Lu Yu clapped his hands and said, "Is Hongzhou still fighting?" ”

"The little ones went to the yamen to investigate, but they are also small officials, and they don't know much, only that there is a war in Hongzhou. With-Dream- . lā”

"Then there are still reinforcements coming out of Lingzhou in the past ten days?"

"I haven't heard of it."

Lu Yu thought for a while, "There is still half a month before His Majesty's birthday, and the imperial court must want to reconcile, let's go buy a horse, and we can get to the capital in two days." ”

"You're not going to Lingzhou?" The guard glared, "It's only a day's journey from Lingzhou here." ”

Wouldn't it be safer to find Lu Duhu, and then he would send someone to escort him into Beijing?

Lu Yu shook his head and said: "Things have come to this point, I'm afraid the people behind the scenes won't have time to look for us, and it's best to enter Beijing at this time." The favor of the Lu family in the capital is not so easy to owe. ”

The guard hesitated for a moment, and Lu Yu smiled and said, "If you don't worry, why don't we stay in this village for a few more days?" When we enter Beijing on His Majesty's birthday, I guess no one will pay attention to us at that time. ”

The guard turned around and left, "The young master is waiting, and the little one will go and pack his luggage." ”

Lu Yu smiled and shook his head, he had lived in this village for twelve days. After separating from Lin You and them, he went to Lingzhou, and in order not to arouse suspicion, he could only disguise himself with the guards.

Originally, he wanted to buy a horse, but after entering the city and hiding his identity, he found that he couldn't buy a horse at all, because horses are not something ordinary people can afford.

If he wants to buy, he can only buy cows, donkeys, mules, donkeys have ready-made ones, cows and mules have to queue up, and the cattle steward has to register the information there, and he can only buy them when it is his turn.

And I bought it and got the yamen to do the registration, especially the cattle, the audit is relatively strict, this is over, they are fleeing for their lives, they can't go to the car dealership to rent a car, so people are not looking for a quasi?

Lu Yu could only walk on two legs, and the good noble son simply tossed himself into a down-and-out beggar.

He trekked all the way through mountains and rivers, even if it was dark and his legs were as heavy as boulders, he climbed forward with all his might, and finally arrived near Lingzhou fourteen days ago, and then they happened to encounter reinforcements who were hurrying out of the city.

This is still Lu Yu noticed that something was wrong, and spent a lot of money to find out from a government official, and heard that they also had to prepare some grain and grass in Lingzhou, so everyone was worried that the summer tax reduction and exemption this year would be canceled.

Lingzhou actually sent troops to support Hongzhou, which means that the Hongzhou incident happened, at that moment, Lu Yu had a light inspiration from his body to his heart, and felt that his soul was about to rise from the heavenly spirit cover.

Then he fell down with a thud - he fell asleep.

The poor guard could only drag people into the forest and find a small cave to stuff people in, he didn't dare to enter the city, although his ability was not as good as Xu Jin, but he also noticed that someone was secretly watching at the city gate.

I don't know if it's friend or foe.

He could only wait for the young master to wake up and come up with an idea.

Lu Yu slept for two days, and after being woken up by hunger, he went to the city gate to take a look, and immediately took the guards away, he was not as tormented as Lin You and them, and he had to go to the capital or Lingzhou.

Anyway, when the Hongzhou incident happened, the news came out, and their goal was achieved, and there was really no need to take any more risks, so he found a small village and rented a small yard with a copper plate to "recuperate".

Seeing that the neighbor's children are feeding the chickens so hard every day, he took the initiative to help, well, now he has been feeding this group of chickens for ten days, and he is quite emotional.

It's a pity that they are about to separate, Lu Yu has looked at this group of chickens one by one, and the children next door "kicked" and ran over, seeing him looking at their chickens, he comforted him and said: "Don't worry, you can eat it in two months, my mother said to feed it frequently, so that they can grow fast, and they will lay eggs in September, and you can still eat chicken during the New Year, big brother, do you want to eat chicken?" ”

After asking, he snorted and looked at Lu Yu with shining eyes.

Lu Yu looked down at him, diverted his love for the chicken, reached out and touched his head and smiled: "Yes!" ”

The child opened his mouth and smiled, turned around happily and plucked several vegetables and threw them to the chickens, and was happy to see them eat happily.

Lu Yu was happy when he looked at the children, and he was also happy when he looked at the chickens, and he wanted to stay here even more.

The guard who saw everything from the window immediately shouted, "Young Master, everything is packed, when do you think we will leave?" ”

Lu Yu could only press the unrealistic idea and said, "Tomorrow, I always have to say goodbye to the master." ”

Lu Yu didn't want to owe the Lu family a favor in the capital, and Lu Li and Lu Rui thought the same way, so they both lived in the county lord's mansion and didn't move, just accompanied by Lin You and Zhou Tong.

Compared with the Lu clan in the capital who had only heard of it and never seen it, they naturally had more feelings for the Lin clan who had been suffering

Although their Suzhou Lu clan and the Beijing Lu clan are associated with the clan, they still feel that their classmates are closer, and their fellow villagers are also very close.

Lin You is their classmate, Lin Yubin is their junior sister, and Lin Qingwan is their fellow villager.

The two young men moved to Zhoutong's guest house very seriously, and did not mention the matter of going to the Lu family in the capital.

