Chapter 217 Today the world is peaceful, nothing major has happened

"Someone, go to the Military Affairs Office and ask Lord Xu to come over!"

"Yes!" Zhou Ren, who was hiding in the next room, came out immediately to respond upon hearing this.

"Han Fei, report this to General Wang Bin and tell him that Yuan Qing, the commander of the Imperial Guards' Fenwu Camp, was ordered by Marquis Jingyuan to harm me in the garrison office!"

"I don't!"

After hearing this, Yuan Qing finally got anxious and hurriedly explained.

"Humph, you better wait to explain to the Censorate!"

Yang Zhengshan snorted coldly.

He wanted to make a big fuss, the bigger the better, so that everyone would know that Marquis Jingyuan was going to do something bad to him.

He hadn't had this idea at first, but since Yuan Qing had come to him on his own initiative, he would naturally take advantage of the situation and put Marquis Jingyuan on the spot.

He secretly mobilized the imperial guards to leave the capital, intending to undermine the defense of the city under the command of the garrison officer.

This is enough to make Marquis Jingyuan suffer a lot!

Yuan Qing stared at Yang Zhengshan intently. He really didn't expect such an outcome.

Yang Zhengshan's strength was beyond his expectations, and Yang Zhengshan's reaction was even more beyond his expectations.

"You are going to make a mortal enemy of my Jingyuan Marquis Mansion!"

Yang Zhengshan walked up to him coldly, grabbed his collar with one hand and lifted him up from the ground.

"Do you think that everyone in the world is afraid of your Jingyuan Marquis Mansion?"

"From the moment you attacked my wife and children, you should have known that the feud had already been formed, and it was a feud that would not end until one of us dies!"

The other party was the first to kill, and although he did not succeed, the hatred had already been formed.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, nor could he swallow this breath, so it was destined that the Yang family and the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion had reached a point of no return.

Yuan Qing's eyes were full of disbelief. He really couldn't believe that Yang Zhengshan actually dared to be an enemy of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion.

The Mansion of Marquis Jingyuan is one of the most prominent nobles in the country. Apart from the Mansions of Dukes and the Mansion of Marquis Changping, the Mansion of Marquis Jingyuan is the most top-level noble.

And what about the Yang family?

Just a small family in a border town.

Yang Zhengshan ignored the shock on Yuan Qing's face. After throwing him to the ground, Yang Zhengshan turned around and went back into the house.

The surrounding soldiers rushed forward and captured Yuan Qing and others.

As for resistance?

Do not make jokes.

This is the garrison office, Yang Zhengshan’s territory.

Not to mention whether they can fight back or not, even if they can, they don’t dare to!
If they really dare to fight, they will attack the government office.

A group of imperial guards traveled thousands of miles to Chongshan Town to attack the garrison office. If they really dared to do so, no one could save them.

Yuan Qing closed his eyes and allowed the soldiers guarding the official hall to take him to prison.

After Yang Zhengshan returned to his study, he immediately wrote a letter.

Today's matter must be brought to the court, otherwise everything he has done will be in vain.

There is no way to do anything to Marquis Jingyuan in Chongshan Town.

If you want to cause trouble for Marquis Jingyuan, you must impeach him in the court.

After finishing the letter, Yang Zhengshan immediately called Ding Qiu over and said, "Send this letter to Liu's house in Kyoto."

In the court, his garrison was not worth mentioning at all, so he needed a big boss to help him.

And Liu Yuanfu is undoubtedly the best candidate.

The Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate impeached Marquis Jingyuan. This should not be a trivial matter!

As for whether Liu Yuanfu would help him.

Yang Zhengshan felt that Liu Yuanfu would not refuse.

It’s not that he can order Liu Yuanfu around at will, but because Liu Yuanfu is a stinky and stubborn old man who can’t tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes.

If he is right, Liu Yuanfu will definitely help him.

Even Liu Yuanfu was more willing to stir up trouble than him.

Yang Zhengshan had just asked someone to deliver the letter when Xu Jin came over.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

When he came in, he saw the imperial guards being guarded by soldiers.

"Sit down and talk!" Yang Zhengshan smiled and asked Xu Jin to sit down first.

In the past two years, he and Xu Jin have gotten along very well. Xu Jin is a very responsible person. Although he sometimes does things too seriously, as long as you can get his approval, he will treat you sincerely.

The two of them are now considered good friends, along with Lin Shoude, and the three of them have a very close relationship.

After the tea came, Yang Zhengshan recounted what had just happened.

After hearing this, Xu Jin became furious.

"It's so abominable, it's totally lawless!"

"I will definitely impeach Marquis Jingyuan!"

It would have been fine if Yuan Qing had come to Anyuan City, but Yuan Qing actually dared to draw his sword in the garrison officer's hall. This can only be described as arrogant and domineering.

The garrison office is an office of the imperial court. How could it be a place where people could use force at will?
Not to mention the garrison office, even the county government office is not a place where one can resort to violence at will.

To put it bluntly, this is contempt for the government and the court. Yang Zhengshan stroked his long beard and laughed when he heard him say this.

Isn't this what he wants?
Lord Xu is a good man!

Lord Xu thought of it on his own without him even mentioning it!
that's nice!

However, Yang Zhengshan seemed to be a little too proud of himself. Xu Jin suddenly looked at him, and seeing his smiling face, his face darkened.

