Chapter 218: Prince
"Ah! Killing!"
"Wen Lou killed someone!"
"Help! There is a thief!"
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Hearing the noise around the building, the diners and travelers who were alerted by the sounds of crossbows and swords fled in all directions. The crowd became more and more noisy, and finally the officers of the Jiankang Yamen who were patrolling the streets in Anyefang were killed.
Recruited.
"Ge Tou'er, Ge Tou'er...I heard that someone killed people in Wenlou, and there were many casualties. This is going to cause a big case!" A guard pressed the handle of the knife, with a look of horror on his face, and he was out of breath.
Report with details.
"oh?"
"Can I ask how many people there are?" The person who rushed to Wenlou was a tour guide named Ge who was under the command of Wang Fu of Jiankang. He was responsible for inspecting the fourth square near the Jiankang Yamen Office. He was a low-level official.
, the unfashionable kind.
In the Jin Dynasty, there were three types of institutions under the prefectures and counties: townships, pavilions, and li. The townships had positions such as Shifu, Sanlao, and Youyou. Shifu was the chief officer of the township, and the three elders were responsible for educating the villagers, and Youyou was the official.
Responsible for the security of the village.
Jiankang was the capital of the Jin Dynasty and the center of the imperial court. Tours were organized according to the township settings every few squares to calm the people.
"Going back to Ge Tou'er, there are a lot of people, at least a hundred people, and they all have weapons, and they seem to have brought crossbows!"
"Well, Allah understands." You You, whose surname is Ge, is a native of Jiankang and speaks the Wu dialect.
"No, if I bring a crossbow and cause a big trouble, Ala Ge and the others won't be able to eat and carry it away!" Ge Youjiao heard that a crossbow was used, and it was a serious matter. He came back to his senses a little, and his eyes suddenly
It lit up.
Secretly concealing armor, crossbows and other weapons and armor prohibited by the imperial court will be punished with death according to one of the violations in the "Jin Code", and those with large quantities may even be implicated!
Of course, the prerequisite for the crime of concealing armor, bows and crossbows is that the person must take the stolen goods.
Although the prestige of the Jin Dynasty has declined greatly since the southern crossing, and the noble tribes have been amassing armored soldiers privately, but no one who is short-sighted dares to take them out in broad daylight, let alone a group of people armed with bows, crossbows and long knives, sneaking into restaurants and restaurants to commit murders.
The people who gathered in Wenlou to carry out the assassination this time were really brave. Jiankang was the capital of the Jin Dynasty, at the feet of the emperor. Anyefang in the north of the city was relatively close to Taicheng and the palace city, only three to five hundred paces away!
This is a rebellion!
As soon as he said hello, a dozen officers rushed up behind him: "You all listen up! We are encountering a big event now. If something goes wrong on this mission, we will not be able to bear it! None of the thieves in Wenlou are allowed to escape.
, get them all for me!”
"No!" Everyone raised their hands and prepared to draw their swords.
"Don't worry, there are still less than twenty brothers. There are many thieves and we are outnumbered. I will not let the brothers force you to die in vain even if you know that there is a dead end ahead."
Ge Youyou appointed a few people: "Go and notify the Jiankang Beibu Lieutenant. Tell them that if you don't want to be implicated, send someone over immediately."
After the Jin Dynasty moved to the south, the six divisions of Jiankang, the capital, were set up after the six divisions of Luoyang, namely the east, south, west, north, left and right divisions. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao served as the northern division of Luoyang.
"promise!"
"Why are you still standing there?" Ge Yougong roared, and immediately asked the officers to rush to Wenlou. When the officers heard that there were people from the Jiankang Northern Wei Yamen Office supporting them, they seemed to be emboldened, and they all showed their faces.
knife, took off his stride and started running.
When the people passing by heard the news that the police were dispatched, they all knew that there was a murder ahead, so they did not dare to stop them, so they all moved out of the way...
The police officers were dispatched to the market in Anyefang, looking like they were in a hurry. The people moved upon hearing the sound, and it was a mess! There was even more chaos inside the building. The shouts of fighting and the sound of metal clashing of swords intertwined and lingered in the building.
Continuously.
"Who are you?"
The guard commander Cao Wu chopped down two men in black with a long knife, and then rushed into the crowd of black men holding crossbows. He rushed left and right, causing a lot of disturbance, but almost no enemy could be found!
He casually snatched two powerful crossbows and pulled the hanging knife towards the men in black who came to attack. As the crossbow arrows were launched with full momentum, the men in black who came forward to take action were hit by the arrows and fell to the ground.
