Fang Yuan led the accompanying three hundred brocade guards directly to the palace of King Yong in the east of the city.

Zhu Cizhi had already changed into a grand royal robe, led the male servants and maidservants of the palace, and waited at the gate of the palace to greet Fang Yuan.

When he saw Fang Yuan coming, he immediately put on a respectful smile and bowed to Fang Yuan, "Zhu Cizhi, meet the teacher!" ”

Although Zhu Cizhi was polite and thoughtful, and his face was full of respect, Fang Yuan didn't feel the sincerity behind his respect at all, but it was an exaggerated artificiality, enriching the ingredients of acting.

Fang Yuan sighed secretly, but he didn't expect that he had only been in Jiangnan for more than a year, and his alienation with Zhu Cizhi was already like a stranger.

Fang Yuan also said to Zhu Cizhi as if he was entertaining, "Your Royal Highness King Yong, I haven't seen you for a few months, and you are even more energetic." ”

Zhu Cizhi invited Fang Yuan into the palace, and the two sides sat in the lobby according to the etiquette of teachers and students.

Fang Yuan saw that Zhu Cizhi was still coming to greet him alone, but he didn't see the prince's palace chief Shi and other subordinate officials, so he couldn't help but ask curiously, "King Yong, who is the palace chief Shi now?" ”

Zhu Cizhi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Since the last incident, the apprentice has listened to the teacher's teachings, and studied the sages and sages in the palace every day, and he didn't care about calling another long history. I heard that Mao Gongzi has become the emperor's brother's long history, does the teacher have other suitable candidates for long history? ”

Fang Yuan stared at his immature face, after all, Zhu Cizhi was also a minor who was less than fourteen years old, even if he had made some mistakes before, he couldn't be killed with a rod. If he was really willing to repent, Fang Yuan would still give him another chance.

Fang Yuan opened his mouth and said, "If King Yong really wakes up, I will arrange for a special teacher to come to the palace to teach, not only to learn Confucianism, but also to learn military science, engineering, astronomy and geography." ”

Zhu Cizhi listened to his introduction, but responded lukewarmly, "Thank you, teacher." ”

Seeing that he didn't continue to ask, Fang Yuan obviously dealt with it carelessly, and with the last glimmer of hope, he persuaded him, "King Yong, Qiu'er's origin is very suspicious, nine times out of ten it is the eyeliner arranged by Queen Zhou and the crown prince, and King Yong should send her back to the capital immediately." ”

Zhu Cizhi was stunned, and said, "Follow the teacher's teachings, and I will make proper arrangements for Qiu'er's affairs." ”

What he said was all official words and clichés, it can be seen that he didn't pay attention to it at all, what else could Fang Yuan say, and the atmosphere at the scene fell into embarrassment again.

Zhu Cizhi laughed loudly, breaking the dullness of the atmosphere, "Someone! Why don't you serve tea to the teacher! ”

Several servants of the palace held a pot of tea and placed it in front of Fang Yuan, filled the teacup for him, and poured another cup for Zhu Cizhi.

Fang Yuan raised the teacup and stared at the tea in the teacup, feeling vigilant, because Zhu Cizhi's behavior was obviously quite abnormal. Since you want to serve tea, why don't you serve tea as soon as you enter the palace, and wait until the conversation between the two sides reaches an impasse? With the etiquette of the palace, it is impossible for such a serious faux pas to occur, unless it is intentional by Zhu Cizhi.

In other words, this cup of tea must be poisoned with arsenic or something.

Qin Zhan, who was secretly ordered to arrange for the Jinyi guard to go to monitor the palace, hurriedly entered the lobby, stepped forward and said, "Boss, there are a large number of armored soldiers in ambush in the backyard of the palace, this is a trap laid by Zhu Cizhi's rabbit cub. ”

Fang Yuan sighed deeply, as expected, Zhu Cizhi really wanted to kill himself!

The rise of this thought made his heart ache, but he didn't expect him to risk confronting Queen Zhou and the crown prince, won the throne for Zhu Cizhi's brothers, and canonized him to Jiangnan, in exchange for Zhu Cizhi's betrayal!

But since Zhu Cizhi had already torn his face first, it had alleviated the guilt in Fang Yuan's heart, and then he started to do it with real knives and guns.

At the critical moment, Fang Yuan forcibly suppressed his anger, looked at Zhu Cizhi and said, "King Yong, such a good tea, you should do it first!" ”

As soon as Zhu Cizhi heard this, he knew that the plan was exposed, and he hurriedly got up and said, "Teacher, you sit down for a while, and I'll go to the backyard to change clothes." ”

As soon as Fang Yuan saw that he wanted to escape, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed his arm, Qin Zhan also cooperated with the tacit understanding to lift his collar, and then grabbed him back to the table, and put the embroidered spring knife on his neck, "His Royal Highness King Yong, why rush to go, Fang Junmen still has something to say!" ”

Zhu Cizhi knew that the plan to assassinate Fang Yuan had been revealed, and he glared at Qin Zhan angrily and said, "You dare to offend this king?" ”

Fang Yuan stared at his panicked face, and said calmly, "King Yong, when the noble concubine Niangniang was first mourned, you and the five princes were helpless and unfounded, but it was I who persuaded Your Majesty to make you the king, and you were also sealed in Jiangnan, which is far away from the war. ”

"I arranged for Mao Bijiang, who was born in a famous family in Jiangnan and has the support of the Fushe behind him, as your long history, taking on the role of teaching, and also cultivating your ruling team, and even arranging for you to participate in the government affairs of Yangzhou Prefecture to hone your political ability."

