On the tenth day of the first month of the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, the time of unitary, the mansion of the king of Chu, the residence of the incense.

At this time, the Qincha frame of Li Jin, the king of Wei, was facing the ice and snow, braving the wind and cold, and was difficult on the way back to Chang'an in the north, while the palace of the king of Chu was warm and lively. Since the deposition of the crown prince, the civil and military officials who have entered and exited the palace of the king of Chu have accounted for almost more than half of the entire Daqianjing officials. Although Li Zhi was quite modest and self-disciplined at first, and did not see most of the officials, he could not resist the enthusiasm of the hundred officials, and he also accepted the officials' congratulations on his addition to the Prince of Jiuzhu one after another. Today, the King of Chu is more interested, and a family banquet is set up in the "Liuxiangju" of the palace. Li Zhizheng, the king of Chu, sat down with several henchmen and feasted together...... It is said that it is a family banquet, but the table has been filled with all kinds of delicacies and seafood, especially the whole fresh honey osmanthus roast suckling pig, which is particularly conspicuous in the middle of the table, at this time, the smell of barbecue spreads everywhere in the room, so that everyone present can not help but have a great appetite.

Now that the crown prince has been deposed, His Royal Highness is the eldest son of the emperor, and the eldest son has succeeded to the throne since ancient times. Now, His Royal Highness has been crowned Prince Jiuzhu by the emperor...... Now that the emperor is sick again, His Royal Highness is just around the corner, and I will congratulate His Highness in advance!" Xiao Yihong said, and the rest of the Chu King's henchmen and important ministers also echoed him, and the expressions on his faces were almost the same as Xiao Yihong.

"Huh...... Yihong, this kind of thing can't be said nonsense, although I am the eldest son, I should stand according to the rules, but my father's mind is unpredictable after all...... Moreover, this time, my father didn't just add Wang Zhu to me, but also my fourth brother......" Li Zhi also raised his glass and took a sip of wine, as if he said casually.

"The King of Wei cannot be compared with His Royal Highness, in terms of rank, he is the fourth prince, naturally he cannot be ranked with His Royal Highness, the great prince who is upright and obedient; in terms of talent, he is gloomy and cold, and he is not affectionate in his affairs, and he has always had a bad reputation in the court, so how can he compare it with His Royal Highness's reputation as a courteous and virtuous corporal and easy-going and modest...... Moreover, the power of the King of Wei in the court has always been thin, there is only one Xue Tao of the right feather Lin Wei, who used to be just a slave of the guard in the Wei Palace, and there is also a Qiu Mingli of the household department, isn't that a lame...... According to the opinion of his subordinates, although King Wei was also rewarded by the emperor and sealed two beads, in front of His Royal Highness, there was still no chance of winning...... "Qin Jianxun, the secretary of the military department who was sitting on the left side of Li Zhi, saw that the king of Chu was still humble, so he hurriedly answered.

"Yes, King Wei is very powerful, I heard that this time he was ordered to raise grain, and just three days after arriving in Yangzhou, he 'clicked' and beheaded Yang Weitong, the prefect of Yangzhou...... He is so spicy, so that those subordinates dare to follow him sincerely!" Zhao Yong, the soldier beside Qin Jianxun, also echoed and said.

Hearing the words "Yang Weitong", his Chu King Li Zhi's originally smiling face suddenly sank, and he threw the unfinished section of pepper and salt pipa bone in his hand on the table, and said: "Bad luck!

Zhao Yong didn't know that Yang Weitong, the prefect of Yangzhou, was actually a confidant of Li Zhi, the king of Chu, and the silver that the prefect of Yang paid tribute to the king of Chu every year was at least more than 100,000 taels of silver. Now, Yang Weitong has been killed, and Yangzhou's financial road has naturally been cut off, which is still a trivial matter. The King of Wei knew that he Yang Wei was also the king of Chu's people, but he even openly beheaded him, which made the face of the king of Chu, where to put it? At this moment, Zhao Yong saw that his unintentional words actually caused Li Zhi to change color, and he immediately felt worried in his heart, behaved at a loss, and didn't know what to do......

