After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Yesterday, after Yan Qingzhi arranged for someone to deliver the message, he immediately ordered people to prepare delicious food and bathing water for the imperial envoy's team.

He also quietly ordered his confidant to find some incense.

Then, he stepped forward and said to the leading eunuch who was announcing the decree in a manner that was not too obvious to please him:

"Eunuch Zhu, you've been very tired from traveling all the way. How about you just have some hot food, take a hot bath to get rid of the cold, and change your clothes before you get back to work?"

"Otherwise, if you exhaust yourself or catch a cold, it will cause problems."

The imperial envoy's team was led by a eunuch named Zhu Shan, who was in charge of the imperial eunuch department of the imperial palace in the capital.

He has always been ambitious and dares to seize every opportunity to climb up.

Therefore, even though he knew that this trip to Nandu was very risky and no one wanted to come, he still volunteered to come.

The purpose is to complete this mission well, gain His Majesty's attention, and allow him to sit in a higher position in the future.

However, no matter how big the ambition is, it cannot withstand the limits of what the body can endure.

As a eunuch with a disabled body, his physical condition is not as good as that of a normal person.

He had traveled for six or seven days at full speed in the wind and snow together with the imperial guards. His body was already exhausted and he felt cold all over. He felt so drowsy even when standing that he could close his eyes at any time.

If he doesn't rest and eat well, he might really collapse, and then he would miss out on everything.

Therefore, he had no choice but to accept Yan Qingzhi's kindness.

"Master Yan also has a point."

"Then please have a cup of tea in the government office first. I will fix my house for an hour and then listen to your explanation."

He came to Nandu this time, betting that the Goddess of Du'e would go to provide relief for the snow disaster and would not return to Nandu so soon, and that the powerful people in Nandu would not dare to follow her in rebellion.

In this way, as long as he transferred the imperial guards from the palace to force some of the peripheral believers to hand over the core believers, and then quickly arrested and killed these core believers, it would be enough to create a rift between these Nandu dignitaries and the God of Du'e.

In this way, Lord Du'e can no longer share the same mind and heart with these powerful people.

However, the powerful people in Southern Capital were so intertwined with those in the capital that he could not let one go rather than kill a thousand by mistake.

Otherwise, when he returns to the capital, he will face the revenge of many of the capital's powerful families, and he, a eunuch with no roots and no foundation, will not be able to bear it.

But he had just found out that among the core believers of Cihang Temple, there was a businessman named Qin.

Even when dealing with the powerful and wealthy, one needs to be cautious, but this is not the case with merchants.

He was thinking in his mind that he would send someone to the palace to mobilize the imperial guards. When the people arrived, he would order the arrest of the wealthy businessman surnamed Qin and his family and kill them first.

There are only 5,000 imperial guards in the Nando Palace, who are mainly used to guard the Nando Palace on weekdays. Both in size and combat effectiveness, they are far inferior to the garrison battalion.

But this imperial guard was dispatched directly by imperial order.

"Come here, take our token and go to the palace to gather two thousand imperial guards to come to the government office to listen to my orders."

"Yes!"

The two imperial guards took the order and left.

Since someone was sent to mobilize the imperial guards, he no longer had to worry about any conspiracies or intrigues of local officials or dignitaries.

The meal that Yan Qingzhi had prepared was served quickly and it was indeed very simple.

It was just a hot pot, steaming hot and filled with the strong aroma of chili oil, which was particularly attractive to the imperial envoys who had been riding horses all the way in the cold wind.

After asking someone to test whether the food was poisonous, they began to feast on it.

They didn't notice at all that amidst the spicy aroma that filled the room, someone had put odorless incense in the stove and was quietly lighting it.

Before long, these people could no longer withstand the fatigue that permeated their bodies and fell into a deep sleep.

Yan Qingzhi brought his trusted yamen runners into the house and tied up all the people tightly.

In addition, all the dignitaries who were invited by Yan Qingzhi to the flower hall and were waiting and drinking tea, all fainted on the ground from the incense.

"Tie them all up, too!"

Yan Qing ordered several yamen runners who were absolutely loyal to him.

(I haven’t finished writing yet. I’ll add another 2,000 around 2 o’clock.)