Chapter Forty-Six: The Peak of Deception
Besides, he had been shocked enough by Murong Yanran today, he thought that there was nothing in the world that could make it more shocked, even if the passerby just told him that the sky was about to fall and the earth was about to fall, he would not be surprised, but the passerby actually asked him if he was the emperor's illegitimate son.
In the face of such a powerful inquiry, anyone has to be confused.
Besides, he choked on a large sip of wine that he drank into his mouth, and then squirted out, but fortunately he turned his head in time and did not spray on the passers-by, nor did he spray on the banquet.
He pointed to the passerby, and it took a long time to speak: "Lord Lu, if you want to kill me, you don't have to use this method, just give me a knife, don't you want me to be choked to death by wine?" ”
The passerby was also a little embarrassed, listening to him shouting, and hurriedly whispered: "Don't shout, if someone else hears it, we will both die." ”
Besides, he sat up straight and drank a few more sips of wine, then he took a breath, and then shook his head: "Master Lu, your imagination is too rich, where did this idea come from, you really want to lose your head." ”
The passerby frowned and thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "Brother, it's not that I'm thinking about it, it's that the starting point of your history is too high." The beginning is a commander, and he is one level worse than me. But you're not like me, I don't have many years to do it, your road is still far away, now is just the first step, so how will the emperor promote you in the future, the top of the sky is my position, and then up, of course, it is the uncle, the marquis and then the prince. But the prince is so easy to seal, unless...... Unless you are ......" The passerby did not say the five words of the emperor's illegitimate son this time.
"Don't guess, drink and drink." Besides, he smiled helplessly.
"Then stop, it's a disrespectful sin for us to talk about the king behind the back of our courtiers, and this matter is over. But brother, if you believe me, you have a bright future, and you will be waiting for you in the future. The passerby raised his glass in the air.
Besides, he raised his wine glass high and said with a smile: "Let's borrow the auspicious words of the lord." ”
The banquet was not long, the passerby seemed to have something in his heart, after the two drank a jar of wine, they ate some dishes casually, he took his leave, and told him to be busy with family affairs first, no need to rush to the office, one day to finish the family affairs, and then go to the yamen to find him, he will lead the new yamen.
Besides, when he was sent out, he packed all the calligraphy and paintings he looked good at, and then handed them to the captain of the guard of the passers-by. Seeing this, the passers-by no longer gave in, and after thanking them, they accepted it and left.
Besides, when I returned to the house, I felt a cold sweat on my body, dealing with people like pedestrians, it was similar to having a hissing king cobra staring at you next to you, you must always be on guard, observe each other's every action, every expression, do not let go of any look in the other party's eyes, and speak and think twice before you can exit.
When no one came to visit, he was the first to come to the door, and he must have come to test it at the emperor's behest, and he knew this very well in his heart. Of course, Lu Xingren does have his own little abacus, and he also makes a heart-to-heart appearance in front of him, but after all, he is the emperor's confidant, otherwise he would not be able to sit in the position of the commander, so guarding against him is the same as guarding against the emperor.
In the past, he didn't know the secrets of the Qinwang faction, but it was better, but now he knows more, he has more troubles, and the pressure is even greater, no wonder some people say that ignorance is a blessing, and some things, especially some secrets, are better not known. It seems that there is a certain reason why the Qinwang faction has always only protected him and not told him anything.
"This guy is dangerous." Zhou Dingcheng whispered beside him.
"I know, I know it. What do you mean by danger of him? "Besides, he answered.
"He always has a sharp air on his body, from entering the door to going out, he has never relaxed, and I don't know if he is guarding against you or against you, I don't know much about him, I don't know if he has always had such a momentum on him, if not, he may not have good intentions today." Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"Sharp energy, is he still a martial arts master?"
Besides, I didn't feel this from the passerby, but instinctively felt that this person was quite dangerous, and he had to deal with it as carefully as he did if he was not careful, and he might be blown to pieces.
"Childe, this person does have a special aura, but he has never practiced martial arts." The door opened, and Murong Yanran walked over.
"Senior, you're also nearby?" Besides, he was surprised.
"Of course, if you're alone with someone else, of course I'll be on guard, what if it's an assassin?"
"Assassins? There is no assassin of this high level in the world. Besides, he laughed.
"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, what if he's an assassin?" Murong Yanran said.
Besides, he shrugged his shoulders and didn't speak, he could only listen to Murong Yanran in this regard, and what she said made sense, after all, he only had a one-sided relationship with a passerby, if someone changed his appearance as a passerby, he might really hide it from him. As for the brocade guards outside, it is more likely to be hidden, and these people do not dare to carefully inspect their masters. But this is just a possibility, basically unlikely to happen, if it happens, it is also self-defeating, and there will definitely be no good end.
