In a dense forest about a mile west of Xiangyang City.

A group of strangely moving men are carrying some heavy and mysterious objects, and one of the boys is counting the number of these objects.

I only heard a man next to him ask Brother Gongzi:

"That's right, right? Zhu Gongzi!"

The man named Zhu Gongzi nodded with satisfaction:

"Yes, yes, we have finally done something big this time, and I'm sure my dad will be impressed with me in the future. ”

The man next to him immediately said again:

"Childe, in fact, you can transport this Franc cannon here this time, thanks to Chu Shizi Zhu Yingxi's help! If it weren't for Chu Shizi's help to get around to make some connections, I'm afraid these Franc cannons would have been seized by the government in this Huguang territory. ”

Zhu Gongzi said:

"Yes, although Chu Shizi is a little young and frivolous, he is very righteous, much stronger than his father King Chu, who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and is as timid as a mouse, this person is indeed worthy of friendship, worthy of friendship. ”

Du Buyi, who was lurking behind a bush, was silently watching Zhu Gongzi and the group of caravan people in the field.

I only heard Liu Erbao come over gently and asked in Du Yi's ear:

"Du Gongzi, who do you think this Zhu Gongzi will be?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"If I guessed correctly, this Zhu Gongzi is most likely the son of Zhu Chenmu. ”

The White Lotus also came over and whispered:

"Brother Du, are you so sure?"

Du did not forget to smile lightly:

"Then we'll see. ”

After a while, suddenly several people came over carrying a mysterious sedan chair.

As soon as Zhu Gongzi saw the arrival of the sedan chair, he quickly tidied up his clothes, and then excitedly led the people behind him to meet him in the direction where the sedan chair came.

After the sedan chair stopped, an old man about sixty years old, dressed as a royal nobleman, came out of it, and Zhu Gongzi immediately went to hug the old man tightly.

The White Lotus followed the light, and felt more and more familiar with the figure of the old man, and after the old man's face turned sideways, the White Lotus couldn't help but say:

"Uncle...... Uncle, what's the ...... Why did my uncle King Xiang come here?"

When Du didn't forget to hear it, he was also shocked, and quickly covered the mouth of the white lotus, afraid that she would shout excitedly again.

Xiangwang Zhu Youshu seemed to have heard a trace of the sound of the white lotus just now at this time, and asked Zhu Gongzi a little nervously:

"Did you hear anything just now?"

Zhu Gongzi looked at the direction of the grass where Du Buyi and a few people were hiding, and replied to King Xiang:

"Brother Wang, it should be the cry of those beasts at night, let's go into the house and talk about it!"

Zhu Youjun nodded:

"Yes, let's go to the house first, after all, it's cold outside!"

So the two of them held hands and walked into the hut in front of them.

At this time, Yang Chengdao came over and said to Du Yi:

"I didn't expect that Lao Xiangwang had something to do with this matter!"

The White Lotus immediately explained:

"I don't think it's possible, my uncle won't collude with this group of people, there must be something else. ”

Du Bu didn't forget to see that the White Lotus was a little excited, so he gently grabbed her hand:

"Ling'er, the Taoist chief just said something casually, why are you so excited? I also think that your uncle can't do such an unsightly thing as smuggling the Franco cannon, I'll take you to see it now!"

Then he said to a few people next to him:

"You wait for us now, I'll take Ling'er to see what they're doing in the house!"

After speaking, he took the white lotus and sneaked into the side of the hut, and then gently opened a gap and looked inside.

found that at this time, Zhu Gongzi and King Xiang were sitting around an old table, each with a wine glass in front of them, and a servant was holding a wine jug to pour wine for the two of them.

I only heard Zhu Gongzi say to King Xiang:

"Brother Wang, this wine is Jiangxi Sitetu Shochu that I bought from a merchant Jia at a high price and has been brewed for ten years, how do you taste it?"

After tasting the four special soil shochu, King Xiang nodded with satisfaction:

"Good wine, good wine, not only mellow, but also strong!"

When he drank half a cup, King Xiang's face suddenly turned red, and his body actually had a feeling of fever.

King Xiang hurried to something wrong at this time, so he pointed to Zhu Gongzi and said:

"You...... You...... This ...... you gave my brother What's in this wine?"

Zhu Gongzi clapped his hands, and the few men who came with King Xiang's sedan chair just now were all tied hand and foot and pushed into the thatched hut.

King Xiang became excited at this time:

"Zhu Yicomb, you ...... You...... How dare you play tricks on this king......? Aren't you afraid that your father knows?"

It turned out that this Zhu Gongzi was called Zhu Yicomb, and he was the eldest son of Zhu Chenmu, who claimed to be King Ning.

Zhu Yicomb smiled lightly:

"What if my dad knew? Do you want to know the purpose of my deliberate drawing you here?"

King Xiang smiled bitterly:

"Hehe, how do I know what your purpose is, I came to see you in the friendship of being a descendant of Taizu, I didn't expect you to treat me like this, what do you want to do, just say it?"

King Xiang's body became more and more hot at this time, and even his wrinkled old face was already red.

Zhu Yicomb took out a contract from his arms and put it in front of King Lao Xiang:

"Brother Wang, I heard that you have a manor in the west of the city, which hides a lot of gold and silver treasures, so I want to share the wealth with you!"

