Lu Yu was stunned, Yang Yuanqing invited himself to the banquet? Things came suddenly, so that he was not prepared at all, he took the invitation and opened it, the place is the 'Yuan'an Wine Shop' in Beishi, and there is actually a wine shop with this name? Lu Yu has been to Beishi many times, but it seems that he has never seen it.

But the wine shop is not important, the important thing is that Yang Yuanqing invited him to the banquet, he looked at the time on the invitation, it was almost time, so he immediately ordered: "Prepare a horse for me!" ”

Lu Yu walked out of the court room quickly, and the entourage had already brought a horse, he turned over on the horse, took a few followers, and urged the horse to run towards Beishi.

I inquired at the gate of the North City, and it turned out that this 'Yuan'an Wine Shop' was the original Yipinju Wine Shop, Lu Yu used to go to it often, and the Yipinju Wine Store was closed down for selling wine in violation of regulations, and the government auctioned it, and the new proprietor renamed the wine store 'Yuan'an Wine Shop'.

Lu Yu was a little surprised in his heart, because he wanted to avoid Yang Yuanqing's obscurity, many shops with the word Yuan have changed their names, but this wine shop is called Yuan'an Wine Shop, and Yang Yuanqing invited him to a banquet here, what does this wine shop have to do with Yang Yuanqing?

When he entered the door of the wine shop, the shopkeeper had already seen him and knew him, so he hurriedly saluted and said, "It turned out to be Lu Xiangguo, but you came to the banquet of the King of Chu?" ”

Lu Yu nodded, and the shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand, "On the fifth floor, Lu Xiangguo, please come with me." ”

Lu Yu followed him all the way to the fifth floor, and when he was about to go up to the fifth floor, the shopkeeper stopped, "Xiangguo, I'm sorry, I can't go up, the fifth floor has been taken down, and no outsiders are allowed to enter." ”

The shopkeeper turned around to leave, but Lu Yu stopped him, "I forgot to ask, is this wine shop opened by the King of Chu?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head with a smile, "My proprietor's surname is Pei, and he is out of company." ”

The shopkeeper walked downstairs quickly, and Lu Yu frowned. The surname is Pei. Could it be that this is opened by the Pei family?

He went upstairs, and saw eight huge men standing at the top of the stairs, all of them with fleshy faces. With fierce eyes and vicious staring at him, Lu Yu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. What is this, give yourself a dismount?

"Lu Xiangguo!"

I saw Pei Qingsong walking over quickly from the corridor and saluting him, "Xiangguo, please come with me, Your Highness is already waiting." ”

Seeing Pei Qingsong, Lu Yu's heart calmed down a little, and he glanced back at the eight sculpture-like giants and shook his head.

Pei Qingsong understood, and hurriedly explained with a smile: "The main reason is that I am afraid that idlers will come up." That's why His Royal Highness ordered several fierce-looking subordinates to guard the stairs, without any intention of targeting Lu Xiangguo. ”

"Oh! I see. ”

Lu Yu was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, and asked again: "Today, the King of Chu is except for me." Who else was invited? ”

"There is no one else. Only Lu Xiangguo, originally when I came to book a room yesterday. There is also Choi Sang-kook, but for some reason, His Royal Highness told me that Choi Sang-kook is not coming, so there is only Lu Sang-kook alone. ”

Of course Lu Yu knew that Cui Xiang here was referring to Cui Hongyuan, he was stunned in his heart, Cui Hongyuan is not coming, what does this mean, he was a little uneasy in his heart, could it be that Yang Yuanqing and Cui Hongyuan have met?

When they came to the end of the corridor, Pei Qingsong pushed open a door, "Lu Xiangguo, please!" ”

Lu Yu walked into the room and saw dozens of guards standing in the room, holding axes and knives, the axes and knives were shining brightly and murderous.

Lu Yu suddenly realized that today was probably not a good feast, Yang Yuanqing was obviously threatening him, although it was not necessarily to kill him, but what was this posture implying to him?

Do you want to eradicate the Lu family by force?

At this moment, he suddenly heard a young woman's voice from the room, "Your price is too low, my entire fifth floor is a private room, how much will you lose if you don't open at noon, and today's business is good, you have to add at least five hundred hangs." ”

"But I paid a lot of money for you to buy this liquor store!" This is Yang Yuanqing's voice.

"I don't care, I'm a widow now, I have to raise a child, the expenses are very large, you are the dignified King of Chu, don't even have to play a few hundred dollars!"

"If you can't do anything, I'll add another five hundred hangings, but I'll say okay first, and I'm not allowed to have a third time."

"Hee-hee! No more, okay, I won't bother you, go first. ”

As soon as the door opened, a young woman came out and saw Lu Yu at a glance, the woman was taken aback and blurted out, "Second Uncle Lu!" ”

Lu Yu also felt that she was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her, and when he was stunned, the young woman smiled and walked quickly.

Lu Yu saw that she had a white flower in her hair, this is a sign of filial piety, who is she?

Lu Yu walked into the room full of doubts, only Yang Yuanqing was sitting inside, and there were already several plates of cold dishes on the table, Yang Yuanqing was wearing a gauze hat, a lilac robe, a leather belt around his waist, and a smile.

