At night, a carriage hurriedly swept the streets of Yuanjing City, a person stretched out his hand to lift the curtains, and saw that he was wearing a wide black cloak, wearing a black hat, and the horse's feet stepped on the bluestone slab on the street, and there was a sound of "da-da", fortunately, it was cold today, and it was the night of reunion, so there were not many people on the street, and it seemed very quiet.

A hand knocked on the door of Shangshufu, and the knock of "knock" sounded at night, and if you looked closely, it was the person who hurriedly swept the street just now.

The door creaked open, and a head poked out of it, and saw the face of the person who came, and hurriedly invited it in.

Inside, a person hurriedly greeted him, and said, "It's really hard Lu, the snow is falling so heavily, and I came to the cold house in the middle of the night."

"Lord Xu, don't be polite." He took off the brim of his hat and made a gesture, it turned out to be Lu Shun.

Xu Mai invited him to sit down, poured him a cup of tea himself, and said, "Lord Lu, don't blame, the weather is so cold, but if there is no emergency, I won't come to you."

Lu Shun nodded and took it: "I know, but, I don't know what, hurriedly let me come over, it's the middle of the night?"

Xu Mai glanced at the little guy next to him, waved his hand, and let him go down, before he got straight to the point with Lu Shun and said in a low voice: "Lord Lu, what do you think of His Royal Highness King Zhen?"

Lu Shun: "King Zhen?" He was stunned for a moment and asked, "What does Lord Xu mean?"

Xu Mai: "The matter of the early dynasty, I think Lord Lu has already thought about it in his heart, Lord Lu, you and I have always been good friends, so I told you about it." For now, you and I will find a way out. After he finished speaking, he patted the back of Lu Shun's hand on the table, wanting to encourage him and get his support.

When Lu Shun heard this, he lowered his head and thought about it carefully, and felt that what he said must be reasonable, just to say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ignored him early today, even if he talked about the meritocracy of His Royal Highness the Prince, it was not enough to be a generation of emperors. He really didn't live up to Xu Mai's expectations, and said: "I'm already disheartened about the prince's affairs, what is the plan, Brother Xu, please tell me." At this moment, he has called Lord Xu as Brother Xu, after all, they were punished by the Son of Heaven together this morning, and they were not blessed by the prince, so the two of them were a little disheartened, so now they are in the same camp, and now he is idle, so he has to put his hope here.

Xu Mai said in a low voice: "I still say that." Brother Lu, what do you think of King Zhen? ”

After hearing this, Lu Shun finally understood what Xu Mai meant, but he couldn't believe it, and asked lightly: "What do you mean, King Juzhen?"

Xu Mai didn't refute it, he admitted it directly, nodded and said, "Yes."

"I want to think about it, I want to think about it......" Lu Shun was shocked and muttered to himself, but his heart was a little confused, after all, he had been obedient to the prince for eight years, and if he suddenly wanted to change the direction of the wind, he was still a little unaccustomed to it. And Xu Mai looked at him steadily, and suddenly lowered his head and thought carefully, this matter should really be thought about, and he has no bottom in his heart now.

After half a sound, Lu Shuncai spoke in a low voice and said, "Although I have been working for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for eight years, I am now at a critical juncture of life and death, and I have to find another person for today's plan." He paused and asked Xu Mai, "How do you like King Zhen?"

Xu Mai sighed and said slowly: "It's today's matter, King Zhen is a well-known talent in Yuanjing City, and he studied under Mr. Su Qingjiang, and he is knowledgeable. Besides, it is rumored in Yuan Jingzhong that His Royal Highness King Zhen cherishes talents and is a corporal of courtesy. What's more, His Royal Highness King Zhen travels around the mountains and rivers, mostly for charity and likes to climb. In this way, there is talent and temperament, which is exactly the material of the emperor. ”

When Lu Shun heard this, he thought about it for a while, and recalled all the rumors about King Zhen before, but it was just as Xu Mai said, he saw King Zhen a few times, and he was also polite......

Thinking of this, he asked again, "How did Brother Xu know that King Zhen wanted that ...... position again?" He didn't say these two words, but Xu Mai understood, and said:

"This matter is exactly what you and I need to think about King Zhen."

Lu Shun nodded, he understood, and said worriedly: "If King Zhen is unwilling to ......"

Xu Mai also sighed and said, "I can only resign myself to fate."

As soon as these words came out, there was a little silence for a while.

Lu Shun returned to his usual composure at this time, and said, "In this way, Brother Xu." He called him and said, "You and I will prepare gifts and send them to King Zhen's mansion first, and see what King Zhen's attitude is?" Let's make another plan. ”

Xu Mai nodded, agreed, and said, "In this case, a few days ago, the children of the Xu clan sent a sword over, and after sending it over, His Royal Highness King Zhen will understand."

He is willing to be a sword in his hand. Besides, if King Zhen is unwilling and reports the actions of the two of them, he can also be said to be the reason why the sword is worthy of talent.

Lu Shun nodded and said, "I know, I'll go back and think about it, and if I have a decision, you and I will send it over together."

Xu Mai nodded, and after hearing this, he suddenly remembered the matter of Lu Shun's mansion and asked

"How is Lord Lu's mansion relocated?"

As soon as Lu Shun talked about this matter, he was depressed, and sighed, "I have already asked my subordinates to pack up their things, and the day after tomorrow, I will go to Baoque Street and Zhang'an Alley." ”

When Xu Mai heard this, he also sighed in his heart, and slowly said to Lu Shun: "Lord Lu, don't worry, the warm sun will come out after the snow." Besides, in today's situation, we must be more cautious, and we must not show the handle that others will grasp. He paused and said, "I'm saying that if this time is successful, Lord Lu will soon be able to regain power."

Lu Shun listened to his words, nodded, and said, "I know, I don't know how many people are waiting to take my life now." He repented of all the things that had offended other officials because of his submission to the prince, and he added, "Let me put my bet on this." If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent.

Xu Mai nodded and agreed with what he said. Lu Shun saw that it was past midnight, and said goodbye, Xu Mai didn't stay with him for a long time, and personally sent him out to the door, so that he could be careful, and Lu Shun took the carriage back.

On the second day, Lu Shun and Xu Mai's gifts were sent.

On the third day, the military department Shangshu Mansion located in Jiyue Alley of Xuanwu Street surrounded many people, and those people heard the rumors in the market that Lu Shun, the military department Shangshu, had been promoted and was going to move to Baoque Street, so they all came to take a look and congratulate them. In the past, there was also this practice, if the officials were happy, they would also send wedding cakes to the people in front of the door, which was very rare for the rich and noble. The ordinary people believed that eating the wedding cakes of officials and nobles would bring good luck, so that as soon as the rich and noble families in the capital of Yuan had a happy event, many people watched it.

But Lu Shun in Shangshu's Mansion was not so comfortable, and after hearing that the people at the door were crowded, he ordered with a gloomy face: "Immediately let people go to Desheng Building to buy vegetarian cakes and come back, and divide the people outside the door."

The subordinate had to order him to get the money, and immediately ran out of the back door.

The people outside the door waited for a long time and finally got the wedding cake, went back happily, and said peace and joy to Lu Shun.

It's just that Lu Shun is not happy, he was originally unhappy when he was degraded openly and secretly, but now there are such things happening, how can he be happy? !

At this time, someone suddenly came to report: "Prince Zhen is here."