At night, at the gate of Futing City, a team of black-armored knights called the door through the city wall.

The defenders on the top of the city shouted, "What are you doing?"

"Your dog eyes are blind, and you don't even know Duke Ding, so why don't you open the city gate quickly."

"It turns out that Duke Ding arrived, please open the city gate."

The city gate opened, and a group of black-armored knights entered one after another. The young general, who was led, said with an indignant look: "My uncle led his troops to starve and froze and tried his best to rescue the disaster, for fear of delaying the treatment of the victims. The prince actually asked his uncle to come back overnight, but he didn't know how many victims we could rescue in this trip."

Jiang Meisun glared at Song Mo: "Don't talk nonsense. The prince will inspect His Majesty. If His Majesty comes in person, be kind to the prince later."

"oh."

The group came outside the yamen and immediately aroused the alert of the guards of the Qin Prince's Mansion.

"Who is coming!"

"Duke Jiang Meisunte of Dingguo came to pay homage to the crown prince, His Highness the King of Qin."

"Can you have printed certificates?"

"There is a seal of the general as a guarantee."

After checking the seal, Ma Quan did not let Jiang Meisun go in directly, but said that he would inform him first.

This aroused the dissatisfaction of Song Mo and the personal guards of Dingguo Dukes.

"Hmph, my uncle is dedicated to serving the country and the people, and eliminates Japanese pirates and pirates. He has made great achievements. The prince and the Qin King have not made any contributions, but he still has to make a contribution here..."

When Jiang Meisun heard this, he just raised his hand to stop them from continuing.

Soon, the guard who reported the news whispered in Ma Quan's ear. Ma Quan nodded and then said aloud.

"The prince has an order, please ask Duke Qing to enter the government office to discuss it."

Song Mei and a group of personal guards were about to follow in, but Ma Quan stopped him.

"The prince only asked Duke Ding to enter, and the rest of the people are waiting here."

Song Mo was furious as soon as he heard this: "Don't you know who I am?"

"The Prince of England, the youngest is just doing what he wants, don't let the youngest make things difficult for him." Ma Quan smiled and pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife.

"you!"

Seeing that the two sides were at odds, Jiang Meisun shouted: "Song Mo obeyed the order."

"The last one will be there."

"Take them here and don't cause trouble."

"The last general will take the order!" Song Mo retreated unwillingly.

Just as Jiang Meisun was about to go in, Ma Quan stopped him again.

"Duke Ding, the sluggishness of the straitors in Futing has been eliminated. There are the prince's personal guards and the Qin King's personal guards in the yamen. It is very safe. Please ask Duke Ding to remove his armor and remove his sword."

Song Mo revealed when he heard this: "Rareless..."

The guards of Dingguo also pressed their hands on the hilt of the knife.

"Shut up all of them." Jiang Meisun hesitated for a moment, and finally took off his helmet.

Ma Quan smiled and said, "It's just that the prince cared for the Duke to fight for years. Don't be too careful."

Several personal guards stepped forward and took Jiang Meisun's armor clean, and then politely invited him in.

At the same time, in the front hall, the prince was restless like an ant on a hot pan.

"Brother Ninth, this move is probably inappropriate, why don't you go alone to welcome him?"

Qin Hao poured a glass of wine for the prince: "What's wrong? His Highness, the prince, inspected the disaster area on behalf of the emperor. Jiang Meisun dared to open the warehouse and release grain in advance without taking the prince seriously."

"The Dingguo army thought that Jinghai was successful, so they all did not take the imperial orders seriously. They only knew that they would listen to the military orders of the Dingguo Duke. If they did not kill them, they might cause any trouble in the future."

The prince thought it made sense.

While he was talking, a personal guard came quickly to report.

"Crown Prince, His Highness of the King of Qin, and Duke of Ding Jiang Meisun asked for a meeting."

"Please." The prince calmed down.

When he saw Jiang Meisun wearing a single dress, the prince was obviously surprised and hurriedly greeted: "Duke Dingguo has worked hard all the way, so let's have a drink to warm your body first."

"Thank you His Highness the Prince to give you wine."

Jiang Meisun drank the wine in the glass without hesitation. Seeing this, Qin Hao was basically sure that he had no intention of rebelling.

"I remember that the court should have issued an order to the Futing County Magistrate half a month ago to clean up the granary and count the affected people. Who is so bold to open the warehouse and release grain privately?"

Jiang Meisun's face changed and said in a humble and arrogant manner: "Report to His Highness the King of Qin, there are many local children of Futing in the Dingguo army, which made them watch the villagers suffer from disasters, but they are indifferent. The officials are afraid of causing mutiny..."

"Duke Ding, I am asking you who ordered the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain!"

Before Jiang Meisun finished speaking, Qin Hao immediately asked.

"It's the lower official."

