"Second Prince, what are you nervous about?"

Yue Le's voice was as cold as a knife, as if he had broken Geng Juzhong's chest and head straight into the bone marrow, and suddenly spoke, and suddenly asked in a cold and piercing voice: "It's almost April, is the weather in Guangdong still very cold?" Second Prince, why are you shaking like this? ”

"I'm ......, I'm not shaking?" Geng Juzhong was obviously caught off guard, and quickly stood up straight and forced himself to calm down, but his expression still showed a little nervousness and panic - this is not really to blame Geng Juzhong, after all, doing this kind of thing depends on talent, not everyone is a pervert like Lu Fatzi.

In this way, not to mention the calm and wise Yue Le, even the old man Han, who was already a little close to the old fool, also saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Bold Geng Juzhong Xiao'er, what is your intention in instigating the old man to attack Wuzhou?" Hurry up and summon it truthfully, if not, the old man will immediately order that you will be escorted to the execution ground immediately and beheaded! ”

"Uncle, you have been wronged!" Geng Juzhong knelt down on his knees with a plop, and shouted with a sad face, "The little nephew really has no intentions, the little nephew just wants to make meritorious atonement and make meritorious contributions, so he persuaded your uncle to sneak attack Wuzhou!" If the uncle doesn't believe the little nephew, the little nephew won't lead the way, and he can't scare the little nephew like this. ”

"You don't have any intentions? So what did you shake just now? Shang Lao Han asked sharply.

"I'm so ......." Geng Juzhong still wanted to defend himself, but after thinking about it, he told the truth, and replied with a sad face: "Uncle, even if the little nephew is really trembling, the little nephew is also afraid, please think about it, the little nephew just returned anyway, so he persuaded you to sneak attack Wuzhou and expressed his willingness to lead the way, and when the time comes, open the city gate, can the little nephew not be afraid of uncle, don't you believe it?" Can the little nephew not be afraid that you will misunderstand what kind of conspiracy the little nephew is doing? In case you really misunderstand the little nephew, the little nephew doesn't even have a chance to shout grievances. ”

"That's the truth." Yue Le nodded slightly, and asked again: "Second Prince, since this is the case, then the king asks you, you suggested that we send troops to attack Wuzhou, how sure are we that we will be able to open the city gate at that time?" ”

"If you are 100% sure, then no one dares to say." Geng Juzhong said tremblingly: "But there are still five or six percent of them, but there are really only three or four thousand Wu dog soldiers in Wuzhou City, as long as Uncle An and Prince An have enough troops and grain and grass, even if they can't open the city gate, the certainty of attacking Wuzhou is also very large." ”

Yue Le and Shang Lao Han Jian frowned together, in fact, they had long known that they had a great chance of succeeding in attacking Wuzhou, but the problem was that now that the Qing Dynasty and the Wu army had signed an armistice and peace treaty, once the frontal attack could not capture Lu Fatzi alive or behead this first scourge of the Qing Dynasty, then all the consequences caused by this would have to be borne by themselves, and Kang Mazi would not let them go. So after thinking about it for a long time, Yue Le had to shake his head and say, "Second Prince, since you are not completely sure, then the matter of the sneak attack on Wuzhou can only be settled." ”

"Lord An, the criminal minister has already said that if the sneak attack fails, it can be attacked." Geng Juzhong agitated: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief didn't bring the army from Wuchang this time, just arrived in Wuzhou, don't say that he commands the army like an arm, just settling the personnel is enough for him to work for ten days and half a month, Wuzhou City is mostly down to the army, and the combat effectiveness and morale are not high." The criminal can guarantee that as long as the uncle and Prince An personally lead the troops to the battle, it will be easy to take Wuzhou City! ”

"Of course it's easy to eat, but if you can't pull it out, it's troublesome!" Yue Le snorted coldly, and suddenly his heart sank again, and he said secretly: "No, why is this kid desperately encouraging us to attack Wuzhou?" What is his purpose? Do you want to induce us to take the initiative to go to war and be charged with starting a war again? Or do you want to lure our main force to Guangxi? Wait...... no! ”

