Chapter 267: The Beginning of the Crisis

Since Lu Xing graduated from the academy, he was canonized as the prince, and he almost couldn't stop running around in the past two years, north to the land of Yanyun, south to the shore of the Yangtze River, whether it is the ancient road of the Hetao of the west wind and thin horses, or the land of Qilu inherited by elegance, from south to north and from east to west, as long as Lu Bu has set foot in the excess places, there are footprints of Lu Xing's inspection, even if Lu Bu has not been to the place, Lu Xing has almost measured all the land that the Han can directly control.

After establishing the status of the prince, there is naturally a group of ministers and generals who are close, just like Zhong Yu and Qin Lang, they are a few years older than Lu Xing in terms of age, and they already have some friendship when they were young. Now that Lu Xing is participating in politics, these inconsequential low-level officers will not have so many concerns, and they are very close to Lu Xing on weekdays, and they are in fact regarded as loyal henchmen of the prince, either explicitly or secretly.

Just a month ago, the prince Lu Xing returned from Yangzhou, ending his two-year patrol life, and finally returned to Anyi City. In the past two years, Lu Xing has spent most of the days and nights on horseback, which has dissipated most of his inherent weak temperament, and he finally looks a little heroic.

Lu Bu was pleased, and decided to hold a coronation ceremony for him, even if it recognized his efforts in the past two years, it also meant that Lu Xing finally changed from a young man to an adult who can take charge of himself.

The coronation ceremony is set half a month later, that is, on the 17th day of the lunar month, which happens to be Lu Xing's twentieth birthday, and the New Year will be celebrated in a few days, which is one of the reasons why Lu Xing came back before the lunar month.

"Since Uncle Zhi has official duties, let's leave it at that, don't miss the crowning of the prince." Qin Lang clenched his fists and said.

"It's okay, I'm going to deliver invitations outside the city, and there is nothing important at this time, if Brother Yuan Ming doesn't mind, we can go together." Zhong Yu looked at Cao Xia'er, who was dressed in a bold outfit, and still asked Qin Lang's opinion, and he was familiar with it, even if Qin Lang's residence was on the same road as him returning to the palace, it was better to ask clearly, after all, people have families.

"Very good, that's what I mean!" Of course, Qin Lang would not have any objections, at this time, the restaurant guy brought two mounts, and Qin Lang motioned to his wife Cao Xia'er to get on the horse and walk with Zhong Yu.

And they don't know that at this moment, in the second-floor private seat and the third-floor VIP room above the Hu Ji Restaurant, each has a pair of eyes watching their distant backs, and the two pairs of eyes have different expressions, which are endlessly evocative.

The three of them rode their horses side by side and walked slowly, passing by the entrance of East Street and alleys, Qin Lang couldn't help but feel emotional: "When the King of Jin disappeared, Anyi City fell into a big chaos, you and I met here at that time, time flies so fast, and it has been many years in the blink of an eye." ”

Zhong Yu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Qin Lang to suddenly sigh, this was too out of place, but he was well-educated, so he had to follow Qin Lang's words and said: "Yes, at that time, you and I had different identities, you were a patrol guard in the city, and I was just a guard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and now you are already a general guarding the town, and I am still the head of the guards of the palace." ”

"Uncle Zhi is too modest, you have a deep family history, and you are a person close to the King of Jin, far from being comparable to a vulgar person like me, if it wasn't for the eldest lady's appreciation, I'm just afraid that I am still a nameless person mixed in a group of pawns, and Brother Tai, you will be able to soar to the sky sooner or later." Qin Lang did feel a little emotional, not because of himself, but because of others.

Just two years ago, Lu Ruyi, who had completed his studies, was ordered by his father to get married and marry his cousin, General Yan Chao, who is now the general of the Xiliang garrison. Qin Lang only remembered that the wedding on that day was extremely grand, and the people of the entire Anyi City spontaneously took to the streets to send sincere blessings to the daughter-in-law of King Jin.

Like many young people in Anyi City, Qin Lang is also an admirer of Ruyi, but he knows his own catties, so he has always buried this friendship in his heart, even on the day she got married two years ago, Qin Lang could only silently give his blessings.

