Feeling the anger from King Xiang's mouth, Wang Yu also cursed Shen Ao in his heart, who didn't know how to write the word "death", and said, "Your Majesty, this is Shen Ao, Lord Zhongguo."
"Dong Zhongguo... Shen Ao? How could it be him?" When he heard this name, Prince Xiang was stunned. This person really impressed him too deeply.
As for whether there were people in the civil and military circles of the Manchu dynasty whom King Xiang did not want to offend, of course there were.
For example, Xia Youran, who has been executed by beheading, and Youpushe Bailigui, who is an evergreen tree in the court, usually doesn't talk much, and is highly valued by his father. Former Zuopushe Fan Shitong is also such a person. He was born in the Fan family and has this wealthy family on his back. Who knows if he will be able to rise to power one day?
There are also people like Du Jin, who is a Hanlin scholar and is known as the internal minister, as well as the six ministers and others. King Xiang is not willing to fight with them casually. In addition, there is another person who makes King Xiang fearful. This The person is Shen Ao.
After dealing with him before, not only did Prince Xiang not take advantage of him, but his car was also destroyed by Marquis Zhongcheng. However, when he reported it to his father, he only fined him half a year's salary. And all of this was because of Lord Zhongcheng, Shen Ao. And rise.
Also, the reason why the prince fell was inseparable from Shen Ao's help. If it weren't for Xianwei Zhongzhong, Shen Ao would have dealt a heavy blow to the misbehaving Jin army, injuring so many people and not only killing him. Three people were killed, including a thousand-household chief of the Jin army. This triggered the Jin king to leave the capital, and the prince and brother came to help. However, the father's refusal caused the Jin army to mutiny.
If we dig deeper into this, Shen Ao is equivalent to the fuse, which caused the prince's downfall. Such a person, who risked disobeying the imperial decree today and was afraid of not showing up, is clearly not giving himself face, and is clearly seeking death.
If it were an ordinary trivial matter, Prince Xiang really didn't want to have any conflict with Shen Ao. It would be disgraceful to win and lose face if he lost.
But what happened today was that he had the emperor's holy decree at his disposal, and Shen Ao still fell into his hands, which meant that this person was seeking death.
As soon as the prince fell, King Xiang became the best candidate to compete for the prince. At this moment, he was looking for an opportunity to establish his authority, and Shen Ao came to his door. King Xiang was really happy. He decided to impeach Shen Ao. Take this opportunity to deal with him properly. Precisely because Shen Ao is a tough nut to crack, if you can deal with him, it will have the greatest impact. No courtier will offend you without the foresight.
"Come on, let's go to the palace." King Xiang couldn't wait for a moment, so he rushed to give Shen Ao eye drops in front of his father. He wanted to see who else would stand up to Shen Ao who resisted the decree this time. Come out and speak for him.
King Xiang was a little excited, and the coachman seemed to be aware of it, so he drove much faster along the way. When King Xiang arrived at the Yangxin Hall, he saw his father reviewing the memorial there.
Seeing his father sitting high in the main hall, King Xiang was filled with envy. A true man should rule the world with one word. This is what he should do in his life.
Knowing that it was King Xiang who was coming, and knowing his intentions, Emperor Qianwen didn't even bother to raise his head to look. He just casually folded the memorial and asked, "Is everything done?"
"Back to my father, the matter is finished. Twenty-three ministers including Xia Youran were all killed. All the people in the city clapped their hands and praised my father's sage." King Xiang stood in the palace and said flatteringly.
"Haha." Emperor Qianwen smiled and did not take these words seriously. He did not believe that killing some ministers would make the people happy. This has nothing to do with them directly, right? "Okay, Xiu'er. You did a good job, please rest in peace."
He still spoke without raising his head. The task of Prince Xiang was originally extremely simple. I am afraid that any courtier could have completed it very well. There is really not much encouragement to say.
King Xiang, who was supposed to leave, did not stand up or kneel down immediately, but continued to say, "I would like to inform my father, not all the courtiers in Daliang City participated in today's trip, and one person resisted the order. not coming."
"Huh?" Emperor Qianwen, who was about to lower his head to write something, was finally touched when he heard the words. He slowly raised his head, looked at King Xiang and asked, "Who is it?"
Seeing that his father seemed a little angry, King Xiang was excited and quickly replied, "Reporting to my father, the one who didn't come is the loyal Duke Shen Ao."
"Loyalty..." Emperor Qianwen did not continue, and an unknown look of helplessness flashed across his face. If someone else did not go, he would really think that this person was resisting the decree, or was sympathetic. It is also possible for people from the prince family, or even people from the prince family themselves. But Shen Ao is not here, so that is another matter.
I'm afraid no one knows the relationship between Shen Ao and the prince better than Emperor Qianwen. They both used sky thunder to blow up the gate of the East Palace. How much hatred and resentment is this? If there is any close relationship between them, then No matter how hard he tried, he wouldn't believe it.
