• "Smack——! A fine Jun kiln official kiln porcelain cup was smashed to the ground, and it was smashed in an instant, and the Longjing tea and soup splashed everywhere, and many of them fell directly on the faces of Zhu Ke and Zhu Yan, the two stewards of the Zhou Palace. But even so, the two who knelt on the ground and hung their heads to admit their mistakes did not dare to dodge in the slightest, let alone get angry because of it, just because the person who threw this teacup in front of them was their master, the current King of Zhou, Zhu Ziyun.

After listening to their reply and learning that it was such a result in the end, not only did they fail to take care of those merchants, but instead caused the people of the palace to be knocked down and arrested to the government, and finally suffered this grievance in order to settle the matter, King Zhou was really angry. He has never suffered such a big loss in Kaifeng City in his life!

"A bunch of trash, what do you all eat? Even so many businessmen can't deal with it, but where does this king's face go? King Zhou was so angry that he couldn't sit still, stood up, came to them angrily, looked at these two uncompetitive subordinates, and suddenly kicked out again, one by one, and kicked Zhu Yan and the two to the ground: "Waste, waste!" What am I raising you for? Why don't you get a dog? ”

"The prince is angry, the prince knows his mistake ...... little" I have never seen my own prince get so angry, Zhu Yan was really a little panicked, and quickly kowtowed there to admit his mistake, and Zhu Ke was a little better, still calm, but he also kowtowed with shame and admitted his mistake. They all know the temperament of their masters, and if they dare to argue at this time, the end will only become more miserable.

At this time, Zhu Zhe, who was the chief steward and a close confidant of King Zhou, also hurried over when he heard the news. As soon as he saw the scene here, he couldn't help but be a little frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted and said, "The prince is angry, don't be angry with your body because of those Diao people, it's really not worth it." ”

After saying a lot of comforting words, King Zhou's anger calmed down a little, but the eyes that looked at Zhu Yan and the two were still full of dissatisfaction and reproach: "These two wastes, in the past, always said that there was nothing that they couldn't do well, but now? It's just a few merchants, and they can't do anything about it, you say, what should this king do? ”

This is naturally said to Zhu Zhe, and it also contains two meanings, one is how to deal with these two incompetent people who have disgraced the palace, and the other is how to take back this city. Zhu Ke, who was kneeling below, naturally understood this, so he looked at Zhu Zhe with a pleading gaze, hoping that the latter could help him say a few good words.

Zhu Zhe smiled at him, and then he spoke: "Lord Wang, from this point of view, the opponent this time is indeed unusual. How could ordinary merchants be the opponents of my royal family, but they were able to defeat all of our people with a small number of enemies......"

"What do you mean, it's not them? Is it that the people in my palace are too uncompetitive? King Zhou suddenly narrowed his eyes and asked with some annoyance.

"The little one thinks that although this matter is true, the reason for the truth is also that the two stewards hastily brought people away without finding out the matter, so their guilt is not small." Zhu Zhe hurriedly rounded up the topic just now and said: "But the truth is hateful, he is still in that Bao Zhenggang, he actually refused to give me the face of the palace, and let the businessman behave so recklessly!" ”

The strategy of this trick is quite correct, and sure enough, after hearing this, the prince also nodded and said: "Yes, that Bao Zhenggang is really bold, he actually dares to join forces with that Diao people to make enemies of my palace, is it really that this king can't help him?" I will go to the court and directly remove him from his official position! ”

"The prince is angry, this matter is still to be discussed." Seeing that the prince was suddenly going to make this decision, Zhu Zhe was a little anxious, and hurriedly spoke out again to persuade him: "The relationship between the prefect of Bao and us is quite deep, once it really gets to that point, I'm afraid it will be very disadvantageous to the prince." ”

In fact, some words don't need to be said too clearly, as long as you click on a sentence to understand, you will understand. King Zhou also quickly came back to his senses, and could only say indignantly: "Can it only be cheaper for him?" ”

In fact, Zhu Ke has already done the thing, and he has to take out the food this time. And what can he do, of course, he can only embezzle food from the treasury. Therefore, the little one thought that he didn't have to rush to teach Bao Zhenggang a lesson, just waiting for the limelight of this incident to pass, and stabbing him out of the matter of embezzling grain from the treasury would be enough to make him lose his official position and resign. And he didn't dare to say that we must have done it. Zhu Zhe gave a solution.

