Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 229 Zhiying Don't Misunderstand

On the other side, Hu Huqian and the others rushed to Wucheng Bingmasi,
The so-called five-city soldiers and horses, that is, the military and horse commanders of the five cities in the middle, east, west, south, and north, are the yamen responsible for patrolling and arresting thieves in the capital, clearing streets, ditches, prisoners, and fire bans.

Bai Yufeng and Shen Lian originally wanted to ask why, but suddenly a Jin Yiwei came on a flying horse, met the three of them, immediately bowed their hands, and then handed a secret letter to Hu Qian.

"Master Hu, this is given to you by the commanding envoy."

After speaking, get on the horse and leave.

Seeing noon, the three of them found a restaurant.

Hu Qian took out the letter while eating.

The letter was very short, only two lines, but it made Hu Qian frown.

Bai Yufeng asked, "What happened?"

Hu Qian said: "Sir Shang received news that the British Duke colluded with the Eastern Kingdom."

"British Duke?!"

"how come?"

Hu Qian said: "Bai Hanlin, who is British Duke?"

Bai Yufeng rolled his eyes at him, and said: "British Gong Liancheng, whose father was Qianhu of the former emperor Habayashi Army, and later Lian Chengxi was deputy Qianhu, who began to follow him when the current emperor was not enthroned, and was responsible for guarding the palace. Mansion.

Later, the emperor was almost killed because of the seizure of the heir apparent. Fortunately, Lian Cheng died as a guard and was promoted to be the commander of the capital.

In the 20th year of Guangde, he followed the emperor to pacify the southeast, and made great military exploits. "

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something again, and said: "Oh, by the way, his younger sister is Concubine Shu, and his niece is Princess Zhiying, you should know him."

Hu Qian nodded, "Could such a hero be a traitor colluding with the Eastern Kingdom?"

Shen Lian lowered his voice and said: "Brother-in-law, this is not impossible."

"How to say?"

"The British prince's eldest son, Lianhua, was originally the political envoy of the Eastern Ming Dynasty with outstanding achievements. After the assessment, he should have been promoted to the governor of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, but the post of governor was finally given to the queen's nephew Wu Dayou.

Afterwards, Dongyang thieves made a disaster for Dongming, and Wu Dayou participated in Lianhua's failure to stop the enemy.

emperor……"

His voice lowered a lot, "The emperor issued an imperial decree to punish Lian Hua and put him in prison. Later, he died of illness in prison."

Hu Qian nodded, "In this case, the British Duke has a reason to cooperate with the enemy."

Bai Yufeng shook his head and said, "I've heard about this too. In fact, it is said that the emperor was demoted. In fact, it may be the palm print eunuch..."

Although he stopped talking halfway through, Hu Qian and Shen Lian still heard clearly.

If it is true that the British are collaborating with the enemy, then the Eastern envoy must have contact with him, and maybe they will sneak out of the city through him.

Thinking of this, the three of them ate in a hurry and hurried to the Duke's Mansion.

However, when he reached the gate of the Duke's Mansion, he saw many people surrounded by darkness.

"Traitor!"

"Traitor!"

These people pointed and cursed at the same time.

Hu Qian looked at it and immediately sighed.

"It seems that the news Mr. Shang gave is false."

Bai Yufeng also nodded.

Only Shen Lian was a little confused.

There are naturally many guards in the Duke's Mansion, but just after they chased them out with sticks, those scolding people ran away without a trace.

Hu Qian said: "Let's go in and have a look."

When they arrived at the door, the guards saw that Shen Lian was Jin Yiwei, so they didn't dare to be too arrogant, so they just asked with a sullen face, "Is there something wrong, everyone?"

Hu Qian said: "My official is Hu Qian. Now I'm ordered to investigate the case and I want to see the Duke."

"My master is not feeling well and has been bedridden for many days, please go back..."

Hu Qian snorted, raised his leg and kicked him down.

"You can fool others with your words."

Said and stepped into the door.

