"But he still has the same heart as King Zhao."

"So what? Let's take what we need from him. Even if King Zhao takes the opportunity to take power, it will not be a bad thing for us. ”

"That's right."

Several people from the Pu family discussed a lot, and finally there was a consensus that if there was really chaos, the best outcome would be that King Zhao would win in the chaos, obtain the right to open the government, suppress the civil uprising, and finally take power, block Xu Zi from the Fujian Road first, and let this kid fend for himself in the Eastern Domain.

Pu Shougao shook his head and smiled, deep in his heart, of course, he didn't really want the Fujian Road to be completely messed up, the foundation of the Pu family is in heaven, but the foundation of the Pu family of the Great Wei is in Fuzhou, hundreds of people are scattered here, and take root, although they follow all the customs of the Tianfang people, but sometimes the way of thinking and living habits are also similar to the Wei people. In particular, the interests of the Pu family are in the Great Wei, and Fujian Road is full of their commercial houses, once destroyed by the war, the interests of the Pu family will lose about six or seven percent, and only a small part of foreign trade remains.

With such an ending, as the patriarch, even if he can use Pu Xingfeng to suppress the clansmen, Pu Shougao's prestige will inevitably fall to the bottom, and no one will respect and love him as the head of the clan at all.

Pu Shougao's face gradually turned gloomy, he couldn't refuse Pu Xingfeng's order at all, and he didn't dare to refuse, now he could only see how Li Gu controlled the operation, once the matter was launched, how it would end in the end, and he could only wait for the decision of Providence.

……

Luo Xiaozi ate and drank in the stinking cell, he sat cross-legged on the ground, ripped off a large piece of boiled and rotten dog meat, stained it with garlic, stuffed it into his mouth, and then drank a big sip of wine.

"You Southern Barbarians know a bird." Luo Xiaozi scolded with a smile: "These bird foods of yours, what kind of fried oysters, boiled sea fish, so little meat, and thorns, what birds are delicious?" You have to eat a lot of meat, beef, donkey meat, dog meat, mutton, boiled in a cauldron, eat garlic, and then drink a lot of wine, so that this life is not in vain. ”

Luo Xiaozi is in a good mood, he has successfully completed the task, and retreated, for people like them, loss of wind is a common thing, he has been in prison for several roads, but the taste here is really uncomfortable, it is a bad luck, he has already calculated, after going out, he has to take a good bath, wash off the bad luck on his body, and then return to Jianzhou, or Quzhou, and then find the leader Li Kaiming, that is, the blue-robed man, go back to restore his life.

Li Kaiming and Luo Xiaozi are both Qinfeng Road people, the Qinfeng Road of the Great Wei Dynasty is the adjustment and merger of the Northwest Roads at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the government is still in Fengxiang, the original Xihe Road, Yanzhou and other roads, the mansion and the state are merged together, so that the scope of Qinfeng Road is much larger, there are more than 20 prefectures and more than 100 counties, so as to form a whole, a total of resistance to Beiyu and Xiqiang.

In addition, Hedong Road and Yongxing Military Road are also important towns in Hedong in the northwest, and Hebei Road and Jingbei Road are all important military towns along the border against foreign races.

Li Kaiming and Luo Zhenbang are both security guards in the north of Yanzhou, and they are both born in the military village, which is a common thing in the northwest, which is not surprising.

Luo Zhenbang couldn't study, and he failed to do it after repeated attempts, so he had to rely on some miscellaneous books he read to sell his mouth and tell hexagrams.

But he was unwilling to fight all his life, and when Li Kaiming and other thieves started up, Luo Zhenbang also took the initiative to participate in it. In the past few years, from a group of border soldiers, post soldiers, bankrupt peasants, to the gangsters who gathered into a crowd, Luo Zhenbang has experienced many wars, and has been arrested many times in disguise to find out the news, twice was ransomed, and once was almost beheaded, a few days before the execution, Li Kaiming led his troops to break through the county seat and rescued him from the county prison, which can be described as dangerous and dangerous.

