No matter how anxious you are, after all, the road is not smooth, and you can't be cautious. By the time the county lord and his entourage arrived in Luoyang, it was already three days later. On the way, they learned from the fleeing soldiers and civilians that the Hu soldiers and horses had entered Hedong in a big way. On the north bank of the river from Puban for nearly 100 miles, there have been Hu people riding and collecting boats, and a large number of people have cut down wooden boats under the coercion of Hu Lu, obviously they are preparing to cross the river to attack Luoyang.

The officials in the Luoyang Dynasty are respected by Situ Wang Yan, but this old man is a figure who protects himself and does not care about Zongji, and he never takes any action when it comes to major events. Therefore, the county lord didn't bother to pay attention to him after entering Luoyang City, so he only ordered the captain of the city gate of Guangmomen to take Wang De and more than ten horsemen to Wang Bin to listen to the military situation, and he rode his horse through Hualin Garden, along the sandwich road between the East Palace and the palace city, and went straight to Zhongshu Province located in the north of Tongtuo Street.

When Cao Mengde was the king of Wei, he set up a secretary order to deal with Shangshu Zhang. Emperor Wen of Cao Wei changed the secretary's order to the Zhongshu order in the early years of the Huang Dynasty, and specially appointed the Zhongshu supervisor to make it rank before the Zhongshu order. At that time, the secretary Zuo Cheng Liu Fang was the middle secretary supervisor, and the right Cheng Sun Zi was the middle book order, and when the Ming Emperor was the emperor, the second position of the middle secretary and the order was "full-time and the system was confidential", and the weight was for a while. After the Great Jin Dynasty practiced Zuo, continue to follow the structure of the province of the book, the book supervisor ordered to praise the edict, remember the current affairs, and make a document, because this position is close to the center, more than the favor is to give the person the reputation of "Phoenix Pool" because of his position. In the past, Xun Miao was moved from the post of secretary of the middle school to Shangshu Ling, and his colleagues all went to congratulate him, but Xun Miao said: "Take my Phoenix Pool, how can he have it!" It can be seen that the nobility of Chinese books has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The lord of Jingling County rushed to Zhongshu, precisely because Zhongshu was in charge of the edict, and if he wanted to issue the edict of King Qin, he would have to summon the world's soldiers and horses to fight a decisive battle with Hulu, and he must pass through here.

Zhongshu Province should have set up a supervisor and an order, and four Zhongshu waiters, and after the four Zhongshu waiters signed the affairs, they could only be played by the emperor after the Zhongshu supervisor and the order were reviewed and signed separately, and the emperor made the final decision. However, in recent years, due to the disputes between the kings, the power of the imperial court has fallen, and there are many central officials. Zhongshu Ling has been absent for many years, and since the former Zhongshu supervisor Miao Bo was deposed because of his close ties to the emperor, four Zhongshu attendants have also resigned in fear of disaster. The king of the East China Sea also appointed Wang Dun, the general of Guangwu and the assassin of Qingzhou, as the supervisor of the middle school, but because the thieves in the Central Plains blocked the road, Wang Dun was not allowed to take office for a while.

In this way, such an important Zhongshu Province is now barely maintained by three or five lowly officials and generalists. Anyway, the emperor is under the supervision of the king of the East China Sea, and he has long since stopped issuing edicts; Zhongshu Province is cold, and three or five people are enough.

The county lord went straight into the middle book, without waiting for the report, and broke into the main hall.

The housekeepers were taken aback, and when they were about to be angry, they saw that it was the county lord coming, and immediately flew away from the table, trembling and falling to the ground.