When King Xiang heard this, he was shocked:

"You...... It's your first time to come to our Xiangyang, how did you know that there is a manor in the west of this king's city?"

Zhu Yicomb clapped his hands, and walked in a person about fifty years old, dressed as a housekeeper.

Zhu Yicomb pointed to the person who came in and asked King Xiang:

"Brother Wang, you should be familiar with it, right?"

At this time, the White Lotus, who was lurking outside the house, suddenly said to herself:

"This ...... This...... Isn't this person the butler Cui in my uncle's palace?"

Lao Xiangwang pointed to Steward Cui:

"You...... You...... Why did you betray me?"

Steward Cui didn't reply, but took out an account book and handed it to Zhu Yicomb:

"Little Prince, this is a list of gold and jade jewels hidden in the Chengxi Manor!"

After Zhu Yicomb took the account book, in front of the old Xiangwang, he turned it over, and then said:

"Xiao Wang, I have estimated, the property recorded in this account book can be filled with two big boats, Brother Wang, how about I?"

King Xiang replied very resolutely:

"Don't you think about it, these are all the belongings I have accumulated for many years, and I will never give them to you!"

Zhu Yicomb smiled lightly:

"Brother Wang, in fact, I have no choice but to do so, after all, my father is now retreating to Zhongnan Mountain, and he is in urgent need of food and salary, and you have always had a close relationship with my father and uncle, so why are you so stingy? If my father wins the country one day, he will return it to you tenfold!"

King Xiang smiled:

"Your uncle Zhu Chenhao is a generation of anti-kings, and your father has been forgiven by holy grace, not only does not repent, but also dares to rebel, and will be punished by heaven. ”

After listening to this, Zhu Yicomb immediately slapped King Xiang hard:

"You old bastard, how good can you be? Don't think that no one knows about your private occupation of its ** concubine, the encroachment of other people's fertile land, and the framing of several Xiangyang prefects? Let me tell you, all your handles are now in my hands. ”

Then someone walked in with a large stack of paperwork.

Zhu Yicomb casually pulled out a stack of papers, opened it and read it:

"In the fifteenth year of Zhengde, on the day of Kwai Chou, King Xiang Zhu You recruited Zhang Daring, a ruffian in the city, and plotted to frame the former prefect Xu Kun, and extorted 30,000 taels of silver and two concubines from Xu Kun!"

After hearing this, King Xiang Zhu Youjun stared at Steward Cui with straight eyes:

"You...... You...... You!"

Steward Cui walked over with a smile and gently patted King Xiang's shoulder:

"Lord Wang, don't be impulsive, don't be in a hurry. ”

Zhu Yicomb, and then pulled out another paperwork:

"In the second year of Jiajing, Gengzi Day, Zhu Youshu, the king of Xiang, on the grounds that the palace was insufficient to support the domain, colluded with the ruffians to encircle the 100 acres of fertile land in the east of the city for his own use, and caused the surrounding people to starve to death of nearly ten households, and bribed the eunuch Zhou Feng with 500 silver, and the accident was stopped. ”

After hearing this, the white lotus, who was hiding outside the grass hut, said incredulously:

"This ...... This...... This can't be, how could my uncle do such a thing?"

Du did not forget and hurriedly hugged the white lotus again:

"Ling'er, don't get excited, let's see. ”

The White Lotus pushed hard and did not forget:

"But my uncle is in danger now, and he is being blackmailed, how can I not save him?"

Du did not forget to explain:

"What's the use of going now? Why don't we confirm whether this is true or not! Anyway, I'm here, believe me, I won't let your uncle die at the hands of this Zhu Yicomb!"

White Lotus opened her eyes wide and looked at Du Yifu:

"Seriously?"

Du Chu did not forget to nod:

"Of course!"

Then he said:

"Ling'er, why should I hurry up and you don't believe you Brother Du more and more recently?"

The White Lotus explains:

"I don't believe you, Brother Du!"

Du did not forget to sigh lightly:

"Alright then, I hope I'm overthinking!"

Then the two of them looked through the gap into the hut.

At this time, Zhu Yicomb said to King Xiang with a threatening tone:

"Brother Wang, I think you should have some points in your heart now, do you think it's too much for me to ask you for that half of your wealth?"

Lao Xiangwang did not reply.

Zhu Chenmu smiled:

"It seems that you are still too stingy, you don't have a few years to live, what do you want so much money for?

Lao Xiangwang covered his mouth and asked very uncomfortably:

"Zhu Yicomb, what kind of medicine did you put in my wine?"

Zhu Yicomb sat back on the stool:

"What I have given you is a poison called Lost Heart, and if you do not get the antidote within three days, it will make your body painful, and you will enter into a hallucination from which you will not be able to extricate yourself, and finally you will slowly die in your hallucination. ”

When Lao Xiangwang heard this, he pointed at Zhu Yicomb very angrily:

"You...... You...... What do you want, you brute?"

Zhu Yi combed back:

"Old thing, don't pretend to be confused, I just want half of your belongings in the west of the city, you agree, and then find two boats, put those half of the belongings in one boat, let us go west, and I will give you the antidote." ”

Lao Xiang Wang immediately asked again:

"And what do you want another boat for?"