Lord Prime Minister

Mu Zihuai rode an ox cart once, of course, this was also the first time for Prince Minqing.

The swaying carriage creaked and moved forward slowly.There were three people in the carriage, Huangfu Yunhua, Mu Zihuai, and the person he saw before he passed out.

"Brother, how long will it be?" Mu Zihuai supported the sides of the bullock cart with both hands, preventing his body from shaking from side to side.

"Hurry up, hurry up, my ox cart is going fast, and I won't be there until sunset." The man named A Niu turned his head, and his dark face showed white teeth with a smile. People feel good.

I can arrive tonight, but can Mu Zihuai not be in a hurry?For five days, the Fifth Prince disappeared, life and death were uncertain, and it was unknown what would happen to Ren Danfeng and County Magistrate Chen.If it is reported to the imperial court and the matter becomes a big deal, the villagers who make trouble will not end well.

"Zihuai, sit down." Huangfu Yunhua opened his slightly closed eyes, glanced at Mu Zihuai who was anxiously scratching his heart, and called out.

Mu Zihuai was holding the ox cart, sitting firmly on the straw with his buttocks. "My lord, I'm sitting down."

"What this king means is, come here." Patting the position beside him, Huangfu Yunhua spoke again.

Holding and twisting, he moved to sit next to the prince little by little, Mu Zihuai was a little reluctant and kept his eyes fixed.

Huangfu Yunhua sighed silently, and stretched out his hand to lift Mu Zihuai's left hand, which was tightly clutching the ox cart, to his eyes. "How's the wound on your hand? Is it better? Don't use too much force, be careful of the wound bursting." After carefully checking the bandaged wrist, Huangfu Yunhua reminded softly.

"Ahem." Mu Zihuai coughed a few times to clear his throat, "It's all right now, the lord should be more careful. There are no medicinal materials at the moment, and you must apply the medicine as soon as possible when you go back." Silently withdrew his left hand, Put it on your lap.

"My king's injury is not a hindrance." Huangfu Yunhua said with a smile: "It's not like you, biting your own hand until it's bloody, without measure."

Mu Zihuai gave a dry laugh, slightly distanced himself from the prince. "An act of urgency, an act of urgency."

Seeing Mu Zihuai's small movements, Huangfu Yunhua's eyes darkened slightly, the smile on his face faded a little, and he stopped talking.

In the evening, when the sun cleared, the ox cart finally arrived outside the city gate of Ji County. In order to prevent A Niu’s cattle from being slaughtered and dismembered as soon as they entered the city, the ox cart was hidden behind the hillside some distance from the city gate.

"A Niu, just go in with us, and when we arrive at the yamen, I will give you the money I promised you."

"Okay." A Niu nodded, the mother at home has been ill for several days, and has no money to go to the city for treatment. Fortunately, I met these two people when I went out yesterday. After saving them home, I promised to send them to Ji County , the remuneration does not need to be too much, only ten taels of silver for medical treatment is enough.

Now I go in and get the money and set off overnight, and I can return home almost late at night, and I can take my mother to see a doctor tomorrow.Thinking of this, Ah Niu quickly walked a few steps and followed the two into the city gate.

The situation inside the city gate was still the same as it was five days ago. There were not many people on the road, only a few people sitting in the shade who were so dark that they couldn't see clearly.

"Wouldn't we be robbed again if we walked over so swaggeringly?" Mu Zihuai couldn't help asking with lingering fears about the tragic situation a few days ago.

Huangfu Yunhua was magnanimous, and replied indifferently: "No, we don't have what they want in us."

Even so, Mu Zihuai was still a little worried, and tried to lower his footsteps.The three of them crossed several streets, and they were all the same as the previous scene, desolate, empty and lifeless.

The gate of the yamen was closed tightly, probably because Ren Danfeng and the others were afraid that refugees would break in and locked it.

Mu Zihuai went forward and knocked on the black oil iron ring on the gate a few times. After a while, the door was pulled open, and the excited county magistrate Chen rushed out, circled around the prince a few times, and almost cried loudly: " Your lord, you are back!"

Ren Danfeng followed closely behind, took two quick steps out of the gate, and bowed deeply to the prince to salute, his rough voice a little excited. "My lord, the villain has complied with your orders. Five days, if you don't show up today, the written memorial will be delivered to the capital."

