Lu Zuo followed Dai Heng to the backyard, and saw that there was no one around, so he took out the jade plate from his arms, Dai Heng only glanced at the jade card slightly, and knew that Lu Zuo was asking to see King Ning, so he led Lu Zuo and Yin Ji around the corridor and came to the firewood room in the backyard, where three or four guys were chopping wood and chatting.

Lu Zuo saw that these people were sturdy and had sharp hands and feet, and it was estimated that they were also informants of Ning Wangfu, specially disguised as men to guard the firewood room.

Sure enough, after Dai Heng signaled to them with his eyes, the few people went out and closed the door of the firewood room, and then stood at the door and pretended to be casual and chatted. Dai Heng pushed the firewood leaning against the east wall to the ground, and then leaned over to pick up a floor tile under his feet, there was a dark grid under the floor tiles, inside was an egg-shaped stone bracket, Dai Heng twisted the bracket with all his strength, and the white wall slowly opened a one-person high door, Lu Zuohe and all spread their heads to look inside, and found that behind the door was a black hole, and there was no movement inside.

Dai Heng blew up the fire fold and made a gesture of invitation to Lu Zuo. Lu Zuohe had already followed behind Dai Heng, as soon as he entered the dark passage, he felt a chill coming, and the three of them slowly walked down the dark passage, almost a quarter of an hour of winding and winding, before they reached the end of the dark passage, in front of which was blocked by a wall that was square to a person, and this was the exit. Dai Heng knocked lightly on the wall twice, and there seemed to be someone talking outside, and then there were three knocks on the wall outside, it seemed that this was their code. After Dai Heng heard three responses, he then knocked on the wall three times at the same frequency. Suddenly, there was a "hulala" sound, and the wall opened, and two servants dressed as servants were in front of them, and the two servants bowed to Dai Heng and asked Dai Heng how to say hello.

Dai Heng led Lu Zuo and Yin Ji into the firewood room, and asked his subordinates to close the wall door again. Dai Heng then lowered his voice to the servant and asked, "What about the prince?" Go and report it, people are coming! ”

The thinner one replied, "In the study, the younger one will go and report to the housekeeper!" Acting boss, you guys are here now and wait for a while! ”

"Good! You just said that Mr. Lu is here! Go and come back quickly! ”

After the door was opened, there was a hearty laugh, and it turned out to be Liu Xun, the king of Ning, who came to greet him in person.

Liu Xun greeted Lu Zuo from the door and hugged his fist, and said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Tao, oh no! Mr. Lu, this king has been waiting for a long time! ”

Lu Zuo and Yin Ji also smiled and bowed to King Ning.

Liu Xun stepped forward to shake Lu Zuo's right hand, and made a gesture of please with a smile, "It's not convenient here!" Let's go to the inner hall to talk. ”

In the inner hall of King Ning's Mansion, after everyone sat down, someone sealed the tea, and after Liu Xun exchanged a few words with Lu Zuo, he began to ask, "How is the morning?" I heard that the Holy One still left you to use the imperial meal? ”

Lu Zuo was still calm as usual, "Exactly, everything is as we expected!" ”

"That's good, now it's up to the emperor to announce who is in charge!" Liu Xun turned his mind and asked, "But this king heard that you didn't recommend Gao Yun to the emperor today?" Why? ”

"To avoid suspicion, of course! Lu only told the saint to appoint the people he believed, and that was enough! ”

"But is that what it is, does it work? Someone trusted by the Holy One? Marshal Zhou can also be regarded as such! In case ......"

Lu Zuo smiled slightly, "You see that among the civil and military forces of this Manchu Dynasty, whoever is promoted to the official is naturally the person trusted by the emperor." As for Old Marshal Zhou...... Lu Zuoluo pondered slightly, and then said, "If the Holy Lord really trusted him as usual, he wouldn't have let Xun Mou take command a few months ago." ”

A smug smile appeared on King Ning's face, "Now let's kill Xun Mou's sharp qi first and see how long he can run amok." ”

Lu Zuo said disapprerovingly: "It's still difficult to make the emperor distrust Xun Mou just because of this, we can only say that we can take this opportunity to gain a firm foothold in the army." Xun Mou's power in the army should not be underestimated. And ......"

Seeing Lu Zuo's solemn face and bowing his head silently, Liu Xun also asked, "And what?" ”

"And Xun Mou is very likely to invite Marshal Zhou out of the mountain! At that time, if Zhou Lao is really moved by Xun Mou's words and takes the initiative to ask the emperor for help, our plan is very likely to fail, so it is too early to rejoice. ”

"It's very true, if Zhou Zhongwang relies on the old and sells the old, the emperor is really likely to let him take charge." Liu Xun pondered, "Could it be that all our efforts today have been in vain?" ”

Lu Zuo smiled: "That's not true, we just gave the saint one more choice, and at that time, it was Zhou Lao who went into battle, and there was a way to discredit him below!" ”

When Liu Xun saw Lu Zuo's remarks, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, making Marshal Zhou discredited? Thinking of this, there was a trace of unbearable in his heart, after all, the old marshal was an old minister of the Han Dynasty, and he had made a lot of contributions to the Han Dynasty, if it weren't for his apprentice Xun Mou being the prince's person, maybe he still admired him very much, but even so, he didn't think about making Zhou Laoying's name ruined, "Mr. Lu, we still want to think of a foolproof way for the emperor to choose Gao Yun!" ”

Lu Zuo also seemed to understand Liu Xun's thoughts, "What's the matter?" Are you worried about Marshal Zhou? ”

Liu Xun smiled, "It's not all, but Zhou Lao is a meritorious minister of my dynasty, and he can enjoy his old age at this age." ”

"Don't worry, I naturally have my way."

It's already the time to hold the lights, and the lights are already hanging high on the street. Xun Mou rode a horse alone to the Zhou Mansion, and the men of the Zhou Mansion saw that it was General Xun, and they all stepped forward to greet him, Xun Mou explained his intention, and a subordinate flew back to the mansion to report.

Shao Lean, an old man dressed as a housekeeper in the Zhou Mansion, walked out of the inner courtyard, smiled kindly at Xun Mou, and saluted Xun Mou from afar.

Xun Mou strode and saluted, and greeted with a smile: "How can you bother the old housekeeper with such a trivial matter?" ”

"General Xun is polite, my lord, he is waiting for you in the hall!"

Xun Mou came to the front of the hall and stepped into the house to take a look, although he had not come to visit the master for a long time, the furnishings in the hall were as usual, extremely simple. Master was sitting in the main hall at this time, holding a book in one hand and a beard in the other, looking at the book intently. Seeing this, Xun Mou slowed down, tiptoed to the middle of the hall, and waited on the side, not daring to say more.

After a long time, Zhou Zhongwang put down the book in his hand, raised the teacup on the side of the desk, and took a sip of tea before he said slowly: "Sit down!" ”