Not long after, Liu Wenxiu was brought into the hall by several soldiers.
Everyone couldn't help but gasped.
Although the Xian thieves had been wiped out by the Caishi Army, the battles almost always took place in the outer city, and those of them in the inner city had never seen it with their own eyes.
And Liu Wenxiu, as one of the adopted sons of the Xianthief, is quite famous in Huguang!
At this moment, he appeared in front of everyone. It was like seeing a tiger for the first time in the zoo. How could everyone still sit still?
Looking at this group of officials who were about to become pigs and sheep in his hands, Liu Wenxiu couldn't help but sneer in his heart. However, he glanced at the crowd and soon found a man in the middle of the crowd, wearing a golden helmet, smiling at him.
young people.
Liu Wenxiu felt a cold feeling in her heart, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Liu Wenxiu, the defeated general, has met the Duke of Qi!"
He can regard Zhu Yiming as nothing, he can also regard Zhu Changfa as nothing, and even he can regard the entire Huguang dignitaries as nothing, because he does have this capital!
In the early years of Chongzhen, Liu Wenxiu followed his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong. For more than ten years, Liu Wenxiu traveled almost all over the Ming Dynasty. However, the imperial court had no way to do anything about them. Instead, countless officials of the imperial court were killed one by one.
Get off your horse!
However, facing Liu Ruyi...
Liu Ruyi also smiled and looked at Liu Wenxiu in front of her at this time. She saw that he was very tall, about 1.8 meters tall, with a well-proportioned figure, red lips and white teeth, and a handsome appearance. Although he was a prisoner at this time, he had a pair of eagle eyes.
He is full of humility and agility. He really lives up to his name, he is truly a handsome man!
Liu Wenxiu did not dare to look into Liu Ruyi's eyes and lowered her head humbly.
Liu Ruyi smiled, "General Liu found his way back and did not cause unnecessary consequences, which is a good thing! Please get up! Come, I will introduce you! This is Prince Xiang, why don't you tell the prince quickly?
salute?"
How could Liu Wenxiu not understand what Liu Ruyi meant, and hurriedly bowed deeply to Zhu Yiming, "The defeated Liu Wenxiu has met the prince!"
Zhu Yiming smiled and waved his hands, wanting to say something, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.
Liu Ruyi glanced at Zhu Yiming, and couldn't help but think highly of Zhu Yiming, and said with a smile: "The Xianthief tribes, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu have surrendered, and Ai Nengqi died in the battle. In this way, the foundation of Xianthief has been broken.
Ruyi can finally be on good terms with the emperor and the elder!"
Liu Ruyi paused, glanced at everyone, turned to Zhu Yiming and said: "Your Majesty, the body of the Xian thief and the body of Ai Nengqi, Ruyi wants to be escorted to the capital by the prince. However, for the other generals under the Xian thief, Ruyi
I want to deal with it alone, what do you think, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Yiming didn't expect that Liu Ruyi would give half of this huge achievement to himself. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. How could he care about Liu Ruyi's small tricks in private at this time? He hurriedly said: "Qi Guogong is worthy of being a dragon and a phoenix among people."
, Xiao Wang, thank you, Duke of Qi, for your kindness! The main force of the thieves was originally destroyed by Duke of Qi, so the specific affairs will naturally be decided by you, Duke of Qi! I have no doubts!"
Zhu Yiming turned around and looked at everyone, "Do you have any doubts?"
joke!
The Duke of Qi and Prince Xiang have already set the tone. These powerful people in Huguang around them are not stupid. How dare they jump out and say "no" at this time?
"The Duke of Qi is wise, and the prince is wise!"
"We don't have any doubts!"
Immediately, everyone expressed their attitude one after another.
Liu Ruyi smiled and nodded to Zhu Yiming, "People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. This is the best of both worlds."
The atmosphere in the hall instantly relaxed.
Liu Ruyi glanced at Liu Wenxiu and said with a smile: "General Liu, if that's the case, you can go down first! Regarding the matter of Li Chuang, my father-in-law also wants to find out some information from you. Well, let's do this! You can tell me what you know.
Write it down first, and my father-in-law will read it when he has time!"
How could Liu Wenxiu not understand what Liu Ruyi meant, she hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Don't worry, Duke Qi, I will tell you everything I know, and I will tell you everything!"
Soon, Liu Wenxiu was taken outside the hall.
At this time, a soldier walked in quickly and whispered a few words into Liu Ruyi's ear.
Liu Ruyi's face looked slightly cold, but he recovered in an instant. He turned his head and glanced at Zhu Yiming, "Your Majesty, there is someone you would like to meet."
Zhu Yiming was startled, but seeing that Liu Ruyi's expression did not seem to be hypocritical, he nodded, "The little king is willing to listen to Qi Guogong's decision!"
Liu Ruyi nodded, waved her hand, "Bring her in!"
"yes!"
After a while, Zhang Kejian, the military supervisor, was tied up like a rice dumpling and brought into the hall.
"My lord, help me! Your Majesty, your Majesty did not commit any crime! Why, why do you treat your Majesty like this!" When Zhang Kejian saw Zhu Yiming, he seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, with a lot of snot and tears, and kept kowtowing desperately.
"Qi Guogong, this, this is..." Zhang Kejian and Zhu Yiming had an old relationship. Seeing this, Zhu Yiming looked at Liu Ruyi as if asking questions.
Liu Ruyi sneered slightly, "Your Majesty, gentlemen, after Ge Lao entered Sichuan, Zhang Kejian became the highest military officer in Xiangyang City. But at this time, Xian Thief led his army to attack Xiangyang City. You know, the brothers under my command are
Where did you meet our Lord Supervisor?"
