Dayong Nu sentenced to death

The guard of honor of the imperial envoy arrived in Hanyang City, and He Gongze, the inspector, was arrested and taken to the government office for trial. The news spread across the streets and alleys in an instant.

When Lu Heng found out, he was checking the tax with Mu Qixiang and others in Yunzhou. Qi Xiang couldn't believe it, and asked again, "Who did you say was arrested?"

The guard who sent the letter said: "Returning to my lord, it is Mr. He, the supervisor. He just arrived at the tower, and he didn't wait to enter the city. First, he was intercepted by the troops sent by the prefect Cao, and then he ran into the guard of honor of the imperial envoy. The leader was the Imperial City Secretary. People who have confirmed their identities are directly arrested.”

"Didn't say why?"

"No……"

The man shook his head, hesitated, and said in a low voice: "Master He still wanted to ask, but the lord said that he didn't have the time to listen to his nonsense, so he asked the official office to speak slowly, and specially ordered Yin Xuewei who was escorting him to walk slowly... ..."

"This, this is too presumptuous."

Qi Xiang murmured in disbelief: "Even if the imperial envoy handles the case, they can't ignore the rules like this. What do they want to do?"

"That's right, important officials in a state can take what they say, do these people still have the law and order in their eyes?"

"The son entered Hanyang early, who is here this time? How dare you act so presumptuously? The next official will definitely join him!"

"..."

A group of old officials with white beards blowing their beards and staring at each other, their faces were flushed immediately. At the other end of the long table, a young man in white was lazily leaning on an armchair, with a maidservant standing beside him playing a fan. He had a glass bowl filled with peeled crystals Grapes are plump and transparent, round and attractive.

He fiddled with a fork, listened to these people's angrily scolding, and when he had finished talking, he went to pick up some tea with a dry mouth, and just smiled idlely.

"Have you scolded enough?"

Lu Heng made a sound, and the surroundings were silent for a while.

Only then did the elders remember that there was a big Buddha next to them, and they were sweating profusely. In late autumn, even though there was no cold wind blowing, they were stunned and shivered.

"This……"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and quickly confessed.

Zhou Mu Qixiang smiled and said: "We also heard that the imperial envoy behaved so unrulyly, and we were shocked to make a slip of the tongue for a while, and hope that Master Xiaozuka will forgive us."

Lu Heng's slender and smiling eyes glanced over him inadvertently, Qi Xiang suddenly felt terrified, and lowered his head even lower, the young man withdrew his gaze, and sneered: "I think you guys have more brains than that He Gongze, so it turns out I was thinking about it."

The sarcasm in the voice was like a loud slap on everyone's face.

Including Qi Xiang, all of them changed their faces, but no one dared to speak up, and the atmosphere became more solemn.

"The lower officials are ignorant, I don't know if Zai Xiaozuka can make a point or two."

One bites the bullet and opens his mouth.

Lu Heng waved his hand to stop the maidservant who was playing the fan, and asked her to step back, while he changed his posture and leaned on it, resting his chin with one hand, and looked at them with a smile.

His eyes swept over them one by one, and finally fixed on one person.

"It was you who said you wanted to be impeached? Do you know who that person is?"

His voice was idle, no matter how serious the words came out of his lips, there was a bit of flirtatiousness and playfulness, as if he was chatting with others.

The elder who was named shivered, and said hesitantly, "Who is it?"

Lu Heng's eyes turned, and he said with a smile, "Gu Cheng, deputy commander of the Imperial City Division."

"Referring to, the commander... surnamed Gu? Could it be the young son of the Shanliu Gu family?"

Qi Xiang suddenly realized, his face turned pale, "The Gu family is a recent nobleman, and his eldest son, Gu Hanzhang, was enshrined as a marquis when he was young, and he took an important position in front of the palace. He is very favored by His Majesty. It is impossible for him to leave Beijing. Then it is his brother... ?”

"After the separation of the powers and duties of the Imperial City Secretary, although it will not return to the glory of the previous generations, it will become a training place for the second generation ancestors in Beijing, but it is the emperor's guard after all."

Lu Heng was in a good mood today, so he patiently said a few more words to them: "He came by order, no matter how tyrannical and domineering he is, he will not act presumptuously and insult the majesty of the Heavenly Family. Where?"

After a while of silence, Qi Xiang tentatively asked: "Zai Xiaozuka said that someone ordered it?"

Who this person is is self-evident.

Lu Heng smiled but did not answer, "According to the information I received, a few days ago Shengjing sent out a secret decree, which was just for Prince Yan."

Everyone was shocked again.

"I don't know what it's about..."

Qi Xiang wanted to ask again, but Lu Heng glanced at him with a smile that was not a smile: "Master Qi, you'd better think clearly before speaking."

Facing those eyes that knew everything, Qi Xiang felt chills in his heart, and suddenly realized that since it was a secret decree, other people would naturally have no way of knowing its contents.

"The lower official made a slip of the tongue."

He hastily apologized.

Regarding this, Lu Heng didn't say much, his eyes became more playful, and he glanced at the crowd and said: "My lord has already made a move, what are you adults doing here?"

A He Gongze is just an appetizer.

Which one of the people present would dare to pat their chests to guarantee that they are absolutely innocent, and that no mistakes can be found?
They are of course eager to return.

After exchanging glances, everyone clasped their hands together and said, "I will take my leave."

They filed out, Qi Xiang saw that the people had almost left, and looked at Lu Heng tentatively: "Although there is a holy decree, it is too unreasonable for the son to act like this, I don't know that Xiaozuka will kill you..."

"Master Qi."

Lu Heng smiled lazily, recklessly and playfully: "I am a servant of the household department. This time I stayed in Yunzhou to learn about the taxation policy, and I didn't intend to get involved in your troublesome things."

"For the sake of my colleagues, I would like to remind you again that our son is not as gentle as he is usually in dealing with thunder, so you'd better not take any chances."

"Clean up what needs to be dealt with, and don't follow in He Gongze's footsteps."

It's pretty barefaced to say the least.

Qi Xiang's face turned blue and red, and after several changes, he suppressed the turmoil in his heart, bowed his hands to him, turned and walked out.

As soon as he left, the bamboo curtain on the side was lifted, and a thin figure in blue clothes with a sword came out, it was Lu Heng's long-term follower, and he was full of enthusiasm.

"My lord, since you don't intend to intervene in this matter, why bother talking to him?"

"Don't you think it's funny?"

Lu Heng raised his eyes to look at him with a smile, saw that he had a straight face again, suddenly felt bored, and said earnestly: "Wu Du, how many times have I told you, don't be so lifeless every day, just laugh."

Jin Wudu twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile uglier than crying.

"You better stop laughing, you're in a panic."

Lu Heng shook his head helplessly, rested his chin and looked away, as if thinking of something, with a bright smile in his eyes, "Sure enough, it's still a beauty that hurts when it smiles."

"Son!"

Seeing him talking further and further away, Jin Wudu couldn't help calling out.

Lu Heng squinted at him, then sighed again, "Anyway, Yunzhou is going to be chaotic, just a word, it won't affect anything."

"If Prince Yan knows..."

"So what if you know? He can still come to argue with me? Don't worry, Yan Heqing knows it in his heart."

Lu Heng didn't take it seriously, "It's a pity that I'm busy with business, so I can't stay long, and I can't see this good show anymore, but before I leave, there is something else to do..."

He looked out the window with a deeper smile in his eyes.