The palace of the king of Chu, Liu Yuanqi, the king of Chu, looked at the scholar in front of him who was not amazing and could not be found if he threw it in the pile, and suddenly laughed: "To be honest, I still can't believe that you are actually the No. 3 Heimu Ling of Tianzi." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xi Zhicai smiled faintly, and Liu Yuanqi's surprise showed his success. There are currently only three pieces of Tianzi Heimu Ling, Tianzi No. 1 is the Liu Yuanqi in front of him, Tianzi No. 2 is Liu Xiu, and Tianzi No. 3 is him. These are the three people at the highest level in the intelligence system that Xi Zhicai built for Liu Xiu. In fact, it should be regarded as two people, because Liu Yuanqi, the No. 1 Tianzi, is more just an honorary title, and he does not grasp this part of the power, so he only knows that there is a Tianzi No. 3 until now, but he doesn't know who it is.

Xi Zhicai was very grateful for this, he originally set himself the number one of the word in the earth, he felt that he was a minister, and he could not be compared with Liu Xiu's father and son, but Liu Xiu vetoed it and handed it to him as the No. 3 token carved into Tianzi with his own hands.

Xi Zhi knew the meaning of this Tianzi No. 3, because no matter how important other characters were, did not have Tianzi tokens, including Guo Jia.

Guo Jia is the number one in the ground.

"I was ordered by the general to withdraw from Yecheng." Xi Zhicai said what Liu Xiu meant. Liu Yuanqi just listened quietly, he was very satisfied with Liu Xiu's arrangement, Xi Zhicai, a mind that operates in the dark, is indeed not suitable for the dangerous place of Yecheng, once something happens to him, the people he controls will be in chaos, even if Liu Xiu personally rectifies it, it will take a while. He sighed to himself, it seemed that his son was cautious. But not stubbornly complacent, he thought of something better than what he had accumulated over the years.

"Since it was arranged by Deran, then of course I agree." Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Then where are you going to live?" ”

"There are too many contacts in the Chu Palace. There are many people and miscellaneous eyes, which is not very convenient. I want to go to Bishan. ”

"Bishan? Okay, nice view there. It's quiet and it's a nice place indeed. Liu Yuanqi agreed, "I will arrange twenty tiger warriors from the mansion to follow you and protect your safety." ”

"Twenty is too much, ten is enough." Xi Zhicai declined. It's not that I'm worried that Liu Yuanqi is spying on him, but I feel that the number of twenty tigers is too many, and it's easy to attract attention Liu Yuanqi didn't insist, while protecting Xi Zhicai. He did have to spy on Xi Zhicai, but there was not much difference between ten and twenty, he just had to arrange for someone he trusted. The tiger warriors trained by Xu Yu and the intelligence officers trained by Xi Zhicai belong to two systems, each of which is not coordinated, and it is not easy for Xi Zhicai to win over these tiger soldiers.

"King, Yuan Shao is preparing something against Duke Lu, and I'm worried that Duke Lu will be hit. Judging from the current situation, although Lu Gong is in the court, although he has caused a certain obstacle to the general, he has been unable to stop the development of the general, and after all, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. ”

Liu Yuanqi chucked slightly. He was very clear about Lu Zhi's role, but he couldn't grasp Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi has a strong temperament, and he has always regarded himself as a minister who cares for his life, and he will not listen to his advice at all, he can not deal with Lu Zhi, but he cannot protect Lu Zhi.

The rigid is easy to break, which is determined by Lu Zhi's own character. He could tolerate Lu Zhi's suppression of Liu Xiu - because he knew that at this point, Lu Zhi could no longer suppress Liu Xiu - but it was impossible for him to give up the benefits he had already obtained in order to help Lu Zhigang. Their father and son have been in business for so many years, and it is easy to have the capital to compete for the world, how can they let go because of Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi was in a heavy mood and his face was melancholy, and even Lu Yu, who had been waiting for his father for a day, saw it and walked away obediently. The atmosphere in the entire mansion became depressing, and the servants subconsciously relaxed their steps when they walked, and lowered their voices when they spoke.