Hearing what Liu Ruyi said, everyone's expressions could not help but change slightly, and they were busy waiting carefully for Liu Ruyi's next words.
However, Liu Ruyi waved her hand to signal to the soldiers around her, "Come and tell me where you met our Lord Supervisor!"
The soldier hurriedly handed over his hands and said, "Return to the Lord, we were chasing Liu Wenxiu's troops and met the supervisor on the north river bank on the way back to Xiangyang City! At that time, the general was accompanied by one of his attendants
Concubine, and..."
The soldier secretly glanced at Liu Ruyi.
"explain!"
"Yes! There are also a lot of gold and silver coins and an ox cart! At that time, the supervisor was preparing to find a boat to cross the river! Unfortunately, it was late at night and there were no ships! Seeing us coming, the supervisor hurriedly showed himself
He received the seal and learned that the war in Xiangyang City was decided, so he returned to the city under our protection!"
Before the soldier had finished speaking, Zhu Yiming's face had turned red to the color of pig liver.
He never dreamed that the highest military officer left behind by the imperial court in Xiangyang City would run away before the war started!
This, where does this put him, Zhu Yiming?
Where will this leave the Ming Dynasty?
"Mr. Qi, Zhang Kejian deceived you, fled before fighting, and abandoned the 100,000 people in Xiangyang City. This is an unforgivable crime! The young king begged Duke Qi to uphold justice for the 100,000 people in Xiangyang City!" Zhu Yiming stood up.
, bowed deeply to Liu Ruyi.
Zhu Changfa, the king of Guiyang, also looked a little livid, "Qi Guogong, what's the use of keeping these people who have no king and no father? Why don't we just kill them with one knife, so as not to waste our words!"
The other dignitaries also kept yelling. Obviously, Zhang Kejian's escape completely violated everyone's taboo.
Liu Ruyi saw everything in his eyes, but he was slightly happy in his heart. Unexpectedly, Zhang Kejian was really sensible, and he actually jumped out at this moment and let himself catch the handle.
Thinking about this, Liu Ruyi hurriedly raised her hands and said to everyone: "Everyone, I can understand your mood! However, Zhang Kejian is a second-rank official of the imperial court after all. I am afraid that my father has no right to deal with this matter? How about this matter?
It would be better for the prince to report to the court and wait for the emperor to decide!"
Although Zhang Kejian is already a public enemy of Xiangyang, Liu Ruyi does not want to attack him immediately!
There is a saying that ‘flies do not bite seamless eggs’!
At this time, the Xian bandits have been destroyed. If Xiangyang, and even Huguang, become monolithic, it will not be in Liu Ruyi's interests!
To put it more bluntly, everyone wants to kill Zhang Kejian, but Liu Ruyi wants to protect him!
Not only do we need to protect him, we also need to keep him intact!
This is no longer at the military level, but completely covered by the influence of Liu Ruyi, Duke of Qi!
Sure enough, seeing the hateful looks of Zhu Yiming and others, Zhang Kejian's soul was shattered, but when he heard Liu Ruyi's tone, Zhang Kejian reacted instantly and kowtowed desperately: "Qi Guogong, please help me! I'm here, I'm here!"
It is also a helpless matter! There are only three thousand soldiers in Xiangyang City, and the city gate has been lost. Xiaguan, Xiaguan has no chance to recover! Fortunately, Duke of Qi, you arrived in time to save the people of Xiangyang and the fire and water, otherwise, Xiaguan
, I really can’t redeem myself even if I die a hundred times!”
"Zhang Kejian, you despicable villain! The thieves have entered the city, but why didn't you inform the people in the city in time to give them room to escape! Why did you run away first? Don't you deserve to die for such a kingless and fatherless act?
?" Zhu Yiming said sharply.
"Your Majesty, when I was humble, I had already sent someone..." Zhang Kejian wanted to explain, but when he saw Liu Ruyi's cold eyes, he suddenly realized that what happened today seemed to be a trick of Qi Guogong! This was a life-and-death plan to kill him.
Pull it to the bureau!
Zhang Kejian was a Jinshi in high school in his early twenties and has been an official for thirty years. He certainly has this political consciousness!
He glanced at Liu Ruyi secretly and quickly closed his mouth tightly.
Looking at the voices of condemnation around him, Liu Ruyi smiled faintly, "Don't worry too much, everyone! Although Mr. Zhang has practical duties, fortunately the risk has been resolved! Xiangyang is my Xiangyang of the Ming Dynasty! Huguang is also the Ming Dynasty!
Huguang! It is also a fact that the Huguang soldiers came quickly and were weak! If Mr. Zhang really wants to be tough, I am afraid he will not get much benefit! It is best to leave this matter to the court for arbitral decision! However, in the current situation, it is difficult to
Although the thieves were destroyed, the remnants of the bandits are still there. Mr. Zhang, you are the supervisor and you have been following Mr. Ge. Faced with this situation, what do you think we should do?"
Zhang Kejian's mind was spinning rapidly. At this moment, how could he still not understand Liu Ruyi's intention?
He hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed and said: "Mr. Qi, the troops in Huguang are weak and weak. I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat the remnants of the bandits from all walks of life. Although my subordinates are not talented, they have always been with Mr. Ge! Mr. Ge often said, if I were the Duke of Qi, you would be willing to station troops in Huguang."
, we will definitely protect the safety of Huguang!"
Zhang Kejian said, and kowtowed vigorously to Liu Ruyi, "I beg the Duke of Qi to attach great importance to the 100,000 people in Xiangyang City and station troops in Huguang! In this way, even if the lower official is dismissed and exiled for three thousand miles, the lower official will have nothing to do.