hsntnovel Chapter 2168 Eating from the bowl and looking into the pot
Chapter 2168 Eating from the bowl and looking into the pot
Shitou did not stay in the governor's mansion for too long. After he had finished his business, he stood up and said goodbye after drinking his tea, saying that he had been out for too long.
Pei Ziyu and General Li were also very considerate and actually sent the stone out the door.
"By the way, I have something else to tell you two."
Just when Shitou was about to get on the horse, he suddenly turned around and spoke to the two of them.
"I wonder what else Chief Li wants?"
"Gentlemen, it seems that we have seized a lot of wealth in this suppression of the rebels."
"That's right." The two nodded after hearing this.
Shitou stepped forward and lowered his voice and said:
"If you two want things to go more smoothly, you have to know how to make choices."
"What do you mean?"
"What do you mean, Manager Li?"
Both of them were a little confused.
Shitou sighed in his heart and said:
“You two, today I accidentally heard that His Royal Highness Prince Ji seemed very interested in these seized materials and wanted to use them to make up for the military expenses of the Prince’s Palace’s visit to Xizhou.
At that time, will you be upright or turn a blind eye and a deaf ear? I hope you will think twice.
That’s all I have to say. I’ll take my leave now.”
After saying this, Shitou jumped on his horse and left with two guards.
Pei Ziyu and the other person were left looking at each other, with shock in their eyes.
"Brother Pei, isn't Prince Ji's appetite too big?" General Li couldn't help but complain.
"Brother Li, don't say too much. This is not the place to talk." Pei Ziyu was more cautious. He looked around and pulled General Li back to the governor's mansion.
"This is outrageous! Prince Ji is too greedy. He is eating from the bowl and looking at the pot. He even has his eyes on the spoils of war.
These things were originally captured by my Xizhou Army, so they naturally belong to my Xizhou Prefecture. Why should he take them for himself?"
As soon as he returned to the living room, General Li began to complain loudly. In his opinion, King Ji was just here to pick peaches.
They did all the work, but in the end the fruits of victory were taken away by others.
"General Li, please calm down." Pei Ziyu said soothingly.
"Brother Pei, don't you think that King Ji is too lawless? These things have been registered and are ready to be submitted to the court.
Prince Ji actually wants to intervene." General Li sat down and took a sip of herbal tea, his heart filled with anger.
“Brother Li, don’t worry. Just as you said, we have already registered it. It won’t be easy for Prince Ji to take it away even if he wants to.
We can tell Prince Ji that we have already written a memorial and submitted it to the court, so we can't give it to him.
I don't believe that Prince Ji dares to rob it?"
Pei Ziyu persuaded.
"But if Prince Ji really robbed it, can we still fight against Prince Ji?"
General Li asked in return, Prince Ji was not only a prince, but also the commander-in-chief of the Kunqiu Road Army and the acting governor of Xizhou.
Given their official positions, it was impossible to stop Prince Ji.
As long as Prince Ji gives an order, tens of thousands of soldiers in Xizhou Prefecture will obey his orders because they have the fish token in their hands.
Anyone who dares not to listen is considered a rebel.
"Brother Pei, even if we go to war, we may not be your opponent.
Don't forget that there are 10,000 soldiers in the prefecture. They are not soldiers from Xizhou Prefecture, but they were transferred to Xizhou by order of His Majesty to help Prince Ji guard Anxi.
Or you could say they are here to protect Prince Ji's security guards. With the addition of Prince Ji's palace's 3,000 elite soldiers, what do you think our chances of winning are?"
General Li vented all his emotions at once.
If we go to war with Prince Ji, regardless of the chances of winning, our property will be confiscated and our family members will be exiled. This is tantamount to treason.
Pei Ziyu thought more deeply:
“Brother Li, don’t worry. I don’t think this has anything to do with us directly.
If Prince Ji wants it, just give it to him. It belongs to the court anyway.
If it can save those officials and you and me, then it is worth it no matter what the price is."
General Li thought about it after hearing this and realized that this was indeed the case. It wasn't their stuff anyway, and if Prince Ji wanted it, then just give it to him.
Protecting themselves is the most important thing, but he soon thought of something and asked quickly:
"If the imperial court knew about this and blamed me..."
Pei Ziyu smiled gently:
"So what? It has nothing to do with you and me. Even if someone is to blame, it should be King Ji. We will just tell the truth then.
These things were all embezzled by King Ji, and you and I didn't take a penny from them.
If anyone is to blame, it's Prince Ji's big appetite, he wants to eat everything."
“Hahahaha, Brother Pei is right, this has nothing to do with us, it’s all because of Prince Ji’s greed.
Then according to Brother Pei's opinion, should we write a memorial and submit it?"
General Li laughed.
"Absolutely not. If we do this, King Ji will hate us. If he retaliates, you and I won't be able to bear it."
Pei Ziyu waved his hands repeatedly.
"But if this is the case, and the court punishes us for knowing the truth and not reporting it, what should we do?"
General Li was a little worried. He felt like he was in a difficult position.
Pei Ziyu said calmly:
"We are also following orders. After all, Prince Ji is the interim governor of Xizhou. He is our superior. A higher rank can crush a higher rank, not to mention that he is a prince."
"Brother Pei's words make sense. Let's not bother with this matter anymore. For now, we should find a way to rescue those officials.
To avoid any further complications that might involve us."
General Li nodded when he heard this. He thought that he just needed to take care of himself. At this moment, who would care about the spoils?
"Then let's go to the prison of the governor's mansion now and tell them the solution, so that we won't be too late tomorrow."
Now that they already have a solution, there is no time to delay. Pei Ziyu decides to tell them what Shi Tou said as soon as possible.
However, when the two arrived at the prison of the governor's mansion, they were turned away. There were guards from the royal palace guarding outside.
When the two wanted to go in, they were reported. Wang Xuance issued an order that no one was allowed to visit.
This immediately made the two of them anxious.
"It seems that Wang Xuance is determined to enforce the law impartially, so he has people guarding the prison and not letting anyone in."
General Li looked at the prison of the governor's mansion from afar and said with some disappointment.
"We still need to think of a way to deal with this, otherwise it will be troublesome to interrogate him." Pei Ziyu frowned and thought.
After a long while, he continued:
"Let's go back. Didn't His Royal Highness Prince Ji order you and me to cooperate with Wang Xuance in investigating this case?
We will follow Wang Xuance in tomorrow and find an opportunity to reveal the news to them so that they can keep their mouths shut.
Otherwise..."
Pei Ziyu stopped talking here, but his gloomy expression was self-evident.
General Li immediately nodded in agreement:
"That's all we can do. We have to prepare a generous gift for this Mr. Wang when we return."
(It rained, and it rained hard. It thundered.)