King Zhou thought about it carefully, then nodded and said, "Well, this is a solution." So what should we do with those people? ”

"This is simple, although they are in my Kaifeng City because of today's incident, we are not good to embarrass them, but since they plan to transport the grain back to Xingze County, as long as we send people to attack them halfway, not only will the grain not reach Xingze, but they will also have to hand over their lives." Zhu Zhe said, and glanced at the two companions again: "Lord Wang, this matter can be handed over to the two of them to do, and it can be regarded as atonement." ”

It wasn't until after hearing these words that King Zhou's face softened a little, and he swept to Zhu Ke and the others with a calm face: "Can you do this errand well and stop messing up?" ”

The two of them obviously hesitated, but at this time, they didn't seem to have any other choice, so they both nodded quickly and said, "Lord Wang, we must do things well and completely get rid of the guy who dares to be the enemy of our palace!" ”

"Well, the manpower in my palace is up to you, and there is only one condition, that is, they can't be allowed to return to Xingze alive! Also, keep your hands and feet clean, and don't leave a handle on anyone. King Zhou said, and snorted coldly: "If you can't even do this thing, then you don't have to come back alive to see this king!" ”

"The little ones obey the order, and the little ones must bring back all their heads for the prince to see." The two hurriedly kowtowed again and reassured. At the same time, I finally felt a little more at ease, after all, I didn't have to bear the thunderous wrath of the prince for the time being.

It wasn't until King Zhou waved his hand that the three stewards bent down and withdrew from the hall. After coming outside, Zhu Ke and the others thanked Zhu Zhe again and again, thanking him for his words to protect the two of them. In this regard, Zhu Zhe just smiled and said: "You and I are like brothers, and if I can help you, I naturally want to help." But you can't make any mistakes in the next errand, or no one will be able to protect you. It seems that the businessman named Zheng Lu is not an idle person, you have to be ready. ”

"That's what the chief steward said." Zhu Yan nodded hurriedly in response. And Zhu Ke looked serious: "In fact, from their behavior, we can know that their comers are not good, and we were careless before." But then, we will never give them another chance, and we will definitely bring their heads back! ”

"That's good, I'll wait for your good news." Zhu Zhe said and turned away.

And just after the three stewards dispersed, a figure flashed out from behind the pillars not far away, this person's face was solemn, and his expression was a little hesitant, it was the chief Shi Gao Gong in the palace now.

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In contrast to the anger and tension in King Zhou's mansion, it was Lu Jin's jubilation here at this moment.

This time, they not only rescued their companions who were captured by the government for no reason, but also got back food, which can be regarded as a great gain. Many people even admired Lu Jin's regeneration because of this, and for a while, the sound of sycophants was endless, which made Lu Jin a little overwhelmed.

"Okay, don't flatter me, this matter is far from over, we are still in danger, we must not be blindly arrogant and relax because of the small victory at the moment." Lu Zhen finally couldn't help but remind.

His words finally had some effect, and the people who were still a little excited quickly calmed down: "What my lord said is that we really shouldn't take it lightly. ”

"With the unscrupulousness of the people of the Zhou Wangfu in Kaifeng City over the years, they will definitely not give up so well after suffering such a big loss now. So the problem in front of us is how to safely transport this grain to Xingze. Lu Zhen said with a solemn expression: "Do you have any proper methods?" ”

"This ...... "Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, but they can't come up with an idea." These brocade guards may be able to fight, but they are a little lacking in brains.

Only Yao Gan frowned and said: "My lord, in the opinion of my subordinates, as long as we go out of the city with the right banner, and then go all the way openly, even the people of the Zhou Wangfu will not dare to blatantly attack us, right?" ”

"This is a solution, but now that the land of Kaifeng has not been solved because of the disaster, there are still many barren places along the road, and if they get a chance there, we still have the possibility of being attacked." Lu Zhen has his own concerns.

"What then? Are we going to stay in Kaifeng all the time? Here, Zhou Wangfu naturally didn't dare to attack us openly. But once this happens, Xingze County will be in trouble. Moreover, I don't know what idea the Zhou Wangfu will come up with, let the prefect's yamen block the four gates and prevent us from going out, or plant some crime on our heads, and then it will become justified to deal with us again. Yao Gan said some more opinions.

Now, everyone hesitated even more. Because of this, they are all in a dilemma.

"I still have to go." After Lu Zhen groaned, he gave his opinion: "But not everyone walks together, but leaves in batches." Their scruples are about me, so I won't leave first, you will lead people from the land side, and then hire some people from the city to send food to Xingze for emergency relief first. As long as we are here, they will not dare to do it. And when you arrive at Xingze safely, we will set off and return, and it will be much easier to deal with the pursuit of the Zhou Wangfu or something! ”

This may be the most reasonable countermeasure at the moment!