Chapter 224: Lu Xiang, who is courting death
At a moment, Zheng He, wearing a purple official robe, lowered his head and walked into Li Chengqian's central army tent quickly. He looked up and saw Li Chengqian wearing military uniforms and holding a tiger-skin chair. He was looking at him lightly, feeling a little uncomfortable.
He glanced out of the corner of his eyes and saw several generals standing upright with helmets and armored armor standing on both sides, especially the majestic veteran standing on the left of Li Chengqian, who was Yuchi Gong, the Duke of E, and felt even more uncomfortable.
He quickly knelt down on his knees and said, "Mr. Zheng He, the governor of the Governor of Fangchizhou, met with His Royal Highness!"
Li Chengqian said expressionlessly: "Governor Zheng is calm!"
Zheng He stood up, lowered his head and smiled, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has worked hard for several days. I have prepared a residence for His Highness in Baiquan City. I also asked His Highness to move to Baiquan City to rest for a few days."
Li Chengqian refused lightly when he heard this, "The Gu Wang is going to Lingzhou this northern tour, and Baiquan is just a temporary stop. He will not go to the city to disturb the people."
Zheng He didn't feel bored, and still smiled and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is a blessing for all people. However, the people and officials in Baiquan City knew that His Royal Highness was here for the visit, and hoped to see His Royal Highness's heart as if it were drought seedlings and hoped to rain and dew.
I have already prepared a banquet to welcome His Highness the Prince, and I am proud that His Highness can condescend to the city."
Before Li Chengqian could speak, Liu Kui, who was standing next to him, directly retorted: "His prince's military affairs are busy and he has no time to leave the camp. If Governor Zheng has any offer, please send it to the camp!"
Zheng He didn't dare to argue with Liu Kui when he heard this, and looked at Li Chengqian awkwardly.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian pondered and said, "Since the officials of Baiquan County are so enthusiastic, the Lone King will hold a banquet in the camp today. You all come and have a brief seat!"
Zheng He didn't know why Li Chengqian was reluctant to enter the city, but Li Chengqian gave the order and could only obey it. He thought that Jie Shi could still present the gifts he prepared to Li Chengqian, and he was eager to return to the city to prepare.
He hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you the Prince's feast. I will go back to the city to prepare!"
When Zheng He walked out, Liu Kui couldn't help but say to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is really smart. This will make them profit in the camp."
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At the beginning of noon, Zheng He brought civil and military officials from the Governor's Office of Fangchizhou and Baiquan County to Li Chengqian's camp with several carts of gifts.
Li Chengqian took a casual look at the gift list and saw that the gifts were all luxurious daily necessities and some local specialties, so he didn't care about it.
He ordered people to set up a simple banquet in their big tent, wanting to explore the details of these people again.
After the banquet was ready, everyone took their seats, Zheng He stood up and said, "I am calling the Prince. I think of the loneliness of the Prince's army, so I specially brought the female music from my family to cheer up the Prince's fun."
Li Chengqian became interested when he heard this and asked lightly: "Governor Zheng still raises a female musician in office?"
Zheng He thought he had chosen Li Chengqian's preferences, so he hurriedly said with a smile: "My Tang Dynasty, His Majesty, is a great talent and strategy. Now he is in power over all countries and the world. Although I serve as the governor of a state, I am really safe and greedy for some pleasure..."
Seeing that Zheng He claimed to be greedy for pleasure and did not know the truth or falsehood, Li Chengqian nodded and allowed his female musician to enter the tent to perform a dance.
At a moment, eight women in exposed clothes walked into the tent and bowed to Li Chengqian, who also nodded with a smile.
Zheng He got a little bit of Li Chengqian's color and naturally curled up to him. He pointed to the eight singers and said, "Please look at the prince. These eight women were purchased from Jiangnan for a lot of money. After being trained by famous artists, they not only have outstanding appearances, but their dance postures are also graceful. It makes people forget their worries when they watch the song!"
Li Chengqian looked at the eight beauties with pink faces, thinking about their daily serving Zheng He, an old pervert, and felt a little uncomfortable, and forced a wave of his hand and said, "Let's start!"
Zheng He thought that Li Chengqian could not control himself when he saw the beauty. He was overjoyed and said to Li Chengqian while drinking, "Your Highness the Prince doesn't know that this northern woman is rough and hard to see. Although the women in the Western Regions also have some color, the smell on their bodies is really bad. Speaking of which, it is the beauty in the water town of Jiangnan that makes people feel rippled--"
"Governor Zheng, you're drunk too much! Why do you say these words to His Highness the Crown Prince?" Before Zheng He finished speaking, Lu Xiang, who was sitting next to him, interrupted with a righteous look on his face.
In order to challenge Li Chengqian, Zheng He didn't care about Lu Xiang's expression. Seeing him interrupted, he smiled and said to Lu Xiang, "Lu Biao is your fault. Don't you like the two singers I gave you last time, too?
This time I prepared a pair of fifteen-year-olds for the Prince's Palace-"
"Hmph!" Lu Xiang could no longer stand Zheng He's vulgarity, and he snorted angrily and stood up to the center of the tent and bowed to Li Chengqian, "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take down and sing and dance. I have something to do to report."
