The two letters were sent to Meng Liguo's palace together, and appeared in the hands of Zhu Yan several times, one was a secret letter, and the other was a letter from the garrison of Broken Leaf City, and Zhu Yan opened the back one first. I saw a thing depicted in black and white on the top, the horse bandits were raging, and the inner pipe who was lined up in Broken Leaf City to convey his will went out too late because of something, and was intercepted and killed by mountain bandits on the road, and there was not a single living mouth left.

Holding the inkstone, he raised his eyebrows and opened another letter.

These two letters say the same thing, but the narratives are very different, the secret letter clearly explains what happened, and also writes the things that the inner manager is begging for his life, but in the end the inner manager is still killed, and along with the letters, there is also a token.

All of this had happened in anticipation, and now he just had to take the next step as planned.

The matter of the internal official who conveyed the will being killed by the mountain bandits in Broken Leaf City was deliberately fueled by the Yan, and almost spread throughout the capital, and even the hundred officials of the court were shocked.

Some generals were simple-minded, and they thought that the situation in Broken Leaf City was really so grim, and they immediately asked for advice from Zhuyan.

"Broken Leaf City is the gateway to the northwest of my Meng Li Kingdom, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and the Qianghu people are even more eyeing Broken Leaf City, and they must not give up Broken Leaf City! Wei Chen is willing to lead his troops to Shattered Leaf City to help General Lu! ”

"Wechen is also willing!"

The military attaches have all followed Bai Huan to fight the world, all of them are full of blood, they came out of the sea of corpses and blood, naturally they are not afraid of war, and the civilian officials are more clear than their impulses, one of them is very good, and he actually thought of a certain possibility as he expected.

"I've never heard of Broken Leaf City being plagued by bandits...... Could there be something strange about this? ”

Holding Yan's face changed, and he deliberately pretended to be dissatisfied and scolded: "What do you mean by this? Could it be that Lord Song suspected General Lu of secretly doing something? “

Holding the inkstone and waiting for the words to come out, the eyes of the military officials in the court brushed to the official's body, and the burning gaze was so frightened that the official buried his face low, and he didn't dare to raise his head. However, he still insisted on his point of view: "Weichen doesn't mean to suspect anyone, it's just that the imperial envoy died somewhere, and the spread of this matter will definitely affect the face and prestige of the imperial court, and it's normal to pay more attention to it, isn't it?" ”

"You have some truth in what you say, but this king doesn't believe that General Lu would do such a thing!"

Holding the inkstone's expression was solemn and firm, if he didn't know the real reason in his heart, otherwise he would have been deceived by his true expression.

Hearing the righteous words, he said: "General Lu is one of the old ministers who followed the first emperor to conquer the country, he is loyal to the first emperor and Meng Liguo, his prestige must have been heard of by the people in the court, how can a person like him ....... It must be Lord Song, you are too worried. ”

"Your Highness, Wei Chen thinks that what Lord Song said is quite reasonable." Another person stepped forward.

This person is none other than Master Li, who is the oldest and most prestigious in the court, and I saw him with a face, and said respectfully and solemnly, "Ordinary mountain bandits will never dare to attack the imperial court officials, let alone the envoy personally sent by His Royal Highness to Broken Leaf City, the mountain bandits will never cut off their own way and dare to kill the imperial envoy, unless it is instructed by someone!" ”

"Do you still need to say this, the commander must be Lu Ming! Lu Ming must be holding a grudge and blushing at the transcendent status of the envoy! ”

Holding the inkstone, his brows tightened, still pretending to be solemn, and he emphasized again: "This king believes that General Lu will never do such a thing!" ”

"Your Highness, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, how do you know that Lu Ming definitely has no intention of rebelling? There is also the matter of General Lu's loyalty, when General Lu followed the first emperor, and the person who was loyal later was also the first emperor, not Your Highness, Your Highness, you believe that General Lu is loyal, is it so sure that he is loyal to Your Highness? ”

Holding Yan suddenly stood up from the throne, and after a moment, he trembled and slowly sat back, his face full of shock.

Seeing that his mind seemed to be a little shaken, someone made persistent efforts to say: "There is another matter that is also full of doubts. As we all know, General Lu is a military general, and he is also the kind of military general with a high force value, if there is no accident, he dares to call the second, no one can be the first! A person like him who practices martial arts is generally in good health, and when he was in Broken Leaf City on weekdays, he was never injured, but this time, His Royal Highness just summoned him back to Beijing to attend the funeral of the first emperor, and he was injured, and he was so seriously injured, This kind of thing is very strange from any point of view! ”

As soon as his words came out, the officials of the court immediately talked about it, and most of them felt that what he said was very reasonable, but only a few remained silent.