Lin Qingwan didn't force them, but just sent someone to send a message to the Lu family, so that they didn't have to look for Lu Li and them anymore, and concentrated all their efforts to find Lu Yu.

Only then did he have time to say to a few young people: "Your Majesty may summon you in a few days, so start preparing from now on." ”..

Although the etiquette of the family will be visited, it is also necessary to strengthen it, what if the front of the palace is lost, especially Zhou Tong, he is very lax in etiquette.

Lin Qingwan invited a gentleman to teach them, and the four young people soon had no time to think about it.

As for Shang Mingjie, he was locked up at home by his father and couldn't get out.

Ever since Shang Ping knew that his son was involved in such a big event, he even successfully handed over the news, and was frightened and angry after being fooled by Lin Qingwan into going to Beijing.

I don't know who the person who has the ability to block Hongzhou is, and whether he will hate him in his heart.

Lin Qingwan is really good enough, and she invisibly set up such a strong enemy for their Shang family.

No matter how Shang Mingjie explained, Shang Ping decided that it was Lin Qingwan who encouraged him to go to Beijing, otherwise, with the timidity of his mother and wife, how could he let his son leave Suzhou so quickly after being chased and killed?

After Lin Qingwan visited Wang Jin, she asked Lin Yubin to visit her uncle, and Zhou Tong also wanted to visit Lord Shang, who was about to become his uncle-in-law, so they went together.

The situation in the capital was unclear, and Lin Qingwan naturally wouldn't let Lin Yubin leave her sight, so she also went together, and then listened to Shang Ping's tactful accusation.

Lin Qingwan couldn't help but smile when she heard it, she didn't distinguish it, and she didn't get angry, she just didn't understand, and then she didn't allow Lin Yubin to come to the door, jokes, their aunt and nephew are not masochists, let's let Shang Mingjie come over and be abused.

However, Shang Mingjie couldn't even go out, he had to be abused in his own home.

The incident in Hongzhou is quite big, and now there has been a truce at the border pass, but the two armies are still facing each other from afar, and no one dares to relax, and the peace talks with Dachu are still continuing.

The border pass was settled, and the emperor finally freed up his hands to solve the previous blockade of Hongzhou, and the first thing was to let people thoroughly investigate the county government and post stations around Hongzhou, especially the post stations from Hongzhou to the capital.

The second is to make the second prince think about it behind closed doors on the charge of losing his honor in front of the palace, and he is not allowed to go out without an order.

As soon as this order came out, the whole court was shocked, although they also suspected the second prince before, but they only dared to think of the kind of suspicion that flashed, and the emperor was obviously sure that the second prince did it.

This, this, how much the second prince can't think about it, the emperor doesn't want to take back Zhong Ruying's military power, what is he anxious about?

What is the second prince anxious about?

The ministers who knew some of the things of the year had a faint idea in their hearts, and they shook their heads slightly at the second prince, originally they were more inclined to the second prince in terms of succession to the throne, after all, there was no heir, when the eldest prince was there, they were biased towards the eldest prince, the eldest prince was gone, and the second prince was the elder, so they naturally preferred him, but now, they ......

Although the system of succession is important, the meritocracy of the monarch is even more important, and now that it is a troubled time, they do not want to destroy the country.

It can be said that the second prince was young, lacked ability, and was not strict with the emperor, but now......

The ministers have set their eyes on the remaining princes, the third prince has injured his eyes on the battlefield, it is impossible to inherit the throne, the fifth prince and the sixth prince are still young, so there are only four princes left......

The Four Princes......

He doesn't have any characteristics.

The Emperor did not know that his courtiers were already worrying about his successor, and he was looking angrily at his son kneeling below.

The second prince trembled, kneeling on the ground, the sweat on his forehead kept falling on the green bricks, this kind of gaze he had only seen in the year when his eldest brother died in battle, and now he felt it again, he felt more and more terrifying.

For a moment, the second prince wondered, would his father kill him?

Of course, the emperor was reluctant to kill him, in the end, he was his own son, he had a total of twelve children in his life, and only seven children who may have lived past the age of eight, although he was used to the pain of losing his son, but every time he experienced it, he still felt painful.

The death of the eldest in the prime of life was enough to make his heart ache, how could he kill the second child?

However, he can't do it, not to appease Zhong Ruying and Zhong Jiajun, even for the sake of Liang Jiangshan, the second child has to be eliminated from the heir, and even he can't even take power in the future.

He can tolerate his sons' scheming and treacherous methods, and allow them to compete for power and profit, but he must not ignore the interests of the country.

What is the difference between blocking Zhong Jiajun's request for help when Hongzhou was in danger and giving Hongzhou away?

The bottom line of the second child is so low, how dare the emperor hand over the country and power to him?

The emperor looked at the second prince trembling, and his heart was even more sad, well, he didn't even have the courage, and he couldn't be the emperor anymore.

"You did what happened in Hongzhou?" Even if he had already decided that it was him, and the evidence pointed to him, the emperor still wanted to ask in person.

The second prince's eyes flashed with struggle, he wanted to deny it, but he couldn't help but think of his father's temper, if he didn't admit it, his father found out that it was him, and he didn't know how angry he was, but if he took the initiative to admit his mistake, maybe there would be a chance.

So he kowtowed and said: "My father forgives the sin, but the sons and daughters are confused, thinking about taking back the military power of the Zhong family, and the imperial court has stronger control over the border passes, so I can......'t think about it for a while."