Seeing this, Li Chengqian waved his hand and signaled the dancing singer to retreat. Li Chengqian also heard the conversation between him and Zheng He just now. At this time, he wanted to hear what Lu Xiang had to say.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Zhuge Wuhou said: "Friends with wise ministers and far away from villains, this is the prosperity of the Han Dynasty in the past. If you are close to villains and far away from wise ministers, this is the decline of the Han Dynasty in the later years." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, should use this as a warning. Do not indulge in beauty or be close to the eunuchs.
The day before yesterday, the prince had been with the eunuch, and he had obeyed the etiquette and watched the singing and dancing again today——”
"Bang"
Li Chengqian kicked the little bit in front of him and looked at Lu Xiang with a pale face. Li Chengqian really didn't expect that Lu Xiang would be so shameless.
The generals of the Eastern Palace on both sides also stared at Lu Xiang with murderous intent. They did not expect that the Prince of Prince, who has always been clean, would be slandered by Lu Xiang in person.
Faced with such a severe situation, Lu Xiang looked stern and unafraid, and snorted coldly at Li Chengqian and said loudly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince should be happy if you hear any mistakes."
"Haha!" Li Chengqian laughed furiously and looked at Lu Xiang and said, "Even if the Lone King has the demeanor of being happy when he hears it, he still has no reason to tolerate rebels?"
What?
It’s too much for His Royal Highness to designate Lu Xiang as a traitor?
Officials from the Governor's Office in Fangchizhou and Baiquan County were all looking at Li Chengqian in horror.
Li Chengqian ignored these people and looked at Zheng He coldly and said, "Zheng He Gu Wang asked you, could a leader of the Xifeng clan go to see you the day before yesterday?
How did you deal with it?"
Zheng He was stunned when he heard this. After a long time, he remembered what happened to Xifeng Zhujue, and hurriedly replied: "Go back to the Crown Prince, the former minister did meet a person from the Dangxiang Xifeng clan... They seemed to say that Yeli clan bullies them... I had other matters at that time, so I handed over their affairs to Lu Biejia for handling."
Li Chengqian still asked in a cold voice: "Then ask Lu Biejia, how did he handle this matter?"
Although Zheng He didn't know why Li Chengqian suddenly asked this, he felt that the matter was never simple, so he hurriedly said to Lu Xiang in a low voice: "Lu don't go..."
After listening for a long time, Lu Xiang did not hear any big mistakes he had made. He thought it was Li Cheng who attacked on the pretext. He raised his head and looked straight at Li Chengqian and said, "This matter is just a matter of the Dangxiang Qiang clan. I naturally handed them over to Yeli, the leader of Dangxiang Qiang.
Your Highness the Crown Prince won’t want to punish his ministers for this, right?
That's really a crime that you want to accuse me!”
Li Chengqian looked at Lu Xiang like a dead person, thinking that it would be difficult for you to surrender to the rebels with your background, but if you are seeking death, don't blame the Lone King.
Zheng He hurriedly said, "Rare! Lu Biao Jia, how could you act so carelessly?
The Xifeng clan was originally here to sue the Yeli clan and bully them. Can you get justice by handing the Xifeng to the Yeli clan?"
When Lu Xiang heard this, he said disdainfully: "A little barbarian affairs do not need me, a fourth-rank official, to deal with them personally, right?
You don’t need His Highness to ask in person?”
Li Chengqian sneered when he heard this: "You are the people's will, the people's will, this is how you treat the people?"
Lu Xiang said stubbornly: "They are Qiang people!"
Li Chengqian became even more angry when he heard this: "The Qiang people, since they have lost taxes from our Tang Dynasty court, they are also the people of our Tang Dynasty. They should be in charge of the Tang Dynasty. You are an official of the Tang Dynasty but you don't solve the problems for the Tang Dynasty. Do you have any reason?"
"This?" Lu Xiang's face turned pale, but she couldn't speak.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian pursued and said, "Why aren't you eloquent and quoting scriptures?
Why don't you say it anymore?
Lu Xiang, do you think the Lone King doesn’t know?
The Yeli clan colluded with the rebellion of Xiazhou and forcibly robbed other Qiang people, sheep and horses and gave them to the rebels to fight against the court. You don’t know, right?”
What?
All the officials of the Fangchi Governor's Office in the tent were startled. If what Li Chengqian said was true, then they would be guilty.
Such a thing can be comforted when others come to interrogate, but now it looks at Li Chengqian's attitude...
Without waiting for them to think about it, Li Chengqian shouted loudly: "Come here! Take Zheng He, Lu Xiang, and all the officials from the Governor's Office of Fangchizhou and Baiquan County to interrogate."
Then everyone in the tent heard the footsteps of "papapapapapapapapa". A group of soldiers wearing bright light armor walked into the tent neatly and directly held all the civil and military officials from the tent in Fangchizhou Governor's Office and Baiquan.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is wronged..." Zheng He was the first to shout for justice.
At this time, all Li Chengqian's actions were explained, and the more he was, the more he was afraid.
Thinking of the rumors that Li Chengqian was killing the Zhuque Gate in Chang'an, and the rumors that Li Chengqian beheaded a thousand Turkic people in one day...
Zheng He was so scared that he burst into tears and kept shouting for justice. When others heard it, they also shouted for justice. For a moment, the tent became very messy...
Li Chengqian looked at them indifferently, waved his hand to signal them to take them out.
When Zheng He and others were taken out of the tent, Li Chengqian looked at Yuchi Gong with a serious expression and said, "Duke E, please immediately lead troops into Baiquan City and take over the Governor's Office of Fangchizhou."
Chapter completed!