Chapter 60 Questioning
After getting the antidote, Lu Jue immediately sent the antidote back, because Zhou Zhao was poisoned again and the toxicity deepened, although he had taken the antidote, he still couldn't wake up for a while. He learned from Liu Fuling that Zhou Zhao, who had taken the medicine, would no longer be in serious trouble, so he hurried to Deyue Tower without resting, and this toss came to the next morning.
Yao Minghao's return not only came back to him, but also brought back more than a hundred Praetorian Guards with strong bodies and martial arts. At this moment, all the people, including Night Wind and the others, stayed in the Deyue Tower, monitoring the people brought by the rudder of the Seven Star Hall.
After talking to Lu Jue that day in Xianglan, she thought about it alone for a whole afternoon, and then only brought a few pieces of clothing, and said goodbye without saying goodbye. Lu Jue's farewell to her was expected by Lu Jue, and it is not difficult to say that this is also what he hopes for the most, after all, he doesn't want to hurt her life. After Yu Xianglan left, he did not change the owner of the Yuelou, hoping that after everything was over, it could be returned to the original owner, so nothing here has been changed, and now there is this criminal and this hundred Praetorian Guards, just keeping the little second cook to facilitate the sending.
When the sky was dark, Lu Jue rushed to the Deyue Tower, and then ordered the night breeze to bring Xu He, while waiting for him, he stood alone in front of the open window, holding a cup of strong tea, looking out of the window with his eyes intently, looking at those ordinary people who were busy for a living, his mind was full of emotions, although they worked hard for three meals a day, they would also have a little trouble, but they lived a simple and happy life. Once upon a time, I could have lived such a quiet and comfortable life, but at this time, I could only laugh at the conceit of the year, what kind of situation I pushed myself into, and my eyes were also dyed with a little remorse, and I drank this tea without a sip, and lowered my head and fell into deep thought!
It was at this time that Xu He was brought over by the night wind, and Lu Jue, who heard the movement, did not look back at him, but just waited quietly for him to approach. Naturally, I didn't see what this night time could change a person into.
Xu He, who had not slept all night, looked haggard and embarrassed, and his face was full of exhaustion. When he walked into the hall and saw the long figure standing under the morning glow, he inexplicably felt unprecedented fear in his heart. That brilliance, that temperament, just standing there quietly is enough to shock people's hearts, making him, a person who has passed the age of standing, panic and a little cramped.
He and Ye Feng stopped and stood a few steps away from Lu Jue, and Ye Feng first hugged his fists and replied: "Master, Xu He brought it." ”
Lu Jue replied lightly: "Got it." ”
It seemed that a soft response came from afar, but this sound was enough to make Xu He, who had seen a lot of the world, tremble, and stood there for a while and didn't know what to do.
Lu Jue turned around, put the tea bowl in his hand on the table, and gently waved his hand holding the teacup lid to signal the night breeze to retreat.
The night breeze understood, and motioned for all the people in the hall to retreat, and he himself quietly retreated outside the door.
Xu He raised his head and looked at Lu Jue, who had already turned around, with a faint smile on his face, looking at this smile like a spring breeze, but his whole heart was raised, and he stiffly bowed and said: "Grass people Xu He, I have seen Lord Lu." ”
Lu Jue smiled lightly, buckled the teacup lid in his hand on the tea bowl, sighed slightly regretfully, sat down and said slowly: "This seat is looking for you now, you should also understand what I mean, if you don't want to suffer from flesh and skin, what does this seat ask, you can answer, okay." After speaking, he leaned on the corner of the table with one arm, looked at Xu He with sharp eyes, waiting for him to answer.
Xu He didn't understand what this meant, and the only thing he could do to escape from him was to know everything and say everything. Facing those deep, deep eyes, he lowered his head and hurriedly replied, "Grass people, I must do my best." ”
"I hope so, sit." Lu Jue didn't care about anything, raised his hand and pointed to the seat next to him and motioned for him to sit down.
"Thank you, Lord for your seat." Xu He saluted with awe, and then sat down stiffly.
