When Lu Ke saw Kong Ji kneeling in front of him, he wanted to stab him to death with a sword.

"Lu Xiang, you must save me. I'm your protégé, I've done so many things for you, you can't die without help. Kong Ji knelt at Lu Ke's feet and kept pulling Lu Ke's legs with his hands.

"You are a waste, the old man has already entrusted someone to send you a letter, why did you leave your post without permission." Lu Ke slapped Kong Ji to the ground.

"Xia Guan has never received any letters. Lu Xiang, Xia Guan really hasn't received any letters. As soon as Kong Ji heard the letter, he immediately wailed.

"Nonsense, the prince decided to send you a letter when he went on the expedition to become the prime minister of Japan, and you still dare to quibble."

When Kong Ji heard this, he cried bitterly, and swore by the lives of his whole family.

Lu Ke couldn't help but wonder, could it be that this Kong Ji really didn't receive the letter? Then he began to count the days, and suddenly he was shocked and called out: "Has anyone ever monitored our house?" ”

"You haven't seen anyone watching?" The butler said in fear.

"Quickly send someone to the surrounding area to check and see if there are any suspicious characters." Lu Cao said urgently

Lu Ke then kicked over Kong Ji: "You stay here first, and the old man will go to the palace to see if things have taken a turn for the better." ”

Qi Emperor Xiao Heng was looking at the express report submitted by Xiao Ju at this time, and was discussing the transfer of troops and horses with Hengzhi.

Suddenly hearing that Lu Ke asked to see him, Xiao Heng thought about it again and again, so he called Lu Ke in.

When Lu Cao saw Xiao Heng, he immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Wu County Taishou Kong Ji broke through from Wu County, and specially brought the latest situation of Sun Tai, the thief of Wu County. ”

Xiao Heng looked at Lu Ke with a surprised face, and Hengzhi on the side couldn't help but laugh.

"What does Lu Aiqing mean that Aiqing has already seen Kong Ji?"

"Exactly, the lower official came to inform His Majesty as soon as he got the information." Lu Ke hurriedly said.

"That's right, where is Kong Ji now?"

"I am in the lower official mansion, waiting for His Majesty to summon me."

"There's no need to summon me, come here, go to the Lu Prime Minister's Mansion to arrest Kong Ji, go to prison immediately, and hand it over to the Criminal Department for interrogation." Xiao Heng said coldly.

Lu Cao was shocked: "Your Majesty, why is this?" ”

Xiao Heng smashed the book presented by Xiao Ju directly on Lu Ke's face: "The thief army arrived in Wu County, and Kong Ji escaped as a county guard, which is a capital crime. also licked his face to invite merit and cut off the passage of contacts, which made Sun Tai rampant here. It is even more domineering in the fish and meat town. This son deserves death. ”

After reading the prince's recital, Lu Ke couldn't help but tremble, but he still stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, this is the words of the prince's family, Your Majesty should not be gullible." Lu Cao has obviously been carried away, and Hengzhi will let go of this opportunity again: "Your Majesty, Lu Cao criticized the prince and should be punished." ”

Xiao Heng couldn't help but cover his forehead, and then looked at Lu Ke coldly: "Lu Xiang knows what he just said." ”

"The minister lost his words, please punish Your Majesty." Lu Ke hurriedly kowtowed to the ground.

Xiao Heng snorted coldly and said, "Since Lu Xiang is here, it's just right." At present, Sun Tai's thief army is strong, and although the strength of the prince guard is enough to defend Wu County, if he wants to recapture the south of Wu County to Linhai, he cannot succeed without mobilizing the army. ”

Xiao Heng then picked up the fold and asked, "Where do the soldiers and horses come from now?" ”

Heng bowed straight and said, "If you want to quickly quell Sun Tai's rebellion, you have to use the border army. However, this will make the border army weak, and I am afraid that Northern Qin will have an opportunity to take advantage of it. ”

"Heng Gong's words are wrong, and the envoy of Northern Qin recently said that he was willing to marry Princess Zhaoyang to the King of Chu, and the two sides made peace. Our dynasty can also take the opportunity to dispatch generals and some soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion of Sun Tai in the Sanwu area. Lu Ke immediately retorted

Hengzhi couldn't help laughing: "Prime Minister Lu won't really use the marriage contract between the two countries as a talisman, right?" This is just a tacit delaying tactic by both sides, and when the time comes, the Northern Dynasty will attack our Dynasty as well. ”

Lu Ke was furious when he heard this, but Xiao Heng waved his hand at this time and said: "Don't argue between the two Aiqing, the top priority is to find a way." The land of Sanwu is a tax-paying land, and Sun thieves are not allowed to stay here all the time. ”

Lu Ke thought for a while, and then said: "If you transfer troops from Danyang County and Yuzhang County, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

Xiao Heng picked up the map, looked at it carefully, and shook his head: "I also know the combat effectiveness of the county soldiers. Sun Tai now has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and Huiji, Linhai, and Yongjia are all big cities, if the county soldiers are used, the war will be protracted, but it will be unfavorable to our dynasty. ”

Looking at Xiao Heng, who was frowning, Lu Cao hurriedly said: "Hefei now has an army of 100,000, if General Yangkan personally leads the elite south, and mobilizes troops in Danyang County to temporarily fill the emptiness in Hefei, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

Xiao Heng didn't speak, just looked at Hengzhi, as if asking for Hengzhi's opinion.

