Zhu Mansion.

In the city of Hangzhou, if you talk about the most powerful minister, it is naturally Cai Gao, but if you mention the largest family, then even the Cai family has to make way for the Zhu family.

This Zhu family is the Zhu family to which Zhu Anming belongs.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Zhu family was a local clan, and later at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the princes stood on their own, Dong Chang of Hangzhou was called the emperor, the Zhu family supported Dai Zhichang, and Zhu Anming's grandfather was crowned an official.

A year later, Dong Chang's general Qian Biao rebelled, and the Zhu family was loyal to Qian Biao, until Qian Biao established the Wu Yue Kingdom, and many of the Zhu family's children were officials in the court.

After Qian Biao died, Qian Yuanqian succeeded to the throne, Zhu Anming's father served as the school inspector, until today, Wu Yue has gone through five monarchs, and the Zhu family is still prosperous.

Zhu Anming knows the rules of survival of the Zhu family in the troubled times, and one of the key points can be described in four words, that is, to protect one's self.

However, this alone is not enough, at an important moment, a decisive choice needs to be made, that is, to choose a side, and Zhu Anming is now facing this problem.

In the back garden of Zhufu, a huge lake occupies more than seventy percent of the space in the garden, and above the lake, more than a dozen corridors connect the pavilions and pavilions together, forming a huge water garden.

Zhu Anming was sitting on a promenade fishing.

There are no handrails on either side of the promenade, which looks like a plank floating on water, but if you are fishing, it has more atmosphere.

Sitting on a low chair, he was wearing simple clothes and a hat on his head, looking like an ordinary fisherman, which was what Yu Wenxiao felt when he saw Zhu Anming for the first time a few days ago.

However, after a few days of getting along, he knew very well that this man in his forties was the opposite of his appearance.

This is a man who has power and is keen on power, and the power in his hands is by no means comparable to that of Zhennan Hou Daimu.

Since Yuwen Xiao took refuge in him, Cai Gao has never sent anyone to hunt him down, obviously Zhu Anming did something.

But even so, Zhu Anming is still not as good as Cai Gao, Yuwen Xiao has learned a lot of unknown things through the Qi Ng newspaper network of the Prime Minister in the past few days, and he found that Cai Gao and King Wu Yue were-for-tat, and they did not fall behind, and even dared to openly assassinate King An Le.

Only then did he know how terrifying Cai Gao's power was, and he could be said to be lucky to have survived until now.

In Zhu Zuo's words, Wu Yue Kingdom now has two kings, one is King Wu Yue and the other is Cai Gao.

Yuwen Xiao followed behind Zhu Zuo, slowly walking on the plank, his steps were very light, until he came behind Zhu Anming, Zhu Zuo said softly: "Father, Yuwen Gongzi and Mr. Zheng are here." ”

Behind him, in addition to Yuwen Xiao, there was also a middle-aged scribe standing, this person was Zheng Boliu, who was the first strategist under Zhu Anming.

Zhu Anming turned his head and smiled: "You go to the pavilion and wait for me first, I'll clean up and come over." ”

Yuwen Xiao followed Zhu Zuo to the nearest pavilion, and began to guess in his mind the purpose of Zhu Anming looking for him.

Recently, the situation in Hangzhou City has been very dangerous, and no one knows this better than him.

It can be seen from the recent events that Cai Gao already has the intention of rebellion, and King Wu Yue obviously discovered this, and the two gradually became opposed.

Although the two sides did not tear their faces on the surface, no one could guarantee how long this situation would last, in Yuwen Xiao's opinion, the strength in the hands of King Wu Yue was still stronger, and he should be able to win in the end.

But the problem is that there are still threats from the Tang Kingdom, Qingyuan and Hui'an Mansion around Wu Yueguo, and if it is to solve Cai Gao's vitality, I am afraid it will lead to adverse consequences.

If he is the king of Wu Yue, he should be patient for the time being, and weaken Cai Gao's strength little by little, so that the impact of Cai Gao's rebellion can be minimal, Yu Wenxiao thought to himself.

Just thinking about it, Zhu Anming entered the pavilion with his hands on his shoulders.

Yuwen Xiao and Zheng Boliu bowed their hands.

"Sit down." After Zhu Anming sat down on a chair, he stretched out his hand to signal.

After the others sat down, Zhu Anming spoke: "Yuwen Gongzi, do you know Du Xuan?" ”

"I know, this person I met when I came to Hangzhou, I don't know why Xiangye suddenly asked him?" Yuwen Xiao frowned.