As the number of guards increased, and Cao Wu and Uncle Cao were added to the guard, the young man in purple robe was also carried on the shoulders of the guards. As everyone was about to retreat, the man in black was gradually losing ground, and a look of fear began to appear in his eyes!
"Bold thief, how dare you kill people in public!" While the men in black and the guards of the young man in purple robes were confronting each other, the patrol officers led by Ge Youjiu roared in and arrived late.
When the men in black saw the guards arriving, they didn't hesitate one after another and jumped out of the window to escape. Some who couldn't escape even took out the poison they had prepared in advance and committed suicide by taking the poison!
"Brothers, come on!" When Ge Youyou saw the man in black fleeing, he sent people upstairs to support him, and at the same time he had people go out to intercept him. However, his manpower was limited and he couldn't do everything. He couldn't let a few men in black take advantage of him.
Fleeed in the night.
Ge Youjiao chopped down two men in black who were ungrateful and wanted to kill him. When he went up to Dewen Tower, he saw that there were many guards around the young man in purple robes. There were dead bodies all over the floor on the second floor. Even the wooden boards were stained with blood.
It was so full and so busy that everyone surrounded it.
Ge Youxiang carefully looked at the group of young people in purple robes. He was about to make further moves and waited for everyone to go to the Jiankang Yamen Office. He even planned that when the prison warden Chen Si took over so many people, he would do a good job.
His benefits are indispensable at times...
However, Uncle Cao took out an exquisite wooden sign from his arms, pushed aside the servant, walked up to Ge Youyou, and handed it over.
"Prince Chenliu's Mansion!" Ge Youyou's hands were trembling. He looked at the purple-robed young man not far away and couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "Who is this one?"
Cao Wu put away the long knife and was checking the purple-robed boy's injuries. He turned around and replied: "This is the heir apparent of our family."
"Your Majesty!" Ge Youjiao swallowed his saliva and said, "Be a good boy!"
King Chenliu was one of the two kings and three kings of the Jin Dynasty, after Cao Huan, the emperor of Wei Yuan who had the Zen throne in the previous dynasty.
The first King of Chenliu was Cao Huan, who has been serving for more than a hundred years.
King Chenliu has been passed down to Cao Mai, who is now the third generation. Cao Mai has been King Chenliu for thirty years, but he has not had many children. The five sons he gave birth to before all died young, and he only had these ten when he was nearly fifty.
Six-year-old Cao Hui was established as the heir apparent at an early age and regarded him as a treasure!
"Which guy without eyes dares to attack and assassinate the Crown Prince? When my master finds out the truth, I will give the Crown Prince a satisfactory explanation!" After all, Ge Youyou is just a small Youyou, and he has a lot of achievements.
Kang Liubuwei, the county magistrate, and Jiankang Ling Wang Fu.
"May I ask who you are?" Uncle Cao asked someone to bandage the young prince in purple robe. Seeing Ge Youyou step forward, he asked.
Ge Youjiu quickened his pace and stepped forward to answer: "The villain is just a small wanderer in Anyefang. Hearing the noise here, he didn't dare to delay, so he brought people here..."
"Who dares to make trouble within the jurisdiction of the headquarters?" Ge Youjiao was talking to Cao's people, and it happened that the northern captain Liu Zhi also arrived with people after hearing the news.
"I've met Liu Buwei!"
"No need."
Liu Zhi, the Northern Lieutenant, frowned and went upstairs. On the way, he heard a noise and saw the man in black jumping out of the window and escaping. He sent people to chase him and entered Wenlou first. Although he had already been mentally prepared, he saw all the people in black.
The ground was in a mess, with corpses strewn all over the ground. He could no longer calm down. This incident was so big today!
Liu Zhi knew very well that the security in Jiankang City was difficult to manage, even if he was only in charge of security in the northern part of Jiankang.
Jiankang is the capital of the country, and there are officials, powerful people, and three religions and nine streams. I don’t know who has what background, who is above each one, and who is behind them.
Therefore, the position of Northern Lieutenant may not seem like a big one, but he may cause a lot of trouble in the future, and at the same time, he must maintain the security of the imperial capital.
"When Taizu first entered Wei's house, he renovated the four gates. He made five-color sticks and hung them with more than ten sticks on the left and right sides of the door. Anyone who violated the prohibition would be killed without fear of the powerful."
Although Liu Zhi, the Northern Lieutenant, also knew that he had a heavy responsibility and could not slack off, he could not act arbitrarily and follow his own heart like Cao Cao.
Liu Zhi was born in the Liu family of Pengcheng. His grandfather was Yushi Zhongcheng and a member of the Liu Kai clan of Zhenbei General. His father Liu Gui was a Guanglu doctor and Tingwei during his lifetime.