"Jiang Meisun, you are so brave. Before you get the imperial edict, you open the warehouse and release grain privately to buy people's hearts. Are you going to rebel?"

As soon as the word rebellion came out, not only Jiang Meisun was shocked, but even the prince was panicked.

Qin Hao also saw some clues from the prince's reaction. He should have wanted to take Jiang Meisun for his own use, but he didn't know whether it was his own idea or whether he had received the emperor's approval.

"The officials are wronged."

"Is it wrong? Of course, some court sent a special person to investigate. Duke Ding has lived in the government office these few days, resting with peace of mind, and waiting for the ruling of His Majesty."

Qin Hao said in a cold tone that no matter how King Qing did it in the end, Jiang Meisun would definitely die. He violated too many taboos. Even if Zhu Jianshen did not want to kill him, he would have to kill him, otherwise it would be difficult for no one else to follow suit.

The saying that imperial power is supreme is not just about being fun. This is the emperor's bottom line. Once it is touched, even if it is a biological son, it will not be ruthless, let alone just a so-called childhood friend.

After Jiang Meisun was taken away, the prince said to Qin Hao: "Ninth brother, Duke Ding has made contributions to the country and the court has not yet given him a reward. If such a house arrest causes a mutiny from the Dingguo army, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable."

"My merit is merit, fault is fault. If you have merit, you will be rewarded. If you have mistakes, you will naturally be punished. As for how Duke Ding will deal with it, it will naturally be decided by the father and the cabinet to discuss it. Your Highness the Crown Prince does not need to worry too much."

The prince thought it was true. Anyway, he was not the one who was convicted, and even if he was scolded, it was not his turn. It was just a pity that Jiang Meisun was a powerful general.

The next day was just around the corner. Song Mo and his party were resting outside the yamen last night, but they never saw Jiang Meisun coming out. At first, they thought they were staying by the prince, but at noon the next day, they still didn't see anyone coming out. They suddenly became anxious and questioned the guards at the door.

As a result, these personal guards ignored him at all, and Song Mo was so angry that he almost drew his sword. In the end, he was caught by Yan Chaoqing beside him.

"Young marshal, don't be impulsive. The one inside is the prince. Crashing the prince's headquarters is a serious crime of raiding the house and exterminating the clan."

Song Mo said angrily: "But my uncle has been in for so long..."

"Wait a little longer, wait and see."

So the group waited outside until the evening, but still didn't see Jiang Meisun coming out. Now even Yan Chaoqing had to admit it.

"What happened."

In order to avoid Song Mo's impulsive behavior, Yan Chaoqing could only use the grounds of discussing countermeasures to move Song Mo to a nearby inn, leaving several personal guards to stay at several doors of the government office.

"The uncle's great contributions not only did not reward him, but also put him under house arrest for such a small matter as opening a warehouse and releasing grain. Is there any other way to the world?"

Looking at Song Mo's angry look, Yan Chaoqing couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Young Marshal, it's not a trivial matter to open a granary privately. I advised the Duke at the beginning. If Your Majesty intends to pursue the matter, I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid the Duke of the State will not be able to pass the level."

Song Mo slapped the table and said, "If it really doesn't work, I will kill into the county government and rescue my uncle."

"No, if this is the case, not only will the Duke of the Kingdom will be unable to protect his life, but even the Duke of Ding and the Duke of the United Kingdom will be implicated."

"This is not OK, that is not OK. How can I rescue my uncle?"

Yan Chaoqing pondered for a long time: "This time, Your Majesty sent the prince to Futing to inspect the disaster area, in order to make the prince save disasters and win fame. The prince ruined the prince's good deeds, but I'm afraid the prince will hold a grudge. Now we can only start with His Highness the King of Qin first."

"At least we can know whether the Duke of the State is now...safe."

In fact, what Yan Chaoqing wanted to say was whether Jiang Meisun was still in the world, and he was afraid that Song Mo's powder keg would be blown up again, so he had to change his words temporarily.

"That's all."

...

Qin Hao looked at the jade pendant in his hand and heard Ma Quan report that it was the British Prince Song Mo who asked for a visit, and he couldn't help but smile.

"The fish, finally got hooked."

The reason why he detained Jiang Meisun was, on the one hand, to safeguard the dignity of the royal family, and on the other hand, to prevent Song Mo from falling to the prince.

After all, from the outside world, Jiang Meisun was under house arrest because he stole the opportunity to win fame of the prince.

"Ma Quan, are there any more clean teahouses nearby?"

"You guys, let's make arrangements."

In the west of Futing City, a road was suddenly cut off by a group of vicious men. There was not even a single customer in the entire street except for shops.

"Ma Quan, did I say I would like to close the street?" Qin Hao sat in the teahouse and looked at the empty streets, speechless.
To be continued...