Chapter 32: The Power of Knowles
The news of the assassination of the East Heaven Pole came out of Changle Palace, and the entire Jinbi City was in chaos, and Wang Jiuzhong, the commander of the forbidden army, led 100,000 forbidden troops to surround Changle Palace on the grounds of searching for assassins.
At this time, Lou Yuyu was in his yard, eating dumplings with Yuqi, and the imperial doctor began to make noise.
Lou Yuyu put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked up at Yu Qi, who was struggling with the dumplings on the plate, and said, "Go out and see what happened," in fact, Lou Yuyu knew it in his heart, and just wanted to briefly open Yu Qi to confirm whether the person who greeted him had arrived.
Yu Qi pouted, reluctantly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and muttered complaining about Lou Yuyu.
"Go quickly, keep the dumplings for you," Lou Yuyu made a gesture to hit Yu Qi, and scared Yu Qi to the door before he eased his tone and comforted his uneasy tone.
Tilting less, Yu Qi ran in in a panic, and said to Lou Yuyu with a frightened face: "Sir, sir, something is wrong! There are assassins!"
"Calm down, make it clear, who was assassinated?" Lou Yuyu was ready to go out.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Yu Qi was selected to enter the palace at a young age, where has he experienced any big storms, and when he encounters this kind of major event for the first time since he was a child, he will inevitably panic.
"Well, okay, you eat dumplings in the house, I'll go out, don't come with me, remember, no matter what happens, you can't go out!" Lou Yuyu had already opened the door to go out.
"Sir, it's so chaotic outside now, what are you going out for, how dangerous it is!" Yu Qi was taken aback by Lou Yuyu's move to go out.
"You stay in the house well, don't run out, sir, I have the ability, I'll repeat it again! Stay in the house obediently! Don't go out! Don't go out!" Lou Yuyu gently knocked Yu Qi's forehead a few times, and repeated the instructions again.
"I know!" Yu Qi touched his forehead and agreed to Lou Yuyu aggrievedly.
Lou Yuyu went out of the door, came to a corner where few people walked, flew out of the imperial doctor's family, and found the person who had been waiting for him for a long time outside the wall.
"Please go this way," in Dongtianji's plan, every link is closely linked, and they want to make sure that every step goes according to the plan.
Lou Yuyu was directly taken to Changle Palace, which was firmly guarded by the forbidden army, and the general must be here.
Lou Yuyu stepped forward with his head held high, but was obviously stopped by the soldiers.
"Who are you! Walk around at will in the middle of the night, do you want to die!" One of the soldiers directly pulled out his saber and put it on Lou Yuyu's neck, threatening him sharply.
"I want to see Commander Wang," Lou Yuyu bluntly explained his intentions.
"We are the same age and are searching for assassins, and we don't have time to see you idlers, etc., if you don't believe it or not, I will cut you with a knife!" The soldier was annoyed by Lou Yuyu's words, and the threatening knife was a little closer to Lou Yuyu's neck.
Lou Yuyu was in danger, and smiled with ease: "I know where the assassin is, let your commander come to meet me quickly." ”
"Bold!" Another soldier who admired Wang Jiuzhong immediately became angry when he heard the word "reception" and wanted to step forward to teach Lou Yuyu a lesson.
Fortunately, he was stopped by the soldier who drew his sword in time, and the soldier smiled contemptuously: "You know if you know, why should we believe you?"
Lou Yuyu didn't respond, and began to grope around his body to find something.
"What are you doing!" the soldier who drew his sword became nervous about Lou Yuyu.
"Don't be nervous, I just want you to see something," After finishing speaking, Lou Yuyu took out a token that Dongtian had given him earlier to prevent too much trouble.
The soldier didn't recognize Lou Yuyu, but he recognized the imperial gold medal of Dongtianji, which was not a few pieces of Yanjing or even all Canglei, and Lou Yuyu had an unusual identity.