When the rest of the guards saw it, they picked up their sticks and rushed over.

Just as Hu Qian was about to make a move, he suddenly heard the neighing of horses and horses in the distance——Ruan Conghai rushed over with a team of Jin Yiwei.

Then there was a large number of Habayashi Army, roughly speaking, no less than 200 people.

Ruan Conghai nodded to Hu Qian first, and then shouted at the guards: "The imperial decree has arrived, please come out to receive the imperial decree as soon as possible."

After a while, the Habayashi Army had already surrounded the Duke's Mansion, and the surrounding people were also dispersed.

Ruan Conghai said to Hu Qian: "The emperor asked you to enter the palace to see him."

Hu Qian nodded and was about to leave when someone rushed out of the door and shouted, "How courageous! Who asked you to surround this place!"

Everyone looked over and saw that it was Princess Zhiying, so they all stepped forward to salute.

Zhiying shouted: "Don't do this! Let me ask you, who ordered the Duke's mansion to be surrounded!"

Hu Qian and the three of them acted as if they hadn't heard anything, and no one was willing to speak.

Ruan Conghai smiled and said: "Your Highness, it is the order of the emperor, and the ministers are only acting according to the order."

Zhiying said angrily: "I don't care! Let them withdraw!"

Ruan Conghai said: "The minister is only here to announce the decree, and has no right to mobilize the Habayashi army."

Zhiying heard this, and suddenly grabbed the stick from the hand of the guard on the side, and threw it at Ruan Conghai.

Ruan Conghai hurriedly avoided, "Your Highness, this matter has nothing to do with me! I'm just here to announce the decree."

"It's not about you, so who is it about?"

"I'm afraid I can only ask the emperor about this!"

"Bold! Believe it or not, I told my father to destroy your nine clans!"

Just about to start, she suddenly remembered something, and suddenly looked at Hu Qian, "Hu Qian! What are you doing here?"

"The minister is ordered to investigate the case..."

"What are you doing here to investigate the case!
So it must be you!You suspected my grandfather, so you called the Habayashi Army and Jin Yiwei, didn't you! "

Hu Qian said: "No, the minister just arrived."

Zhiying didn't believe it, and immediately hit him with a stick.

Hu Qian quickly took a few steps back and easily dodged.

Zhiying was about to make a move when an old voice came from inside the door.

"stop!"

A white-haired old man walked out with a cane in his hand.

Seeing him, Zhiying hurried to support him.

Ruan Conghai coughed lightly, stepped forward to announce the decree, let Britain enter the palace at high speed.

When the British Duke received the decree, he went to the palace with Ruan Conghai.

Zhiying said: "Grandpa, I'll go with you!"

"The emperor didn't summon you, so don't go."

"No! I must go!"

While they were talking, the three of Hu Qian had already sneaked away.

At this time, it was not the court meeting, so everyone went to Xiyuan.

Hu Qian, Ying Gong, and Ruan Conghai stood for a while, but the emperor hadn't arrived yet.

At this time, the British Duke looked at Hu Qian and asked, "This is Mr. Hu Qian, I have admired him for a long time."

Hu Qian hurriedly returned the salute, "The old man is polite, the next official is Hu Qian."

"I heard that Mr. Hu has great powers. He not only solves countless cases, but also solves ghosts and asks gods. It is really a blessing that the imperial court has such talents as Mr. Hu."

Hu Qian said: "The Duke has won the award."

"I don't know how Master Hu thinks about the war in Dongyang?"

Hu Qian said: "The lower officials are short-sighted and don't know anything about warfare, but I heard that Dongyang Onmyoji's methods are unpredictable. Maybe we can only deal with Dongyang soldiers if we kill these monsters first."

The British Duke nodded, and was about to say more, when suddenly a eunuch shouted: "The emperor is here."

The three immediately knelt down to salute.

Emperor Guangde waved the three of them to stand up, and then took out something and put it on the table.

When the three of them saw it, they were all shocked.

(End of this chapter)