Chapter 296: King Yong's scheming

Wang Jing

Tavern in the north of the city

Although after taking care of Zheng Jingyun, Liu Biao has never seen a good face when he walks in the palace and meets the queen, but at least for the time being, in the northern army, it is he who is the commander of Liu.

Even with public enmity and personal hatred, he dealt with all the general flag officers who used to work with him when Zheng Jingyun was in the army.

Then, under the guidance of Zhu Qingyi, a ghost girl, he selected a few honest and reliable ones from among the new soldiers, appointed them to errands, and completely controlled the Northern Army.

If you're in a good mood, this appetite is good,

Before the official scene in the evening, Commander Liu had already taken a few generals promoted by his heart, and sat down in the tavern in the north of the city to eat wine and meat.

"When Lao Tzu was in Lanzhou, it was the mighty general of Lanzhou who was ordered by the emperor to control all the soldiers and horses in the northwest! As long as you follow me well, you will be guaranteed to pay homage to all of you! ”

Zhu Qingyi's vision must be no different, these small schools picked out are all honest dolls from ordinary people who have no background at home, as long as you give a little sweetness, you can help you go up and work hard without saying a word,

"Yes, yes, let's salute the general together, if there is anything in the future, the general, you have a word!"

Honest people don't mean that others won't pat themselves, and they all picked up the wine bowls one by one and gave Commander Liu a drink with a flushed face.

Maybe it's really Wang Jingli's life is too dangerous, even if a sheep stays here for a long time, he can learn to bare his teeth,

Although Liu Biao drank bowl after bowl with a smile on his face, he still saw the unusual figure in the corner of the tavern in the corner of his eye.

Although the man was dressed in a gray cloth robe wrapped tightly, the young face that passed by in a flash still made Liu Biao recognize it,

Xiao Luzi!

It's the little Lu Zi who hasn't been seen since Li Jin's incident!

"Okay, okay, you drink, I'll pee."

Of course, this can't be screamed, the steel knife was pulled out and shouted at the little eunuch: "Take it for me", and quietly finding an excuse to urinate is the best policy.

Xiao Luzi was also vigilant enough, and asked the shopkeeper to burn a bowl of porridge and ask for two white-flour steamed buns and gobble up the dried radishes, then stood up quietly, and floated out of the tavern in a flash.

The alley in the north of the city is narrow, and Xiao Luzi walks in the shadow of the eaves wearing a gray cloth robe, as if he is very familiar with the alley.

He looked back at the deserted alley again and with great vigilance, and then carefully took out the bronze key, and tinkered with the broken wooden door in front of the brick house, ready to push the door in.

"The little father-in-law really makes Liu easy to find!"

In the darkness of the void behind him, such an eerie tone suddenly sounded, which really made the little eunuch frightened.

As soon as he turned around suddenly, he saw Liu Biao holding the steel knife at his waist, standing behind him alone in armor, looking at him like a wolf staring at his prey, and sneering,

"It turns out that my little father-in-law lives here, and I still have to find thirty or fifty miles outside the city."

"You....... What are you doing? You let me go, I'm in this house....... There is money in the house, and all ...... It's all up to you. ”

The little eunuch looked at Liu Biao's appearance like a wanderer at night, and was so frightened that he was like a quail, and raised his finger to point at the brick house behind him.

"Hehehe."

Liu Biao picked the corners of his mouth and laughed twice, took two steps forward and said: "Don't be afraid, little father-in-law, I'm not here to arrest you back, someone asked me to bring you a message, I'll leave after passing the word, the two of us will treat it as if we haven't seen anyone today." ”

After hearing this, the little eunuch nodded in disbelief, "That'...... Then you say...... I listened. ”

"Okay."

Liu Biao nodded at him, and took two steps in front of him, put his palm to his mouth, and leaned over to the little eunuch's ear.

The little eunuch looked at Liu Biao's mysterious posture, and also leaned his head forward.

however

At the moment when the heads of two people were wrong,

"Boom!"

