Chapter 77 Chapter 77 The Prince is Angry to Death
The Buqu team has always maintained a good cooperative relationship with Wugengtian. As the captain of the Buqu team, Yin Sheng has been going to Wugengtian to get intelligence these days.
The team that wanted to take Lin Si back to Beijing had already been under Wu Gengtian's control.
When the team arrived in Jinzhou, the Jinzhou prefect wanted to play the role of host, but was rejected by the other party.
They said the wedding date had been set and they had to hurry to bring Princess Anping back.
Guo Han also said that his relationship with the Jinzhou prefect was over and he had to leave.
The magistrate's family was reluctant to let him go and tried to persuade him to stay, but they could not stop Guo Han as he was determined to leave.
Guo Han and Guo Zi met up, and the two of them stood at the edge of the grass, staring at the ox cart in front of them.
"This cow runs so slowly, even worse than the old cow that used to pull groceries on the farm."
"Look at this cow. It has nothing to eat along the way. Except for Xihe Road, the grass everywhere else is frozen to death. Without food, it naturally can't run fast."
They both shook their heads, Dachen was really not capable.
Qi Liang added quietly, "Not only the cattle are not good, the people are not good either. I don't think the imperial guards can get enough food every day."
Guo Han nodded. "And that envoy who delivered the imperial edict, that skinny chicken-like guy... I could beat two of them with one punch."
"The originally estimated pace was still too fast. If they continue walking at this rate, it will take another seven days to arrive." Guo Zi said while shaking his head.
"It's all hanging for seven days, right?"
"It can't be that slow, it's a cow after all."
"Look at that cow. It's so hungry! Where can it get grass to eat?"
Three of us look at each other.
Finally, I decided to secretly feed the cow some grass in the middle of the night.
Inside the ox cart was the envoy who came to convey the imperial edict.
The task of bringing Princess Anping back to Beijing is not a good one.
There is public resentment rising outside now. If this team accidentally encounters a large number of refugees when going out, it is very likely that they will lose their lives.
Yan Shengguang had very bad luck as he was assigned this task.
Yan Shengguang's father and grandfather all changed the family's destiny through the imperial examination, allowing Yan to have a place in Anjing.
But when it came to Yan Shengguang's generation, perhaps it was because his parents and grandparents had used up all the luck in the Yan family, Yan Shengguang was obsessed with doing things that were not his normal occupations since he was a child. He loved painting and wood carving. In short, he didn't like reading.
But he is the only husband in this generation.
In order to help Yan Shengguang get an official position, his old father and his whole life burned out, and in the end Yan Shengguang got a sinecure to make a living.
As we were getting along, a fatal mission came.
Yan Shengguang did not dare to delay for a moment on the road. If he was one second late in picking up the Anping County Lady, he would be in danger.
The imperial guards who were in charge of the escort also sat on the ox cart. The cart was spacious enough for the imperial guards to place their weapons.
There is no way. The economy is in a downturn. Not to mention horses, there is a shortage of even cattle.
Yan Shengguang: "This cow seems to be running very slowly."
"Minister Yan, the grass and trees have been frozen for the winter. The little fodder we prepared is not enough. If the cattle are not full, they will not be able to run."
Yan Shengguang: "Okay."
They took a nap on the oxcart.
He didn’t know if it was Yan Shengguang’s illusion, but he felt that the cow seemed to be moving in the middle of the night.
But when he opened his eyes, he found that the imperial guards were all fast asleep. He thought to himself, if these professionals were sleeping so soundly, there must be no danger or bad guys around.
Maybe the cow is just hungry and angry.
Guo Han, Guo Ziqi and Liang exchanged glances.
"Isn't this cow too hungry?"
"How long has it been since he last had a meal? He's been abused and made to travel long distances."
"It's not enough to eat even this much."
After the three men finished feeding the cow and were about to leave, the cow howled a few times reluctantly.
The next day, the cow was full and strong, and it ran much faster.
Yan Shengguang was surprised. "How can this cow run so fast today? Wasn't it only fed a little grass yesterday?"
The imperial guards didn't know either, they just said that maybe the ox finally realized that it carried an important destiny.
The ox cart kept running, and they encountered homeless refugees along the way. Some of them wanted to rob the ox cart, but they were finally scared by the weapons of the imperial guards and gave up.
Yan Shengguang had never seen such a scene before. He was so scared that he hid in the carriage for a long time without recovering.
In short, we were about to run to Xihe Road.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Yan Shengguang felt that the closer he got to Xihe Road, the more he seemed to sense a different atmosphere from other places.
Unlike other lifeless roads, there is a breath of life here.
Moreover, there are things that look like sheds on the farmlands on both sides of the monument, and the grass and trees have not completely withered, which is really amazing.
I don’t know how the prefect of Xihe Road did it.
Yan Shengguang looked at the Five Boundary Monuments getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but feel happy, "Xihe Road is ahead!"
The imperial guards also breathed a sigh of relief.
But before they could react, a group of people suddenly rushed out from the fifth boundary marker of Xihe Road.
