Yongli Ming Dynasty

Chapter 96 Siege of the Mansion
In front of a three-courtyard house in the east of Guangzhou, Chen Bangyan and his two companions stood in front of the gate, and nearly a hundred soldiers surrounded the courtyard.

Behind the three men, more and more yamen runners came to hear the news.

At this time, the gate in front of the courtyard was closed. A burly man in a narrow-sleeved robe climbed a ladder, lay on the courtyard wall, and shouted at the soldiers outside the gate:

"Who are you? The person living in this courtyard is His Royal Highness the King of Tang. If you disturb His Royal Highness, you will be put to death. Why don't you leave now?"

Lin Cha looked at the dozens of guards in simple leather armor, who were vaguely forming a formation in front of the gate, and his eyelids jumped.
He was also a veteran in the army. Just by looking at the positions of the soldiers, he knew that those in front must be the rare elite in the army.

These soldiers are almost all servants of the commander in the army.
Even though there are only a few dozen people on the other side, if they really start to fight, even a formation of two or three hundred people will be broken by them in a short time.
As Lin Cha finished speaking, a shout was heard from outside the courtyard. A man in a scarlet official robe walked to the door under the cover of a card player and suddenly shouted

"I am Chen Bangyan, the prefect of Guangzhou. Today I received a report that someone is impersonating the King of Tang in the city. Please open the door immediately to verify your identity."

Lin Cha looked at the man in the scarlet robe in front of him, and his heart skipped a beat.

When he saw the official uniform on Chen Bangyan, he immediately determined that the person outside the door must be someone from the imperial court. This is Guangzhou City. Who dares to wear an official uniform in broad daylight and pretend to be a prefect of the imperial court? Is he really not afraid of death?

Even though he knew the person outside the door was most likely the Guangzhou prefect, he did not dare to open the door.

He didn't believe a word of what Chen Bangyan said. What identity check? Do you need to mobilize so many soldiers to check the identity of a prince? This is clearly the posture of catching a fugitive.

Although he didn't know what the current situation was, he risked his life to carry the King of Tang and escape from Fuzhou City. He didn't come to Guangzhou to die.

Lin Cha's face darkened, and then he shouted to the outside of the door
"Since you are from the Guangzhou government, why are you surrounding the Tang Palace? There must be a misunderstanding. Please wait a moment. I will go and invite His Royal Highness the Tang Prince to come over."

After Lin Cha finished speaking, he jumped down the ladder and headed towards the backyard without waiting for a reply.
When Chen Bangyan heard the words of the people in the courtyard, his expression became even more gloomy.

Liu Xiangke's face was gloomy, and he said
"The Tang King must have realized that the plan has been leaked and is preparing to fight to the bitter end. The Ni King must be trying to escape during the chaos. We must not allow him to delay at this moment."

"Prefect Chen, take action immediately. Have someone break down the gate and arrest this rebellious king. Do not let him escape."

Liu Xiangke no longer cared about Zhu Zhijian, the so-called mastermind, and directly gave the order

At this moment, a group of yamen runners found a wooden pole from somewhere, carried it, and rushed to the gate of the mansion.
In the courtyard, Lin Cha ran all the way and soon broke into the back hall.

In the back hall, a slightly fat man in a brocade robe with a panicked look on his face came forward to greet Lin Cha when he saw him come in.

"General Lin, what is going on? Who are those people outside the door? How dare they attack a private house in broad daylight? They are so bold! I will report this to the court..."

But before the Tang King could finish, Lin Cha interrupted him impatiently and shouted:

"Outside the gate are soldiers from the Guangzhou government office. Your Majesty, what on earth did you send people to do at the government office?"

Lin Cha stared at the Tang King in front of him, with an angry look in his eyes.
"Ah? People from Guangzhou Prefecture, how is this possible..."

King Tang looked surprised, and then a trace of surprise flashed across his face. Seeing Lin Cha's unfriendly expression, he quickly spoke

"I just sent someone to the Guangzhou government office to ask for the salary from the palace. I didn't do anything else."

"If they don't have money, then they won't give it to us. How can they send troops to surround the palace? Is there any law in the world..."

The Tang King looked terrified, but before he could finish, a commotion came from the front yard.

"The gate is broken..."

"Quickly surround the front and back, capture the rebellious king, and never let him escape..."

There were bursts of shouting from the front yard, followed by various sounds of panic.
Once the gate was broken, the imperial soldiers rushed in again. The few dozen guards left in the mansion immediately scattered and dared not resist anymore.
The Tang King had a look of panic on his face, but before they could react, dozens of soldiers had already rushed into the backyard and surrounded the study.
"Listen everyone in the room, you are surrounded, put down your weapons and surrender immediately."

