In the secret room, Zhu Chong, Zhu Mian's father and son had the most fierce dispute, if it weren't for Zhu Mian's half-brother Zhu Kai to stop them, the father and son would have started to do it.

Zhu Chong, who was so angry that his face turned pale, said: "I told you a long time ago that the imperial court was going to take you and let you flee overseas as soon as possible, but you just didn't listen, now it's okay, the imperial court is going to do it, you are still grinding and refusing to leave, what do you want to dare?" ”

"Run, run, you know what it's like to run overseas, do you know if we can gain a foothold overseas? All day long, you know that lying on a woman's belly, you can still do something serious. Zhu Mian looked down on his father the most because he was old, and he still wanted to be a groom every night, he said angrily: "Everything we have now forever is based on the rights given to us by the imperial court, once we betray the imperial court, we will become a tree without roots, and there will be nothing." Besides, our family has a big business, and it is not easy to escape! Besides, the imperial court has taken a fancy to our property, but we don't know how much we have, if we take out some of it and hand it over to the imperial court, maybe we can get away with it, why risk fleeing overseas. ”

Until this time, Zhu Mian still had illusions about the official family, in his opinion, the official family still reused his own, but it was just a big move, and the property was exaggerated and publicized by some careerists in the imperial court, of course, there was so much, and there was no need to exaggerate, as long as it was donated, so that the official family could see their loyalty. If the property is gone, you can still get it back, but once you go to sea, there is no room for relaxation at all.

Zhu Chong's face was even more ugly, no wonder he was taught by his son to only know how to play with women when he was old, and no one would be happy, he patted the table and said: "At the beginning, I asked you to leave quickly, but you didn't listen, and you flattered the villain called Liu Zhenglong, but now, the court still wants to cut you." Let's go, if you don't leave, you won't be able to leave when the court decrees to arrest you, and then it's too late to regret it. ”

Seeing that the father and son were about to quarrel again, Zhu Kai said: "Father, eldest brother, you all have to say a few words." If you want to leave, you have to leave unnoticed, after all, if you are chased and killed by the imperial army, where can you flee to? ”

In fact, not only Zhu Mian is reluctant to go, but even the shrewd Zhu Kai is unwilling to go to sea, after all, most people are still afraid of overseas, and they don't know what it is like to be overseas and whether they can gain a foothold. Although there are still thousands of dead soldiers who can protect their safety, but once they go overseas, they have no absolute rights, whether these dead soldiers can be as loyal as ever, it's hard to say, this is the reason why Zhu Mian and Zhu Kai are reluctant to go out. As for Zhu Chong, an old thing who crawls women's bellies all day long, the idea is to live a few more days and play with a few more women, in this case, of course, he advocates going to sea.

"Second brother, you have a lot of ideas, what do you say, what did my father say is not unreasonable, we can not go out, but that wealth can't stay in the country, that's very dangerous." At this moment, Zhu Mian is much calmer, he knows that the official family turns his face faster than turning the book, and he can't go all the way to the dark, no matter what, this wealth can't be lost.

"Big brother, we can divide it into two steps, the first step is to assume that the official family is eyeing this money, then we will take out a tenth of the filial piety to the official family to see if we can avoid this catastrophe. After all, the official family still needs you to collect and transport the Huashi Gang, so you shouldn't be wiped out. Besides, if you kill a loyal minister like you, the official family may not be willing to do it. ”

This is exactly what Zhu Mian wants, and he agrees with it. But Zhu Chong didn't do it, and one-tenth of it was also a million, which was like cutting meat, and he was very unhappy.

Zhu Mian agreed with what the second brother said, he nodded, and motioned for Zhu Kai to continue.

Zhu Kai continued: "The second step is to strengthen our control in Suzhou, to clean up the power of the imperial court in Suzhou, and turn Suzhou into the territory of our Zhu family. Before that, we drove the ship to the mouth of the Yangtze River and could evacuate at any time. As for the real estate that cannot be taken away, let's hurry up and auction it, so that we can attack and retreat, and we don't have to fear the imperial court. ”

"Then, how should we deal with Liu Zhenglong, the protégé of the Son of Heaven?"

"Be courteous, escort out of the country, and pass on the message of donating property to the official family through the mouth of this guy."

Zhu Chong didn't agree with Zhu Kai's words, he said angrily: "What you said is light, how much donation can satisfy the official family, and only then can we ensure that our Zhu family can successfully get out of danger." ”

"About three million guan, too little, and the officials can't look down on it, too much, then it indicates a greater risk."