After that, Qin Lang finally ushered in his own happiness, but even so, two years later, every time he passed by this long street, he couldn't help but think of the bits and pieces of the past.

Zhong Yu has some understanding at this time, the day he got married, almost the disaster day for the young people of Anyi City, the goddess they dreamed of, combining beauty, wisdom and martial arts, a woman with no dead ends at 360 degrees finally became his wife, how can this not make people sigh with emotion, even the pretentious Zhong Yu is still a little regretful.

"Hey, my husband knows the eldest lady, why haven't I heard you talk about it?" Cao Xia'er exclaimed, as a woman, she is also a bold character, and she is naturally a die-hard fan of Ruyi, but she is not from a high background after all, and she does not have too many opportunities to contact Ruyi, and the only few opportunities to meet are also a few glances from a distance in the crowd, and now when she hears Qin Lang mention it, she is only amazed for a while.

"Don't you know, your husband was the right-hand man of the eldest lady who was able to quickly quell the Anyi Rebellion, but he was only implicated because he was too close to your father, and he was not reused for a long time, otherwise today's achievements are only even more limitless." Although Zhong Yu's words were a bit exaggerated, they also showed that Qin Lang did have a friendship with Ruyi.

"That's great, I heard that the eldest lady has rushed back from Chang'an to participate in the coronation ceremony of the prince. When the time comes, my husband must introduce me, if I can stand by her side for a while, I will be happy to think about it. Cao Xia'er's eyes were shining, with a pious and yearning look, and the last sentence was already intoxicated self-talk. She had long been clear about what happened to his husband, and she didn't care about those things at this time.

"Alright, let's not talk about that. The palace is almost here, so let's say goodbye this time. Qin Lang saw his lady's face, and immediately wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, but they were all married people, and they were not stable at all.

"Brother Yuanming, please!"

Qin Lang was not humble either, and rode his horse to lead his wife to gallop away.

Zhong Yu looked at the backs of the two of them in the distance, and there were intermittent words coming from the wind.

"You have to remember what I just said, and you have to keep it in your heart."

"I know, I'll introduce you to the eldest lady when the time comes, but I need to see it."

"A word is a certainty, and there is no repentance."

"Okay."

Zhong Yu shook his head, women are so terrible, his family has urged him to get married, but in his opinion, it is better to play for another two years, he doesn't want to be a tragedy like Qin Lang, he wants to be a hero in Kyoto when he was young, although he is not as good as the nobles of the king and grandson, he is also one of the few influential figures of the younger generation, what has become of this now, it is sad.

Packing up his mood, Zhong Yu still has to go back to the palace to resume his life, the reason why he wants to let him, the commander of the guards, go out in person and do this kind of rough work of sending invitations, just because the other party's identity is extraordinary, that is, the elder of Xinglin Temple outside the city presides over Moriya. Zhong Yu didn't know why this strange religion was so popular, almost all around Anyi, and even the entire state, and even the King of Jin seemed to be quite favored.

At this time, the teachings of Buddhism were not fully integrated into Chinese culture, so they were not widely spread. Zhong Yu was deeply immersed in Confucian culture, and of course he did not think much of this alien doctrine, but Lu Bu, as a descendant, and even the influence of Buddhism in later generations, almost incarnated as a part of Chinese culture, which improved a lot of happiness and spiritual sustenance for the people of later generations. Therefore, for a few years, he allowed Buddhists to preach and let the government fund the construction of temples, which was much better than the pagan heresies of the people, or at least did not cause civil unrest.

Although it is a little inappropriate to invite the great monks to come on such an important occasion, it is only a formality for them to come, and it is good to advertise a dozen.

Zhong Yu hurried back to the palace, and there were already doormen waiting anxiously, and when they saw him, they immediately hurriedly greeted him and said: "Why did the commander come, the king of Jin has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

"But what's the matter? Wait for me to return to the prince first, and then go to see the king of Jin. "Sending the invitation was Lu Xing's order, so he naturally had to return to Lu Xing first.

