Minister Jiang frowned and stared at the letter in Guard Li's hand, then looked at Guard Li's haggard appearance, and in his heart he believed sixty percent that Chen Yong had proclaimed himself king.
It was already November 21st, and Guard Li was still wearing thin summer clothes. It seemed that he had been frightened a lot along the way and had not even thought of changing into winter clothes.
"You follow me into the palace!!"
The matter was of great importance, and he couldn't understand the whole story for the time being.
There is no time for him to slowly understand.
The most important thing now is to take Guard Li and tell Emperor Tianwu about this.
He went to the palace to see what Emperor Tianwu would decide.
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Imperial Study....
"Are you Qu Yutang's personal bodyguard?!"
Emperor Tianwu frowned and looked at Guard Li with disbelief in his eyes.
The personal bodyguard of the imperial envoy went out for a walk and came back a beggar?
Guard Li kowtowed and replied in a hoarse voice,
"Your Majesty, I am indeed a guard beside Lord Qu."
As he spoke, Guard Li took out the letter from his arms, pursed his dry lips, and with trembling hands he presented the letter to the front.
"This is a letter from Lord Qu to the Emperor. The Emperor will know it at a glance."
Su Huaizhong bent over and walked to Guard Li, took the letter from his hand and handed it to Emperor Tianwu.
Emperor Tianwu frowned as he opened the letter, and the more he read, the tighter his brows furrowed.
When he saw the ending, Emperor Tianwu was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
With a "bang!", Emperor Tianwu slammed the letter heavily on the table and shouted angrily,
"What does Zhong Erfei do for a living?!"
"I asked him to guard the border, and this is how he guards it for me?"
"The Shen family is acting tyrannically in Fire Extinguishing City. Is Zhong Erfei dead?!"
Emperor Tianwu was so angry that his heart ached and he glared at Guard Li.
"Your Majesty-----" Guard Li kowtowed hurriedly and replied,
"We haven't even met General Zhong."
After a pause, Guard Li's throat rolled with difficulty and continued,
"Prefect Deng of Fire Extinguishing City was bewitched by Chen Yong and followed him."
"After Lord Qu led us into Qian---Fire Extinguishing City..."
Guard Li glanced at Emperor Tianwu timidly and almost blurted out the three words "Qianhuang City".
Fortunately, he reacted in time, otherwise...
Guard Li took a deep breath and continued,
"Prefect Deng pretended not to see Lord Qu and allowed the people of Fire Extinguishing City to humiliate Lord Qu."
Thinking of the hard days at the post station, Guard Li couldn't help but choke up.
He was almost killed that night.
"The people of the whole city eat fine grains, but Magistrate Deng ordered the post station staff to feed Mr. Qu rotten rice..."
Emperor Tianwu was completely confused and stared at Guard Li.
"Why did Qu Yutang go to the post station instead of going directly to the prefectural government office to do his business when he went to the Fire Extinguishing City?"
Guard Li was stunned, took a deep breath and replied,
"Lord Qu wanted to secretly investigate the situation in Fire Extinguishing City, so he took us to stay at the post station..."
Minister Jiang on the side looked at Guard Li in confusion.
Is Qu Yutang stupid? The moment the imperial envoy entered the city gate, Prefect Deng must have known about it.
They also conduct secret investigations, which is almost funny.
If a city magistrate doesn't even know that an imperial envoy has entered the city, then his position as magistrate is in vain.
Qu Yutang's move was completely unnecessary. He wasted time and effort without any effort.
It was obvious that Magistrate Deng knew about Qu Yutang's actions, so he deliberately told the people at the post station not to give them food and drink.
Tsk!!!
Qu Yutang was still a little too cowardly. If he had rushed directly to the prefectural yamen, he might have been able to intimidate Prefect Deng.
He hid in the post station and investigated under the nose of Governor Deng, but found nothing.
After hearing what Guard Li said, Emperor Tianwu's expression was indescribable.
"waste!!!"
After holding it in for a long time, Emperor Tianwu could only utter these two words.
After spending half a month at the post station, not even a single letter was delivered.
“Are you sure it’s Shen Yong?!”
Emperor Tianwu glanced at the letter on the table and still couldn't believe it.
Guard Li nodded.
"Lord Qu personally met Qian Huang -- Chen Yong."
Guard Li panicked and almost bit off his tongue.
Oh my god, I almost said something treasonous in front of Emperor Tianwu.
He must never say the three words "King Qianhuang" in front of Emperor Tianwu.
"Chen Yong admitted that he called himself the king and said that Fire Extinguishing City was his...his..."
The more Guard Li spoke, the lower his voice became, his eyes fixed on Emperor Tianwu's hand, fearing that the Emperor would throw a cup at him in anger.
"Ha!!!" Emperor Tianwu sneered, and directly grasped the letter in his hand into a ball, shouting angrily,
“It’s simply courting death!!!”
"Do you really think my million-strong cavalry is just for show?!"
Emperor Tianwu looked at Guard Li with a cold gaze.
"Did the rebels make any movement while you were away?"
Guard Li was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Emperor Tianwu.
"That day, the rebels held a housewarming party and moved to the former royal palace in Fire Extinguishing City."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have found a chance to escape. The jailer went to the palace to steal the reward money, so I took the opportunity to escape and sneaked out among the group going to the Fire Extinguishing City to congratulate them..."
"What!?" Emperor Tianwu was so angry that his face turned ashen and flames seemed to be spitting out of his eyes when he heard the lively celebration scene described by Guard Li.
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