In the lobby of the Fusi Division in Beizhen, Yu Taichu was instructing several thousands of households to do things, but the fortune teller suddenly walked in.

Seeing this, Mrs. Yu hurriedly waved her hand to let several thousand households retreat, and then hurriedly asked, "How is the situation?" Any useful news no? ”

The fortune teller hurriedly put the banner aside, and tore his lips and beard under his forehead, "My lord, I heard that Wu Zunzhou, the envoy of Jiangxi, and Zheng Xi, the fifth brother surnamed Zheng Guo, have come to Beijing secretly, and they are now in the mansion of King Tang. I suspect they may be plotting a rebellion! ”

When Mrs. Yu heard this, her face became heavy, and at this moment, another brocade guard in civilian clothes hurriedly walked in.

"My lord, the secret spy is coming to report, King Lu is preparing to secretly go out of Beijing, do you want to stop it, brothers?"

At the beginning, Wang Yan brought King Lu to Nanjing, in order to prevent King Lu from splitting with the imperial court, as long as King Lu was left in Nanjing, King Lu's territory would nominally obey the central government, and the court would be able to slowly penetrate King Lu's territory.

From King Lu to Beijing, to now, unconsciously, it has been four years. In the past four years, the central government has gradually reduced the power of the local government, and slowly strengthened the control of the local government, if there is more time, it can slowly disintegrate the power of King Lu in Zhejiang.

Half a month ago, King Lu suddenly said that he was ill, and the palace was closed, and he didn't see anyone, so he wanted to leave Nanjing quietly.

When Yu Taichu heard that King Lu was going out of Beijing secretly, his face immediately shuddered, "It seems that they are really going to use force!" ”

The two people below listened to it, and they were a little heavy, "Then what should I do?" Do you want to stop King Lu from leaving Beijing? As long as King Lu is left, the people of Zhejiang will not dare to rebel. ”

Yu Taichu was silent for a while, but shook his head, "Don't stop it, let King Lu out of Beijing, His Royal Highness wants to solve them once and for all this time, we must put it in the long run!" ”

The strength of the two kings of Tang and Lu is not weak, and it is not easy for the imperial court to deal with it, although Jin Yiwei has deliberately revealed a little information about the third prince of Zhu to the Tang king, creating a rift in Tang Lu's cooperation, but the two parties combined, after all, there are three provinces and more than 100,000 troops, and Yu Taichu still feels a lot of pressure.

Saying that, Yu Taichu looked at the two of them, "You immediately send fast horses to Huguang to tell His Highness that they may be about to launch, and I will immediately go to see General Gao and Chen Ge Lao!" ”

Outside Zhejiang, on a small island near the Zhoushan Islands, the fifth prince Zhu Cihuan was placed under house arrest.

The Zhoushan Islands were originally King Lu's anti-Qing base, and the Zhejiang Navy Division was very powerful, so King Lu put Zhu Cihuan here, which can be said to be absolutely safe, and outsiders could not know at all, even if they found out, it was impossible to take Zhu Cihuan away from the hands of the Zhejiang Navy Division.

The small island where Zhu Cihuan was placed under house arrest, in the northwest of Zhoushan, is called Gualianshan Island, which is not large, there are no fishermen, and the buildings on it are extremely simple.

In a thatched hut made of bamboo on the island, Xiao Qihui, the governor of Zhejiang, was sitting in front of Zhu Cihuan.

Originally, the imperial court had issued an order to summon him to Beijing to accept the court's questioning and examination, but he said that he had been sick in Hangzhou.

"Your Highness, I don't know what you think about it?"

Zhu Cihuan originally wanted to live an ordinary life, but he didn't expect to be involved in the political struggle, and he also killed his father-in-law's family and hundreds of people in Hujiazhuang.

After Jiashen, at first he still had the idea of recovering the country, but if he is determined today, he has long lost that thought, and just wants to live well, but now he is forced to be the banner of King Lu's seizure of power.

He didn't want to get involved in this matter at all, and King Lu was not a good person, in order to prevent the news from leaking, he killed hundreds of people in Hujiazhuang, King Lu said that he wanted to support him as emperor, but in fact, what was his intention, Zhu Cihuan knew very well in his heart.

It has been ten years since his father's empire was destroyed, and he has no team, so he can only become the puppet of King Lu in the end, and he is still at his mercy, and it is possible to be poisoned in the end.

Zhu Cihuan really didn't want to participate in this matter, but he fell into the hands of King Lu and became a fish on the chopping board, and he no longer had the right to choose.

"The princess and the prince, how are you now?" Zhu Cihuan did not answer Xiao Qihui, but asked in a low voice.

"Your Highness can rest assured that the princess and the prince have been arranged to a better place by the lower officials, as long as Your Highness agrees, they are absolutely safe!" Xiao Qihui said with a smile.

Zhu Cihuan's heart trembled, if he didn't agree, it would be unsafe.

For a while, there was silence in the room, Xiao Qihui did not urge, but lowered his head to drink tea, and after half a ring, Zhu Cihuan sighed, "Okay!" I agree to King Lu's request, but don't break your promise, once the matter is done, let our family live an ordinary life. ”

When Xiao Qihui heard this, he was immediately full of joy, he put down the teacup and looked at Zhu Cihuan, "Your Highness is it serious?" ”

If King Lu really succeeds, Zhu Cihuan is willing to give up the throne to King Lu immediately, in exchange for King Lu to let him go, but he also knows that this is just his wishful thinking, King Lu will definitely let him finish the trick, and what will happen to his final ending, he can't grasp it at all, it all depends on what King Lu thinks, life and death are controlled by others.

King Lu asked people to let him go, to ensure the safety of his family, and let him be an idle prince in the future, but whether this can be believed, he still has a big question mark.

However, even if King Lu breaks his promise in the future, Zhu Cihuan can only agree, because he is a timid and afraid person, and if he agrees now, he can at least be safe for a while.

At that moment, Zhu Cihuan had some pain on his face, and nodded silently.

It's a big deal!

Seeing this, Xiao Qihui was immediately relieved, and his heart was overjoyed, with the banner of the third prince of Zhu, the big thing was half!

Xiao Qi smiled happily, got up and wanted to kneel down and salute Zhu Cihuan, but he thought about it, Zhu Cihuan was just a puppet found by His Royal Highness King Lu, and it was used to scare and call others, and sooner or later it would be taken away by King Lu, so he didn't need to take it seriously, so he changed kneeling to a gesture, and said, "The minister greets the prince!" ”

Zhu Cihuan was chilled when he saw that Xiao Qihui was not a little respectful, he was worried about his fate, nodded with difficulty, and closed his eyes painfully.

As long as Zhu Cihuan agreed, Xiao Qihui didn't care about his feelings, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is waiting here with peace of mind, and the minister will go back to tell His Royal Highness King Lu, and he will escort the Crown Prince to Nanjing to ascend the throne in a few days!" ”

After saying that, Xiao Qihui said goodbye and left, and it was not until dark that he took a boat to disembark at the Ningbo wharf.

Next to the wharf, two unloading coolies saw them disembarking from the boat from a distance, and then took advantage of the carriage to leave quickly, and one of them whispered: "Is it Xiao Qihui?" ”

"Yes, that's right, I've been watching for days, and I know you when I turn to ashes!" The other man picked up a bag of rice and replied loudly.

"Looks like they did hide the man at sea!"

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