Chapter 26: Friend or Foe
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said that he was taken into custody, Lou Hard was not actually sent to a cell, but lived alone in a house, with palace servants waiting, but he was really frightened, and lay down at night, closed his eyes and saw a bloody knife, had nightmares all night, sat up when he heard the door knocking, broke out in a cold sweat, and made sure that no one came in before he could continue to sleep.
Tonight, the door was ringing, and there were faint lights flickering outside.
Lou opened his mouth wide, felt a heart jump in his throat, hurriedly closed his mouth, grabbed the quilt with both hands, and made up his mind that no matter what crime the emperor put on him, he would cry and beg for mercy.
"Lou Zhongjun, someone has come to see you." The speaker is a servant who serves Lou Hard these days, and has received a lot of benefits, so he is very polite, and there is no strictness of the guards at all.
"Your Majesty spares your life!" Lou said that he would cry, rolled out of bed, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying at the same time, "Don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, for the face of the queen mother, spare my life." I am loyal to Your Majesty, and when Your Majesty was a child, I was still ......"
The servant was startled, put the lantern on the table, and stepped forward to help, "Don't cry when the army in the building comes, it's not Your Majesty who came, it's the people of your Lou family." ”
The building foundation also stepped forward to help, "The army in the building is me, the building foundation." ”
Lou Qiang stopped crying, and recognized that the person was indeed the seventeenth brother with the help of the light, and immediately turned his sadness into joy, hugged him and laughed three times, and then cried again.
The servant left the lantern and exited the room, "Let's talk first, I'll come back in the morning." ”
As soon as the door closed, Lou Hard's face changed immediately, stopped crying, and asked eagerly, "Why are you here?" Why did Your Majesty arrest you? ”
"Your Majesty is gracious and orders me to take the third brother home."
Lou Qiang couldn't stand steadily, sat directly on the bed, and it took a while to understand, "I...... Am I alright? ”
"It's okay, when the imperial city opens at dawn, we can go."
Lou Jian wanted to cry again, so he forcibly held back, "The assassin confessed?" Caught the mastermind? ”
"It shouldn't be yet, but Your Majesty believes that our Lou family ......"
"Haha, I knew, I knew! Our Lou family has made great contributions to the Tiancheng Dynasty, and the emperor is a family, how can he participate in the assassination? Of course, Your Majesty understands this truth, but if you want to take me into custody, you can't just let me go - what about the Huangfu Rank? ”
"Also released."
Lou Hard's excitement decreased a little, "Oh, who else?" ”
"There are six people in total, as well as the children of the Shen family in Bingzhou, the Xi family in Jingzhou, the Cao family of Xiao Guogong, and the Houlan family of Guowu."
"Well, these six families are all founding princes, and they must be innocent. How many other princes and grandsons are there? Already released? ”
"I haven't heard of it."
"That's just not released yet." Lou Qiang lowered his voice, "I've been thinking these days, who wants to stab the driver?" Finally got me to come up with a little eyebrows. ”
"Who?" Lou Ji had to ask.
"Who else could it be? can only be people with the same surname, so the children of princes with different surnames will be released, and His Majesty must have found out something. ”
"Oh."
Lou Gong looked out, eagerly looking forward to the dawn, rubbing his hands together, "Lou is okay this time, I'm fine...... What about the father? ”
"Before leaving the palace, we may be allowed to see our father."
"That's right, after the assassination, the responsibility of the guards is heavier, and it must be in charge of the most trusted general, so the Lou family is really fine."
Lou Jian regained his strength, stood up and walked around the room, and suddenly stopped, "How did you get into the Imperial City?" Did you go out the other day? ”
"Yes, not long after I came back, the Marquis of Guangling recommended me to Your Majesty......"
"Zhang Shiduan?" Lou Gong shook his head, the danger subsided, and his confidence rose, "Don't associate with him, King Guangling has coveted the throne for a long time, and it is known both inside and outside, this assassination is likely to be related to him." ”
Lou guessed correctly, but in his eyes, except for the Lou family, everyone else was suspicious.
Lou Ji avoided this topic, "The third brother can't leave the imperial city for the time being, do you want to visit other people, such as the Huangfu Stage?" ”
Lou stiff squinted, "You think I'm good friends with the Huangfu Rank?" ”
"I thought the third brother was very familiar with him."
"Hey, familiar is familiar, but--you should also know some things about our Lou family, so as not to make the wrong friends in the future--The Lou family has three major opponents, one of which is the Huangfu family, Huangfu Kai failed to compete with his father and became an enemy. When today's son ascended the throne, he was stationed in Jizhou, thinking that the general was secretly making trouble, so he hated our Lou family even more. ”
How could Lou Ji know these things, "Shen Mushou was also sent to ...... state"
"It's different, the Shen family and our Lou family are the real best friends, well, I should go and see Shen Da." Lou Rig was dressed and ready to go out, and they were all locked up in the same courtyard, and they could be seen when they went out.
"Who are the other two opponents of the Lou family?" Lou Ji was curious.
"Haha, you're starting to get involved, that's good. Taifu Liang family and Empress Dowager Lan family. ”
"Huh?"
Seeing Lou Ji's surprised look, Lou Jian was very happy, and then said: "The Liang family doesn't need to say much, the Lan family, of course, the mother is towards her husband and son, and the queen mother, it can be regarded as swaying from side to side, but the queen mother's nephew is dissatisfied with the Lou family, and many things are not clear for a while." ”
"Didn't General Lan quell the chaos in Qinzhou?"
"Hey, I can't help myself, I still made a mess in the end, and I need the general to come out in person." Lou hard face smug.
