marquis of jingan

Chapter 763 Chasing after Major General Shen

That night, when the imperial envoy of Fengyang Mansion was traveling, a fire broke out into the sky, turning the surrounding area into daylight.

By the time the officers and soldiers of Fengyang Mansion came to put out the fire, the fire had burned most of the entire palace of the imperial envoy, and the bedroom of the imperial envoy was the first to catch fire.

The prefect of Fengyang panicked almost immediately, and while directing his subordinates to put out the fire, he asked about the recent situation of the imperial envoy, but the answer everyone gave him was that the imperial envoy was injured, passed out, and could not see anyone.

The Fengyang magistrate was sweating profusely, and immediately sent someone to the Huaihe naval camp to inform the major general Zhao Zhuo.

Zhao Zhuo was still asleep at the moment, and when he heard the news, he almost jumped out of bed in fright. He dressed in a panic, got on his horse, and ran to Fengyang City, turning his head while running. Looking at the commander Han Zhong behind him, he trembled a little when he spoke angrily.

"What did you do?!"

Han Zhong was so frightened by these words that he trembled all over, and almost fell off his horse. He shook his head hastily, and said in a trembling voice, "Young General, even if you are humble, you have the courage to dare to do such a thing!"

Zhao Zhuo snorted, glared at the commander, and said through gritted teeth, "What you did during the day is already bold enough!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his whip and rushed towards Fengyang Mansion.

Mr. Shen had a very good grasp of the time when he ordered the house. He only asked people to order the house at midnight. Therefore, including the time for posting letters, by the time Zhao Zhuo and others arrived at the imperial envoy Xingyuan of Fengyang Mansion, the time had already passed. By the next morning.

When Zhao Zhuo rushed to the imperial envoy's Xingyuan, most of the fire in the imperial envoy's Xingyuan had been extinguished, leaving only sporadic sparks. Zhao Zhuo jumped off his horse, ran to the Fengyang magistrate, and grabbed the Fengyang magistrate's clothes. The leader shouted in a low voice: "The imperial envoy!"

He is a thousand household of the fifth rank of the Huaihe Navy, and the prefect of Fengyang is a civil official of the fourth rank. Under normal circumstances, a fifth rank military general sees a fourth rank civil official, and wishes to kneel on the ground and kowtow to the civil official master, like the current situation , is almost impossible.

But this situation, in Fengyang Mansion, happened to be reasonable.

This Fengyang magistrate can be the magistrate in the land of Fengyang, and he has inextricably linked with the Zhao family. Even if he is grabbed by the collar at this moment, he just smiles with him, lowers his head slightly, and smiles wryly Said: "Young general, when I first arrived here, the imperial envoy disappeared. When I asked the entourage of the imperial envoy, they all said that the imperial envoy was burned and could not see anyone..."

"Until now, the subordinate officials have not seen the imperial envoy..."

Zhao Zhuo snorted angrily, looked around at the messy palace of imperial envoys, and gritted his teeth: "How did this fire start?"

"do not know…"

The prefect of Fengyang hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head slightly and said, "However, Major General, the fire at the scene was started from the bedroom of the imperial envoy, it should be..."

He hesitated for a moment, but still didn't finish speaking.

Zhao Zhuo glared at him and shouted, "What should it be?"

The prefect of Fengyang took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Someone must have set the fire on purpose..."

"You fart!"

Zhao Zhuo was furious, and slapped the fourth-rank magistrate fiercely, and cursed: "How could anyone dare to burn the palace of imperial envoys in the boundary of Fengyang Mansion?!"

This is a matter of position.

At this moment, no matter whether this imperial envoy was deliberately burned or not, no matter who burned it, it cannot be said to be man-made!
Because once this matter is man-made, it must be inseparable from the Zhao family in the territory of Fengyang Mansion!

Zhao Zhuo scolded angrily a few times, and was about to speak when a fast horse galloped over. The knight on the horse jumped off the horse and almost ran in front of Zhao Zhuo. He took a few breaths and said, "Young General ..."

"Our people discovered that a dozen or so riders escorted a carriage and left Fengyang City at dawn, and they are heading straight for Jiankang from the official road at this moment!"

Zhao Zhuo's expression changed immediately.

In this case, the person who can be escorted by more than a dozen people is almost certain to be the imperial envoy Shen Yi.