Heng looked straight at Lu Cao, but saw Lu Cao's expression as usual. Hengzhi thought a little in his heart, and then said: "Now that Wei Zhi is dead, Li Ke's Wen Taowu is not as good as Wei Zhi, if General Yang leads his troops south, leaving General Chen to defend the city, and transferring troops in Danyang County, it is not impossible." Hefei City is high and Chijian, if you don't come out of the city, just stick to it. There should be no mistakes. ”

Xiao Heng weighed again and again, and looked at the map repeatedly, "In this case, General Yang led 50,000 elites to cross the river to Wu County to meet the prince, and quickly exterminated the Sun thief, and Danyang County transferred 20,000 troops to Hefei City." ”

In the prince's mansion, Li Yuwan couldn't help but smile when she looked at the family letter.

Seeing this, Yuan Shu looked at Li Yuwan with a blank eye, and after Li Yuwan saw it, she deliberately pretended not to see it, but instead handed the letter to Aunt Zhao and said, "Put the letter away." ”

Yuan Shu suddenly became anxious, and looked at Aunt Zhao with pleading eyes, Zhao Yin couldn't help but smile, and then handed the letter to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu said while looking at it: "Wei Gongzi is really a hero, with 10,000 against 50,000, he really has the legacy of Dingnanhou." But when he saw Sun Tai's hundreds of thousands of thieves, he was shocked and said: "The thieves are so powerful, how can this be good." ”

"Don't worry, the prince has already written to His Majesty and asked His Majesty to send additional reinforcements." Li Yuwan said with relief.

Then Yuan Shu saw Wei Ran at the end of the letter and asked Yuan Shu how everything was doing, and Yuan Shu was full of joy: "Auntie, can I write back to Wei Gongzi?" ”

Li Yuwan smiled and nodded, and then Yuan Shu happily called: "Yun'er, prepare a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for me." ”

Just as Yuan Shu was about to go back to the room, Li Yuwan stopped Yuan Shu, handed Yuan Shu a package and said, "These are some ancient monster pieces that Ran'er purchased from Wu County, and I said that you should play with them." ”

Won-sook took the package and was immediately happy.

Li Yuwan shook her head with a smile when she saw it, and said to Aunt Zhao: "I just hope that Yuan Shu can always be so happy, this little girl, the more I look at it, the happier I become." ”

After Lu Ke returned to the mansion, he knew that Kong Ji had been taken away by the Criminal Department, and he would be interrogated by the Criminal Department and the Military Department in the near future.

Lu Ke's face was gloomy, and he called the family and said, "Let Lord Wang go and visit Kong Ji." Let Kong Ji understand how to advance and retreat. ”

In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Kong Ji shivered in the dark and damp cell, he could never have imagined that he would be imprisoned so soon.

Suddenly, the cell door opened, and Kong Ji stared out of the door. A figure appeared from the shadows, Kong Ji saw the person clearly, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Lord Wang, is it Lu who came to you?" How is Lu Xiang going to save me? ”

Wang Kun, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, looked at Kong Ji coldly, and then retreated. took out a pot of wine and some side dishes, and drank it with Kong Ji.

Kong Ji became more and more uneasy in his heart, and spoke several times, but Wang Kun always said nothing.

Kong Ji threw away the wine glass in his hand: "Is Lu Xiang trying to kill me?" ”

Wang Kun looked at Kong Ji coldly and said, "The matter has come to this point, Master Kong must know how to advance and retreat, your family, we will find a way to protect it." ”

The jail was silent, and Kong Ji stared at Wang Kun deadly: "If it weren't for Lu Xiang, how could it be like this." ”

"Master Kong said cautiously, if Lord Kong doesn't want to be decent, then this official has no choice but to help you be decent." Wang Kun hurriedly stopped Kong Ji: "It can also make your family decent together." Master Kong has thought about it. ”

Kong Ji nodded like a walking corpse, and Wang Kun nodded when he saw this and said, "I hope Master Kong can be decent tonight." The rest of the good wine and good food, adults can enjoy it with peace of mind, it is not poisonous. ”

After Wang Kun left, Kong Ji looked at the wine and food on the table and couldn't help laughing.

Then he grabbed the meat and swallowed it in his mouth.

The next day, news came from the Criminal Department that Kong Ji suddenly hit his head against the wall in the middle of the night and committed suicide in fear of crime.