Chapter II. 169. Prince Crisis

Today, a sky-high fire ignited in Fengjing Jingcheng; And what was ignited at the same time as the Shuangtian Gambling House was the heart of Prince Yan Day. The crown prince never thought that now that he was the de facto emperor of Youbei Sanlu, there would be people who were so bold and burned their own industry! What's even more infuriating is that this fire burned for half an hour, and I didn't even receive a secret report!

This is a real emptiness of people and money!

As Wan Changning explained before, the crown prince is now in power and is in the heyday of his life; Even Prime Minister Li Deng, who usually opposes Emperor Xuande's Yan Hunting, has already returned home to recuperate after saying that he is ill; In this way, the promotion and dismissal of officials are all in the mind of the prince. After he purged most of the officials, the entire Youbei Sanlu was naturally replaced by the crown prince at the helm. At this moment, even if Yan Zhan wants to be reinstated, these officials who have just sat on the stage will definitely not agree!

Unexpectedly, before the prince was happy, someone burned his backyard into ruins with a fire. With this fire, there is no room for chance; In other words, the two-day gambling house that has just been renovated with a huge amount of money will definitely end up worse than Beilan Palace.

"Who the did this!" This is already the angry Yan Tian, who shouted this sentence for the fourth time.

The head of the inner court who is now on duty in the Winter Nuan Pavilion is Li Qing's confidant and righteous son, named Li Yu. Since he studied under Li Qing, he is naturally well versed in the temperament of the Yan family's father and son. At this time, in the face of the angry prince, he just didn't say a word, and after carefully cleaning up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, he stood aside.

Manager Xiao Li is only eighteen years old this year, if Li Qing hadn't invited himself to take up his post, saying that he wanted to concentrate on serving Emperor Xuande, it would not be his turn to be this four-grade eunuch. However, judging from his reaction now, although this son is not as old and spicy as his stepfather Li Qing, he still knows what to say and what not to answer. is so silent, although it may not please the master, but his life will definitely be worry-free.

What's more, he is young and already holds the position of the chief eunuch of the fourth grade, and there will be no 'promotion channels' in the future.

After the roar, Yan Tian waited for a long time without a trace of sound in his ears, so he smashed a tea bowl with his hand, looking at Li Yugang, who was standing with his hands down, he wanted to scold a few words to get angry, but after thinking for a long time, he didn't come up with a topic, so he had to break another tea bowl to vent his anger:

"If it weren't for your father-in-law's affection, you dumb dog slave would have died a hundred times! Swing! Imperial Horse Supervisor!"

Li Yu responded, turned his head and called in a few palace maids to clean the Winter Warm Pavilion, and he stepped out, reached out and took down a lantern from the door, and walked in front of the sedan chair to guide the direction.

This lantern and a small sedan chair, like a boat running on the river in the dark night, came to the gate of the Imperial Horse Prison quietly.

Yan Tian, who was full of grief and indignation, stepped forward, and just wanted to raise his foot and kick the door open, but immediately stopped his movements abruptly. He shook off Li Yu, who wanted to stabilize his figure, and waved his hand towards the gate instead. Li Yu stepped forward and was just about to call someone to take over, but was pulled back by Yan Tian:

"Don't shout! Knock! ”

The anger contained in this voice actually made Li Yu's body tremble when he heard it.

'Boom...... Knock'

With a soft and slow call to the door, an old and weak voice came from the room:

"The door is not closed, come in!"

Yan Tian straightened his collar and walked into the door lightly. And Li Yu's figure flickered, and he blocked out of the gate.

Yan Tian took advantage of the faint and dim candle flame in the room to look at the kind old eunuch in his memory. This is the first time he has met the supervisor of the Imperial Horse Prison after Liu Banxian broke into the palace.

Although he rarely came into contact with Lu Xiangyin, and even deliberately walked around the gate of the imperial horse eunuch in order to avoid suspicion on weekdays, he still understood the power of this fat old eunuch very well. In the previous cooperation between the two sides, although another person came forward, the result still made him very satisfied. Now I came this time, but I was just desperate and chose a way that was not the way out.

The reason is also very simple, the last cooperation, the other party handed over the 'goods', and he has not paid the 'silver'.

In fact, today's crown prince is not without people who can do things inside and outside the palace. And those people's ability to do things is not much better than that of their father's imperial horse supervisor. The only pity is that they ask for too much money, and they are not allowed to pay on credit; Those people simply ignore their status as the most noble, do not believe in their promises for the future, and do not even accept 'installments'; Of course, this way of securing money and goods is also the most traditional way of doing business.

But now the fire in the Shuangtian Gambling House has not been extinguished, and even if I find those partners, I don't have a lot of money to pay! Besides, how long can he, the prince of the prison country, be able to be a prisoner? How much money does it cost for the Twin Heavens to reopen? Will the war between the two norths turn into a tug-of-war of attrition? What kind of money do you use to share the high-quality Hibiscus business that you have negotiated with others? These problems in front of us need to be prepared in advance with a large sum of money; But now that the two-day gambling house has fallen, there is no fixed income, how dare I throw a large amount of money?