Thinking about this, Yue Le suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and a terrifying thought flashed in his heart, "Could it be that Lu Yifeng's dog thief is the bait specially arranged by Wu Sangui's old thief to come to Guangxi, taking advantage of King Pingnan's hatred for Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and using our Qing court's coveting of Lu Yifeng's dog thief's new firearms to lure us to take the initiative to attack Guangxi?" If we are tricked, then Wu Sangui's old thief can not only have the moral upper hand, but Shang Kexi's disobedient son Shang Zhixin will also have a chance? ”

"Uncle, Lord An, is it because you are unwilling to take the initiative to attack Wuzhou because there is a problem within the Pingnan Palace?" Sure enough, after the plan failed, Geng Juzhong really asked tentatively: "Uncle, the little nephew heard in Wuzhou City, uncle, you returned to Guangzhou this time, and the prince of the Pingnan Palace, it seems that there is some conflict. ”

"Why do you ask this?" Shang Lao Han asked vigilantly.

"Of course the little nephew wants to make meritorious service and atone for his sins." Geng Juzhong replied honestly, and said cautiously: "Uncle, if this is the case, then the little nephew has a way to help the uncle solve this problem." ”

"What do you have in mind, tell me about it." Yue Le sat up straight and put on an appearance of humbly seeking advice.

"Lord An, uncle, little nephew bravery." Geng Juzhong lowered his voice and said very solemnly: "In fact, the little nephew has known for a long time, Shang Zhixin Shiziye wants to set up his uncle and take charge of Guangdong alone, uncle, you have always wanted to abolish Shiziye, but during the uncle's northern hunting, Shiziye has basically controlled the Guangdong army and Pingnan Wangfu, and now although my uncle has the support of Prince An and the Guangzhou flag camp, but the strength is still not enough to deter Shiziye's henchmen, the little nephew has a suggestion, as long as the uncle follows the plan, he will definitely be able to cut off the big and small henchmen of Shiziye in one fell swoop, and take back the military power in the hands of Shiziye." ”

Shang Lao Han Zhan stretched his old face, although he had long been eager to cut his own son with a thousand knives, but this kind of ugly matter of father and son against the wall, Shang Lao Han Zhan still refused to let outsiders reconcile. However, Yue Le was very interested in this, and asked, "What is the second prince's plan, please tell me carefully." ”

"Borrow soldiers!" Geng Juzhong's words were amazing, and seeing that Shang Lao Han's face was not good, Geng Juzhong hurriedly added: "Of course, I don't want Wu Gou to borrow troops, but to borrow troops from Jingnan Palace." The younger nephew was born in the Jingnan Palace, and he could go to Fuzhou for his uncle, and ask his brother King Jingnan to send 10,000 troops to the south, under the pretext of strengthening the Guangdong army to resist Wu Gou, and came directly to the city of Guangzhou. When the time comes, Uncle and Prince An, as well as the prince of the world, will definitely go outside the city to greet him, and when the time comes, the brother suddenly makes a difficulty, and the prince is captured alive on the spot, uncle, you will climb the heights again, lead the troops to join forces with the brother's army, and you can kill the prince's henchmen cleanly without much effort. ”

"Are you sure you can convince your brother to do that?" Yue Le asked with surprise on his face.

