They asked me to go over and look at something?
Prefect Liu was reluctant to go, but fearing Liu Fu's terrifying power, he had no choice but to walk forward with great reluctance, his whole body trembling.
When he arrived in front of Liu Fu and saw the bundle containing the imperial seal, he already had a bad feeling.
Ordinary clerks could simply wrap their official seals in a tattered cloth and carry them in their pockets, but officials had to keep their seals in red cloth and red boxes.
However, the seals of royalty and nobility were different. The seals had to be wrapped in bright yellow cloth, and the boxes containing the seals also had to be bright yellow.
Upon seeing this, Prefect Liu was immediately taken aback.
At Liu Fu's prompting, he opened the outer bright yellow wrapping, revealing a bright yellow box inlaid with gold.
Prefect Liu was taken aback at first, then felt as if a thunderclap had struck in the void, and as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue.
At this moment, his body began to tremble.
At this moment, Liu Fu's words rang in his ears:
"Why don't you keep driving?"
Prefect Liu swallowed hard, and with trembling hands opened the bright yellow box. Inside, a jade seal carved with dragons, about the size of a palm and tied with a red string, was revealed.
At this moment, Prefect Liu almost fainted.
This jade seal was only slightly smaller than the emperor's imperial seal. The other differences were that the emperor's imperial seal was tied with a yellow cord, while the prince's seal was tied with a red cord.
The seal that Liu Fu is now displaying has a red string tied to it.
At this point, Prefect Liu was at a loss for words to describe his fear. He could only kneel down with a thud and kowtow repeatedly.
"Your Highness, I was blind and did not recognize your greatness. I deserve to die! Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
As he spoke, Prefect Liu kowtowed repeatedly, and soon a large bump appeared on his forehead, covered in blood.
Just then, Liu Fu suddenly produced a golden Longquan Shangfang sword.
"Prefect Liu, don't be in a hurry."
"Take a closer look at this sword, and help me determine if it's real or fake."
When Prefect Liu glanced up and saw the imperial sword in Liu Fu's hand—a sword that allowed him to execute first and report later, and to patrol the land in place of the emperor—he was speechless, frozen in place, unable to breathe for a long time.
A voice inside Liu was telling him that he was doomed!
This is it, we're all doomed!
At the same time, Prefect Liu had already guessed Liu Fu's identity. Could this be the Zhongwu King who, according to rumors, annihilated 30,000 Liao soldiers and recently quelled a rebellion of 140,000 rebels with only 10,000 men?
A royal seal is enough to overwhelm everything, not to mention that Liu Fu also has an imperial sword. Moreover, Yanshan Prefecture is now part of Liaodong territory and will soon become Liu Fu's fiefdom. Liu Fu is essentially the emperor of this fiefdom, the ruler who controls everything!
Magistrate Liu's vision went black; he had truly fainted from fright this time.
But what awaited him was a basin of icy water poured on him, which immediately made him jerk off the ground and sit up again.
At this moment, Liu Fu had already stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said to Prefect Liu with his back to him:
"It's hard to say whether you can survive, let alone you. It's hard to say whether the entire Liu family of Jiangbei can survive. Do you understand what I mean?"
Prefect Liu was already kowtowing repeatedly, and hurriedly responded:
"Yes, yes, yes, Your Highness. This humble subject is willing to serve you at all costs."
At this moment, Prefect Liu had become a shrewd man, and Liu Fu, without beating around the bush, said directly:
"You should write down and compile all the cases of other officials in the court who have committed serious crimes, what they did, who the victims were, and how serious their crimes were. Giving this to me will be of great use."
"Yes, yes, Your Highness's orders are my duty."
"Yes, very good."
"You should write another letter to the Grand Commandant, saying that the people who stole his incriminating evidence have been caught and are now in prison. However, a group of men sent by the Prince of Zhongwu to patrol various places have learned of this and want to bring them to meet the Prince of Zhongwu overnight."
Prefect Liu was taken aback:
"Your Highness, what is the meaning of this?"
"It's very simple."
Liu Fu no longer concealed anything and said directly:
"Tell him that you dare not act rashly against the troops under the command of the Prince of Zhongwu who are patrolling various places. If you want to deal with them, the Grand Commandant must take action personally. Now you must cooperate with me to lure them out of their hole."
Good heavens, it was all a scheme!
Prefect Liu knew that this matter had become a big deal, but if he did not cooperate with Liu Fu now, he would also be in deep trouble. He gritted his teeth and had no choice but to do as Liu Fu said.
At this moment, Liu Fu handed Prefect Liu a waist token:
"Starting tonight, seal off the entire Yanshan Prefecture government office and prison. Don't let anyone in, including that prefect. If anyone dares to force their way in, show them this token."
When Prefect Liu took the waist token, he looked at it carefully and was immediately taken aback.
This is actually a waist tag from the Imperial Palace!
After giving his instructions, Liu Fu slowly left the prefect's residence and returned to the death row.
Prefect Liu was dumbfounded. He hurriedly ran to the death row and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.
“You can’t live in such a filthy place. I’ll move you to another house. Please move out of here immediately.”
Liu Laowu found it quite amazing. Liu Fu had only been gone for a short while, so how come this Prefect Liu had completely changed his previous arrogant demeanor and started behaving like a coward?
Liu Fu was not so easily dismissed, and told Prefect Liu:
“We’re not leaving this cell. Do as I say and lure out the person behind you.”
Seeing that Liu Fu was unwilling to come out, Prefect Liu had no choice. He looked at Xiao Ying'er beside Liu Fu and Liu Laowu, who was dressed as a peasant, and assumed that the two of them were Liu Fu's right-hand men. He did not associate Liu Laowu's identity with the emperor.
Upon their release from the death row, Prefect Liu immediately ordered his servants to clean the cell. He even replaced the damp, filthy cell with fragrant incense and charcoal, and brought Liu Fu and his men delicious food.
Liu Laowu became interested:
"Eighth Brother, have you revealed your identity to him?"
Liu Fu chuckled:
"I revealed my identity, but I didn't reveal yours. Besides that, I also set a trap."
Liu Fu immediately told Liu Laowu about his plan, and Liu Laowu nodded after listening:
"Fine."
"Our sworn brother turned out to be such a scumbag. Now we'll see how much conscience he still has."
"If he's afraid of being exposed and personally leads his troops to kill us, then don't blame us for being ruthless and forgetting our sworn brotherhood."
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