Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 796 Tang Zhou Changes Hands
"Shoot! Shoot the man in the red robe!"

Even though the whole group of Yue Wang Mansion under the city had been severely injured by kerosene bombs, Sun San still refused to give up. When he saw a tall young man in red robes rolling to the ground in a rage, Sun San's mouth immediately showed a trace of anger. Smiling grinningly, he gave the order loudly.

"Whizzing……"

Sun San gave an order, and six sergeants with continuous crossbows moved in response. Amidst the sound of machine springs, dozens of steel arrows flew through the air like locusts, whizzing towards the man in the red official robe. The young man shot over, the poor young man was being burnt into a mess, how could he avoid the chaotic arrows, he only had time to let out a heart-piercing howl, and he was shot into a hedgehog.

"Third brother, ah... rush, rush to the city, don't let the thief go!"

Although Li Chong prided himself on his bravery, he was actually a rookie who had never fought before. When he was suddenly attacked, he froze on the spot until he saw the red-robed young man die on the spot. Then he let out a miserable howl of anger. , roared angrily.

"Uptown!"

"Follow me!"

"rush!"

Among the nearly [-] troops led by Li Chong, in addition to the [-] personal guards of the palace, there are also more than [-] gangsters led by Zhang Chu and Yan Wanshan. Maybe not, but he is quite good at dealing with such chaotic scenes. Almost at the same time as Li Chong gave the order, the two masters Zhang and Yan stretched out their bodies at the same time, and led their respective subordinates to rush into the city gate with all their strength. In the process, they planned to climb up the gate tower along the stairs inside the city gate to control this strategic location.

"withdraw!"

Sun San originally wanted to confirm whether the dead young man in red robe was really Li Wen himself, but he didn't expect the people from the Yue Palace to respond so quickly, so he didn't dare to stay here any longer, so he roared hastily , led his troops to flee along the city wall towards the west gate, but before leaving, he did not forget to throw the crossbow, accessories and other things on the ground.

"Report, little prince, the thief has escaped, and many relics were found at the scene, please tell me clearly, little prince!"

Sun San and the others fled quickly. Zhang Chu and the others chased for a while. Seeing that they could not catch up, they feared that they would be ambushed. The news was reported to Li Chong.

"Huh, the scene is sealed off, no one is allowed to leave the place without authorization, and those who violate the order will be killed without mercy!"

Li Chong's face was as gloomy as ice, and he didn't care about the expressions of the two local officials, Pei Xuancheng and Yan Xiao, who had gone and returned, and issued the martial law order in a gloomy tone.

"Li Langzhong, it seems that Tang Zhou should handle this case?"

Although Li Chong is the son of the king of Yue, his actual official rank is only Lang Zhongling of the Ministry of War. In terms of official rank, it is just below the fifth rank, let alone Pei Xuancheng's fourth rank. Compared with Yan Xiao's fifth rank, there is also What's worse, his behavior of ordering without authorization is undoubtedly exceeding his authority. Although Pei Xuancheng is about to resign, he has not resigned after all. As the governor, he can't just sit back and watch Li Chong give orders indiscriminately here, so he stood up from the sidelines , said with a displeased voice.

"My lords, please!"

Li Chong's temper has always been very violent. Except for not daring to be presumptuous in front of the King of Yue, if other people dare to disobey, they will definitely not let him go lightly. Prince Li Xian, he also dared to resist loudly, but at this moment, facing Pei Xuancheng's doubts, he kept a rare calmness and didn't say much. In the gate of the city, as soon as these actions were made, Pei and Yan couldn't say anything more, they could only follow behind Li Chong helplessly.

"My little prince, are your subordinates incompetent? If you can't catch the murderer, please ask your little prince to come down."

Just as Li Chong and his party went up to the city gate, Zhang Chu, who had been waiting at the side, hurriedly went up to him, bowed, and apologized with an apologetic face.

"What did you find?"

With a wave of his hand, Li Chong stopped Zhang Chu's words, looked around the chaotic scene, and asked coldly.

"Returning to the little prince, six crossbows were found at the scene, with the emblem of the Hexi Army on them. In addition, several accessories from the Donggongwei rate were found. Please check it out."

As soon as he talked about what he got at the scene, Zhang Chu's face became ferocious in an instant, he almost gritted his teeth, and reported the situation one by one.

"My lords, do you have any advice on this, huh?"

Li Chong was not in a hurry to go forward to verify what Zhang Chu said, but leaned sideways, glanced at Pei and Yan, and snorted procrastinatingly.

"Mr. Li, I have said that this is a Tangzhou case, and I, Tangzhou, must settle it. Others are not allowed to do it without authorization!"

Regarding Li Chong's anti-customer-oriented behavior, Yan Xiao just blinked his eyes and did not say a word, but Pei Xuancheng couldn't help it, and took a step forward with a pale face, and protested righteously.

"Well, what Mr. Pei said is good. Tangzhou should deal with Tangzhou's affairs. Come, come and invite the third brother!"

Li Chong looked at Pei Xuancheng coldly for a while, and suddenly laughed sinisterly. He first affirmed Pei Xuancheng a few words, then suddenly raised his voice, and let out a yell.

"Ok?"

"what?"

Hearing what Li Chong said, both Pei and Yan couldn't help being stunned, not for any other reason, but because when the three carriages were attacked earlier, the red-robed youth who escaped from the middle carriage understood clearly The ground died under the bow and crossbow. Yan Xiao witnessed this with his own eyes, and although Pei Xuancheng had never witnessed it, he had seen the corpse of the young man in red robe. He thought that the dead man must be Li Wen. Li Chong bluffed like this, but it was obviously not the case. Although Pei and Yan had different thoughts, their expressions of surprise and uncertainty were generally the same.