"You old man, you are just too cunning!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan was stunned.

old man!
He actually called me an old guy!
Yang Zhengshan felt like his heart was about to break at this moment.

Calculating his age, he is only 44 years old, but he is already called an old guy.

"Master Xu, I am more than ten years younger than you!"

Yang Zhengshan said dissatisfiedly.

"Really? I thought you were more than ten years older than me, you're so cunning!" Xu Jin said unhappily.

He had come to his senses. Yang Zhengshan was using him and had called him over to impeach the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion.

Yang Zhengshan picked up the tea and took a sip.

So be cunning as you are!
Anyway, he knew that Xu Jin would impeach the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion.

……

The distance from Anyuan City to Kyoto is about two thousand miles. If you travel slowly by car, it will take at least half a month to reach Kyoto. But if you travel by horse at full speed, it will take two or three days at the fastest, and six or seven days at the slowest.

For example, if it is an express train of 800 miles, it only takes more than two days for the postmen along the way to deliver the urgent report from Chongshan Pass to Kyoto.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan was not eligible to use the 800-li express. He only sent two guards, and he could not use the postmen along the way to deliver letters to him in turns.

So it was five days later when his letter arrived in Kyoto.

In the evening, Liu Yuanfu had just returned from the Censorate when Liu Zhe said to him, "Dad, Lord Yang sent someone to deliver a letter!"

Liu Yuanfu took off his official robe, tidied up his messy hair, and asked, "What's the matter, Lord Yang?"

Liu Zhe took the letter and approached Liu Yuanfu and whispered, "The second son of Jingyuan Marquis's Mansion was killed in Chongshan Town. The Marquis' Mansion suspected that it was Lord Yang who did it, so they sent people to Anyuan City to investigate a few days ago."

“The people from Jingyuan Marquis’ Mansion were probably arrogant and actually used a knife on Lord Yang in the garrison officer’s hall!”

"Oh!" Liu Yuanfu sat on the Luohan bed, holding a hand stove to warm his thin body, "Lord Yang, are you okay?"

"No, the person has been arrested by Lord Yang. Lord Yang wrote to ask my father whether he can impeach Marquis Jingyuan in the court!" Liu Zhe said.

Liu Yuanfu picked up his pipe and lit it, then said with a smile, "It seems that he was the one who killed the son of Marquis Jingyuan!"

It is said that people become more cunning as they grow older. Although Liu Yuanfu has a stubborn temper, it does not mean that he is a simple person.

It is impossible for a simple person to remain in the court for decades.

He didn't know what happened, but just based on these few words he knew that Yang Zhengshan must have killed the man.

"So what does Dad mean?" Liu Zhe asked curiously.

Liu Yuanfu sucked on his cigarette holder and remained silent for a while before saying, "The Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion has indeed been too active recently, which is not good for the prince!"

As an important official in the court, Liu Yuanfu did not have much resentment towards the crown prince. He even believed that the crown prince was the most legitimate heir to the throne.

Although he did not take sides on the throne, he subconsciously leaned towards the prince.

However, his preference is not to act according to the prince's ideas in everything.

He even dared to remonstrate with the emperor, let alone the crown prince!

"Draft a memorial and send it to Zheng Xiao later. Ask him to hand it in tomorrow!" Liu Yuanfu said while puffing out smoke.

He is a big boss, so he doesn't need to personally take part in impeaching Marquis Jingyuan. It is enough for him to let his students do it.

If things get out of hand and Zheng Xiao can't handle it anymore, that's when he'll step in.

Otherwise, if he, as a big shot, directly confronted Marquis Jingyuan, it would seem a bit cheap.

……

The next morning, after the morning court session.

Winter in Kyoto comes much later than in Chongshan Town, but Kyoto is also very cold now.

In the imperial study, the white-haired Emperor Chengping was wearing a loose Taoist robe and leaning lazily on the soft couch.

There were two bronze stoves under the couch, and two young eunuchs were carefully adding charcoal.

Next to Emperor Chengping, the hunched-backed Eunuch Chen sorted out several memorials and placed them on the desk in front of Emperor Chengping.

"Is there any important event today?" Emperor Chengping casually picked up a memorial and asked.

"Well, your majesty, the world is peaceful today and there is nothing major happening!" Eunuch Chen said skillfully.

Perhaps because he is too old, or perhaps because he is mentally and physically exhausted, Emperor Chengping has become increasingly lazy and likes to hear nice words, such as peace in the world.

Emperor Chengping opened the memorial, glanced at it casually, and threw it aside. Afterwards, he looked through four or five memorials in a row. Just as Eunuch Chen said, there was nothing important today.

However, when he turned to the sixth memorial, he stopped. He waved his hand and Eunuch Chen immediately came over.

"Have I heard of this Yang Zhengshan somewhere before?"

The memorial in his hand was exactly the one in which Zheng Xiao impeached Marquis Jingyuan, but his focus was obviously not on Marquis Jingyuan himself, but on the name of Yang Zhengshan, the garrison commander of Anyuan City.

Eunuch Chen glanced at the memorial and said with a smile, "Your Majesty has a good memory. More than two years ago, Lord Yang helped the Secret Guards solve the case of Songzhou Guards colluding with the enemy. At that time, Lu Hua of the Zhenbei Division even recommended him for credit!"

Obviously, the one with a good memory was not Emperor Chengping, but Eunuch Chen.

(End of this chapter)