When the soldier saw the gold medal, he immediately knelt down for Lou Yuyu, his feet trembled, for fear that he would be hated by Lou Yuyu because of what he had just done with a knife on Lou Yuyu's neck.
If Lou Yuyu didn't punish these soldiers in the past, he would have teased these soldiers with a grudge, but today he was burdened, and he obviously didn't have this mood.
"Now I can see you in command," Lou Yuyu put away the gold medal, he didn't have the heart to show off, and there were serious things waiting for him to do.
"Yes, yes, please come in, quickly go and report to the commander!" Seeing that Lou Yuyu had no intention of holding him accountable, the soldier hurriedly seized the opportunity to behave, wanting to make a mistake with merit.
After twists and turns, Lou Yuyu finally met Wang Jiuzhong, Wang Jiuzhong didn't recognize them at all Yanjing and Lou Yuyu, who had received a gold medal from the saint, and didn't understand the reason why this person came to him.
"Can the commander wave back left and right?" Lou Yuyu could also expect that his request would most likely be rejected.
"Why, who are you? Shouldn't you report your name first?" Wang Jiuzhong felt that Lou Yuyu was suspicious the more he looked, although he was confident that he could subdue the weak Lou Yuyu in front of him, he still didn't believe that Lou Yuyu always felt that Lou Yuyu's motives were not pure.
"Oh, I forgot, I'm really sorry, I'm going downstairs Yuyu," Lou Yuyu bowed slightly, to show respect for Wang Jiuzhong.
"Lou Yuyu?" Wang Jiuzhong was first surprised, and then turned to contempt.
This Lou Yuyu's name can be described as famous, but for those of them who have experienced battlefield battles, Lou Yuyu is a weak scholar who is not ashamed of them.
He fought desperately on the battlefield to defend the country and the people, and this powerless scholar was just a prominent figure in the palace, and he was greatly rewarded by the emperor, enjoying all the glory and wealth.
Wang Jiuzhong had already heard the rumors and didn't have any good impression of Lou Yuyu, but when he saw it today, he had no kindness, so he naturally didn't want to pay attention to Lou Yuyu's words.
"Can the commander look down on him?" Lou Yuyu knew that saying it directly would make the atmosphere unfriendly, but he was deliberately provoking Wang Jiuzhong.
"Where is Doctor Lou, how dare we look down on you, you are a big celebrity in front of the emperor!" Wang Jiuzhong usually looks quite serious, and when he talks coldly, he is also to the point.
"That's very good, but it's a pity that I look down on the commander very much," Lou Yuyu didn't worry about not being able to provoke this Wang Jiuzhong, he had a way.
"You!" Wang Jiu listened to it, his face only changed slightly, but the deputy general beside him couldn't hold his breath and wanted to step forward to compete with Lou Yuyu.
"The last general doesn't expect to make Lou Yuyu look high, if Lou Yuyu came just to provoke the last general, then you have made a mistake in wishful thinking, the last general still has important things to deal with, the imperial doctor, please go back!" Although Wang Jiuzhong was polite in his language, it was serious but flashed with a gloomy murderous intent, it was obvious that this was not a request, this was a threat.
"Does the Commander dare to make two moves against him?" Lou Yuyu not only had to delay the time for Wang Jiuzhong to meet with Xue Shijing, but also persuaded Wang Jiuzhong to withdraw from the army, and Wang Jiuzhong was a military general, so the contradiction between them should be resolved by force.
"Hahaha! It's up to you, our commander lets you easily beat you out with one hand!" The deputy general hated Lou Yuyu so much that his eyes were red, and he couldn't wait to rush up and clean up Lou Yuyu for Wang Jiuzhong.
"Alas, the imperial doctor is joking with you, can't you see it?" Wang Jiuzhong listened to Lou Yuyu's words and only took it as a joke.
"The commander is a joke, and he is very serious below," Lou Yuyu's seemingly hanging-looking eyes appeared, and he was killed in a flash.
Others may not be able to see it, but Wang Jiuzhong does see this clearly.
