Huang Zicheng, who was in the heart of the emperor twice in a row, received great encouragement, and this time he was no longer humble at all, and was the first to stand up and go straight to the point: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this secret letter from the second son of King Zhou is suspected of plotting to seize the title of King of Zhou, but it can be used by me." King Zhou is the same mother of King Yan, the fief is in Kaifeng, Kaifeng is the gate of the capital, if King Zhou and King Yan are in collusion, the door of the court will be opened, and the King of Yan will drive straight in, then the country of the court will be dangerous. ”

"Moreover, the king of Zhou also practiced many lawlessness in the local area, but he was honest about it, and the minister thought that he would start with the king of Zhou and cut off all the problematic vassal kings in turn."

"Hmm." The more Zhu Yunwen listened, the more he agreed, and unconsciously nodded slowly: "I agree with Huang Aiqing's opinion, but how should we cut King Zhou?" King Zhou has a heavy army in his hand and his back to King Yan, in case it is self-defeating, I am afraid that it will be a great disadvantage to the imperial court. ”

The more Huang Zicheng spoke, the more impassioned he became, and when he saw Zhu Yunwen asking like this, he knew that he had a problem in his heart, so he immediately knelt down, held his head high, and said quite arrogantly: "The minister recommends a person who can take on this position!" ”

"Who is it?" Zhu Yunwen hurriedly walked over to help Huang Zicheng up, and said politely: "Aiqing doesn't have to be like this, just stand and say something." Since Huang Zicheng made a brilliant contribution today, Zhu Yunwen has even introduced him as a confidant among his henchmen, and he has the meaning of obeying his words.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huang Zicheng saluted Zhu Yunwen again, then slowly stood up, and said with a firm face: "The minister recommended Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, if he comes out, then there is absolutely no problem in winning the King of Zhou." ”

"Li Jinglong?" Zhu Yunwen not only nodded slightly, this candidate is also very in line with his thoughts, not only is the emperor's relatives and relatives, high and powerful, but also the deep first emperor has praised him many times, and he still has talent, he should be relieved to do this, and he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction: "Huang Aiqing and I want to go together, then shoot Cao Guogong in the name of preparing for the side, go to Kaifeng, let him get things done." ”

"The ministers obey." The three of them saluted Zhu Yunwen again, and then retreated one after another, Fang Xiaoru returned to Wenyuan Pavilion and drafted a will according to Zhu Yunwen's meaning.

It is said that after Cao Guogong Li Jinglong received Zhu Yunwen's will in his mansion, he held it in his hand and played with it for a long time before he said to his wife leisurely: "It seems that the world is not peaceful again." ”

Li Jinglong's wife naturally knew what was going to happen, and said with a melancholy face: "Is Your Majesty really going to cut the domain?" Do you think there will be a fight? ”

Li Jinglong sighed, took his hands, looked like a master outside the world, and said lightly: "I can't help but cut the domain, and I have to be ruthless." As for whether they can fight, it depends on the courage of these princes, if they still have a trace of blood in the entrepreneurial period of the first emperor, they will rise up to resist, if they are tempered by this rich life and have no courage, then they have to be captured, anyway, the emperor does not kill them, but just abolishes them as concubines. After that, he snorted softly and said with a smile: "Waste as a concubine, that makes them more uncomfortable than killing them." ”

Li Jinglong's wife was shocked into a cold sweat, and the woman was a little less courageous, so she hurriedly grabbed Li Jinglong's hand and said worriedly: "Then what should I do?" If they start fighting, won't they put you in the middle? Their Zhu family's affairs, our Li family can't be blindly involved, they are all a family, they are connected by blood, and they can't use knives to kill, but it's hard to say to outsiders like us, you have to be more careful. ”

Li Jinglong didn't think so in his heart, speaking from his heart, although he is the Duke of Cao Guo, he can be regarded as the highest position among the ministers, but compared with those phoenix sons and dragon grandchildren in Zhu Yuanzhang's family, it is simply not worth mentioning, those princes, even if they are unscrupulous, are also holding heavy troops and holding the power of life and death, in the eyes of these princes, no matter how big they are, they are just a buddy of their Zhu family, how can it be enough? Anyone who offends them, no matter how big the official is, will not end well.

