"Meng Changshi, the situation is not good."

Wang Xi shouted directly at the door of Meng Tao who was already resting. After Meng Tao was woken up, he realized that it was Wang Xi's voice and stood up immediately.

"What's wrong, the Prime Minister is looking for me?" Meng Tao thought wrong. Even if the Prime Minister wanted to look for him, it shouldn't be Wang Xi who came.

"Hurry up and assemble the troops. The prime minister has fallen into the hands of the bandits." Wang Xi said to Meng Tao. He originally wanted to gather the troops again, but it seems that he must send troops immediately now.

"What did you say? The prime minister fell into the hands of thieves?" Meng Tao felt unbelievable when he heard this sentence. How could it be possible? Wasn't the prime minister always at the county government office? And there were many soldiers guarding around him. How could he fall into the hands of thieves?

In the hands of bandits, Wang Xi couldn't be kidding himself.

"Are you kidding me?" Meng Tao said with a chuckle. It must be like this. The prime minister was captured by bandits. That is impossible. The prime minister will not put himself in danger. How is it possible?

will be taken away.

"Do I need to joke with you at this time?" He didn't believe it at first, but the fact was that he didn't believe it.

Seeing Wang Xi's serious expression, Meng Tao seemed to be telling no lies. The smile on his face quickly faded and he said, "I will mobilize the army and march to Longhu Mountain immediately."

Now Li Yun doesn't obey the command and wants the Prime Minister to see him. It's useless to find him. He can only use the Prime Minister's own army first. He is the Prime Minister's long history and assists Xie Ji in handling all daily affairs. This time the Prime Minister's Army

He hoped to mobilize, but he could only pretend to have the Prime Minister's order to mobilize these troops first.

Wang Xi suddenly realized that he had only called in the army and had not understood the cause and effect. Just as he was puzzled as to how the prime minister fell into the hands of the bandits, what was the reason, and the prime minister would not take the initiative to run to the bandits.

How could the thieves be caught committing suicide in front of him? This is unreasonable, and the county government was so tightly surrounded, how could Xie Ji disappear from the world.

This deputy Yin does not have this ability at all, let alone other people. Could it be that the Prime Minister is seeking his own death? This idea was immediately rejected by Wang Xi. How could it be possible? Who would send himself into the hands of bandits? This

Isn't it something only a fool would do?

However, what Wang Xi never expected was that the cause and consequences of the matter were really like this. Xie Ji really wanted to die on his own. In order to experience the pleasure of a private visit incognito, he put his own personal safety at risk. Speaking of which, he was the only one.

Will do this kind of thing.

Wang Xi didn't cross-examine clearly just now, so he went back to the county government office and ordered people to roughly bring over all the subordinate officials of the county government office.

At this time, Meng Tao had already prepared the army. Fortunately, he had the prime minister's seal in his hand. He just found it from Xie Ji's dormitory. He had to obey the authority in a hurry and couldn't care about so much. At worst, he would personally report to Xie Ji when the time came.

Please forgive me.

"The Prime Minister has an order to march to Longhu Mountain tonight." Meng Tao said to Xie Ji's soldiers while holding the seal.

The soldiers were in an uproar, and some of the leaders said: "Chang Shi, where is the prime minister?"

"The Prime Minister will arrive shortly. The Prime Minister asked me to command the army this time. Do you have any objections?" Meng Tao raised the seal so that the soldiers could see it.

"No objection." The general saw Meng Tao holding the seal in his hand and thought that it might be the prime minister's arrangement. Otherwise, how could the seal return to Meng Tao's hand? Besides, Meng Tao is a person whom the prime minister relies on, so what he should convey is

Xie Ji’s order.

After a while, a carriage stopped in front of everyone. The soldiers naturally thought that it was Xie Ji's carriage and saluted one after another. The man in the carriage was actually dressed by Meng Tao. Although he could order the soldiers with his seal, he still ordered

They were a little confused. A carriage could calm the morale of the army. With the prime minister around, the soldiers would naturally not be in disorder.

Meng Tao walked up to the carriage and seemed to be talking to Xie Ji inside, nodding from time to time. I have to say that his acting skills were quite high. If people around him saw Meng Tao asking questions and answering questions for himself, they might drop their heads.

The floor was all over the chin.

At this time, Meng Tao discovered that Wang Xi asked his men to roughly pick up all the county government officials and throw them into a nearby tent. After walking in, he twitched. This was too rough. It was the same as before.

The two people I met were completely different.

In fact, the reason why Meng Tao felt that Wang Xi was rude now was because the Wang Xi he saw was relatively gentle in front of Xie Ji, and he had never seen such a rude side. Meng Tao continued to speak to the carriage.

, and followed him.

"Tell me, how did the prime minister get captured by the bandits?" Wang Xi looked at Feng Feng who fell to the ground.

Feng Feng shook his head. He didn't know. He didn't know how Xie Ji got outside.

"Then how did you know that the Prime Minister was captured?" Wang Xi continued to question, this damn Feng Feng, if something happens to the Prime Minister this time, the court will be in chaos again.

