Chapter 457
Zhu Maichen felt wronged, but Liang Xiao didn't think he was wronged.He could roughly guess what the two of them were doing in Jiangdu.Judging by Yan Zhu's humble appearance, he must have found some evidence against him, so why be polite to them at this time?
Of course, even if Yan Zhu was not like this, he didn't intend to let them go.Before going to Huainan, he discussed the countermeasures with Liu Ling.Liu Ling may have already dug the hole right now, just waiting for Yan Zhu to jump into it.

It can't blame him, it can only blame Yan Zhu for being too stupid.To kill someone, you have to choose a few reliable teammates.Liu Jian's kind of pig who specializes in cheating his teammates is also reliable?If he is reliable, sows can climb trees.

Since sooner or later you will tear your face apart, there is no need to pretend to be a gentleman now.Liang Xiao choked Yan Zhu in the most direct way, stabbed Zhu Maichen by the way, then left them and walked straight to Bacheng Station.

Yan Zhu was furious, and immediately ordered his subordinates to speed up their pace to compete with Liang Xiao for the room in the post house.

Liang Xiao entered the posthouse, and the postman greeted him with a smile on his face, cupped his hands and said, "Liang Junhou, don't worry, the best room..."

As soon as the words fell, Yan Zhu rushed over and said loudly, "I want it."

Liang Xiao turned his head and smiled silently, a little darkly. "Don't you understand the rule of first come first served?"

Yan Zhu sneered, "It's true that first come, first served, but that also depends on whether it's public or private."

"Even if you have official duties, since when did the post house have a rule not to accept princes who have private affairs?" Liang Xiao said in a deep voice with his hands behind his back: "The nobles of this court are more important than officials. Before Baiguan, why did you change the rules when you arrived at the post house?"

Yan Zhu's expression turned ugly.Liang Xiao is right, the court system is indeed that nobility is more valuable than officials.Liang Xiao has a rank of marquis, no matter where he goes, he is not comparable to him as a Chinese doctor.What's more, Liang Xiao also has the rank of riding captain, so he doesn't take advantage of it.There is no express provision in the post house that it is not allowed to receive the emperor who has no official duties. There is no basis for him to do so, it is purely whim.

In normal times, with Yan Zhu's IQ, this would definitely not be the case.But today he was choked by Liang Xiao enough, and he felt that he had Liang Xiao in his hands. He just waited to return to Beijing to report to the emperor. concession?
Yan Zhu ignored Liang Xiao, pointed the finger at Yi Cheng, and sternly reprimanded him. "The post house is originally for the convenience of officials to use for their official business. Don't you know the priorities?"

Yicheng is not Liang Xiao, facing the menacing Yan Zhu, Yicheng is in trouble.On the one hand, there are princes with titles, and on the other hand, there are close ministers around the emperor, neither of whom he can afford to offend.

Yicheng was sweating profusely, bowing and bowing back and forth, hoping that one side would make a step, so that he would not be caught in the middle and suffer.

Yan Zhu relied on the emperor's order and refused to budge.

Liang Xiao was really annoyed, and waved his hands disdainfully. "Call me!"

"What did you say?" Yan Zhu was stunned, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

Liang Xiao ignored him, and said to the equally astonished officials around Yan Zhu: "You have also seen that today I am not trying to embarrass your old colleagues, it is because some people are overthinking their abilities and insist on messing with me. If you are willing to give me face, go out by yourself. If you don’t give me face, don’t blame me for being rude. Of course, if you want to protect him, you can also show your skills, and I will follow suit. "

The officials were still hesitating, but Liang Xiao had already rushed over, raised his hand and slapped Yan Zhu hard on the face, followed by another kick, kicking Yan Zhu to the ground.Although his foot combat skills are not as strong as Cha Niu'er and Pang Shuo, they are more than enough to beat Yan Zhu.Without any chance to fight back, Yan Zhu was knocked to the ground.

Liang Xiao moved his hand, Tu Niu'er and others naturally refused to be outdone, they punched Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen with bruises and swollen eyes, and dragged them outside the post house.

The Lang officials were shocked, but no one dared to stand up for Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen.Firstly, they didn't like these two self-righteous scholars, and secondly, they knew that if they really wanted to do something, they were not the opponents of Liang Xiao and others.Due to their duties, they just yelled loudly, but none of them really stepped forward. Instead, someone took advantage of Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen's inattention and kicked them twice.

Liang Xiao sneered, looked down at Yan Zhu and said, "If you want to go in one more step, your legs won't be broken. My surname is not Liang."

Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen thought they were first-class in knowledge, but they met a rough man like Liang Xiao, who was full of knowledge and knowledge, and was useless.How dare they enter the door again, they left in a hurry under the protection of the Lang officials.

Huan Yuan was a little puzzled. "If you don't like it, just ignore them. Why are you so violent?"

Liang Xiao smiled. "Master, don't worry, it's all right. I've been displeased with them for a long time, and I haven't found a chance. If you want to fight, you have to fight now. When they are unlucky, it will be inconvenient to start."

Huan Yuan thought for a while, but said nothing.Even though Liang Xiao is his disciple, Liang Xiao is much smarter than him when it comes to these tricky things.When he was in Wu country, if he had Liang Xiao's methods, how could he have ended up in such a situation.

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The more Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen thought about it, the more aggrieved they became, so they didn't stay overnight, and rushed back to Chang'an overnight to visit the emperor in the palace.

Seeing the appearance of Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen, the emperor was surprised. "You...how did you do this?"

Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen burst into tears, as if their parents had died.If Yan Zhu still has some elements of acting, Zhu Maichen is really wronged.He's just lying down.From the first time he met Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao didn't give him a good face. A man in his fifties, who has read books for most of his life, finally survived and became a close minister of the emperor, but was humiliated several times by a young man with a weak crown, and this time he was even beaten. Where is his grievance?
Yan Zhu cried until his nose was full of tears, and it took him a long time to stop his grief and recount what had happened with embellishment.He thought that the emperor would be furious, but he never thought that the emperor just frowned and looked at them suspiciously.

"Get up now." The Son of Heaven said, "Go and wash your face first, and take care of your injuries. How decent is this appearance?"

Yan Zhu heard that the emperor's accent was wrong, he was suspicious, and he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he had to obediently agree, and went down to clean the wound first.The emperor called Guo Sheren on the side and asked him to ask the accompanying Lang Guan.Guo Sheren went, not long, and came back to tell the emperor what happened.Although it is roughly the same as what Yan Zhu said, the responsibilities of the two parties are quite different, especially the reason for the struggle for the post house. What Yan Zhu said and what the officials said are fundamentally different.

The emperor was very unhappy.

After Yan Zhu cleaned the wound, he returned to the emperor.The emperor calmly asked about Yan Zhu's trip to Jiangdu.Although Yan Zhu felt that the emperor's reaction was a little weird, he didn't think much about it.In his opinion, although the Son of Heaven is young, he has a rich heart, maybe he wants to seize the evidence of Liang Xiao's misdeeds in Jiangdu and punish him with punishment.

The crime of bullying the king of Jiangdu must be much more serious than fighting with his colleagues.

Yan Zhu endured the pain and explained the results of Jiangdu's investigation one by one.He had already written the memorial, and now he also presented it, a thick bundle.

The emperor listened very carefully, asked many questions, and his face became more and more ugly.

Yan Zhu was secretly happy, and his expression became more and more miserable, just waiting for the emperor to get angry, so as to add another fire, and confirm Liang Xiao's crime.

"So, there is no problem of Dongou immigrants fleeing?"

"Most of the Eastern Ou immigrants live and work in peace and contentment, only a very small number of them are hard-boiled, unwilling to farm, refuse to be educated, and escape while taking advantage of the opportunity."

The emperor dragged his voice, and his eyes became a little unfriendly. "Then Jiangdu Kingdom's Dongou household registration has gradually decreased over the years, so what's going on?"

Yan Zhu's heart skipped a beat.He immediately thought of someone: Zhang Tang.Could it be that the little official Zhang Tang made irresponsible remarks in front of the emperor?It wasn't in his plan at all.He always regarded Liang Xiao as his opponent, and never considered Zhang Tang.

For a moment, Yan Zhu panicked.He has been serving the emperor for a long time, and he knows the emperor's attitude towards those who deceive him.

Seeing Yan Zhu's uneasy expression, the emperor was even more annoyed.He turned to ask about Liu Jian's situation.Yan Zhu had a ghost in his heart, so he didn't dare to say anything else.It's just that he said a lot of good things for Liu Jian in the memorial, and it's too late to change it now.

Seeing that Yan Zhu's words did not match his words, the emperor was not even in the mood to ask, and was furious. "Yan Zhu, how much benefit did you take from Liu Jian, and you turned black and white like this, and deceived me?"

Yan Zhu was shocked, fell to the ground, and said he was wronged.

"Injustice?" The emperor sneered: "I ask you, before you left Beijing, you went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to check Jiangdu's accounting books. Did you conceal anything when you returned it?"

Yan Zhu was tongue-tied and dripping with cold sweat.Hearing what the emperor said, if he still doesn't know what the problem is, then he should really be damned.However, knowing that the emperor sent him to Jiangdu not to expose Liang Xiao's lies as he imagined, but to verify his infidelity, he became weak all over, and he didn't have the courage to distinguish.

"The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty."

"What's your crime?" The emperor's face was twisted and hideous.

"Chen... I acted carelessly, I was not careful, I accepted... I took bribes from Liu Jian, and I failed to devote myself to the king's affairs."

Yan Zhu still had to say more, the emperor couldn't bear it anymore, and sternly shouted: "Yan Zhu, how long are you going to argue? How did I treat you, and you just repay the king's kindness like this? Where do you put my face? Next time the court Debate, can I still send you to argue with the ministers?"

Yan Zhu sweated like rain and kowtowed repeatedly.He understood what the Son of Heaven meant, and it was not a crime to deal with Liang Xiao, nor was it a crime to accept bribes, but bullying the emperor was unforgivable.What he did made the emperor lose face, and he might face accusations from courtiers. This is the problem.

He can only plead guilty.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Maichen was also quite frightened.Like Yan Zhu, he always thought that the emperor sent Yan Zhu to Jiang because he didn't trust Liang Xiao.Only now did I realize that what the Son of Heaven suspected was not Liang Xiao at all, but Yan Zhu himself.All their hard work is nothing but lifting a rock and shooting themselves in the foot.

Compared to this, what was Liang Xiao's slap in the face at Baling Yifan?Maybe Liang Xiao knew their fate long ago, so he humiliated them unscrupulously.It's ridiculous that they hurried back to Chang'an to file a complaint, throwing themselves into the trap.

Zhu Maichen wants to cry but has no tears.It's true that success is also strictly assisted, and failure is also strictly assisted. This time, he was tricked to death.
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