"Lu Xiangguo is finally here, please take a seat!" Yang Yuanqing smiled and waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Lu Yu sat down, he couldn't help but glance back again, and asked, "That woman just now said, call me Second Uncle Lu, I should have seen her, but I can't remember." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "She is the cousin of the princess, that is, Pei Yun's eldest granddaughter." ”

Lu Yu suddenly remembered, "Is that the daughter of the Pei family who married the Cui family of Qinghe?" ”

"It's her!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, sighed and said: "It's also unfortunate to say, they finally survived the most difficult troubled times, opened a wine shop in Qinghe County, and saw that they had settled down, but her husband died of illness four months ago, and it was difficult for her to stay in Qinghe County, so she sold the wine shop and brought her daughter to Taiyuan to seek another development, so I contributed a little money to help her buy this wine shop." ”

"But...... Did the Pei family allow her to show up and sell wine? ”

"It's alright! She is the proprietor and rarely shows up, so it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Pei You's unexpected appearance made the atmosphere of the two of them suddenly ease up when they should have met awkwardly, and at this time, Lu Yu's mind returned to business.

He muttered and said: "This morning, I chatted with Du Xiangguo, and he proposed a very good plan for Yicang grain, every two or three counties will concentrate on building a large warehouse, which will be directly managed by the imperial court, and the money and grain of the official warehouse and the grain of the Yicang will be concentrated in the large warehouse, and the local government will manage the accounts and not the goods, and the warehouse will manage the goods but not the accounts, so as to prevent the corruption of the local government." ”

Lu Yu is also an extremely shrewd person, as a prime minister, he also hopes to be able to control the corruption of the local government, hopes that the court officials can be honest, and hopes that the Great Sui can be strong, if it does not involve family interests, he is indeed a very capable and effective prime minister, but once it involves family interests, his mind has a subtle change, and he is more concerned about family interests, rather than the imperial court.

This is also the limitation of the family, the family and the country, they first consider the family, then the country, and finally the world.

Yang Yuanqing also sighed slightly in his heart, this Lu Yu is more difficult to deal with than Cui Hongyuan, but as long as he is willing to compromise, then Hebei officialdom will be easy to clean up.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing took out a confession, put it on the table and pushed it to Lu Yu, "This is Zhang Beiji's confession, Lu Xiangguo, please take a look!" ”

Lu Yu was stunned, Zhang Beiji was only escorted into Jinyang Palace in the morning, and it was only half a day, did the confession come out? Zhang Beiji is so uninterrogated? He took the confession suspiciously, read it carefully, and when he turned to the second page, he was taken aback, and the second page clearly wrote that Zhao Benzhang, the Taishou of Wei County, connived at his family and illegally occupied fifty hectares of fertile land.

Zhao Benzhang is a protégé of the Lu family in Fanyang, who once served as the magistrate of Zhuo County, took great care of the Lu family, and was an important figure in the peripheral forces of the Lu family.

"This ...... Are these credible? ”

"Whether it is credible or not, I don't know for the time being, but at least these are clues, you can check according to these clues, whether you have been wronged, you will know it at a check."

Lu Yu didn't say anything for a long time, he was speechless, if Zhao Benzhang really had corruption, then he couldn't find a reason to oppose it, which made him very annoyed in his heart, this Zhao Beiji stayed in Hebei officialdom for too long, he knew a lot of insiders, if he really confessed, it would involve a lot of people.

Lu Yu gritted his teeth with hatred, why couldn't Cui Hongyuan control Zhang Jibei, and began to explain in just one morning, is this what Cui Hongyuan said about the fierce man who will never betray?

"Your Royal Highness, this Zhang Beiji is Cui Xiangguo's brother-in-law, Cui Xiangguo told his ministers that Zhang Beiji is an honest person, will there be the possibility of being beaten into a trick?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I went to visit Cui Xiangguo in the morning, and he said that Zhang Beiji's problem is not only as simple as dereliction of duty and bribery, but also the suspicion of buying and selling officials, Cui Xiangguo also suggested that Yu Shitai go to investigate Zhang Beiji's hometown in Lucheng County." ”

Yang Yuanqing's words made Lu Yu fall into the abyss all of a sudden, what he was most worried about finally happened, Cui Hongyuan really betrayed himself, no wonder Yang Yuanqing wanted to invite himself to the banquet, it turned out that he was already confident.

"Is it really impossible to keep it?" Lu Yu shouted silently in his heart.

Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly, "Cui Xiangguo and I have reached a compromise, Cui Xiangguo will not interfere with the imperial history to investigate the case in Hebei, and fully support the imperial court's punishment of Zhang Beiji, in return, if the case involves the children of the Cui family, I will also open the net." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said to Lu Yu: "I hope to reach such a compromise with Lu Xiangguo." ”

Of course, Lu Yu understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, and asked the Lu family to give up the interests of the peripheral family and keep the children of the Lu family, just like the Cui family.

Lu Yu only felt that he had been forced into a corner. He didn't like this feeling of being persecuted, and Yang Yuanqing was still arranging dozens of knife and axe hands outside murderously, which was even more intimidating.

Although Lu Yu was unwilling, he had no choice, Cui Hongyuan's betrayal made him a lone soldier, and he would not be Yang Yuanqing's opponent.

Helpless, Lu Yu had to sigh and said: "Since Cui Xiangguo has compromised, then I, Lu Yute, have nothing to say, and the Lu family will fully support His Highness and the imperial court." ”