"Mrs. Liang came back and took charge of Xiangyin, just now, he blocked the road in Zhumamen and urged His Majesty to turn back, and His Majesty accepted it."
Lou Qiang's expression darkened, "I heard that this is a big trouble, and I don't know what Your Majesty thinks in his heart...... Alas, take one step at a time, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, as long as the general and I are fine, the Lou family will be fine, the Lou family will be fine, and the Lou family will be fine, and I will not be afraid of the Liang family, the Lan family and the Huangfu family. Walk. ”
As soon as Lou Gang took a step, there was a knock on the door outside, "It must be Shen Cong who is here." ”
Shen Cong is the eldest son of Shen Zhi, who stayed in the capital with his fifth brother Shen Tan, and is about the same age as Lou Hard, but extremely thin, as if he had never eaten enough since he was a child.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, we're all fine." Shen Cong bowed his hand to Lou Gong, and then turned to Lou Ji, "Seventeenth brother works hard, let's get closer in the future." ”
The four of them shook each other, and Shen Tan said: "Don't blame me for talking too much, this is not the place to talk, after leaving the imperial city, our brothers will treat ...... treat."
"No, you have to come to my house." Lou Qiang competed with the Shen brothers for the host, and in the end he won, and made an appointment to meet at the Chinese General's Mansion in the afternoon.
There were two brothers left, and Lou was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, "Why isn't it dawn?" Seventeen, you open the door, I'm a little out of breath......"
When the day finally dawned, a eunuch arrived, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Lou Zhongjun, you have suffered a lot these days." ”
"It's not bitter, it's not bitter, as long as you can find an assassin accomplice, what's this bitterness?" Lou Hard has returned to normal, no longer crying and laughing.
"Let's go, I'll take the two of you to see the general first, and then send you out of the imperial city."
The other five families also have too much guardianship, Lou Gang and Huangfu Jie met in the courtyard, and they still teased each other, and those who didn't know couldn't see that the two families had a grudge at all.
The imperial city is divided into several weights, the Lou brothers are in the first weight, and they want to see the general in the second weight, Lou Hard wants to go home, if it is not for the love of father and son, he really does not want to go inside.
The general looked at ease, and when he saw his two sons, he said coldly, "What are you doing here?" Don't know I'm busy? ”
The two brothers kowtowed, and Lou said stiffly: "Thanks to God's grace, the child can go home, and I have come to say goodbye to my father." ”
"It's not a big deal, what is there to say goodbye to? By the way, don't be idle, go to the barracks to report immediately after you go out, the Lou family is full of soldiers and serve the country, no exceptions. ”
The foundation of the building should be, and the building said in confusion: "Father, I am a general of the Chinese army, how can I be arranged in the barracks?" ”
The general of the Chinese army is actually a false title, but the grade is high, and the generals in the general barracks see him three points lower.
"You're a bullshit general, when you go to the battalion, you will be a captain first, and then you will make meritorious service." The general reprimanded him throughout, no different from usual.
There were many people in the hall, and the two brothers didn't dare to say anything, but they just said yes.
In the end, the general still changed his mind, "Go home and rest for two days, and when I am done here, I will find a way to arrange for you to join the army." ”
From beginning to end, the general only spoke to Lou Qiang, and didn't seem to notice that Lou Ji was coming.
Finally walked out of the imperial city, Lou was overjoyed, looked up to the sky and wanted to laugh, and finally turned into a long sigh, "All the suffering, today I want to make up for it again!" ”
Lou Qiang did what he said, and immediately ordered a banquet after returning home, and then went to the inner house to visit the concubine, and only came out after a long time, "Mother and princess entered the palace to accompany the queen mother, well, no wonder." I heard it was your idea? ”
Lou Ji wanted to go back to his home, but was left behind by Lou Qiang, "Madame has already had this intention, I just agree." ”
"Your word of approval is very useful." Lou Jian walked closer and patted his younger brother on the shoulder affectionately, "The Lou family needs people like you, although we have many brothers, most of them are mediocre, and they just have their mouths to eat. ”
"The foolish brother was lucky for a while, how dare he compare with the elder brothers?"
"There is no need to be modest between brothers, the Lou family needs a strategist like you, when the Shen brothers come, let's have a good chat, especially Xiao Wu Shen Tan, who is also a smart person......"
The Shen brothers hadn't shown up yet, and someone came to visit in advance.
Although Shao Junqian has the position of a waiter in the Yellow Gate, she rarely wears official uniforms and wears plain clothes, which is no different from ordinary scholars. He was the emperor's favored minister, Lou ran out to greet him, first arched his hand when he met, then hugged, shook his arms and laughed, "Okay, you kid, you escaped by yourself, and you forgot about our brothers." ”
"If I really forget, can the Hard Chinese Army still greet me at home?" Shao Junqian is also not formal.
Lou Qiang was close to the courtiers by the emperor's side, and he called many names, which changed with people, and he never cared about himself.
Entering the hall, Shao Junqian pointed to the building and said: "The Lou family has talents, Your Majesty only praised your younger brother last night, and after he left, he sighed for a long time." ”
The building was standing on the side, and he arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty praises falsely." ”
The three of them said a few polite words to each other, Shao Junqian made a look, Lou Harding retreated from the servants, and wanted Lou Ji to leave, Shao Junqian said: "The seventeenth prince can stay and discuss together." ”
"Your Majesty has a will?" Lou's eyes widened, and he looked like he was about to go to the soup.
"Well, let's just say it, the assassin was sent by the Huangfu family, and His Majesty needs your Lou family to get rid of this traitor."
The foundation of the building and the hard building were shocked at the same time, but the reasons for surprise were different.