Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 764 Proclamation
Inside the mansion of the third prince.

Zhao Jing is splashing ink and painting in the study at the moment. Recently, he has become fascinated by the way of calligraphy and painting, especially after seeing Li Xiuyuan's almost miraculous painting skills on the Shangyuan Festival.

He was fascinated by the legendary finishing touch technique.

If it wasn't for his inconvenient status, he would have personally visited Li Xiuyuan for advice.

At this moment, when he was painting with ink, after finishing a picture of a carp jumping into the water, Zhao Jing pondered for a while, and felt very dissatisfied. He found that his painter was full of spirit, lifeless, and devoid of spirituality, so he immediately threw away the pen and directly ruined the painting Three hours of hard work.

"Sleeping Dragon Picture, Sleeping Dragon Picture."

Zhao Jing turned around, but saw a painting hanging behind him.

In the painting, the clouds and mists are lingering, and the real dragon shuttles through them, sleeping soundly among the clouds, and what is surprising is that the scenery in this painting is not a dead thing, but a living thing, the clouds are floating, the real dragon is sleeping soundly, and the sound of wind and thunder can be vaguely heard .

So much so that he didn't dare to speak loudly when he was in the study, lest he would wake up the sleeping dragon and break free and fly out.

This is the sleeping dragon picture painted by Li Xiuyuan that day. He did not dedicate it to his father, but secretly hid it. The painting dedicated to his father was a painting called Gao Fan. The best ever.

Just as he was admiring and immersed in the wonder of the Sleeping Dragon Picture, a servant of the mansion came outside the study and respectfully said: "Your Highness, Li Xiuyuan, the governor of Yangzhou, sent someone to pass on a message to His Highness."

"Li Xiuyuan?"

Hearing this name, the third prince's expression changed immediately, and he immediately turned around and said: "Go out and say, the place of the study can't make loud noises."

When he walked out, he asked again: "What message did Li Xiuyuan send someone to convey to the prince?"Recently, Master Li is in a bad situation. He is regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the princes above the court. Even if the prince wants to help, there is nothing he can do. '

"Return to Your Highness, the person who sent the letter said that Mr. Li is making a picture of a real dragon in Ruyi Workshop, and I would like to ask His Highness to come and appreciate it." The servant bowed his head respectfully.

Zhao Jing smiled and said: "Oh, is that so? If so, then the prince should really go to the meeting and prepare the horse for the prince. The invitation of Mr. Li is rare. If you don't give him this face, come back I'm afraid I won't be able to see it."

But at this moment, the housekeeper hurried over and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, something is wrong, something is wrong."

"Huh? The prince is going out now, so tell me if you have anything to say."

The housekeeper panted and said: "Your Highness, just now the palace issued an order to give imperial wine to Li Xiuyuan, the governor of Yangzhou. The two envoys are now bringing General Yasha and two thousand soldiers from Zuoqian households to Ruyifang. Going in the direction, there are rumors in the palace that Li Xiuyuan committed a rebellion in the harem.

Hu Meiren, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Yuan, and Commander Zhao of the Forbidden Army, who killed His Majesty in the middle, called all the ministers into the palace just now to discuss this matter. "

"What? There is such a thing." Zhao Jing was shocked.

"Is this true or false? Then Li Xiuyuan really killed his father's beauties and court ministers in the harem? Well, how could such a thing happen?"

"This matter is absolutely true, it is the news from the people in the palace." The official said.

Zhao Jing was anxious. He walked back and forth with an ugly face and said, "This is not good. In no time, the emperor ordered to give the royal wine to poison Li Xiuyuan. He even brought two thousand soldiers and horses with him. If Li Xiuyuan refuses If you obey the order, I'm afraid that you will be killed on the spot immediately, but how could Li Xiuyuan have such boldness?
How dare you kill someone in the harem of the imperial city? "

"Is there something hidden in it? Or is it that someone deliberately killed him?"

As the prince, Zhao Jing didn't believe it immediately, but quickly thought of the conspiracy contained in it.

How could a new official who came to report on his duties have the guts to kill people in the imperial city? He would only do so if he was deliberately framed. Otherwise, how could Li Xiuyuan let the high officials of the court be wrong and go to ransack the family and exterminate the family?

"Your Highness, should we go to Ruyifang or not?" the servant at the side asked cautiously.

Ruyifang?
Zhao Jinghu's expression changed, yes, why did Li Xiuyuan's message and the court's decree come at about the same time?He should know why he invited himself to Ruyifang to appreciate his real dragon picture?

Real Dragon Picture?
A real dragon?

A flash of inspiration flashed in Zhao Jing's mind, his face turned pale instantly, and a cold sweat broke out all over his body.

"Could it be that Li Xiuyuan is going to fight hard and set off a mutiny in the capital?"

"No, it's impossible. He has no soldiers and no power. How can he defeat the imperial army? Leaving aside the forbidden army in the imperial city, there are 80 troops in the forbidden barracks. Although most They are all eating empty wages, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it can pull 1 horses no matter what

Come."

The thoughts in his mind turned sharply, because he vaguely realized what Li Xiuyuan was going to do.

