Chapter 276 Hiding Place
Before the palace coup, Prime Minister Wei and Jiang Fulu started arguing again.
Xiao She remained calm and sat upstairs watching the fun.
After the Wei family fell, Jiang Fulu had no rival among all the officials except Xie Zhao.
But Xie Zhao is Jiang Fulu's son-in-law, and they are essentially still a family.
Xiao She rubbed his chin. He felt like a tool being dominated.
"Jiang Fulu, you old man, are you trying to cause trouble at the palace banquet?"
Prime Minister Wei was very angry, but he didn't come here for the banquet anyway, so he didn't have to worry about spoiling the fun.
Censor Lu stood up and said with a straight face, "Prime Minister Wei, this is what you did wrong. When we were singing and dancing just now, you mocked Lord Jiang as a starving ghost reincarnated. Have you forgotten?"
"Your Majesty, I heard it too."
Yu Jijiu stood up and saluted, then added fuel to the fire.
Wei Shoufu: “…”
These three idiots are in the same group, the only thing missing is that they are wearing the same pair of pants!
Xiao She had seen enough of the excitement, so he tried to smooth things over, "Minister Wei, today is a palace banquet. I will entertain all the officials. There will be plenty of food and drinks."
The implication is that Prime Minister Wei is meddling in other people's affairs.
Now, Prime Minister Wei felt even more aggrieved.
"Your Majesty, I misunderstood."
Prime Minister Wei bowed and admitted his mistake reluctantly. Anyway, after tonight, the world of Da Qi would change, and it was not certain who would sit in that position.
There's no loss in giving in a verbal dispute.
Chief Minister Wei stroked his chest and secretly comforted himself.
Unexpectedly, the anger that had just been suppressed was ignited again by Jiang Fulu, who said lightly: "It is a great virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them. Wei Shoufu is worthy of being the most important minister of Da Qi. His mind is incomparable to us!"
"Yes, Prime Minister Wei is brave enough to admit his mistakes. No wonder he is valued by the emperor."
"Prime Minister Wei is a role model for all officials. We are ashamed to be inferior to him!"
Censor Lu and Yu Jijiu followed suit, and the small group was unprecedentedly united again.
Wei Shoufu: “…”
Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, he decided to keep his mouth shut.
Otherwise, he might be so angry that he dies before the great changes in Da Qi come.
By then, the Wei family will not be able to take advantage of this.
After three rounds of drinking, the emperor and all the officials were a little tipsy.
Jiang Fulu knew that he couldn't drink much, so he didn't drink much water.
Sitting on the dragon throne, Xiao She thought that the time was almost up, so he stood up and rubbed his forehead, saying, "I am tired, my dear ministers, please do as you please."
Before Xiao She could leave, there was a noise at the door of the palace.
Soon after, a massive crowd of people poured into the hall. The royal guards were wearing armor and holding bows and arrows, with their arrows pointed in the direction of the dragon throne.
"What do you mean?"
Xiao She looked at him coldly with a deep tone.
"Your Majesty, the meaning is very clear. We are only loyal to the Queen Mother."
The leader of the Royal Guards smiled sinisterly and ordered, "Shoot!"
In an instant, the hall fell silent, and then all the officials were frightened, but found nowhere to hide.
The guards around Xiao She stood in front of them, and the group retreated quickly.
Prime Minister Wei hid behind the desk, always paying attention to the emperor's reaction.
Seeing that the new emperor was unprepared, Prime Minister Wei felt relieved. When he looked around and signaled the Imperial Guards to arrest Jiang Fulu's group, he found that Jiang Fulu was missing.
Several adults disappeared at the same time, all of them were Jiang Fulu's followers.
"Quick, arrest Jiang Fulu and others!"
Prime Minister Wei did not hesitate to expose himself and named the names.
Jiang Fulu and other nobles, who were missed by Prime Minister Wei, had already boarded the carriage.
In the capital, the imperial guards and the city defense troops were fighting in chaos.
The chaos broke out without warning, and the people in the inner city fled in all directions, telling each other what had happened.