After the watch, there was silence all around, and there was a snoring sound everywhere in the cell, one after another, but at this time, several men entered the cell under the leadership of the jailer, and before the cell of Luo Xiaozi, the jailer opened the cell and said, "Luo Xiaozi, come out." ”

Luo Zhenbang had been drowsy for a long time, and had been sitting and napping, but at this time, he jumped up, he felt quite uneasy in his heart, and said: "How can you be transferred to prison at this hour? ”

A man in a black robe said coldly: "Don't talk too much, and don't make trouble, otherwise you will suffer a loss." ”

Luo Xiaozi is a spiritual awakening person, laughed at the moment, and said: "Since my brother said so, then I will do it in the next place, and those who come out to run the rivers and lakes rely on their friends to take care of them." ”

"If you are obedient, you will not suffer."

The man in black was also satisfied with the attitude of the northern dwarf in front of him, nodded, and made the two of them one left and one right, sandwiching Luo Dwarf in the middle, several men walked from the dark and deep prison passage, no one spoke, the surrounding was dark, the smell was unpleasant, there were many people who had not slept yet, but they didn't bother to care about this side of the matter, some of them were arrested because they couldn't afford to pay taxes, and their adaptability to the prison was extremely poor, and they were still tossing and turning in the middle of the night, moaning or crying in a low voice.

After turning many times from the mezzanine, it was difficult for ordinary people to easily get out of the labyrinth-like prison without the jailer to lead it, and after going out, they were greeted by the refreshing air in the middle of the night in summer, which made people feel cool and comfortable. After living in the sweltering and airtight, and smelly prison underground for many days, even if Luo Xiaozi was quite accustomed to that environment, he couldn't help but take a long breath at this time, and the pores on his whole body seemed to be all opened, and his body was refreshed.

The same was true of the big men who escorted Luo Shorty, with a pleasant expression on their faces.

Either way, no one likes to stay in that environment for long.

Everyone came out of the side gate of the mansion all the way, and Luo Xiaozi was quite familiar with the road...... At that time, all the counties and prefectures were the same, the prison was located on the left side of the main hall of the yamen, and from the side gate was a neat bluestone pavement, the night breeze was blowing, it was already close to the middle of August, and the weather began to become cooler, especially at night.

Luo Xiaozi got into the carriage with everyone very tamely, and lowered his head and did not look at the sides of the road, he knew that tonight's events were quite strange, and he would worry about his life...... Being in prison did not make Luo Xiaozi afraid, but the things in front of him made him feel a little extraordinary.

The carriage stopped after a short period of time, and several men still sandwiched Luo Xiaozi in the middle of the carriage, and the man led by him opened the car door and got out of the car, Luo Xiaozi couldn't help but say: "This old man, bring it here, what is the matter?" ”

The man glanced at Luo Xiaozi, grinned, and said, "Wait for news." ”

"What are you waiting for?"

"Don't ask about this, just wait."

Luo Xiaozi felt ridicule in the eyes of the man, and also felt a little cold, he suddenly understood that whether he lived or died, I am afraid that it would be decided in the news transmitted.

So far, Luo Xiaozi didn't care, he was half-lying on the wall of the carriage, and said with a smile: "Then I'll wait, it's okay, I've eaten and drunk enough before this." ”

Several big men looked at the northern dwarf with admiration. They also have an obvious atmosphere of rivers and lakes, and they also have a little more respect for Luo Xiaozi, a good man who is not afraid of life and death, and is still calm before the threshold of life and death. Moreover, the identity of Luo Xiaozi has been ascertained, is a famous heroic man in the north, resourceful and decisive, is a very good strategist among the rogues, there are many legends of this person, and its most famous is the ability to tell fortunes, such people, in the folk often associated with some mysterious strategists, many proverbs are made up by them, full of mystery, which makes people this kind of characters, the fear of the psychology is even stronger.

……

"Chen Shancai, how many Li Yong have been sent out?"

"Yes, everyone has brought it up, take it to the master's outer house and wait for the news."

"yes, I see."

It is not difficult to bribe the officials of the government and bring Luo Zhenbang out of prison, Li Gu has his own channel information and knows a lot of things in the rivers and lakes, and the people in the rivers and lakes have long known about the things that the officials in the yamen can't know.

