be arrogant after taking care of him, so he can only be treated like a dog by you.”

These words hit Huang Cheng's mind, he raised his hand and wanted to order more people to go outside the city gate to show off, but Lu Rong immediately spoke out to dissuade him.

"Commander, the fewer people we bring, the better. Think about it, if Sun Qingjiang sees that you have too many people, he has the cheek to ask you for help. Will you help? If you help, he will solve it without any effort. It’s a trouble, if you don’t help, he will beat you up tomorrow and let you take the blame, we can’t be fooled by him.”

Huang Cheng pondered for a while, then glanced at Lu Rong, and laughed.

"My boy, you're really smart, so you can follow me, and you won't take anyone else with you. Let's just pass by on business. No matter how troublesome Sun Qingjiang is, I can't help him."

"It's still the commander who is wise."

Lu Rong flattered with a smile on his face, got on another horse, followed Huang Cheng's horse, raised the rein and hurried towards the city gate.

"drive!"

Throughout the dynasties, there were groups of refugees outside the capital, begging for food and living.

They were either affected by war, or because of famine, or because of grievances and wanted to sue, or they thought of looking for a chance to get ahead at the foot of the emperor who was rumored to be full of gold...

But no matter what the reason is, because they have no guarantee, no guides, and can't even enter the city gate, they can only wander outside, relying on begging to survive. Far away, never dare to come back.

In Huang Cheng's eyes, these people are no different from a flock of weak sheep. It won't make any climate at all if they disperse.

So when he saw the refugees outside the city gate and the city gatekeepers shoving each other, he almost didn't laugh out loud.

"Look at Sun Qingjiang, this trash, he can't even deal with the unarmed untouchables. If it were me, I would cut off the two leaders, hang their heads high, and scare them to the point of scaring them. Gone."

"The commander said yes."

Lu Rong still agreed and smiled as always.

"Why don't you go and demonstrate to them in person what it means to kill chickens and monkeys."

Huang Cheng was still smiling but didn't react.

"What did you say..."

Before he could say the last word, Lu Rong suddenly slipped out a dagger from his sleeve, and slashed at Huang Cheng's horse quickly and mercilessly.

The horse suffered from pain, neighed and raised its hooves, rushed out like crazy, and rushed to the side of the refugees almost instantly.

Huang Cheng had some kung fu, he tried his best to maintain his composure under the panic, he wanted to abandon the horse and jump off, and go back to find Lu Rong to settle the score. As for whether the frightened horse would injure and trample a few refugees to death, he didn't care. I don't care, and I don't care.

But he has no chance.

The refugees surrounded him like a tide. Someone pulled the rein to control the horse, someone grabbed his arm and pulled him down, and more people stepped on his hands, feet and body, trampling him down. Into the muddy ground.

how so······

His eyes were rounded, his mouth and nose were blocked by mud and he couldn't breathe. The severe pain from his limbs made him covered in cold sweat, and he couldn't even scream.

Through the gap between the crowd, Huang Cheng seemed to see Lu Rong and Sun Qingjiang standing together, pointing in this direction, with worried expressions on their faces, but their eyes were smiling.

Laughing at him, this idiot is really humble, and even died so shamelessly.

"Refugees entering the city?"

Luo Yuelin was sitting in the side hall of the emperor's bedroom, frowning when he heard the report, and beside him was a cup of fragrant tea that had gone cold.

"Yes, after the death of Commander Huang, the refugees rushed into the city gate. Fortunately, some were stopped, and the remaining people were not many. Master Shou Zhengsun has already led people to chase and arrest them. It should be soon. It will subside soon, please rest assured..."

Luo Yuelin interrupted him.

"Close the palace gate immediately and order martial law."

"what?"

The man raised his head in surprise, and was about to ask why, but Luo Yuelin looked at him and dared not ask anything, and went away as ordered.

As soon as he left, a young man who looked like a servant came out from behind the gauze curtain in the hall, and respectfully handed a scroll in his hand to Luo Yuelin.

"My lord, a letter from Yancheng."

Luo Yuelin took the scroll, unfolded it, looked at it, was silent for a while, then waved his sleeves, and dropped the cup of tea in his hand to the ground, with a gloomy look on his beautiful face. .

"They're all idiots."