The silver moon hangs in the sky, and the night breeze blows.

The bamboo forest is deserted, and the ground is piled up with thick fallen leaves, and occasionally small beasts and grass blades run by, making a rustling sound.

Xu Buling held the sword box and walked in the inaccessible bamboo forest, paying attention to the surrounding movements in his ears, and did not go far away, and a figure appeared silently in front of him.

Zhu Liu stood in the bamboo forest with his hands down, and when he saw Xu Buling coming over, he stretched out his hand directly:

"Hand over the sword spike."

The posture of the old man asking his son-in-law for something was not polite.

Xu Buling walked up to him, did not hand out the sword box, but said with a gentle smile:

"Uncle Zhu came really fast, just a sword, Uncle Zhu didn't have a sword just like a match, and it was natural to give it directly to Uncle Zhu as a dowry. However, Song Ying gave me the sword in public, and it will appear in your hands tomorrow, I can't explain it to outsiders, and I wish my uncle forgiveness. ”

Zhu Liu withdrew his hand: "My sword is in the Imperial City, I don't need this, the sword spike will do a lot of harm and no benefit if it is left in your hand, and it will not hurt to hand it over to me." ”

Xu Buling nodded lightly and opened the sword box, revealing the ancient shape of the famous sword inside, with a string of sword spikes hanging at the end, and a crystal jade buckle on it, which should be one of the four jade objects searched for by the Eagle Tower.

Xu Buling untied the sword spike and looked around:

"Uncle Zhu, who is that son-in-law next to you, call it out and let me see it."

Zhu Liu frowned slightly and did not speak.

A moment later, the sound of footsteps sounded in the bamboo forest, and the deer, which had just appeared, walked out of the shadows.

Xu Buling squinted his eyes and looked up and down, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The fawn did not approach, stood behind Zhu Liu, and said calmly:

"Lu Hongxue."

Xu Buling has never been to the Lu family in the East China Sea, but the people of his grandfather's family naturally know that Lu Baiming is the eldest brother of Princess Su, that is, his uncle. And Lu Baiming has three sons, and the eldest son is called Lu Hongxue, that is, his cousin.

After getting the other party's confirmation, Xu Buling's smile disappeared, and his left hand pressed on the hilt of the sword:

"You are mixed up with the Eagle Tower, if your identity is revealed, do you know how many people will be implicated?"

Xu Buling came over now, but he didn't look for Lu Hongxue's relatives.

At that time, the Lu clan in the East China Sea disobeyed the imperial court and was ordered by Song Ji to purge the entire Lu clan. Under the dilemma of King Su, he had to personally lead his troops to the Lu family in the East China Sea, kill the head of the Lu family to make amends to the court, and only then did he forcibly protect the Lu family in the East China Sea.

This incident directly led to the depressed end of Princess Su, and also deepened the estrangement between King Su and Song Ji, and strengthened Song Ji's determination to cut the domain.

Now the sister-in-law of the Lu clan in the East China Sea is mixed up with the anti-thief Eagle Tower, if it is exposed, Song Ji will definitely liquidate the Lu clan in the East China Sea if he grabs the handle. Online eBooks

At that time, it is impossible for King Su to sit idly by, and it is likely that he will directly jump back in order to protect the Lu clan. Judging from the current situation, the success rate of King Su's rebellion is very low.

Xu Buling asked the baby to study some drawings of artillery gunpowder for the Suzhou Ordnance Supervision to develop, but after all, it was still in the research and development stage, and it would take at least several years to assemble it into the army, so he didn't want to fall out with the imperial court so early.

Now that Lu Hongxue has been mixed up with the Eagle Tower, the best solution is to directly slaughter Lu Hongxue and hand over his head to the imperial court, proving that King Su and the Lu family in the East China Sea do not know, so as not to provoke disputes in advance by the imperial court, which is also the purpose of Xu Buling to come over now.

