"The imperial envoy is here. Master Tong and Master Gu. I haven't seen you all night. How are you doing?"
"Ah? Is it you?"
"Mr. Liu, is it you who is the imperial envoy?"
Liu Mingzhi stared closely at the eyes of the officials of Qingzhou Prefecture, especially the eyes of Tong Hewu and the other eight governors.
Having been in a high position for a long time, he has built up his own momentum. Except for Tong and Wu, no one of the Qingzhou officials present dared to look directly into Liu Mingzhi's eyes. Some people with lower official positions even wiped the sweat from their foreheads!
"Where is Jiang Lei?"
"The humble position is here!"
"Change!"
"Sir, please get in the car and change!"
During the tea ceremony, Liu Mingzhi was wearing a silver-green official robe and a stiff hat with phoenix wings. It was the official robe of the silver-green doctor Guanglu. There was no official robe for imperial envoys as later generations said.
Putting on a new pair of moiré boots, Liu Mingzhi stepped out of the carriage with the imperial edict, Song Qing stood on the right holding Shang Fang's horse-killing sword, and Cheng Kai stood on the left holding the imperial envoy's seal and slowly walked towards the Qingzhou city gate!
Liu Mingzhi solemnly unfolded the imperial edict: "The imperial edict has arrived!"
"I am the Governor of Qingzhou, Tong Hewu!"
"Qingzhou Governor Gu Zhiheng!"
"Gongzhou Governor Ning Zihan!"
"Ren Yuan, the governor of Chrome State."
"Cai Qingsheng, the governor of Anzhou."
"Pizhou"
"The History of Qingzhou"
"Welcome to the Imperial Envoy!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the crowd of officials and people kneeling on the ground inside and outside the city gate and raised the imperial edict: "Emperor Dalong issued an edict to mobilize all the important military and political affairs of Qingzhou Prefecture. Shang Fang beheaded the horse and sword first and then pointed out. I admire this!"
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
"Comrades from Qingzhou Prefecture, the people under Qingzhou's rule should be relieved!"
"Thank you, Lord Qincha!"
After passing the imperial edict to Jiang Lei, Liu Mingzhi walked up to Tong Hewu and said, "Tong Governor, we meet again!"
Tong Hewu glanced at Gu Zhiheng, who was wiping his sweat with his head down, and looked at Liu Mingzhi happily: "I didn't know that the imperial envoy arrived yesterday, so I'm sorry for the rudeness!"
"It doesn't matter, I wouldn't have seen so many wonderful things if I hadn't visited incognito!"
"This is so rude and disrespectful!
"Master Gu, the governor of Qingzhou!"
"The official is here!"
"How did you sleep this night? I think you don't look right!"
"Returning to the Imperial Envoy, Your Majesty, I am worried about the situation of the victims in the city and have trouble sleeping and eating. Please don't blame me for not looking good!"
"Okay, Mr. Gu is really a good official who serves the country and the people and I admire him!"
"Your Excellency, this is a ridiculous compliment. It's not worth mentioning that I'm doing something that's within my scope!"
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the officials: "Is Qingzhou City garrison general Chang Yunfeng here?"
Everyone looked at each other and no one answered. Liu Mingzhi frowned and looked at the officials: "Is Qingzhou garrison general Chang Yunfeng here?"
After a while, there was still no answer. Liu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Zhiheng: "Master Gu, I wonder why General Chang, the garrison general under your command, is not here?"
Gu Zhiheng looked back and saw that there was indeed no sign of Chang Yunfeng: "Back to my lord, I have already sent someone to notify General Chang. Why don't I know why I don't know it until I get to the official!"
"Well, maybe Chang Shouwei hasn't woken up yet after working so hard for the victims. Let's forget it. I won't pursue it!"
Liu Mingzhi smiled lightly and made a joke, and all the Qingzhou officials could only laugh happily.
Liu Mingzhi was joking, but his heart was burning with anger. What was wrong with Chang Yunfeng? Could it be that he really saw the wrong person?
"Child Governor!"
"Your Majesty, please speak!"
"Qingzhou Prefecture is the prefecture of Qingzhou Prefecture. How can I see the flags flying above the city but no defenders? Could it be that they are also on official business?"
"What your Excellency said is true. The five thousand soldiers of the Governor's Palace in Qingzhou have all gone to the nearby prefectures and counties outside Qingzhou City to gather the scattered people!"
"Oh, I see!"
"Where is General Longwuwei Cheng Kai?"
"The end is here!"