Wang Jiuzhong looked at Lou Yuyu with a dark face, Lou Yuyu was all killed, and he returned to his cynical appearance.
"Don't be too reluctant," Wang Jiu reassessed that it was still early, so he became interested, thinking about playing tricks on this "high" Imperial Doctor Lou.
"Commander Wang has to go all out, I'm afraid that I won't be able to hurt the commander because of the lack of proportion," Lou Yuyu just wants to provoke Wang Jiuzhong, he can't let Wang Jiuzhong stay calm, he wants to fight quickly.
Of course, Lou Yuyu has never liked to wait, he firmly believes in preemptive strike, and as soon as the words fell, Lou Yuyu's move had already beckoned to Wang Jiuzhong.
Although Wang Jiuzhong was one step slower than Lou Yuyu, after all, he was a battle-hardened soldier, and his reaction was not unpleasant.
After a few moves, Wang Jiuzhong obviously couldn't parry, and Lou Yuyu also knew that Wang Jiuzhong had no strength left, so he stopped, stopped the attack, and stood back to his original position as if nothing happened.
"Now, can we talk alone?" Lou Yuyu could feel that Wang Jiuzhong would never refuse him this time.
"Presumptuous!" the deputy commander was furious, wanting to take down Lou Yuyu, a rude person who offended the majesty of their general.
"Stand down!!" At the moment when the deputy commander was about to make a move, he was stopped by Wang Jiuzhong.
Wang Jiuzhong trembled his hands, stared at Lou Yuyu's harmless smiling face for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "You all step down for me, I want to talk to Lou Yuyu alone." ”
With a few simple moves, he had completely seen Lou Yuyu's terrible, he had encountered many strong enemies in his life, but they all died under his knife, but at this moment, he felt fear in front of this seemingly vulnerable scholar.
He was afraid of Lou Yuyu, he understood Lou Yuyu's strength, and he knew that at this distance, it would be easy for the "weak scholar" in front of him to take his head.
"Commander!" the soldiers exclaimed in disbelief.
"Stand down!" Wang Jiuzhong burst out in an instant, thinking that the general should be majestic, and gave an undoubted order to the soldiers, which was daunting.
The soldiers had no choice but to retreat.
"The commander is so majestic," Lou Yuyu smiled slightly, his eyes narrowing into a crescent moon of pride.
"If it weren't for you, just by saying this, I would have a reason to slap you to death," Wang Jiuzhong looked at Lou Yuyu coldly as if he were looking at a strong teammate.
"Then why doesn't the commander do it?" Lou Yuyu's smile deepened a little, but the brighter the smile, the more chilling it felt.
"I can't beat you," Wang Jiuzhong concisely expressed his attitude towards Lou Yuyu.
The corners of Lou Yuyu's mouth curved again, and he seemed very satisfied with Wang Jiuzhong's answer.
"What is your purpose," Wang Jiuzhong faced Lou Yuyu, an unpredictable and strong opponent, and was a little scared in his heart, and he didn't dare to be alone with Lou Yuyu too much.
"The commander should be very clear, he is here to be a lobbyist," Lou Yuyu happened to have no extra time to talk to Wang Jiuzhong.
"For whom?" Although everyone doesn't say it clearly, they all know that this Lou Yuyu is Mo Chenghuan's person, and Mo Chenghuan is now following Dongtianji, which is extremely dangerous, and now Lou Yuyu said that he wanted to be a lobbyist, but he didn't know who he was coming for, whether it was Mo Chenghuan or someone else.
"East. Sky. Pole. Lou Yuyu reported the full name of Dongtianji in a frustrated manner.
You must know what his original identity is, once he comes to Canglei to be an official, he will be controlled by Canglei, and call the emperor's name in the land of Canglei, which is the crime of killing the head. It is precisely because of this that Lou Yuyu's extraordinary status is further illustrated.
Wang Jiuzhong was still skeptical of Lou Yuyu's words.