Lu Jue, who had been busy all night and had no sleep, was still in style except for being a little tired, he didn't beat around the bush, and spoke directly: "The Jin Kingdom and Mongolia came to attack Daqi together, and there are many coincidences whether your Seven Star Hall is the same as them." ”
Xu He's body trembled, he lowered his head and thought for a moment and did not hide it: "Although the Jin Kingdom and Mongolia are vast and sparsely populated, their main source of food is to be obtained by trading cattle and sheep in the Guannei. If they barely survive just for the sake of work, they can still do it, but their ambition is not small to store this great mountain and river, so the five princes of the Jin Kingdom proposed to send the Seven Star Hall to the Central Plains first, the purpose is to earn enough gold and silver, buy grain and grass, and when they are hoarded enough, they will attack in the middle of winter. The poison and antidote of Qirisan are unique, and they are all made of rare materials outside the border, as long as they make a little use of natural gold and silver, they will not worry. ”
Lu Jue understood the meaning of this, but what he wanted to know most at this time was whether King Luo was involved in collusion. So he asked: "The powerful person who came with you to ask for Qirisan, but his identity can be revealed, and this person can be related to King Luo!." ”
Hearing this, Xu He's expression couldn't help but become solemn, and his thoughts ran back to ten years ago; It turned out that he failed again and again in the examination room, because someone coveted his talent, transferred his test papers, and let him fall to Sun Shan several times, and it was at this time that this person reached out to help, and Xu He didn't know how to repay him when he was in danger. He went incognito outside the customs for ten years, which is naturally the first step to repay his kindness. But when I finally came back, I just started my fists and feet, but I was planted on the seven days, and I really succeeded and defeated.
However, he also knew that person's means of dealing with traitors, and after weighing the left and right, Xu He decided to hide it. He thought that as long as he didn't talk about it, Lu Jue would not dare to attack himself for his own interests, he raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Lu Jue, lowered his eyelids and disappeared from the flashing gaze and said: "As a subordinate of me, I can imagine this kind of major event, and I am a person from the Central Plains, it is impossible for them to let me know." ”
It is not surprising that Xu He would conceal Lu Jue, and it would be suspicious that he would fall to the bottom of himself. Lu Jue looked at Xu He inquiringly and said, "There are up to a thousand people in the Seven Star Hall, and there are many people with older qualifications and stronger abilities than you. Sending you back to the Central Plains alone, if it is not profitable, why bother. After speaking, he knocked on the table with his fingers, unintentionally reminding Xu He that it was useless to conceal it.
This made Xu He understand, his face was embarrassed, he took a deep breath, and reminded: "You are just a small Dali Temple, even if it is a second grade, you are still powerless, listen to the grass people's advice that you still don't understand." ”
This sentence is undoubtedly reminding Lu Jue that the person behind him is in a higher position and has more power than you, and you can't control or do it.
This sentence made Lu Jue associate it with King Luo, glanced at him, and said without hurry: "If you don't tell me, how do you know that I can't solve it." ”
Xu He met his gaze and sneered slightly: "The Three Kingdoms are at war, tens of thousands of lives depend on your own strength, Lord Siqing overestimates himself too much!" ”
In the face of his ridicule, Lu Jue was not anxious or annoyed, and said: "I don't have the ability to stop the war between the Three Kingdoms, but if this seat says it, this seat has the ability to let you say it; If you don't talk about death, you can be trusted! ”
Xu He stood up excitedly, leaned forward with his support on the table, and excitedly reminded him of the seriousness of this matter: "You can't control it, you live a worry-free life on top of it, why bother with these things that you can't control." Even if you have a way and an idea, it has become a trend to change the dynasty, as long as you have real talent and learning, which dynasty and generation can rest easy, so why bother hitting the stone with an egg. ”
Lu Jue got up slowly, looked at him coldly, and said without concealment: "Under the nest, how can there be no eggs, you should understand the truth that once a son of heaven is a courtier." I don't have a delusional idea that I can be glorious all my life, and you don't have to think that the person behind you will come to save you. Whether you cooperate with me or not, as long as you go through my place, he will not let you live, good birds choose trees to perch, you have no second way to go now, the only choice is to recruit it happily, or to recruit it after suffering from flesh and skin. ”
"You just condescended to your subordinates, and the grass people chose to protect themselves." After saying that, he sat there with his head down, and then he said no more.
