Thief Emperor

Chapter 90 Extremely ill
The fire is raging.

When Li Yun escorted the imperial envoy out, more than a dozen officers and soldiers from Tongan County had already broken into the Gu family and found the dusty imperial envoy Gu in the crowd.

Captain He half-knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said: "I failed to protect you well, please punish me, angels!"

Gu Wenchuan raised his hand and said, "I'm not dead, get up."

After He Chong stood up, Gu Wenchuan ordered, "Have you guarded all the exits of the Gu family?"

"Report to the Imperial Envoy, the place is completely guarded and no one can get out."

"There were quite a few people watching outside the Gu family in the first half of the night. I drove them away and also captured two people to question. Their words were incoherent, but they should be the troops of Xuanzhou Sima Cao Rong."

Mr. Gu nodded and said, "I was assassinated tonight. The murderer is most likely in this Gu family. How audacious it is to murder the imperial envoy!"

Just as he was about to continue speaking, Gu Wen, the head of the Gu family, hurried over. Seeing Gu Wenchuan with a dark face, he looked at the soldier in front of him, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Brother Li, is everything ok?"

"How can there be a flood in this winter? It's really strange!"

The "Brother Li" he mentioned was referring to Gu Wenchuan. After all, when Gu Wenchuan moved into the Gu family, his identity was Li Yun...or should I say, Li Zhao's cousin.

Mr. Gu looked the head of the Gu family up and down, then said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Gu, I'm fine."

Master Gu looked back at Li Yun, then at He Chong, and said with a wry smile, "Where did this Captain He come from? I am confused by what happened tonight."

Gu Wenchuan looked at the head of the Gu family and said with a smile, "Master Gu means that today's fire has nothing to do with the Gu family?"

The head of the Gu family apologized with a smile: "Brother Li, what are you talking about? Who would light up their own house?"

Gu Wenchuan smiled and did not respond. Instead, he turned his head to look at Li Yun and said, "Brother Li, do you want to lead the team to arrest people?"

Li Yun shook his head and said, "No."

Mr. Gu smiled silently, then his face darkened and he said slowly, "Captain He."

"The general is here!"

"The entire Gu family is suspected of plotting to murder the imperial envoy. Arrest the entire Gu family and wait for this official to investigate in detail!"

Gu Wen's face turned pale. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Gu Wenchuan say indifferently, "Master Gu, are you still going to pretend not to recognize me now?"

Master Gu took a deep breath, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed, saying, "Shidai Gu Wen, kowtow to the angel."

"Ah."

Mr. Gu said calmly: "Although we are from different clans, we share the same origin. I have seen your Gu Jin many times in the capital."

"But this time, you have violated a taboo and violated the majesty of the court's laws. I cannot tolerate you, but..."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "In the next few days, I will conduct a thorough investigation. If it is confirmed that it was not done by the Gu family, I will give you an explanation."

Master Gu bowed his head and kowtowed: "Thank you, Imperial Envoy."

"Captain He."

Gu Wenchuan said slowly: "Why don't you go get him?"

He Chong responded and led the team to arrest the person.

Gu Wenchuan turned around and looked at Li Yun, smiling and said, "Brother Li, I have to go to Shidai County Court to handle a case later. Do you want to go?"

Li Yun thought about it and asked, "Can I not go?"

"what ever."

Gu Wenchuan smiled and said, "But it's better for you to follow me and have a look around. I've been honored to have you guard me these few days. If you want to go to the capital, I can take you there to have a look."

Li Yun shook his head and forced a smile on his face: "I originally thought that you needed protection, but now it seems that I was wrong. There are still many bandits in Qingyang that have not been eliminated. I don't want to leave Qingyang."

He paused and continued, "If I have the chance to go to the capital in the future, I will definitely visit you, sir."

"Good, good."

Mr. Gu did not force it and said, "Then Brother Li, we will meet again next time if we are lucky."

As he said this, he glanced at the servant of the Gu family next to him and said with a smile, "Please lead the way. Let me go wash my face."

The servant of the Gu family took Gu Wenchuan away trembling with fear.

Li Yun stayed where he was, looked at Gu Wen who was kneeling on the ground, and sighed silently: "Master Gu, don't worry too much. What happened tonight has little to do with the Gu family."

Mr. Gu stood up and looked at Li Yun with a complicated expression: "I don't know whether I should blame Captain Li or thank Captain Li now."