Lu Shen stood under the porch for a long time, but did not enter. He didn't know how to face Lu Zhi. Although he hadn't seen his father's face yet, he could guess what kind of mood Lu Zhi was in now. Now both inside and outside the palace are saying that Lu Zhiquan leans towards the government and the opposition, and he is Situ, and the two disciples and one son are both generals and taishou with heavy troops, but they sit back and watch the Yuan family rebel in the Kanto, not because Lu Zhi does not have the strength to quell the rebellion, but because Lu Zhi and the Yuan family secretly communicate with each other. This is not groundless, the general Dong Chong has just caught a secret envoy of the Yuan family at the Revolving Gate Pass, and found a secret letter from Yuan Kui to Lu Zhi from him. In the letter, Yuan Kui thanked Lu Zhi's subordinates for showing mercy and not exterminating the Yuan family, and promised that once the Yuan family was determined to dominate the world, he would never forget Lu Zhi's great kindness.

This secret letter has been presented to the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven was young and didn't know how to deal with it, and the Empress Dowager Song, who actually dealt with the government in the palace, was also at a loss. Under normal circumstances, the Empress Dowager Song does not interfere in political affairs, she just knows about it, and she will transfer the relevant matters to the hands of the three dukes, especially Lu Zhi. After Lu Zhi took power, because of his strength and the cooperation of the Empress Dowager Song, the Inner Dynasty was basically in a fictitious state, and Shang Shuling really became an idle post for sending and receiving official documents.

However, this matter cannot be transferred to Lu Zhi, because Lu Zhi is the party concerned, and according to the rules, he should avoid suspicion and wait for the result. However, the Empress Dowager Song was worried that as soon as Lu Zhi was sick, no one would be able to handle a lot of government affairs, so she stayed in the middle and did not send it.

Delay could not solve the problem, and within a few days the news spread all over the city. Needless to say, this must have been spread by someone with a heart, and the biggest suspect is the Empress Dowager Dong. Empress Dowager Dong suffered a lot at the hands of Liu Xiu, and the initiator was Lu Zhi, Empress Dowager Dong couldn't move Liu Xiu, now there is such an opportunity to find Lu Zhi's bad luck, how can she let Empress Dowager Song hold things in her hands.

Lu Zhi was probably the last person to know about it. As the end of the year approached, the materials of the prefectures and counties that were still under the control of the imperial court were sent to the capital one after another, and he had to make statistics and arrange the limited wealth to the most suitable place. Now that most of the wealthy areas of the Han Dynasty are controlled by the Yuan family, and they have been fighting, their finances are very tight, and even the palace is reducing expenses. Fortunately, Nanyang was recaptured this year, Liu Xiu took control of Yizhou again, and the taxes in both the state and Guanzhong increased, and the economic situation was slightly better than last year. Lu Zhizheng was both relieved and headached by this, so he encountered such an incident. The mood is understandably bad.

How will Lu Zhi deal with this dilemma? Lu Shen didn't know. The best way is to avoid yourself, as long as you withdraw from the court, all rumors will be self-defeating. But Lu Shen knew. Lu Zhi will not leave the court easily. It's not because he is greedy for power, knowing his father Mo Ruozi, Lu Shen knows that Lu Zhi has never been a person who is greedy for power. He couldn't let go of his promise to the first emperor.

Before the death of the first emperor, he urgently summoned his father from Zhuo County to Luoyang, worshiped as Situ on the same day, and let the crown prince at that time worship Lu Zhi as a teacher, which is a great trust. Although his father didn't say anything, Lu Shen knew that from that moment on, his father put life and death out of the way, no matter how difficult it was. He had to fulfill his promise to the emperor.

Lu Zhi seemed to feel his son's mood, and the bell-like voice rang, but there was indescribable exhaustion in his voice. "Ziyan, since you're here, why don't you come in?"

Lu Shen rubbed his face, put on a smiling face, and walked in briskly. "Father." He saluted Lu Zhi: "I heard that this year's tax has increased compared to last year, and the palace is also full of joy." ”

Lu Zhi glanced at Lu Shen, pointed to the seat opposite, and ignored Lu Shen's words. Lu Shen was a little embarrassed, and the smile on his face became more and more unnatural. He sat down and waited for Lu Zhi's question.