This group of people were definitely not refugees, because they were generally tall and wore armor made of unknown material, which was definitely not armor. The most deadly thing was the weapons they held.
That's better than the weapons of the Imperial Guards.
Fine iron!
Seeing that this group of people did not look like refugees or bandits, but perhaps they were government soldiers from Xihe Road, Yan Shengguang thought about reasoning with them.
Who would have thought that at the command of the leader, Yan Shengguang and the imperial guards were lifted up like chicks.
Yan Shengguang felt a lot more balanced when he saw the imperial guards who were equally powerless to fight back.
He tried to reason with the group, "We are envoys from Anjing, and we are here to deliver the imperial decree! Brothers, can you please let me go!"
"Who are you talking to? Keep your mouths shut, you bunch of running dogs from Dachen."
"Ah? Aren't you from Dachen? Nanzhao or Xiping?" Yan Shengguang asked.
"We are the county lord's subjects."
Is this the Anping County Lady he's looking for? Is this what he means by the County Lady's subjects?
Yan Shengguang was almost dragged away, and while he was being dragged away, he felt as if he was having hallucinations.
Aren’t all the farmlands frozen to death? Why are there still people working there?
When he entered Xihe Road, he felt that there must be something wrong with his eyes.
Compared with other places, it is not an exaggeration to call this place a paradise. Girls and children are walking freely on the streets. The people here are calm. Pedestrians and ox carts go their own way. There is no sign of hostility caused by hunger on the faces of the people. Of course, they cast curious and contemptuous glances at him.
Yan Shengguang was unable to process the information in front of him. He tried to see the reaction of the imperial guards, but they were even more exaggerated than him, with their mouths wide open.
Yan Shengguang followed the direction the other person was looking and saw a street shop. A kitchen knife made of fine iron was placed on the shop with something written below it.
This knife can be used to cut vegetables and meat and can also chop bones.
A woman was pointing and asking, "Can you really chop off the bones in one go?"
"That's for sure. How could it be fake if it came from the Lixian Iron Works? Look at the ripples on the water."
Yan Shengguang could understand why the imperial guards had mouths long enough to fit an egg. Don’t these people know how rare a weapon made of fine iron is?
Just use it as a kitchen knife? Use it to chop bones?
Yan Shengguang turned his head to the other side and saw a man holding a piece of paper covered with dense writing, and several people were arguing fiercely.
"Brother Chen, this is your fault. Since you knew there was a school in Li County where I could go to study, why didn't you tell us?"
"Yes, if you want to work for the county lady, you must go to school. You didn't say a word about such a big thing. And what about the night school for adults? How could you and your sister-in-law secretly sign up for it?"
Chen Yi snorted coldly, "Don't think I didn't know you asked the volunteers who came to Li County about attending the school. You didn't even tell me when you sent your own children, nephews, and nieces there. It was only when you saw Ah Sui's name on the registration form that you got so angry."
Yan Shengguang didn't understand, but he saw that there were big and small words written on the paper. However, before he could read it clearly, those people pushed and shoved each other and left.
Everything here overturned his understanding.
Until he was thrown into the Lingzhou government office, the people who brought them here seemed to have been prepared.
When he looked up, he saw the girl in front of him wearing official uniform, but her appearance and the headband on her head made her look like a real girl.
Who is this? Is this the county lady?
But the age doesn’t match!
When he was puzzled, he saw a tall girl with a mocking smile on her face, exuding the majesty of a superior without anger, and standing beside her were a boy and a girl holding knives.
Yan Shengguang was forced to kneel by a handsome young man, who said in a cold and ruthless tone, "You're meeting the county lady, and you don't kneel down to show respect?"
The imperial edict that Yan Shengguang was carrying was also searched out.
Lin Si took the imperial edict and opened it carelessly with great disrespect.
Yan Shengguang heard Lin Si's chuckle, a laugh that contained both sarcasm and disdain.
What was written was so shameless that it made people laugh.
Yan Shengguang and the imperial guards knelt down, not daring to raise their heads or even breathe.
Even if his brain didn't work well on weekdays, he now had a vague feeling that he was in trouble and there was a high possibility that he would be killed here.
Lin Si held a corner of the imperial edict in his hand as if it were something dirty, and then picked up the brush that Liang Nian usually used for his work.
A few large, crooked characters were written in a flourish below.
Lin Si held his chin with his hand and said, "Why are you shaking? I'm not going to kill you. I want you to go back and give an answer to my cousin, the prince."
After saying that, he threw the imperial edict, which had been sealed with wax, in front of Yan Shengguang.
Yan Shengguang didn't dare to say anything at this moment. His mission was to take the county lady back. He knew that he would die if he said that.
Yan Shengguang said with a stiff upper lip, "Thank you very much...thank you, County Master, for not killing me."
The other imperial guards followed Yan Shengguang's example.
Yan Shengguang was undecided. Should he tell the truth about what he had seen and heard on Xihe Road?
