Chapter 2834 Wei Xiao Decided to Act in Advance

Zhou Huang hurriedly read the letter, but Fan Mao was afraid that the letter would be intercepted and the secret method of residual characters would be cracked, so he only wrote about the Bai family's conspiracy against Wei Lin, which implicated the Qin family's two wolves, and the Bai family was convicted of a felony. The rest of the truth He didn't disclose it, and planned to tell Zhou Huang face to face after meeting him.

That's it?

According to what was written in the letter, Zhou Huang felt that there was nothing wrong with His Majesty beheading all the men of the Bai family. However, Fan Mao had been his brother for decades. Since he had used the secret method of the bandits to send him the letter, it was impossible for this matter to go as described in the letter. Written simply.

Zhou Huang was very loyal to Wei Qi because he had suffered a lot. Although he knew that Wei Qi was not capable, he felt that if the people in the world wanted to live a good life, the emperor could not be too strong, as benevolent as Wei Qi. Only those who are kind are suitable to be emperors.

So Zhou Huang thought for a while and finally decided to return to Beijing... If the Qin family took the opportunity to cause trouble and seize the throne, he could rescue them in time.

"Go and invite Ning Hou." Zhou Huang ordered his soldiers.

"Yes." The soldiers immediately went to invite Ning Ji.

After Ning Ji arrived, Zhou Huang immediately said: "Ninghou, I leave the matter of the Mushan underground agency to you. I want to go back to Beijing."

Zhili is located in Yima Pingchuan, so the natural barrier of Mushan becomes particularly important, and the underground defense mechanism was destroyed a lot due to the last war and must be rebuilt so that it can better protect the capital.

Zhou Huang's background was too low, he had never learned the art of machine control, and could not understand these mechanisms, so he asked Ning Ji for help. This is why Ning Ji came to Zhili.

Ning Ji asked: "Marquis Zhou is so anxious to return to the capital, but what big thing happened in the capital?"

Zhou Huang didn't hide anything and told the Bai family's affairs: "I'll go back to prevent this matter from getting bigger and bigger."

Ning Ji sneered in his heart, you are very loyal to Wei Qi, but is such a trash worth treating someone like you with real ability from the bottom of his heart?

He quickly said: "Sure, leave the affairs of Mushan Agency to me. Marquis Zhou should return to Beijing as soon as possible."

"Thank you so much, Marquis Ning." Zhou Huang didn't dare to delay, so he called his trusted generals, and after arranging things in the military camp, he rode off to Beijing that day.

But he was still a step too late.

Wei Qi was afraid that the truth about the Bai family's case would be known, so he decided to make a quick decision and ordered the Ministry of Punishment to kill Bai Penggong's family a few days in advance.

By the time Zhou Huang arrived in the capital, the corpse had been collected and was being taken to the official mortuary outside the city.

Zhou Huang happened to meet the officer transporting the corpse. When he saw the word "Bai Family" written on the linen covering the corpse, he stopped his horse and asked: "Are these the corpses of the Bai Penggong family of Enke's second place? Did his family execute the execution in advance?"

When the officer saw that he was wearing the armor of a first-grade general, he immediately saluted and replied: "General, it's all the Bai family... The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and every household in Beijing has begun to give out festival gifts. It would spoil the celebration, so the Ministry of Punishment ordered it to be arranged in advance. The execution has been carried out.”

As for the Bai family in the Northeast, they waited for the imperial edict to be issued and then asked the local government to execute them on the spot.

Zhou Huang frowned when he heard this, and began to feel that this matter was not simple... How could the execution of a serious crime that killed the entire clan be completed within ten days? The case was handled at an absurdly fast speed.

But Zhou Huang was still loyal to Wei Qi. He was just confused for a while and stopped worrying about it. He waved his hand and asked the servants who transported the corpse to leave, then rode directly to the imperial city.

When Wei Qi heard that Zhou Huang was back, he was surprised and a little dissatisfied... A general in charge of soldiers did not submit a memorial application in advance when he returned to Beijing. If Zhou Huang came to Beijing with one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, he would think again By the way, doesn’t he need to be replaced as emperor?

Humph, a bandit is a bandit. Even if he becomes a marquis, he still doesn't understand the rules.