"Yuwen Gongzi, don't get me wrong, I heard Zuo'er mention this person and say that he is very talented, so I asked the last question." Zhu Anming twisted his beard and smiled.

Yuwen Xiao was silent for a moment and said, "This person is indeed very talented. ”

"I wonder if Gongzi Yuwen can tell me how you met?"

Yu Wenxiao nodded, and told the story of his encounter with Du Xuan, Zhu Anming listened very carefully, and even asked what the other party said.

It seems that Zhu Anming is not only interested in Du Xuan's talent, Yu Wenxiao thought to himself, could it be that there is something wrong with this person?

Thinking back about everything about Du Xuan, Yu Wenxiao found that the other party was indeed not like an ordinary person, there was a senior sister with bottomless martial arts beside him, who would say that she was a Jianghu person at one time, and a businessman at the other, and always had an unfathomable smile on her face.

If you want to say how mysterious he is, I'm afraid only Yuan An can compare with him, although Yuwen Xiao was saved by Yuan An, but since he took refuge in the Prime Minister's Mansion, after getting along with the other party for many days, he always felt that the other party was mysterious.

At first, he thought that Yuan An had always been Zhu Anming's person, but later he learned that he was wrong, and the other party was also Zhu Anming, who had only recently taken refuge.

"Thank you Yuwen Gongzi for telling me about these things, I have gained a lot." Zhu Anming smiled slightly, picked up the teacup, and gently blew the hot air.

Yuwen Xiao immediately understood what he meant, and arched his hand and said: "It's good if you can help Xiangye, then I'll leave first." ”

"Yuwen Gongzi walks slowly."

When Yuwen Xiao left, Zhu Zuo frowned and said, "Father, Yuwen Xiao has not been with us for a long time, how do I feel that you trust him more than Yuan An?" ”

Zhu Anming put away his smile and said in a deep voice: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, you will be more protective of that Yuan An in the future." ”

"Are you saying that Yuan An is not Han?" Zhu Zuo's eyes widened.

"He's Japanese." Zhu Anming said coldly.

Zhu Zuo took a deep breath and didn't ask his father how he found out, trying his best to digest this information.

Zheng Boliu, who had been silent next to him, suddenly spoke: "Master Hou, is there anything wrong with that Du Xuan?" ”

Zhu Anming's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Recently, the situation in Hangzhou has been changing, and I traced back to the source and found that it all started from the night when King An Le went to find the king. ”

Zheng Boliu thought for a moment, nodded and said: "You are right, since that night, the king has been favored by King Anle, and at the same time, he has gradually antagonized Cai Gao, and I don't know what happened that night." ”

"I have a suspicion." Zhu Anming narrowed his eyes and said, "Have you noticed what else has happened in the court after that night?" ”

"Are you referring to Cai Gao who didn't go to the court after that night?" Zheng Boliu quickly reacted, he had heard about it.

"Not bad." Zhu Anming took a sip of tea slowly, put the teacup down, and asked, "Why did you say he suddenly didn't go to the court?" ”

"Could it be that he is worried that the king will suddenly attack him?" Zhu Zuo exclaimed.

"Why did the king suddenly attack him?" Zhu Anming asked again.

"Are you saying that the king has evidence of his rebellion?"

"You should know by now what Qian Yu said to his brother that night." Zhu Anming stroked his beard.

"In other words, Cai Gao's rebellion was told by Qian Yu, but how did Qian Yu know?"

Hearing his son's question, Zhu Anming shook his head: "I haven't figured this out yet, but the problem must be on Qian Yu, I sent someone to investigate, and the biggest change in Qian Yu during this period of time is that there is suddenly a person named Du Xuan next to him." ”

"No wonder you're so interested in Du Xuan." Zhu Zuo was stunned.

"I thought that Du Xuan was the power of Qian Yu's secret development, he deliberately pretended to be crazy and had been secretly investigating Cai Gao, but judging from Yuwen Xiao's narrative, there was something wrong, this Du Xuan turned out to be a person from Hui'an Mansion."

"Maybe Du Xuan's words were to lie to Yu Wenxiao." Zhu Zuo guessed.

Zhu Anming shook his head, he didn't like to make this kind of useless speculation, for him, he needed to find out the strength and chips in King Wu Yue and Cai's hands as soon as possible, so that he could make the wisest choice.

At this moment, the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly ran into the back garden.

"Master, the king has summoned you to enter the palace immediately." The butler spoke from afar.

"It's just going to the palace, what's there to panic about." Zhu Anming reprimanded.

"No, it's not." The housekeeper walked up to the front and said breathlessly, "Master, it's not good, Hui'an Army...... The Hui'an Army is coming! ”

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