Dynasty Call: Low-key Struggle for Hegemony

Suddenly everyone's eyes focused on Chu Qingyan.

Chu Qingyan's eyes turned to Lu Changming, and her cold eyes showed a faint chill:

"Tongzhi Lu, Lu Yuanhua stole 100,000 shi of grain and secretly killed Liu Lei. How do you think we should handle it?"

Lu Yuanhua's eyes widened and he raised his head suddenly, glaring at Chu Qingyan angrily. He didn't kill Liu Lei at all. If Liu Lei hadn't died, his current position should be yours, Chu Qingyan.

When Lu Yuanhua saw Lu Changming's cold eyes lowered, the words he just said stopped at his lips.

Lu Changming raised his hands to his forehead and said firmly to Li Yuan:

"Your Highness, Lu Yuanhua stole 100,000 shi of grain and killed Liu Lei. He committed a heinous crime and should be executed!"

Zhou Qiuya and others looked at Lu Changming in shock, while Chen Xiao and He Changwen clenched their fists.

It's a good act of righteousness to kill one's relatives to protect oneself.

"Wow!"

The people outside were in an uproar.

"Lord Lu is fair and honest, and destroys relatives for justice!"

"I didn't expect Mr. Lu to be busy outside, and now he has to kill his relatives for justice. Mr. Lu is so miserable."

"Yes, Mr. Lu didn't know anything about it at all, but Mr. Lu is an upright official, does not bend the law for personal gain, and exonerates Lu Yuanhua. I admire you."

Soon, under the leadership of several common people who intervened on the way, there was a chorus of admiration and praise for Lu Changming outside the government office.

"Put Lu Yuanhua in prison and behead him tomorrow!"

"Tong Lu, please stand up. Because of your fault, I will fine you a year's salary, and all Lu family officials will have their salaries suspended for half a year."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Lu Changming thanked him, stood up and walked aside without looking at Lu Yuanhua.

Li Yuan waved his hand and asked the guards to drag Lu Yuanhua down, and then looked at Zhou Chen.

"Zhou Chen."

"The end will be here."

"You are indispensable for this matter being able to solve the granary theft case. How do you think this king should reward Zhou Chen?"

Li Yuan looked at Zhou Chen with deep appreciation and asked Magistrate Mo, Chen Wei and others.

Unexpectedly, it was Lu Changming who spoke:

"Your Highness, Zhou Chen is an upright man. If he hadn't exposed Lu Yuanhua, the ministers and the people of Dufucheng would have been kept in the dark. The ministers believe that he can take over Lu Yuanhua's position and be promoted to deputy lieutenant. With Zhou Chen sitting at the city gate, the people Peace of mind.”

"Oh, Commander Chen, what do you think?"

Li Yuan looked at Chen Wei, as if he was very moved by this suggestion.

The expressions of Zhou Chen, Zhou Qiuya and others changed slightly.

Zhou Chen took a step forward and said respectfully:

"Thank you, Your Highness. Mr. Lu appreciates it. I only did what I was supposed to do. I have a merciless request."

Li Yuan frowned slightly: "You tell me."

Zhou Chen said respectfully: "The general can't understand Lu Yuanhua's behavior, but the behavior of the whistleblower is also shameful. The guards are all frank men. How can the general lead the people? I beg your highness to surrender to the general." position and become a common soldier.”

As soon as Zhou Chen's words came out, Chen Wei's eyes towards Zhou Chen became appreciative, and the guards next to him also looked at Zhou Chen with a hint of respect.

Needless to say, the people outside looked at Zhou Chen with admiration, but they were also a little worried in their hearts. Such a good general should not end like this.

Such frank and honest men are rare.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and finally decided:

"Okay, I will be temporarily demoted to official position for one year. If I behave appropriately, I will be reinstated after one year.

I agree to your request, but I have clear rewards and punishments. Zhou Chen will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold for cracking the granary theft case."

When the people outside saw Li Yuan's verdict, they all showed joy:

"good!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is merciful!"

Zhou Chen was moved and knelt down on one knee: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Yuan nodded lightly and looked at Chen Wei with a heartbroken expression:

"Commander Chen, Lu Yuanhua, as the deputy lieutenant of the Army Guard, actually took advantage of his position to do such perfunctory things. How can you make the people of Capital City feel at ease?"

