jdhmnovel Chapter 381 Leaving Beijing
Chapter 381 Leaving Beijing
In the capital city.
When Chu An captured Tang Yue'er and returned to the capital, he found that his own people who were burning, killing and looting did not have the upper hand. On the contrary, they seemed to have been ambushed and suffered heavy casualties.
He was just wondering when he saw a Shanrong man with a bloody head rushed up. He shouted, "General, besides the General's Mansion, there is an ambush in the capital! Our people have been ambushed!"
The Zhou people are indeed insidious!
Chu An's pupils shrank slightly, and his men hurriedly said, "General, the person has been captured, let's retreat first!"
Originally, Chu An had no intention of entering the capital. His men were lying in ambush in various places in the Zhou Dynasty, ready to continue their plan to assassinate Emperor Zhou. However, Jin'er's death was so tragic that they rashly entered the capital to capture Tang Yue'er.
I thought I could catch Emperor Zhou off guard, but I didn't expect to be tricked.
Anyway, now that Tang Yue'er has been caught, there is no need for them to stay here any longer.
So Chu An ordered: "Retreat!"
He turned his horse around and rode away with his men!
*
The next day.
After the catastrophe last night, the entire capital city looked in a state of disarray.
The road still smelled of fire.
Although the capital city suffered considerable damage in this incident, Emperor Zhou was able to capture almost all of the Shanrong spies hiding across the country. This could be considered a victory, and he felt much more at ease.
The most unfortunate people were the people of the entire city. Emperor Zhou knew very well that there were Shanrong people outside the city, but he still decided to let them enter the capital. Although there had been an ambush in the city and the forces of Bai Ting Tower and the Dark Domain were doing their best to protect the people, many people were still injured.
They felt like they had just had a nightmare last night, and this morning, as they sorted out the wreckage of the house that was destroyed by Shanrong last night, they still felt a lingering fear.
So this morning was not as lively as usual. Everyone was silently cleaning up their own yards, as if the psychological trauma left by last night's incident would take a long time to heal.
In the palace in the early morning.
A eunuch came with a quick report to Li Bo outside the Changming Palace. Li Bo unfolded it and took a look at it, then asked the eunuch to leave and turned around and walked quickly into the palace.
It is rare that Emperor Zhou is actually interested in writing in the palace today. You know, he hasn't had such leisure time for a long time since the Shanrong incident.
Although Li Bo walked in quickly, he was not in a hurry. He waited until Emperor Zhou had finished writing before saying, "Your Majesty, General Lin, who is chasing Chu An, sent a message saying that the Shanrong people are very cunning. They prepared clothes of our dynasty outside the capital long ago, and changed into them as soon as they left the capital. They rode their horses and ran so fast that it was difficult to distinguish their identities."
"Although General Lin has captured a few more Shanrong people, Chu An has not been caught yet. Lin Junchen has already led his men on horseback to hunt him down. I believe there will be news soon."
After hearing this, Emperor Zhou did not say anything in a hurry. He was already exhausted physically and mentally because of the Chu Rong incident. If he arrested another general and angered the Shanrong again, he felt that he really had no intention of dealing with it.
This time it’s not that he is not in a hurry to catch it, but that he doesn’t want to be too impatient for quick success.
He needs to rest.
Li Bo naturally saw through his thoughts, so his tone was relaxed when he reported it, without any urgency at all.
"Very good." After the last stroke was made, Emperor Zhou said slowly, "Lin Junchen is a good candidate!"
"The General's Mansion is not bad either. I was wrong about them before."
Li Bo nodded hurriedly and agreed, "Your Majesty is right. The General's Mansion has indeed made great efforts this time."
"Reward! It's due." Emperor Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Reward Lin Junchen with the title of General Xuanwu. The General's Mansion has also made great contributions this time, so reward him with ten thousand taels of gold and a mansion."