For example, Luo Zhenbang's identity is quite easy to check, and the bottom files of his graphic drawings and text descriptions are in the yamen of the government and the criminal department, and those Confucian officials are a little responsible, and the identity of this dwarf has already been found out.

Of course, the money for fishing was spent from the money given by the Pu family, which was a huge amount of money, and Li Gu had already taken a small part, and most of it was not moved.

If you don't get support, Zhao Wangfu's connections can't be used at all, and if you want to do the big thing at hand, Li Gu's staff can't do anything at all.

In the palace, King Zhao lives in the main hall and several exquisite courtyards, Xu Ziwei lives in the east courtyard, which is also a lot of places, and the rest of the sons live in the west courtyard, all of whom have not yet married, Xu Ziwen has reached the age, but has not picked a suitable marriage partner...... The wives of the nobles don't pay attention to their appearance, let alone women's red knitting, the most important thing is the family. The marriage will bring benefits to both families, but in the current situation, the range of choices available to the Zhao Wangfu is too small.

Those civil official families were happy to marry their daughters to Xu Ziwen a few years ago, Xu Ziwen is handsome, personable, and literary and talented in Fujian Road, and his elegant collection is even famous in Dawei. But now it is different, most of the civil officials fell to Xu Zixian because of the marriage between the Marquis of Changwen and the Zhongshan Palace, and Xu Zixian's ability, talent, virtue and ethics were trusted by the civil officials. Xu Ziwen's little bit of literary talent is pale and vulnerable compared with the interests of reality.

Now most of the people who are willing to marry Xu Ziwen are those who have no real power, and they want to marry their daughters into the wealthy businessmen, and marry these families, but they can't get any benefits, but they are stained by the other party, which is a loss-making deal for Zhao Wangfu, if you want a woman, these noble sons and daughters want as many as they want, and the wives who can provide help, as well as the family behind her, such a marriage is meaningful.

Now Xu Ziwen is no longer worthy of King Zhao to give him more resources, and the marriage has not been decided over twenty years old, and King Zhao's attitude is also quite obvious.

The people in the palace are all rumors, this is because they leaked the poisoning of King Qi, acted carelessly, and had no real ability...... Xu Ziwei is also a straw bag, and he can still ride into the barracks on horseback, show his martial arts, and lead the army on the surface. And Xu Ziwen is a powerless literary scholar, a few decades ago, when the civil officials were in power, the literary talents in the clan were very valued, and now it is obvious that in troubled times, scholars are useless.

Li Gu returned to the palace after dark, met King Zhao first, did not talk about anything important, and had dinner with the rest of the Qing guests with King Zhao, and left before and after the watch, and King Zhao returned to the back house to rest.

Li Gu did not return to his residence, his affairs had already been launched, and whether it was successful or not depended on the next step.

When he walked towards Xu Ziwen's residence, Li Gu also asked himself why he did this, and when this thought came to his mind, Li Gu's footsteps stopped for a moment, and he didn't move for a while.

The servants in the past were very strange, looking at this confidant of King Zhao standing in the middle of the road with a sluggish expression, people carefully moved their bodies to avoid it, and did not dare to disturb Li Gu's thoughts.

After half a ring, Li Gu shook his head with a wry smile and continued to move forward.

He had understood that he was doing this for a simple reason, out of fear.

Previously, most of King Zhao's tricks and conspiracies to the Nan'an Hou Mansion were due to Li Gu's contributions.

Once Xu Zi finds out everything first, he may not be able to be ruthless to King Zhao's father and son, and do things absolutely to the end, how to deal with Li Gu, or Li Gu's family, this is an obvious thing.

There is no turning back from the bow, since the thing has been done, King Zhao has the capital to hesitate and hesitate, how is he the biological father of the Son of Heaven, even if Xu Zi first controls the whole of Fujian, and even becomes the biological father of the next Son of Heaven more than ten years later, and becomes the Great Wei Prison State, he cannot openly arrest King Zhao, and even give King Zhao some dignity, within the clan, the relationship between relatives and blood cannot be separated.