Lu Hongxue obviously saw Xu Buling's intentions, so she kept standing behind Zhu Liu, and her tone was light:

"After listening to what I said, I naturally know what will happen if the Lu family has antipathy. Therefore, before leaving home, the Lu family had already expelled me from the house. The Lu family has taken root in the rivers and lakes for hundreds of years, and the revenge of killing his father is not shared, and it is impossible not to revenge. My father has been thinking about it for ten years, and my aunt is depressed, and these things have to be explained, so I can't just forget it. ”

Xu Buling frowned: "The general trend is like this, you can't afford to make waves, it will only harm the Lu and Xu families." ”

"King Su tried his best to protect the Lu family back then, and my father and I remember it in our hearts, and my Lu family will not implicate King Su."

"The Lu family has really suffered a catastrophe, do you think my father will stand by and watch? Your own personal affairs will only stir up the situation, and it will not benefit the general trend at all. ”

When Lu Hongxue heard this, she was silent, but still shook her head:

"The world is so big, no one can see the overall situation, and the same is true for the prince and the king of Su. After Song Ji succeeded to the throne, he imposed a tyranny to purge the rivers and lakes, which may have been well-intentioned. However, the local officials misinterpreted the holy will and took the opportunity to make a windfall, and the crooked and evil ways that tended to be inflammatory, and the evil ways that tended to be inflammatory, were unharmed, but countless forces that obeyed the rules and did not harm the people were cut down and eradicated.

My Lu family controlled the shipping of the entire East China Sea back then, the fleet went to sea and crossed the ocean, and the trade had to be through the hands of my Lu family.

As a result, ten years ago, the imperial court wanted to take all these back, and if they didn't give it, they would be accused of being traitors. My Lu family was finally handed over, and the waterway fell into the hands of the government. Officials are not like my Lu family, they pay attention to credibility and rules, they exploit both ends of the food at all levels, and they also extract heavy taxes in and out, and overseas bandits are not cleared, and now there are no businessmen willing to go to sea, and the people can't find a job to do and are desperate to commit crimes, so the government will impose heavy punishments. There are many examples of these, and the body of the son of the world may not be seen, but I can see it clearly, the people have long been resentful, but they just lack a fire. ”

Xu Buling did not deny this, the Lu clan in the East China Sea used the smugglers in the entire East China Sea as a protective umbrella, and they must have been liquidated by the imperial court, but the imperial court exterminated the Lu family and a group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and it was indeed mishandled.

However, this has nothing to do with what is currently being discussed, Xu Buling said coldly: "Just by fighting the Eagle Tower and accumulating grievances with the people, the rebellion is just a flash in the pan, and you can't do anything." ”

Lu Hongxue smiled: "Naturally, I can't do it with me and the Eagle Tower, but when the prince wants to destroy the vassal king today, it is not only King Su, this matter has nothing to do with King Su's lineage, I suggest that the prince wait and see what happens, maybe he can reap the benefits of the fisherman." ”

Xu Buling naturally knew that Song Ji was just the beginning of Nasu's operation, and the seven vassal kings were too powerful, and they would definitely be cut one by one. Lu Hongxue's words were saying that other vassal kings had rebelled against each other, and secretly supported organizations such as the Eagle Tower, preparing to seize power. In fact, King Yan had already done it, but King Yan did it out of personal vendetta.

The other five Song vassal kings, each of whom had the capital to rebel, it was difficult to guess who it was.

Xu Buling thought about it for a while, and simply asked directly:

"Who is it?"

Lu Hongxue shook her head: "Only Li Hansheng knows who it is." ”

Xu Buling thought for a while, and threw the sword spike to Zhu Liu:

"You'd better hide your identity, if it's exposed, I'll watch the Lu family die."

Lu Hongxue raised her hand slightly: "This matter has nothing to do with King Su, if my identity is exposed, I will clear up the relationship and leave no trouble." ”

Xu Buling didn't speak, turned around and left the bamboo forest......