Li Yun smiled and said, "It has nothing to do with me. Maybe even if I don't bring him, he will come on his own." While the two were talking, Tian Zhishi, Cao Sima and other Xuanzhou officials were arrested. Gu Wenchuan, who had just washed his face, had a gloomy face and shouted, "You Xuanzhou officials, why are you in Shidai if you are not in Xuanzhou City?"

"Give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise there will be a fire tonight."

Imperial Envoy Gu was furious: "The blame will be placed on you!"

There is nothing wrong with this logic.

Governor Tian, ​​Sima Cao and others should have been in Xuanzhou City, not in Shidai County, and certainly not in Gu's house.

They were at Gu's house, and there happened to be a fire at the house tonight. These people were caught red-handed, and no matter where they went to appeal, they couldn't get an explanation.

Sima Cao and others were all trembling with fear.

Although Governor Tian was also captured by the government troops, he was more courageous. He looked up at Gu Wenchuan and sneered, "It's just that each of us serves his own master. Why should the imperial envoy say more?"

"Bastard!"

Gu Wenchuan said coldly: "Each serves his own master? Then tell me, who is the master behind you? Who told you to burn the imperial envoy?"

"The Imperial Envoy is making such accusations. I have no words to say."

Governor Tian sneered and said, "A great scholar in the world of officials, hey, a great scholar in the world of officials!"

Mr. Gu also sneered: "You treacherous villain, you think everyone is the same as you!"

He waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Take them all away, take them to Shidai County Office and keep them under guard!"

Governor Tian stiffened his neck and shouted, "I am a fifth-rank official of the imperial court. How dare you put me in jail without my permission?"

Mr. Gu had a blank expression on his face and waved his hand, saying, "Take it away!"

………………

Three days later, in Qingyang County Government Office.

Mr. Li, who had just returned from a business trip, sat in Mr. Xue's study and recounted everything that had happened in the past few days. When he finally talked about the imprisonment of Governor Tian and others, he drank a sip of tea and said with emotion: "It turns out that the imperial envoy from the capital only needs two days to deal with all the people who need to be dealt with in the local area."

"I thought everyone would be like Master Pei, helpless."

Master Xue heard the sarcasm in Li Yun's words. After a moment of silence, he sighed, "This matter is indeed a bit out of line. Before this, I had never thought of it. It seems that the struggle for succession in the court has intensified. Even a great scholar like Gu Wenchuan is involved, and he acted so decisively..."

Xuanzhou is just an inconspicuous corner in the entire Great Zhou, but the recent events in Xuanzhou are a microcosm of the situation in the entire court.

As the old emperor grew older, the fight for the throne became more and more fierce. Even the aftermath of the fight in the capital had spread to the local areas.

Li Yun smiled and said, "The county magistrate said earlier that Mr. Gu was not the prince's political enemy. If he had no faction, would he use such a radical method to do something so radical?"

Mr. Xue remained silent again.

Obviously, he guessed wrong.

If Gu Wenchuan really did not have any faction and was just a so-called "clean stream" official, when he investigated such cases at the local level, he would at most investigate them step by step and would not take such a risky move.

After all, Gu Wenchuan is not a young official anymore, and he is not as eager to make achievements and to be in the limelight as the young people.

In other words, this great scholar has already taken sides with a certain faction in the court, and is most likely standing against the prince.

Master Xue sighed, "The border wars never stop, the court is in constant internal strife, and the local areas... the local areas are in chaos. Many places have rebelled because of the tax increase. I don't know what kind of person can completely rectify such a court."

Such a court is already terminally ill.

Li Yun made his own judgment in his heart.

The Great Zhou was not short of capable people. People like Gu Wenchuan were full of scheming, cunning and tactics. However, when he arrived in Xuanzhou, he did not work hard to make life better for the people of Xuanzhou.

He just wanted to overthrow Governor Jiang Tian and his men!
Smart people spend all their energy on these things!
Li Dutou put down his teacup and asked with a smile, "If Governor Tian is convicted, will the county magistrate have a chance to be appointed governor?"

Xue Song shook his head slowly: "Maybe, they will send more officials here. I just hope that this new governor..."

“Don’t be so greedy.”

Li Yun curled his lips inwardly and disagreed.

maybe…

Not even as good as Governor Tian.

(End of this chapter)