The county lord was not verbose, and raised his whip and pointed: "Hu Lu is fierce, and Luoyang is not strong enough." You wait to immediately draw up an edict and summon the soldiers and horses of Ji, You, and other places! ”

To issue an order to these powerful Fang towns, it must be an edict from the emperor, even if the king of the East China Sea is the prime minister, the governor of Yan, the Yu Si Ji You, and the military of the six states, it cannot be overcome. However, the content and direction of this edict are very relevant. The power of the East Sea King is mainly in the six states of Hebei in the Central Plains, and there are still many local forces dissatisfied with the East Sea King in other states and counties. At this point, when the war situation in the Central Plains was unfavorable and the prestige of the King of the East China Sea was greatly depressed, if the local towns such as Yongzhou, Liangzhou, and Jingzhou, which had a lot of problems with the King of the East China Sea, got the opportunity to go to Luo, it was clearly a matter of giving people a handle, and I am afraid that the disaster of Dong Zhuo in the late Han Dynasty would recur. Therefore, as the plenipotentiary representative of the King of the East China Sea, the county lord of Jingling must handle this matter in its entirety, and no one will be allowed to fish in troubled waters.

If you want to say that the reputation of the county lord, in Luoyang is especially worse than the shogunate of the king of the East China Sea. Because the shogunate has the king of the East China Sea, the county lord will not let go of it, and she has traveled to Luoyang several times, but often uses violent means to eliminate the political enemies of the DPRK and China, and its decisiveness and resoluteness make people both respectful and awe-inspiring. Even the emperor's cronies and former secretary Miao Bo were defeated in front of the county lord, not to mention that she was the only one in front of her, and she gave orders, without the slightest scruples.

However, several housekeepers listened to the county lord's orders, and only showed obvious consternation, but they did not get up and follow the order.

"What's going on? Do you want to disobey? The county lord's face was slightly gloomy, and he inadvertently tightened the reins of the horse. The great horse neighed furiously, and its hooves stomped wildly, crackling the masonry floor in front of the main hall.

The brick and stone debris hit the face painfully, but the people did not dare to avoid it. They glanced at each other, and one of the more senior ones kneeled forward, bowed to the ground and bowed: "Lord Qiyu, you sent someone to ask for the edict of King Qin the day before yesterday, haven't we already drafted it and sent it into the palace, so that His Majesty will use the seal, and urgently send eight hundred miles of flying horses to issue it?" How is it...... How do you want to draw up an edict today? ”

"What?" The county lord was furious: "Are you all crazy? The day before yesterday, I was still bumping around at Mengjin Ferry, how could I have been to Luoyang? How much more did you send someone to make you an edict? ”

She raised her willow eyebrows, and suddenly became murderous: "You actually talked nonsense in front of me, do you think I'm stupid?" Or do you want to embarrass me? ”

The few housekeepers felt that something was wrong at this time, and they knocked their heads endlessly, and soon broke their foreheads on the masonry. The leader raised his head, the red blood on his forehead was gurgling, and his face was so bitter that he was about to drip yellow bile: "How dare I embarrass the county lord with a small official?" Can...... The day before yesterday, someone came with a token from the county lord to give an order, and this person claimed to be your close friend, and he said that it was in line with the affairs of the shogunate...... And we did know that the situation of the Ki auxiliary army was like fire, and we were panicked for a while, so we ...... That's ......"

"Shut up!" Since ancient times, I have never heard of anyone who fraudulently obtained the emperor's edict under the pretense of a name, but this kind of strange thing happened here and now. This is simply ridiculous, ridiculous, and ridiculous! The county lord shouted, then closed his eyes and tried to calm himself. After a while, she opened her eyes, and her expression was calm: "Can you keep a copy of the edict issued the day before yesterday?" Pick it up immediately. ”

"Yes! Be! A housekeeper galloped out.

"You said that the person who came to give the order had a token, so the token could be kept? Pick it up immediately. ”

"Yes! Be! Another man galloped out.

Although Zhongshu Province is confidential, it has very few officials, and since the secretary province was separated in the second year of Yuankang, the scale is even smaller. As soon as the second person left, the former person rushed back with a copy of the edict in both hands.