Passing by Jiang's house, Jiang Fulu showed a reluctant look, and then said to the driver Li De: "Hurry up, get out of the city!"
While the Xuan family members haven't reacted yet, stay away from trouble.
If my guess is correct, the Xuan family will quickly occupy the city gate.
After the city gates were closed, they were trapped in the capital, helpless and at the mercy of others.
"Brother, you are wise. I didn't expect that the Queen Mother had been secretly planning for a long time."
Censor Lu and Yu Jijiu were still in shock. When they got the news, Jiang Fulu had already arranged everything.
If the three brothers had not united before, the Lu and Yu families would have been loyal to the emperor and would have been purged by the Queen Dowager Xuan, and confiscation of property would have been the least of their punishment.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is the Lantern Festival.
Some people in the city have not received the news yet and are enjoying the lanterns with their families.
Li De was familiar with the route, and he successfully left the city gate with the token and headed for the shelter that Jiang Fulu had already prepared.
The group escaped in time, but things became difficult for the officials in the palace. All the officials and their families were tied up. The hall was filled with the smell of urine, and no one knew who had peed his pants because of the fear of rebellion.
Queen Dowager Xuan came to the main hall with her maid and quickly covered her mouth and nose with a scented sign. Then she looked at Prime Minister Wei and asked, "Where is Jiang Fulu?"
The first thing he did after taking office was to confiscate the property and exterminate the entire family.
Jiang Fulu was an old-fashioned fence-sitter, so he didn't need to die so soon. However, the Queen Mother hated the Jiang family, so she didn't believe that if she really punished him, would she bring about divine punishment again?
Xie Zhao's little trick can only conceal the truth for a while.
Wei Shoufu shook his head and said disappointedly: "I didn't see it either."
When the Imperial Guards broke in and shot arrows, Jiang Fulu led his men to escape!
Wei Shoufu realized it later and said suspiciously: "No wonder I saw that old thief Jiang Fulu got fatter, it turns out he was wearing armor!"
It can be seen from the facts that Jiang Fulu was well prepared for the actions of the Xuan family.
"Queen Mother, does Xie Zhao have another trick up his sleeve?"
Prime Minister Wei was not afraid of Jiang Fulu, but of Xie Zhao.
Xiao She sent Xie Zhao to the north, but he never came back. Was he waiting for Xie Zhao to bring people to rescue him?
Unfortunately, Xie Zhao was in a border town in the north and was delayed by the war. Far water cannot put out a nearby fire.
"The gates of the capital city have been closed. Send people to search and capture all the members of the Jiang family!"
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth. Jiang Fulu was a slippery loach. As long as he was in the city, she would dig him out even if she had to dig three feet into the ground!
Even if it is a corpse, he would still give it hundreds of whips to vent his anger.
In the carriage outside the city, Jiang Fulu sneezed, and spit all over the face of Censor Lu opposite him.
Censor Lu did not despise him at all. He wiped his face and asked, "Brother, the whole world belongs to the king. Where can we hide?"
The Queen Mother never gives up until she achieves her goal. Although he escaped, Censor Lu did not feel relieved and his heart was hanging in the balance.
If they fled to the south of the Yangtze River, they would not be able to escape the eyes of the Queen Mother and the Xuan family. If they went to the north, the journey would be too long.
Jiang Fulu patted Censor Lu on the shoulder and said, "Brother Lu, you and I have been officials for twenty years. It's time for you and me to have a leisurely life."
At least I don’t have to go to court early and can sleep until I wake up naturally.
Seeing that the location was getting more and more remote, Censor Lu said with a worried look on his face: "This doesn't look like a village."
Hiding in a village also makes you a big target, as the population in a village is generally relatively fixed.
After Jiang Fulu ordered Li De to stop the carriage in a hayfield, the group became even more confused.
That night, in the wilderness, it was terrifying.
Especially after Censor Lu saw the tablet on the tombstone, he took a step back and couldn't help shivering.
"Second brother, third brother, this is where we hide. We will definitely not be discovered."
Jiang Fulu pointed at the tombstone and said with a firm expression.
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