"100% sure." Geng Juzhong patted his chest and added: "Of course, after the matter is completed, my uncle may also have a little blood, thank my brother." ”

"Hahahahaha......!" Yue Le looked up to the sky and laughed, and Geng Juzhong followed with a smirk, but at this moment, Yue Le suddenly suppressed his smile, waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, take Geng Juzhong down for this king, and launch the palace to ask for beheading!" ”

"Piercing!" The guards next to him agreed neatly, and pressed Geng Juzhong to the ground with a bang. Geng Juzhong was so frightened that he screamed like a pig, "Lord Wang, what did the criminal do wrong?" What did you do wrong? Why kill me? ”

"Why did you want to kill you?" Yue Le smiled and roared: "The bold Geng Juzhong Xiao'er dared to come and surrender, intending to help Wu Gou annex the Pingnan Palace, are you guilty?" ”

"I ......, I don't." Geng Juzhong screamed, "The criminal minister really came to surrender anyway, there is no fraudulent surrender, there is no fraudulent surrender!" ”

"No swindling?" Yue Le sneered and asked: "You first wanted to play a trick for Wu Gou to divert the tiger from the mountain and lure us out of Guangzhou, but when you saw that it didn't work, you planned to lure the wolf into the house for Wu Gou, let Geng Jingzhong's strange soldiers enter the house, and wipe out our Pingnan Palace, yes or no?" ”

"I didn't ...... Nope. Geng Juzhong's face was pale and quibbled, "Lord An, you misunderstood, the criminal minister really didn't mean that!" The sinner really doesn't have that kind of rebellious intention. ”

"Dare to quibble, be careful of heads falling to the ground!" Yue Le shouted in a fierce voice: "If you don't explain the truth, this king will take your head, but he is acting on behalf of the sky!" ”

"No ......, no ......." Geng Juzhong was at war with heaven and man in his heart, and hesitated.

"Push it out, cut it!" Yue Le waved his hand.

"I'll recruit! I'm recruiting! Geng Juzhong completely collapsed, and cried and shouted: "Lord, uncle, the criminal minister deserves to die, the criminal minister really came to deceive him, he really came to deceive Wu Gou!" ”

"Hmph, you still want to lie to me?" Yue Le snorted smugly, waved his hand to signal the guards to let go of Geng Juzhong, and shouted again: "Say, who sent you to deceive you, is it Lu Yifeng's dog thief?" ”

"No......, it's not him." Geng Juzhong snorted and said with tears in his eyes: "It's Wu Sangui's old thief, he personally sent a criminal minister to deceive him." He also promised the last general that after the matter was completed, he would ask the court to give me the title of prince, and give me 10,000 taels of silver, 3,000 acres of fertile land, and the official title of General Changde. ”

"Wu Sangui, dog thief!" Shang Lao Han finally couldn't bear to jump up, rushed to Geng Juzhong and punched and kicked, Geng Juzhong didn't dare to dodge or resist, just kowtowed desperately, crying bitterly and begging, "Uncle spare his life, the little nephew deserves to die, the little nephew deserves to die!" Just ask my uncle to spare the life of the little nephew for the sake of the friendship of the older generations. ”

"Old prince, please calm down." Yue Le came up and grabbed Shang Lao Han, and pointed at Geng Juzhong and shouted: "Geng Juzhong, if you don't want to die, just recruit this king truthfully, Wu Sangui old thief sent you to deceive you, what kind of conspiracy is there, tell me everything you know!" If there is any more falsehood, this king will cut you with his own hands now! ”

"The sinner does not dare to tell lies, the sinner must know everything and say everything." Geng Juzhong kowtowed desperately, covered his bleeding nose and cried: "Wu Sangui's old thief has arranged a serial plan, and there are three followers in total. His first step was to send Lu Yifeng's dog thief to Wuzhou as a bait, because he knew that Uncle Shang, you hate this unfilial son-in-law, and knew that when he arrived in Wuzhou, he would definitely have the idea of attacking Wuzhou, as long as Uncle you personally raised troops to the north, Guangzhou would be empty, Lu Yifeng's dog thief gave up Wuzhou to lure Uncle You to go deep into Guangxi, Uncle Monk, you have turned your face, take the opportunity to raise troops, first cut off your back road, Wu Shizong Dog Thief took the opportunity to attack with the prince before and after, and killed Uncle You. ”

"The prince of Pingnan has joined forces with Wu Gou?" Yue Le asked sharply.