The county lord grabbed the scroll of the edict and opened it, skipping through countless flowery rhetoric, and directly found the few key sentences in it. There is no doubt that the object of this edict issued by King Qin is by no means limited to Hebei Town under the influence of the King of the East China Sea, but also includes Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other states and counties that the King of the East China Sea has not yet controlled!

The county lord suddenly felt a little dizzy, and she bowed down slightly, trying to press the towering saddle bridge at the front of the saddle to prevent her body from shaking. It has been two days since this edict was issued, and two days is enough time for the messenger to gallop hundreds of miles, and no matter what, he will not be able to catch up. To the west of Hangu and south of Yique, many powerful towns with their own strength may take this opportunity to intervene in the central court, while the king of the East China Sea and himself have no strength, let alone reason to stop them.

Of course, this was a bad situation that the county lord would never want to see, but for some reason, an even stronger uneasiness haunted her, and she felt her heart pounding, and each beat led her to think of a situation that she would never want to think about...... Just kidding, that's simply not possible! No way! The county lord shouted to himself in his heart.

The second housekeeper came cautiously at this time, and said in a trembling voice: "County Lord...... See, the lord of the county, this is the token carried by the person who asked for the edict. ”

The county lord felt chills all over his body, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

She didn't want to look at the token anyway, so she stretched out her hand and asked the person to put it in the palm of her hand.

There was a sound of footsteps in his ears, followed by a light footstep, and the man approached and retreated far away. The hand sank slightly, the touch was warm, and it was about a piece of jade as fine as clotted fat. You don't need to look at it, the county lord knows how exquisite the carving of the jade huang is, and how vivid the pattern of the double dragon around the clouds on it is.

That's right, that Yuhuang has indeed been worn by the county lord for many years; It was the token used by the county lord to contact hundreds of officials in Luoyang when the king of the East China Sea first rose, no wonder these people knew each other; It was also a token given to a young officer by the county lord in the first year of Guangxi after he was in distress in the Taihang Mountains. In the Taihang Mountain, the young officer was willing to give up the hope of survival, regardless of the hardships and dangers, he saved the life of the county lord from the hands of dozens of times the enemy, so the county lord felt in his heart, entrusted this jade Huang, and said that in the future, he only needed to hold this jade Huang to see each other, but if he asked for something, he would definitely help......

"I see. I see. The county lord turned his wrist and held the jade huang tightly in his palm, the jade huang was not sharp, but the county lord clenched it with all his might, so that the bulge on the carved pattern was deeply embedded in his palm. The bones were in severe pain, but the county lord still clenched and clenched again regardless of the situation. She heard herself speak, in a cold and confident tone, as usual: "Tell me, then, who is the one who has brought this thing to contact you?" ”

It was still the previous leader who answered the answer, and said in a panic: "That person is also a woman." It is the newly opened red-sleeved owner on Tongtuo Street a few days ago, claiming to be surnamed Hu, and he is a close friend of the county lord for many years......"

"The surname is Hu. Red sleeve moves. It's good, it's good. Where's the Red Sleeve Move? ”

"Go south along Tonghuo Street, and go east to the place where the copper unicorn is." The man bowed his head in reply, and immediately heard the sound of hooves, and when he looked up again, there was no one else in the official office.

Several people were shocked and immediately decided to abandon their official positions and return to their hometowns, and would never stay in Luoyang for half an hour longer.

The red sleeves are located in the most prosperous area of Luoyang, not far from the imperial court office. The county lord led the cavalry and rushed along Tongluo Street like a whirlwind, and arrived in an instant.

Many of the nursing staff members in the red sleeves saw that this group of people had bad intentions from afar, and they had already waved their arms and sleeves to collect sticks and instruments, ready to intercept them, but they didn't know who shouted to stop them, so they dispersed in a hurry. Let the lord of Jingling County rush in, scaring countless bewitching beauties into fleeing one after another.

In the midst of the coquettish voices one after another, the county lord gently comforted the sweaty good horse, and was silent. It wasn't until the familiar figure in a crimson costume walked around the wall that she sneered.

Cold as ice.