Those famous founding heroes, like Xu Da, Fu Youde, Wang Bi and others, didn't fight the same when they arrived at the hands of the vassal king, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with a resigned expression: "Hey, why don't I know what you said? Now I can only take one step at a time, no matter what? Now the emperor is still strong, let's listen to the emperor first. ”

Li Jinglong's wife was born very beautiful, but she was a person with no backbone, and when she heard her husband's words, she had nothing to say, so she could only tell him to be careful, and then be careful.

After Li Jinglong received the order, he immediately reorganized the soldiers and horses, and went to Kaifeng in the name of preparing for the border. didn't know that he was a typical open-door thief.

Li Jinglong is actually very embarrassed in his heart, he and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, grew up together since childhood, and Zhu Di's half-brother Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, naturally has a good personal relationship, and it is really unbearable to bring soldiers and horses to catch his own hair small, but the emperor's order is difficult, who let you have an unfilial son, and you have to report you for plotting wrong? After seeing Zhu Hu, he still looked humble, knelt down and kowtowed with a smile and said: "Minister Li Jinglong knocked to see His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

Zhu Hu grabbed him, dragged him up directly, hammered him into his chest, and scolded with a smile: "Your grandmother's, when will it be like that group of sour talents, it will be empty." ”

Li Jinglong stood up, pretended to smirk, and prevaricated: "You are the king, I am the minister." This gift of a monarch and a minister cannot be abolished at any time. ”

"Fuck you, Lao Tzu has prepared two jars of good wine here, just wait for you to get drunk before resting, first say in advance, these two jars of wine can only be drunk by you and me, no one else can interfere, whoever falls down first, who is pus. Hahaha! Zhou Wang Zhu Hu laughed for a while, and as he spoke, he took Li Jinglong's hand and walked to the palace.

Li Jinglong just kept saying, "How dare you, how dare you?" Such kind words, Pi Xiaorou followed him into the palace without smiling.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, was drinking on his head, and suddenly heard Li Jinglong, who was sitting under him, say coldly: "Your Highness, you are a noble and noble man, and you have endless glory and wealth, why don't you let the good prince do it, and you have to rebel?" ”

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu was already drunk, he didn't hear what Li Jinglong was talking about, he thought he was joking with himself, he put his arms around a beautiful woman, and said drunkly: "Fart!" This world is our Zhu family, what else am I against? Do you want to turn against yourself? ”

Li Jinglong didn't speak, drank all the wine in the wine glass, and then threw it on the ground with a "click", and in the next second, a team of warriors hugged each other with swords and armor, and surrounded Zhou Wang Zhu Hu and others.

King Zhou was still in a dream at this time, and when he saw so many armor soldiers rushing in without waiting for his order, he was so angry that he smashed his wine glass and scolded: "Fuck! Whoever let you in, get out of here with this king, and do not disturb the king's wine. ”

But seeing that this team of armor soldiers did not move, a team of armor soldiers led by Li Jinglong gave Li Jinglong a look, Li Jinglong understood, stood up in a hurry, waved his sleeves, took out a holy decree, and threw it on the case of Zhou King Zhu Hu, and said with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't have to be angry, they are all armor soldiers of the imperial court, and they will not listen to you." ”

Zhou King Zhu Lu hit a spirit, felt like he had fallen into an ice hole, shivered with cold, broke out in a cold sweat, and woke up most of the time in an instant, his heart was not good, and the armor of the imperial court did not say a word to break into his palace It is definitely not that simple, could it be that the rumors have confirmed? Yun Wei, this kid is really going to cut the domain?

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, raised his eyes and looked at Li Jinglong's expression, and saw that he had long since lost the respect he had before, but instead had the expression of a high-ranking judge, and knew in his heart that things had become so bad that they could not be worse, and he stretched out his hand tremblingly, picked up the edict, and saw that it was written: Zhu Youjia, the second son of Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, accused the emperor of his plot against him, and the emperor specially sent Li Jinglong to tell them that their whole family was taken back to the capital for questioning.