"You're crazy, three million, you might as well flee overseas." Zhu Mian is willing to spend money to eliminate the disaster, but three million, that is one-third of the entire family, he will not agree to anything,

Not only did Zhu Mian disagree, Zhu Chong was even more unhappy, and the old man said angrily: "You loser, three million is easy, do you know what this means for our Zhu family." No, I won't agree to it. ”

Zhu Kai saw that his eldest brother and father were angry, so he said with a smile: "Don't worry, three million is just an attitude, in fact, we don't need to spend a penny, and we can also send Liu Zhenglong, a shameless villain, to the guillotine." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhu Chong hated Liu Zhenglong, it turned out that he had already taken a fancy to Simei, but he just felt that the fifteen or sixteen-year-old Xiaohua needed to wait for mining, but he didn't expect to be given to Liu Zhenglong by his son, so of course he hated it in this case.

Zhu Kai said: "We donated all the family property to the official family through Liu Zhenglong's mouth, totaling about 3 million. At this time, the court Cai Taishi and other important ministers helped to intercede, and basically the official family could recognize and accept the filial piety of the eldest brother. We also really handed over the three million to Liu Zhenglong, and then intercepted it halfway, so that if we get it, he will be determined by this black cauldron. The official family will never trouble us again, and the eldest brother is still the king of the southeast, and this is still the territory of our Zhu family. ”

"Wonderful, this is a wonderful plan, I think it can be." Zhu Chong is also reluctant to flee overseas, only in the flower world of Suzhou, there will be a ring of fat and thin waiting for him to pick, once he arrives overseas, the ghost knows what it will look like.

"Barricade robbery, who believes it, such a big fortune, Liu Zhenglong will definitely mobilize the army to escort it, it is not easy to intercept it, don't forget, he can mobilize the local army to escort it."

"And what if it's at sea?" Zhu Kai showed a treacherous smile on his face, and he said with a smile: "In the vast sea, the weather is unpredictable, if the ship capsizes in the sea, it is a mud cow entering the sea, and no one can do anything." The ships were assigned by us, and how many troops could he bring with him? ”

This is indeed a clever plan, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone, but Zhu Mian still saw the loophole, he said: "That kid has three thousand sailors in his hands, and he also has a thousand stone ships, won't he accompany him to escort him?" ”

"Fang Laweiping, just find a reason to branch out the three thousand sailors, this should be difficult for the eldest brother, if there is no problem, the younger brother, I will arrange it."

"Okay, that's it."

The three fathers and sons of the Zhu family conspired very well, finalized every detail, and what they wanted was to be seamless.

After finalizing every detail, the next day, Zhu Mian took the initiative to find Liu Zhenglong, mentioning that he would confiscate his property, that he was willing to resign from all positions, and hoped that he would help with a lot of good words, and in order to show his sincerity, he directly gave a heavy gift of 300,000 yuan.

Liu Zhenglong said on the spot that he was willing to say a lot of good things in the official house.

The flying pigeon passed the book to Liang Shicheng, and at the same time rushed to the capital for 800 miles.

The official Zhao Ji was overjoyed, not only did not agree to Zhu Mian's resignation, but also crowned Zhu Mian as the Duke of Wu.

Liu Zhenglong received an order to escort 3 million pieces of gold, silver and jewelry back to the capital, and finally chose to return to Beijing on a 5,000-stone sea ship under Zhu Mian's suggestion, five 5,000-stone sea ships carrying 500 dragon troops.

Li Jun's army was arranged to go to Dongting Lake to suppress bandits, and he could not accompany him.

The 5,000-stone ship rode the wind and waves and went all the way.

Song Baimei, who went to sea by boat for the first time, seemed to be seasick very badly, if it weren't for Simei's careful care, I really don't know what it would be like.

Almost all people ignored a question, that is, how did Liang Hongyu disappear, and it wasn't until the third day of the ship that Yang Zhi discovered the problem, and he eagerly said to Liu Zhenglong: "Big brother, why is my sister-in-law gone." ”

"What sister-in-law is missing, isn't Baimei fine on the boat?"

"However, the sister-in-law I'm talking about is Miss Liang."

Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "If Hongyu is also on the ship, it is estimated that we will be buried at the bottom of the sea." ”

"Big brother, what do you mean?"

Liu Zhenglong sneaked into Zhu Mian's mansion and overheard everything outside the secret room, and finally he said: "There is no impermeable wall in the world, Zhu Mian thought it was very hidden, but this time he would not only lose three million pieces of gold, silver and jewelry, but also lose his life." ”

Yang Zhi's head was not enough for a while, and he didn't understand how the eldest brother calculated.

Liu Zhenglong continued: "Did you find that Mu Hong, Bao Xu and others did not get on the boat. The will given by the official family to Zhu Mian was to crown Wu Guogong, but the will given to me was to escort the fortune of three million back to Beijing, and the Zhu family was executed all over the house, leaving no one behind. Okay, Liang Hongyu's father Liang Lie, and eldest brother Liang Hong should also come out and show their faces, and they can't really be a rich man. You are not good at water warfare, but after the enemy kills the boat, you can't let the eldest brother and I do it myself, okay, tonight, the wife and daughter of the Liang family will come to pick up with a sea boat, and the day after tomorrow it is estimated that the dead soldiers of the Zhu family should do it, and I will accompany Baimei, so don't bother me. ”