"The Dong family wants to take revenge on me, I know very well." Lu Zhi opened his mouth calmly, "But I am not afraid of shadows, I will not let them succeed." Empress Dowager Dong is vulgar and ignorant of the general situation, Dong Chong has no useful military ability, and it is not appropriate for him to get in the way anymore. ”

Lu Shen was stunned: "Then what is my father going to do?" ”

Lu Zhi's face showed pain: "I'm going to let your brother spare himself and make a deal with the Song family." ”

Lu Shen didn't speak for a long time, he knew that his father's decision was painful. The elder brother has been outstanding in Shanggu Taishou in the past few years, if it wasn't for his father's suppression, he might have been promoted a long time ago, but now because he wants to gain the support of the Song family, the elder brother will suffer a huge loss.

It's your father, not your brother, who should be retiring. Lu Shen shouted in his heart. He clearly knows that Lu Zhi has a strong personality and has always opposed his relatives taking power, and now he is uniting with the Song family in order to fight back against the Dong family, which does not mean that he can get along with the Song family. Now that the Inner Dynasty has lost its power, whether it is the Song family and its dependents or the eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, they all hate Lu Zhi to the core. The reason why the Song family has not made any moves is because the Empress Dowager Song suppressed it. After all, the Empress Dowager Song is a woman, and once her mind is active, then Lu Zhi will face a direct confrontation with the Song family.

Even if the Song family can tolerate Lu Zhi, can Lu Zhi tolerate the Song family's relative?

"What, you don't approve?" Seeing that Lu Shen didn't speak, Lu Zhi was a little unhappy: "I know that this is unfair to your brother, but there is a matter of importance, we should keep the world in mind, and we can't just care about personal gains and losses......"

"I know." Lu Shen nodded hurriedly, and after a moment of hesitation, Lu Zhi was going to teach him a long lecture again. Besides, it was useless for him to hesitate, Lu Zhi made a decision that he couldn't change at all.

"Okay, you go to Song's house and meet Song Feng." Lu Zhi said sullenly: "I hope Song Feng will not make extraneous complications at tomorrow's court meeting." ”

"Whoa." Lu Shen bowed down to receive the order.

……

Song Feng listened to Lu Shen's suggestion with a smile, although his heart blossomed, his face refused to show a little urgency, and he just drank tea unhurriedly. Although Lu Shen was smart, he was too young, he didn't know what Song Feng was thinking, and he was a little impatient in his heart, this impatience fell in Song Feng's eyes, and Song Feng was even more confident.

"My Song family doesn't have any talents." Song Feng said: "You say that the general doesn't know the soldiers, but I, the hussar general, actually don't know the soldiers, and I'm not as good as the general." ”

Lu Shen scolded in his heart, but he had to swallow his anger and said, "The hussar is modest. There is a queen mother in the hussar, and there are former generals outside, and now the taxes of the imperial court have increased, and the strength is gradually rising. ”

"What's the use of just paying taxes." Song Feng relaxed his face and said with a smile: "The Han is out of the fine cavalry, and the cool is in the hands of the general of the chariot, and Youzhou is in the hands of General Zuo." Although my Song family can get Shanggu Wuhuan, who doesn't know that the Wuhuan people believe in Brother Ling, even if my Song family takes over Shanggu, I'm afraid I won't be able to command those barbarians. He took a sip of tea and said, "Besides, how much effect can a mere Shanggu make?" ”

Lu Shen was taken aback: "What does the hussar mean?" ”

"If I am put in charge of the war in Shandong, it will not be enough without the support of General Zuo." Song Feng smiled: "If General Zuo attacks Zhuojun, the former general goes out of Qingzhou, and General Ben goes out of Hanoi, and attacks from three sides, why will Yuan Shao not be destroyed?" ”

Lu Shen was taken aback and blurted out: "Hussars are not allowed." ”

"No?" Song Feng sank his face and paused the teacup on the case: "Then I'm sorry, Feng is stupid and doesn't dare to accept this heavy responsibility." ”