After reading the holy decree, Zhu Hu suddenly felt that the world was spinning, his hands couldn't stop shaking, half of them were frightened, the other half was angry, and he couldn't stop scolding: "This little king and eight lambs actually dare to betray his father!" It's really wolf-hearted, it's not as good as a beast, why did I give birth to such a thing. ”

Li Jinglong snorted in his heart, and he had long been out of sight of him, the down-and-out vassal king, but on the surface, he still had a kind expression, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, please, the minister is also acting on orders." I hope Your Highness will not embarrass the ministers. As for whether His Royal Highness has rebelled, when he arrives in the Forbidden City in the capital, the emperor has his own judgment. His Royal Highness is the emperor's own uncle, and he must not have wronged His Highness. ”

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu was like a defeated rooster at this time, his momentum softened in an instant, he stood up tremblingly, looked at Li Jinglong with a hint of begging eyes, and said: "Cao Guogong, my fourth brother and I have been friends with you since childhood, and I still have a little friendship with you, at this time, you have to say a few more good words for me in front of the emperor." ”

Li Jinglong looked at his expression of wagging his tail and begging for mercy, and his heart was also secretly refreshed, and he said in his heart that these princes are high on weekdays, and they don't treat these ministers as people, but they didn't expect that there would be today, and they would wag their tails and beg for mercy to themselves, which was really cool to the moon, but on the surface, he still looked like a humble gentleman, stepped forward, and grabbed the arm of Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers should do their best." In fact, when His Majesty issued this holy decree, the minister also argued, but His Majesty only listened to Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and Qi Tai, and did not take the minister's words seriously. This is also the emperor's order, and it is not that he has the intention to get along with His Highness, and I hope His Highness will understand. ”

A smile forced out of Zhou Wang Zhu Hu's face, and said tremblingly: "Of course I know, of course I know." While speaking, he followed Li Jinglong out of the main hall and came to the large courtyard of the palace, but saw that his family had already been caught by all the armor soldiers sent by Li Jinglong, and everyone was sad, and some female dependents were still crying there.

Of course, among these people, there is also the second son Zhu Youjiao who accused him of rebellion, he is an informer, and his treatment is naturally different from that of others, and he was placed elsewhere.

As soon as Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, saw this kid, he was angry, and when he saw it, he felt that his chest was about to explode, and when he waited for his eyes, he pointed to his nose and scolded: "You unfilial son, sell your father for glory." Your whole family has been ruined by you. Why didn't Lao Tzu throw you into the pit and drown you at that time? ”

Zhu Youjiao secretly told his father, in fact, he wanted to inherit the title of King Zhou after his success, he was the second son, and there was an elder brother above, it was impossible to inherit the throne under normal circumstances, so he could only take this abnormal means and vote for Emperor Jianwen, so that he could crown himself as the king. Since he dared to do this, he must have gone through a lot of struggle in his heart, and besides, the desire for the throne fought over his feelings for his father, but Rao was so, in the face of his father's face-to-face questioning, he still didn't dare to go straight to the front, turned his head away, and ignored his father's scolding.

Li Jinglong took the hand of Zhou Wang Zhu Hu, half urging, half comforting: "Okay, okay." Things have already become like this, no matter how big the fire is, it is useless for His Highness to send a fire, so let's get in the car and leave, when we arrive at the Forbidden City, the emperor will naturally judge right from wrong. ”

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu let out a long sigh, didn't say anything, and followed Li Jinglong into the carriage with a sad face. Who knew that after entering the capital, even the palace did not enter, and was directly imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple, saying that the evidence of his rebellion was conclusive, and he was detained first, and then dealt with later.

Zhou King Zhu Hu almost fainted, a few days ago he was still a high-ranking prince, a nobleman of heaven, the first rank of the son of heaven under the system, and the most valuable person in the world except for the emperor, but in the blink of an eye, he became a prisoner, was locked in a dark cell, and was insulted by the lowest-level petty officials like the jailer.

The ups and downs of life are too fast, and it's so exciting!

It is said that Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, was locked in a dark cell, washing his face with tears all day long, screaming in estrus, although these jailers did not dare to torture him, let alone abuse him, but the words were quite disrespectful, which made his heart very different.

When it was time to eat again, a young jailer came to the outside of Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, with a package of meals, put him on the ground, and said coldly: "It's time to eat." ”