One

Xu Zhixun is arrogant and conceited, but he is not stupid. He knew that Zhu Jin was no longer of the same mind as himself, and this person was powerful and powerful, tough and difficult to govern, and it would be unfavorable to him in the future, so he wanted to transfer Zhu Jin out of the court and remove the threat to himself. Xu Zhixun wrote to Xu Wen, saying that Zhu Jin relied on his high merit and prestige, and often disagreed with him in the court, making it difficult for him to govern, and if he was not expelled from the court, the entire court would be controlled by him. Although Xu Wen also doubted whether his son's words were true, considering that Zhu Jin was indeed a powerful character and had to be guarded against, he agreed to Xu Zhixun's request. In the fifteenth year of Tianyou (918 AD), Xu Zhixun, in the name of King Wu, prepared to send Zhu Jin to Sizhou (now Xuancheng, Anhui) as the envoy of the Jinghuai Army.

Zhu Jin knew that it was Xu Zhixun who did it, and the release was to cut his power in disguise, Zhu Jin couldn't tolerate this, and his hatred for Xu Zhixun suddenly increased. He didn't want to go, but because of Xu Wen and King Wu, he had to go, Zhu Jin meditated at home and decided to take a risk. He said to his wife Tao: "Xu Zhixun is despicable and shameless, using King Wu to release me, once I lose my power, it will be easy for him to deal with me in the future, I can't sit still." ”

"What does the master want to do?" Dow asked.

"Kill Xu Zhixun, and then join forces with King Wu to deal with Xu Wen, as long as King Wu is on my side, I don't think he Xu Wen can help me."

"Will King Wu support you? He can't even protect himself! Dow asked again.

"King Wu hates Xu Zhixun for a long time, as long as I offer Xu Zhixun's head, King Wu will be grateful to me. At that time, if Xu Zhixun's crime is announced to the world in the name of King Wu, no matter how powerful he Xu Wen is, he will not dare to openly oppose the entire Huainan. ”

In this way, Zhu Jin was ostensibly preparing to go to the field to work, and secretly implemented his plan. Everything was ready, Zhu Jin told Xu Zhixun that he was about to go to Sizhou, and wanted to give him a good horse before leaving. Xu Zhixun was very happy, thinking that you would still leave after all, so he happily came to Zhu Jin's house and pretended to be happy for him. Zhu Jin was respectful on the surface, and asked people to bring the horse to Xu Zhixun to see, Xu Zhixun saw that it was really a good horse, with no miscellaneous hair all over his body, and he was strong and strong, Xu Zhixun was very happy.

Zhu Jin said: "Childe, this horse is my beloved thing, but I won't need it in the future, I will give it to you as a souvenir, and it will be in vain for us to have a relationship." ”

"Lord Zhu is so love-cut, my son deserves it!" Xu Zhixun said shyly.

"I have a baby for you."

"What kind of baby, Lord Zhu, is it a beauty?" Xu Zhixun asked lightly.

"It's the beauty, Childe, Yao Die is my beloved, but I can't bear to let her follow me everywhere, I want her to have a stable life, since Childe likes it, I will give her to you, at least you don't have to follow me to run around and endure hardship."

When Xu Zhixun heard that he was going to give Yao Die to him, he immediately burst into joy. "Oh, if you had figured it out, how could those unpleasant things happen, Lord Zhu." Xu Zhixun said with an arrogant smile.

"Miss Yao Die is waiting for you in the back hall at the moment, Childe please!"

Xu Zhixun couldn't wait to come to the back hall to find Yao Die, and Zhu Jin followed closely behind him. As soon as Xu Zhixun entered the back hall, he got carried away and shouted, "Beauty, my Xu Gongzi is here", at this moment, Zhu Jin quietly took out the dagger prepared in advance from his sleeve and stabbed Xu Zhixun in the back chest, Xu Zhixun fell to the ground unconscious without having time to react, and then the soldiers hiding behind the screen quickly rushed out to kill Xu Zhixun, who was still panting, and at the same time immediately eliminated the few entourages brought by Xu Zhixun outside the door. Zhu Jin still felt unrelieved and ordered someone to cut off Xu Zhixun's head.

Two

When Zhu Jin came to see Yang Longyan with Xu Zhixun's head, he was so frightened that he sat down directly on the chair, and said tremblingly: "This is ...... It's none of my business, is it...... You did it yourself, don't look for me. ”

Zhu Jin hurriedly explained: "Xu Zhixun has repeatedly violated King Wu and humiliated King Wu many times, and I really can't stand it, so I got rid of him and used Wang Wei as a right." Zhu Jin originally wanted to use this to show that he was doing justice for Yang Longyan, and wanted to move him and win him over, but Zhu Jin didn't know the young King Wu in front of him too much.

"You...... Don't talk about it, you ...... You leave quickly, if Xu Wen knows, he ...... He's going to kill me. Yang Longyan was already frightened at the moment.

"King Wu," Zhu Jin said anxiously, "The Xu family father and son have been in power for many years, and have always controlled the government, and now that Xu Zhixun is dead, Xu Wen will have one less helper, as long as the king of Wu supports me, I will gather the old generals of the Yang family, destroy Xu Wen in one fell swoop, and regain the power of King Wu to take charge of the government." ”

"No...... No, he ...... He's going to kill me, he's going to kill me. Yang Longyan's mouth trembled.

"King Wu, the matter has come to this, there is no way back, Xu Wen still doesn't know that Xu Zhixun is dead, as long as King Wu tells the world the crimes of Xu's father and son, I will wait for the old generals of the Yang family to swear to protect King Wu."

Xu ...... Xu Wen is ruthless, he will kill me, you ...... You go, go. ”

Zhu Jin didn't expect Yang Longyan to be so timid and cowardly, he felt that it would be useless to continue talking, he could only delay his own time, he looked up to the sky and sighed:

"Well...... King Wu will ask for more blessings for himself! Then he shouted a "hum" in his mouth and turned away.

The failure to join forces with Yang Longyan made Zhu Jin very passive and disrupted his previous plan. He wanted to hold Yang Longyan hostage, or simply kill him, and then use Guangling as a base to confront Xu Wen. But he is not sure of doing that, not to mention that most of the people in the DPRK are Xu Wen's people, even other old generals of the Yang clan will oppose him, but Xu Wen will use rehabilitation as an excuse to gain moral support, and then he will definitely die. Zhu Jin has only one way to escape now, where to escape? Zhu Jin thought of a suitable person - Li Cunqiao. Li Cunmiao's father Li Keyong was killed by Zhu Wen, and Li Keyong handed him three arrows before he died, so that he could destroy Zhu Wen to avenge himself. Although Zhu Wen was finally killed by his own son, Zhu Wen's third son Zhu Youzhen is now the emperor of Daliang, the so-called father and son repay the debt, Li Cunmiao aimed his anger at Zhu Youzhen, and now the two are fighting against each other, if he defects to the past at this time, Li Cunmiao will definitely take him in. So on the one hand, Zhu Jin tried his best to block the news of Xu Zhixun's death to buy time for himself, and on the other hand, he actively contacted his subordinates and prepared to flee after dark.