"This sinner doesn't know very well." Geng Juzhong replied cryingly: "In short, Wu Sangui's old thief seems to be very confident, and he has also prepared three follow-ups, all of which are prepared to use other means to annex Guangdong in the case of uncle, you are not scheming, one move is more insidious than the other, and one move is more vicious than the other." ”

"The three of them?" Yue Le asked.

"The first one is to let the criminal minister surrender and take the initiative to persuade the uncle and the prince to attack Wuzhou." Geng Juzhong replied honestly: "If you are afraid of the consequences of provoking a war and breaking down the peace treaty, and you dare not bear it, let the criminal minister use the second trick, that is, persuade your uncle to borrow troops from my brother Geng Jingzhong." The old thief Wu Sangui also said, as long as your uncle is tricked and invites the army of Jingnan Wangfu to Guangzhou, then everything is not in my hands, as long as I keep my surname, I can go back to enjoy the glory, wealth and gold and silver beauties. ”

"Sure enough, it's a plan to lure the wolf into the house." Yue Le snorted coldly, and asked again, "What about the third one?" ”

"The third one won't be launched in a few days." Geng Juzhong replied with a sad face: "Wu Sangui, the old thief, told the guilty minister, if the first two uncles and the prince did not fall for the scheme, then the guilty general could no longer offer a plan, so as not to arouse your suspicion, and he should first lower his voice to gain your trust." Then after a while, my brother Geng Jingzhong will send an envoy to contact your uncle, and find an excuse to ask your uncle to meet at Fenshuiguan, which borders Chaozhou Mansion in Guangdong Province and Zhangzhou Mansion in Fujian. As long as your uncle and prince are in the scheme, then Guangdong will no longer be able to threaten Wu Gou's East Road! ”

"Wu Sangui dog thief, really vicious!" Yue Le snorted coldly, "If one plan fails, there are two plans, and if two plans fail, there are three plans, which are interlocking, and we also choose to meet in a junction area like Chaozhou Water Divide, so let's take it lightly." If you change to someone else, you have to fall for his tricks! ”

"Geng Jingzhong, you really still take refuge in Wu Gou!" Shang Kexi kicked Geng Juzhong into the air and roared: "Thanks to the Lao Tzu didn't leave Fujian when they returned to Guangdong, otherwise, this dog thief would have given the heads of Lao Tzu to Wu Sangui Old Thief!" ”

"Lord An, you can't hesitate!" Shang Lao Han turned to Yue Le and shouted: "Geng Jingzhong's dog thief has secretly taken refuge in Wu Gou's matter, we have to report to the emperor immediately, and ask the master to strike first and cut off this dog thief!" ”

"Do we have proof?" Yue Le hesitated.

"Isn't this little bastard a human witness?" Shang Lao Han Jian kicked Geng Juzhong again, and roared: "Wu Sangui's old thief sent him to deceive him, just to let him deceive us and take the initiative to send him to the door, so that Geng Jingzhong's dog mongrel can do it!" People are like a mountain, how can he quibble? ”

"But ......." Yue Le was still a little hesitant and hesitated: "But now, does the emperor dare to draw troops from other places to pacify Geng Jingzhong?" Wu Sangui's old thief is currently in the Wuchang area on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and our elite main force of the Qing Dynasty is mainly concentrated in that area. ”

"We can send troops!" Shang Lao Han immediately regretted his words as soon as he spoke, and now the Qing army in Guangdong has the hidden worries of Shang Zhixin inside, and there is a direct threat from Wu Jun and Zheng Jing in Taiwan outside, and self-protection is still insufficient, so the power to start a war against Fujian? So Shang Lao Hanjian had to change his words and said: "But we can't ignore it, Geng Jingzhong has hooked up with the old man's unfilial rebel, and is ready to dedicate Guangdong to Wu Gou, if we don't put an end to this hidden danger as soon as possible, there will be endless troubles in the future." ”