"Commander, you heard it right, it is indeed for Dongtianji," Lou Yuyu and Dongtianji have never gotten along with each other as courtesies of monarchs and ministers, and naturally they are not like others, treating Dongtianji with respect, and it is precisely because of this that in the eyes of outsiders, Lou Yuyu's identity will seem extraordinary.
"What is your capacity to help the saint be a lobbyist," Wang Jiuzhong is also a well-informed person, so he naturally understands that if Lou Yuyu is a lobbyist as his imperial doctor, he will never call the current saint by his full name.
"Friend," as a friend, he has the qualifications to negotiate side by side with Wang Jiuzhong.
"What bargaining chips do you have?" Wang Jiuzhong knew that Lou Yuyu was a person who understood, and he didn't say those ridiculous secret words, and he didn't deny it when Lou Yuyu hinted that he was involved in the murder of the saint.
Lou Yuyu carefully groped out the will of the emperor from his arms.
"What is this?" Wang Jiuzhong could see that it was a holy decree, but now that the holy decree was meaningless to him, how could Dongtian be extremely clever and not know.
"It was a testament of the emperor that was saved with his life many years ago," Lou Yuyu handed the will to Wang Jiuzhong.
Wang Jiuzhong took a solemn and serious look at the will, revealing an unbelievable expression.
"This will was given to me by General Mo Zhongxuan Mo, a few months ago, at that time, Dongtianji was planning, how to force Xue Shijing to rebel. Lou Yuyu paused again as he spoke, and saw that Wang Jiuzhong had the willingness to listen before continuing to speak.
"I learned from Dongtianji's mouth that the fate of this revered general should not have been such a tragic result, but because he was involuntarily counted into the game, he was pushed out as a scapegoat, and now he is using the general's surviving people to play the next game," Lou Yuyu recounted the tragedy in a subtle way.
"When did you find out?" In Lou Yuyu's words, this Dongtianji seemed to be different from the people they knew from the beginning.
"Cheng Huan and I knew about it a few months ago, and Dong Tianji, General Mo and the others should have known about it not long after the incident. Lou Yuyu told him frankly.
"So Dongtianji has always known about my background?" Wang Jiuzhong could feel the unpredictable situation, and they were calculated like some emotionless tools.
"I didn't ask in detail, but from his words, I can know that he seems to have found out that you and Xue Shijing had an unusual relationship and slowly investigated it later," Lou Yuyu could understand Wang Jiuzhong's mood, because he could empathize, although he had not been treated like this by Dongtianji, he could still feel the pathos of being used without mercy, but maybe it was a simple sympathy, people, it was always easy to sympathize with some people who were more pitiful than themselves.
"Then I have the courage to ask, then you have already made this will, why didn't you take it out at the beginning to return my father's innocence?!" If his father could have been wronged, his mother and son would not have to hide in Tibet at the beginning, and lived a hard life day and night.
"When King Mo got this edict, the general was already dead, and your mother and son were nowhere to be found......
"So to give full play to the maximum effect of this will? So in the end, the life and death of our mother and son are also irrelevant to you people who are high-ranking people, when you took out this will, our mother and son would not have to live a life of hiding in Tibet and fleeing in all directions, do you know how we have come over these years?"
Lou Yuyu was about to argue, but Wang Jiuzhong spoke again: "If it weren't for the fact that I have a heavy army in my hands now, and I still have some use value for you, will this will always be sealed in the dust?"
"Yes and no," Lou Yuyu had to be honest with each other, of course, he would not deceive him.
Wang Jiu looked at Lou Yuyu fixedly.
"General Huang Gui was forced to rebel from the beginning, in order to protect the lives of your mother and son, and the emperor's will was also to protect the lives of General Huang Gui's descendants, but at that time, the world thought that General Huang Gui was extinct, and the crime of rebellion was convicted.
"Then what do you want?" Wang Jiu's heart was a little shaken, because he didn't believe in the cunning Xue Shijing from the beginning, and he was willing to help Xue Shijing rebel only because Xue Shijing could help him take revenge.