If you want to be surprised, you know that you know the other, and as soon as Xu He's words came out, Lu Jue didn't bother with his words. Sitting back in his place, leaning sideways on the armrest of the chair, his eyes flashed cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Where is the night wind?" ”
"The minions are here." There was an answer outside the door, and the night wind pushed the door in, stepped in front of Lu Jue in a few steps, and said in a loud voice: "The slave night wind respectfully asks the master to show it." ”
Lu Jue closed his eyes, raised his hand to support his forehead, and said in an indifferent voice: "You have followed me for a few years, and you have been in and out of Dali Temple, not to mention Baihui, and you already know a lot about the torture there." Now it's time for you to use your means, and you can use it as much as you know! Let him see what means our Dali Temple has to deal with those who don't open their mouths! ”
"Yes" Night Wind led a few steps to Xu He, and grabbed his arm without waiting for him to react, he twisted mercilessly and made a crisp sound, Xu He exhaled in pain, the green tendons and cold sweat on his forehead broke out one after another, and his whole body trembled violently due to the pain.
The sharp pain in his arm finally made Xu He realize why he was called White-faced Yama. He gritted his teeth and persevered, because he had reached this point, as long as he survived, then he would have a glimmer of life.
Night Wind let go of the arm that had been twisted into a few knots, and that arm was like a soft cloth, hanging weakly to Xu He's side, and this time it hurt him in a cold sweat. Before he could let go of the breath he was carrying, the night wind stretched out his powerful arm again, grabbed his other arm and grabbed his other arm again, when Lu Jue's sound of stopping was heard, and the night wind led the order to retreat aside.
Lu Jue got up and walked in front of Xu He, looked at Xu He, who was trembling, and asked in a deep voice with an indifferent look: "This seat will ask you again, do you say yes." Seeing Xu He clenching his teeth, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration, his whole body trembled, and then he snorted coldly, stretched out his long arm and grabbed his broken arm and lifted it up, staring intently at Xu He, who was sweating profusely, his expression was still indifferent, and he asked again: "Ask you again if you say yes." ”
At this time, Xu He was still quite backbone, glared at Lu Jue angrily and said with trembling lips: "I have nothing to say." ”
Lu Jue lightly picked the corners of his mouth, let go of his hand and let the arm hang down, straightened up, his face sank, and he said with a cold face: "Unload that." ”
As soon as these words came out, Xu He's whole body stiffened, and the backbone just now was gone, and before the night wind grabbed that arm, he trembled again and again: "I said, I said, big, my lord spares my life." ”
"Okay, you." Before the words could be spoken, Yao Minghao's voice came from outside the door, Lu Jue immediately stopped and motioned for him to come in, and Yao Minghao pushed the door in response. Hurried over to him and whispered a few words to him.
After hearing Yao Minghao's words, Lu Jue glanced at him, his brows furrowed slightly, which showed how serious what Yao Minghao said just now, he raised his hand and called the night breeze to him and gave him a few words, and then left in a hurry with Yao Minghao.
After some inquiry, except for a few leaders and backbones, all those useless people were released.
Back to the Zhou family, it was noon, Ye Suxin led everyone in the Zhou family to stand at the door, including Zhou Zhao, who had just recovered from a serious illness, and Lu Jue and Yao Minghao, who hurried back from Deyue Tower, and everyone was looking forward to waiting for someone from afar.
Not long after, a group of men and horses came from a distance, and the pair came from far and near, and it was clear that this was a group of well-armed and energetic soldiers. A group of people and horses gathered around a luxurious troika and stopped at the door of Zhou's house, who was such a big pomp and circumstance, so that everyone came to greet them.
When the carriage was stopped, the attendants on both sides lifted the curtain of the delicately embroidered and brocade-heavy carriage. The first to come out was Guo Sheng, the eunuch beside King Luo. The second is Zhou Wenfeng, who has a wealth that can reach half of the country, and the last one to appear is the unpredictable and heavy general Wang Luo Wang Zhu Zhen.