Flying Clouds in Another World

When Eunuch Chen said he was ready to announce the decree, Qin Mu, the chief steward of the Liu Mansion, who was serving on the side, heard it and hurried out of the hall. He shouted loudly at the entrance of the hall: "Prepare to receive the decree! Kneel..."

After hearing this, the people outside the hall lined up and knelt down in unison.

In the hall, besides Eunuch Chen and his golden-armored soldiers, there were only three people from the Liu family. After a busy period of following the formal etiquette of receiving the imperial edict, the three of them knelt on the ground and waited for Eunuch Chen to announce the order.

After seeing that a series of preparations for receiving the imperial edict were completed, Eunuch Chen unfolded the imperial edict and read it loudly: "Anping County Lieutenant, Le'an Earl Liu Shihao, and his wife, Third Rank Lady Chu, receive the imperial edict! In compliance with the will of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: The order of heaven and earth, the law of the four seasons, cannot be violated lightly..."

Liu Feiyun knelt on the ground, listening to Eunuch Chen's difficult classical Chinese words, trying hard to understand their meaning. After he finished reading, he finally understood the general meaning of this imperial edict:

Recently, a group of censors filed a complaint to the emperor, saying that the father had sent private troops out of the territory without authorization, and had condoned the mother's indiscriminate killing of innocent people and disregarding human lives, and had even covered up her crimes.

If these charges are proven true, then privately mobilizing troops is a serious crime of treason, and the family should be confiscated and the whole clan should be exterminated. Indiscriminate killing of innocent people and taking human lives is also a serious crime.

However, the emperor took into consideration the loyalty of the Liu family, the fact that the father had made many contributions to the court, and the fact that the mother also had a good reputation, so he did not listen to one side of the story, but sent officials to investigate secretly.

Now that the investigation results are out, it is the subordinates who acted on their own initiative when the private army left the territory. The father is responsible for not governing his subordinates strictly, and the mother did such a radical thing because her only son was missing and her life or death was unknown. At the same time, Nanhe Station was attacked by the barbarians in the Northern Wilderness, causing huge losses to the Green Willow Chamber of Commerce.

The final punishment was that my father was ordered to reflect on his mistakes in seclusion for three years and was dismissed from his post as county lieutenant, but he still served as county lieutenant, and his merits were used to offset his crimes. He was also fined one thousand taels of gold; my mother's position as a third-rank lady was taken away, and she was also fined another thousand taels of gold.

In general, the meaning of this imperial edict is that the emperor was very angry and severely scolded my father and mother, one for not being strict with his subordinates and the other for being emotional. He dismissed my father from his post and made him continue to work for nothing, and took away my mother's title of imperial consort. As for the fine of two thousand taels of gold, it was really nothing for the current Liu family!

This Son of Heaven, this Emperor, this Majesty, has been so good to my Liu family!

Liu Feiyun couldn't help but sigh!

Privately mobilizing troops to fight is a taboo no matter in which time and space or which dynasty, unless it is in a chaotic world where the imperial power has completely collapsed. Although the current Great Chen Dynasty is also in its twilight years and the local princes are too powerful to be eliminated, there are still very few who openly and privately mobilize troops to fight. They at least have to pretend, or disguise themselves as bandits, or change their clothes to become civilian guards or underworld forces, and do some superficial work.

As for whether the Tiger Power Iron Guards went out of Anping County to kill the enemy this time, was it Liu Shihao's order or his subordinates' private actions? It all depends on what kind of investigation results the emperor wants! After all, it was not the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Justice that investigated this matter, but the factory guards who were directly responsible to the emperor. These factory guards were all led by the eunuchs who served the emperor.

The scolding was harsh, but the punishment was light!

From this imperial edict, Liu Feiyun keenly realized that in the emperor's heart, his father was by no means just a small border lord!

After the imperial edict was read, Liu Shihao took it down and offered it up. Then, Eunuch Chen, who had seemed so cold just now, turned back into his previous gentle and pleasant self and started chatting and laughing with Liu Shihao once again.

"Hey, Le Anbo! You have stirred up a hornet's nest this time! You don't know! The scene in the court that day! Those guys who wanted to kill you pounced on you like mad dogs and wanted to bite you to death! Alas! This time, you were really too irrational!"

Liu Shihao laughed and said disdainfully: "Bah! With those trash, they want to bite me! It's too early! Alas! Actually, I have no choice! Nearly twenty enemies, big and small, sent nearly a thousand martial artists to kill my son. How can I not be anxious! Who made my Le'an Earl's Mansion weak and the temple too small to have enough martial artists!"

Eunuch Chen could not help but point at him repeatedly, saying helplessly: "You, you! You are still the same as always! What can I say to you! Well! Now that your son is back, your guards should also return to the territory! Remember to send a few heads when I go back the day after tomorrow so that I can report back!"

"It's not that hard to get heads! I'm going to the mine tonight to kill a few Northern Wilderness barbarians!"

"You...you...you..., why are you so straightforward? Aren't you afraid that someone might overhear you?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Eunuch Chen, you are not an outsider. I think these brothers who came with you are all your confidants and they can't keep secrets! Don't you think so? Uncle Qin, take a few brothers outside to have a rest first, and give each of them ten taels of red crystal! Go quickly!"

Qin Mu at the door quickly agreed and entered the hall.

As soon as Liu Shihao said this, not only the golden armored soldiers, but even Eunuch Chen was moved. But then, he sighed and said leisurely: "Alas! You are so lucky! You took home a female god of wealth!" Then he said to the armored soldiers: "Why don't you thank Le Anbo for the reward! Remember to keep your mouth shut, some things must be kept to yourself, don't cause trouble for His Majesty, and bring trouble to yourself!"

Several soldiers understood what he meant and immediately bowed to thank Liu Shihao before following Qin Mu.

After the soldiers left, Eunuch Chen praised Chu Bihe for her wealth-making skills, then took a closer look at Liu Feiyun and asked with a smile, "Boy! How old are you this year? How is your strange disease being cured?"

Seeing that Eunuch Chen seemed to have a special relationship with his father, Liu Feiyun replied respectfully, "Uncle Chen! I am sixteen years old this year! As for the strange disease, don't worry about it, Uncle Chen. I am almost cured. I should be able to live for at least a few decades!"

"Uncle Chen! Haha! Uncle Chen! Sigh! I don't know how many years it has been since someone called us like this! Haha! Boy! Not bad! Very good! It's a blessing for Le Anbo to have such a good son like you!"

Eunuch Chen seemed to have sensed something and spoke absentmindedly, but then he continued, "Sixteen years old! According to the old imperial rules, you will have to go to the imperial capital Changluo to study next year! Well, if you encounter any troubles in the imperial capital in the future, you can go to the inner factory to find our family! Our family still has some weight in the imperial capital!"

Liu Feiyun said quickly: "Don't dare!"

At this time, Chu Bihe, who rarely interrupted, said, "Master! Eunuch Chen has come all the way here, he must be tired and hungry! You should ask Eunuch Chen to eat something first, take a rest, and then we can talk slowly!"

Liu Shihao laughed and said, "Uh! Look at my brain! Right, right, right! Eunuch Chen! Let's go, let's go! We haven't seen each other for many years. We need to have a few drinks. After we are full, we can talk slowly! We can talk all night long! Hahahaha!"