Yue Le didn't speak with a gloomy face, and after a long time, Yue Le's heart suddenly moved, and he picked up Geng Juzhong, who was kneeling on the ground and crying, and shouted: "The Wu dog you said just now is the third behind, say it again, the more detailed the better!" ”

"Back to the prince, Wu Sangui's old thief told the guilty minister." At the moment of life and death, Geng Juzhong didn't dare to play tricks anymore, and replied honestly: "He said that if you don't fall into the plan, and refuse to attack Wuzhou and use my brother Geng Jingzhong's troops to quell the rebellion in Guangdong, I will try to gain your trust first, and after a while, my brother will send an envoy to contact you and find an excuse to invite you to meet at the Fenshui Pass on the border between Fujian and Guangdong, and then I will complete the mission he explained." ”

"Did you play a trick?" Yue Le asked uneasily: "This king tells you, this is your last chance, if you dare to lie and deceive this king again, even the gods will not be able to save you!" ”

"Lord, the sinner can swear to the sky." Geng Juzhong wailed: "If the criminal minister says half a lie again, he is willing to be hit by five thunders from the sky, and there is no place to bury him!" ”

Yue Le carefully observed Geng Juzhong's expression, and found that in Geng Juzhong's eyes, except for fear, pleading and helplessness, there was no longer any weakness, so he pushed Geng Juzhong to the guard, and shouted: "Shut his mouth and take him to the care, remember, don't let him come into contact with outsiders, let alone leak a word about today's events!" ”

The guards of the old man agreed and followed the order, and Geng Juzhong, who dragged his mouth and was blocked and crying, went down first. Yue Le turned to Shang Lao Han Jian, gritted his teeth and said: "Old prince, since Geng Jingzhong's dog thief plans to lure us to the water dividing pass, then we will ask for a general plan to eliminate this hidden danger for the court and for us in one fell swoop!" ”

"How do you count it?" Shang Lao Han asked in surprise.

"Of course, the thief captures the king first." A murderous aura flashed in Yue Le's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "As long as we pretend to go to the Fenshui Pass to meet Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, and then ambush Geng Jingzhong under the Fenshui Pass in advance, and capture Geng Jingzhong's dog thief alive or kill him on the spot, then the Geng Jingzhong thief army in Fujian will not be a problem!" ”

"Brilliant plan!" Shang Laohan jumped up and shouted: "Now that we have Geng Juzhong's identity in our hands, we can completely kill Geng Jingzhong's dog thief first!" Kill him, the Fujian thieves are leaderless, even if there will be chaos, the scale is definitely not large! ”

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At about the same time in Wuzhou City, although it was late, Lu Fatzi was still hovering on top of the Water Gate Tower in the south of Wuzhou, looking at the Pearl River under the Water Gate in a daze with his hands behind his back. Xiao Erlang, the captain of the pro-soldiers, brought a coat, put it on Lu Fatzi with his own hands, and persuaded: "Young master, don't worry, it's useless to worry, it's not early, and the wind on the river is so strong at night, let's go back to the room and rest early." ”

"How can you not be worried?" Fat Lu sighed, "I have a limited grasp of the actual situation in Guangdong, just relying on the analysis and guessing of the serial plan, the slightest mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable immediately, the opponent is still a ruthless character like Yue Le, it is simply pulling teeth out of the tiger's mouth." Alas, there is also Wang Shaobo's side, if something goes wrong, he will not be able to run away first. ”

"Fuck, and Geng Jingzhong, I have to worry about him too-if that wall grass is really captured by Shang Kexi and Yue Le, then I am really self-defeating."