A series of loud shouts came into the room. King Tang looked at Lin Cha in horror.
Lin Cha's face was gloomy. After a moment's thought, he stopped looking at King Tang and suddenly shouted to the outside of the door:
"King Tang is in the room, please don't do anything, King Tang will come out soon"

After Lin Cha finished speaking, he ignored the frightened King Tang, took off his sword, opened the door and threw the sword out.

Lin Cha pulled the door to both sides, and then quickly dodged to the side, and the figure of the Tang King was immediately exposed outside the door.
A group of soldiers quickly rushed into the room and pinned several eunuchs and Lin Cha to the ground, but no one touched the King of Tang in the middle.
After the soldiers had checked every corner of the room, Lin Cha saw three figures walking into the room.
The person in the middle was a young man in a green robe, and the official in a red robe who claimed to be the governor of Guangzhou was standing on the left side of the man in the green robe, and on the right side was a middle-aged man with a pale face.
"Who is the Tang King?"

Liu Xiangke stood in the middle and asked, but his eyes were looking directly at the man in the middle of the room who was wearing a narrow-sleeved python robe and was trembling slightly.

"I am the King of Tang. Who are you and why did you break into my mansion?"

Zhu Yulang forced himself to remain calm and asked, but his voice was trembling slightly.

Before Liu Xiangke could say anything, Zhu Zhijian on the right had already stepped forward and stared fiercely at Zhu Yulang opposite him.
"Do you know Ding Kuichu?"

Liu Xiangke glanced at Zhu Zhijian, who looked fierce, but did not interrupt. He also looked at the Tang King opposite him.

King Tang was stunned for a moment, and then he subconsciously said
"Mr. Ding is the Prime Minister of the court, so I naturally know..."

Although they had only been in Guangdong for two days, as a vassal king, how could he not find out the situation of the court?

The Zhaoqing court had been established for nearly half a month, and the relevant news had naturally spread to Guangzhou long ago. They just spent some money and asked the officials in the government office to find out the current situation in the court. As Ding Kuichu was the prime minister of the new dynasty, King Tang naturally knew it first.
But just as Zhu Yulang opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Zhu Zhijian on the opposite side.
"Okay, you, the rebel king, are indeed secretly colluding with Ding Kuichu to rebel. Come, quickly capture this rebel king for me."

Zhu Zhijian's face was full of sternness, and he shouted to the soldiers beside him. Upon hearing his words, all the soldiers stepped forward and twisted the Tang King's hands.
King Tang listened to Zhu Zhijian's words and seemed to be unable to react for a while. He was stunned for a long time.

But then, a trace of horror flashed across his face, and he kept struggling.

"What treason? I don't know. I have only been in Guangzhou for two days. How could I be plotting rebellion with Ding Kuichu?"

"Don't slander me. I want to see His Highness. I am innocent..."

Zhu Yulang kept shouting his injustice, but Zhu Zhijian remained unmoved. He sneered and said
"You still dare to be stubborn. The incident of Ding Kuichu's rebellion the day before yesterday has already been exposed!"

"Everyone in the court now knows that you and your team colluded with Ding Kuichu to rebel against the imperial court. Ding Kuichu has been arrested. Otherwise, how would the imperial court know that you and your team would arrive in Guangzhou?"

Lin Cha's face was dull when he heard this. He looked at the Tang King who he had been protecting all the way beside him with a look of shock.

He escorted the Tang King out of Fuzhou City. Along the way, he felt that the Tang King had a slippery personality and was a bit of a jerk. But he didn't expect that this was all his disguise.

He actually had such a big plan in his mind!
Others may not know, but he knows it very well. The King of Tang is the brother of the late emperor and theoretically has the legal right to rule.

What rebellion against the imperial court? It was clearly that the Tang King secretly colluded with the Prime Minister Ding Kuichu, wanting to depose the Gui King and become the emperor himself!
But the more Lin Cha thought about it, the harder it was for him to accept it. He had been protecting the Tang King all the way. If it weren't for the dozens of guards under his command, the Tang King would have died in Fuzhou City long ago.

I saved his life. He wanted to be the emperor, but he didn't even tell me. Lin Cha saved his life.

No, he wants to know what the King of Tang wants to do as the emperor. He is innocent and he knows nothing.
Thinking of this, Lin Cha could no longer bear it and could not help but shout
"My Lords, I am Lin Cha, the garrison commander of Fuzhou. When Fuzhou fell, I met the King of Tang on the way. The King of Tang threatened me with his status, so I escorted him to Guangzhou."

"I am a loyal general, and I don't know a thing about what the King of Tang has done."

Lin Cha kept shouting, but no one cared about him anymore.
Liu Xiangke's face turned cold, and he waved his hand. All the soldiers immediately took the King of Tang and Lin Cha and others out.

As the Tang King was captured, the envoys who had just arrived in Guangzhou at noon hurried out of the city again.
This time, there were several more prisoner vans in the team, and the team went from dozens of people to hundreds. The team of nearly a hundred people marched towards Zhaoqing again.
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(End of this chapter)