Zhou Dingcheng said with a smile: "Speaking of disguise, I think of a joke, saying that more than ten years ago, there was a group of liars in the capital, who actually pretended to be the emperor's princess, and as a result, they deceived a general who was eager to be reinstated, and deceived tens of thousands of taels of silver. Scammers are terrible nowadays. Senior, you said that the emperor can be faked, but how did those palaces fake it? It's easy to disguise a person, but it's impossible to turn a house into a palace, right? ”
"What's impossible about this, there is no palace at all, it's a kind of blindfolding. I don't know this kind of evil art, but the Heavenly Master taught them to have higher means, and those liars may have learned it from which of the Heavenly Master's outcasts, and this matter is still spreading in the capital, and the Heavenly Master Sect is very secretive about this matter, and slowly no one mentions it. ”
Besides, nodding frequently, he remembered that when he was in Fengyang, a few Heavenly Master Sect people were stunned to move a mansion, and the people outside couldn't see the mansion at all, he remembered that it was changed through a magic circle, he was stunned inside at the time, and now he thinks about it as if it was in front of him.
Besides, I hadn't heard of the pretending to be the emperor's princess, so I was interested: "What's going on, I'll hear it." ”
He asked someone to remove the dishes that were sitting on them, re-serve them, and then sat down to eat with Murong Yanran and Zhou Dingcheng.
Inside, Xiao Nier and the little girl have already sent someone to deliver the food.
"Let's not talk about this for a while, I said that we also have to hire a good chef, you may have to feast a lot lately, and it's not a problem to go out and catch it like this." Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"Also, you have to buy some more, the inner house is empty, and you are not angry enough." Murong Yanran proposed one.
"Okay, big brother, you go to do these things, which chef is the best, dig it up with a lot of money, and grab one if you can't dig it." Besides, domineering.
"You have the style of Jinyiwei when you first took office, and you even used the means of robbery." Murong Yanran said with a smile.
"There's no way, there are fewer good chefs than champions now, and when one comes out, someone will be invited, and you can't be invited if you don't grab it. I don't care what people say about me now, doesn't the emperor use me as a commander, I will do a few domineering things to show him. And he smiled.
"Yahuan also robbed?" Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"You don't need this, just spend money to buy it, we can't bully men and women, this is the bottom line." Besides, he knew that Zhou Dingcheng was joking, so he replied.
"We brought those people from the Marquis's Mansion in the first place, so now we don't need to worry. By the way, isn't Zuo Ling coming, can't she bring it when she comes? "Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"I told her not to come, the leaner the people we have here, the better. It's also less cumbersome when you run. "Besides, now that he no longer insists on fighting to the death in the capital, although he doesn't fully believe Murong Yanran's words, there is no need to defy the law.
"It's best if Childe can think like this." Murong Yanran was concise and to the point.
After reorganizing the cups and plates, he said with a smile: "I haven't been able to invite my seniors to drink well, and it has dragged on until today." Thank you seniors for your protection over the years. ”
"No need to say thank you for this, although today is a good day for you, I don't want to congratulate you." Murong Yanran said.
"What is there to congratulate, this doesn't seem like a good thing in any way."
After drinking a few glasses of wine, he urged Zhou Dingcheng to tell him the story of the liar.
Zhou Dingcheng said with a smile: "I also heard that a general lived at home for a few years after leaving his post, and then came to Beijing with a lot of money to seek reinstatement. ”
Besides, he said, "I know this." He thought of Wucheng Hou's money-making methods, and even he felt that they were too ruthless.
"This general has lived in the capital for a few months, and he has not found a good way, and the reinstatement of the military attache is the final word of the military department, but he cannot find a reliable person in the military department. One day, a young man dressed in a gorgeous dress and with a good demeanor took the initiative to find him, saying that he was in a princess's mansion and that there was a way for him to be reinstated, but he needed 40,000 taels of silver. ”
"This is a liar's trick, and the general won't be able to see it?" Besides, I laughed when I heard it, this trick is too clumsy.
"Of course, the general is an old fox, and he knows all kinds of tricks, so he doesn't believe it, but people say that he doesn't have to take this money first, and he doesn't want a penny before he gets the emperor's appointment, and he only pays the money after getting the emperor's personal appointment. When the general heard this, this would definitely not be a liar, and a liar would not be able to get the emperor's appointment. ”
"Well, what happened." Besides, he asked.
"Later, the wonderful show is here, and listen to my next breakdown."