Liu Biao's left hand, which was originally firmly held on the hilt, suddenly became difficult, and he suddenly pulled out the steel knife at his waist and adjusted it in the air, and then smashed the back of the little eunuch's neck with the thick hilt!

"Uh......"

The little eunuch didn't say a word, and when he saw the cold light reflected from the blade, he shook his eyes, and was steadily put down on the spot by the pain and dizziness that came from the back of his head as if he had been hit hard.

"Bang!"

As the thin body of the little eunuch fell, a short dagger that was originally hidden in the cuff also came out of his hand and was thrown on the stone slab on the side.

Liu Biao seemed to have expected this for a long time, turned his head to look at the three-inch cold mangs on the ground, and then stepped on the handle of the knife with his brocade boots, and kicked out with a little force, and muttered with great disdain:

"Little thing, you still want to plot against me, what do you want?"

As he spoke, he leaned down, picked up the little eunuch's weightless body, and disappeared into the night.

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late at night

Takefu

It seems that the Bamboo Mansion is like Wang Jingli, regardless of whether there is war outside, the fireworks and willow alleys that are always lit up all night long are always brightly lit when the night of the Great Xia Dynasty is at its thickest.

"Where's my father?"

Zhu Qingyi held a delicate tea cup and asked the maid standing beside her,

The maid in the Bamboo Mansion bowed to her and responded, "Miss, the master was called over by Zhu Shangshu early in the morning. ”

"It's him again, how can there be so many ears and faces all day long? I don't know, I thought he was the emperor! Zhu Qingyi raised her willow eyebrows, and said with a very unhappy expression on her face.

Liu Biao, who was sitting opposite, glanced at Zhu Qingyi's unhappy expression, and couldn't help asking, "If I'm not mistaken, isn't this Zhu Lao Shangshu your own uncle?" How do you look like you're ...... to him Can't see too much? ”

"Something with a human face and a beast's heart."

Zhu Qingyi's eyes stared at the blue and white porcelain cup in her hand with disgust, as if the tea cup was the old Shangshu Zhu Yanhai,

"If it weren't for my father's face, I would have sacrificed his head to my mother a long time ago."

Liu Biao has never seen Zhu Qingyi with such a cold expression, she has always looked at her with a sweet smile no matter what happens, it seems that his old lady has a deep grudge with Zhu Qingyi?

But listening carefully to Zhu Qingyi's words, listening to Liu Biao's head was confused,

Zhu Qingyi's mother, isn't that Zhu Yanhai's sister-in-law? Could it be that Zhu Qingyi's mother's death is related to her own brother?

And in terms of relationship, shouldn't the mother's family be closer? Why do you still say that she didn't kill Zhu Yanhai because it was for the sake of her father Zhu Zongchen's face? Where is this?

"Forget it, don't mention him, let's talk about what happened to you last night."

Liu Biao was curious and wanted to ask as if he wanted to get to the bottom of it, but Zhu Qingyi waved his hand, and he didn't want to mention it anymore, so he diverted the topic.

"Okay."

Liu Biao had no choice but to nod in response, "The little Lu Zi I caught last night, I have already interrogated him today, this kid has been hiding in that brick house since the day Zheng Jingyun was imprisoned, and he has always lived in a simple house, and no one has found out." ”

"Why did this little Lu Zi suddenly retreat?"

Zhu Qingyi was very puzzled by the behavior of this little Lu Zi who promised to come down before, and then disappeared after half of the matter, since everything has been done, why did he choose to evaporate from the world when he testified during the arraignment?

"What? Has this little Lu Zi known you for a long time? ”

Liu Biao felt that with Zhu Qingyi's personality and way of thinking, unless this little Lu Zi was a person who made her particularly accurate at the beginning, there would be no such question, after all, everyone has a time when they lick blood on the tip of the knife.

Zhu Qingyi nodded as expected and replied: "I remember that there happened to be a major drought in the Central Plains one year, and this little Lu Zi's family also had a famine, and what was more serious was that his father and sister were infected with the plague. At that time, he seemed to be farming for the landlord's family to make a living, maybe he was not even a tenant, and he was even penniless. At the critical time, it was King De who was ordered to lead his army to suppress the mob, and saved their family through the local area.