The General's Mansion has always been loyal and now they finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Li Bo was very happy for them, so he said, "I will pass on the order right away!" Then he stepped back, ready to go out and tell the General's Mansion the good news, but as soon as he turned around, he heard Emperor Zhou say, "There is one more thing, you take it with you."
Li Bo paused and turned around to see that Emperor Zhou had put down his pen and picked up a scroll that had been placed on the side of the table.
The yellow shaft skin made Li Bo's eyes light up.
I guessed what was inside immediately.
"Your Majesty." Li Bo did not dare to underestimate such a major event, and he immediately knelt on the ground.
Emperor Zhou took the item and walked to Li Bo, saying to him: "The crown prince is incompetent, and I have now demoted him to a commoner. However, the Shanrong are in turmoil, and the country cannot be without a crown prince for a day, so I have issued an imperial decree to establish a crown prince today. You take it and be sure to hand it over to the seventh prince in person."
The seventh prince!
It’s indeed the Seventh Prince!
Hearing this, Li Bo was very excited.
In his opinion, the Seventh Prince was the only choice for the Crown Prince.
Li Bo immediately raised his hand to receive the imperial edict. When it was handed to him, Emperor Zhou said, "At the same time, you should also tell him that I miss my two grandchildren very much. Let them come to the palace with him. The palace is their home."
It is rare for the emperor to say such words.
Li Bo was deeply moved. He took the imperial edict with both hands and said loudly, "I obey your order!"
After he finished speaking, he took the imperial edict and walked out.
*
A light rain fell.
The smell of fire and smoke that had lingered in the capital for several days was washed away. The roads were also much cleaner and fresher. People began to live their normal lives, and street vendors also came out one after another.
On the gravel road, several fast horses stepped on the puddles on the ground and went towards the Bai family.
The man on the horse was wearing a black conical hat and it was Li Bo.
Such a major event as re-establishing a crown prince could not be delayed even for a moment, so Li Bo did not even call for a carriage. He personally rode a horse and went to the Bai family with two of his men.
However, they arrived at the Bai family’s door.
I saw that the door was closed and there was a big lock on it.
It's really weird.
Li Bo felt very strange. The Bai family was a business family, and their door was usually open, so why was it locked now? Where did they go?
Li Bo was wondering when he saw the door next to the Bai residence open and a middle-aged man walked out. Li Bo quickly got off his horse and walked over to ask, "Excuse me, where did the Bai family go today?"
The middle-aged man was very alert. When asked, he looked at the three of them and didn't say anything.
Li Bo hurriedly said, "We have business with the Bai family, and we agreed to come here to discuss it today."
Seeing that they didn't look like bad people, the middle-aged man said, "The Bai family moved out this morning."
Moved away?
Li Bo was very surprised. He asked, "Where did you move to?"
The middle-aged man asked, "Didn't the Bai family tell you?" He frowned and said, "Logically, they are moving and should no longer accept business, so why did they still invite you?"
He didn't think much about it and continued, "He said he would not stay in the capital anymore and would move back to Jiangnan."
"This..." Li Bo never expected this.
The Bai family actually left?
"We have been planning this for a long time." The middle-aged man said, "I was chatting with Bai Ge half a month ago, and he said that he couldn't adapt to the climate in Beijing and missed his home in Jiangnan, so he was ready to go back. I heard a few days ago that the mistress of the Bai family had already shipped some items to Jiangnan in advance. It was actually quite easy for them to leave this time."
"Thank you very much." Li Bo clasped his fists to the man.
The middle-aged man said nothing more and turned away.
Li Bo frowned, and his men behind him stepped forward and said, "Eunuch Li, do you want to chase them?" If they had left in the morning, they should not have gone very far by now.
Li Bo also wants to pursue her.
But he also knew clearly that that was Bai Yanli. If he wanted to leave, could he catch her back?
So Li Bo could only say: "Go back to the palace first and report to the emperor."