"promise!"

Li Chong gave an order, and the guards with their own guards left loudly as promised. After a while, they walked up to the city gate surrounded by two people in casual clothes. One of them was tall and it was Ben Damn Li Wen under the crossbow, as for the other person is a handsome middle-aged scholar, unexpectedly it is Chen Wushuang, the chief think tank of the Yue Palace!
"Big brother!"

Li Wen was the convoy that left Caizhou, and under the cover of a group of dead men from the Yue Palace, he sneaked to Tangzhou day and night. After rushing all the way, he had to suffer a lot, and his originally red and tender face was gone now. He was quite defeated, but he was in good spirits. As soon as Fang reached the top of the wall, he rushed to Li Chong's side in a few strides, and greeted Li Chong triumphantly.

"Well, the third brother came just in time. Mr. Pei suggested that Tangzhou should be a decision for Tangzhou, and I think it should be the case as a brother. Since you are in charge of Tangzhou by order, you should hand over to Mr. Pei."

Li Chong curled his lips, showed a sarcasm smile, waved his hand at Li Wen, and ordered in a neutral manner.

"Okay, I'll leave it to my younger brother."

Thinking that he would be able to control the important place of Tangzhou in his hands immediately, Li Wen was very proud. He smiled and answered casually, then turned around to look at Pei and Yan, cupped his hands pretendingly and said: "My lords have invited you. This general, Li Wen, came to Tangzhou to take up his post by His Majesty's order. I am sorry for your inconvenience, my lords, who have waited for a long time."

"Don't dare, General Li has worked hard all the way, please go to the station to rest first, and we can discuss things tomorrow."

Although Pei Xuancheng had never been involved in the vortex of imperial court politics, but he was upright by nature, but he saw that the people in the Yue Palace were not pleasing to the eye, so he didn't want to follow the wishes of the Yue Palace and his party, so he bowed his hands and returned. Li, replied perfunctorily.

"My lord Pei's words are wrong. I will come here by the emperor's order. I dare not delay for a moment. Now that there are thieves who want to assassinate this general, we must find out as soon as possible. The so-called choosing the day is worse than hitting the sun. Please also ask Pei." Your Excellency has now handed over state affairs."

Li Wen was originally a vulgar person, but when he said something now, he was very gentle. Obviously, this line was definitely memorized in advance.

"This...General Li doesn't know that the delivery is trivial and cannot be completed in a day. No matter how urgent it is, it can only be done after I return to the Yamen."

Although he didn't quite understand why the Yue Palace and his party wanted to hand over the state affairs in such a hurry, but Pei Xuancheng subconsciously didn't want to fulfill their wish, and after pondering for a moment, he still rejected Li Wen's proposal under excuses.

"Don't Mr. Pei hear the matter and act urgently? Today, there is an oracle here. Does Mr. Pei want to do something against the decree, huh?"

Hearing Pei Xuancheng's endless excuses, Li Wen immediately lowered his face, reached out and took out a yellow silk masked imperial decree from his wide sleeves, held it in both hands, and raised it high above his head. He asked arrogantly.

"Pei doesn't dare. Since there is an imperial decree, then everything will be done according to the imperial decree."

As soon as the imperial decree came out, no matter how unwilling Pei Xuancheng was, he had no choice but to take a half step back and bowed his body to answer.

"Very good, since that's the case, you and I have passed the handover, please return to the mansion to rest, Mr. Pei, and I will be in charge of this place!"

Li Wen had been drilled by Chen Wushuang for countless times before he came, so he knew the tricks by heart. Seeing Pei Xuancheng flinching, he hurried forward and said.

"Master Li, please stay, and I will leave!"

After being forced to relinquish the position of governor, although Pei Xuancheng was extremely annoyed, he was no longer qualified to take charge of state affairs. The attendant walked down the city gate tower and went back to the mansion by himself.

"My lord Yan, I was assassinated before I took office. I'm afraid the public security in Tangzhou is worrying."

Li Wen ignored Pei Xuancheng's anger and left, looked sideways at Yan Xiao, and said with a half-smile.

"This……"

Knowing that Li Wen was using an official tone, Yan Xiao had no choice but to bow down helplessly and wisely keep silent.

"Master Yan, these assassins are able to sneak into the city gate, and they also have military standard equipment. I'm afraid it's not that simple. There must be an internal response. The decision has been made, the whole city is under martial law, all the officials present, let’s feel wronged first, and discuss the rest after I have solved the case, I don’t know what Master Yan wants, huh?”

Once the power was in his hands, Li Wenke unceremoniously picked up a chicken feather as an arrow, and groaned with authority.

"This, is this inappropriate?"

As soon as he heard that Li Wen was going to detain all the officials, Yan Xiaoben had a ghost in his heart, and was immediately shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly objected.

"There is nothing wrong with it. If the thief leaves, is it possible that Mr. Yan wants to take full responsibility, huh?"

Li Wen grinned grimly, and scolded unceremoniously.

"My lord was just joking, how dare I be an official, how dare I be an official, it's just, ah, it's just a matter of great importance, my lord, do you think we can discuss it later?"

Assassinating an imperial official is a felony, how could Yan Xiao dare to take the scapegoat on his own body, and he was so suffocated that he blushed.

"Okay, it's settled like this. Come here, invite all the officials to the post station and treat them nicely. When I turn back, I will make my own decision!"

What Li Wen wants is to control the entire Tangzhou, so why would he care what the officials think? Seeing that Yan Xiao has bowed his head, he stopped talking, his face sank, and he stopped drinking. With a loud voice, a group of guards of the Yue Palace moved after hearing the order, ignoring the protests of Tangzhou officials, and brazenly detained all the officials present.

(End of this chapter)