Power in the World: After Eternal Age

Tuoba Ming dedicated Emperor Wen's secret decree and led a large number of guards and imperial forest troops to West Yanzhou and arrived at the ferry.On the ferry, Li Shi's confidantes could not help but secretly startled when they saw a large group of old guards and imperial guards coming, surrounded by a court official.

Tuoba Ming ordered his subordinates to shout to the ferry, asking the other party to immediately send a boat to pick them up and cross the river.Li Shi's confidant came to the other side in a small boat, and shouted to the other side of the brigade: "My lords seem to have come from the capital. My Lord Inspector has an order. Anyone who comes from the capital must report to the Inspector. The Inspector will definitely Come and greet me in person."

Although Tuoba Ming had already been dismissed from the position of Zhongshu's servant by Emperor Xianwen Tuobahong, but Emperor Xianwen had secretly promised him to be the supervisor of Zhongshu after the matter was completed.Therefore, when Tuoba Ming came to arrest Li Shi with a secret decree, he had already changed into the official uniform of the Zhongshu Supervisor for the convenience of commanding the accompanying Suwei Yulin Army.

He said to Li Shiqin: "My official is Tuoba Ming, the supervisor of Zhongshu, and he is here on business. You don't have to wait for your lord governor to come to greet you. Come quickly and take us across the river with a big boat."

Li Shi's confidant said: "Lord Zhongshu Supervisor, I am really sorry. My Lord Inspector has strict laws and regulations. If we don't follow his instructions, we will be expelled from the public house at least, and sent to prison at worst. All imperial envoys, please wait a moment, I will order People reported to Lord Inspector, that when Lord Inspector came to the river to greet him, the humble officer dared to enlarge the boat to meet the imperial envoys!"

Li Shigui is the governor, unless the emperor and the empress dowager come in person, then the governor will commit himself to greet him in person.Although the imperial envoy represents the emperor, he is not the emperor after all. Usually, the imperial envoy arrives in front of the governor's mansion, and then the governor comes out to greet him.

Li Shi was too humble, this uncharacteristic behavior immediately aroused Tuoba Ming's vigilance.After contemplating for a while, he immediately guessed Li Shi's intention.

Tuoba Ming shouted to Li Shi's cronies on the boat: "This imperial envoy came here by order, not for the governor of your family. Lord Murong Baiyao, King of Jinan, conquered Licheng in Shandong, but Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty was not reconciled to this defeat, so I want to take revenge with swordsmen. The situation on the front line is critical, and I am ordered by the emperor to go to Licheng, Shandong to supervise the army, so as to help Jinan King Murong Baiyao."

"It's urgent, so I don't pass by the state government, but go straight to Licheng, Shandong. If you misunderstand the military situation, can you know your crime? I'm afraid your family's governor can't afford it! Hurry up and get the boat over and cross me. Wait to cross the river!"

Hearing Tuoba Ming's words, Li Shi was quite surprised in his heart.He looked at the official uniform, so he knew he was a high-ranking official of the imperial court; he came with many palace guards, so he must be an imperial envoy for the purpose.Since they and their party are pressing each other with urgent military situation, I am afraid that even Lord Inspector can't bear the charge of delaying the military situation.

There are two avenues at the ferry, one south and one north, leading to the governor's mansion in the north and Licheng in Shandong in the south.Li Shi's confidant thought to himself, depending on the situation, it was impossible for him to perfunctory with the governor's words, so he could only order the big boat to come and ferry them across the river.Li Shi's cronies had prepared the worst plan. If they crossed the river and went straight to the governor's mansion, he would secretly rush to the governor's mansion from the trail to inform Li Shi in advance; Going west of Yanzhou to Licheng, Shandong, it was a false alarm, and there was no need to report to Lord Inspector.

Li Shiqin made up his mind, stood on the small boat and sent a signal to the other side, and immediately two big boats set off from the other side, slowly approaching.

After Tuoba Ming crossed the river with all the guards, he pretended to leave some silver, saying that it was a reward for the people at the ferry.Everyone was overjoyed, except for Li Shi's cronies who kept a close watch on their movements without saying a word.

Li Shi's confidant's eyes couldn't escape Tuoba Ming, he had an idea in his heart.After rewarding everyone, Tuoba Ming ordered the brigade to set off and head towards Licheng, Shandong.

It wasn't until the imperial envoy's brigade headed south and disappeared into the distant woods that Li Shi's cronies breathed a sigh of relief.He didn't know that Tuoba Ming's men and horses had just passed through the grove, and immediately recruited locals as guides, bypassed the crossing, and went straight to the governor's yamen from the trail.

Li Shi was sitting in the mansion with his eyes closed to rest his mind, when he suddenly heard voices from outside the mansion, he couldn't help feeling suspicious.Li Shizheng was waiting to ask a question, but saw the disciples running into the hall in a panic and reported: "My lord, it's bad, many soldiers under the command of a senior officer surrounded our governor's mansion!"

Because Li Shi didn't get the secret report from the ferry, he never thought that the people who came were from the capital.The disciples didn't know the clothes of the Suwei Yulin Army, so they thought they were sergeants from other states and counties.Therefore, Li Shi was furious when he heard the words: "Who is so bold to lead troops to surround our Governor's Mansion in West Yanzhou? Is this a blatant attempt to rebel?"

He wondered in his heart, which way the princes and kings came here with troops for some unknown purpose.But Li Shi was not flustered, because at that time, there were often conflicts between the court officials and the princes and kings of the various fiefdoms, and the orders of the central government and the princes and kings often conflicted, so the court officials led people to question the princes and kings. Or it often happens that princes and kings lead troops to question court officials.

It's just that no matter whether it's the court officials or the princes and kings, the purpose of bringing together people and horses is to create momentum to suppress the opponent's momentum, and they don't dare to meet each other in arms, because whoever dares to move will be charged with treason.

Li Shi is both civil and military, resourceful, and capable. His brother Li Fu is the supervisor of Zhongshu, his younger brother Li Yi is the lover of Empress Dowager Feng, and he is an official of the imperial court. Besides, he has never been afraid of other officials and princes and kings.

Li Shi adjusted his official uniform, came to the courtyard, and shouted loudly: "Don't panic, open the gate of the prefectural government for me! I want to see who is the person who dares to cause trouble in the governor's mansion of Western Yanzhou in the Great Wei Dynasty!"

Everyone heard the words and immediately opened the door.Unexpectedly, as soon as the gate was opened, a large group of soldiers in bright armor rushed in and surrounded Li Shi's mansion.

Those sergeants each held their swords and guns, and all of them were placed on the necks of the people in Li Shi's mansion, and everyone was terrified and trembling.At this time Li Shi had already seen the soldiers wearing the armor of the Imperial Forest Army, and he secretly groaned in his heart, knowing that something was wrong.

At this moment, he didn't even have time to think about the reason why Dukou didn't inform him. His intuition told him that a catastrophe was imminent, no matter how careful he was, he still couldn't escape the catastrophe.

Although Li Shi was panicked, he calmed down after going through wind and rain after all.He asked with a sullen face: "Who is here? What is the purpose of breaking into the governor's office?"

Tuoba Ming walked out from behind the soldiers, and said with a half-smile: "Master Li, do you still remember me?"

Li Shi took a closer look and immediately recognized Tuoba Ming.He asked in surprise: "Tuoba Ming, since you are the Minister of Zhongshu, why are you wearing the official uniform of Zhongshu Supervisor? The imperial court report said that you have been dismissed by the emperor, how could you bring a large group of guards?"