"Young master, don't worry." Xiao Erlang comforted: "Now that all the people have been sent out, it's too late to regret it." However, I believe that with the young master's ingenuity, this clever plan will definitely succeed. ”

"I hope so." Fat Lu smiled bitterly, and said helplessly: "Since my debut, it is the first time to make such a risky plan, even if it is Bajiang, there is no danger this time." If I fail, I really don't have the face to go to the prince. ”

"It will definitely succeed, it will definitely succeed!" Xiao Erlang cheered up and said: "Now some people in our army have said, young master, you are the Wenqu star in the sky, and you are the first smart person in the world, your clever plan will definitely make Mangou and Geng Jingzhong fooled, they are all ordinary people, that is the young master, you are the opponent of the reincarnation of the immortal!" ”

"Heh, nonsense." Fat Lu smiled, turned to the river again, and muttered: "Count the time, Geng Juzhong should also see Shang Kexi and Yue Le, these two old foxes, can they be fooled?" ”

"My lord, Lord Lu, Wuchang is urgent!" At this time, a herald suddenly rushed up to the city tower and presented a letter with a feather affixed to Lu Fatzi.

"What's wrong with Wuchang?" Fat Lu was startled, quickly took the letter and opened it, and took a closer look at the faint light of the torch, but after reading it, Fat Lu froze, and there was an expression of crying and laughing on his fat face.

"Young Master, what's wrong?" Xiao Erlang asked in surprise, "Why do you have such an expression?" ”

"The prince received a secret report from the capital." Lu Fatzi said with a wry smile: "There is accurate news, Emperor Mangou secretly ordered Shang Kexi to come forward as a father, under the pretext that Princess Pingnan is seriously ill, and is ready to trap my wife, your young lady, and my son, your little young master." Because we received the news a little later, counting the time, the lackeys sent to Yunnan by Shang Kexi should have already started. ”

"What? Full of dogs ready to trap the young lady and the little young master? Xiao Erlang was taken aback, and hurriedly volunteered: "Young master, give me some people, and I will go back to Yunnan immediately to protect the young lady and the young master." ”

"It's too late for you to go now." Lu Fatzi continued to smile bitterly, "And Yu Xuan has volunteered to go back to Yunnan with the prince's warrant, ready to protect my wife and son at all costs." ”

"That's good." Xiao Erlang breathed a sigh of relief, but after thinking about it, Xiao Erlang jumped up again and shouted nervously: "General Liusan is going to protect the young lady and the little young master?" Young master, the temper of the third general, you don't know, you can do anything when you are jealous, she is really no problem to protect the young lady and the little young master? ”

"That's why I'm like this." Lu Fatzi couldn't cry and laugh completely, "With that tigress's temper, the so-called volunteering, it must be just the idea of snatching my son back, as for Wantian's fate or life, she definitely doesn't care, maybe she can't wait for Wanyan to go back to Guangdong to make room for her." ”

"Young master, then I'll go to Yunnan." Xiao Erlang hurriedly volunteered again: "Or the little one goes to Lianzhou, if the full dog wants to rob the young lady and the little young master, he will definitely go back to Guangdong by sea, and the small one will ask General Du to intercept them at sea, and the young lady and the little master will definitely be rescued." ”

"It's too late." Lu Fatzi shook his head weakly, and said to himself: "But it doesn't matter, Yu'er knows that I am such a son, and she also knows that if I don't have that son, I will definitely be dissatisfied with her, so no matter how hard she works, she will find a way to snatch my son back." ”

"What about the young lady?" Xiao Erlang asked nervously: "Young Master, didn't you say just now, General Lian San definitely wants the young lady to leave you, and he will definitely not find a way to intercept the young lady." ”

Fat Lu turned his head to look at Xiao Erlang, his eyes were full of doubts, and he asked in a low voice, "Are you stupid?" After following me for so many years, you don't even understand my mind? Wanhuan left Yunnan, didn't I have no shackles? Wouldn't it be better for her to be taken back to Guangdong by Shang Kexi's old thief, whether it was Shang Kexi's old thief or Shang Zhixin, would it be bad for her? ”

(To be continued)