"Qingzhou is a prefecture. How can the top priority be so unprepared that the four walls of the Imperial Guard Division help Governor Tong defend the city and prevent any unnecessary turmoil in Qingzhou City!"
"Yes!" Cheng Kai waved his flag: "All the officers and soldiers obeyed the order and divided into four groups to wave to Qingzhou City!"
Gu Zhiheng panicked: "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy!"
"Slow down! I want to hear what Mr. Gu wants to say!"
Cheng Kai stopped, but his five thousand dragon guards did not stop and continued to spread towards the four city gates!
Liu Mingzhi didn't stop him when he saw this: "What do you want to say, Mr. Gu? But it doesn't matter!"
"Well, it must be very hard for the imperial guard to come all the way. How about forget it and let the brothers in the guard take a rest!"
"It doesn't matter, Long Wuwei's brothers all had a good rest last night!"
Gu Zhiheng frowned, looked at Liu Mingzhi nervously, and glanced at the other officials behind him.
"The imperial envoy, Gu Zhiheng, the governor of Pizhou, and the governor of Shengzhou are all traitors of the White Lotus Sect! There is an ambush on the city wall!"
Tong Hewu suddenly ran up behind Liu Mingzhi and pointed at Gu Zhiheng and several of them and said sharply.
Tong Hewu's sudden attack surprised not only Gu Zhiheng and others, but also Liu Mingzhi, who was stunned for a moment. They did not expect that things would turn out like this.
Immediately, several people gathered around Gu Zhiheng. The official looked at Tong Hewu behind Liu Mingzhi viciously: "You are looking for death, and you don't want the lives of your wife, children, and children, either?"
Tong Hewu took a few deep breaths and said, "You traitors have emptied my governor's mansion and pretended to be the governor's handwriting to write memorials. I have endured humiliation and survived. Today, the Longwuwei army is here and you are captured without hesitation!"
"Master Imperial Envoy, nearly half of the officials and their families in Qingzhou Prefecture are in their hands. Order them to be arrested immediately. If they escape, the governor and the families of all my colleagues will all suffer!"
Several governors also looked at Liu Mingzhi hurriedly: "Please make the decision, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, to rescue the families of the officials and other officials!"
"My poor little girl, who is only twenty-eight years old, has been ruined by these thieves. Please make the decision, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy!"
Gu Zhiheng and others watched cruelly as Tong Hewu, who was behind Liu Mingzhi, pulled off the sleeve of his left arm. There was not only a lotus tattoo, but also a dagger with a blue light in the leather tied to his arm.
"The Holy Mother of White Lotus, with boundless power, killed the dog official named Liu!"
"yes!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Gu Zhiheng and others who were rushing towards him and waved his hands: "Take it!"
The imperial guards who had been on guard for a long time immediately surrounded Gu Zhiheng and the others, and at the same time, shouts of death rang out from the city wall.
"Brothers, run away quickly, this is Long Wuwei and we are no match."
All the people around him had left long ago. Liu Mingzhi looked at Gu Zhiheng and others who were surrounded by imperial guards: "Capture them alive!"
"Got the order!"
"Sir, be careful!"
Jiang Lei pulled Liu Mingzhi and retreated to the carriage. Liu Mingzhi stared blankly at hundreds of ropes thrown from the city wall, and then many people wearing uniforms of officers and soldiers slipped down and began to run away.
In just a short moment, hundreds of people escaped.
Jiang Lei waved his hand and looked at Qin Bin, a hundred people beside him: "Brothers, kill the rebels!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Jiang Lei's eager eyes and nodded, saying, "Be careful!"
"Brothers, charge!"
Liu Mingzhi stared blankly at the killing cries and screams at the top of the city. What on earth was going on?
This young master has racked his brains and thought of so many countermeasures, and now it's over. I always feel like I tried my best but to no avail.
"Sir, three people died! Two were captured!"
"Come over here!"
"yes!"
Liu Mingzhi was startled when he saw Gu Zhiheng and another person from the governor's office with a knife on his neck. What on earth was going on? It was too simple.
"Guan Gu, Long Wuwei first massacred the followers of my main sect, and today he has ruined my plan to massacre the members of my branch sect. Old and new hatreds are irreconcilable. Sooner or later the leader will overthrow Dalong and rule the world!"
"The great dragon shall perish, and the white lotus shall resurrect!"
Liu Mingzhi's face became anxious when he saw this.
"Quickly remove their jaws!"
Just when Song Qing was about to take action, it was too late, and black poisonous blood was already flowing from the corners of the mouths of Gu Zhiheng and the others!
Song Qing looked at Liu Mingzhi and shook his head: "I'm out of breath!"