During the Wang Dun Rebellion, General Wang Dun listed ten major crimes on the grounds that he was crusading against Liu Wei and others for "treacherous ministers and deceiving the emperor" and sided with the Qing emperor. He raised troops from Wuchang, Jiangzhou, and fought all the way along the Yangtze River to Jiankang.
Shangshu ordered Diao Xie to issue an edict, and ordered Liu Wei, the Zhenbei general who was guarding Huaiyin at that time, to rescue him. Dai Yuan, the Zhengxi general who was stationed in Hefei, also led his troops to return to protect him. Emperor Sima Rui of the Yuan Dynasty personally wore armor and supervised the battle. However, the imperial army was ultimately defeated.
Wang's army, together with the right general Zhou Zha who was guarding Stone City, turned against Wang Dun and surrendered to Wang Dun. Soon Jiankang fell into Wang Dun's hands.
After that, Emperor Sima Rui of the Yuan Dynasty became seriously ill and Wang Dun killed his dissidents and actively took over the government. Liu Wei fled Shizhao and defected to Emperor Shihu of Shizhao. He was classified as a rebel by Wang Dun. The Liu family in Pengcheng was also severely suppressed.
When the Wang family was in charge of the government, the Liu family had no senior officials at the level of Eight Gongs!
Times changed, the Wang family declined, the Yu family of Yingchuan, the Huan family of Longkang, and the Xie family of Chenjun emerged one after another and took over the government one after another. Only then did the Liu family of Pengcheng regain their breath and gradually re-entered the political center of Jiankang.
After several inquiries and Ge Youyou's supplementary explanation, Liu Zhi roughly understood the whole story.
Even though he was from a noble family, Liu Zhi couldn't handle this case lightly. After all, it involved the crown prince of Chenliu, and the identity of Prince Chenliu was extremely special in the Jin Dynasty. In order to show the grace and power of the country, Emperor Wu deliberately included him.
This bit of blood left over from the previous royal family was inherited by the nobles, and the sacrifices of Cao and Wei continued for generations.
Now, someone actually assassinated the Crown Prince of Chenliu. Who knew that King Chenliu, Cao Mai, only had such a single seedling? If something went wrong, wouldn't it be like throwing dirty water on the face of the imperial court? It is said that the Sima family crossed the river and demolished the bridge and usurped the country.
Do you want to destroy other people's heirs, cut off other people's incense, and eliminate other people's ancestral temple sacrifices?
Cao Hui, the eldest son of Chenliu King Cao Mai, was assassinated in Wenlou, Anyefang, north of Jiankang City. This incident will definitely cause an uproar in Jiankang!
"Please ask the prince to move here first." Liu Zhi thought for a long time and didn't know where to place Cao Hui. Then he remembered to ask: "May I ask who the prince came to Jiankang to see and what to do?"
Although Cao Hui fainted from the pain, the housekeeper Cao Shu and the guard commander Cao Wu were very awake, because both of them had experienced a life-and-death game. Uncle Cao replied in an orderly manner: "Go back to Lieutenant Liu, my lord."
The prince was ordered to come and pay homage to General Zhengbei. No, because it was night, I didn’t dare to go and disturb him."
"That's it!" Liu Zhi heard that Uncle Cao said that King Chenliu wanted to curry favor with Xu Xiao, the general who conquered the North. After all, Xu Xiao was one of the four auxiliary ministers and held military power. Many people were rushing to establish a relationship.
, is not a rare thing.
Ge Youjiu, who was on the side, heard that Prince Chenliu was going to meet Xu Xiao, and he couldn't help but interjected: "Then it's too unlucky for you to come. General Zhengbei is no longer in the capital!"
"Ah?" Uncle Cao looked surprised, his mouth wide open.
Liu Zhi nodded to express his agreement with Ge Youxi, and he echoed: "Ge Youxi is right. General Zhengbei was ordered to conquer the rebel Sun En. This happened two or three days ago. I'm afraid you are going to fail."
Cao Wu came closer and asked: "When will the general who conquered the north return?"
"How can we be sure of the accuracy of sending troops to fight? It could be anywhere from three to five months at least, and it could be as long as a year and a half." Ge Youjiao was a warm-hearted person, but before his boss Liu Zhi could say anything, he took over the words.
"Go to Guanyi!" Liu Zhi, the northern Jiankang captain, suggested: "Although Guanyi is simple, it has not been used for pilgrimage, and there have been no big happy events in the court recently. The place is so free that no one would want to settle the prince.
At least there is no problem with safety there. Besides, now that the prince is injured, he should ask a doctor to take a look and take out the crossbow arrow as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!