The imperial guards of the Great Qi have always been under the direct control of the emperor. Under them, there are the Jinwu Guard, the Yulin Guard, the Fujun Guard, etc. They are each in charge of different areas in the capital, but they share a common goal: to defend the imperial city in the capital and protect the emperor.
The Yulin Guard was involved in this case.
Mei Yuan was a newcomer to the Yulin Guard. He came from an ordinary family with extremely humble circumstances. He was able to be selected into the Yulin Guard entirely by virtue of his own abilities.
However, this man also had a flaw. He was impatient by nature. Most of the time, his actions were quicker than his thoughts.
But after all, who could be perfect?
Therefore, Mei Yuan never thought about changing his temper until this incident happened. He witnessed with his own eyes that the man who had been full of vigor and scolding at him one moment fell to the ground lifeless the next.
Today was a rare day off for him. He originally wanted to go to the busy market to buy some trinkets for his younger sister. Just then, he heard a man slandering the current emperor in the crowd.
The man openly said that the emperor's imperial edict of self - blame was just a guise to appease the people. Otherwise, why would the regent king be forced to submit a memorial of self - blame and confine himself to his mansion?
Such rebellious words. Any sensible person would know not to take them to heart. The best thing to do was to note down the man's identity and then report it to the authorities.
But unfortunately, Mei Yuan was not sensible, and moreover, he was a member of the Yulin Guard.
As a member of the imperial guards directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, the first requirement for all soldiers was to be loyal to the emperor and always be the emperor's supporter.
The man's words were undoubtedly challenging Mei Yuan's bottom line. So he couldn't hold back and stepped forward to reason with him.
At first, Mei Yuan was still relatively rational. He just reminded the man to watch his words, for this was the foot of the imperial city, and there were many people who had lost their lives because of a single word. However, in return, he got even more rampant and insulting words from the man, and finally, the man even resorted to violence.
Finally, Mei Yuan completely exploded. He pushed the man to the ground with a palm, and then the man lost his breath.
After the inner servant finished telling the whole story, the imperial study was dead silent. Shang Luoze's face was as dark as ink. Was this the regent king's counter - attack?
He had even reached out his hand to the Yulin Guard!
That Mei Yuan was such a fool!
And Wang Tongfu, was this how he commanded his subordinates?
After a long while, he almost gritted his teeth and asked, "How is Mei Yuan now?"
The inner servant didn't dare to hide anything and quickly replied, "When this servant received the news, he had already been taken away by the Yulin Guard."
After Mei Yuan accidentally 'killed' someone, someone in the crowd immediately pointed out that he was a member of the Yulin Guard. The surrounding common people immediately became indignant and surrounded him. It wasn't until other members of the Yulin Guard who were patrolling nearby arrived that they took him away, but it still took a lot of effort.
"Idiot!"
Another inkstone was destroyed by Shang Luoze. He could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. The sinister look in his eyes could no longer be concealed. "They are all a bunch of idiots!"
The little bit of popular support he had managed to win over with the "imperial edict of self - blame" was now completely ruined by these idiots!
Everyone knew that the Yulin Guard was the emperor's men.
Now, one of his men first 'beat' a commoner to 'death' and then was taken away by his fellow Yulin Guards. What did this mean?
This meant covering up!
If any of those people had been a bit more sensible and sent Mei Yuan to the Dali Temple in front of everyone, they might still have been able to salvage the situation a bit.
But no, those idiots actually took Mei Yuan away directly!
"My lord..."
Seeing Yang Li bowing his hands in front of him, Shang Mozheng knew that the plan was going smoothly.
Shang Luoze was still too young after all. He originally thought that the young emperor could play with him for a while, but it turned out to be this?
Shaking his head regretfully, Shang Mozheng took a bite of the ice cream and ordered, "The news about Shang Luoshu can be released."
Yang Li hesitated for a moment. There was hesitation in his heart. "My lord, this subordinate has just received the news that the entire Wolf Guard has been wiped out. Although His Highness the Prince of Jing was seriously injured, he has already escaped from Yangxian."
Escaped?
The previous leisure disappeared. Shang Mozheng's face visibly darkened. The Wolf Guard and the large army had been dispatched together, yet they still hadn't managed to take Shang Luoshu's life?
"What about Lu Yinxi?"
"She... is also safe and sound."
Yang Li carefully glanced at his master's expression. He was extremely nervous and even a bit afraid.
As someone who had once fought against the Wolf Guard and luckily survived, Yang Li was more qualified than anyone else to speak about what kind of existence the Wolf Guard was.
Even after so many years, the scene of that fight still made him feel almost suffocated when he thought about it.
But now, those five terrifying people were all dead? Was Shang Luoshu even more terrifying than those five people?
Yang Li's heart trembled slightly. Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound in his ear. The bowl full of ice cream fell to the ground, and the ice water mixed with the porcelain shards scattered all over the place.
Shang Mozheng slowly wiped his fingers. There were dark clouds in his eyes. "Carry out the plan as scheduled. Release the news that Shang Luoshu is trapped.
As for Yangxian... This king still has two squads of the Wolf Guard, doesn't he?"
The Wolf Guard under the regent king was organized into squads of five people each.
This king didn't believe that ten people couldn't take the lives of those two!
"But my lord, their whereabouts..."
"Longxi!"
After saying that, Shang Mozheng threw away the silk handkerchief for wiping his hands and strode away.
When Lu Yinxi was still in the capital before, Lu Wenhan and his wife had always wanted their daughter to go to Longxi.
This time, Shang Luoshu and Lu Yinxi were in danger in Yangxian, and Shang Luoshu was seriously injured. They probably wouldn't dare to return to the capital for the time being. In this case, they could only go to Longxi.
The master was in a fit of anger. Afraid of losing his life, Yang Li acted extremely quickly. In just one or two hours, the news that Shang Luoshu was trapped in Yangxian City had spread like wildfire and was known to everyone.
Although Chen Guang, who had received the news that his master was safe, secretly sent people to spread the news that the Prince of Jing was safe, the irrational common people hardly believed his words.
At this moment, the anger of the common people in the capital towards Shang Luoze reached its peak.
To them, Shang Luoshu was different from others. He was the hero in their hearts. But now, the hero was besieged by the rebels in Yangxian because of the current emperor and might lose his life at any time.
If the emperor hadn't assigned... No, if the current emperor had been more wise, there wouldn't have been this incident in Yangxian, and there wouldn't have been this situation today.
In the final analysis, it was all the current emperor's fault!
Recall that when the current emperor was not yet twenty, when the regent king was in charge of the entire Great Qi, how good the court and the country were. There were simply no such troublesome things.
A single sentence, like a glimmer of light in the dark night, instantly illuminated some people.
Early the next morning, when the sky was just beginning to brighten, the ministers, as usual, put on their official robes and went to court. Although the capital had been very unstable in the past few days, they had to be even more diligent and must not slack off.
As usual, the coachman of the mansion drove the carriage to a place near the palace gate and stopped. The ministers lifted the curtain of the carriage and casually glanced outside, preparing to lift their robes and get off the carriage.
Unexpectedly, this casual glance made them all stand still in shock.
Not far away at the palace gate, a crowd of common people had gathered at some unknown time. Judging from their clothes, there were scholars, merchants, and ordinary farmers among them.
People from different classes and with different identities were all doing the same thing at this moment.
Kneeling in front of the palace gate!