"General Lu, he ........."

"Knock knock! Knock knock! Knock knock! ”

Just when he was about to speak, a familiar and unfamiliar voice suddenly came from outside the palace, the voice was like thunder and wind, hitting people's hearts, and all the officials in the court were stunned! This even includes Master Li, who never thought about this when he was planning with Zhu Yan before.

After a while, an internal official hurriedly came to report: "Your Highness, there is a common person outside the palace who has sounded the drum!" ”

The so-called Dengwen drum, almost every country has a drum in front of the palace, legend has it that many years ago a corrupt official for the party, the local people made miserable, he not only plundered property, but also robbed many beautiful young girls to go home as concubines, this behavior because he was embarrassed with the people above, has not been exposed, this situation has continued for ten years, the eleventh year, only the bold people came to the capital to sue the emperor. The king was furious and put to death all the corrupt officials and all the officials who had killed them, and exiled their families, so that the matter could be quelled.

In order to commemorate this event, and in order to show their innocence and integrity, later generations usually hold a drum in front of the palace gate, even if he has never been knocked for decades.

Meng Liguo's Dengwen drum was also beaten for the first time.

It was customary for the king to have the drum-beaters brought in and to inquire about grievances himself. Now that Meng Liguo has no king, he will be replaced by an inkstone.

"Who's in the hall?" Yan asked.

The person who was covered in scars and ragged clothes, and knew at a glance that he had suffered a lot reported his name, and then kowtowed like pounding garlic: "I ask Your Highness to uphold justice for the grass people!" ”

Because of the excessive force, the wounds on his body kept bleeding blood, but he didn't seem to notice the pain at all, and he still kowtowed regardless of it.

"Don't worry!" Holding the inkstone clenched his fist, he said with a firm expression, "This king will definitely change you for justice." ”

After receiving the promise, the man stopped his constant kowtowing. Tears flowed from the broken skin on his forehead, and he ignored it all, and talked about his own affairs: "The grass people are from Broken Leaf City, with a humble identity, and they were originally just grass farmers in the mountain village, and they can barely make ends meet by raising some livestock and selling them to the barracks on weekdays. On that day, the grass people went to the barracks as usual to cook food, but accidentally got lost in the barracks, and actually walked all the way to General Lu's camp tent. The grass people were outside, vaguely seen, and saw General Lu and he ......."

The words came to an abrupt end, and the expression on the man's face was touching.

Everyone looked at him with bated breath, and they all had a question in their hearts: "What did you see?" ”

The man gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind: "The grass people saw General Lu in the camp tent wearing a dragon robe with their own eyes!" And in front of him, kneeling several lieutenants, they were discussing how to attack the capital! ”

Everyone gasped in unison!

"Are you sure General Lu is wearing a dragon robe and nothing else?"

"It's true!" In the face of doubts, the man even raised his hand and swore an oath, hearing him swear, "Although the grass people are short-sighted, the gap between the dragon robe and ordinary clothes can still be seen!" At that time, General Lu was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, with a mighty dragon embroidered with gold thread on it, even if the grass people had hundreds of guts, they didn't dare to lie in front of so many adults! ”

A minister still had doubts in his heart: "Since you have discovered General Lu's secret, why don't you report him to the local officials, but instead travel thousands of miles to the capital to report it?" Aren't you doing this too much? ”

What people never expected was that when talking about this topic, the person who beat the drums choked up, obviously thinking of his sadness, and such a burly man actually shed tears: "It's not that the grass people haven't thought about reporting to the official, and they have even reported it, but the prefect said that this matter is not in his charge, and let the grass people go to another place to report!" He even threatened the grass people that if they bothered him again, he would find a reason to arrest the grass people's entire family in prison! At that time, the grass people didn't know the severity, and they contradicted a few words, but he really locked up the grass people and released them a month later! Pity my sick wife, who was so sad that I died of illness at home within two days of being imprisoned......."

It sounds a bit miserable, but it's not uncommon for local officials to collude with the garrison, so no one suspects it.

Some ministers were filled with righteous indignation: "Lu Ming really has a problem, the envoy sent to die in Broken Leaf City, and he has done such a thing that has lost his conscience, such a person, I am afraid that it will only be a disaster to continue to stay in the world!" Your Highness might as well send troops to Broken Leaf City, and he will arrest him, right? This person is really too dangerous! ”

Zhu Yan nodded: "This king also feels that there is a need for this, I don't know which general is willing to lead the troops forward?" ”