Chapter 196: Sharpening the Knife (3)
"The child knocks on his father!"
Just after noon, Hongqing just got out of class and went out of Tiananmen Square, and before he had time to go to the Ministry of Industry to take a walk, he was recalled to the palace by an urgent order of the third master.
"Excuse me, sit down!"
Although the third master was not in a good mood, when he saw Hongqing returning, he still forced a few smiles on his face, raised his hand weakly, and called out gently.
"Thank you, Father."
As soon as he saw the gloomy face of the third master, Hongqing had already guessed the problem, but he didn't say anything, he just thanked him calmly, walked to the seat on the side, lifted the hem of his robe, and sat down.
"Today, your fourth uncle led a group of people to force the palace, hey, I found a Fan Shijie to come out as a pioneer, this is the charter he proposed, you can take a look at it first."
After the third master returned to the house in the morning, he had already discussed with Old Master Chen and Li Minquan, and he had already judged the fourth master's actions, but he did not say it directly, but threw Fan Shijie's fold to Hongqing, obviously unwilling to affect Hongqing's judgment.
"Yes, the boy obeys!"
Hongqing replied respectfully, and didn't say more, picked up the fold and looked at it carefully, this look, even if you see a little sign - the chasing strategy mentioned by the excerpt is decent, at first glance, there seems to be no problem, but the order of the comparison is quite strange, the first dozen or so are just that, they are all intermediate civil officials in the Beijing Division, it should not be too difficult to catch up, but the next big vote are all military generals, not only the senior generals of the two large battalions in the Beijing Division, but also the generals from all over the country, Huguang Governor Ashan, The Governor of Liangjiang, Ba Xi, Jiangning Weaving Cao Yin and other old men's henchmen will be among them, this arrangement is obviously full of conspiracy, if there is no defense, really according to this charter, the consequences are obviously quite unbearable, and the end will only be worse than the previous four masters!
"Father Wang Mingjian, the child thinks that there is something strange about this excerpt, if the child expects it to be good, I am afraid that this is not the fourth uncle's handiwork, but the eighth uncle's doing, this is to trap the father to death!"
Hongqing is not only interested in Qingyun, but he pays great attention to the collection of intelligence on weekdays, and after only a few glances, he has found the characters of the young and old Eight Masters among the generals in the fold, both the servants of the Eight Masters and his gang, and the people who are close to the Eight Masters, and they are basically all together, and their hearts are suddenly clear, which must have given a judgment incomparably.
"Well, if so, what then?"
In the earlier discussion, Old Master Chen had pointed out that this matter must be done by the four and eight masters, and the third master would not feel very surprised about Hongqing's judgment, and what he was worried about was just the way to deal with it, not that Chen and Li had no plan, but that the third master still had some hesitation in his heart, after all, what he had to face this time was a two-way attack, once there was a slight mistake, the prince and the eldest brother would not sit idly by, and the consequences would be really unbearable, and the third master had to be cautious and cautious, in order to seek a perfect way.
"Back to his father's words, the child thinks that the fourth uncle and the eighth uncle have already drawn the way, so they might as well accompany the two uncles on a trip, and when the trouble arises, the four strategies for dealing with the aftermath can be decided in one fell swoop!"
As soon as he heard the third master's question, Hongqing had already guessed the root cause of the third master's hesitation, it was nothing more than that he was worried that he would not be able to withstand the joint attack of all parties, lest he lose Zhenglong's holy family, this kind of psychology of suffering from gains and losses is obviously not a good sign of great things, but as a son, Hongqing is not good at being outspoken, so he can only encourage the third master with words.
"Well...... Master, sir, what do you two think?"
This is not much different from what Chen and Li said, the confidence of the third master has increased, but the hesitation still exists, after all, this is the first time he has faced the joint attack of all the elder brothers, and it is normal to suffer from gains and losses when the strength at hand is insufficient, and after muttering for a while, he still didn't dare to make a decision, which threw the problem to Chen and Li again.
"Feasible!"
Old Master Chen was not vague or nonsense, and spit out two hard words concisely.
"Lord Mingjian, my subordinates think that the emperor's heart is in me, and I can't go against it, even if others are conspiring, what can I do?"
Although Li Minquan's intelligent arithmetic ability is only a second-rate level, his acting skills are the top roles, and he plays the role of a dog-headed military advisor, which is extraordinarily spectrum, and under this assertion, he really has a bit of the bearing of reincarnation.
"Well, it's okay if it's just decided, well, if Qing'er has nothing to do with the Ministry of Industry these days, she will follow Ama to do this errand first."
The third master is not very confident in the end, although he has already agreed to Hongqing's suggestion, but at the end, he still decided to take Hongqing together to wade into such troubled waters.
Yes, daddy, this is using us as a crutch!