Since the factors of sympathy and comrades have been eliminated, Shen Ao's failure to show up would mean he was resisting the order, or that he did not take such a thing into his heart at all. This person's ideas were originally different and he did not like it. If you don't do what you need to do, it will be a matter of course that Shen Ao doesn't show up.
King Xiang was still standing below looking at Emperor Qianwen, waiting for the imperial edict to punish him. He would go to the Zhongguo Palace in person and bring Shen Ao to justice. I believe that with this move, his reputation as King Xiang will be more famous. Shocking the government and the public, who else dared to look down upon him at that time?
The expectant voice of his father finally sounded, "It's Duke Zhongguo. I know about him. He is busy preparing for the establishment of the bank and really can't get away." At this time, Emperor Qianwen naturally wouldn't. He said that Shen Ao was resisting the decree, but he just said that he had known about it in advance in order to tell King Xiang that the matter was over and that he should not continue to make trouble.
"Well!"
King Xiang, who was standing below, originally had a lot to say, but because of Emperor Qianwen's words, he didn't know what to say, and he actually froze on the spot.
"Hmm? Does Xiu'er have anything else to do?" Seeing that Prince Xiang had not left yet, Emperor Qianwen asked while continuing to review the memorial.
"No, no more." Prince Xiang shook his head. Shen Ao actually told his father in advance, and his father reciprocated the favor. It seemed that he had made another mistake.
King Xiang didn't know that his report was not wrong, but because of Shen Ao's special status, Emperor Qianwen would not punish him for such a thing. He still needs to borrow this person for many places, and protection is enough. It's too late.
King Xiang left the Yangxin Hall, but Emperor Qianwen did not put the matter down. He glanced at Yan Fu beside him and asked, "Tell me, why did Lord Zhongguo resist the decree and not go to Caishikou to watch the execution?"
"Uh..." Yan Fu cursed "mmp" in his heart. How could he know why? But even though the emperor asked him, he had to rack his brains and think about it before saying, "I'm afraid Duke Zhongguo doesn't like this." I don’t like to see someone being killed.”
"Huh?" This answer obviously did not satisfy Emperor Qianwen, and a snort came out.
Knowing that this answer did not satisfy the emperor, Yan Fu thought of another excuse and said, "Perhaps Lord Zhongguo didn't regard himself as a courtier at all. He was just a distinguished nobleman who was hereditary, so he didn't regard himself as a courtier at all." Officials view it.”
"Yes." Emperor Qianwen finally stopped questioning and seemed to be very satisfied with the result. "It seems that we must hurry up on conferring him an official position. In this way, I will draw up the decree now, and you can just make a trip."
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Zhongguogongfu.
Shen Ao has been watching Shi Lei and others training the two thousand security guards of Daqian Bank in the square behind the mansion these days.
Whether a bank can gain a foothold involves many factors, and security is the top priority. After all, the money is placed in the bank, and if it cannot give them a sufficient sense of security, who would dare to take real money just to exchange for a piece of money? Banknote?
More than 2,000 security guards are training intensively, and they will only be able to open for business after the renovation of the twelve Daqian Banks.
Borrowing time from training, Shen Ao's understanding of martial arts was also improving step by step.
Especially after having Xuefei as a "famous teacher", if there is anything he doesn't understand, he can just ask. What makes Shen Ao happy is that no matter what question he asks, Xuefei will be very patient if he knows it. Talk to yourself. This gave Shen Ao a wrong understanding. It was said that the ancients were self-absorbed in their skills and would not easily tell others what they had learned. Now it seems that this is not true. At least what you want to learn, Xue Fei has never been stingy.
Of course, this is only a privilege for Shen Ao. Xue Fei learned her skills from Shen Ao's mother. If the young master knew about it, of course she would tell her everything. If it were someone else, for example, Shi Lei would be Shen Ao's bodyguard. The elder once came to ask questions, but not only did he not get a single reply, but he was kicked out. His intention to reject people thousands of miles away was very obvious.
Shen Ao had special privileges and was able to learn very quickly. However, although he was very good at theory, he was still lacking in theory. So Shen Ao went to confront Ao Qi and others to observe his own shortcomings. The reason why he did not go to Xuefei was because of male chauvinism. Shen Ao was not in the habit of being abused by women. He saw the scene where Shi Lei was beaten very clearly.
Shen Ao's progress was very obvious. He seemed to be able to remember every word Xue Fei said. After understanding some problems, he could also draw inferences. This really surprised Xue Fei, Ao Qi and others. They also had to Sighing, the young master is the young master, with the blood of the master, the progress of martial arts training is rapid.
Shen Ao can also feel his own obvious progress. If this continues, it won't take long for Shen Ao to break through the dark energy and reach the transformation level. In that case, he will really be considered a master.
