Everyone looked at the huge human-shaped hole in the wall, and then looked at Hei Wuchang's nonchalant appearance, and the horror in their hearts was beyond words.
Is this still a human being?
"Hei Wuchang, how did you get in without my order?"
"The Great Master gave the order, and his authority is higher than yours."
It turned out that Wang Dong was behind this.
At this time, Wang Dong's voice came from the wisdom system: "Shixun, it's time to stop keeping a low profile. You have already been blacklisted by the new and old emperors."
Zhang Shixun said dissatisfiedly: "Old Wang, if you want to make trouble, can you at least say hello?"
"Would I call this nonsense? If I hadn't considered that the Jin army was about to invade again, I might have let the Black and White Impermanence break into the palace, capture the emperor directly, and then put the yellow robe on you, making you the emperor, and I would kill anyone who didn't obey."
Wang Dong was a little excited when he said this.
Obviously, this guy's little patience is almost exhausted.
Zhang Shixun advised, "Old Wang, please be patient. You've already endured for several years. Can't you wait even a few months? Hurry up and get rid of Hei Wuchang."
"Don't worry, Hei Wuchang is protecting you."
"No need."
"How could it be unnecessary? You may not know, but the Emperor has sent a team of imperial guards to Prince Yun's Palace. They are almost here, and the leader is your old acquaintance—Jiang Xuan."
"What?"
Zhang Shixun was shocked.
Even after the people from Kaifeng Prefecture arrived, they were still not at ease, so they sent the imperial guards.
This is unusual.
At this moment, Wang Shiyong regained consciousness from his state of shock and stammered, "Zhang... Zhang Shixun, this is Prince Yun's Mansion. What are you going to do?"
Prince Yun also said, "Shixun, considering the friendship between you and me in the past, please show some mercy and give me some face."
Zhang Shixun said, "Hei Wuchang is my servant. He came here to fulfill his duties as a servant. He has no other intentions."
Prince Yun was speechless.
Not going through the main gate, but instead hitting the wall to get in, this is called fulfilling one's duty.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside the palace, and a group of armored palace guards rushed in. The friction sound of the armor plates was very harsh.
The leader was indeed Jiang Xuan.
Zhang Shixun looked at him warily, his hand already in his sleeve, clenching the pistol.
On the surface, he pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Jiang Xuan, are you here to arrest me?"
"Brother Zhang, please don't misunderstand me. I'm here to protect Prince Yun's Mansion on the orders of Prime Minister Li."
Zhang Shixun finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked casually, "Which Li Xiang?"
"Li Bangyan, Mr. Li."
"So it was him." Zhang Shixun frowned. "This old fellow is getting worse as he gets older. Where did his courage go when the Jin soldiers besieged the city?"
Li Bangyan was a capitulationist and advocated ceding land for peace from the very beginning. During the siege of the city by the Jin soldiers, he even ordered the Song army not to attack the Jin soldiers. A thunder artilleryman fired a cannon at the Jin soldiers and was beheaded by Li Bangyan.
Zhang Shixun called Li Bangyan an old fellow and spoke rudely, but everyone present pretended not to hear.
"Old Jiang, I came to Prince Yun's Mansion only to ask for some food for the disaster victims. It would be fine if it disturbed Kaifeng Prefecture, but why did it even alarm the emperor's personal army?"
"This..." Jiang Xuan was speechless.
Wang Shiyong said, "Your Highness Prince Yun is the emperor's younger brother and holds a noble position. Prime Minister Li has sent the imperial guards to protect His Highness's safety, which is also the duty of the Prime Minister."
"I, Zhang Shixun, have always been law-abiding and well-behaved. I've also been on good terms with His Royal Highness Prince Yun. I'm visiting him at this level to solicit donations. How can there be any safety concerns?"
Wang Shiyong said, "You went to the Five Mountains Temple under the pretext of soliciting donations, but ended up razing the Three Pure Ones Hall within the temple to the ground. Given this past incident, it's not unreasonable for the court to remain appropriately vigilant against you, right?"
"I have a little feud with Zhang Hu, but it has nothing to do with fundraising."
Wang Shiyong scoffed at Zhang Shixun's specious arguments. He pointed at the large hole in the wall and asked, "Let me ask you, how do you explain this hole?"
"Your Highness Prince Yun's wall has been weathered by the wind and rain and has fallen into disrepair. It's long overdue for repair. It just so happens that Hei Wuchang has been full of energy lately and has nowhere to vent it, so I asked him to make a hole in the wall as a friendly reminder to Prince Yun: the wall needs repairing."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in confusion.
This reason was too far-fetched, and they all felt embarrassed for Zhang Shixun.
Wang Shiyong was also a scholar, and when he met someone like Zhang Shixun, he really didn't know how to deal with it.
At this time, Prince Yun was very happy.
For a down-and-out prince like Zhang Shixun, this was exactly what he wanted.
The bigger the noise, the more lively the better, because that way, it will draw people's attention to him.
With more people paying attention, Zhao Huan didn't dare to go too far.
Wang Shiyong wanted to send this plague god away quickly, so he said to Prince Yun, "Your Highness, since Zhang Shixun has come to collect food for the victims, you should give it to him immediately."
Prince Yun nodded and said to the steward beside him, "What are you still standing there for? Go quickly."
The butler agreed and left with a group of servants.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Shixun asked Wang Shiyong: "What is Li Bangyan's current position?"
Wang Shiyong didn't want to pay attention to him, but he had to answer: "Grandmaster, the envoy of Longde Palace."
"Wow! He's already made it to Dazai, not bad." Zhang Shixun laughed and asked, "Is he still a playboy now?"
Without waiting for Wang Shiyong's response, he asked himself, "This question is useless. If I'm not a prodigal, how can I live up to the nickname 'The Prodigal Prime Minister'?"
Everyone was amused and confused.
"The Prodigal Prime Minister" was an ironic nickname given to Li Bangyan by the people because they could not stand his actions.
Wang Shiyong couldn't help himself and tried to dissuade him, saying, "Li Xiang is the prime minister of the dynasty. Shixun should show some respect when he talks about him."
Zhang Shixun looked around and said something else. "Your Excellency, I heard that you and Li Bangyan are like-minded, just like each other... Oh! Sorry, I said it wrong. You and Li Bangyan are in cahoots... That's not right either. What's wrong with you today? You always fail to express yourself clearly."
Wang Shiyong was so angry that his face turned pale. "You bastard! How dare you be so rude to me? Too arrogant, too arrogant, too..."
Zhang Shixun's face tightened. "For spineless capitulationists like you, scolding is too much of a stretch. As the ancients said, 'To remain true to one's country in times of adversity is loyalty... Wang Shiyong, you're well-versed in the classics, so I don't need to explain this to you, do I?"
Wang Shiyong's face turned red and then white.
"The Jin army is besieging the city. Look what you guys are doing." Zhang Shixun glared at him with disdain. "Faced with the Jurchens, instead of standing united against the enemy and swearing to resist to the death, you're keen on ceding territory and paying indemnities. You're nothing but traitors and traitors to your country. You guys still want me to respect you? Bah! Dream on."
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