So he immediately bowed his head to the ground and kowtowed to Lin Si. "I am ignorant, and I hope the county lady will give me some guidance. When I return to report, how should I describe the current situation of Xihe Road?"
After all, privately manufacturing weapons...all these things are treason.
Lin Si: "It's okay, just tell me what you see. I'll take you to see other things later."
Yan Shengguang shuddered.
Which damn bastard signed him up?
Yan Shengguang and others were arranged to have a meal.
I have to say that the food was pretty good. Although it was not a delicacy, many of the ingredients were new to them, and it was much better than what they had eaten along the way.
Several people were frightened and hungry, and they didn't know what would happen next. They were afraid that this would be their last meal. Some of the imperial guards even cried while eating.
Yan Shengguang and his friends were halfway through their meal when two girls with baby faces and big muscles pushed open the door.
Yan Shengguang didn't know the other party's identity, so he immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks, "Sir...we."
Nan Qiao interrupted him, "It's okay, you guys eat your food and then go on your way. What could be more important than having a full stomach?"
Nan Shuang nodded aside.
On the road?!
Upon hearing these two words, Yan Shengguang was so frightened that his pupils almost dilated.
Guo Han and Xiang Feifei chuckled.
"Masters, please stop scaring them. If you say we're going to go, they'll think you're sending them to their deaths."
Nan Qiao then realized that her words were ambiguous. "That's not what I meant. You guys eat first. You really need to eat your fill. The boiled pork slices in the cafeteria are delicious today."
Guo Han pointed outside and said, "Your cows have been fed. Do you know how hungry that cow is? You are abusing it. If we hadn't secretly fed it grass at night, you wouldn't have been able to get here in three days."
Yan Shengguang suddenly remembered the strangeness of that night and the sudden increase in the speed of the cow the next day.
Everything makes sense.
So, their every move was predicted by the Princess Anping? But how did the Princess Anping know about the marriage? Did she have spies in Anjing?
Yan Shengguang was now completely disappointed.
He thought about it with his not-so-bright mind and thought that Princess Anping probably wanted to take this opportunity to declare her separation from Dachen.
After dinner, Yan Shengguang and the imperial guards were taken to see something that he had to see.
This is probably an earthen house that has been in disrepair for a long time.
Yan Shengguang didn't know what he was asked to look at, and was looking around when he heard a loud bang, like a thunderclap, which made his ears ring.
But in a moment, the mud house collapsed.
Guo Han waved his hand. "Didn't I tell you to control the force? This is just a demolition, not a war! You've got dirt all over my face."
Yan Shengguang's eyes were dull. He didn't know how this was done, but he knew that if something like this was used on the battlefield...
No wonder the Princess of Anping insisted that he come to see it, so that he could go back and report truthfully.
The reactions of the other imperial guards were even greater than Yan Shengguang's. If this thing was used on a human, how could they survive?
Could this be summoning thunder from the sky?!
When Yan Shengguang and others left the city gate, their expressions were almost wooden. The imperial edict sealed with wax was still in his arms. It was obvious that there was nothing good written in it.
Yan Shengguang looked at the dry food, water, and fodder prepared in the ox cart.
In just one day, he felt like he had gone from being unlucky to being in bad luck.
He scratched his hair in frustration. How could he go back and tell the prince that he wouldn't take his anger out on him?
Yan Shengguang thought about this problem for a long time but couldn't figure it out.
So much so that he was kneeling in the hall at this moment, watching the prince's expression becoming uglier and uglier after listening to his and the imperial guards' descriptions, as if it had turned the color of liver because of anger.
The ministers seemed unconvinced: "That's impossible!"
"How on earth did Princess Anping do this? She must have someone helping her! Your Highness, the people behind Princess Anping are definitely not easy to deal with!"
"The Princess of Anping is guilty of treason and should be executed... Ah, that's what I mean."
"Your Highness is very perceptive! Could it be that Princess Anping has received a divine oracle?"
"What oracle? This is treason. Producing weapons without permission, defying imperial orders and insulting envoys. Each and every one of these is punishable by death."
"Who said that the Anping County Master's fate was incompatible with the royal family? Now, someone has taken advantage of the opportunity!"
Yan Shengguang's knees hurt from kneeling. He really wanted to say that Princess Anping didn't do anything to them and even prepared everything before leaving.
But he didn't dare say it.
Lin You's expression changed from blue to purple, and then from purple to liver color. In short, it didn't look very good.
This is ridiculous. The county lady who was supposed to marry into the imperial family was actually plotting a rebellion? She even killed so many imperial officials.
Lin You took a deep breath and ordered the eunuch beside him to open the sealing wax and slowly unfold the imperial edict that he had personally drafted.
I saw a line of extremely ugly words below.
After reading the content again, Lin You almost couldn't breathe.
"A bunch of old fools, this is intolerable! I will not accept the order to marry. Not only will I not marry, I will also decree that Xihe Road will no longer belong to Dachen."
Yan Shengguang just watched the prince tremble with anger, "This... this rebellious girl, no, this traitor, this traitor!"
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