After hearing this, Feng Feng looked at Yang Jin, pointed at him and said, "It's him. He actually dared to shoot an arrow at the Prime Minister. He is suspected of murdering the Prime Minister. Maybe he was the one who pulled the Prime Minister out and delivered him to the thieves.

Yes, he lets the thieves escape every time, so maybe he has some collusion with the thieves."

"What? Shoot an arrow at the Prime Minister?" Meng Tao looked at Yang Jin after hearing this, and his face became pale and angry. He only heard one sentence, this Yang Jin shot an arrow at the Prime Minister, how brave he is, you can forget it

A thousand lives are not enough to kill him.

Yang Jin's face changed greatly and he said in panic: "I didn't know at all that he was the Prime Minister or the Deputy Yin. It was him who sent the Prime Minister into the hands of the thieves."

"Ha...ha...how brave. If the Prime Minister has any shortcomings this time, you can go and make amends with the King of Hell." After saying this, he felt that it was not enough. It was not enough to express his anger at the moment, so he continued: "

Lock these people up and wait for the Prime Minister to punish them."

He doesn't care whether these people are court officials or not, or whether they are suspected of murdering the Prime Minister. Regardless of whether they are, the Prime Minister was killed in your hands, and there are still people who shoot arrows at the Prime Minister. This is contrary to heaven.

Feng Feng and others began to cry and beg for mercy, and even his eighty-year-old mother moved out. Unfortunately, Meng Tao remained unmoved. Wang Xi just looked at Meng Tao, what did he want to say? But still

Didn't say anything? These people deserve to die. If something happens to the Prime Minister, they will die too.

Wang Xi looked at Meng Tao: "What are you going to do?"

How to rescue the Prime Minister? After all, the Prime Minister is still in the hands of those bandits and they march rashly. What if they threaten the Prime Minister?

"First let people set fire at the foot of the mountain, let the thieves get into chaos first, lure them down to put out the fire, set up ambushes on both sides of the road, surround them heavily, and make it impossible for them to escape."

Longhu Mountain is a mountain. This is their natural weakness. As long as the exit of the mountain is surrounded, they will not be able to escape. Even if they escape, they will collapse.

"Chang Shi, we only brought five thousand troops. There are seven or eight thousand bandits. Are you sure we can do it? What if they die? Or how about killing the prime minister?"

There are seven to eight thousand bandits on Wangxi Mountain. It would be difficult to deal with them if they don't care about their lives.

Meng Tao pondered for a while and decided that he could not delay it any longer. If he delayed it for a day, the Prime Minister would be in greater danger. However, those thieves must not know the identity of the Prime Minister. If they attacked with force, not only would they suffer heavy casualties, but if they accidentally injured the Prime Minister, they would be in danger.

It’s not easy to handle.

"Why don't we first send 300 people to set fire at the bottom of the mountain to see if we can lure the bandits out? If we can draw them out, we will kill them all. Otherwise, send troops to surround Longhu Mountain and see if they can follow them.

How long will it take us?"

"If we don't come out today, we will continue to set fire to the mountain tomorrow night, forcing them to face this problem."

Wang Xi thought that Longhu Mountain was originally a mountain. Although the mountain was a bit big, as long as the exit roads were surrounded, they would not be able to get down the mountain and would be trapped inside.

However, it will take a little longer, but it won't be long. Even if Longhu Mountain is rich in products, there are only a few thousand people, and in less than half a month, they have to consider the issue of food.

"That's no problem. That's not what I'm worried about. It's that if the Prime Minister never comes forward, those troops will definitely become suspicious. If it is leaked, the consequences will be disastrous. Besides, I just used the Prime Minister's seal without permission, falsely conveying the Prime Minister's orders, and delaying

It won't be that long, besides, the prime minister is in the hands of those thieves." Meng Tao is worried about this. The longer it is delayed, the more disadvantageous it will be to the prime minister, if anything happens.

"Well, tonight when you go to set fire to the mountain, I will take some soldiers to disguise themselves and go to Longhu Mountain to find the Prime Minister and bring him back safely. Also, tomorrow you can go find Li Yun and find the Prime Minister's military talisman.

"Wang Xi still remembers that before his last departure, His Majesty gave Xie Ji the military talisman for mobilizing 10,000 soldiers in the suburbs. With the military talisman, Li Yun still dared to disobey the order.

"Not found." Today he looked for the Xiangyin and searched the entire dormitory. The Xiangyin was relatively large and could not be worn on his body, but the military talisman might be on the Prime Minister's body.

"If he doesn't agree, just put the knife to his neck. You can't help but say whether he agrees or not." Wang Xi said that this is the most effective method and the fastest way. He was so angry when he saw Li Yun before that he wished he could

Put the knife to his neck.

Meng Tao thought for a moment and said, "Okay, are you sure you want to go up the mountain?"

This is very dangerous, and it could fall into the hands of thieves if you are not careful.

Wang Xi nodded, the court cannot be without the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister is not there to provoke hatred, Your Majesty will have to find someone else to check and balance. His Majesty does not want to see something happen to the Prime Minister. We cannot let Wang Cen and his faction monopolize power in the court.

, supporting the next prime minister also requires a lot of energy.
Chapter completed!