Chapter 233 Exposed
The Marshal was about to explode with rage.
If the other party is really the prince, this matter will be really difficult to handle.
The fact that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were able to personally attack this place shows that the Crown Prince does not have the troops at his disposal at the moment.
Not here right now, but he will be back sooner or later.
Unless they captured Datong County before the prince's troops returned and killed the prince quietly, they would be considered a complete winner.
But if they fail to do so, when the prince's troops arrive, these few small fry will surely die.
In the tent, the commander-in-chief paced back and forth anxiously with his hands behind his back.
A group of people nearby also became anxious.
Suddenly, someone said, "General, this prince is now a traitor. He is in Datong County. Can the people of Datong County tolerate him?
Although Datong County is not big, there are two academies in it. Can the students in the academies accommodate him?
Now that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess have come out in person to attack us, it must be that the county government has taken them in without telling the people of the city. And the reason the county government took them in must be that they promised to subdue us.
Otherwise, how could the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, who are such noble people, show up in person?
What does this prove? It proves that the county government has no idea that the person in the prince’s hand has not arrived yet!
If we tell this to others and let everyone in the city know that the county government has taken in a traitor, what do you think will happen in the city?"
As soon as he said this, he was immediately seconded by many people around him. The Marshal also looked happy, "That makes sense! Good boy, you have a good brain! Just as you said, let's send people to the bottom of the county wall and shout into the wall!"
After the decision was made, the Marshal immediately called a few loudmouths and taught them exactly what he was going to say.
At the same time, Rong Que, Su Qingqing and others also returned to the county town.
As soon as he got back, he saw the bustling scene of ditch digging in the county town. Among the crowd were the two people who were still alive in the pen and ink shop yesterday.
Before leaving, Su Qingqing found a man with good kung fu skills among the county yamen runners and asked him to select a group of men with good physique and suitable for military training.
Although Su Qingqing did not state her intention explicitly, Zhao Ji had a rough guess of what she meant.
Seeing them coming back, Zhao Ji personally handed them a list.
Since there was no one around, he changed his address, "Your Highness, Madam, I have selected these ditch diggers and found only about 20 suitable ones. Their physical fitness is one thing, but the main thing is that these 20 people have good character."
Su Qingqing chuckled, "Lord Zhao is really a very smart person."
Zhao Ji smiled and said, "In fact, the county government had planned this before. We recruited some soldiers from the surrounding villages to raise a guard team. However, we were worried that the higher-ups would blame us and think we were raising private soldiers. The county government also did not have enough money in its account. When the queen mentioned it this morning, I understood. It's a pity that we can't recruit soldiers from the surrounding villages, otherwise we could have more people."
Su Qingqing smiled and said, "It's quality that matters, not quantity."
"Your Majesty is right." Zhao Ji touched his nose and smiled, "Then this training..."
Rong Que looked at Zhao Ji and said, "Before, you were afraid that the higher-ups would blame you for raising private soldiers. Why, you are not afraid now?"
Zhao Ji immediately said, "Now I wish I could raise more."
Su Qingqing and Rong Que were tactically silent, so Zhao Ji was silent for a moment and confessed, "To be honest with you two masters, I have my own plans. Datong County has been surrounded by bandits for several days, and Qingshui County has been ravaged, but the court has not sent troops.
To be disrespectful, Your Highness has come here with his troops, which must mean that he has had a falling out with Kyoto.
And if King Yu escapes back again, there will definitely be no peace.
I'm not looking forward to anything, but I have to be on guard."
Su Qingqing and Rong Que did not expect that Lord Zhao was such an insightful person.
The three of them talked and inspected the progress of the channel excavation, and then Su Qingqing took Jixiang and went back first.
Su Qingqing had just recovered from a serious illness, and she had exerted herself severely today, so her body really couldn't take it. She could still hold on outside, but as soon as she returned to her residence, she immediately became weak.
Fortunately, the monk and the doctor had prepared the medicine early in the morning and gave it to her quickly.
The force was too much, and after drinking the medicine, Su Qingqing fell asleep in a daze.
It was not until she heard noisy noises outside and Jixiang's angry scolding that Su Qingqing woke up with a dizzy head.
It was getting dark outside.
"auspicious."
Su Qingqing supported herself on the bed and sat up, holding her head and pinching her brows, then she raised her voice and called out "Jixiang".
Hearing the noise, Jixiang came in from outside with an angry face.
"What's wrong?"
Jixiang handed Su Qingqing the ginseng tea that he had prepared early in the morning.
"The bandits are shouting outside at the top of their lungs, revealing our identities completely.
He also said that we have no troops and no ability to suppress the bandits.
Now the people outside are making a fuss. Many students in the county are sitting in front of the gate of the county government, demanding that the government drive us out.
It's nothing!"
Su Qingqing was not surprised by the bandits' reaction. She even felt a little relieved because it was just an incident. She leaned against the pillow and drank the ginseng tea.
"We didn't expect them to surrender."
Jixiang took Su Qingqing's empty cup and looked at her master in shock.
"My queen, what if we are really chased out? Even if those 1,000 people outside don't kill us, they will at least give us a hard time. Your body hasn't recovered yet. You slept for three hours just because of this incident today."
Su Qingqing said, "Zhao Ji won't let us go."
Jixiang said solemnly, "There are more than a hundred students sitting outside. Some of the teachers are even classmates with some high-ranking officials in Kyoto. How could Zhao Ji offend them?"
Zhao Ji's study.
Zhao Ji's aides stared at Rong Que in amazement. They had only been with him for two days and thought he was just an aide who had run away from some high-ranking official or something, and he kept calling him "Young Master Cong" every day.
I didn’t expect that he was the current crown prince!
Rong Que's attitude was clear, "I didn't intend to hide it from you all, but my current identity is really not good, I am too embarrassed to talk about it, so I covered it up and didn't say anything.
To be honest with you, right now in Kyoto, His Majesty has died, and the Queen Mother has supported the young Emperor to ascend the throne. I am no longer the crown prince.
What the bandits outside said was right. It was me who let King Yu go. King Yu had captured the Crown Princess as a threat, so I had no choice.
I deserve the title of traitor and villain.
Besides, my soldiers are indeed not outside now. Wang Yu left the county government office to meet up with the main force and bring them here."
The voice paused for a moment, and Rong Que did not fight for anything for himself.
"Since there is such a commotion outside, Lord Zhao, please don't make things difficult for us. If you can let us go, I will be very grateful."