"What's the life, it's too late, hurry up and follow me to see King Jin first, it's a big thing to delay, it's terrible."

The doorman's anxious expression couldn't help but make Zhong Yu chuckle in his heart, it's only been a long time, could it be that something terrible happened in the mansion? I couldn't help but ask, "What happened?" ”

"Come with me, Commander, and you'll know when you're gone."

Seeing that he was anxious, Zhong Yu didn't dare to delay, hurriedly gave up the horse to the attendant, and followed the doorman to the mansion in a hurry.

Before he was admitted to the hospital, he heard Lu Bu's angry roar coming from within: "That's how you did it, son?" Is this the way of being a son and a minister that has been hanging on my mouth in the past? ”

Zhong Yu outside the courtyard was taken aback, and glared at the doorman fiercely, this thing didn't speak clearly, could it be that the prince made something wrong, which made King Jin so angry, you must know that in Zhong Yu's memory, King Jin rarely showed such anger.

When I entered the mansion, I saw a person with his hair in a messy bun, kneeling in the hall, hugging Lu Bu's calf tightly and begging for mercy, Lu Bu's face was full of anger, just like the charcoal brazier in this hall.

The kneeling person was dressed in brocade clothes, which were extremely colorful and colorful, but at this time he had been wet with a large patch, even the top of his head was still faintly dripping with water, and his hair was covered with a few pieces of tea, looking embarrassed. On the ground beside him, a delicate earthenware tea set had been torn apart, and the remnants of tea were scattered on the ground. The attendants fell to their knees, all prostrate themselves, not daring to make a sound.

Zhong Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the person who knelt down was not the prince, but the second son Lu Gou, who had been very appreciated by the King of Jin in recent years, which made Zhong Yu not only have the slightest worry before, but even a little dark, this second son relied on the appreciation of the King of Jin, and his reputation has risen in the past few years, and he has grown into a pivotal figure in the state, and even in some aspects, the power is greater than that of the prince.

These soldiers, who grew up with Lu Xing since childhood, are naturally worried about the world, looking at the development trend of these two sons, even the idiom description of the sky is a little inappropriate. He is like a sun that never seems to fall, and it seems to be expanding rapidly forever in the past few years, from the original small military school, to now he has become the deputy defense envoy of the state, second only to Zhang Liao, the defense envoy of the state, and has become the second-in-command of the guard army of the state, and the absolute real power figure.

Zhong Yu and these people will naturally secretly cry for the prince, thinking that the eldest son, the noble son, does not have as much power as him, not to mention a wild species of unknown origin, they have not thought about complaining for the prince, but in recent years, the power of the King of Jin has become increasingly powerful, and the fierceness of killing has shifted from the battlefield to the court, and the stubborn people of the emperor's party have almost been uprooted.

Although there is no river of blood in the court, it is also a mountain of corpses, so where does Zhong Yu and the others dare to say more? can only watch as Lu Gou becomes a huge stumbling block on the road to politics.

And what's even more infuriating is that the second son has no self-knowledge, he is competitive in everything, and he has to press the son of the world everywhere, according to the words of the people around the second son, the second son has a code of conduct: whatever the eldest brother wants, I want too, and whatever the eldest brother doesn't want, I also want it.

These words are so arrogant that even their own people don't believe it, but after a few years, they found out that Lu Gou didn't do it!

"Subordinate Zhong Yu see King Jin."

"Look, Zhong Yu is here, I want to see what else you have to say." As Lu Bu spoke, he kicked Lu Gou away, causing him to commit two heel fights backwards.

Lu Gou crawled to Zhong Yu's side in a panic and said eagerly: "Commander Zhong, you have to testify for me, the maid next to the eldest brother really has nothing to do with me, it must be that cheap maid who slanders me with empty mouth and white teeth, you are the commander of the mansion, and you are very familiar with the movement of palace people, you must tell the truth." ”

At this point, Zhong Yu finally figured out that it was Xiaorou, the maidservant girl next to the prince, who committed suicide by throwing herself into the water, but was found and saved by the guards in the house in time. And what's even more secret is that Xiaorou claims to be pregnant with the flesh and blood of the second son, she said that she has a close relationship with the second son, and also provides him with the secret of the life of the son.