Chen Wei immediately said: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I will investigate thoroughly when I return!"

Li Yuan stood up and walked down the hall, stood with his hands behind his back, and said righteously: "Sixty thousand guards guard the capital city to maintain the stability of the people. Now that something like this has happened, if we want the people to trust the guards again, we must thoroughly Check, there must not be any harmful horses in the army."

Chen Wei straightened his figure and said firmly: "In order to make the people of Dufucheng feel at ease, please His Highness to inspect the guard army."

Li Yuan approached Chen Wei and patted his shoulder and said:

"No, I still trust Commander Chen, your ability and your heart to protect the people."

"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness!" Chen Wei looked moved.

At this time, Mo Ziyan said: "Your Highness, I am not dissatisfied with Commander Chen, but Lieutenant Lu stole the granary and assassinated the grain guard Liu Lei. If you don't send someone to supervise the army, I am afraid that the people below will The officials were not satisfied.”

Immediately, the officials nearby saw that Magistrate Mo had seized the opportunity to embarrass the guard army, and their hearts moved, and they all nodded.

When Chen Wei saw the officials nodding, he felt angry inside. He naturally knew what these officials wanted to do.

Seeing the approval expressions of the officials, Li Yuan suddenly showed a look of embarrassment.

"Let's see, Commander Chen, in order to reassure the officials and the people, I will send Fan Jianqiang from the palace to temporarily serve as deputy lieutenant to supervise the army. What do you think?"

Chen Wei's eyes lit up and he immediately agreed: "Thank you for your highness's trust. I have heard about Commander Fan, your highness's subordinate. Commander Fan has extraordinary abilities and is more than capable of filling Lu Yuanhua's position as deputy lieutenant."

………………

There is a tall building far away from the government office, and three young people are looking in the direction of the government office.

When he saw Lu Changming arriving in a hurry, Ximen Aolong sighed.

"Why, Mr. Ximen also makes mistakes sometimes?"

There was a chuckle, and a handsome young folding fan next to him teased.

"Who can blame Lu Yuanhua for being so stupid? He told me not to let him go in person, but he didn't deal with everyone after he went there. Fortunately, such a person died early so as not to drag me down later."

Ximen Aolong smiled slightly at this man, who was Yang Changkong, the holy son of the Lieyan Sect. He turned around and continued to look at the government office, saying disapprovingly:

"The King of Chu is quite interesting, buying horse bones with a thousand gold coins.

Haha, what a pity. "

"However, Mr. Ximen, Lu Changming is afraid that he will feel resentment in his heart when he learns that you refused to save him."

A clear voice sounded. Another young man had a strong build, a shallow scar between his eyebrows, and long hair that almost covered half of his face. He looked a little unruly.

The second-largest figure in the younger generation of Zhongyi Hall, Zhang Tianyang.

Ximen Aolong smiled and said: "I think this is a good thing."

"Oh?" Zhang Tianyang blew half of his hair covering his face, showing a hint of confusion.

Yang Changkong glanced at Zhang Tianyang lightly and explained to Ximen Aolong:

"For Lu Changming, the one he hates the most is Chu Qingyan. Lu Yuanhua is dead and he has offended Chu Qingyan. Now he can only rely on us, and only we can help him."

Ximen Aolong faced the government office, showing deep disdain for Zhang Tianyang where he couldn't see him.

"Zhou Chen is the Mingzi released by Chu Qingyan to let others know that Zhou Chen is originally from Zhenguo Mansion and attract their attention."

Yang Changkong approached Ximen Aolong, stood beside him and looked at the government office, squinted his eyes and continued:

"But we didn't kill Liu Lei."

Ximen Aolong sneered: "There are only two people in Capital City, Lin Changhai and Wang Yan, who can kill Liu Lei silently in the prison."

…………

"No, there's another one!"

Yang Changkong's eyes flashed with a cold color:

"Mo Ziyan!"

Ximen Aolong's eyes flashed.

…………

Zhang Tianyang looked at the two people standing side by side on the railing and frowned slightly:

What are they talking about?