Huangfu Yunhua nodded, raised his foot and walked into the gate of the yamen.

When Mu Zihuai heard this, he suddenly realized that the prince had already made an agreement with Ren Danfeng, and he had been worrying for so many days in vain.

Only then did Ren Danfeng take care of Mu Zihuai, leaned over to look him up and down, and frowned when he saw the bandaged wound on his wrist. "injured?"

"No." Mu Zihuai raised his wrist to see that the pain was no longer there. "I ate it myself."

On the side, County Magistrate Chen had a delicate expression, wondering where they had gone, they were so hungry, just now they saw that the prince's wrists were also wrapped in gauze.

After introducing A Niu to the two, the group returned to the county magistrate's mansion behind the Yamen.

As soon as he sat down, Ren Danfeng held two letters and handed them to Huangfu Yunhua.A brown envelope with a feather seal sealed with wax and several official seals, one of which was a picture of an eagle soaring, was sent from Prince Minqing's mansion.Another yellow cover, also sealed with wax, with the emperor's seal on the lower right corner.

Huangfu Yunhua first opened the feathered Wangfu envelope, glanced at it twice, handed it to Mu Zihuai, and opened another letter.

Mu Zihuai took the letter and saw that it was an urgent family letter, but since the prince handed it to him, he couldn't help but read it.

This letter was sent out three days ago and just arrived yesterday.It was the old housekeeper of the palace who started the pen, and mentioned a corruption case that had been thoroughly investigated by the imperial court one day after the disaster relief team set off.

This corruption case had a great impact, and many officials were dismissed in just a few days. Among them, Zeng Qing, the son-in-law of the dynasty, was emphatically mentioned.

Zeng Qing is the son of Zeng Yiyong, a general of Xiaoqi.

And the person behind the scenes caught in this corruption case is a distant relative of Xiaoqi General Zeng Yiyong. According to the method of sitting together, Zeng Qing was also implicated and imprisoned.But the princess and her son-in-law were deeply in love and couldn't bear him to suffer in prison, so she went to the palace to plead with the emperor and knelt for a day and a night.The emperor was sympathetic and promised to release the son-in-law, but General Xiaoqi was caught with evidence of embezzlement and bribery, and the evidence was overwhelming.

Emperor Guangcheng was furious. This General Xiaoqi happened to be a subordinate of General Zhenbei who was found out for embezzlement and deduction of military pay ten years ago. .

Zeng Qing was severely tortured in prison. When he woke up, he learned that his parents had been executed. He vomited blood and passed out in shock and regret.After waking up again, he entered the palace overnight, but was stopped by the guards outside the palace gate.

Zeng Qing was stubborn by nature, and wrote to his father's grievances, sent blood letters into the palace every day, knelt outside the palace, just begging the emperor to see him.

Princess Aowei saw that her son-in-law was losing weight day by day, her complexion was as pale as paper, like a walking corpse, she entered the palace again to face the saint.

Only then did Zeng Qing walk into the imperial study, and he knelt on the ground as soon as he entered the door. Not to mention whether he was wronged by bullying General Xiaoqi for corruption, he first asked for his order to join the army and go to the border, willing to take his father's responsibility, guard the border, and defend the border. territory.

Emperor Guangcheng had a headache these days from being annoyed by the princess and this stubborn son-in-law. Since he wanted to leave by himself, how could he disagree, so he agreed on the spot.

Standing next to the son-in-law, Princess Aowei's face turned green and then pale. When she heard that the son-in-law asked to join the army, she was stunned. Heartbroken, she knelt down on the ground, and prayed that if the son-in-law entered the border, the princess would also accompany her.

Emperor Guangcheng had always doted on his princesses, but when he heard such a request, how could he agree to it?

Three days later, the son-in-law Zeng Qing set off for the border with the recruits, but the third princess had already changed into a new outfit, riding a tall and strong horse, ignoring everyone's resistance, and carrying the full-term baby, she rushed out of the capital abruptly and followed the son-in-law.

These things only made Mu Zihuai feel emotional. The three princesses thought that the son-in-law had no power to restrain the chicken, personally protected each other, and accompanied him to death. Mu Zihuai's emotions all dissipated, turned into a curse, and almost blurted out.

At the end of the letter sent by the housekeeper of the palace, there was a line written in small letters: Long Xiu had set off with the army to the border.