Chapter 485 Caught
In the palace.
Royal study room.
The emperor and the chamberlain were counting the days, "How many more days will it take for the Northwest Army to arrive?"
The head chamberlain clapped his fingers and said, "This slave returned from there five days ago. It has been three days since he came back. He has been marching in a hurry for eight days. I estimate that it will take half a month to reach Gansu now."
The emperor sighed and gritted his teeth and said: "I want to catch that old bastard Prince Ping in the shadows right now. He must have known everything about the Rongyang Hou Mansion back then. I knew it but couldn't arrest him. In my heart."
The emperor couldn't say any more, so he smashed his fist on the table angrily.
The force was so great that the pen holder rattled.
The chamberlain had served the emperor for half his life and felt sorry for him. "Your Majesty, if you don't wait at this moment, wait for another five days. As long as you guarantee that the news sent by King Ping will reach Nanzhao after the arrival of the Northwest Army, you can arrest him. Don't be angry." Okay, it’s us who are getting angry and suffering.”
The emperor said in a muffled voice: "Tell me, could it be that I am overthinking it? Prince Ping has no backup plan at all. Even if I arrest him now, no one will immediately report the news to Nanzhao.
Or, as long as I stay on guard on the post road, he won't be able to deliver the message even if he delivers it! "
The head chamberlain smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, the lives of tens of thousands of people on the border are about to be affected, so you can't gamble!"
The emperor twitched his lips.
Why don’t I know?
But I am really so angry!
While the two were talking, there was a commotion outside. Before the waiter outside could finish his reply, the door to the royal study was pushed open forcefully.
The emperor and the chamberlain raised their heads at the same time, and saw Prince Ping coming in with a head full of rotten vegetables, leaves, and egg liquid.
emperor
Damn it!
Chamberlain
Subconsciously he lowered his head to look at the Emperor. Is Your Majesty feeling comfortable now?
emperor
That's so comfortable!
The emperor moved and sat down firmly.
Behind King Ping is the Caimao Brigade.
Before anyone could fully come in, Zhou Huaishan's voice rang out, "Your Majesty, let the common people make the decision. King Ping sent his guards to steal the jade pendant from the common people! That was the jade pendant left by the Marquis of Rongyang to the common people!"
emperor
Chamberlain
What did Marquis Rongyang leave to you Zhou Huaishan?
King Ping stepped forward, filled with anger and shame, and he said angrily: "Is this the etiquette of your dynasty towards envoys?
Your Majesty said that your dynasty is a country of etiquette!
Is this the etiquette of the people of your dynasty? "
From the post house to the palace gate, he was beaten alive!
However, three colorful furs and a bald man behind him blocked his retreat. He couldn't retreat, and what could he do even if he retreated!
What if those crazy criticizing people keep squatting on him!
Just like that, he was beaten all the way into the palace!
Those common people seemed to have been trained, and they just hit him in such a chaotic manner, but they just hit him, and others were not affected at all.
The emperor looked at Prince Ping's embarrassed look and asked, "Where are your guards?"
King Ping
Zhou Huaishan answered the words angrily, "His guard is dead. His guard stole the jade pendant of the grassroots last night and died in the post house early this morning. The Minister of Punishment, Dali Temple Qing Jingzhao Yin Sanfang verified that he was killed in the post house. , the murderer took away the jade pendant."
"Nonsense!" King Ping was so angry that his veins were showing, "You are all colluding with each other! My king's guard was definitely not killed in the post house, and my king's guard definitely never took your jade pendant!"
Zhou Huaishan curled his lips and said, "Without proof, whatever you say will be whatever you say!"
Prince Ping is so angry!
No longer messing around with Zhou Huaishan, he turned to look at the emperor and said: "I beg your majesty to make the decision for the little king! The little king is a royal family member of the Nanzhao Kingdom, and he is the envoy who is on this mission to your dynasty to seek harmonious coexistence between the two countries. , both emotionally and rationally, the little king should not be humiliated like this in your dynasty!"
However, it’s not that King Ping wants to ignore Zhou Huaishan, Zhou Huaishan can make him get his wish!
Zhou Huaishan's purpose is very clear.
Delay time!
Don't give Prince Ping any chance to breathe, just wear him alive until you can arrest someone!
However, just a moment before Zhou Huaishan spoke, the servant outside reported back and the second prince asked to see him.
Since the second prince knew Shen Li's identity last time and sent Shen Li several carriages as gifts the next day to thank Shen Li and his family for saving him, he disappeared.
He disbanded his own staff team on the spot and went to Xishan to become an old immortal wandering around.
Even the vigorous epidemic situation in the past few days did not disturb this immortal's great drive.
The emperor said angrily: "I don't have time to see him!"
However, the young chamberlain said again: "Your Majesty, His Highness's visit this time is said to be related to Nanzhao Kingdom."
Next to King Ping
The emperor's expression, which had not been angry just now, immediately improved, "Pass!"
After a while, the second prince entered the imperial study with a rosy complexion.
Behind him were five guards, each carrying a sack on his shoulders.
Unloading the five sacks into the imperial study room like watermelons, the five guards filed away.
In the imperial study room, everyone's eyes fell on the five sacks.
The second prince didn't know what was going on here, so he just nodded to a few people from the Huaishan Gang, and then saluted: "Father, I have captured Nanzhao's secret work in Xishan!"
emperor!
King Ping! ?
Huaishan Gang!
The second prince ignored everyone's reactions and kept to himself as he stood up and untied a sack, revealing the head of the stunned person inside.
The moment he saw the head, King Ping's eyes trembled.
Zhou Huaishan saw his reaction accurately, "Wow, our Prince Ping knows each other! Hehehehe!"
The old monk of the Big Buddha Temple, "Hehehehe!"
Marquis Qingyang, "Hehehehe!"
Yun Qingbo, "Hehehehe!"
Ping Wang is really going crazy!
The devil's voice is ringing in his ears, and his heart is beating like thunder. The stimulation brought to him by the person lying below is not as strong as this hehehehe stimulation!
"Father, I have been looking for caves in the West Mountain these days, and I found these five people in a cave."
The emperor frowned and looked at his son, "Why are you looking for caves for nothing?"
The chief eunuch
Is this the point!
Wake up!
The second prince said, "I always heard that there might be a hermit living in the cave. I wanted to go in and see if there was any hermit, so I have been looking for caves in the West Mountain for the past few days. As a result, I didn't find any hermit, but I found these Nanzhao spies!"
Ping Wang licked his lips, "How do you know they are Nanzhao spies?"
The second prince looked calm, "Because I heard them communicating in Nanzhao language outside the cave, and I can understand it. They said that they poisoned Zhending County!"
After that, the second prince said to the emperor, "Father, I caught someone and brought him back immediately. Please send someone to Zhending to check if anyone is poisoned!"
Emperor
I've been waiting for your news, and the daylily is cold!