"Let the general retreat," Lou Yuyu smiled solemnly.
"What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?" Wang Jiuzhong thought for a moment and calmed down.
Lou Yuyu was stunned for a moment, Wang Jiuzhong's reaction was not what he expected, but Lou Yuyu was quickly relieved, because this could not affect their plan.
"What does the Commander want? Is it a celebrity or a grievance? We can all be satisfied," Lou Yuyu could only think of these two, even if there were other reasons, the main reasons for that mouth were also these two.
"Why do I believe you, do you have the qualifications to negotiate terms with me? Why should I help you? The current situation is clearly that we have a chance to win, these things are at my fingertips for me, why should I help you instead of Xue Shijing, it is obvious that he is closer to victory," Lou Yuyu's conditions are indeed very tempting, but he doesn't believe in Xue Shijing, and similarly, he doesn't believe in Lou Yuyu.
"Don't you believe it, Xue Shijing doesn't have any advantages other than you now," Lou Yuyu didn't think it was human.
Wang Jiuzhong froze, unable to respond to Lou Yuyu for a while.
"I don't understand, the commander already knows the truth of the year, why is he still willing to help Xue Shijing," Wang Jiuzhong was surprisingly calm at this time, which made Lou Yuyu feel puzzled.
"Why should I believe you? Just rely on this will that I don't know if it's true or not? Even if this will is true, what if I can kill you, I can also kill Xue Shijing," Wang Jiuzhong didn't believe Xue Shijing and couldn't trust Lou Yuyu at the same time, in his cognition, as long as the head is smart, they are all the same kind of people.
"It's not unreasonable for the commander to be worried, it's just that you killed us all, and who are you going to entrust Canglei to?Who are you going to entrust Canglei's people to?" Lou Yuyu was really surprised that Wang Jiuzhong could have this kind of thought, but this was a way to protect himself.
"It doesn't matter if it's Prince Mo or Prime Minister Xue," Wang Jiuzhong only needs to take revenge and protect himself, as for what Canglei's surname is in the future, it doesn't matter to him.
"Lord Mo? Why didn't the commander choose himself? Let Cang Lei be surnamed Wang, no, wouldn't it be better to have the surname Huang? Wouldn't it be beautiful that these three points of the world were fought over and won over, and finally fell into the hands of the commander?"
"I don't have that much ambition, I just want to fulfill my mother's wish," Wang Jiuzhong only wanted revenge, but he just wanted to find a place to spend the rest of his life quietly.
"It can be seen that you are full of respect for Lord Mo!" It is not difficult to notice that every time Wang Jiuzhong said Mo Zhongxuan, his tone was different from that of them.
"Lord Mo has to be respected by every soldier!" Wang Jiuzhong showed his respect for Mo Zhongxuan very seriously.
"We have a way for you to become a respected person like Prince Mo. Lou Yuyu began to detour with Wang Jiuzhong, trying to mobilize Wang Jiuzhong's emotions.
"I don't need to, because I know that I will never be able to be like the prince," Wang Jiuzhong suddenly fell into Lou Yuyu's trap.
"But what you don't know is the prince, standing on our side, when you drive us to the end, you will face the judgment of the hero in your mind. Lou Yuyu first moved out of Mo Zhongxuan as a pioneer, what he wanted to do was to defeat Wang Jiuzhong's defenses little by little.
Wang Jiuzhong showed a disgusted expression towards Lou Yuyu, proving that Wang Jiuzhong was very disgusted with Lou Yuyu taking Mo Zhongxuan out to threaten him.
"Actually, I didn't intend to ask Prince Mo to be the commander, I just wanted the commander to understand that we have enough ability to solve tonight's matter perfectly, as long as the commander station also stands in our camp. Lou Yuyu's attitude has not been tough to the end, and he also knows the importance of both soft and hard.
Wang Jiuzhong stared at Lou Yuyu directly and did not say anything.