Wei Qi cursed in his heart, and after his anger was over, he stopped pursuing it, because compared to the generals under Wei Xiao's command, Zhou Huang was very loyal to him.

"Ah Huang, you're back. Come and sit down quickly. Are you exhausted?" Wei Qi affectionately took Zhou Huang to the break behind the screen and handed him his own tonic soup: "It's for replenishing qi and blood. You've worked too hard to purge Zhili, so drink up and replenish it."

Zhou Huang was used to Wei Qi treating him like a brother next door, so he didn't recommend him. He took the tonic soup, drank a few mouthfuls, talked about the Bai family, and asked: "Your Majesty hastily beheaded everyone in the Bai family, but Qin Forced by the duke? Although I admire the Qin family, if the duke of Qin really does something that uses his power to offend someone, I will fight to the death to seek justice for your majesty!"

After hearing this, Wei Qi felt relieved and relieved. He held Zhou Huang's hand and choked with sobs: "Ah Huang, you are the one who treats me the most lovingly in this world."

Then he sighed: "Brother Mu didn't force me, it's just that the daughter of the Bai family knocked the three-year-old little Erlang into the water because of her plot against Brother Lin. I don't want to have any quarrel with the Qin family, so I can only speed up." Execute the Bai family."

Zhou Huang said: "His Majesty was not forced? Then how could he say that the daughter of the Bai family murdered His Highness the Crown Prince? As soon as he said these words, he was going to force His Majesty to kill the entire Bai family!"

After Zhou Huang entered the imperial city, he listened to the eunuch's account of what happened that day. After learning what Qin Sanlang said, he was a little disappointed with Qin Sanlang. He felt that Qin Sanlang was bullying His Majesty in disguise because of his military power.

Wei Qi hurriedly comforted him: "Ahuang, don't be angry. Brother Mu has been favored since he was a child, and now he has a heavy army, so he will inevitably become more angry. But what he said is right, the Bai family daughter did plot against Brother Lin. It is not too much to punish a member of the Bai family for murdering the prince."

Zhou Huang: "But why didn't he do it himself? Asking His Majesty to come forward has chilled the hearts of the civil servants in the Northeast. He clearly has ulterior motives!"

There is no soldier in the army who does not admire the Qin family. It is precisely because he admires so much and has so high expectations in his heart that Zhou Huang is so angry and heartbroken.

Wei Qi was overjoyed to see that Zhou Huang was as loyal to him as ever. After appeasing Zhou Huang, he asked Zhou Huang to put this aside, and said in a secret way: "Ah Huang, we have to take the overall situation into account." It’s important not to ruin the peace of the country and the people for the sake of our children.”

The peace of the country and the people is the long-cherished wish of Zhou Huang, a man who was forced to die. After hearing this, Zhou Huang felt more and more that Wei Qi was a good emperor. He knelt down and said: "Yes, I obey... I will swear allegiance to your majesty and serve your majesty to the death." Protect the stability of the country and the peace of the people!"

Wei Qi was so happy that he immediately helped Zhou Huang up and said, "Get up quickly. We brothers don't have to say these things."

They chatted about home affairs with Zhou Huang, and kept Zhou Huang to have dinner with them. When the imperial city gate was about to close, Zhou Huang was allowed to leave and go home.

Deputy Commander Fan was extremely anxious, but he was about to be on duty and had no time to talk with Zhou Huang in detail, so he could only endure his anxiety and wait one more night.

After getting off duty the next day, he immediately rushed to Zhou Hou's residence, but he was smart enough to tell Wei Qi in advance that he was going to have a drink with Zhou Huang after Zhou Huang finally came back.

After hearing this, Wei Qi did not make things difficult for him, but agreed... The servants served by the Zhou family and the Fan family were all given by him. Even if Fan Mao really said something to Zhou Huang, he would know it soon and take advantage of it. , to drive a wedge between Zhou Huang and Fan Mao, so I wasn’t too worried.

Fan Mao was not stupid. He was afraid that there were ears across the wall, so there was no need to tell him. Instead, he told Zhou Huang the truth about the Bai family's affairs using the broken words from his bandit days.

Finally, I wrote: He is different from what we saw. Brother Huang, I am afraid. My three children will be born soon. I don’t want them to be killed by the master after they have served their master.

Zhou Huang froze... Is this the truth? !