Chapter 81: The Letter of State

"You and the big housekeeper go back to the house with me, let's go to Zhou Qing's room to search and see if his murder evidence is still there," After loudly ordering Zhou Jin and Zhou Ji, Zhou Fang turned his head and instructed Zhou Chang and the rest of his subordinates: "You stay here and give me a good look at Zhou Qing, don't let this murderer run away!" ”

After instructing his servants, Zhou Fang turned his head to look at Lu Yu with a painful look on his face, and sighed: "Shuwen, you wait here for me first, I will go back to the house to deal with the housework, and I will come back in half an hour, before I come back, you help me take care of these subordinates first, don't let them make mistakes!" ”

"Big brother, don't worry, leave it to me here," After replying to Zhou Fang, Lu Yu said again: "Hmm...... I still have something to trouble big brother? ”

"What's the matter?" Zhou Fang, who had already taken a step and was about to leave, suddenly stopped when he heard Lu Yu's words, turned around and asked Lu Yu.

"That's the case, eldest brother, you also know that my father didn't let me learn Taoism, so I know about Taoism, I hope to ......" Lu Yu told Zhou Fang about his "troubles".

"I understand......" Before Lu Yu's words were finished, Zhou Fang, who had already understood what Lu Yu wanted to say, nodded in reply, and then, he turned his head and glanced at the servants he brought, squinted his eyes and warned coldly: "You all listen well, what happened this morning, if anyone dares to leak it out, hum...... Family Law Serving ......"

"Yes, master, we swear......" In addition to the murderer Zhou Qing who did not reply in frustration, the subordinates of the Zhou Mansion, after listening to Zhou Fang's warning, immediately swore in unison, and even Zhou Ji, the big housekeeper who was killed and full of anger, also responded.

"Hmph......" After snorting with murderous intent again, Zhou Fang led the big butler Zhou Ji and the little servant Zhou Jin and disappeared into the morning mist.

After seeing Zhou Fang and the three of them leave, Lu Yu turned around and instructed the people of the Zhou Mansion who stayed behind: "Don't tie Zhou Qing there, he will freeze to death in a while, get him to the fire to warm up......"

"Third young master, Zhou Qing is a murderer, why are you so good to him......" Hearing that Lu Yu was still "caring" about Zhou Qing, the porter Zhou Chang replied to Lu Yu with an angry voice.

"I know that Zhou Qing is a murderer, and I also know that Brother Guangping is very angry, but what, we have to hand him over to the government alive to try him, if he is frozen to death, then there is no proof of death......" Lu Yu, who saw how angry Zhou Chang was in his heart, whispered to persuade him.

"I listen to the third young master, leave him alive for the time being, let him pay for Zhou Qing's life after accepting the trial of the government......" Zhou Chang, who felt that what Lu Yu said was reasonable, called two helpers and put down Zhou Qing tied to the tree together.

Although the murderer Zhou Qing was put down, the rope tied to him was tightened by Zhou Chang and them, and even, when the rope wrapped around him, his breathing was a little "difficult".

After dragging the murderer Zhou Qing, who was tied into a dumpling, to the edge of the bonfire, Zhou Chang sat directly on him and used him as a "human sofa" to sit, and Zhou Chang, who was sitting on Zhou Qing, kept staring at Zhou Qing under his ass with his eyes, and the serious expression on his face seemed to be facing the enemy who killed his father.

Regarding Zhou Chang's behavior similar to lynching, Lu Yu, as an "outsider", was too lazy to care anymore, and he probably saw the relationship between Zhou Chang and the deceased Zhou Xiang and the murderer Zhou Qing, and after pouting and smiling, he closed his eyes and recuperated.

Up to this moment, Lu Yu had not slept for a day and a night, he was a little tired, and he was ready to take advantage of Zhou Fang's efforts to return home to deal with the murder case, and rest for a while, he felt that if he didn't take the opportunity to sleep for a while at this moment, then, during the day today, it would be difficult for him to survive, after all, he still had to go to the mountains to "move" all day today.

At this time, under the firmament of the Great Song Dynasty, in addition to Lu Yu who stayed awake all night, there was another person who also did not sleep all night, and this person was the core of power of the entire Great Song Dynasty - Zhao Ji of Song Huizong.

Last night, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong received a secret letter from Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguta, in which Wanyan Aguta explained his intention to unite with the Song Dynasty to attack the Liao State, and promised Song Huizong that after the two countries conquered the Liao State, whoever fought down the territory would belong to whomever he wanted, and swore that the Jin State would never betray the alliance.

After receiving this secret letter that determined the future fate of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong sat alone on the dragon chair in the back pavilion of the Daqing Palace and struggled all night, and he was anxious about only one question, that is, whether he wanted to cooperate with the Jin State and jointly attack Liao.

Out of the internal reasons of national hatred and family hatred, as well as the external reasons of expanding the territory, making meritorious achievements, and going down in history, in the heart of Song Huizong, he wanted to cooperate with the Jin State and attack Liao together, however, the actual situation does not seem to allow him to do this, and the main reasons for preventing him from cutting Liao are two:

First, in the alternating season of autumn and winter, the Western Xia and Tubo countries in the northwest always had to go south to grab grain and kill and plunder the people, so in order to defend against the plundering of Tubo and Western Xia, most of the main forces of the imperial court had to go to the northwest to garrison, and they could not be withdrawn at all.

Second, from the four years of Chongning to today's "Huashigang" incident, the entire southern people have been tossed for nearly 20 years, making their lives worse than death and displacement, and now in the first year of the coincidence, that is, in 1118, the "Huashigang" incident can be regarded as completely fermented, and now, the entire southern states, almost all states and prefectures, there are civil uprisings, and there are cases of people killing officials everywhere.

Therefore, the imperial court had to send a large army to the south to suppress the civil rebellion in order to maintain stability in the south, if the troops that went south to suppress the civil rebellion were transferred out to the north to attack Liao, then the sporadic civil rebellion forces in the south may gradually accumulate together, and when they form a spark to ignite the prairie momentum, it will be difficult to suppress it.

When the first rooster crow in the morning reached the ears of Zhao Ji of Huizong in the back pavilion of Daqing Palace, he sighed, and then, he instructed the eunuchs who were waiting around him: "Chuan Lu Guogong Cai Jing, Jingguo Gong Tong Guan, Wang Huang in the imperial history, Si Tian Jian Zheng Lin Lingsu, enter the palace to see me......"

"Yes...... After the official ...... bowed back to Huizong Zhao Ji, the eunuch who had been waiting all night trotted out of the back pavilion of Daqing Hall to convey Huizong's will.

At this time, Cai Jing, the boss of the "Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty", the "Wall Grass", the second "Super Saiyan" eunuch Tong Guan, and the third "Smiling Tiger" Wang Hao, had been waiting in the "communication room" in the palace for a long time, and only the "magic stick" Lin Lingsu, who was not strong enough to enter the "Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty", was not there.

It can be seen from this that Lin Lingsu, the self-proclaimed "god stick leader" who counts heaven and earth, life and death, has missed his hooves this time, he didn't calculate that he would be summoned by Song Huizong this morning, and he was still sleeping at home, so it can also be seen that the eyeliner of the "god stick leader" Lin Lingsu in the palace is more than a step worse than the three eldest brothers of the "Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty".

After receiving the summons to enter the palace to face the saint, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Wang Hao, the three "thieves" who had reached a unified opinion, looked at each other and smiled, and then, these three "old thieves" paced out of the "communication room" one after another......