Zhang Huangyan took a half step back and asked, "Where are we going?"
The eunuch from the East Factory replied: "Leave the city."
"Where are you going after you leave town?"
“No comment!”
"Then I can't go with you!"
The eunuch from the East Factory threatened solemnly: "Do you dare to disobey my order?"
The eunuchs of the Eastern Depot were nominally imperial envoys.
To disobey them would be to disobey the imperial decree.
Seeing this, Zhang Mingzhen put his hand on the hilt of his sword, walked to the side of the eunuch of the East Factory, and said with a smile: "My Lords, please don't be in a hurry. Let me say a few words. The rebels will soon arrive in Yanzhou. We have the important task of defending the city. If you have anything to say, just say it here. Why do we have to leave the city?"
The eunuch from the East Factory looked at Zhang Mingzhen and asked, "Who are you?"
"My name is Zhang Mingzhen."
The eunuch of the East Factory was stunned and asked: "Are you Zhang Mingzhen, the guerrilla general of Hai'an Town in Yangzhou Prefecture?"
"Has the officer heard of me?"
The eunuch from the East Factory also smiled: "I have heard of you for a long time. Come on, arrest him as well."
As a military commander, Zhang Mingzhen refused to surrender and drew his sword: "Don't move, or I'll be rude to you."
"Hey, you dare to resist!" The nearby eunuchs from the East Factory drew their swords and surrounded Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen.
The commotion here soon alarmed the Yanzhou prefect and the commander of the Rencheng Guard.
Under the protection of the soldiers, they went outside the government office to check the situation.
After learning that it was the Eastern Depot that arrested people, the Yanzhou prefect asked the reason for the arrest.
"Reason?" The eunuch from the East Factory snorted coldly, "Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen were appointed officials by the imperial court, but they lost two important cities, Yangzhou and Xuzhou, one after another. Losing a city or territory is a serious crime. Isn't this reason sufficient enough?"
"Also, the disappearance of Yangzhou Prefecture is too strange. The East Factory has been ordered to investigate the matter thoroughly."
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