And Li Gu, a black-bellied staff, just launched the Ming canonical punishment, whether it was pushed to Dongshi to be beheaded, hanged, or secretly assassinated, and then confiscated family property, exiled Li Gu's family, this is an obvious thing.

Li Gu also quite understands that if he doesn't work hard, the terrible end will be in a few years, three years, or five years? It won't be long.

For a while, Li Gu felt that Xu Zixian didn't seem to be the kind of ruthless person, he was very gentle with people and acted in an orderly manner, as if he was not the kind of character of the lord of the heroes. But after thinking about it, King Zhongshan's ruthless hand in the first battle of Jiangtan, the beheaded thousands of heads were placed on the streets of Fuzhou, attracting more than 100,000 onlookers.

In the battle of Qizhou, Chen Yutai and his subordinates were all beheaded, leaving almost no one alive.

The same is true of the war against the two pirates in Luzon, who would rather go to great lengths to hunt down and hunt for them than pardon a pirate who should be killed.

Now the Kyokan of the Eastern Domain is located on the coast, and every passing ship will make a detour to the Eastern Domain, just to see the magnificent slopes made of tens of thousands of heads.

Such a male lord can not be speculated by common sense at all, if Xu Zixian thinks that Li Gu deserves to die, and the crime cannot be punished, then no matter how many benefits are promised and how many benefits are exchanged, Li Gu believes that he is dead.

It is precisely because of this fear, this cold and piercing fear, Li Gu is desperately tossing, if he is willing to give up everything in front of him, give up his identity and abscond, it is not impossible, King Zhao trusts him very much, he is not too vigilant, and the net opened by the people who are secretly guarding is not very tight. Fleeing with a family, Jiangling, Guangzhou, can survive, and even go to Nanyang, which is not unacceptable for Fuzhou people...... The Li Gu family has relatives in Lan Fangguo, as well as in Siam or Champong, and they can survive wherever they go.

But Li Gu didn't want to, and didn't want to, do that.

So now there is only one way to go, two desperate people tossing in the water, can they struggle to get ashore, or can they fight their way out?

……

"Mr. Li?"

Xu Ziwen's hair was not combed, his face was not shaved, his beard grew very long, and there were oily spots on the moon-white robe on his body.

Seeing Li Gu enter the door, Xu Ziwen, who had unkempt hair, was full of confusion in his eyes, and he said to Li Gu: "Why does Mr. Li have the kung fu to come to me?" ”

Li Gu is a confidant and strategist of King Zhao, and he also has a certain amount of network resources in King Zhao's mansion, and his status is actually above that of an unambitious son like Xu Ziwen.

In the past few months, Xu Ziwen has nothing to do and can't see King Zhao at all, Li Gu has to meet with King Zhao every day, sometimes even talking all night, emperors and other figures, political interests are the highest priority, those who can help are close, and those who can't help are put aside.

King Zhao is waiting to see Xu Ziwen now, even if he sees it, he also glances at it coldly, the kind of attitude that he can't wait for Xu Ziwen to die, Xu Ziwen has seen a lot, and now he doesn't want to see his father when he is idle, and the father-son relationship that was already very weak has long been gone.

"Has Childe ever thought about the future?"

After listening to Li Gu's words, Xu Ziwen laughed a few times and said, "What future do I have?" In a year or two, my father will find a suitable relative, and then ask the Son of Heaven to give me the title of marquis, and then set aside the mansion and tell me to go out and fend for myself. That's pretty much it. It's ridiculous that I am the same as the eldest brother and the third brother, the eldest brother is the son of heaven, and the third brother will be the prince in the future, what about me? When he was forty or fifty years old, he was cautious and cautious, did not make mistakes, and had been in charge of literature, barely enough to be crowned a public official. Well, I have to have the eldest brother to raise the son of the third brother, and the son of heaven thirty years later will still be my cousin, so that I can have a chance. If their plan fails, and Xu Zi gets his hands first, it would be good if I could keep the prince, I am afraid that someone will find an excuse at will and send him to Qiongzhou to manage the elderly, maybe one day he will get drunk, stumble and fall into the river and drown, I don't know. ”