So since then, this little Lu Zi is quite grateful to King De, and he is clever and clever, so he was favored by King De and instructed him to enter the palace as a eunuch.

After so many years, although he has not been able to replace Li Jin and Xu Liang by Chongzheng's side, among the junior eunuchs, the size can be regarded as a manager. ”

"In that case, this little Lu Zi is actually a little spy that King De planted beside the emperor a long time ago?" Liu Biao said what Zhu Qingyi didn't finish saying in the back half.

Zhu Qingyi nodded again: "So to speak." He was closely connected with King De's Mansion before, and every time the concubine Niangniang or King De told him to do what he did. That's why I wondered, how could he suddenly change his hexagram, and besides, with this little Lu Zi's cleverness, why would he choose such a stupid way to hide in a brick house in Wang Jing? Did he plan to hide like this for the rest of his life? ”

Liu Biao scratched his head, thought about it and said: "You can't say that, although I promised others to save my life before, but you and I are not sure in our hearts that King Yong will not kill all the way, so it is reasonable to retreat because of fear." ”

After speaking, he paused, and then added as if adding, "What's more, when I arrested him, he looked quite timid." ”

Liu Biao's words made Zhu Qingyi sound far-fetched, but it couldn't be said that it was completely unreasonable, but she didn't know why, her intuition told her that it always seemed that something was wrong.

I couldn't think of it for a while, so Zhu Qingyi didn't bother anymore, and asked Liu Biao instead: "Did General Liu tell him about us?" What is his attitude? ”

Liu Biao nodded and responded: "Yes, but this kid didn't agree or refuse, he just said something like a gourd and wanted me to give him some time to think about it." ”

"Consider?" Zhu Qingyi's two willow eyebrows tightened slightly,

"I think so!"

Liu Biao glanced at Zhu Qingyi and said bluntly: "This person has had once, and there will be a second time." I've been on the battlefield, and I know it, and the fear of death is definitely not a lip service, it's really a fear in my heart. So I guess even if this kid agrees to blame Zhu Yanhai, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not regret it, and he is unreliable. ”

Zhu Qingyi's lips pursed with a touch of coldness, "Repentance? I, Zhu Qingyi, am I such a good talker? Can you get him to regret me twice? ”

"What do you mean? Looking for Grandpa Sun? Liu Biao raised his eyebrows and asked,

"What? Last time, I helped him clean up Li Jin's cooking, shouldn't he come to fulfill his words now? ”

"That's too dangerous, isn't it?"

Liu Biao said with some concern: "Gonggong Sun can be regarded as dying on the side of King Yong, and when the time comes, if he really asks something from this little Lu Zi's mouth, then we will be able to explain it thoroughly." ”

"What are you afraid of!"

Zhu Qingyi looked much calmer, and his cold eyes looked forward fixedly, "It's like how clean his grandson's tail is, he is an old eunuch, where can he go without King Yong?" He knows this more than we thought. ”

Liu Biao saw that she had made up her mind, so naturally she had nothing to say, so she spread her hand on the small rosewood coffee table in front of her, "Anyway, you have always been able to pinch and calculate, and you are the one who listens to you." ”

Zhu Qingyi tapped Zhen's head, then took a deep breath, raised her eyes and said to Liu Biao: "There is one more thing!" ”

"What?"

"Do you remember Li Jin's words in the black prison that day? I don't understand, how did Li Jin know about Xiao Luzi's disappearance? ”

Liu Biao shook his head, "I don't know, it stands to reason that he knows at most that Xiao Luzi stole the tiger talisman, but how could he know about his disappearance later?" Or ......"

Liu Biao's brows furrowed as he spoke, "Or does he actually know everything about us?" ”

Zhu Qingyi, like Liu Biao, gently caressed the green silk on her shoulders with her slender hands, and shook her head without knowing anything.

"I ...... I really don't know. ”