Seeing that Li Zhi was angry, Qin Jianxun, the secretary of the military department, hurriedly pulled Zhao Yong to get up, and raised a glass together and said with a smile: "Your Highness! Lord Zhao doesn't know what's inside, please forgive His Highness for the crime of being open-mouthed, come on, I will wait for a cup for Your Highness...... Just one Yang Weitong, if you kill it, you will kill it...... It's a little thing, why should Your Highness worry about it?"

Xia Nanxing, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, also stood up on the side, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Your Highness, rest assured! In the future, we will definitely find a better candidate for Your Highness, and send it to Yangzhou...... The silver of this Yangzhou Mansion can't be broken......"

Seeing the persuasion of these many people, Li Zhi had no choice but to ease his face, toast a glass of wine with everyone, and waved his hand to everyone to sit down. After Li Zhi drank a few sips of wine, he turned to Sun Xun of Qianhu of the Northern Anping Division and asked, "Sun Qianhu, how is the progress of King Wei going south this way?"

Sun Xun, who was at the bottom of the list, hurriedly responded: "My subordinates have found out that the King of Wei has raised a total of 828,000 taels of silver for disaster relief in Yangzhou Mansion. In the name of Qincha, he promoted Du Weimin of Baoyingzhi County to the prefect of Yangzhou, and ordered Du Weimin to buy grain on the spot, and led the Qincha guards to send grain to Huainan and Huaiyang to relieve the victims. Now, he has been stationed in Suzhou, and at this time, he is ordering Li Chengfeng, the prefect of Suzhou, to make every effort to raise food funds......"

"More than 800,000 taels of silver, my fourth brother has two sons! I didn't expect that the rich family in Yangzhou City was so rich! It seems that ...... Yang Weitong really deserves to die with this guy, most of the silver he sent before was greedy for ink by him......" Li Zhi ate two more bites of fish and couldn't help sighing.

Sun Xun said: "However, the subordinates just received a message from the flying pigeon this morning, according to the secret report of the spies there, it is said that the king of Wei took a boat to play in Taihu Lake on the eighth day of the first month, but encountered a water monster in the lake, and accidentally capsized and fell into the water...... Now, the King of Wei is frightened from drowning, and he is lying in the Suzhou Mansion to recuperate......"

"How can this Li Chengfeng be so troubled!" Hearing Sun Xun's words, Li Zhi, the king of Chu, spit out a fish bone in his mouth, and couldn't help but scold casually.

A few people sitting next to him were surprised to hear that there was a "water monster" in Taihu Lake and that they had overturned King Wei's pleasure boat. Everyone was about to ask each other, and they all wanted to ask Sun Xun what this water monster was, but they heard the hateful words of the king of Chu, and for a while, everyone was silent...... These people are all people who have been polished in the officialdom of Daqian for decades, at this time, who still can't hear the true meaning of King Chu's words?

"How good it would be if your King Wei drowned!"

At this time, the king of Chu sat on the top with a big belly, was holding a cup, drank wine, and put a piece of barbecue meat into his mouth, chewing with his mouth open...... Between his expressions, he was calm and calm.

But the few third-grade important ministers sitting next to him, except for Sun Xun, couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. This chill wells up from the soles of your feet, coming straight to the tip of your heart for no reason, and it will make you shiver......

"This ...... Are you still a brother?"

Those who are as smart as Xiao Yihong and Qin Jianxun have an extra layer of thought:

"Today, you Li Zhi treats his own brother like this, and he treats us henchmen like this, I don't know what will happen?"

......

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room fell into silence and embarrassment, Sun Xun said again:

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, according to the speculation of his subordinates, if the news that the crown prince was deposed and the emperor was critically ill, if someone sent it at a speed of six hundred miles, he King Wei should have received it today. Not surprisingly, after tomorrow, King Wei must be on his way back to Beijing......"