As for Shen Yi, at this time, he must not return to Jiankang!
When he returned to Jiankang, the fire of the imperial envoy by the Huaihe Navy was confirmed, and the conflict between the imperial court and the Zhao Clan was about to showdown.

At that time, even if the court cannot make up its mind, for the sake of the dignity of the imperial power, it will be forced by Shen Yi's matter to make up its mind!
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhuo almost jumped onto his mount in three or two steps, and shouted angrily: "Take fifty horses and follow me!"

He shook the reins, rushed out of Fengyang City all the way, and then went south along the official road, bringing up a cloud of smoke and dust.

The official road was originally flat, there was no speed limit for galloping horses, and the speed was much faster than that of a carriage. After about half an hour, Zhao Zhuo saw a dozen or so riders in front of him, escorting a carriage towards the south. .

It doesn't take too long, as long as half a day, this carriage will probably leave the territory of Fengyang Mansion, and Zhao Zhuo will no longer be able to control it.

At this moment, Zhao Lu hadn't replied yet, Zhao Zhuo couldn't let Shen Yi go, so he whipped the mount under his crotch, rushed up, and stopped in front of these dozens of horses.

After stopping the horse team, Zhao Zhuo jumped off his horse, stood in front of Shen Yi's carriage, bowed his head and cupped his fists deeply towards the carriage: "Zhao Lu, a thousand households of the Huaihe Navy, has seen the imperial envoy!"

There was silence in the carriage.

The man who drove the car was Luo Yong, the secretary of the Mansion News Agency. This Luo official has an official position in the court, and he is relatively confident. He looked at Zhao Zhuo and shouted: "I know it's an imperial envoy driving the car, but I dare to block the car." !"

Zhao Zhuo's gaze fixed on the carriage, and seeing that there was still no one talking in the carriage, he hesitated for a while, then slowly half-knelt down, lowered his head and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, the final arrangement is so poor that the imperial envoy My lord is frightened, and the ultimate crime is nothing serious."

"The imperial envoy, please go back to Fengyang at the end of the day, and the imperial envoy must explain clearly to the imperial envoy."

Still no one in the carriage spoke.

Luo Yong stuck his head into the carriage, and after a while, he poked his head out, looked at Zhao Zhuo who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "General Zhao, the Imperial Envoy said that you killed half of it even if you didn't arrange it well. Go, if the arrangement is complete, won't he die in Fengyang?"

Zhao Zhuo's complexion changed slightly, he lowered his head slightly and said, "My lord, among them..."

"There is a big misunderstanding!"

Shen Yi in the carriage still didn't speak.

Luo Yong poked his head in, and after a while he poked it out again to look at Zhao Zhuo. After coughing, he said, "General Zhao, my imperial envoy told me that this matter is clear, there is nothing to misunderstand, he has suffered now Injured, I have to go back to Jiankang to recuperate."

"If you stop the imperial envoy's car today, you will be against the imperial court and His Majesty!"

Luo Yong paused, and said in a low voice: "The imperial envoy has already written a letter to the coastal capital of Songjiang Mansion, and the coastal capital is sending troops to respond. Does General Zhao really think that the Zhao family is in Fengyang and can be lawless?"

Zhao Zhuo still knelt in front of the car and stopped him. He ignored Luo Yong, but looked at the car without saying a word.

From just now until now, he has not heard Shen Yi's voice,

At this moment, he couldn't help being suspicious, could it be that Shen Qi was seriously injured by this fire?
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhuo slowly stood up, looked at Luo Yong, and asked, "What's your name, Brother?"

Luo Yong held his head high: "Imperial envoy Xingyuan Luo Yong."

Zhao Zhuo nodded, and said slowly: "Brother Luo, if the imperial envoy speaks, Zhao will naturally obey, but now that the imperial envoy is silent, I would have suspected you people and kidnapped the imperial envoy with evil intentions! "

After finishing speaking, Zhao Zhuo waved his hand behind him, and more than 50 riders immediately surrounded the carriage and surrounded the carriage tightly.

Seeing this, Luo Yong sneered and didn't speak.

The scene fell into silence.

After an unknown amount of time, Master Shen's weak voice came from inside the carriage.

"Major General... really majestic..."

Hearing this voice, Zhao Zhuo's heart tightened, and he knelt down subconsciously on the ground again.

"Huai River Navy Master Zhao Zhuo..."

His face was ugly, and he lowered his head slightly.

"Meet the imperial envoy!"

(End of this chapter)