As soon as she heard the words of the third master, Hongqing really couldn't cry or laugh, but it was difficult to refuse, so she could only bow down respectfully and agree, but in her heart, she inevitably slandered the third master.
"Well, that's good, tomorrow morning, this king will follow Fan Langzhong's excerpts, and see what tricks those bastards can play!"
The third master still has full confidence in Hongqing, and when he heard that Hongqing was willing to help him run errands, the apprehension in his heart suddenly became a little less, and he couldn't help but be a little complacent......
"Eighth master, there is news from the other end, saying that the third master has ordered the household department, and the arrears will be cleared early tomorrow morning, and now the first batch of debt settlement list has been issued, please take a look at the eighth master!"
In the West Flower Hall of Babeile Mansion, several elder brothers and Lu Chunyan sat in it together, chatting casually, and were enjoying themselves, but they saw Zheng Mingrui turn out of the courtyard gate, hurriedly rushed to the front, shook his hand, took out a document from his sleeve, held it in both hands, held it high above his head, and then bowed down, and hurriedly said a word.
"Oh?"
The reason why the eighth master and his group gathered together again was to wait for the news from the fourth master's side, and when they heard the quasi-letter, the eighth master didn't dare to ignore it, he said lightly, stretched out his hand and took the fold in Zheng Mingrui's hand, spread it out, and studied it carefully.
"Starling, the third guy has taken the bait?"
All the elder brothers were waiting for the eighth master to speak, since the eighth master was reading the document carefully, everyone was not easy to speak casually, this time seeing that Zheng Mingrui had gone, the most anxious old ten first couldn't hold his breath, and asked urgently.
"Well, if there is no accident, maybe it should be, Mr. Lu, please take a look."
Although it was an annex to the debt settlement charter signed and approved by the third master, the eighth master still didn't dare to assert that things would definitely go according to his own deployment, so he replied uncertainly while handing the document to Lu Chunyan.
"Ha, it's okay this time, look at how the third guy coped with it, hey, when I think of the third child, my heart is as refreshing as eating ice in the dog days, I didn't say it, I have to drink it today, so that I can get a catchy bird!"
Lao Shi was impatient, this hearing the eighth master say this, no matter whether it was image or not, he jumped up and came to Lu Chunyan's side, only glanced at the document a few times, and he was already grinning, and happily released the cotic words, as if he had really seen the third master's father and son make a fool of themselves.
"Tenth brother, don't be in a hurry to be happy, why does the little brother think that there seems to be something strange in it, hey, just the third ghost, I'm afraid I won't be able to see that there is an ambush in Fan Shijie's kid's charter, so he jumped down without much change, no matter how he looks at it, it doesn't look like it's serious, is it possible that the third child is not prepared?"
Hearing that Lao Shi was talking nonsense there, Lao Shi's curiosity also rose, and he followed Lu Chunyan's side, only to look at it, and saw that the charter was completely the original, and his heart couldn't help but move, so he frowned slightly, and pointed out the doubts in it.
"Ready? Hey, the third child can play a lot of work, speaking of which is not the same as the fourth child has played, not afraid of him moving, afraid that he will not move, as long as he moves this head, no matter how he plays, he will not be able to eat and walk! ”
Lao Shi seems to be a reckless man, but he is actually a scheming master, and when he refutes Lao Fourteen at this time, he really says something quite reasonable.
Lao Jiu is a careful person, and he also feels that things don't seem to be as simple as they seem on the surface, but if he wants him to say what's wrong, he really can't say it, so he can only stop Lao Shi's poor happiness in general.
"It's time to go!"
Lu Chunyan didn't pay attention to the nonsense of the elder brothers, silently flipped through the documents in his hand, grinding them carefully, and at the end, after closing his eyes and pondering for a long time, he opened his eyes and said in a flat and resolute tone.
"Ha, just say it, what kind of drama can the third brother sing, as long as he moves, the master just tightens the noose, see where that guy can jump, starling, you just give the order, the little brother can't wait!"
As soon as Lu Chunyan said this, the tenth master first laughed and jumped up, clapped his hands, and asked for his life with high interest.
"Sir, the third one, well, will there be any ambush?"
The eighth master was a cautious person, and he didn't pay attention to Lao Shi's blind excitement, but looked at Lu Chunyan with a solemn face and asked cautiously.
"It doesn't matter, as long as the third master is willing to move, we can take advantage of the situation, even if we can't knock it down in one fell swoop, there will be no risk of backlash, even if it gets to the front of the emperor, isn't there still the fourth master in front of him."
When Lu Chunyan pondered before, he obviously thought about it all and decided that this situation should be unsolvable, but he did not say for sure that it would come out, but pointed out the way out of his invincible position.
"Well, that's it, from tomorrow, the Thunder plan will be fully launched, so as to complete the battle!"
Lu Chunyan had already said this, and the eighth master no longer hesitated, so he suddenly got up, looked around at the younger brothers, and resolutely made up his mind.