The message just now was a message.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, what's the matter with you? Your Highness, are you okay? Your complexion seems to be very bad. Do you want to call the imperial doctor?" said the butler beside him.

Zhao Jing ignored the steward's words, but turned to think again: "Although mutiny is impossible, but if he really has strength that I don't know, can he succeed?"

"Would you like to go to Ruyifang or not?"

"Don't go, don't go, you shouldn't go. Once you get involved in this matter, you will be rebellious. If you don't do it well, your head will be beheaded." After weighing the pros and cons, the rationality in his mind told him that this matter is not worth going to. .

But the madness in his heart made him eager to try.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

How much does Zhao Jing know about Li Xiuyuan's power in Yangzhou? There are more than [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, and the area around the south of the Yangtze River is a land of fish and rice. Can't resist the conquest of this general who can conquer and fight well.

"Also, it's better to go and see what happens, and it doesn't necessarily have to go all the way to the dark with Li Xiuyuan."

Suddenly, he rolled his eyes and decided to take a risk to see it.

After making up his mind, Zhao Jingru relieved his burden, and his whole body trembled slightly because of the excessive excitement. He took a few deep breaths, forced himself to calm down, and then said: "Come, come, prepare the horse, such a big thing happened in the capital!" How can the prince not go and see, how can I say the prince
He has a little friendship with Li Xiuyuan, if the imperial court really wants to kill Li Xiuyuan, this prince should see him off this time. "

He left his reasons so as not to be criticized afterwards.

"Yes, Your Highness." The servant replied and went to prepare the horse.

At this moment, a full 2000 imperial guards had already arrived outside Ruyifang.

The two thousand soldiers and horses quickly blocked the surrounding streets and surrounded the three sides of Ruyifang. Only the back was relying on the canal, so there was no way to send troops to surround it.

The envoy in charge of announcing the decree was a civil servant named Zhao Yong from the Ministry of Officials, and he was accompanied by an eunuch.

"Li Xiuyuan, you also have today. I think I will impeach you several times before you can be dismissed and investigated. Now you are more likely to commit trouble, and today is your death day." Zhao Yong was secretly happy. One of the civil servants.

It's just that the officials are confused, so many impeachment memorials have been left unpublished, I don't know why they want to keep this Li Xiuyuan, but now it's a good thing, such a disaster is brewing.

"Zuo Qianhu, since the sinner Li Xiuyuan is in Ruyifang, what are you waiting for? Why don't you break down the door and call for that Li Xiuyuan to come over and listen to the order." Zhao Yongdao.

Zuo Qianhu hesitated for a moment, but still clasped his fists and said, "Yes, my lord, I'll do it for the humble job."

After finishing speaking, he immediately led two teams of people and strode towards Ruyifang.

Just as he was about to break the door, it turned out that two soldiers had already opened the door.

"Is it Zuo Qianhu? Come in, there is indeed no one available in the imperial court, and only you dare to take on this kind of drudgery." Li Xiuyuan's voice came from Ruyifang.

"Follow me." Zuo Qianhu waved his hand and led the man in.

Soon, he met Li Xiuyuan in Ruyifang.

But I saw Li Xiuyuan wearing armor and hanging a sword, sitting at the table drinking tea carelessly, and there were several beautiful women in Ruyi Square serving him, some were pinching their shoulders, some were beating their legs, and some were serving tea. People who didn't know thought that Li Xiuyuan was here today There are people drinking and having fun in Ruyifang.

"My lord, the imperial court has a decree, my lord." Zuo Qianhu looked around, there were not many people, just some of Lord Li's cronies.

Li Xiuyuan interrupted his words, "Zuo Qianhu, don't say too much, let the envoy who announces the decree come in, the wind is strong by the river, it is easy to catch cold, but I just don't know if the court officials have the courage to come in and announce the decree. "

"This, this... Your Excellency, let's go out and listen to the order." Zuo Qianhu hesitated for a while and said.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said with a smile: "No, I won't go out, let him in if you want to announce the decree, there are two thousand soldiers and horses outside, armored and armed with knives, who knows where an arrow will suddenly appear to hurt me, just in case, I will Even the armor was put on."

Zuo Qianhu didn't believe this, he had fought this Master Li when he was in Jinling City.

He had to admit that he was not Zuo Qianhu's opponent.

However, Li Xiuyuan insisted on listening to the order in Ruyifang, so he had no choice but to say: "In this case, I should go and ask Mr. Zhao for instructions, and please wait a moment for Mr. Li."

Soon, Zuo Qianhu reported the matter to Zhao Yong.

After Zhao Yong heard this, he sneered and said: "The person who leads the most dying is still showing off, the official Zuo Qianhu will ask you, how many subordinates does Li Xiuyuan have in Ruyifang?"

"I only saw a dozen or so people in the humble position." Zuo Qianhu told the truth.

"Since this is the case, then the official has complied with the request of the dying man and brought people along with me to Ruyifang to announce the decree." Zhao Yong was not afraid when he heard this.

Moreover, 2000 people outside have surrounded the place like a watertight one. If he can't do it, Li Xiuyuan dares to fly into the sky.

Immediately, he no longer hesitated to bring nearly a hundred people, led the eunuchs and the forbidden army, and went straight into Ruyifang.

(End of this chapter)