Dynasty Summons: Low-key Hegemony

Chapter 54
Immediately, everyone's eyes focused on Chu Qingyan.

Chu Qingyan's eyes turned to Lu Changming, her icy eyes showed a slight chill:
"Lu Tongzhi, Lu Yuanhua stole [-] shi of grain and secretly killed Liu Lei. What do you think should be done!"

Lu Yuanhua opened his eyes wide and suddenly raised his head, glaring at Chu Qingyan, he didn't kill Liu Lei at all, if Liu Lei didn't die, he should be your Chu Qingyan now.

When Lu Yuanhua saw Lu Changming's cold eyes with his head lowered, the words he had just said stopped on the edge of his mouth.

Lu Changming raised his hand and raised his forehead, and said firmly to Li Yuan:

"Your Highness, Lu Yuanhua stole [-] shi of grain and killed Liu Lei. He committed a heinous crime and should be executed!"

Zhou Qiuya and others looked at Lu Changming in shock, while Chen Xiao and He Changwen clenched their fists.

What a righteous way to kill relatives to protect oneself.

"Wow!"

The people outside were in an uproar.

"Lord Lu is just and honest, kill relatives with righteousness!"

"I didn't expect Mr. Lu to be busy running around outside, and now he has to kill relatives righteously. Mr. Lu is too miserable."

"That's right, Mr. Lu didn't know about it at all, but Mr. Lu is an upright official, he doesn't bend the law for personal gain, he excuses Lu Yuanhua, I admire you."

Soon, under the leadership of a few common people who intervened on the way, the government officials were full of admiration and praise for Lu Changming.

"Put Lu Yuanhua in jail and be executed tomorrow!"

"Lu Tongzhi, you stand up. Because of your negligence, this king will fine you with a salary of one year, and the officials of the Lu family will stop their salary for half a year."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Lu Changming thanked him, stood up and walked aside without looking at Lu Yuanhua.

With a wave of his hand, Li Yuan asked the guards to drag Lu Yuanhua down, and then looked at Zhou Chen.

"Zhou Chen."

"The end is here."

"This matter solved the granary theft case, and you contributed a lot. Everyone, how do you think this king should reward Zhou Chen?"

Li Yuan looked at Zhou Chen with both eyes, showing deep appreciation, and asked Mo Zhifu, Chen Wei and others.

Unexpectedly, it was Lu Changming who spoke:

"Your Highness, Zhou Chen is an upright man. If he hadn't exposed Lu Yuanhua, the officials and the people of the capital city would have been kept in the dark. The officials thought that he could take over Lu Yuanhua's post and be promoted to deputy lieutenant. With Zhou Chen sitting at the gate of the city, the people Rest assured."

"Oh, Commander Chen, what do you think?"

Li Yuan looked at Chen Wei, as if he was very moved by this suggestion.

The faces of Zhou Chen, Zhou Qiuya and others changed slightly.

Zhou Chen stepped forward and said respectfully:
"Thank you, Your Highness, Master Lu appreciates it. In the end, I only did what my job should do. In the end, I have a merciless request."

Li Yuan frowned slightly: "You say."

Zhou Chen said respectfully: "The general can't understand Lu Yuanhua's behavior, but the behavior of the general who informs is also shameless. The guards are all open-minded men. How can the general command the people and beg the highness to descend the general?" position, and become an ordinary soldier."

As soon as Zhou Chen's words came out, Chen Wei looked at Zhou Chen with appreciation, and the guards next to him also looked at Zhou Chen with a hint of respect.

Needless to say, the people outside looked at Zhou Chen with admiration on their faces, but they were also a little worried in their hearts. Such a good general should not have such an ending.

Such a frank man is rare.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, and finally decided:

"Okay, temporarily demoted to the official position for one year, if you behave properly, you can resume the official position after one year.

This king agrees to your request, but this king has clear rewards and punishments, and Zhou Chen will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold for cracking the granary theft case."

When the people outside saw Li Yuan's verdict, they all showed joy:
"it is good!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is merciful!"