In desperation, Liu Zhi thought of the vacuum period of Huang Li's death, the partner who came up as a 'substitute' - the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

It's not that he doesn't know Lu Xiangyin's loyalty to Yan Hunt, it's just that his current behavior is too severe, and he really doesn't have a person available under him. In desperation, I can only hold the attitude of 'dead horses as live horse doctors', and come here to temporarily hug Buddha's feet.

"How is Supervisor Lu doing lately? Why do you light such a small light on such a dark day? This king can't see your face clearly. ”

Lu Xiangyin's voice came out faintly, although the two were close at this time, their voices sounded as if they had fallen from the sky:

"The prince thinks it's dark, but the old slave thinks it's bright enough...... Look at the fire in the east of Fengjing City, isn't it dazzling enough? ”

Lu Xiangyin only said one sentence, and said that the prince Yan Tian was a big red face. At this time, he also felt that his previous matter of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge was indeed not authentic enough; The mountains and rivers met, but I didn't expect that it was only a few days, and I went around and returned to the Imperial Horse Prison. Rao is the ancestor of the Yan family, and he inevitably feels a little embarrassed.

"Supervisor Lu, my Youbei Third Road is currently in an eventful season, and this king is really dizzy every day! Supervisor Lu, it's not that this king wants to cross the river and tear down the bridge, Beilan ...... The king has long kept the merits of your imperial horse supervisor firmly in his heart, and originally wanted to wait for the end of the war to reward them together, but he didn't expect that this move would definitely cause a misunderstanding of Supervisor Lu...... In this way, it was the king's inconsiderate work before, which made the imperial horse supervisor suffer grievances......"

Just when Yan was chattering, a big withered hand suddenly stretched out in the darkness, and there was a copper rod in his hand, and gently flicked the wick twice. Immediately, the room lit up slightly, and Lu Xiangyin's thin face as if he was starving suddenly appeared in front of Yan Tian's eyes.

"Ah...... Land...... Supervisor Lu, you are ......"

I don't know if he was really surprised by Lu Xiangyin's current appearance, or if he deliberately made a gesture, he couldn't say a whole sentence in his mouth, and then his legs went weak, and the whole person sat on the cold ground with dull eyes.

"Ahem...... The prince doesn't need to be frightened, because the old slave was seriously injured before, and although the old slave was barely picked up, he could only live like this, barely breathing......"

Although Yan Tian had never seen Lu Xiangyin's skills, his clan uncle Yan Fujiu could see the whole process of his hands with the Heavenly Spirit Veiner. Although the result is not satisfactory, at least you can go head-to-head with the Heavenly Spirit Veiner! Thinking about it, the reason why this famous Imperial Horse Supervisor has stood for many years without falling is mostly because there is a peerless master in the 'family'.

But now that he has been injured like this, it takes a lot of effort to catch a chicken, what else can he do?

Thinking of this, the prince no longer had the interest of going around in circles with him, his face was still calm, but the tone of his mouth changed:

"Since Supervisor Lu is injured, Xiao Wang will no longer bother you to recuperate. When the war between the two norths subsides in the future, the king will come here again to visit the supervisors......"

"Ahem, I heard that you, the prince, have a few foreign accounts that are about to expire in the near future...... At this time, the two-day gambling house was burned again...... It's okay for the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but I'm afraid that your business friends won't be able to wait that long......"

As soon as the prince heard this, he immediately had the urge to slap his mouth: How can I forget this, don't look at this old eunuch is now a waste, but his disciples and grandchildren are still alive and well! Even if this matter is handed over to the Imperial Horse Superintendent, it will inevitably not be hidden from the emperor; But if you can't even get through this difficult time in front of you, what can you talk about in the future?

Immediately, the prince immediately turned around, put on a resentful face, and looked at Lu Xiangyin's terrifying face like a starving ghost sincerely:

"Hey, since Supervisor Lu himself broke the word, this king doesn't need to hide it. Seeing that the supervisor was ill before, this king really couldn't bear to bother with mundane things...... That's right, the king's double heaven gambling house was burned, and a personal friend is now missing......"

"Ahem, Your Highness is talking about Wan Changning, right? He has been captured by Shen Gui and returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion......"

"Shen Gui!? What does it have to do with him when I open my gambling house? If you want to avenge his grandfather Guo Yunsong, you should also count this account on his head Li Deng! ”

"Li Xiang? This old and young are going to become real in-laws......"

"Are you saying that Cousin Le'an is going to marry Shen Gui...... How come I never knew about these things? ”

Lu Xiangyin nodded, stretched out a dry palm, and gently stroked the prince's surprised face:

"Prince, Prince, Lu Xiangyin is His Majesty's minion, if there is a future, he will naturally be your minion. But today, the old slave wants to commit the following offense and tell the truth. For a long time, in your mind, you are just weighing the pros and cons and calculating the pros and cons; But if you can look a little farther, you will see a different picture......"