"I can not only promise you to become a meritorious power above 10,000 people in the army, but also promise to help you 'clear your name'" Lou Yuyu didn't promise casually, he already started to like this Wang Jiuzhong, and he is now very serious about trying to win over Wang Jiuzhong.
"No, a mistake is a mistake, and my father will disdain it, we just need to get the surname back. Wang Jiuzhong's answer has fully explained that he is about to be convinced.
"In addition, we can promise you more," Lou Yuyu didn't count his skills one by one, but he knew that the Academic Affairs Office would definitely be able to understand the meaning of being skipped by him.
"How can I be sure that you're not talking about it? You're just a strategist, can you be such a big master?" Wang Jiuzhong is not untempted, but on the contrary, he has to be more careful because he is tempted, he is afraid that Lou Yuyu will go back on his word, afraid that Lou Yuyu will cross the river and tear down the bridge.
"Standing here and talking to the Commander proves that the Commander is capable of promising a great prospect for the Commander. "Lou Yuyu is not exaggerating Haikou, he has the ability to promise Wang Jiuzhong these seemingly ethereal glory.
Lou Yuyu is also half a businessman, he sees Wang Jiuzhong's unlimited prospects in the future, he is now using the interests that seem to be losing money to win over Wang Jiuzhong, in order to earn greater returns from Wang Jiuzhong in the future, he thinks that Wang Jiuzhong will not let him down first.
"How do I know that you won't cross the river and tear down the bridge?" Wang Jiuzhong felt that the source was too dangerous, and what he said made it difficult for him to distinguish the truth from the false.
Lou Yuyu smiled slightly, thinking that this Wang Jiuzhong was really too cautious, but fortunately, this kind of thing is not difficult to solve.
Lou Yuyu took out a small jade plate from his arms, and saw that this seemingly ordinary small jade card was traced with a delicate "Xin" character with golden lines.
Wang Jiuzhong took a closer look at the jade card in Lou Yuyu's hand, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Commander and take it, so that you are not afraid of defaulting on the debts in the next meeting, stay in the next meeting to fulfill those promises for the commander, and then get them back in the next place," Lou Yuyu put the jade plate in the hands of Wang Jiuzhong, who was already completely wooden in place.
"Why didn't you show your identity at the beginning?" If Lou Yuyu had revealed his identity earlier, he would not have spoken to Lou Yuyu arrogantly before.
"Then it is the identity that convinces you, not me, Lou Yuyu. "Lou Yuyu can represent this identity, but this identity cannot represent him.
"It was you who moved me, but it was this identity that persuaded me," Wang Jiuzhong deliberately bit the words "say move" and "persuade" very hard.
"That's redundant," Lou Yuyu lowered his head and smiled helplessly.
"Commander, since we have reached a consensus now, let's go with the flow," Lou Yuyu didn't have time to indulge in this joy, Dong Tianji and Mo Chenghuan were still waiting for the news of his triumph.
"Lou Gongzi, do you know why I agreed to your conditions?" Wang Jiuzhong began to admire this Lou Yuyu, who was even much younger than him at a young age, and was so capable.
"Our conditions are too tempting?" Lou Yuyu just said casually, he didn't have that much ability to guess all the thoughts in other people's hearts.
"There is also this reason, but there is another ......" Wang Jiuzhong smiled mysteriously and said again: "This reason is because you make me feel scared," Wang Jiuzhong was reluctant to admit this fact at first, but when he knew Lou Yuyu's other identity, he let go of an identity like Lou Yuyu, which was enough to make him feel dangerous, and people with such an identity were the younger and more terrifying.
"Commander Mo is not afraid of his identity," Lou Yuyu said with a smile.
Wang Jiuzhong shook his head: "Before you reveal your identity," Wang Jiuzhong also had a certain amount of stuttering in it, but most of them still admired Lou Yuyu.
Lou Yuyu finally got affirmation, and a satisfied smile was outlined on the corner of his mouth.