"O Eternal King! I asked myself that I had done my best to be benevolent to you, and instead of being grateful, you wanted to poison me, I couldn't understand it?! ”

Now that the two sides have torn their faces, Zhu Cizhi's palace armor soldiers who were ambushed in the backyard of the palace also rushed out and confronted the Jinyi guards led by Fang Yuan.

Zhu Cizhi put away his previous disguise and showed a gloomy smile, "Teacher, no matter how clever you are, you can't hide a fact. You persuaded your father to be crowned king, but you just wanted to use me and my brother to achieve the goal of blackmailing the prince to order Jiangnan. Once you really control Jiangnan, my brother and I will be your puppets, you will definitely usurp the throne and kill the donkey! ”

"You are Dong Zhuo! It's Huan Xuan! ”

It is undeniable that Fang Yuan's desire for power is very strong, and it is also because the two little princes are better controlled than the crown prince Zhu Cihong. But Fang Yuan asked himself that he still didn't treat the two princes as puppets at the moment, and his mind was at least taking a step by step and watching from the sidelines.

Because whether it is a minister in power or a direct usurpation of the throne, it is by no means something that can be determined by Fang Yuan's personal will and personal morality, but must be determined according to the situation in the world. Otherwise, why didn't Cao Cao usurp the throne? Why didn't Sima Yi usurp the throne? Could it be that Cao Cao and Sima Yi's personal wishes do not want to usurp the throne, or is Cao Cao and Sima Yi's personal moral standards the same as Zhuge Liang, which is much higher than Cao Pi and Sima Yan?

If the general trend is the trend, Fang Yuan just doesn't want to be the emperor, and he will be added to the dragon robe by the people below and forcibly support him as the emperor. Because Fang Yuan represented not him alone, or even a family, but the interests of the entire Xuanjia Army Group.

If Fang Yuan didn't take this step, these people could only be commanders and thousands of households; Fang Yuan took this step, they were the governor, the superintendent, and the chief soldier.

This kind of temptation to glorify the ancestors, how could Fang Yuan be able to persuade them to suppress it with his personal morality and a few high-sounding words?

If the general trend is still on the side of the Ming Dynasty, Fang Yuan dreams of usurping the throne and becoming the emperor, and he does not dare to usurp the throne, because he may end with the funeral of the whole family at any time.

Since Zhu Cizhi had such an extreme opinion, Fang Yuan was also very helpless, and said lightly, "King Yong, say it!" Who else participated in this assassination? ”

In order to strengthen the courage of himself and the soldiers of the palace, Zhu Cizhi said loudly, "Teacher, the Yangzhou Mansion is all involved; Liu Zeqing of Shandong, and Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, Luzhou, and Anqing, also sent sergeants into Yangzhou Mansion. They all support me, as long as I kill you, I will immediately become the real vassal king of Yangzhou Mansion and Changzhou Mansion, not your puppet! ”

Fang Yuan sighed lightly, it turned out that Liu Zeqing and Ma Shiying were also involved and sent troops to support, no wonder Zhu Cizhi and Yangzhou Mansion had such courage to plan Fang Yuan's assassination.

Outside the lobby, Jinyiwei hurriedly came in and reported, "Fang Junmen, Commander Ma sent someone to report that the Xuanjia Army outside Yangzhou City has been surrounded by 10,000 well-armed homeless people in Yangzhou Wei, and the enemy is outnumbered, so he can only hold on and wait for help." ”

Fang Yuan was secretly frightened, where did the homeless people get their weapons and armaments? How could it be possible to defeat the Xuanjia Army to retreat to Yangzhou Guard? It's clearly an outcast in the guise of a regular sergeant!

It seems that this time Ma Shiying, Liu Zeqing, and the officials of Yangzhou Mansion really carefully designed a trap, taking advantage of the migrating refugees, and pretending to be the homeless people with the right sergeants, just to give Fang Yuan a fatal blow.

As long as Fang Yuan can be killed and reported to the court afterwards, it can also be excused that it is the exiles who are causing chaos, and they will not be able to catch the slightest trick.

Jin Yiwei came to report again, "Fang Junmen, Yongwang's Mansion has been surrounded by two thousand well-armed homeless people, and the water is impassable!" ”

Fang Yuan sighed deeply, it seems that this time he was really too careless, and he also underestimated the determination of Yangzhou Mansion to resist, and even underestimated the ambition of Ma Shiying and Liu Zeqing, and only brought a thousand Xuanjia troops and three hundred brocade guards, and fell into an unprecedented crisis since the crossing.

Zhu Cizhi saw that the overall situation had been decided, and said sharply, "Teacher, if you lose, just tie your hands and arrest it!" ”

Qiu'er also stood up from behind the scenes and scolded, "Fang Yuan, if you release King Yong, you can also keep a whole corpse." Otherwise, it will immediately be broken into pieces by the chaotic army! ”

Fang Yuan had already recovered from the initial panic and said to Qin Zhan, "Fourth, you are too rude, you actually rushed into His Royal Highness the Yongwang, don't let him go quickly!" ”

Qin Zhan originally wanted to take Zhu Cizhi as a hostage and kill him out of the palace, but since Fang Yuan had an order, he could only order Jinyiwei to release Zhu Cizhi.

Zhu Cizhi regained his freedom, and thought that Fang Yuan would only release him if he was really afraid, so he sat in front of Fang Yuan and said triumphantly, "Teacher, I thought you were omnipotent, and you finally lost to me today, hahaha!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled calmly, "Until now, King Yong still calls me a teacher." As a teacher, I haven't had a heart-to-heart with you before, so I'll teach you again this time, what is the way of the emperor! ”