This made Lu Bu unbearable, although he cared about the feelings of flesh and blood, even if he used him as a whetstone, he also set a perfect retreat for him, so that he had the power to protect himself, but it did not mean that he could tolerate him to do whatever he wanted. Now that it hasn't happened much, these methods have been used, and in the future, I am afraid that more dangerous methods will emerge one after another, so I took the opportunity to repair Lu Gou.

"King Qiqi, his subordinates patrol every day, and they haven't found any suspicious whereabouts of the maids in the Shizi Courtyard." Although Zhong Yu is young, he is not a stupid person who does not understand the sinister affairs of the court, and the second son is obviously a plan to indulge in lust.

At this critical juncture of the crowning of the prince, as long as it can cause the reputation of the prince who is not strict, this bubble of sewage will be poured on the prince of the world, and his second son is a well-known merryman, there are not ten concubines in these years, but there are eight of them, and it is meaningless to have one more and one less, just one seduce the maid, can he still be cured of his crime?

But once the second son's crime is confirmed, then the Eryu and I in the house will definitely not be able to hide it from everyone, although Xiaorou is the maid next to the prince, but the prince and Zhong Yu both know that she is the second son's person, and she is Lu Gou's eyeliner in the courtyard of the prince. In this royal palace, whether big or small, although the maids and attendants all live in the courtyards of their own children, it is also common for them to go back and forth to dispatch the courtyards, and since this so-called eyeliner has been discovered, it is much better to leave her to be careful than to drive away and let someone else come.

Therefore, Lu Xing asked Zhong Yu to open one eye and close one eye, but he didn't find anything abnormal.

At this time, of course, Zhong Yu said that he couldn't tell the truth, everyone knew that King Jin hated playing tricks the most, which was not a good thing for King Jin to know that the prince was on guard against the second prince everywhere.

And the maid named Xiaorou can only corrupt the discipline, and the vines that were provoked out of nowhere, and now they are "accidentally" exposed, which can be regarded as exerting residual heat.

Lu Bu glanced at Zhong Yu unexpectedly and said, "Are you sure?" ”

"Subordinates are sure."

"Father, you see, even Commander Zhong said that the child is wronged, this slut doesn't know where he conceived the wild seed, but he wants to frame the child, it's really dampening." Lu Gou looked indignant, as if he had been greatly wronged.

Lu Bu was noncommittal, turned his back and raised his head for a long time, and then said: "The maid corrupted the atmosphere of the palace and dragged her out to be killed. Stand down, all of you! ”

In the last words, I couldn't hide my tiredness.

When Lu Bu was still alone in the room, Lu Bu finally sighed and said to himself: "Cheng Lian, how good it would be if you didn't die." ”

Now these guards are with him, none of them are unselfish, and they can be unconditionally loyal to him alone, only Cheng Lian is alone, he is like a shadow, as long as Lu Bu orders, he can be implemented to the end without any discount, and even Wei Yue is a little inferior later.

Like this just now, how Lu Bu didn't know what was going on, he just wanted to wait for Zhong Yu's testimony, and then give a good beating to this Lu Gou, he has been arrogant recently.

But Zhong Yu's performance disappointed Lu Bu, what Zhong Yu was afraid of was that he shouldn't scruple at all, these things were things that Lu Bu, the king of Jin, should worry about, and his subordinates had transgressed at this time.

In order to quickly settle this matter, Lu Bu didn't even notify Queen Yan, and even Lu Xing, one of the key people, didn't summon him, in order to learn about this matter? According to Lu Bu's expectations, with Zhong Yu's testimony, he would be able to confirm Lu Gou's guilt, and at most he would be punished separately, and the pregnant maid would not have to die.

But now in the high-walled courtyard, the crisis is beginning to appear, and Lu Bu can't help but think of a few lines of poetry given to him by the old monk Moriyah, and he begins to wonder whether the wolf breeding plan he has formulated is right or wrong.

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