Zhou Chen was moved, and bowed on one knee: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Yuan nodded lightly, looked at Chen Wei, showing a heartbroken expression:
"Commander Chen, Lu Yuanhua, as the deputy lieutenant of the guard, actually took advantage of his position to do such a mediocre thing. How do you reassure the people of the capital city?"

Chen Wei immediately said: "Your Highness, forgive me, I will definitely investigate thoroughly when I go back!"

Li Yuan stood up and walked down the high hall, standing with his hands behind his back, and said righteously: "Sixty thousand guards guard the capital city to maintain the stability of the people. Now that something like this has happened, if the people want to trust the guards again, we must be thorough." Check, there must be no harm in the army.”

Chen Wei straightened his body and said firmly, "In order to reassure the people of the capital city, please Your Highness inspect the guards."

Li Yuan approached Chen Wei and patted him on the shoulder, saying:
"No, this king still trusts Commander Chen very much, and believes in your ability to protect the hearts of the people."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust!" Chen Wei was moved.

At this moment, Mo Ziyan said, "Your Highness, it's not that I'm dissatisfied with Commander Chen, but Deputy Lieutenant Lu stole the granary and even assassinated Liu Lei, the grain guard. Officials are not happy."

Immediately, seeing that Zhifu Mo had seized the opportunity to embarrass the guards, all the officials around were moved and nodded.

Seeing the officials nodding, Chen Wei was furious. He naturally knew what these officials wanted to do.

Seeing the approving expressions of the officials, Li Yuan immediately showed embarrassment.

"How about this, Commander Chen, in order to reassure the officials and the common people, the king has sent Fan Jianqiang in the mansion to temporarily take the post of deputy lieutenant to supervise the guards, what do you think?"

Chen Wei's eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed: "Thank you for your trust, Your Highness, Commander Fan, the last general has heard about it, Commander Fan's ability is extraordinary, more than enough for Lu Yuanhua's deputy lieutenant."

………………

There is a tall building far away from the government office, and three young people are watching the direction of the government office.

Seeing that Lu Changming arrived in a hurry, Ximen Aolong sighed.

"Why, Young Master Ximen also makes mistakes?"

With a chuckle, a Junnian folding fan next to him teased.

"Who can blame Lu Yuanhua for his own stupid death? I told him not to let him go in person. If he went there, everyone would be dealt with. Fortunately, this kind of person died early so as not to drag me down later."

Ximen Aolong smiled slightly at this man. This is Yang Changkong, the holy son of Lie Yanzong. He turned his head and continued to look at the government office, disapprovingly said:
"The king of Chu is a bit interesting, buying a horse bone with a thousand gold,
Hehe, what a pity. "

"However, Mr. Ximen, when Lu Changming learned that you would rather die than save him, he might feel resentment in his heart."

A clear voice sounded, and another young man was strong, with a shallow scar between his eyebrows, and his long hair almost covered half of his face, a bit rebellious.

Zhang Tianyang, the number two figure in the younger generation of Zhongyitang.

Ximen Aolong smiled and said, "I think this is a good thing."

"Oh?" Zhang Tianyang blew half of the hair covering his face lightly, showing a little doubt.

Yang Changkong glanced at Zhang Tianyang faintly, and explained to Ximen Aolong:
"For Lu Changming, he should hate Chu Qingyan the most. Lu Yuanhua is dead, and he has offended Chu Qingyan. Now he can only rely on us, and only we can help him."

Ximen Aolong faced the government office, showing deep disdain for Zhang Tianyang where he couldn't see.

"Zhou Chen is the bright son released by Chu Qingyan, to let others know that Zhou Chen is originally from the Zhen Guo Mansion, and attract their attention."

Yang Changkong approached Ximen Aolong, stood beside him while looking at the government office, squinting his eyes and continued:
"However, we didn't kill Liu Lei."

Ximen Aolong sneered and said, "To be able to kill Liu Lei silently in the prison, there are only two people in the capital, Lin Changhai and Wang Yan."

…………

"No, there's one more!"

Yang Changkong's pupils flashed a cold color:

"Mo Ziyan!"

Ximen Aolong's eyes flashed.

…………

Zhang Tianyang watched the two standing side by side by the fence, and frowned slightly:
What are they talking about?
(End of this chapter)